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Amazon, Comcast, EA Submit Bids for MapleStory Publisher, Nexon Holdings
A deal that could reshape the Korean MMO space
Brendan Frye
In a report published by Reuters, Amazon, Comcast and Electronic Arts have submitted bids for Korean online game publisher Nexon Holdings.
With companies such as Netmarble, Kakao, and the private equity fund MKB Partners already submitting letters of intent to purchase Nexon Holdings last week, the deal could be one of the biggest in the Korean gaming space to date.
So now we have Netmarble/Tencent consortium, Amazon, EA and Comcast bidding for Nexon.
Nexon currently partners with Tencent in China to publish games like DnF and Maplestory.
In 2018, China accounted for 52% of Nexon's revenue.
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 27, 2019
Nexon is best known for titles such as MapleStory, MapleStory 2, along with games such as MMO’s TERA, and Riders of Icarus. In early January of 2019, it was reported the publisher was up for sale, with a $9 billion controlling stake now up for grabs with the Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju parting ways with the firm.
CGMagazine reached out for further comment from Nexon, but no response was received by the time of publication. We will update the story should a respond come from any of the parties involved.
Brendan works as the full time editor-in-chief of Comics and Gaming Magazine, and part time as a developer, filmmaker, and laser disc collector.
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Fireworks blamed for two Jackson Township fires
Edd Pritchard
edd.pritchard@cantonrep.com
JACKSON TWP. Fireworks are being blamed as the cause of two separate fires late Tuesday.
Now fire investigators are working with township police to determine if criminal changes will be filed.
Jackson Township Fire Chief Tracy Hogue noted that most fireworks can't be used in Ohio unless they are fired by a licensed operator.
"This is proof of how dangerous they are," Hogue said of the incidents.
The first fire at a duplex in the 2800 block of Brighton Circle NW was reported at 10 p.m. Tuesday. The second was at a retail building on the northeast corner of Portage Street and Wales Avenue NW and called in at 10:53 p.m.
Hogue said neighbors along Brighton watched as the fire started at the duplex.
Witnesses said a resident was setting off fireworks in the front yard. The fireworks tipped over and began shooting into one side of the duplex as well as the garage, which is at the center of the building.
When firefighters arrived, there was heavy fire on one side of the duplex and in the garage. Crews also were initially told a child was inside. Firefighters were inside the duplex searching for the child when he was found outside.
Hogue said the tenant using the fireworks suffered minor burns and was treated at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
The retail building at Portage and Wales used to house a Family Video store, but is being remodeled.
Witnesses called the fire department after seeing fireworks that were launched from a nearby neighborhood land on the roof and start burning. Hogue said investigators planned to canvas the neighborhood Wednesday.
Both fires remain under investigation and the estimated cost of damage still is being evaluated.
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North Canton City Council talks new rules, meeting schedule
Jessica Holbrook
North Canton City Council
KEY ACTION: Introduced two pieces of legislation that would establish new rules for how city council is governed.
DISCUSSION: The proposed pieces of legislation would take the rules governing council out of the city's codified ordinances and instead bring them completely under the council's authority, said Council Clerk Benjamin Young.
If the rules are codified, the mayor technically has veto power, giving city administration undue legislative control, Young said.
Some of the proposed revisions include a change to the council meeting schedule. Council currently holds meetings on the second and fourth Monday of each month, with committee meetings on the first and third Monday. Legislation introduced Monday flipped that schedule.
The intent was to cut down on the number of special meetings — meetings that fall outside of that schedule — council holds, said Councilman Matthew Stroia, at large.
Council debated if changing the meeting order would be effective.
"I've never seen the problem with having special meetings," said Council President Jeff Peters. "I've always looked at it as us being flexible and responsive."
At the suggestion of Councilman Daryl Revoldt, at-large, council instead agreed that the rules should specify council meet at least once every month — something already required under city charter — and that at the final meeting of the month, the council president will set the meeting schedule for the following month.
Council also agreed to add a section to meeting agendas for presentations from city officials or those invited by city officials. Those presentations would be separate from public speaks, which has a 5-minute time limit.
Councilwoman Stephanie Werren, ward three, suggested establishing new rules for public speaks, including limiting speakers to the topics of the agenda.
Other cities, such as Canton, have such requirements in place and those meetings are more orderly, she said.
North Canton at times has lost control of its meetings and speakers have used that platform for personal attacks against elected officials. Those speakers are wasting the publics' time, she said.
Council members can be reached by phone or after meetings, she said.
Other council members disagreed.
The city could face a lawsuit if it tried to limit public speech, Young said.
Council did agree that the president of council should remind speakers of the time limit and rules of decorum before they begin speaking.
Council adjourned into executive session to discuss purchasing property for public use. No action was taken.
UP NEXT: Virtual meeting 7 p.m. Monday live-streamed on YouTube.
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Home News Police successes recorded
Police successes recorded
SINAZO MKOKO
The Fees Must Fall protests at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), the State of the Nation Address (SONA) and the Mining Indaba were all successfully policed and monitored by the SAPS and nothing major was reported.
This was heard at this month’s community police forum (CPF) meeting, held last Thursday, February 14, at Cape Town Central police station.
Station manager Brigadier Hansia Hansraj thanked partners and key role-players in combating crime in the city.
She said the station has six additional staff members and they still need more to prevent crime
especially in Sector 1, which is the CBD.
While police have seen a slight decrease in theft out of motor vehicles, concerns were raised about the robberies taking place in the city centre.
“We’ve reduced crime but
we feel like we hadn’t done as much as we ‘d have liked. January was not a good month for us in terms of contact crimes,” she said.
Another issue raised in the meeting was that of homeless people and aggressive begging throughout the city, especially Long Street.
Brigadier Hansraj said Sea Point and Woodstock were experiencing an influx of homeless people. “We’re working continuously on the matter. Tourism is needed but tourists are being targeted,” she said.
Colonel Andre Coetzee said the homeless issue was not a policing issue but it brings a bad image to the city and causes people to no longer want to come here.
He commended the neighbourhood watches and LPR camera network group for their exceptional work.
The station made 782 arrests this month.”Getting them off the street is important. The next step is to get them to the magistrate,” said Colonel Coetzee.
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Hero’s Welcome For Muldoon As Connacht Squad Visit Portumna
Connacht captain John Muldoon brought the team back to his hometown on Thursday afternoon for an assembly and open training session at his former school, Portumna Community School, with members of Portumna RFC also there to greet the squad.
The entire student body, along with representatives of Portumna RFC and invited guests, packed into the school gym with tributes and presentations then made to Muldoon and the squad.
Young pupils from Gortanumera National School and St. Brendan’s National School also attended the assembly.
School Principal Derry Long, Deputy Principal James Coughlan, Portumna RFC President Mark Scannell and Anne Rabbitte TD spoke of their admiration for Connacht’s incredible rise to become PRO12 champions last season.
Connacht captain Muldoon and Head Coach Pat Lam then took to the podium and expressed their appreciation of the warm welcome provided by the community before speaking to the students about the importance of a positive attitude.
A number of presentations were then made to Muldoon as he became the first person to be awarded Honorary Life Membership of Portumna RFC.
Following the assembly, the squad had an open training session on the school’s pitch.
As Portumna RFC was dormant in Muldoon’s early years, he began playing rugby in the Community School and won a Connacht Schools Junior Cup medal in 1997.
Portumna RFC was reformed in 2002 and have strengthened year on year since. The U13 Girls team created history last year as they captured the club’s first ever Connacht title.
President Mark Scannell, who also coaches at the club, spoke of the positive impact that Connacht Rugby’s success has had on the club.
“It’s definitely turning people’s heads,” said Scannell. “There are more kids coming down and playing with us and getting more into rugby. There used to be Munster and Leinster jerseys around the place but they’re all Connacht jerseys now.”
The club fields an adult men’s team and a thriving underage section with boys and girls teams ranging from Under-7s to Under-15s.
Young players from the surrounding parishes of Tynagh, Loughrea, Mullagh, Woodford, Leitrim, Killimor and Lorrha have also joined Portumna RFC.
While hurling is the most popular sport in the area, rugby continues to grow and Scannell hopes that Thursday’s event will lead to even more young players joining the club.
“We always need more players and guys like John Muldoon coming out here to this event will give us a bounce and, hopefully, make more kids want to come play with us.
“John is an absolute legend of Connacht Rugby after 15 years with the club and he is a pure gentleman.
“Connacht certainly give us a bounce and many of the parents haven’t played the game but they would be avid fans, and that is down to Connacht.”
For more information on Portumna RFC you can view their Facebook page here.
Want to get involved with Portumna RFC? Call Mark on 087 6434230.
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Home Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Watch: Sexy Space Stories and Vampire Heists, Oh My!
Crowdfunding Watch: Sexy Space Stories and Vampire Heists, Oh My!
Andrea Ayres
It’s Election Day in California which means I’ll be doing my civic duty and voting. In elementary school we got to learn all about the punch out ballot system and a fellow classmate who we’ll call Kim had the chance to cast a fake ballot. I was filled with jealously, voting looked like a great time. That’s the type of child I was. When I wasn’t geeking out over voting, however, I was usually getting scolded by teachers for laughing. I miss that. So I’m bringing back some humor into our lives with three crowdfunding projects aimed at tickling you in perhaps more ways than one.
1. SILVER: Volume 4
The final volume of the Stephan Franck series SILVER is here and ready for your consumption. Well, almost. You may know Franck from some of his work on animated classics like The Iron Giant and How to Train Your Dragon. Franck wants to bring the series to a close with Volume 4 but needs your help.
The SILVER series is set 30 years after Professor Abraham Van Helsing visited Dracula’s castle. It tells the story of a team of capers, including Van Helsing’s descendant Rosalynd as they attempt to steal the treasures of Europe’s most powerful vampires. Think Bram Stoker’s Dracula with Ocean’s 11 type tom-foolery. It’s humorous, pulpy and just generally a good bit of fun. The fourth volume will feature the rag-tag team of characters teaming up for the largest heist of their careers. SILVER: Volume 4 will be published as a Trade Paperback, 152 pages and is rated Teen.
Preview from SILVER: Volume 4
Here’s a synopsis of what readers can expect in the final volume of the series:
Will Finnigan, Sledge, Tao, and their band of thieves get away with the Silver Dragon? Will they escape the world’s most dangerous vampires? And will they find the redemption they desperately need? All will be revealed as the saga concludes with an explosive 4th volume full of epic and relentless action, a volume that will make you laugh, make you cry, and keep you guessing until the very end!
Franck has successfully crowdfunded the previous three volumes of SILVER, so he’s definitely got a track record of producing the goods. According to the campaign’s fundraising page, Volume 4 is nearing completion. Fanck is finalizing and inking the last pages. There are numerous rewards available including access to the previous three volumes of the series. There’s lots of customization available to backers as well. Art prints featuring the characters of the series are made available from Takeshi Miyazawa (Ms. Marvel), animator Rodolphe Guenoden (Kung-Fu Panda), and illustrator Mel Milton.
Finnigan & Sledge, art by Takeshi Miyazawa, color by Stephan Franck
Franck publishes SILVER through Dark Planet Comics, the home to his commercial and entertainment properties. He is hoping to raise $12,000 to print and publish the final volume of the series by June 28.
2. Captain Imani and the Cosmic Chase: The Complete Edition
Erotic sci-fi comedy on a Tuesday? Yes, I’ll take a dozen.
Previously published in 2018 by the erotic webcomic publisher Slipshine Studio, the creators are hoping to bring the delightful story of legendary Captain Shihab Imani into the physical world. This graphic novel comes to us from writer Lin (Malaise) and UK based comic artist Capp (Tabula Idem), along with the help of editor Isabelle Melançon of Slipshine Studio. Below you’ll find a preview of the graphic novel’s pages, as you can see it has a fantastic color story.
Preview of the full-color graphic novel
Here’s an excellent synopsis from the team’s Kickstarter page:
Designed to be read like the ‘behind the scenes’ of an old sci-fi serial, Captain Imani and the Cosmic Chase follows the sexy adventures of Captain Shihab Imani, a much-beloved, highly decorated starship captain whose efforts to capture his arch nemesis, the roguish smuggler Silo “Lazerboots” Haze, have consumed much of his career. With the help of his alien lieutenant, Via Auriga, Imani pursues Silo across the galaxy – but theirs is a strange, obsessive chase, motivated as much by frustrated desire and longing as it is justice.
This comic is definitely NSFW
It’s definitely a comic meant for the 18 and older crowd. But let’s be honest, we could all benefit from more erotic space stories in our lives. The primary purpose of this Kickstarter is to help fund the printing of the 90-page graphic novel. Backers can choose between four levels. The first level will snag you three postcards of the main characters, the remaining three levels all include the graphic novel. The backer tiers are designed to be simple and straightforward, that’s something I can definitely appreciate. The team is hoping to raise $1,597 by July 5.
RUNNERS: Volume 1
Cover for Runners: Volume 1: Bad Goods
Writer and artist Sean Wang (Meltdown, Tick and Arthur) knows how to tell a funny story. That may seem simple but it’s actually far from it. Runners Volume 1 was originally published in black and white, but Sean Wang has decided to revisit the fan favorite and bring us a revitalized edition in color. This crowdfunding campaign is hoping to raise enough money to help Wang color Volume 1 of the series entitled “Bad Goods”.
The series follows a crew of alien smugglers led by captain Roka Nostaco and co-pilot Ril Mar. The team is rounded out with sharpshooter Cember Koji, former mob enforcer Bennesaud, Bocce (complete with shape-shifting energy arm) and the mysterious Sky. As is usually the case when you assemble a team of alien smugglers, things don’t always go according to plan. In volume one of the series we see just how bad things can get. From frantic shootouts with pirates, dogfights with bounty-hunters and chases through the streets of an alien space station, there’s a lot going wrong for the team of misfits. If you want to know more about Runners, you can check it out visiting the website dedicated to the series.
This Kickstarter is raising funds to produce the following items:
Paperback or Kickstarter exclusive hardcover
176 pages, with the entire story newly colored
The very first 7-page short story
Sketchbook pages
Bonus content new to the color edition
There are also a lot of rewards, like more than I can list out here without annoying all of you. The rewards are separated out into both campaign and retailer tiers along with the ability to customize add-ons. Most of the rewards include Volume 1 (duh) and character sketches, character cards and some super-special-inked pieces of the cast from Sean Wang.
Backer reward available for Runners: Vol 1. Set of three 8”x10” prints
As Sean doesn’t have to write Volume 1, he doesn’t foresee many instances where delays or hardships may occur. Wang has also previously published Volume 2 of Runners using Kickstarter, so that bodes well for his ability to deliver on this campaigns promises and timeline. This campaign will be funding through June 24 and is hoping to raise $12,000.
Well, I’m off to vote. Until we meet again!
Sean Wang
Stephan Franck
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NFL 2019-2020 Year-end AFC Playoffs: Permutations and combinations
by Eric Golub Dec 23, 2019
written by Eric Golub Dec 23, 2019
LOS ANGELES — The first 16 weeks of the 2019 NFL regular season are in the history books, Week 17 is upon us. This is the week where football jargon not used for 358 days is said over and over. We learn who controls their own destiny and who needs help to make the playoffs. Some years it seems almost everybody has a shot at the playoffs. This year a few teams have possibilities. But today, we’re specifically focusing on the 2019-2020 AFC Playoff permutations and combinations.
Six of the eight AFC Week 17 games have playoff implications.
In the AFC, all four divisions and the top Wildcard have already been clinched. Virtually nothing is up for grabs. The top seed is already settled. Only two teams have a shot at the other first-round bye. Only the sixth seed remains undecided, and three teams are alive for that final spot.
Here is the AFC playoff picture.
1.) Baltimore Ravens (13-2):
The Ravens have clinched the AFC North and are the top seed. They have locked up home field throughout the playoffs.
2.) New England Patriots (12-3):
The Patriots have clinched the AFC East and right now are the two seed, but they have not locked it up. If the Patriots win next week they remain the two seed with a first-round bye. Home field throughout the playoffs is out of reach. If the Patriots lose, they can remain the two seed if Kansas City also loses. Should Kansas City win and the Patriots lose, the Patriots fall to the three seed and would have to host a playoff game on Wildcard weekend.
3.) Kansas City Chiefs (11-4):
The Chiefs have clinched the AFC West and are currently the three seed. They would have to host a playoff game on Wildcard weekend. If the Chiefs win next week and New England loses, the Chiefs move up to the two seed and a first round bye. Home field throughout the playoffs is out of reach. Should the Chiefs lose and Houston wins, the Chiefs fall to the four seed. They cannot fall lower than that.
4.) Houston Texans (10-5):
The Texans have clinched the AFC South and are currently the four seed. They cannot fall lower than that. If they win next week and Kansas City loses, the Texans move up to the three seed. A first round bye is out of reach, so no matter what, the Texans are hosting a playoff game on Wildcard weekend.
5.) Buffalo Bills (10-5) —
The Bills are locked into the five seed as the top Wildcard. They will travel on the road during the Wildcard round either to Houston or Kansas City, whichever team is the four seed.
6.) Tennessee Titans (8-7):
They control their own AFC destiny. If the Titans win their regular season finale, they are in as the six seed. Should they lose and Pittsburgh wins, the Titans are out. If Tennessee and Pittsburgh both lose, the Titans would still have the six seed if either Indianapolis or Oakland lose. If Tennessee and Pittsburgh both lose but Indianapolis and Oakland both win, Tennessee is out.
7.) Pittsburgh Steelers (8-7):
They are on the outside looking in as far as their AFC playoff possibilities are concerned. Their only scenario is winning next week and having Tennessee lose. That would vault the Steelers into the six seed. If the Steelers lose, they are out.
8.) Oakland Raiders (7-8):
They need a miracle. If they lose, they are out of the year-end AFC title donnybrook. If Tennessee or Pittsburgh wins, the Raider are out. The Raiders need four things to happen. If they win and Tennessee and Pittsburgh both lose, all three teams would be 8-8. The Raiders would still be out because they lose the three-way tie-breaker. However, if Indianapolis also wins, all four teams would be 8-8. The Raiders would then win the four-way tie-breaker and be the six seed.
Also read: An Oakland Farewell: NFL 2019 Week 15 Preview and Bettor’s Guide
Here are the AFC games with playoff implications:
Miami Dolphins (4-11) at New England Patriots (12-3)
Los Angeles Chargers (5-10) at Kansas City Chiefs (11-4)
Tennessee Titans (8-7) at Houston Texans (10-5)
Pittsburgh Steelers (8-7) at Baltimore Ravens (13-2)
Indianapolis Colts (7-8) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-10)
Oakland Raiders (7-8) at Denver Broncos (6-9)
Predictions*:
1.) Ravens 14-2
2.) Patriots 13-3
3.) Chiefs 12-4
4.) Texans 11-5
5.) Bills 11-5
6.) Raiders 8-8
Out — Steelers 8-8 and Titans 8-8.
* These AFC predictions are based on the assumption that teams will play their starts in Week 17. If Baltimore and Houston rest their starters, that changes the entire calculus. While it is very tempting to rest starters, the desire to knock out a hated division opponent is very strong. If Baltimore rests their starters, Pittsburgh could vault into the six seed over the Raiders. If Houston rests their starters, Tennessee will vault over Pittsburgh and the Raiders to claim the six seed.
Predictions of additional interest:
Wildcard Round: 6.) Raiders at 3.) Chiefs, 5.) Bills at 4.) Texans
The Patriots and Ravens have a bye week.
Divisional Round: 3.) Chiefs at 2.) Patriots, 5.) Bills at 1.) Ravens
AFC Title Game: 2.) New England Patriots at 1.) Baltimore Ravens
It takes little expertise to pick the favorite.
Here’s why.
Lamar Jackson is only in his second year, but the rest of the Ravens have the experience. They know how to win playoff games. They know how to beat up New England in New England. This time they would have them at home. It is always a gamble to bet against New England, but Baltimore is the one team that gives them fits. The Ravens will shock nobody and win the Lamar Hunt AFC Championship Trophy to reach the Super Bowl.
— Headline image: AFC Championship Game logo. Copyright protected. Fair use in this article, which previews the playoff possibilities leading up to the AFC Championship. Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Communities Digital News (CDN), nor vice versa. Image accessed via Wikipedia article on topic.
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Brooklyn born, Long Island raised and now living in Los Angeles, Eric Golub is a politically conservative columnist, blogger, author, public speaker, satirist and comedian. Read more from Eric at his TYGRRRR EXPRESS blog. Eric is the author of the book trilogy “Ideological Bigotry, “Ideological Violence,” and “Ideological Idiocy.”
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Mastercard expands cryptocurrency program to allow more firms to issue cards on its network
Published Mon, Jul 20 20209:26 AM EDT
Ryan Browne@Ryan_Browne_
Mastercard has signed a deal with Wirex that makes the London-based firm the first "native" cryptocurrency platform to gain principal membership.
The move highlights a deeper push from one of the world's biggest financial services companies in the still nascent cryptocurrency industry.
Cryptocurrency payment cards aren't new though — Coinbase launched its own Visa card last year, while Wirex also offers a Visa card.
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Mastercard has expanded its cryptocurrency program to make it easier for companies in the space to issue their own payment cards.
The company has signed a deal with Wirex that makes the London-based start-up the first "native" cryptocurrency platform to gain principal membership. That effectively means that Wirex can now directly issue cards on Mastercard's network.
"The cryptocurrency market continues to mature, and Mastercard is driving it forward, creating safe and secure experiences for consumers and businesses in today's digital economy," said Raj Dhamodharan, Mastercard's executive vice president for digital asset and blockchain products and partnerships.
"Our work with Wirex and the wider crypto ecosystem is accelerating innovation and empowering consumers with more choice in the way they pay."
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Mastercard will also bring more cryptocurrency firms into its start-up initiative, Mastercard Accelerate.
'Legitimization of crypto'
The move highlights a deeper push from one of the world's biggest financial services companies in the still nascent cryptocurrency industry. It's worth noting though that cryptocurrency payment cards aren't new.
Last year, Coinbase launched its own card in partnership with Visa, Mastercard's main competitor. And the company recently became a Visa principal member, allowing it introduce more features with the card and launch it in new markets.
And Wirex, which was founded in 2014, also offered a Visa card prior to the Mastercard announcement. The firm's app lets people buy and sell bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies, as well as traditional currencies like the U.S. dollar and euro.
"This is less a watershed moment and more part of a broader, slow and steady legitimization of crypto as the global regulators increasingly put systems and controls in place," Simon Taylor, head of ventures at fintech consultancy firm 11:FS, told CNBC.
Mastercard and Visa have previously signaled their interest in the crypto sector, most notably by signing up to become members of Facebook's Libra digital currency project. But the two payment giants exited Libra last year, getting cold feet after the initiative was met with intense regulatory backlash.
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Menzies tackles Tassie Targa tarmac car rally
Menzies Rally CQ driver Wayne Menzies and co-driver Chris Baxter along with their support team have entered this year’s Targa Tasmania in a Mitshubishi Evo9. Allan Reinikka
by Melanie Plane
Melanie Plane Journalist
IT'S been a goal of Rockhampton's Wayne Menzies for 10 years to take to Tasmania's tarmac and this week he's finally been living the dream.
Speeding around Tasmania, Wayne and co-driver and navigator Chris Baxter have, for the first time, entered the Targa Tasmania, Australia's biggest tarmac rally in the country with more than 300 entries this year.
Co-owner of Menzies Auto and Towing, Wayne said he and his team of 12 were very excited about racing in the six-day event.
"I started out kart racing when I was about 14 or 15 and it's basically just progressed from there.
"You'd think I would've grown out of it by now," Wayne said.
"It's just the love of motor sport and the competition is very strong, the thrill of gravel and tarmac, they've both got their good points.
"But I don't think there have been very many people from Rocky that have ever competed in this; we might even be the first."
John Stewart and Ron Cowie have prepared their Mitsubishi Evo9 with the help of local businesses sponsorship including Ray White North Side's David Bell, Menzies Towing Service, Century Batteries, Caltex, Baxters Real Estate, Repco, Wurth and Newsome's Tyre and Mechanic.
In the race, a modern class which is at the elite level of competition, Wayne said he would be happy to get through the whole event and just have a good time.
"We'll see how it goes down there this time but we've had a lot of interest from entering it," he said.
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PayPal’s Braintree Now Lets All U.S. Merchants Accept Bitcoin via Coinbase
Jan 22 2015 · 22:06 UTC | Updated Sep 19 2018 · 11:21
by Eugenia Romanenko · 3 min read
Bill Ready (left), CEO of Braintree and David Marcus, President of PayPal. Photo: Ruth Glass/Flickr
Braintree launched an open platform v.zero SDK permitting merchants to use advanced payment tools and the most suitable payment methods by means of an integration.
The integration with CoinBase was announced in September and was followed by PayPal’s limitations regarding its merchants. On January 22, the company wrote in their blog: “Today, our initial integration with Coinbase is complete and we are opening up private beta access to allow merchants in the US to accept bitcoin via v.Zero.”
It could be a great piece of news for bitcoin adoption because of the fact that several famous consumer firms’ online and mobile payments are powered by Braintree. Popular merchants like AirBnB, Uber, and thousands of others have the option to enable bitcoin payments.
About 38,000 merchants including Dell, Overstock.com and Expedia are already working with Coinbase. The service permits merchants to support credit and debit card payments, Venmo, PayPal, and Apple Pay.
Moreover, according to Braintree’s announcement made on Thursday, thanks to such an integration, U.S. merchants are able to join a private beta to accept Bitcoin, too. To use the private beta, merchants have to insert a few lines of code to the platform v.zero SDK.
“With just a few lines of code and a click of a button, merchants using v.zero will be able to add new payment methods and features we support in minutes,” is said in a recent Braintree’s blog post.
Still, according to a Braintree’s spokesperson, “in terms of merchants, we’ve heard from many who are interested in accepting bitcoin but we aren’t announcing any specific merchants.”
At the time of the integration announcement, Bill Ready, Chief Executive of Braintree, told Pando:
“Braintree is an open platform. We care less about building it ourselves, than we do just about giving people access to the best payment experiences. For example, we don’t really care if merchants accept Visa or Mastercard or AMEX. We’re happy to enable them all. We think of bitcoin like another payment network and the best way for us to offer our merchants access was to work with a partner like Coinbase. Thanks to the V.Zero SDK, merchants and their developers only need to do one integration, which involves just a few lines of code, and they can opt to accept bitcoin.”
Nevertheless, the price of a single Bitcoin decreased and the news about BitStamp hack and Silk Road trial obviously didn’t make merchants happy, but still, users continue spending and investing the crypto currency. Aunkur Arya, general manager of mobile at Braintree, says that “Bitcoin is growing in popularity for consumer and merchants alike.”
But still, there’s an answered question related to bitcoin’s fame of being unstable. Is bitcoin going to be considered a usable and viable currency? There’s no clear answer but if Braintree as well as other important financial institutions accept bitcoin as a payment option, its value as means of exchange greatly enhances.
Author Eugenia Romanenko
Eugenia graduated from Minsk State Linguistic University with a degree in Intercultural Communication, Translation/Interpretation (Italian, English). Currently she works as a business analyst, freelance interpreter and tutor. She’s fond of numismatics, photos, good books and sports, adores travelling and cooking.
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G20 to Review Global Anti-money Laundering Standard on Cryptocurrency in October
Jul 23 2018 · 08:56 UTC | Updated Feb 20 2019 · 07:12
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G20 member countries held a summit devoted to digital assets. Currently, they are looking at an October deadline for reviewing a global anti-money laundering (AML) standard on cryptocurrency.
Last week, member countries of Group of Twenty (G20), an international forum for the governments and central bank governors, held a summit, where heads of state and global financial leader paid special attention to digital currencies. As a result, they issued a statement which confirmed their position on vigilant monitoring over cryptocurrency.
#Bullish
*OFFICIAL #G20 COMMUNIQUÉ RELEASED*
– #Crypto do not pose a global financial stability risk.
– FAFT will clarify in October 2018 how it's standards apply to crypto-assets (*New relevant date*).
– Financial Stability Board submitted report. — https://t.co/lgCRc44DRm
— SolrFlwr_Token (@SolaFolda) July 22, 2018
An agreement to keep monitoring the crypto sphere and to develop proposals of cryptocurrency regulations was reached in March, when G20 members decided to prepare crypto regulation recommendations by July of this year. The countries also called on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international institution aimed at fighting money laundering and terrorist financing, to define in three months crypto regulation and clarify how its existing AML standards can apply to cryptocurrency.
According to the communique, technology and cryptocurrency can provide promising opportunities for growth and innovation. However, risks for instability take place as well. The G20 countries said:
“Technological innovations, including those underlying crypto-assets, can deliver significant benefits to the financial system and the broader economy. Crypto-assets do, however, raise issues with respect to consumer and investor protection, market integrity, tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing. Crypto-assets lack the key attributes of sovereign currencies. While crypto-assets do not at this point pose a a global financial stability risk, we remain vigilant.”
One more international coalition which seeks to foster economic development and stability is the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Before the G20 summit, FSB published a report on crypto-assets, including cryptocurrency and blockchain based securities, and said it had developed a framework, in collaboration with Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI). The report detailed the risks of various scams and market manipulation, and set out the metrics that the FSB would use to monitor crypto-asset markets in order to spot any financial stability risks early enough to take action.
The report states:
“New innovations that might add to efficiencies at the cost of safety represent an important challenge for central banks. Currently, ‘first generation’ private digital tokens (which include so-called ‘cryptocurrencies’ and crypto-assets) that are totally decentralised and do not represent a claim or underlying asset, make for unsafe money. Safer central bank issued cash may be less convenient in an era of electronic payments, and the use of cash is declining in some jurisdictions. At the same time, central banks are reviewing how to improve and modernise existing central bank operated payment systems. Central banks can encourage and catalyse improvements to current arrangements, as has happened recently in the field of faster payments. However, responding directly to the challenge with a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would be an entry into uncharted territory.”
The metrics presented by FSB are the response to the G20’s request in March. By October of this year, anti-money laundering (AML) standard on cryptocurrency is expected to be reviewed.
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Huawei Unveils its New 5G Flagship Phone Mate 30 Pro Without Google-Licensed Apps
Sep 19 2019 · 17:40 UTC | Updated Sep 20 2019 · 07:15
Photo: Huawei
As it was expected, today, on September 19, Huawei has officially introduced its Mate 30 series. The launched Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30 do not have any preinstalled Google’s services.
The second major smartphone maker Huawei seems to be in troubles. Even though they tried to convince Google to let them continue operating on their new Androids, Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30, they haven’t succeeded.
At the beginning of the month, as we have already reported, the company announced the launch date for its new smartphones. And last week we witnessed a lot of video teasers regarding new models, Google seemed to stay implacable regarding to its politics.
This definitely seems to be a pretty hard period for the Chinese company whose presence on the USA’s entity list can’t allow US companies to do doing business with them.
A few weeks ago Google warned the company that it wouldn’t be able to launch with Google apps and services due to the White House banning US companies (like Google) from working with Huawei, as it has been mentioned above.
Google said last month that these phones wouldn’t have neither of Google’s apps and services as well as Play Store pre-installed though this store is the most popular platform for Android users outside China to download apps.
What’s more, it’s worth mentioning that Huawei is already developing their own apps which are available through the Huawei App Gallery.
Analyst Richard Windsor said that without Google Services, no one will probably buy the device but Vincent Pang, senior vice president and board director of Huawei noted that new phones would be based on Android and that the company’s goal is to maintain “one standard, one ecosystem, one technology”.
The company said that the Mate 30 Series would come with the already developed Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Core, which is already integrated with over 45,000 apps.
From the company, they said that Huawei was investing $1 billion into its software ecosystem and the investment would be fractured across a development fund, a user growth fund, and a marketing fund.
As per hardware, the phones have a more typical set of flagship specs. Both have a Leica-branded rear camera array contained within a circular camera cutout that Huawei is calling a “Halo ring design.”
The Mate 30 can brag about its main 40-megapixel camera that has a f/1.8 aperture, an ultra wide-angle 16-megapixel f/2.2 camera, an 8-megapixel f/2.4 telephoto camera, and a “laser focus” sensor.
The Mate 30 Pro, on the other hand, has the resolution of the ultra wide-angle camera to 40 megapixels with an aperture of f/1.8, and instead of the laser focus sensor, it has a 3D depth sensor.
According to company, the phone can record in up to 4K 60fps, or else record in slow-motion at speeds of up to 7680fps when filming in 720p. Huawei also presented their ultra slow-motion camera in action with footage of a hummingbird in flight, that is also very impressing.
The screens of the phones have some differences. The Mate 30 Pro has a 6.53-inch screen and is curved around the edges, and Mate 30 has a typical flat display that’s slightly bigger at 6.62-inches in size.
Mate 30 Pro has a larger 4,500mAh battery, while Mate 30 has a 4,200mAh one. Both phones are fast-charging up to 40W wired, or 27W when wirelessly charging.
Say goodbye to physical keys, with #HuaweiMate30 Pro's side touch design.
Tap the Invisible Virtual Keys for dual side control. #RethinkPossibilities pic.twitter.com/OKzDrD1Ucm
— Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) September 19, 2019
Since the Mate 30 Pro has display curves (same as the Samsung’s Note), Huawei decided not to go with the physical volume buttons on the side of the device, but to present a new touch-sensitive solution. It’s a similar technology to what we’ve seen also on Vivo’s Nex 3.
You can buy your Mate 30 Pro in any of six colors available, the range of which includes two vegan leather options. Moreover, there is also a new Porsche Design edition of the Mate 30 with a genuine leather finish.
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IPSX Announces Partnerships and Launches Beta Version of IP Sharing Platform
Apr 21 2018 · 22:47 UTC | Updated Apr 24 2018 · 20:03
Photo: IPSX
Using the blockchain technology, IPSX wants to provide an open and free marketplace to let users make money by sharing unused IPs from all over the globe.
IPSX, the decentralized IP sharing marketplace that leverages blockchain technology for a fairer decentralized exchange, has announced a public demo of its platform that allows people to earn tokens by sharing unused IP addresses.
IP addresses are considered a valuable asset with low liquidity due to the lack of a simple service for sharing IPs. Today, they are delivered by centralized providers that are limited by proprietary payment systems, closed networks, and other constraints.
IPSX is the first solution that in addition to IP sharing exchange, offers a framework to allow developers build new apps on top of IPs shared by the IPSX community. The key feature of the platform is an Ethereum-based transaction system that enables direct payments between users and thus increases the liquidity of IP resources.
Decentralized IP Sharing Made a Reality
The startup’s announcement follows a successful token sale of IPSX’s native token, simply dubbed ‘IPSX Token’, which brought the team over $8 million USD in investments. Now, the company is already giving potential consumers a taste of what decentralized IP sharing is by giving them an insider look at the value that it may soon provide.
A demo of the product is publicly available and can be accessed here for those interested in testing the beta client. It first went live on April 2nd, 2018 and is a “concept demo” whose function is to demonstrate how the idea of IP sharing would work in a very basic or vanilla way on the IPSX platform. Thus, it’s far from being at a final stage as many features and functionalities are yet to be implemented. Additionally, a wiki has been integrated into the demo to describe most of the platform’s processes and features.
IPSX will be gradually adding more features to the client on its way to making the concept a commercial reality. Some of the main features include:
Trading engine. This will automatically do the matching between requester and provider based on predefined filters;
Cross device applications. The applications will be released on all major operating systems and will allow users to share and use a shared IP address in a user friendly environment;
Automatic payment using blockchain capabilities. This will also be implemented on later stages, alongside trading engine and applications and will allow automatic payment generation when the sharing process is done.
IPSX: Accumulating Allies
The startup has secured strategic partnerships with some major tech companies, such as Data Center Luxembourg — a cloud and connectivity services provider — and most recently Anatomi, which is one of the most highly regarded blockchain projects in the IoT field, according to IPSX’s press release regarding this subject. The co-founder and CEO of IPSX, George Bunea, commented on the most recent partnership with Anatomi, saying:
“IoT devices are connected to the internet and have unused IP addresses, so a possible partnership with Atonomi comes naturally. What’s more, having trustful devices with identity and reputation to be a part of the core of the distributed network layer sounds like a great starting point.”
Going forward, the team has stated that a primary objective they have is to form even more business relationships with reputable tech companies, thereby strengthening their position in the crypto sphere. In addition to this, the startup is looking to expand its core team and is on the hunt for bright minds they believe will help them carry out their core mission of implementing a decentralized platform for incentivizing IP sharing.
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Segwit2x Working Group Announces Bitcoin Hard Fork Will be at Block 494,784
Aug 16 2017 · 22:31 UTC | Updated Nov 17 2017 · 12:50
During November 2017, a block between 1MB and 2MB in size will be generated by Bitcoin miners in a move to increase network capacity.
The developers behind Segwit2x, a plan to handle signature data separately and to increase the block size limit to 2MB, are to announce a firm date for a hard fork.
Now, the post that is published on a website related to the project, reads:
“During the month of November 2017, approximately 90 days after the activation of Segregated Witnesses in the Bitcoin blockchain, a block between 1MB and 2MB in size will be generated by Bitcoin miners in a move to increase network capacity. At this point it is expected that more than 90% of the computational capacity that secures the Bitcoin network will carry on mining on top of this large block.”
Segwit2x is an agreement reached at Bitcoin Roundtable Consensus in Hong-Kong on February 2016, and then ratified on May 2017 by the Bitcoin Scaling Agreement in New York (also known as the New York Agreement (NYA) which is said to be a compromise between the two sides — those who want to achieve scaling through Segregated Witness and those who prefer to scale by increasing the block size).
All in all, SegWit2x seeks to upgrade bitcoin in two following ways:
It would enact the long-proposed code optimization Segregated Witness (SegWit), which alters the way some data is stored on the network.
It would set a timeline for increasing the network’s block size from today’s 1MB, to be triggered about three months after the SegWit activation (scheduled on August 23 2017).
The working group says, now that Segwit has locked-in, the ecosystem should update to Segwit-compatible software if they want to benefit from the protocol:
Bitcoin clients that are not currently SegWit-compatible and wish to benefit from the new type of transaction must perform extensive upgrades to various subsystems, including changes to transaction serialization, signature hash computation, block weight calculation, scripting engine, block validation, a new address scheme, and P2P protocol upgrades. Fortunately Segregated Witness compatibility is opt-in, and existing Simplifed Payment Verification (SPV) wallets and full nodes are expected to continue working without changes after SegWit activates.
Alongside this, the post contains the “readiness checklist” informing about preparation for the fork including port changes, network changes, DNS seeds, and the Segwit2x “Testnet5.”
The November 2017 upgrade to 2MB blocks is a hard-fork, but necessary changes are trivial to perform.
Some SPV clients are expected to work without any change at all. Most clients will need to tweak only two constants to remain compatible with the new larger blocks.
According to some, Segwit2x, in case enacted, could result in a second hard fork of the bitcoin network in 2017, which could also lead to the creation of another version of the bitcoin blockchain and its own new cryptocurrency.
If turn to the nature of a controversial SegWit plan, some believe that it helps only soothe some of the current pain points and consider it as a band aid, at best. Some believe that far bigger challenges are on the horizon. Alsoit’s often said that in some ways, Bitcoin has become a victim of its own success. This leader of cryptocurrencies has grown at a phenomenal rate, and, as a result, it’s been taking so much time to complete payment processes that the prospect of Bitcoin turning into mainstream payment mechanism has been put into question.
Meanwhile, at press time the token is traded at $4336.06 price, with market cap surpassing that of the PayPal, according to ZeroHedge, constituting $71,6B, The total market cap of the all cryptocurencies listed makes $142B, as shown by coinmarketcap.com.
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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (September 08, 2020) for CSS, PMS
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WELCOME TO CSS TIMES DAY BY DAY CURRENT AFFAIRS, YOUR BEST SOURCE FOR UP-TO-DATE AND DAILY TOP CURRENT AFFAIRS 2020 FOR PREPARATION OF CSS, PMS, BANKING, NTS, RAILWAYS AND ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS. “DAY TO DAY CURRENT AFFAIRS” BASICALLY IS TOP 10 NEWS SUMMARY ON CURRENT HAPPENINGS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE FOR ALL EXAMINATIONS
September 08, 2020: National / International Current Affairs
1. Educational institutions to reopen in phases from 15th
• After having remained closed for six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, educational institutions across the country will reopen in phases from Sept 15.
• Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood said that in the first phase, all higher educational institutions, including universities, professional colleges, vocational institutes, as well as secondary and higher secondary schools (classes nine till 12) would resume classes on Sept 15.
• In the next phase, on Sept 23, after a fresh review, classes six, seven and eight would be allowed to reopen, followed by primary schools on Sept 30, under the government`s standards operating procedure (SOPs), the minister announced.
2. Governor confers awards on 16 personalities
• Governor Chaudhry Sarwar on September 7, 2020 presented civil awards to 16 personalities at a ceremony at Governor House.
• The governor conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz on retired Justice Nasira Javaid Iqbal in recognition of her public services and COMSATS University`s Prof Dr Arshad Saleem Bhatti for excellence in the fields of micro-electronics, nano-science and nano-technology.
• The Presidential Pride of Performance award was conferred on nine recipients: Dr Tahir Mahmood Hayat, chief executive NESPAK, in the field of civil engineering; singers Fazal Jutt, Ghulam Abbas, Waris Baig, Saleen Zahoor Ahmad, Sahir Ali Bagga, actors Rahila Khanum popularly known as Deeba Khanum and Ghulam Mohiuddin, and Dr Musarrat Hassan in the field of painting
3. CM Punjab opens five Rescue 1122 stations
• Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on September 7, 2020 inaugurated five new Rescue 1122 stations established in Harbanspura near Ring Road, Shadbagh, the Walled City, Maraka and Kot Abdul Malik areas in the provincial metropolis.
• Speaking at an inaugural ceremony, Mr Buzdar said the Rescue 1122 was playing an important role in rescue activities by saving lives. He said the number of Rescue 1122 stations in Lahore had now increased to 22.
• The chief minister regretted that the board meeting of an important institution like Rescue 1122 was not called despite the lapse of many years in the previous tenure and it was held in the tenure of the incumbent government after a passage of 15 years
4. IATA team begins auditing PIA departments
• A team of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which arrived in Karachi on September 6, 2020 night, started the audit of different departments of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on September 7, 2020 morning.
• Sources said the four-member audit team comprised two English men, a Turkish expert and a European national.
• The team held a meeting in the morning and then visited the cargo area of Karachi airport. They carried out a comprehensive visit of the airport apron / ramp area where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded
5. `Mastermind` of militant attacks among five killed in North Waziristan
• The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on September 7, 2020 confirmed that a mastermind of militant attacks along with four accomplices had been killed during an intelligence operation in North Waziristan tribal district on Sunday.
• The ISPR said in a statement that 10 notorious terrorists were also arrested during the operation near Mirali.
• It said the deceased terrorist, Waseem Zakeria, was the mastermind of 30 attacks, including targeted killing of government officials and security forces personnel.
6. Transplant law completes a decade
• The year 2020 marks the completion of 10 years of promulgation of ethical transplantation law in the country which was designed to serve as a deterrent to unlawful and unfair practices of organ trade, states a press release issued by the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation.
• Unanimously passed by the National Assembly and later by the Senate, the landmark law mandates the formation of a high level authority and evaluation committees, for the removal, storage and transplant of human organs and tissues for therapeutic purposes.
• President Asif Ali Zardari had signed the human organ transplant bill into law in March, 2010, at a ceremony during which he pledged his organs for donation by signing a donor card
7. China displays Covid-19 vaccines for first time
• China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic.
• High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm.
• Neither has hit the market yet but the makers hope they will be approved after all-important phase 3 trials as early as year-end.
• A Sinovac representative said his firm has already `completed the construction of a vaccine factory` able to produce 300 million doses a year.
8. UK seeks to `clarify` Brexit divorce deal, angers EU
• Britain said on September 7, 2020 it was seeking to `clarify` key parts of its EU divorce deal just as BREXIT trade talks reached a crucial final stage, triggering warnings that it risks damaging its international reputation.
• Alarm bells rang in Brussels after reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was planning new legislation that would override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement treaty he signed last year.
• The Financial Times said a bill to be put before parliament this week would undermine agreements relating to Northern Ireland customs and state aid
9. India overtakes Brazil in coronavirus infections
• India overtook Brazil in coronavirus infection numbers on September 7, 2020, making it second only to the United States after a record jump, but the government resumed underground train services and announced plans to re-open the Taj Mahal this month.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s government, faced with a pandemic that is showing no sign of abating, has chosen to end most curbs in a bid to resuscitate an economy in deep trouble after a severe lockdown.
• The world`s second-most populous country posted more than 90,000 cases on Monday, taking its tally past 4.2 million, more than 68,000 ahead of Brazil, which means the latter has around4.13m of cases.
10. Djokovic disqualified from US Open for hitting female judge
• Men`s top seed Novak Djokovic was dramatically disqualified from the US Open on September 6, 2020 after accidentally striking a female lines judge with a ball in frustration during his last-16 match, sending shock waves through the tournament.
• The world number one apologised for hitting the ball in disgust after losing his serve to go 6-5 down in the first set to Spain`s 20th seed Pablo Carreno Busta inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
• Djokovic appeared to be looking the other way when he pulled the ball from his pocket and smacked it in the direction of the official, it hitting her full toss in the throat
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Couple finds more than 66 bottles of Prohibition-era whiskey hidden in the walls of their New York home
Kelsie Smith
Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 11:40PM EST
When a New York couple was told their over 100-year-old home was built by a notorious bootlegger, they passed it off as small town legend.
But during a recent home renovation, the couple discovered something that revealed the legend could be true.
In early October, Nick Drummond and Patrick Bakker said they found more than 66 bottles of whiskey from the Prohibition-era hidden within the walls and floorboards of their home, which was built in 1915.
"Our walls are filled with bundles of booze!" Drummond, who documented the unexpected find in a series of posts on social media, wrote on his Instagram. "I can't believe the rumors are true! He was actually a bootlegger! "
The couple had been living in the house nestled in the small village of Ames, located about three hours away from New York City, for a little over a year before they decided to begin major renovations two months ago.
Drummond, a designer and historic preservationist, told CNN he was removing outside skirting along the bottom of the mudroom attached to the house when a mysterious package fell out.
"I'm like what is that? I'm very confused," he said. "I'm looking and there's hay everywhere, there's paper, and glass ... I see another package and it's this whiskey bottle."
"I'm like holy crap. This is like a whiskey stash. And this is like, all of a sudden, the whole story of the bootlegger."
Drummond went on to find more packages of smuggled whiskey under the floorboards after entering the mudroom through a uncovered hatch inside the floor. He said the couple continues to find more bottles.
"Initially we found seven bundles of six in the wall and then at that point we found four more bundles and actually funny enough as of less than a week ago we just found more," said Drummond.
The liquor is a brand of Scottish whiskey labeled Old Smuggler Gaelic whiskey, which is still made today. Each bottle was wrapped in tissue paper and straw and bundled in a package of six, said Drummond.
The original owner of the house was a German man known as Count Adolph Humpfner.
After researching newspaper articles and various legal websites, Drummond said he found out that Humpfner was known to be a man of mystery in the town and took part in many scandals. He died a sudden death and left behind the smuggled liquor, as well as a heavily disputed fortune.
The series of discoveries lead Drummond to continue documenting his home renovation on social media. Followers have reached out to participate in learning new history about the home and its bootlegging owner.
The couple plans to leave the bottles they found empty or evaporated preserved in the home -- and sell the bottles they found full. The full bottles are estimated at a value of around US$1,000 each, said Drummond.
The couple said they will keep one of the full bottles of whiskey to taste test.
Nick Drummond and Patrick Bakker said they found more than 66 bottles of whiskey from the Prohibition-era hidden within the walls and floorboards of their home. (Nick Drummond)
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New Justice Amy Coney Barrett casts deciding vote to block N.Y. limit on religious gatherings
Jessica Gresko
Published Thursday, November 26, 2020 3:40AM EST Last Updated Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:46PM EST
WASHINGTON -- With coronavirus cases surging again nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus.
The justices split 5-4 late Wednesday night, with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the majority. It was the conservative's first publicly discernible vote as a justice. The court's three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented.
The move was a shift for the court. Earlier this year, when Barrett's liberal predecessor, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was still on the court, the justices divided 5-4 to leave in place pandemic-related capacity restrictions affecting churches in California and Nevada.
The court's action Wednesday could push New York to reevaluate its restrictions on houses of worship in areas designated virus hot spots. But the impact is also muted because the Catholic and Orthodox Jewish groups that sued to challenge the restrictions are no longer subject to them.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said Thursday the ruling was "more illustrative of the Supreme Court than anything else" and "irrelevant from any practical impact" given that the restrictions have already been removed.
"Why rule on a case that is moot and come up with a different decision than you did several months ago on the same issue?" Cuomo asked in a conference call with reporters. "You have a different court. And I think that was the statement that the court was making."
The Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel of America have churches and synagogues in areas of Brooklyn and Queens previously designated red and orange zones. In those red and orange zones, the state had capped attendance at houses of worship at 10 and 25 people, respectively. But the those particular areas are now designated as yellow zones with less restrictive rules neither group challenged.
The justices acted on an emergency basis, temporarily barring New York from enforcing the restrictions against the groups while their lawsuits continue. In an unsigned opinion the court said the restrictions "single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment."
"Members of this Court are not public health experts, and we should respect the judgment of those with special expertise and responsibility in this area. But even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten. The restrictions at issue here, by effectively barring many from attending religious services, strike at the very heart of the First Amendment's guarantee of religious liberty," the opinion said.
The opinion noted that in red zones, while a synagogue or church cannot admit more than 10 people, businesses deemed "essential," from grocery stores to pet shops, can remain open without capacity limits. And in orange zones, while synagogues and churches are capped at 25 people, "even non-essential businesses may decide for themselves how many persons to admit."
Roberts, in dissent, wrote that there was "simply no need" for the court's action. "None of the houses of worship identified in the applications is now subject to any fixed numerical restrictions," he said, adding that New York's 10 and 25 person caps "do seem unduly restrictive."
"The Governor might reinstate the restrictions. But he also might not. And it is a significant matter to override determinations made by public health officials concerning what is necessary for public safety in the midst of a deadly pandemic," he wrote.
Roberts and four other justices wrote separately to explain their views. Barrett did not.
The court's action was a victory for the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Jewish synagogues that had sued to challenge state restrictions announced by Cuomo on Oct. 6.
The Diocese of Brooklyn, which covers Brooklyn and Queens, argued houses of worship were being unfairly singled out by the governor's executive order. The diocese argued it had previously operated safely by capping attendance at 25% of a building's capacity and taking other measures. Parts of Brooklyn and Queens are now in yellow zones where attendance at houses of worship is capped at 50% of a building's capacity, but the church is keeping attendance lower.
"We are extremely grateful that the Supreme Court has acted so swiftly and decisively to protect one of our most fundamental constitutional rights -- the free exercise of religion," said Randy Mastro, an attorney for the diocese, in a statement.
Avi Schick, an attorney for Agudath Israel of America, wrote in an email: "This is an historic victory. This landmark decision will ensure that religious practices and religious institutions will be protected from government edicts that do not treat religion with the respect demanded by the Constitution."
Two lower courts had sided with New York in allowing the restrictions to remain in place. New York had argued that religious gatherings were being treated less restrictively than secular gatherings that carried the same infection risk, like concerts and theatrical performances.
There are currently several areas in New York designated orange zones but no red zones, according to a state website that tracks areas designated as hot spots.
Associated Press writer Deepti Hajela contributed to this report from New York
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Opening Day Ends All Square
Norris strike earns U's draw
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Colchester United have drawn 1-1 against Port Vale to open the 2019/20 season with a point on home turf.
Both goals came in the first half, in fact the visitors only took four minutes to score their first of the new campaign.
Tom Pope scored from the spot after Tom Lapslie fouled Manny Oyeleke, but the U's were level before half time.
Luke Prosser headed a cross back into the danger area, and Luke Norris took two quick touches to find the back of the net and level things up.
Whilst the U’s would have been looking for a fast start to their first home game of the season, it was Vale who got the early confidence boost.
Luke Prosser’s pass caught Harry Pell on the back foot, and Oyeleke was able to intercept and make strides into the U’s box.
Lapslie slid in when he thought the Vale midfielder was going to shoot, but made contact and the referee pointed to the spot.
The experienced Pope stepped up and confidently lifted his penalty into the top corner, well away from the diving right hand of Dean Gerken, who had guessed correctly which way it would go.
That early goal gave the visitors confidence, and they went onto dominate the next fifteen minutes or so, but failed to really test Gerken again.
Gradually the U’s got a grip on the game, and started to put a bit of pressure on.
A good spell for the U’s came halfway through the half, with the ball continually being put into danger areas.
Frank Nouble, who was causing problems for Gibbons at right back, shot just wide and then set up debutant Cohen Bramall for a cross that drifted just over the bar.
Then Nouble was at it again, this time capitalising on a Kane Vincent-Young run and pass, but Brown in the Vale goal palmed away the effort.
As the half was coming to an end, Courtney Senior set up Luke Norris, but the U’s number nine was denied by a last ditch block.
He wasn’t denied a minute later though, as the U’s kept the pressure on down the left hand side and got the equaliser.
Jevani Brown got down the left, and hit a far post cross that Prosser did extremely well to head back into the danger area.
Norris took a quick touch to try and control the ball, then stretched out a boot to flick it past Brown to make it 1-1.
It almost got better for the U’s in the final seconds of the first half, but Harry Pell’s effort was deflected into the hands of Brown.
The U’s started the second half as they finished the first, with Norris setting up Brown for a shot that dipped just over the bar with his namesake in the Vale goal rooted to the spot.
Senior then burst into life, having a shot at goal and then just failing to make contact with an attempted overhead kick.
Nouble was next to test the opposition, but they couldn’t handle him and his shot was deflected narrowly wide into the side netting.
Luke Gambin came on for his U’s debut, and Ben Stevenson was also introduced as U’s Head Coach John McGreal went looking for a winner, and the former almost unlocked the door.
His whipped cross almost went directly in, with the keeper distracted by Norris’ run at the near post, but Leon Legge was clever enough to cover the line and cleared the danger.
Young forward Andre Hasanally was the final substitute, and he went closest to getting a late winner.
Nouble was again the architect, his drilled ball just evading the seventeen year old as he raced into the six yard box.
The final chance came in the fourth and final minute of injury time, but at the end of a great flowing move, Kane Vincent-Young’s cross was too high for the onrushing U’s forwards.
It wasn’t the win the U’s wanted from their opening game, but a point after coming from behind can’t be sniffed at.
There is a clear week ahead to recover and regroup, before the U’s travel to Devon to take on one of the promotion favourites Plymouth Argyle.
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Hitler’s 125th birthday march in Tokyo Ikebukuro video: It’s only a few illogical dullards who can but question the nationality (thus loyalty) of dissenters
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Hi Blog. On Sunday, April 20, there was a march in Tokyo Ikebukuro to celebrate the 125th birthday of Hitler. Yes, you read that right. And an article came out about it in Japan Today’s Kuchikomi column. Have a read and then I’ll comment:
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Marchers in Ikebukuro fete Hitler’s 125th birthday anniversary
JAPAN TODAY KUCHIKOMI APR. 25, 2014, courtesy of BS
http://www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi/view/marchers-in-ikebukuro-fete-hitlers-125th-birthday-anniversary
A group of demonstrators paraded through Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district last Sunday, criticizing China and South Korea while advocating the restoration of the “Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere” proposed by Japan in the 1940s. The procession this time was different from those organized by other groups seen marching on Tokyo’s streets, as, in addition to the 16-ray rising sun flag of Japan, the participants spearheading the march openly waved the Nazi flag—an act that’s illegal in Germany.
(And gave Nazi salutes…)
The demonstration, including the flags, can be viewed in the YouTube video below.
According to J-Cast News (April 23), Sunday’s demonstration was organized by an organization that calls itself the “Gokoku Shishi no Kai” (Group of Warriors Protecting the Nation). They assembled in a small park in East Ikebukuro, the location of the gallows in the former Sugamo Prison, where former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six other Class A war criminals were executed by hanging in December 1948.
“To keep the achievements of our illustrious predecessors from going to waste, we advocate the restoration of the Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, minus participation by China and the two Koreas,” one of the organizers told the assembled demonstrators. Referring to the date as coinciding with the 125th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birthday, he also noted that “The empire of Japan and Nazi Germany have been portrayed as villains, and in Germany glorifying the Nazis will get a person jailed. We would like to re-investigate the 1993 Kono Statement and Nazi Germany as well, to rehabilitate their good acts and restore their honor.”
When asked to name the Nazis’ good acts, the speaker was able to come up with the autobahn, but not much else.
Approximately 40 marchers, who also carried the flags of Tibet and the Taiwan Independence Party, chanted slogans such as “Let’s tie up with Asia, excepting ‘Shina’ (China) and ‘Chosen’ (Koreans),” “Japan should learn from the Nazis’ good points” and “Long live the Chancellor (Hitler)!”
A smaller group of counter-demonstrators also showed up and the two sides exchanged taunts, but did not exchange blows.
As the demonstration broke up, the organizer was quoted as saying that the police had requested they delay the march due to President Obama’s impending visit to Tokyo.
“But I told them, “It can only be this day (Hitler’s birthday), and kept pushing for a permit. We should all tell the police how much we appreciate their consideration.”
Here’s the video from Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2jKx_J5TUw#t=615
COMMENT: I’m glad this was filmed (Leni Riefenstahl did a much better service portraying her Nazis!), because it reveals two things:
1) The banality of evil. “Warriors Protecting the Nation”? All we really see are a small group of dorks playing at hate speech, trying to attract attention to themselves by saying things that they know will inflame historical passions of irrationality and prejudice. It’s kinda like high-schoolers listening to heavy metal music (or, okay, I’m dating myself: gangsta rap) really, really loud to annoy their parents. But who’s listening on, on either side? There are far more cops there keeping the peace than there are demonstrators waving their flags. Considering how much bigger their last demonstration was (which also included Nazi flags), is this all they could muster for Hitler’s momentous 125th?
(Compare with their previous: )
2) Their inability to make a cogent argument. At minute 2:55 in the video, they face a dissenter, and the group’s counterattack is swift and hive-minded. Instead of engaging in any form of logical debate, all they do is swarm in at their critic and say over and over again, “Anta nani-jin? Nani-jin? Anta nihonjin? Chuugokujin? Kankokujin?” (What are you? Japanese? Chinese? Korean?) As if a true Japanese couldn’t possibly be dissenting. By minute 5:20, they aver that it musta been a Shina-jin (the historically-unflattering word for Chinese), as if that settles their hash.
And if you watch to the end, it all just breaks down into a group of dullards who go out for a beer afterwards. Herr ringleader is not of the mettle to lead a beer hall putsch. Clearly these dwebes have nothing better to do with their weekend. Dr. ARUDOU Debito
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28 comments on “Hitler’s 125th birthday march in Tokyo Ikebukuro video: It’s only a few illogical dullards who can but question the nationality (thus loyalty) of dissenters”
Samie says:
Clowns!
There were some people in Harajuku dressed in cosplay this weekend, one with swastika bands on their arms. Was with a friend from Germany, so this was a bit of a shock. I am “hoping” (in the oddest sense) that this was unconnected and just the typical weird cosplay you see there, and just ignorance. Although, that is not a good situation either.
Jim Di Griz says:
I wish I could brush it all of with a cynical comment (such as ‘Nazi cosplay because their own education system doesn’t drive home how evil the defeated ideologies were’, or some such), but I can’t because this is serious.
Sure, the apologists will still say ‘Oh, but it’s a handful of people only! They don’t represent the majority of Japanese’, but the apologists have said that at every step. When will the apologists realize their folly? When it’s 10,000 J-nazis marching? 100,000? 1,000,000? It’ll be too late then. The marchers march because the social values engendered from Abe, Aso, Hashimoto, and all their friends that they’ve appointed to public office clearly tell them that they are safe to do so. No anti-hate-speech law. No public back-lash. No anti-protest.
Sure, these marchers are relatively few in number, but they represent the visible tip of a monolithic iceberg that is lurking unseen, whether apologists chose to look beneath the surface or not.
No freedom of speech for those who think freedom of speech should be used to call for genocide.
It is very telling that these Neo Nazi extremists’ ideas of foreign policy are exactly what the LDP government is actively doing already – trying to create tighter bonds with Asian countries, just not with China and Korea. Abe’s been really busy traveling to South East Asia, dishing out bribes, to form an alliance against Japan’s alleged enemies. It is also interesting to look at the actual purpose and role of JICA, a “development aid” organisation on the front, but one has to wonder if altruism really played any part in its formation. It seems like just another typically Japanese organisation helping to “bring back Japan’s glory” – harmless on the front, but serving purely nationalist interests behind the facade, much like infamous “Nippon Foundation” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryoichi_Sasakawa)
As for these videos, I will try to find a way to inform German authorities and media. Who knows, maybe one of these subjects is going to visit Germany to worship the Autobahn 😉 in the future, and the least I can do is try to get him into as much trouble as possible.
Michael J says:
“Was with a friend from Germany, so this was a bit of a shock.”
Your German friend haven’t told you about NPD – Die Volksunion in Germany? It’s much bigger problem than few protestants in Harajuku. Look at pictures from their marches and them gaining some real political power in eastern Germany lands while you have probably the same amount of those who are charmed with Hitler’s ideas in the last 40 years.
@Jim,
I think its a stretch to say these poor fellas represent mainstream. Look at hate groups abroad, you will find losers etc who have found a cause and friendships in groups. You can look as some neonazi types and feel sorry for them. Japan is no exception. Most Japanese feel distant from these types and wouldnt be seen associated with them. Japan is an island country, and sometimes has misguided interpretations of history, which cannot be excused, however, I feel many Japanese dont identify with Hitler or facism.
I believe the recent upswing in facist demos is because of the ultra nationalist government, and these types feel its their calling or now is the time to come out and play.
Loverilakkuma says:
I bet this ‘Japan f@#k yeah!’ moment could be augmented tomorrow (the 29th), which is the day of Restoration of National Sovereignty(kokka-shuken-kaifuku-no hi). Many of us still remember conservative lawmakers making Banzai chanting to the imperial family (after their departure) last year. Let’s see if the Abe Cabinet would do the same, and how international community (especially China and South Korea) would respond to an outmoded imperial worship seen in the pre-war era.
@ Dean #6
Well, I’m glad you agree with me about the relationship between the current government and the demos;
‘I believe the recent upswing in facist demos is because of the ultra nationalist government, and these types feel its their calling or now is the time to come out and play.’
But then you go all apologist on me and talk about Japan being an ‘island nation’ by way of attempting to explain it. It’s not ‘explaining’, it’s ‘apologizing’! The UK is also an island nation, yet the international community would go crazy if the UK government spoke the way Abe, Aso, Ishihara, and Hashimoto did! The international community would go crazy if UK citizens called publicaly for the ‘massacre of foreign cockroaches’, and had a Hitler’s Birthday Parade!
Don’t make excuses for them!
And while I’m en riposte, where were ‘the vast majority of Japanese’ who ‘aren’t represented by these fringe demonstrators’ during the protest? I’ll tell you where; they were in exactly the same place as they were when Hashimoto made his stupid comments, when Aso talked about the Weinar constitution, when the NHK Directors were denying Nanking ever happened and that giving your life for the emperor made you a god, and the same place as when Abe was giving a thumbs up photo shoot in a 731 numbered jet; NOWHERE!
The ‘silent opposition’? They don’t exist! The silent majority are endorsing the rightists with their failure to counter or speak out in the slightest, so I must conclude that they are in agreement with ‘the fringe’.
@Dean
Right on. I also don’t think this group is as dangerous as they look. What’s more dangerous is the Japanese that act as if they wouldn’t hurt a fly, and then go on to discriminate “innocently”, like the share house owner in one of the earlier articles. You’ll find weird neo-Nazi groups in any country, even countries that are good at upholding human rights. I’d rather have the country as a whole respect human rights, even if neo-Nazi groups exist. I don’t think many Japanese would support these neo-Nazi groups; but they’ll violate your rights nonetheless, which is even more dangerous.
Blackrat says:
I hope @Jim # 8 is wrong, but I find it hard to refute what he said.
I live near the park in Ikebukuro and have seen this group more than once. One of them was near Ikebukuro Station heavily disguised in surgical mask, baseball hat and sunglasses. I paused long enough to hear his opening speech “Do you like to hear Chinese mispronounce Japanese – ga gi gu ge go. It sounds horrible, doesn’t it?” I lost interest at that point, then later remembered something I read a while back. Shortly after the Great Kanto Earthquake in September 1923, rumors were abroad that the Koreans had poisoned wells in Tokyo and were planning to riot. Apparently, gangs of thugs went around forcing anyone they suspected was Korean or Chinese to pronounce various vowel sounds such as these and if their accent was off, they were murdered! It was said that even a few Japanese with strong regional accents were unintentionally killed as well. Estimates of how many people were butchered range up to 6,000 or more. I suppose these idiots would also deny these killings went on, well of course they would given they refuse to believe Nanking happened either.
@ Blackrat #10,
So true sir!
After all, only a few years back, when he has still the popular and re-elected Mayor of Tokyo, Ishihara used his visit to a SDF base to give a speech to the soldiers, during which he told them that it would be their duty to protect people when the next big earthquake hits Tokyo, because the NJ would riot.
Fringe minority with no power my ass. People holding these ‘fringe beliefs’ ARE the establishment!
— FYI, that was already fourteen years ago. 2000. Time flies.
@ Debito #11
Already 14 years? Wow! Time flies when you’re having fun!
A minority you say?
Who don’t represent the majority, you say?
China and Korea are Japan bashing, you say?
Err, take a look at this:
https://mobile.twitter.com/aitaiima/status/460026385629585409
Doing the rounds on Twitter is a photo of a man dressed as Tojo giving a salute whilst standing on top of an official LDP campaign bus!
Japan; continuing to be it’s own worst enemy.
Will anyone get fired? Will there be any back-lash?
Where are all the apologists right now? I could use a laugh!
Debito, where does the law draw the line in terms of assault on clowns like this? suppose someone were to spray them with water, does that constitute assault? What if the flag was taken off them and thrown in the dirt? (i.e. not stolen)
— I’ll tell you what will happen. You will get harassed (if not throttled) and the police will turf you out (if not threaten to arrest you). Some examples:
From documentary “Yasukuni” (2007) (watch from minute 7):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AazBmgbeeB8
(Part 10 of the movie, where we see the bloodied demonstrator having to deal with unsympathetic police, I can’t seem to find.)
A Canadian Shoved by Japanese Crowd at Yasukuni Shrine from Leah0101 on Vimeo.
This is why the rightists in Japan feel so empowered. Dissenters get harassed. It’s not a fair fight.
@ James #14,
I see where you’re coming from, but I think that the best thing you could do *sarcasm* would be to get Eido Inu, Gomiflakeman, or Ken ‘Sora’ Tanaka to get down there and….Interview them about how terrible it is for them being victimized by Debito, and just about anyone else who thinks that they shouldn’t be subjected to racial genocide. I’m sure that that will straighten everything out just fine.
@James,
Dont even bother with it. As a fellow gaijin, let me tell you, its not worth it. Its easy to get worked up about these things, and its exactly what those Japanese want, to pull you into a trap. As you can see, they follow the guy around. I had this happen to me before, it aint worth it. Its like dealing with a child like mentality. I disagree with Jim and others; the reason Japanese wont interfere with this is because of the culture, once you touch it, its exactly what they want. The culture is different here, and as Westerners, we tend to react. Japanese say “no touch” in such a situation. Its annoying and apathetic, but as you can see, they bullied this poor guy all the way to the elevator. The police expect you to understand the culture here, so actually this guy did violate some cultural norm of interupting their ridiculous interview. You can see in the top video where violence is being used on one “interupter” and nobody is arresting him. You cant change Japan, you can only expose or leave. I think leave is the best option, but for foriengers who live here, you have to understand this isnt a free place.
one more thing to add: Debito, by posting these 2 video, has clearly shown a case of situational ethics being practiced in Japan. In the top video, the protestor has not done anything to deserve the excessive force or boroku that is being done to him, however nobody is yelling “boroku” or “keisatsu” ! Instead they are polietly asking the offender, the person chokeholding the protester, to take it easy on him, clearly enjoying the violence. The offender is even on video, committing a crime, using violence to subdue a protester.
In the nest video, the protester is not commiting any crime or using violence, but is asked by several bystanders to be arrested. The police are all over him, as are the thugs, and the thugs are an inch away from doing him bodily harm. The protester is the “offender” in this case.
Its why I said, dont even bother with it. Disturbing the “wa” and being gaijin are crimes, while restoring the “wa” with violence isnt.
last (I promise) on this. I should of thought it through before I posted in 3 different post, sorry about that.
Never go to these places alone. These types of Japanese love to bully the lone gaijin. Ive witnessed this many times in Japan, and its been done to me. Its amazing how they will change if your with a group. If your alone, as the Canadian was, you see it took 10 – 15 people to get him away, this harmless unarmed dude. They swarmed all over him. In these instances, you dont stand a chance. My advice is just to stay away from it; its ripe for violence, as you can see in the dweeb gathering of nazis, they were incoherent until the “protestor” arrived on scene. Then they swarmed with the “nani jin” crap and found a cause for their voice. You can see this in video after video with these people.
Baudrillard says:
“A Canadian Shoved by Japanese Crowd”- an impoortant, excellent video. He is a brave, brave man who is not afraid to stand up to a mob. He spoke good Japanese, was very polite, and handled the police and the mob well- “please don’t touch me”. A model democrat and citizen. He just asked a question they didn’t want to hear. Because they have no answers.
Also, how disappointing that a question is still considered “rude”. Are we in Imperial times? Are they the Emperor? (I rather think they consider themselves as his representatives.).
Also ironic that the rightists recently took up his argument,(benkyou ni narimashita deshou ka) i.e. if they were in Germany they would be arrested! But hey, This is Japan!
The rightists trying to take his bag should have been arrested which just means the police are gutless, sympathetic to the rightists, basically anti gaijin and just trying to avoid trouble and keep the “WA” rather than stand up for justice and individual rights.
i.e. its easier to just escort one gaijin away than do what is right. Just love the extreme police paranoia overreaction. Maybe 20 police to deal with just one man! No wonder they need to deputize oyaji’s to stand on every street corner around the gaijin houses during the G8 summits!
NOTE at 8.37 the rightist is almost giving a speech or orders to the police standing to attention about “WARE WARE” etc. This probably wasn’t what was happening but the suited beefy rightist is playing to an audience to try to make it look like he is in control, its all about FACE (where there is none). I have seen this countless times in Japan, trying to take credit by play acting to make it look like they are in charge, respected, etc.
I was quivering with rage when I saw it, also felt fear of living in Japan again. Also disgusted and disappointed by all the usual, tiresome, never changing clichés.
Thus I disagree with Jim and Debito that “time Flies”- in Japan, time absolutely crawls and nothing changes for a long time, if ever. Ten years is nothing to the this Dictatorship of the GERONTOCRACY (Japan surprisingly isn’t mentioned in the Wikipedia entry although Italy and the Soviet Union-arguably similar politics, are)
This vital video needs to go viral.
Dean is right.
You can’t change these people.
the police won’t protect your rights.
Expose the truth. Leave. In that order.
Welcome to 2020 Olympics! O-mo-te-na-shi! (this is VERY important Japanese, ha!).
This vimeo video is perfectly following postmodernist theory of how to disrupt the rightist, (default majority consensus in Japan) narrative:
Debord encouraged the use of détournement, “which involves using spectacular images and language to disrupt the flow of the spectacle.”
Can we repost it on youtube and elsewhere?
@James, I would warn anybody to pick a fight (even verbally) with Japanese right-wingers. It’s a known fact that they share many members with the thuggish arm of the Yakuza and therefore you could be seriously harmed or even killed. As there is no “rule of law” in Japan, at least not as we understand it, you will have zero protection. The “police” in Japan is just there for show, they will stand back as soon as the actual police enters the scene. Why do you think the left-wing in Japan is so silent and seemingly scared? Japan is still a dangerous country for people who believe the “democracy” myth.
A good option would be to leave and protest in front of Japanese businesses or organisations in your home country.
@ Baudrillard #19
I agree with everything you wrote in your post absolutely.
‘Time flies’ comment of mine was sarcasm, since Japan has only one speed: reverse!
Yes, I was angry upon watching the video of the Canadian guy. He asked a question, and then had his rights (oh, but of course, ‘he’s only a gaijin’) infringed by the racists, but also the police seemed to be treating him as a criminal, ignoring the threats coming from the racists! Way to ‘uphold the law’!
Gee, I mean the cops didn’t even exercise their authority to maintain public order by asking the racists to shut up for a minute and ask anybody what was happening. Instant assumption of NJ wrong-doing caught on film!
Of course, we know the honne of Japan, so we know that the cops aren’t interested in upholding the law, because that would mean rocking the ‘wa’ boat by doing the unthinkable; busting the racist mob and protecting the rights of (gasp!) a gaijin!
Well, they can’t do that, can they? It would destroy the myth that Japan is a modern democratic country of law that neither even has hate speech and discrimination, nor has a secret widespread and popular belief that Japanese Imperialism was ok!
The most upsetting thing about the neo-Nazi video is that the police didn’t even have the sense to clear the park of kids and their families before letting the neo-Nazi group take over. Even if the neo-Nazis have the right to demonstrate, the police should know that these kinds of demonstrations can turn violent, and should have cleared the park first. As you see in the video, kids and their families were there first eating ice-creams, and then this neo-Nazi group comes storming in.
GS says:
An interesting little group. Some historical perspective for those who like that.
There is a serious debate among historians if Hitler was suffering from the latter stages of syphilis contracted when he was on the streets in Vienna. This can not be proved, but the historians believing so do make a strong case. Syphilis in this stage causes the brain to deteriorate. To be precise, braincells start dying. This group might be following a half-braindead person who should have been in the hospital rather than the Reichschancellary.
And I can only laugh about the pretences of this group that they represent either Japan or the Emperor.
As far as Japan goes, one can wonder precisely why they would have needed a Kempetai in the first place.
With regards to the Emperor, just a few stings:
– In 1936, a coup was launched by the ‘Imperial Way’ faction, with the purpose of embarking on conquest. The Emperor ordered the members of the coup to stop what they were doing and return to their barracks in person.
– In June 1940, when ‘negotiating’ military occupation of Indochina, a group of hotheads caused an incident in the hope of provoking a military conquest. Again the Emperor intervened and ordered them to stop.
– In September 1941, realising that the military was bent on war, the Emperor did the unthinkable. He addressed the heads in person and urged for peace.
– In August 1945, he was asked to make a decision in person on the terms of surrender. He chastised the military and the nationalists, made it clear that the responsibility for the situation was entirely on their heads and ordered them to surrender.
– Ever since the conservatives came up with the idea of putting the war criminals up on the notorious Yasukuni shrine, there’s one prominent group you will never find there. That’s right, the Imperial Family. They prefer the monument for the Unknown Soldier. Incidentally, they share that preference with despised left-wing Japan.
– In 2002, the Emperor spoke out openly, in a press conference, that he has a Korean Ancestor and that he feels emotionally tied to the Korean people, tearing a massive hole in the ‘pure blood’ myth.
You can find the right-wing conservatives shouting “Tenno Banzai” at every corner of the street and claiming their loyalty, but at least their Nazi partners in crime could be found doing what their führer told them. Not this group. Doesn’t that morally constitute high treason?
Actually, my question was where does the law draw the line on what assault is… If a group were to throw eggs at them, what could they be charged with? What if it was water? etc? What if their “protests” where drowned out with even louder speakers by counter protesters? Where does the law draw the line?
I would say that the “Battle of Cable Street” in London was, in many ways, one of the most important events in combating fascism in Europe. 100,000 people turned out to push back Mosley and a group of 3,000 or so fascists. It forced law makers to recognize a problem, and damaged the ‘prestige’ of Mosley and his followers.
Fighting back scum like these guys and the Zaitokukai is the only viable solution.
I just looked at the various jersey designs for the upcoming World Cup in Brazil, and the Japanese one caught my eye:
See here: http://imgur.com/CLqvcvL
They managed to integrate the Rising Sun Flag (Kyokujitsuki) into the design (the sunbeams coming from the JFA emblem). Granted, it’s very subtle, but Japan is the only participating nation that uses such undeniably nationalist and dubious symbology on their jerseys.
Given the way how Japanese society always co-opts sports events and athletes for nationalist means (“show Japan’s pride to the world”), I find this disturbing and quite primitive.
If we look at the “slogans” of each world cup team (http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2014/05/14/does-japan-have-the-best-world-cup-slogan/), Japan’s choice of
“Samurai, the time has come to fight!”
is remarkable. It is the only team using the word “fight” in its slogan, and semantically, the slogan must be understood as a military order, barked by a “leader” to the soldiers. Compared South Korea’s “South Korea – Enjoy it, Reds!” slogan, Japan’s stands out as unnecessarily menacing and nationalistic.
Some might say I’m hearing the grass grow, but I actually do think that these are deliberate choices in a rigid society like Japans, and are an indicator of the evil spirits Abe has summoned.
@ Markus #27
Hobsbawm and Ranger in The Invention of Tradition (IIRC) have an excellent chapter about the deliberate use of local soccer clubs to socialize aggression in the UK during the late 1800’s, early 1900’s. Very interesting read re: soccer as a form of social control (all other chapters in this book are also excellent, check out the role of cricket in controlling India as part of the British Empire).
Anyway, I would say that at it’s inception as a mass sport, the function of soccer was to give the masses an outlet for their adolescent aggression, lest it turn against the social powers that be. On an international level, soccer functions in much the same way: it unites the ‘nation’ around perceived shared common values, against ‘the other’, as an outlet for aggressive tendencies, but in a manner that does not impact on policy makers international relations. Very useful, isn’t it?
I would argue that in Europe and N. America, globalization and general economic dependancy have greatly reduced any serious animosity that most nations feel towards each other (if you remember the hooliganism of UK soccer fans both at home and abroad in the 80’s, you will agree that these aggressive sentiments have largely disappeared from soccer, and hence from the societies in question (although there is a case to make for these anti-social aggressive urges to be expressed in different ways)).
By way of example, England’s national soccer team can play Germany’s national team, and with rare exception, any reference to WWII animosity will be framed in terms of ‘2 world wars, and one world cup!’ (a reference to England’s only world cup win in 1966), which is an expression of self-depreciating UK humor (however coarse, or base we may find it), rather than an expression of anti-German hate.
On the other hand, with the Falklands War being in living memory of a larger percentage of England fan’s, and economic ties between the UK and Argentina being far less significant than those between the UK and the EU nations, including Germany (not to mention recent provocative speeches from the Argentine President), genuine animosity still exists, and a UK V’s Argentina match would be bound to include some incidence of inter-group violence at some level.
But, all of the above is to say that with the exception of playing soccer against a nation who was a military enemy within recent living memory, soccer’s nationalistic over-tones are largely confined to reflecting on the things in which a nation takes it’s pride.
Except, it appears, in Japan….
As Markus points out, the Japanese are still defining themselves not by the things in which they take pride, but rather in terms of the thing that they are not= the ‘others’.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Japan is indeed doing just as every other society does, and Japan is indeed defining itself by the thing in which it takes pride, except that Japanese national identity is so insecure and weak that the only thing it can find regarding it’s national identity, the only thing which is shared in the Japanese common consciousness, is the fact that they are not ‘the others’.
And it goes without saying that the Japanese have a long history of abusing/mis-using English, so incredibly poor translations of their original Japanese language concepts don’t even get run by a native speaker first, but the use of the word ‘fight’ does indeed suggest that Japan still frames itself in a ‘win/lose’ struggle agaisnt the world, rather than the kind of ‘win/win’ relationship that defines the EU (for example. For another example, see the selfish mess that Japan is making of TPP negotiations).
I am sure that if challenged about the use of ‘fight’, the Japanese will claim that they simply mean ‘endure’, and that we NJ have misunderstood their unique culture, please understand, regretfully, etc.
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Inside DARPA's Ambitious 'AI Next' Program
The defense research agency seeks artificial intelligence tools capable of human-like communication and logical reasoning that far surpass today’s tech.
Jack Corrigan
AI & Autonomy
By Jack Corrigan
As federal agencies ramp up efforts to advance artificial intelligence under the White House’s national AI strategy, the Pentagon’s research shop is already working to push the tech to new limits.
Last year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency kicked off the AI Next campaign, a $2 billion effort to build artificial intelligence tools capable of human-like communication and logical reasoning that far surpass the abilities of today’s most advanced tech. Included in the agency’s portfolio are efforts to automate the scientific process, create computers with common sense, study the tech implications of insect brains and link military systems to the human body.
Through the AI Exploration program, the agency is also supplying rapid bursts of funding for a myriad of high-risk, high-reward efforts to develop new AI applications.
Defense One's sister publication Nextgov sat down with Valerie Browning, director of DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office, to discuss the government’s AI research efforts, the shortcomings of today’s tech and the growing tension between the tech industry and the Pentagon.
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
Nextgov: So what’s the ultimate goal of AI Next?
Browning: The grand vision for the AI Next campaign is to take machines and move them from being tools—perhaps very valuable tools—but really to be trusted, collaborative partners. There's a certain amount of competency and world knowledge that we expect a trusted partner to possess. There's a certain ability to recognize new situations, behave appropriately in new situations, [and] recognize when maybe you don't have enough experience or training to actually function in a predictable or appropriate way for new situations. Those are the big picture sorts of things that we're really after. Machine learning-enabled AI does certain tasks quite well—image classification, voice recognition, natural language processing, statistical pattern recognition—but we also know AI can fail quite spectacularly in unexpected ways. We can't always accurately predict how they're going to fail.
Nextgov: What are the biggest gaps between the AI today and the AI that DARPA’s trying to build?
Browning: The fact that AI can fail in ways that humans wouldn't. In image classification, a machine will see a picture of a panda and recognize it as a panda, but you just make a few minor changes to pixels that the human eye wouldn't even recognize, and it's classified as a gibbon or something. We need to be able to build AI systems that have that sort of common sense wired in. We need AI systems that do have some ability for introspection, so when given a task they could communicate to their partner 'based on my training and my experience, you should have confidence in me that I could do this' or ‘I’ve not encountered this situation before and I can't ... perform in the way you'd like me to in this situation.’ How can we train better faster without the laborious handwork of having to label really large datasets? Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to come up with the training data of the universe to have to put into AI systems?
Nextgov: Looking at the AI Exploration program, what are the benefits to doing that kind of quick, short-term funding?
Browning: We have limited resources, and sometimes we find an area that we think may be ripe for investment but there's some key questions that need to be answered. We really don't want to scale up a very large [program], but we want to get some answers pretty quickly. The very act of trying to bring in a new performer through the sort of conventional acquisition cycle can be very long and tedious. [For this program], the time from posting a topic announcement to actually getting people doing work is 90 days or less, and that's fairly unprecedented in government contracting. AI Exploration allows us to go after some of the more high-risk, uncertain spaces quickly to find out whether they're on the critical path toward reaching our ultimate vision.
Nextgov: Are there any paths right now that look more promising than others?
Browning: The physics of AI, which was one of the first ones to get started. I think we'll know soon whether there are some real clear applications. I would say within months, not years.
Nextgov: What’re your thoughts on the White House's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy? One of the big criticisms is the plan doesn’t provide a lot of specific guidance or funding.
Browning: I think that the right things are being prioritized. Innovation—we have to invest, we have to be a world leader. There are clear challenges in making sure we have the manpower and the human capital to make sure that we're applying the right STEM approaches and that we are protecting that technological edge while not stifling innovation. Those are the things that I think are important and I saw all of them in there. It does mandate that all the agencies, as they develop their budgets, make this a priority, but I don't think we know what that price tag is. So any attempt to try to say that this percentage of your budget or this top line [should go to AI], I don't think we know that. It's more being smart about asking the right questions and putting the right resources toward asking those questions.
Nextgov: Do you think the government right now is putting enough resources behind these efforts compared to what global competitors like China are investing?
Browning: That's a hard comparison to make. Money can be well spent and it can be wasted. From the DARPA perspective, I think the $2 billion commitment over the five years is [appropriate]. The funding level that has been allocated for that is allowing for us to roll out programs at an appropriate rate for the community to respond. DARPA has been very transparent about our goals for the AI Next campaign—I don't know how what [China’s] doing compares.
Nextgov: One issue that's come up a lot recently is this perceived tension between the Pentagon and tech companies like Microsoft and Google. What role should the tech industry play in the government's AI development efforts?
Browning: I think DARPA can take credit for helping foster a very vibrant [contractor] ecosystem. We can respect the larger companies’ positions on whether they do or do not want to work with the [Defense Department]. Their role in all this, we don't want to understate at all, but … we can proceed with innovating with the community we have engaged. As we've rolled out these new programs, there's been no shortage of good ideas coming in.
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With unreliable narratives swirling around in mainstream media, consumers generally do not know who or what to believe. Therefore, there exists a unique opportunity for brands that are already being honest to tell consumers about their impact in an unfiltered, unbiased, and fully transparent voice.
I believe the Business to Planet scale outlined above could give brands that honest voice, and allow them to influence future purchasing behaviors. If consumers begin to favor companies that are disclosing scores, then other brands will feel pressure to follow. This could result in a multi-actor behavior shift: consumers become more conscious about purchasing decisions, and brands begin to prioritize quality in design and manufacturing in order to receive better scores.
In its simplest form, Business to Planet is essentially a third-party supply chain audit. The way I see it, the only brands that would currently welcome such an audit are the brands that are willing to embrace the dark realities of complex supply chains and communicate the true impact of their products. In my opinion, it is time for that willingness to become an expectation.
I was recently selected by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to become a Circular Economy Pioneer. Once certified, we are expected to use a combination of leadership and creativity to implement circular principles into our networks and industries.
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Campaign for quicker rail line
Published: 9:00 AM February 19, 2010 Updated: 7:49 AM October 7, 2020
Rail commuters in Diss will benefit from significantly reduced journey times if a campaign to improve services between London and Norwich becomes reality.
A petition was launched his week calling on travel times to the capital to be slashed by 20 minutes.
The Norwich in 90 Campaign is pressing for train and track improvements that would cut journey times for the 115-mile distance between London and Norwich from 1hr 50 mins to 1hr 30mins.
Under the proposals, which could also see increased peak-time capacity and new trains on the inter-city route, journeys between Diss and London would take just over an hour and 15mins.
Campaigners are pressing for improvements to the new Greater Anglia rail franchise from next year when National Express East Anglia gives way to a new operator.
Town leaders welcomed the new campaign, which they say will boost enterprise and make Diss a more attractive place for city workers.
Local MPs, Shaping Norfolk's Future, the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and leaders of Norfolk County and Norwich City councils are all behind the Norwich in 90 Campaign. They want to shave minutes off journey times by reducing the number stops on the mainline south of Colchester, introducing faster, modern trains, and upgrading the rail line.
Chris Starkie, chief executive of Shaping Norfolk's Future, said Diss was very much part of the campaign, which is also lobbying for station improvements and better car parking.
'Any benefits to Norwich will also benefit Diss with faster journey times. We are working on how much it will cost with Network Rail and National Express East Anglia, but we are confident that this work will result in millions of pounds worth of benefits to Norfolk's economy,' he said.
Tony Palmer, Diss town and district councillor, who is part of the Waveney Valley railways task group, added: 'Diss is already one of the top destinations for Londoners to downsize to and I am sure this would attract more people to live here. Twenty minutes quicker would be a fantastic addition to some of the improvements we are campaigning for.'
A spokesman for Network Rail, which is responsible for the track infrastructure, said the company was committed to improving the region's railways and would be investing more than �1bn in the region over the next five years.
'Work of this nature, inevitably, would not be cheap. However, the key factor would not be the cost itself, but more importantly how that cost relates to the benefits that faster journey times would bring.'
Network Rail could finance the scheme in the 2014-19 funding settlement, but only if the government felt it was of strategic importance.
A spokesman for National Express East Anglia, which will surrender its franchise next year, said it supported the initiative.
An online petition backing the campaign can be signed at www.gopetition.com/petitions/norwich-in-ninety.html
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Man who shares same rare blood cancer with his brother takes on Great North Run
Lucy Begbie
Published: 10:54 AM August 22, 2017 Updated: 8:03 AM October 7, 2020
Keith Ambrose who was diagnoised with a rare blood cancer will be running Simplyhealth Great North Run. Picture: Keith Ambrose - Credit: Archant
A runner who suffers from the same rare blood cancer as his brother will be taking on the Simplyhealth Great North Run.
Keith Ambrose who was diagnoised with a rare blood cancer gets into training for Simplyhealth Great North Run. Picture: Keith Ambrose - Credit: Archant
In May 2016 Keith Ambrose from Diss was diagnosed with polycythaemia - which affects one in 100,000 people.
And not long after his younger brother Stewart was told he had the same disease, in what doctors have described as 'just not possible'.
Mr Ambrose said: 'Stewart has been struggling but he's getting there.
'The fact I had the diagnosis which prompted him to be tested definitely saved his life too.'
Keith Ambrose who was diagnoised with a rare blood cancer shares the disease with his brother. Picture: Keith Ambrose - Credit: Archant
On Sunday September 10 Keith will be running his ninth Simplyhealth Great North Run - it will his first marathon since his diagnosis.
He said; 'Before, I felt like superman. Now, I have no iron in my body at all and it has to stay that way.
'I can go so far then my body tells me 'no' and I have to stop, then walk a while and then I can go again.
'I used to be the bloke at the front waiting for everyone to finish, now I'm at the back.'
'I feel as good as I have felt for years, and I'm getting through it with the support of my running friends.
'I'm a positive guy. I want to keep sticking at it, and I am getting fitter each week.
'I love the Great North Run – the people are great.
'We're making a weekend of it, the family will all come up and support me. The North East is a great place.'
Polycythaemia isn't hereditary and is caused by a gene mutation, which causes bone marrow to produce too many red blood cells.
This makes the blood thicker and less able to travel through blood vessels and organs.
Keith's blood was made up of more than 70% red blood cells, and he was told it was amazing that he hadn't had a heart attack.
He said: 'I had lots of different symptoms including itching skin after bathing, bloodshot eyes and awful headaches that just wouldn't go away.
'It all happened so quickly.
'It was a lot to take in - one minute you're a normal guy, next minute this happens.
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How To Create A Successful SEM Marketing Campaign: A Q&A With Jim Flint of Local Search Group
Category: Marketing Trends Industry Experts
85 percentof retail businesses report search engine marketing as their best tactic to acquire new consumers.
However, search engine marketing (SEM) is not the same as traditional SEO – even though they both operate on search engines and specifically target consumers through strategic keywords. Therefore, it requires a very different approach than its counterpart to achieve meaningful results.
SEO is the marathon. SEM is the sprint.
DesignRush sat down with Jim Flint, CEO and Founder of Local Search Group Digital Marketing, to learn how SEM is impacting business in 2019, how to build successful search engine marketing campaigns, how to increase revenue through SEM and much, much more!
DesignRush: Why is SEM so important for modern businesses?
Jim Flint: SEM is the “now” part of any “now” business. Society, in general, is not into delayed gratification as much as they are into instant understanding. Google and by extension SEM feeds that “instant on” aspect of today’s society.
Consumers are driven by smartphones. And the research out there tells us that if you aren’t providing good content to consumers in three seconds or less, you’re losing them.
The attention span of a goldfish is 8 seconds, but humans are down to 6 seconds – maybe less – and I think it’s due to smartphones. Users are constantly scrolling their Facebook feeds and searching the Internet for the latest and greatest information.
DR: What qualities ensure a successful SEM campaign?
JF: Relevance first, followed by Speed and then Intent. Intent is a big driver of successful SEM campaigns. We like to say, "There’s not a cent that’s spent without intent."
Capitalizing on intent is where Google separates itself.
Being relevant after the click is another big piece of the puzzle. Successful SEM ad campaigns aren’t so much built on whether or not you can write good ad copy, but whether or not you are taking your target audience to the information that they are expecting to see.
For example, consider a consumer that wants to compare a Camry and an Accord. You might be selling an Accord, but they are trying to understand the differences. So, don’t just take them to a landing page selling Accords – take them to content that outlines the differences between the two products.
Learn more about Local Search Group’s portfolio, case studies, reviews, company leadership, hourly rates and more HERE.
DR: Are there any particular industries or types of businesses that benefit the most from SEM?
JF: Typically, the industries that benefit the most from SEM are those that have dynamic inventory that they’re looking to turn quickly.
For example, automotive industry dealers typically like to turn cars within 60 days. So, they need visibility quickly and want to target the person who will buy the car today.
Most of Local Search Group’s clients are big-ticket clients – automotive, furniture, RVs – who are looking for people who are in a buying mindset. Those people are actively searching for which cars they want to drive, what insurance plan they want, and so on – and we want to connect with them at their moments of truth. Moments like when they decide what to buy and just as importantly where to buy.
DR: How does SEM help to increase revenue?
JF: Essentially, you can increase revenue with SEM because you should expect a return on investment. At Local Search Group, we measure the cost per sale and work to drive that cost down for our clients.
Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean you drive the overall ad spend itself down – you just make the ad spend more efficient.
For instance, if last month it took us on average $300 in ad spend to secure a sale, and we can drive that down to $275 or $250 per unit, we’re headed in the right direction because then you can ultimately sell more items at a better ratio.
We can also improve ROI by ensuring each ad has relevance. We’re able to deliver relevant ads that the target demographic cares about, which makes them more successful as well in Google’s eyes.
It is the ultimate win-win-win for consumers, retailers and agencies.
I know “www” is supposed to be the "world wide web," but I like to think win-win-win. How can we create a “win” for everyone?
DR: What promises to be the next evolutions in Search Engine Marketing?
JF: There are two major transformations going on right now in search. One is in voice search, with Alexa and Google Home. In fact, what you say is going to become as important – or nearly as important– as what you search. Facebook announced they are moving into this space as well.
Another evolution for us is the ability to track in-store conversions. Because people carry their smartphones almost everywhere they go, we can now see if people saw our ad, clicked on our ad, and then whether or not they visited the showroom.
This real-world application is what everyone has been looking for, too. In today’s business, it is certainly compelling.
DR: Which platforms do you believe are the most effective at driving in-store conversions?
JF: Google and Facebook are the best. They have the best data and we’ve known it for a while.
The geography side of the consumer information has been available since the late ‘90s when we had Nokia phones. The towers pinged the cell phones to transmit the signals. More recently we’re realizing the power that comes from developing models that consider geography and search histories in terms of how consumers make shopping versus buying decisions.
With this access to information, we can provide the right message to the right people at the right time. Some people may opt out of it, but others may want those timely messages presented to them.
DR: What tactics work well at driving those in-store conversions?
JF: The tactics that work best connect the consumers’ online experience to their instore experience.
For example, we serve carousel ads that people want to see based on their online shopping behavior. We are also taking the initiative to move people from the ad platform—say Facebook--to the website. It doesn't make good business sense to drive people in the other direction from your retailer website to Facebook. Yet, we see it all the time.
Ultimately, we want to bring people from Facebook to the website and then to the brick and mortar store. We use data and its predictive power to do so. Our analytical mindset helps us do this. We study different ratios and break thru to the next level of understanding through measurement.
Specifically, we review appearance ratios for in-store visits with our clients to understand how many people actually arrived in the facility after viewing an ad. This information can help retailers be more efficient in-store by bringing them better consumers. Additionally, it helps us be more efficient by identifying which creative sets are driving better outcomes.
Finally, we check personnel levels and ad spend levels and triangulate those to make sure that a business has enough employee power to process the foot traffic that our campaigns deliver. Believe it or not, we actually tell companies not to advertise if they don’t have the proper personnel levels that are required to close an in-store conversion.
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DR: What additional forms of marketing work well with SEM to provide even better results?
JF: Because the right landing page is key to a conversion, Local Search Group provides custom content and videos that provide the exact information users expect to see.
This works particularly well on Facebook and YouTube. We look at the information we need to serve to assist consumers further down the sales funnel. We take responsibility for what happens after the click seriously. It’s critically important.
For example, we have a college graduate purchase program that we do that matches the color of the ad with the university that the user is most likely to follow based on online behaviors. Then after the click, we have details on the specific program.
Our job is to create “meant-to-be moments.”
DR: Are there any other digital marketing strategies that SEM is moving towards?
JF: We are also looking into pushing our industries towards digital retailing, asking questions such as, how are automotive retailers going to transact online?
The idea is driven by brands like Amazon and Door Dash, where people have items dropped at their house. Those nuances will influence how major industries like automotive evolve.
DR: What are some unexpected search engine best practices that will help businesses improve in-store conversions?
JF: For me, it always blows me away when I look at Google Analytics and see that Google ad campaigns aimed at local businesses are driving traffic from outside the country or outside the state – regions that don’t actually benefit the business in terms of in-store conversions or transactions.
Google’s default settings may not be right for your business, so brands and retailers should look to eliminate advertising waste by making sure ad spend is not being served up in foreign countries or areas that have no potential for value.
Even if, by narrowing your location parameters, you’re reducing your reach from 100 to 50 or even 15, you should do it because those 50 or 15 are going to be meaningful potential customers that are that much more likely to make a purchase.
Plus, people like to shop local! We named our company Local Search Group, and believe that we focused on local search way before local search became cool.
Because Local has always been our area of expertise, we know how to make adjustments. We work in a very dynamic environment and collaborate with clients to increase exposure based on conversion data.
DR: Are there any core strategies that can improve local search engine marketing efforts?
JF: Impression share bidding is becoming more and more important because it sets the standard for clients. For example, it’s critical to know how much a business will show up in a defined geography when people search for their business name?
If you don’t understand and drive that key metric, you become vulnerable to competitors that can come in and steal a sale from you in your back yard.
SEM has a breathing-like flow – it expands and contracts, and sales and ad budgets should move accordingly. For instance, when there’s more demand, we want to spend more money. Then, we moderate the campaign in conjunction with demand. The days of “set it and forget it” are long gone.
DR: What are some other ways brands can use search engines to market their businesses outside of traditional SEM?
JF: I think one of the biggest ways is with well-written, feature-oriented press releases.
A good example of this was the grand opening of a car dealership with a client. A press release was a great way to highlight the location and pop to the top of search results. It helps our business, too. When we were ranked as one of the nation’s Top 25 Agencies for Marketing Strategies in 2019 it opened doors for us.
Consumers like to know when things are new, and strategic press releases that include good imagery can highlight new moments and create interest at both traditional and social media levels.
DR: Anything else to add?
JF: We go deep to understand Google.
For instance, I recently spent three days training with Google with my team in Austin. We work to perpetually upgrade our understanding because that’s what Google and Facebook are doing, too.
When Local Search was founded, we decided to be the top 5% of something or we weren’t going to do it. Accordingly, we’re now one of the Top 10 Agencies in Houston.
Google is so data-heavy, and our strategies are very data-focused. This approach works for our clients. In turn, our success is really their success.
We will continue to evolve for our clients through Google and Facebook in video, mobile and geography as those companies move to continue to make advances. Voice search isn’t too far away from being an advertising platform and we can’t wait. As we look forward, there’s still so much excitement in front of us, it’s hard not to be excited about what the future holds.
For thought leadership, the industry can stay connected to Local Search Group via their e-mail list (see above). Follow them on Facebook or Instagram to see what their associates are up to.
Plus, businesses that are looking for help building a successful SEM strategy can reach Jim Flint at local search group directly at [email protected] (for pressing matters, they can text him at 713-410-1466).
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Bad Sav: Hen's Teeth
Comprised of Death And The Maiden guitarist/vocalist, Hope Robertson and bassist/vocalist, Lucinda King, alongside the guitarist for The Shifting Sands, Mike McLeod who serves as this project's drummer, New Zealand shoegaze/noise rock trio, Bad Sav, are gearing up for the release of their debut self-titled LP, due out September 21st, 2018 via Fishrider Records.
Album closer, Hen's Teeth, is the first track to surface from the upcoming record, a piece reminiscent of shoegaze's rougher and fuzzier side, very well-knit and amalgamated with a more jangly and psych pop sound, resulting to something equally agile and melodious.
Although rather different than both acts Bad Sav derive from, Hen's Teeth seems to be subtly carrying a lot of the dark qualities of Death And The Maiden's sound, as well as the the multi-leveled and versatile guitar-driven individuality that The Shifting Sands have to offer, and it is a splendid and promising forerunner for the coming full length.
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New England Patriots At Detroit Lions: An In Depth Game Review
Posted By: Lucas Walker August 28, 2017
The Lions Lost To The Patriots 30-28 Last Friday. Here’s How It Happened.
The Patriots started at firmly in control of this game as the took possession of the ball first and went on a seven play, 75 yard touchdown drive. Brady hit Julian Edelman for gains of 11, 23, and 18 yards before finding Chris Hogan in the endzone for a seven yard touchdown.
On the ensuing Lions possession, Matthew Stafford found Golden Tate for a short gain. However, Malcolm Butler forced a fumble on the tackle, giving the ball right back to the Patriots. On the very next play, Tom Brady would find Chris Hogan again in the endzone, this time for a 32 yard touchdown, giving the Patriots a 13-0 lead after a missed extra point.
The Lions went three and out on the next drive, again giving the ball to New England. The Patriots would again score a touchdown here, this time with Mike Gillislee from the one yard line to cap off a seven play, 74 yard drive. The Pats went for two, and scored it with a Mike Gillislee run, making the score 21-0.
The Lions again failed to get a first down on the next drive and put the ball back in Tom Brady’s hands almost immediately. The Patriots would go on a seven play, 39 yard drive that ended with a 46 yard field goal to make the game 24-0.
The Lions picked up their first first down of the game with a 14 yard pass to Ameer Abdullah before the quarter ended.
Patriots lead 24-0
The Lions first drive of the second quarter stalled after that, and they had to punt to the Patriots. They actually stopped New England on the ensuing possession, forcing the first Patriots punt of the game.
The Lions proceeded to go on a nice, methodical, 11 play, 42 yard drive before Matthew Stafford would have a pass tipped and intercepted by Patriots cornerback Eric Rowe.
The Patriots picked up one first down on the next possession before Tom Brady fired a pass deep into the end zone that was intercepted by Lions safety Glover Quin.
This interception set up the Lions first points of the game, as Stafford led the Lions on a six play, 80 yard drive ending with a 23 yard touchdown pass to Marvin Jones, making the score 24-7.
The Patriots got the ball back, but chose to run the clock out in the first half.
Matthew Stafford came out for the first possession of the first half, and again led the Lions on a touchdown drive. He hit Golden Tate for 17 yards and Marvin Jones for 23 yards before hitting Dwayne Washington on a swing pass that went for an 18 yard touchdown. This made the score 24-14.
The Patriots, now led by Jimmy Garoppolo, went three and out on their first possession of the second half.
Jake Rudock was now in at quarterback for the Lions, and he led them a great 11 play, 62 yard touchdown drive that included two third down conversions and an 11 yard touchdown pass to Jared Abbrederis, cutting the Patriots lead to just three points.
Each team had possession of the ball one more time in the third quarter, but both drives ended in punts.
Patriots lead 24-21
On the first Patriots drive of the fourth quarter, they went three and out and punted to the Lions. Jake Rudock and Tim Wright led the Lions on a touchdown drive, combing for three completions for 34 yards. Rudock then found Jace Billingsley for a 29 yard gain that set up a Dwayne Washington touchdown run, giving the Lions their first lead of the game at 28-24.
New England put together their first scoring drive of the second half on the next possession, as Garoppolo led them on a 13 play, 68 yard drive. The possession included a fourth down conversion, but the Patriots ultimately decided to settle for a short field goal, making the score 28-27, Lions.
Brad Kaaya was the Lions quarterback on the next possession, and led the Lions to a three and out, handing the ball right back to New England.
On the first play of the next possession, Garoppolo completed a 31 yard pass, putting the Patriots in field goal range. From there, they slowly advanced the ball until they kicked a field goal with just two seconds remaining, giving New England a 30-28 lead.
The Lions had two seconds to try to win the game, but Brad Kaaya threw an incomplete pass, sealing the game for the Patriots.
Patriots win 30-28
Tom Brady completed 12 of 15 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns
Tom Brady looked unstoppable, as he led the Patriots on four scoring drives in just the first quarter. Although he is one of the best quarterbacks of all time, this was still a disappointing showing from the Lions defense. Brady carved up the Lions, he could do anything he wanted last Friday.
The Patriots ran for 136 yards
The Patriots had a relatively easy time running the ball against the Lions, particularly later in the game with draw plays. The Lions defensive line and linebackers need to do a better job against the run.
The Lions only allowed one sack
The Lions offensive line again looked fine in pass protection, as they only allowed one sack through the entire game.
The Lions defense made zero sacks
The Lions defensive line was unable to get any pressure throughout the entire game. Brady and Garoppolo both had lots of time to throw throughout this one, and they were able to pick apart the secondary as a result.
Detroit turned the ball over twice
Detroit had two turnovers, both coming in the first half from the first team offense. You can’t expect to win when two of your best players (Matthew Stafford and Golden Tate) give up the ball.
The Lions committed nine penalties
Penalties were an issue for the Lions last week, and they were again this week. Detroit needs to play more disciplined or else this could carry over to the regular season.
Ameer Abdullah had 16 touches for 99 yards
Ameer Abdullah looked ready to be the workhorse of the Lions offense as he touched the ball a combined 16 times on offense for 99 yards (6.2 yards per touch).
The Lions quarterbacks combined to go 25/37 for 299 yards, three touchdowns and one interception
Although Stafford started out slow, this ended up being a positive game overall for the Lions quarterbacks. Jake Rudock especially shined, going 10/13 for 113 yards and a touchdown.
Plays That Made The Game
Tom Brady’s seven yard touchdown pass to Chris Hogan was perfectly executed. Hogan ran a hook route against rookie Lions linebacker Jarrad Davis, and Davis struggled heavily to cover it. Hogan caught the pass and ran into the endzone before Davis was able to stop him. Hopefully this will be a good learning moment for the Jarrad Davis.
Golden Tate’s fumble on the first offensive play of the game for the Lions was a good defensive play by New England. Malcolm Butler did a great job of punching the ball free from Tate’s hands, and a fellow New England corner was able to fall on it.
Tom Brady’s 32 yard touchdown pass to Chris Hogan came on the very next play after the Tate fumble. Lions corner Nevin Lawson had good coverage on Hogan, but Brady perfectly delivered the deep pass to Hogan, who held on and made a difficult catch.
Mike Gillislee’s one yard touchdown run and ensuing two point conversion showed just how weak Detroit is on the defensive line of scrimmage. Detroit’s defensive front is pushed around on both plays here, resulting in two easy scoring plays for the Patriots. This could become an ongoing issue all season for the Lions.
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Matthew Stafford’s interception was a throw across his body into traffic. Defensive back Jordan Richards tipped the pass into the air, and then Eric Rowe intercepted it and returned it for a nice gain. Stafford has tremendous arm strength, but forcing the ball across your body into traffic is typically never a good idea.
Tom Brady’s interception was a very easy play for the Lions defense. Brady lobbed the pass up to Chris Hogan in double coverage, and Glover Quin came down with the easy pick. This play may have been a miscommunication as Hogan seemed like he thought the pass was going to be to the inside, but instead Brady threw it to the outside.
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Matthew Stafford’s 23 yard touchdown to Marvin Jones was the first sign of life for the Lions offense all night. Jones did a good job of beating the cornerback on the go route, and Stafford perfectly placed the ball over the top of the defender. This was an easy touchdown for the Lions.
Dwayne Washington’s 18 yard touchdown reception was the end of the night for the Lions first team offense. Stafford found Washington on a swing pass, and the Washington made three Patriots miss on his way up the field and into the end zone. This was a great play by Washington and could potentially earn him a spot on the final roster.
Jared Abbrederis’ 11 yard touchdown from Jake Rudock was a great pass by the first year quarterback. Abbrederis did a good job of finding the soft spot in the zone coverage, and Rudock but the perfect amount of touch on the pass to find him in the end zone. Abbrederis came down with the leaping reception and suddenly this was a close game.
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Dwayne Washington’s one yard touchdown run gave the Lions their first and only lead of the night. Washington got his a couple yards shy of the end zone on this play, but did a good job of fighting forward and getting across the goal line. Washington is trying to earn the power back role for the Lions, and this play could certainly help his case.
Jimmy Garoppolo’s 31 yard pass to Cody Hollister put the Patriots in range to kick a game winning field goal. Rookie cornerback Jamal Agnew got beaten really badly on this route, and Garoppolo was able to complete an easy deep pass to move the Patriots down the field.
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Player Of The Game
Tom Brady is the player of the game from this matchup. He completed a staggering 80% of his passes and averaged 11.6 yards per attempt. He threw two touchdowns, and for the most part looked unstoppable. He threw a bad interception, but other than that he was perfect on the night, leading four scoring drives in just the first quarter.
It is no surprise at all to see that Tom Brady was the best player last Friday night. He is the greatest quarterback of all time, and he presented a very good test for the young Lions defense. Unfortunately, the Lions defense failed that test miserably.
Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed it, please follow me on Twitter @lucasjwalker00, and don’t forget to pay a visit to the Detroit Lions Subreddit!
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...April de Angelis’s earlier plays, Ironmistress, Crux and Hush marked the arrival of a bold new talent in the theatre. With The Positive Hour, she more than fulfilled that promise. Miranda is a social worker, with no shortage of problems...
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...It's 1773 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The crowd is getting restless. The leading man's unconscious but the show must go on. This irreverent version of real-life events tells the story of David Garrick, Dr Johnson...
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...The past: the ‘big house’, the servant class, the close-knit family ties of a bygone generation. Rural idyll or claustrophobic hellhole? Desperate to get away from her family and from a culture where everybody knows everything about...
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By Cindy Dees
Release Date Jun 9, 2020
A Stud Games Novel
Surveillance, seduction, and extra-dirty politics.
Christian Chatsworth-Brandeis has a problem. A huge one. The US senator he works for has run away with his latest mistress on the eve of a make-or-break fundraising event, and it’s up to him to cover his irresponsible boss’s tracks.
Stone Jackson, Senator Lacey’s new bodyguard, looks enough like him that, with some extensive grooming, he might pass for the senator. Christian and Stone hatch a plan to substitute Stone for the senator, but Miami madness and the incendiary heat between them are throwing obstacles in their way. It’s a race to find the senator and pull off the con of the century before the attraction between them spins completely out of control.
Previously published by Dreamspinner Press as Ace in the Hole by Ava Drake, July 2016.
Cover Artist: L.C. Chase
Series Stud Games
Genres Gay / Romantic Suspense
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Home / Motorsport / F1: Daniel Ricciardo's $26 million pay cut revealed
F1: Daniel Ricciardo's $26 million pay cut revealed
By News.com.au • 27/05/2020
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Daniel Ricciardo will reportedly take a monster pay cut as part of his multi-year deal to join McLaren from 2021.
The 30-year-old Aussie stunned the Formula 1 grid when his contract with the English team was announced just days after Ferrari confirmed Sebastian Vettel will be replaced by Carlos Sainz at the end of the year.
Details of Ricciardo’s bold move are now beginning to leak out, according to a veteran French Formula 1 journalist.
Ricciardo enjoyed one of the largest pay packets in Formula 1 since joining Renault at the start of the 2019 season — but his days of challenging Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel on the sport’s top-earners list now appear numbered.
The former Red Bull driver is reportedly facing a pay haircut of around $26 million per-year in his base salary, according to French reporter Marc Limacher.
The report claims Ricciardo was set to earn a stunning 25 million euros ($44.5m) with Renault during the 2020 Formula 1 season before the Aussie accepted a pay cut during the coronavirus-enforced season lock down.
Now Limacher claims Ricciardo’s deal with McLaren is worth $17 million per-year (10 million euros per year) — less than half his current deal.
The 15 million euro per-year pay cut would represent a 60 per cent dive.
However, the fine print in the contract reportedly includes a series of juicy bonuses for the Aussie, including:
— Ricciardo has been guaranteed status as the team’s No. 1 driver
— Ricciardo’s contract is for two years with an option in his favour for a one-year extension through to the end of the 2023 season; and
— Ricciardo can unlock a series of bonus payments reportedly ranging from 400,000 euros every time he collects championship points to 1 million euros for each grand prix victory.
The Sun reports Ricciardo started 2020 as the third highest paid star in Formula 1, behind only Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
The German, who will quit Ferrari at the end of this season, takes in $68 million per year, while Hamilton is the top dog with a salary of $78 million.
Vettel and Hamilton are both without contracts for the 2021 season, however, Hamilton is widely tipped to re-sign with Mercedes.
Red Bull star Max Verstappen is the only other star to break the £10m per season barrier, on a reported $26 million.
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Media CoverageHow to streamline your legacy modernization efforts with app refactoring
How to streamline your legacy modernization efforts with app refactoring
Admin on February 14, 2018
The concept of legacy application modernization has evolved over the past 15 years. In the early 2000s, legacy transformation meant replacing the custom-built core enterprise systems running on mainframes or AS/400 systems written in programming languages such as COBOL, Rexx, or IBM RPG with pre-packaged software from the likes of SAP or Oracle to suit the changing business needs.
Enterprise mobility brought in a new paradigm wherein all enterprise applications—custom-built or purchased, core or otherwise—needed to be made mobile-friendly. Through modernization, today’s organisations are looking at making their monolithic and inflexible legacy systems ready for the competitive landscape, new business processes, standards, customer needs, and regulations while offering seamless user experience across mobile devices.
The evolving approaches
Traditionally, an enterprise software system comprises five layers: Core Business Logic, Database Layer, Data Access Layer, Exposure Layer (or SOA Layer), and Presentation Layer. In addition, the tools for data storage and analysis such as ETL are part of the software ecosystem. Application modernization efforts generally involve creating a new API Layer between the Exposure Layer and the Presentation Layer. This approach has evolved from the traditional methods that focused on Database Layer, Data Access Layer, and ETL.
Traditional legacy modernisation methods were expensive, time-consuming, and tedious. These involved multiple complex tasks such as migration of programming languages, databases, platforms, rewriting legacy code for a new platform, re-hosting, and replacement. The API led legacy modernisation began to be seen as a better method as it avoided multiple challenges the older methods were beset with. Deemed as non-disruptive, API enablement improved the integration possibilities, eliminated the need for rewriting the code, and helped enhance the cloud readiness of the organisation.
Issues with API enablement
Although a better option than the older methods, even API enablement is a time-consuming process. API developers have to carefully connect to data sources, and apply business rules and validations. To illustrate with an example, consider the scenario of building an app for a suppliers portal. In this case, a user can either be a vendor or buyer—the information access rules are different for both. If a buyer logs in, he should be able to see multiple vendors. But if a vendor logs in, he should see only his homepage. The vendor’s homepage may have details such as open tenders, his current orders, delivery and credit terms, invoice and tax deduction updates, payment information, and past orders.
An API developer needs to protect the sanctity of business logic while designing APIs for such an app. No supplier, for instance, should be able to view confidential business details of any other supplier. In effect, API building is not just about connecting to the data sources. The bigger challenge is applying rules, validations, and business logic to define what data is permitted to be shown at the API endpoint.
API enablement has a few other challenges too:
• Lack of a bird’s eye view of proposed APIs
• Incorporation of security measures
• API project ownership questions (shared service model or IT-owned)
• Budgetary allocation and monetisation issues
• Regulatory compliances
App refactoring: A new approach
Application modernization for mobile devices is a two-part exercise. The first part is building APIs (API enablement) and the next part is creating a suitable frontend. CTOs and CIOs who have walked this path may know that nearly 80 percent of the efforts involved in application modernization for mobile devices are related to API enablement. Only about 20 percent of efforts go into creating a customized front-end with the user interface (UI) and styling suitable for mobile platforms.
This is where a few forward-looking organisations have successfully employed a new method—app refactoring. This novel approach cuts down upon the arduous 80 percent part by shifting the intelligence-building toward the front-end creation exercise. Unlike API enablement or the older legacy modernization methods, app refactoring captures data directly from the application’s HTTP Layer or the Presentation Layer and builds a new mobile-friendly frontend.
While API enablement requires source data in formats such as JSON and XML, app refactoring can access and work on the final HTML output. The new method constitutes using best-of-breed refactoring and designing tools to capture, analyse and interpret data, employ appropriate business rules, and create a modern frontend ready for the mobile world.
A true advantage
As explained above, the new approach hugely cuts down the time and costs involved in legacy modernization for mobile. This way, a CIO can not only free up funds for his next business-impact initiatives but also demonstrate his lean management capabilities. App refactoring delivers another significant advantage. Due to its truly non-intrusive nature, it also minimizes the risks associated with the modernization methods hitherto employed by organisations. In short, a success assurance formula for a CIO’s report card.
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Metso Outotec Tech Deployed to Iron Ore Plant
December 2020 | Suppliers Report
Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. Ltd. contracted Metso Outotec for delivery of new environmentally sound technology for Zenith’s iron ore pelletizing plant to be built in Nantong, China.
The contract covers the engineering and design of the indurating system, engineering of the process gas fan system, supply of proprietary equipment, instrumentation and control systems, as well as supervisory services and technical training. The core of the plant is Metso Outotec’s traveling grate pellet indurating furnace, which has a grate area of 432 m2.
Metso Outotec said it is the fifth such plant delivered to China. “It is based on our environmentally sound traveling grate technology,” said Tobias Stefan, vice president, ferrous and heat transfer business line, Metso Outotec.
The traveling grate technology produces uniform pellets and ensures high performance and quality with low investment and operating costs, as well as decreased energy consumption and emissions, the company reported.
Pellet production at the Zhong Tian plant is estimated to start by the end of 2021.
Metso Outotec announced plans to sell its fabrication, machining and assembly operations and to close or rearrange the rest of its operations in Vereening, South Africa. The production of mill linings, as well as pump assembly operations, will be transferred to other Metso Outotec manufacturing units with flexible global service capability.
Metso Outotec also announced it was restructuring its consumables operations in North America. The company has decided to discontinue its factory operations in North Bay, Canada. The production will be ramped down by the end of the first half of 2021.
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GalleyChat Roundup, Oct. 2019
Spring 2020 titles dominated last week’s GalleyChat, with a few peeks at summer titles and one coming this fall, Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. Her first novel since her successful debut 16 years ago, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, it is scheduled for September (not yet listed on wholesaler sites).
Summaries of the chat, below, for collection development, readers advisory, and LibraryReads consideration:
— EarlyWord GalleyChat, October, 2019 — downloadable spreadsheet, useful for creating ordering carts, includes comments from GalleyChatters, information on which titles are available as DRCs through Edelweiss and/or NetGalley, and LibraryReads deadlines.
— Edelweiss Catalog — includes covers, publisher marketing information, links to Edelweiss DRCs.
Please join us for the next GalleyChat, Tues., Nov. 5th, 4 to 5 pm ET (3:30 for virtual cocktails). More details and a schedule of upcoming chats here.
Set your calendar alarms and bring a friend.
Presentations Influencing GalleyChatters
Several mentioned the following:
HarperCollins FaceBook Live — available to view now. Another live buzz session is scheduled for Friday, Oct 11.
Booklist Webinar, Brilliant Book Club Picks — now available in an archived version.
LibraryReads Reminder, December List
GalleyChatters continued the buzz for the BEA Buzz Title, Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, (PRH/Penguin). See our annotation in last month’s roundup.
If you plan to vote for it for LibraryReads, be sure to do so by Nov. 1. The pub date has been moved from Jan. 7th to Dec. 31st, changing its eligibility to the December list.
Also, when voting for LibraryReads, please consider our list of upcoming Diversity Titles.
Hot January Titles (LibraryReads nominations due 12/1/19)
Russell, Kate Elizabeth, My Dark Vanessa, (HarperCollins/Morrow, 1/28, LibraryReads nominations due 12/1/19; DRC available from Edelweiss and NetGalley)
Described as the “mesmerizing” story of 15-year-old Vanessa’s relationship with her manipulative 42-year-old teacher. As an adult, she is asked to support accusations that her former teacher is an abuser, forcing her to look again at the relationship that she always characterized as a love story. GalleyChatters say it’s kept them thinking for months and they are looking forward to public reaction. It’s been starred by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, (Booklist has not reviewed it to date).
Napolitano, Ann, Dear Edward, (PRH/Dial, 1/14, LibraryReads nominations due 12/1/19; DRC available from Edelweiss and NetGalley)
When Dial editor Julie Barer signed up this book, she told PW that its “story of the passengers aboard an airplane hurtling toward a tragic crash, and the coming-of-age of the flight’s sole survivor, 12-year-old Edward Adler” would be “the next literary fiction blockbuster.” GalleyChatter Jennifer Dayton began championing it back in June and many others are now on board, calling it, “gorgeously written, emotionally searing.”
Cummins, Jeanine, American Dirt, (Macmillan/Flatiron, 1/21, LibraryReads nominations due 12/1/19; DRC available from NetGalley)
One of the titles that received early buzz at Book Expo, we highlighted it last month with the following annotation:
Called “thrilling, timely, and heartbreaking” expected to be “one of the biggest titles of 2020. It starts with a gunshot and doesn’t let you go” and “an important, compassionate, amazing story of one woman’s struggle to get from Mexico to the US.” Take a look at the opinion piece Cummins published in the NYT last year. Entertainment Weekly previewed it in May as “One of 2020’s most anticipated titles, Jeanine Cummins’ sweeping novel is set to arrive with big expectations: It’s already generated raves from the likes of Don Winslow (‘a GRAPES OF WRATH for our times’) and Stephen King (‘an extraordinary piece of work’). And back in 2018, it sparked a nine-house, seven-figure auction, ultimately won by Flatiron Books. This level of hype, in other words, is pretty rare.” Further proof, a movie is in the works.
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Tambe’s PK goal nets league championship for Flint City Bucks in ecstatic Atwood Stadium night
Home » Analysis » Tambe’s PK goal nets league championship for Flint City Bucks in ecstatic Atwood Stadium night
Flint City Bucks MVP Ayuk Tambe hoists the USL2 championship trophy surrounded by teammates(Photo by Harold C. Ford)
By Harold C. Ford
The Flint City Bucks soccer club captured the championship trophy of the United States League Two (USL2) Aug. 3 with a 1-0 victory over Reading United AC at Flint’s Atwood Stadium in front of a joyous crowd of 7,200.
The win by the Bucks, a recent but already much-loved arrival on the Flint sports scene, is the 15th team championship in Flint’s storied sports history.
The winning goal came during the second 15-minute overtime period at the 110th minute on a penalty kick (PK) by Ayuk Tambe (Blaine MN; Tusculum University).
The winning goal getting kicked in by Flint City Bucks Ayuk Tambe (Photo by Justin Ford)
Tambe was awarded the penalty kick when he raced ahead of the Reading defense but was brought down from behind by Reading’s Lamine Conte in the penalty box. Conte was issued a red penalty card and ejected from the contest.
Tambe launched a powerful shot from the penalty kick mark, only 12 yards from the goal line, into the upper-right corner of the net over the outstretched arms of Reading goalkeeper Simon Lefebvre.
The clubs from Flint and Reading, a community of nearly 90,000 about 600 miles from Flint, were the last two standing in the 72-team USL2. Sixteen clubs entered the USL2 playoffs three weeks ago.
The match was played before 7,198 fans at Kettering University’s Atwood Stadium in downtown Flint. The national title was the fourth for the Bucks organization which moved to Flint this year. Founded in 1995, the club previously played its home games in Saginaw, Plymouth, and Pontiac.
Tale of two halves; close contest all the way:
As the final score indicated, it was a close contest all the way with the outcome in doubt until the final whistle of the second overtime period.
The Flint side had the advantage in the first half of regular time, in the view of this reporter, with nine scoring opportunities to two for the visitors from Pennsylvania. Corner kicks, usually an indication of offensive advantage, were three to nil in favor of the Bucks.
Conversely, Reading spent much of the first 45 minutes on its own half of the pitch (field), seemingly content to build its offense with ball possession passing among its defenders and midfielders.
The personality of the contest changed in the second half as Reading pushed the ball into Flint’s half of the pitch with ten scoring opportunities to six for Flint. Reading also had the advantage in corner kicks, 5-0. Reading’s aggressive play also netted two of its players yellow penalty cards.
Full time, 90 minutes, ended in a scoreless match. Two 15-minute overtime periods would play to completion no matter the number of goals scored.
Reading continued to have the edge offensively in the overtime periods with nine scoring opportunities to four for Flint. The key moment came at the 110th minute (of 120) when Tambe blasted his PK into the Reading net.
Ecstatic Bucks fans just after the winning goal (Photo by Justin Ford)
Hundreds of Flint fans spilled onto the field at the final whistle to celebrate and then watch each of the Bucks hoist the USL2 championship trophy. Tambe was named the most valuable player of the league’s final match in 2019.
The Bucks ended their season with an overall record of 19-3-3 (wins, losses, ties) and a home record at Atwood Stadium of 10-1-1. “I have never had a team with this much heart,” said FCB coach Demir Muftari. “These young men are truly something special and deserve to finish on top.”
The win netted the first national championship in the sport of soccer for a Flint-based team.
It was the fifteenth national team championship overall for Flint-based sports teams.
Bucks continue Flint athletic success with 15th team national championship:
While dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Flint-based athletes have experienced national and international championships, only 15 Flint athletic teams can claim national championship status. That’s according to information found at the websites of the Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame and Mott Community College.
The first national championship for any Flint-based team appears to be the 1961 cross country team at Flint Junior College (now Mott Community College). Nearly six decades later, the 2019 Flint City Bucks have added another team championship to Flint’s winning tradition which includes:
1961: Flint Junior College cross country team; national junior college (JUCO) championship;
1972: Julie’s Pawn shop basketball team; Amateur Basketball Association tournament championship;
1974: Carpets by Jim Smith baseball team; 18-and-under Connie Mack World Series championship;
1975: Bishop Construction baseball team; American Amateur Baseball Congress’ Stan Musial Division championship;
1977: American United Life softball team; American Softball Association championship;
1990, 1991, 1992; Sam Ragnone, Attorney basketball team; American Amateur Union (AAU) championship;
2001, 2002: Halo Burger-Foutch Auto Wash baseball team; American Amateur Baseball Congress’ Stan Musial Division championship;
2003, 2007, 2008, 2012: Mott Community College men’s basketball team; national junior college (JUCO) championship with overall record of 133-15 in those four championship seasons;
2019: Flint City Bucks soccer club; United States League Two national champions.
Team championships footnote:
Flint’s first minor league hockey team, the Flint Generals, won league championships thrice: 1983-84 (International Hockey League); 1995-96 (Colonial Hockey League); and 1999-00 (United Hockey League). Though regional in scope, the IHL, CHL, and UHL included teams from the United States and Canada.
EVM Staff Writer Harold C. Ford can be reached at hcford1185@gmail.com.
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Elijah Wald – Talking 'Bout Your Mama:
The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap
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A history of the street insult game that has inspired artists from Jelly Roll Morton to Zora Neale Hurston to NWA, previously published in hardcover as The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama.
Oxford University Press, 2014.
"This impeccably researched study of the classic black insult game may be the funniest work of serious scholarship ever published."
--Terry Teachout, Artsjournal
"The dozens is the most ephemeral and most contextual of the black verbal traditions, hence the hardest to get a handle on. But after reading Elijah Wald's superbly researched and splendidly written book, no one will have any doubt what this important black verbal tradition is and means."
--Bruce Jackson, author of "Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me": Narrative Poetry from Black Oral Tradition
"My father told us to never let a white man tell you how to be black, never let a woman tell you how to be a man, and to always make it sexy. This book is sexy... and poignant, smart and a piece of history."
--Schoolly D
"The influential African-American vernacular verbal art called 'the dozens' are in very good hands here. Wald gives them the detailed, broad, and serious consideration they have long deserved."
--Tricia Rose, author of Black Noise and The Hip Hop Wars
"This has got to be the dirtiest scholarly book ever!"
--Susan McClary, author of Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
"The more Wald insists on taking both turns at the crossroads--simultaneously asserting that the dozens is a rural Southern black ritual and stressing its heterodox urbanity and pan-linguistic sampling--the more recklessly fun his book becomes....virtuosic..."
--Joshua Cohen, Harper's Magazine
"The Dozens is a profanely sacred history lesson that vacillates between monster one-liners and carefully articulated deep thoughts.... Wald...is your only plausible tour guide, capable of illuminating both the blunt simplicity and fraught complexity, the cheerful frivolity and deadly severity of it all."
--Rob Harvilla, Spin
"Wald... scrapes the white man's version of black history against black reality to spark one hell of a discussion of this elusive and ephemeral ancestor of some of today's most popular music."
--Preston Lauterbach, The Wall St. Journal
More quotations about The Dozens
“The dozens” is a tradition of African American street rhyming and verbal combat that ruled urban neighborhoods long before rap.
At its simplest, it is a comic concatenation of “yo' mama” jokes. At its most complex, it is a form of social interaction that reaches back to African ceremonial rituals. Whether considered as vernacular poetry, verbal dueling, a test of street cool, or just a mess of dirty insults, the dozens has been a basic building block of African-American culture. A game which could inspire raucous laughter or escalate to violence, it provided a wellspring of rhymes, attitude, and raw humor that has influenced pop musicians for a century. This book explores the depth of the dozens’ roots, looking at mother-insulting and verbal combat from Greenland to the sources of the Niger, and shows its breadth of influence in the seminal writings of Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston; the dark humor of the blues; the hip slang and competitive jamming of jazz; the edgy brilliance of generations of black comedians; and the raw language and improvisatory battling of rap. A forbidden tradition that has survived for well over a hundred years below the surface of American popular culture, the dozens links children's clapping rhymes to low-down juke joints and the most modern street verse to the earliest African American folklore. In tracing the form and its variations over more than a century of African American culture and music, The Dozens sheds new light on schoolyard games and rural work songs, the literature of the Harlem renaissance and the flowering of blue nightclub comedy, and pop hits from ragtime to rap.
Chapters and examples:
1. A Trip down Twelfth Street
A quick trip through the many ways the dozens has intersected with American culture, from the streets of New Orleans to the pages of Ralph Ellison and Nikki Giovanni, from jazz to rap, and from the most subtle insider codes to the ancient and aggressive "anglo saxon monosyllables" that remain the basic currency of adolescent street talk. (Photo: the New Orleans banjo player and guitarist Danny Barker, whose reminiscence begins this journey.)
2. The Name of the Game
What does "dozens" mean, and how did it get to be the name for filthy rhymes and insult dueling? There is no single answer, but the search for explanations takes us from Medieval Latin church verses to the slave plantations of the American South. Sources range from minstrel shows to juvenile delinquents, Scottish etymology, and musicians from the Mississippi Sheiks to Chuck Berry.
3. Singing the Dozens
The first solid documentation of the dozens is from African American vaudeville, and the term was first defined in a pop song from 1921, "Don't Slip Me in the Dozens, Please," recorded by the black vaudeville comedian Henry Troy with piano accompaniment by the song's composer, Chris Smith. This chapter traces the tradition in early African American entertainment, with Jelly Roll Morton providing hints of the raunchier fare that was barred from theater stages.
4. Country Dozens and Dirty Blues
In the 1920s and 1930s, a wave of "race records" made African American singers and musicians into national stars. Some of these artists came out of the rough Mississippi barrelhouses, and a pianist named Speckled Red had a major hit with "The Dirty Dozen," a cleaned up version of one of his barroom standards, which was covered by everyone from Memphis Minnie to Count Basie.
5. The Literary Dozens
While vaudeville and records give a taste of professional dozens songs, the writers of the Harlem Renaissance provided varied vignettes of verbal street dueling. Dozens matches turn up in the first black detective novel, and in the works of Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston (in picture), Ralph Ellison, and Langston Hughes.
6. Studying the Street
In 1939, the first academic paper on the dozens was published in a journal co-founded by Sigmund Freud. By the 1960s, folklorists, sociologists, and sociolinguists were recording street speech in blackneighborhoods across the United States (pictured: a collection by Onwuchekwa Jemie). Some of the writing was dry, some of the conclusions were quirky--but whatever the strengths and weaknesses of the academic interest, an amazing wealth of dozens lines, insult interchanges, jokes, and rhymes was preserved. (Meanwhile, Bo Diddley provided a sample of a typical, unrhymed dozens duel on his 1959 hit, "Say Man.")
7. The Martial Art of Rhyming
Insult rhymes were only part of the dozens tradition, but they were always street corner favorites and inretrospect are an obvious source for rap rhyming and battling. They were also a fine way to show offimprovisatory or theatrical verbal skills, from schoolyard jumproping songs to late-night verbal sparring. (Incidentally, an astute reader has noticed a connection I missed: I write about Rudy Ray Moore joking that he'll combat karate with "ka-razor," but didn't note that this same joke was made a couple of years earlier in James Brown's "The Payback." Moore's comment is longer and funnier than Brown's, and my guess is that this was a popular joke before either recorded it, yet another example of black street speech surfacing on records long after it spread in the community.
8. Around the World with Your Mother
The dozens is at heart an African American tradition, but there are insult duels in many other cultures, from ancient Egypt to the drum fights of Greenland and Turkish rhyming duels, and mother-insulting can be found from Polynesian atolls to North Africa, and more recently throughout Europe--as for example in the French "Yo' momma" competitions (only they say "Ta mère") that have become popular at francophone hip-hop conventions.
The Colombian vallenato accordionists Emiliano Zuleta and Lorenzo Morales reenact their classic insult battle in song, “La Gota Fria.”
9. African Roots
While in most of the world mother-insulting seems to be largely an adolescent or hostile behavior, in much of Africa there are traditions of using dozens-style insults for ceremonial purposes, as well as to accompany combat, or just to get a laugh. To read a recent article on dozens-style insults in Nairobi sheng, click here. African diaspora cultures of the Americas have further developed these traditions, and though none quite matches the U.S. dozens, there is a deep family resemblance throughout the Black Atlantic.
10. Slipping Across the Color Line
Like jazz, blues, and hip-hop, the dozens was born in African American culture but soon expanded beyond its original neighborhoods. Black teens played the dozens on their white counterparts, and white kids formed their own variations. (Somehow, when I wrote this chapter, I left out by far the most popular dozens line in white U.S. culture: "Your mother wears army boots!" I don't know what I was thinking...)
11. Why Do They (We) Do That?
As soon as writers took notice of the dozens, they began to spin theories about why and how the tradition emerged, and what it means, and whether it is valuable folklore or violent, filthy, self-hating garbage--discussions that in many respects mirror later discussions of rap lyrics.
In a match quoted in the book, Johnny Boston battles Gat Man Jones for the local championship at the Dublin House, Dorchester, Massachusetts, May 2011.
12. Rapping, Snapping, and Battling
The dozens is a basic building block of rap rhyming and MC battling, and the rise of hip-hop brought new attention to the old tradition, spawning books and TV shows dedicated to "snaps" and "yo' mama jokes." This chapter goes into the connections between old and new, looking at developments in the last thirty years and some of the ways rappers have made use of the dozens. In the course of the research, I came across the first interviews ever done with rap fans about rhyming, by the New Jersey State folklorist at a youth detention facility, and have posted some of those transcripts here. Meanwhile, an astute reader has drawn my attention to an early example of dozens-based rap that should definitely have been in the book, Wuf Ticket's "Ya Mama," from back in 1982.
Review by Preston Lauterbach in the Wall Street Journal.
Review by Paul Devlin in the San Francisco Chronicle (reprinted in New Orleans and Salt Lake City)
Review from the Buffalo News.
Review by Michael Lindgren in the Washington Post.
Interview from the Boston Globe.
Interview on the SOHH hip-hop web site.
Interview on the Urban Revival web site
Radio interview on WNYC's Soundcheck.
One-hour radio interview for Wisconsin Public Radio (click this link, then search "Wald")
Call-in show on Kansas City's KCUR.
Radio interview on WBUR's RadioBoston.
Press site for The Dozens.
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This J. Crew x Eastpak Collaboration Is, Like, Totally Rad
By Ariana Marsh
As has been proven by the teaming up of Crocs and Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton and Supreme, and DHL and Vetements, no fashion collaboration is off-limits. While covetable, the aforementioned joint ventures aren't exactly affordable, which is where the just-dropped J. Crew x Eastpak collaboration comes into play. It's got that same ironic twist to it as the others (Eastpak? Cool again? WTF!) but with a significantly lower price tag and higher wearability, so get excited to throw it back to the nineties with some brand new bags.
I definitely remember toting around an Eastpak backpack during middle school, complete with a tangled mass of keychains hanging from one of its zippers. Aside from maybe Jansport, the brand was the supplier of sporty satchels back then. To hear that it's once again in style isn't actually that surprising — after all, we're going through somewhat of a sartorial renaissance when it comes to retro brands, but it does bring about a sense of nostalgia all the same. The cyclicality of fashion will never cease to surprise or please me!
While J. Crew collaborated with Eastpak on a lineup of 14 offerings for fall, the standout pieces are undeniable the pink velvet backpack and fanny pack. Lizzie McGuire would have been all about both styles for their soft sheen and bubblegum hue, as would have my middle school self.
The Orbit Backpack, as it's called, is in-between a mini backpack and normal school-sized version, meaning it's meant to serve more as a purse rather than a computer and textbook carryall. It features a small front pocket for items like lip balm and subway cards that need to be easily accessible, while its larger cavity can fit your wallet, sunnies, and water bottle with lots of room to spare. "Dedicated to fuss-free and hard-wearing accessories, [Eastpak] created the ultimate not-too-small, not-too-large backpack," the product description reads. "Bonus: This playful pink version was dreamt up by our design team and can be found here and only here." That's hot.
The Springer Fanny Pack is also a J. Crew exclusive and is cut from the same velveteen cotton candy fabric as the backpack. It features a two-liter volume pouch, which is fairly large as far as fanny packs go, and a hidden zip pocket on its back side. If you've got valuables that you don't want to risk falling out of the main cavity (i.e. keys, credit cards, and IDs), this incognito storage spot is a safe bet. The fanny pack is grounded in black accents and a black buckle strap, rendering it the perfect fuss-free bag for festivals.
If soft and pink isn't your style, check out the other J. Crew x Eastpak offerings. From camouflage to denim, with solid color offerings in between, there's bound to be something that will strike your fancy. Backpacks range from $45–$115 (some are heavy duty and meant for hiking traveling, and more), while fanny packs run between $25–$40. Seeing as Eastpak was originally a supplier to the U.S. Army, you know that no matter which bag you go for, it's going to be quality.
Dixie D'Amelio's New Short Haircut Makes Her Look Like A Whole New Person
By Margaret Blatz
This NYX Shine Loud High Shine Lip Color Review Tells You Everything You Need To Know
By Theresa Massony
Where To Buy Kamala Harris' "Future Is Female" Socks That No One Can Stop Talking About
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American Holoptics to Acquire EOTech from L3Harris Technologies
Ann Arbor, Michigan (March 24, 2020) – American Holoptics LLC™, a privately held U.S. company, has signed a definitive agreement with L3Harris™ to acquire EOTech®.The transaction is expected to close mid-2020 and is conditioned on customary closing conditions. American Holoptics is a subsidiary of Koucar Management, whose strategic acquisitions of Elite Defense® and HEL Technologies™ represent a solid foundation of cutting-edge optical science and weapons systems distribution. The American Holoptics leadership team has an exceptionally broad and deep experience providing high-quality products to the global weapons accessory market. In addition, this team has a proven track record of building customer-first and technology-focused organizations. “We’re proud to sign this agreement to join our team and technology with the EOTech brand,” says Matt Van Haaren, CEO of American Holoptics. “EOTech brings together technologically advanced product lines and production capabilities that will integrate well with our existing business and strategically expand our product portfolio. Together we will deliver an all-new level of service, innovation, and integrity to military, law enforcement and civilian users around the world.”
About EOTech®
Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, EOTech designs, manufactures and markets electro-optical products, VUDU rifle optics, thermal devices, and night vision systems. Due to its advanced technology, EOTECH Holographic Weapon Sights (HWS) are among the fastest and most intuitive sighting systems on the planet. This is exactly why you’ll find them on the weapons of America’s most elite law enforcement professionals and special operations warriors. You’ll immediately see the advantage the instant you engage a target. www.eotech-inc.com
About Elite Defense®
Headquartered in Clawson, MI, Elite Defense LLC is a distributor and regulatory compliance manager for over 170 international partners in the small arms weapons and tactical equipment markets. Since its founding in 2007, Elite has represented many of the most sought-after and well-known brands in the industry. Elite has been EOTech’s largest customer in its international sales history and will bring that expertise with it as a member of the American Holoptics team. www.elitedefense.com About HEL Technologies™ Headquartered in Clawson, MI, HEL Technologies LLC was formed to continue, and complete holographic R&D. HEL Technologies has developed and secured 4 patents related to its Holographic Edge Lighting design that will bring gamechanging innovations to the small arms weapon sight market. In addition, HEL Technologies will have the only USA based emulsion lab dedicated to developing new applications for its holographic R&D.
About Koucar Management
Koucar Management, LLC is a privately held, Michigan-based company with a diverse portfolio of holdings and investments. Koucar Management has an investment strategy that firmly focuses on expansion within existing industries, bringing new vitality to acquired businesses and laying the groundwork for new ventures. With their recognized management strengths and ample financial resources, Koucar Management is providing growth capital and other resources to its portfolio of companies. Koucar’s vision is clear; motivated skilled partners & employees, significant financial strength and stability, a willingness to look beyond conventional performance measurements and an untiring commitment to its customers. www.koucar.com
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#1,559: As mentioned in my tribute to my mother last year, my first experience of the music of ELO was listening to a cover of "10538 Overture" on budget label Music For Pleasure's "Hot Hits XIII" (#MFP50041) back in 1972 as a five year old. Back then there were a core of house bands who were essentially studio session musicians hired by labels such as Hallmark, Pickwick, Stereo Gold Award and the aforementioned MFP to recreate the hit singles of the time. Major high street shops such as Woolworths and British Home Stores had racks full of these albums (including the well known "Top of the Pops" series) and they were a familiar sight to many in the Seventies.
Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra were at their commercial peak in 1979 as they basked in the afterglow of "Out Of The Blue" (#UAR100/#JETDP400), their first UK #1 album "Discovery" (#JETLX500) and a run of seven Top 10 singles including "Mr. Blue Sky" (#UP36342/#SJET104) and "Don't Bring Me Down" (#JET153). Many of ELO's hits were copied and could be found in these budget compilations and perhaps the ultimate acknowledgement of success was having a whole album dedicated to a specific artiste. And so it was in 1979 when Chevron Records, another budget label, put out "Wild West Hero" (#CHVL146) by Hits Machine Unlimited (who are identified in the excellent 1996 ELO & related discography "Unexpected Messages" as Jack Livingston Orchestra & Singers).
Looking back, I didn't add "Wild West Hero" to my collection at the time (but did later thanx to eBay) as it wasn't an official ELO release and, admittedly, by then I was a little snobby when it came to these kind of records! Yours Truly KJS gave it a play whilst writing this elobf article and in all honesty, the twelve trax actually don't sound that bad. In some ways you could argue that albums like "Wild West Hero" are a prototype or precursor to the rise of the tribute bands who arrived on the scene some twenty years later and remains an interesting part of the ELO story.
Remembering Beryl Sinclair: My Mother, Music & Me
Record Shop Memories: I Wish I Was Back in 1981
Why ELO Part II, The Orchestra & ELO Tribute Bands Matter
Rocket Man Revelation: Seeing The Move Rehearse Gave Elton Lift-Off
Posted by Keith J Sinclair at 00:03 2 comments:
Labels: @elobf_kjs, Chevron Records, CHVL146, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, elobeatlesforever, elobf, Hits Machine Unlimited, Jack Livingston Orchestra & Singers, Jeff Lynne, Unexpected Messages, Wild West Hero
#1,558: Being as we're now settling into 2021, Yours Truly KJS and elobeatlesforever (elobf) thought that it would be a good idea to remind friends and followers of the multiple ways to keep in touch and find KJS/elobf via our usual email address and/or this selection of five social media platforms (facebook, twitter, Gab, Parler and YouTube) thus:
facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/366343560394191
Gab: gab.com/kjselobf Parler: parler.com/profile/SinclairKeith
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/elobeatlesforever
twitter: @elobf_kjs email: sinclair.keith@talk21.com
#elobf #elobeatlesforever
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#1,556: Hello and welcome to 2021! Perhaps one of the most noticeable nuances in the strange year that was 2020 has to be the absence of any mention of ELO's 50th anniversary. Whereas one can easily discover the birth of The Move (Sunday 23rd January 1966), the same cannot be said of the definitive, formal arrival of the Electric Light Orchestra a la Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan. It would therefore true to say (if you'll excuse the pun) that there is a little "Confusion" when it comes to ELO's actual age and it's a subject of two almost controversial elobeatlesforever (elobf) articles in 2010 (click here and here to read).
Recorded in July 1970, the general consensus is that the first ELO song was "10538 Overture", a Jeff Lynne song originally intended as a 'B' side for a then future single by The Move. Some fans also identify another Lynne penned track: "What?" (found on the The Move's "Looking On" album and also the flip side to the "When Alice Comes Back From The Farm" UK single) as the definitive ELO launch point. This would, of course, mean that 2020 was indeed their 50th anniversary as the 40th anniversary release of the DVD "Electric Light Orchestra Live - The Early Years" (Eagle Rock Entertainment #EREDV780) suggested.
For this writer, it is the release of debut album "The Electric Light Orchestra" (Harvest #SHVL797) on Friday 3rd December 1971 that defines phonographically the year in which ELO began. Whereas 1970 is undoubtedly the year ELO was conceived in a recording sense, (P)1971 is undeniably the year that official ELO releases commenced. Indeed, the 1991 EMI 2CD compilation "Early ELO" was subtitled 1971-1973 and the Light Years enhanced reissue in 2001 was cited as a 30th anniversary edition.
Adding to the mix in this story is the fact that it was actually 1972 when ELO enjoyed their first hit single with the aforementioned "10538 Overture" (Harvest #HAR5053), performed their first live dates and belatedly released their first long player in the US under the title "No Answer" (United Artists #UAS-5573) due to a certain unfortunate secretarial error. It was also interesting to see ELO Part II touring the UK in 1997 under the banner of "Celebrating 25 years of ELO's Greatest Hits" and Face The Music fanzine marking ELO's 25th anniversary in 1992.
Since then, all manner of CD and DVD compilation releases have generally resorted to ascribing those Early ELO years as 1970-1973 (check out the above montage header) yet, as stated at the outset of this article, here we are in the New Year having seen no mention of a 50th ELO birthday during 2020. For these reasons and the fact that the Jeff Lynne's ELO tour bus remains parked up due to the ongoing plandemic there is now the strongest of cases, commercial speaking, to release new EJLO material or repackage classic ELO discography &/or videography. ELO fans should therefore expect to see a lot more activity from Sony Legacy (and others) this year in formally celebrating and marketing five decades of Birmingham's best. We're wishin' and hopin' that happens lest this ELOpportunity is wasted.
The Move certainly do have a defined beginning and they'll be celebrating their 55th birthday soon!
When 39 Ain't 40! [Part 1] When 39 Ain't 40! [Part 2]
Review: Live - The Early Years [ELO]
Singled Out: The Battle Of Marston Moor
Light Friction: The Birth Pangs of Early ELO
Another Chart Breaks: Early ELO in the UK & US
Recommended: Electric Light Orchestra [40th Anniversary Edition]
44 Light Years: ELO's First Album Remembered 45 Live Years: An ELO Roll of Honour
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Riverina MP and Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has contacted Wiradjuri leaders following his controversial statements this week surrounding the US Capitol riots and Black Lives Matter rallies. The contact comes after members of Wagga's Wiradjuri Nation delivered an ultimatum to Mr McCormack saying they would not support him at the next election unless he committed to an audience with them. In a letter addressed to Mr McCormack and seen by The Daily Advertiser, the Wiradjuri members accuse the Riverina MP of having "no empathy or respect for the First Nation people" in his electorate. The letter goes on to describe Mr McCormack's likening of the Black Lives Matter protests to the Capitol riots as "reprehensible" and the cause of "deep distress". "Given your hurtful comments, it is apparent that you no longer represent our nation in the federal government," the letter reads. "Accordingly we will consider motivating our people to actively poll against you at the next election, unless we can resolve this insulting matter by meeting with you in Wagga as soon as possible," it said. It comes after Mr McCormack doubled down on his earlier comments by using the contentious "all lives matter" catch-cry, which has often been used to belittle the Black Lives Matter cause. Since the letter was delivered to Mr McCormack's Wagga office, the Riverina MP has contacted the 2020 NSW Senior Citizen of the Year Aunty Isabel Reid and Black Lives Matter Wagga organiser Joe Williams. "I have spoken with Aunty Isabel and Joe Williams today. They understand and appreciate my respect for them and all Australians," Mr McCormack said in a statement released to The Daily Advertiser on Wednesday afternoon. "I support the right of any Australian to protest, however, the point I have consistently made is that violence of any kind is abhorrent. "When lives are lost and property is damaged, that is to be condemned no matter the circumstances." Speaking with The Daily Advertiser, Wiradjuri elder Aunty Isabel said the situation had been sorted "leader to leader". Following the discussion, she said, it was unlikely the Wiradjuri community would follow through on their threat to campaign against Mr McCormack. "He rang me straight away, as soon as he got the message at his office," Aunty Isabel said. "I've spoken to the community, they're going to leave it at this point. We're happy with what's been said [to resolve the issue]." Similarly, Mr Williams said he was "appreciative of the call" he received on Tuesday from the acting prime minister. "It was good of Michael to give me a buzz personally [but] what was said we can leave in the conversation," Mr Williams said. "It's always good to have a dialogue between communities."
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Michael McCormack's likening of the Black Lives Matter protests with the Capitol riots causes 'deep distress': Wiradjuri members
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'DEEP DISTRESS': Aunty Isabel Reid and members of the Wiradjuri Nation have penned a letter to the acting prime minister Michael McCormack describing his comments regarding the Black Lives Matter rally as "reprehensible". Picture: FILE
Riverina MP and Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has contacted Wiradjuri leaders following his controversial statements this week surrounding the US Capitol riots and Black Lives Matter rallies.
The contact comes after members of Wagga's Wiradjuri Nation delivered an ultimatum to Mr McCormack saying they would not support him at the next election unless he committed to an audience with them.
In a letter addressed to Mr McCormack and seen by The Daily Advertiser, the Wiradjuri members accuse the Riverina MP of having "no empathy or respect for the First Nation people" in his electorate.
The letter goes on to describe Mr McCormack's likening of the Black Lives Matter protests to the Capitol riots as "reprehensible" and the cause of "deep distress".
"Given your hurtful comments, it is apparent that you no longer represent our nation in the federal government," the letter reads.
"Accordingly we will consider motivating our people to actively poll against you at the next election, unless we can resolve this insulting matter by meeting with you in Wagga as soon as possible," it said.
It comes after Mr McCormack doubled down on his earlier comments by using the contentious "all lives matter" catch-cry, which has often been used to belittle the Black Lives Matter cause.
Wagga's Black Lives Matter protesters condemn McCormack's comments
McCormack defended by colleagues over 'all lives matter' comments
Since the letter was delivered to Mr McCormack's Wagga office, the Riverina MP has contacted the 2020 NSW Senior Citizen of the Year Aunty Isabel Reid and Black Lives Matter Wagga organiser Joe Williams.
"I have spoken with Aunty Isabel and Joe Williams today. They understand and appreciate my respect for them and all Australians," Mr McCormack said in a statement released to The Daily Advertiser on Wednesday afternoon.
"I support the right of any Australian to protest, however, the point I have consistently made is that violence of any kind is abhorrent.
"When lives are lost and property is damaged, that is to be condemned no matter the circumstances."
Speaking with The Daily Advertiser, Wiradjuri elder Aunty Isabel said the situation had been sorted "leader to leader". Following the discussion, she said, it was unlikely the Wiradjuri community would follow through on their threat to campaign against Mr McCormack.
"He rang me straight away, as soon as he got the message at his office," Aunty Isabel said.
"I've spoken to the community, they're going to leave it at this point. We're happy with what's been said [to resolve the issue]."
Similarly, Mr Williams said he was "appreciative of the call" he received on Tuesday from the acting prime minister.
"It was good of Michael to give me a buzz personally [but] what was said we can leave in the conversation," Mr Williams said. "It's always good to have a dialogue between communities."
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Couch and Barrow pair up in Plymouth as they chase diving gold at Rio Olympics
By Laurie Whitwell for the Daily Mail
Published: 06:39 EST, 8 February 2013 | Updated: 06:39 EST, 8 February 2013
Tonia Couch believes having diving partner Sarah Barrow back in Plymouth has already begun to improve the pair's chances of future success as they today take their first steps on the road to Rio 2016.
Barrow returned to the city of her birth at the start of this year after a spell in Leeds which made practising together before last summer’s Olympics in London tricky.
There would be long journeys to meet up and synchronisation between the duo would initially take time to develop each session – perhaps hampering their full potential.
In tune: Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow are European champions in the 10m synchro
Last year was nevertheless a breakthrough for Couch and Barrow, who ended Britain’s 74-year wait for a female gold medal at the European Championships and then finished a creditable fifth at London.
But preparation for the next Games in Brazil is already underway and thriving – with the duo resuming competitive action for the first time since the Olympics at this afternoon’s British Championships from 2.30pm.
‘It’s great to have Sarah train with me so I don’t have to worry about travelling to Leeds or her travelling to Plymouth,’ Couch told Sportsmail.
‘We just train whenever we want now. We’re not as scared to dive together now which helps. Before, I was not used to have someone standing next to me in training but now it’s normal.
Youthful: The British swimming team is young and they will fancy their medial chances at Rio
‘It was hard to get back into training after the Olympic Games and six weeks off, my body was tightened all over. But after two weeks everything was all fine. We’re training really hard and we’re doing really well at the moment so fingers crossed we take that into the competition.’
Today’s 10 metre synchronised competition will be an opportunity for Couch, 23, and Barrow, 24, to shed any ring rust, before going head to head in the individual event tomorrow.
Barrow has the slight advantage of having readied the back three-and-a-half, a more difficult dive that Couch is hoping to add to her repertoire by next year.
‘I will be learning the harder dive but that takes time,’ she said. ‘It’s with a view to Rio. I’m in no rush. Sarah used to compete it in 2010 and she’s learnt it again so she’ll be using it in the individual this weekend. I need to get myself up there.’
Couch has seen the extra interest in diving since the Games and the screening of her friend Tom Daley’s television show Splash!. She has been to Luton twice for filming and admitted she would ‘love’ to join her coach Andy Banks on the judging panel next series.
Rejected: The pair were hugely disappointed with their fifth place finish in London
‘I’ve been up there twice. It’s brilliant,’ Couch said. ‘I think a lot of Tom’s fans are probably starting to do a bit of diving. He’s had some good views from it and is definitely going to continue next year.
‘It’s nice to see that Andy’s getting something as well. He’s worked hard. He’s been a part of my life for a very long time.’
Couch also rubbished the suggestion from David Sparkes, chief executive of British Swimming, that the show is detracting from Daley’s training schedule in the pool.
‘He’s going to get stick anywhere isn’t he? But he trains really hard and that’ s all Tom’s worried about,’ Couch said. ‘As long as he knows he’s training hard he doesn’t care.’
Credit: Tonia Couch’s sponsor Everyone Active operates the Plymouth Life Centre, which is hosting this weekend’s British Championships.
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The world versus the web
Don't censor this!
The OSCE's members, a diverse lot, want to censor internet content for varying reasons. A look at Google's latest Transparency Report shows how the issue has escalated.
by M.J. | DUBLIN
AMONG the 56 members of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), an intergovernmental talking shop, are Britain, America and many grubby regimes like Belarus and Turkmenistan. One guest at the group's pow-wow on internet freedom, which took place on June 18th and 19th, quipped that some delegates were hoping it would make them better censors.
Yet it was diplomats from Western nations that left Dublin castle with most to chew on. On Monday evening Google unveiled its latest Transparency Report to the excellencies in attendance. It revealed that many government requests to remove links from the firm's search engine or delete blog posts and videos from its services originated from established democracies, not the nascent ones.
Between July and December governmental bodies asked Google to wipe more than 12,000 items from its servers. It complied with about a third of all requests that were accompanied by a court order, and about half of those submitted less formally. Many of the requests seem reasonable—British police officers flagged five YouTube accounts containing videos that promoted terrorism; Germany continues to challenge sites that flout its youth protection laws by touting Nazi memorabilia. And the numbers are dwarfed by the volume of requests Google receives for removal of copyrighted content. (Last year the firm handled 3.3m such demands, and expects to deal with four times that many in 2012.)
But the data also reveals worrying trends. Google turned down 14 requests from the Spanish data protection agency to remove links to 270 pieces of content referencing individuals and public figures. It rebutted a request from the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development to remove links to content critical of it. It declined an odd application from officials in the Canadian passport office to remove a video advocating independence for Quebec, in which a citizen urinated on his passport and flushed it down the toilet. These things seem to comprise the hurly-burly that fertilises democracy, not illegal material that threatens it.
Only four governments sought to remove content from Google in 2002, says Dorothy Chou, a manager at the firm. Ten years later, the company counts 42 countries regularly trying to pull items off the web. This proliferation preoccupied speakers who addressed the OSCE's mandarins in Dublin. Agnès Callamard of Article 19, a human rights group, complained of “a decade of regressive internet legislation” that has seen nations of all flavours aim to curtail free expression online. Frank La Rue, a UN official whose job is to promote free speech, warned that governments are finding more novel reasons to zap troublesome bloggers. In 2009 a Guatemalan user of Twitter was arrested for posting messages deemed likely to provoke panic in the banking system.
Google's disclosures also sharpened debate about what role server farms, internet service providers and site operators should play in detecting and deleting unlawful content. American and European governments have traditionally not held such intermediaries liable for the activity of their users. That distinction is becoming less clear. Tighter rules could squelch innovation, said Ian Brown of the Oxford Cyber Security Centre. Free speech advocates complain that publishers are becoming too quick to remove doubtful content from their websites when complaints are made, without first checking if it breaks local laws. Cory Doctorow, an author and campaigner for copyright reform, argued that this practice redoubles just when free speech matters most—like on election nights, when moderators are inundated with contributions from users.
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are fending off calls for new treaties to govern the regulation of cyberspace, arguing that international conventions on human rights already describe how to police the web. The countries that generally want the most state control of the internet are Brazil, Russia, India and China—the so-called BRICs. Russia and China have pushed for an “International Code of Conduct for Information Security” and several governments are calling for the United Nations to take greater control over the growth and regulation of the internet. Campaigners fear they will use a long-planned meeting in December—convened to renegotiate the charter of the International Telecomunications Union (ITU)—to argue that the body take a more central role in the future of the network.
Free speech campaigners must resist paranoia about the ITU, a sluggish UN affiliate organisation with roots in the 19th century that manages telecoms standards and helps prevent conflicts over radio frequencies. But they are right to resist calls from emerging nations for weightier net regulations, and to lobby against plans from Iran and others to create “national internets” isolated from external traffic. Mr La Rue compares the internet to the telephone system—every new connection makes the network more valuable for all. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the president of Estonia and an enthusiastic advocate for more tech-savvy government, warned delegates in Dublin not to erect “another wall in the BRICs”.
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ECRI Institute Sheds Unbiased Light on New Healthcare Innovations for 2018
Annual Top 10 list gives evidence-based insight into apps for opioid addiction, genetic testing, acuity-adaptable rooms, and virtual reality for pediatrics
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—As healthcare leaders tackle their capital planning and value analysis challenges in 2018, the last thing they’re looking for is an unwelcome surprise from another new technology that’s being hyped in the marketplace.
ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, announces the release of its annual Top 10 Hospital C-suite Watch List. The report helps healthcare leaders understand new and emerging innovations, including new apps to help treat opioid addiction, acuity-adaptable rooms, insertable cardiac monitors, and virtual reality for pediatric patients.
"This year we selected a range of technologies and infrastructure issues hospital leaders and their teams are facing, will be facing, or should consider," says Diane C. Robertson, director, Health Technology Assessment, ECRI Institute.
Topping the list this year is the first FDA-approved medical app for opioid addiction. A form of telehealth, the app offers a way to strengthen recovery with ongoing, long-term support.
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing, coming in at No. 2, is changing how frontline clinicians interact with patients who pursue tests on their own.
"Hospital leaders often are not aware how much lab budgets are being blown by genetic testing, inappropriate use from lack of evidence-based information, and unreimbursed testing. Now that direct-to-consumer testing provides health information to patients, it will drive them to seek attention to understand the implications of their test results," adds Robertson.
Other topics include microhospitals; a non-invasive device for treating Alzheimer’s disease; neonatal MRI systems in the NICU; GammaTile™ Cs-131 radiation therapy for fighting brain tumors; and a special needle for reducing pain during blood draw.
"Nobody pays us to produce our C-suite watch list—it’s built on our deep, independent expertise for how to address today’s and tomorrow’s healthcare challenges. Many healthcare leaders use this as a springboard for informed decision making in their capital planning programs and strategic initiatives," says Robert P. Maliff, director, strategic growth and business development, ECRI Institute.
Available as a public service, the new report gives hospital leaders evidence-based perspectives on innovations and care delivery trends that have the potential to impact cost, quality, and patient outcomes. Each entry includes actionable recommendations in a quick-glance “What to Do” section.
The watch list draws upon ECRI Institute’s 50 years of experience evaluating and providing technical assistance on the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of health technologies. It reflects the unbiased, independent judgment of the Institute’s multidisciplinary staff of clinical and technical researchers, engineers, risk management specialists, and healthcare planners and consultants.
ECRI Institute’s 2018 Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List is available for download at www.ecri.org/2018watchlist (registration required). For additional information about the watch list or ECRI Institute’s evidence-based research, patient safety resources, and technology support services, contact ECRI Institute by telephone at (610) 825-6000, ext. 5655; by e-mail at consultants@ecri.org; or by mail at 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 USA.
ECRI Institute releases 2018 Top 10 Watch List to help hospital C-suite track new and emerging technologies
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About ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute (www.ecri.org, a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to discover which medical procedures, devices, drugs, and processes enable improved patient care. As pioneers in this science for 50 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. Strict conflict-of-interest guidelines ensure objectivity. ECRI Institute is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ECRI Institute PSO is listed as a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Clemson-Florida State Postponed Three Hours Before Kickoff After Clemson Player Tests Positive
SJ - November 21, 2020
The Clemson and Florida State game was postponed on Saturday morning just three hours before kickoff. According to the ACC, the medical personnel for the two teams were unable to "mutually agree on moving forward with the game."
Breaking: Clemson vs. Florida State has been postponed, the ACC announced.
The postponement follows this morning’s game conference call at which time both teams’ medical personnel were unable to mutually agree on moving forward with the game. pic.twitter.com/FEBtl16kLT
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 21, 2020
The reason the medical personnel couldn't come to an agreement was because a Clemson backup offensive lineman tested positive for COVID-19. The player traveled with the team as they didn't find out about the positive test until after Clemson landed in Tallahassee.
Florida State medical officials weren’t comfortable playing with the potential spread.
SOURCES: A Clemson back-up offensive lineman tested positive for COVID-19 from a test taken Friday. They received the results after Clemson landed in Tallahassee. The player traveled with the team. FSU officials weren’t comfortable playing because of potential spread.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) November 21, 2020
Not comfortable playing one of the most violent games in the world because of a virus that won't do anything to any of the players and isn't shown to be spread during games? It might be time to get some new medical personnel.
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Innovation Station Presentation Summaries
Reconciliation Through Engineering Initiative (RTEI)
Sonia Molodecky, LLB, Centre for Global Engineering, University of Toronto
Shakya Sur, Research Associate, Centre for Global Engineering, University of Toronto
The Reconciliation Through Engineering Initiative (RTEI) at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Global Engineering is a multi-disciplinary initiative taking a community-based approach to addressing challenges faced by Indigenous communities such as: housing, water, wastewater, clean energy, natural food systems, transportation and telecommunication. Indigenous Peoples have been Traditional Knowledge keepers and have been adapting to the land for thousands of years. RTEI thus seeks to harmonize Indigenous knowledge and the expertise of faculty members at the University to co-develop sustainable, practical, cost-effective and long-term solutions to one or more of these challenges.
Approaches to Developing Sustainable Solutions for Housing and Infrastructure
Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D., Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
Jeffrey Siegel and the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering work to educate and research system-based approaches to developing sustainable solutions for housing and infrastructure.
Department-wide research themes around housing and infrastructure development:
Design of energy efficient buildings
Building design for seismic resilience
Piping networks in urban areas
Restoration and retrofits of ageing infrastructure
Study of materials with low carbon footprints
Increasing Efficiency in Regional Water, Storm Water and Sewage Distribution Systems, and Hydro Dams
Jennifer Drake, Ph.D., Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
Jennifer Drake and the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering work to educate and research system-based approached to developing water sustainability. Their research interests include flooding, floodplain mapping, ecological flows, low-impact development (LID) and green infrastructure storm water management, watershed planning, water security, green roof testing.
Department-wide research themes around water:
Biologically active filtration
Inactivation of emerging pathogens
Disinfection of reuse waters
Control of disinfection by-products
Studying the behavior of organic chemicals in surface water environments such as rivers and lakes, contaminated groundwater, wastewaters, industrial and agricultural effluents
Thirteen Moon Journey and Water Gathering
Bonnie McElhinny, Ph.D., Department of Antrophology, University of Toronto
Debby Danard, Ph.D., Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto
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High Food Prices and Subsidy Policy in Northern Ontario Communities
Tracey Galloway, Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Toronto
Despite the addition of a number of remote communities to the NNC subsidy-eligible list in 2017, residents in 31 northern Ontario communities continue to experience food costs that are among the prices for food and other essential household items. Study goal: Support national efforts to convince policy-makers that a new, Indigenous-led cost-containment strategy is needed.
Impact of Air Service Reliability on Community Resilience and Well-being
Pia Dimayuga, Engineering, University of Toronto
Erik Ohlrogge, International Visiting Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto
Remote northern communities depend on reliable air transportation for many aspects of daily life. The ability for planes to arrive and leave on time is partly dependent on the quality of airport and community services and equipment. Study goals: 1. To understand how existing airport and community buildings, runways and equipment affect the reliability of air service in northern communities; 2. To understand the impact this has on life in northern communities, from the point of view of people who live and work there.
Promoting Holistic Wellness Through Traditional Teachings and Best Practices
Janet Zanutto, Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle
The Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle provides resources, programming and services that support Indigenous people to live a life free of the complications of diabetes. IDHC works in partnership with community members to identify needs and support the work of local organizations by providing culturally relevant training and resources in the areas of Diabetes Management, Foot Care, Gestational Diabetes, and Healthy Lifestyles.
Sustainable Energy, Wildfire Impacts, and Bioprocess Engineering
Arthur Chan, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
The Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry integrates chemistry, biology and engineering through leading edge research and education to drive solutions for global challenges in energy, the environment and health.
Department-wide research themes:
Environmental Science and Engineering: development of sustainable industrial processes and ecosystems such as the use of bacteria to remediate polluted groundwater, analyses of air contaminants, development of wetlands for water treatment
Sustainable Energy: biofuels, fuel cells, energy recovery, biogas production from biological treatments of effluents
Bioprocess Engineering: manufacturing of materials from renewable feedstocks; applications include food processing and preservation, air and wastewater treatment, bioenergy and applications in the pulp and paper industry
Current Research and Innovation Projects Between Lakehead University, Sioux Lookout, and Partners; Future Areas of Collaboration
Andrew P. Dean, Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Innovation, Lakehead University
Bill Maloney, Economic Development and Innovation, Lakehead University
Taylor Gynane, Economic Development and Innovation, Lakehead University
Lakehead University representatives will be presenting on research and innovation projects that they have participated in, in partnership with Sioux Lookout and partners in the region. Lakehead will be engaging to see where future collaborations could occur.
Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag – Land-based Indigenous Youth Program
Elder Whabagoon, Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag, University of Toronto
Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag (Flooded Valley Healing) is a participatory employment training program that includes the voices of indigenous youth and Elders/Knowledge Keepers in the planning and designing of green infrastructure. The 2018 inaugural program provided four Toronto high school youth and two University of Toronto graduate students with an opportunity to contribute to the revitalization of Bolton Camp, a 254-acre site 40 km north of the city. More than 30 experts mentored the students through lectures, workshops, design reviews, guided site visits and training in the field. The program challenged the youth to brainstorm design concepts to transform an existing cabin structure at Bolton Camp into a sustainable cabin that will provide indigenous youth, Elders and others with access to future programming and ceremonial space. Phase 2 of the program will begin in spring 2019 and continue to offer participants the opportunity both to explore traditional teachings of the Land, and to learn about potential post-secondary education opportunities and career paths in less familiar disciplines or professional fields.
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Chelsea Linked With Major Signings
Report by Evan Yore
In spite of proclaiming that he had no intention of shifting into the transfer market place in January, Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti cannot keep his team out of the headlines when it comes to potential New Yr transfer moves.
Although the news that Chelsea are quite eager on Atletico Madrid starlet Sergio Aguero, is hardly new, it does seem that the club could be generating headway on landing the Argentinean global striker. The son-in-law of Argentina’s national coach, Diego Maradona, has been dropping broad hints that his potential might lie away from Atletico Madrid about the past couple of weeks and it would seem Chelsea head the checklist of clubs prepared to land the player in a deal reputed to be really worth close to £40m. The only issue to the offer could be if Manchester City’s new boss Roberto Mancini, decides to make a comparable type of offer for the player, but that, as of now, is by no implies certain.
An additional striker that Chelsea are reportedly close to securing a deal for is Wolfsburg’s gifted Bosnian worldwide striker Edin Dzeko. Dzeko has been trailed by Manchester United, Arsenal and Milan not long ago and all 3 clubs have been reportedly interested in the striker. Nevertheless it would seem that as a result of this interest, the players asking value has shot up. Arsenal ended up reportedly prepared to expend £15m on the player in January, nevertheless Chelsea are now believed to be so keen that they are all set to offer the German aspect £25m for the player, a cost which will see all other interested events eliminate interest, though there are studies from Italy suggesting that Claudio Ranieri could fend off Chelsea’s interest to land the player.
If you imagine the Sun newspaper, then Dzeko may possibly not be the only signing Chelsea are going to try to make from the Bundesliga as the Blues are also reported to be interested in obtaining Bayern Munich’s talented midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. This curiosity appears to stick to on from the news that Bayern Munich’s other talented midfielder, Franck Ribery, whom Chelsea have been said to be interested in, has reportedly agreed a summertime transfer to Actual Madrid.
Peter Cech’s form has been a fear and as a outcome there has been speculation that the Czech Republic international could be changed. West Ham’s Robert Green has been mooted in the press as a prospective replacement for the Czech keeper should supervisor Ancelotti determine to deliver in a alternative.
Nevertheless the largest transfer rumours this week problem Chelsea making a move for two Liverpool stars. With the Anfield club in seeming free-fall and beset by crippling financial concerns, Ancelotti has reportedly created a tentative £30m provide for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and has earmarked a £60m move for striker Fernando Torres in the Summer season, really should Liverpool fall short to safe a area in the Champions League for next time. Nonetheless a single player connected with the club has distanced himself from a move. Luis Suarez, Ajax’s Uruguayan winger, had been noted as obtaining signed a pre-contract agreement with the club to move in January. But Suarez has moved to deny this for the duration of the week stating
“Anybody can retain on speaking about Barcelona, Manchester United or Chelsea but at the minute I have my thoughts concentrated on Ajax exactly where I desire to keep at minimum until finally June.
“I want to stay at Ajax, so personally there isn’t any supply for me from other teams.”
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SAAR Dips to 16.6M in Watershed Sales Report
August 2, 2019 • by Tariq Kamal
Mini was one of only three manufacturers to record a year-over-year decrease in the latest U.S. new-vehicle sales report, delivering fewer than 3,000 units in July for a 34.2% decline. Each of the Detroit 3 factories declined to report monthly sales for the first time.
Photo courtesy Mini USA
(Bobit) — The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of U.S. new-vehicle sales fell below 17 million for the fourth month of the year so far in July, registering at 16.6 million after climbing to 17.29 million in June.
The July sales figures, based on data compiled by Automotive News, show deliveries increased 1.3% nationwide compared with the same month a year ago. But it is the first such report that excludes the Detroit 3 entirely, with Ford and Fiat Chrysler following General Motors’ example by switching to quarterly releases.
“The absence of companies representing 45% of U.S. sales will undercut the value of the monthly data as a barometer of the industry’s health,” AN’s David Phillips wrote.
Among mass-market manufacturers, Hyundai set the pace with a 12% year-over-year improvement, completing a 12-month run of monthly sales increases. Subaru extended its own streak to 92 months, growing sales by 7.9% in July. They were followed in the winners’ column by Toyota (3.6%), Volkswagen (2.2%), Honda (1.9%), and Kia (0.6%).
Each of the major highline marques showed improvement as well, led by Genesis (158%), Porsche (23%), and Jaguar (7.4%). Modest gains were reported by BMW (4.7%), Land Rover (4%), Volvo (2%), and Audi (0.8%).
Another source, Inside EVs, estimated U.S. Tesla sales totaled 15,650 units in July, which would be a 30.4% improvement from June.
Factories seeing declines included Mini (-34%), Mitsubishi (-13%), and Nissan (-9.1%). Nissan has ratcheted down incentives for buyers while remaining highly aggressive on lease deals.
In a statement, Cox Automotive’s chief economist, Charlie Chesbrough, said the report reflected the firm’s own forecasts.
“Clearly, the market remains on solid ground and buyers are still in the new-car market even with higher prices,” Chesbrough wrote. “Strong sales of some small cars may suggest that affordability shoppers have not entirely abandoned the new-vehicle market. Given the strength of used-vehicle prices, and supply constraints limiting selection, more interest in lower-priced new vehicles is not surprising.”
Autotrader’s Michelle Krebs concurred, noting surging interest in small cars on dealer sites. “That suggests some consumers are looking for affordability and finding it in small cars, a market largely abandoned by Detroit’s automakers. As a result, sales for the two best-selling compact — Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic — were up double digits in July (15% for Corolla and 11% for Civic) to about 30,000 units each.”
Conversely, the gains enjoyed by Honda, Hyundai, and Subaru are largely credited to larger vehicles, noted Stephanie Brinley of IHS Markit.
“Mercedes-Benz and BMW are also seeing sales improve from updated or all-new utility vehicles,” said Brinley, IHS’s principal automotive analyst. “Many of these, like the Hyundai Palisade, Honda Passport, and BMW X7, put the brands in new segments with a product that enables them to counter the slowdown in their more traditional sedan lineups.”
Industrywide, J.D. Power estimates per-unit incentive spending grew 5.8% to $4,074 month-over-month. ALG analysts say average incentives declined by 2.6% to $3,671, with Kia (-17.8%), Toyota (-9.3%), Subaru (-9.1%) among the chief culprits.
Edmunds reports the average interest rate for a new-vehicle loan fell to 5.8% in July, a new low for 2019, with 35% of all new-car buyers securing a sub-4% interest rate, up from 31% in June.
To read the full Automotive News report, click here.
Originally posted on Auto Dealer Today
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Work pressures are trumping full vacations: survey
by Karen Talley |
Jun 5, 2018 1:54pm
Relaxing getaways are becoming more infrequent for employees. (DragonImages/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images)
U.S. workers are split over taking vacation time, with pressure from their managers, workload and aspirations, a recent survey found.
Just over 1 in 5 respondents (21%) say they have left more than five annual vacation days untaken, said the study by Kimble Applications.
“I am an advocate of giving people a reasonable vacation entitlement and then encouraging them to take it,” Mark Robinson, co-founder of Kimble Applications, a professional services automation concern, said in a statement.
“My experience is that businesses work best if there is clarity about this and people feel confident about planning their vacation well in advance,” Robinson added. “That is better for the individuals and it allows the business to forecast and budget better, too."
Kimble found that:
Just under half of respondents (47%) took all of their allotted vacation time last year.
Two out of 10 employees felt push from their manager not to take vacation time.
Some employees won’t take all of their vacation time because of their project load (27%) or because they are concerned about the workload to which they will return (13%).
Almost half of respondents (48%) said they don't entirely check out when they take vacations. Instead, they check back in on what's happening at work.
More than 1 in 10 employees feel they have a better chance at moving up the corporate ladder if they do not take all of their vacation time.
The top reason so many workers are not taking their paid time off is workload-related stress, the Kimbel study said. About 1 in 4 respondents (27%) said they had too many projects or deadlines to take a vacation, and over 1 in 10 (13%) feared coming back to too much work.
Employers, generally speaking, aren't helping the matter, according to the Kimble survey. Nearly 2 out of 10 (19%) respondents said they’ve felt pressured by their employer to not take all their vacation time. And more than a quarter of employees either feel anxious or nervous when submitting a time off request—19% are anxious about being away from work, while 7% are nervous that the request won’t be approved.
Related: CEOs to employees: Take a vacation already
Furthermore, when workers do take vacation, they don’t figuratively like to be too far away from the office, a survey by Accountemps found.
Like the Kimble study, the Accountemps research found that employees are taking fewer days off (They plan to take an average 9 days this summer, down from 10 in 2017).
Accountemps’ survey also found:
Most employees (56%) connect with the office during their break.
Professionals in New York, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Miami and Seattle check in the most. Their counterparts in Cleveland and Minneapolis check in the least.
Seven in 10 millennials check in with the office, while the majority of workers ages 55 and older fully disconnect.
“It’s important for workers to take regular vacations so they don’t burn out,” said Michael Steinitz, executive director of Accountemps, in a statement. “Being out of the office allows professionals to recharge and bring a fresh approach to business projects and challenges when they return. And managers should encourage employees to take time off.”
William Vanderbloemen, CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, said a culture of employees not taking vacations could be a symptom of something more serious.
“If vacations are granted but taking them is frowned upon, what does that say about other unspoken expectations? The deeper concern with this issue is a lack of authenticity in the workplace. Employers cannot say one thing, then do another, and expect employees to like working there,” Vanderbloemen told FierceCEO via email.
Jeff Zinser, principal and founder of Right Recruiting, agreed in an email correspondence with FierceCEO that “most employees do not use their full vacation time, but my experience is that employees freely choose not to take vacation rather than being urged not to take it by their bosses. At a time when companies are almost literally begging people to come to work for them, it doesn’t seem logical that companies would make it difficult to use accrued vacation. That would cause employees to quit for greener pastures.”
Zinser said people don’t use vacation for two reasons: 1) They truly enjoy their job and feel an obligation to peers to complete projects and 2) they want to work hard to get a promotion.
Vacation Accountemps Kimble Applications
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Google Developing Messaging App to Compete with WhatsApp
By Meghan Coyle
Google is playing catch-up in the world of mobile messaging apps in emerging markets overseas. Facebook closed on the $19 billion WhatsApp acquisition earlier this week, and reportedly, Google may have a similar app in the works. The company plans to test its app in India and other emerging markets, which is where tech companies are now looking for growth. A messaging app from Google could help the brand find a foothold in these markets and eventually generate revenue.
According to The Economic Times of India, Google sent Nikhyl Singhal to scout out possible markets for the new app in India and other Asian countries. The app, which is still in early stages of development, is expected to launch in 2015.
Messaging apps are popular in emerging markets because they are cheaper than SMS messaging from a cellphone wireless provider. Also, the simplicity of the apps (which are usually free of advertising) have made it very popular for first-time Internet users in countries like China and India. Google is already trying to get its Android operating system on inexpensive phones in these markets, so adding a messaging app is the next step in hooking these users.
Even though the app will be reportedly free, Google may still be able to make money from the app in the same way that Facebook does. Wired suggests that Google could generate revenue “through a new breed of low-bandwidth ad or by using data about users to target ads in other places.”
Some reports say that Google lost out to Facebook in the bid for WhatsApp. Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp, the largest messaging app in the world with over 600 million users worldwide and 833,000 new users signing up everyday. Other messaging apps that are popular in emerging markets include WeChat, Line and Viber.
Facebook Closes $19B Deal for WhatsApp, CNET, 10/6/14
New Google Messaging App Rumored for 2015, with No Google Account Needed, Digital Trends, 10/3/14
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Reviewed by: Angus Wolfe Murray
"The film is uneven and, at times, sentimental, with a terrific performance from Washington in a less than glamorous role."
Spike Lee wants his basketball movie to look right. He doesn't want White Men Can't Jump. He picks Ray Allen, the 22-year-old Milwakee Bucks guard, as his lead. Allen is no actor, like Denzel Washington is no basketball pro. Washington plays Allen's father in the film.
There are two, maybe three, stories going on here. Jesus Shuttleworth (Allen) is rated top US high school basketball player. As a result everyone wants a piece of him - Uncle Bubba (Bill Nunn) who is his guardian, girlfriend Lala (Rosario Dawson) who is two-timing with a prospective agent and every university coach in the land. He is offered fistfuls of dollars, big-breasted babes, seriously sexy cars, a platinum and diamond Rolex and just about anything he fancies. For a poor kid from the Coney Island projects, these temptations feel tainted with avarice.
Jake (Washington), his dad, is doing a long stretch for killing his mom. The prison warden offers him a deal. He'll let him out for a supervised period so that he can persuade Jesus to sign for the State governor's favourite university. In exchange, the governor will look sympathetically on his parole application. This is the kind of petty corruption Jake expects from those in authority. There is one problem, however. Jesus won't speak to Jake. He feared him as a kid for being such a tough coach and hates him now for what he did to the family. "You're not my father," is his attitude. "I don't have a father."
The third story involves Dakota (Milla Jovovich), a prostitute, who stays with her abusive pimp in the room next to Jake's in the seedy boarding house. Their "relationship" seems predictable and of no lasting value. It is like the college chicks, who offer themselves to Jesus, an excuse for girls-on-top rumpy, shot in lurid lighting and fleshy close up.
It appears that Lee has discovered slo-mo and cannot get enough of it. Ever since Chariots Of Fire, movies with a sporting theme present the body as a work of art so that the word "balletic" can be used again without embarrassment. Spike's storytelling skills are disfigured by a rash of flashbacks, which impair the credibility of crucial plot statements. Jake didn't murder his wife. It was an accident. Also, 10-year-old Jesus showed no aptitude, nor interest, in a game for which he was being forced to train. Why would he continue after his dad was put away?
The film is uneven and, at times, sentimental, with a terrific performance from Washington in a less than glamorous role. Allen is better on court than off, although for a non-actor he does alright. Lee loves basketball and yet makes it look like a big-business-meets-exploitable-talent thing. The uninitiated might be forgiven for thinking that it lacks the finesse of, say, cricket and is biased in favour of skinny tall guys.
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An example could be stacking fourths. Let’s say you’re trying to write a song in C lydian. Your browser does not support the audio tag. B lydian mode. So the unstable tritone interval is between F and B’. The tonic note (shown as *) is the starting point and is always the 1st note in the mode. 5 Lydian-Mode Chord Progressions, and How They Work. For this mode, all notes have a match, and so the Match? https://arthurfoxmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/F_LYDIAN.mp3, Locrian Mode: Everything You Need To Know About Locrian, Aeolian Mode: Everything You Need To Know About Aeolian, Lydian Mode: Everything You Need to Know About Lydian, Their quality (minor/major/diminished/augmented) is different, Major triad 1 3 5, Major seventh chord 1 3 5 7, Sus2 1 2 5, Sus♯4 1 ♯4 5, Maj6/9 1 3 5 6 9, Maj7sus♯4 1 ♯4 5 7, Maj9 1 3 5 7 9, Maj♯11 1 3 5 7 ♯11, Maj13 1 3 5 7 13. In this mode, the 7th note is called the leading note or leading tone because the sound of the 7th note feels like it wants to resolve and finish at the octave note, when all mode notes are played in sequence. The reasoning behind this claim is that the Ionian Mode has an avoid note in its perfect fourth which clashes with the major third. Often times the best cadential chord is built on the second or seventh scale degree of the mode. ", "Thanks for all your work ( tuto and others ). The rule ensures that every position of a staff is used once and once only - whether that position be a note in a space, or a note on a line. After doing the adjustments to all mistmatches, all letters A..G will have been used for this mode, and no rules have been broken. Many thanks! -Gary, Pingback: Musical Modes Characteristics | The Audio Blog of Lars Lentz. To apply this rule, firstly list the white key names starting from the tonic, which are shown the white column below. I’ve listed them below using the circle of 5ths to help you organize but you can practice them in any order you like. The audio files below play every note shown on the piano above, so middle C (marked with an orange line at the bottom) is the 2nd note heard. 10 eBooks that cover every aspect of songwriting! You have been stellar in my book. How To Play Piano by Chords. The numbered notes are those that might be used when building this mode. 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7. The Ultimate Piano by Chords Learning Kit It is argued that the Lydian Mode is the ideal chord to be played over a major seventh chord. To count up a W hole tone, count up by two physical piano keys, either white or black. from the fourth note. As with all modes, you can create chord progressions that are based on the notes of the lydian scale, and just like the melodies, the progressions can sound pleasantly strange. G-flat). If you have a monophonic instrument, try alternating between the root and each scale degree, one-by-one, to get a sense of each distinct interval. Playing the dominant seventh chord, with its tritone interval, would bring us into the territory of a 4-5-1 tonal harmony chord progression and remove us from modal harmony. “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle packages look at songwriting from every angle, and have been used by thousands of songwriters. Therefore, the Lydian modal chord is the maj♯11! The lydian modal scale sounds like a major scale with the 4th note raised by a semitone. Relating a mode to either Ionian (Major Scale) or Aeolian (Natural Minor Scale) can help us to determine characteristic tones as well. But their starting points (roots) are different. The white keys are named using the alphabetic letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, which is a pattern that repeats up the piano keyboard. If we are to rank the modes of the major scale from brightest to darkest, Lydian would be the brightest mode. These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed by the bass clef. She does it so brightly. I've only very recently started writing songs (I've written four...but all within the last week! The Phrygian Mode is to replace F with F# making it the raised 4th of the scale. This step shows the notes when descending the B lydian mode, going from the highest note sound back to the starting note. And the augmented fourth differentiates it the Ionian mode. The Lydian Mode is the fourth of the seven modes. with the E note of the chord. This can be seen by looking at the Mode table showing all mode names with only white / natural notes used. a passing note and therefore does not clash with the third note of C major (E). As a beginner, I have visited a number of sites offering music lessons and I find your site more trainee friendly. Note 1 is the tonic note - the starting note - B, and note 13 is the same note name but one octave higher. We must reference the tonic chord very often to ensure that we are indeed in that specific mode! Since it includes the minor seventh is the scale used for playing over a dominant seventh chord, which not function as V chord and especially the 7(#11) chord. Thank you very much! Keep it coming. Next, try droning the “modal chord.” In Lydian’s case, the maj♯11 chord. Take F Lydian for example. So the scale of C lydian uses the notes C-D-E-F#-G-A-B-C [ LISTEN ]. Lydian’s modal chord could simply be formed by its root, characteristic tone, and perfect fifth, creating what I call a “lydian triad:”, Lydian is the only mode of the Major Scale that has that specific chord built on its root. The Lydian is the fourth mode of the major scale. The adjustments done in this step do not change the pitch / sound of the note, only the name of the note. column. Let’s look and listen to it with a bit more detail. That’s 9 whole steps away, which decreases the tension effect. So try that: create diatonic progressions (ones that sit strongly in a key) in C major, and then try turning any Dm chords to D, and see if you like the effect. Return from the Lydian mode to Piano Theory. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. As you can hear, it often sounds as though a lydian progression is simply ending on the IV-chord (G, in this case). You said IV (G in this case). Lydian is the brightest mode of the Major Scale! If we'll play the scale starting from C we're on the safe side since F is Yes I should have clarified that the G was referring to the key. This step tries to assign note names to the piano keys identified in the previous step, so that they can be written on a note staff in the Solution section. The result would be creating the mode (Starting from C). In their simplest / untransposed form, modes do not contain any sharp or flat notes. The Mode derives from G major starting from the 4th note. The lydian mode: What you really ... It’s a great idea to work these sounds out at the piano in every key. The Ultimate Piano by Chords Learning Kit Check It Out Now! It does this because in this mode, the 7th note is only 1 semitone / half-tone away from the 8th note - the octave note. As with all modal practice, I prefer the pedal point method. The Solution below shows the A lydian mode notes on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. The #4 wants to resolve up a half-step to the 5. This gives us the following intervallic series: That’s the notes F G A B C D E F’ with no alterations (sharps or flats). The lydian mode uses the W-W-W-H-W-W-H note counting rule to identify the note positions of 7 natural white notes starting from note F. The A lydian mode re-uses this mode counting pattern, but starts from note A instead. This step applies the B lydian mode note positions to so that the correct piano keys and note pitches can be identified. column), whose note names will need to be adjusted in the next step. Piano Theory » This creates upward gravity to the perfect fifth. And from this, George explores many other cool uses of the LCC that helped to shape Jazz and Modal Jazz as musical genres. Great read though. To apply this rule, firstly list the white key names starting from the tonic, which are shown the white column below. The rule ensures that every position of a staff is used once and once only - whether that position be a note in a space, or a note on a line. Although the Ionian and other scales also fit. Doing so will result in our ears hearing tonal harmony, as it’s so commonly used in music. Musical scores are temporarily disabled. I could hear songs (yes, plural) just in the playback of your samples. Note that sometimes it is necessary to adjust the note name two semitones / half-tones forward or back, which will result in an adjusted name containing a double-sharp or double-flat. It’s a *raised* 4th, actually, not a flattened 4th. The 8th note - the octave note, will have the same name as the first note, the tonic note. To varying degrees, they keep the C chord in its sights, and allow you to make best use of the odd little twist that occurs on the major II: It’s not very easy to make lydian work for an entire song, because it takes a lot of effort to make C sound like the tonal focus. G is the V, not IV. The Locrian Mode. Hi Gary, I just love all of your e-books.
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IT’S that old adage right, German engineering is the essence of the drivers’ car. It lives in BMW and Audi and Mercedes-Benz, and they all have a reputation for building cars that we love to drive.
For one of those three brands, slogans like ‘sheer driving pleasure’ and ‘the ultimate driving machine’ ring true, with the combination of rear wheel drive and 50/50 weight distribution making it the preferred choice over its rivals.
Which brings us to one of the best value propositions in their range, the 2018 BMW M140i (LCI-2), representing what could be the perfect combination of a genuine performance vehicle and a sensational price – $59,990 plus on-roads to be exact.
In its second mid-life update since 2015 (that’s the LCI-2 bit), the M140i has, for a long time, been an apple amongst oranges as the only rear wheel drive, 6-cylinder hot hatch available on the market.
It’s capable of 0-100km/h in around 4.6 seconds, and offers all the creature comforts like leather, satellite navigation, reverse camera, adaptive LED headlamps, adaptive M suspension, and Harman/Kardon sound.
Gone are the days where everything was an optional extra and you had to cough up for everything. The only things you need to shell out for are metallic paint, an electric sunroof, and heated seats, oh, and Apple CarPlay if you so desire it.
So what lies beneath the hood, we hear you ask. Enzo Ferrari famously said that when you buy one of his cars, you pay for the engine and get the rest for free. Adopting these famous words for the M140i sells it short, but it does pack a punch.
It’s powered by a 250kW 3.0-litre twin-scroll turbo in-line 6-cylinder engine producing 500Nm of torque, and mated to a traditional ZF 8-speed auto (a 6 speed manual is also available as a no cost option).
That lines it up with direct competitors like Mercedes-AMG A45 and Audi S3/RS3. What’s astounding about the BMW is the fact that it accelerates faster than the now slightly outdated E92 M3 and runs a close 0.3 second behind the current M2.
To put that into some perspective, the M2 is around $40,000 dearer than the M140i and we wonder whether BMW might have held back on the M140i so it didn’t out perform its dearer M car sibling.
Rumours abound too that the very same engine that is in the 2018 BMW M140i, the B58, will power the new Toyota Supra road car when it is launched. That car is expected to share its platform with the 2019 BMW Z4 roadster when it arrives.
But how does it perform in the real world? In Comfort mode around town, the motor is silky smooth and refined,and almost feels like you’re driving a luxury saloon like a BMW 7 series or Mercedes Benz S Class. It feels big, even though it’s not.
Flick it to Sports mode and it comes alive. Our test vehicle had the M Performance exhaust fitted, so it came loaded up with extra crackles and burbles on top of the already cool exhaust note, giving the M140i acoustics to match its more illustrious M2 cousin.
There is a down side to sports mode and the beefed up exhaust system though, and that’s an incerease in fuel consumption, and a decent one at that. We averaged about 12.0-litres/100km, most of which was town driving.
On the highway, this dropped to a more respectable 9.3-litres/100km. We couldn’t even get close to BMW’s claimed 7.something/100km. But then again, who would buy a performance car and worry about the fuel consumption?
That’s a legitimate question, you don’t really buy these things for the economy.
The overall handling of the M140i offered perfect balance and predictable handling, and while pushing it to its limits doesn’t give you the same feedback or feel as a proper M car, the price point means we can forgive BMW that one.
The absence of an LSD is also a handicap when driving the M140i at more than 8/10ths, but this oversight can be corrected should you desire to do so, as a genuine LSD is available from BMW M Performance, albeit at around $5,000 plus installation.
On the inside, the M140i’s interior has copped its fair share of criticism for being a little bland and dated, especially when compared to what Audi is offering with their latest virtual cockpit.
While the interior may not look as fresh as say, an Audi S3, we are a big fan of its simplicity and functionality, making it feel less like an arcade game and more like a race car, especially with the new digital dash delivered in the latest update.
White dial visuals are a feature of the new look, that definitely provides a more modern feel. Seating too is pretty good overall, although the back seats will be tight for those tall people amongst us, but it does accommodate anyone under 174cm perfectly.
The boot is quite spacious as well (considering it’s a rear wheel drive) and can easily accommodate the weekly groceries or a couple of large suitcases for that short trip away. It’s quite a reasonable car to run too, costs wise.
However, as with all new BMW models, the M140i falls under the condition based servicing regime. In essence, how you drive the car dictates how often the fluids are changed, and some servicing components are completed.
The car’s computer monitors your driving behaviour and notifies you when it needs to be done. This could be as long as two years or 30,000km, which in our opinion, is far too long. If you plan on keeping the car long term, insist on more oil changes.
There is one final elephant in the room for the M140i though, and that’s its overall styling. It won’t win any beauty pageants that’s for sure, but it’s come a long way in the looks department and the right colour can make all the difference.
Lighter hues like Estoril Blue and Alpine White suit the M140i best in our view, although it does come in other colours, including Black Sapphire, Melbourne Red, Mineral Grey and Sunset Orange.
Overall, the 2018 BMW M140i offers driving performance we’d relate all the way back to the original WRX STi of the 90s, bundled into a more refined package that offers a great all rounder option – a hot hatch that’s still an entry level prestige car.
When Munich finally retires the current F20 1 Series platform within in the next 12–18 months it could well be a sad day, with the likely replacement expected to be front wheel or all wheel drive.
Our 2018 BMW M140i is owned by journalist Bernard Wong (the author of this story). If you’d like to know more, contact your local BMW dealer.
2018 BMW M140i
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Family friendliness
Pros - value for money; performance; engine refinement.
Cons - average fuel consumption; condition based servicing; cramped when loaded.
Bernard Wong is a born petrol head, with his parents swearing he has had 98-octane fuel running through his veins since birth (his first word was Toyota – no joke!). Bernard spends his days behind excel spreadsheets and financial statements as a bean counter to fuel his car passion, but is still waiting for the day when he gets the call from Red Bull Racing to fill a vacant seat in their F1 team. Like many car enthusiasts, Bernard is also an avid watch collector and can often be seen looking through the watch classifieds in his spare time.
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The M2 is also $40,000 sexier than the M140i. I dislike comparing Coupes and Hatches. I’m sure the M140i drives like a dream but I really don’t care when I have six bags of top soil in rear of it. The M2 looks like a beast, the M140i looks like wagon.
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How does a museum create belonging for Latinx communities?
The Cambio Project and cultural competence in informal science learning
by develop • September 29, 2020
Dr. Isabel Hawkins demonstrates the indigenous technology of the Q’eswachaka suspension rope bridge in the Peruvian Andes with young visitors on Latinx Engineering Day at the Exploratorium.
At its core, the Exploratorium is a research and development museum. Beyond our work developing ways to exhibit phenomena, our Visitor Research and Evaluation team also studies how we engage audiences. As a community museum with a successful track record of inquiry-based exhibit development for sister institutions worldwide, it’s crucial for the Exploratorium to be responsive to the needs and aspirations of many overlapping communities—including the diverse Latinx communities. That’s where Cambio (“change” in Spanish), our 2020 National Science Foundation award, comes in. This five-year project, our collaboration with the Cultural Competency Learning Institute, a partnership led by the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, aims to build Latinx-focused cultural competence across the field of informal science education through professional development.
Cambio’s focus on authentic exchange between museums and Latinx communities requires museums to have a nuanced understanding of how diverse the communities are. The authenticity comes from truly infusing every aspect of the museum, from marketing to visitor experiences, with respect for Latinx perspectives and identities. That means co-creating STEM experiences with Latinx communities, increased Latinx representation in all departments and levels of management, and data analysis in conjunction with community dialogue.
GENIAL participants and organizers celebrate after the summit's first day of sessions.
Cambio’s ultimate goals are transformative: a museum field that is inclusive of Latinx communities, cultures, and audiences at all levels of the organization; cultural competency in every museum worker; and achieving sustainable change. This initiative builds on 15 years of work at the Exploratorium around Latinx audience engagement, and is a direct outgrowth of our 2017 NSF-funded summit GENIAL.
Making Latinx cultural responsiveness part of the fabric of institutions will amplify the intersection between Latinx identities and STEM. This compromiso, or commitment, is well expressed by Veronica Garcia-Luis, one of Cambio’s three co-principal investigators:
“The essence of the work is to support museum practitioners to increase their expertise in designing experiences that will invoke emotional engagement, spark curiosity, and build excitement. We are committed to doing this in ways that explicitly value our Latinx identities and make visible the rich legacy of STEM in our communities.”
Cambio and GENIAL are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1906595 and 1611143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Bringing lived experience to work
Cambio is crucial to our field because many Latinx audiences don’t identify with the culture of museums. On a personal level, it’s also crucial to Veronica Garcia-Luis, who co-leads the project in addition to her role as our Program Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, because as a young Latina, she never saw herself as a part of the museum world.
Only when Veronica got a job at the UCLA Wight Art Gallery, as a bilingual gallery educator for their Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation exhibition, did she realize that she not only belonged in the museum world—she and other Latinx were needed there. Today Veronica uses both her cultural and lived experiences and her educational and professional background to inform her work and guide the Exploratorium on our learning journey.
“Being the first in my family to go to college brought a series of realizations, including that I didn’t know I could work in museums, I didn’t grow up going to them, and I figured they were not for me,” Veronica says. “Little did I know that the Exploratorium and the museum field would become my professional journey.”
Cambio is a collaborative project co-led by Garcia-Luis and Dr. Isabel Hawkins, both of the Exploratorium, and Jenni Martin of the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose and the Cultural Competency Learning Institute.
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Amy Hennig has departed EA to take up independent development
June 28, 2018 | By Alissa McAloon
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Uncharted creator Amy Hennig has departed Electronic Arts, telling Eurogamer that she officially left the company (and her role as creative director on EA Vancouver’s unnamed Star Wars game) in January.
Hennig notes that she is instead turning her attentions towards independent development. She notably first joined EA in 2014 by signing on with the company's now-shuttered Visceral Games studio and moved to EA Vancouver when Visceral was shut down last year.
“I haven't been in, but look - I get along with all those people,” Hennig told Eurogamer at the Gamelab conference in Barcelona. “I consider even the guys on the exec team friends. But it made it awkward because it was like, 'I never got the chance to announce that I'm not at EA so I need to just pull off that band-aid at some point - but also had nothing to announce. It makes it sound like I just went home! But I'm doing all this stuff, working on all kinds of things.”
In regards to her independent development efforts, Hennig notes she’s interested in keeping things small, though her interest has been piqued by virtual reality.
“I'm hoping to bring some people on board, I would love to have a little company of about six to eight people, 15 at the most, and do some more projects, do some VR stuff - I'm consulting with some VR companies and doing a ton of research because I haven't played a lot to immerse myself in it.”
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Rémy’s Renaissance: How Marseille can hit the reset button with Cabella (Talking Points: Week 2)
Eric Devin explains just why the loan signing of Rémy Cabella is the perfect opportunity for a fresh start for Marseille.
A brief Internet search on Remy Cabella will return any number of scouting reports, prospect dossiers, or rants on why he is perfect for a given club. Reading through them, one is given the impression of a bright, aggressive player who is a real handful either as an attacking midfielder or cutting in from the wing, able to use his close control, passing and powerful shot to threaten opposing defences in a number of ways. Amazed at the ability of this supposedly unheralded player, one then checks the dates of the articles and sees that the vast majority of them predate the player’s £12M move from Montpellier to Newcastle.
Originally a winger upon his arrival in the first team four years ago, Cabella was forced wide owing to the presence of Younes Belhanda in the side, not making the playmaker’s role his own until the Moroccan international departed for Dynamo Kyiv in 2013. With little competition for his preferred central role, after notching an impressive 14 goals and 5 assists for a team that struggled for goals away from his own, Cabella was always going to be hot property, and the wages available in the Premier League, as well as a hefty price tag were too much for the club and the player to ignore. The situation with Newcastle was an attractive one as well, with little in the way of creative talent as competition.
However, despite Newcastle’s reputation for showcasing French and French-based talent, (Yohan Cabaye, Moussa Sissoko, Mathieu Debuchy etc.) things never really clicked on Tyneside for Cabella. Often used on the wing with Sissoko played through the middle, Cabella lost none of the considerable dribbling skills or shooting ability that had earned him his move.
However, with Papiss Cisse and Sissoko the focal points of the attack under both Alan Pardew and John Carver, his opportunities to express himself were limited. In his final season at Montpellier, Cabella was masterful in attack among a fairly limited group of teammates, yet when relegated to a supporting role in England he struggled, losing his prominence among Didier Deschamp’s international squad and failing to get on the scoresheet as he had in France.
Now set to join Marseille on loan for the rest of the season, as part of the Newcastle’s purchase of Florian Thauvin, with a potentially appealing €9M option for making the deal permanent, Cabella is being presented with the opportunity to be the primary attacking force on a team with under-talented or still-developing teammates, a similar situation to two years ago at Montpellier. While Newcastle had likewise seemed an appealing destination, there are a myriad of reasons why a return to France’s south coast will suit Cabella’s game better than his time in England.
The first, and most obvious reason is that he will be afforded the chance to play his preferred position, following in the estimable footsteps of Dimitri Payet. While Payet enjoyed one of Ligue 1’s most prolific seasons last year as an attacking midfielder, and Cabella has not yet shown himself to be this type of creative passer similar to Payet, there are enough similarities in their games to believe that Cabella has the potential for a big season.
Like the former Lille player, Cabella is a tremendous dribbler, has a ferocious shot and is also a dogged defensive performer when called upon. Under Marcelo Bielsa, the efforts of Payet did much to shield an aging Alaixys Romao from Ligue 1’s most talented attackers. This season, with albeit a small sample size and the dynamic Giannelli Imbula having moved on, Romao has looked woefully exposed, his previously assured passing gone astray and his dismissal from Saturday’s loss to Reims the perfect example of the type of sloppy tackling which could jeopardize Marseille’s hopes of sustained success.
With Cabella able to do considerably more than the likes of Florian Thauvin or Abdelaziz Barrada to shield Romao or whichever of Marseille’s midfield gambles take their place in what appears to be a continuation of Bielsa’s 4-2-3-1, not only are his attacking talents well suited to OM’s personnel and system, but his defensive determination is as well.
The other primary factor which will likely work in Cabella’s favour is that he will be, as he was at Montpellier, the most talented and proven of his teammates, at least in attack. Romain Alessandrini has had his moments, especially during his time at Rennes, and new arrivals Bouna Sarr and Georges-Kevin N’Koudou were bright spots for somewhat dour sides last year. Michy Batshuayi likewise is a considerable talent, but, like the departed Thauvin, none have proven themselves capable of carrying a team as Cabella did during what was essentially a relegation scrap for Montpellier in 2013-14.
Not that I am predicting Marseille for that kind of season, but should other key performers (Nicolas N’Koulou, Steve Mandanda) finally have had their fill of the club’s inept management, the ability to call upon an experienced and talented player with something to prove as regards his international future may end up being more important than the club would prefer. With the European Championships fast approaching and Cabella 26 years old before the season is over, this just may be the ideal situation for two parties with much to gain and little to lose.
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Federal Courts Uphold Arbitration Agreements Via Email
by Richard S. Zackin · October 24, 2018
Recently, federal district courts in New York and New Jersey turned aside employee attacks on arbitration agreements challenged on the grounds that the employer’s communication of its arbitration policy via email was inadequate. The courts in both Lockette v. Morgan Stanley and Schmell v. Morgan Stanley held that the employees’ assertions that they never saw the email forwarding the terms of the arbitration agreement were insufficient to overcome the employer’s evidence that the email had been delivered to the employees’ email inboxes.
Lockette
John Lockette sued Morgan Stanley in federal court in New York after Morgan Stanley terminated his employment in 2016. Lockette alleged he had been the victim of race discrimination and retaliation in violation of federal law. The company moved to compel arbitration. Prior to 2015, the company had in place an internal dispute resolution program entitled “CARE” (Convenient Access to Resolutions for Employees) for employees registered with FINRA, who could select, but were not required to select, arbitration as a means of resolving statutory discrimination claims. In 2015, however, the company expanded the CARE program to cover all employees and to require the arbitration of employment claims, including discrimination claims, among others. Under the terms of the expanded program, an employee’s continued employment would be considered his or her acceptance to be covered by the program unless the employee affirmatively elected to opt out of the program. An election to opt out would not adversely affect employment status. The company notified employees of the expansion of the CARE program through an email to each employee’s individualized work email account. The email’s subject line read, “Expansion of CARE Arbitration Program,” and the body of the email described the changes to the program, with links to the arbitration agreement and a CARE guidebook.
In response to Morgan Stanley’s motion before Judge Koeltl in the district court to compel arbitration, Lockette maintained that there was no binding agreement to arbitrate because he had not seen the email prior to his termination and that, in any event, the email was misleading and otherwise inadequate to provide notice of the company’s changes to the CARE program. He also argued he was given no consideration for his agreement to arbitrate. Judge Koeltl rejected each of these arguments.
Judge Koeltl noted that New York law contains a presumption that a party has received an email when it is delivered to the party’s email address in accordance with regular office procedures. To rebut this presumption, Lockette was required to produce admissible evidence showing that the email was not sent or was not received. Lockette could not rebut the presumption of receipt merely by asserting he had not received the email when it was sent. Moreover, the company adduced evidence that the email was addressed and delivered to Lockette’s assigned email account, was not located in his spam folder, and did not trigger a “bounceback” email indicating it was not delivered or undeliverable, and that Lockette was actively using his email account at the time the email was sent. Thus, the court found that Lockette received the email. Because Lockette had not availed himself of the opt-out procedure described in the email, Judge Koeltl concluded Lockette was bound by the arbitration agreement. In addition, the court found, given the subject line of the email, its content, and the links in the email to the arbitration agreement and the CARE guidebook, the email sufficiently described the terms of the company’s dispute resolution program. Finally, the court held that, under New York law, the company’s continued employment of Lockette, an at-will employee who could have been terminated at any time, constituted adequate consideration for the arbitration agreement. Thus, the court sent the parties to arbitration.
Schmell
Craig Schmell, a former Senior Vice President of Morgan Stanley, sued the company in New Jersey federal district court alleging he was terminated in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Morgan Stanley moved to compel arbitration under the CARE arbitration program at issue in Lockette. As in Lockette, the terms of the program were sent to Schmell via email. Judge Thompson denied the motion and ordered limited discovery on the issue of whether Schmell had notice of the arbitration agreement. After that discovery was completed, Morgan Stanley renewed its motion to compel arbitration.
Judge Thompson recognized that the contract law of the relevant state – in this case, New Jersey – determines whether there is an agreement to arbitrate. On the issue of whether Schmell had been given adequate notice of the arbitration agreement, Judge Thompson noted that the parties did not dispute that the email containing the terms of the arbitration program was sent to Schmell, in the sense that the email appeared in Schmell’s inbox, Schmell was required to review all work email as a condition of his employment, and Schmell was working the day the email was sent and, on that day, answered emails sent both before and after the one in question. In light of these facts, the court held that Schmell had notice of the email. In response to Schmell’s claim that he never read the email in which the agreement was sent and did not recall reviewing it, the court ruled: “The fact that the email appeared in Plaintiff’s inbox, combined with the expectation that Plaintiff would read his email, is sufficient to indicate that Plaintiff had notice of the [Arbitration] Agreement.” Thus, the court granted the employer’s renewed motion to compel arbitration.
Lockette and Schmell make clear that email may be a legally acceptable means of transmitting to employees an arbitration policy or revisions to an existing policy. Nevertheless, employers must keep in mind that they must comply with relevant state contract law with regard to the proofs needed to establish that (a) the email was received, (b) the email gave the employees adequate notice of the terms of the arbitration policy, and (c) the employees received adequate consideration for their agreement to arbitrate.
For answers to any questions regarding this blog or with regard to arbitration agreements generally, please feel free to contact an attorney in the Gibbons Employment & Labor Law Department.
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Researchers create free app tracking social distancing in Greater Memphis Area
Watch: Researchers create free app tracking social distancing in Greater Memphis Area
Updated: April 7, 2020 - 10:27 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Many of us know the phrase “there’s an app for that,” and now there’s an app to track your social distancing.
The new tool was created by researchers with the MD2K Center for Excellence, which is a consortium of 11 universities and university medical centers, headquartered at the University of Memphis. The group spent the last two weeks developing the app and in the tech world, that’s not a long time.
The new app is called mContain and it’s making this process a little bit easier.
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“It will measure your individual encounters,” said chief software architect Dr. Tim Hnat. “So every day, this number will update and you can effectively measure yourself almost like a step counter. You can have your own social distance score.”
The app uses smartphone and Bluetooth technologies to detect encounters that happen within 6 feet for several minutes at a time. mContain can also send you a message about possible exposures to individuals who may have COVID-19.
“What we’re doing at this point is when you enter a crowded area and our algorithms pick that up, we will send you a message the next morning saying by the way you visited two or three crowded areas on this particular date,” Hnat said.
Researchers told FOX13 the app doesn’t collect any personal information about you like your name, email or phone number.
“And it tells you very clearly what kind of information it’s going to collect from you and about you and in particular with it being location information and where it’s stored,” Associate Director of Research & Studies Shahin Samiei said. “We store it in our center, with our team at the University of Memphis, and not sharing it.”
The researchers said the more people who use the app, the more information they can share to help reduce the chance of community transmission.
“What it allows for is a quantifiable, a number, something you can look at a map and see a real measure how people are socially distancing or socially crowding and that allows for the entire community to make informed decisions about what to do,” said Samiei.
The app is available right now for Android but iPhone users will have a wait a little bit longer.
Once they get 1000 users in the Mid-South, researchers said they will update a public map online with their findings.
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2 vehicles drive into crowd protesting Breonna Taylor’s killing; at least 1 hit
by: Tim Lynn/KTLA, Chris Wolfe/KTLA, and Michael Geheren and Nexstar Media Wire
LOS ANGELES (NewsNation Now) — At least one person was injured after two vehicles drove through a crowd of demonstrators in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, where an estimated 300 people were protesting after this week’s grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case.
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KTLA-TV’s helicopter was overhead as a Ford pickup truck drove by a large group of people walking down Sunset Boulevard shortly before 9 p.m. (PT).
The driver can then be seen hitting at least one person, then crowds start hitting the vehicle and running after it.
“Shortly after 9:00 pm a blue pickup truck traveling on Sunset maneuvered through the crowd and become involved in an altercation,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement. “As the driver attempted to get away from the situation, he struck a protestor standing in the street.”
The LAPD is are aware of an incident in Hollywood involving several vehicles and a large group of protestors. Here is the information we can verify at this time. pic.twitter.com/ttqpnziVo8
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) September 25, 2020
The vehicle continued driving, and a green convertible Mustang could be seen following it for some time until police caught up.
The driver eventually pulled over about three minutes later, exiting the vehicle and surrendering to police. The man was taken into custody moments later.
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One person was taken to a hospital in an ambulance, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Nicholas Prange. The individual had minor injuries, police said.
Around 9:30 p.m. (PT), a white Prius also drove through a crowd of demonstrators near Sunset and Cahuenga boulevards and then sped off.
Another black pickup truck pulled up in front of the Prius, stopping it.
Someone got out of the truck and reached into the Prius’ window. The Prius managed to back up, but it hit another car behind it and then drove off.
The driver was detained several blocks away, police said.
Both vehicles that pinned the Prius were participating in the protest, officials said.
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Prange said LAFD paramedics were not called to any other incidents involving the protest Thursday night, KTLA reported.
“All of the drivers and victims involved in both altercations have been identified by Hollywood Officers and the investigation is continuing,” the department said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said Saturday.
The opening salvo would herald a 10-day blitz of executive actions as Biden seeks to act swiftly to redirect the country in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency without waiting for Congress.
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Trump Bans Chinese Payment App Giants Alipay and Wechat- Order Could Steer Billions of Dollars Toward Bitcoin
Cryptocurrencies may see a boost between China and the U.S., as the American president Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning financial transactions with eight China-based payment applications. Following the signing of Trump’s new executive order, popular payment apps including Alipay, Wechat Pay, and Tencent’s QQ will be banned in America in 45 days.
According to the latest executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, Americans will be prohibited from transacting with eight different Chinese payment applications. Transactions processed with these apps will be prohibited in 45 days according to Trump’s latest edict. The applications that fall under Trump’s ban include WPS Office, QQ Wallet, Alipay, Camscanner, Shareit, Tencent QQ, Wechat Pay, and Vmate.
Trump’s administration claims the prohibition has been enacted for national security reasons and it follows the executive order Trump signed to ban the China-based app Tiktok. In August, Trump signed that specific order against any transactions between Tiktok’s parent company, Bytedance. The latest order against eight different Chinese payment apps says the ban was invoked for national security reasons as well.
“The pace and pervasiveness of the spread in the United States of certain connected mobile and desktop applications and other software developed or controlled by persons in the People’s Republic of China… continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,” the Trump administration’s order insists.
“By accessing personal electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers, Chinese connected software applications can access and capture vast swaths of information from users, including sensitive personally identifiable information and private information,” the Trump administration said.
The analyst Michael Gogel told his 4,800 Twitter followers that the executive order was invoked over the digital yuan and decentralized cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. “It has everything to do with the digital yuan and digital currencies like bitcoin that U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to ban transactions with eight Chinese software apps including Alipay and Wechat Pay,” Gogel tweeted.
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Interesting to note that on the same day the New York Stock Exchange decides to 180 and reneges on the delisting action in relation to China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom (Hong Kong).
Back in September 2020, the bitcoin proponent, Sylvain Saurel, also wrote a blog post about Trump banning these payment apps and how it would benefit bitcoin. “Financial transactions between the United States and China, or other countries in Asia, will have to be done through another channel,” Saurel stressed in his blog post. “We are talking about several hundred billion dollars exchanged each year.”
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Bitcoin therefore fully meets the need that would emerge for millions of people from the Chinese diaspora living in the United States in the event of a complete ban on Wechat. Bitcoin also has the advantage of being completely politically neutral. At a time when a new cold war is starting between China and the United States, such neutrality is a significant asset.
If the Trump administration gets away with prohibiting transactions using these eight applications, Asian Americans and their families living in Asia will likely be affected negatively. However, the ban could be stopped, as a judge recently implemented a preliminary injunction against Trump’s recent Tiktok ban, as it’s been met with adversity. Further, Reuters reports that China’s Ministry of Commerce also gave a statement concerning the payment app ban, and the entity said it goes against “fair competition.”
Additionally, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross supported Trump’s decision and said he backs the President’s “commitment to protecting the privacy and security of Americans from threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party.”
Moreover, Ross insisted that the Commerce Department will “begin implementing the E.O.’s directives, including identifying prohibited transactions” in 45 days.
Do you think Donald Trump banning eight China-based payment apps will be a boon for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
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This year due to the coronavirus outbreak the world-famous hackers’ convention Defcon held it’s 28th annual event with virtual presentations in “safe mode.” One of the presentations was from an executive from Pyrofex, Michael Stay, who discussed how he broke into an encrypted file to liberate $300,000 worth of bitcoin for a Russian investor. Defcon 28 “safe mode” presentations got interesting on August 5, when ex-Google employee Mike Stay told a story about how he rescued $300k worth of bitcoin ( BTC ) from an encrypted zip file. Stay is the CTO of Pyrofex Corp , a blockchain development firm that launched in 2016. During a speech last Wednesday, May told the story of how he was contacted not too long ago, so he could help someone retrieve their crypto assets. “About six months ago, a Russian guy contacted me on Linkedin with an intriguing offer,” May said on Youtube . “He had hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin keys locked in a zip file, and he couldn’t remember the passw
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After the Woods
After the Woods by Kim Savage Book Summary:
"Statistically speaking, girls like me don't come back when guys like Donald Jessup take us." Julia knows she beat the odds. She escaped the kidnapper who hunted her in the woods for two terrifying nights that she can't fully remember. Now it's one year later, and a dead girl turns up in those same woods. The terrible memories resurface, leaving Julia in a stupor at awkward moments-in front of gorgeous Kellan MacDougall, for example. At least Julia's not alone. Her best friend, Liv, was in the woods, too. When Julia got caught, Liv ran away. Is Liv's guilt over leaving Julia the reason she's starving herself? Is hooking up with Shane Cuthbert, an addict with an explosive temper, Liv's way of punishing herself for not having Julia's back? As the devastating truth about Liv becomes clear, Julia realizes the one person she thinks she knows best-Liv-is the person she knows least of all. And that after the woods was just the beginning.
Watcher in the Woods
Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong Book Summary:
Watcher in the Woods is the next gripping installment of #1 bestselling Kelley Armstrong's riveting Casey Duncan series. The secret town of Rockton has seen some rocky times lately; understandable considering its mix of criminals and victims fleeing society for refuge within its Yukon borders. Casey Duncan, the town's only detective on a police force of three, has already faced murder, arson, and falling in love in the several months that she's lived there. Yet even she didn't think it would be possible for an outsider to locate the town and cause trouble in the place she's come to call home. When a US Marshal shows up demanding the release of one of the residents, but won't say who, Casey and her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are skeptical. And yet only hours later, the marshal is shot dead and the only possible suspects are the townspeople and Casey's estranged sister, smuggled into town to help with a medical emergency. It's up to Casey to figure out who murdered the marshal, and why someone would kill to keep him quiet—before the killer strikes again.
The Woods by R. L. Toalson Book Summary:
After a tragic explosion causes Lenora to lose her family, she goes to live with her estranged uncle at his estate. There, Lenora is drawn to the nearby woods and the magic she discovers within them. Can this magic reunite her with her family, or is it more sinister than she realizes? Twelve-year-old Lenora's world is turned upside down after an explosion makes her the lone surviving member of her immediate family. She has nowhere to go, until her estranged Uncle Richard shows up and takes her away to live with him in his lonely mansion. Quiet and stern, he spends most of his time in his study conducting research and experimenting. Lenora is able to explore parts of the mansion and its lovely gardens, but Uncle Richard has one rule for her: Stay out of the woods. Years ago, Lenora's cousin, Bobby went into Gilgevnah Woods and never came out. Now, Uncle Richard will do anything he can to destroy them. Lenora knows she is meant to stay away, but her grief and loneliness draw her in. Upon entering the woods, she finds a world full of enchantment and beauty. Lenora befriends Bela the Scorlaman, keeper of Gilgevnah Woods, who shows her the wonder and the mystery of the place, but also promises to reunite her with her family. Is it too good to be true? Will Lenora find peace in the magic of Gilgevnah Woods, or will she find something darker? The Woods is an entrancing magical realism novel from author R.L. Toalson that tackles profound loss, grief, and finally, acceptance.
Living in the Woods in a Tree
Living in the Woods in a Tree by Sybil Rosen Book Summary:
Offers a glimpse into the turbulent life of Texas music legend Blaze Foley (1949-1989). This book is suitable for Blaze Foley and Texas music fans, as well as romantics of different ages.
Out of the Woods by Lyn Gardner Book Summary:
The fun fair is in town! With its clouds of pink candyfloss and whirling big wheel, what child could resist such temptation? Little do the Eden sisters know that they are being lured into a wicked witch's lair . . . Barely escaping from a deadly game of hide-and-seek in the enchanted fair, our three heroines flee through the woods, with several ravenous wolves and a sweet-toothed lion hot on their heels. But now they face their biggest challenge yet. Will the Eden sisters ever truly be out of the woods?
A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing Book Summary:
THE STORY: The place is a pleasant woods on the outskirts of Geneva, where two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet informally after long, frustrating hours at the bargaining table. The Russian, Botvinnik, a seasoned veter
The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods
The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods by Emily Barr Book Summary:
The new YA thriller from the acclaimed author of The One Memory of Flora Banks. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus, E. Lockhart and Sophie McKenzie. A commune hidden from the world. A terrible event. A lifetime of secrets to uncover. I've been trapped here for days. What if I die here? I decided to write down my story so that one day, when I'm discovered, they will know who I was and why I was here. Arty has always lived in the Clearing, a small settlement in the forests of south India. But their happy life, hidden from the rest of the world, is shattered after a terrible event. For the first time in her sixteen years, Arty must leave the only place she's ever known, and head into the outside world she fears, but is also slightly intrigued by. Her only goal is to get help from a woman called Tania, who used to live in the forest, and an uncle she knows is out there, somewhere. As she embarks on the terrifying journey, stalked by a strange new enemy she can't fathom, Arty soon realises that not everyone is to be trusted. Everything is changing too fast for this girl who came out of the woods... could she be running into a trap?
In the Lake of the Woods
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien Book Summary:
This riveting novel of love and mystery from the author of The Things They Carried examines the lasting impact of the twentieth century’s legacy of violence and warfare, both at home and abroad. When long-hidden secrets about the atrocities he committed in Vietnam come to light, a candidate for the U.S. Senate retreats with his wife to a lakeside cabin in northern Minnesota. Within days of their arrival, his wife mysteriously vanishes into the watery wilderness.
The Boy From The Woods
The Boy From The Woods by Jen Minkman Book Summary:
Julia has been in love with Michael for years. He’s the hottest guy in school, and she can’t believe her luck when they finally hit it off during Senior Prom. Her dream doesn’t last, though: after a few dates, he callously dumps her out of the blue. Summer vacation starts with Julia feeling heart-broken and miserable. But then she rescues Michael in the woods when he has a motorcycle accident in a heavy thunderstorm. From that point onward, her life is turned upside down. Michael has changed completely after the blow to the head that nearly killed him... and he wants her back. But why is he so different? And will she be able to trust him this time around? Can the boy who broke your heart ever win it back again..?
Out of the Woods by Bruce Jaqua Book Summary:
All of his father's training couldn't prepare Kevin for this... When a young boy joins his father on his first hunting trip, the rite of passage goes from a dream come true, to an unimaginable nightmare. After begging his father for years, Kevin is finally allowed to take part in the annual event. Although a young boy, Kevin is excited by the idea of losing himself with his father in nature while playing the part of a man. Kevin's father, Bryce, is a former Marine whose tracking skills have allowed him to have many successful excursions. Bryce's ability to find the deer before they find him, when coupled with his extensive outdoorsman survival skills, make him the perfect teacher for the inexperienced but eager Kevin. But even the most experienced hunters can make grave mistakes. When Bryce is seriously injured after an unexpected fall, Kevin must navigate through unfamiliar woods alone, to find not only help, but also the courage to carry on.
The Amazing Gift From the Woods
The Amazing Gift From the Woods by Mark A. Wilson Book Summary:
A young boy named Timmy is playing in the woods when he discovers a tiny person—about three inches tall. This small person named Jameson has been injured by a bird, so Timmy takes him home and nurses him back to health. Timmy learns there are other small people living in the woods. But one day Timmy becomes very sick and the little people, led by Jameson, must travel to town to save Timmy’s life with the magical Blue Crystal. The little people sacrifice their own safety for Timmy, but will they be able to survive?
The Savior of the Woods
The Savior of the Woods by Alb3 Book Summary:
Sheriff Tracey Lavore handles the case of her life. She is a small town Sheriff in Upstate New York trying to enjoy a simple life, but some things are not meant to be. Sheriff Lavore enforces the law and ensures the safety of the Town residents, but when someone enters the forbidden zone in the Woods she is not allowed to investigate. She is given a direct order from the Town Hall to back off. She begins to expect foul play and enters the Woods to solve a murder, but what she finds is more horrifying than anything that she has ever encountered. She now must become the Savior of the Woods .
The Bradys Chinese Raid; Or, After the Man Hunters of Montana
The Bradys Chinese Raid; Or, After the Man Hunters of Montana by N.A Book Summary:
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Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt Book Summary:
This collection of eight stories by the award-winning author of "The Good Brother" captures the lives of men shaped by the rough, isolated culture of rural Kentucky.
A Home from the Woods
A Home from the Woods by Michael Antoniak Book Summary:
If you’ve ever dreamt of building your own log cabin, or wondered if or how it could be done, you’ll find the answers and inspiration here. Half personal narrative, half how-to, A Home From The Woods details the methods used for four different log cabin projects: Uncovering and Restoring A Standing Cabin; A Hand-hewn Cabin; Building with Rounded Logs; and Taking Down and Recreating An Original Log Cabin. That straightforward advice is countered with a first person narrative as the author relates his young family’s experiences and misadventures completing these projects. With little finances and less know-how, but plenty of determination and a little creativity, they proved again and again that if you long for that idyllic cabin of earth and wood, it can be achieved. And, even if you’ll never set first foot in the forest you’ll be entertained reading what some people will put themselves through for “the simple life” in the country.
The Body in the Woods
The Body in the Woods by April Henry Book Summary:
While helping the Portland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue to seek a missing autistic man, teens Alexis, Nick, and Ruby find, instead, a body and join forces to find the girl's murderer, forming an unlikely friendship, as well.
The Estate in the Woods
The Estate in the Woods by Luci Book Summary:
A wealthy family lives in large mansion in the Northern Adirondack Mountains. A girl of 13 and a boy of ten moves there with their mother after the death of their father. They discover their uncle Arthur has been abusing his wife, dealing in drugs, and wanting a gambling chip that the girls father had, but where is it now? Sara has found paranormal happenings are on the estate. Murder,betrayal, and mystery hit the family on the Sommers estate. A journal is found and Sara, found secret rooms behind walls where a ghost walks the walls. What does she want with Sara? Time will tell. Will her brother and cousins help her discover the truth behind the mystries?
What was said in the woods. Transl
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The Woods Are Always Watching
The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins Book Summary:
Another blood-chilling contemporary horror novel, the perfect companion to her New York Times bestseller There's Someone Inside Your House, soon to be a Netflix feature.
Through the Woods
Through the Woods by Martha Lee Book Summary:
Hattie Ambrose, a solitary woman artist and the main character in through the woods, is searching for an enduring relationship based on trust and mutual respect. She desires a life-enhancing union filled with passion, creativity and adventure. She strives for a meaningful life and work but is constantly confronting loneliness, self-doubt, disappointment and despair. She envisions her life as one of achievement, simplicity and purpose. Her unusual degree of determination propels her forward toward artistic, professional and romantic fulfillment. A recurrent source of tension in the story reverberates between her search for the one great love of her life, embodied in the painter Rex Dravus, and her art, with her all along, that she ultimately realizes may be the greatest passion she will ever know. Her insight, wisdom, patience, and hard won self-knowledge help her to reluctantly acknowledge the man who has loved her passionately throughout their stormy relationship might not be the one with whom she will stay. Throughout the novel Hattie evolves through various stages as she sheds conventional physical, emotional, and artistic restrictions to live her life on her own terms. Yearning to unburden herself of personal and social constraints, she works to unleash the natural, instinctive, free spirit that resides within her. Little by little she struggles to transcend the cumbersome limitations as she moves toward becoming a free, untamable, unique, and arrestingly whole woman. In order to fully develop her artistic vision and follow her creative destiny, she must remain undeterred by any obstacles. She realizes that this includes all personal relationships, at least for the present, especially the demanding one in which she is currently involved. Finally she reaches the painful decision to pursue the fulfillment of her dreams on her own and stay on her charted course. She is alone again with her Art. Her salvation is in knowing that it will always be there to sustain her.
Lost in the Woods by Cheryl Rogers Book Summary:
What do you get when you take a group of relatively inexperienced campers out in the Florida backwoods? In a word, trouble. Thirteen-year-old Zack disappears in the middle of the night, more than half of the campers become mysteriously ill, and a hurricane takes an unexpected turn in their direction, leaving the group vulnerable. Group leader Chet Harrigan, a former gang leader, is among the sick, but he's in charge as the bad weather hits camp. Join Chet and his group of 10 to 16 year olds on their adventure in the wilds of Florida, where there are gators, huge spider webs hanging from the trees, and no-see-ums that sting. The ebook aimed at preteens and teens teaches the biblical path to salvation, plus the importance of obedience and prayer. Lost in the Woods: A Bible Camp Mystery is the first in a new series of Bible Camp Mysteries featuring Chet Harrigan and his crew from The Boy's Den. This title is published by Cheryl Rogers and is distributed worldwide by Untreed Reads.
Minnesota by Theodore Christian Blegen Book Summary:
The acclaimed history is brought up to date through placement of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments since 1963 within the larger context of national and international events
Out of the Woods by Katina I. Makris Book Summary:
Recounts the author's battle with Lyme disease, including the initial misdiagnoses, the disease's toll on her family and career, and how she found spiritual, emotional, and physical enlightenment, along with an overview of the disease.
Spot's Walk in the Woods
Spot's Walk in the Woods by Eric Hill Book Summary:
Spot and his classmates go for a walk in the woods with their teacher, Miss Bear.
A Way Through the Woods
A Way Through the Woods by Katharine McMahon Book Summary:
Sophia is engaged to be married. Over the years she has lost a great deal - but not her ambition for a secure future. One day she learns of a strange legacy. To receive her bequest, she must return to Needlewick. There she seeks out the places of her childhood - and following her there are others from her past.
48 Hours To Die
48 Hours To Die by Silk White Book Summary:
Follow us on http://www.instagram.com/GOOD2GOPUBLISHING for Free Giveaways. A deadly serial killer that goes by the name Uncle Sam is on the loose terrorizing the city. By day he's a regular working man, but by night he transforms into a vicious killer that preys on single women. Everything is fine until Detective Anthony Stone begins to stick his nose in Uncle Sam's business. Uncle Sam then captures Anthony Stone's family and gives the detective 48 hours to either kill himself or watch his loved one's die..... the choice is his. Just when Anthony Stone's life is calming down, he's forced to make a decision that will change his life as well as all the lives around him forever. Editorial Review for Anthony Stone Vol 1 - Time is Money Kirkus - "Veteran author White (Tears of a Hustler PT 6, 2014, etc.) once again demonstrates a keen mastery of the genre. Pacing is swift and plot twists are plentiful." "Fans will enjoy another winner from White"
From the Outside in and Back Again
From the Outside in and Back Again by J.M.A. Quinn Book Summary:
The story of Ith is a tragedy of a young boy, left to face life alone. He is forced to come to terms with his own manifestations, to reclaim who he once used to be. With the help of his two friends, Ith learns we all have the ability to create what it is that destroys us, but has to learn on his own that we are also the creators. As the three friends soon find out, those manifestations are as different as each one of them. Now they must struggle to harness their new abilities and learn to balance their power before they are consumed by it. Its not about a problem in general, but a general problem. My hope is for people to walk way with a feeling that although we are culminations of our experiences we have the ability to overcome all obstacles we may put before ourselves.
The Romance of the Woods
The Romance of the Woods by F.J. Whishaw Book Summary:
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Bulls of the Woods
Bulls of the Woods by Norman Kainz Book Summary:
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How to Stay Alive in the Woods
How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier Book Summary:
Practical advice for campers and hikers who must find food, water, warmth and shelter when lost or stranded
Nick of the Woods
Nick of the Woods by Robert Montgomery Bird Book Summary:
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The old English gentleman, or, The fields and the woods
The old English gentleman, or, The fields and the woods by John Mills Book Summary:
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The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
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The Blue Wore Through
The Blue Wore Through by John Patton O'Dell Book Summary:
This collection contains the fi rst fi ve books completed by John Patton ODell. They appear in the order they were written. The fi rst four books are volumes of poetry, ranging from epic to lyric. The poetry is emotional, spiritual, and at times religious. The fi rst and fourth books do not contain long poems, nearly half the poems in the fourth book were written as song lyrics. The fi fth book is a collection of short stories which house elements of drama, fantasy, suspense, and the supernatural. A touch of humor, also a focus on nature, can be found throughout the books.
Places in the Woods
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This is the story of their bitter combat--in the words of German and American soldiers who were there.
We're Gonna Need More Arrows!
We're Gonna Need More Arrows! by Mike E. Neilson Book Summary:
Were Gonna Need More Arrows! Is a collection of hunting adventures from around the country and around the world. Share the adventures as the author tackles water buffalo on two continents with archery tackle. Go along with the author as he hunts red stag, peccary, wild hogs, exotic rams as well as the local wild turkeys and whitetail deer. See the mountains, feel the wind and rain, smell the forest floor as you trek to Australia, Argentina and Mexico searching for game. Travel the states in search of hogs and turkeys with both gun and bow. Live the adventure!
Smokey and the Fouke Monster
Smokey and the Fouke Monster by Smokey Crabtree Book Summary:
"Smokey and the Fouke Monster" tells a most interesting and unusual true story of how the town of Fouke, Arkansas became the center of attention for Monster hunters in the early and mid-seventies but also, how this one mysterious creature's unwelcomed presence lead to the making of the now infamous movie "The Legend Of Boggy Creek." The book tells of the risks and pitfalls sometimes associated with the business side of life and how it came to pass that he and the town folk of Fouke found themselves having to deal with forces far more sinister than that of an unknown creature inhabiting their surrounding bottom lands. This is a true story. The author actually did live next door to the Fouke Monster for several years. The main purpose of this book is to keep the history of the Fouke Monster on a truthful basis. The true facts are told of what really went on behind the scenes during the filming' of a motion picture entitled "The Legend of Boggy Creek." The author tells how a country boy will fight, work and struggle for what he believes in and what his privacy means to him. He also tell how a large family survived and found real happiness deep in the wilderness of Southwestern Arkansas. They had very little contact with the outside' world and the fast ways of life. Smokey tells points of interest in parts of his life hoping it will be educational to you. 1. How a legendary' wild boar was outdone after seventeen years of terrorizing the river bottom people around Fouke, Arkansas. 2. How to catch a catfish with your bare hands. 3. How to catch an alligator gar that weighs over two hundred pounds. 4. How to outsmart your deer 5. Smokey's experience with snakes, all kinds of them, and many other things of interest. This book has been in print since 1974, and is still selling many copies per year!
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Whimsical Leaf, a collaboration between Garcia and Lexmark Hospitality, is a contemporary layered leaf design that creates graphic impact while playing with scale and movement.
Exemplifying an era of luxury and cosmopolitan chic, the Marquee collection, which Garcia designed for Durkan, highlights energy and optimism through a graphic palette containing rich luminous colors and contrasting shadows that embody a spirit of indulgence and expression.
Stacy Garcia
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Designing a contract space requires a thorough understanding of how end users will spend their time in it. One of the most crucial decisions a designer or contractor will have to make on behalf of their client is choosing the right type of flooring. Not only does the product set the tone for the space, it also has to last and stay relevant over time.
As owner and principal of Stacy Garcia, Inc., I forecast what’s next in the world of flooring, and what trends consumers will respond to best. Geared toward the hospitality, office space and healthcare markets, the flooring I design takes more than just a “best guess.” My team and I take a very research-based design approach, investigating what will be trending a year or two year from now by visiting with flooring manufacturers at trade shows and subscribing to various forecasting associations to attain a healthy cross-section of the market.
Whether you are manufacturing, designing, specifying, selling or installing the flooring product, the people who use it day in and day out are at the heart of these choices. How do we want their experiences to feel? This article will give you insights into the forecasting process, the resulting trends and why they matter.
Trend vs. Fads
People say to me all the time, “We don’t follow trends.” What they really mean is they don’t follow fads. It’s important to distinguish between the two, since flooring is an investment requiring longevity in both performance and looks.
A trend has staying power and builds up over time. This is especially true for flooring, as a color or style first works its way through other markets. Think of it this way: When you’re looking at a trend, you’re looking for evolution, not revolution.
We are all influenced by trends, even on a subconscious level. The factors motivating these trends are called drivers. Here are the five key drivers I consider when forecasting, along with examples of current flooring trends influenced by each driver:
•Economic. We started to see the color gray emerge in 2008/09 as a direct result of the recession. Resting right in the middle of black and white, gray historically is a recession color that represents a safe, neutral choice.
Gray first appeared in fashion at the start of the recession then moved into home design where consumers tested the color in accessories that could be swapped easily and inexpensively. If the color—gray, in this case—has staying power, it will show up in more permanent pieces such as flooring.
Now, we see gray displayed in carpet, wood and tiles throughout a variety of contract spaces. Even though the U.S. economy continues to improve, gray remains popular because it is easy to style around and conveys elegance, comfort and timelessness. Today’s grays skew toward the warm side with brown undertones.
•Technological. Technology is influencing flooring on a massive scale, particularly with improvements in digital printing on porcelain and ceramic tiles. Just two years ago at Coverings, printed tiles looked like just that: A print of poured concrete, marble or wood. Thanks to today’s digital printing capabilities, tiles look exactly like the materials they emulate. You are hard-pressed to tell the difference between the tile and the real thing.
These capabilities not only allow you to mimic natural materials, you can create new and interesting patterns. We are seeing trompe l’oeil-like effects, where you can bring in beautiful textures and looks you couldn’t get before.
Technological improvements also have extended to the carpeting side. Brintons, for one, has redefined the detail and color that can be woven into carpet, having engineered a unique specification of loom that can weave up to 32 colors at any one time.
“Photorealistic, three-dimensional definition is now achievable, as well as infinite design possibilities and greater service flexibility,” says Heather Wood of Brintons. It should be noted, our newest collection with Brintons, Urban Nomad, utilizes this technology.
•Environmental. Environmental awareness and stewardship is a mainstream concept that influences flooring throughout hospitality, workspace and even healthcare settings. We seek holistic living, from eating locally sourced organic food to adopting Eastern practices in our healthcare.
Contract flooring is beginning to reflect this desire for authenticity through reclaimed barn woods and upcycled materials. Consumers want wood flooring that is unfinished, rustic, roughed-up and raw, achieved through techniques such as handscraping and heavy wire brushing to bring out the wood grain.
Robert Mescolotto, owner of Hospitality Construction Services, reports a rise in reclaimed flooring in restaurants and bars. Certain reclaimed species, such as heartpine, can be budget busters, but hospitality operators have access to other recycled woods with an exotic look that won’t break the bank. For example, Mescolotto once saved a client $50,000 by specifying custom-stained reclaimed antique cypress.
Carpet design is going natural with its aesthetics as well. Hotel operators are embracing large-scale organic patterns and vivid motifs, as seen in our recent Geo-Graphic collection for Durkan, and Whimsical Leaf collaboration with Lexmark Hospitality, which represents the largest pattern we have ever installed in a guestroom.
•Cultural. Cultural drivers naturally overlap with technological and environmental motivators. Technology impacts the way we work, live and play because we are tethered to it in every aspect of our lives. Consumers are integrating work-life-play in a seamless way—one that integrates the comforts of our home with the restaurants we visit, the hotels we stay at and the places we work.
The corporate world has responded with the recent trend of open, collaborative floor plans. To give their employees a break from the open design, companies are creating separate “play” or lounge-like areas where workers can decompress and small pods designed as a place to focus.
Modern workspaces mix lush carpet and sleek wood flooring, but noise abatement should be a primary concern when specifying office flooring.
Lounge spaces continue to play prominently in hotels, as the bright, clean West Coast style and its midcentury-modern influences trek across the country. We produced a collection for Durkan called Mod Market, whose pattern, color and scale capture the midcentury vibe.
Also in hospitality environments, I have been experimenting with area rugs in public spaces because they speak to the warm environment the guest seeks. To attain a sense of tranquility, I have been mixing my signature prints with broadloom because these carpets absorb sound and provide privacy for guests.
The same goes for healthcare spaces. “We sometimes try to mimic hospitality settings to make rooms more inviting and calming for guests and patients,” says Tammy Ng with MBH Architects. In the On Lok Peralta Center, a senior care facility the firm designed in Fremont, Calif., “we wanted the restrooms to be very comfortable so we used beautiful yet durable white tile that you might find in a nice hotel,” she says.
Future of Flooring Design
The five trend drivers also provide a window into what’s next for contract flooring trends. For tiles, I’m seeing beautiful mosaics, as well as influences from Spain and Italy with clean, sleek, almost linen-like textures.
For both tile and wood, expect random faceted shapes that create an imperfect layout.
Despite the technological improvements to tile, wood will still be a player in contract spaces, just in a different way. Wood companies not only are selling traditional planks, they are positioning the product as a decorative item by painting it, mimicking old-school tile, and producing intricate, ornate inlays.
We also see contract spaces experimenting with more exotic looks through treatments such as shou-sugi-ban, a Japanese method of burning lumber that was originally developed to preserve wood siding.
On the carpeting front, my research indicates larger-scale patterns, more high-definition designs, additional colors and interesting weave effects in which cut and looping are used together.
Eileen Vitelli, an interior designer with architecture and design firm Studio3877, is seeing an increase in hard surfaces because they are durable and easier to maintain. The use of tufted or carpet made with computer yarn placement technology, as well as carpet tiles, also is emerging. “Five or 10 years ago, that would have been unthinkable because carpet tile was considered ‘too commercial,’” says Vitelli, who emphasizes the importance of wear- and soil-hiding patterns.
Designing successful flooring products that span markets is a process that takes research and learning about the audience using them. Through interpreting the needs of the space and its inhabitants, we can create designs that capture how that space feels and functions.
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COVID-19: Bösch Boden Spies flags operational volatility, critical bottlenecks and shipping cancellations
13 Mar 2020 --- The outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19 continues to have a serious impact on global supply chains, in particular those of sea freight, coupled with increasingly limited availability of empty containers at source. Ingredient suppliers now flag the significant consequences and operational volatility this is causing. In this update on the pandemic’s repercussions on global food chains, companies shed light on the critical bottlenecks currently faced in the cross-border movement of food and beverage shipments.
“We are currently facing obstacles and restrictions on container transport routes, rail and road freight, ports and terminals,such as blockades, plant closures by manufacturers and suppliers, disinfection requirements and quarantine restrictions,” the Managing Directors of Bösch Boden Spies say in a joint statement.
“In addition, a lack of available equipment and capacity limitations on the part of shipowners, as well as denied access to ports and terminals, and the refusal of customs authorities to clear goods to and from certain countries, are all factors that have to be considered,” they clarify.
Moreover, the Germany-headquartered supplier underscores that the market is confronted with hundreds of “blank sailings” (the failure of a ship to sail or the omission of a planned port of call) on all trade lanes, resulting in a significant shortage of capacity and a global unbalance in equipment.
Click to EnlargeBösch Boden Spies executives stress, “We can no longer fully guarantee the smooth processing and performance of the supply chain, as this event is beyond our and our carriers’ control.” What does this mean for shipments?
In the case of shipments in transit, the Bösch Boden Spies executives stress, “We can no longer fully guarantee the smooth processing and performance of the supply chain, as this event is beyond our and our carriers’ control.” They refer here to shipping companies and forwarders specifically.
The company further explains that its carriers are unlikely to be able to fulfil both the commitments to provide capacity, equipment, transport routes and lead times and the associated costs on which the contract prices agreed with its clients are based. Alongside other industry players, it further states it is working hard to find alternative solutions to minimize the impact on shipment flows caused by these exceptional circumstances.
The additional costs listed above, which have been incurred as a result of the corona crisis, may be charged to the company by shipowners, forwarders and service providers. “As far as we can see, this is a measure with which all stakeholders in the global supply chain are confronted,” its executives highlight.
“In addition to the regular delivery costs, we have been informed by some of our carriers about the introduction of a ‘COVID-19 Emergency Surcharge (CES)’. So far, this seems to be implemented only for reefer full container loads (FCLs), but may become an issue in the next step also for FCLs for the transport of dried fruits and nuts.
“Should circumstances make it necessary, this surcharge will be calculated to cover exceptional costs related to the impact of coronavirus on global supply chains,” the Bösch Boden Spies Managing Directors state.
“At this stage, we cannot yet estimate the exact extent of the costs, but we would like to advise you that any uncalculated costs incurred in the course of the corona crisis cannot be covered by us as importers and marketers alone. Only together can we handle this crisis. That is why we are relying on fair, partnership-based solutions,” they conclude.
The impact of COVID-19 on the food and beverage sector alone provides enough of a case study on how the virus could significantly weigh down the global economy. Last month, Italian industry reps – now facing the spread of the disease across its nation – voiced concerns that food excellence may “fall into the eye of the hurricane.” Notably, COVID-19 concerns contributed to a World Food Price dip in February, as international trade shows were either cancelled or postponed. The outbreak has further caused disturbances to the beer market, which is challenged by the closure of entertainment venues and restaurants in impacted regions.
Click to EnlargeBecause of the delay in people returning to work and producing goods, container ships leaving China nearly have been cancelled due to a lack of shipments.Cancellation of shipments leaving China
In China, some factories are back online and production is ramping up, but output is at roughly 50 to 70 percent, flags Nuherbs, a supplier of Chinese herbal extracts. “Some workers are still returning, some haven’t returned, and others are still in quarantine. Things will slowly return to normal and output will continue to increase as time passes. But, if there is another outbreak, which some experts say may well happen in the fall, things are likely to slow down again or even shut down,” stresses a company statement.
“Cargo ships and air freight are nowhere near usual levels. Because of the delay in people returning to work and producing goods, container ships were leaving China nearly empty, so they canceled trips. Air freight shipment is faster than cargo but a short term solution because of the expense: approximately US$0.10 to US$0.15 a kilo for container sea freight versus US$4 to US$9 per kilo air shipment,” the statement highlights.
The situation for supplement manufacturers is made more daunting by the tariffs, which are still 25 percent on dried herbs, and not a lot easier for items that were being tariffed at 15 percent and are now rolled back to 7.5 percent, Nuherbs reports.
“People are beginning to stock up on non-perishable foods like fruit snacks, canned goods, frozen produce and beans, as well as antibacterial products. They are also buying more pet medications and supplements. For some reason people are apparently hoarding bottled water, which indicates this is panic-buying driven more by fear and less by what circumstances are likely to be. The grocery industry and trade associations are working to anticipate and respond to these shifts,” it emphasizes.
Financial markets across the world have long taken notice of the crisis’ severity. “The global economy was already hit hard by the Trump Administration’s trade wars, with the Federal Reserve System cutting interest rates three times last year,” stresses the Nuherbs communication.
“It just cut them again. If the virus strikes as the CDC has predicted, it’s possible the [Trump] Administration will attempt to work with Congress to provide fiscal stimulus similar to what the Obama Administration did in 2009,” concludes the statement.
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SpeedCore Allows for More Efficient and Flexible Hobbing
The newly developed material SpeedCore by LMT Fette, is now at the stage to accelerate the machining conditions for the benefit of the customer.
In today's gear manufacturing environment, flexibility and efficiency are key factors in modern machine tool technology. Productivity improvements, including state-of-the-art gear cutting machine tools, allow higher cutting speeds by up to 30 percent. While most of the machines are already designed to utilize carbide hobs and work under dry conditions, the newly developed material SpeedCore by LMT Fette, is now at the stage to accelerate the machining conditions dramatically-for the benefit of the customer.
"The core of the new SpeedCore material is made out of carbon-free iron, cobalt and Molybdenum," says LMT Tool Systems' Thomas Falk. "This new composition as well as the powder metallurgy manufacturing method allows an increase in high temperature hardness of the material compared to the traditional PM-HSS materials. The hardness of this material is generated by special nanostructures, which are in an intermetallic state."
Higher cutting speeds increase the mechanical and thermal loads of the hob. While HSS materials are limited to a range of cutting speeds due to their limited high temperature hardness, SpeedCore hobs from LMT Fette are manufactured out of this new cutting material, which overcomes the barriers of high temperature hardness while at the same time offering sufficient toughness. "With hobs using the new SpeedCore material, the cutting speed increases, the customer gains significantly more parts in less time and the machine tools will be utilized more efficiently," Falk adds. "Nearly no additional investment is necessary to increase the productivity, just the new SpeedCore material."
LMT Fette has tested the capability with the support of the Technical University of Magdeburg. The newly developed material was tested at cutting conditions normally used for solid carbide hobs. The results prove the high temperature resistance of SpeedCore. In the laboratory tests machining real components, the SpeedCore materials were used at cutting speeds up to 350 m/min without any thermal overload of the cutting edge. The tool length achieved 7 m; these are conditions where PM-HSS materials would fail. In real-world applications, these results in the manufacturing environment mean customers can increase the cutting speed more than 30 percent to improve the efficiency of the gear cutting process. There are two options: the cutting speed is increased to achieve a predetermined tool life, or the process is adjusted to the capability of the SpeedCore material. The customer will achieve in both cases lower costs per workpiece.
The launch of the new cutting material means LMT has taken another step in developing its gear-wheel production system. Following the Nanosphere coating, launched less than two years ago, the SpeedCore cutting material is another technological breakthrough. The LMT hob cutter system includes not only coatings and cutting materials, but also application-specific engineering and services likes LMT's global reconditioning and coating network. Its centers in China, Germany and the United States enable LMT to guarantee it will recondition hobs to original manufacturer quality for users worldwide. The new hob generation was officially launched in Germany in June as part of a specialist gear-cutting symposium in Schwarzenbek. "SpeedCore made its international debut at EMO Hannover in September, where we also introduced the start of a much larger product range," Falk says.
LMT Fette is also presenting a new cutting material at EMO Hannover that has been specially developed by its alliance partner Boehlerit for milling applications. Nanosilver, a nanostructured coating, has been applied to three new carbide substrates. The new TeraSpeed coating substantially improves the performance of LMT indexable inserts. The aluminum titanium nitride coating system offers a high level of thermal resistance of up to 1,100 degrees Celsius-200 degrees higher than comparable coatings. The XChange threading tap combines the advantages of carbide and high-speed steel: equipped for internal cooling, the tool is capable of twice the cutting speed of a conventional HSS tap. LMT is presenting a coating for thread rollers in the shape of Protec, an innovation that will expand the range of thread-rolling applications. The elastic and flexible thin-film coating has been specially designed for processing hard materials and increases tool life by up to 30 percent. In addition, LMT is pooling more than 50 years of experience in the machining of composite materials as part of its Composite Excellence initiative.
The main focus at EMO, however, was on SpeedCore and its various advantages, including higher productivity, higher operating safety, easy implementation on older machines and the resharpening and recoating options available.
"Speedcore has been incredibly successful in applications regarding productivity and tool life," Falk says. "The target is the increase of productivity in the gear wheel production and to guarantee a process security."
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Phase III Endpoints Met by Novartis, GSK/Theravance
Positive Phase III results were reported today for compounds designed to fight multiple myeloma and asthma.
Novartis said its investigational compound LBH589 (panobinostat) in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone met the primary endpoint of significantly extending progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with relapsed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma compared to bortezomib and dexamethasone alone. LBH589 is a pan-deacetylase (pan-DAC) inhibitor that works by blocking a key cancer cell enzyme that ultimately results in cellular stress and death of these cells.
“Given its mechanism of action, LBH589 has the potential to be an important treatment option for multiple myeloma,” said Alessandro Riva, global head of oncology development and medical affairs at Novartis.
The company cited PANORAMA-1 (PANobinostat ORAl in Multiple MyelomA), a trial designed to evaluate LBH589 in patients with relapsed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. Novartis said PANORAMA-1 results showed LBH589 delivering “significant” clinical benefit, supporting the company’s quest to market the drug as the first in its class of anticancer agents available to patients with multiple myeloma.
Details were not immediately released. Full results from PANORAMA-1, according to Novartis, continue to be evaluated and will be presented at an upcoming medical congress and discussed with regulatory authorities.
Earlier data showed that oral LBH589, when combined with bortezomib and dexamethasone, recaptures responses in heavily pretreated and bortezomib-refractory multiple myeloma patients, thereby providing these patients with a potential new option after failing prior standard treatments.
Benefits and risks of LBH589 are also being explored in additional hematologic malignancies through ongoing clinical trials, the company said.
Separately, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Theravance said the combination of ICS fluticasone furoate (FF) and the long-acting beta2 agonist vilanterol (VI) met its primary endpoint in a Phase III efficacy and safety study to support a new asthma indication for the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compound.
The companies said the combined 100/25 mcg dosage of FF/VI met its primary endpoint of statistically significant improvement in lung function compared with 100 mcg of FF alone. Lung function was defined for the study as 0–24-hour weighted mean forced expiratory volume in one second.
The 12-week study evaluated 990 patients with moderate to severe persistent asthma. Patients were randomized to one of three treatments taken once-daily in the evening—two dosages of FF/VI inhalation powder, 100/25 mcg and 200/25 mcg, and 100 mcg FF inhalation powder alone. The primary comparison was FF/VI 100/25 mcg versus FF 100mcg. The primary endpoint was weighted mean serial FEV1 at the end of the 12-week treatment period.
“We are pleased to see the results delivered by FF/VI in the treatment of asthma,” Dave Allen, head of GSK’s respiratory therapy area unit, R&D, said in a statement. “We have undertaken a large and comprehensive clinical program providing data on the efficacy and safety profile for FF/VI in asthma. With these additional data, we will consider our next steps in relation to an asthma filing in the United States.”
The most common reported side-effects included headache, nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, and influenza. Incidences of any on-treatment serious adverse events were similar across all treatment arms.
FF/VI—administered via a dry powder inhaler (DPI) called Ellipta®—is approved in the United States under the brand name Breo® Ellipta as an inhaled long-term, once-daily for maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with COPD, as well as chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema, as well as for reducing COPD exacerbations in patients with a history of exacerbations.
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RheinEnergie Football Stadium
The RheinEnergieStadion is located in the Cologne Sportpark, within the city’s green belt and in immediate proximity to the city forest as well as important leisure and sports facilities.
From the north the visitors are axially directed through a cordon of lighting steles towards the new stadium, which is perceptible as an integral part of the Sportpark between two tree-lined avenues and the masonry colonnades from the Professor-Abel-Building dating from the 1920s.
A glass roof covers the entrance to the circulation ring underneath the stands. From this location the visitor has a first view over the complete stadium interior through the "stadium window", which is situated on the site of the former marathon gate.
The stands above the box level are positioned as independent circles between four lighting towers. They provide a total capacity of 45,000 roofed seats offering a column-free view across the playing area. The main stand is reserved for the VIPs and the press, providing 52 VIP boxes on two levels and the necessary press and commentator boxes. The south stand accommodates a congress and conference centre with a VIP restaurant and has a separate approach road.
The clear design of the rectangle stadium geometry is maintained in plan and elevation and emphasized by the choice of materials as well as the structural system: Illuminated, 60 m high steel towers support a light-weight stand roof with an exterior metal and an interior glass roof, ensuring an optimal growth of the grass. The prefabricated stands are located underneath the hovering suspended structure and are supported by an open concrete framework.
In order to realize column-free stands with unrestricted views for the spectators, the individual roofs are suspended along their central line. The suspension system is designed like a traditional suspended bridge: Two parallel suspension ropes transfer the vertical roof loads through to the masts at the roof’s end, which are guyed towards the outside. The complete roof surface is designed as one connected plate being held in place with tensile members. Each of the four roofs is separately stable and can be added to with other single roofs.
IOC/IAKS Award for Sports Facilities, Bronze Medal
2001 – 1. Prize
Volkwin Marg with Marek Nowak, Joachim Rind, Stefan Nixdorf
Kölner Sportstätten GmbH
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Frankfurt, Germany, 2005
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Ost Indoor Swimming Pool
Hamburg, Germany, Construction
Alster-Schwimmhalle
Berlin, Germany, 2004
Olympic Stadium, Reconstruction and Roofing
Potsdam, Germany, 2017
"blu" Sports and Leisure Pool Complex
Kiel, Germany, 1976
Sports Center, University of Kiel
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After receiving the chance of returning on a straight path, the thief, Scott Lang, who has become part of the Avengers in the meantime because of Hank Pym’s special suit that turns him into the Ant-Man, tries to lead a normal life as far as possible and to maintain a balance between the role of father and the superhero responsibilities. For a while he manages to do that, but things change when a new threat arises, and Hope van Dyne, along with Hank Pym, comes to him asking to start a new mission to take off revealing more secrets from the past.
But this time, the Anvil Man will no longer be alone in the mission to fight the villains, but will have a partner of hope in Hope. She managed to persuade her father to go through the trauma of his wife’s loss and allow Hope to wear the famous Viespe costume. Hank kept hiding this costume so that Hope would not be tempted to wear it and risk his life just as his wife had done in the past, but seeing her how much she wanted to take part in something important for mankind, he gave in and allowed him to go on missions, and this with Scott will be his most important mission so far.
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As HALO Movement Collective embarks on our 8th season we set out to solidify our future and create longevity by investing in the very reason we are still here. That is our amazing community. For the first few seasons of operation HALO Movement Collective focused on performing multiple times a year and remaining active in the community throughout the season. As we grew in operations and committed to bringing a new yearly stage production we became consumed in our creative process which is exciting and fulfilling. As we set off to start our 8th season in these uncertain times we remain steadfast in our march in towards our journey to our 10th season celebration. Our plans for our 8th season remain however, due to the effects of COVID-19 we have been set back a few performances as some of our fellow colleagues. Nonetheless, we remain committed to our mission this is why we created The Living Room. The Living Room is a Virtual Platform where we get to highlight and celebrate ART. The Living Room is a space where Artist share work as formal or as informal as they choose. They get to transform their living rooms into virtual gathering spaces where art thrives. Part of each artist feature devotes a segment to engaging with new and current audiences by discussing the artistic process and bringing the viewers in ,all from the comfort and safety of their homes. We hope that The Living Room becomes a place where Artists and Supporters alike can tune into weekly to support one another through our creative processes, engagement, community building, spark collaborations and serve as space where audiences can expand and diversify their support through exposure and connections to new and familiar artists.
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Gastro: Please check on your neighbours
Presentations by people suffering from gastro illness to accident and medical centres today have been high with 40 people so far presenting to Hastings Health Centre.
Other accident and medical centres in the area are also seeing increased numbers of people with vomiting and diarrhoea.
Hawke’s Bay Hospital has two older people in its Intensive Care Unit in a critical condition, both with a gastro illness and both from Havelock North. One was admitted today and the other on Friday, which initially seemed unrelated. The type of bug they have has not yet been determined but it now looks likely that both are related to the gastro outbreak in Havelock North.
Medical Officer of Health Nick Jones said gastroenteritis affected older and younger people much more severely and older people needed to seek medical help early on if they weren’t getting better or couldn’t keep fluids down. The same applied to young children. Healthline is available 24/7 for advice 0800 611 116, from a registered nurse.
“We really encourage the community to keep an eye out for older people living alone,” Dr Jones said.
The boil water notice for Havelock North residents’ remains in place, however chlorination of the water supply seems to have been effective and is now throughout the Havelock North water supply.
Medical Officer of Health Nick Jones said testing of sick people had identified that the majority of the illness being reported was campylobacter. “The boil notice will remain until we are confident there is no other bug resistant to chlorination in the water, which is expected to take several days.”
Campylobacter can’t be spread through the air but it can be spread if you swallow the bacteria. This may be from contaminated water and food, or from contact with infected people so hand washing is extremely important
Hands need to be washed thoroughly by using plenty of soap, cleaning under fingernails, rinsing hands well and drying on a clean towel:
• before and after preparing food
• after going to the toilet or changing a baby’s nappy
• after caring for people with campylobacter
• after playing or working with animals
Symptoms of the illness being reported are diarrhoea and influenza-like symptoms; headaches, muscle pain, fever and feeling generally unwell. Symptoms could last up to 10 days but would usually get better without antibiotics.
Two pharmacies in Havelock North, Gilmour Pharmacy and Denton’s Pharmacy, opened today to provide more information and support for people as it was needed.
Children and older people were most at risk of dehydration and fluids, while the diarrhoea lasted, was very important. More information is available from HERE or people could also call Healthline on 0800 611 116 for advice 24/7 from a trained registered nurse.
For information on the water supply contact Hastings District Council call 06 871 5000.
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District Health board latest update
Presentations to Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s Emergency Department and to General Practice with people who have a gastro illnesses continues to tail off.
Chief Executive of the Hawkes Bay District Health Board Dr Kevin Snee said all the reports from the various health agencies showed there was a continuing decline in people sick with gastro illnesses. Healthline calls had also dropped off considerably with less than four calls overnight, he said.
Dr Snee said the district health board would now transition into a recovery status, however Public Health’s focus would remain on the outbreak. As part of that they would be undertaking another telephone survey of some Havelock North residents tonight.
The district health board continues to stress the need for vigilance in preventing secondary infections by making sure good hand hygiene rules were followed. More can be found out about safe hand washing from http://www.ourhealthhb.nz
Dr William Rainger Acting Medical Officer of Health for Hawke’s Bay District Board said there was some anecdotal information of people getting sick again but there was no evidence of a second wave, and this was likely to be a recurrence of symptoms from the original bug.
“All the evidence we are seeing, since the water was chlorinated, is that the outbreak is waning and there is no evidence of a second wave,” Dr Rainger said.
As of today the district health board had 168 confirmed notifications of campylobacter and 355 probable making a total of 523. However the data we have been collecting suggests more than 4000 people have been affected by the outbreak.
Hospitalisations to Hawke’s Bay Hospital are currently sitting at eight in general wards with one patient in intensive care, who had tested positive to campylobacter but was being cared for in intensive care for an health issue unrelated to campylobacter.
There were two presentations to the Emergency Department of people with gastro illness overnight.
GPs saw about 11 patients yesterday and again for St John it was business as usual.
Aged Residential Care is also reporting that their numbers of gastro illness are decreasing.
The district health board reminds people that there are two illnesses which can be associated with campylobacter. Reactive Arthritis was one and while it was painful and affected more than one joint it would usually respond well to anti-inflammatories and treatment from a GP. The other, which is rare, is Guillain Barrē syndrome a neurological condition which hospital specialists are all trained and well equipped to treat should it arise. Information and reminders to be on the watch for these two illnesses has been sent to health professionals in Hawke’s Bay.
The main message is if people weren’t getting better or were feeling worse they needed to see their doctor or call Healthline 0800 611 116.
GPs have also asked us to remind the public that diarrhoea increases the risk of the contraceptive pill failing. Women need to take extra contraception to prevent getting pregnant if they have diarrhoea.
The boil water notice remains in place for Havelock North only.
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Samsung Galaxy Lollipop Release: What We Know So Far
As we move away from the Android 5.0 Lollipop launch date, we’re starting to hear more about Samsung Galaxy Android 5.0 Lollipop update plans. Today, we want to breakdown everything we know, so far, about Samsung’s Android 5.0 Lollipop update pipeline including details about the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4, and more.
Earlier this year, Google took the stage at Google I/O 2014 and announced a slew of new products including Android L, its replacement for Android 4.4 KitKat. At the time, the company showed off a number of new features including Android L’s Material Design that delivers massive changes to the look and feel of the Android operating system. The company did not, however, confirm an Android L release date.
After a bit of a wait, Google finally confirmed the Android L and Android L release alongside its brand new Nexus 6 smartphone and new Nexus 9 tablet from HTC. Android L is called Android 5.0 Lollipop and it’s going to be hitting Nexus smartphones and tablets during the month of November. November 3rd, at this point, is all but confirmed for Nexus devices.
Nexus devices aren’t the only ones getting Android 5.0 Lollipop though. Several companies including HTC, LG, Motorola, and Sony have confirmed upcoming Android 5.0 Lollipop releases for their devices. While those releases are still weeks if not months away, the companies have made it a point to keep customers in the loop in the build up to release. Samsung, the world’s largest Android manufacturer, simply hasn’t done that.
Samsung, maker of popular devices like the Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4, hasn’t revealed any official Android 5.0 Lollipop update release details for Galaxy smartphones and tablets. That hasn’t stopped information from leaking to the surface though.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen Galaxy Android 5.0 Lollipop information emerge and today, we want to take a look at everything we think we know so far. These details will help prepare Galaxy smartphone and tablet users for Samsung’s Android 5.0 announcement and the eventual Android 5.0 Lollipop release for a slew of Galaxy-branded devices.
Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop Update All but Confirmed
While nothing is confirmed just yet, we fully expect Samsung to release a Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop update. SamMobile already leaked an early version of the update so unless something goes horribly wrong in testing, it looks like Samsung is planning to deliver Google’s new update to Galaxy S5 users.
The update has not been released to the public because it’s extremely buggy and still in its early stages. The update, which can be seen in the video above, should still serve as the foundation for Samsung’s Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 update and numerous other Lollipop updates for Galaxy devices. The updates should come with some remarkable changes including many of those seen in the video leak.
Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop Update Teased?
Earlier this month, we spotted what appeared to be a Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop tease from Samsung Mobile. Samsung still hasn’t commented on the tease or the photo that was included in its tweet. The photo, which can be seen below, suspiciously includes lollipops, or, the name of Android 5.0. It’s a mystery that still hasn’t been solved.
The arrival of a Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop update does make sense though. The device is one of a few already running Android 4.4.4 KitKat and it’s the most current flagship smartphone in the company’s arsenal. New Galaxy smartphones tend to get upgraded first and tease or not, the Galaxy Note 4 should be among the first to Samsung’s Android 5.0 update.
Samsung’s photo caused quite a stir but nothing is confirmed. Yet.
Galaxy S5 Lollipop Release Date Rumored
In addition to the Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop leak, we’ve seen several pieces of Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop release date information emerge as well. An early rumor from SamMobile put Samsung’s first Android 5.0 updates in November or December. Those updates are said to include the Galaxy S5. A new rumor from the same site is even more specific though.
According to SamMobile, Samsung is targeting December for a Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop release. A specific release date was not given though that doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Software release dates are dependent on internal testing and internal testing can often go bad forcing a delay. Samsung itself has encountered numerous delays in the past and it’s possible that it will encounter bumps in the road here with Android 5.0.
The timing, if true, would represent a much faster release than Samsung’s Android 4.4 KitKat push which took place in January after Android 4.4 KitKat’s release in November of 2013.
Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop Release Date Rumored
Early Android 5.0 Lollipop release date rumors also put the Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop release date in November or December, no specific date known. This date also makes sense given Samsung’s history of rolling out Android updates for current smartphones within several weeks of each other. The Android 4.4 KitKat update, for instance, hit the Galaxy Note 3 in January and the Galaxy S4 in February.
These release dates could pertain to the international variants of these devices. Carrier models, at least ones outside of the United States, typically are very slow to major Android updates for Galaxy devices. Samsung’s Android updates, unlike Apple’s iOS updates, are staggered and take place over the course of several months rather than over the course of a day.
How Samsung Works
So far, these are the only Android 5.0 Lollipop details to leak for Samsung smartphones and tablets. But that doesn’t mean they’ll be the only Android 5.0 Lollipop updates. While we don’t know too much about Samsung’s plans, we do know how Samsung works when it comes to Android software updates. Here’s a look at what we know.
In the beginning, we usually hear a smattering of release date rumors. Those have already started. Next, we tend to see carriers, usually carriers outside of the United States, confirm Android updates well in advance with vague timing. In the days after that, we see one of two things. Either we see an update quietly start rolling out ahead of an announcement or we get an official announcement declaring the roll out.
After that, Samsung works behind the scenes with carriers all over the world to deploy its Android software upgrades. Some regions take longer than others with major markets like the United States typically getting the update first.
Unlike HTC, Samsung doesn’t have an official policy when it comes to the length of software support though it tends to stick to an unofficial, two year (24 month) mark before killing off support for major upgrades. Not bug fixes, major upgrades.
What this means is that devices like the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 are sitting in very gray areas when it comes to Android Lollipop while devices like the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S4 are in much better shape.
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Phoenix Hill Tavern
4.5 miles from Riverwood, KY
Folks at Phoenix Hill Tavern have reported disembodied footsteps that come down the stairs and walk across the floor, white flashes that reflect in mirrors, cold spots, and objects that move or disappear.
Belle of Louisville
The historic steamboat is rumored to be haunted by former Captain Ben Winters, who died on board of a heart attack, and possibly by other felled workers, one of whom was crushed to death when machinery was turned on by accident and one killed when the paddlewheel unexpectedly went into ...
The Seelbach Hilton Louisville
At this very old hotel building (construction originally began in 1903), there have been reports of TVs turning on at a very loud volume at about 4 a.m. Also, folks have heard the sound of running footsteps on wooden floors in the hallways, even though the halls are now carpeted.
Louisville Palace Theater
Originally opened as the Loew's Theater in 1928, the theater is said to be haunted by several ghosts. Some are seen as apparitions in the balcony area, including a man in 1930s garb who disappears when approached. In the mezzanine lobby, a faceless woman in a 1940s clothing has been ...
It is the 15th floor, used only for storage space, that is said to be haunted at this hotel. Witnesses say Mr. Brown himself may once have had a suite on this floor, and the elevator often stops at it, called by an unseen presence. Footprints have been seen walking ...
Lady of the Stairs - First Church of Christ Scientist
The Lady of the Stairs at the First Church of Christ Scientist is a female apparition that appears pacing and crying on the church steps. Locals call her Ms. G, as she is thought to belong to the Gathrights, a well-known local family of the early 1900s. Legend has it ...
This historic district of Louisville is said to be one of the largest preservation districts and Victorian neighborhoods in the country. It's no wonder that spirits lingering beyond the grave find it an attractive place to reside! There are reportedly many ghost tours and haunted houses here, and locals may ...
Culbertson Mansion
Built in 1867 by William S. Culbertson, the mansion, which cost $120,000 to build at that time, is said to be haunted. Witnesses have heard doors shut by themselves and footsteps upstairs when no one is up there. Its Carriage House has a dark story attached to it. It burned ...
St. Joe Road Cemetery
An alleged hanging tree at St. Joe Road Cemetery is said to be the root (no pun intended) of the hauntings here. The tree stands in the middle of the cemetery, and rumor has it that looking toward it from the back of the cemetery at night, you can see ...
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Pope Lick Monster - Goat Man
11.4 miles from Riverwood, KY
The Goat Man of Pope Lick is rumored to be a farmer who tortured goats at the devil's request and therefore forfeited his soul. But other legends say he is a refugee from a circus train wreck. The horned and hairy monster is supposed to trick folks into his clutches ...
This historic hospital, originally opened in 1910 to treat tuberculosis patients, has reportedly seen about 63,000 deaths. TV shows Ghost Adventures, Fact or Faked, Ghost Hunters and many more have featured the site. Witnesses here report unexplained lights, apparitions, shadowy forms and other various phenomena.
Captain Frank's Tomb
Elizabeth, Indiana
Captain Frank McHarry's Tomb is located on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River. The gravesite of the steamboat captain is said to be visited by a ghostly light or mist. Legend has it that the tomb was built on this spot so he could watch over his former stomping grounds. ...
Rails Restaurant
La Grange, Kentucky
The restaurant, housed in a building that's more than a century and a half old, is home to a ghostly little girl. She has been seen in the parking lot as well as the back of the restaurant, and wears a white dress and a hair bow. She is believed ...
Mount Zion Cemetery
Henryville, Indiana
A ghostly Green Lady is said to be the spirit of a young woman killed in a car accident nearby. She was buried here and now is said to walk its grounds, glowing green. It is said that if you park at the cemetery at night, she may cover it ...
Jim Beam Distillery
Clermont, Kentucky
At this Jim Beam Distillery, some say, a former guard was a little out of his mind and liked to yell at the full moon during his shift. Now, some witnesses currently working as guards say they can hear his screams when the moon is full.
Bridgewater Cemetery
The isolated hilltop Bridgewater Cemetery is known to have a glowing tombstone. The grave is that of a man who appears in ghostly form at night to guard the cemetery's gate.
Ditto House Inn
West Point, Kentucky
Used as a headquarters and a hospital during the Civil War, this inn is said to be haunted by soldiers and other folks who passed away here during that era. Some guests have reported being touched or spoken to by the spirits. The inn has been featured on many TV ...
Scott County Heritage Center
The Scott County Heritage Center and Museum is housed in a building that was once the county poor farm. It is said to be haunted by former residents. Witnesses have described footsteps on the second floor when no one is up there, unexplained smells, a baby crying, and lights coming ...
Scott County Historical Museum
Originally constructed in 1892 after the county seat moved to Scottsburg, the building served for many years as the district poor farm. During conversion to house the historical society, staff and workers allegedly encountered resistance of a paranormal kind. Visitors have reported hearing babies crying, disembodied footsteps on the ...
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Hanover Cemetery
Hanover, Indiana
Visitors here have reported feeling unexplained nausea and chills, possibly related to the grave of Benjamin Bennett, who is believed to have drowned in the Ohio River (although his body was never found).
At Parker Auditorium, the ghost of Dr. A.G. Parker, past college president of the college, has been seen and heard, along with unexplained sounds and missing objects. And at Donner Residence Hall's east wing, the ghost of a student who committed suicide in a dorm room is blamed for objects ...
Doe Run Inn
At this historic hotel, there is a quirky ghost who has been seen on the stairway and in the dining room. What's quirky about him? He loves to untie unsuspecting guests' shoes!
Jailer's Inn Bed and Breakfast
Bardstown, Kentucky
This bed-and-breakfast inn used to be an actual jail, housing prisoners from 1797 until 1987. It was Kentucky's oldest operating jail complex, listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. But some of the spirits of the incarcerated folks may never have left when the building changed purposes. Witnesses, including ...
Old Talbott Tavern
At this 1779 stagecoach stop, now an inn, many famous figures have stayed including Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boone and Jesse James. Ghostly presences are said to make themselves known in many ways, including orbs, mists and apparitions. Mrs. Talbott may appear as an apparition to guests, or you may see ...
Broadway Historic Hotel and Tavern
Madison, Indiana
The historic hotel and restaurant appears to be popular with the spirit set. The apparition of a disruptive criminal shot dead on the premises has been reported in the main dining room, while the bed and breakfast quarters of the establishment are supposedly haunted by an unknown woman in ...
Jefferson County Library
Rumor has it that the ornery ghost of a young man rides the elevator rubbing and patting women. He is believed to have lived here when it was a private home and was confined to a wheelchair, which is why the elevator originally was installed. Some reports say the ghost ...
Ohio Theater
Local tales tell of lights that seem to float in the balcony area and then disappear. It is also said that at midnight, the sound of screaming can be heard.
Morrison Masonic Lodge
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
42 miles from Riverwood, KY
The ghosts of Civil War soldiers have been spotted at this Lodge building, and witnesses also have reported unexplained footsteps and knocking and objects that move by themselves. The alarm goes off when no one is in the building, and ghosts have shown up in photos and have been heard ...
Hardin County Historical Museum
This historical museum houses many civil war and pioneer artefacts from the county history; and perhaps even a few ghosts. A spectral male apparition in a brown suit has been seen wandering the halls of the museum after closing hours. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
Kentucky Spirits Undistilled: Stories of the Bluegrass State's Famous Haunted Locations
Lisa Westmoreland-doherty
Ghosthunting Kentucky
Patti Starr
Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky
William Lynwood Montell
Frankfort, Kentucky
Built by Senator John Brown in 1796, Liberty Hall Mansion is said to be haunted by at least three ghosts. Mrs. Brown's kindly aunt, Mrs. Margaret Varick, died of a heart attack around 1817 in an upstairs bedroom. She was buried on the grounds but was lost when the graves ...
The late-18th-century distillery on the site of an ancient buffalo crossing offers ghost tours by appointment; many characters from its long history are said to walk the grounds.
The old Bethlehem Academy, once a convent and then a hotel, is now a restaurant. Rumor has it that it's haunted by the ghosts of nuns and other folks who were murdered on the premises long ago. The spirits manifest by turning lights on and off and moving chairs and ...
Schenck Mansion
A ghostly Lady in White in Victorian attire haunts the second floor of this 1874 bed-and-breakfast building, originally built as a mansion of a home for Benjamin Franklin Schenk. She is said to walk the hallways, taking no notice of anyone around her. Guests also have reported hearing voices, footsteps, ...
Gates of Hell - Grandview Cemetery - Kasey's Cemetery
Custer, Kentucky
Grandview Cemetery, aka Kasey's Cemetery or the Gates of Hell, contains the graves of people from the 1700s and 1800s as well as the ruins of an iron and stone gate. Some say one time an enormous green orb appeared here, hovered a short time, then shot straight up and ...
Seymour, Indiana
At this Papa John's Pizza location, several witnesses have reported an apparition in a blue uniform and knocking sounds coming from the walls. The knocks seemed to come from the empty store adjacent to Papa John's.
Tunnelton Tunnel
Bedford, Indiana
The apparition of a man who was decapitated during the tunnel's construction has been reported; many folks say he appears to be searching for his head. One rumor states that there is a graveyard atop the tunnel, and during its construction, some of the bodies fell through into the tunnel. ...
Maple Hill Manor Bed and Breakfast
Springfield, Kentucky
Built in 1851 by slaves, this inn is said to be haunted either by the original owners or by soldiers who fought in the Battle of Perryville in 1962. Witnesses have reported knocks on doors when there was nobody there, footsteps from empty rooms, cold spots, phantom perfume scents, strange ...
Saint Ivos Cemetery
Lebanon, Kentucky
At St. Ivos Cemetery, witnesses have reported video camera malfunctions and unexplained noises and voices.
Whispers Estate
Mitchell, Indiana
Featured on some TV shows, the estate is said to be the site of many paranormal occurrences including apparitions, voice phenomena, jiggling doorknobs, tremors, unexplained smells, shaking furniture, and a vortex in the heart of the house.
Kentucky Hauntings: Homespun Ghost Stories and Unexplained History
Roberta Simpson Brown
Haunted Kentucky: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Bluegrass State
Ghost Files: The Collected Cases from Ghost Hunting and Seeking Spirits
Jason Hawes
French Lick Springs Hotel
French Lick, Indiana
This historic resort hotel complex is said to be haunted by former owner Thomas Taggart, who lingers around the service elevator as musts and phantom tobacco smells. He is said to expertly operate the elevator from beyond when the place gets busy. He also is said to appear riding a ...
Perryville Battlefield
Perryville, Kentucky
The largest Civil War battle in Kentucky was fought here on October 8, 1862; at least 7,600 were killed or wounded. The corpses of the Confederate soldiers were left to rot on the battlefield, and many suppose this is why the field has so much ghostly activity. Apparitions of soldiers, ...
Harrodsburg Spring - Young Park
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
The ghost story here begins with a beautiful young woman who checked in to the Harrodsburg Springs Hotel, which stood on the park grounds in the late 1800s, under a false name. She danced with several partners in the hotel ballroom, as the men all lined up for a chance ...
Bond's Chapel Cemetery
West Baden Springs, Indiana
Bond's Chapel Cemetery has a mysterious grave with a linked chain that grows longer every year. There are two legends about the chain. One legend has it that buried here is an Army man who left his girlfriend waiting back home. He was killed in battle, and his girlfriend stood ...
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is said to be the country's largest restored Shaker village. Its 3,000 acres contain 34 original Shaker buildings and perhaps a few ghosts, as well. It is said that ghostly babies can be heard crying at night around the pond.
Story Inn
Nashville, Indiana
Reportedly haunted by a female ghost who appears most often in a specific room when a blue table lamp is turned on. For this reason the ghost has been dubbed "The Blue Lady". There are numerous reports of the Blue Lady ghost and the owner (who claims to ...
The Campbell House
At the Cambell House Inn, there is rumored to be a blood stain on a carpet where a woman, one of two women to have been murdered here, was stabbed to death. Witnesses have reported apparitions and doors slamming by themselves.
Crowne Plaza Hotel - Campbell House Inn
Formerly the Campbell House Inn, the Crowne Plaza Hotel is said to be a very spooky place. According to local legend, two women were murdered here. One was stabbed on the stairs, and folks say you can still see the blood stains on the carpet. The other woman was reportedly ...
Big Bone Lick Park
Union, Kentucky
Folks visiting the park have reported disembodied whispers, eerie figures, strange noises and an evil spirit who is said to linger in the nearby woods.
Williams Bridge
Williams, Indiana
The Williams Bridge was built in 1884 and was closed in 2010. It is said to be haunted because of an accident way back in its past, before it used to be a covered bridge. So the story goes, a man on horseback was riding across when his horse suddenly ...
Spirits of the Civil War
Troy Taylor
Amateur Ghost Hunting: A Guide for Beginners
Melanie S. Pronia
Haunted Files from the Edge: A Paranormal Investigator's Explorations into Infamous Legends & Extraordinary Manifestations
Philip J. Imbrogno
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Pimeria Alta History Museum
53.2 miles from San Miguel, AZ
Housed in the Old Nogales City Hall (dating back to 1914), the historical museum is haunted according to some. Visitors have reported hearing disembodied footsteps on the staircase, whilst others have smelt cigar smoke and quite unusually, the scent of pine resin. Submitted by Callum Swift
San Xavier del Bac Mission
Rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of a nun and children who are alleged to have died in a schoolhouse fire.
Patagonia Market
Patagonia, Arizona
A bell rings when no living human is around to ring it. Things move around without explanation and occasionally entire shelves crash to the floor. No one knows who haunts the store, but employees are convinced that someone does!
St. Mary's is apparently a very active haunting site. Numerous and varied claims of sightings have been reported. Many of the stories revolve around the elevators, especially people entering the elevators before disappearing. However the most famous of the ghost is that of a nun who walks ...
Velasco Pueblo
This house dates back to the 1850's, and was renovated a number of times before the death of Senor Velasco. The house began to fall into gradual disrepair, until it was finally restored by owners, who were the first to note the presence of a ghost. While working in the ...
St. Augustine Cathedral
My dad said that in 1983 he was at mass and he went to the restroom and he saw an apparition of an elderly lady in all black lying on the floor when he looked at her she disappeared. He later found it was St. Catherine Drexel, the founder ...
Royal Elizabeth Bed and Breakfast Inn
This 19th century inn previously served as the offices and home of the prominent Judge Blenman, who still haunts the building to this day. He still haunts the patio area and the Sydney Marie Suite at the front of the inn, which served as his law office. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
Inside the theater specters apparently move objects around. Outside the theater a male ghosts is often reported to panhandle.
Pioneer Hotel
A fire broke out in the hotel in the 70's and killed almost 30 people. It seems that many believe that at least some of those who perished in the fire have stayed behind and continue to haunt the hotel.
Tucson's Most Haunted: A Collection of Ghostly Tales from the Old Pueblo
Katie Mullaly
Scare-Izona: A Travel Guide to Arizona's Spookiest Spots
Haunted Arizona: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Grand Canyon State
Hotel Congress
Hotel Congress is probably best known for the role it played in the capture of John Dillinger and his gang of outlaws, but there are apparently several ghosts who lay claim to the Congress. At least two suicides there have reportedly led to hauntings in the rooms in which they ...
Fred G. Acosta Job Corps Center
There are a variety of reports about the hauntings at the Job Corps center. Some say that the toilets flush all by themselves (no report on whether the toilets are automatic) and the water in the second floor bathrooms will turn on by itself. Others say that there are ...
Sam Levitz Furniture Store
Employees claim to see the ghost of a former employee who died in the store.
Centennial Hall - University of Arizona
Reputed to be haunted by both a male and female ghost. The female gets the blame for all the nasty bits of ghosting (of course) while the male ghost is seen as a more benign presence. Supposedly the female ghost is prone to pushing people down the stairs. ...
Betty's Blues Junk Shop
This Tucson-area junk shop made the news in October 2013 when their security cameras caught items flying off the shelves, and strange, disembodied voices - when no one was around.
Evergreen Cemetery
65 miles from San Miguel, AZ
General cemetery-style haunting - voices, shadows, eerie feelings... Embrace the cliche.
Sonoita Inn - Lost Trail Inn
Sonoita, Arizona
The inn has a single ghost, a woman with dark hair and red lips with only a severed head visible who fades away when approached. Screams and crying have also been heard in the inn. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
Tucson - Hair pulling, whispering and chairs rolling out from under you -sounds like elementary school. But in fact these are reported happenings at the Tuscon medical center. Perhaps the pranks are being pulled by the child ghost who is occasionally seen roaming the halls. There are ...
Tucson Radisson Hotel
A ghostly girl allegedly haunts the kitchen and ballroom.
Ott Family YMCA
Things that go bump in the night. Apparently the ghost at this YMCA takes that literally as there are reports of strange banging noises. In addition, the ghost of a gray-suited man is reportedly seen often at nighttime.
The Ghost of the Cuban Queen Bordello: A Story of a 1920's Jerome Arizona Madam
Peggy Hicks
Arizona Ghost Stories
Haunted Arizona: Ghosts of the Grand Canyon State
Ellen Robson
Colossal Cave
Vail, Arizona
Claims of singing and moaning have been heard coming from the cave (and of course it's not the wind). The apparition of a man has been seen wielding a pickaxe.
Sabino Canyon
An angry wildcat ghost haunting the canyon? Well now we've heard everything.
Ghost Rider of Picacho
Eloy, Arizona
The name kind of says it all, doesn't it? A ghostly apparition of a man on a horse, riding the range.
Guest House Inn
Ajo, Arizona
This 1925 inn is situated in a picturesque desert town, and is rumoured to be haunted. Dating back to the days of the gold rush, the apparition here is that of a ghostly miner who appears in guest rooms. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
The Domes
Construction began on an electronics plant on this spot in 1982, but it was never completed - all that remains are several concrete "domes" that are now a local hotspot for ghost hunters, teenagers and vandals. The domes are starting to cave in, and this is all private property, ...
Casa Grande Mountain
Drive around the deserted roads in Casa Grande Mountain Park and you might run into a mysterious dark mist that tends to follow cars and hikers around the area.
Carleton House - Fort Huachuca
Sierra Vista, Arizona
This home, located on an army base, once served as a hospital for wounded soldiers; complete with the morgue such an establishment would require. It seems some who came to Carleton House to recover have never left. There are several ghostly happenings that have been reported here. Items have ...
Smith Middle School - Fort Huachuca
The story goes that a student of the school, Linda Landy (they didn't even attempt to make up a name that didn't sound fake), was struck and killed by car while walking home, so now she haunts the Library. Because ghosts don't have to make sense.
Daisy Mae's Stronghold
Rumored to be haunted by a man named "Charlie" who died in a knife fight back when the building was a brothel.
Casa Grande K-Mart
Employees swear the ghost of a man haunts the store at night, particularly around the toy area.
Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories, The (Big Book of Ghost Stories)
Arizona's Haunted History
Jill Pascoe
Southern Arizona's Most Haunted
Renee Gardner
Casa Grande Regional Hospital Center
Patients and staff agree that weird things go on in this hospital. Footsteps and strange noises can't always be accounted for, and strange things pop in and out of sight at the strangest moments.
Cafe de Manuel
This building was once a house and a 7-11, before it became a restaurant, and staff believe that several ghosts remain on the premises from the building's former residents.
Horseshoe Cafe
Benson, Arizona
This stucco brick adobe was converted to a delightful café during the early 1900's, and has since served the town as a key focal point for diners and visitors alike. Travellers also come from far and wide to see another part of the café's hospitality; their abundant ghost stories. ...
Oracle Historical Society & Acadia Ranch Museum
Oracle, Arizona
Unexplained sounds, ghostly footsteps and other unexplained phenomena are reported at the Acadia. A former TB hospital many claim that a former nurse who contracted TB and died still wanders the halls.
Rt. 85 - Crater Range
San Miguel, Arizona
A couple driving along this stretch of Route 85 (called Crater Range, about ten miles north of Ajo, AZ) in the 1950s, on their way to their honeymoon in Lake Tahoe, were killed when their car struck a rock on the side of the road. Locals swear that if ...
First Avenue Elementary School
San Manuel, Arizona
This urban legend revolves around the ghost of a young boy who is rumored to have died after falling off the merry-go-round and hitting his head or being crushed by the apparatus itself. The ghost appears to be holding his head and cries before vanishing.
San Manuel Copper Mine
Mammoth, Arizona
Ghostly workers and lights where no lights should be make up the haunting legend of the San Manuel Copper Mine.
The Blue Mist Motel
Florence, Arizona
100.7 miles from San Miguel, AZ
This location is just down the street from the Florence prison. As a child living in the area (in fact, I lived down the street from the motel myself - directly across the street from the prison,) I heard about the horrific events that took place at the Blue Mist ...
Lepsy of Dudleyville
Winkelman, Arizona
This urban legend revolves around an evil man, Lepsy, who would apparently hire migrant workers and then kill them when the work was complete rather than paying them. Supposedly the canyon where he killed them is still haunted by the cries of his victims.
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One-third of Americans have lost confidence in their health system
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 18 June 2009 in Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement
Most Americans believe that in fixing health care, we’ll be addressing the economy. This, according to a new Index of American health citizens’ confidence in the health economy.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation joins forces with the Center for Social Research at the University of Michigan (SRC) to bring this innovative measurement tool to policymakers and health citizens during this long, intense season of health reform. The SRC will include questions regarding health care, health insurance and the impact on families’ economic situations in its ongoing Surveys of Consumers. The SRC is well-known for its Index of Consumer Sentiment.
A key finding in the April-May 2009 survey is big differences in confidence between people who are insured versus those without insurance.
The health consumer confidence index measures Americans’ experiences with health care access in the past year:
Delaying seeing a doctor when it was necessary due to cost.
Skipping a recommended medical test, treatment, or follow up due to cost.
Not filling a prescription due to cost.
Having difficulty paying medical bills.
Furthermore, the Index asks health consumers to look into the future — that is, even if they’re able to afford health care ‘today,’ what do they see in terms of their ability to pay for health care in the future?
Health Populi’s Hot Points: Well over 1 in 3 Americans lacks confidence in the health system, and nearly 2 in 3 are concerned about future costs. These numbers grow in direct proportion to whether someone has health insurance, their age and feeling of vulnerability.
One of the biggest overall findings in terms of sheer percentage is that 86% of Americans believe that President Obama should address health reform as a macroeconomic issue. Whether insured or not, this large majority speaks collectively about a growing lack of confidence about the future health system — and in particular, health citizens’ ability to access and pay for health services tomorrow, next month, or next year.
As RWJF and the SRC track these sentiments over time, we’ll have a credible picture of how Americans’ personal perceptions of their health system vulnerability improve…or not.
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Jane’s forecast on health care consumers published in AHA’s FutureScan 2021-2026 - 01/23/2021
Every year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) publishes a health care forecast, FutureScan. The AHA asked Jane to share her read on the consumer health care tea leaves for the new 2021-2026 publication, available through the AHA.
How WiFi Connectivity Bolsters Health Citizenship – Jane’s essay in USA Today/MediaPlanet - 01/25/2021
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Through to Area Final
....and onto the next round! By the skin of my teeth, thanks to the judges and to the audience votes, I was one of the 6 successful singers put through to the AREA FINAL of OPEN MIC UK, which will bring together regional finalists from the whole of the North of England and Scotland..
So this is how it went: I got to ye olde RNCM, Manchester in the afternoon, did the old registering thing and handed in my press releases. Then we had to wait an hour to soundcheck. At soundcheck time everyone sat in the auditorium and patiently watched each act soundchecking, secretly hoping for the next one to be rubbish. Irritatingly they were all good, all the ones I saw at least- I had to keep running out for a wee, having drunk a medicinal 7 pints of water in the interests of throat lubrication. At soundcheck my defeat looked inevitable. The female vocalists in particular, had power, perfect pitch, more acrobatic tricks than the Chinese State Circus. I was getting nervous. And a bit disillusioned....
Soundcheck was finally over and there was time to zip myself into the highlighter green dress which my Mum had told me I should wear (I was up for schlepping about in my leggings). As I flew through to the toilets (glamorous changing room) I spotted some friends, family and fans to whom I managed to give a quick hello and profuse thanks for materialising in the lobby. Then it was backstage for more waiting, the main activity of a musician. Casting a glance in the mirror I was quite relieved to remember that the day previous, having used a wash-in 'gold infuser' on my hair, I had been sporting a fluorescent olive shade which seemed to be one of several things conspiring against my success in the competition. Luckily my friend Steph spent her entire Saturday removing said radioactive green from my tresses, trawling the hairdressers of the town for advice and eventually, with help from a lilac rinse, my hair looked relatively normal. Backstage there were 2 dressing rooms between 26 contestants and the noise of next door's was deafening. Two boys were rehearsing their song so loudly, that one girl seemed to be pinned to the wall by the G-Force. So many personalities, so many styles of music being rehearsed. I went into the shower block and sang at the tiles. Talk about stress. Clipboards everywhere, girls with big curls, big voices and backing tracks, a leather clad rapper, rapping about cheese, harmonising twins, an opera singer with a penchant for Stella, loud Stokey strummers, compulsive water drinking.... a seriously overwhelming concoction...
One by one they filtered out. It was like the holding bay for the abattoir. My turn eventually came to stand in the wings, tell the compere my name and a plug to be announced. My sister, dressed in a sequinned top, waved excitedly at me. A minor celeb from X Factor had reputedly sprayed a lot of aerosol just previously and I felt the combination of CFC's, nerves and the tight dress which was now accommodating a heavy heart beat as well as a stomach full of bottled water created a noticeable breathing restriction. I was plugged into the mobile battery pack and walked over to the mic, which was adjusted to my mouth, a foot lower than most of the other singers'. I sang my song. The notes came out. I didn't fall over. I put some dynamics in. The judges wrote their notes. The audience clapped. I left the stage. Over in a flash... They all said that. I had seen some seriously good acts perform on the stage and really doubted I was going through. There was a standing ovation for the opera singer.
After that everyone was pretty relaxed backstage. A nice bunch of people, apart from the one guy with the unpronouncable name who was dressed as terminator and stared angrily from a recess in the wall. Pretty much everyone was nice, friendly and very talented. I didn't mind I wasn't going through. I was a really different kind of singer so I decided I should probably go more alternative still with my competition choices.
A while later, we were herded to the side of the stage to await our fate. 4 singers would go through and the next four names announced were competing for just 2 remaining places and their success would depend on the audience vote. The 4 names were announced. The singers walked out and stood in the lights, blinking out blindly into the dark sea of supposed audience. (They were there, we just couldn't see them.) Then the names of the 4 others who would be subject to the suspense of audience vote.... The announcer: 'Bla Blaaa' -steps out onto the stage *applause* 'Blaadee Blaa' — steps out onto the stage; *applause*, 'Blaadee Blaaderson' — I smile benignly- someone pokes me — 'That's you, they said Heidi Browne' 'Heidi Browne' they say ; oh! steps out onto the stage *applause* 'Bla Blaaa and the Blaas' -step out onto the stage *applause*. EEEEK.
'And the fifth act to go through to the Area Final is..... Bla blaaa'. *applause*
Yeh ok so I haven't got through. Let me at the hummus, I haven't had any tea and it's 10pm.
'And the FINAL act to go through to the Area Final of OPEN MIC UK is..........'
Heidi Browne. So, looks like I'm doing it all over again with even BETTER standard of talent.... IF YOU WANT TO COME AND WATCH ME SOIL MYSELF: It is: December 1st, Dewsbury Town Hall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 7.45PM
Roy Wood Tour
Heidi: 25/01/2017
Heidi has just finished touring with founder member of Wizzard, The Move and E.L.O Dr. Roy Wood. Whilst the eccentric multi-instrumentalist is best known for hits like, 'I wish it could be Christmas every day', 'See My Baby Jive' and 'Blackberry Way, which have made him a...
Australian Tour
To mark the launch of 'Holiday For Your Heart' Heidi escaped the icy UK Winter in favour of a 9 week solo tour of Australia, taking in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide. Highlights included performing during Perth Arts Festival, swimming in a green lake, jet skiing and featuring on...
On 14th February 2016 'Holiday For Your Heart ' was released worldwide via iTunes. TO BUY THE ALBUM CLICK HEREFeaturing a powerful mixture of soul, vintage pop and funked up country, this album has been described...
BBC Radio 2 Debut
'Colouring Outside The Lines' made it's BBC Radio 2 debut this week on Sir Bob Harris's Sunday Radio show. The single which which featured guest production from Nigel Stonier is the second track from Heidi Browne's latest album 'White Rabbits'. 'Colouring Outside...
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iPhone Gems: Assassin’s Creed II Discovery, Guerrilla Bob + MiniSquadron
Jeremy Horwitz
February 3, 2010 4:07 pm UTC
Welcome to this week’s second edition of iPhone Gems—a catch-up edition to make up for last week’s iPad-heavy coverage. Today’s three games are relatively action-intense—one is a sequel to an action-platformer we’ve previously reviewed, and the other two are shooters, one a simple but effective side-scroller, and the other an overhead 3-D military-themed blaster.
Though the three titles are substantially different from one another, our top pick of the bunch is MrFungFung’s MiniSquadron. Read on for all the details.
Assassin’s Creed II Discovery
It’s always a mystery when a really impressive, groundbreaking game is followed up by a less impressive sequel, but that’s what happened with Assassin’s Creed II Discovery ($10) by Ubisoft, the retrograded descendant of last April’s Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles. By creating plausible, visually interesting 3-D backgrounds and characters, then using largely 2-D gameplay to let you jump, climb, and fight your way through stages, the first game looked and felt like what it was—a great $10 port of a $30 Nintendo DS title But there are so many bad decisions in Assassin’s Creed II that the games feel like they were created by totally different development teams, the latter neither understanding nor properly replicating what worked for the former.
Here, you’re controlling a sword-wielding assassin named Ezio who progresses through stages that are still built from the polygonal 3-D shapes seen in Altair’s Chronicles, but are now presented from a comparatively boring flat side-scrolling perspective. Though the old world European themes remain intact, the interesting little background animation touches that gave the last game’s levels life and brilliance are gone, replaced by Metal Gear Solid-style VR effects. For instance, you train for missions in an odd virtual world, and when you fail in a mission, the background art dissolves as if everything you’re doing is taking place within a computer. It’s decidedly weird and entirely unfitting for a game with a 15th Century Spanish theme, and just one of the things that takes a player out of the experience rather than drawing him or her in.
The other major one is control. For whatever reason, Ubisoft replaced the prior game’s small corner joystick with a left and right movement slider, using multiple context-specific, changing buttons to handle jumping, rolling, fighting, and stealthy sneaking. Besides the fact that so little of the action this time around is fun, the controls feel floaty and unresponsive at times, leading you to make bad jumps, obscuring the enemies you’re supposed to be sneaking up on, and requiring you to hit the attack button again and again for relatively pointless combos. The action and levels are repetitive, and just not compelling; on the flip side, however, the music and sound effects are well above par, even if they don’t make up for the other problems—full voice acting is included for the intermission scenes, and a real soundtrack actually sounds pretty good.
To be completely fair, a broader perspective on Assassin’s Creed II Discovery would note that the game is a competent enough action platformer with nice animations, plus the vague thrill of close-up camera work when you manage to sneak up on an enemy for a quick assassination-style kill. That said, the game’s obvious problems detract so much from the experience that we wouldn’t bother with it unless you’re a real big fan of the series; Ubisoft has lost a lot of the magic that the first game borrowed from Prince of Persia, and what’s left is a somewhat confusing and lackluster assembly of parts. A premium $10 asking price demands far better than this. iLounge Rating: B-.
Guerrilla Bob
Capcom’s Commando series—including a sequel called Mercs—was amongst a small collection of influential overhead military-themed run-and-shoot games, placing you in control of a Rambo-like guy with a gun and a collection of bunkers to storm. Chillingo‘s new Guerrilla Bob ($3) borrows the concept from Mercs and the visual style of the 2008 follow-up Commando 3, offering a cartoony set of eight levels that place you in control of a soldier named Bob as he seeks revenge on a criminal former friend named John. You use an on-screen joypad to move Bob, a second joypad to shoot in any direction, and a set of three icons to toggle between different weapons.
Where Guerilla Bob does best is in constantly introducing new enemies: as you find and power up your weapons, so too do new threats appear, such that you gain a flamethrower and soon thereafter enemies appear with flamethrowers, while others toss bombs, fire missiles, and hand-carry exploding barrels to detonate near you. Though somewhat repetitive internally and from level to level, the stages consist of land, buildings, trees, and enemies that range from human-sized to huge turrets and oversized bosses; all are impressive in the way that, say, Crash Bandicoot was for the Sony PlayStation 15 years ago, and look good on the small iPhone and iPod touch screens. The only thing that doesn’t really work is the pacing: your weapons tend to eliminate enemies too slowly, turning what should be more of a blast fest into a more deliberate and occasionally boring endeavor—how many bullets does a guy with a barrel in his hands really need to absorb before he’s no longer a threat?
Until the App Store hosts a version of Ikari Warriors, Commando, Total Carnage, or one of the many other titles they inspired, Guerrilla Bob offers a similar enough experience to satisfy fans of the overhead military run-and-gun genre. Besides tweaking the game’s challenge level a little, our hope is that the developers fix the game’s save system, which has an unfortunate tendency to lose the player’s place under certain conditions—including when a phone call comes in—and start you back at or near the game’s beginning. In that regard, Guerrilla Bob is actually pretty old-fashioned, and all it’ll take is a little mistake to make you replay a sizable segment of the game. iLounge Rating: B.
MiniSquadron + MiniSquadron Lite
As much as the iPod touch and iPhone may suffer from the lack of dedicated joypad-style controls, they do deserve special credit for enabling developers to tinker with play mechanics and concepts that might never have seen the light of day on other platforms. MiniSquadron ($3) from MrFungFung is a prime example of the type of innovation that can be had from a creative but unknown developer at a low price point: it’s a side-scrolling airplane shooter that relies more on the looping and turning of its cartoony planes than on its backdrops, which take a back seat to the action and could easily be forgotten.
The idea here is simple: you start each of the eight levels in a plane of your choice, and need to shoot down successive waves of enemy planes while armed only with a slow gun. You can fly up, down, left, or right, and the background will move to track your motion, yet unlike side-scrolling titles that might initially seem comparable, you’re not flying from left to right and continually shooting whatever appears on the right side of the screen. Instead, you’re inside a fixed area, and enemies can pop in from any side; they loop around, and you loop upwards and downwards in pursuit, hitting the gun button to tag them enough that they’ll fall into the ocean. Additional planes are unlocked as you play more and score better, with 56 vehicles—including UFOs and alien spacecraft—eventually becoming available, many with different weapons, handling characteristics, and armor. A free lite version of the game called MiniSquadron Lite lets you play one stage and unlock eight of the vehicles, omitting a one-on-one Wi-Fi multiplayer mode offered in the full version.
What we liked a lot in MiniSquadron was the continued evolution of the challenges—new planes continue to appear with different weapons, increasing in numbers and power as the waves go on—and the unique turning play mechanic, which does as good of a job as simulating dogfighting in 2-D as we’ve yet seen in a game of this sort. The fact that planes can stall out after reaching certain heights or taking hits introduces a little more realism and challenge, both of which we really liked. By comparison, MrFungFung’s power-up system inspired mixed feelings, as it includes a great collection of items—health boosts, invincibility, invisibility, and even temporary replacement weapons—but the colored star icons are too confusingly similar to remember, while the title’s dreamy, piano-based classical soundtrack was a disappointment, seemingly added only to fill what would otherwise have been a big sonic gap. Without a doubt, MiniSquadron has a ton to offer, and we legitimately enjoyed playing it; a little additional aesthetic polish could push it up into the A category. iLounge Rating (Both): B+.
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PG-13 | 1h 45min | Comedy, Drama | 22 November 2013 (USA)
14 VIDEOS | 56 IMAGES
An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.
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David Wozniak is a man who is irresponsible and unreliable which doesn't exactly endear him to his family and his girlfriend. And when she tells him that she's pregnant, she tells him, she plans to do it on her own because she can't count on him. One day a lawyer shows up and talks to him about the fact that twenty years ago he was a sperm donor for about a year and his sperm was used to father over 500 children. And now over 100 of them want to know who he is but because he signed a confidentiality agreement, they can't be told who he is. So they are going to court to try to get the confidentiality set aside. His lawyer tells him that they can win this. But when the lawyer who saw him gives him info on the ones who want to see him, he takes a peek at one and decides to go see him and not tell him he's the father. He then goes out and checks out some of his other children and doesn't tell them who he is and connects with them. His lawyer tells him it could jeopardize their case, ... Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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'DELIVERY MAN': Three Stars (Out of Five)
Vince Vaughn stars in this remake of a 2011 French-Canadian comedy-drama film about a man who discovers he fathered 533 kids through sperm donations several years earlier. It was directed and co-written (with Martin Petit) by Canadian filmmaker/actor/comedian Ken Scott (who also performed the same duties on the original film, with Petit). The American version also co-stars Chris Pratt (who put on 60 pounds for the role) and Cobie Smulders. I haven't seen the original movie but I heard this update isn't as good, as far as Vince Vaughn films go it's a little disappointing but it still has a lot of heart.
Vaughn plays David Wozniak, a delivery driver for his family's butcher shop who's recently came into some serious debt problems and owes some criminal thugs a lot of money. He's also just discovered that his girlfriend, Emma (Smulders), is pregnant but she doesn't know if she can trust David to be a reliable father. On top of all that he's also just discovered that he fathered 533 children, decades earlier, through sperm donations. He donated to the sperm bank under the alias 'Starbuck' but now 142 of his biological children are suing to know his true identity. He asks his lawyer/father friend, Brett (Pratt), to help him with the case as he starts to get to know some of his kids (for the first time) and help them out with different issues.
The movie is a good Christmas film and has a great positive message about parenting and the love between fathers and their kids. Vaughn, like always, is extremely likable in the flick and makes a great down on his luck but lovable father figure. It's not nearly as funny as most Vince Vaughn films used to be though and he seems content to play the role mostly for it's sentimentality rather than trying for big laughs. Like I said it has a lot of heart and the drama, for the most part, works but it is just a little too sappy at times (especially for a Vince Vaughn movie). It's not a bad film but it's definitely not nearly as good as what most have come to expect from a Vince Vaughn laugh fest.
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Jammu, Jan 29 (PTI) Four people escaped unhurt when their car was hit by a landslide on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district Tuesday, officials said.
Jammu, Jan 29 (PTI) Four people escaped unhurt when their car was hit by a landslide on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district Tuesday, officials said. Also Read - Three Terrorists Killed in Jammu And Kashmir's Nagrota, One Policeman Injured
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Vogue presents India’s first ever magazine cover shot on a smartphone
In a first for the Indian market, fashion bible Vogue India presents the country's first magazine cover shot on a smartphone. The May 2018 cover sees Aditi Rao Hydari captured on the soon-to-be-launched OnePlus 6 by ace photographer Errikos Andreou. Styled by Vogue India's Fashion Director, Anaita Shroff Adajania, Hydari is seen in a striking spring-summer ensemble. Her picture-perfect features have been captured deftly by the smartphone.
Published: April 30, 2018 6:30 PM IST
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr 30 (Businesswire-India): In a first for the Indian market, fashion bible Vogue India presents the country’s first magazine cover shot on a smartphone. The May 2018 cover sees Aditi Rao Hydari captured on the soon-to-be-launched OnePlus 6 by ace photographer Errikos Andreou. Styled by Vogue India’s Fashion Director, Anaita Shroff Adajania, Hydari is seen in a striking spring-summer ensemble. Her picture-perfect features have been captured deftly by the smartphone. Also Read - Nora Fatehi is a Queen of Elegance and Grace in a Blush Pink Kaftan- See VIRAL Pics
Photographer Errikos Andreou said, “As professionals, we are used to having chunky heavy cameras to shoot for assignments. So, the biggest advantage of shooting with a smartphone is the convenient size of the device and the resulting ease of portability. Also, the phone monitor with its large resolution is a great guide for image taking. You are looking at the photo before you even take it.” Also Read - Nora Fatehi Oozes Arabian Vibe in Royal Looking Kaftan Dress And Rs 87k Pumps, See Pics
Andreou added, “For the cover shot, we opted for naturally lit photos, using bouncers to manipulate the light. The OnePlus 6 offers a ‘pro’ option of shooting in ‘raw’ which is a photo file with added information that allows you to modify images once they are captured and alter aspects like light, warmth, brightness, contrast, colour, etc; much like the file of a professional camera.” Also Read - Wait Over! Tesla Finally Enters India as it Registers Office in Bengaluru; Karnataka CM Tweets Welcome to Elon Musk
Cover star Aditi Rao Hydari said, “This cover proves how our phones are multitasking super machines. And it’s the first in India so congratulations to the amazing team of Vogue! I’m happy and excited to be a part of this special innovation.”
Alex Kuruvilla, Managing Director, Conde Nast India said, “We are a world obsessed with taking pictures and a smartphone being able to do justice to a cover shot is a great testament of the continual advancement of technology. Apart from being a first for the Indian market, this cover innovation is also a first for Vogue globally.” (Businesswire-India)
This is published unedited from the ANI feed.
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As Mercury Level Dips Further Across North India, Cold Wave Conditions Likely to Prevail in Delhi Over Next 4 days
The IMD also suggested that people stay indoors during the night in view of the cold conditions. In the national capital, moderate to dense fog is expected over the next four days, the IMD said.
Updated: December 23, 2020 12:01 AM IST
Edited by Rajashree Seal EmailFollow
Delhi also recorded eight cold wave days this December.
New Delhi: People across north India continued to shiver as cold wave conditions persisted and a further dip in mercury level was noticed. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cold wave conditions are likely to prevail in parts of Delhi over the next four days as the minimum temperature is expected to drop to three to four degrees Celsius. Also Read - 4 Flights to/From Delhi Airport Delayed, 1 Cancelled Due to Dense Fog & Zero Visibility
Earlier today, a blanket of dense fog enveloped isolated places in Uttar Pradesh where a 75-year-old woman even died allegedly due to the cold even as chilly weather conditions severely hit normal life in interior Odisha. Also Read - Dense Fog Engulfs Delhi-NCR; Trains, Flight Operations Likely to be Affected
In the national capital, moderate to dense fog is expected over the next four days, the IMD said. Also Read - Delhi Shocker: 13-Year-Old Boy Forced to Have Sex Change, Raped by 6 Men For Years, Case Filed
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a minimum of 5.3 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 23.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, the IMD said.
The observatory had recorded a minimum of 3.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the lowest this season so far. The minimum temperature had increased slightly to 5.5 degrees Celsius on Monday under the influence of a fresh Western Disturbance affecting the upper reaches of the Himalayas.
The maximum temperature settled at 23.5 degrees Celsius, two notches more than normal.
After the WD withdraws on Tuesday, the temperatures are expected to drop again, Mahesh Palawat, an expert at Skymet Weather, a private forecasting agency, said.
Dense fog and severe cold conditions prevailed at isolated places of Uttar Pradesh with Churk in Sonbhadra district being the coldest place in the state recording a low of 3.2 degrees Celsius.
Rukmini, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, died on Monday due to the extreme cold, her family members claimed.
The meteorological department has forecast cold conditions at isolated parts of Uttar Pradesh over the next few days.
Cold conditions prevailed in Kashmir too as the minimum temperature remained below the freezing point across the valley, even as the Met office said the weather is likely to remain dry and cold till the weekend when a spell of light to moderate snowfall is possible at widespread places.
The weather remained dry across Kashmir on the second day of ‘Chillai-Kalan’ — the 40-day harshest winter period when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum, officials said.
They said while the valley continued to reel under sub-zero night temperature, there was slight improvement in the mercury at a few places.
Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius down from the previous night’s minus 4 degrees Celsius, they said.
The mercury in Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir also went down from the previous night’s low of minus 4.6 degrees Celsius to settle at a low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius, the officials said.
‘Chillai-Kalan’ is considered the harshest winter period in Kashmir as a cold wave grips the region and the temperature drops considerably leading to the freezing of water bodies including the famous Dal Lake here as well as the water supply lines in several parts of the valley
The chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum during this period and most areas, especially in the higher reaches, receive heavy snowfall, the officials said.
Normal life in interior Odisha was severely hit as the mercury plummeted to 4 degrees Celsius at Phulbani in Kandhamal district making it the coldest place in the state.
The weather office has warned continuation of the cold wave to severe cold wave in five districts during the next 24 hours.
The night temperature at 13 places in the state dropped below 10 degree Celsius.
The IMD also suggested that people stay indoors during the night in view of the cold conditions.
Haryana and Punjab saw a slight rise in day temperatures, while Rajasthan recorded a marginal increase in night temperatures.
The day temperatures hovered one to two notches above normal at most places in Haryana and Punjab settling between 21-22 degrees Celsius.
As the minimum temperatures hovered below normal, Hisar in Haryana recorded a low of 3.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal limits, the meteorological department here said.
Ambala, Karnal and Narnaul, too, experienced a cold night recording respective lows of 4.9, 4.9 and 4.5 degrees Celsius.
Amritsar in Punjab braved a cold night recording a low of 3.8 degrees Celsius while Ludhiana registered a low of 3.6 degrees Celsius. Patiala’s minimum settled at 4 degrees Celsius.
Night temperatures marginally increased in parts of Rajasthan where Churu was the coldest place with a minimum temperature of 4 degrees Celsius.
Sikar, Pilani, Ganganagar, Bhilwara, Dabok and Chittorgarh recorded a minimum of 4.5 degrees Celsius, 4.9 degrees Celsius, 6.1 degrees Celsius, 6.4 degrees Celsius, 6.6 degrees Celsius and 6.9 degree Celsius, respectively.
The minimum temperature in Jaisalmer, Ajmer, Jaipur and Barmer settled at 8.5 degrees Celsius, 10.6 degrees Celsius, 11 degrees Celsius and 13.1 degrees Celsius, respectively, according to the Met department.
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CBI Raids 5 Locations in Delhi, Ghaziabad in Cheating Case of Meerut Medical College
A senior CBI official told IANS, "Multiple teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation agency is carrying out searches at four places in Delhi and one location in Ghaziabad.
Published: February 15, 2020 9:30 PM IST
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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out raids at multiple locations in the national capital and Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad in a cheating case of a Meerut medical college. Also Read - 4 Flights to/From Delhi Airport Delayed, 1 Cancelled Due to Dense Fog & Zero Visibility
A senior CBI official told IANS, “Multiple teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation agency is carrying out searches at four places in Delhi and one location in Ghaziabad. Also Read - Dense Fog Engulfs Delhi-NCR; Trains, Flight Operations Likely to be Affected
“These are residential and office premises of the accused.” The official said that the raids were carried out at the residence of private persons — Rakesh Tiwari, Raj Kumar Gupta, Vipon Agarwal and others. Also Read - Delhi Shocker: 13-Year-Old Boy Forced to Have Sex Change, Raped by 6 Men For Years, Case Filed
The agency has recovered several incriminating documents, the official said.
He claimed that the three accused hatched a conspiracy to take advantage of Sudhir Giri, Chairman of the Venkteshwara Medical College in Meerut, who is being probed by the CBI in a case registered in 2017.
The CBI has booked the three named and other unknown accused persons for criminal conspiracy and cheating.
(With agency inputs)
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DEWALT receives an evaluation service report with a CBC and CRC supplement that includes DSA and OSHPD evaluation
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ICC-ES offers report holders supplements under Title 24 of the California Building Standards Regulations
BREA, Calif. — The ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) issued DEWALT a new supplement to Evaluation Service Report 2024 (ESR-2024) for Power-Driven Fasteners, Ceiling Clip Assemblies and Sill Plate Anchorages. This supplement offers evidence of compliance to the amended provisions in the California Building Code (CBC) for occupancies under the Division of the State Architect (DSA) and California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) agencies, such as for new school and hospital construction.
The CBC and California Residential Code (CRC) are codes included in the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, to which all occupancies within the state are subject.
“This supplement is an added benefit because the power-actuated fastening products covered by our ESR now demonstrate compliance with requirements under the California Code of Regulations, Title 24,” said Mark Ziegler, Technical Director for Anchoring and Fastening Systems at DEWALT. “This allows us to quickly and effectively respond to customers and users in the California market with confidence that our products will be readily accepted by the regulatory authorities in that agency.”
“I am very proud to be a part of the development of this new program that further enhances our supplement offerings in California. The products evaluated to the California codes will benefit users and plan reviewers with projects under the DSA and OSHPD agencies,” said Vincent Chui, S.E., ICC-ES Assistant Regional Engineering Director.
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The ICJ Australia has prepared an Elder Law Proposal this year, with the assistance of long-time ICJA Member, Rodney Lewis, Solicitor. The proposal has been sent to State and Commonwealth governments for their consideration.
The paper presents a proposal for a new law addressing elder abuse in Australia in most of its manifestations. The discussion begins with the 2007 House of Representatives Standing Committee Report on Older People and the law, as regards financial elder abuse. That Committee’s report noted the lack of legislation aimed at addressing the abuse of Older People and nothing has changed in the 11 years since then. The issue of mandatory reporting is raised and a proposal is included in the draft Law. However, the final decision on whether or not to include it will be for policy makers. There is also a short discussion on some important terms and a quick look at other models.
The debate on the two paradigms for framing the elder abuse discussion namely, domestic violence and the care perspective is referenced. This proposal addresses elder abuse only from the perspective of someone who is vulnerable, which is both the qualifying and the aggravating factor, thus finding a discrete place and it is submitted, a gap in present legislation.
The proposed law has both criminal and civil outcomes and the former are designed to maximise opportunities especially for preserving relationships and providing redress and restitution.
An argument is mounted for the place in Australian law for an elder abuse statute which also criminalises the defined behaviour. The argument contests the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) conclusion in its 2017 Report on Elder Abuse that the present law is sufficient. A graphic attempt to demonstrate that a gap exists in the law in also included.
The proposed law is annexed to the paper and includes the proposed offences and the supporting proposal for civil claims, trial process and restorative justice.
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A systematic review of transferable solution options for the environmental impacts of tidal lagoons. Elliott et al. Marine Policy, 2019.
Environmental interactions of tidal lagoons: A comparison of industry perspectives. Elliott et al. Renewable Energy, 2018.
Re-creation of site-specific multi-directional waves with non-collinear current. Draycott et al. Ocean Engineering, 2018.
Dynamic mooring simulation with Code_Aster with application to a floating wind turbine. Antonutti et al. Ocean Engineering, 2018.
A model to map levelised cost of energy for wave energy projects. Frost et al. Ocean Engineering, 2018.
Offshore wind installation vessels - A comparative assessment for UK offshore rounds 1 and 2. Paterson et al. Ocean Engineering, 2018.
Reactive control of a two-body point absorber using reinforcement learning. Anderlini et al. Ocean Engineering, 2018.
Code comparison of a NREL-FAST model of the Levenmouth wind turbine with the GH bladed commissioning results. Serret et al. Proceedings of the ASME 37th international conference on ocean, offshore and arctic engineering, 2018.
A Review and Methodology Development for Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Offshore Fixed and Floating Wind turbine Power Converter with Digital Twin Technology Perspective. Sivalingam et al. Proceedings of 2018 2nd International Conference on Green Energy and Applications (ICGEA), 2018.
The impact of axial flow misalignment on a tidal turbine. Frost et al. Renewable Energy, 2017.
Testing the robustness of optimal access vessel fleet selection for operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms. Sperstad et al. Ocean Engineering, 2017.
Simulating Extreme Directional Wave Conditions. Draycott et al. Energies, 2017.
Exploring Marine Energy Potential in the UK Using a Whole Systems Modelling Approach. Stegman et al. Energies, 2017.
Reliability and O&M sensitivity analysis as a consequence of site specific characteristics for wave energy converters. Gray et al. Ocean Engineering, 2017.
Hydrodynamic analysis of a ducted, open centre tidal stream turbine using blade element momentum theory. Allsop et al. Ocean Engineering, 2017.
Characterisation of current and turbulence in the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility. Sutherland et al. Ocean Engineering, 2017.
Application of an offshore wind farm layout optimization methodology at Middelgrunden wind farm. Pillai et al. Ocean Engineering, 2017.
Hybrid, Multi-Megawatt HVDC Transformer Topology Comparison for Future Offshore Wind Farms. Smailes et al. Energies, 2017.
Design diagrams for wavelength discrepancy in tank testing with inconsistently scaled intermediate water depth. Noble et al. International Journal of Marine Energy, 2017.
Quantifying uncertainty in acoustic measurements of tidal flows using a 'Virtual' Doppler Current Profiler. Crossley et al. Ocean Engineering, 2017.
Reliability prediction for offshore renewable energy: data driven insights. Ewing et al. Proceedings of the ASME 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 2017.
An integrated data management approach for offshore wind turbine failure root cause analysis. Papatzimos et al. Proceedings of the ASME 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 2017.
Physics-based gearbox failure model for multi-MW offshore wind turbines. Sepulveda et al. Proceedings of the ASME 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 2017.
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Valerie Fortney Schneider Wins IFWTWA’s 2020 Excellence in Journalism Award
Every year, IFWTWA Regular members submit their best work to the Excellence in Journalism Award competition. In 2020, there were more entries than ever before, making it a very competitive award year. Once again, the Excellence in Journalism Award competition showed the professionalism and high journalistic standards of IFWTWA members. But only one entry can rise to the top and receive the award.
Valerie Fortney Schneider is the winner of the 2020 Excellence in Journalism Award for her story “Chasing Glamour and Grit in Unforgettable Naples,” published in International Living in September 2020.
Valerie skillfully sets the scene in her opening sentence: “Glamorous and gritty, beautiful and brash, there is nothing shy about Naples.” Throughout the article, she combines rich descriptions with practical details for the traveler, making this both an entertaining read and a functional guide that whisks you into hidden corners of vibrant, in-your-face Naples.
Valerie resides in Italy and is a freelance journalist and the Italy correspondent for International Living. For those interested in reading “Chasing Glamour and Grit in Unforgettable Naples,” the article is available to International Living members at https://members.internationalliving.com/articles/chasing-glamour-and-grit-in-unforgettable-naples-mag-09-2020/.
Valerie’s award includes a $500 cash prize, an award certificate, and promotion via press release, social media and the IFWTWA website.
Beginning January 1, 2021, the Excellence in Journalism Award is open for entries from Regular IFWTWA members until October 31, 2021. Go to https://ifwtwa.memberclicks.net/excellence-in-journalism for more information.
Please join me in congratulating Valerie on this remarkable achievement.
Valerie Fortney-Schneider returned to her roots in the southern Italy region of Basilicata where she is a freelance writer, professional genealogist and cappuccino addict. She selflessly samples local delicacies and tours hidden havens for the sake of writing. When not tapping away at her keyboard, she can be found sipping vino, participating in grape harvests, or shooting with breeze with her fellow paesani.
Valerie earned a degree in history from the University of New Mexico, and as a freelance writer combines her love of history with her extensive experience in the tourism industry to provide insightful, informative articles about life in Italy. (She has worked in the hospitality sector, and has past experience as a travel agent, as a corporate travel consultant, and travel agency marketing manager.)
She loves good food, especially regional cuisines, and the regional vintages that go with them.
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Danni started out in the VWH Pony Club, and in 2011 was selected to represent Great Britain at the Young Riders European Championships. Later that year Danni was a runner up in the British u21 Championships.
Danielle and Zocarla BLH, a 16.1hh bay mare by Hemmingway, have worked their way up the ranks from BE100 to being selected in 2013 to represent Great Britain at the Young Rider European Championships. In 2015 they won their first Medal, Team Silver at the Senior European 2* Championships.
Danni has trained with the legendary Andrew Nicholson which helped her step up to 3* level events and in 2016 took a 5th at Chatsworth CIC***, 7th at Bramham under 25 national championships CCI*** and 11th at Blenheim Palace CCI ***. This gained her the necessary qualifications to enter the world famous event – Badminton in 2017. Danni was selected to be a part of the Nations Cup team in Stretzgom, Poland where team GBR finished 2nd.
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In 2015 Holly won the CCI*** u25 section at Equi-Trek Bramham International riding DHI LUPISON earning her a call-up to the Senior Team GB Squad and was selected for the FEI Longines European Eventing Championship at Blair Castle, Scotland. Holly was also selected as part of the Team GBR for the FEI Nations Cup CICO3*** in Aachen, GERMANY.
During 2016 Holly and DHI LUPISON had numerous top five placings, at CIC*** all of which contributed to her being long listed for a possible place on the Olympic Team for Rio 2016.
2017 Holly, was selected to contest the FEI Nations Cup competing in the CICO3*** at Haras du Pin, FRANCE where the Team won the Silver Medal.
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Madison started her Eventing career as a young rider where she was very successful placing 2nd at the Young Riders 2 star at Bromont in Canada. Madison has produced all of her own horses from backing to go on and have multiple placings and wins, both in Eventing and Show Jumping.
2018 saw a fabulous double clear at Barbury 4* with a purely bred dressage horse. Madison bought her as a 5 year old and taken up the levels from BE100 to 4*. She was the top placed Canadian and finished at a great standing.
Madison is currently campaigning for Olympic selection for the Canadian team both Eventing and Show Jumping.
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Sam and his 3* horse Teldon started their partnership at Pony Club championship level, instantly bonded and progressed through the levels to international 3* level.
High lights include, finishing 7th in their first ever international event in the CCI* at Necarne Castle, wins at national junior and young rider level, 2nd in the YR CCI2* class at Tattersalls, representing Ireland in the FEI Young Rider European Eventing Championships, finishing 21st, completing 3* classes at Barbury, Hartpury, and Wellington .
Sam has trained with internationally recognised trainers from Niall Quirke, Konrad Cuglar, and Mark Kyle whom he first worked for in the U.K. More recently Sam has trained with Lucinda Green and Mark Todd and has been part of the MT Bridging the Gap training series.
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Review from Hallowed.se
Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, March 24, 2013 Under: Album reviews
From: Hallowed.se
One man bands from France seems to be the thing I have these days, just the other day it was Deathronic and now it is Netra. I think though that the similarities end there as Deathronic is a lot more conventional and Netra is nowadays Norwegian as the man behind it has moved to Norway and I suppose we can say hence the name of the second album. I would have to say that cover artworks is not something that is the thing of this man, both albums looks quite dull on the outside but when reading the info about the band you get a sense that there is much more excitement there than first meets the eye. “With influences ranging from the moodiest jazz music to black metal and trip-hop, netra has always been about challenging the listener's open-mindedness.” That is what you can read about this one man band when it is being sold by their underground label Hypnotic Dirge Records which is a Canadian label that you just have to love the name of. But what do I think about this album then? it does seem exciting at first glance (or second at least).
Well, musically it is a melting pot of different influences and musical styles, that much is correct from the description and trying to make a description that anyone can make heads or tales from is just pointless as the complexity of it is too difficult to describe in words. The mood is about “these horrible feelings, this underlying depression and boredom of city life” and that is more or less what you feel when listening to this album. The different musical elements all unite to convey this feeling and it is put together in such a way that it never feels incoherent or anything like that, and just that alone must be said to be an impressive feat. That is not all however, the production is quite strong with a good sound and it blends together all those many seemingly incompatible elements into one strong unit, there is a bit of underground in the sound though but not so much that it is really a problem for the songs or the album. Need I say that the variation of the album is quite large? I think you understood that and the album is a story in twelve chapters that plays for just over seventy minutes and seventy minutes is quite long in most albums but not so for this album.
I have to say that albums like this is why I endure all those crappy or generic or dull albums that can almost ruin one's day, albums like this that breaks off from convention and makes you sit up and take notice. I don’t think it rivals the absolute best albums of the year, there are some things that prevents that but it is still that sense of ideas and of thought that I think is so important in art. It is just that much more fun when someone threads down paths no one else wants to go, I wish more music did so I have to commend Netra for the exciting musical journey I have been granted with this album that quite well describes how I feel about city life. Fortunately I do not live in a city so I don’t have to endure that, but if I had this album would have been a good way to close myself in a bubble against that boring life outside this bubble. I should explain the reason for not saying this is amongst the absolute best while still praising it, and that is because I think the black metal parts are not that good and especially the growling thing sounds just bad to me but that is really the only thing that I don’t like with this album, even the extremely long playing time works for me in this album.
A word of caution is needed though as I must point out that this is an album that requires a listener that cares about listening to music and cares about music so all you silly people that bury your nose in the smartphone and just walk around having some music on in the background can forget about this album immediately as it needs you to really listen in order to unlock its greatness. In most regards a brilliant album where I think Wish She Could Vanish is my favourite song but I really like this album as it is something you don’t hear every day and as a seasoned reviewer I like that kind of thing. So if you are open minded and likes exciting music that doesn’t follow the established rules then you should really have a look at this album as it is great.
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Analyzing IU in the Red Zone
It seems like I've heard a lot of comments the last few days saying that IU was too predictable in its red zone offense Saturday against Michigan. Some blame head coach Bill Lynch. Some blame offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Some even blame quarterback Ben Chappell for lack of execution.
When you have to settle for four field goals in five red zone tries I can understand the frustration level from the IU Nation. It was exactly the reverse of the week before when the Hoosiers got in the red zone five times and scored four touchdowns at Akron. At the same time, sometimes you have to give the defense a little credit, too. I thought Michigan's D did a pretty good job whenever the Hoosiers would get close to the goal line.
But let's take a closer look at IU's chances and you can draw your own conclusions.
RED ZONE TRIP NO. 1:
The first time IU got into the red zone was in the first quarter after Chappell had hooked up with Tandon Doss on a 56 yard pass play. This gave the Hoosiers a first down at the 11. On the first play, Darius Willis went around the left side and dove into the endzone for a touchdown.
: Not much you can say on that one. It went about as smoothly as could be.
The second time came in the second quarter. IU had a first down at the Michigan 13. On the first play, Willis took a handoff over right tackle for no gain. On second and 10, Chappell threw a short pass to Max Demond and he gained 5 yards to the right to set up third and 5. On third down Chappell threw a short pass to Terrance Turner in the left flat but he got tripped up and could only manage 1 yard. Nick Freeland came in and kicked a 24-yard field goal.
I like getting the ball first to Willis. Perhaps he could have tried to run outside but they were doing OK on inside runs so the call doesn't bother me that much. The second down play was a nice short pass to Dedmond and he looked for a moment like he might gain more than 5 yards but got stopped at the 8. The third down pass it appeared that the first receiver wasn't open and Turner was at least the second option. He had the ball in the flat but got tripped up. The one thing with Chappell he doesn't try to force a lot of passes and he likely went with the safer option here.
RED ZONE TRIP NO. 3
: IU got the ball at the Michigan 29 with 7:05 to play following the interception by Nicholas Sliger. Chappell hit Doss for 26 yards on first down to give IU first and goal at the 3. On first down, Mitchell Evans took the snap at quarterback and ran to the left for no gain. On second down Chappell tried to hit Doss in the end zone but it was incomplete. On third down he tried a pass over the middle to Turner but that was incomplete, too,. Freeland came in and kicked a 20-yard field goal to put IU up 20-14 with 5:43 to play in the half.
: I think this is the one that most fans will agree that IU needed to get 7. You have a first and goal at the 3. I don't have a problem with them going to the Wild Mitch in that situation.. He had been effective in the few times he had been in there. But the first down play went nowhere. Now you've got a second down and he tried the lob to Doss but it wasn't a well thrown ball. On third down, he tried to get it inside to Turner but that fell incomplete, too. I don't think there's any question that IU's players and staff feel like this was an opportunity they let get away. Was it bad play calling? I don't think so. I would have like to have seen them try a power run or something with either Willis or Trea Burgess but that Sunday Morning Quarterback stuff. But there's no question that not getting 7 hurt in that situation.
IU has a first down at the Michigan 21 following the fumble recovery by Jammie Kirlew. On first down, Chappell hits Doss on a nice 16-yard gain to the 5 but Justin Pagan was called for holding which brought it back to the 31. On the new first down, Chappell threw a pass to the right intended for Doss that was incomplete. The second down play was a draw to McCray that resulted in a 1 yard gain. On third and 19 at the 30, Chappell hit Evans for 17 yards that set up an easy 30-yard field goal opportunity for Freeland.
I never saw the replay on the Pagan hold but I heard it was kind of a ticky tacky call. But those calls happen sometimes. What I noticed was that the flag was really late. You hate to see that but again it happens. The new first down pass to Doss was off target, and the defense did a nice job stopping the draw on second down. I don't think that was a conservative call as much as one where IU hoped to catch Michigan off guard. It didn't work but in other games over the weekend that I watched it worked a lot so it's hard to say. On third down Chappell and Evans almost get the first down with a 17 yard gain when they needed 19. Again, it doesn't seem to me like IU got conservative. You can argue the draw but again I don't think that was conservative in any way. If you run the ball three times there, that's another story.
Chappell completes an 18 yard pass to Dedmond to get the ball to the 14 midway through the third quarter. On first down, Burgess was stopped for a 1 yard loss. On second down, Chappell tried a short pass to the right intended for Doss that was incomplete. On third down, Chappell was forced out of the pocket and had to get rid of it. The intended receiver was listed as Turner. Freeland hit a 32-yard field goal.
I think of all of them this was the one where I thought IU could have been a little more creative. I like Burgess in certain situations but I think I would have liked Willis more in that one. On second down at the 15, I would have liked to have seen Chappell go for the end zone but that didn't happen. On third down, Michigan brought a lot of pressure and Chappell got flushed out of the pocket. I don't think there's much different that could have happened there. They could have had the draw in that situation but if that had been stuffed, that's when you would have heard the cries of the Hoosiers being too conservative.
So five trips and four field goals is the reality of Saturday's red zone production against Michigan.
Looking back, do you feel that IU could have been more creative or was it simply a case of lack of execution? I probably would lean toward the latter.
As always, I'm interested in your opinions on this one.
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Volume 7: Codices 601–654. The Meseret Sebhat Le-Ab Collection of Mekane Yesus Seminary, Addis Ababa
By Kesis Melaku Terefe, Steve Delamarter and Jeremy R. Brown (editors)
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The series Ethiopic Manuscripts, Texts, and Studies offers, in the first place, catalogues of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, whose purpose it is to digitize and catalogue collections of Ethiopic manuscripts in North America and around the world. Beyond this, though, the series offers a venue for monographs, revised dissertations, and texts that explore the rich historical, literary, and artistic traditions of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. From the Series Foreword
The Catalog of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project (EMIP), Volume 7, provides a full catalogue for the collection of fifty-four manuscripts in the Meseret Sebhat Le-Ab collection at Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. These include one late fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century manuscript of Jubilees and the Minor Prophets. Each catalogue entry is laid out in seven sections:
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Foreword: Ethiopian Manuscripts and Their Preservation / Richard Pankhurst
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Aläqa Meseret Sebhat Le-Ab: A Biography / Loren Bliese, Mehret-Ab Bereke and Walda Estifanos
The D?ggwa of St Yared and the Musical Manuscripts in the Collection / Ralph Lee
The Textual Character of Jubilees in Mekane Yesus Seminary 54 / Ted M. Erho
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Kesis Melaku Terefe served the church in Ethiopia for several years in various positions in Awasa (southern Ethiopia) and Harar (eastern Ethiopia). For the last nine years he has served as priest in the Virgin Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Los Angeles, California. He is in frequent demand, speaking in various churches through North America. He served as cataloguer of the Wolf Leslau collection of Ethiopian manuscripts at the Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA, and for the Robert Garrett Collection of Ethiopic manuscripts at the Princeton University Library.
Jeremy R. Brown works in the EMIP as director of digitisation and technology. In December of 2008 and January of 2009, he served on a digitisation team that worked in Ethiopia to digitise about 1,200 manuscripts. Between January and June 2010, he served as Director of Digitization and Conservation in the Endangered Archives Programme grant to digitise the collection at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Steve Delamarter is Professor of Old Testament at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Director of the EMIP, Chair of the Society of Biblical Literature's Consultation on the Ethiopic Bible and Literature, and Project Co-Director with Ato Demeke Berhane in the British Library Endangered Archives Programme project (#286) to digitise and catalog 5,749 items in the Manuscripts and Archives Department of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Delamarter is also head of the steering committee for the Textual History of the Ethiopic Old Testament (THEOT) Project.
Apart from Biblical and liturgical texts one finds there [in the book] theological treatises (such as the famous Qerellos), synaxaria and some hagiographies as well as a certain number of manuscripts with tradtional Ethiopian musical notation. The gem of the collection is however the fifteenth/sixteenth-century codex containing, among others, the Book of Jubilees. Marcin Krawczuk, in The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Vol XLIV, 2014
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Internship abroad: how about going to Ireland?
We could give you many reasons why doing an internship in Ireland would be beneficial to your career. However, students usually think of going to England and don’t consider Ireland as a prominent place to carry out an internship.
But Ireland has a lot to offer and we decided to give you a couple reasons to go on the island of Eire to do your internship abroad!
Nature and places of interest
You’re going abroad to gain a professional experience. But you’ll also have the opportunity to visit the country during your free time. Ireland is relatively small and has a solid transportation network. This means that every weekend is a potential escape to some part of the country! This is great as Ireland is literally filled with places of interest: to give you some hindsight, there are more than a hundred castles that await your visit!
Nature is also very present. Given the size of the country, there’ll always be an incredible place to visit for the weekend and it often won’t take you more than a couple hours to go there: the ring of Kerry, the Burren national park, the cliffs of Moher and many more!
The biggest companies in the world
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This is due to the fact that taxes in Ireland are very low for companies but that’s not the only point attracting these huge firms. They also know that Ireland has a very qualified workforce on which they can rely. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to learn from very skilled workers.
A fascinating culture
The Irish culture goes far beyond its borders. Which other country can brag about having its national day celebrated everywhere in the world?
But Ireland isn’t just Saint Patrick’s Day. There is much more to it: the country has its own language, its music is recognized and appreciated worldwide. It is also the country of many great writers that we strongly encourage you to read if you wish to improve your English (James Joyce, Bram Stoker, Thomas Kinsella).
We don’t feel the need to mention Guinness but rest assured that the “pub” is the true core of Irish social life and that’s probably where you will meet new people or just go to spend some quality time with your friends!
Unlike England which is not often celebrated for its food, we guarantee you will be surprised by the Irish cuisine. The island, thanks to its climate, is home to a thriving agriculture which produces vegetables and meat of outstanding quality.
You’ll have the opportunity to try the traditional dishes in pubs: Ireland has many dishes based on Bread (we recommend the Soda Bread!). You will also discover dishes revolving around seafood, meat and potatoes. Also, make sure to try the different stews!
Finally, we should mention the recent appearance of restaurants which aim at giving Irish food a modern twist. This is definitively a success as the country currently has 9 restaurants boasting a Michelin star!
We could go on with that list for ages but you probably already understood: Ireland is often overshadowed by England when it comes to carrying out an internship abroad. It’s a shame as this country is great for a first experience and we can assure you that once you’ve settled there, you won’t want to come back!
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What Are GAFAM Stocks?
GAFAM is an acronym for five popular U.S. tech stocks: Google (Alphabet), Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft.
GAFAM is quite close to, but nonetheless different than, the more popular FAANG acronym which collectively indicates U.S. technology stocks: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. In the latter, Netflix takes the place of Microsoft.
GAFAM is an acronym for the stocks of American technology companies: Google; Apple; Facebook; Amazon; and Microsoft.
FAANG stocks include much the same stocks, but replaces Microsoft with Netflix.
GAFAM is somewhat more focused on technology stocks than FAANG, since Netflix is considered a consumer services and media company.
Understanding GAFAM Stocks
While a lot of market indexes exist to collectively track the developments of a sector, there are a handful of companies that lead the pack in terms of sector influence. FAANG, GAFAM, and BATX are acronyms for influential companies that have a large impact on their sectors, and the market as a whole.
GAFAM is made up of Alphabet Inc.(GOOG), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Facebook Inc. (FB), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT). All five companies are listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
GAFAM Versus FAANG
Among the commonly used FAANG group of companies, Netflix is the only one belonging to the “consumer services” sector and “consumer electronics/video chains” sub-sector owing to its media content business, while the other four belong to the “technology” sector.
The term GAFAM was coined to replace Netflix with Microsoft in the list, making it a group of more technology-focused companies.
While Amazon is also classified under the “consumer services” sector and “catalog/specialty distribution” subsector, it also has its cloud hosting business and Amazon Web Services (AWS), which make it a significant contributor to the technology space.
Essentially, GAFAM represents the U.S.'s technology leaders whose products span mobile and desktop systems, hosting services, online operations, and software products.
The five GAFAM companies have a joint market capitalization of around $4.5 trillion and are all within the top 10 companies in the US according to market capitalization as of March 31, 2020.
Among GAFAM stocks, the oldest company to list on the stock exchange is Apple which had its initial public offering (IPO) in 1980, followed by Microsoft in 1986, Amazon in 1997, Google in 2004, and Facebook in 2012.
Example How GAFAM Is Used in the Real World
Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft are big players in the technology space.
Many investors believe that if these stocks are doing well, the entire sector likely is as well. In a way, these stocks act like an index for the technology sector.
Heading into early 2020, the Nasdaq 100 index was rising. GAFAM stocks were also rising. Facebook was the first one to break lower, peaking in late January 2020. The other GAFAM stocks and the Nasdaq 100 continued to advance.
Nasdaq 100 Versus GAFAM Stocks. TradingView
Apple put in its peak on Feb. 12, Microsoft on Feb. 10. The Nasdaq put in its peak on February 19. Therefore, by the time the Nasdaq peaked, three of the five GAFAM stocks were already heading lower. Google and Amazon peaked on the same day as the Nasdaq (closing price basis).
Monitoring the GAFAM stocks may have alerted investors that the technology sector was weakening, even though the Nasdaq 100 was still rising. That said, GAFAM stocks are not always a reliable indicator of what the sector will do.
FAAMG Stocks
FAAMG is an abbreviation coined by Goldman Sachs for five of the top-performing tech stocks in the market, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google.
BATX Stocks
BATX stocks refer to the stocks of four of the Chinese technology giants: Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi
FANG Stocks Definition
In finance, the acronym "FANG" refers to the stocks of four prominent American technology companies: Facebook (F), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and Google (GOOG).
CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa)
CIVETS is an investing acronym for Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa, nations seen as rising emerging markets in the late 2000s.
Story Stock
A story stock is a stock that is trading markedly higher on optimistic expectations about its potential profits.
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Dartford care worker celebrated in ‘Caring in Covid’ book
“We are incredibly proud of Stevie and what she has achieved, going above and beyond her day-to-day duties to support residents when they needed it most."
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Stevie Housley raised funds by dying her hair and brightening up peoples days
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Stevie Housley, an activities coordinator at Gardenia House care home, Dartford, Kent run by National Charity, Ambient Support, is featured in a new book celebrating the UK’s ‘caring heroes’.
Care providers across the country have played a vital role throughout the coronavirus pandemic, caring for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.
The National Care Forum (NCF), the leading membership association for not-for-profit social care providers, bore witness to incredible acts from its members and decided to record and celebrate their response to the outbreak and ensuing restrictions by bringing together a collection of wonderful stories in a 'Caring in Covid' book.
Stevie raised an astonishing £1,350 dying her hair waist-long hair all of the colours of the rainbow- the money went to improving the lives of the residents she supports at Gardenia House, a community based, purpose-built care home in Dartford.
CEO of Ambient Support, Mark Milton, says: “We are incredibly proud of Stevie and what she has achieved, going above and beyond her day-to-day duties to support residents when they needed it most.
"To be recognised in this wonderful book is truly deserved.
“Ambient Support has three stories included in the book which is testament to the ongoing hard work that is being done across the entire charity.
“Our care providers’ stoicism and courage are truly commendable and inspiring. We are extremely proud of each and every person in our team.”
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"This book is more than just a nod to social history, it demonstrates how people’s lives are enriched by the role of those working in the care sector through their creativity, dedication and passion, and through their many skills and talents.”
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The fight to save Bewleys: FitzGerald versus Bruton
How a former taoiseach’s efforts to save the Dublin cafe chain led to a row with a minister
Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 01:08
Harry McGee
John Bruton, seen here with taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, warned of “serious emerging excesses”. Photograph: Pat Langan
Garret FitzGerald’s unilateral intervention as taoiseach in 1986 to save the Bewley’s chain of cafes in Dublin led to a major row with his minister for finance John Bruton.
When it seemed the family-controlled group which ran the famous cafes in Dublin city centre was on the verge of collapse, the Fine Gael leader stepped in to announce the possibility of a state agency taking over operations.
In a government statement, FitzGerald said he would be interested in seeing if “Bewleys can be maintained as part of essential character and atmosphere of Dublin”.
Bewley’s, which was founded and still run by a prominent Dublin Quaker family, was then 146 years in existence.
FitzGerald asked the catering training agency CERT, and the then state-owned Great Southern Hotel Group to look into the possibility of rescuing the indebted company.
Good old fashioned debate in Bewleys in 1980 Photograph: Peter Thursfield
But the initiative quickly ran foul of then minister for finance John Bruton who had been left in the dark about the development.
In a series of letters to the taoiseach written in May and June that year, he complained that he had not been informed. Bruton was also worried about the amount of money that might be involved, expressed concern about the impact a state bailout for one company would have for competitors in the catering sector, and argued that other forms of rescue for Bewley’s had not been exhausted.
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“Neither I nor my department was informed of the background,” he wrote on May 30th. “My department was put in a position of trying to establish what was involved, its feasibility and acceptability after the press has reported, to quote The Irish Times headline, ‘Government steps in to save Bewleys’.
“I am, of course, at all times ready to discuss possible future issues. But I should not be asked to agree to proposals on such matters before I have had the opportunity properly to consider them.”
In the succeeding weeks, it emerged that Bewley’s might have debts of up to £4 million including £1 million owed to the Revenue Commissioners. It also became known that at the time of the intervention, another bakery and cafe group, Kylemore, had been in discussions with Bewley’s with a view to buying the company.
This is a very significant amount of money to consider committed out of public funds to save a private company
In mid-June June, Bruton wrote to the taoiseach to say he had met Brian Hogan of Kylemore. He told the minister that government help for Bewley’s would constitute unfair competition for Kylemore and others in the confectionary business. Bruton said he could not disagree.
“[Mr Hogan mentioned] that Kylemore had been close to buying out Bewley’s when the possibility of government assistance became known publicly.
“You will appreciate that I would find it difficult to go along with committing tax-payers’ money to Bewley’s in any circumstances but particularly so in circumstances where all possibilities of a private sector initiative had not been exhausted.”
He added that, even at a cost of £1 million, a government rescue of the company would be very difficult to defend. Officials made clear the neither CERT nor Great Southern Hotels were interested in taking over Bewley’s.
Bewleys Cafe on Grafton Street, Dublin on November 11th, 2017 Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
‘Positive and effective interest’
“This is a very significant amount of money to consider committed out of public funds to save a private company no matter how historic or praiseworthy the operation might be,” wrote minister for labour Ruairí Quinn, who had responsibility for CERT.
In correspondence, FitzGerald suggested the government should not be a majority shareholder as it would increase the expectations of further financial injections. He said CERT and Great Southern Hotels could second people with management expertise on a fee basis to help Bewley’s recover.
Following the discovery that not all commercial options had been exhausted, officials from the taoiseach’s department wrote to dozens of catering and hotel companies to inform them that the taoiseach’s intervention did not preclude any private business from making an offer to take over the stricken company.
In the event, Campbell Catering took over Bewley’s at the end of 1986. Its chief executive Patrick Campbell wrote to FitzGerald thanking him for the “very positive and effective interest you took in the solution to the problems”.
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