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Edgar Albert Tom HallAge: 83 years1883–1966
Edgar Albert Tom Hall
Edgar Albert Tom
Birth May 5, 1883
Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia
Marriage Jane Elizabeth “Jean” Goudie — View this family
Yarraville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Note: The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - Mon 21 Feb 1910 - Page 1 - Family Notices
The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) - Mon 21 Feb 1910 - Page 1 - Family Notices https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196077435 HALL-GOUDIE.—On the 16th December, 1909, at Presbyterian Church, Yarraville, by the Rev. W. R. Byers, Edgar, youngest son of Thomas Hall, of Loch, to Jean, daughter of Alexander Goudie, of Yarraville.
Death June 21, 1966 (Age 83 years)
Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Family with Jane Elizabeth “Jean” Goudie - View this family
Jane Elizabeth “Jean” Goudie
Nancy Jean Hall
Dorothy Mary Hall
Keith Edgar Hall
Birth: May 5, 1883 — Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia
Death: June 21, 1966 — Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Birth: 1883 36 26 — Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death: May 7, 1943 — Woodleigh (Loch), Victoria, Australia
Marriage: December 16, 1909 — Yarraville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Vernon Roy Percival Milligan
Birth: November 2, 1910 27 27 — Yarraville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death: February 22, 1978 — Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Clarence Seebach
Birth: January 4, 1912 28 29 — Woodleigh, Victoria, Australia
Death: July 10, 1977 — Victoria, Australia
Birth: August 25, 1922 39 39 — Australia
Death: October 1, 2007 — Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia
Family with Jane Elizabeth “Jean” Goudie
Alexander Campbell Goudie
Agnes May Campbell
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Edgar Albert Tom Hall(1883–1966)
Jane Elizabeth “Jean” Goudie1909
Nancy Jean Hall(1910–1978)
Dorothy Mary Hall(1912–1977)
Keith Edgar Hall(1922–2007)
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Notre Dame Cathedral on fire...
by mikeflood 10 Replies latest social current
mikeflood
Kind sad watch such historic building on flames.
I hope it will restored.....
It IS sad. What an architectural feat that thing is! I hope the damage is minimal.
Yeah, awful to watch.
We watched a documentary about the Windsor Castle fire - it was amazing seeing the original, the devastation of the fire and then the restored version.
Some skills have been lost but not all, and people were able to rediscover and recreate the old effects.
Lost of old monuments and buildings suffered catastrophic damage during WWII but were restored too.
Sounds like the main structure is intact, the rest can be replaced.
Tameria2001
They said on the news that the French government is going to restore it. I really hope they do, because it will be a slap in the face of whoever took glee in this.
I found this to be reassuring:
http://johannesviii.tumblr.com/post/184208321259/jonphaedrus-notre-dame-is-burning-this-is-ok
the roof has fallen in. the scars of fires are on its buttresses. the rose window has fallen out. the beams and piers have collapsed. the spire has toppled. the stones have suffered, and will suffer again, but it is not gone.
renovation work is essential. sometimes things collapse and burn and break and have to come back. it’s not a terrorist attack, it’s renovation, an accident, but we have so much evidence, history, carefully documented everything on one of the most studied places in the world.
it’s not the end.
LoveUniHateExams
How did the fire start?
punkofnice
Catholic? The Vatican can afford to restore it out of their small change.
Still Totally ADD
I understand it was 1069 when they started to build this church. Simon is right about alot of knowlege has been lost through the years on building technics of times past. It survived two world wars but not a common fire. So sad. Still Totally ADD
snugglebunny
I had a hunch this might happen.
Half banana
Talking of hunches, I hope Quasimodo got out in time.
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Theft, burglary
• On Dec. 14 in the 2800 block of 142nd Lane NW a license plate was stolen from a vehicle.
• On Dec. 16 in the 15700 block of Yellow Pine Street NW two unlocked vehicles were rummaged through.
• On Dec. 17 in the 14300 block of Tamarack Street NW the contents of a package was stolen.
• On Dec. 14 in the 3500 block of 152nd Avenue NW a yard was damaged by a vehicle driving through it overnight.
• On Dec. 17 in the 13400 block of Country Parkway C NW a portable toilet at a park was vandalized.
• On Dec. 16 near the intersection of Hanson Boulevard and Andover Boulevard NW a driver was charged with third-degree DWI and arrested with .271 blood alcohol content.
• On Dec. 7 in the 0 block of Pleasant Street a burglary was reported.
• On Dec. 8 in the 2900 block of Verndale Avenue a package was stolen.
• On Dec. 13 in the 2300 block of Fourth Avenue a Christmas projector was stolen overnight.
• On Dec. 10 in the 300 block of Coolidge Street a blue line flag was burned.
• On Dec. 8 in the 800 block of West Garfield Street a woman was arrested on domestic assault charges.
• On Dec. 12 in the 2700 block of 11th Avenue officers responded to an assault report and took a woman into custody.
• On Dec. 12 near the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Van Buren Street a 40-year-old man was arrested for DWI charges.
• On Dec. 13 near the intersection of Ferry Street and Benton Street a two-vehicle personal injury crash occurred. One driver was unresponsive and transported to North Memorial Hospital. All passengers were transported to Mercy Hospital
• On Dec. 11 in the 10100 block of Lever Street NE there was a delayed report of a catalytic converter that was stolen from a vehicle resulting in property damage.
• On Dec. 11 in the 8800 block of Xylite Street NE a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle.
• On Dec. 11 in the 9900 block of Jackson Street NE a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle.
• On Dec. 11 in the 9300 block of Central Avenue NE a vehicle was stolen while it was running with the keys inside.
• On Dec. 11 in the 10800 block of Town Square Drive NE an adult female was reported to Blaine police officers to be in custody after she was involved in fraud against a Blaine resident.
• On Dec. 11 in the 10200 block of Lexington Avenue NE a woman reported the theft of her belongings and requested a ride from Blaine police officers.
• On Dec. 12 in the 10800 block of University Avenue NE a vehicle was stolen.
• On Dec. 12 in the 600 block of County Road 10 NE an individual was arrested for a possible theft from a store and for having an outstanding warrant.
• On Dec. 12 in the 11400 block of Goodhue Street NE a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 12 in the 300 block of Northtown Drive NE a purse was stolen from inside a vehicle that was accessed through a broken out window.
• On Dec. 12 in the 12300 block of Oak Park Boulevard NE a vehicle was stolen.
• On Dec. 12 in the 800 block of 101st Avenue NE two propane tanks were stolen.
• On Dec. 13 in the 4600 block of 130th Lane NE there was a burglary of a model home.
• On Dec. 14 in the 11500 block of Polk Street NE there was a theft.
• On Dec. 14 in the 1200 block of 89th Avenue NE there was a theft from a vehicle that was entered through a broken out window.
• On Dec. 14 in the 8500 block of Yalta Street NE mail was stolen.
• On Dec. 14 in the 11800 block of Aberdeen Street NE a purse was stolen from inside a vehicle that was entered through a damaged window.
• On Dec. 15 in the 1600 block of 93rd Lane NE there was a theft from a vehicle that was entered through a broken window.
• On Dec. 16 in the 10200 block of Lexington Avenue NE there was a delayed report of a theft.
• On Dec. 17 in the 300 block of Pleasure Creek Drive NE jewelry was stolen.
• On Dec. 11 at the intersection of Central Avenue NE and 99th Avenue NE an individual was arrested for being involved in a hit-and-run crash.
• On Dec. 13 in the 9900 block of Polk Street NE a vehicle was damaged after it was tampered with.
• On Dec. 14 at the intersection of North Lake Boulevard NE and 123rd Lane NE there was a report of a leaking fire hydrant.
• On Dec. 14 at the intersection of Interstate 35W and 85th Avenue NE there was a grass fire along Interstate 35W.
• On Dec. 14 in the 12400 block of Aberdeen Street NE a piece of a fire escape door was reported missing.
• On Dec. 15 at the intersection of Central Avenue NE and Cloud Drive NE Blaine police officers assisted the Minnesota State Patrol with a crash that resulted in injuries.
• On Dec. 17 at the intersection of 95th Avenue NE and Hamline Avenue NE there was a grass fire.
• On Dec. 17 in the 11100 block of Sunset Avenue NE a fire occurred in a small building on a property. There were no injuries.
• On Dec. 11 in the 100 block of Northtown Drive NE Blaine police officers assisted the Metro Transit Police Department with detaining an assault suspect.
• On Dec. 12 in the 13000 block of Leyte Circle NE a man was arrested for a second-degree assault, for making terroristic threats and negligent storage of a firearm that a child could access after he brandished a firearm at a woman and yelled at her.
• On Dec. 13 in the 700 block of 113th Avenue NE there was a delayed report of a fight.
• On Dec. 13 in the 9200 block of Seventh Street NE an assault occurred.
• On Dec. 11 in the 6500 block of Georgia Avenue North in Brooklyn Park, Blaine police officers assisted the Brooklyn Park Police Department with creating a perimeter after Brooklyn Park Police Officer Andrew McComb was shot in the hip during a domestic disturbance where a woman reported the father of her children, Tyrice Laws, 38, of Crystal, whom she had an order of protection against, was at her home and demanding to see his children. The woman and her children were not home at the time. Laws was charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, violating an order for protection and possession of a firearm while subject to an order for protection. McComb has since recovered.
• On Dec. 15 in the 600 block of 88th Avenue NE a man collapsed, stopped breathing and died.
• On Dec. 8 in the 3700 block of Huset Parkway NE a storage unit was burglarized.
• On Dec. 8 at the intersection of Central Avenue NE and 42nd Avenue NE a vehicle was stolen.
• On Dec. 9 in the 4100 block of Fifth Street NE mail was stolen.
• On Dec. 9 in the 4000 block of Central Avenue NE a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 9 in the 900 block of 45th Avenue NE in Hilltop a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 10 in the 2100 block of Highland Place NE there was a theft from a vehicle.
• On Dec. 10 in the 4200 block of Second Street NE a vehicle was stolen.
• On Dec. 11 in the 3700 block of Huset Parkway NE there was a theft from a vehicle.
• On Dec. 11 in the 5000 block of Central Avenue NE a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 11 in the 5700 block of East River Road NE there was a third-degree burglary and a theft from a vehicle.
• On Dec. 13 in the 4000 block of Central Avenue NE a burglary occurred.
• On Dec. 13 in the 3800 block of Central Avenue NE a vehicle was stolen.
• On Dec. 8 at the intersection of 44th Avenue NE and Fourth Street NE vandalism was reported.
• On Dec. 9 in the 5000 block of Fifth Street NE vandalism was reported.
• On Dec. 10 in the 3800 block of Reservoir Boulevard NE vandalism was reported.
• On Dec. 12 in the 4200 block of Main Street NE property was damaged.
• On Dec. 14 in the 3900 block of Central Avenue NE vandalism was reported.
• On Dec. 11 in the 4600 block of Tyler Street NE a male was arrested for a domestic assault, for violating an order for protection, having outstanding warrants and for giving police officers a false name.
DWI, drugs
• On Dec. 12 at the intersection of Jefferson Street NE and 46th Avenue NE a Hilltop male was arrested for a fourth-degree DWI and for driving after suspension.
• On Dec. 12 at the intersection of 40th Avenue NE and Jackson Street NE a Columbia Heights male was arrested for a DWI.
• On Dec. 10 in the 300 block of 99th Avenue NW a theft from a motor vehicle occurred.
• On Dec. 10 in the 11000 block of Bittersweet Street NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 11 in the 11400 block of Gladiola Street NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 11 in the 11300 block of Foley Boulevard NW a robbery occurred.
• On Dec. 11 in the 12800 block of Yellow Pine Street NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 11 in the 8600 block of Springbrook Drive NW a bicycle was stolen.
• On Dec. 11 in the 2700 block of Coon Rapids Boulevard NW a theft from a motor vehicle occurred.
• On Dec. 11 in the 9900 block of Bluebird Street NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 12 in the 10800 block of Thrush Street NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 12 in the 11200 block of Swallow Street NW a robbery occurred.
• On Dec. 12 in the 3400 block of 124th Avenue NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 13 in the 10000 block of Drake Street NW a theft from a motor vehicle occurred.
• On Dec. 13 in the 12700 block of Riverdale Boulevard NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 14 in the 3000 block of Main Street NW a vehicle was stolen.
• On Dec. 14 in the 1300 block of Riverdale Drive NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 14 in the 2700 block of Main Street NW a theft from a motor vehicle occurred.
• On Dec. 15 in the 2600 block of 121st Avenue NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 16 in the 1500 block of Coon Rapids Boulevard NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 16 in the 13000 block of Riverdale Drive NW a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 12 in the 9200 block of University Avenue NW an assault occurred.
• On Dec. 13 in the 11100 block of Hanson Boulevard NW a burglary involving an assault occurred.
• On Dec. 16 in the 1000 block of 124th Circle NW a domestic assault occurred.
• On Dec. 16 in the 3000 block of Main Street NW a motorist was charged with third-degree DWI.
• On Dec. 16 near the intersection of Highway 10 NW and Hanson Boulevard NW a motorist was charged with third-degree DWI.
• On Dec. 14 near the intersection of Highway 65 and 221st Avenue NE an air compressor was stolen from a business.
• On Dec. 14 in the 4200 block of 229th Avenue NE mail was stolen.
• On Dec. 17 in the 18400 block of Vermillion Street NE a van was reported in the area stealing packages.
• On Dec. 15 in the 24300 block of Highway 65 NE a man was arrested on domestic assault charges.
• On Dec. 9 in the 6700 block of Channel Road NE there was a theft from a vehicle that was parked in a driveway.
• On Dec. 9 in the 6200 block of University Avenue NE a purse was stolen.
• On Dec. 9 in the 7100 block of Highway 65 NE a vehicle was stolen.
• On Dec. 10 in the 200 block of 57th Avenue NE a theft was reported.
• On Dec. 10 in the 5600 block of Seventh Street NE a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 10 in the 1000 block of Rice Creek Terrace NE a vehicle was stolen.
• On Dec. 11 in the 200 block of 57th Avenue NE a woman’s wallet was stolen from her purse by a male and female while she was shopping at a grocery store.
• On Dec. 11 in the 7400 block of University Avenue NE a license plate was stolen from a vehicle while it was parked on the roadway.
• On Dec. 12 in the 5400 block of Meister Road NE an individual’s male acquaintance stole their vehicle. The male was later located in the vehicle and the vehicle was recovered. The victim decided to not press charges against the male.
• On Dec. 12 in the 4600 block of Taylor Street NE mail was stolen.
• On Dec. 13 at the intersection of 68th Avenue NE and Pandora Drive NE a stolen vehicle out of Brooklyn Center was recovered.
• On Dec. 13 in the 7200 block of Highway 65 NE cigarettes were stolen during a burglary at a business.
• On Dec. 14 in the 1000 block of East Moore Lake Drive NE a wallet was stolen and the credit cards were used at a nearby store.
• On Dec. 14 in the 5700 block of Central Avenue NE there was a theft from a vehicle.
• On Dec. 15 in the 100 block of 83rd Avenue NE power and hand tools were stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked in front of an apartment complex building.
• On Dec. 15 in the 5600 block of Hackmann Avenue NE two individuals were arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm with the serial number removed, possession with intent to distribute, felony of marijuana possession and/or obstruction with force when two suspects in a stolen vehicle were pulled over and one suspect fought with police officers and allegedly swallowed narcotics during the fight and had to be taking to a hospital.
• On Dec. 9 in the 800 block of Mississippi Street NE a fire occurred.
• On Dec. 9 in the 8200 block of Main Street NE a male punched a lock on a vehicle, which resulted in property damage.
• On Dec. 11 in the 5600 block of Fourth Street NE a fire occurred.
• On Dec. 12 in the 5800 block of Stinson Boulevard NE property was damaged.
• On Dec. 12 at the intersection of University Avenue NE and Mississippi Street NE two vehicles were involved in a crash. Both drivers were transported to a hospital to be treated for injuries and both vehicles were towed from the scene.
• On Dec. 13 in the 1000 block of 64th Avenue NE a fire occurred.
• On Dec. 13 in the 1500 block of 68th Avenue NE a vehicle was vandalized while it was parked in the driveway of a residence.
• On Dec. 14 in the 800 block of Osborne Road NE a crash occurred while a male was transported to a hospital for hip and shoulder pain.
• On Dec. 10 in the 5600 block of Polk Street NE a male was arrested for a domestic assault against a female.
• On Dec. 9 in the 7000 block of University Avenue NE an officer located a small amount of an unknown substance that was believed to be narcotics. The suspected narcotics were placed into evidence to be destroyed.
• On Dec. 10 at the intersection of University Avenue NE and 73rd Avenue NE a driver was arrested for a fourth-degree DWI after being involved in a hit-and-run crash.
• On Dec. 14 in the 5800 block of East River Road NE a driver was arrested for a third-degree DWI after being involved in a crash.
• On Dec. 11 in the 6500 block of Georgia Avenue North in Brooklyn Park, Fridley police officers assisted the Brooklyn Park Police Department with creating a perimeter after Brooklyn Park Police Officer Andrew McComb was shot in the hip during a domestic disturbance where a woman reported the father of her children, Tyrice Laws, 38, of Crystal, whom she had an order of protection against, was at her home and demanding to see his children. The woman and her children were not home at the time. Laws was charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, violating an order for protection and possession of a firearm while subject to an order for protection. McComb has since recovered.
• On Dec. 12 at the intersection of 53rd Avenue NE and Fourth Street NE an alert has been put out for a vehicle for a felony for fleeing police officers during an attempted traffic stop for an equipment violation.
• On Dec. 13 in the 4900 block of Third Street NE a male was arrested for possession of a loaded uncased rifle and for carrying a dangerous weapon.
• On Dec. 15 in the 500 block of Osborne Road NE a bomb threat was made. The threat was deemed not to be credible.
• On Dec. 13 in the 16400 block of University Avenue NE the back window of a vehicle was smashed.
• On Dec. 16 in the 18700 block of Cleary Road NW burglars ransacked a home.
• On Dec. 17 in the 20000 block of Nightingale Street NW a $650 loss was reported from a puppy scam involving Cratel Cockapoos.
• On Dec. 3 in the 6900 block of 147th Avenue NW a license plate was stolen from a vehicle.
• On Nov. 27 in the 7000 block of 147th Lane NW a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle.
• On Nov. 27 in the 5900 block of 142nd Avenue NW a catalytic converter was stolen off a vehicle.
• On Dec. 1 in the 16300 block of Quicksilver Street NW a man was arrested on third-degree DWI charges.
• On Dec. 13 in the 22700 block of Vintage Street NW rings, hover boards and a doll were stolen.
• On Dec. 13 in the 23100 block of St. Francis Boulevard NW groceries were stolen.
• On Dec. 15 in the 3600 block of 232nd Court NW property was damaged.
• On Dec. 12 in the 22900 block of St. Francis Boulevard NW a Christmas decoration at a day care was damaged.
• On Dec. 13 in the 3600 block of 232nd Court NW a vehicle window was broken.
• On Dec. 11 in the 300 block of Wyldwood Lane NE there was a theft from a vehicle.
• On Dec. 14 in the 8400 block of Center Drive NE a theft occurred.
• On Dec. 15 in the 8400 block of Cottagewood Terrace NE mail was stolen.
• On Dec. 16 in the 8000 block of Central Avenue NE a license plate was stolen.
• On Dec. 11 in the 7800 block of University Avenue NE a fire started from a grill placed too close to a building.
• On Dec. 12 in the 8000 block of Central Avenue NE there was a water main break.
• On Dec. 15 in the 8200 block of Middletown Road NE drugs were found.
• On Dec. 16 in the 1300 block of 81st Avenue NE an abuse report was submitted to the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center.
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Willie Doherty, Where / Dove, 2020, (video still) two screen installation, colour, stereo sound, duration 15 minutes
Willie Doherty, ENDLESS, 2020, Single Screen Video Installation, 4K Video, Black and White, Stereo Sound, 13 minutes
Willie Doherty, ENDLESS I, 2020, diptych: pigment print on Hahnemūhle Photo Rag 308gsm, 100% Cotton, white, acid free, framed, edition of 3, 50 x 66.6 cm / 19.7 x 26.2 in each unframed, 52 x 68.6 x 3 cm / 20.5 x 27 x 1.2 in each framed
Willie Doherty, LABYRINTH OF LIES, 2020, Inkjet print on reverse of 160gsm acid free paper, edition of 6, 21 x 29.7 cm unframed / 8.3 x 11.7 in unframed
(Where the Roads Between Derry and Donegal Cross The Border)
diptych: framed pigment prints
62 x 160 cm / 24.4 x 63 in each unframed
64 x 162 cm / 25.2 x 63.8 in each framed
Ashen, Restless 2018
quadriptych, framed pigment print mounted on Dibond, edition of 3
66.7 x 100 cm / 26.3 x 39.4 in each unframed
68 x 101.1 x 3.5 cm / 26.8 x 39.8 x 1.4 in each framed
Aynadamar, The Fountain of Tears, (I) / Aynadamar, La Fuente de las Lágrimas (1) 2018
framed pigment print mounted on Dibond, edition of 3
106.6 x 159.8 cm / 42 x 62.9 in unframed size
Aynadamar, The Fountain of Tears, (II) / Aynadamar, La Fuente de las Lágrimas (II) 2018
Willie Doherty,
Dreams of Security, Dreams of Infiltration, 2018,
diptych, framed pigment print mounted on Dibond,
106.6 x 159.8 cm each / 42 x 62.9 in each unframed
107.5 x 160.5 cm each / 42.3 x 63.2 in each framed
Willie Doherty, Dreams of Longing, Dreams of Regret, 2017, five framed pigment prints mounted on Dibond, edition of 3, 66.7 x 100 cm image size / 68.2 x 102.2 cm framed size
Dreams of Renewal, Dreams of Annihilation 2017
triptych, framed pigment prints mounted on dibond
121.6 x 419.6 cm / 47.87 x 165.19 in
Willie Doherty, Ghost Walk II, 2016, pigment print mounted on aluminium framed, edition of 3, 106.6 x 159.8 cm image size
Willie Doherty, Loose Ends, 2016, 2 channel HD video, 18 minutes
Willie Doherty, Loose Ends V, 2016, diptych, pigment prints mounted on Dibond, framed, 107.6 x 161 cm / 42.4 x 63.4 in image size
Willie Doherty, Loose Ends VI, 2016, diptych, pigment prints mounted on Dibond, framed, 107.6 x 161 cm / 42.4 x 63.4 in image size
Willie Doherty, Loose Ends II, 2016, diptych, pigment prints mounted on dibond, framed, 107.6 x 161 cm / 42.4 x 63.4 in image size, 111 x 164.5 x 5 cm / 43.7 x 64.8 x 2 in framed size
Willie Doherty, Loose Ends I, 2016, diptych, pigment prints mounted on dibond, framed, 107.6 x 161 cm / 42.4 x 63.4 in image size, 111 x 164.5 x 5 cm / 43.7 x 64.8 x 2 in framed size
Facility 2016
2 works each pigment print mounted on aluminium framed
106.6 x 159.8 cm / 42 x 62.9 in
71.2 x 106.6 cm / 28 x 42 in
Damage II
C-Type colour photograph
70 x 46.5cm / 27.6 x 18.3 in
Damage III
Remains (Along the Wall)
c-print mounted on aluminium (edition of 3)
120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in
Remains (Kneecapping behind Creggan Shops)
c-print mounted on aluminium
video installation, HD video projector, Blu-Ray player, stereo amplifier, two speakers, colour and sound
Duration 20 minutes
First shown at dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, June 2012
collection of Sammlung Goetz, Munich and Neue Galerie, Kassel
TO THE BORDER
The place where Ciaran Doherty was executed in February 2010, accused of being a British informer, he was abducted two hours before his body was dumped at the side of the road.
black and white fibre photograph mounted on aluminum
122 x 183 cm / 48 x 72 in
Ancient Ground
video installation, HD video projector, Blu-Ray player, stereo amplifier, two speakers, High definition video, colour, sound
Duration: 8 mins
First shown at Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, September 2011
collection of Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Video Installation, HD video projector, one Blu-Ray player, one stereo
amplifier, two speakers
First shown at Manifesta 8, Murcia
video installation, DVD, colour, sound
Show of Strength lll
plexiglas and laminated c print on aluminum
121.9 x 152.4 cm / 48 x 60 in
NON-SPECIFIC THREAT I (Unspeakable Terror)
c-print mounted on plexiglas
Re-run
Video, 2 projections, colour
Border Incident
cibachrome on aluminium
125 x 186.9 cm / 49.2 x 73.6 in
the only good one
Installation of two LCD video projectors, two video players, four powered speakers, two videotapes (color, sound), projected simultaneously onto walls at right angles to each other
Duration 10 mins, looped
2 photographs, black and white, on paper mounted onto aluminium panel
Protecting / Invading
black & white photographs with text, diptych
Undercover / Unseen
black & white photographs mounted on aluminium framed, diptych (3/3)
122 x 183 cm / 48 x 72 in each
Fog: Ice / Last Hours of Daylight
black & white photographs mounted on aluminium with text, diptych
Willie Doherty, Opened Ground,
Void, Derry, Northern Ireland
9 February - 30 March 2019
Borderlines, curated by Tessa Giblin, Talbot Rice Gallery,
23 February - 4 May 2019
so it is
Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh
April 7 - August 7, 2017
Courtesy of the Mattress Factory
Villa Merkel
14 February - 24 April 2016
17 January - 15 March 2014
21 May – 1 September 2013
IMMA @ NCH at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin
09 June - 16 September 2012
Commissioned and produced by dOCUMENTA (13) with the support of Ingvild Goetz, Munich
Towner in association with Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane.
05 September 2011 - 15 January 2012
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
25 April 12 July 2009
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
b. 1959, Derry, Northern Ireland.
Since the 1980s, Willie Doherty has been a pioneering figure in contemporary art film and photography. At once highly seductive and visually disorientating, Doherty’s artworks tend to begin as responses to specific terrains (most often mysterious isolated settings; places, we suspect, with a troubled past) and evolve as complex reflections on how we look at such locations – or on what stories might be told about their hidden histories.
The primary point of geographical reference for Doherty during the three decades of his remarkable career has been his native city of Derry – a city famously defined and demarcated according to the traumatic divisions of the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’. From early conceptual photo-text works – focusing on the impossibility of establishing any ‘objective’ perspective on this territory of sectarian segregation and military surveillance – to diptych and serial works in film and photography that set contradictory points of view against each other, Doherty has returned again and again to Derry as source and subject, revisiting and re-viewing familiar places from alternative positions.
Willie Doherty has exhibited in many of the world’s leading museums, including the CAM Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Museum De Pont, Tilburg; IMMA, Dublin; SMK, Copenhagen; Fruitmarket, Edinburgh; TATE, London; Modern Art Oxford; Dallas Museum of Art; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Neue Galerie, Kassel; Kunsthalle Bern; Kunstverein München; Kunstverein Hamburg and the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris. He was nominated twice for the Turner Prize and has participated in major international exhibitions including Documenta, Manifesta, the Carnegie International, and the Venice, São Paulo and Istanbul biennales.
Recent exhibitions include Where / Dove, Fondazione Modena Arti Visive, Modena, Italy (2020), ENDLESS, Kerlin Gallery, Online Viewing Room (2020); Shaping Ireland: Landscapes in Irish Art, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (2019); An American City, FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art (2018); Truth: 24 frames per second, Dallas Museum of Art (2017); Remains, Art Sonje, Seoul (2017); Remains, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2016); Again and Again, CAM – Fundação Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2015) and UNSEEN, Museum De Pont, Tilburg (2014) and dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany (2012).
ENDLESS - Online Viewing Room
3rd September - 19th October 2016
17th January - 15th March 2014
31st May - 7th July 2012
FIFTY PERCENT SOLITUDE
Willie Doherty, Maureen Gallace, Liam Gillick, Siobhan Hapaska, Stephen McKenna, Isabel Nolan, Sean Scully, Hiroshi Sugimoto & Paul Winstanley
27th November 2008 - 11th February 2009
UNKNOWN MALE SUBJECT
Willie Doherty - Home
Willie Doherty - Again and Again
Willie Doherty - UNSEEN
Willie Doherty - Anthology of Time Based Work
Willie Doherty, BBC News 'Art in 2021'
Ulster Museum, Belfast
Willie Doherty's upcoming exhibition 'Where/Dove' at the Ulster Museum, Belfast included in BBC News 'Art in 2021: The highlights to hope for'.
Willie Doherty, WHERE / DOVE
December - April 2021
Fondazione Modena Arti Visive - Palazzina dei Giardini
Fondazione Modena Arti Visive presents Where / Dove, the first solo exhibition by Willie Doherty in an Italian institution, which will be held in the Palazzina dei Giardini exhibition venue. The exhibition is curated by Daniele De Luigi and Anne Stewart.
Willie Doherty, Walking Through Walls
Berliner Festspiele, Gropius, BAU, Berlin
Walking Through Walls marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and interrogates the experience of vulnerability and anxiety caused by power structures that thrive on confinement and segregation.
21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks
Dorothy Cross & Willie Doherty
Glebe House and Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
Willie Doherty, Opened Ground
Willie Doherty's series of photographs of the border document empty roads reaching into the landscapes laden with overtones of what came before. The poignant photograph The Road Ahead (1997) carries new meaning with the uncertainty of what is to come.
Gerard Byrne & Willie Doherty in FRONT International
14 July – 30 September 2018
Gerard Byrne and Willie Doherty will both be included in the inaugural FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, titled An American City.
Willie Doherty, REMAINS
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Ireland
Willie Doherty REMAINS will present photographic and video work.
Willie Doherty & Brian Maguire in Outposts
Glucksman, Cork, Ireland
Group exhibition curated by Chris Clarke and Fiona Kearney, in association with Professor Nuala Finnegan, Head of the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studios, UCC. Artists: Katharina Cibulka, Willie Doherty, Dragana Jurisic, Bouchra Khalili, Brian Maguire, Teresa Margolles, Dara McGrath, Larissa Sansour, Hrair Sarkissian, Javier Téllez, Jun Yang.
TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art 2017
Benefit Auction, Dallas
Kerlin Gallery is delighted to participate in this year's TWO x TWO auction, which raises money for the AIDs research foundation amfAR and the Dallas Museum of Art. For the 2017 benefit auction, Kerlin Gallery will donate artworks by Willie Doherty and William McKeown.
Willie Doherty in Truth: 24 frames per second
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
22 October 2017 – 28 January 2018
Exhibition with Ant Farm, Dara Birnbaum, Mark Bradford, James Coleman, Phil Collins, Bruce Conner, Willie Doherty, Omer Fast, Morgan Fisher, Coco Fusco, Tatiana Gaviola, John Gerrard, Arthur Jafa, Zoe Leonard & Catherine Gund, Steve McQueen, Shirin Neshat, Pratibha Parmar, Ben Rivers, Rachel Rose, Anri Sala, Chick Strand, Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Anne Tallentire, and Rosemarie Trockel.
Willie Doherty & Paul Seawright in so it is
Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
7 April – 7 August 2017
Artists: Ursula Burke, Willie Doherty, Rita Duffy, John Kindness, Locky Morris, Philip Napier, and Paul Seawright. Curated by John Carson.
Periodical Review 20/16
Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin
Selected by Brian Duggan, Sarah Glennie, Jenny Haughton & Declan Long. Artists include Aquinas, Callan Workhouse, Nina Canell & Robin Watkins, Dorothy Cross, Willie Doherty, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Fergus Feehily, FOUR, Anthony Haughey, Des Kenny, Patrick Jolley & Reynold Reynolds, Aileen Lambert, Clare Langan, The Metropolitan Complex, Michael McLoughlin, Isabel Nolan, Seamus Nolan, Emer O'Boyle, Margaret O' Brien, Deirdre O'Mahony.
Willie Doherty, Loose Ends
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny
Loose Ends is a new commission by Willie Doherty exploring how people, events and places associated with the 1916 Easter Rising are remembered and imagined today.
IMMA Collection: A Decade
28 April 2016 - 8 January 2017
Works by Willie Doherty, Elizabeth Magill and Brian Maguire are among those included in IMMA Collection: A Decade, an exhibition of some of the highlights from IMMA's collection over the past ten years.
Willie Doherty, Home
14 February – 24 April 2016
Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
New and recent video and photographic works by Willie Doherty will be included in this exhibition at Villa Merkel (near Stuttgart).
Willie Doherty, Again and Again
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, CAM, Lisbon, Portugal
Willie Doherty is the suject of a new solo exhibition in Lisbon's Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM) at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Curated by Isabel Carlos.
The Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE
28 October 2015 – 30 April 2016
Willie Doherty's Extracts From a File will be on display as part of The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse's permanent collection.
Willie Doherty in Longing for happier times
Kröller-Müller Museum, The Netherlands
19 September 2015 – 3 January 2016
Work by Willie Doherty is to be included in Longing for happier times: Media works from the collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum.
Willie Doherty, UNSEEN
De Pont Museum, The Netherlands
The exhibition will provide a critical overview of Willie Doherty’s photographs and videos made on the streets of his native city of Derry in Northern Ireland and its surrounding hinterland, presenting new insight into the artist’s working methods and rationale.
Dorothy Cross, Willie Doherty, Siobhan Hapaska, William McKeown, Paul Seawright, New Art New Nature
10 October 2014 - 28 June 2015
A new exhibition examining the role of nature in the work of Irish and International artists over the past seventy years opens to the public at the Ulster Museum. New Art, New Nature includes work by world-renowned figures including Henri Matisse, William Scott and Willie Doherty. Paintings by one of Northern Ireland’s most important artists of the last century, William McKeown, will also be displayed at the museum for the first time, together with work by Dorothy Cross, Siobhan Hapaska and Paul Seawright amongst others.
Willie Doherty, Punctum
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
26 July–21 September 2014
Punctum is an exhibition exploring the nature of photography today. Consisting of 50 works chosen by artists, curators and writers, and including a series of lectures and a publication, Punctum takes its cue from the term “punctum” coined by Roland Barthes in his final book, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. Punctum is curated by Séamus Kealy and artist Duncan Campbell selected Willie Doherty.
Willie Doherty and the Huis Marseille Collection
14 December 2013 - 9 March2014
Huis Marseille Museum voor Fotografie, Amsterdam
Huis Marseille Museum voor Fotografie has recently acquired for its collection two large works by artist Willie Doherty – Seepage and To the Border, A Fork in the Road....
The exhibition showcasing works by Willie Doherty and other artists whose work has also recently been acquired by Huis Marseille will open on 14 December.
City Factory Gallery, Derry
UNSEEN is a major exhibition of photographic and video works by Willie Doherty which opens 27 September at the City Factory Gallery, Derry and will form part of the city's 2013 Derry-Londonderry City of Culture celebrations.
Willie Doherty, Secretion
The Annex, IMMA @ NCH Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
21 May - 1 September 2013
A haunting film work by leading Derry-born artist Willie Doherty opens to the public in the Annex at the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s temporary off-site exhibition spaces in Earlsfort Terrace on Tuesday 21 May 2013.
Secretion, 2012, first shown to critical acclaim at dOCUMENTA 13, draws on the possibilities of lost and forgotten narratives located somewhere between recent history and a near future.
Willie Doherty, Concrete : Photography and Architecture
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2 March - 20 May 2013
Fotomuseum Winterthur presents Concrete - Photography and Architecture, a photographic group show which explores the relationship between architecture and photography. This exhibition, curated by Thomas Seelig, features work by Willie Doherty amonst others, and runs until 20 May.
Willie Doherty, Looking at the View
12 February 2013 - 02 June 2013
Willie Doherty is amonst the artists presenting work in this exhibition which looks at continuities in the way artists have framed our vision of the landscape over the last 300 years.
Willie Doherty, dOCUMENTA (13)
09 June 2012 - 16 September 2012
Kassel, Germany
Kerlin Gallery is pleased to announce Willie Doherty's participation in dOCUMENTA (13) with the premiere of his new video installation 'Secretion' .
Willie Doherty, Alexander and Bonin
Although human presence in No Return is strictly limited, community is a vital issue for Doherty. Walking the deserted streets, the narrator senses their former inhabitants and feels like an intruder, "my presence an affront to the lives pf those who had lived and died here". He drifts from analysing the town's pollutant-induced collapse – which he realises is irreversible – to exploring the community's past life.—David Frankel
Willie Doherty’s Loose Ends: revolution remembered
The images of Loose Ends could hardly be more remote from any familiar iconography of the Easter Rising, matched by the meditative commentary voiced by Séan McGinley. Gola’s miniature landscape is archetypal rural Ireland, framed by a rough stone window opening. And its rocky Atlantic coast might seem merely picturesque, although the yacht Asgard faced heavy storms on its mission. Moore Street today is a derelict city terrace, boarded up and host to a variety of weeds and decay. Anti-heroic, or a wry view of the futility of memorialisation? The text muses on time, decay and the inevitable fictionalisation of the past.—Ian Christie
"Since the mid-1980s Doherty has been predominantly walking through, interrogating and excavating one site: Derry in Nothern Ireland, the place of his birth. It is a complex city divided in two ways. By religious allegiances, sharply defined through politics, separatist ideologies and a long history of violence; and by the River Foyle, a wide, powerful waterway that effectively divides the city into two urban islands. Unseen, a serious and quietly moving retrospective, spans 27 years of Doherty’s career. It presents an unparalleled portrait of his hometown, reaching the metaphysical territories of identity, memory and being that lie beneath its concrete surfaces …"
Morgan Quaintance
Art Review, January & February 2014
"As the title of Willie Doherty’s mini-retrospective at City Factory Gallery makes clear, much of the sectarian logic of this city is ‘UNSEEN’. This is Doherty’s hometown, and has been one of the principal subjects of his work for the past 30 years. While most photojournalists have presented the city as the setting for violent confrontations (youths throwing petrol bombs, lines of riot police bearing down on them), Doherty depicts places not people, sites rather than sights. The earlier works on show are black and white photographs with definitive statements printed in bold capitals across their surfaces. Here, the landscape itself is a locus for ethno-religious division. In the diptych Stone Upon Stone (1986), for example, the Republican slogan ‘TIOCFAIDH ÁR LÁ’ (Gaelic for ‘Our day will come’) appears on one image and the Unionist slogan ‘THIS WE WILL MAINTAIN’ on the other. If there is a passing resemblance to British Land art, to certain pieces by Hamish Fulton and Richard Long, Doherty’s work is motivated by different concerns: his images are a counterpoint to media spectacle rather than a record of wanderlust."
Colin Perry
frieze, Issue 161, March 2014
Willie Doherty, Galerie Peter Kichmann
"Willie Doherty’s Without Trace (2013) is one of the few films the artist has created outside of his native Northern Ireland. The thirteen-minute video work (alongside an accompanying series of photographs) observes a shallow waterway limning the terrain, the underside of Zurich’s arterial roads and new housing and building sites. Everything is covered in a fine, dampening blanket of snow. A female voice tells the tale of a migrant construction worker who, prior to his disappearance, had been possessed by growing disquiet regarding the city. This man believed the ground beneath him harboured secrets that surfaced only rarely as a result of excavation, upheaval or thaw."
Aoife Rosenmeyer
ArtReview, 16 April 2013
Close-Up: Swamp Thing
"The world of Willie Doherty’s Secretion, 2012, is entropic and still, a place where little moves. Set up visually as a sequence of views of woods, waters, and a deserted house, the video might perhaps have come off as pastoral if shot in breezy sunshine but speaks instead of stagnation and decay. Shooting on windless days of gray light, Doherty finds fungi, lichens, and damp leaf litter in the dank forest, and growths, molds, and creeping mildews in the crumbling house. The only thing in motion is running water, but running water spreading spores of algae, or screened by a milky film. Combining these images with a spoken text telling a story of morbidity and corruption, Doherty makes a fallen tree look as sinister as a razor in a slasher film."
Artforum, September 2013, pp. 348–349
Dublin Round-up
"Few artists are as adept at instilling dread and disquiet as Willie Doherty. His 2012 film Secretion, originally made for Documenta 13, is currently being screened at the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s premises at Earlsfort Terrace. It dominates the building’s Annex gallery, and this allowance of space invites one to appreciate the subtle, ambient soundtrack and vivid, close-up depictions of mould and fungus. An elusive, ambiguous commentary unfolds against Doherty’s imagery, tracing the effects of a mysterious outbreak that infects first woodlands, then nearby houses and eventually the character of ‘X’, the occupant of one such domicile and the guard of a detainee facility for those affected. With the relentless spread of the virus into waterways and reservoirs, he escapes to a life of solitude and ‘the festering interior of his house’. Doherty refrains from showing any of this, dwelling instead on lingering shots of rotting foliage, dead trees, mildew and must, damp and decay, as the commentary doubles back to question the verifiability of its own account: ‘’As his condition worsened he was frequently visited by hallucinations. Deep pools of dark water opened up around him … It was as if he had never completed his escape.’ The absence of an identifiable protagonist and the suffocating atmosphere of the footage seems to permeate the viewer; one imagines the insidious creep of the disease, gradually filling and contaminating the surrounding air of the vast screening area. While, to some extent, Doherty remains inevitably associated with the similarly unsettling films he made about Northern Ireland, Secretion represents a compelling shift in his practice, away from the historical specificity of the Troubles yet, in its own way, just as troubling."
Art Monthly, September 2013, p. 33
Art Agenda
"Unseen, the title of Willie Doherty’s first retrospective in his hometown of Derry, refers to a complex set of impossibilities at the core of his photographic and video practice. The exhibition is accompanied by a substantial, three-hundred-page catalog in which Robin Klassnik, the director of Matt’s Gallery in London and co-curator of the exhibition, asserts that Unseen refers to Doherty’s need to make work in such a way as to remain out of sight, unremarkable to the all-seeing eyes of the British military that has so famously surveilled Northern Ireland and Derry. Unseen also points to a central feature of the artist’s work: his early photographs and later videos offer us carefully crafted tensions and contradictions that hide as much as they reveal about the gloomy countrysides and bleak cityscapes they depict. After having been exhibited across the world, these images of and from Derry are brought back to their place of origin on an unprecedented scale. As a result, the derelict city streets and haunted country lanes that are implacable for a non-native of the city are now presented to audiences with first-hand knowledge of these spaces and their untold stories."
Aileen Burns and John Lundh
Art Agenda, 18 November 2013
Artist of the week: Willie Doherty
"Born in Derry in 1959, Doherty has devoted the past 30 years to making art about the Troubles. His practice has evolved from early black-and-white photographs of his home town, in which he sought to recontextualise the city away from the cliched and gritty photojournalistic images in the press, to film installations. Some focused directly on the political impasse, while others were more metaphorical, often using film noir to convey the city's chilling beauty. The Only Good One Is a Dead One, shot at night through the lamp-lit streets of Derry, captured the cool, calculating horror of organised crime as a man switches between the voice of a stalker and a victim."
Jessica Lack
The Guardian, 22 April 2009
Willie Doherty, Matt's Gallery
"Language is an important element in all the videos shown in this mini-retrospective. The voice-overs are redolent of late Samuel Beckett – an even, toneless (nearly always Northern Irish-accented) delivery that conceals its own textual texture."
frieze, Issue 114, April 2008, p. 171
"At the risk of being accused of blatant chauvinism, the adjacent presentations of Ireland and Northern Ireland, by Gerard Byrne and Willie Doherty, were a joint success among the outlying ‘national pavilions’. Doherty’s film Ghost Story (2007) retained the baggage of a life lived in violent times even as it journeyed into a spectral other-world, while Byrne’s fractured restaging of scenes from a mid-1960s’ sci-fi think-tank, 1984 and Beyond (2006), presented the tomorrow’s world of yesteryear from the ironically distancing perspective of today."
Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith
frieze, Issue 109, September 2007
"It worked. For days after seeing Willie Doherty’s new video installation, I walked the streets of London gripped by involuntary suspicion - wondering about cars idling quietly at the ends of poorly lit alleyways, doing double takes at vaguely conspiritorial street corner meetings, trying to pick out surveillance cameras hanging above urban junctions."
Jeffrey Kastner
frieze, January 1994
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UPDATE: Victim’s family member feels state is being ‘tight-lipped’
South Dakota's attorney general Jason Ravnsborg was involved in a fatal crash Saturday night.(South Dakota Attorney General Office)
By KOTA Staff
Published: Sep. 13, 2020 at 5:49 PM CDT
HIGHMORE, S.D. (KOTA) - UPDATE, 1:00 p.m.
Investigators say Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg reported hitting a deer following a crash that left a Highmore man dead, while the family of the victim is calling for more information about the incident to be released.
Ravnsborg called 911 immediately after the Saturday night’s crash on Highway 14 outside of Highmore, saying he believed he had hit a deer. The body of the victim, 55-year-old Joseph Boever of Highmore, was not found until the next morning.
Boever’s cousin, Victor Nemec, told KOTA Territory News he believes the state is being “tight-lipped” in the investigation. He said the state has not reached out to him yet, despite him having been the one to identify Boever’s body after it was found in the ditch Sunday morning.
I’m here with Victor Nemec. He has questions about the accident that killed his cousin last night. He says the state has not reached out to him yet, despite him having been the one to identify the body. pic.twitter.com/znxtUlphIb
— Austin Goss (@AustinGossSD) September 14, 2020
UPDATE 10: 29 p.m.
The Highmore man killed in a crash Saturday night has been identified.
Joesph Boever, 55, died in the crash involving Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. Ravnsborg was traveling westbound on Highway 14 and was uninjured in the crash.
Ravnsborg reported the accident as a car-deer crash. Sunday officials reconstructed the crash.
South Dakota Highway Patrol is still investigating and all information is preliminary.
South Dakota’s attorney general Jason Ravnsborg was involved in a fatal crash Saturday night.
In a press briefing at Sioux Falls City Hall on Sunday, Governor Kristi Noem said Ravnsborg was in a crash on Highway 14 west of Highmore around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Noem said one person died but law enforcement is working to identify the individual and inform the family.
At this time, law enforcement is not releasing the condition of Ravnsborg.
A pickup at the site of a fatal crash involving S.D. Atty. Gen. Jason Ravnsborg. A trooper said the pickup was involved in the crash.(Dakota News Now)
Shortly after Noem’s press briefing Ravnsborg said in a statement, “I am shocked and filled with sorrow following the events of last night. As Governor Noem stated, I am fully cooperating with the investigation and I fully intend to continue to do so moving forward. At this time I offer my deepest sympathy and condolences to the family.”
South Dakota Highway Patrol will continue the investigation.
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Pennsylvania man accused of casting dead mother's ballot
Updated: 3:01 AM PST Dec 23, 2020
PROTECT STUDENTS ALSO NEW THIS MORNING A MAN FROM DELAWARE COUNTY IS CHARGED WITH VOTER FRAUD THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS BRUCE BARTMAN AND MORE PEOPLE VOTED ON BEHALF OF HIS DEAD MOTHER AND REGISTERED HIS DEAD MOTHER IN LAW TO VOTE BUT DIDN’T VOTE IS HER BARTMAN TOLD INVESTIGATORS.
A Pennsylvania man is facing charges of unlawful voting and perjury after prosecutors say he illegally voted on behalf of a long-dead family member in the General Election.Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said during a news conference Monday that Bruce Bartman, 70, of Marple, voted in place of his dead mother. He also said Bartman registered his mother-in-law, who died in 2019, to vote but did not obtain an absentee ballot for her.Court documents did not list an attorney for Bartman and phone calls to a phone number listed in his name were not answered Monday. Court records showed he had been released on bail.Prosecutors allege that Bartman used the driver's license number for his mother, who died more than a decade ago, to register her to vote, obtain a mail-in ballot, return that ballot and fraudulently vote in her name.Authorities allege he used his mother-in-law's social security number and the system returned a deceased record for the woman who had died in 2019. The state sent a confirmation letter to make sure the information was correct, which authorities allege Bartman falsified and returned to register her as a voter. He did not obtain a ballot in her name, prosecutors said.Stollsteimer said Bartman had registered both women as Republicans and told investigators he had done so to help reelect Donald Trump. The district attorney said he only mentioned the party affiliation because of multiple conspiracy theories circulating about voter fraud, adding that this is the only case during this election that his office has encountered.Bartman is due in court for a preliminary hearing in January.
A Pennsylvania man is facing charges of unlawful voting and perjury after prosecutors say he illegally voted on behalf of a long-dead family member in the General Election.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said during a news conference Monday that Bruce Bartman, 70, of Marple, voted in place of his dead mother. He also said Bartman registered his mother-in-law, who died in 2019, to vote but did not obtain an absentee ballot for her.
Court documents did not list an attorney for Bartman and phone calls to a phone number listed in his name were not answered Monday. Court records showed he had been released on bail.
Prosecutors allege that Bartman used the driver's license number for his mother, who died more than a decade ago, to register her to vote, obtain a mail-in ballot, return that ballot and fraudulently vote in her name.
Authorities allege he used his mother-in-law's social security number and the system returned a deceased record for the woman who had died in 2019. The state sent a confirmation letter to make sure the information was correct, which authorities allege Bartman falsified and returned to register her as a voter. He did not obtain a ballot in her name, prosecutors said.
Stollsteimer said Bartman had registered both women as Republicans and told investigators he had done so to help reelect Donald Trump. The district attorney said he only mentioned the party affiliation because of multiple conspiracy theories circulating about voter fraud, adding that this is the only case during this election that his office has encountered.
Bartman is due in court for a preliminary hearing in January.
Fact Check: Allegations of ‘dead people’ voting in Pennsylvania
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Computational Science and Technology
CST på svenska
High-Performance I/O Programming Models for Exascale Computing
Time: Fri 2019-11-29 10.00
Location: B1, Brinellvägen 23, Bergs, våningsplan 1, KTH Campus, Stockholm (English)
Doctoral student: Sergio Rivas-Gomez , Beräkningsvetenskap och beräkningsteknik (CST)
Opponent: Martin Schulz, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching b. Munchen (Germany)
Supervisor: Stefano Markidis, Beräkningsvetenskap och beräkningsteknik (CST); Erwin Laure, Beräkningsvetenskap och beräkningsteknik (CST)
The success of the exascale supercomputer is largely dependent on novel breakthroughs that overcome the increasing demands for high-performance I/O on HPC. Scientists are aggressively taking advantage of the available compute power of petascale supercomputers to run larger scale and higher-fidelity simulations. At the same time, data-intensive workloads have recently become dominant as well. Such use-cases inherently pose additional stress into the I/O subsystem, mostly due to the elevated number of I/O transactions.
As a consequence, three critical challenges arise that are of paramount importance at exascale. First, while the concurrency of next-generation supercomputers is expected to increase up to 1000x, the bandwidth and access latency of the I/O subsystem is projected to remain roughly constant in comparison. Storage is, therefore, on the verge of becoming a serious bottleneck. Second, despite upcoming supercomputers expected to integrate emerging non-volatile memory technologies to compensate for some of these limitations, existing programming models and interfaces (e.g., MPI-IO) might not provide any clear technical advantage when targeting distributed intra-node storage, let alone byte-addressable persistent memories. And third, even though compute nodes becoming heterogeneous can provide benefits in terms of performance and thermal dissipation, this technological transformation implicitly increases the programming complexity. Hence, making it difficult for scientific applications to take advantage of these developments.
In this thesis, we explore how programming models and interfaces must evolve to address the aforementioned challenges. We present MPI storage windows, a novel concept that proposes utilizing the MPI one-sided communication model and MPI windows as a unified interface to program memory and storage. We then demonstrate how MPI one-sided can provide benefits on data analytics frameworks following a decoupled strategy, while integrating seamless fault-tolerance and out-of-core execution. Furthermore, we introduce persistent coarrays to enable transparent resiliency in Coarray Fortran, supporting the "failed images" feature recently introduced into the standard. Finally, we propose a global memory abstraction layer, inspired by the memory-mapped I/O mechanism of the OS, to expose different storage technologies using conventional memory operations.
The outcomes from these contributions are expected to have a considerable impact in a wide-variety of scientific applications on HPC, both in current and next-generation supercomputers.
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Business | Juneau | Local Government
Juneau Assembly tweaks individual assistance, business grant programs ahead of CARES Act deadline
December 18, 2020 by Adelyn Baxter, KTOO
The Juneau Assembly made changes to two local relief programs available to businesses and people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, people who applied for individual CARES Act funded grants can’t get them if they’ve already gotten housing assistance grants from the city. The Assembly held a special meeting Thursday to add the new condition.
City staff say it appears about half of the people who applied for individual assistance also applied for housing relief. They say the change allows the city to spread out the $2 million in CARES Act funding set aside for the program.
Catholic Community Service, the non-profit organization in charge of administering grants for both programs, stopped accepting applications for individual assistance on Monday after getting about 1,800 applications in less than a week.
The Assembly also approved several changes to the city’s extreme hardship business grant program. It relaxes some eligibility requirements and adds a few others. Business owners must demonstrate lost revenue over a period of the past year to receive a grant.
Several Assembly members said they want to add more money into the individual assistance program by next week. The Assembly has more than $1 million remaining of the $53 million the city received as its share of the CARES Act.
As of now, that federal funding expires at the end of the year.
Juneau Assembly approves more CARES funding for businesses and individuals impacted by COVID-19
On Monday night, the Assembly passed $2.3 million in CARES Act funding to create another grant program for businesses and another $2 million for grants to individuals impacted by the pandemic.
Juneau Assembly lines up final CARES Act programs ahead of deadline
Three big programs are competing for what remains of the city's CARES Act money: direct payments, business grants and housing and utility assistance.
Juneau Assembly OKs up to $2,000 to households in rent and mortgage relief
In addition to the housing assistance grants, the Assembly approved millions more in pandemic relief grants for schools, businesses and a destination marketing campaign.
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by Judy G. Russell | Oct 22, 2019 | My family, Resources | 4 comments
Expanding the Baker family story
One of the very best things about being a genealogist is the community of friends we build.
The Legal Genealogist has been the beneficiary of this community so many times, and there just aren’t enough ways to say thank you.
A case in point: seven years ago, a dear friend, the late Betty Clay of Texas, was reading what she described as a fascinating murder mystery novel based on a true story. And, she said, when she read about one of the real people featured in the novel, “For some reason, the name of David Baker, along with Burke County, NC, came to my ears in your voice.”
Yep. David Baker, the elder, was my fourth great grandfather. A Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia, he and most of his mother’s family settled in Burke County around 1778.1 He became a Justice of the Peace there in 1797,2 and at least two of his sons — Thomas Baker, his oldest son by his first wife, Mary Webb, and David Davenport Baker, his second son by his second wife, Dorothy Wiseman — became Justices of the Peace in Burke County in their turn.3
And it was David the younger who showed up in the book Betty was reading — a book on the Frankie Silver murder case in western North Carolina.4 That’s a case anybody with roots in that part of the Tarheel State knows about or has heard about or read about — it’s one of the enduring, folk-loric tales of the area. How she and the boy next door Charlie Silver were married as teenagers. How they’d had one baby daughter. How just before Christmas in 1831, Frankie took an axe and killed Charlie in their cabin. How she hacked the body into pieces and, eventually, with the help of her family, burned as much of the body as she could. How a conjurer called in from Tennessee found what pieces remained of Charlie. How what was left was buried under three stones. How Frankie was arrested, tried, convicted, briefly escaped, recaptured, and eventually hung in Morganton, the Burke County seat, on the 12th of July 1833.5
It turns out David Davenport Baker had been the justice of the peace before whom the murder complaint was first filed,6 and David’s younger brother Charles — then a constable in the county — who’d taken Frankie into custody.7
Betty sent me the book and it was a great read. I got to write about it for the blog.8
Yesterday, thanks to yet another friend from the genealogical community, John Blythe, I got to look at some of the original documents and hear the first part of the story in the words of people who know it well.
John sent me a link to a brand new podcast that’s just been launched by the North Carolina State Archives called Connecting the Docs: True Stories from the Old North State. The announcement from the Archives said the podcast would “use archival materials to introduce listeners to fascinating and true stories from around the Old North State. The theme of our first season is “Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem.” Stay tuned!”9
And the very first story being told: The Frankie Silver Story. Episode 1, available as of yesterday, is Charlie Goes Missing.10 You can listen in online, or download a free podcast app from Android or iOS devices.
While you listen in, you can also take in the three documents available to review on the Archives blog: a newspaper account of the murder from 28 January 1832; a warrant for Frankie’s arrest and the arrests of her mother and brother issued 9 January 1832; and the indictment in the spring term of 1832.11
It’s that arrest warrant that caught John’s eye and had him asking if this was my family. There are two signatures on that warrant: the complainant Elijah Green at the top, and the justice of the peace at the bottom, D.D. Baker.
My third great granduncle.
Way cool. More Silver threads to the Baker family story.
And you can hear all about this case — and more to come! — from the archivists of the North Carolina State Archives in their cool new podcast.
Thanks for the heads-up, John!
Cite/link to this post: Judy G. Russell, “More Silver threads,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 22 Oct 2019).
Affidavit of Soldier, 26 September 1832; Dorothy Baker, widow’s pension application no. W.1802, for service of David Baker (Corp., Capt. Thornton’s Co., 3rd Va. Reg.); Revolutionary War Pensions and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, microfilm publication M804, 2670 rolls (Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 1974); digital images, Fold3 (https://www.Fold3.com : accessed 7 Sep 2012), David Baker file, pp. 3-6. ↩
Minute Book, Burke County Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, October 1795 – October 1798, Part II, minutes of 24 January 1797; North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh. ↩
For Thomas, see Minute Book, Burke County Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1818-1829, Part I, minutes of January 1818. And for David D. Baker, see Minute Book, Burke County Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1830-1834, minutes of 26 July 1830. ↩
Sharyn McCrumb, The Ballad of Frankie Silver (New York : Penguin Group, 1998). ↩
See generally Wikipedia (https://www.wikipedia.com), “Frankie Stewart Silver,” rev. 1 Sep 2019. ↩
Perry Deane Young, The Untold Story of Frankie Silver : Was She Unjustly Hanged? (Asheboro, NC : Down Home Press, 1998), Kindle edition, location 2750. ↩
Ibid., 2764. ↩
Judy G. Russell, “Silver threads to the Baker family,” The Legal Genealogist, posted 8 Sep 2012 (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : accessed 22 Oct 2019). ↩
“Connecting the Docs Podcast Episodes Available October 21,” History For All the People: A State Archives of North Carolina blog, posted 17 Oct 2019 (https://ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/ : accessed 22 Oct 2019). ↩
Ibid., Connecting the Docs Podcast, Episode 1: Charlie Goes Missing, posted 21 Oct 2019. ↩
See Ibid. ↩
GREG LOVELACE on October 22, 2019 at 3:19 pm
Judy, I listened to this yesterday when the Archives sent me an email saying it it was available. I am looking forward to more of these. It adds a little flavor knowing that your family was involved. I’m hoping maybe my Greens from Burke or Lovelace from Rutherford make it into some future episodes, but not the murder and mayhem series, though 🙂
Judy G. Russell on October 22, 2019 at 3:22 pm
Didja see the name of the complainant in the case? It was Elijah Green… just sayin’…
Kay Bauman on October 24, 2019 at 7:35 pm
I listened to and enjoyed the podcast and look forward to others by the archives. I always like having podcasts to listen to on my daily walks. Thank you for the interesting link.
Teri R on October 26, 2019 at 2:31 pm
I do so love anything written by Sharyn McCrumb. I think she has a touch of “the Sight” at least when it comes to unraveling those old mysteries! Looking forward to listening to the podcast.
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Gustavo Turner April 15, 2010
Contact Music reports that The Cribs, the UK indie group that has Johnny Marr embedded with it, has cancelled their Coachella appearance after being pulled off the plane that was going to take them from London to California:
The Cribs were due to fly to Los Angeles on Thursday (15Apr10) from Britain, but their plane was cancelled at the last minute and they have no way of flying to California before their scheduled slot on Friday.
They are now hoping festival organisers will allow them to reschedule their gig and are so desperate to appear at Coachella, they're considering taking a ferry across the English Channel and driving hundreds of miles to Amsterdam, Holland to try and catch a flight from there.
Frontman Gary Jarman says, “I'd decided which films I was going to see (on the flight), chosen my meal and was just falling asleep then I got told we had to get off the plane. We're figuring out if we can change the day. We're contemplating driving all the way to Amsterdam now and taking a flight at 6am but the only flights they have are executive. It's a force of nature you can't really argue with that.
As for Gary Numan, well, isn't he supposed to be an accomplished ace pilot? He should be able to fly solo through a little volcanic ash and land his own plane, Lindbergh-style in the middle of the the Empire Polo Fields, right?
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New York Laws > Agriculture and Markets > Article 25-AA > § 303
N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 303 – Agricultural Districts; Creation
1. Any owner or owners of land may submit a proposal to the county legislative body for the creation of an agricultural district within such county, provided that such owner or owners own at least two hundred fifty acres of the land proposed to be included in the district. Such proposal shall be submitted in such manner and form as may be prescribed by the commissioner, shall include a description of the proposed district, including a map delineating the exterior boundaries of the district which shall conform to tax parcel boundaries, and the tax map identification numbers for every parcel in the proposed district. The proposal shall include a review period of eight years.
Terms Used In N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 303
Viable agricultural land: means land highly suitable for a farm operation as defined in this section. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 301
2. Upon the receipt of such a proposal, the county legislative body:
a. shall thereupon provide notice of such proposal by publishing a notice in a newspaper having general circulation within the proposed district and by posting a notice on the home page of the county’s website; posting such notice in five conspicuous places within the proposed district; and providing such notice in writing by first class mail to those municipalities whose territory encompasses the proposed district. The notice shall contain the following information:
(1) a statement that a proposal for an agricultural district has been filed with the county legislative body pursuant to this article;
(2) a statement that the proposal will be on file open to public inspection in the county clerk’s office;
(3) a statement that any county landowner or municipality whose territory encompasses the proposed district may propose a modification of the proposed district in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the commissioner;
(4) a statement that the proposed modification must be filed with the county clerk and the clerk of the county legislature within thirty days of the publication and posting and mailing of such notice; and
(5) a statement that at the termination of the thirty day period, the proposal and proposed modifications will be submitted to the county agricultural and farmland protection board and that thereafter a public hearing will be held on the proposal, proposed modifications, and recommendations of the county agricultural and farmland protection board;
b. shall receive any proposals for modifications of such proposal which may be submitted by proponents of the district, any county landowners or municipalities within thirty days of the publication and posting and mailing of such notice;
c. shall, upon the termination of such thirty day period, refer such proposal and proposed modifications to the county agricultural and farmland protection board, which shall, after consultation with the county planning board, within forty-five days report to the county legislative body its recommendations concerning the proposal and proposed modifications; and
d. shall hold a public hearing in the following manner:
(1) The hearing shall be held at a place within the proposed district or otherwise readily accessible to the proposed district;
(2) The notice shall contain the following information:
(a) a statement of the time, date and place of the public hearing;
(b) a description of the proposed district, any proposed additions and any recommendations of the county agricultural and farmland protection board; and
(c) a statement that the public hearing will be held concerning:
(i) the original proposal;
(ii) any written amendments proposed during the thirty day review period; and
(iii) any recommendations proposed by the county agricultural and farmland protection board;
(3) The notice shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within the proposed district and posted on the home page of the county’s website and shall be given in writing by first class mail to those municipalities whose territory encompasses the proposed district and any proposed modifications, owners of real property within such a proposed district or any proposed modifications who are listed on the most recent assessment roll, the commissioner and the advisory council on agriculture.
3. The following factors shall be considered by the county agricultural and farmland protection board and identified as issues for comment at the public hearing:
a. the viability of active farming within the proposed district and in areas adjacent thereto;
b. the presence of any viable farm lands within the proposed district and adjacent thereto that are not now in active farming;
c. the nature and extent of land uses other than active farming within the proposed district and adjacent thereto;
d. county developmental patterns and needs; and
e. any other matters which the county legislative body deems to be relevant.
In judging viability, any relevant agricultural viability maps prepared by the commissioner shall be considered, as well as soil, climate, topography, other natural factors, markets for farm products, the extent and nature of farm improvements, the present status of farming, anticipated trends in agricultural economic conditions and technology, and such other factors as may be relevant.
4. The county legislative body, after receiving the report and recommendations, including any recommendations of the county planning board, of the county agricultural and farmland protection board and after such public hearing, may adopt as a plan the proposal or any modification of the proposal it deems appropriate or may act to reject the proposal.
5. All plans that are adopted shall include: (a) a review period of eight years; (b) only whole tax parcels in the proposed district; and (c) to the extent feasible, include adjacent viable farm lands, and exclude, to the extent feasible, nonviable farm land and non-farm land.
6. Upon the adoption of a plan, the county legislative body shall submit it to the commissioner. Adopted plans shall be submitted within one year after receipt of a complete proposal as described in subdivision one of this section. The commissioner may, upon application by the county legislative body and for good cause shown, extend the period for submission once for up to six additional months.
7. The commissioner shall have sixty days after receipt of the plan within which to certify to the county legislative body whether the plan is eligible for districting, whether the area to be districted consists predominantly of viable agricultural land, and whether the plan of the proposed district is feasible, and will serve the public interest by assisting in maintaining a viable agricultural industry within the district and the state. The commissioner shall submit a copy of such plan to the advisory council on agriculture.
8. If the commissioner certifies the plan of the proposed district pursuant to subdivision seven of this section, the district shall be created immediately upon certification.
9. Upon the creation of an agricultural district, the description thereof, which shall include tax map identification numbers for all parcels within the district, plus a map delineating the exterior
boundaries of the district in relation to tax parcel boundaries, shall be filed by the county legislative body with the county clerk, the county director of real property tax services, and the commissioner. The commissioner, on petition of the county legislative body, may, for good cause shown, approve the correction of any errors in materials filed pursuant to a district creation at any time subsequent to the creation of any agricultural district.
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GPs vote to reduce patient home visits
Medical practitioners have voted to scrap home visits. Picture: PA
By Maddie Goodfellow
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GPs have voted to reduce the number of home visits they make as they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them.
Doctors have supported a proposal put forward by the English local medical committees to stop home visits being a contractual obligation.
It means that British Medical Association representatives will now lobby NHS England to reduce the amount of out of office visits that will be made by GPs.
An NHS spokesperson said GPs would however still visit patients at home if there is a clinical need to do so.
The motion has been brought by a local committee of doctors from Kent, who argue that GPs just "no longer have the capacity to offer home doctors visits."
Instead, they said the BMA should renegotiate with the NHS to "remove the anachronism of home visits from core contract work, negotiate a separate acute service for urgent visits, and demand any change in service is widely advertised to patients".
The group also said it will not completely get rid of home visits as "more complex, vulnerable and palliative patients" were "best served" by them.
Doctors say they "no longer have the time" for home visits. Picture: PA
Nikita Kanani, the NHS's national medical director for primary care, said GPs and healthcare professionals such as nurses and advanced paramedics would continue to make home visits when patients needed them.
She continued: "An extra £4.5bn is being invested for local doctors and community services, to help fund 20,000 more staff to support GP practices and offer high quality care for patients."
Health Secretary Matt Hancock insisted there was "no prospect" of GPs removing their contractual obligations to making home visits.
He said it was "right" that most home visits were made by nurses "but sometimes you need a GP", and that "the idea that that home visits will be taken out of the GP contract is a complete non-starter."
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Jeremy Corbyn says 'Labour will get Brexit sorted within six months'
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to get Brexit done within six months. Picture: PA
By EJ Ward
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Jeremy Corbyn has claimed if a Labour government is elected they will "get Brexit sorted" within "six months."
Speaking at his first major stump speech of his General Election campaign Mr Corbyn pointed out he was speaking on the 31st of October, "the day Boris Johnson promised we would leave the EU."
The comments come after Mr Johnson placed the blame of failing to quit the EU “do or die” on the Labour leader
Mr Corbyn said the Prime Minister had previously commented he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than delay Brexit. Hitting back at the PM's comments Mr Corbyn said: "But he has failed. And that failure is his alone."
Jeremy Corbyn addressed his supporters. Picture: PA
"You can’t trust Boris Johnson," he added.
The Islington MP said the Tories have had "three long years" to arrange Brexit, his solution was taking the issue "out of the hands of the politicians and trust the people to have the final say."
With the Conservatives suggesting they are the only party who can "get Brexit done," and the Liberal Democrats saying they would revoke Article 50 and stop Brexit, Mr Corbyn's Labour party have offered a second referendum.
The Labour leader promised his party would "get Brexit sorted within six months. We’ll let the people decide whether to leave with a sensible deal or remain," adding it "really isn’t complicated."
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Laying out his plans for Brexit, he said: "We will go into office and immediately open negotiations about a sensible relationship with Europe. One that doesn't destroy jobs in Sunderland, doesn't destroy jobs in South Wales or in Birmingham or in North Wales or all across the central belt in Scotland.
"A deal that would mean we would maintain trading relationship with Europe. We would have a customs union which would mean that the relationship between Northern Ireland and the republic would be what it is now, and the Good Friday Agreement would be intact."
He continued: "Within six months that offer, alongside Remain, would be put to the British people and in the meantime our party will come together, in the way we always do, to discuss that and decide what we're going to do."
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In pictures: Italy in coronavirus lockdown
People take photos at the almost deserted Trevi fountain in Rome. Picture: PA
By Asher McShane
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Italy has put its entire population of 60 million people under severe restrictions due to coronavirus.
People have been told to keep their distance from others, food is being rationed, bars and restaurants are closing early, and the country’s famous tourist sites stand empty.
Some 9,172 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Italy, and 463 people have died.
People wait in a queue outside a bank in Milan. Picture: PA
There are growing fears that the numbers will only worsen as Brits desperately tried to make their way home out of the quarantine.
People wearing face masks at Roma Termini railway station. Picture: PA
Milan's shopping galleries, Rome's Spanish Steps and St Peter's Square in the Vatican were all practically deserted today.
Huge queues formed at supermarkets as people raced to stock up as the country entered lockdown.
Empty streets in front of the Pantheon in Rome. Picture: PA
Italian premier Giuseppe Conte announced a government decree that required all people in Italy to demonstrate a need to work, health conditions or other limited reasons to travel outside the areas where they live.
Italian soldiers with face masks are on duty at Milan Central Railway Station. Picture: PA
"There won't be just a red zone," he told reporters, referring to a lockdown of areas in northern Italy instituted over the weekend.
People walk in an almost empty St. Mark's Square in Venice. Picture: PA
"There will be Italy" as a protected area, he said.
Streets in Milan were devoid of the normal hustle and bustle today. Checkpoints have been set up at the city's main train station to screen travellers.
Deserted areas of the movida in Milan. Picture: PA
People at Milan Central Station were required to sign a police form, self-certifying they were travelling for "proven work needs", situations of necessity, health reasons or to return to their homes.
A deserted shopping concourse in Rome. Picture: PA
"Until a few days ago, the thinking was the alarm would pass in some weeks, we just need to follow the rules. Now we need to explain to citizens that the situation is very, very serious, our hospitals are at the point of collapse," said the mayor of the city of Bergamo, Giorgio Gori.
Two women wear face masks on a bus in Rome. Picture: PA
People circulating inside the city and also in the provinces were subjected to spot checks to ensure they had valid reasons for being out. Violators risked up to three months jail or fines.
Seria A game between Sassuolo and Brescia was played behind closed doors. Picture: PA
The message from authorities was an increasingly blunt "Stay at home".
Italy has overtaken South Korea as the country with the most cases outside China.
Passengers are checked as they leave Milan central station. Picture: PA
The extraordinary measures, which also apply to the city of Venice, will be in place until April 3.
Dr Massimo Galli, head of infectious disease at Sacco Hospital in Milan, said: “We're only at the beginning,"
The Italian government has reassured citizens that supermarkets will remain open and stocked after panic buying erupted after the broadened anti-virus measures were announced nationwide, sparking overnight runs on 24-hour markets.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's office issued a clarifying statement after he signed the new decree late on Monday, stressing that movement outside homes for "normal necessities" such as grocery shopping will be allowed, as well as for work or health reasons.
The statement said rushing to supermarkets was not necessary and the measures were only announced to stop large public gatherings where the disease may spread.
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Would you like to see Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Steve Pemberton live on stage? Have you heard great things about The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh? This fabulous play is being staged at the Duke of York's theatre, and it has already got the critics talking. Don't miss your chance to see a classic for our times, dark and disturbingly funny.
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McDonagh's extraordinary Olivier Award winning play originally premiered at the National Theatre in 2003, starring David Tennant. That was the only time it has appeared in the UK... until now. The story is about a writer, Katurian, who is questioned by the authorities about a series of child murders that are horribly similar to the series of short stories he's written.
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Students who take a music history course usually learn that Debussy, at the Paris World Exposition of 1889, marvelled at the interlaced melodies and ethereal, tinkling timbers of the Javanese Gamelan (later, at the Exhibition of 1900, he also heard a Balinese group playing in the lighter, more sprightly style that hallmarks that island's version of the Gamelan). However, few of them ever care to find out what a Gamelan really is. It is a musical genre, where the name “Gamelan” indicates both the genre itself and the instrumental group playing it. The Gamelan is the only type of truly orchestral music to be found in the non-Western world. The fascination of it lies in the sound of, mostly, metallophones, and in the intricate polyphonic texture they produce, with simultaneous variations of a fundamental theme.
But Debussy was not the only musician one to hear and pay attention to that Gamelan, and indeed not the only one to be impressed by the sound of Indonesian music. Maurice Ravel was there, also Camille Saint-Saëns was there, and also Julien Tiersot, music historian and librarian at the Paris Conservatoire.
In 1895 Debussy wrote in a letter to his friend Pierre Louys the following words: "Do you not remember the Javanese music, able to express every shade of meaning, even unmentionable shades and which make our tonic and subdominant seem like ghosts?" And later, in 1913, he wrote (in the Revue S.I.M.), "Javanese music is based on a type of counterpoint by comparison with which that of Palestrina is child's play. And if we listen without European prejudice to the charm of their percussion we must confess that our percussion is like primitive noises at a country fair." Indeed it is quite remarkable what Debussy had to say about the Gamelan. Tiersot, however, who was a scholar, was not only equally impressed, but also made transcriptions and published interviews and discussions with the Indonesian musicians he met, as well as the African musicians who were also present at the Exposition of 1889. All this ended up into a publication whose title was Musiques pittoresques - Promenades musicales à l'exposition de Paris (Paris, Fischbacher, 1889), in which all the musical events that took place on that occasion are very carefully annotated and commented upon. It is precisely in this publication that Tiersot compares the sound of the Gamelan to that of a Wagnerian chord. His are the only documents and transcriptions we have, at that time, telling us something about what that Gamelan performances were really like.
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Feeling the Global Itch
By Stephan Bachenheimer.
The little artisan studio in a suburb of Tunis is an interior designer's dream. Craftsmen are busy weaving baskets, young women are embroidering fabric. There is pottery, colorful Kelims, ironwork. Antique wood beams are piled up in a corner. Mosaics decorate the walls. A place to bring a shipping container, not a shopping bag.
In the midst of a little patio, lit by the soft afternoon sun, stands Hajer Messaoudi, scratching her left hand and smiling at the visitors touring her workshop. "When I have to scratch my left hand, I usually receive money," she explains. "If it’s the right hand, then I have to spend money."
For Hajer it is all about experience. 59 years old, a divorced mother of two, she has built a successful business with her brother Mohamed. Her label "Caravan Serail" offers all things fashion: bags, clothes, embroidery. "Fair trade" business that emphasizes the artisans behind the work. And above all: quality. Hajer is proud of having learned her trade in Paris at the Francois Lesage School - an entry ticket to the world's top fashion houses. Her creations are destined for more than tourist shoppers in Tunis' Medina. "I would really like to sell my products on the Internet, because that would mean true globalization for me."
Not that Caravan Serail hasn't made international sales yet. There were shipments to customers in Paris and New York. But the sales were generated in an old fashioned way: through trade shows and middlemen. Approaching - and trusting - customers on the Internet - for Hajer that still means entering untested waters.
"You have to build a story around your product, in order to stand out". Sitting with Hajer in the dimly lit warehouse part of her workshop, Akrem Haddad, lays out marketing strategies for Caravan Serail. Both agree that selling to individual clients on Amazon will be the most promising strategy. For now, large quantities shall be avoided. The exclusivity of the products shall not be compromised.
Akrem has become Hayer's coach for the global marketplace. Courtesy of the so called "Virtual Marketplaces Project" that will propel businesses like Hajer's into the global marketplace. Run by the World Bank, the initiative supports the economic transition of countries in the Middle East and North Africa. As of now 100 businesses, many run by women, receive support from coaches like Akrem: product selection, sales strategy, export compliance.
"It is not really the IT skills we need to teach", Akrem noticed. "IT skills depend on age and knowledge, but we can always hand on these skills to somebody savy in their team. What is more important is to teach them how to communicate with their customers in virtual marketplaces. We need to create relationships that go beyond the virtual. We need to work with them on storytelling, on creating a brand."
And "Caravan Serail" products certainly come with their own story: many of Hajer's artisans are from rural areas that lack jobs and opportunity and provided fertile ground for Tunisia's revolution. Every international sale will trickle down to this young workforce.
The prospect of global marketplace has ignited Hajer's passion and enthusiasm "Tunisia's problems are not here to stay" she declares with a voice that allows no objection.
Chances are that the itch in her left hand will get much stronger.
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MU academics receive Jean Monnet Awards from EU’s Erasmus+ programme
Maynooth University is delighted to congratulate Prof John O’Brennan and Prof Tobias Lock on receiving Jean Monnet Awards under the EU’s Erasmus+ programme.
The Jean Monnet programme is designed to promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies worldwide. Its activities foster dialogue between the academic world and policy makers, in particular with the aim of enhancing governance of EU policies.
Maynooth University has been awarded almost €100,000 for a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence to be led by Professor John O’Brennan, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of Maynooth Centre of European and Eurasian Studies. The award is for three years.
Maynooth will receive over €40,000 for a Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law and Fundamental Rights to be led by Professor of Law Tobias Lock. The award for Prof Lock is the only Jean Monnet Chair awarded to an Irish university this year and will be the only Jean Monnet Chair in the field of law in Ireland. This funding is for a three-year period.
Jean Monnet Chairs, awarded through the EU’s Erasmus+ programme, are teaching posts with a specialisation in EU studies for university professors.
The award for the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies will support the consolidation of inter-disciplinary research on South Eastern Europe at Maynooth, harnessing the capacities of high level experts in history, politics and sociology and creating new partnerships with universities in South Eastern Europe.
The research activity will help advance the 'state of the art' knowledge about South Eastern Europe in both history and politics/sociology. The History dimension will examine the modern history and development of the Balkans, and the interface between European developments and domestic Balkan dynamics.
The Politics/Sociology lens will evaluate a range of areas, including EU enlargement policy, rule of law issues and European integration in the Western Balkans. It will also include an important comparative dimension, including the evaluation of conflict resolution frameworks in the Balkans and Northern Ireland.
The project will facilitate the exchange of faculty and postgraduate students between Maynooth University and partners in Sofia University and the University of Ljubljana and help foster significantly deeper cooperation with institutions in South Eastern Europe.
It will enhance Maynooth University's links with practitioners and civil society organisations located in/working on South Eastern Europe, to share knowledge and provide input into public policy-making, at local, national and European level.
Prof John O' Brennan said: "This award constitutes recognition of the important research achievements and international academic standing of the Centre, since its foundation in 2007. It will allow us to further position Maynooth as one of Ireland's key centres for engaging with contemporary Europe, and facilitate important dialogue with policy-makers working on European integration and South Eastern Europe.”
See also https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/europe/news/new-eu-erasmus-plus-award-maynooth-centre-european-and-eurasian-studies
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In response to the threat of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, the University is implementing reasonable and proportionate precautions in line with policy and advice from the HSE, DES and DFAT. Our priorities at this time are to minimise the chances of spread of the infection and to protect the health and welfare of our staff and students.
Date: Monday, 14 December 2020
Oleg Chupryna publishes new commentaries on Belarus and Nagorno-Karabakh
Oleg Chupryna, one of the Centre’s doctoral students, has published a number of recent pieces examining the resurgence of war between Armenia and Azerbijan and the protracted crisis in Belarus following on from the recent Presidential election.
Date: Monday, 30 November 2020
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New EU Erasmus Plus award for the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
Professor John O' Brennan has been awarded a new EU Erasmus Plus award for the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, which will become a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. The award is for three years and is worth almost €100,000.
Date: Thursday, 19 November 2020
Towards the EU: Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - Vision for the future of the Eastern Partnership - 23rd Oct 2020
Webinar for the Irish Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA) examining the Eastern Partnership of the EU.
Brexit in Historical Perspective - Thursday 22nd Oct
"Brexit in Historical Perspective" Dean's Lecture 2020 - Kevin O'Rourke
Dr. John Paul Newman's recent research fellowship in Sofia
From October 2019 until February 2020, Dr. Newman was an ‘Advanced Academic Fellow’ at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Sofia, Bulgaria working on two new research projects.
John O' Brennan lecture on the future of EU Enlargement policy at the IIEA, Dublin.
John O'Brennan recently delivered a lecture to the Irish Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin, focusing on 'What next for EU Enlargement?
Date: Thursday, 19 December 2019
IACES Biennial Conference 2019
Members of the Centre were active participants in the biannual conference of the Irish Association for Contemporary European Studies (IACES) at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, on Friday, 29 November 2019.
Professor John O' Brennan's recent lectures on EU politics in Central and Eastern Europe
Professor John O' Brennan has just completed a successful lecture tour in Slovenia (Ljubljana University) and Croatia (Rijeka University)
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Inhalation device player secures right to develop blister-based product
Hovione Technology, a specialist in development of inhalation device technology, has announced it has secured global rights to develop and commercialise a new multi-use blister-based dry powder inhaler patented by inventor Dr. Klaus-Dieter Beller.
The two parties will continue to collaborate on the inhaler, which will be marketed as the Papillon DPI.
The Papillon DPI is a single-part, blister-based, reusable inhaler of extreme simplicity, suitable for both chronic and acute treatments. It can accommodate a single or double blister configuration, enabling ultra-affordable drug therapies at global scale.
Papillon unlocks a paradigm shift for pharmaceutical companies developing new inhaled drugs: unit dose costs competitive to multi-dose inhalers at a fraction of the development cost and risk associated with complex devices.
Hovione Technology’s CEO Peter Villax said: “This is a strategic DPI development for Hovione Technology which emphasises our long-term commitment to offer market access to a portfolio of innovative inhalers that maximise simplicity of use, drug delivery performance and cost-effectiveness on a truly global scale. We are delighted to accelerate commercialisation of this innovative blister DPI.”
Hovione Technology has a co-promotional agreement with active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer Hovione and together they are able to provide access to a complete portfolio of innovative DPI devices integrated with inhalation API, formulation development and industrial manufacturing to pharmaceutical companies focusing on inhaled drugs.
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Case Study: Recovering Over £12,000 From A Care Provider
How Matthew Grant and Cate Searle helped a client to defend a County Court claim for care home fees, and recover over £12,000 from a care provider.
Mr A’s family placed him into a care home in 2005 after his needs became too much for his family to manage. At this time Mr A had to pay for his own care costs, which were over £660 per week. It was not until 2006 that Mr A’s son, Mr M, learned – almost by accident – that Social Services should be helping with the costs of care.
Mr M experienced some difficulty in dealing with the Social Services’ department – calls were not returned, information was not logged, etc. It was not until May 2007 that Social Services carried out a financial assessment and began making payments.
Social Services did not explain to Mr A or his family how the payments would work, when they would be made, or who they would be made to. Mr A and his family had mistakenly – but understandably – believed that Social Services would pay the family, and that they would use this money to pay the care home. Mr A therefore continued paying over £660 per week to the care home in expectation that he would receive money from Social Services at some point.
In 2009, Mr A died and in 2011 his son, Mr M, was shocked to learn that Social Services were suing him for his late father’s income contribution – some £7,000. Social Services claimed that Mr M had acted fraudulently. Mr A mistakenly believed that Social Services owed his late father’s estate money because he had not seen any contribution towards the care fees, and he issued a Counterclaim against the local authority valued at tens of thousands of pounds.
In the course of advising Mr M, it soon became apparent that his late father had paid more money to the care home than he needed to – he had paid the care home the full fees despite Social Services and the Primary Care Trust making contributions.
What Martin Searle Solicitors did
Mr M contacted our community care law solicitors in Gatwick & Crawley. We advised Mr M about the law on paying for care, about the Council’s claim, and about how his Counterclaim was weak. This allowed Mr M to understand the law, to be aware of the various risks and costs involved, and to understand his options. We agreed with Mr M what outcome he wanted, which was to deal with the Council’s claim, avoid having to pay any money to the Council, and recover any money that was due to his late father.
Matthew Grant represented Mr M at a mediation meeting with Social Services and obtained a successful outcome. Social Services and Mr M agreed to abandon their respective claims against each other.
We investigated exactly what money the care home had received so that we could calculate the amount by which Mr A had overpaid the care home; this amounted to some £10,000 plus interest. We advised Mr M about the various ways in which he could recover this money and protect his position.
We helped Mr M to recover this money from the care home on behalf of his late father’s estate. We prepared a letter for Mr M to send to the care home and this resulted in the care home agreeing to repay the money straight away. Mr M is donating the money to charity on behalf of his late father’s estate.
With our assistance, Social Services’ claim went away very quickly – this meant that Mr M no longer needed to face Court proceedings and was no longer under a threat of having to pay the Council nearly £7,000. More than this, Mr M was able to recover £10,000 from the care home in overpaid fees. We allowed Mr M to achieve a quick and cost-efficient outcome. Mr M said “I think that we have a result all round thanks to Matthew and Cate. Our family can’t thank you enough.”
This case study shows how complicated care home funding cases can be, and why seeking specialist advice about paying for care is important. The community care law team at Martin Searle Solicitors are experts in care home funding cases and can offer specialist legal support.
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Creek Fire forces hikers into 'Mordor' smoke and across Sierra, including a boy and dog
Fresno Bee 9/12/2020 By Carmen George and Jim Guy, The Fresno Bee
The Creek Fire – now one of the largest wildfires burning in California – had just ignited at the start of Labor Day weekend as many departed into the Sierra Nevada, expecting three days of mountain bliss.
Instead, unaware backpackers without cell service faced an exploding wildfire that has grown by thousands of acres daily in eastern Fresno and Madera counties since Friday night.
Some are still unaccounted for. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tony Botti said he thought approximately 10 hikers still hadn’t been located, but weren’t officially considered missing as of Thursday afternoon. Hiker Heather Craig, reported missing by her father, is among them.
“Their families may or may not have heard from them,” Botti said. “So we keep in touch with them for updates and cross them off the list if they check in.”
The sheriff’s office is planning to deploy aircraft with thermal imaging to search for hikers, what might begin Friday, Botti said.
Of those who have made it safely home, here are six of their escape stories, including a caravan through flames and some young, brave adventurers forced to cross the Sierra Nevada for the first time.
1. Through Shaver Lake flames from China Peak
On Sunday – the day after a group surrounded by fire at Mammoth Pool Reservoir was flown to safety – there were still many hikers in the mountains, including Pam Geisel Plemmons.
It was the sixth day of what had been a beautiful backpack trip into Evolution Valley. Smoke became visible Saturday, but didn’t seem like a big deal. By Sunday, it made the afternoon feel like midnight, Plemmons said.
She and a friend made it back to their cars at a trailhead above Huntington Lake. The roads were eerily empty as they drove down the mountain.
“The smoke is getting thicker and the sky is getting redder and redder. … Why isn’t anyone here and stopping us?” Plemmons asked herself.
They finally hit a road block at China Peak Mountain Resort and were instructed to wait in a parking lot with around 50 other cars and people. Some seemed to be partying. Not Plemmons.
“My legs were shaking I’m so scared,” she recalled. “You could see the fire was about three to five miles away, and it was just going to come over the ridge.”
She was told to sign her name on a sheet and wondered if it would be used to notify relatives of her death. She was told helicopters were coming for them – and then they weren’t. Fire and sheriff officials vowed to keep them safe as they waited for a break.
An opportunity surfaced that evening and they all convoyed down the mountain, escorted by fire trucks.
Sides of the road were aflame around the dam at Shaver Lake. Burning trees reminded her of firing rockets.
“The saddest part was seeing all the animals,” Plemmons said. “There were a lot of livestock on the road.”
Out of the fire zone, she stayed with her daughter in Fresno, then returned home to Chico – which now sits between the even-more-massive August and North Complex fires.
2. Cal Poly first-time backpacker forced to cross mountains
Maycee Ballew, 20, was on her first ever backpack trip with five friends and fellow Cal Poly students when she learned from a Forest Service ranger that a massive wildfire was blocking their exit out Highway 168. He advised them and a number of other hikers, 16 in all, to cross the mountain range to the Eastern Sierra, instead.
One route would add 25 miles, requiring an extra day of hiking, what Ballew and her friends didn’t have enough food for. They opted for a shortcut that would shave off 10 miles, but with a catch: Climbing 13,400-foot Mount Lamarck. As they left McClure Meadow for Bishop via the more strenuous route, Ballew wished one of her friends a happy 21st birthday as a 16-mile “death march” began.
“It wasn’t really even a trail, it was just a shortcut people had taken before,” Ballew said. “We knew we weren’t on the PCT or JMT. A lot of it was literally just bouldering, choose your own adventure. Just pick the rock that looks the most stable and go for it.”
Many tears were shed as the hikers reached the summit of Mount Lamarck and were able to call parents and wives.
“It was both pride and a little bit of panic,” Ballew said of her tears as she stood upon the mountain looking at a smoke-filled valley with many miles still to go.
Ballew and her friends had help from the ranger from McClure Meadow, who caught up with them up the trail, along with a group of men who were also, coincidentally, from San Luis Obispo. They “literally saved our lives,” Ballew said, by helping carry backpacks and being so “physically and emotionally strong” throughout the trek that took over 12 hours. Ballew wasn’t the only first-time backpacker on the journey.
As the sun set, headlamps illuminated raining ash as they descended into the Eastern Sierra hungry, thirsty and exhausted. The ranger had returned to his station after guiding them to the summit. It “felt very end of days” as they pushed through the final miles of their unexpected detour, finally taking them to a campground outside Bishop late Sunday night.
She called the trek “light-years different” in difficulty from the backpack trip she had originally planned.
Ballew had a satellite communicator, used by some backpackers where cell service is minimal or non-existent, that enabled her to keep in contact with her parents, Angela and Rob Ballew. They drove from Clovis to Bishop on Monday morning to get them, then drove the San Luis Obispo group back to the Central Coast – 750 miles in all.
Angela is very proud of her daughter.
“She blew all of us away who have backpacked,” she said of her youngest child, who bested her mother’s backpacking feats the first time out in summit elevation, miles walked in one push, and completing a trans-Sierra hike.
“What strength of character, what calm, what endurance,” Angela said. “She just amazed me. I’m so proud of her. She’s such a sweetheart and such a genuine, kind person, but on that trail she proved she was also really gutsy and really strong.”
3. Dropping into ‘Mordor’ darkness after failed fishing
As the sky grew darker and smokier Saturday afternoon, Brad Johnson feels embarrassed now to admit that he thought, “Let’s go fishing!”
“I had to use a headlight to tie the fly,” the 40-year-old said. It was 4 p.m. at Sadler Lake.
“The lake is covered in ash and the fly hit a scummy film of ash and immediately sunk,” Johnson said. “I did not catch any fish.”
The smoke didn’t feel like an imminent danger to the avid hiker at the time. Neither did the thunder he now knows was created by the massive Creek Fire. Not even when blackened chunks of wood started falling from the sky.
Johnson camped overnight and awoke to more ominous changes.
“I looked downslope and saw this black cloud. It looked like Mordor, it really did,” he said, referencing the evil wasteland from “The Lord of the Rings.”
“I don’t know what’s down there, but I don’t want to go down there,” he thought. “Whatever it is is not good.”
But down he would go until he reached cell service along a rocky section of the Isberg Trail. He called the Madera County Sheriff’s Office and learned roads below were closed because of the fire. He also ran into a packer, Tracy Terzian, leading a group on mules who called his wife and the Forest Service for more information.
Johnson learned he could continue down to Beasore Meadows and drive out along bumpy, remote roads, which he did. That he’d make it out at all was unknown when he first started dropping into “Mordor.” In hindsight, he regrets not having hiked up into nearby Yosemite National Park instead.
Descending into the smoky darkness, Johnson said, “either we were going to make it out or we weren’t.”
The Berkeley man is a former wilderness guide who also used to work for the Sierra Club. But for all his experience, Johnson said he and other hikers on that trail had a hard time knowing what to do when confronted by monster fire. Johnson knew the recommendations for dealing with every other backcountry danger, but not this. It was the only time, aside from a former rock climbing expedition, when he thought he might die in the wilderness.
“There’s a lot to learn from these disasters about how to stay safe in the new West.”
4. Packer gets surprise help to save mules, horses
As Johnson made his way to a trailhead, Terzian returned to Minarets Pack Station at Miller Meadow in the Sierra National Forest. Terzian was leading an overnight pack trip at Cora Lake when things turned bad.
“The thunder was unbelievable,” he said of weather created by the fire. “It was like a summer storm without the rain.”
He and his group decided to come down the mountain because they didn’t have enough food to take longer routes out and were concerned about potential fire activity along another trail.
Upon arriving at the pack station clear of fire, he and a couple employees and family members went to work rounding up their stock, about 30 mules and horses. Many were waiting in the Miller Meadow near the station. Terzian’s wife, Mikki, let them loose the previous day when she had to evacuate.
Terzian then herded them down Minarets Road for a 12-mile ride to Chiquito Bridge, where a road block was in place. They all happily followed the mares.
“I was tickled to death,” he said of the cooperative mules, equally eager to get out of there.
When they reached Chiquito Bridge, a convoy of cowboys with horse trailers were there waiting, organized by Terzian’s son. One of them was a member of the family who owned Wagner’s Store at Mammoth Pool, which burned the previous night, he said.
“His wife and daughter were trapped back there at Wagner’s Store when it burned down and he’s there helping us,” Terzian said. “It was amazing.”
More than a dozen strangers showed up to help. Terzian knew just one person in the group of compassionate volunteers. He said he’s overwhelmed by the amount of support and cooperation.
“It’s amazing how when a crisis strikes, we all tend to work together.”
5. Boy and dog among others who crossed Sierra Nevada
Clay Steward’s High Sierra fishing trip with his friend Brent McNelis turned into a dogged slog to Bishop after the pair spotted a towering mushroom cloud that was the Creek Fire.
Steward and McNelis, both 42, abruptly found the megafire blocking their return to the Edison Lake area.
Instead, they found their only escape was an arduous, high altitude, 20-mile trek in the opposite direction.
They teamed with Greg and Vanessa Cooper of Clovis, their 6-year-old son Gregory and Diego, an 11-year-old Labrador mix, to arrive safely in Bishop on Monday, exhausted, hungry and walking gingerly on blistered feet.
Steward and McNelis were planning on fishing in Evolution Lake in Kings Canyon National Park when word of the fire began to circulate Saturday among hikers.
Steward’s car was parked at the Florence Lake trailhead, and the pair just wanted to get to it and head down the hill. But at the John Muir trail, more disturbing details were swirling: Highway 168 was closed. More and more hikers were heading away.
Steward and McNelis opted to do the same when they crossed paths with the Coopers, who were abandoning plans to get back to their brand-new car, parked near the fire, and instead head for Piute Canyon and then to Bishop. Together, the newly formed group hiked about six miles before sleeping on the ground that night, too tired to set up camp. They trekked all the next day.
“Sunday night was the worst,” said Steward. “We’d hiked 18 miles. Ash was falling like snow. You couldn’t see the moon. It was just awful.”
Monday, they crossed 11,500-foot Piute Pass. Diego, the 11-year-old Lab mix, was struggling; the family carried him part way.
But 6-year-old Gregory “was an absolute trooper,” said Steward, as he scrambled up and down the trail.
They encountered other groups and families making their way east and met a man with a satellite texter, who helped by sending a message to Steward’s wife, Emily, directing her to Bishop.
There was no official greeting party when they finally reached the trailhead on the east side.
“It was just abandoned. No one there,” said Steward.
But the group ended up catching a ride to Bishop, where they met up with Emily at a rendezvous in a Bishop brewery. All returned to the Fresno area in Steward’s SUV.
Steward still has to get back to Florence Lake to recover his Subaru Outback. Sheriff’s deputies tell him the parking lot is a “complete mess,” and not to even think about returning before next week.
And call first to check.
6. Wildfire cuts Eastern Sierra adventure short for mountaineer
The air was “perfectly clear” when Taylor Stanton, a self-described “annoying leave-no-trace guy” with a passion for mountains, went to sleep Saturday when it was still light out, anticipating an early start the next day to summit a peak near Bishop.
The 30-year-old woke up earlier than expected in the middle of the night, coughing and sneezing. He turned on the light to find air that resembled “pea soup … just a wall of white smoke.”
He fortunately had a N95 mask in his pack because of the COVID-19 pandemic and put that on. He packed up his camp and started to hike the handful of miles back to his vehicle in the dark, not knowing where the fire was.
“Visibility was nil,” Stanton said. “It was a weird, slow-going slog.”
He reached the trailhead around 3 a.m. Sunday and drove to the Buttermilks, a popular bouldering destination, to try to see what was happening. It was a concerning sight when the sun rose. Everyone there quickly left, too.
Stanton said he visits Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra almost every weekend. In the immediate future, he’s planning to take a break from such regular visitation, hanging out at his home in the Bay Area more.
In the process, he’ll be missing one of his favorite places on Earth. A place that’s hard to see burn.
“It’s almost like watching the Notre Dame burn down, but for me worse because I see it as a place of mental health and detox and a home away from home,” Stanton said. “There is such a close personal connection to the place. It just feels like watching a sacred building burn down.”
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Posted on September 2, 2020 by Point Pleasant Register
Lady Raiders win at Wellston
By Alex Hawley - ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com
WELLSTON, Ohio — They wanted the sweep, and maybe they should have just let them have it.
The River Valley volleyball team led Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division host Wellston two-games-to-none on Tuesday in Jackson County, but the Lady Rockets rallied back from down 11 to win the third game 28-26. The Lady Raiders responded with a 25-5 victory in the fourth game, however, sealing their fourth win in a row.
After a back-and-forth start to the night, RVHS (4-1, 1-0 TVC Ohio) took the Game 1 lead 8-7 and didn’t trail again. Wellston tied it at eight and nine, but the Silver and Black closed the set with a 16-to-5 run for a 25-14 win.
The Lady Rockets led for the first time in the second game at 5-4, but gave the advantage back to River Valley at 10-9. WHS tied the game at 11, but surrendered 14 of the next 18 points, falling 25-15 in the second.
River Valley was up 11 points, at 17-6, in the third game, but the hosts fought all the way back, tying it up at 22, 24 and 25 before finally regaining the lead at 26-25. River Valley tied it at 26, but Wellston scored the next two points to force a fourth game.
The Lady Raiders scored the first four points of the fourth and never looked back, rolling to the 25-5 win to cap of the 3-1 victory.
Leading the way for the victors, Mikenzi Pope had 23 service points and five aces, and Javan Gardner earned 19 points and two aces. Hannah Jacks was next with nine points and an ace, followed by Jaden Bradley with eight points and four aces. Rounding out the Lady Raider service, Malerie Stanley marked two points and Sydnee Runyon had one point on an ace.
Jacks led RVHS at the net with nine kills and three blocks. Pope was next with eight kills and a block, followed by Taylor Huck with six kills and two blocks. Bradley ended with three kills and a team-best 17 assists, while Runyon, Maddie Hall and Gracee Wamsley had two kills apiece, with a block by Runyon. Gardner came up with a kill and a block in the win, while Stanley had a team-high 13 digs.
The Lady Raiders — who are back in action at home on Thursday against Vinton County — will look for the season sweep against Wellston on Sept. 24 in Bidwell.
By Alex Hawley
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Weekend Reads #57 – Assassin’s Heart by Sarah Aheirs
Posted January 30, 2016 by Lillian in Reviews / 1 Comment
Last weekend during the Snowpocalypse, I read Sarah Ahiers‘s debut book Assassin’s Heart and today I wanted to share it with you all. It comes out later this week so be sure you preorder or request it at your library. I adore high fantasy and this book reminds me why. Think Godfather crossed with Romeo & Juliet crossed with one of my personal favorites Throne of Glass. You don’t want to miss this book!
I received this book via Edelweiss. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of this review.
Assassin's Heart by Sarah Ahiers
Published by HarperTEEN on 2016-02-02
Reviewing eARC from Edelweiss
In the kingdom of Lovero, nine rival Families of assassins lawfully kill people for a price. As a highly skilled member of one of these powerful clans, seventeen-year-old Lea Saldana has always trusted in the strength of her Family. Until she awakens to find them murdered and her home in flames. The Da Vias, the Saldanas’ biggest enemy, must be responsible—and Lea should have seen it coming. But her secret relationship with the Da Vias’ son, Val, has clouded her otherwise killer instinct—and given the Da Vias more reason than ever to take her Family down.
Racked with guilt and shattered over Val’s probable betrayal, Lea sets out to even the score, with her heart set on retaliation and only one thought clear in her mind: make the Da Vias pay.
With shades of The Godfather and Romeo and Juliet, this richly imagined fantasy from debut author Sarah Ahiers is a story of love, lies, and the ultimate vengeance.
Initial Reaction
Where do I even start?! Assassin’s Heart by Sarah Ahiers is one of the best high fantasy books I’ve ever had the privilege to read. The story is addictive and heart-breaking with fantastic world-building and characters I won’t soon forget. Lea Saldana is an esteemed clipper from of the First Family in Lovero when her entire Family is killed by another Family. Grieving and wanting vengeance, she escapes to Yvain, a neighboring country that is home to her estranged uncle. Seeking his help, Lea plans to return Lovero with the means to kill the Family responsible, but will she get what she is looking for?
Unforgettable Characters
Lea Saldana is a force to be reckoned with! At 17, she is one of the best clippers (assassins) in Lovero. But she doesn’t just kill to kill. This is a form of worship for her. She is a devout follower of Safraella, the goddess of death and rebirth. In her mind, the one’s Lea kills are given a chance at new life and to this she is a swift killer. But like all 17 year olds she’s also lets her hormones make decisions for her…like falling in love and having a secret relationship with Val Da Via, an enemy Family or her need for vengeance. Whatever Lea sets her mind to, she accomplishes. Throughout the book she is grieving and the author does a fantastic job taking her through the grief process and letting the readers come along for the ride.
Marcello Saldana is fairly big character in the story who has very little presence in the actual story. He is the traitor uncle who killed the head of the Family before he was ousted. But Lea seeks him out, knowing he’s her only living relative and hoping for his help. He’s been living in Yvain since before her birth, but she is shocked when she finds him and sees that he too grieves as she does. They are opposites with much in common and I feel like this added to Lea’s character in a way that only family can!
And Les *swoon* He is living with her uncle when Lea meets him and he confuses her to no end. Lea is used to the Loveran way of life and yet Les has grown up in Yvain, was a traveler before meeting Marcello and loves freely without the constraint of “Family over family” (more on that in a minute). He is kind just to be kind and he cares more than anyone Lea has ever encountered. He believes in the clipper way of life, is devoted to it as Lea is, but his training isn’t complete and Lea worries it will get him killed.
High Fantasy at Its Best
I could go on for DAYS about the world-building in this book! It is AMAZING. Sarah Ahiers creates an entirely new world with its own gods, own countries, and own customs. It never ceases to amaze me when authors do this and do it well as this author has. Lovero is protected by the king’s worship of Safraella. The clippers work in service to Safraella, taking jobs and killing people in her name. Then there’s the motto “Family over family.” Family are the clippers you work with, live with and serve with while family are your blood relatives. Honestly there’s a lot of overlap and the author does a great job of showing how the two often conflict with the characters feelings as in the case of Lea and Marcello.
The only Saldana remaining, and I’d gotten my Family killed because I’d loved a boy in secret who used that love to destroy me.
The plot follows Lea as she first lives through the destruction of her Family and then as she escapes to the refuge of Yvain. There are angry ghosts in the Dead Plains and clippers chasing her and crooked lawmen making it a thrilling tale full of suspense and horror. BUT there is also the love aspect of the story. Love for Family, love for your family, forbidden love, and true love. While this isn’t the focus of the story it plays a hand in the action of all the characters.
My Conclusion
Overall I LOVED this book. I had the hardest time sitting it down to eat or sleep. I just wanted to know what would happen next, if Lea would return to Lovero and get her vengeance, would she find real love and happiness. I NEEDED to know! By far this is one of my all-time favorite reads, ranking right up there with Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass series for me (which y’all know is huge praise). If you enjoy high fantasy, young adult romance, and a thrilling read, you NEED to read this book ASAP!
Final Conclusion:
About Sarah Ahiers
Sarah Ahiers has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults and lives in Minnesota with three dogs and a house full of critters. She has a collection of steampunk hats and when she’s not writing she fills her time with good games, good food, good friends and good family.
Sarah writes Young Adult and Middle Grade novels and occasionally dabbles in Picture Books. Fantasy is her favorite genre, though she sometimes can be found playing around with Horror and other things that go bump in the night.
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Jessica @ a GREAT read
I think I am pretty much convinced that I will need to pick this one up asap! It sounds awesome and I love a good fantasy!! Great review!
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Smokers' sperm spell trouble for future generations
By Brett Wright
Men who smoke may be harming not only their children, but also their
grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In Melbourne last week, the American
biochemist Bruce Ames told an international conference on environmental
mutagens that there is growing evidence linking tobacco smoking in fathers
with early death and genetic defects in their children.
Ames cited two recent studies by researchers in North Carolina. Epidemiologists
at the University of North Carolina analysed the histories of 15 000 children
born between 1959 and 1966. They found that the children of men who had
smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day were twice as likely to suffer birth
defects such as harelip and heart defects as the children of nonsmokers,
and two-and-a-half times as likely to be born with an abnormal narrowing
of the urethra.
A second study, from the National Institute of Environmental Health
in North Carolina, examined 220 children under the age of 14 who suffered
from cancer. It found that leukaemia and cancer of the lymph nodes were
twice as common among the children of men who had smoked in the year before
their children were born. Brain cancer was 40 per cent more common.
‘I’m already convinced that a good proportion of the birth defects and
child cancers are coming from male smokers,’ said Ames. No such links could
be traced to women.
Much of the damage done by smoking is caused by oxidising compounds
in cigarette smoke. Unbound oxygen is highly reactive and very damaging
to DNA. Some normal by-products of metabolism – superoxide, hydroxyl radicals
and hydrogen peroxide – are mutagens. They oxidise DNA, causing what Ames
calls ‘oxidative lesions’ at points along the DNA molecule. This may happen
10 000 times a day, he says. But enzymes generally repair most of the damage
by cutting out the injured parts. Problems arise when oxidation outstrips
The blood contains a number of antioxidants including vitamin C, vitamin
E and beta-carotene. In smokers, these are used up in neutralising oxidative
compounds from smoke. To maintain the necessary amount of vitamin C in their
blood, smokers need to consumer three times as much as nonsmokers. As the
concentration of antioxidant in a human cell falls, the number of ‘oxidative
hits’ or lesions on the DNA increases.
More importantly, oxidative damage can cause lesions in sperm cells
raising the prospect that genetic changes caused by smoking will be inherited.
Ames warned that men who smoke are risking damage to their sperm, ‘an effect
that will reverberate down the generations’.
More antioxidants in the diet, he said, could reduce the risk of genetic
damage. A diet rich in vitamin C can reduce the levels of oxidative damage
in sperm cells by 50 to 75 per cent. He called for the US government to
increase its recommended daily dose for nutrients such as vitamin C and
for urgent research to discover how much of these substances is necessary
to protect the germ cells.
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The Casteless Collective: Musicalising Anti-Caste Conscience
A cursory glance at these videos testifies to this: these new songs and albums share with Bollywood a slick production style, a totally apolitical approach, lethargically romantic lyrics and also their lyrics.
Yogesh Maitreya
During the early 1990s, through independent songs and albums, a new genre of pop music stepped into India. For the first time, it introduced shades of hip-hop and rap. By and large, these songs were produced by the savarna imagination. It borrowed production styles and ideas from the American musical scene, which at the time was heavily influenced by MTV.
A cursory glance at these videos testifies to this: these new songs and albums share with Bollywood a slick production style, a totally apolitical approach, lethargically romantic lyrics and also their lyrics. Though the genre was influenced by and imitated the West, the savarna singers and musicians collectively failed to use the strengths of hip-hop and rap. They missed the purpose of hip-hop and rap.
While these songs and albums appropriated rap and hip-hop, they went all-out to concurrently misunderstand them. They made listeners feel that hip-hop and rap are just another genre, with no connection to politics or the history of the exploited. These savarna musicians had the right instruments and access to world music, but what they did not—and will never—have the experience of being oppressed and exploited. Thus the music that came into their hands lost all its vigour.
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Yet, the influence of this popular musical fare on a generation cannot be denied. It shaped the musical memory, understanding and language of those who grew up listening to these songs and watching the accompanying videos. This generation of listeners was made to believe—but in what?
The French economic and social theorist Jacques Attali notes in his prophetic commentary on music, NOISE: The Political Economy of Music, published in 1985 by the University of Minnesota press: “…make people believe. The entire history of tonal music, like that of classical political economy, amounts to an attempt to make people believe in a consensual representation of the world. In order to replace the lost ritualisation of the channelisation of violence with the spectacle of the absence of violence. In order to stamp upon the spectators the faith that there is a harmony in order. In order to etch in their minds the image of the ultimate social cohesion, achieved through commercial exchange and the progress of rational knowledge.1
Yet, Attali would surely reformulate some of his arguments, were he to dig deep into the treacherous history of music in India. Music, in a society of caste(s), is also a medium to ostracise and exclude, to thwart ambitions to manifest ones being through music.
Attali speaks of a framework of the ‘consensual’ representation of the world, but he would have had to acknowledge, in India’s context, that “social oppression” has never been the agenda of songs here. In the name of Bollywood songs and indie-pop, the dalit-bahujan listeners have been fed with ideas and tastes of the anti-dalit/bahujan imagination of brahmanism. The violence of Indian society has been displaced into these songs, which are replete with fantasies and the romanticisation of love. Since the brahmins have kept music in their custody in India, they were able to present it as sacred. In this way they have made non-brahmin people subscribe to their idea of the world. This first mutilated the organic roots of music and subsequently murdered it.
The Casteless Collective, or TCC, is an original musical phenomenon in India, arisen now to represent its resurrection from this musical death.
“Your forefather kept mine oppressed
Isn’t that why we are given our quota?
Don’t be so proud because you get all you want
Unlike our ancestors we won’t remain calm..” (translated from the Tamil original.)
This song, titled Quota, has been produced by TCC. It declaims on the history and rationale of ‘quotas’ which we colloquially call ‘reservation’, and which are an entitlement of the dalit-bahujans.
Also read | Dalit Women as Active Participants in Ambedkarite Movement
TCC is unique in that all its songs are filled with history and politics. They are also finely produced, fusing technology and tradition. They impregnate minds with new ideas and fresh thoughts, and thus they mark the progress of rational knowledge.
TCC started in 2017, the brainchild of Tamil movie director Pa. Ranjith, with dalit-bahujan artists, singers, rappers, musicians and lyricists. It is producing music at a time of explicit state violence in the country. Alongside, there is unbridled proliferation of technology. What has proved totally revolutionary to the musical traditions of the country is TCC’s collaboration with Gaana music artists, who are also part of the Collective.
(In Tamil land, Gaana music is played and performed during funerals. The performers are members of socially excluded castes.)
Over the years, the music-caste relation has stigmatised an array of musical and performance styles in India. Singers and musicians engaged in the Gaana tradition are not held in great esteem by brahmanical listeners. These musicians also face caste discrimination, although their music is organically produced, has a mystic rawness and provides society a vital artistry that can wake it from the torpor induced by the romantic imagination. This is especially vital while much of the country is afire with social strife.
Music has not entered the lives of exploited people recently. It is in fact the only organic medium available to them which offers some consolation from suffering. When music became “organised sound” in the modern times, it also became inseparable from instrumentation and technology. Hence it was transformed into a commodity. Those who controlled the means of producing music became its masters—even when they created music that had never belonged to them at all.
In India, brahmins from all linguistic regions commodified and hegemonised music through film, private performances and, recently, albums. In their music, the dalit-bahujans lose their rootedness and their organic association with nature.
TCC has re-acquired for the dalit-bahujans their means of musical production and with it has changed the purpose of music itself. Brahmanical music veils the larger truths of our society which TCC unveils, daringly so. TCC songs roar out their melodies and words, but they heal us intellectually while doing so.
For example, Vivasayam, a song about the sufferings and dreams of farmers, has been produced with a vigour and powerful imagery that has perhaps never been seen before. We hear it, see it, and enter that world of musical imagination which we have been purposefully steered away from. Its lyrical and image elements are impossible for a brahmanical imagination to conceive of.
“We will farm in peace
When we buy land in Outer Space
This is no place for us
No one to wipe a farmer’s tear.
Our legs have tread and toiled
On this parched land,
Mother Earth found nourishment
Thanks to the cracks on our feet…..”
Attali says that music, “in its ambivalence, in its all-embracing hope, is simultaneously heard, reasoned, and constructed. It brings Power, Science, and Technology together. It is a rootedness in the world, an attempt to conceive of human creation as being in conformity with nature.”2
Also read | How Bhimrao Kardak and His Troupe Brought Ambedkar in Song
When music went into the hands of the brahmins, this hope, reason, power, science and technology, this rootedness, was turned completely upside down. True that the power that comes with marshalling science and technology was exercised by the brahmins, but in their music the truth was erased and the connection of human beings with nature was disrupted. Vivasayam, re-establishes this connection and makes the element of truth an essential element of every musical composition.
TCC has also produced songs on Ambedkar, women’s exploitation, the culture of consuming beef curry and so on. All these subjects never appeared in the musical inspiration of the country with such intensity, nor has it ever produced such fine visual elements. Yes, it includes Gaana music, accompanied with the instruments and the history that have been ‘outcasted’, but rap is also an integral part of their repertoire.
Fusing many genres of music and history, TCC provides the musical imagination that we need in our isolation.
The purpose of music is not to set us further adrift from the world, but to integrate us with it. TCC’s music makes us uncomfortable. It wakes us up from the lethargy of romanticism. It is the kind of phenomenon that is certain to help us build an anti-caste sensibility.
Courtesy: Indian Cultural Forum,
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Resilient Places Require Intentional Strategies
In September, the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Neighborhood Funders Group convened 100 local, regional, and national funders for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy. Here, Angela Brown of The Hyams Foundation reflects on the variety of grantmaking approaches in the field and the importance of working with communities on long-term strategies.
By Angela Brown, The Hyams Foundation
Six weeks ago I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the convening Toward A More Resilient Place: Promising Practice in Place-Based Philanthropy, hosted by the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions and the Neighborhood Funders Group. The two-day event gathered almost 100 grantmakers and community leaders to reflect on the longstanding social inequities that we see today. While the participants in the room represented a range of funding approaches, we all were committed to looking at the inequities that many communities are experiencing squarely in the eye.
Some funders were focused on community improvement, with grantmaking that recognizes and builds upon the strengths and assets of low income communities; other funders talked about how their funding was focused on a specific issue facing a community and establishing practices and policies to reverse troubling trends; still others were learning and applying ways to make their grants strategies more bottom-up, and having more community-driven funding strategies. We remarked that no matter what funding approach our respective organizations take, it is essential to call-out and put race and ethnicity openly on the table.
I so appreciated the energy and curiosity of the grantmakers attending the conference, who were of all backgrounds and identities and were willing to put race and privilege on the table. This was incredibly helpful, challenging, inspiring, and in short, beautiful. Weeks later, I still have wind under my wings from the community and the learnings that we shared over those two days.
One area on which I’ve been reflecting on is the grantmaker’s craft. We connect and build relationships with community organizations, digest and sift through data looking for emergent trends, scan the policy and economic landscape, and use all this information to allocate resources in ways that can impact longstanding issues borne out by all the disparities we see at a local level.
Additionally, while many of the major place-based initiatives show how important community models can shape federal programs, we must be willing to confront the fact that long-standing drivers of social inequities can’t and won’t be corrected by a focus on program innovation and incremental policy change alone. We must recognize that our strategies address issues that have been present for years, decades, or likely longer, so developing our strategies with the assumption that we’ll begin to see a “tangible” change in community and social indicators in a short span of two, or three or five years will not hit the mark.
It’s time to increase our ability to partner with community on a longer-term change agenda. The grantmakers attending Toward A More Resilient Place were willing to engage in this much needed conversation, setting the stage for many more to follow.
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Discount Foundation Legacy Award
The nominations are now open for the 2021 Discount Foundation Legacy Award!
The Discount Legacy Award annually identifies, supports and celebrates an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and contributed significantly to workers’ rights movements in the United States and/or globally. Through public recognition and a $20,000 stipend, we hope to recognize and amplify the work of individuals at the intersections leading the way toward justice for low-wage workers of color. This is a one of a kind opportunity to recognize the often unheard voices of worker movements - that includes volunteers, members, workplace leaders, and more who are transforming the lives and rights of their fellow low-wage workers of color.
To be eligible for the Award, a nominee must be active in worker justice, including but not limited to organizing and advocacy-related work. Additionally, nominees do not have to be employed at an organization or institution whose mission is to advance worker justice – they can be volunteers, members or other leaders at an organization or workplace organizing effort. We will not be asking questions regarding immigration or other legal status, and nominees do not have to reside in the US.
Nominees need to be nominated by someone other than themselves, through a simple, quick and accessible application process found here. The Award is meant only for individuals. Organizations, groups of individuals or institutions are not eligible for consideration. If you know anyone who you think should be recognized for their significant commitment to worker justice at any level - from a workplace to the neighborhood to the nation - this is your chance to provide them a powerful boost and real resources they can use in whatever way they choose!
In addition to being publicly recognized for their remarkable contributions to the movement, the 2021 Discount Foundation Legacy Award winner will receive a $20,000 stipend to provide them with the flexibility to expand upon their professional activities and achievements They will not be asked for any reporting requirements, and the funding has no specific strings attached or other specific obligations. The winner of the 2021 Discount Foundation Legacy Award will be invited to be honored at a virtual event in 2021. To learn more about the eligibility requirements and nomination process, please see our FAQs here — and please spread the word about this opportunity to your networks, colleagues and friends!
All nominations must be received by 11:59pm ET on March 11th, 2021 through the online nomination form. We’re happy to help answer questions about the award, or support with any trouble you have with the application — please reach out to emily@jwj.org.
Created in partnership with Jobs With Justice Education Fund and the Neighborhood Funders Group’s Funders for a Just Economy, the Discount Foundation Legacy Award was launched in 2015 to commemorate and carry on the legacy of the Foundation’s decades-long history of supporting leading edge organizing in the worker justice arena beyond its spend down as a foundation in 2014.
Convocatoria de nominaciones para el premio Discount Foundation Legacy 2021
¡Ya están abiertas las nominaciones para el Premio Discount Foundation Legacy 2021!
El Premio Discount Legacy identifica, apoya y celebra anualmente a una persona que ha demostrado un liderazgo sobresaliente y ha contribuido significativamente a los movimientos por los derechos de los trabajadores en los Estados Unidos o en todo el mundo. A través del reconocimiento público y un estipendio de $20,000, esperamos reconocer y ampliar el trabajo de las personas en las intersecciones que lideran el camino hacia la justicia para los trabajadores de color con salarios bajos. Esta es una oportunidad única para reconocer las voces a menudo inauditas de los movimientos de trabajadores, que incluyen voluntarios, miembros, líderes en el lugar de trabajo y más que están transformando las vidas y los derechos de sus compañeros trabajadores de color con salarios bajos.
Para ser elegible para el premio, un nominado debe ser activo en la justicia laboral, lo que incluye, pero no se limita, a la organización y el trabajo relacionado con la defensa. Además, los nominados no tienen que estar empleados en una organización o institución cuya misión sea promover la justicia laboral; pueden ser voluntarios, miembros u otros líderes en una organización o esfuerzo de organización en el lugar de trabajo. No haremos preguntas sobre inmigración u otro estado legal, y los nominados no tienen que residir en los EE. UU.
Los nominados deben ser nominados por alguien que no sea ellos mismos, a través de un proceso de solicitud simple, rápido y accesible que se encuentra aquí. El premio está destinado únicamente a individuos. No se tomará en cuenta a las organizaciones, los grupos de personas o las instituciones. Si conoce a alguien que crea que debería ser reconocido por su importante compromiso con la justicia laboral en cualquier nivel, desde el lugar de trabajo hasta el vecindario y la nación, esta es su oportunidad de brindarle un impulso poderoso y recursos reales que puede usar de la manera que elija.
Además del reconocimiento público por sus notables contribuciones al movimiento, el ganador del Premio Discount Foundation Legacy 2021 recibirá un estipendio de $20,000 para brindar la flexibilidad de expandir sus actividades y logros profesionales. No se le pedirá ningún requisito de presentación de informes y la financiación no tiene condiciones ni obligaciones específicas. Se invitará al ganador del Premio Discount Foundation Legacy 2021 a un homenaje en un evento virtual en 2021. Para obtener más información sobre los requisitos de elegibilidad y el proceso de nominación, consulte nuestras preguntas frecuentes aquí y haga correr la voz sobre esta oportunidad en sus redes y entre compañeros y amigos.
Todas las nominaciones deben recibirse antes de las 11:59 p. m. ET del 11 de marzo de 2021 a través del formulario de nominación en línea. Nos complace ayudar a responder preguntas sobre el premio o brindar asistencia con cualquier problema que tenga con la solicitud, envíe un correo electrónico a emily@jwj.org.
Creado en asociación con Jobs With Justice Education Fund y los Funders for a Just Economy del Neighborhood Funders Group, el Premio Discount Foundation Legacy se lanzó en 2015 para celebrar y continuar el legado de décadas de historia de la Fundación de apoyar la organización de vanguardia en el campo de la justicia laboral más allá del exceso de gastos como fundación en 2014.
2020 Awardee:
Andrea Dehlendorf
Co-Executive Director of United for Respect
Andrea Dehlendorf is Co-Executive Director of United for Respect, a national organization building power for people working in low wage jobs by centering their voices, experiences and solutions in the national movement fighting for the future of work, our economy and corporate regulation. With Andrea’s fierce leadership, United for Respect organizes people employed at the country’s largest employers to amplify their demands on corporate leaders in the service economy and policymakers to provide family-sustaining jobs. United for Respect leverages technology — social media and a new digital platform, WorkIt — to support people working in retail by bringing them into communities of support and action with one another. Through online peer networks and on-the-ground base-building strategies, United for Respect scaffolds the leadership and stories of working people to advocate for solutions to the pressing needs of the country’s massive low-wage workforce.
Andrea’s roots in the movement go deep, and include seminal experiences winning major victories with people working in the most unstable and precarious low wage service jobs, from janitors to hotel workers. Prior to United for Respect, Andrea worked on some the labor movements most innovating campaigns including Justice for Janitors, Airport Workers United and hotel worker organizing in Las Vegas. She lives in Oakland, CA with her twelve year old son.
Learn about United for Respect.
Odessa Kelly
Co-Chair of Stand Up Nashville
A native of Nashville, Odessa Kelly works diligently to bring positive and equitable change to the Nashville community by serving as co-chair for Stand Up Nashville, a coalition of community-based organizations and labor unions that represent the working people of Nashville who have seen our city transformed by development, but have not shared in the benefits of that growth. She also serves as Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH), Economic Equity & Jobs task force chair. Her work with NOAH has included building one of the largest and most powerful social justice movements in Nashville. She has advocated for the working class and underserved communities in Nashville, issues ranging from affordable housing to establishing the first ever Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) in the state of Tennessee. She believes that Nashville has the potential to achieve a progressive paradigm shift -- a cultural shift in how a traditional southern city becomes a leader in the progressive movement across the country.
Learn about Stand Up Nashville.
Enrique Balcazar
Community Organizer and Leader at Migrant Justice
Enrique "Kike" Balcazar immigrated to the United States from Tabasco, Mexico when he was 17 years old. He joined his parents on a dairy farm in rural Vermont and worked for years on farms across the state. Enrique joined Migrant Justice and became a leader in the successful campaign to expand access to driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants in Vermont. He became part of the organization's Farmworker Coordinating Committee and is now an organizer and spokesperson. Enrique is one of the principal architects of Milk with Dignity, a worker-led program securing human rights and economic justice in dairy supply chains. In 2017, during a national campaign calling on Ben & Jerry's to join the program, Enrique and fellow organizer Zully Palacios were arrested by ICE agents while leaving the Migrant Justice office. A wave of protests won their release from detention, though Enrique remains in deportation proceedings. Despite the government's persecution, Enrique continued to lead the Milk with Dignity campaign to victory, signing a historic contract with Ben & Jerry's in October, 2017.
Learn about Migrant Justice.
Luna Ranjit
Co-founder of Adhikaar and the New York Healthy Nail Salons Coalition
Luna Ranjit’s work is rooted in the community. For more than a decade, Luna guided Adhikaar's programs, research, policy advocacy, and partnerships, building visibility and power for the emerging Nepali-speaking immigrant community. As a co-founder of the New York Healthy Nail Salons Coalition, she helped lead the way for the sweeping changes to improve working conditions in the nail salon industry. She also served on the advisory board of the National Healthy Nail and Beauty Salons Alliance. Luna has been quoted and featured in print and broadcast media on the issues related to workers’ rights, immigrant rights, language justice, and civic engagement. Her groundbreaking work has been recognized by many community organizations and elected officials. In 2016, she received the Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize created to support and inspire innovative social change makers throughout the world.
Learn more about Adhikaar.
Organizer with the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice
As an organizer in New Orleans, Alfred works to win back power for structurally unemployed and underemployed Black men and women through campaigns to achieve higher wages and better standards in his community. Through Alfred’s tremendous organizing campaigns, he has helped win local hiring on post-Katrina public construction and development projects, a “Ban the Box” rule, and a living wage and paid sick leave ordinance for individuals employed under city contracts. “By sitting down and talking with other workers at the New Orleans Worker Center, I realized that we’re in this together,” Alfred said. “New Orleans won’t stop. I won’t stop. This award is bigger than I am. It’s all about doing the work on the ground. We’re shaking this world up."
Learn more about the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice.
NFG News
Strike Watch 2020 Review: Defund the Police to Build Worker Power
By Manisha Vaze, Director, NFG Funders for a Just Economy
As we close this year, it’s probably safe to assume that you, like me, are emotionally and physically exhausted. The never-ending tragedy of this year’s global pandemic, the job loss, the deep inequality of the economic and health systems, and the new exposure for many Americans to systemic racial injustice, racial terror, and state violence overlayed our own personal losses and struggles. For me, while my partner and I were lucky enough to keep our jobs, it included family and friends who had COVID-19, a family member killed by the police, and much time away from our loved ones. I’m really ready for a winter break.
Prior to joining NFG, I organized alongside immigrant families facing deportation in New York City and with chronically un- and underemployed people in South Los Angeles. My political education is rooted in the organizing I was involved in as a student in the early 2000s, and movement responses to 9/11 shaped my experiences of centering Black and Indigenous communities in our fight against surveillance and violence against Arab, South Asian, and Muslim communities. We organized to address the continued consolidation of corporate power, surveillance technology and data control, as well as new austerity policies, unimaginable (at the time) job loss. We confronted radically accelerated separation of families, detention, and deportation of migrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and hand-in-hand with police. I learned to listen to people, dream big, demand what we actually need (not just what is winnable), and build towards that interlocking vision of economic and social justice through strategic and incremental wins and constantly evolving tactics.
Today, as the new US federal administration begins to take shape, some may be content with a collective sigh of relief. However, the organizer in me is asking you to stay vigilant and move resources to where movements are directing us: to organizing, power building, and movements calling to defund the police as a pathway to community and worker justice. We have an enormous opportunity in philanthropy to truly support, through solidarity and resources, the visionary movements that are building power for systemic change. Movement organizers have made significant gains in 2020. The cultural shifts we’ve experienced as a result have unprecedented numbers of people calling for abolition of the police and ICE, supporting unions in new industries, and shifting and expanding public budgets. Organizations have built and formed stronger coalitions, multi-racial, multi-gender, and multi-sectoral movements. And, importantly for our sector, the highly-visible organizing power of community members and workers has moved foundations to understand how philanthropy has supported extreme wealth accumulation and is entrenched in the perpetuation of racial capitalism and heteropatriarchy. Collectively, this has resulted in foundations increasing their investment in organizing and advocacy efforts toward economic and racial justice.
To some vocal pundits and media, defunding the police sounds like a new concept born out of the George Floyd uprisings, but it is a decades-old call to action, voiced by Black feminist leaders and those most impacted by police violence. Visionary movements that have been calling for defunding the police see how this strategy releases revenue that can be invested into infrastructure, social protections, housing, worker protections, and other community needs. Upending the power of police unions, not just “reforming” them, will allow more opportunities for strategic campaigns that realign public budgets and real community safety to meet the community’s needs and the goals of philanthropy’s investments in economic justice and equity.
Furthermore, defunding the police, ICE and violent surveillance forces offers an opportunity to align with workers expanding the labor movement. Police unions have since their inception had contentious relationships to workers calling for better working conditions, safety nets, and social protections. The expansion of policing in the late 19th century was precisely to bust labor organizing during work stoppages and strikes. In the last decades, we have seen countless examples of employers using immigration (now ICE) raids to threaten workers who attempt to organize. The labor movement has long recognized the antagonistic role police played on the picket line, and chose not to build with their unions. And the reality is that while some police unions are part of these institutional labor structures, most police associations are not – maintaining a business association 501(c)(6) status instead of a tradition labor union status or 501(c)(5).
If we’re serious about worker power and contesting for governing power in the US it’s important to recognize how the police and carceral systems hamstring the movement’s ability to make strategic and progressive policy gains. Their outsized power influences public budgets, dictates narratives about community safety, and render them immune to scrutiny and accountability. All of this leaves community members and workers who organize to increase funding for public schools, transportation, job quality, healthcare and other needs, fighting for scraps. The good news is, the decision to prioritize criminalization over community care and economic development is a relatively new one, borne of decades interlocking efforts to shift public narrative, policy and power. This orientation is by no means inevitable, and can be countered by a concerted, long-term power-building effort that includes partnership from philanthropy.
At NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy, I am privileged to work with funders who inspire me to think differently about philanthropic work and grant making, and have led efforts in our network to understand power, how to shift it to transform communities, and learn how racial capitalism undergirds our economic system and impacts our work in philanthropy. Most recently, FJE interviewed Jidan Terry-Koon, FJE Coordinating Committee member and Director of People pathways at the San Francisco Foundation who shared that if funders truly centered the most marginalized, especially Black and Indigenous workers in their economic justice grantmaking, they would understand the connection between building the power of all workers and shifting funds away from the police and carceral systems. FJE members have also formed deeper partnerships with Funders for Justice (FFJ), now an independent organization, to support movements to divest from the police and the carceral system and invest in community safety, housing, and other public investments.
We need to open ourselves up to a longer arc of change. The leadership of worker movements and coalitions inspires me to envision where we could be in the next twenty years. Learning from FJE’s programming, I know we can move more money for justice. Movement leaders have called for these changes in philanthropy before, and I’m recommending them again. Philanthropy must mobilize to:
Make multi-year, general support investments and grants in base building and organizing.
Collaborate with other funders to ensure that we’re building community power and supporting local and regional ecosystems.
Influence funders to deeply fund organizing efforts that build community and worker power, and especially worker organizations that build power to make impact (in addition to and) beyond their workplaces to support the common good.
Fund groups that are building a new transformative economy through alternative wealth building including cooperative models and other small business development.
Advocate to increase your yearly grantmaking, and your institutions assets, resources, and influence to support power building and organizing.
Learn about your institution’s finances and make adjustments to divest from the criminal and carceral systems and invest in non-extractive industries.
Utilize your relationships with allies in organized labor to fund collaborative efforts that build power locally and shift state and federal policy.
Continue your own education and build consciousness amongst your colleagues about the history of the mass accumulation of wealth in philanthropy rom centuries of corporations extracting wealth from enslaved people, people who are incarcerated, workers who are not paid living wages and without any job security or social protections, and a rigged tax system benefiting the wealthy.
We must support the movement’s call to defund the police and abolishing ICE as a pathway to building worker power. This year showed us that, if forced to, funders can move money quickly – let’s not wait until we’re forced to again. As funders of the worker justice movement, we can no longer stay out of this fight. As I count the days until the end of the year, I will be taking time to rest, heal, and get ready. We have much more work to do.
To learn more about how philanthropy can move resources to movement groups calling to defund the police and reimagine community safety, make sure to read and share Funders for Justice’s Divest/Invest online toolkit for funders. To continue to support and build community and worker power and racial, gender, economic and climate justice, stay connected to Rob and me to help advance NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy program.
Photos by Manisha Vaze from Black Lives Matter/Defund the Police protests in Los Angeles, California in Summer 2020.
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NHMRC Analysis of Australian Health and Medical Research Publications
We regularly publish reports on the scientific publication output and the citation impact of NHMRC-funded research and of Australian health and medical research more broadly.
Some of these reports are listed below (note that many of these are available on the Australian Government web archive):
NHMRC - supported research: the impact of journal publication output 1999-2003
Performance Measurement Report 2000-2003
Analysing the Journal Output of NHMRC Research Grants Schemes
Australian Biomedical Research: Funding Acknowledgments and Performance
Measuring up: NHMRC supported research - the impact of journal publication output 2002–2006
Measuring up 2013: NHMRC-supported research: the impact of journal publication output 2005–2009
The most recent report, Measuring Up 2018, analyses all Australian biomedical research publications published in peer-reviewed journals during 2008 to 2012 and indexed in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science database. .
NHMRC-supported publications: An institutional and sectoral analysis (PDF 906KB)
NHMRC-Funded Research Publications
As part of implementing our open access policy, we would like to ensure the widest possible dissemination of the research publications supported by our funding. We would also like to ensure the greatest possible access to these publications. The combination of early dissemination and greater access will help to maximise the benefits derived from the results of research.
The National Library of Australia works with most of our administering institutions to bring together their research outputs in a single place – Trove. Trove provides a free search platform to help the public find the journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and much more created by Australian researchers.
You can search just the NHMRC-funded publications in Trove from this webpage. Type in your search term and click the ‘Submit’ button to see all relevant articles. Click through to read the original publication on the institution’s website.
Note: Some articles have a 12 month embargo from the date of publication and you may not be able to read them right away. Contact the institution directly to see if they can provide you with a working copy. While not every NHMRC-funded research publication is available in Trove yet, the coverage is growing every day so if you don’t find what you’re looking for the first time, repeat your search a few weeks later.
Ideas Grants 2020 Outcomes: Factsheet
The Ideas Grants 2020 Outcomes Factsheet provides a quick reference point to key statistics on the…
Listing the recipients of funding, as well as characteristics of the successful institution or…
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Two (2) x Volunteers
Post Date: November 9, 2020
About ZCF
The Zimbabwe Chess Federation is the administrative, development and coordinating Body of all chess activities within Zimbabwe in all areas such as coaching, organizing and playing whether at International, Provincial, Regional, Club and Schools. The Federation is actively involved from grassroots development to Elite Chess in all 10 Provinces. Zimbabwe Chess Federation is affiliated to the Africa Chess Confederation (ACC) and the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and is recognized by the Sport and Recreation Commission of Zimbabwe (SRC).
The volunteer’s positions are for the young and innovative between the ages 18 and 30 years who have a passion for excellence and really want to affect their generation for good. ZCF aims at creating opportunities for youth leadership in managing and coordinating sport, specifically chess. It therefore identifies youths with interest and passion, and places them in a 12 months’ internship programme, at the ZCF Office in Harare. They will also be paid a small stipend during the period.
The volunteers will be responsible for assisting the ZCF Board in managing and coordinating chess in the country by:
Manning offices and acting as a focal person for the public, the press, and related organizations;
Overseeing all chess operations and activities in the country;
Planning, coordinating and organizing the Federation events;
Drafting tournament and general update reports to the affiliates, sponsors and ZCF partners;
Planning publicity strategies and campaigns; writing and producing presentations and press releases;
Updating and maintaining a database of affiliated Members of the Federation; maintaining an updated inventory of all Federation assets;
General Chess administration and housekeeping issues and any other duties as assigned by anyone in authority.
Interested persons should possess the following:
At least two ‘A’ Level passes with English language at ‘O’ Level;
Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
Be smart, focused and energetic;
Committed to and have understanding of ZCF aims, values and principles;
Have a background of chess playing / coaching / administration (ZCF affiliation is a distinct advantage);
Able to use Microsoft word, excel, powerpoint and websites;
Understanding of basic financial management and general administration;
Must be good in report writing.
Applicants should submit detailed CVs, giving full names, contact details (including telephone numbers) and a motivational letter showing evidence of fulfilling the criteria listed above to: The President, Zimbabwe Chess Federation.
Email: tongowonacollen@gmail.com and cc chesszimbabwe@gmail.com / elishathabo@gmail.com
Deadline: 13 November 2020
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(All broadcasts on Tennis Channel; all times in California)
Rotterdam (men), St. Petersburg (women), early rounds, midnight-8 a.m., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m.
Rotterdam (men), St. Petersburg (women), quarterfinals, 1 a.m.-5 p.m.
Memphis (men), quarterfinals, 5:30-9 p.m.
Rotterdam (men), St. Petersburg (women), semifinals, 3 a.m.-4 p.m.
St. Petersburg (women), semifinals, 4-5:30 p.m.
Memphis (men), semifinals, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Rotterdam (men), St. Petersburg (women), finals, 5:30-11 a.m.
St. Petersburg (women), final, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Memphis (men), final, 1-3 p.m., 7-9 p.m.
Rotterdam (men), final, 3-5 p.m.
Friday-Monday -- Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Men's Team Indoor Championships, Charlottesville, Va.
Sunday -- Sacramento State men vs. UC Davis at Rio Del Oro Racquet Club in Sacramento, 1 p.m.
Feb. 19 -- Cal women at USC, 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 20 -- Cal women at UCLA, 1 p.m.
Feb. 20 -- Cal men at Stanford, 1 p.m.
Feb. 21 -- Sacramento State women at UC Davis, 11 a.m.
Feb. 26 -- Florida women at Cal, noon.
Feb. 26 -- USC men at Stanford, 3 p.m.
Feb. 27 -- UCLA men at Stanford, 1 p.m.
Feb. 28 -- Florida women at Stanford, noon.
March 2-6 -- Little Mo Internationals, Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
March 3-6 -- Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship (including Cal, Stanford, UC Davis), La Jolla, Calif.
March 4-6 -- Davis Cup, first round, United States at Australia.
March 7-20 -- BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, Calif. 2015 champions: Novak Djokovic, Simona Halep, Vasek Pospisil/Jack Sock, Martina Hingis/Sania Mirza.
March 9 -- Fresno State men at UC Davis, 2 p.m.
March 11 -- UCLA women at Cal, 1:30 p.m.
March 11 -- USC women at Stanford, 1:30 p.m.
March 12 -- USC women at Cal, noon.
March 12 -- UCLA women at Stanford, noon.
March 12 -- Fresno State women vs. Sacramento State at Rio Del Oro Racquet Club, 3 p.m.
March 12-13 -- Hornet-Aggie Golden State Invitational (men) at Sacramento State and UC Davis, times TBA.
March 22 -- Saint Mary's women vs. Sacramento State at Rio Del Oro Racquet Club, 1 p.m.
April 1 -- Stanford men at UCLA, 3 p.m.
April 1 -- Cal men at USC, 3 p.m.
April 2 -- Stanford men at USC, noon.
April 2 -- Cal men at UCLA, 3 p.m.
April 2-10 -- Easter Bowl, Indian Wells, Calif.
April 3 -- Stanford women at Cal, 11 a.m.
April 15-17 -- Maze Cup (Northern California vs. Southern California juniors), Alpine Hills Tennis & Swimming Club, Portola Valley.
April 16 -- Stanford men at Cal, noon.
April 16 -- Cal women at Stanford, noon.
April 16-17 -- Fed Cup semifinals, World Group playoffs (United States at Australia).
April 16-17, 23-24 -- NorCal Junior Excellence, Rio Del Oro Racquet Club, Sacramento, Calif.
April 20-24 -- Pacific-12 Conference Men's and Women's Championships, Ojai, Calif.
April 27-30 -- Big West Conference Men's and Women's Championships, Indian Wells, Calif. www.bigwest.org.
April 28-30 -- West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Championships, Claremont, Calif.
April 28-May 1 -- Mountain West Conference Women's Championships, Fort Collins, Colo. www.themw.com.
April 29-May 1 -- Mountain West Conference Men's Championships, Las Vegas. www.themw.com.
April 29-May 1 -- Big Sky Conference Men's and Women's Championships, Gold River Racquet Club, Gold River, Calif., www.bigskyconf.com.
April 29-May 2 -- USTA National Men's, Women's and Mixed 30 Indoor Championships, Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center, Gold River, Calif.
May 13-14 -- NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Team Championships, first and second rounds at campus sites.
May 19-24 -- NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Team Championships, round of 16 through finals, Tulsa, Okla.
May 25-30 -- NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Singles and Doubles Championships, Tulsa, Okla.
May 22-June 5 -- FRENCH OPEN, Paris. 2015 champions: Stan Wawrinka, Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo, Serena Williams, Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova, Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Mike Bryan.
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Lenel is a legacy access control provider with a global customer base. The company, which was acquired by United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in 2005, has multiple access control products and services. UTC also purchased access control company S2 in 2018, further expanding on the available Lenel lineup. Lenel’s access control products include a range of proximity door readers, access control boards, and the OnGuard System software. Lenel also offers video management software and visitor management services.
Quick look: key differences between Lenel and Openpath
While both access control companies offer similar services, there are some key differentiators that come up in Lenel access control reviews.
Cloud compatibility. You’ll get limited cloud hosting capabilities with Lenel, depending on the products you choose. Some versions of the access control systems still require local servers to operate. Some of Lenel’s cloud services are pre-configured, and not as customizable as other companies. Openpath is a fully cloud-based access control company, with no on-prem servers needed.
Integrations. As a legacy provider, most of Lenel’s hardware is not compatible with mobile access, and the company currently does not support mobile SDKs. Integrations with Lenel are done via API, and only with certified partners. Openpath is a truly open platform that supports integration via API and mobile SDKs, with out-of-the-box integrations with many of the same technology top-rated partners Lenel offers, plus the ability to customize your system.
Product warranty. Lenel offers limited warranties on hardware and software. All Openpath products come with a lifetime warranty.
Digital guest pass. Openpath lets users send visitor credentials to guests directly in the app. The permissions are customizable by time and entry, and sent via text or email so the visitor can use their phone to get in the building. At the time of this Lenel access control review, the company does not support a similar feature.
Customer support. Many customers mention a lack of available support in Lenel access control reviews, especially in regards to installers. Openpath offers 24/7 customer service options, with a dedicated team of support staff on-hand to resolve issues quickly and answer any questions ASAP.
Openpath offers a complete access control solution designed to secure anywhere from a single door, up to thousands of entries across multiple locations.
Comparing Lenel on-prem and cloud software solutions
Lenel is best known for their legacy, on-premise access control solutions. While locally hosted software has been the norm for decades, especially for large multi-site organizations, there are limitations with this type of technology. One of the biggest challenges of on-premise access control is maintenance and upkeep. Because all the software is hosted locally at each location, updating the system is a lengthy, and often expensive, manual process.
A fully cloud-based access control system solves for all of the above issues. Lenel does offer some cloud-based features with their OnGuard software, however this is pre-configured and managed through a third party at Amazon Web Services (AWS). At the time of this review, Lenel’s most recent software update (OnGuard 7.6) is cloud-compatible, but still requires that software be installed on local, on-prem servers for most deployments.
Integrations are essential to creating a flexible, IoT-connected organization. Centralizing security management through cloud-based automations is a growing trend, especially for enterprise businesses that want better ROI on their technology investments. The one-size-fits-all solutions are often expensive and lack the ability to adapt to changing business needs. Both Openpath and Lenel can support integrations with a number of other apps, platforms, and building systems. However, Lenel requires technology partners to create a certified interface through their OnGuard platform, so your options for customization will be more limited. Openpath is built with a truly open architecture, allowing limitless customization via API and mobile SDKs, with many popular integrations available out-of-the-box. Plus, the Openpath interface is easy to navigate, which makes enabling new features and integrations quick and simple.
Mobile access and touchless entry
Lenel’s mobile solutions, called BlueDiamond, are one of the newer additions to the product line. The BlueDiamond readers are the only Lenel door readers that work with the mobile app-based entry, so existing Lenel readers will not support smartphone credentials. Like Openpath, Lenel’s BlueDiamond readers also support prox cards and smart cards for backwards compatibility with older systems.
The mobile system is managed through the Lenel OnGuard software. Depending on the software version installed, you may still have limited cloud-based management capabilities. Once new users are set up in the OnGuard system, they can download the app to activate their credentials, and tap to unlock when near a reader. Openpath offers a similar experience, but the fully cloud-based platform means all administrators have remote access to the management system, so they can add or revoke new users at any time, from anywhere.
While Lenel does offer “hands-free” access methods, they require some initial setup from the user. In order to use the feature, users need to either enable pre-configured travel routes and commonly used entries in the app, or register a specific read-range distance for each entry. With Openpath, touchless access is enabled on the administrator side with a single click, with no extra work for the end user. Openpath’s Wave to Unlock feature also provides additional security by having users show intent to unlock, minimizing the chance for an accidental unlock and potential security threat. Lenel’s mobile readers use Bluetooth (BLE) signals to unlock. In comparison, Openpath uses a patented Triple Unlock technology, which simultaneously races Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular data signals for a faster, more reliable unlocking experience.
Another advantage to Openpath over Lenel access control systems is the ability to send digital guest passes. Lenel users will still need to escort guests in person, or give them a temporary card credential to use on the premises. With Openpath, users can create customized visitor credentials in the app, setting specific time ranges and permissions, and send them via email or SMS to guests. This feature lets visitors open the door using their phone, without having to download the Openpath app.
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Door readers and controller hardware
Looking at the different hardware options in this Lenel access control review, the company has a few different product ranges designed for various applications. However, only certain readers Lenel sells support mobile credentials, and others are designed to only work with proximity key cards. If you choose readers that only support the credentials you use right now, that same hardware may be obsolete in a few years—a very costly mistake. Nobody wants to have to replace their entire deployment after a year in order to have the best protection available.
A better option for your building’s physical security is to install a system with a future-proof product line. Openpath Smart Readers and Smart Hubs are designed to be multifunctional, and support all credential types on the same system. Another benefit to a system like Openpath is that it’s backwards compatible with legacy systems, giving you added flexibility and cost savings. Lenel’s access control systems are only backwards compatible with Mercury controllers, meaning you’ll also have to replace the backend hardware if your existing system is made by anyone else.
Another consideration when comparing Lenel’s access control hardware is the flexibility to connect other systems. Lenel’s hardware limits the number of inputs and outputs, meaning you’ll have to pick and choose what’s most important. Openpath is more flexible, with more than twice as many configurable inputs and outputs to support a wide range of additional sensors, readers, and other security hardware. Plus, the plug-and-play design means installation is quick and efficient with Openpath.
For many modern spaces, aesthetics is a deciding factor in choosing new technology, and the bulky brick-like access control readers offered by legacy providers just don’t cut it anymore. Your access control shouldn’t take away from the sleek, sophisticated look of your building. Openpath’s Smart Readers are award-winning for design, and can mount flush with the wall for a streamlined finish. The slim 11mm profile easily fits any space, and comes in both Standard and Mullion for tight areas like hallways.
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Access control pricing review
In terms of cost, access control is a big investment for any size business. When comparing access control system costs, there are a few key components to consider:
Initial hardware investment: the up-front cost of control boards, hubs, and door readers
Installation: the cost for installing a system will depend on the existing wiring or hardware, and whether or not your new system can use what’s already in place. Work with a certified access control installer to get a quote for installation, and ask if hardware is backwards compatible.
Credentials: if you are using a legacy system like Lenel that requires smart cards or prox cards, your budget should allocate funds towards purchasing new credentials for all employees, plus additional spend to replace cards over time. Because a mobile access control system relies on a user’s smartphone, there’s no added cost for credentials.
Software: a legacy access control system like Lenel that requires software hosted on-premise will charge an up-front fee for licensing. Keep in mind that on-premise systems will need regular in-person software updates, which will incur added costs. Many cloud-based providers use a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, with a set monthly or annual subscription cost that includes regular software updates.
Maintenance and training: if you host your access control on local servers, those servers will need regular maintenance either by hired staff or an outside technician. Lenel offers training courses for their customers and partners, but the class prices are steep. WIth new updates, staff will need to be trained on how to configure the software to support new features. With a cloud-based solution, the servers are maintained and serviced by a third party, with that cost included in the subscription price so there’s no surprise fees.
Because Lenel generally targets enterprise customers, their solution can be expensive for smaller deployments. Organizations with less than 50 doors to secure may want to consider a more cost-efficient option like Openpath. With hardware like the Single Door Controller, which supports up to two entries, and modular access control boards in 4-door and 8-door options, Openpath is an affordable access control option for both small and large businesses. If scaling up or back is a concern, Openpath’s cloud-based solution may be more cost-effective in the long run as well.
Alternatives to Lenel access control
If a legacy access control provider isn’t the right fit for your business, Openpath offers a wide range of features and capabilities customizable for your specific needs. The scalable solutions are designed to secure anywhere from a single door, up to thousands across multiple locations. Openpath software is also more affordable, with monthly or annual subscriptions that are based on usage; add new features or scale back at any time based on business. The feature-rich cloud software offers fully remote management, which is great for both small and enterprise businesses. The easy-to-use interface lets administrators add new entries, issue and revoke credentials, adjust schedules and permissions, and set custom alerts all in just a few clicks.
Openpath’s open API architecture and mobile SDKs seamlessly integrate with all the tools you use to run your business. The ability to create holistic building security means you can do more with less investment, increasing ROI while maintaining flexibility. A truly open platform like Openpath paves the way for smarter, safer, more adaptable buildings. Plus, with everything managed online, you get the most up-to-date software and security instantly over the cloud, with no face-to-face communication or in-person maintenance required. Openpath provides reliable, convenient mobile access control with advanced security features and dedicated customer support to safeguard what matters most.
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Higher the wattage of a bulb, the brighter is the light. The statement holds true for the almost extinct incandescent bulbs, however, it’s not relevant in case of LED lighting. The efficiency of an LED bulb is measured in ‘Lumens per watt’ which shows how much light or lumens a bulb is capable of producing using one watt of electricity. To better understand the concept of Lumens per watt, we first need to understand the difference between a lumen and a watt.
If you have had incandescent bulbs in your home earlier, you might remember the times when you choose a 100-watt bulb over a 60-watt bulb for a space that needed more lighting. More the wattage of an incandescent bulb, the more the brightness and thus more the power consumption.
However, in case of LED bulbs, wattage is no more a norm, as an LED bulb can produce more lumens using lesser watts depending on its type and design. This means that one must check for lumens per watt instead of just the wattage when buying LED bulbs. Let us take a deep dive into the concept of lumens per watt and to paint a better picture, we have shown the three generations of bulb in a comparative manner as per the average industry standards.
Say a standard 100-watt incandescent bulb uses 100 watts of electricity to deliver 1600 lumens. Its efficiency comes out to be 16 Lumens per watt. First, let us replace it with 30-watt CFL bulb equivalent and if you calculate the efficiency now, it increases to 53.33 Lumens per watt.
Now if we replace it with a 15-watt LED bulb, the energy efficiency increases drastically to about 106.66 Lumens per watt. This clearly shows that a 15-watt LED bulb can produce as much brightness as a 100-watt incandescent bulb while consuming very less energy, making it almost 7 times more efficient than the 100-watt incandescent bulb it is replacing.
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With LEDs offering a range of benefits including energy efficiency, longevity and greater design flexibility, lighting is now no more a necessity but a lifestyle requirement. The LED lightbulbs generally have a lifespan of 25,000 hours or more, last longer than conventional lighting and offer 80% energy savings, which is making them a preferred choice of lighting. Decreasing prices, increasing efficiency, and government policies and initiatives have further given a boost to LED adoption throughout the country in the last couple of years.
However, it is important for the consumer to choose quality LED bulbs to get true value for their money. Earlier, there were no standardised norms for LED bulbs and thus people had to buy anything they were offered. Understanding the quality of the LED bulbs was a challenge. Last year, BEE, under its LED labelling programme, started rating bulbs on a five-star scale for energy efficiency on parameters which included ‘Lumens per watt’ and other safety requirements like photo-biological safety. As a leading brand in the industry, Orient Electric became the first Indian lighting brand to receive BEE 3-Star rating for its 5W, 7W & 9W LED bulbs, which ensures that these bulbs deliver more than 100 Lumens per watt as compared to other bulbs in same wattage that produce 70-85 Lumens per watt.
Switching from conventional lighting to LED at your home might seem like a very small step towards energy efficiency but when every household in India will make the same switch, the impact will be huge. Replacing just one inefficient bulb (average usage of 5.5 hours daily) with an LED bulb can give annual cost saving of around Rs. 520 while saving 130 kWh of annual energy and reducing annual CO2 emissions by 0.11 tonnes. If you already know, there are approximately 24.8 crore households in India. Think of the big picture now!!
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The year is 1997. You're piloting an AH-64 Apache helicopter through enemy city streets on search and destroy mission. Your target: the Strategic Defense Computer (SDC). You must weave your way in and out of skyscraper corridors. That's the easy part; but enemy helicopters and tanks dog your path -- you must destroy or be destroyed. If you root out the SDC in all three cities, you can save the world from complete nuclear destruction.
Despite the name, Apache Strike is not a realistic simulation of Apache helicopter, but a straightforward first-person shooter. Your goal in this Rebel Assault precursor is simple: shoot the aliens that are (what else) invading the Earth. Although you view the action from the cockpit, you don't actually control the plane'the buildings zoom past you; your only job is to shoot every menacing aliens that comes up while dodging other helicopters and wall. Gameplay is fun once you get used to the lack of freedom in copter movement, but gets repetitive quite quickly after the novelty and pizzazz of 256-color graphics (rare for its time) wear off. Rebel Assault fans may find this fun, but gamers looking for a less restrictive and more varied sci-fi shooters should play Konami's Killing Cloud instead, among other candidates.
A solid 3D-Simulation from 1987 - who would have expected that? And this really means 3D - you can rotate 360 degrees more or less freely - until you hit a building and crash of course. Unfortunately that's something that happens quite often. It's not an easy job to maneuver through that labyrinth of buildings, but with a little training it is possible. I must say that the technical aspects are really interesting - it's still the 80s and it's still CGA - you got to remember that. The game itself isn't more than a mediocre shooting game. Well, not bad - but I've seen better ones. Might be fun for people who love this genre.
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LITTLE ROCK — A task force of Pulaski County Special School District leaders and community members on Wednesday worked through the district’s preliminary plans for a school year in which fighting the corona-virus will be an all-day daily effort.
The delivery of instruction, school bus transportation, entry into school buildings and school meal service are among the elements of the school day likely to be revamped in the 12,000-student Pulaski County Special district for the coming 2020-21 school year, as they very well will be in school districts throughout the state.
Pulaski County Special district Superintendent Charles McNulty told the task force decisions for the coming school year are being made on the basis of data and information is always changing, but the district is going to commit to certain tenants to get back to a rigorous education program for all students.
“We are going to have a delivery system that meets our mission, and our mission is educating our students with equity and excellence, “McNulty said.
“We are going to provide a delivery model that uses the best health practices that are currently available or known,” he also said. “And we’re going to provide a lot of flexibility,” he said and noted that the district’s use of the Schoology learning management system should enable a student who is at home for whatever reason to engage in daily instruction with his teacher and classmates at a campus.
The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education has directed every Arkansas school district to create or select a learning management system that will give the district a platform to provide student lessons and track students’ work, be it at home or at a school building. There are multiple learning management systems available to the districts.
The Pulaski County Special district’s plans, so far, call for a blended instruction program in which students might attend school a few days a week and do school work at home online on other days.
Additionally, the district will continue to offer its virtual academy done completely online by district teachers but with no in-school attendance by students. The academy started last school year. It was initially designed to pull the area’s home-school families into the public school fold.
Can a family choose to have a student attend school on campus all five days of the week? A viewer of the online task force meeting asked.
“That’s part of the reason we are having the discussion today — to hear the voices,” McNulty said.
A task force member asked about electives such as music, art and physical education.
“We’ll have it,” Deputy Superintendent Alesia Smith said. “We have to figure it out,” she said.
Smith also offered assurances required services for special education, gifted, career and technical education, and English-language learners also will be provided to students. She also said district officials are working with community organizations and businesses to provide internet access to those who don’t have the service.
McNulty and his top-level staff members told the Ready For Learning task force of parents, school principals, athletic coaches and medical professionals that the planning — still to be finalized and approved by the School Board — is based in part on the results of parent and faculty surveys done earlier this year. Those surveys were an effort to gauge interest in different instructional delivery methods.
In the most recent survey, 3,209 respondents said they would prefer on-campus instruction five days a week — with personal protective equipment such as masks. About 3,500 others said they would prefer their students attend school for a few days a week, or attend school a full week and then work from home in alternate weeks.
Parents also were divided on allowing their children to ride the school buses, with families in the southeast section of the district requiring bus service at a greater rate than other parts of the district.
Charles Blake, the district’s director of transportation, said it appears the district can provide bus service — with drivers and aides wearing masks — with less than full student bus loads and without hiring new drivers or buying new buses.
Blake said students will be encouraged to stand 6 feet apart at bus stops, and buses will be loaded with students starting with the filling of seats in the back so as to avoid students having to pass other students to find seats. Additional bus stops may be necessary.
Janice Warren, the district’s assistant superintendent for equity and pupil services, said the district is seeking approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide breakfast and lunches to district students at no charge to families. At the same time, the district staff is exploring the best way to exchange money for the meals.
Elementary school meals will likely be served in classrooms, and there will be staggered times for middle and high school students to get their “grab and go” meals. Self-service food bars for salads and other meals will be eliminated.
Entry into school buildings will likely be preceded by no-touch temperature checks and the completion of health screening questionnaires, which some families could possibly do on a smart-phone app, Warren said at the suggestion of health professionals on the task force. Coaches at the high schools are already doing those kinds of daily checks with their athletes this summer, and it goes quickly, Robinson High School Athletic Director Todd Eskola said.
School nurses will aid school office staff members in tracking and monitoring students who are sent home ill or are otherwise absent, Warren added. Spaces will be reserved in school to isolate students and staff members who become ill.
Task force members Dr. Sara Tariq and Dr. Tamara Perry, both professors in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, offered advice and answered questions about the coronavirus, how it spreads and its affect on students and school operations.
Both strongly urged the wearing of masks by as many adults and students as possible in the schools as an effective way to contain the spread of the virus. Both were supportive of using a blended instructional delivery system to reduce the numbers of people in a building at any one time.
Tariq and others suggested that outdoor instruction and activities could be increased as droplets containing the virus can elevate and dissipate faster outside.
Perry encouraged finding alternatives to teachers giving and accepting hugs from young children.
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Ottawa & Region
Egyptian-Canadians take to Parliament Hill in support of the innocent killed in Cairo
Kelly Roche
Aug 17, 2013 • August 17, 2013 • 2 minute read
More than 100 members of Ottawa's Egyptian and Arab communities gathered to demonstrate on Parliament Hill Sat., Aug. 17, 2013, to protest chaos in Egypt. KELLY ROCHE/OTTAWA SUN
Violence and upheaval in Cairo led more than 100 members of Ottawa's Egyptian and Arab communities to peacefully demonstrate on Parliament Hill Saturday.
"We have to stand up for our people back home, 'cause what they're going through isn't fair, " said Omar Farahat, 18, of South Keys.
"There are a lot of innocent people dying for standing up."
Egyptians Against the Military Coup, a grassroots movement, held a rally condemning bloody attacks in Egypt on pro-democracy supporters at two peaceful sit-ins.
More than 700 people have died and thousands injured.
The July 3 military coup against President Mohammed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood member, has led to clashes between loyal protesters and security forces in a struggle to control the country.
The Brotherhood rose to power in Egypt's first democratic election last year.
"I think any Canadian would agree that it's unacceptable for the army to come in and take over power of the country and only a few weeks later, start shooting people in cold blood on the streets," said Nancy Hamzawi of Rockcliffe.
It's best described as "a massacre," she added.
"People are peacefully protesting, walking down the street and finding themselves killed through military violence against them."
As Hamzawi was preparing for the event Friday night, "I was looking at my kids (ages 6, 4, 2) thinking you know, in Canada, we can do this and not worry," she said.
Gunfire is even being exchanged in mosques -- shocking everyone.
"All places of worship should be protected," said Hamzawi.
Amnesty International is calling for a full and impartial investigation into "the violent dispersal of sit-in protests in Cairo this week, where security forces used unwarranted lethal force and broke promises to allow the wounded to exit safely," reads an online statement.
Although some protesters were violent, "the authorities' response was grossly disproportionate," said Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa program director Philip Luther.
Based on initial testimonies "and other evidence we've gathered, there seems to be little doubt the security forces have been acting with blatant
disregard for human life, and full investigations that are both impartial and independent are urgently needed."
Egypt has been the scene of chaos and unrest since the Arab Spring in January 2011 as thousands of protesters rose against President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled the country for 30 years.
kelly.roche@sunmedia.ca
Twitter: @ottawasunkroche
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It’s rare that a writer finds himself in a position of great power. The most momentous decision I make all day, usually, is what kind of font might best express
The BBQ – N.C. Barbecue Company
Finally, a solution to the North Carolina barbecue debate: The Battle Box, a mail-order meal that lays out equal portions of Piedmont and eastern-style pork side by side.
by Our State Staff
It’s rare that a writer finds himself in a position of great power. The most momentous decision I make all day, usually, is what kind of font might best express the emotional tenor of the piece I happen to be writing at the time, and in the end, nobody notices, nobody cares.
But this story is different; this story is about barbecue. As most of us know, as most of us are born knowing, barbecue is more important than almost anything else in the world. On a scale of Important Things, barbecue resides somewhere between a mother’s love and a good dog. Take a moment, and try to think of some other food that inspires such devotion. Baby corn? No. Peanut butter on celery? Not even a close second, although peanut butter on celery is very, very good.
Barbecue devotees are a subculture, if not the culture, of our state. And, as it is with devoted followers of all kinds of things, it is not enough simply to love the barbecue you love, to celebrate it for what it is, and be happy. No, your barbecue has to be the best barbecue there is. Your barbecue, like the basketball team you root for, cannot truly exist without a rival, and that rival must be trounced, decimated, and declaimed as second-rate on every possible occasion. In North Carolina, the rivalry is clear: Piedmont-style versus eastern-style. These are both kinds of barbecue, but that’s like saying the ostrich and the oriole are both kinds of birds. They’re different. And one is definitely better than the other.
Deciding which is and which isn’t just became a lot easier. A company called The North Carolina Barbecue Company has created a nifty product called the Battle Box. It comes to your door in a plastic-foam box. Inside it is one pound of Piedmont-style pulled-pork barbecue; one pound eastern-style pulled pork barbecue; Piedmont coleslaw, eastern coleslaw, and the appropriate dips for both styles. The only thing missing is the bun. Still, you have everything you need to compare and contrast and come up with a definitive answer to the question on all of our minds: Which barbecue is indisputably the best?
They are quite different, these two barbecues. Piedmont-style is pork shoulder cooked over hickory coals, then chopped or sliced. Eastern is the whole hog cooked over hickory or oak, then pulled and all mixed together. Eastern sauce is mostly vinegar, salt, and pepper, with a bunch of secret ingredients thrown in. Piedmont sauce is similar but with one big exception: Ketchup is involved. Each barbecue even has its own slaw. Piedmont: red, vinegary, peppery; eastern is sweeter. All in all, the two barbecues could not be more different, and it is exceptionally easy to crown one the victor and the other an also-ran.
The taste testers
Obviously, this wasn’t a decision I could make all on my own; after all, my opinion will change the course of barbecue history. So I got my wife to take part in the test. I could have done what my friend John Shelton Reed and his wife, Dale, did: travel the state doing loads of research and writing a whole wonderful book on the subject, called Holy Smoke. But why do that when I could stay at home, with my wife, watch the Tar Heels in the Sweet 16, a beer in hand — in other words, the perfect night — and make my considered judgment that way.
First, I should tell you something: While I love barbecue as much as the next guy, unless the next guy is a vegan, I am not an expert. Case in point: We were having a little party here once and we decided to have it catered. I called the best barbecue place in the area and ordered a few things. I finished. There was a long pause on the other end of the line. Finally he asked me, “How much coleslaw do you want?”
Well, I’ve never been a big fan of coleslaw, so I said, “Do you think it would be OK if I got the barbecue without it?” He said, “Sure you can. If you want everybody to laugh at you.” I got the slaw. Who’s laughing now?
Laura and I made two small sandwiches, one of each style of barbecue. We prepared them exactly the way the directions said to: meat first, sauce second, slaw on top. Then we pressed down on the buns to make “a compact sandwich.” There are two ways, of course, of pressing the bun: The eastern press is with the upper to middle part of the hand, and the Piedmont is always with the lower half. Get it right, or the sandwich is ruined and you might as well throw it away.
And the winner is …
The moment came at halftime. I could hear my heart beating, and little beads of sweat dripped from my forehead. “I don’t know if I can do this,” I told Laura. “What you and I are about to do, it’s … well, it’s humongous.”
“Cowboy up,” she said.
So I did. We ate. And, surprisingly perhaps, it didn’t take very long for me to come to a decision. It was so clear to me which was the better, and which, although outstanding in its own way, simply didn’t measure up. I was shocked when Laura disagreed: She liked the other one better, which was odd, because usually we agree on everything.
It reminded me of when I was a kid, and my sister and I had long arguments about how to make the best peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich. She insisted it was better with the peanut butter on top, while I was sure the superior sandwich was made with the peanut butter on the bottom. She’s never budged from her opinion, and I’ve never budged from mine.
The Battle Box
The North Carolina Barbecue Company brings the battle of the barbecues to your doorstep. The company will ship its signature Battle Box — including a pound each of Piedmont and eastern pulled-pork barbecues, each style of coleslaw, and sauces for both — anywhere in the United States.
Rick Scott of High Point grew up on the Piedmont, or Lexington, style. When he went to college at East Carolina University, he discovered the eastern-style. A self-proclaimed barbecue junkie, he says he can’t choose between the two. Ryan Pitz, a Virginia native, moved to Greensboro in 2000 and began sampling the barbecue joints around the state after becoming friends with Scott.
Scott and Pitz decided that North Carolina barbecue was underrepresented outside of the state and came up with the idea of an online mail-order business. But to do it right, Pitz says, they had to represent both sides of the argument that has consumed the state for decades.
“This is something that our state hangs its hat on,” Scott says. “But around the country, we saw that North Carolina barbecue was being represented as only chopped eastern-style, when there are really two distinct styles here.”
So the two men came up with the Battle Box. “We are here to objectively present the argument,” Pitz says.
Both men are barbecue lovers, but neither will weigh in on one side or the other.
“We are objective,” Pitz says. “We have to let the feud continue.”
— Ali Rockett
Visit ncbbqcompany.com, or call (866) 617-4467.
Daniel Wallace is a novelist and a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also writes the “Tar Heel Humor” column for Our State magazine. Follow him on Twitter, @DHWallace, or visit danielwallace.org.
East or West: Where do you stand?
These stories appeared as part of the feature exploring eastern and western North Carolina:
The Town: Murphy
The Town: Manteo
The Grape: Yadkin Valley
The Grape: Duplin Winery
The Catch: Brook Trout
The Catch: Shrimp
The Legend: Eustace Conway
The Legend: Fort Fisher Hermit
The Road: U.S. Highway 64 West
The Road: U.S. Highway 64 East
The Farm: Apple Brandy Beef
The Farm: Grassroots Pork Co.
The BBQ: N.C. Barbecue Company
This story was published on Jun 28, 2011
Our State Staff
Since 1933, Our State has shared stories about North Carolina with readers both in state and around the world. We celebrate the people and places that make this state great. From the mountains to the coast, we feature North Carolina travel, history, food, and beautiful scenic photography.
1 A Guide to Downtown Lexington
2 A Tasty Trip to NC’s Backbone of Barbecue
3 The Our State Great Debate
4 Quiz: Stuck on ’Cue
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YA Book Club: Christopher Pike’s ‘Witch’
By Kate Hudson | Books | June 20, 2019 |
What the f*ck in the world did I just read? Let me back track.
As an adult, I thought I had read all of the Christopher Pike books available “back then” (or, nineteen dickety two, if you want to get specific about it.) I was wrong because I had never read “Witch” which we’re covering today. Maybe if I had, I would look more kindly on it, but as it stands, this book was a stupid, turd of a book. I’ll tell you why.
Julia Florence (ugh. Yes, her last name really is that on the nose. I guarantee you it’s because the only famous nurse Pike could think of was Florence Nightingale. What about Ratchet, guy?!) and Amy Belle (her name is on the nose, too—“Belle, Ami” beautiful friend) are friends. Although we don’t really know why, because Julia keeps stealing Amy’s boyfriends because Julia is gorgeous, warm, nurturing, and mysterious and Amy is just nice and forgiving. Anyway, earlier in the year, Julia’s mother died because she was witch who healed people, but part of her healing process involved taking on the person she was healing’s sickness. So Julia’s mom, who Amy called “Mother Florence” (gag) took on more than she could chew with a patient, and ended up dying. Julia, inexplicably, was allowed to live alone in the house even though she was 17. Don’t question it.
Anyway Julia and Amy have this horrible, obnoxious friend Scott who incessantly talks to his female friends in sexually suggestive language and we’re supposed to find that charming and not creepy. It’s gross. So, Amy and Scott are trying to get Julia to leave the house, because she doesn’t like to get out since her mom died, and are trying to do this by having her go to the high school football game where Amy’s new boyfriend is on the opposing team.
Julia agrees to this but before she goes to meet them, she goes to this pond on her property to have some visions. See, Julia is a witch, too, just like her mother. Not only does she have the healing touch, but she also has the ability to see what’s going on in the world at any given time, as long as she’s at her special pond. We’re told that Julia’s mom embraced her daughter’s gift, but told her never to have visions at her visionin’ pond at night, but never explained why.
So of COURSE Julia decides to go the pond at dusk, which turns into night, and she has a vision of the future. In it, she sees a guy in a red jacket get shot and killed in a liquor store hold up gone awry. Uh oh. That’s why you never go to your vision’ pond at night. No good comes from it!
Cut to the football game. Julia finally shows up and Amy is glad to see her, but isn’t so glad to see that her boyfriend is into Julia. Her boyfriend’s name is Jim, I think. This book was written in 1990 when teenagers could be named Jim. I feel like if it were written in 2019, his name would be Cody or Kayden. I’m getting off track.
Scott obviously makes gross jokes to the girls during this interaction. We’re told that he goes to the football games to record the cheerleaders flashing their underpants to sell on VHS to the school at a later date, and we’re supposed to view this as entrepreneurial and not gross. There’s also a whole sub plot at the game where Scott has asked out a 30-year-old woman and is lying to her about her age to try to trick her into sleeping with him. Scott sucks.
So Amy, Scott, Jim and Julia decide to go hang out after the game. The boys want to drink booze, but Julia, fresh off her terrifying vision of the future, refuses. She doubles down on this once she sees Jim in his red letterman jacket, and now she’s convinced Jim is going to die that night.
So eventually the teens stop at a convenience store to grab some sodas, and Scott goes in. Only Julia realizes too late that it’s the store from her vision, so she rushes in and tries to stop two guys from shooting Scott but she’s too late. He takes one to the head and is clinging on to life.
Scott gets rushed to the hospital and is put in a coma, and everyone is told that it doesn’t look good. That he’s most likely going to die.
Amy is bummed out about this, but Julia and inexplicably Jim decide to go hunt down the two guys who shot Scott. Looks like Amy is losing another boyfriend, friends.
What happens next is extremely dumb and convoluted, so I’m just going to give you the highlights.
The girl Julia’s mother died trying to save turned out to be Julia’s half-sister, who was killed because she was on a motorcycle with a drunk guy. I think his name was Jack? Amy finds this out by breaking into the hospital basement and going over everyone’s medical files. HIPAA violations for everyone!
Anyway, drunk guy turns out to be one of the guys who shot Scott.
Julia and Jim buy guns, somehow skirt around the waiting period, and use her vision to figure out where maybe-Jack and a character that is -I kid you not- referred to as “fat kid” are going to hit next. (I feel like Pike was probably a huge fan of Jake and the Fat Man, and “fat kid” was his own mini homage to the character. However, this book is so insensitive and tone deaf, “fat kid” did not surprise me as a name in the slightest.)
Julia, Jim, Maybe-Jack (?) and fat kid have a standoff at a convenience store. Julia and Jim come in late to the robbery, so one of the bad guys had already knocked out the clerk. Julia shoots “fat kid“‘s knee, so he’s out for the count, but Jim ends up getting fatally shot by the clerk who comes to and thinks he’s the bad guy. It’s OK, though, because Jim was fated to die the night Scott got shot, so this is just the universe righting itself, see?
Julia and Frank (his name is not Jack, after all, just looked it up) have a stand off, but who shows up but Amy, and this guy Randy, who we’re supposed to root for because he’s a self-admitted slob who once dumped a milkshake on a girl for asking him why he had multiple milkshakes with his meal (don’t waste the milkshake, bro!), but also, likes to carve weird portraits of people into trees, show up to get Julia to stop.
See, Amy has been following Julia’s Aunt, who is also a witch, and her coven while they were trying to track down Julia. So Amy’s coming to warn Julia and help her walk back her anger at Frank to keep her from killing him.
Anywho, this whole stupid book ends by Julia going to the hospital to heal Scott, with her dying in the f*cking process because remember, healers take on the sickness they take away. Julia believes that Scott is so talented that he’s going to be a godd*mned film director in Hollywood and she doesn’t want to rob the world of his contribution. This is the same f*cker who repeatedly tells his best friend he has dreams of them naked on a beach, throughout the book. We all know what types of movies Scott will end up making, and they undoubtedly will star Gerard Butler in his most give-no-f*cks role, and most certainly will not pass the Bechdel test.
Anyway, that’s how the book ends.
This book sucked. I can’t wrap my head around how Julia, who can literally heal people with her touch, truly believed that Scott, a walking poster child for sexual harassment had more to contribute to the world than her, who again, can literally heal people. I’m glad I somehow skipped it as a kid, but like I said earlier, it makes me wonder if I would have enjoyed it more on a re-read if I had a foundation of fond memories. As it stands, Pike can keep this crapfest. He clearly needs to stick to lizard people and your run of the mill teenage murderous psychopaths.
Oh well, they can’t all be winners, can they?
Next week we’re going to spend some times with our favorite babysitters by covering Baby-Sitter’s Club #7: “Claudia and Mean Janine” because Claudia Kishi never lets us down.
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Nancy Pelosi mocks Trump's 'manhood' after 'wild' Oval Office meet, says she tried to 'be the mom'
President Trumo threatens government shutdown over border wall funding in a meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
Nancy Pelosi mocked President Trump’s “manhood” and questioned his basic understanding of government spending during a closed-door meeting with House Democrats on Tuesday, according to an aide in the room.
The California congresswoman, who’s vying to become the next House speaker, made the blistering remarks after returning to the Capitol from a tense Oval Office sit down with Trump, during which he repeatedly threatened to shut down the federal government if Congress fails to cough up at least $5 billion for his long-sought border wall with Mexico.
“It’s like a manhood thing for him,” Pelosi told the Dems of Trump’s wall obsession, according to the source. “As if manhood could ever be associated with him.”
Pelosi stressed she made clear to Trump there isn’t enough support in Congress for a wall and speculated the President is refusing to back down because he’s scared to run away with his tail between his legs.
“I was trying to be the mom. I can’t explain it to you. It was so wild,” Pelosi said of the Oval Office meet, which was also attended by Vice President Pence and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). “It goes to show you: you get into a tinkle contest with a skunk, you get tinkle all over you.”
With reporters still present, Trump boasted during the Oval meeting he would be “proud” to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t earmark cash for his wall before a Dec. 21 spending deadline.
Pelosi told Democrats that Trump’s boisterousness will be beneficial for them.
“The fact is we did get him to say, to fully own that the shutdown was his,” Pelosi said. “That was an accomplishment.”
A White House spokeswoman did not return a request for comment.
After spending the campaign promising Mexico would pay for a border wall, Trump has since taking office demanded Congress makes sure American taxpayers foot the bill.
Democrats and a handful of Republicans have consistently refused and argue Trump’s wall obsession is rooted in racism, not national security.
During the private Democratic rendezvous, Pelosi also explained why she had asked the President to not continue discussing government funding in front of the press.
“Fox News was saying, ‘She doesn’t want the public to know.’ No, I don’t want the public to see how wrong — no evidence, no data, no facts, no truth to what he says,” Pelosi said. “Should we be contradicting him in front of the press? Well, that’s what I told the President. But anyway, it was, you know, he said at the end of the meeting, he said, 'We can go two routes with this meeting: with a knife or a candy.' I said, ‘Exactly.’"
A source briefed on what went down during Trump’s meeting with Pelosi and Schumer once reporters left the room said the President appears reluctant to come to terms with reality.
“The President was not firmly footed in the nuances,” the source said. “He was only focused on the topical aspects of his campaign pledge for a border wall that Mexico would pay for and he was unwilling to accept the reality that his own Republican-controlled Congress will only pass the deal that Schumer and Pelosi were meeting him about, which is a deal without a wall."
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Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of dictator
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How to survive behind enemy lines with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint
ESRB MATURE 17+: Strong Language, Mild Sexual Themes, Blood, Intense Violence
Go it alone or work as a team
You’re a Ghost, a member of an elite fighting force trained to work together in hostile situations. But unlike its predecessor, when you play solo in Ghost Recon Breakpoint, you’re all alone…
Four-player co-op
Tactical team-play is the heart of Breakpoint, and each Ghost has their own class and skill set. How you build a team is up to you; stealth, assault, sniping, and support are all covered in the class system.
Prefer to go it alone? No problem. In Breakpoint there are no AI comrades backing you up, so you’ll be on your own behind enemy lines. But fear not, you’ll have use of a tactical drone that can be called for both recon and assault when you're up against the Wolves.
The drop-in-drop-out co-op system means new friends can join at any time to bolster your squad, or you can earn XP and rewards yourself by joining someone else’s game. Enemy encounters aren’t affected by player level, so there’s no penalty when high and low-level players team up.
Create a Ghost that fits your style
Each class has unique abilities to set them apart, including perks, upgrades and extensive customisation options.
Lead from the front and draw fire with a perk that boosts health and reduces the damage you’ll take. You'll also have access to a gas grenade to deal continuous damage to enemies.
Field Medic
Keep your team fighting fit in the heat of battle with supply drops to boost their health, or send up a special drone that can heal allies from a distance.
Stealth is a weapon when you play as a Panther. Drop smoke bombs to blind your enemies and cover your tracks, or use a special cloaking spray to become invisible to drones.
Anyone can wield a sniper rifle, but this class is particularly deadly thanks to a sensor grenade that tags enemies and special ammunition for long-range kills.
Class upgrades
Each class has a specific set of skills, and the more you put them to use the higher you’ll rank for that class.
Higher rankings are achieved by completing challenges tied to weapon use, tactical approach, or number of kills. Complete the challenge, and you’ll be rewarded with a skill point to spend in the skills tree.
Each class has its own talents, but no Ghost is restricted to a one-size-fits-all mold. As you gain experience, your weapons, gear, and skills will evolve with you to fit your unique fighting style.
Fine-tune your weapons
A Ghost’s best friend is their gun, and Breakpoint offers extensive customization options to ensure deadly accuracy.
Most stock weapons have an ‘alternate’ or variation changing its behaviour through unique stats, behavior, and parts. For example, you can modify your favorite rifle by enhancing range, handling, or damage.
The new Gunsmith system allows you to upgrade your weapon with new parts. The more kills you get with a weapon, the higher ‘mark’ it will achieve, unlocking even more customizations.
Level up your Ghost
Each class has access to the same base upgrades on the skill tree. Once upgraded, they branch out to give you opportunities to develop any kind of tactical play style you like.
Follow the weapon branch to make your Ghost more accurate, reduce reload time, or use additional weapon upgrades. Choose recon and you could be a key player for your squad, marking enemies for your team or taking them down yourself as a sniper.
There are also branches for stealth, assault, and survival, which all have sub-branches with even more opportunities for specialization.
Stealth is your weapon
Breakpoint provides a variety of stealth tactics that are key to your survival in Aurora.
Stay hidden
There’s more to stealth than just crouching and hoping you won’t be seen. Using prone camo makes you harder to spot, and moving carefully muffles your footsteps. Remember, your stance and the type of terrain both contribute to the noise you make.
Use recon
The clue is in the game’s title, reconnaissance is vital to a successful enemy assault. If you don’t know where enemies are, you’re going in blind. Be sure to make use of gadgets (like your drone or a recon grenade) and perks to get the best possible view of your enemy before attacking.
There are also many ways to deal with groups of enemies, like causing a diversion to divide them or luring them to a specific location. You can also go high-tech and load up your drone with a sync shot ability to take out up to four enemies simultaneously.
Adapt to the terrain
Your missions take place on the island of Aurora – a diverse archipelago in the Pacific Ocean owned by Skell Tech. Their innovations have created vastly different biomes for you to explore.
Explore Aurora
The open world plays host to a wide range of terrain conditions that Ghosts must adapt to. From towering mountains to fjords and swamps, the changing landscape is what you make it. What cover you can use? Where should your squad position themselves? Tactical options fitting your current environment should be considered as you plan your attack.
Your mission objectives are likely to be spread out across the map. Fortunately, there are vehicles scattered around the island you can use to move quickly through terrain including motorbikes, jeeps, helicopters, and boats.
Take your Ghost online
Ghost Recon Breakpoint features a ‘shared progression’ system, allowing you to take the same character you’ve fine-tuned for your campaign into the intense PvP battle modes.
Ghost War
These 4v4 online battles give you the chance to test your tactics against fellow players in the following game modes:
Elimination: Hunt down and kill the enemy team, but beware: the switch in the center of the map will expose the enemy team on your radar (and your team on theirs).
Sabotage: A bomb is placed in the hands of one team, with orders to plant it somewhere on the map. The other team need to defuse it before time runs out.
In Ghost War, you’re able to switch classes every round, allowing players to easily test out the skill sets of a less familiar class.
Shared progression
As you gain experience as a Ghost, you’ll be able to support your play style with your choice of weapons and gear. The best part? This can be carried directly over to the Ghost War multiplayer mode!
While you’ll keep all your favorite kits, gear levels are disabled in PvP games so players with the best loot from campaigns won’t have unfair advantages over less experienced Ghosts.
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The Fish from The Shape of Water Is Hot and Please Give Him an Oscar Please
By Jamie Loftus | January 23, 2018 | 12:09pm
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To the Academy: enclosed is a reasonable, extremely well thought-out argument of why The Fish from The Shape of Water should be given a special award at this year’s Oscars for “Extraordinary Achievement in Being Hot.”
Hello, my name is Jamie Loftus and for the past quarter century, I have prided myself on never wanting to fuck a fish. After seeing the fish in The Shape of Water, I am no longer able to say that, and if someone doesn’t at least get a trophy for it I’m going to call the police on myself because I don’t think I can go to Red Lobster anymore without tearing my clothes off and launching myself through an aquarium.
I will give you this—there are other hot people who deserve recognition. It’s not lost on me that hot people don’t get enough attention in our society, which has never had a vested interest in looks, which is why American women have such a famously healthy attitude toward their bodies. This, of course, is a travesty.
If you don’t think The Fish from The Shape of Water is hot, it is actually you who is the pervert. Consider: the fish fakes you out at first by having thick, milky eyes that are not the eyes of a man. They are the eyes of a fish. Surely these are not the eyes of a creature that will make your loins froth. Impossible. Your eyes fall to the fish’s shoulders—these are not the shoulders of a fish. Have you ever seen a fish with shoulders? Get your head out of your ass. These are nice shoulders. Why does the fish have a linebacker’s shoulders?
Your eyes continue down as you are actively objectifying what there is no way around is a fish. The fish has a six-pack. Okay. The fish has a six-pack. This feels antagonistic, and we as an audience have to admit—we want to raw dog this fish. We want to treat this fish as if it has done something very bad, sexually. The fish continues to stand and we see, in spite of ourselves, a second six-pack. This is an ingenious creative decision, because what if one was to blink and miss the first six-pack? A second six-pack on the horny fish is not just visually horrifying and sexy, it is absolutely critical.
We continue to survey the fish and move past its smooth crotch (“HELP!” your subconscious screams, furious that the fish is not hung) to its thigh gap, a completely normal feature of a fish. You yourself have struggled with body image for your entire life, and here is a fish with a thigh gap and a smooth crotch. You are through. You need to change your clothes. You’ve soiled yourself. The Fish from The Shape of Water is upsettingly, triggeringly hot.
I am not at liberty to disclose what sort of noise escaped my body when we get to see the fish fuck. It would be utterly irresponsible to inform you of the guttural exclamations that burst forth from my human form when you find out the fish has a hidden penis that pops out of his smooth crotch. Why would that possibly be?, you ask yourself. How does that serve the story?
You are asking the wrong questions. The question is why men of our species don’t have smooth Ken doll crotches with hidden penises. Why does no man I have ever met have a concealed southern tongue? Now I’m really thinking, and that’s the purpose of great cinema.
In summary, Academy, I would feel god-awful if I got so turned on by a fish that I literally pissed myself at a Tuesday 1PM screening of The Shape of Water and there was no trophy administered. Please, for the sake of me and my continence, I strongly encourage you to award The Fish from The Shape of Water a big, lubed-up Oscar for the 2018 “Extraordinary Achievement for Being Hot.”
I am going to go change my pants.
Jamie Loftus is a comedian and writer. You can find her some of the time, most days at @hamburgerphone or jamieloftusisinnocent.com.
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UP TO US is a non-partisan movement of young people who are working to raise awareness and engage their peers about America’s fiscal and economic future. A signature component of the program, which is a project of the Peterson Foundation, Net Impact, and Clinton Global Initiative University, is an annual competition where student teams on college campuses across the country design and implement creative outreach campaigns on the national debt and its effect on the economy.
Foundation Chairman and CEO Michael Peterson announced the 2018 winners, noting how much the competition has grown. “In 2012, the program launched on just 10 campuses,” he said, “and this year we had more than 100.”
Peterson recognized representatives from each of the top 20 winning teams who were in the audience and then announced this year’s top prize, which went to State University of New York at Old Westbury.
Peterson said the winning team displayed “remarkable creativity with a multifaceted campaign. They met with lawmakers, delivered presentations, and engaged campus clubs to drive home the need to address our fiscal future.” Peterson highlighted one key tactic: the winners employed a “Debt Boulevard” on sidewalks across campus that included key facts about the national debt, designed specifically to attract the attention of students at this commuter campus who were walking from their cars to class.
SUNY Old Westbury team leader Evan Rufrano said that an important lesson he learned in reaching students was knowing how to “simplify your message” and to connect the ways that our unsustainable fiscal outlook will affect young peoples’ lives, careers, and opportunities in the future.
Peterson thanked all the teams for participating and — noting the growth in the movement — said, “this is what gives us hope.”
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I’m only haranguing you on this because I get annoyed at so many people spreading mis or disinformation on social media. I think we all should be
Fair enough. Point well taken.
bkox 2020-08-28 19:05:38 UTC #466
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Evangelical and social conservative supporters of Donald Trump have made a film warning that the world will end if Trump isn't reelected.
bkox:
But... but...
I thought the evangelicals want the world to end. I mean, they're pining for the end of the world, and the return of their Savior. I would think they would absolutely delight in the prospect of Biden bringing about Armageddon, and Trump standing in the way of same.
I mean, it's all rubbish - the whole "imminent second coming" nonsense. But these people profess to believe it.
Or do they? Is it all just a sham? Is that what their "concern" now about the end of the world is really telling us? They do not want the world to end; they do not want the second coming. Evangelical leaders are fat and happy (thanks to the gullibility of their followers), and they want the gravy train to continue running.
Truth will out.
Im not an overtly dramatic person... but does anyone else feel like there is a civil war coming? Especially if trump loses and his followers go off the rails? I don't know how it will work.. its not a North va south thing. But I just feel like we are just seeing the beginning of the unrest.
xogfog 2020-08-29 04:32:11 UTC #469
It's is mostly a North/South thing.
I dont think it is.. look at wisconsin.. oregon.. i live in Central Illinois. The state is safely dem thanks to Chicago and some of the other cities.. but the towns surrounded by farm land would be very comfy in the deep south..Central Pa is a right wing haven
If you look at fb comments on political posts (very scary thing) and then look at where people live... they are coming from everywhere.
Trump got nearly 63 million votes in 2016. If you subtract 15 million for ppl that just vote straight gop and one issue ppl that vote gop because of abortion.. thats still 48 million ppl that didn't have an issue with his platform. Even deep blue states like California and NY he got over 30% of the vote. Some of the deepest red states (ND, Montana and Idaho) border Canada. Remember he won Michigan and pa and Ohio and Wisconsin.
The Trump blight is in every state of the union. And the millions that follow him are going to get scared if they lose their leader and now fear that there is an enemy in the white house who's gonna destroy America like trump and fox News has been telling them.
allentown 2020-08-29 11:39:52 UTC #471
Trump's core is white Evangelical Protestants. The national split is largely religious/cultural.
allentown:
And, to some extent, urban/suburban vs rural. Or, as I see it, if Trump wins. we may be headed into an apartheid system based on these divides. The rural/cultural conservative demographic is increasingly becoming a demographic minority but a political majority.
Whoever said civil war, truth is, we've probably been in a "cold civil war" since 1/20/1993. Our country's been in them before (think the Jeffersonian-Hamiltonian battle after Washington, the 1850's, and 1960-1980). They either end with a comprehensive victory by one side or in a "hot" civil war.
Personally, I've come around to thinking that the nation needs an amicable national divorce. Yes, break the country in two.
Facebook has become a toxic rightwing cesspool. Bottom line is that it is the new talk radio. Where angry conservative people once turned on their radios, they now pick up their smart phones and scroll their Facebook feed. It was created by Millennials but once it got popular with the older crowd, it ceased to be cool for the younger crowd as nd they left. The end result is that Facebook is older, whiter and more conservative than the nation as a whole. But, it probably feeds conservative opinion that they are the so-called "Silent Majority" since they see so many people on there agreeing with them. The reason Facebook doesn't crack down on conservative falsehoods on the network is that Zuckerberg, et al. know who Facebook's core demographic is--middle age and senior white people who tend to be conservative--and they want to keep them happy.
German41 2020-08-29 17:09:30 UTC #474
Most of what I see on Facebook from my friends is left wing, progressive stuff. Guess it depends where you look.
Stupidly, when I first joined Facebook over a decade ago, I added like 2000 ppl for games. So I get a pretty good cross section of both sides. But ive been pissing off the right wingers lately so about 20 have unfriended me in the last month. Turns out they hate it when you confront em with facts
Well yes, that is completely true. We self-select when we ”like” posts and join groups or buy things. Facebook then makes suggestions of others with similar mindsets. The only cross-reaction is intentional trolling of public sites that allow anyone to join and see and non-Internet friends and family who repost from those with like minds. What is sad is that I have some people who I have known for years block me or restrict my seeing of their posts. Politics is increasingly dividing people and isolating us. It’s very scary. It really is like bubbles as I see posts that are outrageous like Trump’s claims of what Democrats want. These are from good people, in my area, they aren’t evangelical, they are Catholic. We don’t want to hear viewpoints or facts that differ from our own. At least here we can mostly have good debate and hopefully realize people with other viewpoints aren’t the devil.
WATCH NOW: 'You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat,' La Crosse priest says
In a video published by a far-right media outlet, a La Crosse Catholic priest attacks the leaders of the church, and degrades practicing Catholics who are Democrats, calling them "Godless"
This stuff is unconscionable. It will be interesting to see how the Church deals with this.
The Church will ignore it, I expect.
Bishop Strickland (Tyler, TX) has already praised this video. Strickland is one of the more conservative, traditionalist Bishops in the US - he's one of the ones who praised Vigano when that gentleman attacked Pope Francis.
The USCCB isn't going to crack down on this priest, given that some of the more right-wing bishops are already endorsing what he said.
The American hierarchy is still over-populated with second- or third-rate minds, elevated in the JPII and Benedict years because of their "orthodoxy" (meaning subservience, frankly), as opposed to their intellectual capabilities.
The U.S. Church is hemorrhaging young followers, and it's no wonder. Second-rate leadership, lack of real understanding or commitment to pastoral care (as opposed to clericalism and "respect for authority").
Overall, the hierarchy has sold itself to the Republicans, IMHO, and they're reaping the inevitable harvest of that. But I have to note that this is not really surprising. Catholic prelates tend to be authoritarian and conservative - they're the men who play the hierarchical game of church politics and climb the ladder of authority, and have a strong belief in an "unchanging" church - a very conservative outlook.
It's a short hop from instinctive respect and obedience to higher church authority to similar kowtowing to conservative secular authority. It's no wonder that so many of them tend to identify with authoritarian conservative secular leadership; it's their comfort zone. (Even when that secular leadership is horrific, there's a tendency to cut it slack - witness the number of Catholic clerics who supported Franco, and Mussolini, and even Hitler.)
VoteForKalas 2020-09-08 21:50:08 UTC #479
Outrageous. Biden of course is Catholic.
The Church should not ignore it; they should be very public about how ignorant and reprehensible such beliefs are and that the Church condemns them.
The Church's reputation and integrity rest in the non-political service to all of their followers, not just white male Republicans. If they have already lost that, then the faithful have every right to question the leadership.
Unfortunately, this is also the Church who covered up and protected priests who abused children all over the U.S. and world for decades.
VoteForKalas:
The hierarchy's reputation and integrity are pretty much shot. Moreover, the "leaders" who were willing to look the other way (assuming they weren't participating) for decades are still largely in place. There is a coterie of younger bishops who aren't so benighted, but they're still a distinct minority - and pretty much all the first-class men who predated JPII's focus on conformity and conservatism over quality have passed on.
I don't know if the Church hierarchy in the United States can recover its former reputation. I do know that it's going to take a long time, at best - and it won't happen until all the rot is cut out... and we're a long way from that.
During John Paul II's papacy, he specifically targeted the Catholic Church in the US for the appointment of aggressively conservative prelates, figuring that having such voices in the American church would give the conservative side particular heft. Abroad, the Catholic Church in the US has the reputation for being very fundamentalist. Not scriptural fundamentalist but fundamentalist in terms of church dogma and traditional teaching. Francis is doing what he can to root that out but it is very ingrained, especially since American seminaries are in that mindset, too.
The Jesuit priest, Fr. James Martin, S.J. has had some great responses to all of this.
Jesuits are the enlightened in the Church.
Update: Diocese of La Crosse condemns priest's attack on Democrats, promises...
“Canonical penalties are not far away if my attempts at fraternal correction do not work,” the Diocese said in a statement.
Good to see the diocese of LaCrosse step up and condemn the remarks by their renegade priest. It seems that there should have been more than a discussion with the priest for his comments.
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June 1, 1999 • By David Kirby
The federal government has handed down a sentence bestselling author Peter McWilliams would never write: Smoke pot to help save your life and you’ll spend what’s left of it in prison, with your mother and brother bereft of their homes. For McWilliams, a cancer survivor whose viral load spirals as nausea prevents him from keeping his HIV meds down, the government’s stance seems particularly cruel and unusual.
“The federal government is putting me through life-and-death hell,” McWilliams says. A Los Angeles resident, he awaits trial in federal court on eight felony counts including conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana.
“Only by smoking marijuana can I tolerate these medications,” says the author, currently on a regimen of 3TC, D4T and Sustiva—when he can hold them down. But as a condition of his bail, he is prohibited from smoking grass and is subject to urinalysis without warning. One positive test for marijuana use and McWilliams will forfeit his bail—including the houses of his mother and brother—and return to jail.
The court allows McWilliams to take Marinol, the synthetic pot substitute designed to boost appetite and help fight nausea, because drug tests are now sophisticated enough to distinguish between the legal med and nature’s own outlaw weed. “But it is not nearly as effective,” he says. “I can only keep my medications down for about 30 percent as long with Marinol as when I smoke marijuana.”
But a motion filed by his lawyer to modify his condition of bail to allow him to smoke pot was rejected by a federal magistrate in February and then again in March.
McWilliams says his viral load went from a baseline of 12,500 copies three years ago to 256,000 at last count, with his CD4 cells hovering below 400. Viral resistance to some of his medications has set in, he claims, because he hasn’t been able to take them properly.
Life wasn’t always such a drag for the 49-year-old writer and owner of Prelude Press publishing company, whose best-selling self-help tomes have included Life 101 and Do It! Let’s Get Off Our Buts! Then in March 1996 he was diagnosed with lymphoma and AIDS on the very same day.
“They started me on massive doses of radiation and chemotherapy,” he recalls. “And shortly after that, they began the triple-combination HIV drugs. I was so sick from it all that I thought the medication would kill me before the disease ever did.”
That’s when he started researching the purported benefits of medical marijuana and found that huffing a hooter brought deliverance from the toxic soup simmering in his weakened system.
After working for the November 1996 approval by voters of California’s Proposition 215, providing for legal medical pot, McWilliams met Todd McCormick, another cancer survivor and medical marijuana advocate. McWilliams gave him a contract to write a book on the subject, and began to dole out the $150,000 advance, a portion of which he admits to paying so that McCormick could grow pot. The sum was given in small amounts, often on his personal credit card. “I’m an unorthodox publisher,” he says.
And McCormick’s an unorthodox researcher. He used some of the money to rent a $6,000-a-month house in swank Bel Air and cultivated thousands of pot plants. In July 1997, 50 cops from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency raided McCormick’s home and denounced him on TV as a drug kingpin.
“I immediately responded with a press release saying Todd didn’t get his money from drug sales, but from me,” McWilliams says.
And so, in December, drug agents “paid me a little visit,” he says. Though only a few ounces of pot were found, eight felony counts were filed. McWilliams was arrested and spent a month in jail while his mother and brother put their houses up to make his $250,000 bond.
While McWilliams confirms funding McCormick’s horticultural studies, he says—at best, naively—that his only intention was to distribute medical marijuana to buyers clubs and the pharmacies he expected would sell legal pot after passage of Prop 215. But the vote, blocked by the feds, does nothing for McWilliams.
While awaiting trial, McWilliams has become a cause célèbre. In March even the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine issued a report on the possible usage of marijuana in the treatment of PWAs. (See “Sense and Sinsemilla”).
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Peerless Guitars Introduces Retromatic 131 and B Series Basses
Retromatic 131
London, U.K. (December 23, 2013) -- Expanding on the critically acclaimed Retromatic P1, P2, P3 range of guitars, we are delighted to announce the release of the stylish new Retromatic 131.
The Retromatic 131 features the same headstock design as the ‘P’ range, with elegant styling included, and an even more compact body size. The lower bout dimension is 325mm and depth is 74mm. The distinctive pickguard shape is perfectly modified to accommodate the smaller body width, and once again attached directly onto the guitar. The single F Hole has also been reduced in size in keeping with the guitar proportions, all adding to a wonderful looking addition to the Retromatic guitar range.
Other than size, the marked difference with the Retromatic 131, is that it is completely hollow. Constructed from laminated maple top, back and sides, the scalloped bracing and a mahogany sound post give the arched top support, while reducing feedback, thus producing a notably comfortable, innovative and versatile guitar. In contrast to the ‘P’ series range, the top body on the 131 binding consists of white/ black/ white and the neck is bound in black. The ‘Mother of Pearl’ angled inlay on the neck and black back and sides, gives a sleek look to this stunning guitar.
The Humbuckers, again designed by Monty’s, are loaded as standard wound, at 7.8k on the bridge and 7.1k on the neck. As with the Retromatic ‘P’ series guitars, ex MOKE guitarist and top UK producer Sean Genockey was heavily involved with the R&D and prototype testing of this model. The Retromatic 131 is perhaps a reflection of what many guitarist may want for recording and gigging, all embodied in stunning and distinctive style.
It comes as no surprise that the Retromatic range has evolved into a dynamic and important new addition to the Peerless range. Peerless, traditionally known for their production of high end carved Jazz guitars, along with over 4 decades of OEM manufacture for other well known brands, has again starred with a sparkling new and innovative addition to their outstanding range of guitars. The skilled staff in the legendary Peerless plant have mastered their trade well. Their expertise, gained over the 40 years spent in the manufacture of guitars, is duly reflected in the Retromatic 131.
Earlier in the year we let you know about the new Retromatic B1 & B2 Bass which was in the final stages of development and soon to be released. Well, we are very pleased to announce that the first models have arrived in the UK and will be exhibited at NAMM in January 2014.
Retromatic B2
The Retromatic B1 & B2 bass is a fitting progression to the success of the Retromatic P1, P2, P3 guitar on entering the market.
These bold new design’s consist of the same body dimensions as the ‘P’ Series guitars. The B1 & B2 full scale neck feels perfectly balanced on the 375mm x 44mm chambered centre block body. The 864mm scale neck is 43mm wide at the bone nut, 57mm at the end fret and consists of 20 frets. A maple neck and rosewood fret board are complemented with angled Mother of Pearl inlay. The laminated maple archtop contoured body style comes in a variety of finishes, including natural, teal green, honey sunburst, ivory, black, gold, and candy apple red. These choices are then crowned with a combination of black and aged white/ black binding and nickel hardware.
Once again, from Monty's, the pickups are designed by Matt Gleeson. Matt has ‘raised the bar’ and created some extraordinary sounding tones for this very special bass guitar. The B1 model consists of a single bridge Humbucker wound at 8.7k and the B2 comes with an additional neck Humbucker wound at 7.85k. But it doesn’t stop there! As with the ‘P’ Series guitars, we have included a wonderful 6 way varitone switch. This innovation opens up endless options, from creamy vintage blues, to smooth jazz and funk, to the raunchiest sounding rock, all adding a fresh luster to the sound. These variations make it bright and dynamic, as a result of the ‘openness’ of this single ‘F’ hole, chambered hollowbody.
The B1 & B2, topped with the stylish and distinctive Retromatic headstock, also share the Retromatic truss-rod cover, and pick guard design, making the same bold, confident, statement from Peerless, shared with the ‘P’ series guitars and most recently, the Retromatic 131.
Experience the innovative Retromatic B1 & B2 bass and Retromatic 131 along with our Classic models and Archtop guitars at NAMM 23rd - 26th January 2014, Stand 2784, Hall D!
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Some rural residents staying put despite evacuation orders
Josh O'Leary
joleary@press-citizen.com
A day after Johnson County issued mandatory evacuation notices for rural neighborhoods along the river, some residents have headed for higher ground, while others are shrugging off the rising water.
Driftwood Lane just south of Iowa City, for instance, was underwater Thursday, and it appeared residents had taken evacuation orders to heart, if the lack of vehicles was any indication.
Across the river off Winter Eagle Road, however, homeowners said many were staying put for the time being, despite being ordered to evacuate.
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"I think everything is going to be all right," said River Bend Road resident Bill Woodruff as he watched the river flow past his back door. "Water does what it wants; there's not much you can do about it."
Woodruff's home flooded in 2008, and he sandbagged his backdoor last year when the river rose once again. He's kept those sandbags in place since then, but he's hopeful they won't be needed this summer.
As for the mandatory evacuation notice that the sheriff dropped off Wednesday, Woodruff said the river would need to come up several more feet before his home would be in jeopardy.
"We know when it's time to go or not," Woodruff said. ... "No one is leaving — we've all been through it."
Down the street, Miles Newkirk was watching the water level behind his house closely, tossing a twig in to demonstrate how fast it was moving. Newkirk, however, was making no plans to leave.
"I'm not too worried," Newkirk said. "Anybody's whose lived here says it has never reached the house."
Johnson County had issued evacuation orders for 11 rural streets Wednesday, as well as voluntary recommendations for nine more areas.
"We are not going to drag people out of their houses," said Sheriff Lonnie Pulkrabek, via email, of people who choose to ignore evacuation orders. "But if they get in trouble we are not going to risk lives to save them. There always is going to be a few people who do not follow rules or the law."
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Some Apple Watch Users Complain of Skin Rashes
Apple said its watches went through an "extensive evaluation," but some people's skin is just too sensitive.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/some-apple-watch-users-complain-of-skin-rashes
Some Apple Watch owners are complaining of skin irritation where the device sits on their wrist.
Several users are reporting that Cupertino's first wearable is causing a rash under the watch band. Images of red, splotchy arms first appeared on Italian website Ispazio, which suggested that small traces of nickel in the plastic Apple Watch Sport or metal Watch Edition bands could be the culprit.
More complaints were later shared on Reddit, where user maserrano reported a similar problem with an Apple Watch Sport ($300.00 at eBay).
"I don't wear mine too tightly, and I make sure it doesn't stay wet in there after workouts," the Redditor wrote, "but I'm definitely dealing with an allergic reaction of some kind."
No stranger to watches—typically of the leather-band variety—maserrano wrote in a comment that the band "gives me quite an itchy rash."
Hoping to stave off "Wrist-gate," Apple published a support page, detailing potential skin sensitivities, how to get a good fit, and proper care and cleaning.
"Every material that touches your skin has gone through an extensive evaluation in accordance with our specifications," the company said, citing thousands of material composition tests, more than a thousand prototypes worn for trial studies, hundreds of toxicology assessments, and consultations with board-certified dermatologists.
Still, that doesn't guarantee that someone, somewhere, won't have a reaction to the Apple Watch. Those cases, Cupertino said, are likely due to allergies, environmental factors, extended exposure to irritants like soap or sweat, and "other causes." The wearable also contains nickel and methacrylates, which could affect some users.
As could a poorly fitted watch. For best results, Apple suggested, the device should be "snug but comfortable" on the wrist, not too loose that it doesn't stay in place, or too tight that your hand turns purple.
"I'd hate to not be able to use the watch, since it's freaking awesome, but the irritation for long periods of time would be way too much to handle," Redditor maserrano wrote. "And it's definitely because of the watch."
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
There is no word on whether the company will take the Fitbit route, which offered refunds to those customers who experienced skin irritations and rashes due to the Fitbit Force activity tracker.
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Perhaps a third-party-developed watch band could help solve the problem. Cupertino this week launched the "Made for Apple Watch" program, which gives band designers a list of requirements to follow when developing Apple Watch bands.
The strap should maintain a snug fit, for example, ensuring the device's back sensors are in contact with the user's skin. Developers must also comply with environmental regulations, and promise to not integrate magnetic chargers into their bands.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week awarded Apple sequential patents for "Invisible optical label for transmitting information between computing devices."
In English, that means a method for transmitting information from one device (your iPhone, perhaps) to a second device (an Apple Watch, let's say)—without interrupting the user. An optical label, the patent said, would be used to transmit data similar to quick response (QR) codes.
This news comes days after an Apple patent tipped high-end DSLR-like camera functions for a smartphone.
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Apple MacBook Pro 13-Inch (2016) Review
By Joel Santo Domingo
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/apple-macbook-pro-13-inch-2016
The redesigned Apple MacBook Pro laptop is undeniably slim and sleek, with a better screen and improved performance over its predecessor. But because of its sole reliance on USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports, you'll have to either update all of your old peripherals or carry a handful of adapters with you.
$808.85 at Amazon
Apple MacBook Pro 13-Inch (2016) Apple MacBook Pro 13-Inch
Almost 12 hours of battery life.
Compact and sturdy chassis.
Two USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports.
Display supports DCI-P3 color spectrum.
Shallow key travel.
No USB 3.0 (Type-A) ports.
Requires adapters for legacy peripherals.
The latest 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro ($1,499) is the least expensive model in Apple's high-end laptop line. The redesigned ultraportable resembles the 12-inch MacBook( at Amazon), and features a 6th Generation Intel Core i5 processor with Intel Iris graphics and a Retina display with more lifelike colors. But what's really notable is the new chassis with a wider trackpad, two USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports, and a keyboard with butterfly switches similar to the MacBook's. The $1,799 version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the 15-inch model come with the line's most innovative feature, an auxiliary touch screen called the Touch Bar, but this entry-level model has traditional function keys. In any case, the base model is a worthy replacement for a five-year-old MacBook Pro or Air, but be prepared to buy a docking station or dongles to connect your peripherals. This is the way professional-class MacBooks will look and feel for the next few years, and longtime Mac users will have to adapt, like it or not.
The new MacBook Pro($808.85 at Amazon) line is available in two finishes: traditional matte silver and Space Gray (like our review unit). The all-aluminum body feels sturdy, as if carved out of a single block of metal. The Apple logo on the top lid is now opaque and reflective silver, as it is on the MacBook. No longer will keynote speakers and professors have to stare into a sea of glowing Apple logos.
The 13-incher measures 0.59 by 11.97 by 8.36 inches (HWD), and weighs 2.99 pounds. If you have a laptop bag or a sleeve that fits the 13-inch MacBook Air($999.00 at Amazon), this one will fit inside too, as it's even thinner. If you dig on Apple's site previous iterations of the thicker Apple MacBook Pro($484.99 at eBay) along with the MacBook Air continue on in their less-expensive, 2015-refreshed configurations for the time being, but if you want the new improved screen and faster processors, you'll need to embrace the new chassis design.
This MacBook Pro, as with the previous model, has a 13.3-inch, 2,560-by-1,600-resolution Retina display. There is no matte screen option, to quell reflections in bright rooms. The display is rated at 500 nits, which is brighter than the 250- to 350-nit displays on competing laptops (for example, the HP Spectre 13($1,499.77 at Amazon) is rated at 300 nits, but the top dog Dell XPS 13 Touch($1,198.25 at Amazon) is rated at 400 nits), so it could theoretically overpower those reflections with internal light. The MacBook Pro does look brighter than rivals, especially when the screen backlighting is cranked all the way up.
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The screen has a DCI-P3 color gamut, which displays truer-to-life colors than the last MacBook Pro's display, which is closer to the sRGB color space. What this means is that you'll be able to see more colors on the screen, which is of course important to animators, illustrators, photographers, and videographers. For example, reds and greens look brighter and more vibrant on the updated Retina display. You'll have to jump up to pricier laptops like the Dell XPS 15 Touch($949.99 at Dell) if you want DCI-P3 color fidelity in a Windows-based competitor.
The display scales the user interface and icons to 1,440-by-900 resolution, and uses the extra pixels to smooth text so letters and numbers look sharp. Competitors have higher-resolution screens; the Dell XPS 13 Touch's, for example, is 3,200 by 1,800, and the display on the New Razer Blade Stealth($999.99 at Razer CA) is 3,840 by 2,160 (4K). In any case, the MacBook Pro is ready to display and edit scaled 4K video captured with the Apple iPhone 7($288.00 at Visible) or D-SLRs compatible with the DCI-P3 color gamut. If you need to edit 4K video in native resolution, the MacBook Pro will drive one 5K monitor or two 4K displays simultaneously. Unfortunately, you can't use the 27-inch iMac( at Amazon) as an external 5K display, because the iMac doesn't support Target Display mode the way non-Retina-display iMacs do.
Perforated speaker grilles flank the keyboard. Last year's MacBook Pro hid the speakers in the side cooling vents. There is excellent audio separation, with the left and right channels projecting distinct sound that make the stereo speakers seem like they are a few feet apart. There isn't a whole lot of bass, but there is some low end, and the speakers can fill a medium-size room with distortion-free music or movie sound. The previous model was no slouch, but the directional speakers work better in environments where you don't have a flat surface to bounce the sound back to your ears (such as when using the MacBook Pro on your lap).
As mentioned above, more expensive MacBook Pro models (starting at $1,799) come with Apple's new Touch Bar, which replaces the function keys with a wide touch screen with an integrated Touch ID sensor. The Touch Bar adapts to different functions in each app you use, but on this lower-priced model you get a regular version of the keyboard with traditional function keys. We'll test the Touch Bar feature extensively when we review the 15-inch MacBook Pro in the coming weeks.
Speaking of the keyboard, it uses second-generation butterfly switches. They are similar to those on the 12-inch MacBook, but they feel as if they have a little more travel. It's still a very shallow keystroke compared with that of most laptops' keyboards, so if you're a heavy typist, you'll want to give it a test drive before committing, if you can. The keys are admittedly better at detecting off-center key presses than those on a traditional keyboard. You can definitely feel the difference, but I got used to it fairly quickly. When I switched back to a five-year-old MacBook Pro after typing this review on the new laptop, the older keyboard felt like its keystrokes were too long. Backlighting helps you find your way around the keyboard in a darkened room, and an ambient light sensor adjusts the brightness to match the environment.
The trackpad is 46 percent larger than the previous model's. It's almost large enough to be a drawing surface, but unfortunately it's not designed to be used with the Apple Pencil($94.88 at Amazon) for the iPad Pro( at Amazon). Like the MacBook and the previous generation MacBook Pro, this system uses Force Touch technology for haptic feedback so it feels like you're clicking physical mouse keys under the trackpad. It responds quickly to multitouch gestures, and you can also add a little more pressure to your finger presses to Force click for additional contextual functions in many apps. In Google Chrome, for example, a Force click brings up standard dictionary and Wikipedia lookup, but the same gesture doesn't do anything in, say, Microsoft Word($69.00 at Amazon).
If you opt to use an external wired keyboard or mouse, you may need to consider a docking solution, as the MacBook Pro now uses USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports exclusively. There are two USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports on the left side of the laptop, and there's a 3.5mm headset jack on the right side as well. That level of connectivity is similar to what you'll find on the HP Spectre 13, which has two USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports and one USB-C–only port. Both USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports work with the included AC adapter to charge the laptop. It's not as klutz-friendly as the older MagSafe charging port, but it is an industry standard that's being adopted by PC makers like Acer and HP.
Apple says that the USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports can pass signals though adapters to DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, Thunderbolt 1 or 2, PCIe, USB, and VGA, but that would mean a lot of dongles (or a fat travel dock) if you regularly connect to a lot of different peripherals. On the plus side, if you have a third-party USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 monitor or desktop dock, you can just use one cord to connect to the rest of your peripherals. Speaking of Thunderbolt, you can purchase a Thunderbolt 2–to–Thunderbolt 3 adapter from Apple for $49 if you have older peripherals like the Apple Thunderbolt Display or hard drives.
I'd rather have at least one USB 3.0 Type-A port. The New Razer Blade Stealth, which is thinner than the MacBook Pro (0.51 inch), includes one, as well as an HDMI port; and the Dell XPS 13 Touch is only barely thicker (0.6 inch), but has one USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 port and two USB 3.0 ports. Be ready to buy plenty of new adapters if you have a lot of legacy peripherals like drawing tablets, wired printers, displays, other input devices, and external storage.
The MacBook Pro comes with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB solid-state drive (SSD), though you can opt for up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of SSD space at purchase. RAM can't be upgraded in the future, so choose wisely. As on all Macs, several apps come preinstalled, including iTunes, iBooks, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, and Photos. The system comes with a one-year warranty with 90 days of phone technical support, though you can purchase AppleCare+ ($249) for three years of extended warranty coverage. You can also receive Genius Bar support at an Apple Store for free after the warranty ends, but you will likely have to pay for repairs.
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Because of its Intel Core i5-6360U processor with integrated Intel Iris 540 graphics, the MacBook Pro showed strong performance on our multimedia tests like HandBrake (2 minutes, 10 seconds), Photoshop (4:23), and CineBench (306 points). It placed a close second to the New Razer Blade Stealth on the Handbrake test (2:03), and was in competitive company on CineBench and Photoshop.
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Its Iris graphics helped the MacBook Pro achieve top frame rates on our gaming tests, both on Heaven (33 frames per second, or fps, at 1,366 by 768 with the graphics quality set to Medium, and 14fps on Ultra at native resolution) and Valley (35fps on Medium, 14fps on Ultra). Those translate into playable frame rates at the lower resolution, and at least 10fps faster than any other competitor on all four 3D tests. What this means is that the MacBook Pro has the power to play 3D games at moderate quality settings after you've spent all day working.
The MacBook Pro easily beat Apple's claims of 10 hours of battery life, lasting almost 12 hours on our rundown test (11:53). That's longer than the MacBook (11:37) or the 2015 version of the MacBook Pro (11:10), but the all-time leader is still the MacBook Air (17:36). Some Windows laptops are longer lasting, too, like the Asus ZenBook 3($689.99 at Amazon) (12:07) and the Microsoft Surface Book (15:41), but most have less stamina, like the the Dell XPS 13 Touch (7:07), the HP Spectre 13 (8:36), and the New Razer Blade Stealth (9:20).
Overall, the MacBook Pro is impressive, with improved screen quality and battery life over the previous model, and its use of 6th Generation Intel processors helps boost performance as well. Troubling though, is the move to USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 and the removal of on-board ports for Thunderbolt 2 and USB 2.0/3.0 (Type-A) devices. On the bright side, other PC makers are adopting USB-C and Thunderbolt 3, so many more compatible peripherals will be available soon. But should you buy one?
If you're looking for a new laptop for multimedia work, it should be on your short list, yes. But if you have a lot of legacy peripherals, we can't help but think that you're probably better off with a system with more versatile connectivity, like the Dell XPS 13 Touch, our Editors' Choice for high-end ultraportable laptops. If you don't want to make the move to Windows, however, last year's 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro are still available at their 2015 prices; you'll just have to scroll a little further down on Apple's website to find them.
The 12-inch MacBook will continue to be updated, and will eventually become the base Apple ultraportable, though at $1,299 it qualifies as a high-end ultraportable in our eyes. If you need a larger screen with discrete graphics and a faster processor, stay tuned for our review of the 15-inch MacBook Pro with the new Touch Bar in the coming weeks, once it's available for sale.
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A neurosphere-derived factor, cystatin C, supports differentiation of ES cells into neural stem cells
Takeo Kato, Toshio Heike, Katsuya Okawa, Munetada Haruyama, Kazuhiro Shiraishi, Momoko Yoshimoto, Masako Nagato, Minoru Shibata, Tomohiro Kumada, Yasunari Yamanaka, Haruo Hattori, and Tatsutoshi Nakahata
PNAS April 11, 2006 103 (15) 6019-6024; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0509789103
Takeo Kato
Toshio Heike
For correspondence: heike@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Munetada Haruyama
Kazuhiro Shiraishi
Momoko Yoshimoto
Masako Nagato
Minoru Shibata
Tomohiro Kumada
Yasunari Yamanaka
Haruo Hattori
Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Communicated by Tasuku Honjo, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, November 15, 2005 (received for review July 21, 2005)
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Although embryonic stem (ES) cells are capable of unlimited proliferation and pluripotent differentiation, effective preparation of neural stem cells from ES cells are not achieved. Here, we have directly generated under the coculture with dissociated primary neurosphere cells in serum-free medium and the same effect was observed when ES cells were cultured with conditioned medium of primary neurosphere culture (CMPNC). ES-neural stem cells (NSCs) could proliferate for more than seven times and differentiate into neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes in vitro and in vivo. The responsible molecule in CMPNC was confirmed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, which turned out to be cystatin C. Purified cystatin C in place of the CMPNC could generate ES-NSCs efficiently with self-renewal and multidifferentiation potentials. These results reveal the validity of cystatin C for generating NSCs from ES cells.
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conditioned medium of primary neurosphere culture
Neurogenesis is considered to be the most complex event of organogenesis during embryonic development and involves a precise signaling, along with cellular interaction cascade, to generate the functional cellular networks. The embryonic organizer allows cells in its vicinity to execute their default neural program by emitting bone morphogenetic protein antagonists (1, 2). However, other works suggest a more complex mechanism (3–5).
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are the self-renewal, multipotent cells that generate neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes (6, 7). They have great potential as a therapeutic tool for the repair of a number of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Several in vitro systems allowing derivation of neuronal progeny from embryonic stem (ES) cells, which differentiate into all of the cell fates in a developing embryo, have been described. However, attempts to exclusively generate NSCs or neural progenitor cells from ES cells are restricted. It has been shown that neural fates emerge from ES cells in the serum-free conditions (8, 9). Although these procedures are noteworthy, both the quality and the quantity of ES-derived neural cells are not sufficient for further examination or clinical applications. Higher levels of neural differentiation are achieved by treatment of embryoid bodies with retinoic acid (RA) in the presence of FCS (10, 11) or by coculture with particular stromal cell lines (12, 13). The action of RA is pleiotropic (14, 15), whereas the effect of several stromal cell lines is attributed to an undefined neural inducing activity. These factors severely restrict the ability to use cells cultured with FCS or with particular stromal feeder cells for therapeutic treatments.
Here, we developed an efficient system for the generation of ES cell-derived NSCs (ES-NSCs) during coculture with dissociated neurosphere cells without a need for FCS or feeder cells, which creates a bottleneck for therapeutic methods. We demonstrated that neurosphere-derived factor (NDF), which induces the generation of ES cell-derived neurospheres, exists in the conditioned medium of primary neurosphere culture (CMPNC). We characterized this NDF by using chromatography and mass spectrometric identification, revealing that this activity derives mainly from cystatin C. Our results have led to the discovery of a previously uncharacterized biological activity of cystatin C, which induces NSCs from ES cells exclusively.
ES Cells Differentiate into Neural Stem Cells by Coculture with Dissociated Primary Neurosphere Cells.
To determine whether NSCs can regulate the differentiation of ES cells into neural lineages, D3 ES cells, which constitutively express GFP, were cocultured in suspension with dissociated primary neurosphere cells for 21 days, and phenotypical changes in the GFP-positive ES cells were evaluated. After coculture for 21 days, round spheres measuring >100 μm in diameter could be generated, which were expressed GFP (Fig. 1 A). The number of ES cell-derived GFP positive spheres generated from 105 ES cells was 476.67 ± 32.87, by coculture with dissociated primary neurosphere cells (Fig. 1 B). When ES cells were cultured alone, the majority of ES cells died and only a few small cell clusters were generated (21.25 ± 9.50 generated from 105 ES cells). Thus, ES cells could generate spheres efficiently during coculture with dissociated primary neurosphere cells in the presence of FGF2 and EGF. Selectively FACS-sorted ES cell-derived GFP-positive cells could proliferate and again formed spheres in a defined serum-free medium with FGF2 and EGF. To exclude the possibility of cell fusion (16) between ES cells and primary neurosphere cells, we carried out FACS analysis for DNA contents of ES cell-derived cells. All ES-derived GFP-positive cells were diploid and, thus, suggested that no cell fusion occurred in this coculture system (data not shown).
ES cells differentiate into NSCs by coculture with dissociated primary neurosphere cells. (A) ES cells, which constitutively express GFP, cocultured with dissociated primary neurosphere cells form spheres in the presence of FGF2 (10 ng/ml) and EGF (20 ng/ml) after 21 days (Scale bars: 100 μm.) (B) ES cells could generate spheres efficiently (filled bar). However, when ES cells were cultured alone, the majority of ES cells died and only a few small cell clusters were generated (open bar). Data are means ± SD of triplicate determinations from two or three independent experiments. (C–H) Differentiated ES-derived spheres contain neurons (C, MAP2), astrocytes (D, GFAP), and oligodendrocytes (E, galactocerebroside). ES-derived spheres passaged five times retained also multilineage potential (F, Tuj; G, MAP2; H, MBP). (Scale bar: 50 μm.) (I) ES-derived spheres could be served to the repeated propagation. (J) The expression of Nestin, Tuj, GFAP, and Gal C genes in primary, twice-passaged, and four times-passaged ES-derived spheres was determined by RT-PCR. Lanes: 1, negative control; 2, primary ES-derived spheres; 3, P2, twice-passaged ES-derived spheres; 4, P4, four times-passaged ES-derived spheres.
When individual spheres were encouraged to fully differentiate, cells positive for the neuronal markers microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) and β-tubulin type III (Tuj) appeared 3 days after differentiation (Fig. 1 C). Subsequently, cells positive for the astrocyte marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) (Fig. 1 D) and oligodendrocyte marker Gal C (Fig. 1 E) could be detected after 7 days. The ES cell-derived spheres could be propagated repeatedly, at least 7 times (Fig. 1 I). Notably, the spheres retained multilineage potential (Fig. 1 F–H). To examine whether the characters of ES-derived neurospheres changed with passaging, gene expression profiles of ES cell-derived spheres were examined by RT-PCR. Nestin, which is expressed in NSC in vivo, the neuronal marker Tuj, the astrocytic marker GFAP, and the oligodendrocyte marker Gal C were expressed consistently during passaging (Fig. 1 J). These results suggested that ES cells differentiated into NSCs, which had both self-renewal and multilineage differentiation potentials during cocluture with dissociated neurosphere cells.
Generation of ES Cell-Derived Neurospheres by Using a Secreted Factor from Primary Neurosphere Culture.
The biological activity that induced the differentiation of ES cells into multipotential NSCs during coculture with dissociated primary neurosphere cells could derive from two possible sources: soluble factors secreted from primary neurospheres or direct cell-to-cell contact molecules. To evaluate the contribution of soluble factor secreted from primary neurospheres, we examined whether ES cell-derived neurospheres could be induced in the presence of CMPNC. Addition of the CMPNC to the ES culture significantly increased the total numbers of both cells and spheres (Fig. 2). Serial dilution of CMPNC at least up to 100 times could preserve this activity.
Generation of ES cell-derived neurospheres by using CMPNC. The addition of CMPNC increased the number of ES cell-derived spheres (A) and total cells (B). Data are means ± SD of triplicate determinations from two or three independent experiments.
To evaluate the gene expression profiles of ES cell-derived neurospheres, expression of genes restricted to neural or nonneural lineages were examined by RT-PCR (Fig. 6, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). In ES-derived neurospheres formed by CMPNC treatment, expression of Rex1, which is highly expressed by inner cell mass of blastcytes and by ES cells (17), was not detected. Simultaneously, Oct4, which is expressed in ES cells and primitive ectoderm cells (17), was down-regulated. In contrast, the expression of nestin, OTX2, and Mash1 genes, all of which are expressed in NSCs in vivo, were confirmed. Furthermore, multilineage neural markers, Tuj, GFAP, and Gal C, were expressed in ES-derived neurospheres. Nonneural lineage genes, including the endodermal markers GATA4 and HNF4a (18, 19), the mesoderm marker brachyury (20), and epidermal marker CK17 (21), were not detected. These gene expression profiles observed in ES-derived neurosphere cells were comparable to those observed in primary neurospheres. Moreover, immunocytochemical analysis revealed that the majority of cells derived from CMPNC-treated ES cell-derived spheres were nestin-positive (Fig. 3 A). When individual spheres were encouraged to fully differentiate, Tuj- or MAP2-positive cells were detected at day 3 (Fig. 3 B and C). Subsequently, cells positive for GFAP, galactocerebroside, and myelin basic protein (MBP) appeared at day 7 (Fig. 3 D–F). When we evaluated the characteristics of Tuj-positive cells differentiated from ES cell-derived neurospheres, four neuronal subtype markers were detected: the dopaminergic neuron markers tyrosine hydroxyrase (TH) and anti-dopamine transporter, cholinergic neuron marker anti-acetylcholine transferase (ChAT), serotonergic neuron marker serotonin, or norepinephrine/epinephirine neuron marker dopamine-β-dehydroxyrase (DBH) were detected (Fig. 3 G–K). Among them, 75–90.9% of ES cell-derived neurospheres contained TH-positive cells during the differentiation for 7 to 14 days (Fig. 3P). This value was much higher than that for cholinergic or serotonergic neurons (ChAT: 45%, 7 days; 55%, 14 days; and serotonin: 12%, 7 days; 25%, 14 days, respectively). To further confirm the preferential generation of dopaminergic neurons, we examined the expression of the mesencephalic dopaminergic neuron markers Nurr1 and En1. These markers were presented in ES cell-derived neurospheres induced by CMPNC (Fig. 6). These data suggested that ES cell-derived neurospheres could differentiate into neurons with various kinds of neurotransmitters, predominantly into dopaminergic neurons.
CMPNC-treated ES-derived spheres had multilineage differentiation potential and self-renewal potential. Differentiated ES-derived spheres contain nestin-positive cells (A, Cy3-nestin). ES-derived spheres could differentiate into neurons (B and D, Cy3-Tuj; C, MAP2), astrocytes (D and E, FITC-GFAP), oligodendrocytes (E, Cy3-MBP; F, Cy3-Gal C). They could differentiated into various matured neurons (G, Cy3-TH; H, Cy3-DAT/FITC-Tuj; I, Cy3-ChAT; J, Cys-3-DBH; K, Cy3-Serotonin). Transplantation of ES cell-derived neurospheres into the neonatal mouse brain. All grafts were easily detected by the GFP expression as ES-derived cells (M) as compared with control (L). In serial sections, TH-positive cells (N, Cy3-TH) and GFAP-positive cells (O, Cy3-GFAP) with GFP expression could be detected around the subventricular zone. (P) A time course study of the appearance of ES-derived neurospheres with Tuj, TH, DBH, and serotonin-like immunoreactivities. Positive sphere was defined as a sphere containing 10 or more cells with immunoreactivity of each antibody. (Q) ES-derived spheres could be served to the repeated propagation in the presence of FGF2 and EGF. (R) Single-cell suspension culture in serum-free medium containing 0.3% agar were prepared. Sequential images of a single CMPNC-treated ES-derived cell at 1.5, 4, and 12 days after culturing. (Scale bars: 50 μm.)
The ES cell-derived neurospheres induced by CMPNC could be propagated repeatedly (Fig. 3 Q), at least nine times, without losing either multilineage differentiation activity or their preference toward dopaminergic lineage (see Fig. 7, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). To confirm whether a single ES-NSC can form a sphere in response to CMPNC treatment, single-cell suspension cultures were prepared. Spheres could be detected at day 12 with the increasing cells in number during culture (Fig. 3 R). However the overall sphere formation value of single ES-NSC was less than that of NSC from embryos, because the majority of ES cells failed to generate spheres and simply died (Table 1, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). Nevertheless, these spheres that did form retained multilineage potential. These results imply that NDF, which induces the generation of ES cell-derived neurospheres, exists in the CMPNC.
We next explored the differentiation capability of ES cell-derived neurospheres in vivo. Dissociated ES cell-derived neurosphere cells expressing the GFP marker were injected into the hemiventricular area of neonatal mice. ES cell-derived cells could be detected by GFP expression in six of eight mice at 4 weeks and seven of eight mice at 8 weeks by visual observation (Fig. 3 M). In serial sections, TH-positive cells with GFP expression could be detected around the subventricular zone (Fig. 3 N). GFP-positive cells with GFAP expression could also be detected (Fig. 3 O). On the other hand, teratoma-like structures or reduced lifespans were not observed. These results imply that ES cell-derived neurosphere cells could differentiate in vivo without leading to tumor formation.
Purification and Characterization of NDF.
Next, we evaluated the physiological characteristics of NDF in CMPNC from the viewpoint of heat instability and molecular size. Heat treatment of the CMPNC at 60°C for 30 min or 100°C for 10 min abolished its activity. This biochemical characteristic strongly suggested that NDF is protein-based. Further investigation to determine the molecular mass by using an ultrafiltration procedure demonstrated that NDF activity was recovered in the 3,000–20,000 Da molecular mass fraction. To purify the NDF, large quantities of CMPNC were generated (2 liters). After concentrating conditioned medium 200-fold by ultrafiltration, the NDF was semipurified through phenyl hydrophobic column by step gradient elution with decreasing concentration of ammonium sulfate from 1 M to 0 M. The NDF activity was detected in the fraction eluted at the 0 M concentration of ammonium sulfate. When this fraction was analyzed by SDS/PAGE, seven distinct bands were detected at the range from 3,000 to 20,000 Da molecular mass range (Fig. 8A, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). After trypsin treating excised gel bands, proteins were identified by MALDI-TOF/MS peptide mapping. Bands 1–3, 4, and 7 matched similar to peptidylprolyl isomerase A, mouse cystatin C (Fig. 8 B and C) and mouse profilin2, and insulin, respectively.
Cystatin C Confers the NDF Activity.
Recently, it was demonstrated that the proliferation of NSCs in vitro and neurogenesis in vivo are stimulated by the cooperation between FGF2 and cystatin C (21). Considering the close correlation of cystatin C with neurogenesis, we evaluated whether cystatin C could replace CMPNC in inducing ES cells to differentiate into NSCs. To evaluate the generation of ES-NSCs, ES cells were cultured in suspension in the presence of FGF2 and EGF for 21 days with or without cystatin C. Addition of recombinant mouse cystatin C (R & D Systems, 1238-PI) at various concentrations (20 pg/ml to 200 ng/ml) significantly increased the number of total spheres generated from ES cell cultures (Fig. 4 A). Few ES cell-derived spheres were generated in the absence of cystatin C. The efficiency of sphere formation by using recombinant cystatin C was ≈80% compared to that using conditioned medium. In the presence of cystatin C, addition of either FGF2 or EGF significantly increased the number of ES cell-derived spheres (Fig. 4 B). Interestingly, the addition of cystatin C alone increased number of spheres, as compared with the number of spheres generated in the presence of EGF and FGF2 (P < 0.05). Furthermore, even in the presence of either FGF2 or EGF, or both at a high concentration, the number of spheres was not increased (data not shown). The expression of cystatin C was detected in primary neurospheres by RT-PCR, but not in undifferentiated ES cells. Furthermore, Western blotting analysis revealed cystatin C was contained in the CMNPC (data not shown). Therefore, we speculated that the main source of NDF activity in CMPNC is derived from cystatin C.
Cystatin C exercised the NDF activity, which promote to differentiate into NSCs from ES cells. (A) The addition of the recombinant mouse cystatin C increased the number of ES cell-derived spheres. The filled bars indicated the number of spheres, and the open bars indicated the number of small cell clusters. (B) Growth factor dependency of forming ES-derived spheres. In the presence of cystatin C, addition of either FGF2 or EGF significantly increased the number of ES cell-derived spheres. Filled bars indicate the number of spheres, and the open bars indicate the number of small cell clusters. (C) ES-derived spheres could be served to the repeated propagation over seven times and had multilineage differentiation activity (D, Cy3-Tuj/FITC-GFAP; E, Cy3-MBP). They also could differentiated into various matured neurons (F, Cy3-TH; G, Cy3-ChAT; H, Cy3-Serotonin; I, Cys-3-DBH). (Scale bars: 50 μm.) (J) Example of an HPLC chromatogram showing high levels of dopamine (DA) in the medium of ES-derived neurons (Upper, green line, medium conditioned for 24 h). Relatively low basal DA release was detected (blue line, exposure to buffer for 15 min), as compared to the high levels of DA after 15 min of KCL-evoked depolarization (Lower, red line). Data are means ± SD of triplicate determinations from two or three independent experiments.
When individual cystatin C-treated ES cell-derived spheres were cultured in the differentiation culture conditions, each of the differentiated spheres contained MAP2-positive or Tuj-positive cells at day 3 (Fig. 4 D). GFAP-positive cells and MBP-positive cells were detected at day 7 (Fig. 4 D and E). Furthermore, immunocytochemical staining for subtype-specific neuronal markers revealed that four neuronal subsets, dopaminergic, cholinergic, serotonergic, and adrenergic, were present in the Tuj-positive cell (Fig. 4 F–I). Moreover, cystatin C-treated ES cell-derived spheres could propagate at least seven times (Fig. 4 C) without losing either multilineage differentiation activity or their preferred differentiation toward dopaminergic neurons (see Fig. 9, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). To further confirm the presence of dopaminergic neurons, we examined dopamine production in the induced neurons by reverse-phase HPLC. In response to a depolarizing stimulus (56 mM K+), ES cell-derived neurons released a significant amount of dopamine into the medium (Fig. 4 J). These results indicate that functional neurons producing dopamine were generated with this method, suggesting that the ES cell-derived spheres generated by cystatin C are indeed neurospheres.
Cystatin C Regulates the Commitment of ES Cell Differentiation into Neural Lineage.
Cystatin C could regulate neurosphere generation either by direct induction of ES cells into NSCs or by expansion of cells that had spontaneously differentiated into NSCs. As shown in Fig. 4 B, a small number of small cell clusters could be generated even in the absence of any growth factors. To address whether cystatin C induced NSC differentiation de novo or merely expanded cells that were already committed to a neural lineage, we compared the characteristics of spheres and small cell clusters generated in the presence or absence of cystatin C and in the absence of EGF and FGF2. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed that the majority of cells derived from cystatin C-treated ES cell-derived spheres were nestin-positive and that many more Tuj-positive cells were present in spheres that developed in response to cystatin C. In contrast, only a few nestin-positive cells were detected within the small cell clusters generated in the absence of cystatin C, and neither GFAP- nor MBP-positive cells were detected after differentiation (Fig. 5 A–E). Furthermore, small cell clusters could not reform spheres, and they simply died in the single cell culture system. Thus, they had neither self-renewal nor multilineage differentiation potentials.
Cystatin C supported to differentiate into NSCs from ES cells. (A and B) Immunocytochemical analysis of nestin-positive cells constituted small cell clusters and spheres, which developed either in the absence or presence of cystatin C. (C and D) Significantly more Tuj-positive cells differentiated from spheres developed in the presence of cystatin C than small cell clusters developed in the absence of cystatin C. (Scale bars: 100 μm.) (E) Immunocytochemical analysis of Tuj-, GFAP-, and MBP-positive cells differentiated from spheres developed in the presence of cystatin C and small cell clusters developed in the absence of cystatin C at day 3 and day 7. Data are means ± SD of triplicate determinations from two or three independent experiments. (F) Comparisons were made about the expression of Rex1, nestin, Nurr1, and En1 in the cystatin C-treated and cystatin C-untreated ES-derived sphere by RT-PCR. Lanes: 1, negative control; 2, ES cells; 3, primary neurospheres; 4, cystatin C-treated ES cell-derived spheres; 5, cystatin C untreated ES cell-derived small cell clusters.
To define the characteristics of cystatin C-treated ES cell-derived spheres and spontaneously arising small spheres, we compared the expression of several transcription factors by RT-PCR (Fig. 5 F). Although nestin was expressed in the both spheres, high levels of En1 and Nurr1, which control differentiation of dopaminergic and serotonergic neurons in the midbrain and hindbrain (22, 23), were expressed only in cell populations treated with cystatin C. Rex1 was expressed in untreated spheres, but was down-regulated in cystatin C-treated spheres. Brachyury, which is abundant in EBs, was not expressed in both (data not shown). These results demonstrate that spheres formed under these two different culture conditions are phenotypically distinct and that NSCs, which have both self-renewal and multilineage differentiation potentials, could be generated in the presence of cystatin C. This result suggests that cystatin C regulates the commitment of ES cell differentiation into NSCs.
In this paper, we reported an efficient system for in vitro NSC induction from mouse ES cells in the presence of cystatin C. First, we showed that NSCs could be generated from ES cells by coculturing them with dissociated primary neurosphere cells. We also showed that when CMPNC was added into the serum-free culture of ES cells, they generated the neurospheres. These results suggested that soluble NDF had an active role in the generation of ES-NSCs. Finally, we then have purified cystatin C in CMPNC as the NDF activity.
Cystatin C, a cysteine protease inhibitor (24), is a molecule with pleiotropic functions (25, 26). It is a 14-kDa protein (120 amino acids) and is secreted by different cell types in vitro (27). Several proteinase inhibitors, such as thrombin inhibitors, calpain inhibitors, or cysteine protease inhibitors, have been suggested to be part of a regulatory system associated with neuronal differentiation. We showed that ES cell derived-neurospheres induced by cystatin C were nestin-positive and could differentiate into neurons and glia both in vitro and in vivo and had self-renewal potential. The expression profiles of several genes, including Rex1, Oct4, Otx2, nestin, and mash1, in cystatin C-treated ES cell-derived neurospheres were comparable to those in primary neurospheres. Furthermore, nonneural genes, including GATA4, HNF4, brachyury, and CK17, were not expressed in either the CMPNC or in cystatin C-treated ES-NSCs. Previous studies have reported the differentiation of NSCs from ES cells. Tropepe et al. (9) reported the induction of a small number of primitive neural stem cells from ES cells in the presence of leukemia inhibitory factor and FGF2, although these cells expressed an endodermal marker GATA4 in vitro and had neural and nonneural lineage potentials in vivo. Furthermore, in our laboratory, primitive NSCs could not be propagated repeated more than three times. We conclude that the characteristics of cystatin C-treated ES-NSCs in this culture system are analogous to those of NSCs. However, the efficiency of sphere formation by using recombinant cystatin C was only ≈80% of that using CMPNC. This result suggests that NDFs other than cystatin C may play a role for neural induction of ES cells.
Recently, it was demonstrated that the proliferation of NSCs in vitro and neurogenesis in vivo are both stimulated cooperatively by FGF2 and cystatin C (28). This report infers that cystatin C plays a role in supporting the propagation of cells that already have differentiated into NSCs. Here, we demonstrated that the characteristics of spheres generated in the absence or presence of cystatin C are qualitatively different, and NSCs, which had both self-renewal and multilineage neural differentiation potentials, could be generated only in the presence of cystatin C (Fig. 5 A–E). Therefore, we concluded that cystatin C had a previously uncharacterized function of regulating the commitment of ES cells differentiation into NSCs, either directly or indirectly, in addition to its ability to stimulate propagation of the cells that have already differentiated into NSCs.
How does cystatin C induce neural differentiation of ES cells? We demonstrated that addition of cystatin C alone increased the number of spheres in serum-free conditions but that high concentrations of cytokines, such as FGF2, did not stimulate to generate spheres (Fig. 4 B). However, we also observed that SU5402 (a pharmacological inhibitor of FGF receptor tyrosine kinases) and anti-FGF2 antibodies blocked ES-derived neurosphere formation by cystatin C (see Fig. 10, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). These results suggest that neurosphere formation by ES cells is stimulated by the cooperation between endogenous FGFs and cystatin C. The importance of endogenous FGF2 produced from ES cells for neural lineage differentiation is in agreement with the study of Tropepe et al. (9). Taken together, this hypothesis speculates that cystatin C secreted from NSCs cooperates with endogenous FGFs, which have an active role in the promotion of early neural differentiation of ES cells. Taupin et al. (28) reported that cystatin C can be N-glycosylated and that this complex is required for its activity to induce FGF2-dependent proliferation of rat neuronal progenitor cells (NPCs) in vitro. Muotri et al. reported that L1 transcripts were enriched in N-glycosylated form of cystatin C-responsive NPCs, and L1 could retrotranspose during early neuronal differentiation, affecting the expression of neuronal genes in vitro (29). This report opens the possibility that N-glycosylation of cystatin C is required for its ability to support differentiation of ES cells into NSCs. However, the mechanism by which endogenous and exogenous FGFs effect the differentiation of ES cells into NSCs remains to be elucidated.
We demonstrated that cystatin C-treated ES-NSCs differentiate into all four neuronal subtypes, including dopaminergic, serotonergic, adrenergic, and cholinergic neurons (Fig. 4 E–H). Recently, there have been several reports on methods to produce predominantly TH-positive neurons. Stromal cell-derived inducing activity produced TH-positive neurons at an efficiency of 30% of Tuj-positive neurons (12), which is comparable to our methods. In the current system, the activity of cystatin C was compared with several previously suspected neural-induction factors (see Fig. 11, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). The results obtained suggested that cystatin C is superior to previously reported factors in generating neurospheres from ES cells. One of the notable features of our system is the continuous expansion of cystatin C-treated ES-NSCs that maintain a high differentiation activity during continuous culture, making this system superior to previously reported systems (11, 12, 30). Our system, cystatin C-treated ES-NSCs, prove a good source for cell transplantation therapy, because cell replacement therapy needs large numbers of graft cells. In preliminary transplantation experiments, we demonstrated that graft cells settled in and near the subventricular zone and differentiated into dopamine neurons. Moreover, no teratoma-like structures were observed in any of the 16 mice that received grafts. Tumor formation is a major problem associated with ES cell-derived cell grafting in the treatment of neurological diseases.
Here, we have developed an efficient system for the generation of ES-NSCs by using the soluble factor, cystatin C, without a need for FCS or feeder cells, which creates a bottleneck for therapeutic methods. Furthermore, cystatin C-treated ES cell-derived cells could proliferate continuously while maintaining a high differentiation activity during continuous culture. Thus, we believe that cystatin C-treated ES-NSCs provide a good and safe cell source for CNS transplantation therapy, and this system provides a good model to investigate the mechanism of CNS development and to realize many of potential applications in neuroscience and regenerative medicine in the CNS.
ES Cell Lines.
The ES cell lines used in this study were the CCE cell line and the D3 cell line with transfected green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene driven by the ubiquitous CAG promoter. Undifferentiated ES cells were maintained on 1% gelatin-coated dishes in DMEM supplemented with 15% FCS/10 mM nonessential amino acids/0.1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol/1,000 units/ml leukemia inhibitory factor.
Primary Neurosphere Culture.
The striatums of embryonic C57BL/6 mice at day 12.5–14.0 were mechanically dissociated and were cultured as suspension in DMEM/F12 supplemented with 5 mM Hepes buffer/0.3% glucose/0.025 mg/ml insulin/0.1 mg/ml transferrin/20 nM progesterone/0.06 mM putrescine/30 nM sodium selenium (“neurosphere medium”) in the presence of 20 ng/ml epidermal growth factor (EGF) (Sigma)/10 ng/ml fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) (Sigma) for 7 days (31). The concentration was set at 2.0–5.0 × 105 cells per ml.
Coculture System.
ES cells were washed three times and cocultured in suspension with dissociated primary neurosphere cells derived from the striatums of embryonic mice at day 12.5–14.0 in neurosphere medium. These mixed populations were cultured for 21 days in the presence of EGF (20 ng/ml) and FGF2 (10 ng/ml) individually, in combination with, or in the absence of any exogenous growth factors. Total concentration was set at 1.0 × 106 cells per ml. During coculture, cells were dissociated and resuspended at day 7 and 14. The number of round spheres or dissociated cells, which were discriminated by GFP expression, were counted under the microscope and spheres were defined as that measured >100 μm in diameter. We defined “small cell clusters” as cell aggregations measured <100 μm in diameter.
For differentiation, single spheres were transferred to wells coated with l-ornithine in 48-well culture plates and cultured in the neurosphere medium containing 1% FCS in the absence of any growth factors.
Cell Sorting.
Fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) sorting of GFP-positive cells was performed on a FACS vantage flow cytometer/cell sorter (Becton Dickinson). Cells (1–2 × 106 per ml) were analyzed for forward scatter, side scatter, propidium iodide (PI) fluorescence, and GFP fluorescence with an argon laser (488 nm, 100 mW). Dead cells were excluded by gating on forward and side scatter and eliminating PI-positive events. D3 WT clones were used to set the background fluorescence. Viable and fluorescent cells were sorted into DMEM/F12 medium at a speed of 1,000 cells per second.
ES Cells Suspension Culture System.
ES cells were three times washed and cultured for 21 days at 1.0 × 106 cells per ml in the presence or absence of EGF (20 ng/ml), FGF2 (10 ng/ml) and CMPNC. During culture, cells were dissociated and resuspended at days 7 and 14.
Self-renewal of ES-cell NSCs was determined by single-cell suspension culture as described in ref. 32. Dissociated ES cell-derived neurosphere cells were harvested and pelleted. The supernatant was aspirated, and the cell pellet was resuspended in neurosphere medium containing 0.3% agar with a cell density of 200,000 cells per ml in the presence of FGF2 (10 ng/ml) and EGF (20 ng/ml) for 12 days. The number of round spheres was counted under the microscope at day 12.
Immunocytochemistry and Immnunohistochemistry.
Immunocytochemistory was carried out by using standard protocols. Primary antibodies are listed in Table 2, which is published as supporting information on PNAS web site. The individual specificities of these primary antibodies were tested by using appropriate tissues or cells as controls.
For immunocytochemical staining of the sphere and brain tissues in serial section, they were fixed for 20 min at room temperature in 4% paraformaldehyde. After three rinses with PBS, the spheres were equilibrated with 20% and 30% sucrose and sectioned (5–10 μm) on a cryostat. Sections were incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies. After rinsing three times with PBS, sections were incubated for 1 h at room temperature with secondary antibodies. Appropriate cysnin-3-labeled (Jackson ImmunoResearch) and Alexa-488-labeled (Molecular Probes) secondary antibodies were used for visualization.
RNA Extraction and RT-PCR Analysis.
Total cellular RNA was isolated by using the RNAeasy total RNA purification kit (Qiagen) followed by treatment with RNase-free RQ DNase. For cDNA synthesis, random hexamer primers (GIBCO/BRL) were used to prime reverse transcriptase reactions. Using this method, it was possible to use the same reverse transcriptase reaction (cDNA) for PCR amplification with different sets of gene-specific primers. The cDNA synthesis was carried out by using M-MLV SuperReverse transcriptase (SuperScript II) at 42°C for 1 h. Primer sequences (forward and reverse) and the length of the amplified products are listed in Table 2. Amplified products were electrophoresed in 2% agarose gels containing ethidium bromide (25 μg/ml), and band were visualized with UV light. At least three replicates were performed.
Transplantation Procedure.
ES cells were cultured for 21 days in chemically defined medium by adding the CMPNC in the presence of FGF2 and EGF. At the end of culture, ES-derived spheres were dissociated, washed twice, and then suspended in DMEM/F12 at the equivalents 2–4 × 105 cells per μl. By using a blunt-ended 26G Hamilton syringe, 1 μl of suspension medium was injected into the hemiventricular area of neonate mice.
Protein Purification.
The CMPNC (2 liters) was generated (see Supporting Methods, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). After concentrating 200-fold by ultrafiltration, CMPNC was semipurified through a phenyl hydrophobic column (HiTrap, Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) by step-gradient elution with decreasing ammonium sulfate from 1 M to 0 M. For activity determination, each fractions eluted at the various concentration of ammonium sulfate were filtered (0.22 μm) and added in the medium of ES cells suspension culture system.
Molecular Mass Spectrometric Analyses.
Mass spectrometric identification of proteins was performed as described in ref. 33. Briefly, after SDS/PAGE, proteins were visualized by silver staining and excised separately from the gels, followed by the in-gel digestions with trypsin (Promega) in a buffer containing 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate (pH 8.0) and 2% acetonitrile overnight at 37°C. Mass analyses of tryptic peptides were performed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS) with a Voyager-DE/STR (Applied Biosystems). Proteins were identified by comparison between the molecular masses determined by MALDI-TOF/MS and theoretical peptide masses from the proteins registered in NCBInr.
HPLC Analysis.
Dopamine release was measured by reverse phase HPLC, as described in ref. 34. Briefly, samples were collected at the day of differentiation-conditioned medium (24 h), basal release (15 min in HBSS) and evoked release (15 min in HBSS + 56 mM KCl). Samples were stabilized and extracted by aluminum adsorption (Chromosystem). Separation of injected samples (Autosampler 540; ESA, Bedford, MA) was achieved by isocratic elution in the MD-TM mobile phase (ESA) at 0.5 ml/min. The oxidative potential of the analytical cell (ESA Model 5011; Coulochem II, Bedford, MA) was set at 350 mV. Results were validated by coelution with catecholamine standards under varying buffer conditions and detector setting.
We thank Drs. S. Masuda and K. Inui for advice on HPLC analysis and Drs. T. Yasumi and H. Hiramatsu for critical reading of the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the Science Reseach on Priority Areas; the Creative Science Research; the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.
†To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: heike{at}kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Author contributions: T.H. designed research; T. Kato, T.H., and K.S. performed research; K.O., M.H., and T.N. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; T. Kato, T.H., K.O., M.H., K.S., M.Y., M.N., M.S., T. Kumada, Y.Y., H.H., and T.N. analyzed data; and T. Kato wrote the paper.
Conflict of interest statement: No conflicts declared.
cholinergic neuron marker anti-acetylcholine transferase;
CMPNC,
conditioned medium of primary neurosphere culture;
DBH,
dopamine-β-dehydroxyrase;
ES-NSC,
ES cell-derived neural stem cell;
GFAP,
glial fibrillary acidic protein;
MAP2,
microtubule-associated protein 2;
MBP,
myelin basic protein;
NDF,
neurosphere-derived factor;
NSC,
neural stem cell;
TH,
tyrosine hydroxyrase;
Tuj,
β-tubulin type III.
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Breaking News To Evangelicals: God’s Law Does Not Supersede the U.S. Constitution
There is a relatively well-known quote attributed to Theodore Roosevelt that says, “No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it.” Of course, despite the fact that nearly every American has a specific law they disagree with, they generally obey the laws as required unless they are very bigoted and very religious. There is a seriously twisted belief among many evangelical fanatics that although they live in a nation of laws spelled out in the U.S. Constitution, they contend that their god’s laws trump the law of the land and now Supreme Court decisions.
Despite the fact that the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the same 14th Amendment right to marry as opposite-sex couples, there are still plenty of evangelicals that refuse to follow the law. In Kentucky, the county clerk who continues to defy several court rulings ordering her to do her appointed job and issue marriage licenses to gay couples, is now apparently appealing the U.S. Supreme Court’s order on Monday that she has to obey the law to her god almighty; what she contends is the law of the land. Kim Davis, the woman who lusts to be a true Christian martyr for bigotry, once again refused to do her job and told a bevy of reporters that indeed, she has the right to refuse to follow the law of the land “under god’s authority.” Of course, if Davis actually read her Christian bible she would be aware that god’s authority (the bible) tells her to obey the government authority, but this is America and evangelicals follow a bastardized version of Christianity; one that disavows the entire New Testament. What may come as a shock to Davis is that here in America there is no higher authority than the Constitution, or the Supreme Court, no matter that she believes otherwise.
This issue is a result of, mainly, Republicans preaching that an evangelical has very unique religious freedom rights to disobey any law that they claim infringes on their 1st Amendment right to worship, pray, and attend church without government interference. In Davis’ case, performing her duty of collecting money for a license to marry does not, in any possible way, infringe on her right to pray, read the bible, sing Psalms, or attend the local mega-church. Generally, a sane person would say that if Davis does not want to obey the law and perform her duty as a county clerk, she should just find a different job. At least that is the opinion of an ultra-conservative, ultra-constitutional originalist and ultra-religious Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia.
Scalia wrote for the majority in Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith that the idea of any American believing they have “a private right to ignore generally applicable laws is unconstitutional” and if allowed would lead to “anarchy resulting from a system in which each conscience is a law unto itself.” In another High Court ruling, Scalia opined that a public employee with objections to laws on religious ground should either just do their job and shut up or find different employment. He said, “They have, after all, taken an oath to apply the laws and have been given no power to supplant them with rules of their own;” or supplant them with God rules that are not the law of the land any more than the Christian bible is the Constitution. However, there are Republicans who believe that the Constitution, common sense, and the Supreme Court are dead wrong and support Davis’ defiance and now contempt of court.
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul came out in defense of Davis who is finally facing contempt of court charges for violating the court order that she has to do the job she is getting paid for and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Paul’s defense of Davis is consistent with his cosponsoring legislation, the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) that prevents the government from acting against businesses or non-profits that blatantly discriminate against same-sex married couples. In fact, Republicans as a group have adopted, and endorsed FADA by attempting to justify all forms of discrimination against same-sex couples the RNC claims should be legally permissible despite the Constitution’s 14th Amendment; another reason Republicans want the Amendment abolished.
It is nearly certain that Kim Davis is convinced that because Republicans have become the official legislative arm of the extremist religious right, and have spent an inordinate amount of time and taxpayer money legislating according to religion, that she is on “a holy crusade mandated by god almighty.” It is, in great part, due to the recent seriously distorted interpretation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA); a direct result of the above Supreme Court decisions that ruled no, religious freedom is not freedom to, as Justice Scalia wrote, “have a private right to ignore generally applicable laws.” In fact, in the alleged “direct utterances of god almighty” in Romans 13, god commands that Christians “must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God’s permission. The existing authorities have been established by God, so that whoever resists the authorities opposes what God has established, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.”
Obviously Kim Davis is going to bring judgment on herself according to biblical mythos, but her present concern should be the contempt of court charges she is due to face in the very near future. To demonstrate how perverted her interpretation of her religious freedom really is, she faces being either fined, imprisoned, or terminated from an $80,000 a year job because she is a typical evangelical bigot. Instead of resigning, she is intent on being a Christian martyr because she cannot get it through her biblical mind that the U.S. Constitution, and not the Hebrew scriptures is the law of the land; a mindset that is more prevalent than most Americans want to believe and a very dangerous portent that this country is being primed to become a theocracy
Rmuse
Audio engineer and instructor for SAE. Writes op/ed commentary supporting Secular Humanist causes, and exposing suppression of women, the poor, and minorities. An advocate for freedom of religion and particularly, freedom of NO religion.
Born in the South, raised in the Mid-West and California for a well-rounded view of America; it doesn’t look good.
Former minister, lifelong musician, Mahayana Zen-Buddhist.
CategoriesCommentary, Featured News TagsAntonin Scalia, Bible, Constitution, FADA, First Amendment Defense Act, god almighty, Kentucky County Clerk, Kim Davis, Rand Paul, religious freedom, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, SCOTUS
40 Replies to “Breaking News To Evangelicals: God’s Law Does Not Supersede the U.S. Constitution”
Maxie2014 says:
Thu, Sep 3rd, 2015 at 3:57 pm
What bothers me most is the hypocrisy and double standard of it all. Kim Davis has been divorced 4 times! What if somebody said to her you can’t have a license because you have had multiple marriages? Then what?
If your going to play the religious card, play it fairly. If Davis won’t issue licenses to gay people, she shouldn’t issue them to divorced people, liars, the greedy, those that don’t remember the Sabbath, those that rape, murder, covet……
She’d be out of business!
Shadowolf says:
…no matter what or how many times the Teahadists try to make this country into a Theocratic Autocracy; it is STILL a secular country…
…I still think we should remove good people from Texas, and Trump can build a wall around Texas…
{{{“It’ll be YOOOOOGE!!!}}}
and put all anti-Americans there…
djchefron says:
PHOOEY(THE)RAT says:
Banish the GOP and “all” of their (Antichrist-like) “GOD” (ONLY) supporters from “all” of our public and Government Offices in the next election cycles. They are the brainwashed zombies (many from birth) of the crazy “elite” 1% and their spawn. In my opinion.
lorrene real says:
John 18:36 Bible quote: Jesus to Pontius Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world….” Thus World laws are not the same as spiritual laws.
The USA is NOT a Theocracy. We are diverse in all walks of life and a country of FREEDOMS for ALL.
Not living under a Dictatorship of one Supreme-being.
Suga says:
Kim Davis: WHAT A SAINT!
Married four times! Gave birth to twins five months after divorcing first husband. They were fathered by her third husband but adopted by her second. Davis worked at the clerk’s office at the time of each divorce and has since remarried.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/09/01/kentucky-clerk-fighting-gay-marriage-has-wed-four-times
What is dangerous is right wingers led by the racist Charles Murray is going around saying if individuals refuse to obey the law and regulations they disagree with they could bring down the Federal government by death of a thousand cuts knowing that the government cant prosecute everyone and then the states will pass laws nullifying the Feds’
We have seen thin with the Bundy standoff already.
Maybe its time to bring back the alien and sedition laws and put GITMO to better use
Richard Cottingham says:
Now look for Pat Robertson and his ilk to start raving that the freedom of Christians has now been completely taken away and that God is going to destroy the U. S. as punishment.
Rubio: ‘There should be a way’ for Kim Davis to keep her job while not doing it
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/02/marco-rubio-says-government-should-respect-kim-daviss-beliefs/
And Mr. stay thirsty want to be President and uphold the Constitution. You cant make this shit up
Jeff Laurence says:
Extreme fundamentalists of any ilk are a danger. Trying to force people to march to their drumbeat isn’t in the bible anymore than killing infidels for God is in the Koran.
I’m not a theologian, but I have never seen a thing in the bible about issuing a marriage license to same sex couples, sending you straight to hell.
Bigotry is just bigotry.
Maggie Schafer says:
This hag thought she could use a tax payer funded public office to spout this garbage and it was destined to fail! This is just more Republican rhetoric and she never should have been in that office in the first place! Hope she rots in there! Heard the other clerks wanted to issue licenses but were afraid of this Kentucky Fried Christian! So sick of this nonsense – rewriting the Bible or taking bits and pieces and cobbling together to make their own policies!
We need to clean out Congress starting next year – dump bigots, sexists and homophobes!
Donal says:
But..but…but she just “found the way with Heysus” four years ago so all the perverted and disloyal sinning she did in her previous ugly life are all forgiven, and now she can get on with her demonizing others.
CyberMindGrrl says:
There is NO worse person in the world than a sanctimonious Bible humping God botherer who has been recently “saved”. They feel that it is THEIR mission to save everyone else and to “spread the gospel yadda yadda”. These recent born-agains become much more in-your-face than people who were born into christianity and grew up with it. Because they believe that being “saved” absolves them of all their prior sins and transgressions.
It is the ultimate form of hypocrisy. Being saved does not confer upon a person the right to judge others and force them to live by the rules and doctrines of those who follow Christianity. By forcing her will on others in a public place, she is committing the ultimate sin, that of hypocrisy.
Tentoes says:
I enlarged the first remaining page of her “good” book. It reads, “And woe unto those who shall be forgiving and accepting of others of my people. For I shall smite those who are trying to make a normal life for everyone. I shall smite them with my mighty AKsmitey7 and of those who escape my smiteyness shall be forever branded with a rainbow so the real people can shun and smite them as their god would see fit. For they are not to be forgiven and shall be forever condemned to wearing different cloths and eating shellfish for all eternity. For they shall live their lives in trailer homes so I can further smite them with my mighty finger of god (tornadoes), until they have chosen to be one of my real people, but when they have saved themselves they shall smite themselves for living in a sin for which I created to test them. And they flunked. So there…smite…smite…smite…smite. Now their god must go post bail. Amen.
labman57 says:
My advice to public sector Christian conservatives who deem that their warped interpretation of Biblical law trumps Constitutional law and therefore cannot stomach the recent decisions of the SCOTUS and the legally-binding mandates issued by state and federal court judges — quit your taxpayer-funded jobs, scurry on home, lock the doors, pull the blinds, and never come out again.
Otherwise, you can express your religious convictions … from the happy confines of a jail cell.
Lisa Simpson says:
Judge Bunning actually brought her back in to court to try to give her a way out. He asked her to agree to turn over the marriage licenses to the deputy clerks. 5 out of 6 deputy clerks said they are willing to give out marriage licenses. Her son was the only deputy clerk that said no. She said no deal, I will not give them permission to give out marriage licenses. So…….she wanted to go to jail. This could of been over today, but the liberty council is in her head telling her to stand firm……..hmm……..political agenda in progress, kim is a pawn being told she is a apostle. Lifetime movie in progress!
PortageeJoe says:
Thu, Sep 3rd, 2015 at 10:02 pm
You owe me the beer I just blew out nose!
Fri, Sep 4th, 2015 at 5:16 am
No one has the right to administer public laws according to religious beliefs.
That’s part of the First Amendment, too, just like keeping governments from interfering with Davis’s right to practice her own religion.
So much for Glenn Beck, David Barton and others who say the constitution was written by God and Moses, and based on Genesis. They love the constitution, except when they don’t. Kim Davis claims she’s only been a Christian for four years, but that hair and wardrobe scream pentecostal for at least 20 years. She should keep quiet and thank God for an $80,000 job and great benefits that the government has provided her.
Not Even the Bible Can Protect Kim Davis. Here’s Why.
You know what happens when you take an oath?
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a37608/kim-davis-kentucky/
DJ, I love how you show us what Kim Davis’ Bible looks like–just brilliant and on par for you!!
Yours is a great post to a great article.
The Bible was written by men. The Constitution was written by men, the Framers.
It is nonsense to even suggest that the Constitution was written by God and Moses. Genesis was written by the Israelites during the Babylonian Exile. These stories are myths, allegories… were written by men who tried to understand their faith. It is not a book of science.
Those who interpret the Bible literally fail to understand Scripture as it was meant to be understood — stories. Being “saved” does not guarantee one “a ticket into Heaven.” Salvation means transformation.
Rmuse rightly states: in his letter to Titus, Paul wrote: “…Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be ready for every good work.” (Titus 3.1)
Thankfully, we are not a Christian nation, but a secular nation.
A good book to read: “A New Religious America: How a ‘Christian Country’ Has Become the World’s Most Religiously Diverse Nation.” (by Diana Eck, 1997…
Francie says:
The most idiotic thing about all this is, now we have other bangers getting the same idea. Alabama is going to out stupid Ky and they say they’re just going to stop issuing marriage licenses altogether. They might as well, seventeen co clerks in Alabama say they’re standing with Davis. The south has always had a violent history. Now the stupid banging bigots are trying to win a war by doing the same thing they did in the “60‘s”.
Bob K says:
It’s no surprise that there are so many right wing evangelists, since both philosophies require you to give up all common sense and humanity in dumb causes.
Howard Brazee says:
Fri, Sep 4th, 2015 at 10:01 am
Certainly the law has to follow the Constitution, not the Bible.
But she’s not following the Bible, she’s picking and choosing pieces of the Bible to fit her beliefs. She’s following neither man’s law nor God’s law – only her sect’s law.
Joseph P. Uhl says:
Guilt Fear and Mass Insanity! Three cheers for Christianity!! Ol Mike HucksterBee claims that Kim Davis is upholding and obeying the Constitution and has more “Knowledge” of the Constitution than even our POTUS who is a CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Professor!
It’s also known as the holy cafeteria plan. Choose a serving of what looks good to ya.
…ol’ Mikey is another “Cafeteria Christian” on the ala carte plan…and as a pastor he knows better…but he’s a Teahadist, so he’s given his all to Mammon…
dismayed says:
Fri, Sep 4th, 2015 at 1:17 pm
The bad news is that she’ll be the next governor of Kentucky.
No she wants to impact Federal Constitutional laws, so she will run for Rand Paul’s Senate seat.
Folks, this is all we need to know…
1st Amendment to US Constitution.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…
Glenn Beckastan?! Is that crack head still around?
tidewater4ten09 says:
“The general principles, on which the Fathers achieved independence, were the only Principles in which that beautiful Assembly of young Gentlemen could Unite, and these Principles only could be intended by them in their address, or by me in my answer.And what were these general Principles? I answer, the general Principles of Christianity, in which all these Sects were United: And the general Principles of English and American Liberty, in which all those young Men United, and which had United all Parties in America, in Majorities sufficient to assert and maintain her Independence.Now I will avow, that I then believe, and now believe, that those general Principles of Christianity, are as eternal and immutable, as the Existence and Attributes of God; and that those Principles of Liberty, are as unalterable as human Nature and our terrestrial, mundane System.”
– John Adams,
You people are daft to believe this is not a country founded in Christianity, need more quotes I got dozens.
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
Dumbass read the Constitution
gsb says:
Thank you Anne, that was the verse I was thinking of and could not find..
Anthony Burnam says:
I have thought since I can remember that the Christian God was weird. This God is number one perfect being but he gets jealous. I still think it’s moronic that a dude who knows all and is perfect gets jealous. He screwed up the Egyptians by hardening Pharoes heart to the plight of the Israelis. That’s a screwed up God in my book. Chick eats an apple and that’s it, eternal damnation right. Freakin weirdo in my book. Turns chick into a pillar of salt because she turned and looked. Pretty stiff fine for a casual look. I study history and his bloody footprints go right through it. The things humans do under his influence and in his name might not be his bidding but that’s what happened. The children’s crusade was my personal favorite. They wanted to smash heads but got sold into slavery in Africa or some such. Great guy this Christian God.
Sam sparks says:
Tue, Sep 8th, 2015 at 11:11 pm
I wonder what the liberals would say if it was a Muslim who was denying a marriage license to a gay couple? Answer that you hypocritical liberal? What would you say to a Muslim cake maker who refused to sell cake to a homosexual couple?
Dumbass if you are employed by the government then you follow the laws of the land meaning the Constitution you idiot
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Google TV or Android OS
maxidvd
Re: Google TV or Android OS
I think that the second (after ubuntu) best OS to put on our R-pi is android (honeycomb or the future ice-cream sanwich) or even the google tv os if the code is public.
This would make it the best and cheapest media player and internet@TV device...
Is possible to run android os un the R-pi?
(Sorry for bad english)
EDIT: maybe it has to be moved here http://www.raspberrypi.org/?pa.....#038;f=4.0
gerits
Google TV is an android version optimized for TV's. So running any one of those will be possible as soon as someone had made a version of it with the right drivers and firmware.
From what I've heard Google TV isn't very stable, so I hope they bring out a new version soon.
just out of curiosity, where do you start doing android drivers and firmware?
I always wodered how do they make android working on different devices...
ShiftPlusOne
Location: The unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy
Quote from maxidvd on August 13, 2011, 21:58
There are two tricks to it..
1) Android uses a linux kernel. Linux already supports embedded devices and has an insane amount of drivers.
2)Android uses a specialised java-like virtual machine. Java is designed to be cross-platform and is supported by linux... dalvik is pretty much the same thing. So the actual software doesn't need to be compiled for every single individual device.
If you want all the information check out CyanogenMOD and xda-developers.
Svartalf
1) Android is a slightly forked version of Linux coupled with a Dalvik based application framework.
2) You won't find Honeycomb. Ice Cream Sandwich is still locked down to specific Google partners right at the moment and doesn't look to be available to AOSS any earlier than late November, early December at this point.
3) Google TV is a set of mainly Apps set on TOP of Android- which are all closed as all get out.
4) In truth, MythTV or XBMC would work just as well and they DO have source to it.
5) With only 256Mb of RAM, it's going to be tight-ish for Gingerbread (It sure is for my original Droid... ). Froyo's the only thing that really is at home in this low a memory profile for Android. That means something like CM5/6 to put it in a community provided perspective.
The only gain you're going to get from putting Android on this would be hacking in the Android Market app in via the XDA-Devs gapps package and pulling applications out of it. I suppose someone might want this, but the GC stalls because of just how little memory you actually have at your disposal will make it off and on painful. If you're looking for a media center type system you're probably going to be better served with using this as a MythTV or XBMC frontend device.
Android's a mildly forked version of Linux. Heh...something to do with the process in question is my current day-job and I have been doing Linux drivers for a long while now.
poisins
Google TV sounds good, but:
1. Don't Raspi wouldn't need HDMI-out and HDMI-in, so we can connect SAT/DVB decoder to watch TV or connect XBOX360, PlayStation 3, Blu-Ray players....
2. What about WiFi? Does it (GoogleTV OS) support USB WiFi?
3. If we have cable TV, don't we need slot for coaxial cable? If we don't have coaxial, we need HDMI-in to connect decoder box for cable tv
4. Doesn't HDMI-in need's more processor power?
If next Raspi would have on-board WiFi, HDMI in and out (or at least composite in/out), coaxial tv input and GoogleTV support, it would be best gadget for TV. Explore internet, watch TV and play your XBOX360/PS3 and control all form your phone (so it would control TV over LAN or BT, if gadget have it). I wouldn't care about it's size (if it would be bigger than credit card) becouse of its features.
Quote from poisins on August 22, 2011, 10:57
HDMI in is not possible for Raspi at the moment - it would need an extra decoder chip I think. There are also legal issues with DRM - if you take HDMI in and out, then you must preserve DRM (part of the HDMI spec I believe). That would be quite difficult in such an open source device!!! Building a device that can remove the DRM from HDMI streams would not be acceptable use, and may fall foul of the DCMA. However, IANAL.
Wireless should be possible now using a USB stick.
After adding all the HW required to make it work like a set top box, it would probably be cheaper to just buy a set top box!
kisg
In order to have Android running on R-Pi, the biggest issue is to get the GPU drivers compiled for Android. Since Android uses a different userland, you can't just reuse the binaries released for regular Linux systems. Also, in some cases the HDMI audio output driver is entangled with the proprietary GPU drivers, so you might not have audio without the GPU driver either.
So in order to have Android running on R-Pi, either R-Pi.org or Broadcom will have to release the closed source components (GPU and possibly audio drivers + OpenMAX codecs) compiled for Android (practically as a basic Android release). I am pretty sure that these drivers are available for the SoC for Broadcom customers.
The main question is, whether R-Pi or Broadcom is interested in running Android on these devices, and will they be willing to release these binaries to the public (with sufficiently quick updates as newer Android releases are made public).
Gergely Kis
Quote from kisg on September 2, 2011, 12:44
There is also the Armv6 instruction set on the Raspi, and the lack of memory which means only older versions of Android would be usable.
Only one driver would need to change to run on Android (and just a recompile I think) - the rest of the work is handled by Linux libraries which *I think* should work fine. The GPU blob is the same on Linux or Android - it's unrelated to the OS on the Arm.
Quote from jamesh on September 2, 2011, 13:12
1.5, most likely. 2.0+ might be a problem.
You'd have to recompile everything to work with bionic. There's no glibc in the mix unless you're dragging your own with it, which is viewed as a no-no by Google.
I`m sure if Google were to have a word with Broadcom...
Quote from Svartalf on September 2, 2011, 16:41
Obviously Android would be targeted only for the model B versions with the 256MB RAM. That said, we have boards running Froyo and Gingerbread fine with 128-192MB RAM. And no, by running I don't mean booting to the home screen... We are running some pretty big applications on it.
I guess Jamesh meant that the other stuff (like audio) is handled by e.g. ALSA which is standard Linux, and supported by Android as well.
The problematic driver is the GPU userspace driver (not the GPU blob which is the firmware for the GPU), which will have to be ported to Android. In order to be useful, the OpenMAX codecs would have to be recompiled as well for use with Stagefright. I am pretty sure Broadcom did all this for their SoC, so it is really just a matter of intent on R-Pi.org's and Broadcom's side whether they want to release this or not.
What is also not yet clear to me whether this GPU will use the same system memory as the ARM core, so it could reserve say 64MB from the 256MB for itself to hold the firmware and runtime data, or will it have a dedicated memory above the 256MB.
<*SIGH*>
Guys, guys... A bit of reality in the mix here, please?
GoogleTV isn't likely. It's not FOSS. The ARM in this SoC doesn't support the Android API version. It doesn't magically bring anything of what you're thinking it does to the table.
I wasn't talking to what you think jamesh was talking to, by the way. All of your libraries you depend on for function, including what gives you access to the DSP and GPU (which would be REQUIRED for a media player...) would have to be provided with source and re-built as ANDROID NDK libs before you could hope to have something resembling what you're talking to.
It's not worth this much effort. Even for giggles- unless you're one of the worst kinds of technomasochists. You're better off with something like MythTV. The ONLY thing you gain from Android here is the apps- which aren't going to be practical for this application.
I'm not sure it would be worth the time to port to Android, I would think Linux would be fine for 99.99% of uses.
All the OpenMAX codecs are on the GPU, its the interface layer that would need a rebuild. We (Broadcom) do have Android builds, not sure if we have them for this chip though. I'll try and find out Monday - might be confidential information though.
If you read back what I wrote, these libraries (+ basically a ported version of Android) would have to be provided by R-Pi.org or Broadcom or someone who has signed an NDA with Broadcom and has also the right to distribute those binaries.
These components most probably won't be released in source to the public ever. Not for Android, not for any other OS.
BTW: You won't be able to compile such components with only the NDK, you will need the full source for that, e.g. the SurfaceFlinger headers...etc.
In short: without vendor support (R-Pi.org and/or Broadcom) Android just won't happen on this platform.
We can argue about whether the HW specs will be enough to run Android at sufficient speed. CPU power will be probably similar to the generation 1 Beagleboards, with a faster GPU. Memory will be tight (we are only talking about the 256MB version), but I have first hand experience in real projects that it can work fine with some natural compromises.
GoogleTV is of course a completely different matter, it probably won't happen.
You can't get any more real than that.
Gergely
If I am not mistaken the SOC uses an ARM Cortex which is what android runs on mostly. The memory is the problem with only 256MB...but you can use virtual memory on an ext3/4 partition off of a class 10 sdcard or fast usb stick...that is how the HTC desire Gingerburst family stock roms offer lots of extra memory for the phone even though it is limited to 576MB...I wonder if HDMI cables can also carry other serial data like touch screen data....I think android would be worth porting for use as a HTPC, especially Honeycomb...with blue tooth dongles you could use your phone as a remote control...etc.hulu, netflix...
I have a Logitech Revue, not many apps work on it...but I think it may have to do with the Java platform and that the logitech run on an Atom based CPU...but the Raspberry Pi is already on and ARM so I think that the app support would be much more robust for the Pi right from the get go...
The Cageybee
I just like to point out that my ZTE Racer is a 600mHz Armv6 with 256mb RAM.
Currently running a Gingerbread 2.3.4 CM7 ROM with no problems.
Personally though, I can't see why you'd really want Android on Raspberry. As much as it is a great phone OS it would severely limit the possibilities of what you could do with a device of this type. It might make a nice proof of concept, but I can't see it getting much further.
I agree with the earlier poster who stated, for a media player box, xbmc would be a much better idea. I know there were some efforts to get it running on the BeagleBoard a while ago which showed some promise, but unfortunately development seems to have stalled.
tufty
Quote from The Cageybee on September 17, 2011, 01:51Personally though, I can't see why you'd really want Android on Raspberry. As much as it is a great phone OS it would severely limit the possibilities of what you could do with a device of this type. It might make a nice proof of concept, but I can't see it getting much further.
Android is an OK smartphone OS, but (at least in my experience
) a bloody awful one for tablets or more general "computers". The limits it places on what you can do with the hardware are crippling for any sort of serious development and developer documentation is pitiful (remember, RasPI is supposed to be aimed at the education market). If you want to do anything that performs (games, for example) you have to go to native code in order to escape the random pauses for GC under Dalvik. If you go for native code, you might as well be developing for Linux anyway, except you've got less than half the libraries that are generally available and no documentation.
The time spent porting android would be much better spent getting a start on researching and then creating a decent UI for educational uses under Linux. That's damned hard work, though.
λπ repo blog
Quote from tufty on September 17, 2011, 09:17
Agreed. I (personally) don't see any need for anything other than LXDE or similar on the Raspi. Android just adds too much overhead, and doesn't give as good a UX on this sort of device.
As a project for someone to try - go for it!
Catscrash
android would be great, doesn't need to be honeycomb, just the possibility of running the huge amount of existing android-apps would be perfect for the idea of using the RPI as carpc
(There are e.g. great navigational apps for android like copilot, but none for linux, and on a 6" or 7" touchscreen a 2.3 android would work just fine)
Heh... While the number of applications is "great", the performance of things and which API version you'd be stuck at, it'd be opposite thinking, really. It's what I was getting at earlier in this discussion.
toxibunny
my phone's an ARM11 600mhz with 512meg. RasPi'd be fine...
note: I may or may not know what I'm talking about...
Except the raspi is 256 megs. Since the OS takes a fixed amount a RAM, that means very little is left for apps, and we can't install the latest revisions of the OS. I had plenty of apps crashes on my older Android phone, with an older version of Android and only 256 megs. Everything are much better on my 512 phone with 2.2 now.
As an observation, while Gingerbread "runs" on my A855 Droid, it is a bit of a challenge to keep it running stable with CM7- which has much less to do with Cyanogenmod and more to do with the memory profile of the device with it on there. At best, I've got 80-ish MiB of RAM left and it's almost always running down around 30 and oftentimes less. The longer I run down around the 20-30 free range, the more likely the phone becomes unresponsive. This is an overclocked Cortex-A8, which would be roughly 4 or so times faster than the R-Pi at clock.
What happens is that it goes off into the weeds trying to do GC when it runs low on RAM and tries to bring something up in the background. When it does this you either have to be really patient while you bring up ATK to kill off some junk running in the background, power off, or just pull the battery out.
I won't tell you guys not to try it. I'm just dubious of the usefulness of this endeavor because the performance won't be even remotely there and it largely won't accomplish what people keep claiming it will.
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Keep us in loop before any FDA swoop, India tells US
Inspections only in domestic authorities’ presence, visiting US drug regulator told
Taking a tough stand on the ongoing regulatory issues faced by the domestic pharmaceutical industry because of increasing enforcements by the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), the Indian government on Monday raised concerns related to disproportionate penalties, delayed approvals and harsh actions, including import alerts imposed on companies without giving them enough opportunity to present their case.
The government also asked the American regulator to inform and engage their Indian counterparts while conducting inspections at facilities here.
US FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, on her first official visit to India, met representatives of various authorities on Monday, including health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma and Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) G N Singh.
Hamburg was tight-lipped on what transpired in the meetings. She was accompanied by US FDA associate commissioner for international programmes Mary Lou Valdez, India country head Altaf Ahmed Lal, deputy country director-India Albinus D’Sa and media advisor Erica Jefferson.
In the wake of the concerns raised by the Indian authorities, the two nations signed a statement of intent primarily to enhance transparency while conducting such inspections. The statement, inked on the first day of Hamburg’s more than weeklong visit, is being seen as a concrete step to iron out the differences between the two sides in the drug sector.
Both sides will now have to “inform the respective regulatory authorities before undertaking inspections so that host-country inspectors may join inspections as observers”. This would mean the Indian regulatory authorities will have information on future US inspections of Indian plants as well as observations about deviations, etc, made by US regulatory authorities. This would also enable the domestic regulator to monitor the gaps highlighted by US FDA inspectors during such audits of facilities.
The focus will also be on “sharing of information relevant to a lack of compliance with accepted current good manufacturing practices, good clinical practices, or good laboratory practices,” as appropriate, by manufactures and sponsors of medical products and manufacturers of cosmetics, in each other’s country.
Hamburg’s meeting with Sharma revolved around regulatory troubles faced by Indian companies exporting medicines and food products to the US.
It is learnt that Sharma highlighted many key concerns in trade, especially the pharma and agri businesses. On pharma, Sharma raised issues related to delays in approvals, fees charged from companies for applications, disproportionate penalties imposed on some companies, harsh enforcements without seeking clarification on deviations or discussions on them. Sharma said the commerce ministry would submit a non-paper to the US authorities highlighting pharma-related issues arising from recent inspections.
Of late, pharma companies such as Ranbaxy and Wockhardt have faced bans from the US FDA followed by a basic Form 483 detailing observations made during inspections. Officials sources said many of those companies were not even given an opportunity to respond to the Form 483 before the ban.
Usually, the process includes a warning letter between a Form 483 and import alert. In this backdrop, Hamburg’s visit to India, the second-largest supplier of low-cost generic medicines to the US, assumes greater significance. Hamburg’s trip is also of interest because it is the first high-level delegation coming from the US after the recent spat between the two nations over Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade.
Following her meeting with the two Cabinet ministers, the American regulator had a detailed interaction with her Indian counterpart and state drug controllers. In a two-hour meeting, regulators discussed policy frameworks and areas of coordination.
The US is a major trade destination for Indian pharma companies, which clock 40-50 per cent of their consolidated revenues from that market.
BS Reporter in New Delhi
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Signs your partner is going to cheat on you
Could this be happening to you?
By Sarah Ilston
Your other half having an extra-marital affair is every spouse's worst nightmare. We all think it from time to time, even if it's just a fleeting thought stemming from an unfamiliar smell in the air, an unusually late work night out, or a text from a number you don't recognise. Most of these thoughts are usually unfounded and leave your head as quickly as they entered. But sometimes these little discrepancies all add up and end up niggling away at you until they're hard to ignore.
So if you were wondering, these are some of the top tell-tale signs to watch out for that it might be about to happen to you:
Men are more likely to cheat if...
The more financially dependent they are from their partner
If they earn considerably more than their partner
Men who are predominantly risk takers or have very high sex-drives are unsurprisingly more inclined to stray
Men are way more likely to cheat with younger women (no surprises there)
If their wife is pregnant (as if we don't already have enough to worry about during that time!)
FUN FACT: Married men have been shown to be just as likely to cheat as experience a flight delay (sooo, that's quite a lot then...)
Women are more likely to cheat if...
They've had quite a few sexual partners already
If they earn more than their male counterpart
If a women is better educated than their partner she's more likely to seek out extra-martial activities
However, if her overall level of education is lower, she's more likely to cheat (confused? Us too)
Fun facts for both of the sexes
If a man has a traditionally deep voice, and the woman has a higher voice, they're apparently more likely to cheat (perhaps explaining the abundance of well-documented affairs during the Frank Sinatra/ Marilyn Monroe eras)
Power and confidence are both qualities that make men and women more likely to cheat
Generally, people are unfaithful for the first time after being married for seven years
About 50% of these extra-marital partners are met in the workplace
Women are much more likely to have affairs when they’re younger, and for men, the likelihood increases with age
Other factors at play
How emotionally satisfied you are in a relationship affects the chances of how likely it is you'll be unfaithful.
Sexual dissatisfaction plays a large part too
Life stress can be a huge contributing factor to people looking elsewhere
FUN FACT: Weirdly, 56% of men who cheat and 36% of women would describe their marriage as 'happy', and 75% of marriages do survive when the male partner has cheated, and 65% when it's the woman.
So, the silver lining is, there's still hope if this does end up happening to you.
Via Time.com
Sarah Ilston Sarah is the Deputy Editor of Red Online.
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Thinking About the Future of Iran in Drumchapel
by The Open Museum
Friday 28 June 2019, 10:00 - 17:00
Thinking About the Future of Iran in Drumchapel is an exhibition of photos taken on a walk guided by Iranian musician Mohammad Mohammadi Champiri in response to the question of what he would take into the future.
The question was posed as part of a round-table discussion with artist Anahita Razmi and curator at Glasgow Museums, Mia Gubbay. The roundtable was intended as a creative space to think about the role of museums in nation and state building – and related to questions posed when considering how the museums could collect around migration. It was part of Razmi’s residency at Lux film archive (2018) and the ongoing Migration Collections Project at Glasgow Museums.
Photographed and co-curated by Iman Tajik with the Open Museum, the community outreach team at Glasgow Museums.
This exhibition takes place June 5 – 30.
Photo: Iman Tajik
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false; or else, finally, that our certainty with respect to them is of a Philosophia (2013) 41:1–12 DOI 10.1007/s11406-012-9399-9 Previous versions of this précis have been delivered at a workshop at Hatfield in the Fall 2011, at a seminar in Edinburgh in the Spring 2012 and at the European Epistemology Network Meeting in Bologna and Internet Archive Books. But whether I. am so must admit of being established objectively. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7. Straight off like that, I believe not. this is the first one which worked! We might even imagine its being, forbidden to say "I know" there. Download Lessons Package. This paper examines the relevance of Wittgenstein’s On Certainty to the contemporary debate regarding the problem of radical scepticism. Although the notes are not organized into any coherent whole, certain themes and preoccupations recur throughout. The discretion that any such system confers upon the tax administration can itself He taught at Swansea from 1940 to 1966. Read PDF On Certainty Ludwig Wittgensteinfor them. doubt, and hence even where the expression of doubt would unintelligible. That must be Maria on the phone - she’s the only person with my new number. Certainty in this sense issimilar to incorrigibility, which is the property a belief hasof being such that the subject is incapable of giving it up. About this book. Title: Microsoft PowerPoint - Moore on certainty.ppt Author: ramirez Created Date: 10/6/2008 11:23:16 PM We have left the dates exactly as they appear in the. someone says "I don't know if there's a hand here" he might be told, "Look closer". Afterall, too much of this certainty can lead to … File Name: On Certainty Ludwig Wittgenstein.pdf Size: 6421 KB Type: PDF, ePub, eBook Category: Book Uploaded: 2020 Nov 20, 12:13 Rating: 4.6/5 from 835 votes. This is why you remain in the best website to look the unbelievable books to have. Rush Rhees (1905–89) was one of Wittgenstein’s closest friends and his literary executor. On Certainty is a series of notes Wittgenstein took toward the end of his life on matters related to knowledge, doubt, skepticism, and certainty. - We use must to express complete certainty. - But can't I infer "It is so" from my own utterance "I know, etc."? We just do not see how very specialized the use of "I know" is. What would a mistake here be like? Summary. IN COLLECTIONS. Moore on Certainty and ‘Certainty’ Because Bertrand Russell, A.J. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with On Certainty Ludwig Wittgenstein . Yes; and also "There is a hand there" follows from the proposition "He, knows that there's a hand there". Nonsense! My life shows that I know or am certain that there is a chair over there, or a, door, and so on. Everything speaks in its favour, nothing against it. Malcolm himself had written The author of works too Moore had agreed. If e.g. 6. In some cases, you likewise attain not discover the message on certainty ludwig wittgenstein that you are looking for. - I tell a friend e.g. I did not think that this would work, my best friend showed me this website, and it does! first-draft material, which he did not live to excerpt and polish. other person is acquainted with the language-game, he would admit that I know. Many thanks. To Calculate the Certainty Equivalent: Let z1 be the payoff for A and z2 be the payoff for B … Nor from the utterance together with, its not being a lie. Finally I get this ebook, thanks for all these On Certainty Ludwig Wittgenstein I can get now! lol it did not even take me 5 minutes at all! Garnier Color Reviver Red, Heat Protectant For Natural Hair Blowout, Best Vitamin C Serum For Oily Skin, Tortoiseshell Cat Patronus, How To Speak Arabic, More
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Thai hotel to drop charges against guest facing jail for bad reviews
By Chayut Setboonsarng
BANGKOK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A hotel in Thailand agreed on Friday to drop charges against an American guest who faces up to five years in jail for posting negative reviews as long as he issues a public apology for his comments.
The hotel, on the holiday island of Koh Chang, filed a complaint against American teacher Wesley Barnes in August after he posted what the hotel said were false and defamatory write-ups after a row over a 500 baht ($16) corkage fee.
Police detained Barnes under criminal defamation and computer crime laws for two days in September before he was released on bail.
“Under conditions that Mr Barnes shows his sincerity and takes full responsibility for what had happened and remedy the situation, the hotel will be delighted to drop the charge,” the Sea View Koh Chang hotel said in a statement to Reuters.
The case brought new scrutiny to Thailand’s defamation and computer crime laws, which human rights activists say are too harsh and sweeping.
Under the laws, Barnes could be fined up to 100,000 baht ($3,200) and be jailed for up to five years.
The hotel wants Barnes to send statements to media, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the U.S. Embassy and the Tripadvisor website this month, apologising and explaining that his poor reviews were written in anger.
The hotel said Barnes had agreed. He told Reuters he would be issuing a statement.
“I’m sending an email to many media outlets,” Barnes told Reuters. He declined to elaborate. (Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng Editing by Robert Birsel)
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The news of the administration's campaign against sand traffickers, adulterants, handing over important roles to women in rural development, and the call for farmers' Bharat bandh against the new agricultural laws remain the major news headlines of today's newspapers.
In connection with the nationwide campaign of Bharat Bandh by farmers in protest against the new agricultural laws, Dainik Bhaskar, while linking the bandh of Sagar city with the Congress party, came up with an interesting headline "Congress bandaasan".
It was told in the news that the call for the bandh was originally from the farmers, but the farmers neither took to the streets nor reached the mandi with food grains. Only the Congress party was outspoken in the bandh. But the impact of the bandh was more in Makaronia suburb and less in the city. All other newspapers have also featured this news prominently. Navdunia also printed the news of the bandh with the title "Dinbhar Khulin Rahin Dunkane, Beasar Raha Band, ineffective ". At the same time, in Sagar Dinkar, this news was seen by the Aam Aadmi Party under the title of Bharat Bandh Support.
Also Read : उपकरण हैं,डॉक्टर हैं,फिर भी क्यों खतरें में है बच्चों की जान
The Dainik aacharan has made the first headlines of the action plan of the District Panchayat Department to revitalize the economy by pivoting women in the development of rural areas under the title "Prayas". In the news quoting the District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer, it has been written that for the purpose of promoting water conservation works, half of the amount received from the 15 Finance Commission will be levied on these works. Navbharat has featured this news prominently titled Women will become the axis of rural economy.
Navbharat, making the first headlines for the administration's crackdown on the mineral mafia against illegal traffickers of sand, has written that the mineral department has formed separate parties to crack down on illegal mining and sand traders. However, the news of the action of the Department of Minerals on vehicles transporting sand without royalty has been prominently published by all newspapers.
Also Read : नींद से जागा नगर निगम, खदेड़ा अतिक्रमणकारियों को
Dainik Jagran has made the news of bad arrangements of agricultural produce market its first headline. It has been reported in the news that the incidents of theft of food grains in Mandi are not stopping. It is written in the news that security arrangements here have been demolished due to the plight of the Mandi administration.
Evening Mirror has highlighted the news of the administration's callousness in taking strict action against traders selling adulterated foods openly in the market. The newspaper says that the administration's action against adulterants ends after one or two actions.
Also Read कारवाई के बावजूद कैसे चलता रहता है मिलावट का धंधा
Dainik Bhaskar has written in the third episode of the earlier news on the hunting of herons in the Lakha Banjara lake of the city. The Forest Department's investigative team has seen hunters, not herons. The newspaper has also written on the campaign against adulteration that the administration team reached three more places of adulteration under investigation.
Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik aacharan have prominently highlighted the news of action taken by the Electricity Department in Chakraghat and bheetar Baazaar in a series of news of the campaign against electricity thieves. It has been reported in the news that the department has recovered about Rs 5 lakh from these cases of power theft.
Also Read: शिकारी खुद यहाँ शिकार हो गया
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Dainik aacharan and Navbharata has featured prominently on the news, based on the statement that Yogacharya Vishnu Arya, the founder of the Yoga Niketan Yoga Training Institute, described regular yoga practice as effective in preventing corona.
Sagar Dinkar has told in his news that the exams of the tenth and twelfth under the state open are starting from 14 December. The daily Atulya Bhaskar has written that the National Lok Adalat of the MP Real Estate Regulatory Commission (RERA) is being held on 12 December. Evening Mirror has written that a phase of National Pulse Polio will be run in all districts of the state from 17 to 19 January 2021.
Also Read: अब आपदा प्रबंधकों की धुन पर नाचेंगे शादी प्रबंधक
Dainik Jagran has written that the sleep of the traffic police is now starting to break down with the loud sound of firecrackers blasting motorcycles running on the main roads of the city. The newspaper has cautioned the motorbike rider of the sound of cracker style. The traffic police, apart from accepting this voice as an uproar, is considered harmful to health. Police nabbing such Bikers.
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Tags: Democracy deficit, Kárahnjúkar, Mark Kennedy, Media bias, Ólafur Páll Sigurdsson, Repression, Saving Iceland
The Real Facts Regarding Mark Kennedy’s Infiltration of Iceland’s Environmental Movement
The recent spate of articles about the police spy Mark Kennedy that have appeared in the Guardian and elsewhere have greatly exaggerated the minor role of Kennedy in the Icelandic environmental movement to the point of claiming that he was a key figure pivotal in founding the movement. This may serve the immediate purpose of dramatizing the Kennedy saga but is in fact nonsense. Several weeks ago Saving Iceland sent detailed clarifications to the Guardian regarding the inaccuracies published in the paper. However, the Guardian has thus far not corrected their reporting, apart from a limited disclaimer in Amelia Hill’s article ‘Mark Kennedy played key role in forming green movement in Iceland’ where Hill states that “Saving Iceland […] disputes the level of Kennedy’s involvement.”
In other articles that are concerned with Mark Kennedy’s involvement with British groups the Guardian several times quotes British activists in saying that Kennedy did not act as a strategist or decision maker in their movement, but that he made him himself useful as a driver and an energetic facilitator in day to day logistics. One source is reported by the Guardian in even going so far to say that Kennedy was not considered the sharpest knife in the box. This would make the Guardians’ claims about his supposed vital role in Saving Iceland surprising to say the least.
We have written this further detailed statement to discuss the various claims made in relation to Kennedy’s role in Iceland. These claims include: that Kennedy was pivotal in the birth of Iceland’s environmental movement; that he was instrumental in training Icelanders in direct action; that he was a key figure in various protests in the east of the country; and that he was a key decision maker within Saving Iceland.
Kennedy had no role in the birth of Icelandic environmentalism
Mark Kennedy did not return to Iceland for the 2006 protest camps at Karahnjukar, Snaefell and Reydarfjordur. Although he continued attending some of our gatherings for a while, his activities within the campaign gradually diminished, and finally ceased in 2007.
It appears the Guardian reporters are quite ignorant of Icelandic environmentalism in claiming that Kennedy “played a key role” in forming it. Saving Iceland is by no means the only nature protection group in Iceland. There are several other Icelandic environmentalist groups and NGOs, some older than the Saving Iceland network. Kennedy was also not instrumental in founding Saving Iceland in 2005 as the Guardian claims, as SI was in fact formed in 2004.
Kennedy did not provide training to Icelandic protesters and did not play an important role in actions
Mark Kennedy was never a trainer for Saving Iceland nor did he train any Icelanders. The only training he may have taken part in is training Icelandic policemen during their self confessed “collaboration” with the UK police, in 2005-2006. The purpose of this collaboration was to help Icelandic police to deal with SI activists.
Kennedy did not play a major role in actions in Iceland in 2005. He had already left the protest camp before it was evicted from Karahnjukar, and was not present when we relocated at Vad Farm in Skriddal. Kennedy only participated in two mass lock-ons at the Karahnjukar dam site, prior to the eviction, and consequently he played no part in a number of actions we carried out following the eviction later that summer, both at Karahnjukar and at the construction site of the ALCOA smelter in Reydarfjordur, or the actions we carried out in the Reykjavik area in August. Kennedy also never ran errands to Reykjavik on behalf of SI; as far as we know, he never set foot in the capital.
Thus the following statements published in the Guardian are nonsense: “It was during this campaign that Kennedy showed the Icelandic activists the techniques of ‘lock down’ – when protesters attach themselves to an immobile object – and how to block roads by constructing tripods from scaffolding, placing a protester at the apex” and “Undercover police officer made himself indispensable to the movement, activist claims”. It is worth noting that a reporter who uses the words ‘lock-down’ for a practice that is generally referred to by activists as ‘lock-on’, clearly does not know much about direct action protests.
None of the activists in the first two lock-ons at Karahnjukar in 2005 were actually Icelandic; these were the only actions Kennedy was part of in Iceland. All the people involved apart from Kennedy were highly experienced activists from different countries who had no need of any training or introduction to such methods, by Kennedy or anyone else. Furthermore, road blocks and tripods were not even employed that summer. SI did not use tripods as means of protest until in the summer of 2008 at the site of a Century Aluminum smelter in Hvalfjordur, near Reykjavik, several years after Kennedy had come to Iceland.
Saving Iceland founder Olafur Pall Sigurdsson had already organized several direct action workshops for several days for Icelandic activists in Reykjavik, in collaboration with the Icelandic peace movement in the spring of 2004 and again under the banner of SI in June 2005. These workshops were given by other foreign trainers. Both courses were publicised openly and reported on by the Icelandic media with a certain amount of puzzled amusement.
It is possible that Mark Kennedy exaggerated his importance to Jason Kirkpatrick, one of the Guardian’s sources. Also, the so-called ‘training videos’ Kennedy showed to Kirkpatrick were in fact footage from the real actions at Karahnjukar. DVDs with this footage were in circulation amongst activist and media all over Europe. There have never been any training videos of SI activists, let alone any with Mark Kennedy as a trainer.
The actual direct action training courses in Iceland took place in May 2004 and June 2005, while Kennedy did not come to Iceland until July 2005, after the protests at the G8 summit in Gleneagles. Consequently, Kirkpatrick’s testimony is founded on the boasting claims of a professional liar, i.e. Kennedy.
As regards Kennedy’s involvement in SI info tours and his supposedly vital role in linking Sigurdsson with other European activists. Kennedy’s role was limited to driving and carrying out some of the logistics for a few of the many trips Sigurdsson and others undertook to publicize the struggle to save the Icelandic highlands. To say that Kennedy was vital in introducing SI to foreign activists or that he introduced direct action to Iceland is therefore utterly false.
Kennedy was never a key decision-maker in Saving Iceland
Likewise, the claim that “Kennedy quickly became a […] key decision-maker” in Saving Iceland is completely erroneous. Saving Iceland is not a hierarchical organisation but a loose campaign, we have no leaders and important roles are shared and rotated. We count on a fluid group of inspired and dedicated people contributing from time to time to the best of their capacity and interests. The emphasis on ‘key-decision makers’ is a form of dramatisation that may help sell newspapers, but shows a lack of understanding of the basic mode of organisation of most of the networks that are written about in the Kennedy case. Besides, if most of the British activists did not find Kennedy to be the sharpest knife in the box, why should SI have found him to be any sharper? Several other people were much more capable and dedicated than he was when it came to strategy and decision-making.
During the few years Mark Kennedy was involved with SI, he was simply one of a large and very active group of foreigners who contributed their efforts to the organization. Indeed, the only remarkable thing about Kennedy’s involvement in Saving Iceland is the fact that he was a police spy.
The reports of the Guardian are misleading, they misrepresent the true context of Kennedy’s involvement and are not in keeping with the integrity that the Guardian journalists at first wished to project in their communications with Saving Iceland. Saving Iceland demands to see the real truth that lies behind Kennedy’s heinous personal betrayals in the name of state-sanctioned violations of basic human rights.
Kennedy did act as an agent-provocateur
Saving Iceland can now confirm that Mark Kennedy did certainly act as an agent provocateur within our network, regularly calling for more extreme forms of protest, and that he abused trust in clearly an illegal manner, even using sex as a means to gain access.
We want to see that the truth about his betrayals while under the command of the British authorities, and possibly in collaboration with the Icelandic authorities, be exposed and that those responsible be made to answer for their actions. The British and Icelandic police and governments, for whom Kennedy seems to have gathered information, must end their silence about which agencies and authorities were aware of his undercover work in Iceland.
Kennedy himself has now confirmed, in an interview with the Daily Mail, that when operating in Germany he was always in direct contact with the German authorities and personally passed on information to the German police. This has been confirmed in the Bundestag by high-ranking German police officers. The Daily Mail reports that “Kennedy says he would travel abroad with fellow activists, and feed information back to his British superiors to share with other nations. ‘Activism has no borders,’ he says. ‘I would never go abroad without authority from my superiors and the local police.’” Why should the case be any different when it comes to Icelandic authorities?
Illegal Icelandic collaboration with British services?
Saving Iceland will in the next few days publish evidence that shows that the police in Seydisfjordur and Eskifjordur did not tell the truth in their statement to the Icelandic National Broadcaster by stating that they did not have any “dealings” with Mark Stone/Kennedy in 2005. Later, after a lengthy delay in answering, the Icelandic State Police, “refused to comment” on the National Broadcasters’ question if the State Police was aware of a British police spy in SI. Saving Iceland asks: What are the State Police hiding?
Finally, on 2 February, Haraldur Johannesen, head of the Icelandic State Police, asserted in a meeting with Ögmundur Jonasson, the Icelandic Minister of Internal Affairs, that the State Police had no idea that the British agent was operating in Icelandic jurisdiction. (Update.) Apparently the Minister ordered the police officer to submit a report about this.
Icelandic legislation does not allow pre-emptive investigations. If the British police was operating without the knowledge of Icelandic authorities they were clearly violating Icelandic jurisdiction. If the Icelandic police received any of the information gathered by Mark Kennedy they broke the law.
The published confirmation [in the Police Magazine] of close collaboration between British and Icelandic authorities on the issue of Saving Iceland in the winter of 2005-2006 together with the statements of the police in Seydisfjordur and Eskifjordur, that contradict the evidence that Saving Iceland is in possession of, gives ample grounds to assume that the Icelandic authorities were in the know about Mark Kennedy’s infiltration of Saving Iceland.
Instead of reporting made-up spectacle, the Guardian and other media should now focus on breaking open the silence of the British and Icelandic governments as regards to whom Kennedy’s information was passed on and which agencies/authorities were aware of his undercover work in Iceland.
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Irish Collaboration says:
As well as the German police working with Kennedy, the Irish police have confirmed that they knew of his work in their country.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gardai-let-undercover-uk-officer-protest-here-2509066.html
This would suggest that the Icelandic police are likely to have known about him.
björn lomborg says:
Report in the Grapevine
http://grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Saving-Iceland-Accuses-Media-Of-Exaggerating-
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Cougar says:
When I was in California, I was involved in a pagan organization (Church of All Worlds) which was active in the anti-old-growth-logging movements, and there was a man who seemed to follow the same playbook as Mark Kennedy did. I always wondered, but as I read the stories about undercover police work in Saving Iceland, I’m realizing that my instincts were probably right. I think than activists the world over should read everything available on Mark Kennedy from the Saving Iceland site as a way to stay alert to dangers that exist everywhere in the world today.
Of course, in the modern world, the spies can covertly track and cover you through your computer and phone, and undercover cops are less necessary. Start by putting a bandaid over your webcam–the cloth part of the bandaid won’t soil the lens.
Among the things that T. did (see above comment) was to constantly inflate his importance in the organization, get himself into positions of “power” but never do anything, and form romantic relationships with a series of woman who would legitimize him.
The government is legalising and extending this infamous spycop's criminal actions. And you could be a victim. - 1Gov.uK - The People's Government Website says:
[…] Germany, Denmark, France and Iceland among other places). They included “Dissent!, Rising Tide, Saving Iceland, Workers’ Solidarity Movements, Rossport Solidarity, Climate Camp, Climate Justice Action and […]
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Study: Russia-linked fake Twitter accounts sought to spread terrorist-related social division in the UK
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A study by UK academics looking at how fake social media accounts were used to spread socially divisive messages in the wake of a spate of domestic terrorists attacks this year has warned that the problem of hostile interference in public debate is greater than previously thought.
The researchers, who are from Cardiff University’s Crime and Security Research Institute, go on to assert that the weaponizing of social media to exacerbate societal division requires “a more sophisticated ‘post-event prevent’ stream to counter-terrorism policy”.
“Terrorist attacks are designed as forms of communicative violence that send a message to ‘terrorise, polarise and mobilise’ different segments of the public audience. These kinds of public impacts are increasingly shaped by social media communications, reflecting the speed and scale with which such platforms can make information ‘travel’,” they write.
“Importantly, what happens in the aftermath of such events has been relatively neglected by research and policy-development.”
The researchers say they collected a dataset of ~30 million datapoints from various social media platforms. But in their report they zero in on Twitter, flagging systematic use of Russian linked sock-puppet accounts which amplified the public impacts of four terrorist attacks that took place in the UK this year — by spreading ‘framing and blaming’ messaging around the attacks at Westminster Bridge, Manchester Arena, London Bridge and Finsbury Park.
They highlight eight accounts — out of at least 47 they say they identified as used to influence and interfere with public debate following the attacks — that were “especially active”, and which posted at least 427 tweets across the four attacks that were retweeted in excess of 153,000 times. Though they only directly name three of them: @TEN_GOP (a right-wing, anti-Islam account); @Crystal1Jonson (a pro-civil rights account); and @SouthLoneStar (an anti-immigration account) — all of which have previously been shuttered by Twitter. (TechCrunch understands the full list of accounts the researchers identified as Russia-linked has not currently been shared with Twitter.)
Their analysis found that the controllers of the sock puppets were successful at getting information to ‘travel’ by building false accounts around personal identities, clear ideological standpoints and highly opinionated views, and by targeting their messaging at sympathetic ‘thought communities’ aligned with the views they were espousing, and also at celebrities and political figures with large follower bases in order to “‘boost’ their ‘signal’” — “The purpose being to try and stir and amplify the emotions of these groups and those who follow them, who are already ideologically ‘primed’ for such messages to resonate.”
The researchers say they derived the identities of the 47 Russian accounts from several open source information datasets — including releases via the US Congress investigations pertaining to the spread of disinformation around the 2016 US presidential election; and the Russian magazine РБК — although there’s no detailed explanation of their research methodology in their four-page policy brief.
They claim to have also identified around 20 additional accounts which they say possess “similar ‘signature profiles’” to the known sock puppets — but which have not been publicly identified as linked to the Russian troll farm, the Internet Research Agency, or similar Russian-linked units.
While they say a number of the accounts they linked to Russia were established “relatively recently”, others had been in existence for a longer period — with the first appearing to have been set up in 2011, and another cluster in the later part of 2014/early 2015.
The “quality of mimicry” being used by those behind the false accounts makes them “sometimes very convincing and hard to differentiate from the ‘real’ thing”, they go on to assert, further noting: “This is an important aspect of the information dynamics overall, inasmuch as it is not just the spoof accounts pumping out divisive and ideologically freighted communications, they are also engaged in seeking to nudge the impacts and amplify the effects of more genuine messengers.”
‘Genuine messengers’ such as a Nigel Farage — aka one of the UK politicians directly cited in the report as having had messages addressed to him by the fake accounts in the hopes he would then apply Twitter’s retweet function to amplify the divisive messaging. (Farage was leader of UKIP, one of the political parties that campaigned for Brexit and against immigration.)
Far right groups have also used the same technique to spread their own anti-immigration messaging via the medium of president Trump’s tweets — in one recent instance earning the president a rebuke from the UK’s Prime Minister, Theresa May.
Last month May also publicly accused Russia of using social media to “weaponize information” and spread socially divisive fake news on social media, underscoring how the issue has shot to the top of the political agenda this year.
“The involvement of overseas agents in shaping the public impacts of terrorist attacks is more complex and troubling than the journalistic coverage of this story has implied,” the researchers write in their assessment of the topic.
They go on to claim there’s evidence for “interventions” involving a greater volume of fake accounts than has been documented thus far; spanning four of the UK terror attacks that took place earlier this year; that measures were targeted to influence opinions and actions simultaneously across multiple positions on the ideological spectrum; and that activities were not just being engaged by Russian units — but with European and North American right-wing groups also involved.
They note, for example, having found “multiple examples” of spoof accounts trying to “propagate and project very different interpretations of the same events” which were “consistent with their particular assumed identities” — citing how a photo of a Muslim woman walking past the scene of the Westminster bridge attack was appropriate by the fake accounts and used to drive views on either side of the political spectrum:
The use of these accounts as ‘sock puppets’ was perhaps one of the most intriguing aspects of the techniques of influence on display. This involved two of the spoof accounts commenting on the same elements of the terrorist attacks, during roughly the same points in time, adopting opposing standpoints. For example, there was an infamous image of a Muslim woman on Westminster Bridge walking past a victim being treated, apparently ignoring them. This became an internet meme propagated by multiple far-right groups and individuals, with about 7,000 variations of it according to our dataset. In response to which the far right aligned @Ten_GOP tweeted: She is being judged for her own actions & lack of sympathy. Would you just walk by? Or offer help? Whereas, @ Crystal1Johnson’s narrative was: so this is how a world with glasses of hate look like – poor woman, being judged only by her clothes.
The study authors do caveat that as independent researchers it is difficult for them to guarantee ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ that the accounts they identified were Russian-linked fakes — not least because they’ve been deleted (and the study is based off of analysis of digital traceries left from online interactions).
But they also assert that given the difficulties of identifying such sophisticated fakes, there are likely more of them than they were able to spot. For this study, for example, they note that the fake accounts were more likely to have been concerned with American affairs, rather than British or European issues — suggesting more fakes could have flown under the radar because more attention has been directed at trying to identify fake accounts targeting US issues.
A Twitter spokesman declined to comment directly on the research but the company has previously sought to challenge external researchers’ attempts to quantify how information is diffused and amplified on its platform by arguing they do not have the full picture of how Twitter users are exposed to tweets and thus aren’t well positioned to quantify the impact of propaganda-spreading bots.
Specifically it says that safe search and quality filters can erode the discoverability of automated content — and claims these filters are enabled for the vast majority of its users.
Last month, for example, Twitter sought to play down another study that claimed to have found Russian linked accounts sent 45,000 Brexit related tweets in the 48 hours around the UK’s EU in/out referendum vote last year.
The UK’s Electoral Commission is currently looking at whether existing campaign spending rules were broken via activity on digital platforms during the Brexit vote. While a UK parliamentary committee is also running a wider enquiry aiming to articulate the impact of fake news.
Twitter has since provided UK authorities with information on Russian linked accounts that bought paid ads related to Brexit — though not apparently with a fuller analysis of all tweets sent by Russian-linked accounts. Actual paid ads are clearly the tip of the iceberg when there’s no financial barrier to entry to setting up as many fake accounts as you like to tweet out propaganda.
As regards this study, Twitter also argues that researchers with only access to public data are not well positioned to definitively identify sophisticated state run intelligence agency activity blending in with everyday social networking. Though the study authors’ view on the challenge of unmasking such skillful sock puppets is they are likely underestimating the presence of hostile foreign agents, rather than overblowing it.
Twitter also provided us with some data on the total number of tweets about three of the attacks in the 24 hours afterwards — saying that for the Westminster attack there were more than 600k tweets; for Manchester there were more than 3.7M; and for the London Bridge attack there were more than 2.6M — and asserting that the intentionally divisive tweets identified in the research represent a tiny fraction (less than 0.01%) of the total tweets sent in the 24 hour period following each attack.
Although the key issue here is influence, not quantity of propaganda per se — and quantifying how opinions might have been skewed by fake accounts is a lot trickier.
But growing awareness of hostile foreign information manipulation taking place on mainstream tech platforms is not likely to be a topic most politicians would be prepared to ignore.
In related news, Twitter today said it will begin enforcing new rules around how it handles hateful conduct and abusive behavior on its platform — as it seeks to grapple with a growing backlash from users angry at its response to the issue of harassment and hate speech.
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Color it Clean
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Sure, short films about janitors and toilets are great. Everyone agrees on that. Literally everyone. But if there’s one thing most of these films lack, it’s a meditative, philosophical approach to the subject matter. “Tell me something I DON’T know,” you’re probably saying to yourself, and that’s fair. But we have good news, friends, we’ve found a janitorial short that has all that, and then some: Color it Clean! Existential questions and urinal scrubbing, together at last!
Fans of RiffTrax favorite Setting Up a Room will feel right at home here, as the filmmakers take the same Zen-like, obsessive level of attention that film paid to a school classroom and apply it instead to school bathrooms. And it’s all narrated by real live janitors, providing a glimpse inside the minds of the sponge-wielding warriors who fight the good fight against scum, grime, and the derision of entitled students every day. If you ever looked at your school custodian and thought “I hope I don’t wind up with that job, seems depressing,” this short will...well, this short won’t really change your mind about that. But it will make you think, laugh, and maybe, just maybe, inspire you to get up and clean the toilet, yeah even that area back behind it that’s hard to reach so we all kind of try to pretend it isn’t there, yeah, you know what we’re talking about.
So grab a mop and a copy of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Being and Nothingness and join Mike, Bill, and Kevin for a journey into the porcelain and tile oblivion of Color it Clean!
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Right Wing Bonus Tracks – 12/16/15
Franklin Graham says conservative Christians must “get out and vote” in 2016 and “elect candidates at all levels that most closely support biblical values and principles” because “this may be the most important election in our nation’s history.”
Alan Keyes is not a fan of Donald Trump.
Rafael Cruz, father of GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, will soon be releasing a new book “urging people of faith to get involved in politics,” presumably by voting for his son.
Steve Deace has half-heartedly apologized for slamming Carly Fiorina for going “full vagina” during last night’s GOP debate.
Finally, Linda Harvey says that Christians must continue to fight gay marriage: “It’s a moral imperative to refuse to honor such immorality. Christians especially have not just a right, but a duty to our children and grandchildren to lawfully resist this deviance in America.”
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Meet the Welfare and Animal Experimentation Committee
The mission of the Animal Welfare and Experimentation Committee is to channel all of the information related to animal experimentation, in the widest sense possible, which may be useful to SENC members, both for students and for trainee or senior researchers. The main focus of attention is coordination with other similar committees in Spanish Scientific Societies and, especially, with European committees with the same purpose. The Committee has a special interest in the participation of SENC members in this work, both by providing information and/or proposing joint activities, and also by collaborating actively in them. We invite you to consult the principles laid down in the Transparency Agreement on the use of animals in scientific experiments in Spain, proposed by the COSCE in collaboration with the EARA, and to which SENC has given its support.
Institutional Statement of SENC in pdf format (Spanish)
Annual Report of the Transparency Agreement on the use of animals in scientific experimentation in Spain in pdf format (in Spanish)
See press release from COSCE
Contact the Animal Welfare and Experimentation
care@senc.es
Animals in experiments, key players in science
We scientists have more interest than anyone in regulating, legislating and minimising the use of animals in experiments. This Committee will inform, promote, debate and help all Spanish neuroscientists in this task, and to do so we work closely with our European peers.
DOCUMENTS AND REGULATIONS
As well as the documents and regulations offered by the SENC, at the website of the FELASA, the Federation for Laboratory Animal Science Associations, you can consult different documents which may be useful when making applications to the Ethics Committees, choosing animal handling courses or designing protocols for animal experimentation:
NC3Rsis a British national centre which offers support to any person working in animal research (scientists, technicians, vets, legislators, etc.) in three areas:
a) compliance with the 3 Rs,
b) experimental design which is as robust and reproducible as possible,
c) advice on animal welfare.
Visit their website at https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/.For advice on the design of experiments with animals from the Experimental Design Assistant (EDA) click
Holding Scientific Symposia on the occasion of events organised by SENC members.
Organisation of activities during the SENC Biennial Conference.
Communication through the SENC Newsletter of forthcoming events related to the welfare of animals in experiments.
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From Surfer to Eco Warrior, Darci Liu Paddles Against the Tide
Tired of plastic clogging up her favorite beaches, China’s first professionally sponsored surfer abruptly quit in 2015 to focus on environmental causes.
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HAINAN, South China — For Darci Liu, life has always been about challenging public perceptions and making waves.
Growing up in central China’s rural, landlocked Hubei province — some 1,000 kilometers from the ocean — she took her family by surprise when she announced she was moving to Hainan to surf less than a year after learning how to swim. Within just a few years, she became China’s first professionally sponsored surfer.
But in 2015, after cresting with the world’s surfing elite and creating a path for China’s future surfers, Liu abruptly retired from the sport. “I never actually planned to say, ‘I’m going to retire in 2015,’” Liu tells Sixth Tone. “I wanted to build a deeper connection to the ocean.”
Darci Liu explains why she retired from professional surfing in 2015 to focus on ocean conservation. By Daniel Holmes/Sixth Tone
Her decision to protect the coasts came at a time when awareness was growing about the state of China’s seas. An extensive 2015 study showed that China could be responsible for up to 3.5 million metric tons of the 8 million metric tons of plastic that pollute the ocean annually. And according to a report from Ocean Conservancy, 84% of China’s plastic leakage — a factor in oceanic pollution — comes from waste that has not been collected.
Liu hopes to change all that. Through organizing workshops, beach cleanups, and social media campaigns, the surfer has her eyes on mobilizing people to protect China’s coasts and keep the seas clean.
“I think what is the most important for us is to try to do our best,” Liu says.
Editor: Hannah Lund.
(Header image: Darci Liu holds her surfboard in the ocean, Houhai Village, Hainan province, July 2019. Daniel Holmes/Sixth Tone)
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PUC Inviting Customers To Offer Opinions on WCMA Surcharge
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Valley Water’s Rinconada Water Treatment Plant is undergoing planned construction and maintenance work from March 12ththrough March 19th, 2019. During this period, SJW will deliver groundwater to customers located to the south of Stevens Creek and to the west of Highways 880 and 17.
Groundwater, while typically “harder” than the supply normally provided to SJW by Valley Water, meets or exceeds all applicable drinking water regulations. Click here for more information about hard water.
For additional information and questions on hard water please call (408) 279-7900.
San Jose Water Begins Refunds on Service Charge Changes
San Jose Water (SJW) customers may notice a small refund on their next bill.
The typical residential SJW customer with a 3/4-inch meter will receive a one-time refund of $6.36 for the proration of service charges from June 1, 2011, through December 31, 2016. Customers with larger meters will receive refunds proportional to their meter size.
The refunds are the result of a change to the way SJW handles service charge rate changes. Beginning January 2017, SJW began prorating service charge rate changes. Proration applies to the first bill for an account following a change in rates. With
Preventing Water Loss with Acoustic Leak Detection Technology
San Jose Water (SJW) is dedicated to delivering safe, high-quality water to over one million customers across 140 square miles everyday. It is our job to protect our water resources and promote long-term sustainability in our community. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the average annual water loss rate for utility systems is 16%. Meanwhile, SJW has an average annual water loss rate of approximately 7%. This is largely due to our implementation of innovative water loss prevention technology to keep our water secure. One of those technologies is Acoustic Leak Detection.
SJW Internships – Win-Win for Everyone!
Jim Wollbrinck guides interns Deanna McMahan and Michael Banh through a software simulation program.
The water industry faces the same challenge as other businesses. Where do we find the right people to meet current and future employee requirements at San Jose Water? Jim Wollbrinck, our Manager of Security and Business Resiliency, has one solution that gets fabulous results – interns.
Jim has employed college interns for several years that have helped work on key projects in his department. In return, the students have learned valuable work skills, contributed to SJW’s productivity, and earned a steady paycheck while in school.
“We have found interns to be valuable members of the
Good News About SJW Pipes
Did you know that San Jose Water (SJW) regularly tests drinking water for lead in the homes of its customers? We are happy to be able to report that all the water that we serve to our customers meets or surpasses the Federal and State regulations for lead and copper, as well as other parameters.
In addition to testing water for lead on a regular basis, all community water systems (CWS), like SJW, were required to submit to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) an inventory of known partial or total lead service lines in their water distribution systems by July 1, 2018. This
2019 Rates are Here: What You Need to Know
Starting January 1, 2019 your San Jose Water rates will reflect an increase in water rates recently approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). These new rates reflect an increase in operating costs and significant water system replacement costs for mains, tanks and wells that allow us to continue to provide safe and reliable water service. Effective January 1, 2019, the monthly water charges (service + quantity charges) for the typical residential customer with a 3/4-inch meter using 11 CCF (1 CCF = 748 gallons) will increase by $1.28. In addition, the authorized recovery
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Official: Fighter jet crash kills 5 in Libya
A Libyan security official says a military jet has crashed in the country’s eastern city of Tobruk, killing the pilot and four other people.
Libyan official said the plane crashed because of a technical problem. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The crash came amid fierce clashes in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi between Islamist militiamen and forces loyal to General Khalifa Hifter.
A video, posted by a Libyan civilian who said he fights against Hifter, showed what he said was the jet crash and explosion. The video, which was consistent with independent AP reporting and was checked against known locations and events, shows a black plume of smoke rising above Tobruk.
The poster, a Facebook account holder called “One Zero,” refused to reveal his identity. The video was shot by one of “One Zero’s” friends in Tobruk.
Read More:Official: Fighter jet crash kills 5 in Libya.
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Octapharma presents research on congenital & acquired bleeding disorders at ASH Meeting
PARAMUS, N.J. (December 3, 2020) - Octapharma USA will present multiple clinical research posters focused on the efficacy and safety of fibryga®, Fibrinogen (Human) Lyophilized Powder for Reconstitution, for Intravenous Use in the treatment of congenital and acquired bleeding disorders during the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, a virtual medical congress to be held December 5 - 8.
The research focused on fibryga® addresses the therapy's safety and efficacy to treat congenital fibrinogen (Factor 1) deficiency, a rare, inherited blood disorder where the blood does not clot normally, during on-demand bleeding episodes and surgical prophylaxis in adults and pediatrics. Additionally, Octapharma will present fibryga® research evaluating the product's hemostatic efficacy in acquired fibrinogen deficiency, a condition affecting non-surgical and surgical bleeding patients, including cardiac surgery, post-partum hemorrhage and trauma patients.
"Octapharma is determined to advance clinical research and treatment options for people with life-threatening bleeding disorders, including Factor 1 deficiency and other rare conditions," said Octapharma USA President Flemming Nielsen. "The National Hemophilia Foundation recently updated its treatment guidelines for Factor 1 deficiency to include fibryga® so the ASH research we will be presenting continues to add important clinical treatment data for this therapy. We look forward to sharing the latest research developments with the medical community."
The fibryga® focused research includes:
"Efficacy and Safety of Human Fibrinogen Concentrate for the Treatment of Patients with Congenital Fibrinogen Deficiency: Combined Results of the FORMA-02 and FORMA-04 Clinical Trials": Fibryga® was shown to be efficacious for on-demand treatment of bleeding episodes and perioperative prophylaxis in a rare congenital fibrinogen deficiency (CFD) population, across two Phase 3 clinical trials. Hemostatic efficacy was comparable for adult, adolescent and pediatric patients. A favorable safety profile was seen for the treatment of patients with congenital afibrinogenemia with fibryga®. Presenter: Claudia Khayat, MD, BS, Hotel Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon.
"Fiirst-2: Prospective, Randomized Study Comparing Administration of Clotting Factor Concentrates with Standard Massive Hemorrhage Protocol in Severely Bleeding Trauma Patients": FiiRST-2 will determine if early hemostatic therapy with fibryga® and prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) is superior to standard massive hemorrhage protocol (MHP) packs in bleeding trauma patients. Results could have a major impact on clinical practice and improve management and outcomes in this high-risk group of patients. Presenter: Luis Da Luz, MD, University of Toronto, Canada.
"Real-world Experience with a New Human Fibrinogen Concentrate (Fibryga®) in France for the Treatment of Bleeding Episodes and Surgical Prophylaxis": Fibryga® was used mostly for bleeding control in specific subpopulations, including patients undergoing cardiac surgery and women with post-partum hemorrhage (PPH). Presenter: François Stephan, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France.
Octapharma will also present research focused on Octaplas™, Pooled Plasma (Human), Solvent/Detergent (S/D) Treated Solution for Intravenous Infusion, entitled, "Retrospective Analysis of the Efficacy of Solvent/Detergent Treated Pooled Plasma As Compared to Fresh Frozen Plasma in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP): A Single Center Experience." The study confirmed previously reported efficacy of Octaplas™ for treating suspected/confirmed TTP. There were no significant differences in thromboembolic or bleeding events between patients who received FFP as compared to Octaplas™. Presenter: Catherine Klapheke, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.
Finally, ASH attendees will have the opportunity to review research focused on another product, octaplex® Human Prothrombin Complex, freeze dried powder and solvent for solution for injection, which is not licensed in the U.S. The posters are:
"The Association of Prothrombin Complex Concentrates with Transfusion Requirement and Postoperative Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the FIBRES Randomized Controlled Trial": In cardiac surgical patients with post-cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) bleeding who received cryoprecipitate or fibryga®, PCC use was associated with decreased red blood cell and platelet transfusion compared to frozen plasma, without a significant increase in adverse events. Presenter: Justyna Bartoszko, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Toronto General Hospital, Canada.
"The FARES Study: A Multicenter, Randomized, Active-Control, Pragmatic, Phase 2 Pilot Study Comparing Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (PCC) versus Frozen Plasma (FP) in Bleeding Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients" will determine the feasibility, and inform the design and primary outcome parameter, of a definitive Phase 3 trial comparing the efficacy and safety of PCC versus FP in bleeding cardiac surgical patients requiring coagulation factor replacement. The pilot study results will also be used in sample size calculations and to aid detection of any early safety issues. Presenter: Keyvan Karkouti, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada.
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One of the largest Christian festivals on the West Coast makes its 14th comeback this weekend. Spirit West Coast is 3-day Christian music event held at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Over 50 artists will perform, presenting a wide variety of music styles from 7 performance stages. Marquee artists at this year’s event include the Newsboys, Skillet, Toby Mac, Fireflight and Tenth Avenue North. Other activities include Bible and life application teachings by well-known and gifted speakers, children’s activities, camping, shopping and food booths, all in a county fair atmosphere. Thursday-Saturday, Highway 68, Monterey. One day tickets at the gate are $62, click here for other ticket options. The National Steinbeck Center honors the great 20th-century writer John Steinbeck during the Steinbeck Festival this weekend. The theme for the 31st annual festival is “Friends and Foes” and will feature film and theatrical presentations, speeches and discussions, children's art workshops and tours of the local area. Thursday-Sunday. 1 Main Street, Salinas. Various ticket prices. Watch Toro Park in Monterey County transform into Scotland this weekend at the Monterey Scottish Games & Celtic Festival! The 44th annual two-day event will please the crowd with music from pipe bands, Highland dancing and athletic events from the emerald lands of Scotland and Ireland. Saturday-Sunday, Monterey-Salinas Highway 68, Salinas. Tickets are $15 for a one-day pass and $20 for a two-day pass. The Monterey County Fairgrounds presents Down the Rabbit Hole 3, a multi-day music & dance festival. This art and dance festival will feature electronic music mixed with Native American culture. This year’s event will feature artists including Darude, Kristina Sky, 4 Strings, and John Beaver. Attendees will also have the ability to camp in permitted sections. Saturday-Sunday, 2004 Fairgrounds Road, Monterey. Various ticket prices. It’s Fiesta time in Carmel Valley! The 22nd Carmel Valley Fiesta will include all sorts of activities including a dog show, parade, car show, games, animal show, craft and food booths, a pancake breakfast and more! There will be plenty of live entertainment from local favorites including the Cachagua Playboys and Cheeky Spanks. Saturday-Sunday, 73 W. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley. Free admission.
Unfortunately summer is coming to an end; fortunately MY Museum is getting kids ready for school. At Back to School Bonanza children will have the opportunity to decorate backpack tags and check out new school supplies. 3pm-5pm. 425 Washington Street, Monterey. Free with museum admission. Mosey on over to the Carmel Plaza for Concerts in Carmel. The summer concert series will feature live music paired with local wineries and restaurants every Friday evening throughout August and September. Tonight starts the series off with a bang with a performance from Grammy nominated smooth jazz group The Dennis Murphy Band. Food and beverage will be provided by Scheid, Peter B’s Brew Pub and Bistro Beaujolais. 5pm-7pm, Ocean Avenue & Mission Street, Carmel. Free admission, $15 for food and beverage ticket. The Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa goes country tonight during Concerts by the Bay. Solo guitarist and vocalist Fred McCarty will perform a mix of country and bluegrass. Fred has performed with the best including Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood and Charlie Daniels. 5pm-9pm, 400 Cannery Row, Monterey. Doug Means Project plays a blend of reggae, rock, funk and hip-hop tonight at Jose’s Underground Lounge. The group strives for real and authentic lyrics that reflects the ups and down of life. 9pm, 638 Wave Street, Monterey. Bullwacker’s will be poppin’ tonight when 5 Deep takes the stage. The group will play rock n’ roll tunes out on the patio. 8:30pm, 653 Cannery Row, Monterey. No cover. The BBC Trio, aka Kenny Blackwell, Wally Barnick and Jim Christie, will perform tonight at Big Sur’s Fernwood Tavern. You will not want to miss the trio tackle a diverse genre of blues, rock, punk and surf. 9pm, 47200 Highway One, Big Sur. No cover.
Spend this morning in the great outdoors and join the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District for a hike in the redwoods. The entire hike is approximately 5.5 miles and will last 3-4 hours. There will be a lunch stop with spectacular views of the Palo Colorado Canyon and the Pacific Ocean. Be sure to bring comfortable shoes, lunch, snacks and water. 10am, Mill Creek Trailhead, Carmel. Mix shopping and live music together and you get Music at the Mall. The Del Monte Center will host Bollinger Station this evening. This 5-piece band can jam just about anything including country, classic rock and swing. The band will set the perfect tone for you to do a little window shpoping. 5pm-7pm, 1410 Del Monte Center, Monterey. Free admission. As the Monterey Jazz Festival gets closer “Evenings by the Bay” at the Monterey Bay Aquarium get hotter! Tonight will feature jazz saxophonist Stu Reynolds. 6pm-8pm, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey. Free with aquarium admission. Bullwacker’s hosts alternative rock group Blind Pass tonight. The three-man group will play covers from alternative, rock, classic rock and even throw in some hip-hop. 8:30pm, 653 Cannery Row, Monterey. No cover.
Hang out this summer at the Big Sur River Inn where live music and relaxation collide! Enjoy tunes from Jill Knight this afternoon. The folk rock and indie artist was once the opening act for India Arie. 1pm-5pm, Highway One at Pheneger Creek, Big Sur. No cover. The Monterey Bay Aquarium teams up with the Monterey Jazz Festival for another spectacular “Evenings by the Bay”. Tonight’s performance is from Bill Spencer who will entertain with his skills on the piano. 6pm-8pm, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey. Free with aquarium admission.
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3 Moves That Get Mary J. Blige In Shape--Fast!
They say "celebrities are just like us." And that's totally true.What? You don't have staffed mansions in New York, LA, Aspen and St. Barts?One thing we actually do have in common is that our schedules are tight, especially when we...
By Nora Zelevansky
They say "celebrities are just like us." And that's totally true.
What? You don't have staffed mansions in New York, LA, Aspen and St. Barts?
One thing we actually do have in common is that our schedules are tight, especially when we travel. (Never mind that they fly private.) When nomadic stars like Mary J. Blige and Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger only have 30 minutes to exercise between gigs, these beauties call trainer Adam Ernster of The Bunker.
Ernster - who also trained Ben Affleck for The Town - has a philosophy: "Get the most out of the hour." Here, he takes 3 basic moves to the next level:
Since hotels gyms differ, Ernster makes sure these moves are executable almost anywhere. We're playing "jet-setter," so we met him at The Four Seasons Beverly Hills' new indoor/outdoor facility (below), where he is one of a few elite celebrity trainers on call.
For Ernster, it's all about integral training, combining upper and lower body exercises to boost heart rate. "There's no reason ever to sit down while you're working out," he explains.
He doesn't believe in starving for weight loss either: "If you limit yourself to 800 calories a day, your body will start eating your glutes for lunch. Start with realistic goals. Try to stick with mostly protein because that's what muscles are made of and, if you're at a party and really craving a piece of cake, sometimes its best to just eat that instead of snacking on everything around it."
Whether you're Mary J. or non-celeb Jane, here are Ernster's 3 must-do moves to get in shape quickly:
Do a squat with toes up and weight in your heels, while squeezing your butt. Ernster is super focused on correct form and says, "If you can't feel the exercise in the right place, then you're doing it wrong." Once you have that down, add a press (pushing a ball or weight above your head as you stand) or a slam (where you throw a ball down and then catch it on the bounce) to increase heart rate.
Row! If there's no relevant machine, take a resistance band and wrap it around a narrow pole. To avoid stressing the back, keep your shoulders and back straight. Then, for a controlled movement, as you pull backwards, make sure to start by rotating your shoulders back and then pull the strap back with your hands, using your upper arms to pull. "Stabilize the muscles that you don't want to use," recommends Ernster. "Think of bringing your shoulder blades together." A lower row at an angle downward (with the band slung lower on the pole), specifically works abs.
Combine this exercise with a reverse lunge squat, stepping back with one foot and then lowering down while lifting your back heel, so that your front knee is directly over your front heel and your back knee is at a 90 degree angle to the floor. Stand and repeat!
Do a ("guy-style") push-up, keeping your core tight, never allowing your mid-section to dip. "If you know yoga, a push-up is just moving plank," says Ernster. After each push-up, jump your feet between your hands and rise to standing. That will raise your heart rate. Or, to make the move more difficult, do each push-up, while balancing one hand on a rubber ball.
Now, celebrities really are "just like us."
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Why Being Nice is Not Helping You
communication confidence executive presence Nov 17, 2020
Being ‘nice’ is a behavior we teach our children, and as adults, we like it when people are nice to us, so what is so wrong with being nice?
If you value being, considerate, pleasant, friendly, and well-mannered then by all means behave that way and encourage others to do the same. But it may surprise you that being nice does not mean these things.
The Real Meaning of Nice
I have painful memories of learning the true meaning of ‘nice’.
At school in the U.K, my English teacher detested the inexactitude of the adjective ‘nice’. He thought its use was lazy and sought to expunge it from my vocabulary with a smack across the back of the hand, with a steel ruler, if I ever used it. This left a lasting memory on a 9-year old boy and to this day, I cringe when I hear it.
As barbaric as this education sounds, my English teacher was correct in his understanding of the etymology of the word ‘nice’. Its origins are from Latin nescius...
Remembering Sean Connery - Bond - James Bond
career executive presence self-leadership Nov 01, 2020
It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Academy Award Winning Scottish Actor, Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020).
The first actor to play James Bond in a movie in 1962, Sean Connery has been an icon for my entire life. My parents were fans, and as soon as I was old enough, I was a fan.
This blog reflects on the impact of Sean’s life, both on and off-screen.
Being Bond
Connery had been an actor in small theater and TV productions before he played Bond, but it was this role that launched his career. James Bond 007, a British Secret Service agent, was created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953, but Connery’s physicality and humor brought the character to life. If you watch an interview with Connery, you will hear the humor, that so distinguished his alter ego’s dry wit.
He played 007 in the first five Bond films: Dr. No (1962), From Russia with...
False Humility will Kill your Career
career executive presence women Mar 06, 2020
False humility, or more importantly, not understanding the true definition of humility will kill your career. I know this because I’ve spent 20-years coaching people to senior leadership positions and the C-Suite.
Before you react, please note, I am not advocating arrogance. Arrogance and humility are not even on the same continuum, and misunderstanding this will cost you.
To be successful as a man or woman in today’s business world you need to project confidence, have a voice and be visible – in short ‘Executive Presence’.
My experience is that there is a ‘humility barrier’ – a cultural, gender and mind-set inhibitor to developing, presence, influence and leadership.
Humility Definition
The first step in breaking through the humility barrier is to look at the correct definition of humility and how it has been misinterpreted.
The definition of "humility" comes from the Latin word humilitas, which translates as "humble", but also as...
Executive Presence Definition and Career Strategy
career confidence executive presence Feb 08, 2020
Think of the most confident person you know. Think of how they stand, how they hold the space and how, when they speak, everyone listens. This is Executive Presence.
Executive Presence Definition
"Executive Presence is the ability to project confidence and gravitas (substance) under pressure."
In addition a person with executive presence can present effectively and has the ability to 'read the room', so that they can influence an audience.
In a complex, fast paced world it is vital to be noticed, heard and trusted. Executive Presence is therefore an essential competency for both individual contributors and leaders.
Career Strategy
In my 20-years of experience as an executive coach, working with C-level executives and those that want to crack the C-Suite, I have observed that those who are successful have mastered executive presence.
I have created a free Masterclass on how to to develop executive presence and you can watch it here. You can also read these 12-Strategies...
Office Politics - The Visibility Rule
career executive coaching executive presence influence Jan 27, 2020
To succeed in any organization, you must understand 'office politics'. The first rule is to be visible, doing good work is not enough if you're not associated with it. You must learn to shine.
Let me tell you about Chris who's an experienced pharmaceutical Healthcare Executive. He's delivered results as a sales head early in his career and had been moved to head office in Europe in an administrative role.
Chris made everything run smoothly. However, he did it in an under-the-radar manner, so when he wanted to step up to a country manager role he was not deemed ready.
Chris had not followed the first rule of office politics:
BE VISIBLE!
The Visibility Rule
How could Chris have gained visibility instead of just quietly making things efficient?
He could have first alerted Senior Management to the cost of the in efficiencies
He could have let people know that he was going to resolve the issues
H could have socialized the benefits of the Improvement in addition
He could have been...
Global leadership 5 Cs
culture executive presence leadership Jan 22, 2020
Global leadership is the new standard. When companies were just national, you could make it to senior-level or even the top with a mix of competence and confidence (of course a few good connections could also help).
Today, successful companies are international or global and to be a leader requires something extra. Just doing a good job on your home turf is no longer enough, you have to be visible and you have to have impact.
For example, a senior manager in India or Indonesia could be successfully managing thousands of people, meeting targets, but have no visibility in a global organization. On the flip side, an American or European manager may fail to lead in Asia or South America, because they just don’t understand how to get things done in those cultures.
I was recently having a conversation with a US-based, charismatic, ‘C-level’ executive of a global company, about the direct reports of his peer who worked in Asia. He expressed his frustration that these...
Developing Your Leadership Lens
executive presence leadership Jan 21, 2020
Any photography enthusiastic understands that, whilst the subject remains the same, the choice of lens will change how it is viewed. What is true for cameras is also true for people, as we all see the world through our own lens of perception and bias.
A wide-angle lens gives you the 'big picture', whilst other times you will want to 'zoom in' to see detail. To have only one lens would cause you to miss out on so much.
Let me ask you a question; "Do you like to have the data points and build a picture from what you have, or do you prefer to start with a big picture and then work out the details later?"
Neither of these approaches are right or wrong, 'Big Picture' and 'Detail Orientation' are both useful, but the premise of this post, is that to be an effective leader, you need both, plus the ability to focus.
Some leaders focus on the positive and some on the negative and it shows in how they speak. What we say is a ‘reflection of the 'image' we...
4 Keys to STOP Discounting Yourself
executive presence women Jan 16, 2020
How to STOP Discounting Yourself
Do you ever underplay or understate your real value?
Do you shy away from praise and recognition and say things like, “it was nothing”, or “It’s just my job”?
Discounting is a common behavior, but one that is more common in women than men.
With confidence and presence being key predictors of success in life and work, discounting is costing you money and your well being.
So why do we discount?
Usually, because somebody or something (parents, siblings, school, friends, boss, media) has done a number on our self-esteem. Self-esteem literally means self-value and if you fail to value your ‘self’ nobody else will.
When Coaching or teaching Executive Presence, I often come across cases of discounting, but the good news is that this can be turned around by applying Self-leadership strategies.
Humility isn't what you think it is
Often discounting is driven by the desire to appear or be ‘humble’. The...
Confidence for Managers and Leaders
confidence executive presence self-efficacy Jan 11, 2020
Confidence is 'the' key success factor for modern managers and leaders and yet many lack confidence in the following areas:
Managing downwards when subordinates have higher qualifications or are qualified in a different discipline
Influencing peers when there is no direct authority
Managing upwards because you need to influence your boss
Influencing outwards to clients and vendors
With all these scenarios the keys to confidence are, 1) accepting that you are valuable and have contributions to make (Self-esteem), 2) taking ownership of your thought and feelings (Personal Power), and 3) communicating what you want (Executive Presence). In short, the application of Self-leadership.
When managing downwards, managers need to remember Henry Ford who said, “The generalist will always employ the specialist.” The manager doesn’t need to know everything about everyone’s discipline they need to know how to engage smart people to get...
Andrew Bryant, CSP
Speaker, Coach, Author and Global Thought Leader on Self-leadership, Andrew Bryant is on a mission to 'Wake People Up' to the power of influencing their thoughts, feelings and actions to achieve their objectives.
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Listening to Your Body
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Nourishment and depletion is a common theme at Conscious Wellness.
Almost everything we discuss is, at its core, about noticing whether experiences are nourishing or depleting. The practice of learning to listen to our bodies is no exception.We must learn to tune in to our bodies and trust how they guide us.This is a challenge in our society, which highly values the capacity to analyze and think through practical applications. For example, we often seek a written manual or expert advice to provide clarity on how to eat. But these sources are not always reliable. We are easily seduced by the latest trends in healthy eating and healthy weight management. When this happens, we bypass our own internal wisdom.
Our bodies have a lot to tell us about what nourishes and depletes us, and how to tell the difference.To begin, we have to identify and trust our body’s sensations, and make connections with the food choices we make. Are we really hungry, or are we having cravings? What do we feel like eating when we’re tired? Are our moods and emotions appropriate to a situation, or are they unstable depending on what kind of food we eat?
By recognizing how our choices make us feel, we are able to consciously make choices that will nourish us.When we truly learn to listen, we can discover the pathway to a life that supports our vision. Listening to our bodies will eventually allow us to make choices that transform our relationships with our bodies, our health, and our authentic selves.
At Conscious Wellness, we provide tools and support to help us listen to the body’s wisdom and trust that it will guide us on a path of wholeness and wellness. One tool that can be used to facilitate this process is the Conscious Wellness Diary. By developing the awareness of our bodies, noticing when our bodies are nourished or depleted, we transform the relationship we have with ourselves.
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Man Candy Mondays: Kevin Bacon
by Kat Hobza
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We’ve been craving Kevin Bacon since he made us wish we were Ariel on Footloose. No matter what role he’s taken on (and thankfully there have been many), he’s delivered up sizzlin’ goodness. Here we celebrate the man who we hope keeps bringing home the bacon for years to come…
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Pass the bacon, please
Why we love him
Not only is this fine slice of Bacon a handsome beast, he’s also long committed to his wife (very sexy), has built a successful career taking a backseat in movies and is a rock star. Literally.
Born: July 8, 1958
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height: 5′ 10″
Six degrees of wickedly delicious bacon
During his River Wild days (excellent movie if you haven’t seen it), Kevin joked that due to all his character roles, he had worked with just about everyone in Hollywood. Four college kids took that concept to the next level one day when they tuned in to a Kevin Bacon movie marathon. The challenge was to pick a random celebrity and link them back to Kevin Bacon in six steps or less. Once the foursome realized they had a legit parlor game on their hands, they wrote a letter to Jon Stewart and appeared on Jon Stewart and Howard Stern’s shows with Bacon. When developing the game for Google TV, Kevin and the design team were trying to get his appearance just right. Bacon told Insider TV, “It’s just so silly. I loved it.”
Our favorite second in command
How much did we love Kevin Bacon in the original Footloose as the rebellious, tight-jean wearing, warehouse dancing Ren McCormack? Bacon’s post-Footloose career became an impressive catalog of movies where he was not cast as the lead role. We got to admire a uniformed Bacon as Captain Jack Ross in A Few Good Men (Tom who?). In Apollo 13, we thought there were few people we’d rather rocket into space with than Kevin Bacon. In River Wild, he co-starred with Meryl Streep as the creepy but sexy bank robber (who could kidnap us anytime!). When The Telegraph asked Bacon if he had come to terms with playing “the Other Guy” as Bacon calls it, he answered, “I still have my anxious moments. There is always some place better that you think you should be. I call this time of year ‘The Bitter Season,’ because I sit around watching everyone else get nominated for Oscars.”
While Bacon may not have any recent Oscar nominations, how many Hollywood leading men have their own parlor game? Besides, Kevin is the first in command on the wildly popular television series The Following, where Bacon plays an FBI agent, in constant pursuit of the leader of a cult of serial killers. Bacon told CNN, “I wanted to do something that was about life and death. When I was trying to choose a series, I wanted to be the hero. I wanted the character to be complex and flawed, because that’s the kind of [hero] that I like to play. That’s the kind of [hero] that I like to see.” Really? Because a complex, flawed hero is exactly the kind of Man Candy we like to see.
Every gal loves a guy who can step in front of a mic and look good doing it. Kevin is one such talent and has been in a band, The Bacon Brothers, with his brother since he can remember. On the band’s official website, Kevin says, “My earliest memory of music was what my brother was playing or the music he brought home. I would sit on the steps of our basement while he was downstairs practicing with our sister, Hilda, and their band. So my heroes growing up were all rock ‘n’ rollers. I wasn’t really into sports, or even movies. If I could save money, I’d buy an album.”
Kevin’s brother Michael is quick to commend his sibling’s writing ability. “Kevin writes a lot more songs than I do. While I spend a lot of time writing instrumental music, lyrical songs are tougher. If I write one or two a year that I like, then I’m happy. But Kevin has this amazing gift of turning everyday experiences into universal thoughts that everybody can identify with.”
A guy who can sink his teeth into any role and is a masterful songwriter and musician? That’s hot.
Unless you were born yesterday, you know that Kevin Bacon has been married to the equally talented Kyra Sedgwick since 1988, and the couple have two grown children together. When Redbook asked Bacon how he knew Sedgwick was the one, he answered, “When I look back, the thing that blows my mind is how young she was when we met. But she had this wisdom. With a lot of actors, you’ve got to chip through the surface to see who the real person is. But she didn’t have any of that. She was this very tough, smart, very real person, incredibly emotional and passionate. It didn’t seem weird to me that we were getting married and having kids so quickly.”
We all knew this couple was close, but even they didn’t know how close until recently. When Kevin and Kyra agreed to let the PBS series Finding Your Roots explore their genealogy, they learned they are distant cousins! It seems even Kyra can’t escape the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game!
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The Unit resumed back from the December holidays on the 4th of January 2006 and started the activities for January in earnest the following day
The Unit resumed back from the December holidays on the 4th of January 2006 and started the activities for January in earnest the following day. This first case was of an adult male elephant stuck in a drying water hole at Kamtonga village near Mwatate. The residents had observed it struggle to free itself for about six hours before they realised it could not manage and called the unit.
We managed to pass ropes round it that assisted us to pull it out using the vet truck. This was done without any chemical immobilisation. There was nothing wrong observed with the elephant; no external injuries and the body condition was good. It just stood up and walked away after the rescue. Another similar case was also reported at pipeline area in Tsavo East, but this time a young elephant calf. Its mother had tried to assist it without success. We pulled it out and rejoined it with the family which had kept vigil nearby.
On the 12th, there occurred an accident along Mombasa highway at Tsavo River involving a bus and two elephants. One of the elephants died on the spot while the other sustained injuries and was seen limping a few metres from the accident scene. There were no casualties in the bus.
We were requested to assist establish the extent of the injury in this second elephant as it was feared that it could have fractured the front right leg. We immobilised it, did a thorough physical examination, and established that the leg was not fractured. We gave the elephant the benefit of doubt that it had no internal injuries that could threaten its survival. We gave it antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs and revived it.
It stood up without any struggle bearing its full weight on the limping front right leg. We recommended close monitoring by the KWS rangers. Unfortunately, it succumbed several hours latter.
From the above accident, we proceeded to Salt Lick where we removed a rope snare from the left front leg in a female adult waterbuck.
We also removed a wire snare from the neck and right fore leg of yet another female waterbuck at the same place on the 30th.
The injuries caused by these snares in both animals were not serious. Systemic antibiotics were given to both animals.
Next we went to Amboseli on the 13th following the report of a nine months elephant calf whose mother may have died and was with the other family members, none of which was lactating. Its condition was deteriorating and there was need to rescue and take it to the orphanage in Nairobi. However, we searched for the family for two days using three teams and aerial support and did not find it. We called off the search on the 15th and went back to Tsavo. On the way however, we were called to go to Ziwani in Tsavo West after a one-year-old calf was seen wandering on its own at Nkiito area with no other elephants in sight.
We rescued it and asked for an aircraft that airlifted it to Nairobi.
It unfortunately did not make it; it succumbed to pneumonia on the second day after the rescue.
On the 20th, we removed a snare from a giraffe at Dika plains in Tsavo East. We believe this was the same giraffe sighted a week before at Kanderi area but we did not find it for several days. It was a big male with the snare tight round the neck.
When the immobilisation drugs started taking effect, the giraffe refused to be herded towards a suitable area for capture and stubbornly headed towards some water nearby.
It went down inside the water but we managed to act fast and saved it from drowning. The head was supported upright, and then we removed the snare and revived it while in the water.
Thereafter we tied it with ropes and pulled it outside using the vet truck while still supporting the head in an upright position.
We were thereafter called to go to Iltilal area in Tsavo West on the 25th to establish the cause of death of two adult lionesses. Our findings were that the two died from poisoning.
The scene had signs of struggle before death (due to pain), vomiting and diarrhoea. We searched the surrounding and found two cow carcasses 200 metres away laced with the poison. Four hundred metres further was a Maasai boma inside the park.
We believed the lions stock raided this boma and the owners resorted to poison them. The case was taken over by the KWS Investigation Department for follow up.
Lastly in January was the report of a male elephant with a snare on the neck at Sala area in Tsavo East, which we treated successfully on the 27th. The snare was tight but the resulting injury was not serious.
The Mobile Veterinary Unit operated by The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust working with The Kenyan Wildlife Service and funded by Vier Pfoten
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McCann Worldgroup, FP7/DXB, Banda, Coca-Cola Among Effie Index Chart Toppers
Thursday, Jun. 11, 2020
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Effie Worldwide has unveiled the 2020 Effie Index, the 10th annual ranking of the companies behind the world’s most effective marketing efforts.
Unilever, Coca-Cola, WPP, McCann Worldgroup, FP7/DXB and Banda were named Most Effective Marketer, Brand, Agency Holding Group, Agency Network, Agency Office and Independent Agency, respectively.
“As the industry experiences change and disruption, the marketers featured in the rankings of the Effie Index demonstrate continued success and an unwavering dedication to marketing effectiveness,” said Traci Alford, president and CEO of Effie Worldwide. “Marketing effectiveness matters more than ever, especially in times of economic uncertainty. The Index showcases great examples of companies that have consistently excelled and driven brand growth around the world.”
The 2020 Effie Index rankings reflect the performance of more than 4,000 finalists and winning entries in one global, four regional and 46 national Effie Awards competitions held around the world from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019.
Every brand and company featured in the Effie Index has undergone rigorous evaluations of their case studies by expert industry judges, who examined and debated each case’s strategic communications challenges and objectives, the idea, how the idea was brought to life through creative, and what makes an Effie an Effie: strong results.
Most Effective Marketers
Top 5: Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, Nestlé, AB InBev, PepsiCo
Unilever leads the Most Effective Marketers category for the fourth year in a row, with work for brands including Axe, Dove, Knorr, Lifebuoy, Lux, Omo, Rexona and Surf Excel. The global packaged-goods company has held the top spot seven times over the past 10 years.
AB InBev entered the top 5 for the first time, with work for brands including Budweiser in North America and Bavaria Brewery’s Águila and Corona in Latin America. Procter & Gamble and McDonald’s dropped out of the top 5 to No. 7 and No. 6, respectively. PepsiCo returned to the top 5 after a drop in the rankings last year.
YUM!, British mobile technology leader Vodafone and Swedish furniture giant IKEA round out the top 10.
Most Effective Brands
Top 5: Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, KFC, Vodafone, IKEA
Coca-Cola retained its title as the most effective brand globally in 2020. It has ranked in the top 5 every year since the Index launched in 2011, taking the top spot six times. Coca-Cola China’s “Faces of the City” campaign was a standout, winning Gold, Silver and Bronze recognitions for its effective use of AR and packaging. McDonald’s came in second place for the second year in a row, with work such as “Anticipating Hungry Moments” for McDonald’s Hong Kong. The campaign was the first to use Google’s real-time triggers in Hong Kong, aimed at targeting late-night World Cup viewers. KFC and Vodafone swapped third and fourth places, thanks to KFC’s success in APAC, MENA and Europe, but otherwise the top 5 most effective brands are exactly the same as last year.
Latin American telecom brand Claro, along with American brands Chevrolet, Burger King, MasterCard and Sprite, round out the top 10.
Most Effective Agency Holding Groups
Top 5: WPP, Omnicom, IPG, Publicis Groupe, Dentsu
WPP has been the most effective holding company every year since 2012. The top 5 has remained unchanged since 2016, showing a remarkable consistency in performance across the global holding companies despite disruptions in the industry. IPG, Publicis Groupe and Dentsu round out the top 5.
Most Effective Agency Network
Top 5: McCann Worldgroup, Ogilvy, BBDO Worldwide, DDB Worldwide, TBWA\Worldwide
McCann Worldgroup is number one for the third year in a row, retaining its position as Most Effective Agency Network. The IPG agency network garnered the top spot with work for brands including Aldi, American Express, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola and IKEA, among others. McCann’s FP7/DXB in Dubai, 2020’s Most Effective Agency Office, helped drive the network to the top spot with work for Emirates and MasterCard, among others. And so did two Grand Effie wins, McCann Manchester’s “Like Brands” campaign for Aldi in the Sustained Success category (Effie Europe), and McCann Panama’s “Siempre Facil con E-Pago” for Banisi in the Small Budget category (Effie Panama).
WPP’s Ogilvy jumps to second, while Omnicom networks take up the remaining three positions in the top 5. TBWA\Worldwide enters the top 5 for the first time this year with successful efforts around the world, including three Grand Effie wins for “The Land of Free Press” for Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), “The Algorithm Agent” for Simply Cash Cred (Hong Kong), and “With You Captain” for Contigo Capitán (Peru).
Most Effective Agency Offices
Top 5: FP7/DXB, Ogilvy Mumbai, McCann Worldgroup India (New Delhi), Sancho BBDO (Bogotá), and a tie between Banda and DDB Colombia
McCann Worldgroup’s FP7/DXB in Dubai, which has been in the top 5 every year since 2014, is ranked as the most effective individual agency, thanks to its success with more than 15 regional and global brands, including Babyshop, Emirates NBD and MasterCard.
Ogilvy Mumbai, at number two, is also a consistent winner and has made the top 5 every year since 2011. Its success this year is thanks to work for Amazon, Cadbury and Vodafone.
Most Effective Independent Agencies
Top 5: Banda, Dejavu, The Womb Communications, DON Buenos Aires, Zavalita Brand Building
Ukrainian agency Banda returns to the top spot. The Kiev-based agency, which ranked No. 1 in both 2015 and 2013, reclaimed the lead with work for Luxoptica, National Art Museum of Ukraine, and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, among others. Dubai agency Dejavu makes its first showing in the top 5, as do The Womb Communications in Mumbai, DON Buenos Aires and Zavalita Brand Building in Lima, Peru.
Procter & Gamble (marketer), McDonald’s (brand), WPP (agency holding group), Ogilvy (agency network), Droga5 New York (agency office) and a tie between Rethink – Vancouver and Terri & Sandy – New York (independent agency).
Unilever (marketer), KFC (brand), WPP (agency holding group), Ogilvy (agency network), Ogilvy Mumbai (agency office), and The Womb Communications in Mumbai (independent agency).
PepsiCo (marketer), Vodafone (brand), WPP (agency holding group), McCann Worldgroup (agency network), Banda – Kiev, Ukraine (agency office and independent agency).
AB InBev (marketer), Coca-Cola (brand), Omnicom (agency holding group), BBDO Worldwide (agency network), Sancho BBDO – Bogotá (agency office) and DON Buenos Aires (independent agency).
Unilever (marketer), Saudi Telecom Company (brand), Interpublic Group (agency holding group), McCann Worldgroup (agency network), FP7/DXB – Dubai (agency office) and Dejavu – Dubai (independent agency).
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Hello! I am a proud native Arizonan. Growing up in the funky hills of Jerome, I have always had a strong connection to my community. When I found myself working here at Skyview School, I felt that I had finally found my "School Community". With 11 years of teaching experience, holding a Masters in Language, Literacy & Culture and an AZ K-8 license, I happily joined Skyview first as an aide, then teaching in the Intermediate 5-6, and now have found my home teaching in the Kindergarten.
I have a deep love for learning through doing. Whether it's foreign languages, the art of cooking, poetry and song or the wonders of our past, I become immersed in my own knowledge as our students delve into their learning. I am grounded in a classroom philosophy of respect and responsibility. I feel that as teacher and guide, it is my duty to prepare students to not only achieve greatness academically, but to work towards becoming stewards of our community, locally and beyond. With two daughters of my own, I am passionate about raising children under the idea that "it takes a village to raise a child." I am grateful and honored to be able to share the amazing experiences of Skyview with my students and classroom family!
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Amy moved to Prescott, Arizona in 2000 and has a B.A. in Speech Communications and holds an Arizona Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education grades 1-8. She has taught in California, Texas, Michigan and Arizona. Amy has taught every grade in elementary school except second, and was a reading specialist for a total of 10 years in the classroom.
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I worked in hotel management for many years before having children and I earned a Bachelor in Business Management from Western Governors University in 2010, the same month I had my first child. I quickly realized that being a full-time mother was my passion and happily left the hospitality world for baby-land, adding 3 more kids to our brood over the next 3 years.
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Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox orders removal of Utah coronavirus tweet that criticized Trump’s ‘misinformation’
(Evan Vucci | AP file photo) Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, left, President Donald Trump, center, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar leave a briefing on the coronavirus at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Bethesda, Md.
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| March 6, 2020, 2:33 p.m.
| Updated: March 8, 2020, 5:03 p.m.
Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox ordered the state’s coronavirus response team to delete a tweet that accused President Donald Trump of spreading “misinformation” about the virus.
“I just learned of a tweet on this account that appeared political in nature,” Cox wrote late Thursday on the Twitter account of the Utah Coronavirus Task Force, which he heads. “We must do everything possible to avoid politicization of this issue and I asked the tweet be deleted. The White House has been a tremendous partner in our COVID-19 response and we will do everything possible to protect the health of Utahns.”
I just learned of a tweet on this account that appeared political in nature. We must do everything possible to avoid politicization of this issue and I asked the tweet be deleted. The White House has been a tremendous partner in our COVID-19 response (1/2)
— Utah Coronavirus Task Force (@UtahCoronavirus) March 6, 2020
On Thursday morning, the task force said on its Twitter account Trump had “spread ... misinformation” when he suggested people could recover from COVID-19 while going to work.
“DO NOT go to work if you have symptoms that match COVID-19. Stay home to avoid making others sick,” the Task Force tweeted. “Even if you have very mild symptoms, going to work sick could be dangerous to others. Let’s work together to stop the spread of misinformation like what’s in this video.”
The state’s tweet included a recording of Trump saying: “We have thousands, or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work. Some of them go to work, but they get better.”
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Trump made the remarks during a phone interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, which aired Wednesday night.
As critics decried the president’s comments, which contradict advice from the CDC, Trump responded in a tweet Thursday:
“I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work. This is just more Fake News and disinformation put out by the Democrats, in particular MSDNC. Comcast covers the CoronaVirus situation horribly, only looking to do harm to the incredible & successful effort being made!”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2020
In the phone interview with Hannity, Trump also said he believed the 3.4% death rate reported for COVID-19 by the World Health Organization was “a false number” and that he had a “hunch” the death rate was far lower — “way under 1%.”
Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox was appointed by Gov. Gary Herbert to head up the coronavirus task force, which is preparing for a potential outbreak.
Cox is a candidate for governor and now backs Trump for reelection — even though he has been openly critical of the president in the past. For example, he assailed the president for making “dangerous” and baseless allegations of voter fraud. He called Trump disingenuous and said he “represents the worst of what our great country stands for.” He earlier refused to vote for him.
Herbert said Thursday that he agreed with Trump that the symptoms of coronavirus are mild in most cases — but stressed that people should stay home if they feel unwell.
“I think what [Trump] is saying, and I concur, is that most people will have a mild form of coronavirus,” Herbert told reporters Thursday. For that reason, most people would be physically capable of going about their daily lives as normal, including showing up at work.
“But ... you also have the ability to spread the virus to somebody else,” Herbert said. “And so our counsel to everybody is, if you’re sick, stay home. Take an extra few days off, because you’re a carrier.”
Cox appears in a video the state tweeted explaining when and how Utahns can seek testing and treatment if they have symptoms of COVID-19.
So far, the state has not documented any cases of someone in Utah contracting the virus. As of Thursday, 17 Utahns deemed at risk had received tests, health officials said; 15 tested negative and two results were pending.
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NJ- Catholic bishop loses abuse ruling; SNAP responds
For immediate release: Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com)
A judge has ruled that a lawsuit against a predator priest and his church supervisors may move ahead.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20140326/NEWS01/303260023/Ruling-against-Camden-diocese-child-sex-abuse-suit-will-stand?nclick_check=
We applaud Lisa Syvertson Shanahan, a courageous child sex abuse victims, for continuing to seek justice and winning this important ruling that will help child sex abuse victims across all of New Jersey.
Shame on Camden Bishop Dennis Sullivan for trying to hide behind a legal technicality and deny dozens or even hundreds of child sex abuse victims a chance to expose their predators by attacking the constitutionality of New Jersey's statute of limitations law.
If the bishop thinks that he and his predecessors are innocent – and did not hide or enable the child sex crimes of Fr. Thomas M. Harkins, then let the bishop fight on the merits, not on the technicalities.
Just once it would be so refreshing to see a Catholic official directly address allegations of hiding child sex crimes, and not duck and dodge, using every self-serving legal maneuver imaginable.
Harkins has recently worked at the Philadelphia airport and may still be there. So it's crucial that anyone else who saw, suspected or suffered his crimes step forward, get help, call police, expose wrongdoers, protect kids and start healing.
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We’ve been around for 25 years and have more than 15,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)
Contact - David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, SNAPclohessy@aol.com), Barbara Dorris (314-862-7688 home, 314-503-0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com), Mark Crawford (732-632-7687, mecrawf@comcast.net)
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Home Football Many positives in Kelantan says Azraai
Many positives in Kelantan says Azraai
*Initial contract with the Red Warriors is until end of the season
*Players ready to deliver, says Azraai
Azraai Khor Abdullah, the new man at the helm of the Red Warriors after taking over the hot seat from Dutchman George Boateng, has been given a top five target in the Super League plus win one of the three silverwares at stake in the M-League.
The former international and widely travelled across the country as a coach, Azraai was also happy with what he saw of the team when he had his first session with the team and other management officials in Kota Bahru on Wednesday. He will be assisted by former international Zahasmi Ismail – no newcomer to Azraai as Zahasmi was with the Kelantan TNB team when Azraai was the coach.
Boateng was removed as the chief coach after the Red Warriors won only two of the five matches played so far but are in the FA Cup semi-finals of the FA Cup. The former Dutchman has been made as the Kelantan FA’s technical director. Boateng’s assistant Hashim Mustphas has also made way from the coaching lineup and is Boateng’s assistant technical director.
Azraai’s first match as the new head coach is an away match against neighbours Terengganu in Kuala Terengganu on April 4 and the East Coast derby will kick start Azraai’s “journey” with the Red Warriors. This is Azraai’s second sojourn in the east coast as he was the T-Team coach last season before he quit.
“There are many positives in the team. It is a matter of blending them into a challenging team. The players have all the football skills and mental attitude to succeed. We will work on this and take off Kelantan’s challenge in the M-League.
“The plus factor is that Kelantan are battling on all fronts. So nothing is lost for the Red Warriors. A top five finish in the (Super) League is a challenge and our journey starts with an away match against Terengganu. It is a real ‘biggie’ for both teams,” said Azraai from Kota Bahru..
The winds of change in Kelantan were imminent after the Red Warriors won only two of the five matches in the Super League.and suffered embarassing back-to-back defeats at home – 4-0 to Police and 1-0 to Felda United. Incidentally Police and Felda earned promotion to the Super League after winning Premier League and runners-up respectively.
Kelantan defeated Armed Forces and Lions XII by 2-0 margins in their opening two matches. The whitewash by Police at home was followed by a scoreless draw against Perak in Ipoh before Felda inflicted more pain on the Red Warriors at the Sultan Mohd IV Stadium.
Azraai becomes a Red Warriors with strong credentials and was Kedah’s most successful local coach when he led his homestate to win back-to-back treble
(League, FA Cup and the prestigious Malaysia Cup) in 2007 and 2008. H was also twice (2008 and 2008) Coach of the Year in the annual 100PLUS-FAM National Football Awards.
He also had a stint with Negri Sembilan in 2011-2012) and won the Malaysia Cup and the Charity Shield with the Deer before he left to join Perak in 2013..
The month of April will be tough for Azraai and company. After Terengganu, Kelantan will be at home to FA Cup and Malaysia Cup champions Pahang on April 11 followed by the tough away match against defending champions Johor Darul Takzim, April 18, Selangor (April 25, away). In between Kelantan will face Sime Darby in the home and away FA Cup.
Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah
Persatuan Bola Sepak Kelantan (Kelantan FA)
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Bernie Sanders (+350)
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Again, we're not here to pick apart policies. Honestly, do people even vote based off that anymore? Image and personality seem to be the prevailing factor in who wins and who doesn't.
Knowing that there are two names in the above list that already have a rabid fan base — Sanders and Biden. Harris, O'Rourke, and Yang have a long ways to go before their known on a last name basis like the aforementioned two.
Sanders could've and should've been the 2016 nominee if not for an inside job by the Democratic National Committee as uncovered by WikiLeaks. That move backfired on the DNC, but added to the existing fanfare Sanders enjoys. As Trump's eventual victory proved, the American public wants out-of-the-box ideas and dynamic personalities. Sanders fits that bill with policies that support tuition-free college, Medicare for all, and $15 minimum wage, among others.
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The 2020 Presidential Election odds is a coin-toss. Per Bovada, the Democrats are the slight favorites at -150 to win the 2020 election. Led by the incumbent Trump, the Republicans are +120 to go back-to-back.
Speaking of repeat victories, that's been a long trend in Presidential elections, dating back centuries. Since all the way back in 1900, 20 presidents have run for re-election. Of those, a staggering 15 won second bids.
In recent memory, only George H. Bush failed at back-to-back terms. Since his shortcoming in 1992, it's been a familiar tune with Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barrack Obama all staying in office for the full eight-year limit.
That's a lot of history to go against, hence why Trump is our choice (for now). In reality, you might want to wait on making this bet until the Democratic primaries are over next June. It's hard to bet with the Democrats in this case without knowing its official candidate.
Pick: Republicans (+120)
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Donald Trump (+230)
Beto O'Rourke (+1000)
If we're being honest, the biggest threat to a second Trump term isn't any Democratic opponent or even a possible impeachment due to Russia interference in 2016. No, actually Trump's biggest foe is the state of the US economy.
The fact of the matter is the American economy has absolutely soared during Trump's tenure. Now, that may or may not be because of Trump and his policies, but it's hard to lose favor with voters when the country is enjoying never-before-seen riches.
However, what if there's a recession, as economist after economist predicts will happen before 2021? If so, forget about a Trump re-election. He will, fairly or unfairly, receive the lion's share of blame for the collapse, thus losing his biggest bargaining chip.
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Trump, with his history-backed incumbent advantage, definitely deserves a bet. However, so does a Democratic nominee. We've already made our case for Biden, so no need to repeat ourselves.
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Saints stay connected, active during pandemic
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The Spruce Grove Saints are staying active and connected during a challenging pandemic. Kristine Jean. Photo by Kristine Jean /jpg, SP
While everything is on hold under enhanced restrictions in the province, the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) are staying connected and active as an organization, during a challenging pandemic.
“We’ve had quite a bit of zoom calls with our guys as a group. We’ve brought in some past players like Jarrod Gourley and Tanner Hickey and we’ve had some other special guests that we’ve had come on the zoom calls where our guys are able to ask questions or interact with some of these superstars,” said Rob Sklaruk, Saints general manager. “I think for that half hour or 45 minutes when we’re all together, I think the guys are engaged, I think the guys feel real good about themselves and we use it as a little bit of a learning tool for them.”
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Sklaruk said they do check in with the players every week, making sure they are keeping up with workout programs and routines at home, in addition to working with team personnel.
“In terms of our coaching staff, we’re always in recruiting mode so we’re watching a lot of video and we’ve been in contact with quite a few players, talking about options for next year,” he said. “So as a group we’re still active and we’re really helping each other out and keeping our communication lines open.”
The team and its board of governors has had several meetings both before and after the Christmas holidays to discuss the ongoing situation with the pandemic, however they are still awaiting concrete news on plans moving forward.
“Hopefully we’ll be hearing some direction from our league soon and hearing from the Alberta government soon and I hope it’s all positive. So a lot of it’s still up in the air for us,” explained Sklaruk.
With the enhanced restrictions still in place, Sklaruk said the Saints are not able to gather as a team, get back on the ice or conduct any kind of team event. Players did return home for the Christmas holidays and with schools re-opening this week, some players have returned to billet families here in Spruce Grove so they could return to class while other players have opted to continue studies online.
“I know here in Spruce Grove, all of our Saints players did go home. Some of the 2004 and 2003 (born players) have to go back to school, that was back on track for them for Jan. 11,” he said.
In the meantime, the Saints are continuing to plan for the next steps, with hopes of returning to play soon and reigniting the on ice battles of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
“There’s some different people working behind the scenes to help fast track what’s been happening and making sure that when regulations and restrictions do open up again, that we’re prepared and we’re ready to go,” Sklaruk concluded.
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Titan avoids DUI conviction over lack of prosecution
On behalf of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers | May 31, 2013 | Breath Test Refusal/Implied Consent
When someone is charged with drunk driving, it can feel like it’s inevitable that he will be convicted of the offense. But that isn’t necessarily so in many DUI cases in Tennessee. Titans player Brandon Barden’s case proves that there is hope after a drunk driving arrest in Tennessee, and sometimes that hope is satisfied when the prosecution drops the ball.
As the result of a car accident that Barden was involved in in February, he was investigated and then arrested for suspicion of DUI. His arrest directly followed Barden’s refusal to submit to a breath test during the traffic stop. In Tennessee, a breath test refusal can lose someone his driver’s license. Still, it can also preserve a defendant’s chance at avoiding a false allegation or conviction of drunk driving.
Reports of Barden’s DUI charge don’t make mention of any BAC level connected to the case. Courts love that sort of evidence. It isn’t just lack of that specific evidence that has saved Barden from a drunk driving conviction; rather, it is the complete lack of officer testimony that has helped him avoid any further prosecution.
The arresting officer failed to show up in court last week, which ultimately supported the DUI defense team’s request to have the entire matter dismissed. Barden can now move on with his life, as a Tennessee Titan tight end or whatever he chooses to pursue. Unless he runs into further legal hiccups, he is a free man with this DUI incident behind him.
Source: ESPN, “Report: Brandon Barden case ‘closed’,” May 23, 2013
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