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PAY-IT-FORWARD
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Go Pro for a Cause
By Sarah Pittard // September 25, 2015
I was a Go Pro fan long before I was a travel writer. The idea of being able to capture footage of my kids on the go and in water was enough that I bought a Go Pro as soon as I heard about them. Since then my kids have grown and we have moved from the original Go Pro all the way through to the brand new Hero Session 4 and are still going strong.
When Go Pro began their new Go Pro for a Cause initiative I knew I had to share it.
The newly introduced Go Pro for a Cause initiative is uniting the Go Pro brand with some pretty great causes. By providing regular people doing extraordinary work with Go Pro cameras, media production and most of all financial support, Go Pro is allowing them to bring their message and cause to the forefront of the internet. Go Pro also provides spaces to distribute their message on their website, through social media and on their over 3 Million subscriber strong You Tube page. This initiative helps charities grow, share their stories and inspire other people and communities to do some really great things.
Go Pro has partnered with a number of causes and given them space to share their stories. On the Go Pro site, you will also find a donate button making it even easier to help out a cause that you want to support. Some of the currently featured causes are:
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: St. Jude is one the the leading hospitals in the treatment of childhood cancer and other life-threatened diseases. A remarkable fact is that the families of children at St. Jude are never billed for any treatment, travel, housing or food. The key to success is only worrying about their child getting better.
Mauli Ola Foundation: The Mauli Ola Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of people and children with genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis by connecting them with the healing power of the ocean. Since 2007, the Foundation has hosted nearly 100 Surf Experience Days with over 1,300 cystic fibrosis patients taking part. Not only helping in the ocean, the Mauli Ola Foundation now takes to dry land to host activities and visit children in hospitals who are battling cancer and a number of other health challenges.
Bicycles Against Poverty: The founder of Bicycles Against Poverty built this cause on personal experience. As a boy, he used a bicycle to transport his mother to the hospital and even to drive himself when he contracted malaria. Years later, as a college student in America, he began Bicycles Against Poverty to help rural Africans who live miles from clean water, medical centres and simple things like a marketplace. The program offers lease-to-own bicycles to farmers to help their businesses grow. So far over 1,000 bicycles have been distributed with 1,000 more being distributed throughout 2015.
How Can You Get Involved?
Besides donating to any of Go Pro’s featured causes, Go Pro is offering the opportunity for Go Pro users to share their own causes and initiatives. Go Pro is accepting submissions from people just like you who want to document an organization’s story. Once you have captured video or photos of your favourite cause, head over to GoPro.Com/submit for the chance to have your footage and cause featured by Go Pro.
Do you know an organization that should be featured in Pay It Forward Friday? I’m always looking to help spread the word on ways we can help each other and the world we live in. Leave a comment on this post or email me directly at sarah@solomomtakesflight.com.
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« Genealogy News and Education Bytes — Friday, 27 November 2020
Violence Beyond King Street on the Fifth of March »
The First Day of Testimony Against the Soldiers
The first witness in the trial of Capt. Thomas Preston for the Boston Massacre was a barber’s apprentice named Edward Garrick.
He testified about how Pvt. Hugh White conked him on the head for speaking rudely about a passing army captain.
Edward’s testimony might have been more useful in prosecuting White, showing he had was aggressive and violent toward locals before anyone threatened him. But the prosecutors at the soldiers’ trial never called the boy, and we have no indication why.
Instead, the Crown’s opening witness on 27 Nov 1770 was “Jonathan Williams Austin, clerk to John Adams, Esq.” Which is to say, an assistant and trainee of the senior defense counsel.
By modern standards, this is a clear conflict of interest. But Austin had already testified for the Crown at the Preston trial. Even though the captain was acquitted, prosecuting attorneys Robert Treat Paine and Samuel Quincy must have felt the law clerk was a solid witness because they brought him back.
“Do you know either of the prisoners at the bar?” Quincy asked as his first recorded question.
Austin replied that he recognized Pvt. William Macauley: “I was about four feet off: McCauley said ‘Damn you, stand off,’ and pushed his bayonet at me: I did so.” After the shots, Austin recalled, he saw Macauley reload.
The prosecutors asked the next two witnesses, merchant Ebenezer Bridgham and James Dodge, the same first question, and similar questions of town watchman Edward G. Langford and clerk Francis Archbald. The attorneys’ goal was to establish that the defendants were definitely among the soldiers on King Street, and hopefully among those who fired at the crowd. Thus:
Bridgham said he saw a tall soldier he thought was Pvt. William Warren fire his gun, but didn’t see Cpl. William Wemms do so.
Dodge named Warren and White as present, and said the first shot came from the left side of the squad.
Langford identified White and Pvt. Mathew Kilroy, also said the first shot came from the left side, and testified that “immediately after Kilroy’s firing” ropemaker Samuel Gray fell dead, and “there was no other gun discharged at that time.”
Archbald also testified to Kilroy’s presence.
Determining which soldiers were present and fired was crucial because on the morning after the shooting people had examined the eight muskets and found that one hadn’t been discharged. One of the soldiers therefore hadn’t killed or wounded anybody. But which one? The prosecution had to prove each shooter’s guilt.
Here are some vivid details from the exchanges.
Q. Was you looking at the person who fired the last gun?
A [from Bridgham]. Yes, I saw him aim at a lad that was running down the middle of the street, and kept the motion of his gun after him a considerable time, and then fired.
Q. Did the lad fall?
A. He did not, I kept my eye on him a considerable time.
Q. Was the snow trodden down, or melted away by the Custom-House?
A [from Dodge]. No, the street was all covered like a cake.”
A [from Langford]. Samuel Gray…came and struck me on the shoulder, and said, Langford, what’s here to pay.
Q. What said you to Gray then?
A. I said I did not know what was to pay, but I believed something would come of it by and bye. He made no reply. Immediately a gun went off. . . . I looked this man (pointing to Killroy) in the face, and bid him not fire; but he immediately fired, and Samuel Gray fell at my feet.
A [from Archbold]: I saw a soldier, and a mean looking fellow with him, with a cutlass in his hand: they came up to me: somebody said, put up your cutlass, it is not right to carry it at this time of night. He said, damn you ye Yankee bougers, what’s your business:
At five o’clock, the judges adjourned until the next morning. Since most trials of the time were over in a day, that was unusual, but—after Capt. Preston’s trial—not unprecedented.
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About Goat Milk & Cheese
How To Order From Split Creek
Goat Milk Fudge
Goat Milk Yogurt
Folk Art of Pat Bell
Split Creek Dairy Goat Herd
Tour Split Creek Farm
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We are delighted to announce that
Split Creek Farm is Re-opening as of June 13, 2020!
The Farm Shop will be open for purchases Monday-Saturday 10 am - 6 pm.
Farm will be open for self-guided visitation Friday and Saturday 10 am - 6 pm.
Guided tours available by appointment only (call 864-287-3921 to schedule).
There may be more details to be announced later so check here before you come.
We are looking forward to seeing you soon.
Gold medal winners in national competitions for their cheeses, fudge and milk, Split Creek constantly strives to provide superior goat milk products.
Sandra Coffman
3806 Centerville Road
Telephone/Fax:
E-mail: info@splitcreek.com
Visitors are welcome to stop by the Farm Shop:
Mon - Sat (9 am - 6 pm)
Farm open for self-guided visitation Fridays and Saturdays (10 am - 6 pm)
Educational tours of the farm are available by appointment only.
Call 864-287-3921 to schedule a tour.
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Split Creek Newsletter
Welcome to Split Creek Farm, LLC
~Providing fresh goat milk products for 3 decades~
Split Creek is a 2017 Good Food Awards Winner in the Cheese category for their Feta Marinated in Olive Oil.
Split Creek is a Gold Medal Winner at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest, Madison, Wisconsin.
Split Creek Farm is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains' scenic foothills of South Carolina. The Grade A Dairy is in a barn designed and built by the owners to include the milking and cheese operations and a kid nursery. A retail gift shop featuring goat milk products and folk art is open to the public. We invite you to use the links at the upper right corner of this page to shop for our award winning farmstead goat cheeses, goat milk fudge, goat milk yogurt, gift baskets and folk art.
Split Creek Farm History
Split Creek Farm became a commercial Grade A goat dairy in 1985. A small-scale cheese operation started in 1988 in response to a growing demand for domestic goat cheeses and as a means to utilize seasonal excesses of milk. Production progressed from the original four-gallon vat batches to the current 150-gallon vat operation, which began in August of 1990.
The Goat Herd
Split Creek Farm's certified goat herd produces all the milk used for its cheese and fudge. Every animal in the herd receives individual attention daily. The extra care they receive shows in the milk quality. The dairy goat herd, which is mostly Nubian, competes nationally in the show ring and for milk production records. Herd health and the ultimate quality of the dairy products are the primary concern of the owners.
Some of our Cheeses and Fudge, handcrafted
from our Split Creek Grade A Goat Milk
Split Creek's goal includes being self-sufficient, so progress has been gradual. The farm started with three goats and a piece of land. The herd peaked at 750 goats, and fences, pastures and barns were built over the years. The goats and the cheeses are recognized nationally and have won numerous awards.
Currently the farm population averages about 350, with half of those being milked twice a day. The goats are full partners in the operation and every effort is made for them to be able to perform up to their genetic potential. The milkers are managed to encourage long lactations with most does milking at least three years. Hormones are never used to get the does bred or to produce more milk. Herbicides and pesticides are not used on the pastures in keeping with the commitment to produce an all natural product.
Good milk makes good products, and the farm's artisan cheeses are made by hand with purity and freshness the goal.
The Farm Shops are open Monday - Saturday, 10:00am - 6:00pm, to sell the milk, cheese, fudge and yogurt produced by the farm. Along with Split Creek’s own products, the farm shop sells many other items produced in South Carolina: eggs, honey, grits, corn meal,& rice to name a few. The unique folk art of Pat Bell is also available in the Hen House. Combining traditional techniques with her own creative style, she transforms worn items into art collectibles.
Visitors are welcome at the farm. The farm staff knows that survival of small farms is dependant on educating the public about rural life and the origin of their foods. Since this is a working farm and a great deal of time is spent daily with milking, feeding, and processing cheese, visitors to the shop are encouraged to schedule a tour for a better look at the farm and how it is operated.
The Folks at Split Creek
Jessica Bell and Sandra Coffman
Owners of Split Creek Farm, LLC
Jessica has over 25 years of experience working with the goats and producing the quality artisan products of Split Creek Farm. She serves as the primary manager of day-to-day farm operations which includes all aspects of goat milk product production, herd management and animal wellness. Jessica holds a BS in Animal Science from Clemson University and, in addition to managing the farm, works full time as a Veterinary Technician in Clemson, SC.
Sandra is a retired Deputy Chief of Police from U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, DC. She has mentored under Jessica since January 2016 when she discovered her love of goats. She has a passion for educating others about small farm operations and goats, in general. Sandra holds a MS in Management from The Johns Hopkins University. She oversees daily operations at the farm and serves as the primary coordinator for outreach, education, sales and distribution.
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In an exclusive interview for SWARM Mag, Georgian retro-futuristic designer Lado Bokuchava, creating under a namesake brand, takes us behind the scenes of his SS 2021 collection, which carries distinct urban and race-car fashion elements.
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Edited by: Markéta Kosinová
You have been inspired by all the time periods. Your work is a combination of historicism, futuristic elements, and minimalistic details in rich complex forms. What details would we find on your recent mood board for SS21?
SS 2021 is science fiction, technology, aesthetics of elegant futurism, boyish silhouettes mixed with feminine ones, bright colors, geometric shapes and cutouts.
The fashion business is going through big changes these days. What is the main purpose of fashion for you?
Although my profession is very important and emotional to me, the field of fashion is associated with constant, hard work. Recent events have further complicated this process, especially for small brands and especially in countries such as Georgia. At this point, the only thing that matters is a lot of work, responsibility towards employees and love for the job.
Is today’s fashion purely a business or a tool for expressing personal statements?
In fashion, you have to balance two things as a designer – expressing yourself, showing your attitudes and inner world and, at the same time, not to forget the customer: people who finally see the product, perceive it correctly, have a connection with it and the will to wear it. For me, the combination of commercialism and creativity is the main foundation of the fashion industry, which often requires sacrifice, sometimes causing frustration but overcoming it brings pleasure.
Is Georgia a good place to be creative?
It does not matter where you were born, in order to be creative. A person can express their vision everywhere, however, the development of it is either facilitated or hindered under some conditions. In some places, you have to struggle with insufficient resources, such as here. In some places, the environment drives you crazy with diversity, with everything together. After all, we live in a time where your voice can reach anyone, and if you let the right people know, the results will be achieved soon.
BIO / LADO BOKUCHAVA is a Georgian brand founded in 2017 by young Georgian designer Lado Bokuchava. The brand’s signature is 80’s underground style mixed with contemporary world. Every collection is a mix of classic and urban style with futuristic details, different directions together. Colour defines lots of things. The most important part of the creating process is the pattern. Most of the complex looks consist of many details that are detachable, which makes them multifunctional and comfortable to wear for any body type and also for different occasions. The designer uses classy and minimalistic materials. The sources of inspiration are always different – movies or books that are expressed in the mood of the collection. The use of colours is always vibrant and miscellaneous, highlighting a perfect balance between elegance and serenity. The designer adores synthesizing delicateness with harsh shapes, making looks that are posh yet savage, intended for someone who loves to show their uniqueness unabashedly and unconditionally.
The brand’s first collection was SS 2018, which enjoyed a huge success not only in Georgia but abroad as well. The collection has been featured in magazines such as Vogue or Dazed.
For more visit @ladobokuchva
NEO-MEDIEVALISM
We got flooded with breathtaking art in the wake of our open call for the first SWARM Mag theme of 2021, NEO-MEDIEVALISM, and that's why we are changing the theme's duration for the first time. Get the rundown of what you can look forward to in the course of the upcoming not three but six months.
“ARCHIVARIUS”
fashion interview
Sister fashion designers Kseniia and Elizaveta Fedorovy think of their timeless collection pieces as archives of their memories and emotions and as of potential vessels for creating new ones by future wearers. “We would like people to create their own context by wearing these pieces and continue the story we started by designing and tailoring them.”
RUN FOR THE SAKE OF RUNNING
While introducing two series of playful and cheery illustrations by Katarina Kratochvílová, a versatile artist living in Prague, the Czech Republic, we're slowly ushering in our upcoming theme for 2021.
OTHERWORLDLY BLUEPRINTS
French illustrator Gary Colin experiments with non-anthropomorphic, novelty, swarming and organic forms via a computer graphic programme to create living cartographies of other worlds.
SHARP MOVES IN RED
Putting cult into culture.
SWARM MAG 2021
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Federal judge blocks Georgia anti-abortion law
A federal judge handed an early win to abortion rights activists Tuesday by blocking Georgia’s restrictive law from going into effect – but it is only the first step as a lawsuit makes its way through the court system. | READ MORE
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Mercer University School of Medicine to open rural health care facilities in Peach, Clay counties
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Following up on the successful launch of Mercer Medicine Plains in July 2018, Mercer University School of Medicine plans to open two additional rural health clinics in the coming weeks to continue delivering on its commitment to meet the health care needs of rural Georgians. | READ MORE
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The U.S. liver donation system hasn’t decided whether to start its redistribution of the organs, a proposal that is likely to mean fewer livers for Georgia patients and more for states such as New York. But it could, at least for now. A federal appeals court has ruled that while the court fight goes on, the new liver distribution system can begin. | READ MORE
Georgia near the top in HIV risk, report shows
A new analysis underscores the enormous challenges that Georgia faces in fighting HIV. The state ranks No. 3 in HIV risk in the U.S., trailing only Ohio and Nevada, according to the study from Health Testing Centers, which used data from the CDC. | READ MORE
By neighborhood: How long on average a person lives in metro Atlanta
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As you ponder medical school, you may be wondering, “What is the difference between an M.D. and a D.O.?” In the U.S. there are two types of degrees in which physicians can practice medicine: M.D.s, a doctor of medicine, or a D.O., a doctor of osteopathic medicine. | READ MORE
Walmart to give workers financial incentives to use higher-quality doctors
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CBD shop owners stand by their products as government officials warn of false advertising
Claims attached to CBD products, as well as the pseudo-medical advice of some companies and franchisees, has been getting them into hot water. Those claims specifically have been the target of criticisms and warnings from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and other agencies. | READ MORE
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Joe L. Vodvarka, 78, of rural Dodge, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at his home. Graveside service with military honors will be 11:00am on Saturday, November 23 at Bohemian National Cemetery – rural Dodge. Lunch will follow at the Dodge Veterans Club. Visitation will be Friday from 3:00pm to 7:00pm at Stokely Funeral Home in Dodge. Memorials may be made to the Bohemian National Cemetery. Arrangements by Stokely Funeral Home.
Joe Louis Vodvarka was born on April 3, 1941 to Joseph and Marie (Cisler) Vodvarka at their home east of Dodge. After graduating from Dodge High School in 1961, Joe enlisted in the United States Army. He was a quartermaster and was stationed in Germany for over 2 years before being honorably discharged in 1964. Joe worked for Vlach and Son Grocery Store in Dodge for ten years before joining in the family farm. He farmed, raised hogs, and did custom hay stacking and windrowing.
Joe was a member of the Platte County Pork Association and Secretary and Treasurer of Bohemian National Cemetery. He enjoyed going to farm sales and consignment sales.
Joe is survived by his brother, Ed Vodvarka, of rural Dodge. He is preceded in death by his parents.
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Integrating with Nosto Personalisation
The following are the integration options available with Nosto.
Turning on Nosto
When starting with Nosto, you initially turn on Nosto on your website for a week so that it starts gathering analytics for all your customers. After a week, the Nosto databasse has enough data to start showing personalised ads to the customer - so you then start turning on these after a week.
There are other features that you can turn on straight away which are listed below.
To turn on Nosto, contact the Help Desk who will then enable it for your account.
Personalised Ad Banners across your website
We can also set up personalised ads to appear on the following pages on your website:
Home Page - e.g. "Recommended for you"
All category pages - e.g. "Most Popular Products in this Category"
On the Product Detail page - e.g. "You may also like", "Others also viewed"
View Basket - e.g. "Customers who bought these also bought"
Search Results Page - e.g. "Customers who searched 'search term' viewed"
404 Page Does Not Exist Anymore - e.g "Popular items"
Abandoned Baskets automatic email
You should immediately turn on Abandoned baskets (you don't need to wait a week for this as you can start sending these straight away).
The way this works is that if a user does not complete their order within 30 minutes of leaving the site, they get an automatic email with their items in their basket and a link to complete their order. These are only sent if the user has opt-ed in when entering their email address at the first screen of the checkout where they can enter their email address and check a CHECKBOX to opt-in for email marketing.
In the abandoned basket email, you can include the following information:
OPTIONAL: A promotion code that gives them 10% off if used in the next 4 hours
The list of their basket items and product images
LINK to "Complete Your Order" which brings them to the VIEW BASKET page with their basket already set up
Personalised Banner of alternative items that they may want to purchase instead
OPTIONAL: Some customer reviews
Contact the Help Desk when you want this enabled.
Other Triggered Emails
As well as the automatic abandoned basket emails above, there are other triggered emails that can be set up for you. All these are only sent if the user has opt-ed in when entering their email address at the start of the checkout:
We miss you email sent 30 days after last visit.
Order Follow-up emails sent to customers who have placed an order with personalised recommendations for them.
Contact the Help Desk if you want this set up.
You can also turn on the following pop-ups - contact the Help Desk for advice on setting these up:
Welcome pop up on home page which offers the user a promo code for an 10% discount (the recommended discount rate that has worked well for our other clients) in return for them signing up for special offer emails and entering their email address. The code then displays on the screen (as opposed to being emailed to them).
"Don't Go" pop up on desktop which pops up when the user is about to leave the site and they have not got to the checkout. This gives them the option to use a promo code to get 10% off in the next 2 hours - they just click on a SHOW MY CODE link and the promo code displays for them.
"Don't Go" pop up on desktop which pops up when the user is about to leave the site and are in the middle of the checkout. This offers them the option of entering their email address and getting a link to their basket emailed to them in case they want to come back again to finish the purchase. They also have a CHECKBOX to opt-in to receive special offers (required for GDPR) as well as a "Go To Checkout" link to complete their order.
Email Widgets
You can also add personalised ads based on the user's browsing history on your website to the bottom of emails that you send out including:
The order confirmation email
MailChimp emails
You can also add personalised Facebook ads based on the user's browsing history on your website.
Black Friday Promotions
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Irkutsk Technical University started to build a pilot plant for the production of nanomodifikatorov
18.10.2013 Category: RussiaAuthor: admin
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National Research Irkutsk State Technical University (Irkutsk Technical University) began to build a pilot plant, which will recycle waste aluminum and silicon industry to produce carbon nanotubes and silica microbeads, allowing to increase the strength of metals, alloys and polymers, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday, Director of Physical Technical Institute IrGTU Nikolai Ivanov.
Earlier, a group of scientists of the Institute of Physics and Technology received a patent for a method of processing waste aluminum and silicon production and the allocation of these carbon nanoparticles, fluorides and nano-silica particles ("Nanosilica"). Carbon nanoparticles and "Nanosilica", in fact, are modifiers of materials and allow 1.5-2 times increase the strength of metals, alloys, building materials, plastics. In comparison with existing additives and modifiers IrGTU even cheaper: for example, the cost of carbon nanoparticles is about 7,000 rubles per kilogram, which is almost ten times smaller than existing counterparts.
"We have started to build a pilot plant, which will process up to one ton of metallurgical waste a day. At the output will be — nanomodifiers. Plan to complete the assembly of the installation in the near future", — Ivanov said.
Directly involved in the project of JSC "Nanotehtsentr" venture on Irkutsk Technical University. According to estimates Ivanov, break-even operation of the enterprise is necessary that it handles up to 10 tons of waste per day. The organization of industrial production to $ 3 million.
"The interest in this project is. We intend to present heavy-duty metals and alloys based on nanomodifikatorov Russian Venture Fair, which will be held in Irkutsk, September 20 — 21, where we hope to find an investor", — Ivanov said.
As the press service of the Irkutsk Technical University, scientists have developed a technology nanomodifikatorov uniform distribution in the amount of metal.
Irkutsk Technical University also intends to develop technical specifications for nanomodifiers, which contributes to its early introduction into production.
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This Microsoft Universal Keyboard Works With Almost Any Device
Published: Sep 19, 2014 Last Updated: Jun 29, 2015 by Joshua Sophy In Technology Trends 2
Microsoft has designed a universal mobile keyboard that’s supposed to work with just about any mobile device, no matter the operating system.
On Microsoft’s official blog, The Fire Hose, the company says that its Universal Mobile Keyboard is designed to work with iOS and Android devices and, of course, Windows tablets and phones.
Microsoft News Center staffer Suzanne Choney writes:
“It’s … common for people to carry multiple mobile devices and use the one that is best suited for the specific scenario they’re in — an iPad while in a coffee shop, a Samsung Galaxy S4 while sitting on an airplane, a Windows laptop in their hotel room.”
Here’s a look at the device in action:
The Universal Mobile Keyboard has an “OS switch” that allows users to select which mobile operating system they’re using at the time. The keyboard features chiclet-style keys that emulate the feel of a laptop keyboard.
According to a report from The Verge, the Universal Mobile Keyboard will also have an Android Home button and a “cmd” key that’s found on Macintosh keyboards. There is no Windows key on the device, though.
Microsoft says the Universal Mobile Keyboard turns on when its protective cover is opened. The keyboard connects to the mobile device a user has at the time via a Bluetooth connection. When the protective cover on the keyboard is closed, it shuts off.
When it’s folded closed, the keyboard is less than a half-inch thick. When it’s opened, the keyboard measures just more than 4 inches from the top row of keys to the bottom. From left to right, the keyboard measures 9.53 inches.
A full overnight charge of the battery can last up to six months, Microsoft says. Just a 10-minute charge allows the battery to work for up to 8 hours.
The Universal Mobile Keyboard also has a stand integrated into it to support tablets and smartphones it’s connected to.
The device will be available in October and will sell for just less than $80. It will be available for purchase at some retailers and at the Microsoft Store.
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Joshua Sophy
Joshua Sophy is the Assistant Editor for Small Business Trends and the Head of Content Partnerships. A journalist with 20 years of experience in traditional and online media, Joshua got his start in the rough and tumble newspaper business of Pennsylvania's coal region. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and was a beat reporter covering daily news. He eventually founded his own local newspaper, the Pottsville Free Press, covering his hometown. Joshua supervises the day-to-day operations of Small Business Trends' busy editorial department including the editorial calendar and outgoing assignments.
Aira Bongco
I really like this. Nowadays, people are mostly glued to their devices than to their computers. This is a great opportunity for them to type articles or blogposts even on their gadgets.
ebele
That’s actually pretty neat. I like it.
I don’t know if this is possible, or feasible, but I think it would be cool if there was a universal keyboard that could be used on both desktops and mobile devices.
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Since 2014, United Arab Emirates Beef Meat Production was up 3.1% year on year. In 2019, the country was ranked number 121 comparing other countries in Beef Meat Production with 19,494 Metric Tons. United Arab Emirates is overtaken by Sri Lanka, which was number 120 with 21,194 Metric Tons and is followed by Democratic Republic of the Congo with 17,016 Metric Tons. United States ranked the highest with 12,119,481.62 Metric Tons in 2019, that is a decrease of 0.8% versus 2018. Brazil, China and Argentina respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Mongolia witnessed the best average annual growth at +17.6% per year, while Brunei recorded the worst performance at -6.6% per year.
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October 31, 2016 stephenmcalpine
Maybe we’re reading too much spooky stuff into why Halloween has taken off in Australia.
Maybe we’re reading too much cultural appropriation into why Australia has taken on a USA and UK festival/memorial.
Maybe the sharp uptake of Halloween-esque celebrations (and let’s admit it’s a ghostly shadow of its US and UK counterparts) is simply a last gasp attempt by a rootless culture to anchor itself in something that has historical and spiritual foundations. Anything to have something discernibly “other” to hold on to.
A case perhaps of grasping on to the style without having the substance. You know, a bit like a modern cookie cutter suburban development with an IGA, a coffee shop and a brand spanking new school, which the billboard breathlessly announces as a “a village”.
But any resemblance to an actual village; the layers of family, the layers of history, the quirks and lurks and village weirdos, the tree that’s grown up with the kids, all of that is lacking. It’s as much a facade as the billboard is. A wistful wish rather than a reality.
I mean it’s the same with Christmas, Easter, ANZAC Day, Australia Day. The style is all there with these celebrations, in fact it’s even been cranked up. But the substance? That’s lacking or its been seconded to other agendas; the cult of family; the need for a good time.
Perhaps these commemorations are the stepping stones a God-forsaking culture requires in order to make sense of a year. Maybe these are the liturgies our calendars need to mask the fact that without them we’d be left with an endless (pagan) cycle governed by shopping and entertainment.
Without them we’d be a bunch of disappointed Peggy Lee’s with her deflated “Is that all there is?”, as Charles Taylor so memorably describes it in A Secular Age.
The need is there for ritual, for meaning, for substance, for something. And the likes of Halloween give an impression of that, a past to look back on, and an open universe to look up to.
Oh, and iCal has just reminded me that it is Melbourne Cup day tomorrow. The most famous racehorse of them all, Phar Lap, is commemorated for having a big heart. In fact there’s a growing Phar Lap appreciation club in Australia that borders on the mystical. Here’s how Museum Victoria’s website remembers Phar Lap:
He triumphed during the Great Depression of the early 1930s, when a hero was most needed by the people of Australia.
He conquered the local racing scene—36 wins from his last 41 starts—and then won North America’s richest race, the Agua Caliente Handicap, in 1932.
A fortnight later he went to the great equine heaven in the skies, struck down by a mystery illness that many suspected was the work of gangsters.
A hero of the people, born in a stable, struck down by evil men, now residing in the skies. Maybe, just maybe, Phar Lap will come back on Melbourne Cup day, an equine Parousia to give us back our meaning again.
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Nationally treasured federal lands face threats by oil, gas, and other extractive uses
October 10, 2017 /in Articles, Data and Analysis, News and Information /by Karen Edelstein
Should public, federal lands be opened up even further for extracting minerals, oil, and gas for private ventures? FracTracker’s Karen Edelstein discusses the past, present, and potential future of many of America’s cherished natural resources and wonders.
The United States is blessed with some of the most diverse natural landscapes in the world. Through foresight of great leaders over the decades, starting in 1906 — Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Benjamin Harrison, and Jimmy Carter – to name just a few — well over a half billion acres of wilderness have been set aside as national parks, refuges, monuments, and roadless areas. Some of the most famous of these protected areas include the Grand Canyon, Acadia, and Grand Tetons National Parks. In all, the federal government owns 28% of the 2.27 billion acres of land that the United States comprises. These federal lands are administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): 248.3 million acres, the US Forest Service: 192.9 million acres, US Fish and Wildlife Service: 89.1 million acres, and National Park Service: 78.9 million acres. In addition, the US Department of Defense administers 11.4 million acres.
Why are federal lands at risk?
While most people assume that federal wild lands are forever protected from development and commercial exploitation, quite the opposite is true. For most of the past century, federal lands have hunted, fished, logged and grazed by private individuals and enterprises. In addition, and in the cross-hairs of discussion here, is the practice of leasing lands to industrial interests for the purpose of extracting minerals, oil, and gas from these public lands.
Provisions for land conservation and restrictions on oil and gas extraction, in particular, became more stringent since the inception of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. However, environmentalists have watched in horror as the current administration in Washington has gutted the EPA, and installed climate change-deniers and corporate executives in high levels of office throughout a range of federal agencies. Notable is the appointment of Ryan Zinke as US Secretary of the Interior. Zinke, a former businessman, has a long record of opposing environmental viewpoints around extraction of oil, coal, and gas and cutting regulations. The League of Conservation Voters gives his voting record a lifetime score of 4 percent on environmental issues. As recently as this week, Joel Clement–one of Zinke’s senior advisors–resigned his post, citing, Zinke’s poor leadership, wasting of tax-payer dollars, and denial of climate change science.
Early in his tenure as Secretary of the Interior, Zinke initiated a review of 27 national monuments, a move that environmentalists feared could lead to the unraveling of protections on millions of acres of federal land, and also relaxed regulations on oil and gas exploration in those areas. Public comment on the plans to review these national monuments was intense; when the public comment period closed on July 10, 2017, the Interior Department had received over 2.4 million comments, the vast majority of which supported keeping the existing boundaries and restrictions as they are.
Federal lands under threat by Trump Administration
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The above map shows which sites are under consideration for oil, gas, or coal extraction, or face boundary reduction of up to 88%. Click here to view this map full-screen with a legend, zoom in and click on areas of interest, etc.
Who should be allowed to use these resources?
Ranchers, loggers, and recreational hunters and anglers felt that the 1906 Antiquities Act had been over-interpreted, and therefore advocated for Zinke’s proposal. (The Act was the first U.S. law to provide protection for any general kind of cultural or natural resource.)
However, environmental advocates such as the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and others were adamantly opposed to opening up federal lands resources for extraction, citing the need for environmental protection, public access, and, importantly, concerns that the lands would be more easily transferred to state, local, or private interests. Environmentalists also argue that the revenue generated by tourism at these pristine sites would far exceed that generated by extractive resource activities. Attorneys and staff from NPCA and NRDC argued legislation in effect since the 1970s requires role for Congress in changing the boundaries of existing monuments. The President or his cabinet do not have that sole authority.
The Wilderness Society estimates that already, 90% of the land in the US West, owned by the Bureau of Land Management, is open for oil and gas leasing, while only 10% is set aside for other uses (Figure 2). According to information from Sourcewatch, in 2013, these lands included 12 National Monuments, Parks, Recreation Areas, and Preserves that had active drilling, and another 31 that might see possible drilling in the future.
Figure 2. Percent of land already available for oil and gas leasing in the West. Source: The Wilderness Society
What Zinke has Proposed
True to expectation, in August of 2017, Zinke issued a recommendation to shrink the boundaries of several national monuments to allow coal mining and other “traditional uses” — which appear to include large-scale timbering, as well as potentially oil and gas drilling. Sites include Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah (encompassing more than 3.2 million acres in lands considered sacred to Dine/Navajo people), Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon, and Gold Butte in Nevada. According to Zinke’s report, Grand Staircase-Escalante contains “an estimated several billion tons of coal and large oil deposits”. Zinke lifted Obama-era restrictions on coal leasing on federal lands this past March, 2017. However, just last week, a federal judge ruled that the current Administration’s efforts to suspend methane emission restrictions from pipelines crossing public lands were illegal. These are merely a few of the Obama-era environmental protections that Zinke is attempting to gut.
Zinke has proposed decreasing the size of Bears Ears National Monument from the current 1.35 million acres to a mere 160,000, a reduction of 88%. The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, made up of thirty Native American tribes, condemned the recommendation as a “slap in the face to the members of our Tribes and an affront to Indian people all across the country.” The Navajo Nation intends to sue the President’s administration if this reduction at Bears Ears is enacted.
Bears Ears National Monument, designated by President Barack Obama, contains tens of thousands of cultural artifacts, and is facing not only a threat of boundary shrinkage, but also a relaxing use restrictions within the Monument area. The current President has referred to Obama’s designation of the monument as “an egregious abuse of power.” Grand Staircase-Escalante was designated by President Bill Clinton, and the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument was designated by Clinton and expanded by President Obama.
The recommendation details were not made public in August, however, and only came to light in September through a leaked memo, published in The Washington Post. In the memo, Secretary Zinke noted that the existing boundaries were “arbitrary or likely politically motivated or boundaries could not be supported by science or reasons of resource management.” The memo goes on to say that “[i]t appears that certain monuments were designated to prevent economic activity such as grazing, mining and timber production rather than to protect specific objects.” In addition, Zinke is advocating for the modification for commercial fishing uses of two marine national monuments: the Pacific Remote Islands, and Rose Atoll.
Lacking Specificity
According to the Washingon Post, Zinke:
… plans to leave six designations in place: Colorado’s Canyons of the Ancients; Idaho’s Craters of the Moon; Washington’s Hanford Reach; Arizona’s Grand Canyon-Parashant; Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks; and California’s Sand to Snow.
Perplexingly, the report is silent on 11 of the 27 monuments named in the initial proposal. One of which is the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument — over 725,000 square miles of ocean — in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The report also requests tribal co-management of “cultural resources” at Bears Ears, Rio Grande del Norte, and Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks. While one could imagine that greater involvement of indigenous people in the federal government’s management of the sacred landscapes to be a potentially positive improvement, the report is silent on the details. More information on tribal co-management and other options can be gleaned from a series of position papers written by the Property and Environment Research Center.
Of other note: Zinke is also suggesting the establishment of three new national monuments, including the 130,000-acre Badger-Two Medicine area in Montana, a sacred site of the Blackfeet Nation. Badger-Two Medicine was the site of a more than 30-year battle to retire 32,000 acres of oil and gas leases. The tribe prevailed, and the leases were canceled in November, 2016.
With potential lawsuits pending about boundary changes, galvanized push-back from environmental and tribal interests on resource management definitions for the targeted monuments, and general unpredictability on policy details and staffing in Washington, the trajectory of how this story will play out remains uncertain. FracTracker will continue to monitor for updates, and provide additional links in this story as they unfold.
Check out National Geographic’s bird’s eye view of these protected areas for a stunning montage, descriptions, and more maps of the monuments under consideration.
Federal Lands Map Data Sources
National Monuments under consideration for change by Secretary Zinke:
Accessed from ArcGIS Online by FracTracker Alliance, 28 August 2017. Data apparently from federal sources, such as BLM, NPS, etc. Dataset developed by Kira Minehart, GIS intern with Natural Resources Defense Council.0=not currently targeted for policy or boundary change1= targeted for expanded resource use, such as logging, fishing, etc. 2=targeted for shrinkage of borders, and expanded resource use.
National Park Service lands with current or potential oil and gas drilling:
Downloaded by FracTracker Alliance on 9 November 2016, from National Park Service. Drilling information from here. List of sites threatened by oil and gas drilling from here (23 January 2013).
Badger-Two Medicine potential Monument:
Shapefile downloaded from USGS by FracTracker Alliance on 28 August 2017. This map layer consists of federally owned or administered lands of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For the most part, only areas of 320 acres or more are included; some smaller areas deemed to be important or significant are also included. There may be private inholdings within the boundaries of Federal lands in this map layer. Some established Federal lands which are larger than 320 acres are not included in this map layer, because their boundaries were not available from the owning or administering agency. Complete metadata available here.
By Karen Edelstein, Eastern Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance
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2017 Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship Recipients
October 5, 2017 /1 Comment/in Articles, News and Information /by FracTracker Alliance
Award to be presented to three environmental stewards addressing oil and gas impacts at reception held in Pittsburgh, PA, November 18th
WASHINGTON, DC – October 5, 2017 – Three community advocates were recently selected by a panel of judges to receive the 2017 Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship, presented this year by Americans Against Fracking, Earthworks, FracTracker Alliance, Halt the Harm Network, and Stop the Frack Attack – sponsored by the 11th Hour Project. Award recipients were chosen because of their steadfast determination to highlight and address the impacts of the oil and gas industry in communities across the United States. The 2017 Community Sentinel Award winners are:
Ranjana Bhandari – Arlington, Texas
Frank Finan – Hop Bottom, Pennsylvania
Ray Kemble – Montrose, Pennsylvania
This year’s recipients, nominated by their peers, have lead campaigns to prevent wastewater injection wells from being permitted near drinking water reservoirs; documented fugitive air emissions using their own personal FLIR cameras; and fought cancer and legal attacks from oil and gas companies simultaneously.
These awardees truly represent the heart of local heroes working tirelessly to safeguard their communities from fracking and its collateral impacts, while at the same time encouraging a national transition to safer, renewable forms of energy…
… remarked Brook Lenker, Executive Director of FracTracker Alliance, the organizer of the award partnership.
Recipients were selected by a committee of community defense leaders: Bill Hughes of Wetzel County Action Group, West Virginia; Pat Popple of Save the Hills Alliance, Wisconsin; Sierra Shamer of Shalefield Organizing Committee, Pennsylvania; Dante Swinton of Energy Justice, Maryland; and Niki Wong of Redeemer Community Partnership, California.
The three recipients will each be awarded $1,000 for their efforts and recognized at an evening reception at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, November 18, 2017 during the People vs. Oil and Gas Infrastructure Summit.
Learn more about the third annual Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship, or purchase tickets to the reception for $40 (includes award ceremony and reception, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and a drink).
About FracTracker Alliance
FracTracker Alliance is a national organization with regional offices in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Washington DC, and California. The organization’s mission is to study, map, and communicate the risks of oil and gas development to protect our planet and support the renewable energy transformation. Learn more at fractracker.org.
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FracTracker is in search of a few great Data and GIS interns this spring!
October 2, 2017 /in Articles, News and Information /by FracTracker Alliance
Nov 17 Update
THE ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OUR SPRING 2018 INTERNSHIPS HAS CLOSED AND INTERNS SELECTED.
Paid Internships | Spring 2018
Title: FracTracker Alliance Data and GIS Intern
Internship Period: January 2018 – June 2018, 6 months
Application Deadline: October 27, 2017
Compensation: $11/hour, 15 hours per week
Locations: Oakland, CA and Pittsburgh, PA
Are you a college or graduate student in the U.S.? Do you enjoy working with datasets, visualizations, maps, and researching oil and gas issues? If so, please consider applying to be one of our Data and GIS interns this spring in Oakland, California and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Nature of Work
FracTracker internships are dedicated to current college and graduate students, as well as recent grads. Each of our available 6-month internships runs from January through June. Paid, temporary interns work 15 hours per week and are compensated $11/hour. This position is not eligible for health benefits, but travel expenses may be reimbursed. Please note this position is at will and subject to available funding.
This spring we have needs for interns in two of FracTracker’s offices, although some remote work is permissible if arranged in advance with their supervisor. Please select which of the two offices you are interested in working out of when applying:
California: 1440 Broadway, Ste. 205, Oakland, CA 94612
Pennsylvania: 112 Sherman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Interns will utilize GIS technologies to perform geo-spatial data collection, processing, and analysis. Tasks are typically associated with routine technical work in GIS involving heavy amounts of database entry and management, generation of maps, and various types of research under the supervision of FracTracker staff.
The responsibilities of paid GIS interns revolve around the daily work of the other FracTracker staff, as well as time-sensitive projects. Responsibilities will vary, but may include:
Data mining, cleaning, management, and GIS mapping
Limited spatial analyses using GIS software
Translation of data into information and stories for the blog
Administrative support when needed (including data entry, schedule coordination, taking and preparing meeting notes, etc.)
Participation in software development, integration, and system testing when needed
Working knowledge of: Geographic information systems (GIS) and Microsoft Office products (especially Word and Excel).
Ability to: Assist with researching spatial data availability from internal and external sources; collect, assimilate, analyze, and interpret data and draw sound conclusions; prepare oral and written reports.
Enrollment in or recent graduation from an accredited college or university is required. Majors can include geography, computer science, environmental science, public health, planning or a related field.
Internship Application Process
To apply, please submit the following materials by October 27th through our online application form: cover letter, resume, and 3 references. Applications are not accepted via email, but you may address questions to Sam Rubright at malone@fractracker.org.
Apply Online: [form closed]
Deadline to apply: October 27, 2017
After October 27, 2017, applicants will be contacted regardless of whether or not an interview is sought. Interviews will be conducted during the week of October 30th and a decision made by Friday, November 3rd.
FracTracker Alliance studies, maps, and communicates the risks of oil and gas development to protect our planet and support the renewable energy transformation. Learn more about FracTracker Alliance at www.fractracker.org.
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New frac sand mining photos and videos are now available via FracTracker
September 12, 2017 /in Articles, News and Information /by FracTracker Alliance
Surface mining to obtain sand that is perfectly sized for use in the hydraulic fracturing process has been increasing in recent years. Over the summer, FracTracker had the opportunity to document a number of sand mining activities occurring in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin that supply frac sand to the oil and gas industry. Explore a selection of this imagery below:
Michigan frac sand mining at USS Silica Sylvanian Minerals mine
Explore these and other frac sand mining photos and videos in our online album. The most recent imagery can be found at the bottom of the album. Additional videos are also available on this YouTube channel.
All of these frac sand photos, and more, can also be found on our Energy Imagery page, organized by topic and also location.
If you have photos or videos that you would like to contribute to this growing collection of publicly available information, just email us at info@fractracker.org, along with where and when the imagery was taken, and by whom.
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A Declaration of Independence – FracTracker signs the Lofoten Declaration
September 7, 2017 /in Articles, News and Information, Our Perspectives /by Brook Lenker, MA
FracTracker Alliance is proud to be a signatory of the Lofoten Declaration. It is a global call – signed by over 220 organizations from 55 countries – to put an end to exploration and expansion of new fossil fuel reserves and manage the decline of oil, coal, and gas in a just transition to a safer climate future.
It is also a call to prioritize support for communities on the front lines of climate change and fossil fuel extraction, and ideally a helpful tool to rally our global movement around the worldwide grassroots efforts to stop fossil fuel projects.
Wealthy fossil fuel producers like the United States have an obligation and responsibility to lead in putting an end to fossil fuel exploitation. Support for impacted regions is imperative, and frontline communities are the leaders we must look to as we all work together for a safer future.
The recent inundation of southeastern Texas, raging fires in the west, and ravaging hurricanes in the Atlantic underscore the dangers wrought by climate change. We need more action and we need it to be rapid, comprehensive, and systemic. Countries can’t be climate leaders until they tackle fossil fuel production – not just consumption.
The Lofoten Declaration is a new affirmation of independence: a world free from the injustice of extractive energy. It is a bold, righteous pronouncement in step with the courageous and visionary traditions of our nation.
With more than 1.2 million active oil and gas wells and thousands more planned, now is the time for America to change its old, tired habits and flex its might through the virtuous power of example.
Full Declaration and Signatories: LofotenDeclaration.org
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The Right to a Healthy Home
August 3, 2017 /1 Comment/in Articles, News and Information /by FracTracker Alliance
Reframing Fracking in Our Communities
Imagine that tonight you head home to cook dinner. But, standing at your kitchen sink, you find that your tap water is suddenly running a funny color or gives off a bad smell. So instead of cooking, you order a pizza and decide to work outside in your garden. Just as you’re getting your hands dirty, however, you hear the roar of the compressor station that you see from your yard as its “blows off” some substance. Going back inside, and closing your windows to keep out the foul air, you think of the tap water and decide a shower is out of the question. Imagine that you resign yourself to just going to bed early – only to be kept awake by the bright and unnatural glow of gas being flared at the nearby wellhead.
Scenarios just like these can and do happen when hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, encroaches upon residential areas.
In Part 1 of this two-part series, we described how the many aspects of fracking can destroy a healthy home environment and argued for a frame that focuses on those impacts. A frame is a way of contextualizing, communicating about, and understanding an issue.
This article brings in the idea of rights, and lists several declared rights that fracking violates. Returning to the topic of framing, we then challenge the fracking-friendly frame, by calling into question three common ways of talking about fracking that ignore the rights of those impacted.
In short, the push to support fracking often ignores the rights of people living near it.
Healthy Homes for Human Flourishing
First, let’s explore why a having healthy home matters.
Everyone has a basic need for a safe, healthy place to live. The World Health Organization identifies the social determinants of health (SDH) as the “conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.” Applied to healthy homes, these SDH include access to clean air and safe drinking water, and protection from intrusion and disaster. Health is not merely the absence of disease. Health can mean the ability to function, to live one’s life,[1] to flourish.
Human flourishing demands a healthy home environment. Picture again the scenario at the beginning of this article. Would you be able to care for yourself and your family members, to meet your basic needs, or to lead a satisfying life if your home didn’t seem like a safe place to live?
Using Rights to Make the Case
Many people who live near drilling often ask themselves that very question. These include people like Pam Judy, with a compressor station less than 800 feet from her house, who questions the long term effects of breathing in the 16 chemicals detected in air test conducted by the PA Department of Environmental Protection.
Greene County, PA resident Pam Judy and the compressor station near her home in Gas Rush Stories, part 5: A Neighbor from Kirsi Jansa on Vimeo.
Simply reading or watching the stories of those directly impacted by gas development makes a moving argument for the right to a healthy home environment – and that argument also has a lot of backing. Researchers[2] have made a powerful case that fracking can and has violated human rights, by impacting the health for those downwind or downstream and by denying civil liberties to those pushed aside or silenced during the debate. These same researchers showed specifically that fracking has violated the rights to privacy, family, home, and protection of property.
Various governments and non-governmental organizations around the world have likewise called out human rights violations due to fracking. Other human rights declarations are relevant here, too. Fracking’s impacts are incompatible with the rights to health and to housing. Here’s a sampling:
This sampling of precedents includes statements and declarations by the United Nations and the Organization of American States. It shows that when it comes to human rights and fracking, a strong case has already been made by respected international organizations.
Challenging the fracking-friendly frame
A rights-based perspective, informed by precedents like those above, gives us a strong platform from which to examine and counter arguments that support or promote fracking. We can call those pro-fracking arguments a “fracking-friendly” frame.
A fracking-friendly frame denies or minimizes the human impacts. We can hear elements of the fracking-friendly frame underlying industry promises and political talking points, and witness how they leach into common dialogue between citizens.
Element #1: “Economic impacts”- but only the positives
An “economic impacts ” emphasis tends to focus on narrowly-defined economic benefits , while excluding other real, negative economic drawbacks , like the latter half of boom & bust cycles. Consider this infographic of the “economic impacts” of an Appalachian petrochemical hub scenario–an industry reliant upon the cheap and abundant fracked natural gas of the region. The document offers projected estimates for industry profits and employment levels potentially generated by the five ethane crackers planned for the region. But this document – and its focus on economics – says nothing about the negative consequences to the community. Due to air emissions from these facilities, health costs from fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) could amount to between $120 and $270 million each year, without even factoring in the additional impacts of ozone or toxics. A focus on economic impacts also says nothing about the incalculable value of lives – and quality of life – lost, which could amount to between 14 and 32 additional deaths annually, plus increased asthma, heart attacks, and bronchitis.[3]
Element #2: “Choice”
A false assumption of choice is built into the fracking-friendly frame. This element assumes that people have a choice–if they don’t like the drilling next door, they can just move. Yet, as well water becomes degraded and countryside views become dominated by unprecedented industrial development, selling a home can be a difficult proposition. As one researcher summed it up,
the various forms of land damage from fracking often result in decreased property values, making resale and farming difficult , and also making it harder to acquire mortgages and insurance. Properties adjoining drilling sites are often simply unsellable, as no one wants to live with the noise, the bad air, and the possibility of water pollution.[4]
Others confirm this fallout to home values. A recent report assessing 16 other studies on how UOGD affects home prices points to significant potential decreases in housing values for those on well water (up to -$33,000) and those without ownership of their mineral rights (up to -$60,000). These unfortunate realities belie the idea of choice.
On left, a white fracking rig at the far left of the image sits near a cabin overlooking the town of McDonald, PA. On right, a pipeline cut descends a hillside and into a residential development outside of Houston, PA. Photo credit: Leann Leiter.
In interviews conducted with women living in close quarters to drilling activity, three health care professionals[5] discovered the sense of powerlessness experienced they felt. One woman contemplated moving away from the region in spite of opposition from her husband and her own attachment to her home. In my own interaction with affected families, many express powerful feelings about relocation like sadness about leaving land owned for generations, or an eagerness to escape a home that no longer feels safe. Many express a sense of injustice for being forced to make such painful choices.
Element #3: “Sacrifice of the few for the good of the many”
Another underlying assumption of a fracking-friendly frame is that of “sacrifice of the few for the good of the many.” It declares that a “few” people will have to live near fracking and bear the unfortunate consequences, so many others can have cheap oil and gas. The belief bubbles up among the public, such as in this comment collected during a survey[6] of people living in the Marcellus shale gas region:
Energy has to come from somewhere. The needs of the many may outweigh the inconvenience of the few who live near the exploration efforts. This is not an ideal situation for all residents, but it is the reality.
This person’s statement shows acceptance of the assumption that energy for all requires unevenly shared sacrifice, and indicates a drastic underestimation of the populations impacted. It also indicates a misperception of the impacts, which unfortunately go far beyond mere “inconvenience” for many residents.
We can break down these assumptions by questioning how many people make sacrifices in the name of gas extraction. An interactive map by FracTracker shows that over 12 million Americans live within a risky ½ mile of oil and gas facilities (including both fracking wells and other types). Mounting research indicates health threats for distances of ½ mile or greater. That meaning this ever-growing number of Americans have increased rates of asthma and prenatal harms, with the most vulnerable – the young, the elderly, and those with pre-existing conditions – at the highest risk. The 12 million figure, already a conservative estimate, would be significantly higher if factoring in other oil and gas infrastructure like pipelines or frac sand mining operations, each of which carry their own risks.
Populations in US near activity oil and gas drilling activity in 2016. Click to explore the interactive map.
We can also question the nature of their sacrifice. In terms of health, research has shown correlations between how close women live to fracking operations and certain birth defects and noise-induced sleep disturbance and cardiovascular disease, as just a few examples. Facilities like well pads also come with risks to public safety, such as the Monroe County, Ohio well pad fire that burned unknown chemicals for five days near homes and resulted in 70,000 fish killed in a creek that flows to the Ohio River. Other fracking infrastructure likewise poses potential dangers from the 2.5 million miles of gas pipeline and additional 200,000 for hazardous liquids including crude oil that crisscross the United States. Between 2010 and 2016 the US experienced 230 reported pipeline explosions, 635 fires, over 20,000 people evacuated, 470 injured, and 100 lives lost.
The view of nearby homes from a pipeline right-of-way, along with list of emergency contacts in case of incident. Safety precautions like these remind us of the potentially injurious nature of gas infrastructure. They also highlight the level of sacrifice being demanded of households near the hazard. Photo credit: Leann Leiter.
Building social support
These elements of a fracking-friendly frame function to isolate those who are experiencing negative effects in their own homes by minimizing, even denying, the impacts they are experiencing. Researchers in extractive regions have observed the power of this isolation. In some rural areas, isolation may be supported in part by cultural norms, such as an Appalachian appreciation for “minding one’s own business.” In at least one fracking-affected community, this widely-accepted norm hampers sharing among neighbors, prompting one resident’s complaint that “we’re all fighting like individuals.”[7] In a study of a community being driven from their homes by coal mining and power generation, another set of extractive, industrial activities, one participant lamented:
I think one of the problems of the mining and the industry is, they play on the basic everyday person’s lack of resources. There’s no social support for displacement, none whatsoever.[8]
A healthy homes frame, focused on universally shared human rights, powerfully counters the isolation. It reminds those who are suffering or have concerns about the changes to their home environment that they are not alone; others around the world are experiencing similar impacts to their households. Adopting this frame for understanding fracking is a show of support, one that acknowledges their plight.
Nearly everyone values and desires a healthy home, regardless of whether that home is an apartment, a nursing home, a cabin, or a mobile home. This frame extends beyond geographical, economical, and cultural barriers. It encourages social support from those currently removed from shale plays and the hydraulic fracturing used in extracting their resources. It empowers action, with the home front as a site of resistance, by articulating the range of rights being violated.
Focusing on what we’re fighting for
Re-centering the problems of fracking as they impact the right to a healthy home makes sense to those of us witnessing the degradation of the places people need in order to live and flourish. A rights-based approach focuses on what we’re fighting for, rather than giving extra airtime to the already-powerful frame we must fight against.
If you need assistance protecting your rights from planned fracking, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network offers a guide for communities and their local leaders to defending environmental rights at the municipal level.
For those already impacted, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services provides “sliding scale” legal help to people in the Appalachian basin.
For communities at any stage of gas development, Environmental Health Project has created a Where to Turn for Help directory full of sources for air testing services, community organizing, health information, tracking and reporting fracking development and violations, and much more.
Whether or not you feel the direct impacts of fracking, we are all connected to this extensive process. Fracking’s commodity products – energy and plastics – are part of all of our lives; it’s climate-altering effect diminishes all of our futures. More importantly, we all have a crucial role to play. Here is how you can get further involved:
Communicate with your lawmakers – share with them this article series or your own take on fracking, and ask what frame they are using when they make decisions on this and other dangerous modes of energy extraction.
Join Halt the Harm Network to get connected to people, groups and events “working to fight the harms of oil and gas development.”
Follow @EnvironmentalHealthProject on Facebook and @EHPinfo on Twitter, and participate in the evolving discussion!
Bringing rights into the conversation on fracking challenges the fracking-friendly frame, and promotes instead protection for those in fracked households.
Special thanks to the many individuals and families who shared the experiences that informed this article series.
Resick, L. K., Knestrick, J. M., Counts, M. M., & Pizzuto, L. K. (2013). The meaning of health among mid-Appalachian women within the context of the environment. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences , 3 (3), 290-296.
Short, D., Elliot, J., Norder, K., Lloyd-Davies, E., & Morley, J. (2015). Extreme energy, ‘fracking’ and human rights: a new field for human rights impact assessments? , The International Journal of Human Rights, 19:6, 697-736, DOI:10.1080/13642987.2015.1019219
John Graham, Senior Scientist at Clean Air Task Force, personal communication, June 9, 2017. Health impacts modeling completed using EPA Co-Benefits and Risk Assessment (COBRA) Screening Tool, using estimated PM 2.5 air emissions for permitted Shell ethane cracker in Beaver County, PA and four additional facilities planned in Ohio and West Virginia.
Richard Heinberg cited in Short, D., Elliot, J., Norder, K., Lloyd-Davies, E., & Morley, J. (2015). Extreme energy, ‘fracking’ and human rights: a new field for human rights impact assessments? , The International Journal of Human Rights, 19:6, 697-736, DOI:10.1080/13642987.2015.1019219
Cooley, R., & Casagrande, D. (2017). Marcellus Shale as Golden Goose. ExtrACTION: Impacts, Engagements, and Alternative Futures. Routledge.
Connor et al., p. 54. Linda Connor, Glenn Albrecht, Nick Higginbotham, Sonia Freeman, and Wayne Smith. (2004). Environmental Change and Human Health in Upper Hunter Communities of New South Wales, Australia. EcoHealth 1 (Suppl.2), ,47-58. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-004-0053-2
By Leann Leiter, Fellow with the Environmental Health Project and FracTracker Alliance
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Healthy Homes: Re-Framing Fracking Impacts
June 26, 2017 /2 Comments/in Articles, News and Information /by FracTracker Alliance
An Ohio family took joy in raising their kids and cattle at their farmhouse, built in 1853 with crooked walls and no indoor bathrooms. When they leased land to fracking activity, however, the “beep, beep, beep” of heavy truck traffic kept them up all night, and a cow died after drinking a strange fluid flowing on the land during the cold of winter. They dedicated their retirement savings to moving and building a new home, only to soon after receive a compressor station as their neighbor – close enough to hear the engines at all hours and loud enough to make them dread even walking out to their mailbox.
During the upswing of a boom-and-bust cycle of the gas industry in Greene County, the influx of outside workers and the high demand on rental housing resulted in one particular family being unable to secure an apartment. Without adequate housing, their children were temporarily taken from their custody.
In Huntingdon, a young woman resisted a pipeline being forced through her property by stationing herself in a tree, while workers with chainsaws felled those around her. Eminent domain enabled the gas company to claim this privately-owned land under a weak guise of “public good.”
These unsettling but true stories hint at the countless ways fracking plays out in individual households. A healthy home environment – with clean air, potable drinking water, and safety from outside elements – is essential to human life and functioning. Yet, the industrial processes involved in unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD), often summed up with the term “fracking,” may interfere with or even take away the ability to maintain a healthy home.
This article aims to put these household impacts, and the right to a healthy home, at the center of the fracking debate.
Framing the issue
The way we understand just about anything depends on our frame of reference. A frame, like the frame around a picture, brings its contents into focus. At the same time, it excludes the information outside its borders. A frame declares that what’s inside is what matters. When it comes to the human effects of fracking, various conflicting frames exist, each dictating their own picture of what fracking actually does and means.
The frame we use to look at the fracking debate is so important, because it dictates how we talk about and think about the problem. Likewise, if we can identify the frame others are using when they talk about fracking, we can see more clearly what they have prioritized and what they are leaving out of the conversation.
Two researchers who conducted surveys, interviews, and focus groups in five Pennsylvania counties in 2014 and 2015 argue for the need for a new frame.1 Some of the common ways of talking about fracking not only favor shale gas development for reasons like those included in the frame on the left above, they also work against those trying to make a stand against the negative effects fracking. These researchers suggest that, rather than arguing within the existing, dominant frames, activists should consider proactively “reframing the debate around other core values.” The right to a healthy home is a widely-shared value. I propose we adopt a frame that puts that right at the center of the picture.
What is a “healthy home”?
The term healthy home isn’t new. The federal agencies Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) both use this phrase in defining the importance of a home environment free from hazards and contaminants, like lead and radon. Simply put, a healthy home is one that supports health.
We sit poised at a unique moment to take on the task of reframing fracking. While new drilling in some places appears to be on the decline, countless large-scale petrochemical projects, like a growing crop of plastic-producing ethane crackers in the northeast US, are ramping up. These facilities will demand massive supplies of natural gas and byproducts, perpetuating and likely increasing drilling.
The renewed demand on wells and their associated infrastructure increase the burden on those households in its wake, living amid stimulated wells, near odorous compressor stations, next to pipelines with pig launchers spewing emissions.
Continued demand on natural gas – for energy or cheap plastics – also requires less-discussed but equally-invasive infrastructure, such as the massive underground gas storage underlying communities in growing numbers in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. Such infrastructure exposes residents to the possibility of leaks, like the one that forced the evacuation of thousands of families in Porter Ranch, California. It burdens other communities with the disposal of toxic waste fluids, including underground injection and the associated earthquakes, like the hundreds pockmarking Ohio and now encroaching on Pennsylvania. Keeping the fracking going means communities, like some dairy farming regions in Wisconsin, continue to see the environmental and quality-of-life impacts of frac sand mining.
Engagement is urgent and timely,2 and the entire country has a role to play. This moment in our energy history is a chance for all of us – those affected by, in favor of, concerned about, eager to welcome, or otherwise learning about UOGD – to get clear on our frame of understanding fracking.
A pipeline right-of-way, about 200 yards behind this house and children’s swingset, shows how close fracking infrastructure comes to homes. Photo credit: Leann Leiter
Why a “Healthy Homes” Frame?
Proponents of frames that endorse fracking often live at a considerable distance from the processes involved,3 buffering them and their families from its impacts. According to researchers4 who listened to the testimonies of residents at a community hearing, the distance they lived from the industrial activities shows up in how they talk about fracking. Those in favor tend to use a depersonalized, “birds-eye view” in describing the impacts. People for whom the negative impacts are or will be a part of their lives rely on more descriptive, specific, and place-based language.
Similarly, a frame that focuses on household impacts emphasizes the on-the-ground, lived experience of living near fracking infrastructure. This frame approaches the debate on fracking by continually asking, what is this like for the people who live with the process? What are the impacts to their home environment? Such a frame does not ignore large-scale issues of jobs and energy supply, but grounds these bigger questions with the real and urgent consequences to the people who are suffering.
Household impacts
Despite rulings that define UOGD as an industrial process, drilling companies locate all manner of infrastructure – wells, pipelines, compressor stations, among others – in areas formerly residential or agricultural. Rules dictating distances from UOGD facilities to structures like houses vary by municipality and state. Yet, these new and often imposing facilities repeatedly occupy the immediate view of homes, or are within close proximity that defy medical and safety warnings.
Video: Glaring light of burning flares and noises both droning and sudden, along with major truck traffic and other changes to the immediate landscape around the household, produce high levels of stress, leading to its own health problems, creating an environment where water may become unsafe to drink and breathing the air becomes a hazard.
The Oil & Gas Threat Map (by Earthworks and FracTracker) shows the populations within a half-mile “threat radius” of infrastructure that includes fracking – close enough for residents to be exposed to contaminated air emissions, and possibly smell disturbing odors, hear loud sounds and feel vibrations, and see bright lights and the fire of emergency flares. As confirmed by the EPA, in some cases, UOGD results in contamination of drinking water, as well.
Researchers at The Environmental Health Project (EHP) offer individual health assessments to residents living in the shadow of fracking operations. In a physician’s thorough review of over 61 assessments, they identified the following symptoms to be temporally related to gas activity:
Table 1. Symptoms temporally related to UOGD
SYMPTOM CATEGORY n % Symptom n %
UPPER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS 39 64% Nose or throat irritation 25 41%
Sinus pain or infections 17 28%
Nose bleeds 8 13%
CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS 33 54% Sleep disruption 26 43%
Fatigue 13 21%
Weak or Drowsy 9 15%
NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS 32 52% Headache 25 41%
Dizziness 11 18%
Numbness 9 15%
Memory loss 8 13%
PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS 32 52% Stress or anxiety 23 38%
Irritable or moody 12 20%
Worry 6 10%
LOWER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS 30 49% Cough 21 34%
Shortness of breath 19 31%
Weezing 14 23%
GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYMPTOMS 27 44% Nausea 13 21%
Abdominal pain 12 20%
EYE SYMPTOMS 23 38% Itchy eyes 11 18%
Painful or dry 10 16%
DERMATOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS 19 31% Rash 10 16%
Itching 7 11%
Lesions or blisters 6 10%
CARDIAC SYMPTOMS 17 28% Palpitations 9 15%
Chest pain 6 10%
Other cardiac symptoms 6 10%
HEARING CHANGES OR TINNITUS 10 16% Hearing loss 3 5%
Tinnitus (ringing in the ear) 10 16%
MUSCULOSKELETAL 10 16% Painful joints 9 15%
Aches 7 11%
ENDOCRINE 7 11% Hair loss 7 11%
n = Number of patients reporting symptom, out of 61 patients assessed
% = Percentage of patients reporting symptom, out of 61 patients assessed
Table adapted from EHP – Click to download Excel spreadsheet
Mental and emotional stress can exacerbate and create physical health symptoms. For households close to fracking, the fear of a disaster, like a well pad fire, or concern for the long term health effects of exposures through air and water can create serious stress. These developments change communities, sometimes in divisive, negative ways, potentially adding to the stress.
Fracking, a disruptive, landscape-altering process can also produce what’s called solastalgia, whereby negatively-perceived changes to the land alter a person’s sense of belonging. In the case of fracking in residential areas, people may lose not only their relationship to the land, but their homes as they once knew them.5 Solastalgia, considered by some researchers to be a new psycho-social condition, is “the lived experience of the physical desolation of home.”6
When Home is Unsafe, Where to Get Help
Click to expand and explore the tri-fold. Click here to access and print this free resource, and many others by EHP.
EHP offers a new resource for protecting your health at a household level, called: “Protecting Your Health from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development.” We created this free informational resource in collaboration with residents and health care providers in four different shale gas counties.
The final product is the direct result of input and knowledge from 15 focus groups and project meetings in these affected communities with over 100 participants, including residents and healthcare providers. EHP has packed this resource with practical steps for households amid shale gas development to limit their exposure to air and water contamination that may be associated with fracking.
For follow-up questions, or for free personalized health services for those experiencing fracking-related exposures, you can contact EHP directly at 724-260-5504 or by email at info@environmentalhealthproject.org.
Re-Centering Home in the Fracking Debate
Putting affected households at the center of the fracking debate better reflects the experiences of people on the front lines. This powerful frame could help counter the power of those who speak positively about fracking, but lack direct experience of the process.
For those at the frontlines of fracking, the intent is that these resources and tools will help you protect your health and your homes.
For those not yet directly affected by fracking, you can lend a hand. Show support for health protective measures by signing up at EHP for updates on events, education, and opportunities to make your voice heard. And, whenever and wherever you can weigh in on the debate, put a frame around fracking that puts impacted households at the center.
Cooley, R., & Casagrande, D. (2017). Marcellus Shale as Golden Goose. ExtrACTION: Impacts, Engagements, and Alternative Futures.
Short, D., Elliot, J., Norder, K., Lloyd-Davies, E., & Morley, J. (2015). Extreme energy, ‘fracking’ and human rights: a new field for human rights impact assessments?, The International Journal of Human Rights, 19:6, 697-736, DOI:10.1080/13642987.2015.1019219
Mando, J. (2016). Constructing the vicarious experience of proximity in a Marcellus Shale public hearing. Environmental Communication, 10(3), 352-364.
Resick, L. K. (2016). Gender, protest, and the health impacts of unconventional natural gas development. In Y. Beebeejaum (Ed.), The participatory city (pp. 167-175). Berlin: Jovis Verlag GmgH.
Albrecht et al (2007). Solastalgia: the distress caused by environmental change, Australasian Psychiatry . Vol 15 Supplement.
By Leann Leiter, Environmental Health Fellow for the SW-PA Environmental Health Project and FracTracker Alliance
Feature photograph: A compressor station sits above a beautiful farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Photo credit: Leann Leiter
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Piecing Together an Ethane Cracker
May 31, 2017 /in Articles, Guest Commentaries, News and Information /by FracTracker Alliance
How fragmented approvals and infrastructure favor petrochemical development
By Leann Leiter and Lisa Graves-Marcucci
Let’s think back to 2009, when oil and gas companies like Range Resources began drilling the northeast shale plays in earnest. Picture the various stages involved in drilling – such as leasing of land, clearing of trees, boring of wells, siting of compressor stations, and construction of pipelines to gather the gas. Envision the geographic scope of the gas infrastructure, with thousands of wells in Pennsylvania alone, and thousands of miles of pipelines stretching as far as Louisiana.
Figure 1. A pipeline right-of-way snakes behind a residential property in Washington County, PA. Photo credit: Leann Leiter
Now, picture the present, where a homeowner looks out over her yard and wonders how a lease she signed with Shell several years prior made it possible for the company to run an ethane pipeline across her property and between her house and her garage.
Think forward in time, to 2022, the year when a world-scale ethane cracker is set to go online in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, to begin churning through natural gas liquids from wells in PA and others, producing a variety of disposable plastic products.
At each of these moments in gas development, which of the many stakeholders – industry leaders, local governments, state regulatory agencies, or landowners and residents – were granted a view of the full picture?
The proposed Shell ethane cracker in Beaver County is an illustration of the fragmented nature of gas development. From the extensive web of drilling infrastructure required to supply this massive facility, to several years of construction, this project is a case-study in piecemeal permitting. Such fragmentation creates a serious barrier to transparency and to the informed decision-making that relies upon it.
In the first two articles in this series on the petrochemical development in Beaver County, we focused on ethane cracker emergency scenarios and how the area might prepare. In this article, we draw the lens back to take in the larger picture of this region-altering project and highlight the effects of limited transparency.
The “Piecemeal” Nature of Gas Development
All across the Pennsylvania, proposed industrial development – even coal operations – have historically provided to the public, elected officials, and regulatory agencies the extent or footprint of their planned operations. Nonetheless, the oil and gas industry has in several instances undertaken a practice of developing its extensive infrastructure piece-by-piece. Operators of these facilities first acquire a GP-5 General Permit, which is only available to certain oil and gas operations with “minor” emissions and which allows them to avoid having the permit undergo public notice or comment. These operators then add emissions sources and increases through a series of minor amendments. While they are required to obtain a “major” source permit once their modifications result in major emissions, they avoid the scrutiny required for a major source by this fragmented process.
Unlike most other industrial permitting, the gas industry has enjoyed a much less transparent process. Instead of presenting their entire planned operation at the time of initial permit application, gas operators having been seeking – and receiving – incremental permits in a piecemeal fashion. This process puts local decision makers and the women, men, and children who live, work, and go to school near gas development at a severe disadvantage in the following ways:
Without full disclosure of the entirety of the planned project, neither regulatory bodies nor the public can conduct a full and factual assessment of land use impacts;
Incremental approvals allow for ever-expanding operations, including issuance of permits without additional public notification and participation;
Piecemeal approvals allow operations to continuously alter a community and its landscape;
The fragmented approval process prevents consideration of cumulative impacts; and
Without full transparency of key components of the proposed operations, emergency planning is hampered or non-existent.
From the Well to the Ethane Cracker
In the fragmented approval process of gas development, the proposed ethane cracker in Beaver County represents a pertinent example. Developers of this massive, multi-year, and many-stage project have only revealed the size and scope in a piecemeal fashion, quietly making inroads on the project (like securing land leases along the route of the pipeline required for the cracker, years in advance of permit approvals for the facility itself). By rolling out each piece over several years, the entirety of the petrochemical project only becomes clear in retrospect.
A World-Scale Petrochemical Hub
While Shell is still pursuing key approval from the PA Department of Environmental Protection, industry leaders treat the ethane cracker as a foregone conclusion, promising that this facility is but one step in turning the area into a “petrochemical hub.”
The cracker facility, alone, will push existing air pollution levels further beyond their already health-threatening state. Abundant vacant parcels around Shell’s cracker site are attractive sites for additional spin-off petrochemical facilities in the coming “new industry cluster.” These facilities would add their own risks to the equation, including yet-unknown chemical outputs emitted into the air and their resulting cumulative impacts. Likewise, disaster risks associated with the ethane cracker remain unclear, because in the piecemeal permitting process, the industry is not required to submit Preparedness, Prevention, and Contingency (PPC) Plans until after receiving approval to build.
Figure 2. A portion of the extensive US natural gas interstate pipeline system stretching from the petrochemical hubs in the bayous of the Gulf Coast Basin to Pittsburgh’s Appalachian Basin. However, petrochemical development in the northeast may reverse or otherwise change that flow. Visualization created by Sophie Riedel, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture. Data on interstate natural gas supply sourced from Energy Information Administration, Form EIA176 “Annual Report of Natural Gas and Supplemental Gas Supply and Disposition,” 2007.
92.3 Miles of Explosive Pipeline
More than just a major local expansion, communities downriver and downwind will be susceptible to the impacts, including major land disturbance, emissions, and the potential for “incidents,” including explosion. The pipeline required to feed the cracker with highly flammable, explosive ethane would tie the tri-state region into the equation, expanding the zone of risk into Ohio and crossing through West Virginia.
Figure 3. The Falcon Pipeline, which would be used to transport ethane to the cracker in Beaver County. At 92.3 miles long, it consists of two “legs,” starting from Scio and Cadiz, Ohio and Houston, PA, respectively, and extending up to the site of Shell’s ethane cracker. Credit: Shell Pipeline Company LP
Renewed Demand at the Wellhead
No one piece of the gas infrastructure stands alone; all work in tandem. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the new US ethane crackers will drive consumption of ethane up by a 26% by the end of 2018. Gas wells in the northeast already supply ethane; new ethane crackers in the region introduce a way to profit from this by-product of harvesting methane without piping it to the Gulf Coast. How this renewed demand for ethane will play out at fracked wells will be the result of complex variables, but it will undoubtedly continue to drive demand at Pennsylvania’s 10,000 existing unconventional oil and gas wells and those of other states, and may promote bringing new ones online.
Figure 4. Excerpt from Executive Summary of IHS Markit Report, “Prospects to Enhance Pennsylvania’s Opportunities in Petrochemical Manufacturing.”
Along with drilling comes a growing network of gathering and transmission lines, which add to the existing 88,000 miles of natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania alone, fragment wildlife habitat, and put people at risk from leaks and explosions. Facilities along the supply stream that add their own pollution and risks include pump stations along the route and the three cryogenic facilities at the starting points of the Falcon Pipeline (see Fig. 6).
Figure 5. Several yards of the 88,000 miles of gas pipelines cutting through Pennsylvania. Finleyville, PA. Credit: Leann Leiter
The infrastructure investment required for ethane crackers in this region could reach $3.7 billion in processing facilities, pipelines for transmitting natural gas liquids including ethane, and storage facilities. A report commissioned by Team Pennsylvania and the PA Department of Community and Economic Development asserts that “the significant feedstock and transportation infrastructure required” will “exceed what is typically required for a similar facility” in the Gulf Coast petrochemical hub, indicating a scale of petrochemical development that rivals that of the southern states. This begs the question of how the health impacts in Pennsylvania will compare to those in the Gulf Coast’s “Cancer Alley.”
Figure 6. Houston, PA Cryogenic and Fractionation Plant, one of three such facilities supplying feedstock to the proposed Shell ethane cracker. Credit: Garth Lenz, iLCP
Water Impacts, from the Ohio River to the Arctic Ocean
Shell’s facility is only one of the ethane crackers proposed for the region that, once operational, would be permitted to discharge waste into the already-beleaguered Ohio River. This waterway, which traverses six separate states, supplies the drinking water for over 3 million people. Extending the potential water impact even further, the primary product of the Shell facility is plastics, whose inevitable disposal would unnecessarily add to the glut of plastic waste entering our oceans. Plastic is accumulating at the alarming rate of 3,500 pieces a day on one island in the South Pacific and as far away as the waters of the Arctic.
Figure 7. View of the Ohio River, downriver from the site of Shell’s proposed ethane cracker. Existing sources of industrial pollution to the river include the American Electric power plants, coal loading docks, barges, coal ash lagoons, and dry coal ash beds shown in this picture, and at least two fracking operations within the coal plant areas. Credit: Vivian Stockman/ohvec.org; flyover courtesy SouthWings.org.
How does fragmentation favor industry?
The gas and petrochemical industry would likely defend the logistical flexibility the piecemeal process affords them, allowing them to tackle projects, make investments, and involve new players as needed overtime. But in what other ways do the incredibly fragmented approval processes, and the limited requirements on transparency, favor companies like Shell and their region-changing petrochemical projects? And what effect does the absence of full transparency have on local communities like those in Beaver County? We conclude that it:
“Divides and conquers” the region. The piecemeal approach to gas development, and major projects like the Shell ethane cracker, deny any sense of solidarity between the people along the pipeline route resisting these potentially explosive channels cutting through their yards, and residents of Beaver County who fear the cracker’s emissions that will surround their homes.
Makes the project seem a foregone conclusion, putting pressure on others to approve. For example, before Shell formally announced its intention to build the facility in Potter Township, it rerouted a state-owned road to facilitate construction and increased traffic flow. Likewise, though a key permit is still outstanding with the PA DEP, first responders, including local volunteer firefighters, have already begun dedicating their uncompensated time to training with Shell. While this is a positive step from a preparedness standpoint, it is one of many displays of confidence by Shell that the cracker is a done deal.
Puts major decisions in the hands of those with limited resources to carry them out and who do not represent the region to be affected. In the case of the Shell ethane cracker, three township supervisors in Potter Township granted approvals for the project. The impacts, however, extend well beyond Potter or even Beaver county and include major air impacts for Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh area. Effects will also be felt by landowners and residents in numerous counties and two states along the pipeline route, those near cryogenic facilities in Ohio and Pennsylvania, plus those living on the Marcellus and Utica shale plays who will see gas well production continue and potentially increase.
Figures 8a and 8b. Potter Township Supervisors give the go-ahead to draft approval of Shell’s proposed ethane cracker at a January meeting, while confronted with public concern about deficiencies in Shell’s permit applications. Photos courtesy of the Air Quality Collaborative.
Fragmented Transparency, Compromised Decision-making
The piecemeal, incremental, and fragmented approval processes for the ethane cracker – and other gas-related facilities in the making – create one major problem. They make it nearly impossible for locals, elected officials, and regulatory agencies to see the whole picture as they make decisions. The bit-by-bit approach to gas development amounts to far-reaching development with irreversible impacts to environmental and human health.
We ask readers, as they contemplate the impacts closest to them – be it a fracked well, a hazardous cryogenic facility, the heavily polluted Ohio River, a swath of land taken up for the pipeline’s right-of-way, or Shell’s ethane cracker itself – to insist that they, their elected officials, and regulators have access to the whole picture before approvals are granted. It’s hard to do with a project so enormous and far-reaching, but essential because the picture includes so many of us.
Sincere Appreciation
To The International League of Conservation Photographers, The Ohio Environmental Council, and The Air Quality Collaborative for sharing photographs.
To Sophie Riedel for sharing her visualizations of natural gas interstate pipelines.
To Lisa Hallowell at the Environmental Integrity Project, and Samantha Rubright and Kirk Jalbert at FracTracker, for their review of and and invaluable contributions to this series.
Feature image: Map of US counties and natural gas interstate pipeline system describes the wide-diameter (20-42 inch), high capacity trunklines that carry most of the natural gas that is transported throughout the nation. Visualization created by Sophie Riedel, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture. Data on interstate natural gas supply sourced from Energy Information Administration, Form EIA176 “Annual Report of Natural Gas and Supplemental Gas Supply and Disposition,” 2007.
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FracTracker Mobile App Now Includes Activity Feed and Mapped Pipelines
May 18, 2017 /in Articles, News and Information, Our Perspectives /by FracTracker Alliance
Explore and Document Drilling Activity Near You with the FracTracker App
The oil and gas industry – from its wells to pipelines to refineries – has a variety of ways of impacting the communities and environment that surround its infrastructure. Given the scope of the industry, it’s almost impossible to see how oil and gas affects people and for them to share their experiences with others. Until today. FracTracker is excited to announce that we have completely rebuilt and significantly improved our frack-tracking mobile app. This app can serve as a documenting and tracking tool for reporters, residents, researchers, and groups concerned about oil and gas and its impacts.
Updated App Features
The free app, available for iPhone and Android users, still offers the ability to see drilling near you in the U.S. and add reports and photos about this activity onto a shared map. Based on feedback from many of our partners and readers, we have added and updated several features, as well.
Profile – Sign in to the app with an email address and password, with the option to add other information to your profile. This area is also where you can privately view your previous and pending reports.
Activity Feed – Shows the most recent submissions by app users. Scroll down to view older reports.
Save As Draft – Not ready to submit your report? Save it as a draft and return to submit it later.
Real-Time Submissions – We will no longer be curating incoming reports before they go live – so the activity feed and map show real-time submissions.
Flagging Tool – Mark a submission as inappropriate. A FracTracker moderator will review the report and take the appropriate action.
Indicate Senses Affected – Classify a report by the sense(s) impacted – e.g. Nearby drilling activity is loud, or an impoundment is causing noxious odors.
Pipelines Mapped – In addition to active wells and user reports, we have added national pipelines to the map. Please note that many of the pipeline locations are approximate because detailed, public pipeline data is lacking. Help us make this information more accurate by posting photos of pipelines near you.
Several organizations and community groups helped to test and improve the app during its redesign, including residents living amongst the oil and gas fields on the Front Range of Colorado and Southwest Pennsylvania, as well as with students at Drexel University.
When we redesigned our mobile app, we felt it was important to go into communities that are living amongst the oil and gas industry. Together, we identified what they needed most when reporting their concerns and potential impacts. The results are a very versatile app. People living around urban refinery hubs, as well as those living in rural extraction regions, will find this tool incredibly useful.
We’d love to hear your feedback about these changes once you have had a chance to explore the app’s updated features.
Learn more about the app and see how it has been used in the field
The app was developed by FracTracker Alliance in collaboration with Viable Industries, L.L.C.
Mobile App Contact
Kirk Jalbert, PhD, MFA
Manager of Community-Based Research and Engagement
FracTracker Alliance
jalbert@fractracker.org
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Interview with Sherry Knowlton, Author of Dead of Spring
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Mayor says Laventille has become Hell on earth
Port-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee says Laventille has become “hell on earth” following last Thursday’s shooting deaths of two school boys on Picton Road.
Tim Kee and other officials from the corporation visited the Sogren Trace home of the parents of 16-year-old Mark Richards, one of the deceased in the attack. The other student killed in the attack was 17-year-old, Deneilson Smith.
They were both students of Success/Laventille Secondary School.
“This is hell on earth. What is happening here is hell on earth,” Tim Kee told reporters, after yesterday’s 90-minute meeting with the parents Joel Raymond and Shirley Valdez.
He said the killing was “really heart-breaking. I am (was) sitting there (in the home) and I am feeling the pain. He said what has made it more disturbing to him was that “some of the people held (by police) were from right around here, who were like one of the children that was killed.”
He said those situations “touch you and I feel really sad.”
Tim Kee said the residents of Laventille were being affected by gangsters who were engaging in a kind of tyranny and poverty. He said he didn’t know “if hell could be worse than that.”
Residents said there was a death list in Laventille. Tim Kee said he was not aware of any such list but “the way things are going I don’t know if even there is a list (because) like anybody who fits a certain description, whether it is geographic or not, they are on that imaginary list.”
The corporation is scheduled to meet today to determine what specific assistance will be provided to the families of the two dead students.
He said the residents have every reason to be fearful for their lives in the wake of the killings. Richards’ relatives told Tim Kee that they felt like prisoners in their homes and they can’t walk the street. Other residents say they have been received death threats.
“To walk 100 metres from their households to get a taxi is a problem,” the mayor said.
But he said he was confident the Government will deal with the situation. No uniformed soldiers or police officers were seen in the area during the mayor’s visit yesterday. On Saturday, police and soldiers swarmed the area in search of suspects wanted for the double murder.
Tim Kee said he hoped a permanent police/army post will be stationed in the area.
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Stitch Fix has confidentially filed for an IPO
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Stitch Fix has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, setting itself up for another big test for the IPO market in the near future, sources tell TechCrunch.
While we don’t know exactly when Stitch Fix will go public, we do know that a handful of companies are planning to go between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Stitch Fix only recently hired its CFO, Paul Yee, in June — so it’s possible that they will push this a little further out. This marks the official beginning of the process ahead of the S-1 filing where the company will formally disclose its financials. Startups are allowed to file confidentially for IPOs under the JOBS act signed in 2012, allowing them to test the waters prior to formally releasing their company’s inner workings.
Stitch Fix will also mark one of the big tests for modern e-commerce startups and their viability as public companies. Stitch Fix gathers information about your personal style and delivers articles of clothing to your door, allowing you to pick which ones to buy and which to return. It’s an area that’s become increasingly populated with competition, the largest of which is possibly Amazon with its recent launch of Prime Wardrobe.
A representative from Stitch Fix declined to comment.
Stitch Fix is part of a wave of subscription styling startups that have adopted the try-it-before-you-buy-it approach. Le Tote is also competitive in the space and Rent the Runway has been rolling out its “Unlimited” subscription. There’s also MM. LaFleur for professional women, Dia & Co for plus size and Rocksbox, which is jewelry only. The model works well for busy people who want to test out the latest styles and only keep their favorites.
But one challenge that Stitch Fix may face as a public company is it might be hard to predict revenue. Some subscription businesses, like we saw with Blue Apron, have struggled with customer retention. The filing will additionally tell us if users are purchasing enough items to offset the customer acquisition costs.
Stitch Fix was founded out of CEO Katrina Lake’s apartment in Massachusetts in 2011, initially focusing on women’s clothing. Part fashion startup, part tech startup, Stitch Fix has morphed into a massive e-commerce startup and is a big success story for Lake in the midst of a lot of competition. The last round Stitch Fix raised was in June 2014, with a post-valuation of $309.31 million, according to data from PitchBook. The startup, which has raised $42.5 million from investors like Benchmark, was widely pegged for an IPO this year.
It will, indeed, be a test for Stitch Fix. After a hot start, consumer IPOs have not done so well in public markets as we pass the midpoint of 2017. Snap debuted with an aggressive pop but shares have since continued to hit record lows. Blue Apron, too, has seen a sharp decline following — no surprise — Amazon’s looming entry into meal kit delivery. It’s not clear if investors will see whether Stitch Fix faces the same dilemma as Blue Apron with the threat of Amazon. Still, Stitch Fix has a strong brand, and may fare better as a different kind of startup going public.
Most recently, Recode reported that Stitch Fix’s filing could be imminent, and in May Reuters reported that the startup tapped banks for it initial public offering. The company’s COO also left ahead of the IPO, according to that Recode report. TechCrunch can now confirm that the company has filed confidentially.
Stitch Fix’s next steps will be to publicly release the information, and 15 days later begin the “road show,” where it will pitch the company to investors ahead of its public debut.
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Numismatics: Lessons From the Past, Sophia Kremydi | Tech Talks Central
Numismatics: Lessons From the Past
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Dr. Sophia Kremydi describes the history of her discipline, Numismatics, the study or collection of coins, paper currency, and medals. She tells us all about its origin and its evolution from the private to the public collections we admire today; and explains that the reason we collect ancient coins is not only, out of curiosity, but because they’re an important primary source of historical information that we can’t find from other sources. She also compares the ancient economies to the modern ones (simpler and more complex, at the same time) and tells us about her own research on ancient Macedonian coins; her two books to be published soon; as well as the creation of online databases on the subject, which will be shared and updated by researchers all over the world. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.
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Dr Sophia Kremydi is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Historical Studies of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF). She has studied ancient History and Archaeology at the Philosophical Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has obtained her PhD from the same institution. She has specialised in Greek and Roman Numismatics and most of her work is related to the region of Northern Greece. Her research has focused on the study of coinage and institutions in ancient Macedonia as well on the publication of primary numismatic evidence, such as site finds and coin hoards. She is actually directing the collaborative Research Project “Inscriptions and coins: New documents from ancient Macedonia” which aims at the study of unpublished primary material.
Researchers’ Night is held for one night in several hundred cities all over Europe and beyond. The purpose of is to convey to the general public the key ideas that Research is a necessary ingredient for progress, the Researchers are an integral part of the community and their profession is both fun, challenging, interesting and worth pursuing. On September 25th 2015 Researcher's Night will be held at the Hellenic Cosmos venue, in Athens. Tech Talks Central interviewed 20 Scientists & Researchers from 5 research centres that are presenting their work during Researchers' Night.
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The Circle spoilers: Beth and Jack row while new player 'Josh' joins
What happens on The Circle 2019 tonight
Here's a first look at tonight's episode of The Circle 2019 where Jack and Beth end up in a major argument.
In tonight's instalment (Wednesday, October 9), catfishing pair Jack and Beth find themselves in a row.
The duo were originally booted from The Circle before being secretly brought back as a new player.
Now sharing an apartment, Jack and Beth are appearing as 62-year-old Joyce but it seems cracks are beginning to show in their partnership.
You can watch a first preview of tonight's episode of The Circle below...
DAILY DROP! The pressure of playing ‘Joyce’ reaches its peak… Can Beth and Jack keep up the facade or could this be the end of their catfishing? 😮 #TheCircle pic.twitter.com/ysO1VFkRqe
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In their row, Jack complains: "It's like you're the driver and I'm the passenger. It's frustrating sometimes.
"I think you wear the trousers in this. It's your way of saying it or doing it."
Beth responds: "I don't want you to feel like that because if we have this conflict then we're not going to be able to do it.
"I'm trying to keep things as consistent as possible but I do understand your frustration."
Elsewhere this evening, The Circle welcomes new player Busayo who is playing as alter-ego Josh.
"I wanted to highlight how a middle-class white male might be more popular in the game than I would be using my own photos," she says as she enters The Circle.
Alongside Busayo, Jack and Beth, those currently taking part in The Circle are Brooke Odunbaku (playing as Herself) Ella May (playing as herself), Georgina Aurelia Elliott (playing as herself), Tim Wilson (playing as himself) and Woody Cook (playing as himself).
They're joined by James Doran (playing as single mum Sammie) and Paddy Smyth (playing as himself).
The Circle continues with new episodes Monday-Friday and Sunday nights at 10PM on Channel 4.
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Scathing audit of high-tech projects slams ESD for lack of due diligence on Tesla at RiverBend
Empire State Development lacked the due diligence to ensure that the RiverBend project that houses Tesla was a safe investment that would meet its job and financial commitments, concluded a scathing audit by the state comptroller on oversight of high-tech projects.
The result could be that state taxpayers are left on the hook for a billion-dollar project whose risk was never fully investigated, despite the red flags in in Tesla’s public reporting about how little experience it had with producing solar.
And that’s just one of many criticisms leveled against ESD in the report quietly released this week. News 4 Investigates first reported that the comptroller was auditing high-tech projects, including Tesla at RiverBend.
Despite the state’s significant $959 million investment to build and equip the facility, ESD’s assessment included only a “single-page company profile on SolarCity (the company that acquired Silevo, the original anchor tenant of RiverBend) and a memo on the financial situation of FSMC,” the report states.
The RiverBend project with Tesla is the centerpiece of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion economic development initiative.
ESD’s cost-benefit analysis of the project was “mainly informational and limited to a comparison of the proposed amount of economic assistance and the project’s construction budget.”
In addition, “the analysis reflects only the impact of construction-related activities and indicates that, unlike projected funded through certain other economic development programs, infrastructure and economic growth investments projects may involve no permanent job commitments, as these types of projects generate long-term benefits not captured in the period of analysis.”
ESD’s cost-benefit analyses compare project evaluation results to established performance measures, such as infrastructure an economic growth investment projects.
The benchmark ESD sets for these types of projects is $30 in economic benefits for every $1 spent.
However, the Tesla at RiverBend project has not come close to that benchmark, showing only 54 cents in economic benefits for every $1 spent.
An ESD official wrote to OSC that the comptroller failed to note that this project is different from typical ESD projects. For example, ESD said the manner in which OSC calculated the economic analysis “presents a dramatically incomplete assessment of the full project benefits.
ESD also mentions that the investment in equipment at the Tesla facility is owned by the state and could be re-leased or sold in the event the project failed.
The OSC audit found that ESD’s assessment didn’t review inherit risks to the RiverBend project, even though Tesla stated in public records that it had hardly any experience in high-volume manufacturing of solar panels.
The comptroller audit states that this should have been a red flag for ESD that Tesla would not be able to meet its agreement to produce 1 gigawatt of solar energy each year and meet the job targets.
“ESD’s lack of due diligence raises concerns that, prior to awarding hundreds of millions of dollars, no real scrutiny of these projects is done, increasing the risk that projects will not fulfill publicized high-tech job and private investment goals,” the report states.
“Such a lack of basic due diligence increases the risk that public dollars will be spent with too little return on investment.”
The comptroller notes that when the RIverBend project expanded in the fall of 2014, the state said 5,000 jobs would be created statewide with more than 3,000 in Buffalo. But the original agreement has been amended more than 10 times, sometimes pushing the target dates back and making it less clear “what and where the remaining jobs would be.”
An example given is the October 2015 amendment that no longer required the 1,460 job Tesla was to have by April to be “high-tech,” which News 4 Investigates reported back in 2019. Instead, the wording changed to require that those jobs only be in Western New York, and that 500, not 900 as originally proposed, of the 14,60 jobs would be at the Tesla plant.
Another problem the comptroller found is that it was never clear when the official “fully complete” designation was to be placed on the project, which would start the clock on the job commitment goals. The facility was supposed to be fully completed by the end of 2016. The contract between Tesla and Panasonic to begin making solar cells and modules was finished in the summer of 2017.
Yet, ESD, without explanation, did not start the clock for the completion date until April 30, 2018 – and they didn’t announce this until a year later.
“Tesla was able [to] operate for about 2 ½ years before being held accountable for employment and investment targets,”
During this time, Tesla has had numerous problems launching its Solar Roof, which is now on its third version. Former employees of the plant told News 4 Investigates that they would constantly miss production goals and often there was little work to do, so some workers just stood around on their cell phones.
From October 2016 through 2018, Tesla kept saying it was ramping up solar production, but the opposite happened when the company reported as recently as the first quarter of 2019 that solar roof deployments “significantly declined.”
Even with the challenges, Tesla said it did meet its first employment and investment target in April 2019 by having 500 employees and $130 million invested.
Nonetheless, ESD told the comptroller that the agency has yet to audit any of Tesla’s reported data, despite telling News 4 Investigates that it would.
The comptroller recommended three changes:
Conduct comprehensive assessments of the risks, costs, and economic benefits of projects before funding decisions are made to determine if projects should receive significant State investment
Develop standard performance metrics and then evaluate projects to determine their actual economic benefits compared with the State’s investment.
Standardize the public reporting of projects to eliminate discrepancies and provide the public with accurate information on project costs, statuses, and economic benefits using a clear and consistent method.
In a Feb. 18 letter to the OSC, Elizazbeth R. Fine, legal and general counsel for ESD, she said the agency disagrees with the audit’s flawed findings “because they mischaracterize ESD’s role regarding these projects and ignores significant changes that have been implemented when ESD assumed enhanced oversight of the identified projects.”
For example, ESD said its role over these projects, including RiverBend, was limited before 2016 when nonprofit entities such as Fort Schuyler Management Corporation and SUNY Poly had control.
“It is also important to note that OSC approved every ESD request to draw State funds and provide them to the non-profits FRMC and FSMC,” Fine wrote.
“Finally, and most importantly, the audit makes no findings that any actual expenditures for these projects were inappropriate.”
OSC responded that ESD has been responsible for the oversight of Buffalo Billion projects since their initiation.
ESD’s full response to the audit is pasted below unedited:
“After an extensive, two-year State Comptroller review of SUNY Poly’s high-tech portfolio, this audit confirms what is already known: all ESD expenditures were made appropriately, and not a single company within the portfolio has missed an annual investment or job creation commitment.
The significant reforms implemented by ESD since 2016 – all but ignored by OSC – have yielded increased transparency, oversight and accountability, stronger executive leadership, improved finances, additional research funding and lower vacancy rates, leading directly to upstate commitments of more than $4 billion in new investment and over 2,500 new created and retained jobs.”
REBUTTALS
The audit misrepresents ESD’s role in overseeing projects prior to September 2016 and, in fact, criticizes ESD for actions actually taken by Fuller Road Management Corporation (FRMC), Fort Schuyler Management Corporation (FSMC) and the Research Foundation for SUNY (RF). As such, these conclusions criticize ESD for a role it did not have.
The audit goes so far as to criticize companies for not meeting FUTURE hiring goals. This is akin to taking a photograph in the middle of a race and chiding the runners for not yet having completed it. In reality, not a single company in this report has missed a job or spending milestone that is outlined in their project contracts.
OSC failed to recognize that ESD had no formal legal control over any of these entities and grossly overstated ESD’s authority by asserting that ESD should have taken a greater role in overseeing projects.
The audit argues that ESD should have performed more due diligence and project monitoring, but OSC failed to outline any standard by which these activities should have been carried out; nor has OSC suggested any specific responsibilities or duties that OSC feels ESD did not perform in this regard. Therefore, this statement has no basis.
ESD’s actual role prior to September 2016 was limited to funding administrator. As such, ESD reviewed payment requests and provided funding based on invoices, not unlike OSC’s role in having approved every ESD request to draw state funds and provide them to the SUNY Poly-affiliated non-profits.
After September 2016, ESD’s primary role in existing projects (that had begun prior to 2016) was to honor the state’s commitments and to complete those projects as effectively and expeditiously as possible.
The audit repeatedly takes issue with ESD not having further assessed the projects; however, ESD did not originate these projects, had no role in selecting the companies, was not a signatory to the agreements, and was not managing these projects..
Even after ESD took on a larger role in 2016, the audit criticizes ESD for not exercising greater “due diligence” for projects that were then well underway—by which point they were already subject to existing legal agreements.
While OSC identifies “15 high-tech projects with ESD-approved funding totaling $2.2 billion,” auditors only focused on four projects and buried a disclaimer at the end of the report stating that their audit is “based solely on the review of selected projects and cannot be projected to the entire population of high-tech projects as a whole.” Even then, the audit only focuses on the RiverBend project, an indication that, despite OSC’s initial claim that it would audit ESD’s “high-tech strategy,” OSC undertook its “high tech” audit solely in the hope of being able to criticize this specific project.
OSC completely misunderstands the Tesla project, its history and ESD’s role, which was well underway before ESD began overseeing these projects in 2016. And OSC disregards the fact that Tesla has met and exceeded its employment targets for its first reporting period.
OSC is critical of the fact that Panasonic employees at Riverbend are being counted towards Tesla’s job commitments. In actuality, Tesla has met, and even exceeded, its statewide employment targets for the first reporting period without utilizing the Panasonic jobs to do so. Of further note, in its recent Q4 2019 annual report, Tesla reported that it was in the process of “hiring hundreds of employees” at the RiverBend facility.[1]
OSC appears to assert as a critique that Panasonic – a company with no agreement with the State – employed more personnel at the facility than Tesla, which reveals OSC’s blatant desire to find fault with this project and demonstrates its lack of understanding for the benefits of or tendency for large manufacturing projects to create significant multiples of additional new indirect jobs. The basis of the project is to bring jobs to the region, not to myopically quibble over whose payroll the employees are on.
The report claims that ESD did not perform economic analyses prior to allocating significant state investment. This could not be further from the truth. ESD diligently monitors its high-tech programs to ensure that company-reported economic impacts are accurate and comport with all relevant statutes and regulations. ESD’s standard practice includes an assessment of each company that involves reviewing company information to perform a financial condition analysis that assesses a company’s overall strength, viability and finances. ESD also monitors projects through site visits, meetings, calls and grant payment reviews.
By mischaracterizing ESD’s significant and ongoing reforms as being limited to changes in FRMC/FSMC board policies, the audit ignores nearly all positive achievements since ESD took over oversight of the projects in September 2016. Most importantly, the establishment of NY CREATES which in collaboration with ESD, has taken significant steps to “right the ship”. Specific steps include:
Improved leadership team: ESD has brought on a new leadership team, led by former GlobalFoundries CEO Dr. Douglas A. Grose, which has created a new organization (NY CREATES) to more efficiently, effectively and transparently manage projects as a unified enterprise distinct from SUNY Poly’s academic leadership. Recent project announcements and improvements are reflective of this team and approach.
Increased oversight: ESD increased its involvement in FRMC and FSMC board appointments, including adding ESD’s CEO as a non-voting, non-fiduciary representative, and requiring ESD’s consent/nomination for other board appointments.
Improved legal agreements: ESD has ensured that every new company agreement that has been entered into since September 2016 for which existing agreements were not already in place (NYS-Applied Materials META Center, NYS-IBM AI Hardware Center, Cree, NexGen) includes significantly enhanced and more definitive project milestones, reporting requirements, clawbacks and financial penalties
Improved finances: The combined outstanding principal owed by FRMC and FSMC has fallen by over 20%, and, based on prior and ongoing ESD actions, the entire portfolio is now expected to accrue surpluses beginning in Fiscal Year 2021.
Reduced vacancy rates: More than 100,000 square feet of clean room space that was previously vacant has since been leased to tenants including Applied Materials, Danfoss, NexGen and IBM, offsetting the portfolio’s share of operating costs and adding several tens of millions of dollars in net new revenue each year.
Increased research funding: New research partnerships between SUNY, Applied Materials, Cree, and IBM will provide over $100 million in new research funding.
Increased economic impacts: Job and spending figures from existing projects continue to grow, and new commitments include over $4 billion in investment and approximately 2,500 new retained and created jobs.
[1] See: https://ir.tesla.com/static-files/b3cf7f5e-546a-4a65-9888-c928b914b529.
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Global forum on transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes peer reviews brunei darussalam 2016 phase 2
GLOBAL FORUM ON TRANSPARENCY AND EXCHANGE
OF INFORMATION FOR TAX PURPOSES
Peer Review Report
Implementation of the Standard
on Transparency
and Exchange
of Information for Tax
Purposes Peer Reviews:
Brunei Darussalam 2016
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANDARD IN PRACTICE
(reflecting the legal and regulatory framework
as at August 2016)
This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD.
The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect
the official views of the OECD or of the governments of its member countries or
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TABLE OF CONTENTS – 3
About the Global Forum ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5
Abbreviations ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7
Executive summary��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9
Introduction������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13
Information and methodology used for the peer review of Brunei����������������������� 13
Overview of Brunei������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������14
Recent developments��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 24
Compliance with the Standards����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 25
A. Availability of information������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 25
Overview��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 25
A.1. Ownership and identity information������������������������������������������������������������� 27
A.2. Accounting records��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 59
A.3. Banking information������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 68
B. Access to information����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 73
B.1. Competent Authority’s ability to obtain and provide information ��������������� 75
B.2. Notification requirements and rights and safeguards����������������������������������� 90
C. Exchanging information����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 93
C.1. Exchange of information mechanisms����������������������������������������������������������� 94
C.2. Exchange-of-information mechanisms with all relevant partners ������������� 100
C.3. Confidentiality����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������103
C.4. Rights and safeguards of taxpayers and third parties��������������������������������� 106
C.5. Timeliness of responses to requests for information����������������������������������� 107
PEER REVIEW REPORT – PHASE 2 – BRUNEI DARUSSALAM © OECD 2016
4 – TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary of determinations and factors underlying recommendations����������113
Annex 1: Jurisdiction’s response to the reviews��������������������������������������������������117
Annex 2: List of all exchange-of-information mechanisms in force������������������118
Annex 3: List of laws, regulations and other relevant material����������������������� 120
ABOUT THE GLOBAL FORUM – 5
About the Global Forum
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for
Tax Purposes is the multilateral framework within which work in the area
of tax transparency and exchange of information is carried out by over
130 jurisdictions, which participate in the Global Forum on an equal footing.
The Global Forum is charged with in-depth monitoring and peer
review of the implementation of the international standards of transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes. These standards are
primarily reflected in the 2002 OECD Model Agreement on Exchange of
Information on Tax Matters and its commentary, and in Article 26 of the
OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and its commentary as updated in 2004. The standards have also been incorporated into
the UN Model Tax Convention.
The standards provide for international exchange on request of foreseeably relevant information for the administration or enforcement of the
domestic tax laws of a requesting party. Fishing expeditions are not authorised
but all foreseeably relevant information must be provided, including bank
information and information held by fiduciaries, regardless of the existence
of a domestic tax interest or the application of a dual criminality standard.
All members of the Global Forum, as well as jurisdictions identified by
the Global Forum as relevant to its work, are being reviewed. This process is
undertaken in two phases. Phase 1 reviews assess the quality of a jurisdiction’s legal and regulatory framework for the exchange of information, while
Phase 2 reviews look at the practical implementation of that framework. Some
Global Forum members are undergoing combined – Phase 1 and Phase 2 –
reviews. The Global Forum has also put in place a process for supplementary
reports to follow-up on recommendations, as well as for the ongoing monitoring of jurisdictions following the conclusion of a review. The ultimate goal is
to help jurisdictions to effectively implement the international standards of
transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes.
All review reports are published once approved by the Global Forum
and they thus represent agreed Global Forum reports.
For more information on the work of the Global Forum on Transparency
and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, and for copies of the published review reports, please refer to www.oecd.org/tax/transparency and
www.eoi-tax.org.
Abbreviations – 7
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of
AML/CFT Law Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing
of Terrorism Law
AMBD
Authoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam
BIFC
Brunei International Financial Centre
Criminal Asset Recovery Order 2012
Double Tax Convention
Brunei Ministry of Finance
RATLO
Registered Agents and Trustees Licensing Order
RIBC
Registry of International Business Companies
ROCBN
Register of Companies and Business Names
TIEA
Tax Information Exchange Agreement
Executive summary– 9
This report summarises the legal and regulatory framework for
transparency and exchange of information in Brunei Darussalam (hereafter
referred to as “Brunei”) as well as the practical implementation of that framework. The assessment of effectiveness in practice has been performed in
relation to a three year period (1 July 2012 through 30 June 2015). The international standard, which is set out in the Global Forum’s Terms of Reference
to Monitor and Review Progress Towards Transparency and Exchange
of Information, is concerned with the availability of relevant information
within a jurisdiction, the competent authority’s ability to gain timely access
to that information, and in turn, whether that information can be effectively
exchanged with its exchange of information (EOI) partners.
Brunei is a small and wealthy oil-based economy in South-East
Asia. A member of the Global Forum, in 2010 Brunei passed new legislation to implement the international standards of transparency and effective
exchange of information for tax purposes. Moreover since October 2011 (the
date which the Phase 1 Report was published), Brunei passed several legislative amendments to address a number of the recommendations made in the
2011 Phase 1 Report. These amendments pertain to the determinations and
recommendations made in respect of (i) availability of ownership and identity
information; (ii) availability of accounting information; (iii) access to information; (iv) exchange of information mechanisms; and (v) Brunei’s exchange
of information network.
Information on the legal ownership of domestic companies, partnerships, offshore companies and other offshore entities is available to Brunei’s
government authorities, as are accounting records and transaction records
held by financial institutions. A system of penalties supports the enforcement
of these requirements.
Brunei has since introduced the Record Keeping (Business) Order
which entered into force in 23 June 2015, which imposes the obligation on all
relevant entities and arrangements to keep reliable accounting information
and underlying documentation for a minimum period of five years. The Order
only came into effect toward the end of the review period. The Bruneian
10 – Executive summary
authorities have been focusing their efforts on educational and outreach
activities and the oversight of the Order has not been developed sufficiently.
It is recommended that Brunei monitors the enforcement of the Order to
ensure that accounting records and underlying documentation are available
in respect of all entities.
Brunei has made substantive amendments to its legal framework
to ensure the availability of ownership information for (i) companies incorporated outside Brunei which have their place of effective management
in Brunei, (ii) foreign international companies, (iii) persons in a nominee
shareholding arrangement, and (iv) all parties of express trusts. In addition,
amendments were made to expressly prohibit share warrants to bearer with
effect from 1 January 2015 with a deadline for all existing holders to surrender their warrants for cancellation by 31 December 2015 and have their names
entered into the register.
In practice, various government agencies within Brunei have been
requested for ownership, accounting and banking information over the
review period, and the information is generally available. It is noted though
that some of the regulatory authorities (such as the Registrar for International
Business Companies) are still in the primary stages of implementing an effective system of monitoring and oversight of the entities which they regulate. It
is recommended that Brunei ensure that all its monitoring and enforcement
powers are appropriately exercised in practice to support the legal requirements which ensure the availability of ownership and identity information in
all cases.
Brunei has amended the Income Tax Act to remove the requirement
that access to bank information for exchange of information (EOI) purposes
can only be carried out for tax treaties that have been “prescribed” by the
Sultan. With this legislative change, the Bruneian competent authority is able
to exercise its access powers with respect to EOI requests under all tax agreements, and to obtain information on any entity covered under the Income Tax
Act. Regarding access to information on international business companies
and international limited partnerships formed under the Brunei International
Financial Centre (BIFC) legislation and now under the jurisdiction of Autoriti
Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD), the new Record Keeping (Business)
Order provides the Bruneian competent authority access powers to obtain
the information from such entities for EOI purposes. However, it is not clear
whether such the access powers apply to international trusts, which are subjected to statutory secrecy obligations under the International Trust Order
(ITO) and Registered Agents and Trustees Licensing Order (RATLO).
The specific amendments made under the ITA to allow access to
information for EOI purposes in accordance with the standard as well as the
powers under Record Keeping (Business) Order to access information on
Executive summary– 11
entities that are not subject to tax remain untested. Brunei is recommended to
monitor the application of its access powers provided under the 2012 amendments to the ITA and the Record Keeping (Business) Order 2015 and ensure
they are effective when gathering information for EOI purposes in accordance with the international standard.
Brunei has a network of 28 bilateral EOI relationships, of which four
are not in force as at 15 September 2016. Brunei has completed its ratification processes and is awaiting confirmation of ratification by its partners for
all four agreements. Brunei has taken steps to improve the communication
among the authorities involved in the ratification process and is confident
that going forward, the process to complete internal procedures to ratify tax
agreements would be smoother, and time taken to complete the process will
be shortened. Brunei’s network of exchange agreements covers all its main
trading partners. Comments were sought from Global Forum members in
the course of the preparation of this report and one jurisdiction indicated
that it has conveyed its intent to negotiate an Agreement for Exchange of
Information and Assistance in Collection with respect to Taxes with Brunei
in 2012, but Brunei has yet to respond to its request. Brunei has recently
commenced TIEA negotiations with this jurisdiction and has forwarded
Brunei’s draft TIEA model to the jurisdiction for comments. Brunei is recommended to respond to all requests for entering into EOI agreements in a
timely manner.
Brunei’s practical experience with exchanging information is relatively limited to date. During the review period, Brunei did not receive any
EOI requests. Brunei has a sound organisational structure in place and clear
written procedures to respond to EOI requests. The policies and practices
with respect to confidentiality also appear to be sound.
The changes introduced by Brunei since 2011 demonstrate its
commitment to implement the international standards for transparency
and exchange of information. Brunei is encouraged to continue to review
and update its legal and regulatory framework to address the remaining
recommendations.
Brunei has been assigned a rating 1 for each of the 10 essential elements as well as an overall rating. The ratings for the essential elements are
based on the analysis in the text of the report, taking into account the Phase 1
determinations and any recommendations made in respect of Brunei’s legal
and regulatory framework and the effectiveness of its exchange of information in practice. On this basis, Brunei has been assigned the following ratings:
This report reflects the legal and regulatory framework as at 1 August 2016. Any
material changes to the circumstances affecting the ratings may be included in
Annex 1 to this report.
Compliant for A.3, B.2, C.1, C.3 and C.4; Largely Compliant for A.1, A.2, B.1,
C.2 and C.5. In view of the ratings for each of the essential elements taken in
their entirety, the overall rating for Brunei is Largely Compliant.
A follow up report on the steps undertaken by Brunei to answer
the recommendations made in this report should be provided to the PRG by
June 2017 and thereafter in accordance with the process set out under the
Methodology for the second round of reviews.
Introduction – 13
Information and methodology used for the peer review of Brunei
The assessment of the legal and regulatory framework of Brunei was
based on the international standards for transparency and exchange of information as described in the Global Forum’s Terms of Reference to Monitor and
Review Progress Towards Transparency and Exchange of Information For
Tax Purposes, and was prepared using the Global Forum’s Methodology for
Peer Reviews and Non-Member Reviews. The assessment has been conducted
in three stages: Phase 1, conducted in 2011, assessed Brunei’s legal and regulatory framework for transparency and the exchange of information, and was
followed by a Supplementary assessment in 2015 of the improvements made
by Brunei to this framework, while Phase 2, conducted in 2016, assesses the
practical implementation of that framework over a three year period (1 July
2012 to 30 June 2015), as well as any amendments made to the legal and regulatory framework since the Phase 1 and Supplementary review up to 1 August
2016 (a list of relevant laws and regulations is set out in Annex 3).
The assessment was based on the laws, regulations, and exchange
of information mechanisms in force or effect as at 1 August 2016, Brunei’s
responses to the Phase 1 and Phase 2 questionnaire, information supplied
by exchange of information partners and explanations provided by Brunei
during the on-site visit that took place from 8 to 10 March 2016 in Bandar
Seri Begawan, Brunei. During the on-site visit, the assessment team met with
officials and representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Revenue Division,
Registry of Companies and Business Names, Autoriti Monetari Brunei
Darussalam, Attorney General’s Chambers, Judiciary Department and Law
Society of Brunei Darussalam.
The Terms of Reference break down the standards of transparency and
exchange of information into 10 essential elements and 31 enumerated aspects
under three broad categories: (A) availability of information; (B) access to
information; and (C) exchange of information. This review assesses Brunei’s
legal and regulatory framework and its application in practice against these
elements and each of the enumerated aspects. In respect of each essential
14 – Introduction
element a determination is made that: (i) the element is in place; (ii) the element is in place, but certain aspects of the legal implementation of the element
need improvement; or (iii) the element is not in place. These determinations
are accompanied by recommendations for improvement where relevant. In
addition, to reflect the Phase 2 component, recommendations are made concerning Brunei’s practical application of each of the essential elements and a
rating of either: (i) compliant, (ii) largely compliant, (iii) partially compliant,
or (iv) non-compliant is assigned to each element. As outlined in the Note on
Assessment Criteria, an overall “rating” is applied to reflect the jurisdiction’s
level of compliance with the standards. A summary of the findings against
those elements can be found in the table at the end of the report.
The Phase 1 and Phase 2 assessments were conducted by assessment
teams comprising expert assessors and representatives of the Global Forum
secretariat. The Phase 1 assessment was conducted by a team, which consisted
of two expert assessors and one representative of the Global Forum Secretariat:
Ms. Mônica Sionara Schpallir Calijuri, from the Secretariat of the Federal
Revenue of Brazil; Mr. Duncan Nicol, Director from the Cayman Islands’
Department for International Tax Cooperation; and Ms. Francesca Vitale
from the Global Forum Secretariat. The supplementary Phase 1 assessment
was conducted by an assessment team, which consisted of three expert assessors and a representative of the Global Forum Secretariat: Mr. Andres Noel
Sanchez Hernandez, Tax Administration of Mexico; Ms Flor Nieto Velázquez,
Tax Administration of Mexico; Mr. Duncan Nicol, Director from the Cayman
Islands’ Department for International Tax Cooperation; and Ms. Audrey Chua
from the Global Forum Secretariat. Both assessment teams examined the
legal and regulatory framework for transparency and exchange of information and relevant exchange of information mechanisms in Brunei. The 2016
Phase 2 assessment was conducted by an assessment team, which consisted of
two expert assessors: Mr. Duncan Nicol, Director from the Cayman Islands’
Department for International Tax Cooperation and Ms. Flor Nieto Velázquez,
Subadministrator for International Audits, Tax Administration Service of
Mexico; and Ms. Elaine Leong from the Global Forum Secretariat.
Overview of Brunei
Brunei is a sovereign state in South East Asia. Brunei’s territory
consists of two unconnected parts both located on the north coast of the
Island of Borneo. Apart from the coastline with the South China Sea, Brunei
is entirely surrounded by Malaysia. Brunei has a territory of approximately
5 765 square kilometres and a population of about 400 000. The capital is
Bandar Seri Begawan. The territory is divided into four administrative districts (or “daerah”), which, in turn, are subdivided into 38 “mukims”. The
official language is Malay, and English is also widely spoken.
Brunei is a member of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC),
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Commonwealth, the
United Nations and the World Trade Organisation. In 2010, Brunei became a
member of the Global Forum.
Brunei’s economy is small and wealthy, dominated by revenues from
its substantial crude oil and natural gas reserves. The industry sector, including the oil and gas sector, constitutes by far the largest part of gross domestic
product (GDP) with 62.2%, followed by services (37.0%) and agriculture
(0.8%). 2 Brunei is the fourth largest oil producer in the South East Asia and
the ninth largest producer of liquefied natural gas in the world. Hydrocarbon
resources account for over 90% of its exports and more than 50% of its Gross
Domestic Product.
In 2015, Brunei’s economy contracted by 0.4% with Real GDP
amounting to BND 18.94 billion. However, there is a rising awareness in the
country of depleting natural resources and the subsequent need to diversify
the economy away from its over-reliance on oil and gas. Oil production has
declined in recent years and growth rates have fallen significantly. Brunei’s
oil reserves are expected to last 25 years, and natural gas reserves, 40 years.
Plans for the future include upgrading the labour force, reducing unemployment, strengthening the banking and tourist sectors, and further widening the
economic base beyond oil and gas.
In recent years, Brunei’s authorities have tried to diversify the economy and expand into the value-added financial sector. Brunei International
Financial Centre (BIFC) was established in 2000 as part of this drive towards
economic diversification. A number of additional corporate forms are available to business operations in the BIFC, including international business
companies, international limited partnerships, and international trusts. As of
1 January 2011, the supervision of the entities formed under the BIFC legislation as well as the other functions and prerogatives previously attributed to
the BIFC have been transferred to an independent statutory body, the Autoriti
Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD).
Brunei’s exports consist of three major commodities – crude oil,
petroleum products and liquefied natural gas – and are largely destined for,
in order, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Indonesia. Other relevant export
partners are India, Australia and the United States. Brunei’s main import
partners, in order, are Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and other Asian jurisdictions (especially the People’s Republic of China and Thailand).
2008 estimates from the CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/
publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bx.html.
Brunei’s currency is the Bruneian dollar (BND) with a floating exchange
rate of EUR 1 = BND 1.55 on 27 May 2016. 3 Since 1967 the Bruneian dollar has
been pegged to the Singaporean dollar.
General information on the legal and tax system
Governance and legal system
Formerly a protectorate state, Brunei gained full independence from
the United Kingdom in 1984. Brunei’s governance is based on the country’s
written Constitution and the tradition of the Malay Islamic Monarchy. The
Sultan of Brunei, His Majesty Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. The Sultan is assisted
and advised by five councils, including the 16-member Council of Cabinet
Ministers. The Sultan presides over the Cabinet as Prime Minister and also
serves as Minister of Defence, Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Trade. A Legislative Council with 29 appointed members was
reactivated in September 2004, after a 20-year suspension, to play an advisory role for the Sultan. It was then dissolved on 1 September 2005 and
reconstituted a day later after the new amendment of the 1959 Constitution
was promulgated. 4 There are also a Religious Council and a Privy Council,
whose members are all appointed by the Sultan, dealing with religious and
constitutional matters respectively. All members of the advisory Councils are
appointed by the Sultan. Since passage of the 1959 Constitution, Brunei has
had one election, in 1962.
Brunei’s legal system is based on common law, with an independent
judiciary, a body of written common law judgements and statutes. There is
a single national law, and no sub-national powers. The judiciary comprises
the Magistrates’ Courts, the High Court, the Intermediate Court and the
Court of Appeals. For criminal cases the final appellate court is the Court
of Appeal. Final appeal can, on agreement of both parties, be made to the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London in civil cases. When necessary, the common law of England and the doctrines of equity, together with
statutes of general application, can be applied to fill in lacunae in Brunei’s
civil and commercial law (s. 2 Application of Laws Act). Brunei also has a
separate system of Islamic courts that apply Shariah law in family and other
matters involving Muslims.
Laws are generally passed by the Executive Branch as Orders pursuant to Art. 83(3) of the Constitution. Once approved by the Sultan, such
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orders are published on the Government Gazette and enter into force on the
day the Sultan signs the Orders, unless there is a provision to state that the
commencement date will be on a date to be appointed by the Minister with
the approval of the Sultan. Each year, gazetted orders are converted into
acts when the Attorney General publishes a revised edition of the new law
to be included in the Laws of Brunei (s. 3 Law Revision Act). Pursuant to
the Interpretation and General Clauses Act 2001, rules, regulations, orders,
proclamations or other documents that have the force of law and are annexed
to their relevant parent acts are considered subsidiary legislation (s. 3). The
power to make subsidiary legislation is regulated under s. 13 and s. 15 of the
Interpretation and General Clauses Act. Subsidiary legislation is published in
the Government Gazette (s. 16).
Sector-specific statutes provide supervisory authorities with wide
powers to issue enforceable notices on licensed institutions. The notices
issued under statutory enabling powers have the status of subordinate/secondary legislation and are therefore legally binding.
Double taxation conventions (DTCs) are ratified upon issuance of
an order by the Sultan declaring that they should have effect notwithstanding anything in any written law (s. 41 Income Tax Act; ITA). This means that
agreements are ratified through subsidiary legislation issued under the ITA
and have the force of law. As the ratification order is issued under the ITA,
provisions in the ITA may prevail over provisions contained in a ratified
agreement. The Sultan can declare that an arrangement should have effect only
if such arrangement has been made with the government of any country outside Brunei “with a view to affording relief from double taxation and exchange
of information in relation to tax under the Income Tax Act and any tax of a
similar character imposed by the laws of that country”. The DTC is ratified
the day on which it is published in the Government Gazette as an attachment to the Sultan’s order. The ratification order is made by the Sultan “in
Council” (which means the Sultan acting after consultation with the Council
of Ministers, but not necessarily in accordance with the advice of that Council,
nor necessarily in that Council assembled). The draft ratification order is prepared by the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC). Brunei’s authorities have
indicated that taxation information exchange agreements (TIEAs) may also be
concluded by the Government and ratified by the Sultan.
A complete list of all the relevant legislation and regulations is set
out in Annex 3.
The ITA is the main piece of legislation governing taxation in Brunei.
Although the act provides for the taxation of all income derived in Brunei,
income derived by individuals, partnerships and other entities or bodies of
persons is in practice exempted from tax (First Schedule (1)(a)). As a consequence, income tax is chargeable only to resident and non-resident companies.
A company is resident in Brunei if the management and control of its business
is exercised in Brunei. The place of incorporation is not relevant for the purpose of determining the company’s tax residence. Income tax is charged on a
territorial basis with a flat rate. The business income of non-resident companies is subject to tax if derived through a permanent establishment in Brunei.
The rate is 22% as of the year of assessment 2011 (it was 23.5% in 2010).
Capital gains are taxed as part of business income. Dividend income received
by a company from the income which has already been taxed in Brunei in
the hands of the distributing company is exempt. Interest payments to nonresidents are subject to a withholding tax of 15%. Withholding taxes are levied
at a 10% rate on royalties paid to non-residents, and at a 20% rate on payments
for technical services, management or assistance fees and remunerations to
non-resident directors. No withholding tax is levied on outbound dividends.
The ITA also provides for a number of tax incentives, including full tax
exemption for companies carrying on specific types of business. Companies
carrying on business in the international trade of qualifying manufactured
goods, for example, benefit from a tax relief period that cannot exceed 8 years;
the tax relief period cannot exceed 20 years for exporting qualifying services,
15 years for “expanding enterprises” and 11 years for companies which have
been granted “pioneer”, “pioneer service” or “post pioneer” status (as defined in
the Investment Incentives Order 2001). Special rules apply to small and medium
size enterprises as w ell as to newly incorporated companies. Companies established according to the legislation on Brunei International Financial Centre
(BIFC) are not subject to tax. With the establishment of the AMBD in 2011, four
divisions previously under the Ministry of Finance merged to form AMBD,
namely: the Financial Institutions Division (FID), the Brunei Currency and
Monetary Board (BCMB), the Brunei International Financial Center (BIFC) and
part of the Research and International Division (RID).
Companies engaged in the exploration and production of oil and
gas (“petroleum operations”) are subject to the petroleum profits tax under
the Income Tax (Petroleum) Act (Chapter 119). Petroleum tax is charged on
income derived by resident and non-resident companies carrying on petroleum operations in Brunei and it is imposed at a rate of 55%. Income tax
cannot be charged on income subject to petroleum tax (s. 45). Stamp duty is
levied on a number of instruments, including mortgages, transfers of ownership and tenancy agreements.
The tax administration agency is the Revenue Division (RD) of
Brunei’s Ministry of Finance (MOF). The MOF has five departments and
nine divisions and the Revenue Division is one of the nine divisions. Pursuant
to Brunei’s agreements, the competent authority for exchange of information
purposes is the Minister of Finance or the Minister’s authorised representative. In practice, exchange of information (EOI) requests are handled by the
Collector of Income Tax, who is the Minister’s authorised representative. The
Collector of Income Tax is also responsible for negotiating EOI agreements.
He constitutes a team of negotiators before the initiation of negotiations.
Negotiation teams are always headed by the Ministry of Finance, who may
be assisted by representatives of the Attorney General’s Chambers or the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Tax policy in Brunei is targeted at stimulating economic growth. The
current corporate tax rate is 18.5%, in addition tax thresholds were introduced in 2008 to reduce tax burden of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
In 2015, there were three main tax reforms implemented – (i) tax exemption
for companies 5 with gross sales or turnover that do not exceed BND 1 million
(EUR 645 161); (ii) enhanced capital allowance on industrial building; and
(iii) additional capital allowance for plant and machinery.
In the recent years, the RD introduced an online platform which enables the provision of e-services such as registration, filing, payment through
internet banking, viewing penalties imposed, and refund status.
All companies registered under the Companies Act in Brunei are
subject to tax. For these companies, their tax identification number is the
same as their business registration number. International Business Companies
(IBCs) are not registered under the Companies Act, but are regulated under
the International Companies Business Order 2000. IBCs are not subject to
tax. Companies incorporated in Brunei but having their control and management overseas will not be tax residents in Brunei.
Overview of the financial sector and relevant professions
The financial sector in Brunei Darussalam is dominated by the banking system which offers both Islamic and conventional banking services.
Other financial service providers include insurance companies, finance companies, securities, mutual funds, money changing and remittance businesses.
As of 1 January 2011, all banks and other financial institutions are licensed
and supervised by the Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (s. 42 Autoriti
Monetari Brunei Darussalam Order 2010; AMBDO). Prior to 2011, there was
a system of multiple licensing and supervisory entities.
However, these companies are still required to file annual tax returns.
Ordinary banks in Brunei take deposits from the private sector and
the Government and lend exclusively to the private sector. The Government
maintains deposits in the system but does not borrow from it. Islamic banking significantly accounts for financial sector assets and is regulated under
the Islamic Banking Order 2008. Banks wishing to carry on “international
banking business” – i.e. banking business that does not involve any person
resident in Brunei – need to be licensed under the International Banking
Order 2000 (IBO) (s. 3). 6
Licensed finance companies are subsidiaries of banks and may only
provide hire purchase and savings account products.
The Mutual Funds Order 2001 (MFO) provides for the regulation of
mutual funds in Brunei, the supervision and licensing of such funds and of
persons promoting and providing services in connection with mutual funds.
The MFO applies to domestic and international funds and their promoters,
managers and custodians.
Rules applying to financial exchanges, dealers and other persons providing advice in respect of managing or dealing in securities and for certain
offences relating to securities are contained in the Securities Order 2001 (SO)
which is now repealed and replaced by the Securities Markets Order 2013
(SMO). As a general rule, a person cannot carry on the business of a dealer
or hold himself out as carrying on such a business unless he holds a dealer’s
licence granted under Part VII of the SMO. Equally, a person cannot act as
an investment adviser or hold himself out to be an investment adviser unless
he is the holder of an investment adviser’s licence granted under Part VII of
the SMO. Persons carrying on money-changing and remittance business also
need to obtain a licence pursuant to the Money-Changing and Remittance
Business Act (Chapter 174) (ss.5 and 7).
The provision of insurance services to persons resident in Brunei
is regulated under the Insurance Order 2006. In addition, the International
Insurance and Takaful Order 2001 (IITO) prescribes the licensing requirements and regulation of persons carrying on an international insurance
business and international insurance-related activities, the security and
protection of long-term international insurance business and other incidental
matters. The provision of insurance and takaful services to persons resident
in Brunei are regulated under the Insurance Order, 2006 and the Takaful
Order, 2008.
As of July 2016, in Brunei there were 7 banks (5 foreign branches
and 2 local banks, one of which is an Islamic bank), 1 Islamic Trust Fund, 3
The IBO provides for four classes of licences, all issued by Brunei’s Monetary
Authority (s. 7).
finance companies (2 conventional and 1 Islamic), 12 insurance companies
(9 non-life and 3 life), 20 money changers and 19 remittance companies. The
licensed banks have an asset base of BND17.3 billion (11.3 billion EUR) at
the end of Q2 2016.
Relevant professions
Professional service providers in Brunei include lawyers, accountants
and trust and company service providers.
The legal profession in Brunei is regulated by the Legal Profession
Act (Chapter 132). Lawyers are supervised by the Law Society, established
by virtue of the Legal Profession (Law Society of Brunei Darussalam) Order
2003. Whilst access to the legal profession is regulated, lawyers are not subject to binding sectoral supervision. Under section 36 of the Legal Profession
Order, the Law Society, with approval of the Chief Justice, may make nonbinding rules regulating the professional practice, etiquette, conduct and
discipline of advocates and solicitors. As of July 2016 there are approximately
34 law firms in Brunei with approximately 104 counsels as members of the
Brunei Law Society.
Public accountancy services are the accountancy services that are
being regulated in Brunei Darussalam under the Accountants Order, 2010.
Section 2 of the Accountants Order, 2010 provides the definition of public
accountancy services as the audit and reporting on financial statements and
the doing of such other acts that are required by any written law to be done
by a public accountant. Hence, in order to be authorised to perform public
accountancy services in Brunei Darussalam, all public accountants must be
registered with the Public Accountants Oversight Committee (PAOC) who
acts on behalf of the Ministry of Finance.
Professionals providing trust and company services are required to be
registered in accordance with the Registered Agents and Trustees Licensing
Order 2000 (RATLO). As of July 2016 there were 11 registered agents and
licensed trust companies in Brunei, which offer trust and company services. As of 1 January 2011, the Monetary Authority is responsible for the
regulation and supervision of all entities licensed under the RATLO (the
supervisory entity was previously the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry
of Finance).
The Brunei International Financial Centre (BIFC)
The Brunei International Financial Centre (BIFC) is a financial
and business centre established by the government of Brunei in 2000 to
stimulate and enhance the development of financial services sector in Brunei.
Legislation passed in 2000 introduced a number of corporate forms which are
available to business operations in the BIFC, including international business
2011, the supervision of the entities formed under the BIFC legislation as well
as the functions and prerogatives previously attributed to the BIFC have been
transferred to Brunei’s Monetary Authority (AMBD). Companies operating
in the BIFC are exempt from tax.
Only registered agents licensed under RATLO can incorporate international business companies under the IBCO, 2000. All establishment and
compliance documents of entities operating in the BIFC are filed by these
registered agents. Equally, trustees of international trusts may only be registered agents licensed under RATLO.
The Registrar of International Business Companies and International
Limited Partnerships is in charge of a Registry, which, for confidentiality and
administrative reasons, is a part of the AMBD.
Entities subject to AML/CFT legislation
Brunei introduced the Money Laundering Order (AMLO) in 2000
and the Anti-Terrorism (Financial and Other Measures) Act in 2002. The
two acts, which have been recently amended, form the backbone of Brunei’s
legislation on Anti Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing
(AML/CFT). AML/CFT obligations apply to entities carrying on “relevant
business”, defined as the business of engaging in one or more of the following (s. 4(1) AMLO):
the business of receiving money on deposit account transacted by a
company licensed under the Banking Order, 2006 and the Finance
Companies Act (Chapter 89) or of any other law relating to domestic
banking;
any activity carried on by a company in possession of a licence
authorising it to do so under the International Banking Order 2000;
long-term insurance business carried on by a person who has been
authorised to carry on such insurance business by or in pursuance of
any written-law; and
any of the financial sector activities referred to in the AMLO’s
Schedule. 7
Acceptance of deposits and other repayable funds from the public; lending;
financial leasing; money transmission services; issuing and administering
means of payment; guarantees and commitments; trading for own account or for
account of customers in: (a) money market instruments; (b) foreign exchange;
In 2010, additional professionals were made subject to AML/CFT
obligations under the AMLO, including:
licensees under the RATLO;
advocates and solicitors; and
services provided by any person registered under any written law
relating to accountants.
As of 2011, the implementation of AML/CFT legislation is entrusted
to Brunei’s Monetary Authority. The AMBDO empowers Brunei’s Monetary
Authority to issue such directions or make such regulations concerning any
financial institutions 8 as the authority considers necessary for the prevention
of money laundering or the financing of terrorism (s. 34). These directions
and regulations are legally binding. They are necessary to give full effectiveness to the CDD obligations under the AMLO (see section on element A.1
for details).
(c) financial futures and options; (d) exchange and interest rate instruments;
(e) transferable securities; participation in securities issues and provision of services related to such issues; advice on capital structures, industrial strategy and
advice and services relating to mergers and purchase of undertakings; money
broking; portfolio management and advice; safekeeping and administration of
securities; safe custody services; international offshore financial services; bureau
de change business; provision of cheque cash services; transmission or receipt of
funds by wire or other electronic means.
Pursuant to the AMBDO, financial institution means: (i) any insurer registered under the Insurance Order 2006 or the Takaful Order 2008 or any person
licensed under the International Insurance and Takaful Order 2002; (ii) any
finance company licensed under the Finance Companies Act; (iii) any person
licensed under the RATLO 2000, the Mutual Funds Order 2001, the Securities
Order International Insurance and Takaful Order 2002; (iv) any person licensed
to carry on any money-changing business or remittance business under the
Money-Changing and Remittance Businesses Act; (v) such other person licensed,
approved or regulated by the authority under any written law. For the purposes
of the directions or guidelines that can be issued under the AMBDO, the term
“financial institutions” also includes any bank and “any person who is exempted
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Azarenka books Serena showdown at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS – Two-time Indian Wells champion Victoria Azarenka shook off a slow start to beat Vera Lapko 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday and set up a second-round meeting with long-time rival Serena Williams.
Azarenka, a former world number one now ranked 48th in the world, said she started a little too passive in dropping the first two games against her fellow Belarussian, but roared back to seal the win with ease.
She was looking forward to taking on 10th-seeded Williams, who like all the seeds in the combined WTA and ATP Masters event has a first-round bye.
The American has won 17 of their 21 prior encounters, but Azarenka won their most recent clash – in the 2016 Indian Wells final.
“Of course it’s going to be a very special match for us,” she said of their first clash since both became mothers.
“We have such a big history, it’s going to be really special. She motivates me, she inspires me, she pushes me to be better,” Azarenka said of Williams.
Serena Williams received a first round bye at Indian Wells. Photo: EPA/Lukas Coch
The opening day of women’s main draw play saw highly touted teenagers Bianca Andreescu and Amanda Ansimova reached the second round.
Canada’s Andreescu, 18, rallied from a set down to beat Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-3.
“For me, the ending is the most important, so I’m really glad I pulled through,” said Andreescu, who has won 22 matches this season including qualifying and main draw.
She has climbed steadily in the rankings, rising from 107th to start the year to 60th.
“Mentally… I was like, I might as well go for my shots, and see where that leads me and that’s what I did, and it worked,” said Andreescu, who booked a second-round meeting with 32nd seed Dominika Cibulkova.
American Ansimova, 17, lined up a meeting with 16th-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Serbian Aleksandra Krunic.
Third-seeded Petra Kvitova, who will face either Venus Williams or Andrea Petkovic in the second round, said she wasn’t surprised to see teenagers making such a strong showing.
“Every year we see some young generation coming,” she said, noting that while still little known they can play “with no fear.”
“They are not favorites, all the pressure is on (their opponents),” she said.
Elsewhere, American Sofia Kenin didn’t have to wait long to avenge her loss to Wang Yafan in last Saturday’s Acapulco women’s final – ousting China’s Wang 1-6, 7-5, 6-4.
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Patrick Mahomes adds Raiders to his comeback collection in Chiefs’ thrilling win
By Nate Taylor Nov 23, 2020 45
His teammates, at least the ones who are paid to play defense at the NFL level, were embarrassed for the second consecutive time against the Las Vegas Raiders, the Chiefs’ archrival. For most of Sunday night, Derek Carr, the Raiders’ quarterback, had a better statistical performance than him. And yes, he was even put in the type of hazardous situation in which most NFL quarterbacks crumble: down three points with less than two minutes remaining and only one timeout left.
Patrick Mahomes, yet again, reminded fans — and those archrivals, the Las Vegas Raiders — that he is extraordinary.
“Sure enough, ’15’ is always ready for the moment,” star tight end Travis Kelce said of Mahomes.
Inside Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the scoreboard showed that the Chiefs escaped their Sunday night game with a 35-31 comeback victory over the Raiders. That sentiment, however, wasn’t what the Chiefs, the reigning Super Bowl...
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By Fred Katz Dec 24, 2020 24
Depending on which parts of the game you paid attention to, it was either wonderfully fitting or horribly out of character that the 76ers would close out an opening-night win over the Wizards thanks to — of all things — a brain cramp.
Philadelphia led Washington by two points with 33 seconds remaining. The Wizards had time to keep from fouling, get the ball back, then go for a win or tie with ample clock remaining. But a stop never came. Ben Simmons hung around the paint. Russell Westbrook, who was guarding him, rotated away, fleeing for some reason to Joel Embiid at the free-throw line. Thomas Bryant took off in the same direction as Westbrook.
“I didn’t think we did communicate,” coach Scott Brooks said. “Two went to the ball and we left (Simmons) open. It was definitely a mistake.”
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QB Review: Colt McCoy provides spark for Redskins against Texans
By Mark Bullock Nov 19, 2018 4
Colt McCoy’s first opportunity in a number of years to play significant snaps didn’t come in ideal circumstances. Starting quarterback Alex Smith left the game against the Texans after suffering a horrific leg injury that puts his future in doubt. But McCoy stepped in seamlessly and even provided a spark to the offense. His first pass was a touchdown to tight end Jordan Reed.
The Redskins run a twist on one of their favorite red-zone concepts here. Typically, this play would be run with two outside receivers both running under routes and would be called “Dusty” for double unders. But on this occasion, they have both unders pivot back outside. This takes the attention of the two outside corners, leaving Reed one-on-one with the safety on his corner route. McCoy remains patient, allowing Reed time to set up his route and create separation as he breaks to the corner. McCoy then delivers a perfect touch pass that hits Reed in stride for the...
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Our Man In Santiago
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ABOUT THEATRE WEST
Established in 1962 Theatre West is an internationally acclaimed non profit arts organization and the oldest continually running theatre company in Los Angeles.
Our productions have toured both sides of the Atlantic, including the Edinburgh and Dublin Festivals, New York City, Atlanta, South Carolina, Seattle, San Francisco, and throughout California.
Over the years Theatre West’s plays have transferred to Broadway (Spoon River Anthology, Aesop in Central Park), to feature films (A Bronx Tale, Faithful) and have been published (Acting: The First Six Lessons, Thicker Than Water).
Some of Hollywood’s brightest lights have made Theatre West their artistic home, including Betty Garrett, Lee Meriwether, Richard Dreyfuss, Carroll O’Connor, Harold Gould, Beau Bridges, Martin Landau, Bridget Hanley and Philip Abbott.
Administrative Office: 323-851-4839
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Theatre West
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Theatre West is located at 3333 Cahuenga Blvd West, LA, CA, 90068, off the 101, in the Cahuenga Pass, between Barham and Lankershim, just down the block from Universal Studios.
Note: Metro Bus Stop 156 drops off at Cahuenga Blvd West and Oakshire (North and South)
Parking is across the street for $5 — card only, no cash.
Box office opens 1 hour prior to performances for walk up sales and will call pick up. To purchase tickets in advance click here or call our secure box office line to leave a reservation.
Theatre West is available for producers to stage their own plays, or for film and TV shoots.
Stage Productions
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(6pm-11pm for evening shows, 12pm-5pm for matinees.)
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Negotiable. Price is based on shooting needs and requirements.
For more information Call 323-851-4839 or Email our main office
Theater Specs Stage: 40′ wide x 20′ deep / Height to Grid: 10’6″ / Seats: 164
The mission of Theatre West is to nurture and develop theatre artists by giving them the opportunity to expand their talents and skills through workshops and public performances and to serve the community with invigorating educational programs.
We believe in the art of theatre to educate, enlighten and entertain. We nurture, cultivate and foster vibrant theatre artists, and we provoke our audiences with plays that reflect the human condition.
Fifty-seven years ago, a small group of New York and LA based actors founded Theatre West to create a safe space to hone their craft, challenge their talent, and present works they felt passionate about. Today, Theatre West has grown to include over 165 actors, writers, directors, producers, and stage managers. For 36 years, Theatre West has also been home to Storybook Theatre, a children's interactive theatrical experience. Our mission has always been to entertain and inspire YOU, our treasured Patrons and Donors, and we are extremely grateful for your generosity over the years. Your support today enables us to continue presenting compelling stories that move, inspire, and speak truth to the human condition. We also remain committed to giving back to the community. Thank you to all of our Patrons and Donors!
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These are turbulent times. Our streets echo with the righteous anger of American citizens protesting a culture of systemic racism and violence.
The artist members of Theatre West follow the precepts of Hamlet in his Advice to the Players believing “the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.”
The Arts are a mirror, and we use it to reflect almost every experience known to humankind. However, Art also allows us to scrutinize the present, reflect on the past, and ponder the future. We at Theatre West realize that our goals, and the goals of every theatre across the country, must be to work even harder to create a safe artistic home for an ever more diverse group of Actors, Playwrights, Directors, Musicians and Designers. To offer a public platform for the voices of all peoples, especially the marginalized and the oppressed. To decry bigotry and discrimination with a roar that can penetrate our country’s daily din. And if we are honest and courageous, we can hold that truth-telling mirror up to both the ugliness and the beauty of our society in the belief that it will help effect discussion, understanding and change.
Storybook Theatre
Since 1984 Storybook Theatre has been part of our company, honored by The United States Senate and House of Representatives, The County Board of Supervisors, the City Council of Los Angeles and Mayor’s Office. Storybook presents non-threatening, interactive musical theater appropriate for children 3-9 years old.
Education Program K-5
Theatre West’s qualified teaching staff goes into LAUSD classroom and uses theater skills to present positive and invigorating educational instruction that meet California Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards.
Educating Teachers
We have offered some 2,000 professionals over 5,000 workshops in acting, musical comedy, playwriting, Shakespeare, and improvisation – making art and creating a fun curriculum utilizing vocabulary, math, history, and geography.
Theatre West routinely gives back to the community through benefits for local schools, the Valley Jewish Storefront, Hollygrove Orphanage, S.T.A.G.E., APLA, Concern II, and has raised thousands of dollars for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights A.I.D.S.
Theatre West's education programs seek to serve the community by presenting quality theater for younger audiences and using theater skills to present positive and stimulating educational programs that meet California Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards.
For many years, Theatre West has run a comprehensive set of children's theater and education programs. Storybook Theatre has won numerous awards and recognition by the City, County, State, and US Senate and House of Representatives. Today, Theatre West's educational programs include our Storybook Theatre for the youngest audiences, our Elementary School program, our Middle School Playwrights program, and the High School Theatre programs.
Theatre West reaches out to mostly underserved communities. The education program has been beneficial in helping to empower children and build their self-esteem. And although we are a theater, the program, and the focus are not about acting. Through theater games, children learn the importance of teamwork and working together. Their involvement in the arts helps build confidence, improve classroom skills, and introduce them to a world and perspective they might not have otherwise been exposed to.
Over the years, there have been countless School field trips to Theatre West to watch and engage in the presentation of various Storybook productions. Field trips are beneficial for young children to experience live theater, most of them for the very first time. The experience not only improves children's life skills but for some, the experience can be life-changing.
Called the "Best in the West for the squirmy set" by Los Angeles Magazine, and "simply the best at what they do" by the Los Angeles Times, Theatre West's Storybook Theatre is one of only two professional children's theaters for elementary school children in Los Angeles County. And according to AEA, it is one of the highest-impact children's theaters in the US, serving more than 10,000 students a year. It has been presenting young children with interactive, non-threatening theater and musicals, and with stimulating theater-based education programs for thirty-five years.
Theatre West's education programs include:
adapt classic stories and fairy tales into non-threatening plays and musicals that contain messages and lessons for young audiences
present these adaptations as fully staged productions at Theatre West
bring young audiences to these productions from across Los Angeles, even providing transportation from underserved areas when possible
partner with schools to bring theatre professionals into the classroom to use theater as vehicles for teaching storytelling, drama, reading, English, and language skills and to teach about theater in accordance with VAPA.
The actor/teachers from Theatre West bring a vital and electric energy into the classroom that seems to ignite the student’s creative juices! … Their style of classroom management shows an intuitive sensitivity to each student’s hidden fears as well as their ability to be brave…. As a participating classroom teacher, I feel more confident to use new theater techniques in conjunction with my Open Court stories and units… My students were so engaged and excited during the sessions with Theatre West that the classroom seemed to become one functioning organism…the actor/teachers guiding my students to moments of excitement and to moments of quiet.
~ Cecile Cabeen, Teacher, & Dr. Judy Perez, Principal, Hancock Park ES
Our work has been applauded with Tony Awards, Obies, Ovations Award Nominations, 9 LA Drama Critics Awards, Valley Theatre Awards, 7 NAACP Image Awards, and over 130 Drama-Logue Awards. Internationally, we have been nominated by the BBC for the Best of the Fringe, and awarded the coveted Cover of the Scotsman at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as Best Ensemble Award at the Dublin Festival. We have also been honored at the annual Charlie Awards presented by The Hollywood Arts Council.
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Deacon Alvaro appointed to St. Matthew, St. Mary, St. Francis
Jul 2, 2019 | Local, Uncategorized
Deacon Nick Alvaro (Photo provided)
Deacon Nick Alvaro has been appointed temporary administrator of the linked parishes of St. Matthew in East Syracuse, St. Mary of the Assumption in Minoa, and St. Francis of Assisi in Bridgeport, effective August 1. The appointment was announced by the diocese July 2.
Deacon Alvaro served as administrator of the linked parishes of St. Joseph and St. Stephen the King in Oswego since 2016. Those parishes are among four that have united as Christ the Good Shepherd Parish as of July 1. Father John Canorro is the pastor of the new parish.
Deacon Alvaro succeeds Father Sean O’Brien as the pastoral leader of St. Matthew, St. Mary, and St. Francis. Father O’Brien has been appointed administrator of St. Mary–St. Peter Parish in Rome, effective August 1.
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If the successes of its past game console launches are any indicator, sales of Microsoft’s latest effort – set to hit the market November 22 – can be expected to be strong. However, this console, which seeks to be your living room’s all-in-one home entertainment unit, is immensely different from the rest.
In line with the pervading surveillance culture, where microphones and cameras embedded within tablets, cell phones, laptops, light posts, vehicles and other devices watch and listen intently, Microsoft is making sure to load its gaming device with the latest spy tech goodies, which they claim will enhance users’ experiences.
Above new Kinect device, below Xbox One console.
But the most disturbing and worrisome Xbox One/Big Brother gossip is not that Xbox maker Microsoft was reportedly involved in the NSA PRISM scandal, or that the console’s Kinect peripheral sits listening with a multi-microphone array 24/7 for voice commands, or that its noise-isolation capabilities enable it to distinguish your voiceamong a crowd of your friends.
The most startling revelation is that the new Kinect device, to be sold in combination with the XBox One, at times has the ability to map out in high-definition the shape of genitalia, something fine and dandy for consenting adults, but which could be a source of consternation for parents concerned over the privacy of their kids’ junk.
The cameras aren’t exactly designed to scope out your man or womanhood; it just happens that way because the technology simply works too well, says Fast Company writer Mark Wilson.
In viewing a demo of the new Kinect from Microsoft Research, Wilson says he noticed something unmistakable that gave him cause for concern. “… I noticed, alongside the intricacies of a hoodie and jeans–and there’s no graceful way to put this–a dong.”
“The Kinect hardware/software is now so effective at deciphering the bumps and folds of clothing,” says Wilson, “that it can pinpoint a man’s package down to its pant leg, carving out the distinctive folds in our trousers that society, backed by a bit of shadowy denim, has become remarkable at ignoring.”
It was already widely known that the new Kinect’s sensors would be highly invasive, but this should add a whole new level of unease for parents who buy their kids all the latest, trendiest gadgets.
For instance, it was already known that the Kinect’s high-definition camera creates a model of your human skeleton and can track you moving about in your home, in addition to being able to monitor your heart ratein order to gauge your level of enjoyment.
And, it was already known that the Kinect will carefully study users’ eye movements and facial expressions in order to “reward” them with meaningless “virtual rewards” like avatars, in addition to creating profiles of individuals’ likes and dislikes, allowing it to serve up customized ads, services, or shows it thinks users might like.
The fact that Microsoft’s already had to revamp a few Xbox One features means more people are becoming concerned with privacy. It’s had to revise the requirement of a permanent Internet connection, as well as its decision to require the Kinect, both of which were initially needed for the console to function.
As Wilson notes, allowing the new Kinect into your living room is on par with inviting one of the TSA’s millimeter wave scanners or backscatter X-ray machines into your home. But in contrast to the somewhat voluntary nature of the TSA’s prying eyes, the most unnerving thing about Kinect’s genitalia-viewing potential is that the gaming market’s target audience is primarily children and most will not know they can “opt-out.”
Nevertheless, Wilson approaches his find optimistically, saying “a small percentage of Xbox owners may ever have such an experience. This topographical view is essentially a debug mode (I believe, accessible to gamers, but far from standard), and most Kinect experiences will likely render you as a bubbly asexual cartoon or a character with stock anatomy, smoothing over everything from hoodie strings to the overzealous nipples.”
However, anxieties over Microsoft’s alleged participation in setting up backdoors for the NSA should still leave gamers and parents wary of next generation consoles’ supposed technological advancements.
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Trace consolidates its position as a leading global platform on Afro-urban cultures and youth success with a series of nominations to strategic positions.
Valérie Gilles-Alexia is promoted as Director of the Group Media Division and Director France, Caribbean, Indian Ocean.
With 25 years in the audio-visual industry, Valérie has worked at France 3, TPS, Expand and Telfrance. At Trace, she has held the positions of Marketing Director and Overseas Director. Based in Paris, she will be assisted by Jean-Baptiste Loze in the TV Music Programming Department, Ninka Mbaye in the Editorial Content Department, Joël Mirande-Ney in the FM & Digital Radio Department and Rodolphe Huret in the Group Production and Post-Production Department.
Prescillia Avenel-Delpha is promoted as Marketing Director and Director of Platforms OTT Group.
She joined Trace in Johannesburg 3 years ago to develop the Group’s mobile services. Prior to Trace, she worked in digital marketing for Unilever, Volkswagen and Manageo (Altares Group). She will be supported by Natalie Mdladla in the Communication and Public Relations Department and Nathalie Romain in the Brand Department.
Valentine Gaudin-Muteba is promoted to Director South Africa and English-speaking Africa.
Valentine has more than 10 years of experience in the entertainment, event and television industries in the English-speaking Africa market, Trace’s first market. Based in South Africa, Valentine will be supported in her area by Anna-Marie Marks as Sales and Marketing Director.
Franck Dumas is promoted to Group Financial Director as of January 2021.
After holding financial positions at Warner Bros France, Groupe DDB and Prosernat, Franck joined Trace in 2017 as Deputy Group CFO. In his new role, he will be assisted by Karine Verstraete, appointed as Group Accounting Director.
Barbara Bellini is confirmed as Managing Director of Okuhle Media, following the acquisition of this African studio by Trace.
Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Barbara has previously held senior positions over the past twenty years in Italy, England and the United States for media groups such as Discovery, National Geographic, Scripps and Channel 24.
Camille Agon is recruited as Trace Academia’s Managing Director for the French-speaking countries, England and the United States.
Before joining Trace to co-direct the group’s new e-learning platform, Camille was the co-founder and director of WeThinkCode, a network of 3 coding schools in South Africa developed in partnership with Xavier Niel’s School 42.
Prejlin Naidoo is recruited as Trace Academia’s Deputy Director for English-speaking Africa and Group Digital Transformation Advisor to the CEO.
Based in South Africa, Prejlin previously worked for mobile operators MTN and Vodacom and was Accenture’s Digital Director for the African continent. He led the audio-visual production company Okhule Media, recently acquired by Trace.
Gloria Fataki is recruited as Managing Director of the 2 Congos
A Franco-Congolese, Gloria has worked on the digital transformation of major international industrial groups in France and the United States (Safran, Turbomeca, KPMG and PwC). Gloria is an activist for social inclusion and equal opportunities.
Since the beginning of 2020 and despite the impact of Covid, Trace has integrated more than 110 new employees into the Group in Africa.
In 2020, more than forty young Africans were recruited by Trace subsidiaries in Senegal, Kenya, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria. More than 70 jobs were confirmed when Trace acquired the Okuhle Media studio.
In 2020, Trace has already recruited 16 young people on work-study programs in France.
Aged from 21 to 26 years old, from BTS to Master 2, from all origins, these young people are spread over more than 10 different jobs in technical, administrative, financial, HR, commercial, creative, music, vocational training and digital.
Parity and Diversity in Recruitment
Diversity and parity are in the Group’s DNA. Since February 2020, Trace achieved a score of 98/100 on the gender equality index.
Created and chaired by Olivier Laouchez, following the buyout of the eponymous magazine in 2003, Trace is a global platform dedicated to Afro-urban cultures and the success of young people.
Trace publishes 27 television channels, a hundred radios, digital and mobile services that are used by 350 million fans in 180 countries, including France, Africa, the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, Brazil, England and the United States.
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Taking Shape: Valley Line Southeast Update 7
by VLSE Communications Team | Posted on November 10, 2020 November 12, 2020
It’s been a busy construction season on the Valley Line Southeast LRT line, and there’s lots of recent work to check out, even if the snow has covered up some of it.
102 Avenue
102 Avenue has space for multiple modes of transportation: LRT, vehicle, bike and pedestrian.
Paving-stone sidewalks, bike lanes and an eastbound vehicle traffic lane are taking final form alongside the new LRT tracks on 102 Avenue.
102 Avenue is becoming Edmonton’s first transit boulevard and a prime example of the complete streets design philosophy. In applying the Sustainable Urban Integration approach, 102 Avenue will be a pedestrian-friendly environment that accommodates all modes of travel. The corridor will feature enhanced streetscaping and landscaping for a vibrant urban place in the heart of downtown Edmonton. The size, placement patterns and colours of the paving stones will help users identify the distinct areas for each mode of transportation.
Churchill Connector
The Churchill Connector is located on the corner of Churchill Square across from the recently reopened Stanley A. Milner Library.
Crews have been hard at work on the Churchill Connector.
The new building will provide a direct connection into the underground pedway at Churchill Station for transfers to the Capital and Metro lines. Stairs, an escalator and an elevator will provide options for all Edmontonians to move freely between LRT lines. Crews recently installed the escalator and are working on the glass walls around the elevator shaft.
Rail Pull
It keeps going and going and going…
In the downtown Arts District, workers have installed the Valley Line LRT track.
The embedded track on 102 Avenue between 97 Street and 99 Street was built with special sound and vibration dampening technology to not interfere with music and theatre in the area.
Embedded track means that the top of the rails are level with the surrounding surface like a road or sidewalk. This track blends into the urban environment, allowing safe crossings for all road users.
Workers move the rails into place with a Speed Swing. The machine holds the rail just above the ground. As the operator drives forward, the rail is pulled along strategically placed rollers on the ground, keeping the rails from dragging on the ground.
Tawatinâ Bridge
On September 25, 2020, the Royal Canadian Air Force flew over downtown Edmonton for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The main concrete deck of the Tawatinâ Bridge, the river valley’s newest landmark, was completed in September. Crews worked overnight to close the gap between the bridge and the elevated guideway over 98 Avenue. TransEd, which is the consortium contracted to build and operate the Valley Line Southeast, captured a video of this Tawatinâ Bridge milestone.
Kâhasinîskâk Bridge
Pedestrians and cyclists have flocked back to the Kâhasinîskâk Bridge as their preferred route between Mill Creek Ravine and the trail system along the North Saskatchewan River.
Nearby, the newly paved Kâhasinîskâk Bridge over Connors Road has reopened to pedestrians and cyclists in the area.
The name ᑳᐦᐊᓯᓃᐢᑳᐠ or Kâhasinîskâk is an historical Cree reference to Mill Creek. It translates as “slow moving water over stones” in English.
Paving has begun on a replacement shared-use path beside the new LRT tracks on Connors Road. This path will take pedestrians and cyclists up into Strathearn.
Connecting the rails
Workers prepare to weld two segments of track together beside Connors Road.
Heading up the hill—beside the freshly paved shared-use path—workers are welding the rail segments into continuous tracks.
Rails are delivered in 39- and 79-foot segments called strings. On site, crews use either flash-butt welding or thermite welding to join the strings
The workers in the photo above are thermite welding, a unique process that doesn’t require an electric power source.
Taken from an extra safe distance with maximum zoom! Here’s what the welding process looks like while the thermite is on fire.
The canister-like tool is called a crucible, which is clamped onto both sides of the rails to be joined. A dry compound called thermite goes inside the crucible. Workers ignite the thermite.The heat creates a chemical reaction to produce molten iron. The liquid iron fills the rail-shaped mould under the crucible and begins to cool.
⛔ Thermite burns at up to nearly 3,500 degrees Celsius. Hotter than lava.
Once the steel hardens, the rails are connected and the workers can remove any excess material to ensure a smooth ride for future passengers on the Valley Line Southeast LRT.
Strathearn and Holyrood
Holyrood Stop is one of only two split stops on the Valley Line Southeast. At split stops the northbound and southbound platforms are separated by an intersection.
Crews continue to build the community stops in Strathearn and Holyrood. The concrete platforms and steel canopy structures are in place. The large silver cabinets are home to wires and conduits for the electrical systems needed to operate the Valley Line Southeast LRT. Visually, the cabinets may not be the most exciting for everyone, but they are a sign of progress underground.
Between the tracks, workers have begun to install the poles and wires that power the trains. They’re another sign that testing can begin soon.
Now open: the shared-use path in front of the Bonnie Doon Stop shelter.
Workers continued to build the Bonnie Doon Stop, adding new electrical wiring to the steel canopy structures installed earlier this summer.
The streets and sidewalks in the area have begun to transform into final form. Pedestrians have begun to use the new wider sidewalks on the east side of 83 Street and a new shared-use path that runs between Bonnie Doon Mall and the LRT tracks.
Wider sidewalks and new shared-use pathways are common features along the Valley Line Southeast LRT route. It’s one way that the project is giving more than just a new LRT line to Edmontonians.
With paving completed and intersection lights installed, 83 Street is looking more like the finished project every day.
Along 83 Street, new traffic lights have been installed for pedestrian crossings over the LRT tracks. Along the centre of the tracks are poles that support street lights and the Overhead Catenary System (the power wires you see above the trains).
Davies Station
In late August, workers installed glass on the west side of Davies Station.
The only elevated station on the Valley Line Southeast, Davies Station, located along 75 Street at Wagner Road, continues to transform. Workers have installed the exterior glass walls on the west side of the building.
Fluid Landscape designed by Shan Shan Sheng will span more than 26 windows across Davies Station.
On the east side of Davies Station, crews have begun installing the first of many public art installations along the Valley Line Southeast LRT project.
The 1,300-stall Park and Ride is beginning to look more and more like a parking lot every day. Crews are forming curbs and gutters, linking up to the storm water drains and paving the future parking stalls with asphalt. But this is no ordinary “pave paradise, put up a parking lot” situation.
The Davies Station Park and Ride sits on what planners call an industrial brownfield site, which is land that had already been developed. TransEd remediated the land, meaning that any contamination in the soil from the previous development was cleaned up. Soon, Davies Station will be a key connection point in Edmonton’s sustainable transportation system.
Operations and Maintenance Facility
Take a sneak peak inside the storage area of the Operations and Maintenance Facility.
Nine Bombardier Flexity Light Rail Vehicles, the trains for the Valley Line Southeast, were delivered to Edmonton between June 4 and October 28. Nearly 75 percent of the trains ordered for the project are now at the Gerry Wright Operations and Maintenance Facility. More will be delivered this year.
TransEd began testing the trains on 66 Street last year. Edmontonians can expect to see the trains back out along the tracks for more testing and commissioning activities this winter.
Commissioning is engineerspeak for turning on all the different parts of the LRT system, and making sure everything works as planned. On the Valley Line Southeast LRT project, this includes testing train systems, including the motor, brakes and doors. Commissioning also includes ensuring the right amount of space between the train and infrastructure.
Follow @yegValleyLRT on Twitter to see when the train cars arrive.
66 Street at 38 Avenue is freshly paved and ready for traffic heading northbound.
Drivers on 66 Street have likely noticed a few changes to the road over the summer.
From 28 Avenue to Whitemud Drive, TransEd has been reconstructing the road to realign it beside the new LRT tracks. Most of the northbound lanes are now complete and open to traffic.
In addition to the asphalt road work, TransEd has been working with EPCOR for the installation of the permanent traffic lights. New metal traffic poles and signal arms—called davit poles—are being installed for northbound traffic at intersections where drivers will make right turns to cross over the tracks. When the Valley Line Southeast LRT is operating, drivers will not be allowed to make right turns on red lights at these intersections.
TransEd is continuing road work along 66 Street for a few more weeks. Two lanes will open for northbound and southbound traffic over the winter.
Mill Woods
Workers have begun preparing the shared-use path that will run alongside the tracks curving over 28 Avenue.
Crews are preparing the subbase—the layer of compacted gravel—for the shared-use path that will run alongside the Valley Line Southeast near the Mill Woods Stop. It will connect pedestrians and cyclists from 66 Street to both the Mill Woods Stop and the new Mill Woods Transit Centre.
Mill Woods Transit Centre
Artist’s rendering of the Mill Woods Transit Centre, which is located near the Mill Woods Town Centre Professional Building.
The existing bus transit centre in Mill Woods is being relocated to better connect riders with the LRT. The relocated transit centre will be about a two-minute walk from the Valley Line’s Mill Woods Stop. An added bonus for pedestrians: the walkway is covered.
The structural steel is installed on the south entrance to the walkway.
Crews are nearly finished constructing the new Mill Woods Transit Centre. The access roads and the busway—the area designed just for buses—are finished. They are now working on the most important parts for chilly Edmonton winters, the main transit centre structure that includes a large heated shelter and the covered walkway. It will also feature a Kiss and Ride/passenger drop-off location and smaller shelters along the length of the platform.
Crews expect to wrap up construction by the end of the year. Passengers will experience the new transit centre with the launch of the bus network redesign in 2021.
TransEd’s work constructing the Valley Line Southeast LRT will continue over the winter. As work is completed, Edmontonians will begin to see more train testing activities taking place, an important step in ensuring that Edmontonians have a fully functioning LRT system on opening day in 2021. As always, we will keep an eye on the progress as the Valley Line Southeast continues to take shape.
Thanks for reading with us.
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Swedish Court Issues ‘Dynamic’ Pirate Bay Blocking Order
January 24, 2020 by Ernesto Van der Sar
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Sweden's Patent and Market Court has ruled that Internet provider Telia must block access to several large pirate sites. The order, which targets The Pirate Bay, Dreamfilm, FMovies, and NyaFilmer, was requested by several Hollywood studios. It is the first dynamic blocking order in Sweden, allowing the rightsholders to expand the blocklist when new URLs pop up.
In recent years, Swedish movie outfits and Hollywood studios, including Disney, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros, have been working hard to get local ISPs to block The Pirate Bay.
The first success came a few years ago when a blocking order was issued against local Internet provider Bredbandsbolaget. This was later followed by an interim order against Telia, Sweden’s largest ISP, which was struck down on appeal and sent back to the lower court.
During the second try of the case movie companies again requested a blocking order against The Pirate Bay, as well as three other sites, Dreamfilm, FMovies, and NyaFilmer.
Last month this case was decided in favor of the rightsholders, with the court not only issuing a blocking injunction but also one that can be extended
The Swedish Patent and Market Court ordered Telia to block access to the four pirate sites to prevent these from facilitating further copyright infringement. In addition, the rightsholders are also allowed to add new domain names and IP-addresses going forward.
The movie companies requested this expansion option since blocking orders are often circumvented through new domains and proxy sites. Telia objected to the request for such a “dynamic” blocking order, but the court sided with the copyright holders.
“It is clear that the services change domain names and URLs and that this is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to bypass the effect of a blocking procedure,” the court writes.
“A blocking injunction should, therefore, in order to effectively serve the rights holders’ interest in preventing infringements, not merely target specified domain names and URLs,” the order adds.
This effectively means that Telia must update its blocklist when it’s made aware of changes. Any new URLs and IP-addresses have to provide access to any of the four pirate sites, including The Pirate Bay.
Telia also objected to the general blocking order and questioned whether the rightsholders had shown any proof of infringement. However, the court refuted these arguments and stressed that, under EU law, ISP can be ordered to stop pirating subscribers.
The case resulted in a clash between several rights that are defined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In this instance, the property rights of the movie companies weigh stronger than Telia’s right to entrepreneurial freedom.
Hans Eriksson, Senior Associate at the law firm Westerberg & Partners, highlighted the case at IPKat, believes that dynamic injunctions, which can be updated regularly, will become more and more common.
“Dynamic injunctions like this one are likely to be the future for blocking injunctions in Europe,” Eriksson tells TorrentFreak.
The Market Court’s injunction is valid for three years. If Telia fails to properly implement the blockades, it risks a penalty of 500,000 Swedish Krona (€47,500). Telia is not happy with the outcome, however, and has already filed an appeal.
A copy of the Patent and Market Court’s order, in Swedish, is available here (pdf).
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Health Ministry said, Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has forwarded a protocol for using Rapid Antibody Test to all States. It is reiterated that antibody rapid tests are largely to be used as a tool for surveillance. The Ministry said, utility of this test is evolving globally and it is currently being used for detecting the formation of antibodies in individuals. These test results are also dependent on field conditions.
As noted by ICMR, these tests cannot replace the RT-PCR test to diagnose COVID-19 cases. ICMR has assured assistance to collect data from various States to assess the scope and extent of utility of these rapid antibody test in field conditions, and ICMR shall keep advising the States on a regular basis.
The Ministry said, States have also been advised to follow the prescribed protocol for these tests and use it for the purposes for which they are meant.
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SBI reduces minimum balance charges to Rs 15: Check out new rates
New Delhi: Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Tuesday reduced the minimum balance charges for non-maintenance of average minimum balance by up to 75 percent.
Charges for non-maintenance of average minimum balance in Metro and Urban centres have been reduced from maximum of Rs 50 per month plus GST to Rs 15 per month plus GST.
For Semi-Urban and Rural centres charges have been reduced from Rs 40 per month plus GST to Rs 12 and Rs 10 per month plus GST respectively.
The new rates on minimum balance charges will be effective from April 1, 2018.
SBI currently charges penalty from customers for non-maintenance of monthly average balance in savings accounts. The rates of monthly average balance is Rs 3,000 for metros, Rs 2,000 for semi-urban areas and Rs 1,000 for rural areas.
The SBI, after a gap of six years, had reintroduced the monthly average balance (MAB) charges from April 1, 2017.
SBI’s plan to reduce the minimum balance requirement reportedly comes after the negative news on the income generated on the fees.
A finance ministry data, released in early January, showed that SBI netted a windfall of Rs 1,771.67 crore, more than its second quarter profit, from customers for non-maintenance of monthly average balance in savings accounts in eight months of 2017-18.
The finance ministry data showed the bank charged Rs 1,771.67 crore from customers on account of non-maintenance of minimum average balance between April and November 2017.
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English COVID tracers no longer contacting children separately, boosting figures
A teacher talks to children as they play in the grounds at St Dunstan's College junior school as some schools re-open following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London
LONDON (Reuters) - England's COVID-19 test and trace system has stopped trying to contact under-18s separately to ask them to self-isolate if a parent says they will tell their child, helping to boost the proportion of contacts of cases successfully traced.
After weeks near a record low of around 60% of contacts of positive cases being successfully traced, 72.5% percent of the 246,604 people identified as a close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the week to Nov 25. were reached.
"Under-18s in a household will no longer be contact traced individually, providing the parent or guardian in the household confirms they have completed their legal duty to inform their child to self-isolate," the health ministry said in its weekly bulletin on Thursday.
"This operational improvement has resulted in an increase in the proportion of contacts reached, and the proportion reached within 24 hours."
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Michael Holden)
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A parliamentary majority without a policy and a government policy without a majority
Professor Richard Rose
Relationship with the EU
As long as Boris Johnson is Prime Minister, the Conservative government has a positive policy for Brexit, and the intention of leaving the European Union on 31 October. However, Johnson does not have a parliamentary majority supporting the terms on which he is prepared to leave: withdrawing from the EU without a deal.
In a House of Commons in which 322 MPs are needed for a majority, the Conservatives now have only 288 MPs, plus support from 10 Northern Ireland MPs.
In March the House of Commons rejected eight different proposals setting out plans for withdrawal. It also rejected, three times, Theresa May’s deal with the EU, which involved putting in place the Northern Ireland backstop.
Since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July, the House of Commons has defeated the government on seven key votes.
It has enacted a demand that the Prime Minister ask the EU to extend the deadline for leaving the EU until 31 January if no deal is agreed by late October.
However, Johnson shows no sign of presenting Brussels a credible request on terms that the EU would be ready to accept. His priority is to hold what he believes would be a triumphant general election shortly after delivering Brexit.
Parliament has no positive Brexit policy because the majority of MPs are only united in agreeing what they don’t want.
They are a cross-party coalition of MPs from seven different groups. There are 63 firmly pro-EU MPs: 35 Scottish Nationalists, 18 Liberal Democrats, five Independent for Change, four Plaid Cymru and one Green.
The Labour Party’s 247 MPs are united in rejecting any deal by a Tory Prime Minister but incapable of agreeing a Labour proposal for withdrawal, or to reverse the 2016 referendum decision.
The biggest portion of the 34 independent MPs are ex-Tories expelled from the party for voting against Johnson’s diktat.
Altogether, the seven groups have 344 MPs, a majority of 56 over the number currently receiving the Conservative whip.
Party conferences have debated a variety of unicorn policies that will never be seen in the flesh.
Johnson’s Plan B is to solve the Northern Ireland border problem with technology that has yet to be developed.
Jeremy Corbyn proposes a socialist deal with Brussels that would first require him to become Prime Minister, notwithstanding his low standing among a majority of MPs and Labour’s weakness in opinion polls.
The Liberal Democrats promise they will form a government that will repeal the Act authorizing withdrawal from the EU. This would require increasing their current number of MPs by more than 15 times.
The brutal fact is that British politicians cannot take back control of withdrawal on whatever terms they want. The terms must be acceptable in Brussels as well as Westminster.
Boris Johnson has tacitly recognised this by abandoning his magic cake policy of leaving the EU and keeping all the advantages of membership too. He is now pursuing a policy that Brussels cannot reject – withdrawal from the EU without a deal.
Provided that action is taken before withdrawal happens, the EU will accept the UK remaining a member state. This is administratively simple, because it does not require any departure from the position as it is today.
However, for this to happen the House of Commons must either repeal the notice of withdrawal before it shortly comes into effect or call a second referendum in which remain is the winning alternative on the ballot.
The deal that Theresa May negotiated last November was acceptable to Brussels but rejected by an alliance of hard-core Brexiters, who said it was too soft, and of soft Brexiters, who said it was too hard.
The EU has signalled it is prepared to make cosmetic changes in that deal and alter a non-binding declaration of political principles for future relations.
However, it would only do so it if thought that there was a realistic chance of approval by a parliament that has previously rejected it. This could be shown by replacing Boris Johnson with a different Prime Minister.
Brussels has made deals with non-member states such as Norway that enable them to enjoy many of the economic advantages of EU membership whilst giving no political rights.
They also require financial contributions and acceptance of the jurisdiction of the EU’s Court of Justice.
Hard-core Brexiters reject this as BRINO (Brexit in Name Only) while pro-Europeans consider it much inferior to remaining in the EU.
If a coalition of MPs agreed to support a government of national unity it might seek a soft Brexit. However, the conditions required to get Westminster agreement in favour of a soft Brexit might inhibit its acceptance by Brussels.
The House of Commons now has less than five weeks in which to agree a positive EU policy to replace the default position of withdrawal without a deal.
Boris Johnson and Conservative MPs under pressure from Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party are exploiting the inability of a parliamentary majority to agree an alternative deal and Prime Minister, or a second referendum.
In default of a parliamentary majority for a positive alternative to no deal, then Johnson can get what he has promised his parliamentary minority he will deliver.
By Professor Richard Rose, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde and a fellow of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute. This analysis draws of his forthcoming book ‘How Referendums Challenge European Democracy: Brexit and Beyond’.
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Synopsis: As the Jedi are spread across the galaxy to fight in the Clone Wars, dark forces use Anakin’s weaknesses against him to bring forth a new order.
• A dark and brooding story with truly epic action sequences.
• Palpatine stole the show in his justifiable pride.
• Jedi Master Mace L. Windu (Sam Jackson).
• Obi-Wan and Yoda were given surprising depth that not only set the course for the original trilogy, but the sequel trilogy as well.
• Jimmy Smits added a surprising amount to the film as Senator Bail Organa, Leia’s adoptive father.
• The unlikeable nature of Anakin technically paid off.
• Jar Jar’s role was diminished, ironically making him a quiet senator.
• The visuals are equal parts beautiful and horrific. Might as well have been a cinematic work of art.
• Though not at its worst, much of the dialogue was still weak and forgettable.
• Some of the acting made it feel like George Lucas cared more about some scenes than others.
• Made one wish the prior two films were as darkly fun as this was.
“Failed, I have …” Yoda
This film was arguably the most apocalyptic of all the Star Wars films thus far. Yes, we knew where this story was headed from the start, but we never really knew the objective reality behind those once shrouded events. As such, the prequels were really more about the rise of Emperor Palpatine-Darth Sidious, who diabolically tore away the corrupt shell of the Old Republic to create a new Sith Empire. He, of course, could not do such a thing alone. So, he secretly conscripted a variety of foes to both nudge and distract. The ultimate key and prize to the puzzle was the powerful yet emotionally weak Anakin Skywalker. Those as strong in the Force as Anakin could bend destiny to their will, but the Jedi were never about control. Palpatine tread carefully, whimsically, diabolically to have the one being in existence that could ensure a lasting dominance in the galaxy. His movements were so perfectly silent that he fooled the whole Jedi Order until right at the end, and he certainly predicted that he would be discovered eventually. The key was nudging Skywalker to be both unstable and exactly where he needed him to be once discovered. Anakin was certainly tricked to not side with the Jedi via Palpatine giving him a sense of the destiny shaping power of a Skywalker, but that was representative of how the Sith worked for thousands of years in the shadow of the Old Republic. Both Mace Windu and Yoda were prepared to end Palpatine no matter the cost to themselves, the Jedi Order, or what was left of the Old Republic. Yet, the only one that was ever destined to kill the Emperor was Anakin Skywalker. With a destiny shaping Skywalker manipulated instead to kill what he could have been, becoming Darth Vader, destiny was for the Emperor to control until a new hope arose …
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I really enjoyed this movie. However, I think that some mistakes were made.
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“FISHBOWL CALIFORNIA” PAINTS AN ECCENTRIC PORTRAIT OF LOS ANGELES AND ITS CITIZENS
By Jeff York
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Frank Lloyd Wright once said, “Turn the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” That’s definitely true in the new film FISHBOWL CALIFORNIA where oddball characters bounce off each other like billiards in a pool hall. The comedy contains plenty of universal truths, but make no mistake, this is a very particular film about the very unique types of eccentrics who populate La La Land. It’s both hilarious and moving, a little gem of an indie dramedy that is available now on VOD.
So, just what kind of LA eccentrics can be found in the landscape of FISHBOWL CALIFORNIA? Start with Rodney (Steve Olson), the lead character, a jobless writer trying to break into the entertainment industry who thinks that his quick quips and bemused attitude about everything are enough of a resume. Rodney walks around, chattering about, running his mouth with almost a stream-of-consciousness commentary as he goes. He’s old enough to be more mature, yet he clings to his man-child tendencies and his inability to reckon with the fact that even in the surface-obsessed LA, work earns rewards.
His laissez-faire approach to everything has opened the door for his hottie girlfriend Tess (Katrina Bowden) to grow tired of him and look for a way out. She’s an ingenue-type in her late 20’s, who will likely become a stylist after more casting rejection, and she’s looking for a life raft out of the dead sea of their relationship. She finds that in Keith (Jared Kusnitz), a pilot who still wears his cap during their trysts. Tess casually tosses Rodney out and, with nowhere to turn, he starts living out of his run-down car.
Rodney is the kind of guy who is so used to rejection that he blithely accepts his beleaguered fate, even as he becomes a vagabond. Rooting for such a schlemiel could quickly start to grate but what keeps the audience on his side is Olson’s comic chops. He makes Rodney consistently funny, mumbling his bon mots and reacting to all of life’s indignities with his Buster Keaton-esque deadpan facial expressions. Too bad Rodney wasn’t around during Hollywood’s silent era; he might’ve been able to get a job in front of the camera.
The desperate doofus starts stealing power through an extension cord for his daily needs from the electricity outlet outside a stranger’s home. The house belongs to June (Katherine Cortez, in the film’s slyest performance) and she is a piece of work herself. An ailing widow who forgets to take her med’s, she finds solace in the bottle and being a shrew to all who cross her path. She particularly likes busting the balls of her fussy neighbor Woody (veteran character actor Tim Bagley) who complains about how she’s letting her place go to seed and drive down the resale values of the other houses on the block. But when June discovers the thieving Rodney, she finds an even better punching bag.
She puts him to work, mowing her lawn, painting the fence, and lo and behold, Rodney becomes quite the handyman. He even strikes up a contentious, yet flirtatious relationship with June’s brittle daughter Olivia (Jenna Willis). She is on edge from her job as a nurse, and her angst is compounded by her cranky mom and the new interloper. Still, as played by Willis, Olivia shows signs of thawing. She is a nurse, after all, and the fiery redhead does have a big heart.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree here as June is shown to be all goo underneath her hard shell too. The scene which introduces her to us showcases her thwarting a convenience store robbery when she shames the potential stick-up artist into stopping because she recognizes him from the neighborhood. Cortez does an excellent job making her character wholly believable, swinging from cranky to cutesy on a dime, very often from line to line.
June is like so many of the old guard hanging around the City of Angels, from West Hollywood to Los Feliz to Echo Park and the like. She’s let herself go, shambling around with greasy hair and a bedraggled wardrobe, yet there is still a spark and passion present in almost all she does. Some would throw her away, but June won’t let them. She knows the city burns a lot of people, and indeed, it has beaten June into submission, but it can’t extinguish her inner spark. The senior is a survivor, even a fixture in the community, and won’t go quietly. And she cares. It’s her rapport with all those in her orbit that keeps her going. June enjoys the bitchy banter with Woody, not to mention the moments when she can showcase her motherly tendencies, like when she counsels convenience store clerk Quinton (Rad Chad) and all comers…including Rodney.
One of the great things about FISHBOWL CALIFORNIA is how it makes all of the peripheral characters specific and worthy of admiration. It reflects the utmost respect that director Michael A. MacRae and his fellow screenwriters Jordan Hodges and Wyatt Aledort have for such types. They understand that for most everyone in LA, it’s a daily struggle to matter, to make rent, to keep their heads above water, and to exist in a town that rolls out the red carpet for the rich and celebrated, but no one else. The filmmakers love actors too as they’ve given strong roles to veteran performers like Kate Flannery and Richard Riehle as well.
Even when you can see where the movie is headed, it charms by treating every character with respect, giving them lots of business to showcase. Even Keith gets a lot of screen time and is able to round out what could have just been a shallow villain. Ultimately, FISHBOWL CALIFORNIA argues for inclusion, courtesy, and consideration of every soul who makes up a community, even the utterly misbegotten. Rodney becomes a friend to June and grows into an ersatz member of her family. Even Woody comes around in the story, suggesting that he and June’s squabbling is more of a comedy routine the two have been running forever than the loathing it appeared to be at first.
Characters change and grow, mostly protagonist Rodney of course, without ever becoming 180-degree different versions of where they started out. This is a grounded and more realistic comedy than most, striving to keep it honest in how it presents the fringe of LA. Even though everyone’s life here is a little desperate, made all the darker by the constant gleam of the Southern California sun, none of these are “garbage people.” There’s a quiet nobility to these has-been’s and never-was’ on display in FISHBOWL CALIFORNIA. This little indie that could will put a lump in your throat, in between laughs. The movie is quite the Valentine to the town and its lovable eccentrics. It knows that all you need to overcome the daily indignities of LA are friends, a few breaks, and a functioning car.
Jeff York
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2019년 July 17일 2021년 January 6일 ~ Administrator
YoungHoon Kim (김영훈) is the President & Executive Director of the United Sigma Intelligence Association.
Mr. Kim is a Full Member of the Rotary International. Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Mr. Kim is a Full Member of the Mega Society, for which The Guinness Book of World Records once stated that Mega Society is the most High IQ Society with percentiles of 99.9999 or one-in-a-million required for admission. He is also a full member of Olympiq Society, Omega Society, Glia Society, Triple Nine Society, and Mensa.
Mr. Kim studied academic degrees in Philosophy, Sociology, and Theology (Religious Pluralism) at the top universities in South Korea, Korea University and Yonsei University, respectively, with a post-secondary degree from the UK, after studied a degree in Instrumental Music (piano) at a university college of music, South Korea.
He is an Advisory Board Member, working with Ray Kurzweil, Dr. Damiss Hassabis, Dr. Stephen Wolfram, Dr. Daniel Dennett, Nobel Laureate Eric S. Maskin, and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman at the Lifeboat Foundation, nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards the Singularity.
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Bump-and-Hole Engineering Identifies Specific Substrates of Glycosyltransferases in Living Cells
Benjamin Schumann, Stacy Alyse Malaker, Simon Peter Wisnovsky, Marjoke Froukje Debets, Anthony John Agbay, Daniel Fernandez, Lauren Jan Sarbo Wagner, Liang Lin, Zhen Li, Junwon Choi, Douglas Michael Fox, Jessie Peh, Melissa Anne Gray, Kayvon Pedram, Jennifer Jean Kohler, Milan Mrksich, Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi
Studying posttranslational modifications classically relies on experimental strategies that oversimplify the complex biosynthetic machineries of living cells. Protein glycosylation contributes to essential biological processes, but correlating glycan structure, underlying protein, and disease-relevant biosynthetic regulation is currently elusive. Here, we engineer living cells to tag glycans with editable chemical functionalities while providing information on biosynthesis, physiological context, and glycan fine structure. We introduce a non-natural substrate biosynthetic pathway and use engineered glycosyltransferases to incorporate chemically tagged sugars into the cell surface glycome of the living cell. We apply the strategy to a particularly redundant yet disease-relevant human glycosyltransferase family, the polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferases. This approach bestows a gain-of-chemical-functionality modification on cells, where the products of individual glycosyltransferases can be selectively characterized or manipulated to understand glycan contribution to major physiological processes.
824-834.e15
Published - Jun 4 2020
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10.1016/j.molcel.2020.03.030
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Schumann, B., Malaker, S. A., Wisnovsky, S. P., Debets, M. F., Agbay, A. J., Fernandez, D., Wagner, L. J. S., Lin, L., Li, Z., Choi, J., Fox, D. M., Peh, J., Gray, M. A., Pedram, K., Kohler, J. J., Mrksich, M., & Bertozzi, C. R. (2020). Bump-and-Hole Engineering Identifies Specific Substrates of Glycosyltransferases in Living Cells. Molecular cell, 78(5), 824-834.e15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2020.03.030
Bump-and-Hole Engineering Identifies Specific Substrates of Glycosyltransferases in Living Cells. / Schumann, Benjamin; Malaker, Stacy Alyse; Wisnovsky, Simon Peter; Debets, Marjoke Froukje; Agbay, Anthony John; Fernandez, Daniel; Wagner, Lauren Jan Sarbo; Lin, Liang; Li, Zhen; Choi, Junwon; Fox, Douglas Michael; Peh, Jessie; Gray, Melissa Anne; Pedram, Kayvon; Kohler, Jennifer Jean; Mrksich, Milan; Bertozzi, Carolyn Ruth.
In: Molecular cell, Vol. 78, No. 5, 04.06.2020, p. 824-834.e15.
Schumann, B, Malaker, SA, Wisnovsky, SP, Debets, MF, Agbay, AJ, Fernandez, D, Wagner, LJS, Lin, L, Li, Z, Choi, J, Fox, DM, Peh, J, Gray, MA, Pedram, K, Kohler, JJ, Mrksich, M & Bertozzi, CR 2020, 'Bump-and-Hole Engineering Identifies Specific Substrates of Glycosyltransferases in Living Cells', Molecular cell, vol. 78, no. 5, pp. 824-834.e15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2020.03.030
Schumann B, Malaker SA, Wisnovsky SP, Debets MF, Agbay AJ, Fernandez D et al. Bump-and-Hole Engineering Identifies Specific Substrates of Glycosyltransferases in Living Cells. Molecular cell. 2020 Jun 4;78(5):824-834.e15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2020.03.030
Schumann, Benjamin ; Malaker, Stacy Alyse ; Wisnovsky, Simon Peter ; Debets, Marjoke Froukje ; Agbay, Anthony John ; Fernandez, Daniel ; Wagner, Lauren Jan Sarbo ; Lin, Liang ; Li, Zhen ; Choi, Junwon ; Fox, Douglas Michael ; Peh, Jessie ; Gray, Melissa Anne ; Pedram, Kayvon ; Kohler, Jennifer Jean ; Mrksich, Milan ; Bertozzi, Carolyn Ruth. / Bump-and-Hole Engineering Identifies Specific Substrates of Glycosyltransferases in Living Cells. In: Molecular cell. 2020 ; Vol. 78, No. 5. pp. 824-834.e15.
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AU - Wagner, Lauren Jan Sarbo
AU - Lin, Liang
AU - Li, Zhen
AU - Choi, Junwon
AU - Fox, Douglas Michael
AU - Peh, Jessie
AU - Gray, Melissa Anne
AU - Pedram, Kayvon
AU - Kohler, Jennifer Jean
AU - Mrksich, Milan
AU - Bertozzi, Carolyn Ruth
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Smokie Norful is a celebrated American singer with a huge fan base. Let’s discover his Biography, Net Worth, Age, Wife/Partner, Family, Affairs, Measurements, Achievements & Much More!
American star Smokie Norful is the most outstanding singer in music history, and that success has made the superstar a wealthy singer. He was born on 31st October 1975, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas Muskogee, Oklahoma. He is currently 44 years old. He lives at Pine Bluff, Arkansas Muskogee, Oklahoma with his family. Smokie holds American citizenship. He is arguably the greatest singer in this generation.
Smokie showed an interest in music from quite an early age. He first became interested in music when he was a child. He quickly became the best singer in his age group.
Quick Facts Of Smokie Norful
First Name Smokie
Full Name Smokie Norful
Nick Name Norful
Profession Singer
Birth Sign Scorpio
Birth Date 31st October 1975
Birth Place Pine Bluff, Arkansas Muskogee, Oklahoma
Residence Pine Bluff, Arkansas Muskogee, Oklahoma
Height & Weight
Awards Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song (2015), Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album (2005)
Nominations We will update soon.
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Spouse Carla Norful
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Smokie Norful Net Worth
So just how rich is Smokie Norful? This outstanding musician annual earnings, inclusive of songs, prize money, and sponsorships, is estimated to have a current net worth of $3 Million and an annual estimated salary of Under Review.
The American singer’s earnings remain impressive compared to other famous singer’s like Alicia Machado and Paul Anka, who also rank the Richest Musician list.
Let’s give a quick look at his net worth and salary is as follows.
Estimated Net Worth (2019) $3 Million
Annual Salary Under Review
Income Source As a Professional Singer
According to Wikipedia and Celebrity Net Worth, Smokie’s primary income source is a professional singer. Athletes, singers, actors, entertainers, whoever else have you, they do not only earn their money directly from their professions. The American singer has generated a load of cash through songs and his vast, sponsorship deals. He also earns a great deal of money from his endorsement contracts. We don’t have enough information about his luxury car, we will update it soon.
Smokie: Age, Height & Weight
Being born on 31st October 1975, Smokie Norful is 44 years old. The American star Smokie Norful’s height is well proportioned with the rest of his body measurements. Smokie Norful stands at the height of and bodyweight is unknown.
Smokie Norful Family: wife/partner, kids
Smokie Norful maritial status is Married And his partner’s name is Carla Norful.
How old is Smokie?
– He is 44 years old.
What is the name of Smokie’s wife/partner?
– Carla Norful
How many children does he have?
Is Smokie alive or dead?
– According to wikipedia still alive. (2020).
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What You Can And Can’t Do Under Ontario’s New Lockdown
Emma Paling
UPDATE - 9:12 p.m. Jan. 13, 2021: This story has been updated with more details included in the legal order posted by Ontario’s government.
TORONTO — Ontario announced new COVID-19 lockdown rules Tuesday and everyone, from the mayor of Toronto to the cops tasked with enforcing them, says they’re confusing.
What are the most important points to know? According to Premier Doug Ford’s office, it’s simple: just stay home.
Friends, Ontario’s new stay-at-home order comes down to each of us asking ourselves a very simple question: is leaving home absolutely essential? If the answer isn’t an immediate and emphatic ‘yes’ then please stay home.
Stay home. Stay safe. Save lives.
— Doug Ford (@fordnation) January 13, 2021
Ford’s office sent a list of frequently asked questions about the rules to reporters Wednesday.
The government can’t make one set of rules work for all Ontario regions, spokesperson Travis Kann said in the email. People in downtown Toronto, for example, can shop online or get everything they need from one big-box store, he said, while people in rural areas rely on curbside pickup at small retailers to get their essentials.
“... As we have from the very outset of this pandemic, we will continue to rely on the best judgment of Ontarians as they stay at home as much as possible and only leave their homes for essential purposes,” Kann said.
Some of the rules are straight-up contradictory. For example, Ontarians are being told not to go out unless it’s absolutely essential, but weddings and funerals are still allowed to host up to 10 people if they all wear masks and physically distance.
As per usual, Ontario's new directives are inherently contradictory. You may only go out for essential purposes. Also, if you go out to pick up your non-essential goods, you only have until 8p.m. pic.twitter.com/flHdQCGsiO
— Robyn Urback (@RobynUrback) January 12, 2021
Here are the most important things to know. These changes go into effect at midnight on Thursday, Jan. 14 and will be in place until at least Feb. 11.
What’s changing?
Ontarians are being ordered to leave home only for essential reasons, like getting groceries and medication, going to medical appointments and getting exercise. Police and bylaw officers have the power to ask for identification and write a ticket if they have reason to believe someone is out for a non-essential trip;
Schools in Windsor, Toronto, Peel, York and Hamilton will stay closed for in-person learning until Feb. 10;
Students in Grades 1 to 3 will have to wear masks and all students will have to wear masks outdoors when physical distancing isn’t possible;
Outdoor gatherings of more than five people are not allowed and can be dispersed by police. But the government says this allowance is only in place for people who live alone to visit with one other household;
Masks are now recommended outdoors when physical distancing is difficult;
Non-essential stores, like liquor stores and hardware stores, must close at 8 p.m. This doesn’t apply to grocery stores, big-box retailers and restaurants serving take-out;
Non-essential construction is being restricted more.
What are you allowed to do?
Go out to buy groceries, medication, personal care items and pet supplies;
Send a child, who is too young to be in school, to child care;
Attend medical appointments and access mental health services;
Go to school, if the school is open;
Go to work if you cannot work from home;
Go outside for exercise, including to playgrounds, skating rinks, basketball courts, fields, cycling trails, etc. (but not places like ski hills);
Pick up goods from stores that are allowed to offer curbside pickup;
Visit with one other household if you live alone;
Attend a wedding, funeral or religious service if there are 10 or fewer people present and they all wear masks and physically distance;
Have a domestic worker into your home if they care for a child, senior or vulnerable person;
Go to your secondary residence or cottage if you’ll be there for less than 24 hours or at least two weeks;
Move or make arrangements to move or buy or sell a home;
Go to the airport or train station to travel outside the province.
What are you NOT supposed to do?
Visit with a social “circle” or “bubble” of people you don’t live with. This has not been recommended since early October;
Go into work if it’s possible to do your job from home;
Travel within the province;
Stay in a short-term rental, like an AirBnB property, even if you already booked it (an exception is made if the rental is your only housing).
Why is this happening?
The previous lockdown didn’t work, according to Ontario’s top health officials. Hospitals are now on track to be overrun with COVID-19 patients in a matter of weeks.
“The data is showing we’re in a very dangerous situation right now,” Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health told reporters Tuesday.
She and her colleagues released modelling that showed Ontario will have between 10,000 and 20,000 new COVID-19 cases a day by mid-February if the current growth rate stays the same.
... we’re in a very dangerous situation right now.Dr. Barbara Yaffe, associate chief medical officer of health
The current caseload is hovering between about 2,900 and 4,200 per day — and hospitals are already filling up. One quarter of hospitals don’t have any intensive care unit (ICU) beds available, the doctors said, and another quarter only have one or two beds available.
“Without significant reductions in contacts, the health system will be overwhelmed and mortality will exceed the first wave totals before a vaccine has time to take effect,” the doctors’ briefing presentation said.
More than 5,100 Ontarians have already died.
Why are big-box stores open but not independent retailers?
This has been a huge point of contention between the Ontario government and business groups. The heat turned up Tuesday, when the province further restricted small retailers by limiting their opening hours to 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
“How this will help stop the spread of COVID-19 is anyone’s guess,” Canadian Federation of Independent Business president Dan Kelly said in a statement.
Ford’s office defended the move, arguing that Ontarians can limit their trips outside by getting everything they need at one big store.
“In many regions of the province, Ontarians don’t have easy access to online shopping and rely on the convenience and relative affordability of big box retailers.”
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All about music libraries (or why we started this site)
There are some great music libraries out there. We're often asked to contribute to some of them and we used to do just that. But it's easy to get lost. What those sites lack (for us anyway) is a bit of focus. There's almost too much choice?
One of the other issues we had was that a lot of the sites feature only individual pieces of music. They're searchable, but they don't necessarily sit well with other sounds. There's not a lot of sites that feature a consistent palette in terms of the instruments or sound styles used. They also seem to be weighted towards popular music and upbeat instrumentals. Great for a corporate video, but not so good for a brooding moment at the end of Act One.
We just felt we could carve out a little place within the industry. Offer something a little different. We also thought it was important to have a direct relationship with other makers. Music libraries are often expertly put together by brilliant curators, but we still feel that the best relationships are with the creators.
We're at the start, so who knows how successful it will be. It had to be worth a try though - right?
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Whānau hauā and disability advocate, Dr Huhana Hickey. Image: lifeunlimited.net.nz
What will it take for people with disabilities to be represented in our democracy?
Kera Sherwood-O’Regan | Guest writer
From better access to New Zealand Sign Language on the marae, to being visible in Parliament – disabled Māori need to be better represented in our democracy, argues disability rights advocate Kera Sherwood-O’Regan.
There’s something about making your mark on that clean sheet of paper. It’s the chunky felt tipped markers that hark back to primary school days, contrasted with the harsh grown-upness of making a decision that will affect the future of your entire country. It’s the low hum of the whole hall filled with community, and the omnipresent orange elections guy forcing the optimism into your fingertips as you draw a confident tick. At least for me, casting a vote in the national elections feels like a small success, a completed duty of citizenship that I can cross off my list for another few years.
Voting is just one small part of engaging with our democracy, and critical as I might be of the mandate for such a system (team #decolonise over here), it feels like an important step to building an Aotearoa that reflects the values I hold dear. In the absence of full governmental recognition of our tino rangatiratanga, as a bare minimum, we are meant to have a democracy that is founded on fairness, and direct representation. While MPs might be the ones in the debating chamber, ultimately, they are accountable to us, and that chubby marker tick is the mandate for them being there.
But can this democracy really be fair and just when up to one in four Kiwis are not being directly represented?
No, hold back your excitement. At last check, Aucklanders are still well and truly represented in all facets of our democratic system, but the one in four Kiwis who have disabilities may not be. That figure, by the way, jumps to one in three when it comes to our whānau hauā Māori.
Despite being a diverse group the size of our largest city, persons with disabilities (PWD) are faced with systemic exclusion in many areas of life. Just as structural racism shapes the opportunities, possibilities, and realities of tangata whenua in this country, institutionalised ableism has a massive effect on the realities of PWD. Along with many -isms, ableism and racism intersect for our whānau hauā, compounding existing issues, and creating additional challenges that must be navigated on a daily basis.
I spoke with Dr Huhana Hickey, a prominent community leader and advocate for the rights of whānau hauā about what this means for Māori. There is no shortage of examples, and certainly these oppressions are not restricted to te ao Māori, but one that struck me was how whānau hauā may be excluded from participating in their marae.
She explains that access to marae is not only about ramps and bathrooms, but also ensuring that service animals are allowed on marae, that people have access to appropriate ablutions, and that there are “enough trilingual interpreters for the over 13,500 turi whānau in need of NZSL sign.”
However, she is clear that access to marae is only one part of ensuring the cultural rights of whānau hauā are upheld, sharing her own story of disconnection from her whakapapa and cultural identity.
She says, “I identified as disabled first, before I really knew my Māori identity. Many whānau hauā of my generation were removed at birth and adopted or institutionalised. I was adopted and it was a transracial adoption, and with the adoption removing my mother’s ethnicity, they effectively stole my identity. This is common for many hauā Māori in that they were often removed and taken from their parents, placed into families with no understanding of te ao Māori.”
While physical institutionalisation may no longer be practiced formally, its effects persist for many hauā, and there are still legislative challenges that result in discrimination. One such example prevents whānau members who care for whānau hauā from being paid for their work. Other legal loopholes include the fact that people with disabilities can be paid less than minimum wage, and many more, all contributing to a situation where whānau hauā are commonly excluded and marginalised, rather than being recognised as valued members of society.
But it wasn’t always this way, and nor does it have to be.
Dr Hickey views this exclusionary status quo as a symptom of colonisation, saying “There is a severe lack of understanding of Polynesian concepts of impairment… [pre-colonisation] most were included within their pā and community. They had roles. They were whānau, and therefore a natural part of their community.”
She also emphasises the role that Christianity has had in excluding hauā. “Many whānau use Deuteronomy 21 to justify their exclusion of their hauā whānau, [claiming] that we carry the many sins of our ancestors.”
Most Kiwis would be shocked to hear the endless examples of discrimination faced by whānau hauā, so how do we overcome it?
Hickey believes that direct representation is imperative to advancing the rights of whanau hauā and ensuring self determination and autonomy. She stresses the importance of direct representation at all levels of decision making – from whānau, hapū, and iwi, to national governance, and all the way to the United Nations.
This is a view shared by Aotearoa’s first deaf MP, Mojo Mathers, who entered Parliament in 2011 with “no support of any kind” to fulfil the requirements of her role.
From being advised to not disclose that she was deaf, to not having any captioning or sign language support when she started work, Mathers recalls her experiences in a new short film, Hear Me Out, part of the 2018 LoadingDocs impact documentary programme.
Mathers echoes the need for greater direct representation of the deaf and disabled community in politics, and, sharing many of Dr Hickey’s concerns hopes to see more whānau hauā in Parliament in future.
She hopes that the Election Access Fund Bill, which she drafted days before losing her seat in the 2017 General Election, would help to make the path easier for future candidates to directly represent their community. Now with no Parliamentarians identifying as members of the disability or hauā communities, the pressure is on to ensure that disability rights do not fall off the political agenda.
Now sponsored by Green MP, Chlöe Swarbrick, the bill would create a fund that people with disabilities could access to address barriers to their participation in Parliamentary politics, with a goal to creating a truly inclusive and accessible democracy. Funds could be used to cover expenses such as NZSL interpreters, captioning, mobility assistance, and other needs to equally participate in elections.
With a second reading due before Parliament in early 2019, the future of The Election Access Fund Bill still hangs in the balance. Dr Hickey emphasises the need for whānau hauā to be included and consulted, and Mathers stresses the need for the community to show their support to get it across the line.
As part of the Hear Me Out film outreach, community workshops and screenings will be taking place around Aotearoa to foster discussions around disability rights and political representation, with a goal to increasing support of the bill at its second reading. Whānau hauā are especially encouraged to express their interest in joining these events.
If we really want a thriving, and inclusive democracy, we must ensure that people with disabilities are at the decision making table, and in the chamber seats.
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This Is Who We Really Are
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 1:05 pm, April 5th, 2019 - 146 comments
Categories: Anzac Day, Deep stuff, discrimination, history, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, war - Tags: anzac day, christchurch, discrimination, rsa, solidarity
Growing up, I always believed that Anzac Day was far more than a memorial service honouring the brave men that fought and died at Gallipoli. Thanks to my Grandad, it encompassed a broader meaning – one of a shared vision, putting aside differences and coming together for the greater good.
He would say, of uniting with his Aussie ‘enemy’, “We stopped being bastards to each other and became brothers for a bit.”
He’d laugh, fall silent and a look I could never quite define would settle in his eyes. I think that look was a mix of fondness and grief.
I wonder how he’d feel today if he saw the news that the RSA have had to scrap plans for a Muslim cleric to share a prayer at the Porirua Anzac Day service due to frightening threats.
I’d like to think he’d be appalled, that he’d speak up and tell everyone to stop being bastards for a bit but I’m not so sure he would. It seems this intolerance we have is so very deep, that it writes to our core in some primal way. And I understand why that is; I just don’t know why we haven’t gotten our shit together yet and what it’s going to take to tip the scales because fifty lives don’t seem to be enough.
I wonder if any of the gutless arseholes who who made the threats realise what an act of tolerance it is for a Muslim to prayer at an Anzac Day service? Do they get that they’re strapping our lives to weaponised history as they cling to the skirts of their Islamophobia?
And this is who we really are – mostly immigrants ourselves, who choose to embrace our past, our grievances, our “rights” to a bit of stolen dirt and yeah, you can come inside but don’t you dare get comfy.
It’s time to make a choice. We either move forward as a multicultural country and stop being selfish bastards or we tear ourselves limb from limb in blind ignorance.
146 comments on “This Is Who We Really Are ”
Darien Fenton 1
Thank you. Beautifully said. I am over selfish bastards and I thought (wrongly) we had turned a corner. Keep hope alive.
Maggie 1.1
I think we saw the corner but have yet to walk it. I have faith in NZ, I know we can do this but it will require many voices and a constant reminder to check ourselves. Thank you for your comment Darien.
hey maggie did you get an email from TS this morning? I see that the ’email’ here is different from the one I was using.
Maggie 1.1.1.1
No I haven’t. Just emails from TRP
lprent 1.1.1.1.1
Ok. I think we got the right email etc in there now.
greywarshark 2
Vietnam veteran Dave Brown, a former manager of the nearby Porirua RSA, emailed the Titahi Bay branch protesting against its initial decision to invite Newlands Mosque imam Mohamed Zewada to say a prayer at its dawn service on Titahi Bay Beach.
“What took place in Christchurch was shocking and we all agree that it was completely out of order in every way,” Brown said.
“I believe that the appropriate measures have been taken to recognise that and to show the Muslim community that they are part of us and we are part of them.
This comment from Mr Brown shows what a lot of dunderheads many NZ soldiers are – they haven’t thought about their experiences or learned anything from them. This despite the sacrifices made by so many veterans, who were not able to return home, or came back injured.
Why do I say that Mr Brown is a disgrace and a fool? Because the Vietnam soldiers themselves when they returned home were refused full acknowledgment by 1st and 2nd World War veterans. They were not able in some locations to parade on Anzac Day with the older men and women veterans.
Here’s a report of how it was:
In Christchurch, in April 1971, 6000 turned out to deliver prime minister Keith Holyoake a simple message: “We want peace – now”.
Holyoake had reluctantly followed the United States into the Vietnam War in 1965, initially committing a civilian surgical team, then a non-combatant team, then the military.
Thirty-seven New Zealand military personnel and two civilians would die in the conflict.
Many more would return home, shell-shocked or wounded. The effects of notorious defoliant Agent Orange would pass down a generation and the reception back home was less than welcoming.
The men who had gone to fight, for honour or adventure, were labelled baby killers, rapists, and murderers.
“You never mentioned that you were in Vietnam because you would be rubbished,” returned veteran Paddy Driver later recalled.
[Paddy Driver was exposed to Agent Orange while in Vietnam.]
“If you went to a party and said you had been in Vietnam, the next thing people would be hooking into you, calling you all sorts of killers and things like that. So you just didn’t say anything about that.”
He had left Invercargill for war at the age of 18. When he returned, he went to the Returned and Services Association on his first night back and was told to leave.
Driver – haunted, fresh from seeing death at close hand, and being exposed to Agent Orange – was told police would be called if he stayed.
The World War II veterans who ran the place did not consider Vietnam a real war.
Here’s Peter Arnett NZ celebrated war correspondent talking about how he was caught up in events in Vietnam (or nearly).
https://natlib.govt.nz/schools/topics/5be4fbaffb002c6e45fc28ef/new-zealand-and-the-vietnam-war
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10415627
Too little, too late, for too few
These are soldiers whose bonds were forged not just in conflict but by its aftermath – a battle for recognition which so far stretches 35 years. The Vietnam veterans were treated like pariahs when they came home to a post-60s society.
Shunned by the RSA, they were ignored by the Government. Then, when debilitating illnesses and cancers began to show up, in the veterans and in their children and grandchildren, they were lied to about their exposure to Agent Orange, the defoliant laced with 2,4,5-T and dioxin, and other dioxin-contaminated herbicides. There were cover-ups, whitewashes and inaction.
Fantastic addition GWS, thank you so much.
^^That right there is…beyond words. To think that such a brutal event can be tidied up and packed away in a couple of weeks as though that’s going to fix anything. Does he think our Muslim community gets to go back to an ordinary life as though nothing happened? Imagine if we refused any more Anzac day services. Imagine if we said ‘We’ve already taken appropriate measures, recognised their service and now it’s time to call it a day’. Lest we forget… yeah right.
D'Esterre 2.1.1
Maggie: “Imagine if we refused any more Anzac day services. Imagine if we said ‘We’ve already taken appropriate measures, recognised their service and now it’s time to call it a day’.”
Well now. Given that, in this household, we’d prefer a simple memorial service for WW1 soldiers only (which will never happen), and given the jingoistic nationalism which has increasingly pervaded ANZAC day, we’d be quite pleased, were that to come about. A relative remarked today that, because WW1 soldiers are all dead, there’s little point in continuing with public commemorations. I’m inclined to the same view.
I’m guessing that other people with close family connections to the Gallipoli troops may well feel the same way.
D'Esterre 3
My family has a direct connection to the disaster of Gallipoli. Three of my uncles fought there; two were killed. No recoverable remains: their names are on the NZ memorial there.
In this household,the instantaneous reaction to having an imam at the Porirua ANZAC service was negative. Our view is that it ought solely to be for NZ and Australian soldiers who served in WW1.
“And this is who we really are – mostly immigrants ourselves…”
I’m not really sure what this has to do with anything in this post. Every last one of us is either an immigrant, or a descendant thereof. There have been Muslims here in NZ since the 19th century, but NOW people want them included in ANZAC day services?
“We either move forward as a multicultural country…”
There’s nothing a priori virtuous or normative about multiculturalism. It’s a necessary plank of neoliberal globalism, though: in order to accept globalism, people must be persuaded to accept multiculturalism.
“…or we tear ourselves limb from limb in blind ignorance.”
And this is the thing: we in NZ have so far been pretty good at not tearing ourselves – or each other – limb from limb. Unless, of course, we count our appalling record of domestic violence. Which is as much a problem among recent migrants as it is in the rest of our society.
By dint of being a secular state, we’ve managed to avoid the sectarian violence which has plagued the ME. Christians have been persecuted out of that area over centuries, though the tempo of it has increased since the beginning of the 20th century. The Christian population there is now very low, compared with what it was.
Another thing to reflect upon: since the beginning of the west’s insane invasions of ME countries in recent times, people here have been presented by the msm with propaganda regarding western motivations, the governments of ME countries, ISIS atrocities and the flood of refugees and migrants out of the area and into Europe. People have also seen reportage of Muslim attacks in Europe. It’s not surprising that they might be a bit sceptical, when our news media and sundry talking heads claim that Islam is a religion of peace.
In my view, it’s much too soon to be lecturing other NZers about who and what they should be accepting.
WeTheBleeple 3.1
Gee, let’s play that game, where we swap out religions and find them lacking.
“Once a particular Christian sect or creed gained state backing religious violence increased. This took the form of persecuting adherents to rival Christian beliefs and other religions. In Europe during the Middle Ages Christian antisemitism increased and the Reformation lead to an increase in interdenominational violence. As with modern examples it is debated as to what extent these acts were religious as opposed to ethnic or political in nature.”
“It’s not surprising that they might be a bit sceptical, when our news media and sundry talking heads claim that [Christianity] is a religion of peace.”
“Hindu extremists killed nearly 100 impoverished Christians with iron rods, guns, axes, bicycle chains, swords, knives and fire, according to local non-government organizations (NGOs). The media records stories of dismemberment, men buried alive and attackers wearing a victim’s intestines like a garland. Mobs raped and molested a reported 40 women and girls, including the rape of a young Hindu dalit girl, because her uncle had converted to Christianity.
“It’s not surprising that they might be a bit sceptical, when our news media and sundry talking heads claim that [Hinduism] is a religion of peace.”
“In Southeast Asia, Thailand has had several prominent virulent Buddhist monastic calls for violence. In the 1970s, nationalist Buddhist monks like Phra Kittiwuttho argued that killing Communists did not violate any of the Buddhist precepts.[38] The militant side of Thai Buddhism became prominent again in 2004 when a Malay Muslim insurgency renewed in Thailand’s deep south. At first Buddhist monks ignored the conflict as they viewed it as political and not religious but eventually they adopted an “identity-formation”, as practical realities require deviations from religious ideals”
“”It’s not surprising that they might be a bit sceptical, when our news media and sundry talking heads claim that [Buddhism] is a religion of peace.”
Well that’s not accurate is it. Pull it out of your head?
The (2013) NZ report ‘Toward Freedom From Violence’ shows 0.37 deaths from family violence per 100K for white kiwis, 1.5 for Pacific Islanders, 2.05 for Maori. All others were classified as asian* (0.88) and all (0.7).
*nothing to see here, they all look the same to the National Govt.
http://ethniccommunities.govt.nz//sites/default/files/files/Towards%20Freedom%20from%20Violence%20-%20NZ%20Family%20Violence%20Statistics%20Disaggregated%20by%20Ethnicity%20-%20Office%20of%20Ethnic%20Affairs%202013.pdf
And why, might I ask, did you feel the need to bring this up?
Here’s a quote from the above document to show how much we care about others:
“The ethnicity of nine victims was unknown.”
Ethnicity of perpetrators of family violence deaths in New Zealand, 2002 to 2008
inclusive (N=209)
Killed intimate partners:
NZ Euro 33%, Maori 25%, Pacific 12%, Asian 11%, Other 1%.
YOU WERE SAYING???
WeTheBleeple: “Gee, let’s play that game, where we swap out religions and find them lacking.”
Good grief. This entire comment is a bit of a rant, no?
You’re preaching to the converted, as it happens. In virtue of what would you assume that anyone here would think otherwise?
However. In the context, it’s Islam that is of moment. Not Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity. Or any other religion.
And the persecution by Muslims of Christians out of the ME is indisputable. There are no plaster saints among religious sects, unfortunately.
WeTheBleeple 3.1.1.1
Ah, thanks for clarifying, amazing how a little prod gets the truth out. You’d like to blame the Muslims for an Australian white supremacist terrorist attack against New Zealanders and NZ’s guests on NZ soil.
” In the context, it’s Islam that is of moment.”
No, it is white terrorists and white racists we’re examining. Did you not get the memo?
D'Esterre 3.1.1.1.1
WeTheBleeple: “You’d like to blame the Muslims for an Australian white supremacist terrorist attack against New Zealanders and NZ’s guests on NZ soil.”
And here you are, attributing to me motivations I don’t have. Examine your own conscience: leave me out of it.
“No, it is white terrorists and white racists we’re examining.”
No. It isn’t. Take another look at the subject of this post: it is that to which I have responded, not to whatever is in your mind.
Maggie 3.1.2
+100 WTB Thank you!
WeTheBleeple: “Well that’s not accurate is it. Pull it out of your head?”
Shakti. No smoke without fire, qu’on dit. See this: https://womensrefuge.org.nz/get-help/migrant-and-refugee-women/
I listen to the radio a good deal: always have. I recall years ago, hearing programmes about this organisation. So: domestic violence is an issue of moment among refugee and migrant women. Well: hold the bus. Regrettably, it’s part of the human condition. Which, of course, is why NZ law criminalises it.
maggieinnz 3.1.3.1
Hasty conclusion and unreliable source D’Esterre
Media is frequently biased and there most definitely can be smoke without fire.
A better response would have been to point out that there’s likely to be an under-reporting of domestic abuse by (foreign born)Muslim women because 1) They’re raised in a culture that’s somewhat tolerant of spousal abuse and 2) They’re less trusting of government agencies, especially ones that aren’t guided by their own philosophies, and 3) They’re less inclined to speak of “private” home/marital matters.
Because of those considerations we can safely infer that the rates of IPV are higher than reported for Muslims but can’t conclude that IPV is more problematic amongst Muslim communities.
Maggie: “unreliable source”
Eh? You’re characterising Women’s Refuge as an unreliable source? That’ll come as a surprise to them.
Say what? Are you saying that Muslim women are less likely to complain because they don’t mind getting the bash? People used to say that about PI women too, back in the day. It wasn’t true of them, either. I repeat: Shakti. It doesn’t exist just for decoration.
maggieinnz 3.1.3.1.1.1
You offered the page as proof that IPV is a big problem for Muslims yet it’s only informational support for migrant and refugee women so they know what our laws on IPV are. It in no way proves, disproves or quantifies rates of IPV. That makes the source unreliable for refuting statistical evidence already supplied to you.
“Are you saying that Muslim women are less likely to complain because they don’t mind getting the bash?”
Don’t be ridiculous. That would be like me suggesting your comment “it’s part of the human condition” means that domestic violence is a normal part of being human.
“I repeat: Shakti. It doesn’t exist just for decoration.”
Show me where I said Muslims don’t experience IPV. No one is disputing that but you’ve run out of arguments so you’re polarising comments instead. All that serves to do is make you look silly. By all means, continue.
“Our view is that it ought solely to be for NZ and Australian soldiers who served in WW1.”
How does having a Muslim cleric praying at the service change who the service is for?
“I’m not really sure what this has to do with anything in this post. Every last one of us is either an immigrant, or a descendant thereof.”
It has everything to do with it. Even though Muslims have been here since the 19th century there are those who still treat them as outsiders as is evidenced by your comment. If you follow the links in the article you’ll see one explaining the endowment effect.
There have been Muslims here in NZ since the 19th century, but NOW people want them included in ANZAC day services?”
Yes, NOW. Why? because we’ve arrogantly and selfishly excluded them from our community for far too long. Why has it taken this long to include them? Why did 50 people have to die for us to ‘see’ them?
“There’s nothing a priori virtuous or normative about multiculturalism.”
Normative statements and the values we give them are constantly evolving. Multiculturism is now normative in New Zealand and has been for some time.
Sectarian violence has plagued every religiously dominated country at some time or another. Some of the most extreme violence has been committed in the name of Christianity. Country after country invaded, its inhabitants slaughtered, women and children raped and/or enslaved. Then the proud white christian surveys his handiwork and says “it is good”. That is what religious intolerance does – it seeks to promote one over the other and justifies its brutalities by claiming an invisible being told them to do it. Hypocrisy and insanity at its finest.
Yes, and the media has shown incredible bias in presenting Muslims as the leading threat to western safety when, in truth, that threat is homegrown and white.
Terrorist attacks BY Muslims receive 357% more press attention – https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2928138
Statistics on domestic terrorism in the US from January 2008 to the end of 2016:
– 87% of terrorist perpetrators are American, 13% are foreign.
– Of the 201 terror incidents between 2008-2016 only 3 perpetrators (or suspected perpetrators) came from countries listed in Trump’s travel ban.
– There were 115 cases of terrorism by right-wing extremists, of which 35% were foiled.
– There were 63 cases of Islamist domestic terrorism of which 76% were foiled, meaning no attack took place.
– 65% of right-wing extremist terrorism involved fatalities, for a total of 79 deaths.
– 13% of Islamist terrorism involved fatalities, for a total of 90 deaths.
A Department of Homeland Security analysis likewise found that citizens of nations named in Trump’s travel ban are “rarely implicated in U.S.-based terrorism.”
In my view, we’re 50 lives too late.
Resistance to change is nothing more than the endowment effect and what is being asked of our community is nothing more than what we ask and expect of a child – to share their toys.
Will it feel good? No, sharing is hard.
Is that a good enough reason to expect others to accommodate their feelings and continue to exclude Muslims? No.
It’s time to step up, shut up and do the right thing.
Cinny 3.2.1
Maggie, just wanted to say, I thoroughly enjoy reading your posts and comments. 🙂
I really appreciate hearing that Cinny.
Some of my favourite things about TS are that 90% of the comments and posters are intelligent and well thought out, debate is vigorous and productive. I’m learning so much by being able to look through another’s eyes.
Maggie: “How does having a Muslim cleric praying at the service change who the service is for?”
My folks weren’t Muslim. It’d be downright weird, having a Muslim pray for them. I’m absolutely certain they would have taken a very dim view of it.
“Even though Muslims have been here since the 19th century there are those who still treat them as outsiders…”
Speak for yourself. How do you think I know about Muslims having been here for as long as they have?
“…because we’ve arrogantly and selfishly excluded them from our community for far too long.”
Again: speak for yourself. The inclusion of Islam in the ANZAC service is the subject of this post: nothing else. I’ve already expressed my distaste for what ANZAC Day has become. My folks were Christian: Islam had no relevance to them.
“Multiculturism is now normative in New Zealand and has been for some time.”
Did you read what I said? For good measure, here’s Angela Merkel on the subject, from a few years back:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/angela-merkel-german-chancellor-says-multiculturalism-is-a-sham-a6773111.html%3famp
Multiculturalism is a furphy. In NZ, we haven’t even been able to achieve biculturalism. Do you speak te reo? I don’t mean just a few words and phrases, but fluency. I learned it many years ago, but I’m guessing that I’d be among relatively few pakeha to have done so.
History says that homogeneous societies work best. The next best thing is an integrated society, in which migrants adapt to prevailing customs and learn the common language. This is how post-WW2 migrants managed when they arrived here. It doesn’t mean that they gave up their language and aspects of their culture, but to a considerable extent, they adopted Kiwi ways as well.
Interestingly, it is the problem of not having a common language which has thus far prevented India from phasing out English. There isn’t an alternative language acceptable to everyone.
“…presenting Muslims as the leading threat to western safety when, in truth, that threat is homegrown and white.”
It’s not clear what you’re referring to here. The ChCh shooting was carried out by an Australian. I’m not aware of any mass shootings, either here or in Australia, carried out by white supremacists (who tend to be all talk and no action). The attacks in Europe were by Muslims: they were homegrown, because the attackers were born in Europe.
Which is precisely the point I was making earlier: the msm has propagandised this issue, both here and elsewhere, such that ordinary citizens believe everything they see on the media. Also the point I was making: it’ll take a good while to change people’s perspectives. And it’ll take more honesty in reportage from the msm than I’ve seen thus far.
I remind you: he was an Australian, not a NZer. Surely the reaction nationwide tells you that white supremacist views haven’t taken root here to any extent? Be thankful for that. I sure am.
Ad 3.2.2.1
“I’m not aware of any mass shootings, either here or in Australia, carried out by white supremacists (who tend to be all talk and no action).”
Surely you mean “…of any other mass shootings…” ?
tabletennis 3.2.2.2
+100 D’Esterre
WeTheBleeple 3.2.2.2.1
Toilet tennis: see other wall.
Might take you a few sets to figure it out.
“My folks weren’t Muslim. It’d be downright weird, having a Muslim pray for them.”
All things are weird when first introduced. Our brain is most comfortable with what it sees around us every day so it’s normal to be weirded out by something new but it would be wrong to refuse new things on the grounds of “weirdness”. In fact, it would be downright silly. What’s more, it’s arrogant and ignorant to assume that what you’re most comfortable ought to be the social norm for everyone.
Also, your comment doesn’t answer my question: How does having a Muslim cleric praying at the service change who the service is for?
Knowing something as factual is not the same as respecting or understanding it.
“The inclusion of Islam in the ANZAC service is the subject of this post: nothing else. I’ve already expressed my distaste for what ANZAC Day has become. My folks were Christian: Islam had no relevance to them.”
Everything requires context for meaning. What I hear from you, repeatedly, is that your feelings and your family’s feelings are of primary concern. What is best for this country and it’s people don’t even feature. You’re entitled to feel however you want about the subject but expecting others to honour your feelings over everything else is selfish and juvenile.
“Did you read what I said? For good measure, here’s Angela Merkel on the subject”
LOL, so because she called their attempts at multiculturalism a “sham” then it doesn’t exist? You introduced the term, not me and now you’re saying it’s a lie/fake/non-existent thing?
Let’s look at multiculturalism.
The word multicultural, and multiculturalism itself, is a vague blanket term used to describe a variety of ways in which countries attempt to reconcile cultural differences with an eye to crafting a healthy society. In its most basic form, a multicultural society is one that incorporates ideas, beliefs or people from multiple different countries and cultural backgrounds. It isn’t dependent on success for meaning but does require an inclusive method rather than one of domination or assimilation.
It is an entirely lacking term for the description of the principles, philosophy, methodology and goals employed by countries but as you introduced it I decided to continue with it because you clearly lack the ability to objectively comprehend the complexity of societal make-up and its needs outside of your own. You proved this with your comment regarding Te Reo as though being able to speak it fluently or not dictates an understanding, appreciation or acceptance of Maori culture.
There is so much wrong with this statement I’m wondering where to begin.
I’ll try to keep it simple.
“History says that homogeneous societies work best.”
Define what “work best” means? What does success look like? If you were to measure “best” by peacefulness then yes, homogeneous societies can be more peaceful but you have to look at WHY they’re more peaceful and what that peace costs society in terms of development.
Also, it’s worth noting that for homogeneity to be successful in society it must maintain strict authoritarian control and be physically and ideologically exclusive because any individual freedom of speech and thought might result in differing opinions which, in turn will be threatening to the beliefs held by that society.
Homogeneous societies tend to have many values and beliefs in common. This is because they’re raised together in a homogeneous environment.
For the human race, homogeneity is fatal; both physiologically and developmentally. In all of history it’s been proven that exposure to and the sharing of different information, systems, cultures and values promotes intelligence and creativity thus equipping societies with the tools and ability to solve problems.
But, the benefits of diversity are paradoxical in that they can inhibit the free exchange of ideas, information due to intolerance. In an effort to keep the peace some sharing of information, culture, values and ideas is limited so then the benefits of diversity are negated.
At the crux of this issue is the human himself, success or failure rests in his hands. Einstein says it so much better than I can:
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
“The next best thing is an integrated society, in which migrants adapt to prevailing customs and learn the common language. This is how post-WW2 migrants managed when they arrived here. ”
Both your multicultural models rely on assimilation with no concession from the dominant culture. That’s hugely hypocritical considering that the early Europeans who came to NZ didn’t make any attempt to integrate to Maori culture. Instead, they dominated and subjugated them, and made every attempt to erase their culture.
“It doesn’t mean that they gave up their language and aspects of their culture, but to a considerable extent, they adopted Kiwi ways as well.”
This rests on the premise that the dominant culture is superior and it absolutely does mean they have to give up parts of their culture. I agree that a common language is important for all but the only modification of their culture ought to be parts that conflict with our laws. In all other aspects we should afford them their cultural freedom, not as an act of charity but simply because by doing so we enrich our own lives, our own culture.
“The ChCh shooting was carried out by an Australian. I’m not aware of any mass shootings, either here or in Australia, carried out by white supremacists”
The chch shooter was a white supremacists neo nazi. The fact that he’s Australian makes no difference because we’re talking about European supremacy.
“The attacks in Europe were by Muslims: they were homegrown, because the attackers were born in Europe.”
And what does that have to do with anything. Did I say there were no home grown Muslim terrorists? No. The statistics and report I quoted were evidence of media bias, nothing more. If you want to debate the statistics in the report I offered then do so otherwise keep your red herrings to yourself.
Are you kidding? I think you’re severely out of touch with reality. The massacre was an extreme act of white supremacy, one we aren’t used to seeing but the disease that spawned his actions is rife in NZ. It’s insidious and worms its way into our every day lives through sentiments like those you’ve expressed.
Perhaps you should google white supremacy in New Zealand.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/21-03-2019/how-expressions-of-white-supremacy-seep-through-our-society/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Front
https://www.radionz.co.nz/programmes/black-sheep/story/2018688225/the-story-of-white-supremacy
I don’t know if you’re aware but your rhetoric smacks of supremacist ideology. The idea that somehow there is nothing to be gained or learned from other cultures is a major red flag then you focus on pointing out only Muslim terrorist statistics whilst ignoring the rest.
It doesn’t matter whether we were mislead by the media and that’s why we hold false beliefs. The fact is that now we know they’re false and need to be ruthless in digging that shit out.
It’s time to accept that the only reason we can reach the top fruit is because we climb on the backs of minorities.
joe90 3.3
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim soldiers were conscripted from colonial Africa and pre-partition India to fight along side allied forces in Europe. Can we not remember them, too?
Apparently not Joe. The thing is, if Muslims had said they didn’t want christian prayers at their memorial service there would have be a full-on meltdown. Head would have literally exploded with indignation.
D'Esterre 3.3.1.1
Maggie: “The thing is, if Muslims had said they didn’t want christian prayers at their memorial service there would have be a full-on meltdown. Head would have literally exploded with indignation.”
And you base this claim on….what exactly? It’s wildly implausible.
McFlock 3.3.1.1.1
I wouldn’t be so sure about that. “Literally” would be a big call (rage-induced aneurisms notwithstanding), but, I suspect we are talking about the crowd who will bust a nut when Hone Harawira speaks but remain silent over HDuPA.
bastables 3.4
I see we’re playing the Geneology/identity game. Well I’ve got my Great grandfathers and my Grand father’s medals from WW 1 and 2.
I turn up to ANZAC day with my own operation medals, I’m also a Muslim.
I really don’t see a problem with having anyone other than a Anglican give prayers during ANZAC day.
Buddhist, Sikhs, Catholics, and Muslims have been part of the NZ army for a while now. It should be reflected in our commemorations now.
WeTheBleeple 3.4.1
Right on point. Thank you.
maggieinnz 3.4.2
Exactly Bastables. I have asked the question “How does having a Muslim pray at an Anzac service change who it is for” without response. I even emailed senior members of the RSA and asked them. Whilst I did get a response to my email they didn’t answer that question.
bastables 3.4.2.1
It’s a dark idea D’estrre try’s to hide his Islamophobia behind too, this idea of ANZAC purity of NZ as it stood in the early 19th century. I mean should female soldiers provide catafalque parties? After all females were only allowed into the Infantry Corps early this century. Should Maori infantry soldiers be allowed to march and provide catafalque parties? Maori were not allowed into the infantry Corp in WW1 and could only serve as infantry in WW2 in racially seperate units. Why are they allowed to march during Anzac Day with infantry?
Oh that’s right NZ is a progressive country and we and our army have changed reflecting that.
Poission 3.4.2.1.1
What a load of shit.
Te Rangi Hiroa was infuriated that the Maori could not fight.
“Our ancestors were a warlike people … the members of this war party would be ashamed to face their people at the conclusion of the war if they were to be confined entirely to garrison duty and not be given an opportunity of proving their mettle at the front.”
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/files/styles/fullsize/public/maori-turks.jpg?itok=JjtadJif
bastables 3.4.2.1.1.1
Dude you do know the Maori deployed in wwi not as a infantry battalion right? They were pioneers, not infantry.
Poission …
the status was irrelevant as they engaged in battle in the frontlines at gallopoli.
Of 461 ordinary rank Maori contingent soldiers and 16 officers who fought at Gallipoli, only two officers and 132 men remained at the end.
you do not understand the importance here is an extract from the great man of sciences Te Rangi Hiroa obituary.
New York Herald Tribune”:
Te Rangi Hiroa—such was the Maori name of a great man of science, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Yale, Director of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, who died in Hawaii on Sunday. Sir Peter Buck he was called in English. He would have always remained merely “Dr. Buck” but for the ironical fact that Polynesian blood bars even heads of American institutions from becoming naturalized citizens of the United States.
At the recent 250th anniversary of Yale, Sir Peter was one of twenty-five scholars chosen for the accolade of an honorary degree—one recipient for each decade in the life of the university. He was selected to respond for the group and, as he said, having listened too much to a classical language that few present could understand, he proposed to continue in the same vein. Thereupon he switched from English to his native New Zealand tongue, soon bursting into a chant of Homeric power. For hundreds of listeners it will remain the most memorable event of the convocation.
His books, such as Vikings of the Sunrise, an epic long ante-dating the history of trans-Atlantic voyaging, are familiar to countless laymen. Less widely known is his heroic role as a medical officer in the first world war. Ask a Maori, “Do you know Te Rangi Hiroa?” The reply may well be: “We were together at Gallipoli, where he won the – hearts of the pakeha (Europeans) and the Gurkha as firmly as he already held those of his own people.”
Yeah they were not allowed as part of the infantry Corp, they served as a replacement contingent due to high losses and then were made to serve as pioneers as a racially seperate force. Why during ANZAC day do we have women and “other” races marching or present at all?
Oh that’s right even during ww1 we were more progressive than the empire at large.
Indeed we were NZ had universal suffrage.
The British cannon fodder not receiving it till the 6 February 1918.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/42794339
Anne 3.4.2.1.2
I don’t know why people are being polite to this individual D’Esterre. He is not worth it.
maggieinnz 3.4.2.1.3
He’s not hiding much at all. The more he talks the more he reveals.
Your comment perfectly highlights his flawed reasoning.
mauī 3.4.2.1.4
Anzac Day isn’t about showing how progressive NZ is though is it? If you want that go to various events on Waitangi Day that celebrate diversity.
I thought Anzac was predominantly about catering to old/older veterans so they could remember their lost mates, and for their relatives to join in and pay their own respects. It’s steeped in tradition and patriotism and those values come before all else.
Ad 3.4.3
+100 Bastables
esoteric pineapples 4
I’ve felt Anzac Day has been taking on a nationalist tone over the past few years, as it regains its popularity as a commemoration service. Almost like people who don’t like Waitangi Day because of its association with treaty issues, have decided Anzac Day is our national day.
D'Esterre 4.1
Esoteric Pineapples: “I’ve felt Anzac Day has been taking on a nationalist tone over the past few years…”
My view as well. That’s why I’d prefer that it return to its original purpose.
Nationalism is what it is: not bad or good. But nevertheless I see it as inappropriate for the ANZAC service. That’s how we in this household feel about it.
aj 4.1.1
In Australia ANZAC Day has been completely co-opted by the right side of politics and focuses almost totally on Gallipoli. You would almost think the rest of WW1 didn’t happen.
https://independentaustralia.net/australia/australia-display/the-anzacs-ransacked-by-the-right,12128
AJ: “In Australia ANZAC Day has been completely co-opted by the right side of politics and focuses almost totally on Gallipoli. You would almost think the rest of WW1 didn’t happen.”
Heh, indeed. They also ignore the NZ part of ANZAC. A relative there thought it should be renamed AAC day.
A couple of years back, we were in Queensland for a family occasion. Our trip coincided with ANZAC day. I was cautioned by relatives not to be too outspoken about how the locals went about the ANZAC day events. I wasn’t entirely able to button my lip! Those Aussies: they can dish it out, but they sure can’t take it….
greywarshark 4.2
In a way I feel that Anzac Day should be a bit nationalistic – for the reason that the dead soldiers did go as a national force. It seems that NZs don’t show a love of country in normal life; they know what they don’t like and get excited, as in 1080, but having better roads seems the only thing that get most going.
So backward in our thinking are we, that it seems we have run out of momentum, and have fallen past 2000 and are showing signs of declining further.
And for D’esterre to say that we shouldn’t have this or that at Anzac Day and it is for remembering WW1 I throw my hands up. Go on shoot me, you hardened, narrow person. All the people from NZ who have been to war to their detriment, and not much good come from that, have gone because we haven’t respected the WW1 lesson and never will now I guess. Or the WW2 one, Vietnam and the ones that we are forced to join in as part of The Coalitition of the Willing or something.
When I went to Anzac I was going first for my dead birth father from WW2 of course, but second to pray for no more wars. Once I suggested that we inject some personal input, have a school read a poem, or someone give a short summary of a forgotten hero or heroine. That didn’t last long at the Civic Ceremony. Another time I asked those in charge to make sure they had a sound amplifier; it was bad enough that they repeated the same thing every year by rote, but that they didn’t even care if no-one could hear seemed insulting. We
are a secular state, and that opens up our options to include anyone we wish, not to act like some narrow-minded sect. There are some I wouldn’t wish to be associated with, but the Muslim tradition is long and important with similar good intentions as Christianity.
To honour this Muslim speaker would have been something of integrity. He is only here because of tensions that have arisen that inspired guerilla groups and terrorist acts and his homeland was no longer safe to be in. Heather Grimwood, I don’t understand your comment.
Just as we have seen our P.M. lead a surge towards it [enlightenment], comes this reactionary behaviour towards a forward- thinking RSA leader.
Is the RSA leader forward-thinking?
Is reactionary behaviour being shown towards the leader?
Greywarshark: “In a way I feel that Anzac Day should be a bit nationalistic – for the reason that the dead soldiers did go as a national force.”
Your view, and fair enough. Though I understand from older relatives that our soldiers were motivated more by allegiance to GB than to NZ. For that reason, I’d prefer ANZAC to be just a memorial services for the WW1 soldiers, as it originally was.
“And for D’esterre to say that we shouldn’t have this or that at Anzac Day and it is for remembering WW1 I throw my hands up. Go on shoot me, you hardened, narrow person.”
This my view. We don’t have to agree, you know. But there is really no need to get overwrought about it. There are many differing societal views on this issue, and we’d be bonkers not to listen to them.
“Though I understand from older relatives that our soldiers were motivated more by allegiance to GB than to NZ. For that reason, I’d prefer ANZAC to be just a memorial services for the WW1 soldiers, as it originally was.”
Just not ALL WW1 soldiers right?
And you never answered my question… How does having a Muslim praying at the service change who the service is for?
I welcome differing views so long as they aren’t hit-and-run opinions that have no backbone.
https://heterodoxacademy.org/
“Constructive Disagreement occurs when people who don’t see eye-to-eye are committed to exploring an issue together, alive to their own fallibility and the limits of their knowledge — and open to learning something from others who see things differently than they do.
When people lack the skill or the will to disagree constructively, disputes about theories, methods, data, analysis,or solutions can take on the character of zero-sum power struggles rather than opportunities for mutual growth and discovery. People become more polarized and closed-minded.
They grow less likely to share and cooperate, and more likely to withhold key information, or engage in bad-faith for competitive advantage.
Mistakes and failures are more likely to be weaponized against scholars rather than being understood as an unavoidable part of the iterative process of exploration, trial, error, discovery and revision that lies at the core of the scientific method.
People grow less likely to take risks or tolerate uncertainty. Under these circumstances, increased diversity can become a liability — a source of additional paranoia and strife — rather than an asset.”
Maggie: “Just not ALL WW1 soldiers right?”
No, of course not. All other combatants in WW1 have their own memorials.
Yeah. I did.
“I welcome differing views…”
It looks to me as if you welcome just those views with which you agree.
“..so long as they aren’t hit-and-run opinions that have no backbone.”
I think I could gloss that as “opinions with which I disagree”.
You shouldn’t equate welcoming with agreeing. I’m passionate when I debate a topic and I won’t accept an opposing view if and until it’s made it’s case rationally. Saying things like “because it’s weird” isn’t a rational argument.
greywarshark 4.2.1.2
So when all the old soldiers die who only cared about GB anyway according
to you, then we will stop having Anzac Day.
I consider all the money spent on new monuments for people who died or were wounded 100 years ago a disgraceful waste of money when there are other soldiers still alive hurt in other wars. We had perfectly good statues and inscribed walls and monuments etc. This spending has occurred because of a particular date which was an interesting as a milestone but also interesting was the wae remembrance of 100 years ago was more important than many children of our proud country who are homeless, and diseased with preventable debilitating maladies.
If the RSA is only interested in glorifying ww1 then i won’t go to any more services or buy any more poppies.
greywarshark: “So when all the old soldiers die who only cared about GB anyway according to you, then we will stop having Anzac Day.”
Did you actually read what I wrote? Seems not.
I’ve expressed my distaste for what ANZAC day has become, glorifying war in general. For that reason, I’d prefer a return to just the memorial to ANZAC soldiers.
I don’t now go to ANZAC day services; nor do I buy poppies.
greywarshark 4.2.1.2.1.1
What an irrational approach D’Esterre. Wars hang together, and the people who have suffered one, find companions in the next ones. They go together – war and injury and death and outrages (often). If you want to stop your concern at WW1 you should hop back into your TARDIS flying machine and go back in time.
You cast yourself as having distaste for war. Fair enough, so do many of us. There are some called conscientious objectors who could see the harm that wars bring; Archibald Baxter was one. He was tied to a post near the front line. You may have suffered too, for your anti-war determination. Could you tell us how it has been for you, Have you been ostracised, abused?
You don’t buy poppies that raise money to assist the Forces people who need extra help that the government has felt unable to assist with. That is not very compassionate to the living and damaged people today.
So I shouldn’t say I won’t buy a poppy, that is abdicating responsibility to my injured fellow man and woman.
We know wars have continued since WW1 and usually because of a lack of balance in the wants for resources by countries, being advancing wars, or with concern for themselves strategically, being defensive wars.
(Russia says it has concerns that agreed buffer zones around it have been reneged by NATO setting up strike-mechanisms around it.)
The wars have continued, we who have been on the winning side in NZ suffering little damage,and that has enabled people to have a good life, you included D’Esterre. So please have respect for those who have served you and all of us.
Heather Grimwood 5
I’m thinking that the age of enlightenment is seemingly a long way from being fulfilled. Just as we have seen our P.M. lead a surge towards it, comes this reactionary behaviour towards a forward- thinking RSA leader.
I’m sure he has not the slightest intention of detracting from the mourning of lost relatives, but lost relatives belonged to both opposing armies, both pawns in the continual global greed for resources, be they minerals or land.
As an attendee at Anzac Day events from early 1940’s when people were closely involved in the wellbeing of soldier relatives and the bereaved in the community, I agree with esoteric pineapples at 4, that nationalistic elements have grown more dominant.
Later in the ’80’s at an RSA Anzac service in well-to-do area of Auckland , I wore a small peace badge, could not believe my ears at the sermon, and was astounded that the venerable clergyman concerned walked up to me afterwards and chided me roundly for wearing the badge.
My point is that propaganda abounds in many ways.
Another aspect that has worried me is that an Anzac day teaching unit is used with regularity in primary schools I’ve been in….much time taken up and too much glorification in my opinion. How refreshingly different the Weta Workshops’ production recently at Te Papa which should have a lasting home somewhere. I saw schoolchildren getting the message in stunned silence….wonderful to watch,
In conclusion, I commend heartily the Crusaders’ management who are seemingly doing their part, albeit costly for them, to further progress of enlightenment.
Heather Grimwood: “Just as we have seen our P.M. lead a surge towards it…”
I agree with the PM’s handling of the awful shootings’ aftermath, except for her wearing of the hijab. That was a serious misstep, in my view.
This is a secular state: whatever its actual status, the hijab is seen by many as a symbol of Islam, therefore religious. It wasn’t appropriate for her – or any other non-Muslim woman – to wear it.
“…comes this reactionary behaviour towards a forward- thinking RSA leader.”
I suspect your man Strombom hadn’t thought this issue through. Returned services people tend to be older and fairly conservative. Not surprising that some reacted the way they did.
As I said above, it’s much too soon to be lecturing people about what they ought to accept.
Those old conservatives are all about to kark it and if they’re the ones stirring this pot they wont be missed. Sure the potty old racist uncle is ‘hilarious’ at Hosking family functions but really, he’s pathetic.
Heather Grimwood 5.1.2
To D’Esterre at 5.1: I wasn’t lecturing!…mourning if anything …. that enlightenment is such a slow progress.
Heather Grimwood: “I wasn’t lecturing!…”
That comment wasn’t aimed at you, but at the original post. I simply repeated it. It is, however, vitally important not to lecture – or be seen to lecture – Joe Public about views that they have probably unreflectively held since forever. It’s not how to change hearts and minds.
Heather Grimwood 5.1.2.1.1
To D’Esterre at 5.1.2.1: I apologise then, but thought it being directly after mine, it was in reply.
I point out though that beliefs held ” unreflectively” have surely arrived through some sort of brainwashing, be it role modelling, actual teaching, or subliminal or hard propaganda…..certainly not from the reasoning of free thought, and critical response resulting.
D'Esterre 5.1.2.1.1.1
Heather Grimwood: “beliefs held ” unreflectively” have surely arrived through some sort of brainwashing, be it role modelling, actual teaching, or subliminal or hard propaganda”
I agree. People acquire beliefs from a multiplicity of sources, and those beliefs can be very resistant to change.
“..not from the reasoning of free thought, and critical response resulting.”
Nope. But – in fairness to most people – critical thinking depends upon having those skills, plus access to dissenting views and revisionist history. Nobody gets that from the msm, which is for most people the only source of the information which informs their beliefs.
Drowsy M. Kram 5.1.3
That’s a valid view, but not my view, and obviously not the PM’s view.
It’s a grey area, and Ardern’s gesture was not welcomed by some Muslims (for various reasons), but on balance it was a genuine and visible expression of support, IMO.
“But many have come to Ardern’s defence, with one person on Twitter saying she set an “unparalleled precedent of tolerance and co-existence by wearing [the] black scarf, to condole the bereaved Muslim families.””
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/03/christchurch-terror-attack-judith-collins-praises-jacinda-ardern-for-wearing-hijab.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-22/headscarves-in-solidarity-with-muslim-women-after-mosque-attack/10929734
Drowsy M Kram: “It’s a grey area, and Ardern’s gesture was not welcomed by some Muslims (for various reasons), but on balance it was a genuine and visible expression of support, IMO.”
While for many NZers and Muslims, the hijab is a symbol of Islam, it’s also seen by many muslim women as a symbol of the oppression of females. This was noted by commentators at the time.
The PM claims to be a feminist. What was she thinking? A well-intentioned gesture, no doubt, but the wrong thing to do nonetheless.
Drowsy M. Kram 5.1.3.1.1
Appreciate your opinion D’Esterre – can we agree to disagree?
Jacinda wore a scarf out of respect. It’s exactly the same as many older customs we perform as a sign of respect – like taking a hat off inside. Your perspective slants the act as religious but even in doing that you’ve failed to acknowledge that the cross, a profoundly christian symbol, is frequently used as an adornment regardless of religious affiliation.
You argumentum ad populum responses to this and other comments suggest your opinions are fixed in personal feelings and not rational judgement which is why we’re in this mess in the first place.
RedLogix 5.1.4.1
To my understanding there are only three regulars here who have lived and worked for any length of time in the Middle East and experienced a core Islamic nation in the whole, PsychoMilt, Stuart Munro and myself. It’s no accident we share a common skepticism around this wholesale embrace of Islam we are seeing in this country.
The left routinely openly mocks and demeans Christianity when it suits them, while anyone who dares express reservations about Islam is labelled an Islamophobe.
The double standard is noted.
KJT 5.1.4.1.1
Plenty of the “left” are critical of all, religions.
The opiate of the masses, remember!
Also have empathy for all people regardless of religion.
The “left” however, unlike the “right” in the West, are not a bunch of group thinking, authoritarian followers.
I’ve not worked in the middle east, but i have worked all my life with people from all over the world. Religious fanatics, of any stripe, are a rare breed.
And Adern wearing the hijab, in this case, was a sign of caring towards a bunch of people who had just lost relatives and friends.
Why the insistence, into reading anything more to it.
Stuart Munro. 5.1.4.1.2
I’m afraid I don’t quite fit that description RL – I had great experiences teaching Muslim refugees here in NZ, so my inclination on encountering difficulties in Saudi was to ascribe them to the young monarchy, rather than the religion.
I’m not sure either the religion or the monarchy can be blamed for the cheating I encountered however, and my friends who’ve taught at Otago med school tell me that they too ran across it. And the bureaucracy – black blood of the earth!
Stuart Munro: “…the cheating I encountered however, and my friends who’ve taught at Otago med school tell me that they too ran across it.”
I’ve heard the same thing about Otago uni, and not from the med school. Anent the latter, though, a member of this household remarked that competition for entry is fierce, and cheating is part of the human condition. So: some students will do it if the pressures are great enough. Or it’s culturally unexceptionable.
Stuart Munro. …
I believe in the case of Saudi students it’s a bit of a cultural thing. If one has time of course, one can make assessments that can’t be gamed. My friend was saying that the attitude he encountered was along the lines of “We’ve paid a lot of money for this qualification, and so we expect to get it” – understandable from a customer perspective, but very much at odds with the traditional elite selecting trope of med schools. Just one of the perils of chasing foreign students for institutional income.
marty mars 5.1.4.1.3
“… wholesale embrace of Islam we are seeing in this country.”
What a joke. You’re mean spirited at least – i think we have been remembering the murdered Muslim New Zealanders – 50 women, men and children murdered by a white supremacist while they prayed. And to show respect to that community, to all affected kiwis, we as a country have made some small gestures to stand with our people. To show that we care.
The Al1en 5.1.4.1.4
Make that four. I’ve spent plenty of time in Tunisia, Morocco and Hounslow. You aint so special.
There’s much I don’t like about islam, equal to the shit I don’t like about about christianity and other religions – Don’t even get me started on jedis and scientologists. There’s no double standard here, I think you’re all nutbars.
Wearing a scarf in a mosque is a mark of respect, akin to not wearing a bikini to midnight mass or demanding pork sausages and shrimp cocktails at a bar mitzvha. I applaud the humanity JA (and the nation) has shown, and even though on a higher philosophical plane I’d object out of reason, it’s nothing I wouldn’t have done myself as a committed non believer in any god,
Red Logix, you seem to have devolved somewhat.
You’re like, paul/ed, adam, morrisey and ure to me – Jokes, but not the funny kind.
Maggie 5.1.4.1.5
There’s a clear difference Red, mocking isn’t fear based.
I have no respect whatsoever for the Islamic faith. I find all religion repugnant. I simply refuse to treat someone as the enemy because he or she believes differently than me.
Do you seriously consider wearing a headscarf out of respect as “embracing” a faith? Is affording someone the freedom to say a prayer embracing a faith?
“no accident” – Doesn’t really explain why those that haven’t been have the same paranoia.
I’m not naive Red, I know what to look out for. The problem is, because you expect it to happen everything will look like a sign.
RedLogix 5.1.4.1.5.1
In hindsight the phrase ‘uncritical embrace’ would have conveyed my intention better.
I have no respect whatsoever for the Islamic faith.
Now try going to Saudi and saying that in public.
(Without wearing the walking tent.)
Drowsy M. Kram …
I respect the right of theists to worship whatever deity/deities they ‘choose’, and acknowledge that religious faith and tenets can be of great comfort and encourage/enforce behavioural rectitude (Thou shalt not kill, etc.).
My personal belief is that all religions (or at least those that incorporate a core belief in supernatural entities/processes) are human fictions.
I know that I might be wrong, but that’s my (atheist) belief, and a very firm belief at that.
One difference between theists and atheists (as groups) is that theist belief systems are quite diverse – different belief systems arose and continue to arise in different cultures and in different regions of the world. And even within particular regional cultures, religious belief systems are susceptible to internal splintering (why might that be?)
Whereas atheists are atheists – our lack of faith may not define or unite us, but neither does it divide, or ‘other’ us (from other atheists.)
From comments here, I’m picking up on an opinion that some types of (Christian) theism (Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism (Anabaptist (Amish, Hutterites, et al), Anglicanism, Calvinism, Counter-Reformation, Dissenters, Nonconformism, Lutheranism, Polish Brethren, Remonstrants, Presbyterianism, Evangelicalism, Liberalism, Pentecostalism – apologies to those left out!))), are somehow superior to other types, or at least better suited to NZ society (we don’t like change).
That seems peculiar (to me), but an atheist would say that, wouldn’t they?
maggieinnz …
Why would I deliberately provoke them in their own country especially given their laws?
Even here (NZ) I’m selective as to when and where I express my opinions. I speak fairly freely in environments where people have a choice to listen or not.
Go to the Southern States and declare your atheism. Jim-buck and billy-bob gonna want to skewer your ass. But you’re into this yourself aye, so the others are your enemy. They upset your sensibilities. Not christians – bad.
Evil? You think?
I’ve never had a Muslim at my doorstep pushing nonsense but the Christian’s are there about once a fortnight. Just to remind me we still have a large portion of public that require a placebo to sleep at night. Not long ago we still jailed homosexuals though there came a point even the cops thought it was stupid. Bashings were frequent. Christians having a good ole Friday night. How do you feel about queers, really, deep in your heart after reading ‘the good book’?
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. (Leviticus 20:13)
Now you keep trying to point at countries as being barbaric, rather than the leadership. I do this unfairly with the states, there’s still plenty of good people but Trumpian history makes us think American = dumb redneck.
There are many Muslim countries that are not extreme but they do not fit into white people’s bullshit – who point the finger at everyone but themselves.
“The left” yes, all tarred with the same brush aye, they’re others too. Homos and blacks and wimmin! Uggh!
“Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.” Titus 2: 3-5.
“Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.” 1 Peter 2: 18.
How epic is the bullshit in that book – it’s biblical!
declare your atheism. Jim-buck and billy-bob gonna want to skewer your ass.
Possibly if you make a noxious ass of yourself in some tough bar; but will you have the federal authorities on your case?
The Bible is an collection of narratives from our past; no modern western nation makes Leviticus the basis of it’s legal system. Very few Christians or even Jews would advocate implementing it the context of a modern secular state. And many would be loud in their condemnation of any attempt to do.
Leviticus belongs in the past; and using it to smear the modern Christian churches is a tatty trick lacking all originality. And believers everywhere are expected to passively absorb this disrespect for their faith without limit. Hell I find it tiresome and I’m not even a Christian.
March 21 a Muslim bus driver kidnapped a bus load of 50 schoolchildren, removed the hammers to smash the windows, locked the doors, confiscated their phones (bar one fortunately), drove until the police stopped him, poured petrol into the bus and lit it. He fully intended to burn 50 schoolchildren alive.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47653500
It was sheer bravery and fast police work that everyone survived, but the perpetrator’s failure to kill makes him no less a monster than our March 15 mass murder who succeeded in his evil plan.
Now consider the responses to each of these very recent events; one has occasioned a mass collective guilt trip with demands that endemic racism must be rooted out, shamed and punished everywhere. The other …
WeTheBleeple …
You are completely missing the point. I was just throwing your reasoning back at you. You cite what one ‘side’ did, I cite what ‘the other’ did…
Extremist nutbars LOVE Leviticus as inspiration/justification to be assholes; or (insert offending verse of ill-favored religion here).
You make sweeping statements about how Christianity has moved on. I can reciprocate about Zoroastroism if you like…
And it could escalate.
Again. You are completely missing the point. Repeating centuries of the same foolish arguments, which we could bang on about for centuries more. At what point is it ok to say – fuck off with your grudges.
History has got nothing to do with this terrorist attack except as a trove of excuses. History provided his ‘Leviticus moments’ of thinking in which he prattles on for 70ish pages trying to justify being a hateful self entitled murderous scum.
RedLogix …
At what point is it ok to say – fuck off with your grudges.
Oh I don’t know; I’ve been saying that here since forever, but I keep getting told fuck off all the white man’s fault.
I can reciprocate about Zoroastroism if you like…
Actually almost all the Zoroastrians became Baha’is.
Many white men do need to address their holier than thou shit doesn’t stink attitudes though.
We have systemic institutionalised racism. Sure, some people of all persuasions hold racist views. In NZ however, a white majority has berated and belittled minorities for a long time. It does need to be challenged. Our court systems, media and even healthcare systems have been shown to hold cultural bias.
We can clean our own shit up. Leading by example is much better than trying to take some nonsensical high ground based on places and people elsewhere in time and space.
We do indeed need to clean up institutional racism. Going after ‘white guys’ in general however, will only lose the Left getting on for 40% of the vote. Example persuades, kvetching not so much.
Nobodies going after ‘white guys in general’. There will be over the top reactions as people work through the anger stage of grief.
The institutionalized racism in NZ is real. It enables ‘acceptance’ (by bullies) of casual racism – it also makes everyone who is not racist uncomfortable (the racists are already uncomfortable, feeling all oppressed in their own special way). Racism for headlines, for laughs, for bottom lines.
Some white guys are very defensive about ceding anything. And those guys, you know, the ones who can’t compromise or even try to see other views…
Not a good thing.
Extremists adopt religion to sanction extremism. Look out wherever they gain power. It doesn’t have to be religious extremism, however in many places religion is opportune.
Extreme capitalism… imperiled planet.
Any belief system will do if it’s built for the opportune.
“Nobody’s going after ‘white guys in general”.
Tell that to a guy who’s lost his job, in the aftermath of Key admitting half a million unskilled and often underpaid workers to the country for him to compete with. It will take twenty years or more for the labour market to recover, during which time he’ll be eating the bread of poverty and chewing on the rough end of the stick. If you top that off by trying to fit him up for racism you can expect to experience a bit of free range dentistry.
Oh I see you are angry at imgrints and want to smash people in the face who call you racist.
If you insist on middle class values, you need to provide middle class economic security. Where do you think Trump’s voters came from? But hey roll on Clark’s electoral suicide Mk II. Let’s all die in a ditch for something that won’t put an ounce of bread on anyone’s table.
You are coming across as a fearful angry white guy who thinks hes a total victim because the word racism has made it into the public narrative and keeps relating his concern back to migrants/politics/history/other scrambled stuff.
It’s not good. Go hang with some friends, get help.
Why are you so mad? Out of a job ‘because’ of migrants? Friends out of work? Broke? Pressure to be a breadwinner? Feeling like your promised piece of the pie has been stolen?
Afraid? I think we’re all a little afraid. If you’re not a bit afraid you are not paying attention. At the whim of globalists and their markets, planets life-support systems imperiled, bloody terrorists in our back yard. That’s some heavy crap, all of it. But for a moment imagine having background fear all your life. That’s what it’s like as a minority living with ‘accepted’ racism. People hurt you and others laugh. Try that for security.
You might have concerns but you are not being forthright about them. Taking a stance for the working white man who’s worried about immigrants and thinks its justified to punch folk in the face for calling racist – total BS. Check your shit, seriously.
All of us here, by politics and circumstances and genealogy that got us here, are here. We have to live with what we got and one might hope improve on that. We’ve got huge tasks ahead of us with a planet to retrofit. That’s worth blowing off steam for, that’ll require all hands on deck.
“Let’s all die in a ditch for something that won’t put an ounce of bread on anyone’s table.”
Let’s not aye. And screw your ounce of bread don’t be so self absorbed. You are not the victim.
“And screw your ounce of bread don’t be so self absorbed. You are not the victim.”
Shows what you know. I lost my career to the slave ships – the fake PC crowd cheerfully accommodated them. Tried to rebuild it doing ELT but other countries protect their own folk, regardless of competence. I’m heading for retirement completely fucking broke with no prospects whatsoever. There’s no point in doing a PhD – NZ hates intelligent.
So I understand perfectly well what it is to have the boot of a completely fucking useless faux PC government on my neck. A lot of my former colleagues are dead. I’ve got nothing left to lose, and I’m still better off than a lot of guys I used to work with.
Fearful? It’s all already happened to me.
I want that ounce of bread.
Lost your career to the slave ships – what, you were a slaver?
“Going into retirement with nothing. NZ hates intelligent.”
To be honest you’ve not shown much proof of that at all you sound more stupid as you go.
You are gonna get your piece of pie huh?
Who stole it?
Authorities should watch your self absorbed self-entitled ass closely. you sound like a real jerk.
My piece of pie is long gone WTB.
No, I wasn’t a slaver – that’s why I lost my job, moron.
Psycho Milt 5.1.4.1.7
That’s true, but given the tendency of some people to conflate dislike of Islam as an ideology with dislike of Muslims as people, it needs a disclaimer: my problem is with totalitarian ideologies, not with any particular people. Unlike some commenters here, I wouldn’t punch a fascist (at least, not just for being a fascist), never mind a Muslim.
I don’t see any problem with having an imam saying prayers at an ANZAC service, because we already have religious superstition well represented at ANZAC services (the term “service” being a bit of a giveaway) and it makes no sense to favour one over another.
However, as a general principle we secularists should be trying to drive out the last bits of religious observance from official events, not promoting further intrusion of religion into official events. That’s what bothered me about the government broadcasting an adhan to the nation – we wouldn’t make the Lord’s Prayer or the Nicene Creed an official broadcast, It is possible to support the victims of a terrorist attack against Muslims without having to pretend their religion has genuine merit.
solkta 5.1.4.1.7.1
I would prefer the Lord’s Prayer to the national anthem. At least that talks about forgiving others and avoiding evil acts rather than just protecting a political entity.
Really good points Psycho.
Poission 5.1.4.2
jacinda wore a scarf out of respect. It’s exactly the same as many older customs we perform as a sign of respect – like taking a hat off inside.
Well in 1925 Turkey wearing the wrong type of hat would get you jailed flogged or hung.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236752944_Kemalism_on_the_Catwalk_The_Turkish_Hat_Law_of_1925
Yeah, but we live in 2019 NZ. That’s called progress.
Frank Macskasy 5.1.4.2.2
Imagine wearing a mini-skirt in New Zealand in 1925! I can imagine the criminal charges that would follow from that.
Maggie: “You argumentum ad populum responses…”
Heh! I’d set my responses against your reductio ad absurdum claims any day.
Maggie: “you’ve failed to acknowledge that the cross, a profoundly christian symbol, is frequently used as an adornment regardless of religious affiliation.”
The cross is worn by people from a Christian background, even if they’re no longer churchgoers.
Muslims never wear it.
Heather, your comment really gives me hope. You’ve picked up on the bigger issues at play and accurately identified key problems. Our kids aren’t being taught to approach history with a critical eye. There is little to no room to challenge why these things happened, were they right and good, how have these events shaped our present day. I think this leads our kids to blindly accept adult “wisdom” as truth – a folly further espoused by the obedient soldier doing his duty for his country.
I have the utmost respect for those who serve but that respect doesn’t entail a total acceptance of the rationale or reasoning at the time.
I’m sure he has not the slightest intention of detracting from the mourning of lost relatives, but these lost relatives belonged to both opposing armies, both pawns in the continual global greed for resources, be they minerals or land.
McFlock 7
General question for everyone regarding a wee snippet from D’Esterre:
Given the long-standing history of Muslims in NZ, how do we actually know that none of our WW1 soldiers were not Muslim?
Even in a support role? Even one or two?
marty mars 7.1
I put this up last night. Not specific enough for your query I think. but interesting imo
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/forgotten-muslim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-world-war
Brilliant Marty!! Thank you.
joe90 7.1.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDd2lWyZeYc
Thanks Joe!
greywarshark 7.1.3
Thanks marty – i was just thinking that i had read about turks helping britain and there it was. Quite the little university aren’t we. Or as my grandfather joked, being a ‘borstal old boy’.
Exactly McFlock. And if, as is stated, the service is for NZ and Australian service recognition why Muslims are excluded. At what point do they become “real” New Zealanders who get to share our culture?
I’m still baffled as to why having a Muslim say a prayer somehow changes what the service is about and who it recognises.
McFlock: “…how do we actually know that none of our WW1 soldiers were not Muslim?”
I assume that you mean none were Muslim. Probably not particularly likely, given the circumstances: Gallipoli and all that. I’ve read the lists of the soldiers with whom my uncles had served: no names other than what one would expect from NZ volunteers at the time.
If any were Muslim, they’d Anglicised their names. Who knows…
McFlock: “Given the long-standing history of Muslims in NZ, how do we actually know that none of our WW1 soldiers were not Muslim?”
A member of this household with specialist knowledge of this sort of thing is of the view that they wouldn’t have been allowed to enlist. The colonies were quite hardline about that. No doubt to a greater extent than Old Blighty.
McFlock 7.4.1
Both comments perfectly valid, yet given the 150 NZers of Chinese ethnicity who served in WW1 (including Gallipili -empires put everyone on the frontlines) I can’t help but ponder that the Nu Zuld reactionaries are going off half cocked.
It would really suck if the desire to commemorate a stereotype of NZ ANZACS means that they deny the existence of real soldiers.
peterlepaysan 8
For heavens sake Gallipoli was a monumental mistake of THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
NZ and oz were a corps of the BRITISH ARMY. That is what anzac stands for. Cannon fodder for the british empire.
Thank heavens that britain can no longer send our citizens to their deaths.
The fact that Turks are mainly, not entirely, moslem is irrelevant. The Turks were defending their land against a foreign invader. Religion is irrelevant.
Anzac day celebrates a defunct empire embroiled in brexit.
Given the contempt that ozzies show new zealanders I fail to see any anzac spirit worth defending.
Britain embraced the EU at NZ’s expense.
We still celebrate a WW1 imperial (long defunct) disaster?
Time we all grew up.
I appreciate that familial considerations matter, and I respect them, and that the day matters is important.
What is also important that intolerant bigots do not take control of an anniversary.
Exactly! Thank you.
Peterlepaysan: “For heavens sake Gallipoli was a monumental mistake of THE BRITISH EMPIRE.”
Yeah, we’re aware of the history.
There’s this, though. Had the Gallipoli campaign been a success for the Empire, there would likely have been no Armenian genocide.
But the Turkish victory at Gallipoli emboldened them to embark upon that genocide.
So: something else to regret about the Empire’s defeat. In addition to the waste of my uncles’ lives.
Although in truth, even had there been an imperial defeat of the Turks, my uncles would doubtless still have died.
peterlepaysan 8.2.1
We were discussing anzac day. Not armenia.
You really are suspect as an honest discusser. Maybe you should stand for a ntional party seat.
Peterlepaysan: “The fact that Turks are mainly, not entirely, moslem is irrelevant. The Turks were defending their land against a foreign invader. Religion is irrelevant.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_V
“‘Mehmed V’s most significant political act was to formally declare jihad against the Entente Powers (Allies of World War I) on 14 November 1914, following the Ottoman government’s decision to join the First World War on the side of the Central Powers.[4] He was actually said to look with disfavor on the pro-German policy of Enver Pasha.[5]'”
Islam wasn’t irrelevant.
Germany effectively trapped/ blackmailed turkey into entering ww1.
Forget islam and jihadism.
Do you work for crosby/textor?
Actually you don’t have to be muslim to be excluded from the RSA. My dad served in WW1 and as an 18 year old was wounded in the trenches in France. He suffered a permanent disability to his left arm and hand for the rest of his life. On emigrating to NZ in the 1920’s he thought he would go along to the RSA . He went once. Totally shunned, as he was not considered worthy.
I’m disappointed that attitudes have not changed much.
peterlepaysan 9.1
i am 76. Ihave very vivid memories of the british intolerance of the RSA. My father fought for the Allies ,both in the navy and army. He was among other things, an engineer experienced in oil field work and railway work. When the push back against Japanese occupation of Burma began he was very popular.
We moved to NZ when I was 6/7. Pop was never accepted. He was brown skinned and never served in a NZ or oz force. RSA did not want to know.
Peterlepaysan: “He was brown skinned and never served in a NZ or oz force. RSA did not want to know.”
It wouldn’t have been skin colour. It was the fact that the RSA was originally set up for former ANZAC servicemen. Others – including the Brits – weren’t welcome. It was many years before that changed.
Thank you for sharing that Macro. Can I say that regardless of the actions of the RSA I deeply appreciate the service your father gave and am sorry he wasn’t recognised for it.
Greywarshark was kind enough to share similar stories to yours of Vietnam veterans who were treated the same way.
What is concerning is that all the original returning soldiers have died yet this attitude remains. Will it ever die a natural death if it’s being taught and romanticised in schools, passed down as oral tradition and rubber stamped by our government?
I’m wondering why, we as a nation, still support the Anzac service when it is so entrenched in exclusivity and I’m seriously considering whether I’ll personally support Anzac celebrations from here on out.
Anne 9.2.1
I have not attended an ANZAC ceremony in years Maggie. What I do is visit my local memorial later in the day and plant a poppy for my father who was deserving of more recognition for his endeavours during WW2 than he ever received.
Maggie: “What is concerning is that all the original returning soldiers have died yet this attitude remains.”
I’ve pointed out that the RSA was originally set up exclusively for ANZAC servicemen. Since all the ANZACs are dead, it’d be pointless for it to exclude other servicemen and women. Last I knew, membership was open to all those people.
“Will it ever die a natural death if it’s being taught and romanticised in schools”
What is this “it” of which you speak, and what do you mean by it being taught and romanticised in schools? I wonder if you’re aware of the NZ history curriculum in high schools. Good luck with romanticising any aspect of history: teens’d see right through that and call it out.
“Passed down as oral tradition and rubber stamped by our government?”
What is it that the government is rubber stamping, and how?
Anne 9.3
Interesting comment Macro @ 9.
My father saw action in the last year of WW1 as a young lad (who lied about is age) and all of WW2 as an Army Officer. My parents arrived in NZ in 1939 and in all that time until he died in 1982 he shunned the RSA – would not have a bar of them. Now I know why.
Benjamin B 10
If I was around I might turn up and shout ‘insh’allah’. As it is I’ll be bicycle touring, is there anything better?
My first name is Hebrew
My last name is German
My upbringing is European
My belief is atheist
My schoolmates were Muslim
My upbringing is Christian
My ideology is, tolerate anything but intolerance
My music is punk and new age
Today I’ve enjoyed a Te Reo class
Y’all can just bugger off into your suburban picket fenced suburbia if you don’t appreciate some pacifism.
Maggie 10.1
Nicely said. Enjoy your tour, Benjamin.
People do enjoy a sense of tradition and continuity. They should not be condemned for this. It would be inappropriate, say, to intrude on a Japanese tea ceremony with loud rap music or perhaps include the Lord’s prayer in the funeral rites of a Buddhist. We can enjoy various cultural expressions in a multiracial, multicultural society, but that does not mean they have to all be put into the same room all at once.
If I go to KFC, I don’t expect to be able to buy chinese dumplings, and I don’t expect southern fried chicken at Barilla dumplings on Dominion road –even though I love both.
However ANZAC day is a national ceremony belonging to the whole nation. Some will then argue that it should necessarily be inclusive of as many cultures and beliefs as possible. However, it also has a legacy and tradition that connects the country to its past. If it is continually updated and modified, it will very soon lose its poignancy and relevancy.
Indeed the ceremony should be inclusive to the extent that it welcomes and celebrates people of all backgrounds attending the ceremony. Newcomers will enjoy and appreciate the ceremony and service more, if it is held in an authentic way that is historically accurate.
I understand the ceremonial aspects of the service but still don’t see how having a Muslim say a prayer changes anything. The comparisons you’ve offered are like for like, as in, comparing two foods, two religions etc. and the inclusion of a prayer as a singular event isn’t updating or modifying anything.
I would have thought that if their concern was breaking with tradition they would have said so. Instead they clearly said Anzac was for NZ and Aussie soldiers only.
This isn’t the first time there’s been a fuss either. They got their nose out of joint over Maori performing an impromptu haka last year, even referred to it as “insulting”.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-11/hakas-future-at-anzac-day-events-in-doubt/9732512
Shadrach 11.1.1
“…but still don’t see how having a Muslim say a prayer changes anything.”
That’s incredibly naïve. Islam, as practised in many parts of the world, is entirely incompatible with the freedoms won in both world wars. As such, it has no role in any ANZAC service. If you don’t like them apples, I’d suggest a visit to Brunei.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/brunei-enacts-sharia-law-sultan-calls-stronger-islam-190403060932396.html
Or maybe pay some attention to those Muslim leaders honestly assessing elements of their own faith.
https://barnabasfund.org/en/news/leading-muslim-cleric-says-islamophobia-a-result-of-islamic-extremism-and-not-racism?fbclid=IwAR1OaNA
peterlepaysan 11.2
“However ANZAC day is a national ceremony belongoing to the whole nation.”
It is a date that marks a british imperial disaster when Turks, australians and new zealanders were needlessly killed.
It is possibly the date when NZ started to question british imperial rule.
I will drink a toast to that. NZ defence chiefs, in WW2, kept their commands under NZ control.
OBTW I will also drink a toast to the fact that it is public holiday. That is anice way to celebrate a brish imperial disaster. Cheers!
Observer Tokoroa 12
1) As usual with Britain
Anzac was a monumental Military Mess. An Imperial Stupidity.
It is fitting that the Brits should remember their shambles and their numerous Colonial Dead.
The Only persons who should be banned from Anzac day are the English Generals who caused the appalling Gallipoli Massacres. They are deceased.
2) In a democracy all activities should be declared as Suitable and Desirable and given A License.
This includes Religions, Churches and Schools. Every Business Venture, including Gambling, Sky Diving and Religion must be Licensed.
Every activity whether a charity or a Public Holiday must have a License.
No, there won’t be any “tearing limb from limb”.
Take pride that our processes leading outrage to reconciliation are some of the best and most thorough that the world has ever seen. The event has unified our country in all ways good ways.
It’s disappointing but not unexpected that an RSA would react that way. They should have been bigger than that.
But they’ve use Christian prayers and hymns to memorialize their dead, which is their language and syntax and music of memorialization for a century. The bandwidth of its meaning is pretty narrow, and very precise after the 5 years of official memorialization of WW1 that we’ve just gone through.
I would have preferred to see the lives of the Christchurch dead on something like the National Memorial in Wellington, but, as with the Erebus disaster memorial, we’ll now have to wait suitable decades for everyone to agree on how this tragedy will be memorialized, where, and who will pay for it.
I would however like to see the Muslim communities form an annual memorialization of their own – one which has strong government funding and engagement. It would be a massive diplomatic opportunity to offer that to the leading Muslim nations to support such a venture. And it would be good for all of us to remember that day as powerfully as Parihaka, Matariki, ANZAC Day, Labour Day, Waitangi Day, or any of the other ones.
Maybe: Christchurch Day. Or simply: March 15 Day.
Cinny 13.1
Ad you’ve got me thinking…..
I’d be down with a Día de Muertos (Aotearoa styles aka blended styles).
That could be rather epic in a way.
Mental health benefits maybe… (feelings less likely to be bottled and explode with an annual holiday day to remember anyone that’s passed on). All of those passed/fallen no matter the circumstance. Inclusive.
The way I see it, as it stands, ANZAC day is the only active death remembrance public holiday on our calendar.
Easter doesn’t count as a death remembrance public holiday for me, that date is subject to change which is guided by phases of the moon, another rebranded pagan festival.
A public holiday remembrance day for those fallen, inclusive like the melting pot of cultures in present day Aotearoa, meaningful.
New for a young country like ours, but not so new at all,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Dead
Ad 13.1.1
Now you’re getting into our old national melancholy.
It’s the right place to be with both Easter and ANZAC Day coming up.
Easter may well be altered in date, but there’s no getting around it’s focus on death and resurrection whatever mythology you choose.
ANZAC Day follows the similar dark script, and is as equally scripted by Christianity.
Waitangi Day is for the most part also a remembrance of tragedy and redemption.
Same with Guy Fawkes and Parihaka. Mean tragedies redeemed through history.
I wouldn’t want any melting pot remembrance for March 15.
The Muslim community deserve their own, as specific as all the others we have.
Cinny 13.1.1.1
Totally get where you are coming from Ad.
I guess I’m just trying to come up with a solution that includes all and excludes none.
Personally I’ve no problem with an extra prayer on ANZAC day.
Ad 13.1.1.1.1
RSA have totally misread this.
solkta 13.1.2
Once upon a time we had Halloween. But like Easter that became a celebration of sugar.
Ike 14
Maybe the muslim community should be welcomed to ANZAC commemorations and the British community excluded. https://www.globalresearch.ca/world-war-i-the-gallipoli-campaign-the-untold-story/5445098
maggieinnz 15
We each deal with our own Red. Our shit is ours to sort. Theirs is theirs. There’s even a bible verse for that..you know, log, spec, eye…
“Very few Christians or even Jews would advocate implementing it the context of a modern secular state. And many would be loud in their condemnation of any attempt to do.”
Rubbish. Nowadays they wrap their religion in politics. Look at how the US is trying to bring women back under men’s control. Look at Russia who sought a “return to family values” by decriminalising domestic violence. So now, husbands can choke and punch their wives into submission so long as he doesn’t break bones. Bruises, cuts, scratches are all AOK.
When I was 17 I lost my virginity to rape. I was made to stand up in front of our congregation and “confess” to not being pure. Their justification for doing this was James 5:16 “Therefore confess your sins to each other..” and 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
And even though god had apparently forgiven me of that “sin” and makes me clean again, in the eyes of the church I was still and would always be “second-hand trash no self respecting man would want to marry”.
The funny thing was, it was only ever the sexual sins that we had to confess.
About a year ago my cousin’s kid went off the rails a bit. Took up with an older guy. When she came back they were going to make her confess her “sin” in church. I argued black and blue for that girl and luckily my cousin saw sense and didn’t make her go through with it.
And if you think those things the church did to me was what caused me to become an atheist you’d be wrong. I continued to believe and attend church up into my 30’s.
Even you should know that having a pissing contest over who’s the most evil isn’t a rational argument Red. That sort of thing is simply a way to move the heat off you onto someone more “deserving” in your opinion.
That’s messed up as Maggie, am stunned. What brand of church thought that was a good idea?
Frank Macskasy 15.1.1
Maggie, your story about that Church and demand for public shaming by you, rings true. A female friend of mine related a story of her niece being raped by her father. Their church persuaded the nice not to go to the police as it was “better to forgive” instead.
The father was active in that Church.
The niece never went to Police. Her fragile state of mind couldn’t survive a court case and harsh cross-examination. The father, though, is shunned by the entire extended family (if that’s any consolation).
The church, though, was never held to account.
Psycho Milt 15.2
The fact that bad people do bad things regardless of their philosophy doesn’t alter the fact that there differences in the relative merits of different philosophies.
For example, most people who study totalitarian ideologies conclude that fascism is a worse one than communism. However, both fascism and communism have resulted in the mass murder of categories of people just for falling into that category (which is one reason I tend to treat apologists for Soviet communism with the same contempt as apologists for Nazi fascism). The relative merits of the two ideologies made no difference to the people they killed, but it does make a difference in any political discussion about those ideologies.
Frank Macskasy 15.3
Even you should know that having a pissing contest over who’s the most evil isn’t a rational argument Red. That sort of thing is simply a way to move the heat off you onto someone more “deserving” in your opinion
It reminds me of ten year olds pointing to each other, trying to shift blame by saying their mischief was worse.
The underlying aim, of course, is to minimise the actions of the (alleged) Christchurch terrorist/gunman and attempting to manufacture a cause-effect by pointing to extremism elsewhere.
vto 16
these are the world’s three monsters, none of which deserves respect in these times
they have each wound themselves into death spiral knots with each other
where it will end
i think we
very dangerous times
Frank Macskasy 17
Beautifully written. I believe the sentiment is shared by most New Zealanders who are fair minded and believe in giving people a fair go.
The vitriolic response from a (hopefully) tiny, raucous minority shows those individuals in a poor light.
greywarshark 18
How we really are at home. We don’t realise what the war was like, we don’t want to know. Can’t seem to put our mind to it, and then can’t listen to what it was like for our family members much less the war as a whole. There should have been small meetings held every week where soldiers gave first-hand account of some chosen aspect of the war. Whether many people would have understood the opportunity this provided and gone so as to inform themselves and lighten the burden of memories of the Forces men and women I don’t know.
But this sort of propaganda fun stuff makes it look like a theme holiday camp.
The Andrews Sisters – they were good value.
Vera Lynn – she keeps going. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Lynn
Soothing and promising.
Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart
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Art Expert Removes Centuries-Old Varnish From A Painting For A Breathtaking Effect
Paintings from hundreds of years ago are hard to come by outside of museums.
When they are found in private collections or elsewhere, they often have a yellow or brown look to them. Why is that? Historically, varnish has been used to protect the paint and seal it in. Unfortunately, as these works of art have aged, the varnish has made the paintings look dirty and obscured their beauty.
Fortunately, there are art experts out there who know how to restore these paintings to their former glory. Watching them do it is incredible.
Philip Mould recently posted a video to Twitter of his restoration of a “Lady in Red” painting. It’s nearly 400 years old and from a private collection, though not much is known about the subject of the painting.
Twitter / @philipmould
“We started restoration of the painting… after extensive testing of the varnish on an oil surface on oak panel. A mixture of gel and solvent was created, specifically just to remove the varnish and not to damage the underlying paint,” Mould said.
Watch the amazing transformation below! This is mind-blowing.
A remarkable Jacobean re-emergence after 200 years of yellowing varnish 1/2 pic.twitter.com/yBGNGDcNd7
— Philip Mould (@philipmould) November 6, 2017
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I’m totally amazed by what this art expert can pull off. It’s so awesome that people are preserving these historical artifacts to their original glory.
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Or maybe the pieces have actually alhumdulillah come together, and you feel ready to get married. What are your options? You scour the web pages of your local masjid for upcoming events. And then there are dating apps. Hadeel will be like an interjecting ghost throughout this article. She just wants somewhere to vent. I was raised thinking that I would graduate college at 22, begin working, and get married soon after. There are outliers of course, exceptions to the rule, but for many women, it might take a little more time. The months, or years after, however, can be difficult on our self-image, making us wonder if there was something we had done wrong for not having the fairytale at twenty-three, fueled by the comments made to us by other women we know. There are comparisons made between us, unsolicited advice offered, suggestions to reconsider men you had turned down for legitimate reasons.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more. Apps like Minder the Muslim version of Tinder , and Muzmatch offer sometimes an overwhelming amount of options, and other popular apps like Dil Mil, Bumble and Tinder also have plenty of Muslims in the pool. A personalized North American matchmaking service for Muslims , that interviews every member personally before they join the service. So the matchmaker — a real human being, not a computer or site search criteria — does a lot of the initial work.
The service has also advertised themselves to fit the needs of more unique relationships like divorced Muslims or single parents.
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Finding love as a young Muslim in Britain can be a stressful experience. Digital dating and matrimonial services seem to have replaced the traditional system of being introduced to a potential marriage suitor by your aunty and going to meet them in their living room, making small talk over chai. Selecting my religiosity on a sliding scale for a marriage app gave me a mini existential crisis, how practicing even am I?!
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Does it seem insincere to portray myself as more religious than I am? Watching shows and films on television showing teenagers pursuing relationships openly made me feel major FOMO when even talking about dating at home was taboo. Well, until we reached our twenties and then we were suddenly supposed to have a string of possible marriage suitors lined up in waiting.
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Phew, someone finally gets it! Agnes was my alibi. Their plan for me is to find a Pakistani boy to marry as soon as I finish medical school, yet they disapprove of modern dating and essentially any pre-marital relationship. For years I internalised this as the norm, but when I turned sixteen I began to question all the rules about dating, virginity, and modesty.
I started to drink secretly, which increased when I left home. I distinctly remember being in a club, texting my mum goodnight whilst downing shots and kissing the guy I was next to. While I lived away from home, I crushed hard, mainly on white guys possibly out of rebellion , but I never got into any sort of relationship. I found it incomprehensible that I would sleep with someone before getting married, or at least before being with them for years.
However, in the last year since I have been back home, my attitude has completely changed. He seemed to love the fact that I had to lie, and always wanted to know the stories I told my parents. He was half-white, half-Bangladeshi, but his parents were chill, and he told me how great it was that he could share all aspects of his life with them.
Right would be Pakistani, though someone from India might do. Baig prefers a doctor or lawyer, yet will accept other professions. He brags about his ability to discern a United States citizen over an immigrant whose status is more precarious by the confidence in his walk. And how can Mr. Baig tell if a candidate comes from a good family — if he prays daily, does not drink, and would not marry outside Islam?
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Despite the onslaught of niche dating apps, some still feel left out of the dating scene. Especially when dating has been a taboo topic for most of their lives. Its founder, year-old Mariam Bahawdory, launched the app while she was in graduate school. Bahawdory had virtually no dating experience growing up in Raleigh, N. After a failed engagement at 25, she found online dating to be her only real prospect. While Muslim-themed matchmaking platforms like Minder, Arab Lounge and Ishqr have been around for some time, none of these platforms offer services beyond placing Muslim women on a pseudo-meat market to be plucked from, Bahawdory explains.
Eshq is looking to fill a void in the market craved by Muslim women. After years of researching dating patterns in the Muslim community — including speaking directly to Muslim women of both liberal and conservative backgrounds about what they want to see — the idea of Eshq was born. To join Eshq, you must login through Facebook. From there, the app uses a matching algorithm that picks out similarities between profiles, Bahawdory explained.
Its drawing feature is that it only allows the woman to start the conversation after a match. It was admittedly implemented by the mainstream Bumble around the same time Bahawdory says she came up with the concept. For year-old Sahar M.
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Dating, in particular, has become even more complicated. For Gen-Z and millennial Muslim women, that complication is exacerbated as they try to balance religion, culture and gender. Dating for Muslims can be very different from Western practices. Within Islam, a halal , or permissible, way of dating means getting parents or a third party involved early on; abstaining from casual dates, hookups and sex; and talking about marriage right off the bat.
In recent years, liberal Muslims have been trying to normalize this. For many Muslim women, going on dates in public spaces and having parents supervise them — or going on dates in secret — was the norm before the pandemic. Dating freely was already logistically difficult for Nihala Malik, a year-old Pakistani Muslim from Canada. Malik and her boyfriend had been dating in secret for a little over a year and half when the pandemic hit.
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M uslim dating has come of age with its own Carrie Bradshaw-style chick lit. She is one of four big-city friends seeking Mr Right but with no sex before marriage and no alcohol. As in Britain, Esma finds herself part of a growing demographic: educated, independent career women, who struggle to find a partner, especially over British Asians have long been early adopters of the technology to find marriage partners. Even the old aunty network of helpful family matriarchs has gone high tech, I’m told, with handwritten notes replaced, with Excel spreadsheets of available “boys” and “girls” aged 20 to Though originally Hindu-focused, the biggest marriage websites, such Shaadi.
How often? Eat halal? One thirtysomething City professional, Asma, has spent a decade looking, with mixed results. Because there’s this weird scale of ‘how religious are you? There was the Muslim dating event at Excel where, seated in a circle, they went round introducing themselves: “We get to one guy who’s bearded and mids. It seems there are reformations and counter-reformations under way in modern Muslim dating: Some websites encourage modern women to embrace the concept of the “submissive” first or second wife.
Other couples though are quietly using the nikah Islamic wedding contract to try out cohabitation before the finality of a civil marriage. Some forward-looking imams want doctrine updated to allow Muslim women to marry non-Muslims, just as Muslim men can.
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The movement called Indonesia Tanpa Pacaran Indonesia without dating flourishes. For conservatives, premarital betrothal is a sinful product of Western decadence. For experts, it is a reaction to fears that democracy is opposed to traditional values. Young people born in the mids represent about a quarter of the over million inhabitants in the world’s most populous Muslim country.
The key moment is the ta’aruf introduction , during which young people introduce themselves to families in the hope that they approve the union. The practice is often referred to by critics as antiquated and more suitable for conservative Gulf nations, such as Saudi Arabia, than historically liberal Indonesia. The movement called Indonesia Tanpa Pacaran Indonesia without dating is flourishing in the country.
It was born in on the initiative of a university student, La Ode Munafar. The group focused on weddings, has a million followers only on its Instagram page, and addresses the huge “Generation Z” audience especially through social media. According to the indications of the leaders, any premarital contact should be controlled and getting married very young is ideal: premarital dating is a sinful product of western decadence.
To spread its message, Indonesia Tanpa Pacaran also sells products under its own brand, including hats, key rings and hijabs, an Islamic accessory worn by many women in Indonesia. According to sociologists, the seeds of this trend may have been planted in – when many of those who joined it were young children – in the ashes of the Suharto dictatorship, a regime that largely suppressed religious expression.
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Black Children Are Not Baby Seals
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A controversial billboard campaign in Atlanta is bringing needed attention to an issue that’s having a devasting effect on the black community in America. But is this the right way to do it?
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Celebrities go to great lengths to obtain the children of their dreams. Singer Céline Dion recently announced that she’s pregnant with her second child through in vitro fertilization. Madonna and Angelina Jolie can’t seem to visit Africa or Asia without leaving with a kid. Then there was Michael Jackson, whose children’s mysterious origins continue to be the topic of endless speculation.
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Discs & Doping – VCSE’s Racing Digest #44
The season is already a couple of months old and we’re several races in already but this week has felt like the start of the new term proper. The first couple of stages of Paris Nice and Tirreno Adriatico give the commentators and colour men the chance to ruminate on the riders showing early form and look ahead to the monuments in the coming weeks and slightly further away the Giro. That’s the plan anyway. The peloton and the viewer wants to get played in gently before the GC gets decided over the course of the weekend. Things went awry for some of the key players on the first stage of Paris Nice as the weather intervened and caused time gaps that re-wrote individual’s game plans, Richie Porte just one of many reduced to stage hunting from then on. In Tirreno we saw a whole team derailed, not by the conditions this time. Sky riding with dual leaders in Mikel Landa and Geraint Thomas lost time on the team time trial as their exotic tri spoke wheels wilted in the spring sunshine.
Not the ideal start for riders looking to put down a form marker for Milan San Remo or the grand tours perhaps but it added an additional ingredient to a dish that I always look forward to. With the possible exception of Poland the week long stage races that follow the grand tours just don’t engage me in the way that Paris Nice, Tirreno or Itzulia can. I missed so much of last season as far as catching a stage or one day race ‘live’ was concerned, although so watching this week has felt like the end of Lent and I’m finally able to tick into the good stuff again.
Paris Nice and Tirreno serve up fairly meagre rations if you’re looking for a grand tour primer with only one or two days designed with the climbers in mind. There’s normally enough on the bone for a GC rider to claim the overall but if the queen stage does succumb to the weather then you end up with results like last year’s Tirreno where Greg Van Avermaet ended up with Neptune’s trident. The one rider who I could imagine overcoming the grand tour specialists without needing rain to stop play is Peter Sagan. With two stages remaining Sagan already has two of the proceeding ones chalked up. On Sunday he managed to stay with Thomas and race leader to Nairo Quintana to take the second. Mark Cavendish (fairly anonymous in the same race as I write) may grab more of the headlines if he matches Eddy Merckx’s Tour stage wins record but Sagan has to be the closest we have to The Cannibal in today’s peloton. With Cancellara out of the picture I can see Sagan really dominating the next few years of classics racing even if he’ll never approach Merckx for all round ability. Thing is though I resent Sagan’s apparent superiority. If he’s made the final selection I find myself frantically scanning the other riders, carrying out a mental tick box assessment of who might be capable of beating him to the line. A couple of weeks ago, the ‘opening weekend’ of Het Nieuswblad and Kuurne Brussel Kuurne Sagan inevitably had been there at the death, winning the latter and placing second to Van Avermaet the previous day. I’m not quite at the point where I can’t find any joy in a Sagan victory, I just prefer the unpredictability, the ‘not knowing’ when the favourite is missing.
If there’s such a thing in cycling and if it’s not ironic to bestow it on him Alberto Comtador was the moral winner of Paris Nice. He’d ridden into contention during the week and was snapping at Sergio Henao’s heels after the Sky rider had assumed the yellow on Saturday. Henao wouldn’t have been my obvious choice for team principal but with Thomas and Landa in Italy he got the nod. Paris Nice isn’t a race that Chris Froome tends to do, although he has cropped up for Tirreno in the past. Froome involvement in this year’s race was limited to selfies as the peloton swept past on his local training routes. Contador was gracious in defeat (by two.. count them.. seconds!) to a rider that I can’t imagine leading Sly in a grand tour anytime soon. Fair enough, that Henao caught up enough to snatch the yellow back from him but I don’t think it would have happened if the peloton hadn’t worked as hard as it did to chase down Contador’s breakaway.
With Froome laser focused on the Tour again Sky have to ‘make do’ with someone else to lead the team and there’s something of a ‘Where’s Wally?’ element to the odd appearance he makes on social media. Make no mistake though, even when he isn’t racing Froome is the principal rider on Team Sky in the eyes of the fans and the media. As the teams own Watergate has rumbled on since last year’s initial TUE expose Froome has been conspicuous by his absence particularly in a week that saw more than half of his teammates come out publicly in support of Dave Brailsford. A combination of published and leaked reports on the TUE saga and investigations into the culture at British Cycling had led to a swathe of opinion that Brailsford needed to go. A rumour in the press that a rider within Sky had said that Brailsford should resign triggered the votes of confidence voiced on social media by Thomas and others. A follow up piece in the papers listed the riders who hadn’t spoken up for their boss. While some were pretty much invisible, such is the irregularity of their social media presence Froome was an obvious omission.* He has shared his view about the TUE saga once or twice. Never one to miss an opportunity to stick the knife into Wiggins he had been as pointed in his criticism as someone who has also ‘benefited’ from a TUE can be. In a tetchy interview recorded during a training camp earlier in the year Froome had also made clear his feelings that Brailsford should be the one with the explaining to do. Going for his fourth TDF title Froome won’t appreciate the distraction if the situation has been resolved by the summer. The inflated media prescence and the partisan nature of the crowds could prove to be an unwelcome distraction if the story refuses to go away. So was he the source of the ‘Brailsford must go’ rumour. In the absence of anything to the contrary it’s tempting to think he might have been. There doesn’t appear to be any doubt that Sky is Brailsford’s team rather than Froome’s but the rider can be characterised as someone who does what’s best for him so it might be tempting to imagine a world where doping questions disappear along with a Brailsford departure. Will Brailsford actually depart is another question entirely. Right at this moment I think not but further revelations might change that and the story shows no sign of going away. In the end it may prove to be ‘noises off’ from the sponsor (notably silent so far) that forces the issue rather than any press clamour that ends the fairytale.
While Sky could celebrate another overall victory in Paris Nice the ‘wheels coming off’ was the perfect phrase to sum up their situation in Tirreno. Pride was somewhat restored by Thomas taking a stage and he’ll finish high on GC albeit a long way off Nairo Quintana. In Abu Dhabi a couple of weeks ago another Sky rider appeared to fall victim to another bit of new technology in the peloton. The introduction of disc brakes is the irresistible force currently buffeting the immovable object of (most of) the riders. New to Sky this year Owain Doull has a gold medal from Rio and some impressive showings in bunch sprints last season under his belt as he becomes the latest prospect hoping to prosper on the Death Star. Doull had a coming together with Marcel Kittel in the final of a stage and sparked another ‘discs are dangerous’ debate when he suggested Kittel’s disc had sliced open his shoe in the ensuing crash. In the aftermath it was pretty conclusively proven that it the only way Kittel’s disc could have come anywhere near Doull’s shoe would have been if Kittel had been on Doull’s left rather than his right and travelling backwards at the time. As this truth was still getting its (ahem) boots on the anti disc faction had already dished up several versions of a potential disc rotor induced end of days.
The problem for the disc brake lobby, i.e the bike companies is that the majority of the riders just don’t want to ride them. I’m not convinced by the safety argument but as no one seems to want to call the pros out on stories like Doull’s or the other disc / not disc crash in last year’s Paris Roubaix the ‘alternative fact’ that disc brakes are too dangerous to be raced is allowed to gain currency. Maybe Doull and whoever that Movistar domestique was that crashed in the Arenberg last year genuinely feel their injuries were caused by discs but the evidence would suggest that disc brakes are some way down the list of potential dangers. Maybe there’s a ‘Rules’ / Velominati element to all of this. Perhaps it’s an old school thing like not wearing white bibs or the correct sock length. There’s little point in trying to enforce discs on the peloton but it will be annoying the hell out of Specialized that their master plan to have us all shelling out an extra few hundred large for discs might be derailed by the rider lobby. So far it’s only Quick Step and Cannondale who have really pushed the disc thing this season. Tom Boonen has done a puff piece about how it would be ‘stupid’ to ignore the benefits (smart guy Tom) and Cannondale had the whole team on discs in Andulucia and had disc equipped TT bikes at Tirreno. At least Sky couldn’t blame the disintegrating wheels on discs.
* Rather like my last post this one came together over a couple of days. On Monday Froome released a statement ‘backing’ Brailsford. I only read one report rather than his full statement but based on the quotes lifted for the article it didn’t sound as if Froome was offering unequivocal support.
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Race in Peace – VCSE’s Racing Digest #43
So we’re already a quarter way through the 2016 season and I’m feeling pretty conscious that I haven’t written a great deal about everything that’s taken place since Tirreno and Paris Nice a few weeks back. We’ve had the rivals for this years grand tours line up in the Volta a Catalunya, a couple of semi-classics in Belgium and the first of the monuments; Milan San Remo. While there are stories to be told about all of these races everything has been overshadowed in the last few days by the death of two riders in separate events last weekend.
On Saturday Belgian rider Daan Myngheer suffered a heart attack after collapsing during that day’s stage of the Criterium International on Corsica. His death was announced on Monday evening just 24 hours after another Belgian Antoine Demoitie died in hospital after being run over (following a crash) by one of the race motos during Gent Wevelgem. Losing both riders is a tragedy but it’s the circumstances surrounding Demoitie’s fatal accident that has caused a wider discussion. Rider safety is a topic that’s been simmering along since last year when there was the first of many incidents where riders came off worse due to altercations with either a race support car or moto. Irony probably isn’t appropriate here but I haven’t read anything that suggests that Demoitie’s accident was avoidable; his team have even released a statement to that effect. Nevertheless it’s all too clear that in a contest between a rider and a car or moto, it’s the guy (or girl) on the bike who’s going to come off worst.
That said I’m not sure what can be done to make things significantly safer. Right now with things feeling pretty raw it’s easy to forget that the potential risks for riders from cars, motos and everything else from dogs without leads to street furniture have existed for years. While crashes like the one that took out several riders at last years Pais Vasco could easily have been prevented (poorly signed road furniture caused that one), it’s hard to see how every potential risk can be eliminated. I won’t disagree that some potential risks could be mitigated but in the week before Demoitie’s accident the same commentators who mourned his loss were bemoaning the lack of moto camera feeds in another race. I’m not diminishing what’s happened; I just don’t think there are quick or easy solutions.
Racing a bike has enough risk and potential injurious outcomes without riders wondering if they’re likely to be hit by an errant vehicle from the race caravan. The really enlightened solutions probably won’t emerge in the immediate aftermath of these two tragic deaths.
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Tirreno Adriatico & Paris Nice 2016
The early season stage races are generally seen as a tune up for the classics season that starts in earnest this weekend with Saturday’s (that’s right; Saturday) Milan San Remo. An early marker had already been put down ahead of Tirreno by Fabian Cancellara. Overhauling previous winner Zdenek Stybar and Peter Sagan (have you noticed that people are already talking about the ‘curse of the rainbow jersey’) Cancellara has followed up a fine result in Sienna with victory in the final TT stage of Tirreno today. Cue speculation about a Cancellaraesque (read solo breakaway) win for the man himself in MSR but even if that seems a bit fanciful he looks in great form in his final season of racing.
2016 MSR win for Fabian Cancellara?
If we’re looking purely at results you would have to put Cancellara well ahead of his fellow valedictorian Tom Boonen who could only manage a 6th place finish on the second stage of Paris Nice in an otherwise low key week on the ‘Race to the Sun’. The only silver lining for the Etixx team leader was that (at least) he didn’t crash out of the race like he did a year ago, effectively ending his season. Boonen may yet come good, he’s looked fast in a few of the bunch sprints I have seen him contest so far this year and I would rather see him add to his tally of monuments purely because I’m in team Tom rather than team Fab. The dream outcome would be a the two veterans going wheel to wheel at the Ronde and Roubaix in April but I suspect I might be disappointed.
While Cancellara has provided some easy headlines ahead of Milan San Remo the rider that we might be ignoring is Orica’s Michael Matthews. Before disappearing from view on Sunday’s final stage Matthews held the overall lead for almost the entire week after winning the opening prologue and the second stage. He might not be the fastest sprinter in the pack; in fact he might not be the fastest in his team but he’s hitting form at just the right time for Saturday’s ‘sprinters classic’.
So far in this post I have stuck to the script as far as the dotted line between Paris Nice, Tirreno and the classics goes but that’s only part of the story of these two stage races. Well, that’s normally the case anyway. The GC in both races is usually disputed between and won by a grand tour rider. In recent years Paris Nice has been a bit of a Sky benefit with Bradley Wiggins and Richie Porte (twice) taking the win. The queen stage of both races decides the outcome that’s cemented by a final TT stage. Paris Nice ended with a road stage this year and it’s true that the final GC was studded with grand tour riders but Tirreno delivered a different outcome after Sunday’s queen stage was cancelled due to bad weather. As the only mountain stage of the week this left the GC open for a classic specialist and Greg van Avermaet duly took the overall after victory in the penultimate stage put him into the lead.
Rapidly becoming the Katie Hopkins of the pro peloton Vincenzo Nibali drew a lot of criticism for suggesting that the stage should have gone ahead. In the immediate aftermath of Nibali venturing his opinion on social media it seemed like he was a lonely voice but Michael Rogers took a more reasoned view today when he said he thought he understood part of the Nibali motivation. Rogers suggested that it was Nibali’s desire to race that laid behind his intervention. While Rogers didn’t agree with Nibali that the stage should have gone ahead he could see why Nibali would have wanted it to. Viewed in this way Nibali’s comments make more sense as he needs to deliver a stronger set of results than last year. While another victory in Tirreno would not have gone amiss the strategy Nibali seems to have embarked upon has so far only alienated his fellow riders and fans alike. There have already been incidents of riders getting injured unnecessarily this year on top of the bike / car v rider accidents from last season and the direction of travel is firmly in the direction of improving safety.
Nibali wasn’t the only grand tour rider having a difficult week. Defending Paris Nice champion Richie Porte turning out for his new BMC team made the podium but lost out to the rider who has arguably replaced him as Sky’s second string grand tour leader Geraint Thomas. Porte played down his expectations, but BMC made the kind of noises that pointed towards their expecting more from the latest expensive addition to the roster. Thomas and Porte were split by Alberto Contador who huffed and puffed but couldn’t really find anything steep enough to deliver a killer blow to Thomas.
Perhaps the most interesting grand tour story of the week is Thomas’ victory. After delivering his and Sky’s best ever result in a classic with a win in the E3 last year Thomas went on to ride superbly in the Tour and was instrumental in Chris Froome winning his second maillot jaune. Thomas has talked about leading the team in grand tours and this win may be another step on the journey but at what cost to Sky in the classics?
A couple of other mentions..
Steve Cummings ‘stealing’ another stage win is always great to watch. Marcel Kittel absent from the sprint proceedings in Paris Nice and I could also say the same for Alexander Kristoff (but welcome back Arnaud Demare). Too early to say if Kittel is reverting to the shadow of 2015 yet though.
Posted on March 15, 2016 Categories Road RacingTags 2015 Tour de France, Alberto Contador, Alexander Kristoff, Arnaud Demare, BMC, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, E3, Etixx, Fabian Cancellara, Geraint Thomas, Greg van Avermaet, Marcel Kittel, Michael Matthews, Mick Rogers, Milan San Remo, Orica Green Edge, Paris Nice, Paris Roubaix, Peter Sagan, Richie Porte, Steve Cummings, Team Sky, Tirreno Adriatico, Tom Boonen, Tour of Flanders, Vincenzo Nibali, Zdenek StybarLeave a comment on The “World’s Toughest Sport” no longer?
VCSE’s 2016 Season Preview
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose*. Ahead of last season I wrote about pro cycling’s latest wheeze to evolve with the advent of Velon. I was vary of a potential shift of power towards teams at the time, making the comparison between the changes seen in Football in the UK since the inception of the Premier League. It seems like I needn’t have worried. All we have seen from Velon is some occasionally interesting Go Pro (other bike cams are available) footage and the financial footing of teams seems as precarious as it ever was.
Some changes were proposed. Under Brian Cookson the UCI has pursued a low key reforming agenda that was inevitable after the fall out from the the scandals of recent years. Whether or not the sport needs 3 year licences for teams is debatable. The stability argument, that teams could reassure existing and potential sponsors that they would be racing at Tirreno Adriatico in 2018 is reasonable enough but it exposed where the power in the sport lies. ASO promotes many other races besides the Tour but if you’re an incoming title sponsor of a world tour team the one race you’re going to want to be seen at is La Grand Boucle. For a non world tour team securing an invite to a grand tour is often the difference between financial survival or ruin. There’s also been the unwritten rule that certain teams could expect an invite at the expense of potentially more worthy entrants pace Cofidis at the Tour or Androni at the Giro.
Securing the patronage of ASO (or RCS) has always been important for the outfits below the world tour level. With world tour teams guaranteed a slot on each of the world tours thus far falling out with the organiser hasn’t been a consideration up and until now. Crucially though ASO are unhappy with the UCI proposals, so much so that they want to take their races out of UCI categorisation. This puts a huge hole in the UCI’s 3 year licencing plan as suddenly the stability it suggested is overtaken by the need to stay onside with ASO to be at the grand depart of the world’s biggest cycle race.
Whether or not 3 year licences are the answer to how pro cycling can move forward is moot now that ASO have decided that as far they’re concerned; it’s a no. The impasse has somewhat faded as the new season is upon us (I’m writing this after the Tour Down Under and the day before the Dubai Tour). My guess at this stage is that a compromise or fudge will be found and I’ll be writing a similar article about the sport’s potential new dawn sometime next February.
Moves and Grooves
In the off season it has been evolution rather than revolution for most teams that echoes the uncertainty of the direction of travel discussed earlier. There are a few exceptions of course.
Boonen v Cancellara for the last time?
Dimension Data (ex MTN Qhubeka) are the latest addition to the world tour teams having secured the services of Mark Cavendish (along with a couple of his consigliere for 2016. Moving up from Pro Conti removes the lottery of securing grand tour invitations (for now) but while the team will benefit from the stability there’s pressure too for the squad and the rider. Cav had a less than stellar 2015 and as the undisputed leader of his new team will be under the spotlight this year. Sprinting has come a long way since Cav, Eisel and Renshaw were casting all before them at HTC in 2009 and with the possibility that he will want to go to the Rio Olympics too I’m not sure Cav will be able to target the unofficial sprinters world championships on the Champs Elysee too.
The make up of Sky’s squad continues to evolve although the number of Brit’s in the team remains the same with Bradley Wiggins replaced by neo pro Alex Peters. Their big signings are former world champ Michael Kwiatkowski from Etixx and Mikel Landa from Astana. Kwiatkowski had a quiet year as befits the holder of the rainbow stripes but he’s got pedigree and versatility. Whether or not the team needs another rider in the Geraint Thomas mould I’m less sure of but it should allow the team to fight for more wins this year. Signing Landa i’m less sure of. The suggestion is that he will target the Giro after going close last year but I can’t help feeling this could go the way of Sky’s previous attempts to win the race. It’s a bold step to take a rider from a team that’s as controversial as Astana, even more so if you’re Sky. It’s uncertain that Landa will ride at the Tour but I would imagine that the tin foil hat brigade will be out in force if he does.
Etixx have lost Cavendish but gained Marcel Kittel alongside a few more ‘big’ signings. Seeing Kittel fall from grace in 2015 was painful at times and not ever entirely explained by the rider either. Will he go well in 2016 is as much of a question as; is Etixx the right team for him to prosper with? Other than having deep pockets are Etixx likely to be significantly better at leading out Kittel as they were Cavendish?
Richie Porte has moved to BMC, although this was announced so early in the ‘transfer window’ it’s ceased to be news. Everything went well for him right up to being Sky’s latest contender for the Giro and after that he was forced to dine out on what might have been. Here’s another move where I’m not sure if the ‘fit’ is anything other than financial and perhaps this further illustrates the fragile nature of a professional riders career. Sacrifice opportunity for cash? I might be doing Richie a huge disservice here but don’t BMC already have a GC rider?
This year will be the last match up between Fabian Cancellara and Tom Boonen. Well I say that, but actually the last time that truly happened was as long ago as 2012. Boonen has had less luck with injuries, but both riders were out of contention long before the big two of Flanders and Paris Roubaix last year. Everyone wants to see these two go head to head one more time but the emergence of riders like Kristoff and Degenkolb (last years winners of the Ronde and Roubaix respectively) will mean that the last of the old breed will need to be in top form and fitness to add to their wins.
Well, all of them of course! OK that’s not strictly true and I admit to feeling a little jaded watching some of the cycling last year. The desert races will be an amuse bouche after not seeing anything since September but the season doesn’t really start for me until Paris Nice and Tirreno. Strade Bianche is emerging as a genuine classic and I’ll have high hopes that one of the semi-classics delivers a race as good as last years Gent Wevelgem.
The Ronde is the first of the must see races for me and still edges it over Roubaix. If Cancellara and Boonen are near the front at either it will be a good year.
The grand tours have a way of feeling like the greatest race you have ever seen when you’re in the thick of the actual race. I’ll be left wondering how the Tour is going to be able to top the Giro, although often finding (as in last year) that the Vuelta delivered more drama. The Giro / Vuelta ‘arms race’ of metres climbed and summits finished on continue while the Tour seems an altogether classier affair. Expect my opinion on which one has been the greatest to change after each edition.
So what should you expect from the 2016 cycling season? Should you tune in? The short answer is ‘Yes’. The beauty of the sport lies in it’s unpredictable nature and if 2016 can offer riders recovering from shaky starts to capture the rainbow jersey at the end of the year (Sagan) to new faces emerging as grand tour contenders (Chavez, Dumoulin) then there’s a great race out there waiting to happen.
*The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing
Posted on February 2, 2016 Categories Back Stories, Road RacingTags 2016 Giro d'Italia, 2016 Tour de France, 2016 Vuelta a Espana, Alex Peters, Alexander Kristoff, Androni Giacattoli, ASO, Astana, Bernie Eisel, BMC, Bradley Wiggins, Brian Cookson, Cofidis, Dimension Data, Dubai Tour, Esteban Chavez, Etixx Quick Step, Fabian Cancellara, Gent Wevelgem, Geraint Thomas, John Degenkolb, Marcel Kittel, Mark Cavendish, Mark Renshaw, Michael Kwiatowski, Mikel Landa, MTN-Qhubeka, Paris Nice, Paris Roubaix, Peter Sagan, RCS, Richie Porte, Strade Bianche, Team Sky, Tirreno Adriatico, Tom Boonen, Tom Dumoulin, Tour Down Under, Tour of Flanders, UCI, VelonLeave a comment on VCSE’s 2016 Season Preview
Sky perfect the art of the marginal win
Chris Froome wrapped up his second and Sky’s third Tour de France victory in four years on Sunday. While he was at pains to thank the contribution of his teammates and the wider backroom staff supporting the team Froome might also privately thank Nairo Quintana for his contribution that changed the narrative in the closing stages of the race. Even during the short period where he had worn the maillot jaune after his second place on the Mur de Huy, Froome had been assaulted by doping questions. Whether these were of the conventional nature asked during the post stage pressers or of a more accusatory nature hurled literally and figuratively from the ‘fans’ at the road side it felt at times as if any other discussion of the race had been drowned out by the arguments pro and anti Froome’s apparent dominance.
Tour de France 2015 winner – Chris Froome
Because his apparent superiority was just that. Quintana may have left it until the final two stages in the Alps to take time out of Froome but the final analysis showed that over the stages run in the mountains; Quintana had the fastest aggregate time. The reality of Chris Froome’s 2015 Tour de France win is that he won it in the first week and on the first day in the Pyrenees. The stage win at La Pierre Saint-Martin was almost a carbon copy of the first day in the mountains in 2013 at Ax Trois Domaines. Froome had nearly two minutes on Quintana going into the stage and took another minute out of him on stage 10. The damage to Quintana’s and the other GC contenders chances of victory had been done on a week earlier and hundreds of miles away on the windswept roads of the Dutch coast.
I’ve admitted it already that I didn’t call things correctly as far as stage two was concerned and with hindsight it’s clear that the foundations of Froome and Sky’s victory were laid here. It was the start of a Tour nightmare for Vincenzo Nibali that plumbed the depths of lost time and suggestions that he should find a new team in 2016 until he woke up when Froome got a stone caught between brake pad and wheel rim on stage 19. Crucially, Zeeland was where Quintana lost two thirds of the time he was trying to make up on the yellow jersey for the final half of the race.
So how did Chris Froome really win the 2015 Tour. The facts have little to do with allegations of doping and everything to do with a finely tuned team performance where everything was geared towards a Froome win. Lets start with team selection. Unlike the squad that won Sky’s first Tour win in 2012 there was no suggestion of dual aims. There was no sprinter selected in 2015. The team did appear to be neatly split between the best of Sky’s classics squad (Geraint Thomas, Luke Rowe and Ian Stannard) and a strong outfit of climbing domestiques including Froome’s close friends Richie Porte and Wout Poels. Of course no one really knew that Thomas was going to be quite so versatile that he would be mentioned as a possible podium late into the final week. Cast in the road captain role by Dave Brailsford as early as 2013 he was the ideal person to shepherd Froome through the first week that appeared to be designed to trip him up; wind, cobbles and narrow roads. In praising Thomas for a job incredibly well done as Froome’s shadow for much of the race it’s quite easy to lose sight of the fact that in all of the areas where Froome was supposed to struggle he actually thrived much of the time. While he remains vulnerable to self inflicted errors Froome had clearly decided that the best form of defence in week one was attack. With the ever present Thomas alongside Froome was already poised to take control of the race by the time of the first rest day with the first of the mountain stages to come.
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Posted on July 28, 2015 Categories Road Racing, Women's CyclingTags 2012 Tour de France, 2013 Tour de France, 2015 Tour de France, Alejandro Valverde, Andre Greipel, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Dave Brailsford, Etixx Quick Step, Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard, La Course, Lotto Soudal, Luke Rowe, Movistar, MTN Quhbeka, Nairo Quintana, Richie Porte, Steve Cummings, Team Sky, Tejay Van Garderen, Vincenzo Nibali, Wouter Poels1 Comment on Sky perfect the art of the marginal win
Froome dogged by doping questions
Chris Froome looked the strongest of the pre-race quartet of favourites for this years Tour de France going into the first rest day. The yellow jersey had survived a potentially risky week of classics lite stages and if anything done better than just survive even if some of the time gained on rivals was as a result of their misfortune. If anyone looked like cracking it was 2014 champion Vincenzo Nibali who has suffered the ignominy of having his attacks ignored by Sky so much time he has lost. Alberto Contador found that he couldn’t follow Froome’s wheel as early as stage 3 climbing the Mur de Huy. Only Nairo Quintana has seemed able to go toe to toe with Froome; Movistar employing Alejandro Valverde as a very attacking domestique deluxe has at least ensured there’s a semblance that this year is not over yet.
Chris Froome – simultaneously avoiding piss wielding fans while answering doping questions
The risk for anyone describing Froome’s performance and daring to use a superlative has become the narrative for this years Tour. Just as in 2013 Froome’s performances have been accompanied by noises off about whether or not said performances have been achieved legally. It’s certainly ironic, given what we learned about the team in the off season, that Vincenzo Nibali’s 2014 victory received nothing like as much vitriol. I have a theory about this.
Froome and Sky have already effectively negated any possibility in a change in the outcome of this years race, such is his superiority over the rest of the field. Because he has ‘killed’ the race it’s inevitable that people want to know how it’s been done. Froome is dominant; his rivals appear unable to respond; the GC becomes a battle for second place and into the vacuum come the doping questions. Here’s another irony. When Froome was losing ground to Alberto Contador in last year’s Vuelta did anyone ask any doping questions then? So perhaps it’s about the rider and maybe the team too?
Let’s start with Froome. As a commited member of Team Wiggo I have never really warmed to him but I have massive respect for his performances. He still looks awful to me on his bike and maybe that’s another reason why he attracts the questions. In a sport and a country where they have a word for smoothness on a bike; souplesse, Froome is the souplesse antichrist. But should winning ugly mean that the performances should be doubted? The answer of course is ‘no’ but Froome has made the odd remark (as recently as Sunday) that adds fuel to the never ending debate. If I have a problem with Froome and the doping questions it’s this; undisclosed asthma and the use of TUE’s. I covered the subject in enough posts before but the asthma / TUE thing has provided enough smoke to allow the doping conspiracy theorists a pretty big bonfire that certainly won’t abate if Froome retains his lead and wins the Tour.
Which leads us on to his team. I felt the Sky selected a really interesting team for this years Tour. The make up of the team has a really strong British core and this seems to have engendered a bit of a bunker mentality from the team that trickles down to the predominantly British fans that support the team. I get that answering what appears to be the same question again and again becomes wearing after two weeks but this is what Sky signed up for when the entered the sport in 2010. It’s 100% down to the stated aim of winning clean that subliminally sets such a high bar for the team in the eyes of cycling fans as a whole. It’s almost as if with any other team there’s an expectation that they could be using PED’s. But with Sky things seem turned upside down in that if they say they’re going to win clean their performance is compared to teams that we tacitly set lower standards for and QED Sky must be doping.
This week the debate has evolved into how someone can use Froome’s power data to ‘prove’ he’s doping verses Froome releasing his data to ‘prove’ he isn’t. It’s all pretty unedifying stuff and I can only hope that Froome’s rivals can come up with something to animate the race this week otherwise the narrative will continue to be centred around does he or doesn’t he?
Based on what we have seen so far I’m not convinced that Froome can be challenged however. Quintana seems the rider most likely at this point but no one has really put in an attack that they have managed to make stick or to shake off Froome’s key lieutenants; Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas. Thomas has been man of the match so far for me. The versatility shown be the Welshman in navigating his team leader through the tricky opening stages and then often being the last man standing on the climbs has been superb.
Away from the circus surrounding Froome I was cheered by MTN Quhbeka taking their maiden Tour stage win through Steve Cummings. Whether or not his victory topped the team taking the KOM jersey earlier in the race doesn’t really matter. The team have thoroughly deserved their wild card.
So we go into the mountains again. I’m hoping we’ll have some racing to talk about at the end of it.
Posted on July 21, 2015 Categories Road RacingTags 2013 Tour de France, 2015 Tour de France, Alberto Contador, Alejandro Valverde, Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Movistar, MTN Quhbeka, Nairo Quintana, Richie Porte, Steve Cummings, Team Sky, Vincenzo Nibali, Vuelta a Espana 20141 Comment on Froome dogged by doping questions
Unhealthy connections
Tour de France 2015 – First Rest Day
I had planned to write a short(ish) post ahead of the second full week of this year’s Tour on the speculation (confirmed by the rider himself yesterday) that Richie Porte would leave Team Sky at the end of the season. Ivan Basso opening the Tinkoff press conference with the news that he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer pushed possible Porte moves off the metaphorical VCSE ‘front page’.
Getting the Basso announcement more or less hot off the press on my timeline I was disconcerted by my own (initial) reluctance to ‘say’ something on my own feeds. My immediate reaction, born out of my closest family having suffered was empathetic. No one deserves to suffer with this disease. Then I started to wonder. Basso is a rider with a ‘past’, part of the generation of pro cyclists that ‘competed’ when the doping arms race was at it’s height. How long would it be before people started to join the dots between today’s news; Basso; cancer and Lance. Having seen the very dignified way that he handled the press conference I’m glad that I didn’t think for too long about putting out my own (very small) message of support for Ivan Basso.
The dots have been joined however. It’s perhaps only been 5% of the commentary, but it’s out there. If Lance’s cancer was caused by doping then could the same be true for Basso? The aptly named ‘Tin Foil Hat’ brigade thought that this was the story today. There has been a LOT written about Lance, his cancer and his doping. There has been a lot written about whether or not the former was brought about by the latter. I don’t think I have actually read anything conclusive in the many iterations of the Lance Armstrong morality tales that litter my bookshelf.
I am something of a contrarian about doping. As much as I support a ban for anyone caught using PED’s I would equally advocate that it’s possible for a rider to return to the sport following said ban. I am more exercised by the misuse of TUE’s (an ongoing issue in the peloton) that I am about a confessed (and one hopes ex) doper riding and racing. Ivan Basso might represent the worst of pro cycling as someone who doped but there is (for me at least) much to be said for his subsequent repentance. Some might argue that he shouldn’t have been given the chance of a couple more years ‘in the sun’ with Tinkoff. Today’s news may bring about retirement sooner than expected but I hope that this isn’t the last we have seen of Ivan Basso on his bike.
Forza Ivan!
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Posted on July 13, 2015 July 14, 2015 Categories Back Stories, Road RacingTags 2013 Giro d'Italia, 2013 Tour de France, 2015 Giro d'Italia, 2015 Tour de France, Adam Yates, Alberto Contador, Astana, BMC, Chris Froome, Etixx Quick Step, Geraint Thomas, Ivan Basso, Lance Armstrong, Mark Cavendish, Nairo Quintana, Orica Green Edge, Richie Porte, Rigoberto Uran, Rohan Dennis, Simon Yates, Team Sky, Tejay Van Garderen, Tinkoff Saxo, Tony Martin, Vincenzo NibaliLeave a comment on Unhealthy connections
So far, so unpredictable – TdF 2015 stage 1-3
Inevitably predictions have a horrible habit of returning to bite the lightly informed pundit on his chamois; and so it proved to be the case on the opening stages of the 2015 Tour de France.
Chris Froome – in yellow after stage 3
My pick of Alex Dowsett for the opening stage, a short TT around the centre of Utrecht, was some way off but Alex’s reaction afterwards suggested that he had left the starters hut thinking he was in with a chance. I was reminded of the head to head with Bradley Wiggins at Knowsley Safari Park in the 2013 Tour of Britain over a ‘classic’ 10 mile TT stage. The battle promised much but the outcome was rather more one sided as Wiggins delivered a masterclass in the conditions. I was further reminded of Dowsett’s breakthrough ride (prior to this year’s hour record success) in the 2013 Giro. In the hot seat for much of the stage Dowsett had the beating of Wiggins (in what was probably his best day of an otherwise nightmare week and a half in Italy) and Vincenzo Nibali on that Saturday. Dowsett described feeling in awe of the sheer scale of the Tour last weekend but I also feel that there was a certain weight of expectation on him to get a result that wouldn’t have been there two years ago at the Giro. Movistar will want their rider to deliver in TT’s if they select him for grand tours; he will (no doubt) get better at coping with the unique pressures of races like the Tour just as he dealt with the mental challenge of the hour. It’s a measure of his character that he got on with his ‘other’ day job shepherding Nairo Quintana over the windswept polders and dykes on stage 2.
The Peloton left Utrecht on Sunday in fine weather with the locals doing the best to out do the crowds that lined the Buttertubs and Jenkin Road last year in Yorkshire. I suspect that everywhere that hosts a grand tour start look to Yorkshire’s 2014 grand depart as the template now. While they basked in sunshine the TV cameras kept cutting to the finish line where the recently assembled promotional furniture was being dismantled all over again in case a sudden gust took it into the North Sea. In some ways it was good that the wind did blow on stage 2 as the it looked as if the finishing straight had been situated atop of a vast sewage sluice gate. It looked brutal and somewhat dramatic but if there hadn’t been an ever changing wind to contend with the stage might have ended up fast but dull to watch. As it was things did blow up and in another throw back to 2013 Movistar found themselves caught out by poor positioning and an opportunistic attack by Etixx Quick Step. Quintana and Valverde lost time on the day and further compounded the time lost on the previous days TT. Vincenzo Nibali wasn’t immune to the dangers either; he was gapped after getting caught behind a crash.
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Posted on July 6, 2015 July 7, 2015 Categories Road RacingTags 2013 Giro d'Italia, 2015 Tour de France, Alberto Contador, Alex Dowsett, Alexander Kristoff, ASO, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Daryl Impey, E3, Etixx Quick Step, Fabian Cancellara, FDJ, Fleche Wallone, Geraint Thomas, Joaquim Rodríguez, Marcel Kittel, Mark Cavendish, Mark Renshaw, Michael Matthews, Movistar, Nairo Quintana, Orica Green Edge, Simon Gerrans, Team Sky, Tony Martin, Tour of Britain 2013, Vincenzo Nibali, William BonnetLeave a comment on So far, so unpredictable – TdF 2015 stage 1-3
It’s that time again; here’s the lovingly tooled VCSE Tour preview
Why bother shelling out a tenner for 228 pages of official guide when you can get the VCSE lowdown on this years Tour for nothing?
Last year we had Yorkshire. Everyone said it was going to be good; even me (although I added a typically English caveat; weather permitting). And the sun did shine and it seemed like anyone who had ever shown the slightest interest in riding a bike decided to find a spot by the roadside. I know, I was there. The grandest of Grand Departs has spawned its own three day stage race and made Utrecht’s job of hosting this years edition twice as hard. So why then as a (proud) Brit am I feeling a greater sense of anticipation ahead of this year’s Tour than last?
There might be another British* rider in yellow besides Chris Froome
While a lot of Brit fans were waiting to see who would be backing Froome over the next three weeks here in Essex we were looking to see if ‘our’ World Tour rider was going to France (via Holland). It’s easy to forget that Alex Dowsett’s ‘day job’, when he’s not breaking hour records is riding for Movistar. In the last couple of weeks the more eagle eyed among you might have spotted him on the flatter stages at Dauphine and the Route du Sud providing close protection for Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana. I still suspect Dowsett smarted from his omission from the Movistar squad for last years race that would have passed through some very familiar Essex roads on stage 3. Poor health was cited at the time but other than the obvious home ties last year it was harder to see why he would have been selected. This year is a completely different story. Besides the ‘obvious’ item on his 2015 palmares, Dowsett took overall at the Bayern Rundfahrt and he’s coming off another national TT championship win. The opening stage prologue isn’t quite the quintessential ‘ten’ of the Brit club scene but I think Movistar have picked him to have a go at taking the jersey. It won’t be easy but other than Giant’s Tom Dumoulin I can’t think of another rider that stage 1 couldn’t have been better scripted for.
A wide open green jersey / points competition
ASO have tweaked the points allocation again this year and that should suit the ‘pure’ sprinters like Mark Cavendish and Nacer Bouhanni. The big blonde German elephant in the room though is the missing Marcel Kittel. Is it illness? Lack of form? There have even been suggestions that Kittel has succumbed to the cyclist’s illness; depression. Whatever the reason, the rider that looked set to dominate the bunch gallops is absent and that means that the metaphorical sprinters ‘crown’ is up for grabs. Of course Kittel’s absence doesn’t automatically mean that Cavendish will reclaim the number one spot. There’s as much depth among the fast men as there is in this years GC field.
Let’s start with Alexander Kristoff. I posed the question of who could beat the Katusha rider after he claimed his second monument of his career by winning the Ronde earlier in the season. He’s been kept under wraps in the last few weeks (he didn’t contest his home championships) but you have to think he’s going to be tough to beat as it has felt at times as if all Kristoff has to do is turn up to a race in order to win. Not unlike a Mark Cavendish of old in fact. Cav looks like he’s in good touch too though; he rode an extremely untypical but nevertheless inspired solo effort in last weekends nationals in Lincoln. He looks as if he is peaking at the perfect time and isn’t July a good time to get your mojo back?
Another rider who could lay claim to that is Peter Sagan. A rider who has had to endure a stream of motivational messages that his team owner shares with the wider social media audience and possibly the worst national champs kit of recent years could be forgiven for crumbling under the weight of a $15M salary and expectation in the classics. Sagan took the GC along with bagging a stage win or so at this years Tour of California going head to head with Cavendish and I would expect Sagan to have to take the points where he has the advantage over Cavendish (on primes etc.) if he’s serious about another green jersey.
While it has been enjoyable to see Sagan in a place where he’s feeling like popping wheelies again I think this could be Kristoff’s year. I’m not as sure about the final showcase in Paris though; that one i’m giving to Cav.
Enough already.. what about the GC?
Dowsett in yellow. Kristoff v Cav. Mere aperitif’s to the main course that is this years GC battle. Last year we had Contador v Froome. This year we can add Nairo Quintana to the mix and that’s before we even mention last year’s winner Vincenzo Nibali. I’m sure someone has got the ‘stat’ that says when these four last raced against one another (together). Me? Haven’t a clue, but whenever that was a lot has changed not least that each rider is now a grand tour winner.
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Posted on June 29, 2015 Categories Road RacingTags 2015 Giro d'Italia, 2015 Tour de France, Adam Yates, Alberto Contador, Alejandro Valverde, Alex Dowsett, Alexander Kristoff, ASO, Astana, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Critérium du Dauphiné, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Dave Brailsford, FDJ, Geraint Thomas, Giant Alpecin, Hour Record, John Degenkolb, Katusha, Leopold Konig, Louis Meintjes, Marcel Kittel, Mark Cavendish, Movistar, MTN Quhbeka, Nacer Bouhanni, Nairo Quintana, Nicolas Roche, Peter Kennaugh, Peter Sagan, Richie Porte, Route du Sud, Simon Yates, Team Sky, Tejay Van Garderen, Thibaut Pinot, Tinkoff Saxo, Tom Dumoulin, Tour of California, Vincenzo Nibali, Vuelta a Espana 2014, Wouter PoelsLeave a comment on It’s that time again; here’s the lovingly tooled VCSE Tour preview
Wiggo – exit with a bang or a whimper?
Paris Roubaix 2015
So that’s that then. Bradley Wiggins final race in Team Sky colours ends in 18th place in Paris Roubaix, nine places lower than his finishing position last year. Should this be seen as a failure? Many will answer “yes” but I’m not sure I agree with that. When the mainstream media show any interest in a cycling story the hyperbole is cranked up to maximum level and and Wiggins found himself cast in the role of favourite as anything less wouldn’t have sold the story. Of course Wiggins himself had talked up his chances for the race and it has often proved to be the case that he will get a result in an event that he ‘targets’. With Paris Roubaix falling at the end of the cobbled classics a review of what has transpired over the last few weeks left me thinking that whatever Wiggins thought of his own chances; no matter how well he and the Sky classics squad had prepared and considering the results so far this year, he would need to ‘go long’ to win.
In my last post I talked about how the order of things in this year’s cobbled races had been upset by injuries to riders like Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara and the improvement in the fortunes of Sky and Katusha. Boonen and Cancellara between them have dominated the recent history of Paris Roubaix (and last week’s Tour of Flanders) and Cancellara’s absence in particular has had a huge impact on how each race has evolved tactically this year. I don’t think that Alexander Kristoff would have been able to win in Flanders if Cancellara had been fit and I think that rival teams have struggled to adapt their race plans to the emergence of the Norwegian as a factor. With Kristoff in the form of his life I felt that the best way for Wiggins to counter his threat would be to attack at any point between 50 and 20 kilometres to go off the end of one of the cobbled sectors and time trial everyone off his wheel.
There was the briefest of flashes that Wiggins might do this with 32km to go when he broke free from the peloton and overhauled Stijn Vandenbergh who was ahead at the time. Although the remains of the breakaway were still further up the road I think if Wiggins had pushed on this point he could have won. Of course this is just one of several ‘what ifs?’ but Wiggins had enough left in the tank to attack again (by the time the race was effectively lost) at the roundabout outside Roubaix where Niki Terpstra went away last year. So if Wiggins had the legs; what else let him down?
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AWS and Arm Demonstrate Production-Scale Electronic Design Automation in the Cloud
10.12.2020 09:01:00 CET | Business Wire
Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that Arm, a global leader in semiconductor design and silicon intellectual property development and licensing, will leverage AWS for its cloud use, including the vast majority of its electronic design automation (EDA) workloads. Arm is migrating EDA workloads to AWS, leveraging AWS Graviton2-based instances (powered by Arm Neoverse cores), and leading the way for transformation of the semiconductor industry, which has traditionally used on-premises data centers for the computationally intensive work of verifying semiconductor designs. To carry out verification more efficiently, Arm uses the cloud to run simulations of real-world compute scenarios, taking advantage of AWS’s virtually unlimited storage and high-performance computing infrastructure to scale the number of simulations it can run in parallel. Since beginning its AWS cloud migration, Arm has realized a 6x improvement in performance time for EDA workflows on AWS. In addition, by running telemetry (the collection and integration of data from remote sources) and analysis on AWS, Arm is generating more powerful engineering, business, and operational insights that help increase workflow efficiency and optimize costs and resources across the company. Arm ultimately plans to reduce its global datacenter footprint by at least 45% and its on-premises compute by 80% as it completes its migration to AWS.
Arm is migrating electronic design automation workloads to AWS, leveraging a range of Amazon EC2 instance types, including AWS Graviton2-based instances powered by Arm Neoverse cores. (Photo: Arm)
Highly specialized semiconductor devices power the growing capabilities of everything from smartphones, to data center infrastructure, to medical equipment, to self-driving vehicles. Each chip can contain billions of transistors engineered down to the single-digit nanometer level (roughly 100,000x smaller than the width of a human hair) to drive maximum performance in minimal space. EDA is one of the key technologies that make such extreme engineering feasible. EDA workflows are complex and include front-end design, simulation, and verification, as well as increasingly large back-end workloads that include timing and power analysis, design rule checks, and other applications to prepare the chip for production. These highly iterative workflows traditionally take many months or even years to produce a new device, such as a system-on-a-chip, and involve massive compute power. Semiconductor companies that run these workloads on-premises must constantly balance costs, schedules, and data center resources to advance multiple projects at the same time. As a result, they can face shortages of compute power that slow progress or bear the expense of maintaining idle compute capacity.
By migrating its EDA workloads to AWS, Arm overcomes the constraints of traditionally managed EDA workflows and gains elasticity through massively scalable compute power, enabling it to run simulations in parallel, simplify telemetry and analysis, reduce its iteration time for semiconductor designs, and add testing cycles without impacting delivery schedules. Arm leverages Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to streamline its costs and timelines by optimizing EDA workflows across the wide variety of specialized Amazon EC2 instance types. For example, the company uses AWS Graviton2-based instances to achieve high-performance and scalability, resulting in more cost-effective operations than running hundreds of thousands of on-premises servers. Arm uses AWS Compute Optimizer, a service that uses machine learning to recommend the optimal Amazon EC2 instance types for specific workloads, to help streamline its workflows.
On top of the cost benefits, Arm leverages the high-performance of AWS Graviton2 instances to increase throughput for its engineering workloads, consistently improving throughput per dollar by over 40% compared to previous generation x86 processor-based M5 instances. In addition, Arm uses services from AWS partner Databricks to develop and run machine learning applications in the cloud. Through the Databricks platform running on Amazon EC2, Arm can process data from every step in its engineering workflows to generate actionable insights for the company’s hardware and software groups and achieve measurable improvement in engineering efficiency.
“Through our collaboration with AWS, we’ve focused on improving efficiencies and maximizing throughput to give precious time back to our engineers to focus on innovation,” said Rene Haas, President, IPG, Arm. “Now that we can run on Amazon EC2 using AWS Graviton2 instances with Arm Neoverse-based processors, we’re optimizing engineering workflows, reducing costs, and accelerating project timelines to deliver powerful results to our customers more quickly and cost effectively than ever before.”
“AWS provides truly elastic high performance computing, unmatched network performance, and scalable storage that is required for the next generation of EDA workloads, and this is why we are so excited to collaborate with Arm to power their demanding EDA workloads running our high-performance Arm-based Graviton2 processors,” said Peter DeSantis, Senior Vice President of Global Infrastructure and Customer Support, AWS. “Graviton2 processors can provide up to 40% price performance advantage over current-generation x86-based instances.”
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Established in 1998, Ballarat Heritage Services provides award winning publishing and cultural heritage services. We take pride in making a broad range of heritage related items and photographs accessible to researchers, school children, family historians and academics. By documentation and through interpretation, researching, writing, creating books, and unique indexing projects, Ballarat Heritage Services has contributed significantly to a wide field of research, especially on "hidden" aspects of history such as asylums, women's refuges, migration (especially early non-English speakers in Victoria) and industrial heritage. Our large picture collection includes many images of people and places, especially from Victoria and its goldfields.
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Photograph - Black and White Photograph, Kathleen Carrill and Margaret Anthony at Maroondah Dam, 1949, 1952
Jack Gervasoni played football with Fitzroy Football Club from 1951-1956. He was also a member of the Fitzroy Foolballers Cricket Club.
Members of the Fitzroy Footballers Cricket Club visit Daylesford and the Gervasoni family. Left to right: Frank Curtin, Gus Gervasoni (father of Jack Gervasoni), Bess Gervasoni (mother of Jack Gervasoni), Jim Kettle (behind), Jack Gervasoni (of Daylesford), Earl Davey.
john hogan gervasoni, fitzroy footballers cricket club, daylesford, gus gervasoni, elizabeth gervasoni, frank curtin, jim kettle, earl davey
Photograph - Black and White Photograph, Fitzroy Footballers Cricket Club Members visit Daylesford, 1952
Photograph - Black and White Photograph, The Wedding of the Painted Doll, c1935
Jack Gervasoin hated this photo because he was teased about being the bridegroom. He though he had destroyed all the photographs until this one was found in the colletion of his Great aunt, Mary (La Franchi) Gervasoni.
A group of Prep or Grade One students at St Michael's School. Daylesford. They performed 'The Wedding of the Painted Doll" at the school concert. John Hogan Gervasoni was the bridegroom.
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Princess Lamia Appointed the First Regional Goodwill Ambassador to the UN
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Secretary general of Alwaleed Philanthropies, Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al-Saud has been appointed as the very first Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Arab World by the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) during a press conference at the tenth session of the World Urban Forum.
The UN-Habitat is a program that works in more than 90 countries with the aim of supporting people in cities and human settlements for a brighter and better urban future.
“I am extremely humbled to be appointed as the first ever Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Arab world on behalf of UN-Habitat. I very much hope that this appointment serves as inspiration for young people across the Arab region that there is no limitation on their aspirations.” Princess Lamia commented on her receiving of the award,
“My appointment comes as we celebrate 40 years of Alwaleed Philanthropies. If there is one thing that we have learnt from these four decades of experience, it is that every person has an important role to play when facing the world’s most pressing challenges. Overcoming a problem or transforming someone’s life can often be achieved by thinking differently and developing the simplest of solutions. It only takes one person to make a difference and as a goodwill ambassador I hope to inspire people across the Arab World to think about the role that they can play in helping to address the impact of rapid urbanization across our cities, communities and climate.” She added.
The Princess is known for her incredible contributions in helping the community and with her taking on such an honorable position, we’re hopeful that Princess Lamia as a regional goodwill ambassador for Arab states will advocate for sustainable urbanization and help address the issues of the Arab world.
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The Kingdom’s own Rania Nashar has made it to Forbes’ annual list of “The World’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women” and we can’t help but feel so much pride!
Nashar was ranked the 99th in the list that includes prominent names such as Angela Merkel, Kamaala Harris, Melinda Gates, Rihanna, & many other global female trailblazers.
Nashar is the first female to hold the position of CEO CEO of Saudi commercial bank, Samba Financial Group. She also made it to this ranking through her tremendous efforts in implementing changes that empower women of Saudi Arabia, all of which comes as part of the 2030 Vision.
Nashar has exceeded 20 years of experience in the field of commercial banking and has been inspiring young Saudi women to take on the challenge as well and break the glass ceiling and for that, we congratulate her.
The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) has received the American Concrete Institute (ACI) award for concrete construction excellence.
The building, which is designed by Zahra Hadid Architects (ZHA), is one of the most well-known landmarks in Riyadh. It’s known for its unique architectural design.
The structure features an hexagonal honeycomb structure which stands out with hexagonal cell openings providing shade from the harsh sun. “ZHA projects have always been unique and creative in an unprecedented, nontraditional way. There’s no other structure like it in the entire world,” Saudi architect Mokhtar Al Shoaibi told Arab News.
The building is made of extremely complex steel, said Saudi architect Mukhtar Al-Shoaibi.
“The contractor working on the job must have gone through so much to install the joints and then apply the sheets over it and now it acts as a monument in the Kingdom,” he told Arab News.
It’s also worth mentioning that KAPSARC won the title of ‘smartest building’ in Saudi Arabia from the Honeywell Smart Building Awards program.
“I’m proud to see Saudis accomplish that. There are many more major projects coming up in the Kingdom as well, and I can’t wait to see what they’ll present,” Mukhtar Al-Shoaibi said.
Women of Saudi Arabia are claiming their rightful role in private and government sectors, as these sectors strive to hire qualified women in different fields.
According to the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technical Zones (MODON), the number of Saudi women taking part in the industrial cities it oversees has seen a significant increase by around120 percent, bringing the total number of female workers 17,000 by the end of March this year.
Khalid Al-Salem, director general of MODON, said that the authority “has come a long way” and still aims at encouraging the female participation in the industrial sector.
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8 Musicians Who Have Aged Gracefully
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The years are not always kind to celebrity musicians, especially when they can get swept up in the rock’n’roll lifestyle that can follow alongside the fame.
There are some though, that have either always been more prudent or have grown wiser as they matured in years; or have just been plain lucky and have managed to age very well!
Musicians in those categories don’t appear to be much older than 30, yet are at least in their late 40’s.
Here’s a look at musicians who have aged very gracefully, with a look at their ‘secrets’ which can range from surfing to discovering a new faith!
1 – Sting
Maybe it’s his macrobiotic diet (balancing the yin and yang of food) or the fact that he has performed aerobics, ran races and still practises yoga with meditation techniques that make the ex-’Police’ frontman appear so youthful.
It is hard to believe that Sting is 64 years old. He has also cited music as giving him spiritual solace so perhaps that’s his secret!
2 – Anthony Kiedis
The Red Hot Chili’s frontman looks virtually the same as he did back in the 80’s, but amazingly he is now 53! Although you may presume from his body that he purely works out at the gym, he recently fell in love with surfing as he approached 50 and has vowed to surf until his dying day! He is vegetarian and starts his day with water and green tea.
Not an image you would automatically conjure up for him if you remember him for his wearing nothing but a strategically-placed-sock days!
3 – Dave Vanian
The lead singer of punk band ‘The Damned’ likes to keep his personal life out of the press, but his image is definitely influenced by Dracula and the Gothic scene.
Although he no longer sports his famous long hair with the streak, from his ‘Eloise’ days, he still has a very youthful fresh face for a man approaching 60. Maybe his enthusiasm of vampire knowledge has led him to discover the secret of eternal youth.
4 – Rod Stewart
Rod ‘The Mod’ Stewart has always taken pride in his appearance and has introduced a lot of image changes in his pop career (additionally to THOSE unforgettable leopard skin print trousers!).
Although he enjoys a tipple of fine wine, Rod has never really been into taking drugs.
He is very interested in football (a notorious Celtic fan) and played it well into his 60’s. He had to give up playing football recently due to having several knee operations.
He has had the luxury of a full-time trainer for over fifteen years though, and a home gym which he still hits for an impressive ninety minutes every day, despite being 71 years old.
5 – Shania Twain
Country singer Shania Twain still wows fans with her youthful looks and stunning figure. Her secret seems to be a carb-free vegetarian diet.
She also keeps in shape with yoga, pilates, walking, dancing and horse-riding.
According to a study led by the University of Toronto and the University of California, Shania has the perfect face. She certainly looks fabulous at 50.
6 – Bono
U2 singer Bono seems to age like a fine wine and has matured very gracefully at the age of 55. He keeps in shape by exercise boxing and cycling (although he recently confessed to overindulging in these, leading to two very unfortunate injuries.)
It may be presumed that Bono wears sunglasses to look younger or ‘cool’, but he recently revealed that the shades are there for a medical reason as he suffers from glaucoma. They are not actually the fashion statement that many fans believed they were for years!
7 – Prince
55 year old Prince recently proved he still has an amazing amount of energy by putting on a nearly four hour long show containing over fifty songs. He wowed the audience at the intimate Hollywood Palladium gig with age-defying moves that included back-bends!
He is a tee-total vegan who is convinced that his faith has changed his life. Back in 2001 he converted to Jehovah’s Witness. He has cut his controversial songs and swearing from his shows and is now monogamous.
8 – Kylie Minogue
Although 47 year old Kylie Minogue is very slim, she actually enjoys six small meals a day. She follows low GI diet plans, (GI stands for Glycaemic Index, the plan ranks carbs according to their effect on blood sugar and is said to be helpful at reducing hunger between meals) and her favourite method of working out is pilates.
She also seems to have ‘stepped back in time’ with her hairstyle recently, as she has gone back to her blonde 80’s curls from her ‘Neighbours’ days. Many of her fans have complimented her about not changing at all since those days!
–Author: Karen Hill
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High performance n-channel organic field-effect transistors based on N,N′-dioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic diimide
Yoshinobu Hosoi, Yukio Furukawa
School of Advanced Science and Engineering
The organic field-effect transistors based on N,N'-dioctyl-3,4,9,10- perylene tetracarboxylic diimide have been fabricated on the pristine SiO2/Si substrate whose surfaces are modified with hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) and octadecyltriethoxysilane (OTES). The surface modifications have enhanced the electron mobility and on/off ratio, and decreased the threshold voltage. The atomic force microscopy and infrared spectroscopy studies have revealed no differences in the morphology and molecular orientation of the thin films on the pristine and the HMDS-treated substrates.
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High performance n-channel organic field-effect transistors based on N,N′-dioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic diimide. / Hosoi, Yoshinobu; Furukawa, Yukio.
In: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol. 462, No. 1, 01.01.2006, p. 37-43.
Hosoi, Y & Furukawa, Y 2006, 'High performance n-channel organic field-effect transistors based on N,N′-dioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic diimide', Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 462, no. 1, pp. 37-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/15421400601009369
Hosoi Y, Furukawa Y. High performance n-channel organic field-effect transistors based on N,N′-dioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic diimide. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 2006 Jan 1;462(1):37-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/15421400601009369
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Cooking a Book
Posted By Julia Munroe Martin On August 9, 2014 @ 7:00 am In CRAFT,Humor,Writing life | Comments Disabled
There’s this guy. He’s an adrenaline junkie. The woman’s a massage therapist. They meet and… and… and… well of course they fall in love. That’s a given. But it won’t last (or will it?). And then there’s something about traveling from Montana to Maine and jumping out of a million airplanes. His name’s Elias… no J.P., and hers is Ellie. No. Allison. And of course they both have secrets—his involves feeling responsible for someone’s death, maybe an ex-lover. And hers…well that’s more hazy. Maybe something about her pioneer grandmother. That’s it. Then I’ll write a dual storyline. Yeah. That’s good.
I’m farther along than it looks, but that’s kind of my new work-in-progress in a nutshell, in the stage I like to call “cooking.” With a couple of novels under my belt (pre-published, querying, in the drawer, etc.), this is a familiar feeling. The incubation, idea stage, when everything’s running through my mind a mile a minute, but nothing’s quite jelled enough to write. Soon. But not yet.
This cooking, pre-writing, is not really planning, not outlining. I’m cooking, stirring, tasting everything in my mind. When it’s ready to write, to commit a first draft to paper, I’ll know it. Until then, here’s my recipe for cooking a book.[pullquote]I’m cooking, stirring, tasting everything in my mind. When it’s ready to write, to commit a first draft to paper, I’ll know it. Until then, here’s my recipe for cooking a book.[/pullquote]
Take the dog to the vet. Like I did this morning. I love our vet. Renee has become a friend. Our lab Abby is what you’d call a frequent flyer. She has terrible arthritis, is on a zillion (after today, a zillion and one) meds, and she is the darling of the vet office. Today, since I was cooking, I felt comfortable staying as long as Renee would let me so I could listen to her stories—mine her for stories. She tells great stories, which of course gets me thinking.
(Mini) renovate the bathroom. Last week before our daughter and three friends breezed through for a visit (recent college grads, they met up in Maine for a mini-reunion), my husband decided we needed to “spruce up” the bathroom. This quickly escalated into not just painting but re-plastering, grouting, and gorilla-gluing loose floor tiles (don’t ask). This made me realize no one in my book will ever renovate anything. Not ever.
Get stung by (a lot of) hornets. Yes, this really happened. Turns out my husband decided to test that old idiom “don’t poke a hornet’s nest” but forgot to tell me until I was on the porch surrounded by a swarm of angry hornets. Thankfully I was only stung eight times. But it did give me the opportunity to hone my screaming skills. You can be sure the new WIP will include a dose of screaming. And many hornets.
Go to the dentist. Followed closely by go to the endodontist who told me I needed a “re-treatment.” This is when you’ve had one root canal that has failed and fluid has leaked (where or from what I’m still not quite clear) and now the bone is infected…and, yeah, don’t ask, just suffice to say it’s not quite as serious as it sounds and I’m on antibiotics. Although I can almost guarantee there will not be a dentist in this particular WIP, I do love going to the dentist because I overhear all the stories from other patients—after all, listening is all I can do—and it never fails that I pick up a line or two of dialogue and maybe even a small side story.
Socialize for 10 straight days. That’s two lunches, one dinner, two Google chats, and five coffees. Turns out that the homestretch of finishing a novel is rather time consuming and isolating. I’m in catch up mode. Inevitably, in addition to being great fun, the socializing always stimulates more ideas for fiction—like this time, my friend Kate gave me lots to think about (she’s a massage therapist).
Binge watch series TV. Finished up The Guardian (love Simon Baker), now watching Royal Pains. Listen, it sounds like fun, but I’m actually doing really important work: gleaning dialogue, cleaning out the brain waves for writing, seeing what works and what doesn’t for plots, secrets, characters, etc.
Take a ton of photos. Photograph sunsets, sunrises, foggy days, and lots and lots of boats. While I’m taking photos—usually at my favorite town landing, one town over—I talk to all the lobstermen, the people fishing off the dock, sailors setting out for day sails, the Harbormaster, and basically anyone else who has a story to tell.
I may have forgotten an ingredient or two, but that’s my basic recipe. Feel free to borrow it, modify it, make it your own, because I’m almost done. These days as I click away on the camera, I can almost hear the ticking of the mind-timer, too. Soon, the leisurely binge watching and photography and even socializing will come screeching to a halt. Visits with Renee will turn all business, my root canal will be healed up, all that will be left of the hornet stings will be a little itchiness, and that will mean just one thing. J.P. and Allison and all their supporting characters are ready to start their lives.
The story will be (more or less) neatly snapped into place, cooked enough to start writing, anyway. And I’ll be settled comfortably at the dining room table or maybe in a coffee shop—it won’t really matter—because I’ll be happily knee deep in story land.
What about you? What’s your recipe for cooking a book?
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Florida Coronavirus Cases Now Over 100
WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 | By Mark Schreiner
The Florida Department of Health announced 39 new cases of coronavirus early Sunday morning, putting the state over 100 people infected since the outbreak began.
The Florida Department of Health announced 39 new cases of coronavirus early Sunday morning, including four in the Tampa Bay area. That puts the state over 100 people infected since the first confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported on March 1.
It’s also the largest number announced at one time since the outbreak began.
Three of the four new Tampa Bay area cases are domestic travel-related: a 47 year-old man and a 32-year-old woman in Hillsborough County, and a 67-year-old man in Pasco County.
The fourth is a 17-year-old man from Cuba who tested positive in Hillsborough County. Officials say an epidemiological investigation into his case is ongoing.
All four are isolated and will remain so until cleared by public authorities.
DOH is announcing 39 new positive cases of #COVID19. These individuals are being properly cared for and isolated. Visit https://t.co/sUphC9lxVG for more information.
— Florida Dept. Health (@HealthyFla) March 15, 2020
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The new cases, which were announced by the Florida Department of Health after 1 a.m. Sunday, involve patients with ages from 19 to 83. Broward County had 16 of them, while Miami-Dade added five.
Fourteen of the cases were listed as travel-related.
On Saturday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the fourth Florida death: a 77-year-old man in Lee County who had previously tested positive for COVID-19. It was not a travel-related death, according to the Florida Department of Health.
As of 1:45 a.m. Sunday, the Florida Department of Health totals include 106 Florida residents who have tested positive in state; seven Florida residents who have been diagnosed and isolated outside the state; and nine non-Florida residents who have tested positive in Florida.
Four Florida residents have died, including a 68-year-old Orange County woman who died in California after returning from a trip to Asia.
The state reports 478 tests have come back negative with 221 more pending.
Three hundred and sixty-five people are currently being monitored; 1,413 have been monitored to date.
The following new positive cases were announced early Sunday by the Florida Department of Health. The source of infection, if known, is included:
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Mark Schreiner has been the producer and reporter for "University Beat" on WUSF 89.7 FM since 2001 and on WUSF TV from 2007-2017. In addition to serving as a producer, reporter, host and assistant news director, he serves as intern coordinator for WUSF News.
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Two A-10C attack jets of the Maryland Air National Guard's 104th Fighter Squadron fly a training mission over Maryland's Eastern Shore, Jun. 14, 2007 (Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jim Foard).
Col. Jon Mott breaks the record for the most documented hours in an A-10 Thunderbolt II during a refueling mission March 30. Colonel Mott, with the Massachusetts Air National Guard's 104 Fighter Wing, has flown more than 4,570 hours in the A-10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Norman)
A-10 Thunderbolt IIs have excellent maneuverability at low air speeds and altitude, and are highly accurate weapons-delivery platforms. They can loiter near battle areas for extended periods of time and operate under 1,000-foot ceilings (303.3 meters) with 1.5-mile (2.4 kilometers) visibility. Their wide combat radius and short takeoff and landing capability permit operations in and out of locations near front lines. Using night vision goggles, A-10/OA-10 pilots can conduct their missions during darkness.
Thunderbolt IIs have Night Vision Imaging Systems, or NVIS, goggle compatible single-seat cockpits forward of their wings and a large bubble canopy which provides pilots all-around vision. The pilots are protected by titanium armor that also protects parts of the flight-control system. The redundant primary structural sections allow the aircraft to enjoy better survivability during close air support than did previous aircraft.
The aircraft can survive direct hits from armor-piercing and high explosive projectiles up to 23mm. Their self-sealing fuel cells are protected by internal and external foam. Manual systems back up their redundant hydraulic flight-control systems. This permits pilots to fly and land when hydraulic power is lost.
The Thunderbolt II can be serviced and operated from bases with limited facilities near battle areas. Many of the aircraft's parts are interchangeable left and right, including the engines, main landing gear and vertical stabilizers.
Avionics equipment includes multi-band communications; Global Positioning System and inertial navigations systems; infrared and electronic countermeasures against air-to-air and air-to-surface threats. And, it has a Pave Penny laser spot tracker system; a heads-up display to display flight and weapons delivery information; and a low altitude safety and targeting enhancement system, which provides constantly computed impact and release points for accurate ordnance delivery. There is also a low-altitude autopilot and a ground collision avoidance system.
The A-10 is currently undergoing the precision engagement modification, which adds upgraded cockpit displays, moving map, hands on throttle and stick, digital stores management, LITENING and Sniper advanced targeting pod integration, situational awareness data link or SADL, GPS-guided weapons, and upgraded DC power. Precision engagement modified aircraft are designated as the A-10C.
The Thunderbolt II can employ a wide variety of conventional munitions, including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units, laser guided bombs, joint direct attack munitions or JDAM), wind corrected munitions dispenser or WCMD, AGM-65 Maverick and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, rockets, illumination flares, and the GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute to defeat a wide variety of targets including tanks.
The first production A-10A was delivered to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., in October 1975. It was designed specially for the close air support mission and had the ability to combine large military loads, long loiter and wide combat radius, which proved to be vital assets to the United States and its allies during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Noble Anvil.
The upgraded A-10C reached initial operation capability in September 2007. Specifically designed for close air support, its combination of large and varied ordnance load, long loiter time, accurate weapons delivery, austere field capability, and survivability has proven invaluable to the United States and its allies. The aircraft has participated in operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Provide Comfort, Desert Fox, Noble Anvil, Deny Flight, Deliberate Guard, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Primary Function: A-10 close air support, OA-10 - airborne forward air control
Contractor: Fairchild Republic Co.
Power Plant: Two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofans
Thrust: 9,065 pounds each engine
Wingspan: 57 feet, 6 inches (17.42 meters)
Length: 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters)
Height: 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters)
Weight: 29,000 pounds (13,154 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 51,000 pounds (22,950 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 11,000 pounds (7,257 kilograms)
Payload: 16,000 pounds (7,257 kilograms)
Speed: 420 miles per hour (Mach 0.56)
Range: 800 miles (695 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 45,000 feet (13,636 meters)
Armament: One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms) of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including 500 pound (225 kilograms) Mk-82 and 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) Mk-84 series low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions, mine dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-optically guided bombs; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff; jammer pods; 2.75-inch (6.99 centimeters) rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.
Crew: One
Unit Cost: Not available
Initial operating capability: A-10A, 1977; A-10C, 2007
Inventory: Active force, A-10, 143 and OA-10, 70; Reserve, A-10, 46 and OA-10, 6; ANG, A-10, 84 and OA-10, 18
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38 “Taliban fighters” killed in Afghan clashes: Report:
Lotfullah Kamran told dpa that about 1 000 Taliban attacked three villages in Andar, one of the most dangerous districts in Ghazni province.
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At least 20 people killed in latest wave of bombings:
At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a series of bombings in Iraq.
http://is.gd/cjib4J
30 killed in new wave of bombings:
The attacks came hours after bomb blasts tore through two Baghdad neighborhoods on Wednesday evening, killing at least 30 people.
http://is.gd/nY2cg5
20 “militants” killed in Pakistan:
At least 20 militants were killed in a clash with security forces Friday in a tribal area in northwest Pakistan on Friday, state-run radio reported.
http://is.gd/0rvx8n
Bush- Blair Legacy Of Death Continues As
Iraq sees deadliest month in 5 years:
More than 500 people were killed in Iraq in May, about 120 of them since May 27 alone, making it the deadliest month since June 2008, according to the United Nations.
http://is.gd/CH97vC
Six Afghan civilians killed, 12 injured in US-led air strike:
Afghan security sources said four women and a child were among those killed. More than twelve others were reportedly injured. The US-led NATO forces targeted on Thursday an area in northeastern Kapisa Province.
http://is.gd/iHDNq2
More than 140 were killed in Syria Thursday: Pro-rebel activists say:
The dead include: 57 civilians, 54 rebel fighters, 1 YPG fighter, 3 defected officers, 5 non-Syrian rebel fighters and at least 24 regular soldiers.
http://is.gd/BAL6uU
Rebel reinforcements arrive in Qusair:
Dozens of fighters have arrived to reinforce rebel units battling to hold off a Syrian government and Hezbollah assault on the key town of Qusair. – But the arrival does contradict state media reports the town is surrounded.
http://is.gd/8fxup3
Syrian rebels call for urgent medical and military aid for Qusair: Video –
They claim they are unable to evacuate 700 wounded people as they are under persistent attack from Syrian government forces backed by Hezbollah fighters.
http://is.gd/aX49I3
Assad begins to gain upper hand in Syrian civil war:
On the battlefield and in the corridors of diplomacy, the civil war in Syria has begun to swing the way of President Bashar Assad.
http://is.gd/qHxX37
Michigan Woman Killed Fighting Alongside Syrian Al Qaeda Rebels:
CNN reports that forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad found maps, weapons, and the Al Nusra Front flag on the dead westerners.
http://is.gd/blnGuq
Family confirms: Flint woman, 33, killed by Syrian government forces:
A 33-year-old Flint woman who converted to Islam after meeting an Arab immigrant was killed in Syria while fighting for opposition forces, family members told the Free Press tonight.
http://is.gd/v8N8kb
How Libyan Weapons and Know-How Reach Syrian “Rebel” Fighters:
The reason for this night’s meeting, was to help the Libyans figure out how to get some of Libya’s vast and loose stockpiles of machine guns, artillery, ammunition and antiaircraft systems from supplies donated to the Libyan rebels by the oil-rich Gulf nation of Qatar – to Assad’s opponents.
http://is.gd/QkrjH7
U.S. Weapon Makes a Surprise Reappearance in Syria: Video –
M40s somehow came into the hands of rebels in Libya and Syria. Suddenly, the 106mm – light, cheap, easily transportable, simple to operate, and packing a punch all out of proportion to its modest size – has emerged as a possible Great Asymmetric Weapon of the Day.
http://is.gd/JhjfQ4
McCain crosses paths with rebel kidnapper:
U.S. Senator John McCain was photographed with a known affiliate of the rebel group responsible for the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims one year ago, during a brief and highly publicized visit inside Syria this week.
http://is.gd/BKzXDa
FSA Merges with Jabhat al-Nusra in Aleppo: Video – :
Three militant groups, Ahrar al-Sham, Jabhat al-Nusra and the Free Syrian Army are seen represented by commanders, are seen announcing a merger.
http://is.gd/q26yTG
Russia may revise ban on Syrian arms exports – Minister:
Russia is disappointed with the EU move to end the ban on arms sales to the Syrian opposition and may reconsider its own commitments to restrictions on weapons deliveries to the war-torn country, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday.
http://is.gd/OXkfOn
Netanyahu indicated to Putin: ‘We’ll destroy your missiles if you deliver them to Assad’:
Putin reportedly guaranteed that Assad wouldn’t transfer the S-300s to a third party, such as Hezbollah, and that should Israel strike such an arms convoy, Russia didn’t believe Syria would retaliate. Despite this, Netanyahu reportedly made clear that Israel was concerned over the deal in and of itself.
http://is.gd/GaltDk
Russia to Sell at Least 10 MiG Fighters to Syria:
Russia’s MiG aircraft maker said Friday it plans to sign a new agreement to ship at least 10 fighter jets to Syria, a move that comes amid international criticism of earlier Russian weapons deals with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
http://is.gd/f0gqZI
Syria’s opposition won’t attend international peace talks:
The best hope yet for ending Syria’s civil war has suffered a serious setback
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Syria’s Bashar Assad says a peace pact would face a referendum:
Syrian President Bashar Assad says voters would have the ultimate say on any peace deal arising from talks sponsored by the U.S. and Russia.
http://is.gd/32cDD5
U.N. investigators say most Syria rebels not seeking democracy:
Most Syrian rebel fighters do not want democracy and the country’s civil war is producing ever worse atrocities and increasing radicalization, independent U.N. investigators said on Tuesday.
http://is.gd/2PyBqV
Turkey returns fire after troops shot at from Syria:
The troops returned fire after three to five gunmen shot between 15 and 20 rounds at the vehicle patrolling a stretch of the shared border in Turkey’s southern Hatay province on Wednesday
http://is.gd/JEOOn8
Turkey arrests 12 in raids on Syrian ‘terrorist’ organization planning chemical attack:
Turkish newspapers had reported that 12 people from Syria’s al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front who allegedly had been planning an attack inside Turkey and were in possession of 2 kg (4.5 pounds) of sarin, had been detained in Adana.
http://is.gd/A6hDu7
Turkish police ‘arrest 12 (Al-Nusra Front) terror suspects’ in raids:
Adana provincial governor Huseyin Avni Cos did say that unknown chemicals had been found and were being investigated.
http://is.gd/oiuU4D
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad: We now have Russia’s advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles:
The announcement, reportedly made by president Bashar al-Assad to Lebanon’s Hezbollah-owned television station, will further ramp up tensions in the region and could undermine efforts to hold UN peace talks in the region.
http://is.gd/jPoBPS
Israeli defense chief indicates if Russia ships advanced missiles to Syria, they could be hit:
Israel’s defense chief said Tuesday a Russian plan to supply sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was a “threat” and signaled that Israel is prepared to use force to stop the delivery.
http://is.gd/Fsu6AJ
Assad: Syria will strike back at any future Israeli attack:
President Bashar Assad has said that Syria “will respond in kind” to any future Israeli airstrike on its territory and expressed confidence in the victory over the foes of the Syrian state, RIA Novosti reported.
http://is.gd/6r3ilu
Kerry: Russia’s plans to send S-300 missiles to Assad put Israel at risk:
U.S. Secretary of State and his German counterpart warn Russia against sending Assad regime sophisticated air defense system, say this would harm Syria peace efforts.
http://is.gd/4icXCN
Iran cuts Hamas funding for failing to show support for Assad: Report:
Hamas has denied that it is in financial crisis but says it faces liquidity problems stemming from inconsistent revenues from tax collection in the Gaza Strip and foreign aid.
http://is.gd/7H0FHF
Israel OK’s 300 new illegal settler units:
Housing Ministry spokesman Ariel Rosenberg said on Thursday that the new units will be built in Ramot neighborhood, which lies in the territory Israeli occupied in 1967.
http://is.gd/Ger9u1
Libya becomes ‘the new Mali’ as Islamists shift in Sahara:
Security officials say lawless southern Libya has become the latest haven for al Qaeda-linked fighters after French-led forces drove them from strongholds in northern Mali this year, killing hundreds.
http://is.gd/ov0JRU
UN expert demands freeze on robot weapons:
The international community must impose a moratorium on robot weapons, a UN expert told the world body’s top human rights forum Thursday, warning that they could enable war crimes to go unpunished.
http://is.gd/bBG8Qp
Retired Gen. David Petraeus Heads To Wall Street: :
Retired Gen. David Petraeus is headed to Wall Street where he will join Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a firm that invests globally in everything from real estate to coffee to biotech.
http://is.gd/JyZHmB
Guantánamo Bay hunger strike worsens:
On the eve of Obama’s address, there were 103 prisoners on hunger strike, with 31 being force-fed by military authorities and one in hospital. Since then, not a single prisoner has stopped their strike, and now 36 of the detainees are being force-fed to keep them alive, with five of them being hospitalised.
http://is.gd/0KDQ91
The Inside Story Of The Hunger Strike And Force-Feeding At Guantanamo:
The international community, including the United Nations, unanimously agree that the Conventions are being violated daily in Guantanamo.”
http://is.gd/opxo4n
Guantánamo Bay hunger strikers demand new doctors in letter of protest:
Force-fed detainees tell military doctors ‘dual loyalties make trusting you impossible’ and insist upon independent treatment
http://is.gd/cSXkWN
Guantanamo guard converts to Islam, demands release of detainees :
Terry Holdbrooks was deployed to the Guantanamo Bay detention center to guard detainees. The Phoenix, Ariz., resident has become a devout Muslim and an unlikely advocate for the prisoners’ rights.
http://is.gd/HDDlnb
Ecuador says UK violating WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s ‘human rights’:
“What greater affront to human rights is there than to have a person unable to leave an embassy, when the state concerned has granted him political asylum?” Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said in a radio interview.
http://is.gd/6jz8oo
Student Activist, Says She Was Violated During TSA Pat-Down (VIDEO)
A 27-year-old Ph.D. student says a TSA agent touched her vaginal area during a pat-down at a California airport; however, a representative told The Huffington Post the agents followed procedure.
http://is.gd/EV31fy
Euro zone unemployment hits record high – again:
Eurostat figures found that an additional 95,000 people lost their jobs – bringing the total of unemployed Europeans to a painful 19.38 million, on track to pass 20 million this year.
http://is.gd/uZTPXD
Germany fears revolution if Europe scraps welfare model: –
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned on Tuesday that failure to win the battle against youth unemployment could tear Europe apart, and dropping the continent’s welfare model in favor of tougher U.S. standards would spark a revolution.
http://is.gd/xoYcG2
Wisconsin proposal would reduce benefits to unemployed:
Benefits paid to unemployed people in Wisconsin would be more difficult to receive, thereby saving the state $37 million over the next two years, under an expansive Republican-backed plan approved Wednesday by the Legislature’s budget committee.
http://is.gd/DJ9fdK
Richest 20 percent get half the overall savings from U.S. tax breaks, CBO says:
The richest 1 percent of households, those with at least $327,000 in annual income, get an especially big haul – about 17 percent of the total savings, according to the report by the Congressional Budget Office.
http://is.gd/Q6ZlAY
Cost Of War
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq “1,455,590“
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq: 4,883
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,317
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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Feb 23: W&M Basketball Update
David Cohn and the boys whooped #1 UNCW before dropping a head scratcher to Drexel [photo: AILEEN DEVLIN/THE DAILY PRESS]
Last week was a tale of ups and downs that first saw W&M knocking off the #1 team in the CAA, UNCW. However, it was followed up with a performance on Senior Day that saw the Green and Gold drop a home game to a team that only had 3 overall wins in the Drexel Dragons. But that’s in the past, and none of it matters now. What matters is closing out the regular season 2-0 against a couple strong opponents in Elon and JMU this week.
#MarchOnTribe is in full force as W&M closes in on the CAA Tournament, which begins on March 4 in Baltimore. If you haven’t already, BUY TICKETS! Green and Gold faithful showed up last year in Baltimore, and basically made it home court advantage. Let’s do that again. But now: a look at this week’s CAA Happenings, as it concerns Tribe Faithful (compiled by Bill McDonald)!
CAA Standings as of February 23. [via caasports.com]
CURRENT CAA SITUATION/STANDINGS: With the final week ready to play out in the CAA regular-season race, there is still plenty to be determined. UNCW, which has won 12 of its past 13 games, sits atop the standings at 13-3. Hofstra, which has won four straight contests, is right behind at 12-4 as the Pride travels to UNCW for a huge showdown game on Thursday night. There is a three-way tie for third place at 10-6 between James Madison,Towson and The Tribe. JMU visits Towson on Thursday night before returning home to face W&M on Saturday, and the Tigers head to UNCW on Saturday. All these games will impact seeding for the Tourney. College of Charleston (8-8) and Northeastern (7-9) also meet on Thursday as both still hope to secure an opening-round bye for the CAA Men’s Championship in Baltimore.
INCREDIBLE BALANCE: 9 of the CAA’s 10 teams had at least one win last week and nine also had at least one loss. Hofstra was the only team to go 2-0 and its two victories were by a combined seven points. College of Charleston was the only squad to go 0-2, but its two losses were by a combined seven points, including one in overtime. Of the 10 games last week, seven were decided by five points or less. Over the past six weeks, nearly half (29-of-60) of all CAA games have had margins of six points or less, including eight overtime contests. Definitely a balanced league this season.
LATEST RPI #’s: Four CAA teams are ranked among the Top 100 in the latest RPI report released by Collegiate Basketball News. UNCW now leads all CAA squads at #61, followed by Hofstra at #67, William & Mary fell to #78 and James Madison is in at #97. The CAA is still ranked #9 among the nation’s 32 Division I conferences. If the CAA does not get an at-large bid this season (and it is looking less likely every day), it will be the first time since at least 1998 that the 9th rated Conference did not get multiple bids.
CAA NATIONAL LEADERS: Hofstra’s Rokas Gustys ranks 4th nationally in rebounding (12.4 rpg), 10th in FG percentage (64.8%) and 8th in double-doubles (17) through games of Feb. 21. Hofstra’s Juan’ya Green (7.3 apg) is 4th in assists, UNCW’s Jordon Talley is 25th (3.14) and W&M’s David Cohn is 29th (3.05) in assist/TO ratio and The Tribe’s Terry Tarpey is 25th (2.1 spg) in steals nationally. Delaware’s Marvin King-Davis is 31st in double-doubles (12) and 43rd in rebounding (9.2 rpg).
Junior Omar Prewitt has quietly put together a career season, and leads the Tribe in scoring at 18 ppg (photo: Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Press)
W&M Disa & Data:
Junior sharpshooter Omar Prewitt averaged 21.0 ppg last week, including a season-high 29 points vs. DU. He has 9 straight games in double digits and has scored 20+ points in 5 of the past 6 contests.
Soph. transfer David Cohn scored a team-high 21 points with 6 assists vs. UNCW and 10 points and 6 assists against DU. He committed just one turnover in 69 minutes last week and was also 17-for-17 at the FT line.
Junior Daniel Dixon hit 5-of-8 treys and scored 19 points against UNCW. He tops W&M with 66 threes on 37.3% shooting this season.
Senior co-captain Terry Tarpey had 16 points vs. UNCW and grabbed 13 rebounds against DU. He’s scored double digits in 11 of his last 14 games, ranks 4th in the CAA in rebounds, 1st in steals and 2nd in blocks.
Senior co-captain Sean Sheldon averaged 11.0 ppg last week, including 13 points vs. DU. He’s shooting 61% from the floor for the season.
Notes on This Week’s Opponents:
@ Elon Phoenix (15-14, 6-10, 8th CAA) — Thursday, February 28 @ 7 PM
The young Phoenix rallied for an 81-76 victory at Drexel, but fell 67-56 at Towson last week.
6’4″ Soph. Guard Dmitri Thompson (9.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg) averaged 12.0 ppg and 7.5 rpg last week, including team-highs of 13 points and 8 boards at Towson. He’s averaging 13.4 ppg over his past 8 contests.
6’4″ Fr. Guard Steven Santa Ana (8.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg) added 10 points in both games last week and is averaging 13.3 ppg over the past 3 contests.
6’4″ Sr. Guard Tanner Samson (12.2 ppg, 4.3 rpg) went 4-of-7 from 3-point range and scored a team-high 19 points at DU. Samson is Elon’s career 3-point leader with 317 and has 75 treys this season.
It’s no mistake that Tanner Samson’s number is #3–he shoots a lot of them. [photo: Associated Press]
6’8″ Soph. Forward Brian Dawkins (5.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg) poured in a career-high 14 points in 24 minutes at Drexel.
6’8″ Fr. Forward Tyler Seibring (9.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg) scored 12 points on 5-of-7 FG shooting at DU. He’s 21-of-34 (61.8%) from the floor over the last four games.
6’1″ Jr. Guard Luke Eddy runs the club from the point, scoring 10.7 points per game, while averaging 4.7 assists per game.
Elon shot a blistering 75% from the floor in the second half at Drexel and 58.2% for the game. The Phoenix hit a season-best 58.8% (10-17) from 3-point range.
@ James Madison Dukes (20-9, 10-6 CAA, T-3rd) — Saturday, February 7 @ 2:30 PM on NBC Sports
The Dukes, behind the return of Ron Curry, went 1-1 at home last week, losing 95-94 in 3OT to NU, before beating Delaware, 75-50.
6’3″ Sr. Guard Ron Curry (16.9 ppg, 3.6 apg) scored 21 points with 7 assists vs. NU and had a team-high 17 points and 6 rebounds vs. UD. He’s reached double digits in a league-best 20 straight games and has topped the 20-point mark 10 times.
6’0″ Soph. Guard Joey McLean (5.6 ppg, 1.5 rpg) scored 15 points vs. NU and 14 points against Delaware. He’s averaging 11.8 ppg over his last five games as he is getting more playing time.
Dukes Senior guard Ron Curry has become the undisputed leader of this year’s JMU squad. [photo: jMU Sports Blog]
6’8″ Jr. Forward Yohanny Dalembert (9.1 ppg, 7.0 rpg) posted his 5th double-double with a career-high 26 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 5 blocks vs. NU.
6’6″ Jr. Forward Shakir Brown (11.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg) leads the Dukes with 38.5% marksmanship from three point range.
6’8″ Jr. Forward Paulius Satkus (3.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg) added 10 points and a team-high 9 rebounds off the bench vs. UD.
6’7″ Jr. Guard Jackson Kent (7.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg) had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists vs. NU.
JMU held NU and UD to under 40% FG shooting. The Dukes lead the league in FG% defense and 3-pt FG% defense in CAA games.
Stray Musings:
It has been a bit of a disappointing past two weeks for the Tribe, going 1-3, and falling back to a tie for 3rd place in the standings. A couple of old nemeses, defense and free throw shooting re-appeared over the past ten days to cause the less than expected results. The Tribe needs to get back on track, while on the road, before heading to Baltimore.
The Phoenix like to run, but also give up more points in CAA games than anyone (72 per game). Tribe shooters need to take advantage of that generosity. In-state rivals, the Dukes, with the return of Ron Curry, will be a handful, as usual, but the Tribe has been able to play well in the Convocation Center in recent season and will have to repeat those efforts again on JMU’s Senior Day.
#1bid4WMTribe #MARCHONTRIBE [photo: tribeathletics.com]
Final Thoughts: Defense will decide the fate of this edition of Tribe B-Ballers. The offense is, and has been, good enough to compete with just about anyone they’ve played all season. It is also the type of offense that could cause problems for unsuspecting “big time” schools” in post season play. Unfortunately, the defense has been porous enough all season to allow most everyone they’ve played to compete with them.
I said earlier this week, that opposing teams are appearing too comfortable running their offense against us, usually finding good shots too easily. In the first seven CAA contests of the season, the Tribe allowed 68 ppg, in regulation (removing, for comparison sake, the 14 points scored by UNCW in OT). In the past 9 CAA games the Tribe is allowing almost 78 ppg (77.8) in regulation, 10 points more per game. The D’s job from here out will have to include making it more difficult for opposing offenses to operate in that manner in some form or fashion.
Let’s ride into Baltimore with 20 wins already in the books.
Go Tribe!!
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The zoo in Magdalena Peninsula must be closed immediately!
IMAGES of a seal that has been so neglected it has become covered in seaweed has led to calls for the zoo keeping it to be closed.
Animal rights activists want the small zoo in the Magdalena Peninsula, in Santander, Spain, closed immediately and have condemned it as a “throwback to the bad old days”.
Images of unhappy animals at the zoo have been circulating on Spanish social media sites and have led to a petition for its closure.
The animal rights group AnimaNaturalis says more than 6,000 have signed its letter of protest to Santander council.
Petition: (https://www.animanaturalis.org/n/45482/firma-ahora-para-exigir-actuaciones-en-el-minizoo-del-palacio-de-la-magdalena)
The charity’s leader Aïda Gascón said that the seal covered in green algae “seems to be letting itself die” (!!!).
But opposition parties unsuccessfully tabled a motion before the city council demanding to shut the zoo.
The council which runs the zoo says the seal had not been mistreatedCredit: AnimaNaturalis
Local councilor Daniel Fernández: “Those pictures convey an image of inconceivable and disgraceful treatment of animals when we see things like the sea lion pen with no water.
“This would be unacceptable anywhere in the world, but it is even more surprising in a city that wants to position itself as a tourist attraction.”
The seals have had no water generally from the sea, they can only swim in standing water, the consistency of which is already greenish and obviously dirty.
One woman even noticed that they were swimming a dead or sick seal on the water filled with grass and moss.
After the complaint, the Santander City Council assured that the dead animals had died naturally and that there were no animals that had been abused or lived under unfortunate conditions as they were all well looked after by veterinarians.
However, the videos leave their own and strangers speechless.
More than 27,000 people have signed an online petition on Change.org to close the Magdalena mini-zoo which was built in the 1980s.
Petition (and Video) please sign: (https://www.animanaturalis.org/n/45482/firma-ahora-para-exigir-actuaciones-en-el-minizoo-del-palacio-de-la-magdalena)
Santander Mayor Gema Igual denied the animals were mistreated by the mini-zoo.
Ms. Igual, of the conservative Popular Party, said images of a grey seal had been taken out of context (!!!).
She said: “That photo was of a sleeping animal, and the dead sea lion was not in a place people could see it because it was known to be ill.”
A dead sea lion half-covered by a plastic bag was in plain sight, Credit: AnimaNaturalis
As seen in a Twitter thread, the corpse of a seal appears wrapped in a garbage bag in full view of the people, and in the enclosure in which these animals swim, another in poor condition is seen, floating without diving into stagnant waters and with a layer of verdín or moss on its back.
The animals have no place, they are sick, apathetic, they do not look nourished and they also do not have the necessary water because it is full of sand, and worse, what is offered to the animals here is an ecosystem to which don’t belong at all.
The council which runs the zoo says the seal had not been mistreated. Credit: AnimaNaturalis
That’s how (bad) captive Gray Seals live in the Zoo of the Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander.
The worst thing is that they proudly display them to tourists when their condition is worthwhile.
Locked in a small room, with hardly any water and with a layer of green on their skin.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11977657/zoo-spain-fury-outrage-dead-sea-lion-plain-sight/
And I mean…It was never and for no animal a species-appropriate life in the zoo.
Now the prison owners give up their inmates because they cannot make money with them.
In Germany, we are currently experiencing similar crimes in the zoos.
The corona pandemic has led to a crisis in (almost) all zoos around the world that is trying to survive the mandatory quarantine.
Some managed to get support, but others who got nothing refused to close.
This is the case in the mini -zoo in Magdalena Peninsula, Santander in Spain, a terrible situation!
“Seems to be letting itself die,” said charity’s leader Aïda Gascón.
And why don’t you do something to prevent it @ Aïda Gascón? Would you let your child die too?
The answer is because there is no profit from them at the moment!
The stupid visitors who co-finance this misery with their tickets stay away because of Corona, the zoo-business is bad, so some inmates have to fall a victim.
@Mayor Gema Igual, we demand that you close this place and rescue these animals urgently. We watch you!
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Is there nothing that we as a people can do to rescue these animals right now? This story first came out four months ago and keeps getting covered with the same information. Meanwhile the animals are still suffering. I know we can’t get them closed since it’s not our call, but is there anyone that can go in and get these animals out? I feel helpless and I want to help.
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Push for crowd-free SCG Test grows
Finbar O'Mallon and Kris Swales
Less than 24 hours after Cricket Australia confirmed Sydney would host the third cricket Test between Australia and India, leading epidemiologists have warned against the game going ahead with fans in the stands at the SCG.
University of NSW epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws has recommended the NSW government bar audiences from attending the match, scheduled to begin on Thursday, January 7, or for fans to cancel their plans to attend.
An Indian XI played Australia A before a near-empty SCG ahead of the Test series, which is scheduled to continue before a 50 per cent capacity Sydney crowd on January 7. Getty
Cricket Australia said on Tuesday night it was pressing on with its plans, while the NSW government has limited the SCG's capacity to 50 per cent.
Despite the outdoor environment and stadium capacity being reduced to 50 per cent, Professor McLaws said there was still a risk of transmission as particles flew through the air.
“Australians are very interesting: we are peaceful, we’re logical and we are co-operative,” she said.
“But when you give us a choice we believe then, quite rightly, that the choice is up to us.
“Now this shouldn't be a choice, you wearing a mask or not affects other people’s health.”
Australian Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, a self-confssed "cricket tragic", said although he had enjoyed a "memorable" day at a previous Sydney Test with his 91-year-old mother-in-law and 86-year-old father he "wouldn't be taking them to this particular cricket because of their vulnerability".
"I known that there are very good COVID-safe plans that have been reinforced with New South Wales Health and the SCG, as well, I'm sure, as Cricket Australia, and that will be able to be looked at in coming days," Professor Kelly said.
"The other thing I would say is that the start date is 7 January and nine days is very long in COVID time. So let's see what happens in Sydney in the next week."
'Mixed messages' on gatherings
Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Medicine, wrote in The Sydney Morning Herald that allowing up to 24,000 spectators to attend the cricket for each day's play when there were strict restrictions elsewhere – including no more than five people per household – would send mixed messages to the community.
"It may therefore reduce compliance and result in more breaches of restrictions," Professor MacIntyre wrote.
She said that the timing of the Test, scheduled to run from January 7-11, comes at a critical stage of the latest COVID-19 outbreak in NSW.
"The expected surge in cases on December 30, five days after Christmas, likely reflects infections acquired on or around Christmas day. More infections acquired on December 25 will keep occurring up to January 3," she wrote.
Professor Raina MacIntyre has expressed concern that even a half-full SCG could become a super-spreader event.
"So, the Sydney Test falls right after super-spreading event #1, Christmas Day, and super-spreading event #2, New Year’s Eve – by January 7 we would expect to see a rise in cases related to NYE.
"To add to the risk, there are now clusters outside of the northern beaches, including in Croydon and Wollongong, as well as mystery cases whose source of infection is unknown and positive wastewater in Hornsby, the Central Coast and Liverpool."
Make masks mandatory: McLaws
Professor McLaws says masks should be made mandatory in public settings, including at events and on transport, to clamp down on cases as the outbreak which began on Sydney's northern beaches spreads across the city.
She said if people insist on going to next week’s cricket Test they should take two masks.
The NSW government says it will be handing out masks to people heading to the Test, while also asking fans to not chant or cheer.
Professor McLaws says if people end up screaming for their side anyway, their first mask will quickly become wet and ineffective, hence the need for a second.
Fans are also being asked to wear their masks to and from their seats, but Professor McLaws said people, when given a choice, will likely not use masks.
“You're there to enjoy yourself, you’re not thinking constantly how to keep yourself at less risk,” she said.
She’s also suggested rapid testing on site at the SCG, with fans able to get a highly accurate coronavirus test result in 15 minutes.
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Hungry? Got the Macca attacks? Paul McCartney for intimate 'Packed Lunch at the 100 Club' gig, Friday 17th December 2010
It was only last week that Paul McCartney announced a pair of (relatively) intimate shows for London and his hometown - Liverpool, with tickets being snapped-up in no time. Well, now he's gone and trumped that with an even more intimate gig being announced for the 100 Club!
The Beatles legend will now play the venue this Friday - throwing his weight behind the "Save the 100 Club" campaign in the process. The stripped-back gig, dubbed 'Packed Lunch at the 100 Club', takes place just after midday this Friday (17th December 2010) - a day before his Hammersmith Apollo gig.
Speaking about the gig, Paul said:
I've played all sorts of different venues over the years and this kind of show presents a different kind of challenge to performing in a stadium. I love performing and I love connecting with audiences, be it in a stadium or arena or in a club. I'm looking forward to being able to interact with fans on a face to face basis, not to mention the smell of sweat and beer!
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Giant Sloth Death Pit Reveals Death By Feces Ingestion
The fossilized remains of 22 Ice Age, elephant sized sloths have been found preserved in 20,000-year-old asphalt in Ecuador. The discovery of this giant sloth death pit is revealing a virtual Bible of new evolutionary facts.
The ancient remains were found in Tanque Loma paleontological site, also known as Arroyo Seco, on the northern side of the Santa Elena Peninsula (SEP) in southwest Ecuador. 20,000 years ago this region was a dense marshland and the team of researchers found that the 22 giant sloths had died after “consuming their own feces”, before being preserved in the death pit by encroaching asphalt seeping up from the ground.
An Extended Family of Elephant-Sized Ancient Creatures
This famous dig site was first excavated in 2003 and because it is located on the side of a hill holding various oil tanks and containers, it has been named “'Tanque Loma,” or “Tank Hill.” The new study was led by University of California Los Angeles palaeontologist Emily Lindsey, who is also an assistant curator and excavation site director at the famous La Brea Tar Pits . The full findings of her study have been published in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology .
The team analyzed the remains of the 22 Ice Age sloths , which they said included: 15 adults, five juveniles, and two newborns or fetuses. But don’t for a second think these creatures were anything like the modern day sloth because not only could Eremotherium laurillardi walk fast on two legs, but an adult male was about the size of an elephant.
Fossils found in the giant sloth death pit. ( La Brea Tar Pits )
The Giant Sloth Death Pit – A Self-Constructed Armageddon Thru Contamination
The cause of death would appear to the casual observer to have been that the giant sloths had become hopelessly trapped after falling into a tar pit , but Dr. Lindsey told Gizmodo the team of researchers believe they died from “drinking water contaminated by their own faeces.” Having suffered toxic poisoning, the 22 animals were subsequently coated in seeping asphalt. The archaeologists also discovered the fossilized remains of a “horse, a deer, an armadillo-like pampathere, and an elephant-like gomphothere.”
No significant aquatic fossils were found at the ancient marshland but the team discovered “an abundance of tiny, broken-up plant remains,” which they noted were smaller than the distance between the ridges of the ancient sloths' teeth; which means the plants probably came from the animals' feces, which might have contaminated the drinking water and subsequently killed them.
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Rancho la Brea Tar Pool. Restoration by Charles. R. Knight for Amer. This image shows a giant sloth death pit with a sabre tooth cat and condors nearby. Source: Charles R. Knight / Public Domain
Sipping From the Poisoned Puddle of Doom
The grotesque nature of these 220 creatures’ deaths aside, this discovery is being called “science's gain,” as the giant sloth death pit assemblage has shined light on the animal's social nature, said palaeontologist José Luis Román-Carrión of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional university , to Gizmodo, and now scientists know ancient Eremotherium “lived in social groups, and had parental behaviour.”
While it might be the first time you have ever considered a group of giant life forms eating and dying in their own waste, it does occur from time to time in the worlds of paleontology and archaeology. An article in the The Daily Mail for example, tells of a team of scientists in the seventies discovering the remains of “140 hippos” that gathered around a watering hole in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve. In this disaster, when the waterhole shrunk the excrement left by the mammals mounted in the little water that was left, and in what must have been a very grim moment in evolution, their self-created feces-riddled puddle eventually poisoned all of them.
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Follow Me Down the Rabbit Hole
The scientists concluded that one of the “most intriguing aspects” of the new research lies not in the mystique of the giant sloths encrusted in their death pit of asphalt, but in the multiple layers of “microfauna-rich sediments” which form about a meter above the asphaltic megafauna deposit.
Down in these microscopic levels of analysis scientists can study the thousands of “small birds, lizards, snakes, and rodents bones” discovered at the site, which the scientist told Gizmodo holds real potential “to tell a story of past environmental change in this region.” And furthermore, once the microfauna-rich sediments are understood then this data can be interpreted against the greater rhizosphere, which Science Direct describes as any dynamic area or system governed by complex interactions between plants and the organisms associated with plant roots.
From the remains of the 22 gigantic creatures , who ate their own poop and died, all the way down here to the microcosmic rhizosphere, this prehistoric Ecuadorian death pit promises to educate, and to discriminate ancient knowledge about both the big bad world we populate, up here, and about the composition and complex patterns of ancient microbial activity .
Megatherium americanum, giant ground sloth. (Nobu Tamura/ CC BY SA 4.0 )
Top Image: Students make protective plaster wrappings for asphalt-preserved giant sloth bones at the Tanque Loma tar pit locality in southwestern Ecuador. ( Martin Tomasz / La Brea Tar Pits )
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10,000-Year-Old Footprints Tell Amazing Story of Human Encounter with Megafauna
Archaeologists at White Sands National Park in New Mexico examining a 10,000-year-old track of human footprints , have made more fascinating discoveries. But they’ve also unearthed a trowel-full of...
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Unique Painting of Extinct Giant Sloth Discovered in Madagascar Cave
A team of scientists exploring a cave in western Madagascar have discovered an ancient painting which they are calling the “only known drawing of an extinct giant lemur” that once lived in the island...
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A new study published in the journal Quaternary International has added fuel to the long-running debate about how megafauna, such as woolly mammoths, giant sloths, and mastodons, became extinct, an...
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You pay for an auto insurance policy with the expectation that you will be covered in the unfortunate case of an accident, but anyone who’s had to deal with an insurer after a crash understands that it’s not always that easy. In Pack v. Geico, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals takes on a dispute about uninsured motorist coverage and considers whether evidence was sufficient to show that the insured person was actually injured in an accident.
Ms. Pack allegedly suffered a neck injury in a multi-car accident in Florida involving an uninsured driver. She later sought coverage from Geico, with whom she held an auto insurance policy that included uninsured motorist coverage. The insurer agreed that the crash was caused by the uninsured driver’s negligence, but maintained that this negligence did not cause Pack’s injuries.
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The second doctor, Geico’s medical expert, said Pack suffered only a sprain. It was also revealed during trial that Pack was twice hospitalized for neck pain prior to the accident. Pack did not disclose this information while being treated/examined by the two doctors who testified and claimed that the previous neck pain was minor and incidental to other, more serious, injuries.
Although a jury eventually found that the uninsured driver’s negligence caused the crash, it further determined that Pack’s injury was not permanent and awarded no damages for past or future medical expenses. The trial court denied Pack’s motion for new trial.
The Fourth District reversed the decision on appeal, however, finding that a new trial was warranted because the jury verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence. Specifically, the court said there was no evidentiary basis for the jury finding that Pack suffered no injury as a result of the accident. “[B]oth the plaintiff and defense experts agreed that Pack suffered at least a neck sprain as a result of the accident,” the court explained. As a result, the award of no damages was legally inadequate, according to the court.
Despite this ruling, the court further held that the trial court properly admitted the letter of protection as evidence in the case. “Evidence pertaining to a letter of protection between a plaintiff and her treating physician, when that treating physician testifies as an expert on the plaintiff’s behalf, is relevant to show potential bias,” the court wrote. Florida law generally allows a party to present evidence exposing bias.
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Smoking-associated mitochondrial DNA mutations and lipid peroxidation in human lung tissues
Huei Jyh Fahn, Liang Shun Wang, Shu Huei Kao, Shi Chuan Chang, Min Hsiung Huang, Yau Huei Wei
To investigate the effect of cigarette smoking on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation and lipid peroxidation in lung tissues, 152 samples from lung resections were collected. A novel deletion of 4,839 bp of mtDNA was found in 80 (52.6%) of the 152 lung samples. The breakpoints of the 4,839-bp mtDNA deletion were flanked by a nine-nucleotide direct repeat (5′-CATACACAA-3′). The frequency of occurrence and the proportion of the 4,839-bp mtDNA deletion in the lung increased significantly with the smoking index in terms of pack-years (P <0.05). The incidence and proportion of the 4,839-bp mtDNA deletion in the lung tissues of current smokers were significantly higher than in those of nonsmokers (P <0.05). In addition, we found that the content of lipid peroxides in the lung tissues of the smokers was significantly higher than in that of nonsmokers, and increased with the smoking index. The average malondialdehyde level in the lung tissues was 12.81 ± 4.99 μmol/g for subjects with a smoking index of more than 50 packyr, and was 5.39 ± 0.48 μmol/g for nonsmokers (P <0.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that the smoking index, tissue lipid-peroxide content, and FEV1/FVC ratio were correlated with the proportion of the 4,839-bp mtDNA deletion in the lung. These results suggest that cigarette smoke plays an important role in the increase in mtDNA mutation and lipid peroxidation in the lung tissues of smokers.
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Fahn, H. J., Wang, L. S., Kao, S. H., Chang, S. C., Huang, M. H., & Wei, Y. H. (1998). Smoking-associated mitochondrial DNA mutations and lipid peroxidation in human lung tissues. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 19(6), 901-909.
Smoking-associated mitochondrial DNA mutations and lipid peroxidation in human lung tissues. / Fahn, Huei Jyh; Wang, Liang Shun; Kao, Shu Huei; Chang, Shi Chuan; Huang, Min Hsiung; Wei, Yau Huei.
In: American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1998, p. 901-909.
Fahn, HJ, Wang, LS, Kao, SH, Chang, SC, Huang, MH & Wei, YH 1998, 'Smoking-associated mitochondrial DNA mutations and lipid peroxidation in human lung tissues', American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 901-909.
Fahn HJ, Wang LS, Kao SH, Chang SC, Huang MH, Wei YH. Smoking-associated mitochondrial DNA mutations and lipid peroxidation in human lung tissues. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 1998;19(6):901-909.
Fahn, Huei Jyh ; Wang, Liang Shun ; Kao, Shu Huei ; Chang, Shi Chuan ; Huang, Min Hsiung ; Wei, Yau Huei. / Smoking-associated mitochondrial DNA mutations and lipid peroxidation in human lung tissues. In: American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 1998 ; Vol. 19, No. 6. pp. 901-909.
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AP Iran Scare Piece Proves Itself Wrong
Scott Horton Posted on July 23, 2011 July 23, 2011
Where’s old Doc Prather when we need him? George Jahn, the David Sanger of the Associated Press, has a scary new piece out. And though the story seems to have gotten plenty of attention with it’s big headline “Iran Prez Said Pushing for Nukes,” on further inspection the “Said” amounts to, well, pretty much nothing:
“Iran’s president wants to shed the nation’s secrecy and forge ahead openly with developing nuclear weapons but is opposed by the clerical leadership, which is worried about international reaction to such a move, says an intelligence assessment shared with The Associated Press.
“That view, from a nation with traditionally reliable intelligence from the region, cannot be confirmed and contrasts with assessments by other countries that view Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as relatively moderate on the nuclear issue compared to the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.”
So the vast majority of Western intelligence agencies agree that Ahmadinejad is “relatively moderate” on the issue, and one dissents. On what basis exists this discrepancy? Jahn never says.
If Ahmadinejad’s supposed ambitions are opposed by the religious leadership, who have the real say in the matter, then what’s so headliney about that anyway?
Are we to understand that Jahn’s source(s) swore him to secrecy regarding not just their names, but the name of the country which they presumably work for and produced this “intelligence”? Could it be that they anticipate readers may not agree with Jahn’s assessment their assertions about Iranian nuclear capabilities have been “traditionally reliable”?
The piece continues:
“Ahmadinejad is pushing ‘to shake free of the restraints Iran has imposed upon itself, and openly push forward to create a nuclear bomb,’ says the assessment. But Khamenei, whose word is final on nuclear and other issues, ‘wants to progress using secret channels, due to concern about a severe response from the West,’ says the report.”
Jahn provides no evidence that Ahmadinejad is pushing for anything, and nothing in the article even acknowledges the fact that the unanimous opinion of all 17 American intelligence agencies [.pdf] is that the Iranians are not pursuing nuclear weapons openly or in secret. Renowned investigative reporter Seymour Hersh tells this writer that the rest of the West agrees. But in AP Land, inconvenient facts are omitted rather than confronted head on.
The new head of the IAEA is quoted complaining that Iran has made it “difficult for us to draw a conclusion [Iran’s nuclear program] is exclusively for peaceful purposes.” But that, as our dear retired Dr. Prather would put it, is “none of the IAEA’s beeswax.” Their mandate under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and Safeguards Agreement with Iran is the monitoring of Iran’s nuclear material, accounting for its quantity and quality on a regular basis and verifying its non-diversion to military purposes. Their further mandates from the UN Security Council to completely prove a negative, ask endless questions based on forgeries and inspect non-nuclear facilities are rightly considered illegitimate by the Iranians.
The rest of the article elaborates on the theme that that the “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Khamenei, is the one with the power to decide and that he is the more “cautious” and “circumspect” about the prospect of starting a nuclear weapons program and perhaps stoking a regional arms race than his already-willing-to-deal presidential frontman.
George Jahn’s new Iran piece in the Associated Press, despite its emotional headline and anonymous scare quotes, actually makes a strong case that neither Iran’s president, nor its head-Ayatollah are interested in obtaining nuclear weapons.
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29 thoughts on “AP Iran Scare Piece Proves Itself Wrong”
Ike Hall says:
You would think by now that the AP would recognize a story planted by a Mossad agent. I would call this willful ignorance of the source's motives. For shame, AP.
Valerianus says:
George Jahn has quite a track record of pimping for the Mossad. Everything the man writes on Iran is 100% propaganda. Coincidentally – for it can only be a coincidence! – Jahn also likes to write about Jewish topics, especially those relating to World War II.
Hermes Trismegistus says:
The Israelis and their supporters never give up, never quit writing propaganda articles, never quit lying, never stop distorting the truth or spying on whatever host country they happen to be in. These people are dangerous not because they are more intelligent than anyone else but because they are the most dedicated, the most fanatical, better organized than the communists during the cold war and with more financial resources than most nations. I can't say this with certainty because I simply don't have enough information, but it is my laymans opinion that no nation or group of people has ever waged a more successful spying campaign against the U.S. than even the Soviets, and they were pretty damn good.
thedissenter says:
What gives you the idea that AP is not paid to do exactly what is doing?
Hoover says:
Speaking of the HACK Sanger. The ny times has a new propaganda piece on Iranian NUKE development. Survivor of attack leads Iran nuclear effort.
liveload says:
They're trolling.
skulz fontaine says:
Could it be that Jahn was the author/creator of 'Helpers of Global Jihad'?
abe gold says:
The A.P press is run out of Tel Avi. Enough said?
jeff_davis says:
Not quite enough. I don't doubt you, but could you provide some evidence to support your claim? Specifically, who runs the AP, and their connection to, as you out it, "Tel Aviv".
walshtrhee says:
Readers may wonder why are sufficiently scary pieces like the first two items on today's antiwarcom Iran section without being identified as typical pro-war propaganda:
Opposition (funny way of referring to MEK): Iran Consolidates Nuclear Bomb Effort (yahoo/ap) , Survivor of Attack Leads Nuclear Effort in Iran (NYT) posted on antiwarcom/
sauce says:
Speaking of Iran, another Iranian nuclear scientist has been shot dead in Tehran –
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011….
Of course, Mossad had nothing whatsoever to do with that.
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brulor says:
Okuyucular Neden tipik yanl?s? sava? propagandas? olarak tespit olman?n bugünün antiwarcom ?ran bölümünde ilk iki ö?eleri gibi yeterince korkutucu adet merak olabilir
Muhalefet (MEK için komik bir ?ekilde): ?ran, Survivor, Nükleer Bomba Çaba (yahoo / ap) birle?tirir Attack ?ran Nükleer Çaba (NYT) / antiwarcom yay?nlanan Talepleri
Turkish learners would like to thank you for translating second last post.
JLS says:
Maybe CIA psy-ops stike again: http://carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.p…
Gazza says:
What is left out of this discussion is the fact that the Iranian clergy have issued a fatwa gainst nuclear weapons, calling them "offensive to God". Considering the theocratic nature of the Iranian governng system, this alone speaks volumes for their true intentions.
Wolfgang9 says:
Sounds like the typical lies of the spin doctors, this time by war mongerer George Jahn, before a war.
It would be the stupidest thing to say such a thing by an Iranian politician and is therefore a lie.
But the sad thing is that obviously lots of people believe that as we have seen in the past.
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John_Muhammad says:
Anyone who thinks Iran WANTS a war with anyone- nuclear or otherwise- is seriously deluded. Rational nations realize that war is the LAST resort when all else fails and they are truly threatened. Rational nations don't initiate wars based on hearsay and verifiably false pretenses.
The whole Threat From Iran ™ is, in my opinion, nothing more than a provocation by Israel in order to draw the US into a war with that nation to prevent any other Middle Eastern nation from gaining parity. Sadly, the US is already on a course of appeasement and will do anything Israel desires- I suspect if Israel handed the President a list of people- American citizens- it wanted eliminated, they'd quickly find their way onto the Hit List even if they pose no threat to the US.
Yes, it's true there are elements within the Iranian power structure that would prefer to see Israel pursue a different path, but it seems they may be a little late. With the course the Knesset is plotting for Israel, the nation will self-destruct soon enough anyway. We shall see come September.
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In the meantime, Israel continues their reign of terror unabated and funded/aided by the US by murdering Iranian scientists. And nobody, not one nations dares say a thing about it.
It's always worth noting that the Iranian Nuclear "Weapons" Program — the quotes indicate the elegant sweetness of the fact that it IS and it ISN'T at the same time — is really something of an Iranian stroke of genius. The chess masters of Iran are, well,… masters. Here's how it works. The best Nuclear weapons program is the one that is completely compliant with the NPT, completely legal, which nevertheless provides all the deterrent capability of a full inventory of missiles and warheads, and does so without ever actually having a single warhead — and of course, without the associated multi-billion dollar cost.
Enrichment ***capability*** is the key — the hardest most crucial aspect of nuclear weapons acquisition. Having a large enough enrichment program is like having run a marathon untill you're standing with your nose AT the finish line and all you have to do is wiggle your nose,… and you have your nukes. And enrichment ***is legal***. (It appears that this situation was not fully appreciated when the NPT was drawn up). So Iran has committed to developing an enrichment capability large enough to make bomb grade material quickly IF THE NEED ARISES, but to never actually make even a gram of bomb grade material as long as there is no need.
Thus it appears that the Iranians have come up with a plan — a magnificent plan, a thing of beauty — to have all the benefits of nukes, without any of the disadvantages.
Next question: Have those in the West been so rich, so "muscular", and so self-abused by their own propaganda for so long, that they can now be out-maneuvered by any country where the people are poor and must be reality-based and exceedingly clever just to survive?
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The Ashford Parkside is a stunning senior housing for those over the age of 62 that live in North DeKalb County in Ashford, GA. Not only are the senior housing apartments an excellent choice for those who want the freedom of independence without any of the menial tasks, but they are located right...
The Veranda at Grove Way
735 Myrtle Street, Roswell, GA 30075
Calvin Court
479 E Paces Ferry Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30305
Step inside Calvin Court and feel the energy. Located in dynamic Buckhead Calvin Court offers affordable living for senior adults from all walks of life. Here you might meet a professional artist sketching on the patio, yoga enthusiasts stretching in the gym, friends gathering for a night of...
Veranda At Collegetown
372 Legacy Drive Southwest, Atlanta, GA 30310
Veranda At College Town an Active Adult Community (62 years and up). Surrounded in the Historic West End Atlanta Area. We are close to shopping, banks and I-20 Highway. Our seniors enjoy a variety of activities that are planned daily by our on staff Resident Services Coordinator. We are minutes...
954 Hightower Road, Atlanta, GA 30318
Peachstone Independent Senior Living
2000 Austell Road #100, Marietta, GA 30008
Peachstone Independent Senior Living is a senior housing located among the peach trees of Marietta, Georgia in Cobb County. Our community is near downtown Marietta, which makes our location ideal for visiting family members and friends. We are tucked away among the rolling hills and shade trees...
Water Oaks
25 S. Lashley St, Reynolds, GA 31076
Waters Oaks opened to the public in 2008 and is a brand new spacious one bedroom garden style apartment complex. Nestled in the town of Reynolds, Georgia this quiet community is 28 apartments for independent seniors looking for a good home. Community transport options allow easy access to...
Veranda at Whitted School
200 East Umstead Street, Durham, NC 27707
Maple Oak Apartments
818 Oak Street, Kingsport, TN 37660
The Maple Oak Apartments is a senior housing community located in the center of Kingsport, Tennessee in Sullivan, Hawkins and Washington counties. Sports fans enjoy the close proximity to Hunter Wright Stadium. Enjoy a bright spring or summer day watching the Kingsport Mets play. The beautifully...
Burton Plaza Apartments
122 Burton Rd, Rogersville, TN 37857
Burton Plaza Apartments, in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, is a beautiful two story community for seniors (specifically, disabled or residents 62 years or older). It is seated in an historic area of Tennessee, so is perfect for the avid history buff. Burton Plaza, in Hopkins County, is...
Camellia Manor
Jordan Street and State Route 128 Bypass, Oglethorpe, GA 31068
Camellia Manor Senior Apartments opened in 2007. The 33 unit complex is an open site design with spacious one bedroom apartments. Camellia Manor offers independent living with the city of Oglethorpe close by and county transport options for shopping and healthcare close by. An on-site...
Shannondale of Knoxville
801 Vanosdale Rd, Knoxville, TN 37909
North Cleveland Towers
1200 Magnolia Avenue NE, Cleveland, TN 37311
Secure independence and relaxation for your relative in beautiful North Cleveland Towers when you need a superior senior housing in Bradley County of Cleveland, Tennessee. Picturesquely located between the ridges and rolling hills of Tennessee, on a clear morning you may be able to catch a...
The Courtyard at Deer Ridge
195 Deer Ridge Dr, Dayton, TN 37321
Enter the Courtyard at Deer Ridge where it is our mission to enhance the quality of life for senior adults. A family owned and operated establishment, it is our goal to provide a comfortable, beautiful and secure atmosphere with caring, personalized assistance. Situated on the 25 private acres of...
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The neighborhood where a facility is located will have a big effect on the cost of care. Cost of living is a big influence when selecting which facility works for you or your loved one. The rent burden for Lexington is about 16.9% of the average person’s monthly income. The median home value in Lexington is around $177,887 and the median rent is $1,116 a month.
In Lexington, 62.8% participate in the labor force, 7.6% live in poverty, 6.7% do not have health insurance, and 5.1% consider themselves widows. In Lexington, 12.2% of the people are veterans of the United States armed forces. Currently, the population of Lexington consists of 21,265 people. Lexington has a population density of 719 people per square mile. Out of the total city population, 47.4% are female and 52.6% are male. The median age of Lexington is 37 years old. Demographically, Lexington is 3.0% mixed race, 5.9% Hispanic, 0.6% other or not specified, 4.7% Asian, 0.6% Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 79.1% white, 11.4% black, and 0.6% Native American. Of the population of Lexington 16.0% have a graduate degree, 41.9% have a college degree, and 21.2% have a high-school diploma.
An overview of South Carolina
In terms of resources, South Carolina has a cost of living index of 98.3, a grocery index rating of 101.9, and a housing index rating of 85.1. These index ratings are based on a system where 100 is considered the national average and anything below 100 is considered less expensive than the national average. The quality of life enjoyed by the average South Carolina citizen is ranked 42nd nation-wide. Additionally, South Carolina is ranked 36th by standards of healthcare. The state of South Carolina has 71 hospitals and 189 health centers, providing care to a population of 5,147,823. The three highest ranked hospitals in South Carolina are Gus Greer Memorial Hospital, Bon Secours-st Francis Xavier Hospital, and Roper Hospital. The natural beauty of South Carolina is ranked 34th in the nation.
The state has a median age of 40 and 31% of its population being over the age of 55. The state of South Carolina ranks 24th in the country for diversity. In the last presidential election 41% of South Carolina residents voted Democrat and 55% voted Republican. In South Carolina, 47% of the population attend some form of religious service and there are 8,051 different congregations. The top three non-Christian denominations in the state are Jewish-<1%, Muslim-<1%, and Buddhist-<1%, with the most common Christian denominations consisting of Evangelical Protestant-35%, Mainline Protestant-16%, and Historically Black Protestant-15%. In South Carolina there are 658 masonic lodges.
The average air quality index rating in South Carolina is 35.3 AQI. The average air quality index rating peaks in the month of April with a rating of around 42.6 AQI. On average, the state receives 4.10 inches of precipitation a month. The most precipitation occurs in August with an average of 7.64 inches of precipitation a month. South Carolina experiences an average humidity rating of about 69%. Humidity levels tend to reach their peak in the month of August at around 72%. During the summer, the average temperature in South Carolina is around 79F. Over the summer months the average high temperature peaks at around 95F during the month of July. The average low summer temperature is around 59F in the month of June. During the winter, the average temperature in South Carolina drops to around 46F. During the winter, the average high temperature peaks at around 66F during the month of February. The average low temperature during the winter drops to around 26F in the month of January. While residents of South Carolina mostly enjoy pleasant conditions, it’s important to be aware of inclement weather as well, which in South Carolina can include hurricanes, earthquakes (moderate), tornadoes, and and floods.
Wildlife to be found in South Carolina
The state of South Carolina has a diverse array of plant and animal life. Local plant life can consist of blue wild indigo, common yarrow, shadblow serviceberry, and devil’s walking stick. While venturing throughout the state, you might see animals such as the wild hog, the manatee, or the southern fox squirrel. The state animal of South Carolina is the white-tailed deer.
Frequently asked questions about Senior Apartments in South Carolina
How many senior apartments are there near Lexington, South Carolina?
There are 28 senior apartments near Lexington, South Carolina. See the full list.
What are the top rated senior apartments near Lexington, South Carolina?
Hiawassee Park, Cottages at Noble Village NOW OPEN and Ashford Landing are the top rated senior apartments near Lexington, South Carolina. See full list of communities.
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Risikovurdering: NT - Near Threatened
Vurdert i 2015 under navnet Chrysis subcoriacea til kategori: NT - Near Threatened
A relatively rare species found in warm forest margins with large amounts of dead wood. The host is probably Ancistrocerus trifasciatus. The females are usually easy to distinguish from closely related species by the laterally coriaceous and dull T2 and T3 .
T3, dorsal view: C. subcoriacea ♂. Scale 1 mm.
Metasoma, lateral view: C. subcoriacea ♀. Scale 1 mm.
Metasoma, ventral view: C. subcoriacea ♀. Scale 1 mm.
Metasoma, ventral view: C. subcoriacea ♂. Scale 1 mm.
Head, lateral view: C. subcoriacea ♂. Scale 1 mm.
Pronotum, dorsal view: C. subcoriacea ♂. Scale 1 mm.
Antenna (arrow indicating F1 or F1 and F2): C. subcoriacea ♂. Scale 1 mm.
Length 9–13 mm.
Females are usually easy to recognise by the laterally coriaceous and dull T2 and T3 (Fig. 109). Males, however, are often confused with C. impressa and C. longula. Compared to C. impressa, the sternites are usually brighter red and the black spots of S2 larger (Fig. 129), the mandible thicker (Fig. 146) and the transition of the lateral margin of T3 into the lateral apical teeth is straighter (not concave) (Fig. 87). Compared to C. longula (Fig. 161), the middle part of the pronotum is not as sharply darker than the margins (Fig. 160), the lateral margins of T3 are straighter, the punctation of T2 is usually finer anteriorly, and the central interval of the apical teeth is more angled (Fig. 87). In both sexes, the head and mesosoma are dorsally dark blue or nearly black with light blue or greenish reflections mainly on the pronotum. The tergites and sternites are red. The body is elongate and often rather large.
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden. Relatively rare.
Trans-Palearctic: from Europe to central Asia and Japan (Linsenmaier 1997).
GBIF Taxon: Chrysis subcoriacea Linsenmeier, 1959
Habitat: forest margins, clearings and gardens with sun-exposed dead wood. Adults often fly near dead tree trunks (Betula, Populus, Salix) and close to walls of wooden buildings (log barns, sheds etc.), and they are also attracted to honeydew of aphids.
Flight period: late May to late August.
Host: possibly Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (Müller) (Vespidae) (our own obs.).
Chrysis subcoriacea Linsenmaier, 1959 Species
Chrysis subcoriacea
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Samsung announces 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM Package for next-generation mobile devices
October 20, 2016 2016, Hardware, Memory, Microchips, Mobile Devices, News, Product Launch, Virtual Reality News
October 20, 2016 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced today that it is introducing an 8-gigabyte (GB) LPDDR4 (low power, double data rate 4) mobile DRAM package, which is expected to improve mobile user experiences, especially for those using Ultra HD, large-screen devices. The 8GB mobile DRAM package utilizes four 16 gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 memory chips and advanced 10-nanometer (nm)-class process technology.
Joo Sun Choi, Executive Vice President of Memory Sales and Marketing at Samsung Electronics, commented: “We will continue to provide advanced memory solutions offering the highest values and leading-edge benefits to meet the escalating needs of devices having dual camera, 4K UHD and VR features.”
According to Samsung, the new 8GB LPDDR4 operates at up to 4,266 megabits per second (Mbps), which is twice as fast as DDR4 DRAM for PCs working typically at 2,133 Mbps per pin. Assuming a 64 bit (x64) wide memory bus, this can be viewed as transmitting over 34GBs of data per second.
While many ultra-slim note PCs use 8GB of DRAM, Samsung claims that its new 8GB LPDDR4 package will enable virtual machine operation* and smoother 4K UHD video playback on other next-generation mobile devices.
Samsung also states that its 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM package provides more efficient power consumption thanks to the company’s proprietary low-power circuit design, which enables the memory chip to double the capacity of the 20nm-class 4GB DRAM package, while consuming approximately the same amount of power.
The 8GB LPDDR4 package has XYZ dimensions of under 15mm by 15mm by 1.0mm, which Samsung expects will satisfy space requirements of most new, ultra slim mobile devices. Using a DRAM package thinner than 1.0mm enables stacking the package together with UFS memory or a mobile application processor, depending on device manufacturers’ preferences, which will allow further space savings on the printed circuit board.
In August last year, Samsung introduced the 20-nanometer 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM. After a 14-month development period, Samsung is now introducing this 10nm-class 16Gb LPDDR4 DRAM and the single-package solution of 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM.
Samsung stated that it “will continue to rapidly expand production of its DRAM products based on 10nm-class process technology.” And that the company “has been manufacturing 10nm-class DRAM on a leading-edge fabrication line and plans to also use the 10nm-process technology in other fabs in the near future, to meet ever-increasing demands for advanced, high-density mobile DRAM.”
*A virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a computer system that provides the functionality of a physical computer. Virtual machines allow users to run multiple operating systems (OS) on a single PC.
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1000th just4docs member a winner
By Jo Hartley
Australian Doctor’s new secure doctors’ network just4docs has just gained its 1000th member — Dr Nicholas Childs, an ED consultant, is the lucky winner of a bottle of Penfolds Bin 389.
Dr Childs (pictured) works at the Tweed Hospital in NSW, and signed up for just4docs as a way of connecting with other doctors and keeping up-to-date with the latest topics of discussion within the profession.
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How the Coronavirus is Affecting the Rideshare Industry [and Alternative Gigs]
Rideshare companies are providing financial assistance to drivers diagnosed with Covid-19, but the best way to protect yourself is to take precautions and sanitize your car properly.
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Things to remember...
Washing your hands is still the most effective way to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Properly sanitize your vehicle before and after each ride, wiping down all often-touched areas.
Open your windows, if possible, for better ventilation.
There are many jobs hiring now which can help offset your lost income from ridesharing.
The novel coronavirus, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has been rapidly spreading across the world. Now that the pandemic has made its way across the United States, a large portion of the workforce is having to deal with the fallout. The coronavirus will negatively impact rideshare drivers who work for Uber, Lyft, Via, or any of these on-demand car ride companies.
How is the coronavirus affecting the rideshare industry? Let’s look at how the rideshare industry is dealing with the coronavirus and how they are compensating rideshare drivers. You’ll also see what the CDC recommends for cleaning your vehicle and preventing the spread of COVID-19 and even which companies are hiring now for struggling gig-workers.
How is rideshare demand changing with the coronavirus?
How are rideshare companies dealing with the coronavirus pandemic?
How Uber is Helping Drivers During COVID-19
How Lyft is helping drivers during COVID-19
How Via is helping drivers during COVID-19
How do you stay safe while driving or riding in a rideshare vehicle?
How do you sanitize your car against the coronavirus?
What are some alternative ways to make money during the coronavirus pandemic?
Uber has reported a decrease of up to 70 percent in the hardest-hit areas of the country, such as the greater San Francisco area where several counties have been ordered to shelter in place. You can listen to the call which updated Uber’s shareholders, where they talk about the decrease the company has been facing. Lyft and Via are certainly facing the same trend.
As you can see in the video below, drivers in the rideshare industry are having to make some changes during this difficult time.
Uber and Lyft have both suspended their carpooling service, as well.
TheRideShareGuy did a survey of 191 Uber and Lyft drivers in March. You can see below that, even over just four days, the trend is obvious.
Demand for Uber and Lyft Drivers
Decreased 75.0% 78.0% 80.0% 82.9%
Increased 12.5% 5.1% 3.3% 2.9%
Stayed the same 12.5% 16.9% 16.7% 14.3%
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Each day, the demand for Ubers and Lyfts declined, with 82.9 percent of drivers on March 16th saying they’d seen a decline in business. That’s an 11 percent drop in just four days.
With more businesses shuttering up and more states issuing stay-at-home directives, this trend will likely continue for a while.
Some drivers are choosing not to work with everything that is going on. The same survey asked drivers how they’re handling the crisis.
How Uber and Lyft Drivers are Dealing with the Coronavirus
DRIVER REACTION
PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS
Driving less 38.5%
Driving about the same 29.4%
Stopped driving 23.5%
Driving more 8.6%
Most of the drivers who responded stated that they are either driving less or they’ve stopped entirely. Of those asked, 8.6 percent have stated they’re driving more than before. That may be because people are choosing to avoid crowded public transport in some areas as the virus spreads.
With nearly 65 percent of drivers reporting Uber or Lyft as their only source of income, this is becoming a financially worrisome time for them.
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Ridesharing is not the only industry being affected by COVID-19. Not by a long shot. But, it is a company of mostly gig-workers who traditionally don’t have access to paid sick leave in a pandemic where they are deemed an essential service by most states.
This pandemic is uncharted territory in a lot of ways, and it’s scary to see how fast COVID-19 has spread. The Wall Street Journal made this video detailing how this came to be.
Ridesharing is a relatively new industry that wasn’t around during the 2008 recession, so this is the time where it will be tested.
The first — and still biggest — company to enter the market was Uber. Uber’s major competitor is Lyft, but they are far from the only options now. The major ones out there fill different niches or markets, with Via rising up to become a major competitor in its own right.
Let’s look at how the three major rideshare companies have so-far reacted to the crisis stemming from COVID-19.
As the largest rideshare company out there, Uber is also leading the COVID-19 response.
Uber has issued statements regarding what they plan to do to help their drivers during this time. According to Uber’s website:
Uber plans to provide financial assistance for active drivers for up to 14 days if they get diagnosed with COVID-19 or are placed in quarantine by a public health authority. During this time, your Uber account will be placed on hold to prevent working while contaminated.
It’s important to reiterate that this does not cover any illness unless it is medically diagnosed COVID-19. It will also only cover wages if a health official or medical provider places you under mandatory quarantine, rather than a self-quarantine. If Uber receives reputable information that you have been exposed to COVID-19, it will also cover lost wages from time spent isolated.
Uber has helpfully broken this down based upon drivers in San Francisco — a heavily hit area — based upon what their daily earnings were.
Uber COVID-19 Support for Drivers Based on Income
AVERAGE DAILY EARNINGS (AVERAGED OVER 6 MONTHS OR LESS IF A NEW DRIVER)
TOTAL POSSIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (UP TO 14 DAYS)
$28.57 / day $400
$121.42 / day $1700
If you’re a driver for Uber, this should be able to give you some idea of what you could be eligible for. Also, all drivers will receive at least $50, even if they’ve only done one drive in the past six months.
Though there has been some recent press that Uber hasn’t been paying out what it promised, it is still too early to tell how this will all play out.
As Uber’s biggest competitor, Lyft is sometimes preferred by drivers for ease-of-use of the app and the sign-on bonus.
Like Uber, Lyft has said that they will compensate drivers who are diagnosed with COVID-19. At this time, the details — such as how much it will be — are still forthcoming.
Lyft is providing free hand sanitizer and other cleaning supplies to its drivers to aid in their effort to keep their Lyft workplace as safe as possible.
Via generally operates in high-need areas so vehicles driver fewer miles. The service gives drivers extra money for picking up more people for the same ride.
Via has also promised compensation for up to 14 days of lost earnings with the appropriate documentation. This is only if a licensed medical professional orders you to self-quarantine because of a potential diagnosis with COVID-19 or you have had probable exposure to the virus.
Via promises to provide disinfectant wipes to all of its drivers.
The disease known as COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus, and it’s been racing across the globe. Per John Hopkins University, cases in the United States are now doubling every three days. You can see just how prevalent the virus is in the country now.
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What sort of behavior should you be practicing in order to keep yourself safe while in a vehicle with other people?
First off, don’t drive while sick. It’s just not worth it. The same goes for if you have a sick family member living in your home. Unless you’ve been tested, you don’t know if your symptoms are from a cold, flu, or COVID-19.
Though there is still a lot about this virus that’s a mystery, there are some symptoms that should make you stop in your tracks and stop exposing yourself to others:
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), there are a few practices you should try to follow in order to lessen the chances of catching or spreading the virus.
Disinfect frequently touched surfaces
Cover your cough with a tissue or in your elbow
Don’t touch your face
This video from the CDC discusses how to prevent COVID-19.
https://youtu.be/9Ay4u7OYOhA
But, if you’re a rideshare driver who is still working, these are some additional measures the CDC recommends.
Keep windows open if possible
Increase ventilation
Regularly disinfect surfaces, especially those that are likely to be touched
In addition, follow any recommendations regarding social distancing when possible.
If you’re one of those drivers who are still choosing to work— or you don’t have a choice and need to work to support your family — you need to take the proper precautions so that you and your riders stay safe.
How do you keep your car sanitized against COVID-19?
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the novel coronavirus can live for hours to days on surfaces.
The longevity of the virus depends on the surface, but it can survive up to three days on plastic and stainless steel. Keep that in mind when cleaning the interior trim of your vehicle, and give it extra attention.
In the video below, a reporter from WXYZ-TV Detroit goes over which parts of the vehicle should be given special attention.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an extensive list of disinfectant products that have been shown to be effective against the human coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
AutoBlog notes that you should never use a solvent-based cleaner in your car, such as alcohol or acetone. Do not ever use bleach, as it is very damaging to the interior of your vehicle. It’s worth noting that spray disinfectants only work on what they’ve touched, so make sure you get every spot if you’re using one.
Don’t forget to clean every oft-used part of your vehicle. Here’s a list in case you forget something.
Often-Touched Places in your Car to Clean
WHERE TO CLEAN
Door handles (inside and outside)
Any buttons (locks, windows, radio, ignition button)
All arm rests
Turn signal and windshield wiper stalks
Seat adjusters
Gas cap
In short: clean anything you might think of touching. Better safe than sorry in this case.
It’s unlikely that your vehicle is going to be affected by the Coronavirus, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. So, it’s not a bad idea to read up on what your auto insurance policy covers so that you can be prepared.
With more and more states issuing stay-at-home and shelter-in-place mandates, the rideshare industry is suffering. Fewer workers are out and about, and social hangouts are shut down. Most restaurants are only doing take-out now. That means fewer riders who would normally create the demand for rideshares.
So, without that income, what can you do?
Let’s look at a few jobs that are hiring now.
The obvious option is grocery and take-out delivery. Uber and Lyft drivers can easily fit into this niche. And luckily, a lot of these places are hiring. There’s even less social interaction than ridesharing, so it’s safer than having somebody sitting a few feet behind you. Here are just a few companies that are hiring for food delivery now.
Some companies that are still deemed essential and open are ordering deep-cleaning services, so there is a larger market for that at the time being. Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, and Dominos are also actively looking for more delivery drivers.
Other places that are hiring now:
Childcare for children of parents who still report to work or have to work from home
CVS and other healthcare-related industries
Online learning for students who are now out of school
The best thing you can do is just look around and don’t give up. This is a tough time, but just keep doing the best you can and practice the health and safety measures recommended by the CDC.
https://investor.uber.com/news-events/events-and-presentations/event-details/2020/Uber-Technologies-Inc-Update/default.aspx
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-essential-services-faqs-2020-3
https://www.uber.com/blog/supporting-you-during-coronavirus/
https://www.lyft.com/safety/coronavirus?utm_medium=email&utm_source=driver-email&utm_campaign=driver-update-2#faq
https://nyc.drivewithvia.com/covid-19-guide/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/workplace-school-and-home-guidance.pdf
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronavirus-stable-hours-surfaces
https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2
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The coronavirus consumer: What might the new normal look like for retailers?
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Apr 2nd 2020 .
The disruption coronavirus has created will have a lasting effect on the consumer landscape and how it will look like for retailers to navigate.
Major world events that touch our lives are thankfully few and far between. But such is the all-consuming nature of coronavirus, the shockwaves of which will reverberate for many months and inevitably leave us living in a changed world long after the virus subsides.
Some have already felt the first effects of what that might look like, be it through shuttered businesses or lost jobs. In a matter of weeks, we have seen the decimation of the travel sector as sales fall through the floor, in marked contrast to some retail companies whose sales surges have been so pronounced that they are left unable to fulfil orders. Other brands have folded, countless thousands have found their jobs put on ice as they seek government help to pay the bills.
It seems ill judged to focus on business positives from the carnage of this crisis, but inevitably, industries are impacted in different ways and it’s important to understand the wide-reaching ramifications. E-commerce, by and large, is proving to be one of the more resilient sectors. While more than half of brands, according to a recent Marketing Week survey of UK advertisers, have put their budgets and campaigns on hold, affiliate marketing’s focus on the sharp end of driving acquisition means, at the time of writing, that the vast majority of campaigns are running unchanged.
But such is the speed with which the virus is disrupting our lives - every day seemingly throwing up a ‘new normal’ - we need to exercise caution. Dozens of Awin clients have made negative commission changes, put campaigns on hold or closed whole programs. This may represent less than 5% of the network’s clients, but we are far from reaching the global peak of this pandemic that will reverberate far further as we return to normalcy. Monumental changes are happening daily and inevitably more will follow.
To maintain a semblance of normalcy, we are dependent on supply chains holding up, deliveries being made and advertisers being able to fulfil their customer obligations. Many affiliates are stuck between a rock and a hard place; campaigns they promote are closing because they’re too successful and cannot keep up with demand such as some in the homeware and DIY sectors - while others, like insurance or ticketing programs, are finding it impossible to trade or have nothing to sell.
Anticipated disruption can be baked into a system. It’s long established that retailers hoard additional stock at peak periods in the year (Christmas for example) when doing so for the majority of the year would prove prohibitively expensive.
Take our supermarkets, which have experienced unprecedented strain on both their physical and digital infrastructures. According to Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute, “Conventional wisdom is that the average city… has a three-day supply of fresh food. This, according to some, means that we are all only ever nine meals from anarchy. The systems we depend upon are, in many ways, fragile and inherently vulnerable.”
The level of unavailable stock in supermarkets usually sits at around 2% on average at any given time. However, as consumers rushed to stockpile, this spiked to almost 25% in mid-March. That number has now declined somewhat to around 18%, but it is indicative of how the systems we just assume will work can easily collapse.
There are other logistic angles to consider. Some brands have taken the decision to shut down their online stores because of fears about workplace safety. Elsewhere, workers from Australia and the US have gone on strike to protest about the inability to socially distance in warehouses. Two hours after Amazon warehouse worker Chris Smalls organized a protest over fears of a coronavirus outbreak at the fulfilment center he was employed at, he says he was fired over the phone. In France, a strike by truck drivers adds to the complications in operating a functioning e-commerce operation during a worldwide crisis. Brands have a difficult tightrope to walk between remaining operational or going for the nuclear option and shutting down. This also needs to be balanced by how consumers are likely to reputationally remember how retailers handled the crisis.
The desire to continue shopping fulfils a significant need among a world that is now unable to physically buy beyond the essentials. As we all seek distraction from the monotony of the days and weeks ahead, visiting a retailer’s online shop offers a window into a world that reminds us of our previous lives.
Some brands have resilience built into their business models. Online gaming, streaming and downloads, digital rather than physical products ... all are experiencing a surge, almost doubling sales since the time of lockdown. More traditional sectors like DIY - with the double whammy of spring being the traditional period when we fix our houses combined with the plentiful time to do so - are seeing sales increase by upwards of 50%.
But beyond the time we’re filling now, will our longer-term behaviors change? While many twists and turns of the pandemic are yet to unfold, sooner or later our lives will return to normal. But will a new normal emerge? Are perceptions of the brands and products we buy indelibly scarred by our recent experiences?
Perhaps we will see a move away from simply chasing the discount or the lowest common denominator. With plenty of time to reflect on what matters the most to us, sharpened by a glimpse of a world where scarcity is a defining factor, maybe we will become more attuned to the intrinsic value of products rather than the saving we make on an impulse purchase. While gift experience programs have seen their sales plunge, they will undoubtedly rebound substantially as we seek to fill the void of the coming months with fond memories.
We may become more discerning about what we buy and this could tap into evolving trends that we saw pre-coronavirus. The shift away from disposability and the ‘peak stuff’ phenomenon are two movements that were gaining traction long before the pandemic. Are we due a period of self reflection where self isolation brings into sharp relief the ephemeral nature of much of what we buy?
University of College London professor and consumer psychologist Dr .Dimitrios Tsvrikos believes “the panic buying… we are seeing now highlights the instrumental quality of products – how long does it last? Do I actually need it? Is it actually worth the value? Does it serve a clear purpose and can you quantify it? If so, it will be relevant; if not it will be secondary in the minds of consumers.”
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New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, heads to Washington Monday to discuss the state-level antitrust investigation of Facebook she's leading with top Justice Department officials, according to a person familiar with her plans.
Why it matters: The meeting could be a precursor to the DOJ joining the Facebook investigation, which is led by New York and includes 7 other state attorneys general, plus D.C.
The big picture: James has been at the forefront of lawsuits challenging the Trump administration over immigration, environmental rollbacks and other policies, and she is also at odds with the Justice Department over the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. If she and Trump's DOJ can find common cause investigating Big Tech's power, that would be one more sign of the issue's bipartisan appeal.
Details: James is expected to meet with Attorney General William Barr, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Associate Attorney General for antitrust Makan Delrahim, the person familiar with the plans said. A bipartisan group of state attorneys general is also expected to join the meeting, the person said.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson were part of the group of state officials in Washington for the meeting, according to their offices.
States investigating Google for anticompetitive practices — including Texas and New York — sent representatives to meet with top DOJ officials in July to discuss tech antitrust issues.
The Justice Department and FTC split jurisdiction over major tech companies for competition concerns earlier this year, with the FTC taking up an antitrust investigation into Facebook. But, as Bloomberg reported, Barr prodded his agency to begin its own Facebook inquiry, prompting concerns from both FTC chairman Joe Simons and Republican Sen. Mike Lee about overlapping investigations.
The state attorneys general also discussed the Facebook investigation at the FTC today, according to a spokesperson for the New York AG’s office.
The states met with FTC chairman Joe Simons, some of the commissioners, and staff from the Bureau of Competition, an FTC spokesperson said.
What they're saying: “We have grave concerns over potential anticompetitive practices by large tech companies," James said in a statement. "We are concerned that Facebook’s actions may have put consumer data at risk of data breaches, reduced the quality of consumers’ choices, and increased the price of advertising, so we will continue to work in a bipartisan manner to protect consumers and protect competition.”
A Justice Department spokesperson declined comment.
The bottom line: Pressure on Facebook and other tech companies is building from state capitals to Washington, where lawmakers and regulators are conducting their own investigations into the power of tech.
A move by the states and DOJ to join forces would mirror the antitrust investigation of Microsoft in the '90s, in which the Justice Department and several state attorneys general together sued the company.
Editor's note: This story has been updated with comment from James and details about the state attorneys general meeting with the FTC.
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All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has commiserated with Lagosians and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the Lekki toll plaza incident and the hijack of the #EndSARS protests by hoodlums who destroyed private and government properties. He sympathised with those who lost their loved ones in the violence.
Speaking to journalists on Saturday at the State House, Marina, Asiwaju Tinubu, who was accompanied by his son, Seyi said the “looting, carnage, burning and invasion of police stations and stealing of arms and maiming the innocents “is handshake beyond the elbow.”
Tinubu, the first governor of Lagos State in the Fourth Republic, also debunked the report in the social media that he fled Nigeria for safety after Tuesday’s shootings at the Lekki Toll Gate.
He said: "We have to separate those who suffered brutality in the hands of some SARS officers before the protests from those who suffered casualties due to shootings at the Toll Gate. For those who suffered from SARS they should approach the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and present their case to the panel."
“The panel is independent and I trust the caliber and character of the people there."
Making reference to Sanwo-Olu's handling of the protest before the curfew, Tinubu said the Governor did what he should have done under the circumstance. He added that Sanwo-Olu, whom he described as youth-friendly, listened to the protesters and took their demands to the President in Abuja.
"He (Sanwo-Olu) quickly went to Abuja with the five for five and the government immediately went into action."
“We saw on television that he delivered the message to Mr. President. The President didn’t say no. The President gave him appointment within a few hours. That is responsive enough for people to go to town but where we are we getting the looting, the carnage, the burning and invasion of our Police stations and stealing of arms and maiming the innocent. It is handshake beyond the elbow,” he said.
Responding to the report that he flew out of the country immediately after the Lekki crisis, Tinubu said:“I didn’t go nowhere; I am a Lagosian. And I still hold the title of Asiwaju of Lagos State and I am still the Jagaban. Whatever they think; fake news is all over the place. They said my son, Seyi was kidnapped. He is here (Tinubu pointed at his son). It is all a joke.”
He urged Lagosians to embrace peace and set about healing the wounds inflicted by the violence.
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One of the most endearing qualities of Romeo, a four-year-old Jack Russell terrier mix, is that he loves to give besos—kisses—and does so on command. That’s why it was a surprise one Sunday morning last November when he stopped kissing and became sick.
Romeo’s vomiting was severe enough that his pet parents, Tiffany B. and Jamie C., brought him to the ASPCA Animal Hospital (AAH). At the hospital, Romeo was diagnosed with intestinal entrapment within an inguinal hernia—meaning that a portion of his intestines had become trapped in his abdomen—and he underwent emergency surgery.
“Romeo’s vomiting was caused by the entrapment of his intestines through the hernia, which strangulated that particular portion his bowel,” explains ASPCA Veterinarian Dr. Yvonne Kline, who, along with Veterinarian Dr. Maren Krafchik, performed surgery to correct Romeo’s hernia. “When hernias entrap the intestine, extreme pain and gastrointestinal upset can result. Without surgery, the entrapment can be fatal.”
Inguinal hernias are a relatively common disease in dogs. Abdominal fat is the most common herniation, but intestinal loops or reproductive organs can also push into the resultant hernial sac and become a surgical emergency, as in Romeo's case.
The veterinarians cut away five centimeters of Romeo’s small intestine, removing the damaged section and sewing the two ends together.
Dr. Kline suspects that Romeo's hernia was a result of a congenital anatomic defect—the most common reason—though they can also be acquired as a result of trauma or obesity.
Romeo, whom Tiffany and Jamie have had since he was two months old, was hospitalized for several days. The couple traveled from their Staten Island home to AAH, located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, multiple times to visit him while he recovered.
“He perked up and ate better with his family present, which was paramount to his success post-operatively,” says Dr. Kline.
“He’s like one of our kids—very spoiled, and smart,” adds Tiffany.
Last year, veterinarians at AAH performed 38 hernia repairs, including inguinal hernias, like Romeo’s, as well as diaphragmatic, abdominal, and umbilical, on both male and female dogs and cats. While there is no way to avoid a hernia, it is very important to intervene if hernia is detected incidentally during a routine physical exam or in an emergency, as in Romeo’s case.
Back home, Romeo is back to his old tricks. He sits, lies down, crawls, rolls over, plays tag and hide-and-seek, fetches, and of course—gives besos.
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The US economy has recovered from the financial crisis. The unemployment rate in the United States has already fallen to the level prevailing before the financial crisis, and inflation has risen to a point close to the 2% targeted by the central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed). The Fed has been in the process of winding down the unconventional monetary policies that it pursued during the financial crisis. It gradually ceased its net purchases of securities during 2014, and in December 2015 took its first decision to raise the federal funds rate. In September 2017, the Fed decided to begin in October to reduce the holdings of securities on its balance sheet that it had purchased in three different securities purchase programmes. Although, initially, holding securities was seen as a temporary measure, in public debate it has been suggested that there are grounds for leaving the Fed’s balance sheet permanently above its pre-crisis level.
In spring 2013, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stated at a Congress hearing that he felt the time was approaching to taper the monthly purchase volumes in the asset purchase programmes. This unnerved the international financial markets. Market volatility increased on the foreign exchange and fixed income markets, and a rise in interest rates turned international flows of capital away from emerging economies and towards the United States, which strengthened the dollar. This 2013 ‘taper tantrum’ demonstrated that the financial markets are not indifferent to the manner and pace at which the unconventional monetary policies are dismantled.
The Fed made the actual decision to scale back the asset purchase programmes in December 2013. It subsequently discontinued net purchases of securities in phases during 2014 and has since kept its securities holdings unchanged at approximately USD 4,200 billion by replacing maturing securities with new ones. Of the Fed’s securities holdings, 57% are Treasury securities and the remainder are mortgage-backed securities.
Following the discontinuation of the purchase programmes, the Fed has regularly referred to its plans to reduce the holdings of securities acquired during the programmes. Based on the principles announced by the Fed, it intends to decrease its securities holdings gradually, proactively and only after the federal funds rate has been raised sufficiently.
At its June 2017 meeting, the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) published a more detailed report about the way in which the scaling back of the balance sheet is to be conducted. The FOMC will set a monthly limit on maturing Treasury securities, and this limit will be raised in stages during the year, from USD 6 billion to USD 30 billion. The corresponding figures for mortgage-backed securities are USD 4 billion and USD 20 billion. A year after the start of this scaling back, the amount of securities on the Fed’s balance sheet will be decreasing monthly by USD 50 billion. In September, the FOMC decided, in line with the report published in June, that the scaling back of its balance sheet would begin in October 2017.
Most of the securities held by the Federal Reserve are Treasury securities with a maturity period of 1–3 years. This being the case, the amount of Treasury securities maturing monthly in the coming years will total an average of USD 30–35 billion (Chart). The Fed will replace some of the maturing securities by purchasing new Treasury securities on the maturity date. The maturities of mortgage-backed securities are, on average, considerably longer than the Treasury securities held by the central bank. The Fed anticipates that it will reduce holdings of these securities, too, by gradually selling some of them.
To avoid sudden movements in the prices and interest rates of securities, the Fed will decrease its securities holdings slowly. Further to this, the FOMC will seek to curb the rise in interest rates by issuing carefully worded announcements on a persistent basis about the normalisation of monetary policy. These announcements have already allowed the markets to price some of the effects of a shrinking balance sheet in advance. The FOMC’s announcement on commencement of reducing the balance sheet had a number of immediate impacts on the markets. The dollar strengthened by over 1% against the euro, but the yield on 10-year government bonds rose by only 5 basis points (i.e. 0.05 percentage points).
The scaling back of the Fed’s balance sheet could have longer-term impacts on the markets. When the Fed’s securities holdings decrease, the amount of securities held by the private sector will correspondingly rise, which may increase their interest rates. Retaining the size of central bank purchase programmes and balance sheets through reinvestment has led, above all, to a fall in long-term interest rates. The impact has been felt in the term premium of interest rates for securities – i.e. the extra sum payable on top of the expected interest rate, due to uncertainty – and this has led to a decrease in the term premium. The tapering of the Fed’s securities holdings can be expected correspondingly to increase this premium.
Although the Fed’s aim is to reduce its balance sheet, it is likely in the future to hold more securities than it did before the financial crisis. In part this is because of the growth in the demand for cash, with some of this growth originating outside the United States. On the other hand, the regulatory changes aimed at securing the liquidity of the banks will encourage banks to hold funds in their accounts with the Fed. A number of researchers have suggested that the Fed’s active role on the financial markets may reduce the incentive for market participants to engage in excessive risk taking.Greenwood, R., Hanson, S. and Stein, J. (2016) The Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet as a Financial-Stability Tool. Jackson Hole Symposium 2016. This would require the Fed to practise an active balance sheet policy in the future, and for this it would need to hold more Treasury securities than hitherto.
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By Sarah Wynn January 06, 2021, 3:05 p.m. EST 3 Min Read
The process of getting $25 billion to renters and landlords is expected to be easier and faster compared to past federal aid, creating housing and utility stability for revenue and property tax-backed bonds.
The U.S. Treasury listed cities and counties eligible for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program as well as a Jan 12 deadline for when to apply for the funds.
Sources say the rental program is an improvement from the CARES Act enacted in March 2020 where state and local governments received funds through the Community Development Block Grant Program and the Homelessness Assistance Program.
“Through those programs you could make aid available to struggling renters and homeowners by making payments available in order to prevent an eviction, but there were lots of regulatory requirements built up over the years that made it more difficult to put it out efficiently and made some local governments more hesitant,” said Michael Wallace, legislative director at the National League of Cities. “So having a standalone program dedicated for this purpose is an improvement. So that’s the good news.”
Michael Wallace, legislative director at the National League of Cities, expects rental aid to move quickly through municipalities.
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ERA was created during the most recent $900 billion COVID relief bill enacted in December. It makes available $25 billion from the Treasury to help households that can’t pay rent and utilities because of the pandemic. Those funds are given to municipalities with a population of 200,000 or more meaning more than 150 cities and counties are eligible compared to a threshold of 500,000 in the funding from March.
Eligible entities have to apply to the program by Jan 12. Eligible households can get up to 12 months of assistance plus three months if the entity determines that is needed.
Wallace doesn't expect ERA to have a direct effect on housing bonds, but said it should be a positive for stability in the municipal bond market.
"It should be positive for the bond market because the bond market just like cities want stability and one big destabilizing factor that cities faced in the last recession was the number of homes that went into foreclosure as destabilising to property tax revenue," Wallace said. "So if you have programs to help housing stability, that will have a positive impact on revenue based bonds on housing and property taxes.”
Wallace expects the funding to be put to use quickly compared to the CARES Act since many cities since stood up programs to provide pandemic related aid to households and small businesses.
“That household aid was mostly rental assistance so that mechanism is there now,” Wallace said. “What we think will probably happen now is we don’t see any regulations right now that would make it difficult for cities to move that funding into existing programs and continue making that aid available. That being said it’s too early to tell how much funding is going to work or what local governments will need.”
For example, Mesa, Arizona created an initiative in April to assess its needs with over 100 employees at hand.
Wallace expects the $25 billion to be used by the end of 2021 and said more is needed.
“The $25 billion should be efficient in the short term to improve the housing stability across cities and states to make some payments but it’s certainly not enough to bring the majority of renters who are behind on their rent to make them whole or raise the debt that they’ll probably owe,” Wallace said.
However, three states have no cities eligible for direct aid from ERA — Maine, New Hampsire and South Carolina.
“That’s going to be a challenge because it’s really the city leaders who are most connected to individual renters and connected to the property owners in their communities,” Wallace said.
Eligibility under the Coronavirus Relief Fund within the CARES Act was nightmarish, said Emily Brock, director of the federal liaison center at the Government Finance Officers Association.
CRF funds were not distributed until late April and guidance from the Treasury took two months, sources said in August.
“Determination of eligibility of the rent payer is definitely more defined than was the CRF,” Brock said. “So we won’t have to worry about who and what and how someone can receive this because it’s better defined.”
However, Brock said guidance allows the $25 billion to be spent on rent relief and utility payments, which she assumes means water, waster water and more, but the guidance doesn’t clarify. Waste and wastewater utilities issues revenue bonds, so revenue is essential for its operation, Brock said.
The NLC’s Wallace assumed the Treasury meant all utilities.
“One of the major questions that we’ll make sure to clarify that the primary recipient of the funds which is the jurisdiction, we have to make sure that those funds can flow directly to the utility,” Brock said.
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Burger King tackles bullying with powerful experiential video
By Joss Davidge | 25-10-2017
Inspiration, Food, drink & confectionery, USA
No one in this world deserves to be bulled. But the very sad reality is that, each year, 30% of students worldwide are the targets of bullying and cyberbullying.
No Bully is a non-profit organisation that looks to ignite student compassion to eradicate this, and to generate maximum awareness for its message during ‘Bullying Prevention Month’, it’s partnered with a range of big US brands to get people talking.
And a thought-provoking, emotive video produced in partnership with Burger King has done just that.
The fast food brand staged an experiential, hidden camera activation inside one of its US restaurants, giving the age-old issue of bullying a fresh and unexpected twist.
Teenage actors were placed in the midst of a busy Burger King, taunting, teasing and abusing one of their ‘classmates’ – a High School Jr – in full view of customers, even going so far as to destroy his food.
Meanwhile, behind the counter, a Burger King staff member ‘bullied’ a Whopper Jr burger, smashing it to smithereens with his bare hands. When customers opened up their burger and saw the state of it, their surprise quickly turned to outrage and they returned to the counter to express their disappointment.
Their complaints did not hit the mark though, as they were asked “did you order a bullied or unbullied burger?” and then watched on as the Burger King ‘staff’ member continued to punch their burger, right before their very eyes.
A ‘whopping’ 95% of customers reported the bulled Whopper Jr to staff, while just 12% of customers stood up to the bullying of the high school junior. A sobering statistic, but one that should make us all pause for thought and self-reflection: after all, it’s only too easy to become so caught up in our own busy lives that we don’t stop, sometimes, to do the right thing and defend those that need our help.
The compassionate, and bold, real-life responses to the bullies, coupled with recollections from other children who have overcome bullies with the help of friends, sure makes for emotional viewing. Best have your tissues at the ready before you watch.
This is the latest in a long line of great experiential stunts from Burger King. From its spooky, tongue-in-cheek Halloween ghost experience to its whopper apartment, BK is a brand that’s not afraid to take chances to surprise, delight and, at times, shock customers.
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LeoVegas will host its annual general meeting (AGM) in Stockholm. The industry-leading mobile casino operator LeoVegas announced significant changes in the conference.
One of the significant changes that the operator announced is the change of the company chairman. The company announced it would propose Per Norman as the candidate on the meeting.
Seasonal Change
Next month, we might meet a brand-new presiding officer of LeoVegas. The company announced an annual general meeting in Stockholm. On the meeting, the most significant change is expected in the appointment of a new chairman.
So far that position belonged to Mårten Forste. He, as you already know, accepted the position of COO in Malta earlier in January. Forste took over in Malta after Richard Woodbridge left the company to pursue a career in another company.
As he currently operates both as the Chairman and the COO, Forste decided to withdraw from the upcoming Chairman election. He willingly chose not to participate in the election because he wants to focus on his new position in Malta.
New Hopes
As Forste leaves to work in Malta, the question of the new Chairman arose. The company needs to find a suitable replacement for the diligent Forste. As LeoVegas revealed, the company has high hopes of one particular candidate.
The potential Chairman of LeoVegas could be if all turns out alright, Per Norman. Norman is famous for being the CEO of Mr Green. Right now, Norman works as the Senior Advisor and Chairman of Red Jade, a consulting firm. Previously, he also occupied the position of Deputy CEO at Modern Times Group. His curriculum also counts in a CEO position at Boxer TV Access.
If everything goes according to plan, Norman could become the new Chairman of LeoVegas soon after the meeting. Until we get the chance to meet the new Chairman, we must remind you of the Welcome Bonus changes at the casino. LeoVegas updated its Ireland Welcome Bonus a few days ago, and you can see the details here.
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Readers can now find all four Tiny Bible Tales in one beautiful book! Told in quiet, rhyming verse, coupled with gorgeous illustrations, Tiny Bible Tales shares the stories of David, Jonah, Miriam, and Daniel.
In David and the Lost Lamb, each day, David leads his flock of sheep out into the hills. When one lamb wanders from the rest and a hungry lion takes interest, David rushes to its aid, bringing the young sheep back to safety. In Jonah and the Whale, after setting sail against God's command, Jonah finds himself in the belly of a great whale. Trapped there for three days and three nights, he learns a valuable lesson in forgiveness. In Miriam and Pharaoh's Daughter, to save baby Moses, Miriam and her mother place him in a basket and set him adrift on the river. As Miriam watches from the reeds, she hopes that someone will find and rescue him. And someone does—Pharaoh's daughter! In Daniel in the Lions' Den, when Daniel is thrown into the lion's den, it takes all of his prayer and faith to save him, and bring him safely back into the light.
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Marta Costa was born in Barcelona and studied graphic design in the ELISAVA School of Barcelona. In 2005, she started her own company for design, serigraphy, and the commercialization of T-shirts and other products for children. Since 2007, she has worked as a freelance illustrator, working mostly for publishing companies in Spain. Most recently, she has illustrated Noah's Ark for Penguin Young Readers.
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So many of those on the front lines of COVID-19 are immigrants. They are our physicians and health care workers. They are staffing essential roles at grocery stores, pharmacies, and delivery services. In these roles and many more, immigrants are contributing significantly to helping our society continue to function right now. And they are also bearing the risks of COVID-19 in disproportionate numbers.
Indeed, the more we learn about the impacts of COVID-19, the more apparent it becomes that the coronavirus is a revealer and magnifier of inequity. Today’s Boston Globe included a front-page story describing the disproportionate impact of the virus on the city of Chelsea, where the infection rate is the highest in the state.
Immigrants are contributing significantly to helping our society continue to function right now. And they are also bearing the risks of COVID-19 in disproportionate numbers.
It is this reality that informs the Barr Foundation’s next round of grants in response to COVID-19. Today, we announce 23 grants totaling $2 million to the following organizations serving immigrant communities in Massachusetts:
African Community Education Program ($50,000)
Berkshire Immigrant Center ($50,000, Fiscal Sponsor is the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Inc.)
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. ($100,000)
Brazilian Immigrant Center, Inc. ($75,000)
Catholic Social Services of Fall River, Inc. ($50,000)
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, Inc. ($50,000)
Centro Presente, Inc. ($75,000)
Chelsea Collaborative, Inc. ($125,000)
East Boston Ecumenical Community Council ($50,000)
Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund ($200,000, Fiscal Sponsor is the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation)
GreenRoots, Inc. ($125,000)
Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Inc. ($100,000)
Justice at Work, Inc. ($50,000)
Lawyers for Civil Rights, Inc. ($150,000)
Massachusetts Census Equity Fund ($25,000, Fiscal Sponsor is Philanthropy Massachusetts, Inc.)
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Inc. ($150,000)
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Inc. ($75,000)
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund, Inc. ($75,000)
Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project, Inc. ($75,000)
Rian Immigrant Center, Inc. ($150,000)
Sociedad Latina, Inc. ($100,000)
Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts, Inc. ($50,000)
The Islamic Society of Boston ($50,000)
We know that organizations working most closely with our immigrant communities have been overwhelmed. Deluged with requests as human needs have grown, they have expanded services, even as new challenges to their own organizational health have emerged.
These grants are fully unrestricted and will be paid out immediately. We hope these resources, along with others that are being contributed, can enable these critical organizations to remain stable at a time when they are needed most.
This new grantmaking builds on support Barr was able to provide to many of these same organizations as part of a 2017-18 special initiative, and it follows the $2.6 million in grants we announced earlier this month to a set of community foundations and other pooled funds to augment emergency response funds that have been created in communities across the state.
Barr’s $4.6 million in COVID-19-related grantmaking to date has been oriented towards immediate and urgent needs. While a significant commitment of resources, we know it is dwarfed by the level of need in our communities. This is why we have invested in organizations closest to those communities and most in touch with their needs. We trust our partners to make the best decisions about the use of these resources, and we have minimized process and paperwork, so that funds get to work as quickly as possible. That’s what matters most right now.
We also know that there is still significant work to come. At some point, we will emerge from this phase of emergency crisis response. We will turn our collective attention to recovery and to rebuilding. Importantly, we will also have opportunities to reimagine our communities and, ideally in the process, to address the very inequities that this virus has laid bare.
This will be vital work for the Barr Foundation and our partners. To that end, we are committed to shifting the majority of our grantmaking this year to efforts that enable us to recover and rebuild as we continue to pursue our mission and priorities. We will have more to report on that in the weeks and months ahead, and we remain ever grateful to our many partners for the critical work they are doing in these challenging times.
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| ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.barrons.com/articles/biotechs-covid-19-vaccine-development-race-drugmakers-experience-government-scientists-fda-51594156534\nCan Biotechs Finish the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine?\nJosh Nathan-Kazis\nUpdated July 8, 2020 8:46 am ET / Original July 8, 2020 7:30 am ET\n“Moderna has a very experienced development team in vaccines,” chief corporate affairs officer Ray Jordan said.\nMaddie Meyer/Getty Images\nSmaller biotechs such as Novavax and Moderna have been holding their own in the early stages of the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. But as drugmakers prepare to submit their vaccines for Food and Drug Administration approval, are the biotechs out of their depth?\nLast week, the health-care news website Stat raised concerns about the progress of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine program, with a story reporting delays in the start of a Phase 3 trial. Now, Reuters has more details on those delays, which the wire service attributes to conflicts between Moderna and the government scientists with whom it is collaborating.\nThe reported tensions point to a risk that investors shouldn’t overlook as they play the vaccine race. Shares of a handful of biotech firms with no marketed products, including Moderna (ticker: MRNA) and Novavax (NVAX), have climbed dramatically this year as the companies have emerged as front-runners in the scramble to develop a vaccine.\nShares of Moderna are up more than 200%, while shares of Novavax are up well over 2,000%. Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), which announced positive interim data of a Phase 1 study of its own Covid-19 vaccine last week, has seen its shares climb more than 600% this year.\nWhat Moderna and Novavax have in common is that both are clinical-stage biotech companies, meaning that neither has had a product approved by the FDA. That is in contrast to other companies with advanced Covid-19 programs, including Pfizer (PFE), AstraZeneca (AZN), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)—some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, with long experience bringing new drugs to market.\nNow, the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed government scientists deep into the commercial drug-development process, as U.S. government programs including Operation Warp Speed funnel billions into drugmakers’ vaccine programs. On Tuesday, Novavax announced it was awarded $1.6 billion to test and manufacture its vaccine.\nThe Reuters report is a reminder for investors that those close collaborations could be tricky, perhaps especially for smaller companies with less experience.\nReuters reported that Moderna and government scientists have clashed over how to run the vaccine trials, leading to delays. Moderna told Reuters that there had been disagreements with the government scientists, but said it had not made errors. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also told Reuters that the company had been cooperative.\nReuters reported that unnamed people in government hadn’t had the same issues with the larger drugmakers with which they are also collaborating.\n“Moderna has a very experienced development team in vaccines,” chief corporate affairs officer Ray Jordan said in an email, noting that “many of our colleagues have 10-20 years of experience in industry, many having run multiple Phase 3 programs at Top 5 vaccines companies…and multiple vaccine approvals.” Jordan said the notion that Moderna has less experience in vaccine development “feels factually inaccurate or not well informed.”\nWhile Moderna’s time line remains the most aggressive, Pfizer is close behind. Novavax and AstraZeneca are also laying out extremely quick paths to having a vaccine ready for authorization.\nWho gets there first could be consequential. Once a Covid-19 vaccine is approved, or even authorized for emergency use, other vaccines may have trouble recruiting for the trials that would be needed for them to gain approval.\nFor investors, it is worth considering whether the relative inexperience of the smaller biotechs could prove a significant handicap in the race for approval.\nWrite to Josh Nathan-Kazis at josh.nathan-kazis@barrons.com\nSmaller biotechs such as Novavax and Moderna have been holding their own in the early stages of the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine."
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Renault : record loss of $ 7.3 billion, because of Nissan and the health crisis
that has Already been weakened by the pandemic of sars coronavirus, the group announced in late may the removal of 15 000 jobs in the world. The French car man
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that has Already been weakened by the pandemic of sars coronavirus, the group announced in late may the removal of 15 000 jobs in the world.
The French car manufacturer Renault has suffered in the first half net loss the heaviest in its history at eur 7.3 billion, leaded by its japanese partner Nissan and the health crisis, he announced Thursday in a press release.
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The group, already in difficulty before the outbreak of coronavirus, which was announced at the end of may, 15,000 jobs in the world, has indicated that he was relinquishing any forecast of financial result for 2020 in the face of uncertainties related to the pandemic Covid-19.
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"The situation is unprecedented, it is not without appeal," commented the new ceo, Luca de Meo, who took office at the beginning of the month. "I have every confidence in the ability of the group to bounce", he added, quoted in the press release. "The health crisis that we currently live in has heavily impacted the group's results for the first half and was added to our existing difficulties," explained the deputy director-general Clotilde Delbos.
The historical loss is mainly explained by the contribution of automaker Nissan, in which Renault owns 43% of the share capital. This participation has penalized the group for the diamond to the tune of 4.8 billion euros. These figures contrast sharply with those of rival French PSA (Peugeot, Citroën) who has managed to earn the money in the first half, despite the economic crisis, with a net profit of 595 million euros.
Failure of the group's strategy in China
But Renault (which also includes the brands Dacia, Lada, Alpine and Samsung Motors) suffers from overcapacity at a global level. It has been particularly hard hit by the decline in the market related to the health crisis. The turnover has plunged 34.3% on the first six months of the year, to 18.4 billion euros. The operating margin fell significantly in the red, to-1.2 billion euros. Renault is estimated at $ 1.8 billion negative impact of the health crisis. This margin was positive for € 1.7 billion in the first half of 2019.
The manufacturer has announced impairment of assets of € 445 million, in order to take into account the "assumptions of volume journals" to decline "for some of the vehicles", as well as provisions for restructuring charges for $ 166 million euros, "primarily related to the plan of departures in France". Finally, the failure of the strategy of the group in China, is also recognised in the financial statements with 153 million euros less gain on sale in this country, a charge related to the sale of the shares of Renault in its joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Corporation. Renault had announced that it was abandoning the sale of cars, motor thermal in China to focus on the utilities, and electric vehicles.
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These charges are reflected in the operating loss, which amounted to 2 billion euros, against a profit of 1.5 billion last year over the same period.
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Met Office reveals weather forecast for Bristol on Christmas Day
Here is the forecast for the whole Christmas weekend
The chances of a white Christmas look slim this year as the Met Office is predicting mild weather over the weekend.
According to the forecasters, temperatures on Christmas Day, Monday, December 25, are set to reach highs of around 11 degrees.
The temperature is not expected drop below 10 degrees from Thursday, December 21, through to Christmas and no snow is forecast for the city.
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Thursday and Friday will be grey with a 30-50 per cent chance of rain at some points. Saturday and Sunday are also likely to see spots of rain and remain grey.
Wet and windy weather expected all week
Met Office forecasters predict Monday will be dry with just a 10-20 per cent chance of rain, but mostly cloudy.
The feels like temperature will be down at around the seven and eight degree mark.
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The outlook for Saturday to Monday, according to the Met Office, said: “It will be mild, cloudy and increasingly breezy over the Christmas weekend. There will be light rain at times, especially over the hills, but plenty of dry weather too.”
According to The Weather Channel, it is expected to be too mild for snow in the south of England.
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Campsite comes under fire after banning these six dog breeds
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The move sparked a massive backlash on social media over the weekend, WalesOnline reports.
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But the site in Gower confirmed its rules had been in place for over a year due to incidents that had taken place involving certain dog breeds at the campsite.
A spokesman for Skysea Caravan and Camping Site said: "The ban was put in place because we had three incidents in the last two years involving certain dog breeds - two of those involving incidents with another dog and one incident involving a young person.
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"We are not judging dog breeds, it's not a personal attack, we understand that any breed of dog can bite. However, the effects of these particular breeds of dogs if they bite can be catastrophic. We don't restrict any dog breeds from walking through and using the footpath by our site.
"We have had positive feedback from this decision, all of the terms and conditions are fully explained on our website before you book online."
But the decision to ban certain dogs from staying at the site has been met with strong criticism by dog owners, who have accused them of double standards.
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Paul Watson, from Durham, said he had been thinking of staying at the campsite, but wouldn't be going there now.
Mr Watson currently owns a Labradoodle, but has had Staffies in the past, who were "the most loyal and loving dogs you could meet" he said.
He said the Skysea Caravan Park rules were "ridiculous" and it should be either dogs, or no dogs at all.
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"This has got nothing to do with dogs but a status symbol, this is an absolute shambles of a rule," he said.
"What happens if a Labrador attacks somebody? No-one will bat an eyelid. But if a Staffie attacks, the press and all hell breaks loose. Seriously, it is an absolute joke."
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Stuart Walton, from Tamworth in the West Midlands, has a campervan and travels to various campsites in the UK and France with his 14-year-old Staffie and four-year-old French bulldog.
Last year, he travelled to Tenby but is planning a trip to the Gower this summer. He has struck Skysea Caravan Site off his list.
"We have travelled to Wales a few times over the last few years," he said.
"Last year we stayed in Tenby. We were looking to stay on the Gower this June and looked at the Skysea Campsite but noticed the dog discrimination.
"I have been travelling with my French bulldog and Staffie in our Campervan for years and have never experienced this anywhere in the UK before."
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SORRY ARI is a 15-episode comedy web series that follows Ari, a positive guy with the absolute worst luck in the world. It was selected as One of the Best Web Series by INDIEWIRE alongside Jerry Seinfeld and recently won Breakout Series at Glow Fest LA. It has been featured at the HollyWeb Festival, The Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, WhoHaHa, Funny or Die and FilmShortage.
Hamlet Isn't Dead Presents HAMLET
by BWW News Desk - Mar 14, 2019
Hamlet Isn't Dead is back in 2019 to present Shakespeare's most famous play in characteristically vibrant style. From the theatre company that brought you last year's sold-out pop romantic comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, the acoustic all-female adventure AS YOU LIKE IT, and the rock music-infused JULIUS CAESAR, this production of HAMLET is another musical, joyful and immediate Shakespearean experience that makes you remember why you love the Bard.
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation Announces Off-Off-Broadway Nominees
On Monday, July 23, 2018, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 14 years has been dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2018 nominees at its annual event, The IT Party. Celebrating fourteen years and thousands of nominees at le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street.
American Renaissance Theater Company Presents WinterWorks 2018: LOOK ME IN THE EYES
American Renaissance Theater Company presents WinterWorks 2018: Look Me In The Eyes, an engaging observation of couples and coupling taking place at the intimate Directors Studio of the Directors Company (311 West 43rd Street) starting January 24th and running through February 4th. Kathleen Swan produces along with co-producers Carla Brandberg and Mark Levine.
Hamlet Isn't Dead to Stage All-Female HENRY V This Summer
Hamlet Isn't Dead presents an all-female production of William Shakespeare's Henry V.
Margaret Ladd Headlines VICTORY GIRLS at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
by BWW News Desk - Jun 15, 2017
This summer, The K.G. Scully Players are pleased to present VICTORY GIRLS, by Kristina Poe, directed by Jill DeArmon, as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.
Stars of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK and More Featured in Musical Mockumentary HAPPY YUMMY CHICKEN
by Movies News Desk - Mar 28, 2017
Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black, Hustle & Flow, Crossroads), Suzzanne Douglas (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Lifetime's Whitney), Emma Myles (Orange is the New Black, Child of Grace) and Diane Guerrero (Jane the Virgin, Orange is the New Black) star in musical theatre mockumentary Happy Yummy Chicken, written by Brandon Monokian and directed by Anna Loyd Bradshaw.
Hamlet Isn't Dead's MERCHANT OF VENICE Opens Tonight
Hold on to your heartstrings. Hamlet Isn't Dead's The Merchant of Venice is full of mirth, merriment, and music.
First Look at Hamlet Isn't Dead's MERCHANT OF VENICE Cast
by BWW News Desk - Oct 31, 2016
Taryn Manning and More to Star in Musical Mockumentary HAPPY YUMMY CHICKEN at Philadelphia Fringe
Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black, Hustle & Flow, Crossroads), Suzzanne Douglas (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Lifetime's Whitney), Emma Myles (Orange is the New Black, Child of Grace) and Diane Guerrero (Jane the Virgin, Orange is the New Black) star in the upcoming musical theatre mockumentary Happy Yummy Chicken written by Brandon Monokian and directed by Anna Loyd Bradshaw.
Hamlet Isn't Dead to Present A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by BWW News Desk - Jun 9, 2016
Welcome to Athens, one of the world's oldest cities! In its time this city has seen countless stories of love and betrayal, but none quite like this one. The tangled knot of four young lovers threatens to unravel the difficult preparations of a royal wedding. Elsewhere, a band of would-be actors plan to create the greatest show the world has ever seen. They all descend into the forest, but little do they know that it won't be only filled with mortal beings this night: the faerie king and queen have their own disputes to resolve!
HAPPY YUMMY CHICKEN with Taryn Manning to Premiere at Hoboken International Film Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2016
Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black, Hustle & Flow, Crossroads), Suzzanne Douglas (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Lifetime's Whitney), Emma Myles (Orange is the New Black, Child of Grace) and Diane Guerrero (Jane the Virgin, Orange is the New Black) star in the upcoming musical theatre mockumentary Happy Yummy Chicken written by Brandon Monokian and directed by Anna Loyd Bradshaw. The film will premiere Sunday, June 5th at the Hoboken International Film Festival at 6pm. The screening will be held at the Paramount Theatre in Middletown, NY.
Hamlet Isn't Dead to Stage LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST in July
Next up in the Shakespearean cannon from Hamlet Isn't Dead is LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST - our acoustic, summer spectacular of Shakespeare's first real rom-com! In true Hamlet Isn't Dead style, this production is a trimmed-up tale of summer lovin' between the dudes of Navarre and the ladies of France. It's full of passionate whimsy and irreverent verse; love poems and fistfights; bad Latin jokes and live music from the cast!
Luna Stage and StrangeDog Theatre Present TILT THE UNLIT CANDLE, Now thru 12/21
by BWW News Desk - Dec 4, 2014
Luna Stage and StrangeDog Theatre Company are proud to present the world premiere of Tilt the Unlit Candle, a brand new holiday play by Ben Clawson. Tilt the Unlit Candle opens to previews tonight, Decemeber 4, 2014 and runs Thursdays through Sundays through December 21st. Opening night is Friday December 5th at 8pm. Select performances followed by Talkbacks with the creative team.
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10 positive COVID-19 cases among Germany’s top soccer clubs
FILE – In this file photo dated Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, action during the Cologne against Dortmund German Bundesliga soccer match between in Dortmund, Germany. Cologne soccer club said Friday May 2, 2020, that three people at the club had tested positive for the coronavirus, but didn’t name them or say whether they were players. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, FILE)
BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer league reported 10 positive tests for the new coronavirus among 36 clubs in the Bundesliga and second division on Monday.
The DFL said that 1,724 tests for COVID-19 were carried out over two rounds among players, coaches, physiotherapists and other staff. The tests were part of the league’s hygiene concept as it bids to restart competitive games some time in May. It said teams will also undertake a “a mandatory training camp under quarantine conditions before a possible continuation.”
Only four possible cases had been reported already. Cologne on Friday said it had three positive cases, while second-division Stuttgart reported one “inconclusive result” from a person on Sunday. Reportedly a player, he was separated from his colleagues and placed in quarantine for 14 days.
Of the 18 Bundesliga teams, only Leipzig, Augsburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach declined to give details of their test results. The DFL warned clubs in an email from director Ansgar Schwenken late Sunday not to share any more details of results with the media.
Cologne faced criticism from within from midfielder Birger Verstraete, who told Belgian TV station VTM that it was “not entirely correct” that he had not been in contact with the affected individuals.
“The physiotherapist is the man who treated me and other players for weeks. And I paired up with one of the two players in the gym on Thursday,” Verstraete told VTM.
The Belgian midfielder said the decision not to quarantine the whole squad “is a bit bizarre,” but he backtracked Sunday, when Cologne issued a statement to defend its measures.
The DFL said, “The relevant measures, for example the isolation of the affected people and surrounding checks, were carried out directly by the respective clubs in accordance with the requirements of the local health authorities.”
Testing will continue regardless of whether competitive games restart or not.
Last Thursday, Chancellor Angela Merkel and 16 state governors postponed a decision until Wednesday on whether the Bundesliga could resume without fans present. She warned there was still a danger that COVID-19 infections could rise if containment measures were relaxed too soon.
Clubs across the top two divisions had committed to finishing the season by the end of June.
More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
Ciarán Fahey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfaheyAP
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Bullet train manufacturer Talgo keen to manufacture its new Bullet train in India
Posted by Bharat Manghnani | Dec 16, 2016 | Make in India, News | 0 |
Bullet train manufacturer Talgo keen to manufacture its new Bullet train in India under Make in India
José María de Oriol Fabra, Talgo’s CEO told FE Online that the company would like to participate in the tender process for high-speed rail corridors, as and when Indian Railways decides to float them.
He said :
“I don’t know when Indian Railways will have a dedicated network for high-speed rail. You need to invest in a network so that bullet trains can run at that speed. You need infrastructure. I have heard that certain corridors will be opened, not many, though. As when those corridors are opened, we would like to participate in these tenders.”
Avril is the latest brand of bullet trains from Talgo. The train can achieve a maximum speed of 380 km/hour. A train of 200 metres can seat up to 600 passengers.
A bullet train corridor is being built in between Ahmadabad and Mumbai by Japan. The construction for that will begin in 2018 and the project is likely to be completed some time in 2023.
China also wants to bring its bullet trains to India and many feasibility studies are currently underway.
José María de Oriol Fabra said :
“While some components of the coaches would be made in Spain, most of the procurements and work can be done in India” .
Talgo is willing to set up a manufacturing plant here as India is a big market for its coaches.
A successful trail from Talgo has already been completed. During the extensive trials, Talgo’s train achieved a speed of 180 km/hr, a first for Indian Railways. The train also completed a journey between Delhi and Mumbai in less than 12 hours.
Watch: Exclusive Interior Preview Of Talgo’s Train
De Oriol Fabra further elaborated that
“For Indian Railways to have our technology as soon as possible, the only way is to buy or lease existing equipment. We have certain equipment that can be modified to Indian needs. That is the fastest way to have 2-4 train sets in India as soon as possible. But for the long term, we expect Indian Railways to float tenders in which we will participate. If we win, we can start manufacturing here.”
But even as India gets ready to travel by a bullet train, Indian Railways is dreaming of Maglev and Hyperloop trains. While Maglevs are ‘Magnetic Levitation’ trains that can run at speeds of 500 km/hour, Hyperloop is a super-fast transportation system with speeds of over 700 km/hour. But with Maglevs and Hyperloop in focus, where does Talgo see itself fitting into the long-term plans of Indian Railways? José María de Oriol Fabra tells us that Talgo is already in talks with Hyperloop for a tie-up in certain markets. He, however, rules out the possibility of the company making a Maglev train.
He believes that
“India has a huge rail network, and not all of it can be improved simultaneously. We can provide an enormous advantage with our tilting, light-weight technology. We are not planning to develop a Maglev. For the long-term, we are in talks with Hyperloop. We are developing new future concepts. These technologies will take some years to come. But in India, the traditional network needs to be upgraded first and that is our focus area,”
Source : http://linkis.com/XQnu0
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