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Georgia woman, brother OK after turtle strikes car window
SAVANNAH, Ga. | A Georgia woman and her brother were not seriously hurt after a turtle launched through the air and became lodged into the windshield of a car they were in.
Latonya Lark told WSAV-TV she was driving in Savannah this month when she saw an object that looked like a brick quickly approaching her car.
Lark began to slow down as the reptile smashed into the glass and was left hanging halfway in and halfway out of the window, according to her account. Lark's brother, Kevin Grant, was in the passenger seat and shielded his face as the animal collided with the windshield and sent shards of glass flying toward him.
He was left with only small cuts, he told the station.
Responding Chatham County Police officers called for the car to be towed from the scene, and officers pulled the animal from the windshield. The turtle was taken to a Savannah animal hospital for treatment where it later died from its injuries, the news outlet reported.
Lark said she thinks a car in front of her might have hit the turtle first, sending it flying into their vehicle.
“Even the police officer said if that glass wasn’t as thick as it was and I didn’t slow down the way I did when I saw the object coming, it would’ve been disastrous,” Lark said.
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Afghan officials begin handing over security check posts to Taliban
US alarmed by surprising move
December 23, 2013: In a surprising development the Afghan security officials have begun handing over several security check-posts to Afghan Taliban peacefully.
The latest action by Afghan security forces took the U.S. officials by storm and U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had to make a statement that he was concerned by “unconfirmed reports that Afghan forces turned some security checkpoints over to the Taliban.”
Justifying the urgency for U.S.-Afghan Strategic deal, Hegel was quoted by an American military publication on Sunday as saying “If you wanted an example of why the (U.S.-Afghan) security agreement should be signed soon, there’s one.”
Reports from Afghanistan said that the Afghan military was coordinating with Helmand province officials to give checkpoint authority to the Taliban. Earlier Taliban forces also took contol of check posts in Kunar area.
Afghan Taliban sources claim that most Afghan security men and officials would join them after the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops.
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Hundreds of Central Florida Republicans leave the party after Capitol riot
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Bush, Rubio, Walker, Christie all at Disney Tuesday
By Scott Powers
The 2016 presidential campaign kicks off in a big way in Florida Tuesday as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and six current or former Republican governors who are or are planning to run for president all will give economic speeches at Walt Disney World.
The event, sponsored by Gov. Rick Scott's Let's Get To Work Political Action Committee, will feature Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Scott also will make remarks.
The invitation-only Economic Growth Summit will be at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Convention Center, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each of the candidates is being given 30 minutes to speak.
U.S. Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas declined invitations, according to Let's Get To Work. Because of limited time and the large size of the GOP presidential field, most of the rest of the presidential candidates or potential candidates were not invited.
Let's Get To Work was the unofficial campaign fund that Scott established in 2010. Capable of receiving unlimited contributions, it raised nearly $100 million for his two election campaigns. Since his last victory in November it has transformed into a multipurpose political advocacy organization that runs TV commercials pushing Scott's legislative agenda, and now is hosting a national economic summit.
Rubio is speaking first and is planning to leave immediately after his speech because the U.S. Senate is back in session, and is dealing with contentious issues such as proposals to replace parts of the Patriot Act that expired Sunday.
Florida's Legislature also is in special session this week, but Scott is expected to spend the whole day at Disney World.
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Biden pledges to boost COVID-19 vaccine effort to meet goal of 100 million shots in 100 days: ‘We will manage the hell out of this operation’
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Height6-9"
Weight14 lbs
TypeToy
Life Expectancy13-15 years
Area of OriginChina
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The Pekingese is a toy breed that is believed to have originated in China, though their true origin is unknown. Records indicate that the breed has existed for many centuries, were owned by royalty, and treated with great respect. Pekingese are known to be regal and independent, yet calm and even-tempered. Although they're known for being stubborn, they are also great at providing comfort and companionship to their families.
Where Are Pekingese Dogs From?
The Pekingese has been traced to the Tang Dynasty of the 8th century. The breed was created to be a companion dog exclusively for Chinese nobility. They were held so sacred in China in ancient times that their likeness was used for intricately carved Foo Dog idols made of ivory, bronze, and jeweled wood. In the first century AD, emperor Ming Ti even made the Pekingese one of the protectors of the Buddhist faith. By the beginning of the 19th century, they were the toast of the imperial court and reaching the prime of their popularity.
During the invasion of the Imperial Palace in 1860, the British found five Pekingese in the home of the Emperor’s aunt and brought them back to England. Queen Victoria was presented with one in 1893, which was the first time the breed was shown in Europe. The Pekingese arrived Stateside in 1906 and were promptly admitted into the American Kennel Club.
The breed went through many modifications during the 20th century. Up until that point, the Pekingese had shorter ears and longer legs than today’s breed standard, and they currently resemble a dwarfed version of the Tibetan Spaniel. Since being brought down from their pedestals in China, the breed has maintained its personality as a dignified, calm, and charming family pet. They are fearless, yet never aggressive, and give love and loyalty to their owners.
Are Pekingese Heat Sensitive?
The short nose, long coat, and small size of the Pekingese make this breed slightly exercise intolerant, especially in hot weather when they can easily overheat. In warm climates, the best time to take your Pekingese for a walk is early or late in the day, when the weather is cooler. Better yet, enjoy playtime indoors!
Are Pekingese Muscular Dogs?
Pekingese are meant to be stocky, muscular dogs with little body fat. They are prone to becoming overweight, so watch those treats!
Do Pekingese Need Grooming?
The Pekingese needs daily combing and brushing to prevent matting. To avoid facial skin fold infections, clean the face and eyes regularly.
Are Pekingese Healthy Dogs?
Pekingese have a general lifespan of 13 – 15 years. They are a brachycephalic breed, which makes them prone to heat intolerance, respiratory distress, and gastroesophageal reflux. Along with being brachycephalic, they also have a long, thick hair coat, which makes them even more intolerant to heat. The bold eyes also make the breed prone to many ocular diseases.
Pekingese are predisposed to: urolithiasis, cataracts, entropion, keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), distichiasis, intervertebral disc disease (IVDD), atlantoaxial subluxation, cryptorchidism, chronic valvular heart disease, dermatitis, congenital elbow luxation, and hydrocephalus.
Can You Train a Pekingese?
Being a naturally stubborn breed, Pekingese are not easily trained. With obedience classes, you can help your Pekingese become the perfect family dog. They are very intelligent and capable of being devoted companions to an owner they respect.
Caring for a Pekingese
What Are the Physical Characteristics of a Pekingese Dog?
What Do Pekingese Dogs Look Like?
The Pekingese has a stocky, muscular body that is surprisingly heavy when lifted. The breed standard weight is 14 pounds and under. The head is large in proportion to the body and they are slightly longer than tall.
How Big Are Pekingese Dogs' Heads?
The skull is large, broad, and flat. The face is also flat and the eyes are wide set and bold, but not bulging. The ears flop down against the sides of the head. The nose is broad and short and, when combined with a flat face, embodies common characteristics of Brachycephalic (short-nosed) breeds.
Pekingese Body
The body of the Pekingese is stout and wide.
What Do Pekingese Dogs' Tails Look Like?
The high-set tail is arched and held over the back, with hair falling to each side.
Pekingese Front Legs
The shoulders are stocky. They have a broad chest and wide-set forelimbs.
What Type of Coat Does a Pekingese Have?
The Pekingese is double coated; the topcoat is long and slightly rough, and the undercoat soft and thick. All colors and markings are recognized for the breed. Most of the facial coat color is usually black, including eye rims, the nose, and lips.
Pekingese Back Legs
The hindquarters weigh less than the forequarters. The rear legs are closer set than the forelegs.
Pekingese Facts
In ancient times, the theft of one of the sacred Pekingese owned by the imperial family was punishable by death. This was a way to mandate that the breed maintained its purity.
In the 19th century, there were thousands of Pekingese around the imperial palaces, and thousands of eunuchs had the esteemed duties of breeding, raising, and caring for the dogs.
In 1909, the Dowager Empress gave the following instructions regarding the royal dog: "it was to be fed shark's fin, curlew's liver, quail breast, tea or milk of antelope, and broth from the nests of sea swallows. If the dog became ill, it was anointed with the clarified fat of the leg of a sacred leopard, and give it to drink a throstle's egg shell -- full of the juice of the custard apple in which has been dissolved three pinches of shredded rhinoceros horn..."
Other Breeds to Explore
Choosing a Japanese Chin
Choosing a Brussels Griffon
Morris, Desmond. Dog: The Ultimate Dictionary of Over 1,000 Dog Breeds. Trafalgar Square, 2002
American Kennel Club. The Complete Dog Book. Random House Digital, Inc., 2006
Wilcox, Bonnie and Chris Walkowicz. The Atlas of Dog Breeds of the World. T.F.H Publications, Inc., 1995
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The keys to election security are modern systems, tight, well-defined, processes and qualified, attentive, people. I am running for County Auditor because I want to apply nearly 20 years of professional experience in elections administration to ensure that Mason County’s votes get counted accurately every time.
To ensure that Mason County’s elections are safe and secure, I will initiate a top to bottom review of all aspects of election security in the county and will require post-election audits after every election.
Top to bottom security review. I will bring in an election security expert to join me and the county elections staff in examining every step of the election process, from ballot design and printing through the final tally and certification. Our goal will be to ensure that our systems and processes are as secure as they can be. This review will cover the voter registration system, the vote counting system and all the human processes such as testing of tally machines, processing of mail ballots, delivering ballots to voters and retrieving ballots from drop boxes. Following completion of the security review and implementation of any new security measures, I will make the review and a report on the steps that we have taken to address any shortcomings public.
Post-election audits. The best way to know that your electronic equipment is counting correctly is to check it. Counting votes by hand in a percentage of the races in a percentage of the precincts demonstrates that the electronic equipment is accurate. Even though it is not required by law, when I am Auditor Mason County will do a statistically significant post-election audit after every election. The audit will be publicly announced and open to anyone that wants to observe.
I have been working on election security issues since before they were big news. When I was Oregon Deputy Secretary of State, I was the Project Executive for the development of the first, new, Help America Vote Act-compliant, statewide, voter registration system. We built layers of effective security into the Oregon Centralized Voter Registration System, including siting redundant servers in three, geographically separate locations. This reduced the risk of a natural disaster interfering with an election. We also hired hackers to try to break in. More than a decade later, that system is still working and was not hacked into in 2016 or at any other time. After 20 years of work in elections I bring knowledge, experience, and know-how to run safe and secure elections. That is why I want to be Mason County Auditor.
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#DeepVeerKiShaadi: What Are The Uninvited Bollywood Baraatis Up To?
Akanksha Bhatia | Nov 15, 2018
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are officially married! The two got hitched in Lake Como yesterday and we have no pictures of the happy couple yet. However, we aren't the only ones who are going about our lives without the DeepVeer wedding invite, there are a few friends of the couple who aren't at the wedding either! They may have given it a miss, which is what my guess is about Shah Rukh Khan, who is currently chilling with the CEO of Twitter. But there are a few others like Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor and Anushka Sharma who haven't received an invite. Instead, they're busy shooting for different ventures.
1. Shah Rukh Khan & Jack Dorsey
While Deepika and Ranveer are busy tying the knot, Deepika's 'Shah' (as she fondly called him on Koffee With Karan) is meditating with the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey who is visiting India. Jack was also seen spending time with some students in IIT Delhi, Prime Minister Narender Modi and singer, composer, A.R. Rahman.
2. Anushka Sharma
Anushka Sharma is busy shooting for her brand 'Nush' while her (rumoured) ex-boyfriend Ranveer Singh is getting married Sindhi-style today.
3. Karan Johar
Karan Johar might have been heartbroken over the fact that Deepika and Ranveer did not drop him an invite (as he mentioned on Koffee With Karan.) But the actor, director, and talk show host is still busy on the couch and posting pictures of his latest guests, Kajol and Ajay Devgn on Instagram.
4. Arjun Kapoor
I'm as surprised as you are! Ranveer Singh's very own 'Baba' just posted a picture of himself shooting for India's Most Wanted. Sigh, I really was looking forward to some videos of the two dancing at the wedding.
Here's hoping that Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone share some cute couple pictures in their own time, just as Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma did. Till then, I'll be waiting with the rest of India and laughing at dark memes that are hitting us right in the feels.
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Movie Auditions for in 2019. If film acting is your dream and the big screen is your goal then you’ve come to the right category. Below you will find a number of movie casting calls for productions of all sizes. Movie auditions hold what is known as "casting calls". Movie auditions may be held all over the world, in big cities like New York City, NY and small cities like Birmingham, AL.
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Vaccine expert shares information on potential bird flu drug
David Fedson, an internationally known vaccine expert, says cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may have the potential to mitigate symptoms of avian influenza.
Fedson, who was speaking at The First International Conference on Avian Influenza in Humans in Paris, called for research on the drugs' effects on people and animals infected flu.
Fedson says that the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of statin drugs could decrease respiratory distress and the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have avian flu. He said observational studies suggest that statin drugs may reduce death rates in patients who have sepsis or pneumonia.
Given the wide distribution of statin drugs, the treatment may offer hope for patients in countries with scant supplies of antiviral medications or vaccines. "If epidemiological, laboratory, and clinical studies confirm the benefits of statins for treatment of influenza, physicians everywhere will have something to offer their patients for the pandemic," Fedson says.
Treatment with statin drugs would also offer a cost advantage over antiviral agents, with a 5-day course of the antiviral drug oseltamivir costing about $60 to $90, while a 5-day course of generic simvastatin costs as little as $1.75.
"The scientific rationale for considering statins for treatment and prophylaxis of pandemic influenza is persuasive, but the public health rationale is overwhelmingly compelling," Fedson says.
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Deep house parties are often accompanied by dark, secluded venues, with nothing but silhouettes and strobes to catch the eye. Well on Monday, May 27th, Black/Tuesday, DJ Seinfeld, Leon Vynehall, Axel Boman, Four Tet, and Disclosure were able to do what may seem wrong so incredibly right. As the night progressed, the crowd at Red Rocks Amphitheater was scattered with individuals ready for house music; there was even a fan with a suitable “Make House Deep Again” cap. Needless to say, Memorial Day on the rocks fulfilled their wishes.
Disclosure – Red Rocks – 5/27
The night started off with sets from Black/Tuesday, DJ Seinfeld, and Leon Vynehall b2b Axel Boman, and it was — weird. It was the good type of weird that sparks someone’s interest, and makes them want to listen for more.Black/Tuesday opened the night with an experimental and edgy production, while DJ Seinfeld brought classic UK house. Axel Boman and Leon Vynehall then introduced free-form house music that was undoubtedly creative and undeniably funky.
The sun was setting on the front range, and the mood transformed from experimental to purely outrageous. Four Tet took the stage to show Morrison just how vibrant electronic music can be. He combined vibey melodies with cutting bass, creating an alternative and eclectic atmosphere. One might expect subtlety from Four Tet; however, the seasoned artist was able to infuse intense instrumental and synthetic sounds in his set. His dazzling skills are not for the light-hearted, and they perpetuated an attitude of discovery that kept the crowd bouncing and ready for Disclosure.
Four Tet left the masses burning for something more, and then Disclosure struck a match. They opened with one of their most idealized tracks “When a Fire Starts to Burn,” off of their Grammy nominated album Settle. The crowd exploded with an unparalleled energy, indicating that fans were there to absorb deep sounds that Disclosure is known to exude. They were able to unwind the crowd through club-like beats and reel them back in with soulful lyrics in the songs “Latch,” “Holding On,” and “Help Me Lose My Mind.” The dynamic house show was full of euphoric and emotional highs and lows, creating an atmosphere comprised of two essential moods: funk and love. And to end the night, a famous and heart wrenching remix of the duo was featured: Flume’s remix of “You and Me.”
Disclosure and their company made it clear that it’s not just the music that matters at a concert — it’s the fans too. Without people to value the music that artists produce, the beautiful connection made through sound is lost. May 27th, 2019 is a date that will never be taken for granted when it comes to Red Rocks, and there’s doubt it’ll be forgotten. For now, many people in the Denver area — and even farther — wait for Disclosure, Four Tet, Axel Boman, Leon Vynehall, DJ Seinfeld, and Black/Tuesday to return to Denver to enjoy more house parties to come.
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Oppo N1 review
Mike Lowe, Reviews editor · 17 January 2014 ·
1/14 Pocket-lint
Price when reviewed $599
Comfortable in hand
Rotational camera with decent image quality
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(Pocket-lint) - Oppo has got a mammoth mountain to climb to become the familiar name that it wants to be for a European audience. Good job it's just released the N1, then, a mammoth-sized phablet that's certain to grab your attention.
It will do so for a number of reasons. Primarily because that 5.9-inch 1080p screen is huge, firmly nestling it in the phablet rather than smartphone space. Secondly there's a 13MP camera on board mounted on a 120-degree rotational bracket. Say hello to standard shots, selfies, and beyond without the need for front- and back-facing devices.
And the last yet prominent point is simply that Oppo likes to do things differently. Enter ColorOS, the Chinese company's custom skin and set of apps that tweaks Android 4.2.2 into a new kind of beast. Or, if you're one that want a more standard Android experience minus the clutter then a limited edition CyanogenMod version of the phone is the first to see proper Google backing.
Mammoth size, big on features, and certainly different. But with a price that’s the opposite of its melange of "big" features. At £375 - however, it has to be imported from Europe, priced €449 - the Oppo N1 is highly competitive, and that's a giant factor in its possible success. Does this mixture make for a surprise phablet champion? We've been using the Oppo N1 for a number of weeks to find out.
Handsome in the hand
Phablets, by their very nature, are large. But we've not only grown accustomed to them, we've come to love them too. If you don't take many calls then it's a viable phone alternative and that screen will come in handy. In the case of the N1 its a 5.9-inch IPS panel with 1920 x 1080 resolution that generally looks great. It might not have the brightness and saturation of something like the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but that's a device with double the price tag.
READ: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review
Oppo has opted for a plastic finish to the N1, but with its white matte finish it looks attractive rather than budget. It's finished off with a silver trim to the front and where the two panels adjoin around the side.
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The camera sits proudly to the top, where its default resting position sits in seamlessly with the rest of the design. It’s not the very first time a phone has featured a rotational camera, but there is something very cool about it and we’ve used it a lot - and not for selfies, but at a 45-degree tilt for discreet street shots for the most part.
With a 9mm thickness the device isn't razor blade thin, and it's chunkier overall than even a 5.9-inch size may suggest due to all the other features housed in the device, but we found it to rest in the hand really well. The back panel - which can't be removed as the battery is fixed - has a subtle curve to it which further aids in the comfort and that material finish is smooth but not to the point of it sliding around the palm.
Moving from our go-to HTC One, the Oppo is certainly a whole lot larger and heavier - 213g is heavier than the Nokia Lumia 920 - but we got accustomed to it over our weeks of use. It’s considerably smaller than the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, though, as we side-by-sided the two devices and in terms of footprint the Sony dwarfs anything but proper tablets.
READ: Sony Xperia Z Ultra review
The proportions are a little strange, however, or at least they are for our hands. To the right hand side there's an on/off button with a plus/minus volume rocker below this and, frankly, we feel they're misplaced for a device this large. The power button feels too low down, although as with any device your brain will learn to adjust for the positioning over time.
The scale of the device also makes it tricky to make use of the full touchscreen with just the one hand. Oppo has tried to be considerate of this with a rear touchpanel - called O-Panel, and it's literally on the rear of the phone - to assist with gestures and swipes. Now we say "try" because when we first used the phone at the launch event we thought the panel was small and tricky to naturally gravitate towards. Those sentiments remain now, even after prolonged use. We often forgot it was there, until striking it into use by accident, and when we tried to use it we pretty much just failed. It's not something we found useful at all, but as its presence is all but undetectable it can easily be ignored too and, therefore, isn't an issue. Each to their own, some users may find its inclusion of use.
But that moan aside here is a device that, if budget is a consideration, looks the part and costs less than most large-screen smartphones. If it's scale you want then here's a great alternative option.
Oppo’s default ColorOS isn’t something we’ll hang around on as, we suspect, most people that buy this phone won’t be using it. It’s really easy to install CyanogenMod, or there’s that built-in CyanogenMod limited edition model for sale which includes the open-source operating system installed by default. But if you can’t find that model a simple download of a ZIP file, drag, drop, and reinstall in safe mode will wipe the phone and implant your new OS. It’s that easy.
This does mean, however, that it’s one operating system or the other. Yes, both are Android-based with their own specialist application sets and features, but it is not possible to run the two in tandem. Which is a bit of a shame - but we can live with that.
READ: Installing the customer CyanogenMod simplified
If you’re happy to live with ColorOS then it’s not as giant a compromise as we thought it could be. All the usual Google Play access is there, as are your favourite Android apps, alongside some additional fun features. ColorOS handles multi-finger and shape-based gestures via a pull-down menu. Pull down from the top of the screen to the left side to bring up this "drawing pad" where gestures and symbols can be drawn and learned to activate specific actions. Pull down from the top right of the screen and the more typical Android settings menu pops up instead.
Within ColorOS three-finger swipes will perform actions such as, for example, a screen grab, while a three finger pinch will open the camera. A nice idea but try doing a three finger pinch - it doesn't feel all that natural. It also means handling the phone with two hands, not one, which was part of the point of the rear touchpad control as an alternative.
In our use we predominantly used CyanogenMod, so that's been part and parcel of shaping our opinion of the N1. For the most part it feels like Android 4.3 with a few quirks here and there and while this isn't an outroght review of CyanogenMod, in short we can say we like it. There’s no clutter, no nonsense, no bloatware or hoops to jump through. The option to arrange icons and widgets for layout is welcome, but we were happy to just stick with standard icon sizes, sometimes stacking multiple apps into single icon containers.
Swipe left and there’s a default music player, swipe right and by default there’s a library widget. The home screen shows time, date, location and weather while leaving a four by four grid space for apps. With extended desktop on there are also many screens available to fill up with apps as you desire.
It’s a largely stable system too, we experienced three random auto-off reboots in as many weeks - and that was when trying to do much within the not-so-stable Skype app on each occassion.
Our main moan in use wasn't to do with the software, but the Oppo’s trio of light-up Android soft keys. They just don’t like a delicate touch at all. We’re so used to the likes of the HTC One or Nexus 5 that many of our home key presses seemed to be ignored when we first got the N1.
Double tapping the home icon to view all open apps, for example, will often take more than one attempt because it’s just not sensitive enough. That can be quite annoying, although if you use only this phone and no other for a couple of weeks - as we did - you will begin to adapt for it. But the second we swapped back to a different device it further highlighted how poor the sensitivity of these keys was. An oddity given how responsive the touchscreen otherwise is throughout.
Behind the times?
Too often it’s easy to look at a phone’s spec sheet and make a grumbling noise that it doesn’t have the latest, most powerful processor and then consider it a write-off before even using it. With the Oppo N1, the 1.7Ghz quad-core Snapdragon S600 processor at the phone’s core might not be the latest and greatest, but it does still perform very well - partly thanks to 2GB of RAM on board.
Some will shun the N1 for being a generation behind. But in use we didn’t really feel it, and it’s a step ahead of a device such as the Huawei Ascend Mate without costing much more cash. For the price point it’s hard to complain.
READ: Huawei Ascend Mate review
We’ve been playing Angry Birds Go! without a hitch, and that giant screen works really well for gaming. There’s enough space top and bottom for a solid grip and the IPS panel means viewing angles are really good too.
When not gaming we used the N1 as a wireless hotspot for hours on end during the Consumer Electronics Show 2014, all the while with the usual email, messengers and other communications apps in the background. Put simply there was nothing the phone wasn’t able to do for our needs. S600 will be ample for many users, even if it isn’t as top-spec as the latest kit and, with all eyes of Mobile World Conference 2014, come March and April time we will be seeing the step-up generation of new phones too - so that's something to keep in mind.
Because the S600 is less power intensive than the latest processors, paired up with the on-board 3610mAh battery we found the N1 could last our for an age. We were giving it very heavy use on the trade show floor, and even while acting as a permanent Wi-Fi hotspot we were getting a full day’s use out of it. In Airplane mode or when just doing less it lasted out considerably longer - if you’re cautious with the brightness and a light user we’d wager two days of use no problems. That’s really good going.
On the inside the entry model comes with 16GB storage, with a 32GB option available. There’s no microSD expansion slot though, so you’ll need to pick wisely upon purchase.
Calls, connectivity and audio
When is a smartphone not a phone? When it’s a phablet. We didn’t take stacks of calls using the N1, but when we did there were a couple of things that we didn’t like.
First, the vibration from the phone is really weak. We want to really feel that buzz so we can catch it even when walking around. Secondly, finding the right position for your ear when taking a call can take a bit of moving around, because the device is that big and the speaker section - on the back, or the front depending on how you look at it, of the camera unit - is really small. Even the receiving microphone section is on the base of the phone rather than the front panel, and given how far the device protrudes from the face that’s not the best place for it. All this could have been thought out better.
But, at the end of it, it’s successful for calls and we experienced no drop-outs or issues - even when overseas. The call quality itself is passable, but not the most crystal-clear that we’ve ever heard. That probably comes down to the speaker and mic units that are hardly stand-out for their audio reproduction.
Connectivity, however, is limited by the S600 on board. As this particular Snapdragon chip isn’t LTE compatible straight out of the box - it can be with the addition of another modem, but that’s not the case here - there’s no LTE support. Although 3G HSPA+ is good enough, if you want the fastest connectivity available then look elsewhere. In the UK 4G comes at a premium, and the networks are still limited to a point, so we suspect this will be a bigger issue for our American readers than on this side of the pond.
READ: Best phablets: The best big-screen phones to buy today
Shoot and swivel
A standout feature of the Oppo N1 is its camera. Now it’s not the best of best smartphone camera out there, but we genuinely found the 120-degree rotational bracket to be of considerable use. Not so much for selfies - we’re not huge fans of the narcissistic snap - but for tilting to less obvious angles. Typically we would tilt at 45-degrees and as the camera section doesn’t significantly protrude from the camera, it’s easy to take discreet shots - it just looks like you're fiddling around in an app on a giant phone rather than taking a picture. We did this plenty of times in places where we would have otherwise been told not to. It’s our new covert camera.
Autofocus works well too. A simple tap on the screen and a circular focus area will "twist" as it brings the subject in to focus and you're ready to shoot. There are some basic settings on offer too, and while not as complex as something like the Nokia Lumia 1020, the simple approach is sometimes the best approach. Works for us.
The 13-megapixel sensor behind the lens delivers good enough shots in a variety of conditions, and even indoor shots in so-so light don’t end up immediately riddled with image noise. Out in Las Vegas we visited the Ultimate Fighter Championship training gym one evening where the octagon wasn’t exactly the brightest lit spectacle and the camera did a decent job. The 1/3.06in sensor size is supported with an f/2.0 maximum aperture to let lots of light in for the best possible results, and this shows when there’s not much light available.
In better light shots expose well, but there's a clear presence of grain and this is amplified further when viewed at 100 per cent scale. Smooth gradients seem to lack, as in a sample shot we took out in the desert where the blue, gradated sky looked rather grainy. It gives a sort of character rather than being something to cry over, but it also adds up to not being the best smartphone camera on the block.
Oppo N1 review - sample image - click for 100 per cent crop
The thing is these shots will rarely be used at the full 13-megapixel resolution. And as CyanogenMod has built-in filters to use with the camera app, we spent a lot of time converting to black and white, adding a vignette, or colour cast to a shot and then outputting at 1024 pixels on the longest edge. Ideal for sharing on social sites and the like.
If you do want to use the camera for selfies and portrait shots then Oppo has added another feature, similar to the dual flash found in the iPhone 5S. There’s a normal, white light, and a second more golden light for far more flattering portraits. As both are mounted on the rotational unit they can flash in the forward direction throughout any given camera rotation. Very nice.
Of all the phones we’ve handled we’ve never been approached by so many members of the public and fellow press to ask about what we're using. From restaurants, to casinos, to conferences - the Oppo N1 caught peoples’ eyes and stood out as the different, alternative phone that it genuinely is. Now that doesn’t make it an instant success, but it goes a step in pointing out how the leftfield can be more interesting than the norm.
Even though the S600 processor at the N1’s core isn’t the most up to date, we didn't mind. Because for the price it’s a fair association, and as a smartphone it still did everything that we wanted it to. But the S600 chip does bring with it one issue that's probably of most concern for our American readers: it doesn’t support LTE out of the box. So the N1’s connectivity isn’t top-tier either, although 3G HSPA+ does a fair job.
If the idea of CyanogenMod - think about it like an open-source Android re-skin - sounds scary, then fear not. It’s a lot like using Android 4.3 and works a treat. Add to that a decent 1080p IPS screen, a quirky camera that’s of genuine use, solid design and fair price and the N1 gives us a lot to marvel at.
It’s the small things that let the phone down though. It’s obviously big and fairly weighty and if the idea of that freaks you out then this 5.9-inch phablet might not be the right choice for you in the first instance. Button positions and ill-responsive Android soft keys are among the main nuisances, as is the all-too-casual vibrate alert, and the O-Touch touchpanel control, for us, was as good as pointless - but that last feature can be ignored so it doesn’t really matter. But are these little moans enough to hold back a phone that’s trying to do things differently? We don't think so, no.
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If you’re on a 3G network and are looking for a fully-featured bargain phablet then the Oppo N1 walks all over the likes of the Huawei Ascend Mate. Can’t stretch to a Galaxy Note 3? The N1 would be our alternative budget choice. It’s got a lot going for it, even if it does come from a brand that many Westerners will look at and say "what?". It’s like the hipster of phones; a positively different device that, while it won’t suit all, we have grown to love over time.
Writing by Mike Lowe.
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Shipt Teams Up with Gabrielle Union and Snoop Dogg to Bring the Magic This Holiday Season
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Whatever this season brings and no matter what plans may look like, same-day delivery service, Shipt is here to be the ultimate holiday helper and go-to resource for everything from the cooking, baking, shopping, entertaining and gift-giving.
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To help show everyone just how they can use the service and make even these extraordinary times feel merry and bright, Shipt is connecting long-time friends Gabrielle Union and Snoop Dogg for a virtual get-together where the two will swap their favorite holiday recipes. Check out the duo in the video that launched today on www.Shipt.com/SnoopandGab.
"We all know the holidays are different this year, and Shipt has changed how I entertain," said Gabrielle Union. "It's always there for me when I forget that last minute item! I might not have a passion for cooking, but I do have a passion for eating and it's been a blast using the service to send gifts and ingredients to Snoop, as well as other good friends across the country this season."
"The holidays to me are all about being able to serve my family and friends, as I grew up surrounded by my family doing that for me," said Snoop Dogg. "But we're making new traditions this year, and that's why I'm glad I get to connect with Gab through Shipt and send ingredients for my best recipes to all my family so I can still be there even if we're not together."
Shipt offers more than just groceries through its 100+ retailers to get you everything you need, just in time for the holidays. Whether it's ordering forgotten ingredients while preparing a holiday meal, another strand of lights to put the finishing touches on your decor or sending a present to a loved one across the country, Shipt is there to help. Its network of trusted personal shoppers go above and beyond to provide safety, convenience and peace of mind to families across America by delivering orders in as soon as one hour. From now until December 27th, get 50% off Shipt delivery. Visit Shipt.com/hi for more details.
"From a survey we conducted last month, we learned that contactless shopping is important to 83% of people this year, so Shipt is here to get the holidays delivered to your doorstep in a safe and effortless way," said Sheila Grady, Vice President of Brand and Product Marketing at Shipt. "We've teamed up with Gabrielle and Snoop since they share a passion for entertaining, embracing strong traditions and can appreciate the variety of items Shipt delivers to help them out."
To learn more about Shipt and how to utilize the service for all your holiday needs this season, visit www.Shipt.com or @Shipt on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
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Schematic for ‘5G Chip’ Allegedly Implanted in Covid-19 Vaccines Is Actually for Guitar Pedal
By Spooky onJanuary 5th, 2021 Category: News
Conspiracy theory proponents in Italy have been sharing an electronic schematic of a ‘5G chip’ allegedly implanted in Covid-9 vaccines, but evidence has shown that it’s actually the schematic of a guitar pedal.
A wise person once said “don’t believe everything you read on the internet”, and that’s never been more true than it is today. With the advent of social media, wild conspiracy theories, half-truths and fake news have been getting more attention than ever before. Take this ‘5G chip in Covid-19 vaccines’ phobia that has taken on a life of its own online, despite any sort of scientific evidence backing it up. Well, at least no real evidence, because there is plenty of fake proof going around, including a rather complex schematic of a so-called 5G chip allegedly implanted in Covid-19 vaccines. Only that schematic is actually of a badass guitar pedal…
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First condensate cargo from Ichthys departs
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THE INPEX Corporation-led Ichthys LNG Project has achieved another milestone with the departure of its first shipment of condensate.
The cargo departed from the roject’s massive offshore floating production, storage and offloading facility – the Ichthys Venturer –moored in the Browse Basin, some 220 kilometres off the northwest coast of Western Australia.
“Departure of the first condensate cargo from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project demonstrates our commitment to be a reliable, global energy supplier,” said INPEX President Director Australia, Seiya Ito.
“This shipment of condensate is destined for the Asian market and signifies an important step forward as we begin to generate revenue from a project we expect will operate for 40 years to come.”
INPEX will continue to work toward the success of the Ichthys LNG Project with the understanding and cooperation of all its stakeholders, including the Project’s joint venture participants, the local communities, the Australian Federal Government and the governments of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Later this year, the Ichthys Project will commence shipment of cargoes from Bladin Point near Darwin in Australia –with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exports expected to follow in sequence.
At peak, the Ichthys LNG Project is expected to produce:
up to 8.9 million tonnes of LNG per annum;
up to 1.65 million tonnes of LPG per annum; and
up to 100,000 barrels of condensate per day.
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Home News Gary’s Gang Not Deterred by Rain for #EndAlz Walk
Gary’s Gang Not Deterred by Rain for #EndAlz Walk
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Gary's Gang Walk to End Alzheimer's 2020 | Jane Boursaw Photo
We all know 2020 is one for the books, and the annual “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” looks just a little different this year.
In previous years, the walkers met at the Open Space in Traverse City to hear stories, honor loved ones, and begin the walk there. This year, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was decided that each team would walk their own walk.
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That’s just what Gary’s Gang did. Named for Old Mission Peninsula farmer Gary Warren, who passed away at 63 from early onset Alzheimer’s, Gary’s Gang is composed of the Warren family, friends and supporters near and far.
We’re big fans of Warren Orchards and their “Between the Bays’ farm stands here on the OMP, and Gary’s wife Wendy is a passionate supporter of the Alzheimer’s Association and their annual walk, which raises funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.
They walked from their farm on Island View Road, south on Center Road to a beautiful ridge on the home farm. Here they are on a damp Kelly Hill.
Gary’s Gang Walk to End Alzheimer’s 2020 | Jane Boursaw Photo
Here they are passing by the Kroupa’s winery, Peninsula Cellars, a big supporter of the team.
Gary’s Gang at Peninsula Cellars on the 2020 Walk to End Alzheimer’s | Warren Photo
And here they are at “The Pothole,” the beautiful ridge where they ended the walk today.
From the Gary’s Gang Alzheimer’s donation page:
“We walk for Gary Warren. He was first and foremost a family man, but he was also proud of being a fourth generation fruit farmer here on Old Mission Peninsula. At age 63, Alzheimer’s disease took him from his family and his farm. Since it’s not safe for hundreds of walkers to gather together, each team will set their own route.
“Gary’s Gang will walk the two miles from the farm that was his home, where he raised his family, to one of his favorite spots on earth: The Pothole. It’s a ridge on the farm where he grew up. You can see both arms of Grand Traverse Bay from this glorious spot. Your participation in this fight will make a difference in so many lives. And thanks to a generous donor, each gift will be matched. So whatever you give; a dollar, five or more, will be doubled! Thank you for whatever you do, whether making a donation or supporting us in spirit. Together we will #endalz!”
If you’d like to make a donation, which as noted will be matched, click over to their Gary’s Gang Page.
Below are a few more photos of the gang and the farm’s lovely “Pothole,” where they ended the walk earlier today. This beautiful family would not be deterred by a little rain!
The sunflowers are in memory of sweet Penelope Joy Baker, Wendy’s granddaughter who passed away shortly after birth seven years ago this month.
This is truly one of the most beautiful spots on the Old Mission Peninsula, and I’m so honored to be able to take photos of the Warren family and their cherished land that Gary loved so much.
Also check out this great story about Gary’s Gang by Mardi Link in the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
Warren Memorial Bench at “The Pothole,” with Penelope Joy’s sunflowers | Jane Boursaw Photo
“The Pothole” at Warren Orchards (you can see an Alz Walker heading up the hill on the left) | Jane Boursaw Photo
“The Pothole” at Warren Orchards | Jane Boursaw Photo
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A STEP TOWARDS PEACE
There is no path to peace. Peace is the path – Gandhi
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Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Lecture #2
Emil Constantinescu Biography
World War 2 (1939-1945)
: The most devastating war in human history
A child became a refugee by the terrible war.
Poor living conditions were hard to bear for the refugee boy, yet he felt desperate for peace. The boy lived in a town located in [dniester] River of the Soviet Border until the age of 50 under dictatorship. He saw and felt the fall of communism himself, and he became aware of the power of culture. He was in the process of settling the democratic conscious.
In 1996, the boy grew up to become the 3rd President of Romania. Emil Constantinescu became the President in order to achieve peace.
First, he devoted his efforts to bring reconciliation and harmony within the Balkan Peninsula suffering from conflicts of nation, religion and race. He was in the forefront of liberty and democracy of Romania. He has conducted Peace Education to spread peace.
(In fact, he has done more work. More info 1, info 2)
+) He was the dean of Bucharest University. He spent 6 years of my life in [Bucharest] University and [other] University throughout the world.
Now, he is the chairperson of Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) which is the largest NGO in Europe. Also, he is a member of HWPL Advisory Council.
“HWPL is an international peace nonprofit organization registered with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is surprising to the world with its enormous execution and actions no one has heard or seen.”
As of 2018, he is in the forefront to establish a culture of peace, calling for the cessation of war. Now, it is time to begin a new history of peace.
“The history of humanity was the history of war.
Now we need to make history of peace.”
– Emil Constantinescu, former president of Romania
Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Lecture
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On September 18, the two leaders of inter-Korea met in Pyongyang. To support the peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula, H.E. Ivo Josipović, Former President of Croatia, and Hon. Emil Constantinescu, Former President of Romania, both of whom experienced times under Communist rule and the transition to democracy, gave presentations on September 16th and September 20th respectively. They gave specific advice through their real experience.
Below is posting #1.. I’m going to take a closer look.
Implementation of Communism in Eastern Europe
Emil Constantinescu said his experience under dictatorship. “The establishment of communism in Eastern Europe has led to elimination of constructive competition, removal of free expression and emergence of an immoral form claiming to be a society where ideology replaces feelings.”
“A dictatorship that would only recognize state and collective ownership canceled all forms of rights, free expression and [personal life] of every citizen by political police surveillance.”
The mean of implementation of communism in Eastern Europe is the violence. He told us so vividly. “The result of implementation of communism in Eastern Europe by violent mean, and bloody repression of anti-communist resistance.”
He continued “The removal of actual potential ordinance was achieved through torture and re-education centers, extermination prisons, forced labor camps, political assassinations, summary executions, mass importations.
Millions of death, tens of millions of human life destroyed.
When oppression, censorship, terror seem to ensure a small future for communism, the resulting hardship turned into true pathology of freedom thus building solid characters able to tear apart the status quo.”
First democratic presidents
in Eastern Europe
He continued “After the peaceful, peaceful change of the totalitarian regime in Eastern Europe, the first democratic presidents freely elected by the people were representative of the intellectual elite.
Coming from academic [unintelligible] was very strange for the political history of the world. And remember, the famous first democratic president of [unintelligible].
The first president of Hungary was the president of a writers union. The first president of democratic Bulgaria was a philosopher who graduated from Sofia university.
The first democratic president of Luthania, Vytautas Landsbergis, was the president of the Academy of Music.
The first democratic president of Estonia was also the president of the Academy of Music, and the second president of Estonia was the director and president of the University of Agriculture and was of special family, because this member of academic [unintelligible], of intellectual elite was not interested in corruption, their interests or their family; they worked for their country and for their people, and for changing Europe, changing the world.”
Struggle Lesson of Sufferings
At cost of thousands lives, they can earn struggle lessons. Emil said “The citizens of the formal communist countries have been deprived of all their rights including their right to live for half a century. They are suffering and struggle lesson is for each of us a first step towards understanding the greater lesson of freedom and respecting each other’s freedom.
The amiliation of the democratic conscious needs more time of democratic lows or institutions.”
He gave a very moving anecdote. (I was the most impressed with this part) “In December 1989, in my country, Romania, young people would demonstrated against the communist dictatorship in the university square in Bucharest.
“Did no ask for bread or for higher wages. They voiced free elections, freedom of the press, freedom we love you, we die for you,
and we will die and we be free.”
My son, my daughter, my students was at that time in university square in Bucharest. At midnight, the repression troops went in with tanks against the unarmored demonstration who did not threaten any governmental institution but offered flowers to the militaries.
Dozen of people were killed and thousands were arrested and tortured. Those arrested would have be killed too, as is happened five days prior in other university town, Timisoara, in Romania. It not half a million of Bucharest citizens would surround the next day’s tanks, and the symbol of communist regime, the incredible lack of fear, and the solidarity of people for the dictator to free, and freedom was gained.
And in one of history’s bright moments, people were willing to die for the ideas, ideas of freedom and democracy.”
Finally, I am very grateful to Emil Constantinescu for letting me hear and think about many things. Now, I must be a person who does one thing. Will you join us?
Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!
Author masterPosted on 2018년 November 22일 2020년 March 6일 Categories Man Hee Lee, Steps toward Peace, WARP SummitTags 2018 HWPL World Peace WARP Summit, 918WARP, biography, Chairman Man Hee Lee, DPCW, ECOSOC, Emil Constantinescu 2018, Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Lecture, Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Quotes, Emil Constantinescu biography, First democratic presidents in Eastern Europe, HWPL, Implementation of Communism in Eastern Europe, ISACCL, Peace Quotes, Struggle Lesson, UN DPI3 Comments on Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Lecture #2
As of 2018, he is in the forefront to establish a culture of peace, calling for the cessation of war.
Now, it is time to begin a new history of peace.
Lecture Concert for Peaceful Unification
on the Korean Peninsula
In fact, the world is paying attention to peace on the Korean peninsula. You can also feel the hottest ambience by reading the post below.
73rd UNGA paid attention to Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Former President Hon. Emil Constantinescu prepared his speech under the theme of “the memory of the suffering and the pedagogy of freedom”, beginning his address with the memories of life under tyranny.
He stated, “I lived there until the age of 50 under dictatorship. In a country where people don’t have the freedom of movement, you could not leave the country, and you are forced to work and live in a particular place allocated by government- governmental distribution.
The second world war, which affected most Romanian and Korea, called the death of more than 25 million soldiers and more. Over 73 million civilians caused huge economic losses and destruction of the world cultural heritage.
The atrocities of the two wars in the first half of the 21st century proved to be insufficient for leaders to understand that peace cannot be strengthened only by managing frozen conflicts,” explaining the darkest times of Romania.
He then continued by reminding all in attendance of the power of the people who fought for freedom stating, “The incredible lack of fear and the solidarity of people forced the dictator to flee and freedom was gained. In one of history’s bright moments, people were willing to sacrifice themselves for the ideals of freedom and democracy. The answer regarding the future of freedom and democracy is the choice of each generation and, in the end, of each of us.”
He concluded the lecture by proclaiming, “In order to achieve the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula, leaders, politicians and even the youth must have the consciousness to achieve peace.”
Transition from the communist dictatorship to democracy
I’m going to focus more on this. Emil Constantinescu said “The experience of transition from the communist dictatorship to democracy in Eastern Europe represents a very rare case in the world history, the absence of any ravage.”
But he said “Dozen [sic] of people were killed and thousands were arrested and tortured.” I can’t imagine the pain that other countries suffered. He emphasized “This was the events, the experience, of our transition from the communist dictatorship to democracy which I have tried to present to you sincerely as I have liked directly.” He was well qualified to take Korean students.
He continued “But unfortunately, 100 years after the great union of Romanian lentz in the single state, we are disunited, differences by different groups or individual political of social interest.
We need to rediscover what unites us, our common goal. We need to redefine ourselves in the globalized world by what we are and not what we have.
Only this way, we can preserve our national identity and dignity respecting all other nations in the globalized world.
MOU between ISACCL and HWPL
At the final event, an MOU promising further cooperation for peace in the Korean Peninsula and the world was signed between The Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilization (ISACCL), represented by its current president Hon. Emil Constantinescu, and HWPL, the international peace NGO.
HWPL’s Chairman Man Hee Lee then delivered his congratulatory message to the audience stating, “In the Korean War, 4 million citizens were killed. Should we continue to point our guns and kill each other more? We must put down our weapons. The two leaders should hold hands in peace without having to feel the need to be noticed by any country in the world. We must achieve the peaceful reunification for the people of our country.”
Reference: http://hwpl.kr/en/news/view/180924344/0/SpecialLectureforthePeacefulUnificationoftheKoreanPeninsulaDeliveredbyFormerPresidentsofEasternEuropeanNations
Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Quotes
Hon. Emil Constantinescu, Former President of Romania
“The event which is taking place today at this stadium is mainly addressed to the youth, who do not want to be forced by their countries’ leaders to fight against each other, and the women who would like to protect, not only themselves, despite being innocent victims, but to protect also their husbands, children and brothers from the horrors that any war inevitably brings about. Youth and women can become the most persuasive advisories of peace in the present and in the future.
Both avoiding war and establishing peacebuilding processes require a laborious effort to create a culture of solidarity outlining a pragmatic style in which the statements should followed by effective actions. The fact that so many distinguished representatives of the world’s public opinion, religious leaders, politicians, diplomats and cultural personalities, are today gathered represents such an efficient action.
Differently from 4 years ago we now have more people, are more united, and are more determined to stop the wars wherever they are. I believe that the Declaration of World Peace (More info) proclaimed in Seoul can get everyone around the world, no matter if they are men, women, youth or children, ready to unite under the mantle of peace and take the responsibility to promote the message of peace to the entire world. We are one.“
Full speech: http://hwpl.kr/en/news/view/181101348/0/WhatPresidentsSayaboutSustainablePeaceI
2018 HWPL World Peace Summit
Collaboration for Peace Development:
Building a Peace Community through the DPCW
At a time when the global world wanted peace, there was the closest place to peace. The 4th Annual Commemoration of the 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit was held in South Korea from the 17th to the 19th of September. This year, thousands of leaders and citizens from around the globe will gather for 3 days with the great determination of creating a peaceful world together. Under the theme of “Collaboration for Peace Development: Building a Peace Community through the DPCW”, the wind of peace is blowing all over the world. This 918 WARP Summit is the core of HWPL’s peace movement. The main agenda of the WARP Summit will be the introduction of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) to the United Nations (UN) as a binding resolution.
DPCW is aligned with UN Charter
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So far, international law has not ended the war. Likewise, the Universal Declaration does not include a separate article on “Right to Peace”. This is why the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was held. So HWPL is creating a new order for the world. It is DPCW! It can be the Right to Peace. Currently, there is a worldwide campaign to introduce the DPCW to the United Nations. Now, they collected 734,055 signatures (as of October, 2017) and 173,170 people of 176 countries participated. Law experts agreed that the DPCW is fully aligned with the UN Charter & the UDHR and this Declaration not only encapsulates and supports all of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Like proof of this, delegations of Permanent Missions of the UN and HWPL gathered at the Office of the Commonwealth (New York) to discuss the promotion of sustainable peace and human rights, on Friday 7 September 2018. Also, they discussed intensively the way to promote the 918 WARP Summit. Because the walks of HWPL are alignment with the core purposes of the United Nations, the delegations have no choice but to support the DPCW.
Finally, the Last East Germany Prime Minister Lothar de Maizière, who achieved reunification, said (not this year) that “Reunification was the will of heaven. It happens like a miracle when human endeavor is met with internal and external conditions.”
If you want to know more…
[D-1] International Day of Peace: DPCW is Right to Peace
Author masterPosted on 2018년 November 21일 2020년 March 6일 Categories Man Hee Lee, Steps toward Peace, WARP SummitTags 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit, 918WARP, biography, Chairman Man Hee Lee, DPCW, Emil Constantinescu 2018, Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Lecture, Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Quotes, Emil Constantinescu biography, HWPL, ISACCL, Peace Quotes, Right to Peace, UN Charter3 Comments on Emil Constantinescu 2018 Peace Lecture
[D-1] HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting
PEACE FESTIVAL is already started
The 4th Annual Commemoration of the 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit was held in South Korea from the 17th to the 19th of September. This year, thousands of leaders and citizens from around the globe will gather for 3 days with the great determination of creating a peaceful world together. Under the theme of “Collaboration for Peace Development: Building a Peace Community through the DPCW”, the wind of peace is blowing all over the world. This 918 WARP Summit is the core of HWPL’s peace movement. The main agenda of the WARP Summit will be the introduction of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) to the United Nations (UN) as a binding resolution. Today, I will introduce the WARP Office.
HWPL‘s 3 Peace Initiatives
• Law for Peace
• Alliance of Religions
• Peace education
Alliance of Religions
Discussing the spirit of peace written in scriptures
to step forward onto the road of world peace
Religion is returning to its original role in restoring peace. The WARP Office was established to resolve conflicts and misunderstandings among religious groups. The Chairman Man hee Lee‘s clear religious guidelines lead religious people in the right direction today.
The Chairman Man hee Lee said, “If religions are in harmony with each other, there will be no reason to fight. To achieve harmony among religions, people of religion should examine and compare their scriptures to find the truth and become one in that truth. People of religion are responsible for leading people of the world in the right path.”
In the WARP Office, leaders from various religious groups gather to discuss religion and the Bible. It is being held in major cities around the world. The purpose of this comparative study of religious scriptures is to return religion to its original role and become one religion according to the creator’s will. The WARP Office promotes understanding and harmony among many religions in the world for the peace of mankind.
My posting : http://www.peacestep.com/2018/07/13/3-peace-initiative-warp-office-alliance-of-religions/
One religious leader emphasized, “We should support the WARP Office discussions, as the significant link and the great network for the worldwide religious institutions and spiritual leaders, to show the cooperation and solidarity of all religious leaders, and to send the message of tolerance, peace and unity to all people around the world.”
The Story of WARP Office
Seeing the current status of the religious war, HWPL thinks the solution of peace. ‘How can we make it?’ The answer they found is the Scriptures. Because it represent the accumulation of not only the spiritual and moral teachings of the respective faiths, but also a fundamental standard of human conduct.
Why Scripture? Although the common objective that all religion is the great things, these messages are often overlooked by people. Because religious people fight with each other first. They showed hostility and started a war. So peace is becoming an elusive concept. So HWPL approach towards the root cause of this hostility between faiths, defined as the misunderstandings that arise from the misinterpretation of these scriptures. Eminent religious experts recognized it as an ‘Innovative Approach’. The alliance of religions is the earnest hope of all humanity.
Spreading throughout the world
The World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Office Meetings began from the World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Summit in 2014 where representative leaders from 12 religions, along with 950 participants, signed the Unity of Religion Agreement. At that time, the WARP Office Meeting was established and it has been actively practiced worldwide since then. In the short three years from its official beginning, the WARP Offices have seen rapid expansion with 218 offices now operating in 126 countries. With approximately 2,500 representative religious leaders as participants, it enhanced the level of understanding of various religions.
Do you know what culture was created? Religious leaders want to seek true peace-building and harmony among religions based on correct understanding. And they dedicated themselves to thoroughly researching what a “trustworthy scripture” should contain.
91 percent of all religious leaders agreed that the following six attributes, 1) Good and Evil, 2) Birth, Aging, Sickness and Death, 3) The Spiritual Realm, 4) Cleansing of Sins, 5) History and Genealogy, and 6) Prophecy and Fulfillment
Religious Youth Peace Camp
The aim of the HWPL Religious Youth Peace Camp is to engage youth and youth organizations in dialogue and conflict transformation activities based on inter-religious and inter-cultural learning.
Camp participants learn about the general history of world religions, find the root cause of and plausible resolutions to religious conflicts and disputes, examine the religious community’s roles for peace, and experience cultural exchanges.
1&2 HWPL Intercontinental Online WARP Office
On 24 March 2018, the first Intercontinental Online WARP Office Meeting was held. The topic of this WARP Office meeting was “What is the root of evil and how can we eliminate evil? Where does it come from? How can we eliminate it according to your respective religion?” The religious leaders, who participated in meeting, were specially selected as outstanding leaders at worldwide. It made it easy for anyone to be able to see and participate in audience questions by broadcasting their discussion. It is also designed to promote WARP offices to religious societies and civil society, and to spread the culture of seeking truth.
“When the light of heaven shines in the hearts of people, it becomes the light that never fades away.” – the Chairman Man hee Lee
One Netherlander said, “It is amazing that people from different religions can meet and communicate with each other about peace. I think peace and harmony of religions can be achieved as we continue to do this work.”
2018 WARP Summit Program (Only Live)
HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting 17(Mon.) 10:00 Live 1
2018 Conference for the Implementation of the DPCW 17(Mon.) 15:30 Live 2
Peace Festival for the 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit 18(Tues.) 15:00 Live 3
The Role of the Youth in Spreading a Culture of Peace 19(Wed.) 12:30 Live 4
HWPL Intercontinental WARP Office Meeting
What Religious Texts Tell You “About God”
Multilingual Global Live Broadcast
2018. 9. 17. Mon. 10:00 am GMT +8
♦ http://www.warpsummit.org
(If you click the ‘Live’ button, you can choose the language ♥)
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DPCW, an international law for Syria
Heartbeat, a song for Syria
‘Heartbeat, a song for Syria’ is sung by 10-year-old Ansam, a Syrian girl who was born blind. The song was written and composed by Zaid Dirani, Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, and world-famous pianist. It has a message of hope that Syria’s children want to get back their childhood. It’s like the voices of children shouting around the world. Amazingly, the video was filmed in Syria. The following are the lyrics of Heartbeat: (abbreviation)
‘Amid destruction and fire, our wound is deep
We want to say it loud, but our voice is weak
We may be children, but our cry comes from the heart
We want to say it loud: everything is possible
Together we can hope
Our hearts beat back to life
We want our childhood back’
Statistics about the Syrian civil war
Unicef, 2016
At least 652 children were killed – a 20 per cent increase from 2015 – making 2016 the worst year for Syria’s children since the formal verification of child casualties began in 2014.
255 children were killed in or near a school.
More than 850 children were recruited to fight in the conflict, more than double the number recruited in 2015. Children are being used and recruited to fight directly on the frontlines and are increasingly taking part in combat roles, including in extreme cases as executioners, suicide bombers or prison guards.
There were at least 338 attacks against hospitals and medical personnel.
Reference : https://www.unicef.ie/2017/03/15/message-hope-unicef-releases-powerful-charity-song-syrian-children/
Number of children killed in Syria from 2011 to 2017
24,799 (207,000 civilian casualties)
Reference : https://www.statista.com/statistics/697188/child-deaths-in-syria-by-party-responsible/
How can DPCW settle Syrian civil war?
The Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) was drafted by the HWPL International Law Peace Committee, which is comprised of prominent international law experts from 15 different countries, and was proclaimed on 14 March, 2016 in the form of a Preamble, 10 articles and 38 clauses. It is a bottom-up approach for global peace through establishing an international peace law. The strength of the DPCW lies in its representation of the voice of all those yearning for peace, calling on States to protect their rights to enjoy peaceful lives. The Legislate Peace Campaign is operated all over the world to support the DPCW. Now, they collected 734,055 signatures (as of October, 2017) and 173,170 people of 176 countries participated. The HWPL & DPCW are regarded by experts as the most powerful and substantial peace movement than others. Foreign media around the world are also paying attention to HWPL.
DECLARATION OF PEACE AND
CESSATION OF WAR
A Definite answer to peace : 10 Articles and 38 Clauses
Conflict prevention: encourages states to cooperate in gradual disarmament, repurpose weapon-manufacturing facilities for the benefit of humanity and develop friendly relations through mutual respect of the sovereign equality and right to self-determination of all States.
– Article 1 Prohibition of the threat or use of force
– Article 2 War potential
– Article 3 Friendly relations and the prohibition of acts of aggression
– Article 4 State boundaries
– Article 5 Self-determination
Conflict mediation: focuses on conflict mediation through reaffirming the role of international supervision organizations in maintaining international peace and security.
– Article 6 Dispute settlement
– Article 7 Right to self-defense
Securing sustainable peace: includes targets for the means of implementation
– Article 8 Freedom of religion
– Article 9 Religion, ethnic identity and peace
– Article 10 Spreading a culture of peace
The full text of the Declaration is available at www.peacelaw.org.
Legislate Peace Campaign
Dear family members of the global community,
The history of our world is replete with the tragedies of war. When wars break out, ordinary citizens, especially the youth and young adults, are forced out to fight on the battlefields and mothers must send their children into danger. In most instances, neither the youth nor their mothers would willingly suffer such loss and sacrifice. We are all born into the same world; and we live on the same land, under the same sky. All of us have the right to live in a war-free world in peace. And this right should be protected by law.
It is for this reason that we, the world's youth, women, and messengers of peace, support the Legislate Peace Campaign, an advocacy movement in support of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) being developed into an enforceable law. When such a law is implemented and enforced in all countries, wars will have no place on Earth and a culture of peace will finally be able to spread to all corners of the globe. We call on world leaders and governments to acknowledge the principles set out in the DPCW and to incorporate them into their national laws.
We must take action to achieve the global enjoyment of peace. Please join us in supporting the Legislate Peace Campaign to guarantee peace for all.
Let us Legislate Peace. Sign Your Support.
Reference: http://hwpl.kr/en/project/legislatePeaceCampaign
http://hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace
918 WARP Summit is coming soon
The 4th Annual Commemoration of the World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Summit was held in South Korea from the 17th to the 19th of September. This 918 WARP Summit is the core of HWPL‘s peace movement. The main agenda of the WARP Summit will be the introduction of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) to the United Nations (UN) as a binding resolution. Do you want to protect Syria’s children? How can HWPL protect Syria’s children? Come in person!! You can feel what it is directly. Now, all over the world is wishing for the success of 918 WARP Summit. Search on Twitter ‘#918WARP’ Let’s go together!! Peace does not wait for us.
Official : http://warpsummit.org/
HWPL : http://www.hwpl.kr/
Save the Date for September 17-19
Author masterPosted on 2018년 September 3일 2020년 March 6일 Categories DPCW, Steps toward Peace, WARP SummitTags 4th Annual Commemoration of the World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Summit, 918 WARP Summit, 918WARP, Ansam, DPCW, HWPL, Legislate Peace Campaign, Spreading a culture of peace, Statistics about the Syrian civil war, Syria, Syria's children, Syrian civil war, Syrian girl, UN, Unicef, United Nations, WARPSummit2018, Zaid Dirani4 Comments on DPCW, an international law for Syria
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This weekend marks a big couple of days for the National Wrestling Hall Of Fame, as the class of 2018 is scheduled to be honored in a series of scheduled events.
Featured below is a complete list of events scheduled for this weekend:
NWHoF’s Class of 2018 Scheduled Events
The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductions are on July 26-28 in Waterloo, Iowa.
All-Access Passes are still available for $130. Contact the Dan Gable Museum at (319) 233-0745 or dgmstaff@nwhof.org to order.
All-Access Passes allow attendees an opportunity to attend all events from Thursday through Saturday, including a ticket to the Hall of Fame Banquet, Thursday social with meal and drinks, a ringside seat to both Impact Pro Wrestling shows on Friday, access to The Torch live podcast, access to an exclusive panel discussion featuring the Hart Family, invitation to the celebrity social at Screaming Eagle, early admission into the museum Saturday, and preferred access at the autograph signing.
There are also events that are limited to All-Access Pass Holders and distinguished guests.
The Gable Museum is also offering an all-access pass and a three-night hotel stay package from July 26-29 at the Ramada Inn for $355. This includes two breakfast buffets each morning.
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Anyone interested in becoming a Lifetime Member should contact the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum at dgmstaff@nwhof.org (319) 233-0745.
Dan Severn and Owen Hart have been selected for induction into the 2018 George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Award winners are Booker T (Lou Thesz Award), Bruiser Brody (Frank Gotch Award), Ben Askren (George Tragos Award) and Koji Miyamoto (Jim Melby Award).
Impact Pro Wrestling will host the Hall of Fame Classic for the second consecutive year. This year’s tournament first round matches are Bob Holly vs. Colt Cabana, Austin Aries vs. IPW rep to be determined, Brian Cage vs. Curt Stallion, and Air Wolf vs. D J Z.
This one-day tournament begins on Friday, July 27 at 1 p.m. The finals take place during the evening Impact Pro Wrestling show starting at 6:30 p.m.
There will also be a talent evaluation for active wrestlers, referees, and managers with current WWE scout Gerry Brisco and JJ Dillon. E-mail Troy Peterson, owner of Impact Pro Wrestling, for more information on how to take part: wresshow@yahoo.com.
Dash Wilder: WWE Superstar and half of the tag team The Revival
Scott Dawson: WWE Superstar and half of the tag team The Revival
Adam Pearce: Five-time NWA World champion; current WWE producer
Booker T: Six-time World Champion, WWE commentator
Queen Sharmell: Former WWE and TNA Superstar and Nitro Girl
Road Warrior Animal: AWA, NWA, and WWE World Tag Team Champion
Gerry Brisco: WWE Hall of Famer, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, NWA World tag team champion and longtime WWE talent scout
Wes Brisco: Former TNA Impact superstar and son of WWE® Hall of Famer Gerry Brisco
B. Brian Blair: Cauliflower Alley Club president and half of the tag team “The Killer Bees”
Larry “The Axe” Hennig: Former AWA World tag team champion, father of “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig and grandfather of WWE Superstar Curtis
Austin Aries: Multiple time world champion for ROH and TNA, independent wrestling superstar
Dan Severn: NWA World champion and UFC World champion
Stan Hansen: AWA World Champion and All Japan Triple Crown champion
Nikita Koloff: NWA US champion and NWA World tag team champion
Tony Garea: Five-time WWF World Tag Team champion
Ben Askren: Two-time NCAA champion, Bellator and ONE champion
JJ Dillon: leader of the legendary Four Horsemen
Rob Schamberger: WWE artist in residence
Brian Cage: FSW champion, PWG Tag team champion
Colt Cabana: NWA World champion and independent wrestling superstar, host of “The Art of Wrestling” podcast
Ben Brown: WWE archivist
D J Z/Zema Ion: TNA X Division champion
Bob Holly: Former WWE Tag Team champion and Hardcore champion; 15-year WWE veteran
Cowboy Bob Orton: Part of the main event of the first ever Wrestlemania, father of Randy Orton
Charlie Thesz: Widow of Hall of Fame namesake Lou Thesz
Barbara Goodish: Widow of Bruiser Brody
Bill Murdock: 2007 Lou Thesz Award winner
Jason Sanderson: 2008 Lou Thesz Award winner
Koji Miyamoto: Japanese wrestling historian
Wade Keller: Pro Wrestling Torch founder
Bruce Mitchell: Wrestling historian and Pro Wrestling Torch columnist
Hart Family: Ross, Bruce, Diana, and Harry Smith
George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Induction Weekend Schedule
All weekend: Hall of Fame “Digital scavenger-hunt”. This will be a fun, first-time, event that will engage attendees in a new way.
All weekend: 16-person WWE 2K17 video game tournament at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum.
All weekend: Pro Wrestling “Royal Rumble” pinball machine competition.
5 p.m. – Jason Sanderson social and kick-off event at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum for HOF Inductees and All-Access Pass Holders. Includes food and beverage. (All-access pass holders and distinguished guests only).
7:30 p.m. – Pro wrestling trivia hosted by BCP Live at Ramada.
9:30 p.m. – “Open Mike” with Mike Johnson featuring pro wrestling attendees at Ramada Inn.
9 a.m. – National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum opens.
9:30 a.m. – Registration for pro wrestling evaluation at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum.
10 a.m. – First time available to the public, vintage footage featuring JJ Dillon, Jack Brisco, Gerry Brisco and others played in the theater at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum.
11:30 a.m. – Pro Wrestling Evaluation with Gerry Brisco and JJ Dillon at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center. Open to All-Access Pass Holders.
1 p.m. – Hall of Fame Classic. Eight-person Tournament with the first round held at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center and finals held at IPW show in the evening. Tickets for the evaluation, Hall of Fame Classic, and IPW show can be purchased for $35 or general admission for $25.
2:30 p.m. – Hall of Fame podcast with Wade Keller and Bruce Mitchell of PW Torch at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center. No charge for all-access pass holders; $10 for general public.
4 p.m. – Vendors open up in the lobby of Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center prior to opening of Impact Pro Wrestling show.
5:30 p.m. – Doors open to Impact Pro Wrestling show at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center.
6:30 p.m. – Impact Pro Wrestling show starts at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center. Ringside ticket included for All-Access Pass Holders. (Tickets are $25 for Ringside and $15 for General Admission for non-Pass Holders)
10 p.m. to 1 a.m. – After Party for All-Access Pass Holders and distinguished guests at Screaming Eagle. Free shuttles available from the Ramada to The Screaming Eagle.
9 a.m. – Lifetime Members Only – Lifetime Members breakfast at Ramada Inn and tour of the room where the National Wrestling Alliance was formed 70 years prior with five-time NWA champion Adam Pearce.
10 a.m. – Doors open to National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum for all-access pass holders. Vendor booths open.
10 a.m. – Pro Wrestling Iowa Podcast in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum conference room.
11 a.m. – Tribute to Owen Hart with the Hart family for All-Access Pass holders only.
Noon – Doors open at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum to general public ($10 Admission for non-Pass Holders).
Noon – Memories of Bruiser Brody panel discussion at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum with Barbara Goodish, Stan Hansen, Herb Simmons, and Tony Garea hosted by Midnight Guthrie.
Noon – Facebook Live independent pro wrestling showcase with Mike Johnson at National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum.
1:30 p.m. – Photo op with Class of 2018 and professional wrestling legends in the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame wing. All-Access pass holders enter first.
2 p.m. – Autograph signing with professional wrestling legends at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. All-Access Pass Holders enter first. $20 Admission for non-Pass Holders required (most individual signers will charge).
5 p.m. – Hall of Fame Reception at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center.
6 p.m. – Induction Banquet at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center.
7 p.m. – Induction Ceremony at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center with Adam Pearce as master of ceremonies. All-Access Pass includes banquet ticket. Banquet Tickets are $60 per ticket for non-Pass Holders.
9:30 p.m. – Informal gathering at Single Speed Brewery.
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Call of Duty Loads in Seconds on PS5, But You Have to Wait for Everyone Else
Cross-platform woes
by Sammy Barker Sat 14th Nov 2020
Cross-platform play is cool and all, until you realise you have an ultra-fast SSD and the people you’re playing with don’t. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War reveals a problem that we’d anticipated prior to launch: you’ll never see any speed advantages in multiplayer, because the game will always be held back by the lowest common denominator.
Obviously, in this case, Activision’s releasing the title on the PlayStation 5, as well as the PlayStation 4, PC, and various other Xbox platforms. After an evening with the game, we’d peg the average multiplayer map load at about three to four seconds on Sony’s next-gen console, but because you’ll be pooled with players from all of the above systems, you’ll be left to wait for up to a minute before the match gets underway.
This is going to be a problem that all cross-platform games will encounter for the foreseeable future. Obviously if you land in a lobby where everyone’s playing on a faster console or computer, then the delays will be reduced, but chances are you’re always going to match with someone on a PS4 or Xbox One – at least for the foreseeable future anyway.
We’re not entirely sure whether you can disable cross-platform play just yet, but seeing as it’s so integral to the way the game works, it doesn’t seem likely. You can find a full list of all PS5 and PS4 crossplay games through the link, and these are the ones you should expect to leave you hanging around – even if you’re playing on Sony’s new system.
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nessisonett
That’s a problem I just didn’t think about. Oh dear, now that is annoying.
LukeNI
I can confirm that Cross-platform play can be disabled on PC.
Having the option to do it on ps5 would be a welcome option.
LemonHaze
This is normal, and understandable.
I just want to load singleplayer games fast, thats enough for me.
Games like ac odessey metro redux etc.
But with most long loading times, i have a huge benefit. I can eat my nose empty, and wash hands before the game is loaded in.
So it really depends how u look at it
TheRedComet
They should patch in an option that allows you to cross play with just Series X/S and PC players.
@TheRedComet Well, PC players with an SSD.
@Vincent294
Lol I should specified that.
Kidfunkadelic83
@LemonHaze "I can eat my nose empty, and wash hands before the game is loaded in"
Northern_munkey
@LemonHaze "eat my nose empty" you filthy beast..🤣🤣😂😂
Total_Weirdo
Hopefully we get the option to disable this feature.
Tasuki
On the Xbox One version (not sure about PS4 cause I haven't bought that version yet) you can disable cross play.
I think sony should add the option for disabling cross-play in the ps5 os. And have it default to disable.
ApostateMage
PS5 elitists.
BAMozzy
Xbox One X loaded Destiny quicker than Xbox One so you would often be 'in the game' before others - not too much of problem with most co-op content as you weren't stuck in a loading screen.
MP is obviously different as matches don't start until everyone has loaded up the map and ready to start. Whilst the speed of SSD's is no benefit here, its the same for everyone and its better to have 'full' lobbies with much better ping than struggling to get a match with 'local' gamers because you are limited to just PS5 gamers - like Ghosts suffered from at the start of last gen.
Its a question of trading a bit of load time for better matches because you have many more gamers all within your area (so better ping).
God_of_Nowt
So after years and years of people moaning about how Sony isn't open to the idea of cross play, but Microsoft are, and are delaying it, don't want it etc, we have this situation.
Whereby we now don't want the crossplatform play we moaned for years about as a fanbase was lacking.
What about those on a slow mechanical drive at 5400RPM on PC versus those with an NVMe m.2. Those two shall load vastly different too, so should we have a separate group for mechanical and solid state?
It's a multiplayer game. You have to wait to server sync and player sync. Anyone with a really fast computer is used to this already.
Menchi
Lol it's cute seeing console guys now dealing with what we've been doing on PC for years. It's like a child on christmas. Wholesome.
They should really be giving the option to play with PS5 players only because of the frramerate being different between generations
Though this might be a problem and turns out it is,will just have to put up with it for the next couple of year until the generation transition is over.
MemSec
Is the article meaning loading times after matchmaking, or with it? A multiplayer map should not load for a minute, even on hdd. If so, that’s on the developer...
The whole super speed thing goes over my head a little bit. The load times of PS4 are perfectly acceptable for the most part and I'm not going to get my knickers in a twist over a few seconds here or there.
OmegaStriver
Ive said this on and off for months, I am against cross-gen. It has always worked this way, you buy new systems to get the newest and best experiences. The One and PS4 have been catered too for enough years.
MFTWrecks
If a game offers cross-platform play, turning that option off should ALWAYS be an option. Always.
Wilforce
Hey, you're not waiting for me on PC. I timed my load time last night to a zippy 5 seconds.
@Arugula
Depends on the game.
A lot of games on PS4 and Xbone, especially in the later half of the generation, were unacceptable.
Red Dead 2’s load times killed most of the fun I attempted to have with that game. It was appalling. DragonBall Fighterz, a game I sunk over 150 hours into on two different platforms, has some of the most annoying load times I’ve ever seen. Up to 30 seconds before the match starts on any version of thag game. That is unacceptable.
But I’m also a bit of a load time snob. I grew up with cartridge systems. When I got my first CD platform (PS1) I was pretty appalled by having to wait to play a game. That said, most of my PS1 library had tolerable load times of less than 10 seconds.
My buddies, for example, aren’t like me. Long load times don’t bother them. Me? I can’t stand it.
@TheRedComet Definitely understandable. I grew up with games on cassette tape, load times of 10 minutes or more for some games wasn't unheard of! 😅
@Arugula and thats if they loaded up and did not crash...or get eaten by the cassette player...
Jmck87
I remember loading dizzy on the commodore 64 praying it didn't crash at the end of 10 plus mins!
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WATCH: Fox News Is Literally Afraid of Trans People
By Eric Shorey August 19, 2013 at 5:08pm · 11 comments
After California governor Jerry Brown signed a new law to protect trans people by allowing them to participate in sports and go to bathrooms of their identified gender, Fox News predictably went on a transphobic tirade with conservative shock artist Michelle Malkin at the helm.
What should be celebrated as another step towards equal rights for traditionally marginalized individuals and populations was taken as an affront to common decency by Fox News correspondents, who quickly derailed any discussion of the progress of LGBTQ people and instead chose to talk about dropping test scores in California and the potential the new mandate has for abuse.
“This is social engineering run amok,” said Malkin, who sneakily portrayed this as an issue of over-zealous political correctness. “Can you imagine now, the boys want to go into the girls bathroom, and the girls want to go into the boys bathroom, and they can just say I was transgender for the moment?” said Gretchen Carlson.
Not only does this plainly show an intolerance and uneducated viewpoint about transgender issues, it not-so-subtly belies a hateful message about gender equality and the tolerance of gender non-conforming individuals. “Very scary; slippery slope,” said one commentor, re-hashing simplified and platitudinous talking points and buzzwords which, quite literally, display a fear of queer people.
Looks like fears of Fox News’ decline into gay-loving liberalism were greatly exaggerated.
h/t: Passport Magazine
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Eric Auerbach
Holy crap. So much hatred. So much ignorance. So much crazy. What an absolutely disgusting group of people.
August 19, 2013 at 6:08pm
2eo
Fox News and its viewers are literally terrified of education and the real world.
NO bitch, it’s NOT the biggest educational problem- so STOP making it a problem!!
Amazing how incredibly immature and ignorant these people are.
They are more concerned with how it might “expose” others to transgender people, as opposed to being concerned about helping transgender people be accepted and psychologically sound. “Exposing” -ALA EDUCATING- a child about what being transgender means isn’t a bad thing! If you want to shelter your child, go live in an Amish community.
The still of Malkin on the video says everything you need to know about her.
I think she has many unresolved issues in her life, and there’ no better outlet than conservative hate.
balehead
A lot of gays think like her….
Polaro
I think you have more of a chance of being in a horrible car accident as you do of ever running into a trans person and being aware of it. Its a lot of worry about something that really is pretty rare, and certainly harmless.
@MK Ultra: She’s definitely got the crazy eyes. That woman is not well within.
Faux News Channel is anti-trans, the Pope is Catholic, Paris is in France, and in other news….
That wasn’t anywhere as absurd as Bill O’Reilly reporting on lesbian gangs (including the “Pink Pistols”) committing outrageous crimes in cities everywhere in America and linking them to any group in school that’s positive to gays. That was so absurd that it made me think of propaganda hate films like The Birth of a Nation (in some ways worse since I don’t think BoaN showed blacks raping kids as FOX was saying these lesbian gangs were doing to turn girls gay). Granted, this is still pretty bad, but for FOX it’s not as bad as it could be.
Oh, and I stopped listening to Malkin rant about political correctness run amok after she got a donuts commercial pulled because a scarf looked superficially like a keffiyeh (with enough imagination and creative license) so that the commercial wasn’t just selling donuts, but also jihad! 😀
August 20, 2013 at 4:08am
Teleny
As a transwoman I’ve never gone to a bathroom to find a love interest. These right wing nuts are obsessed with the bathroom functions of gay people (notice how they are always going on about anal sex and permanently disfigured anuses). The real weirdos are the Tea Baggers.
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The Show Must Go On: Five Vegas Acts That Need To Happen
By Graham Gremore December 25, 2013 at 10:12am
Britney Spears is just days away from kicking off her two-year stint at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, and everyone’s wondering: How long will the delicate pop diva last in the desert heat? Does anyone really expect her to stick it out the full two years? We’ll see.
It used to be that Vegas was where a singer’s career went to die. But with more and more A-listers signing multi-year performance deals (Celine, Cher, and now Britney), we can’t help but wonder who will be the next big star to light up Sin City.
Scroll down to see other pop acts we’d love to see hit the Las Vegas strip.
Obviously the Queen of Pop is our first pick. Rumors that Madonna was considering a $1 billion offer for a five year Las Vegas residency began swirling in 2010. Sadly, the show never happened. But we’re still holding out hope.
She may not be a live performer, but we’d still pay top dollar to watch Elizabeth Berkley slip into her old black and gold Versace dress and reenact scenes from Showgirls. (We’d pay extra if Gina Gershon made a cameo.)
We think Justin Timberlake would make an excellent Las Vegas headliner. He could sing “Cry Me A River” each night while Britney lip syncs “Everytime” just across the street. It would be a weekly battle of the exes.
The last time Paula Abdul went on tour was over 20 years ago. We think it’s high time the singer turned reality TV personality hit the stage again. We’d love to see her belt out old #1’s like Straight Up and Opposites Attract in a prescription drug-fueled haze.
What ever happened to Janet Jackson? We haven’t heard a peep from the songstress in years. It’s time she made a comeback. And what better place to mount one than in the Entertainment Capital of the World? Janet, if you’re reading, we’re waiting!
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scotshot
All five should get together and do a musical version of Valley of the Dolls.
I can’t wait to see Britney belting out her all time best selling “I’m Neely O’hara!” She wouldn’t need to act.
The cast album should be pretty good, too.
zoompietro
I think P!nk or Christina Aguilera would be amazing in Vegas.
December 27, 2013 at 12:12am
I would go see Tom Daley if he was in a Vegas show, in his speedos. How about it Queerty?!!?
startenout
@Spike: Dear Lord, you’re annoying. If you don’t like the Tom Daley posts, don’t read them. If you do, hit a google search and get off on your own time.
There’s a fine line between witty and bitch.
DerekR
@startenout: Amen! The joke is plaaaaaaaaayed the f*ck out. Give it a rest.
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Austbrokers Canberra CRC Round 8 Preview
Zachary Gates
Thu 25 May 2017, 04:20 PM
Round eight of the Austbrokers Canberra Raiders Cup is headlined by this week's live stream match which sees the Belconnen United Sharks host the Tuggeranong Bushrangers at O'Connor on Saturday.
Belconnen United Sharks v Tuggeranong Bushrangers, 3pm Saturday at O’Connor, streamed live
Both the Belconnen United Sharks and Tuggeranong Bushrangers will be desperate to turn their inconsistent starts to the season around when they lock horns at O’Connor on Saturday afternoon.
The ninth-placed Sharks and fifth-placed Bushrangers both suffered defeats on the weekend, the Sharks going down 28-14 to the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs and Tuggeranong 36-26 to the West Belconnen Warriors.
Bushrangers prop Michael Uluakiola said that although his side’s forwards are outdone in size, they don’t lack fight.
“They are dangerous in the middle, they’ve got big boys,” Uluakiola said. “We’re small but we’ve got heart.”
Sharks halfback Darcy Eason said his side needs to learn to turn close games into wins but was pleased by their win against the Warriors two weeks ago.
“Beating last year’s premiers, West Belconnen, definitely brought the morale up of the team,” Eason said. “We just need to turn those close losses into close wins.”
Watch the Sharks v Bushrangers here at 3pm on Saturday
Gungahlin Bulls v Yass Magpies, 3pm Saturday at Gungahlin Enclosed Oval
The seventh-placed Gungahlin Bulls and sixth-placed Yass Magpies will look to remain in close range of the top four when they cross swords at Gungahlin Enclosed Oval on Saturday afternoon.
The Bulls are set to hurtle out of the gates having enjoyed the luxury of a bye on the weekend, while the Magpies have an eye on clinching their first win since Round 3.
They have since played out a 24-all draw and lost three-straight games, the last of which came through a 37-12 steamrolling at the hands of the Queanbeyan Kangaroos.
Queanbeyan Kangaroos v Woden Valley Rams, 3pm Saturday at Seears Workwear Oval
Twenty-five minutes away, the Queanbeyan Kangaroos will host the Woden Valley Rams at Seears Workwear Oval on Saturday afternoon.
The Kangaroos will be on the hunt for their fifth-consecutive win they welcome the Rams, the most recent of which was stamped with their 37-12 thrashing of the Magpies.
A win over Woden could elevate the Kangaroos into first on the ladder, a position currently occupied by cross-town rivals the Queanbeyan Blues.
On the side of the ledger, the Rams will be out to make amends for a 34-16 loss to the Blues on the weekend as they look to further entrench themselves in the top four.
Queanbeyan Blues v West Belconnen Warriors, 3pm Saturday at Seiffert Oval
This year’s table-toppers will meet last year’s premiers when the undefeated Blues host the Warriors at Seiffert Oval on Saturday afternoon.
Both sides recorded wins in high-scoring affairs on the weekend to consolidate their positions in the top four.
The Blues rained on the Rams’ home parade in clinching their 34-16 win, while the Warriors also nabbed an away win in overpowering Tuggeranong in their 36-26 victory.
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Trump aims new 'weapon' at enemies: everyday Americans like you and me (opinion)
Fox News recently reported that Trump pressured the federal government to punish his personal rivals. How? By releasing detained immigrants onto the streets of America’s towns and cities where Trump’s rivals live.
Let that sink in.
Not the fake news, but Fox News.
The fact is Trump is bragging that he personally pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to release detained immigrants. By bussing them. Not back to their country of origin. But to large and small cities across America where the majority of residents did not vote for Trump.
Dropping them off at street corners. Without food. Without shelter. Without bathrooms. Without assistance of any kind. Wholesale release of detained people - including children - onto the streets of America. Homeless and starving.
Anywhere and everywhere that Trump did not carry the vote for his run for the Presidency. Into the strongholds of the enemy. Without notice. Into the homeland of fellow Americans.
Yes, these immigrants had a dream of coming to the United States of America. A place they fantasize about. Welcoming and caring. A place where their children might have enough to eat. An opportunity to learn. A place where they might not be killed in their sleep. A place free of drugs. A place where the government is not corrupt. A place where they might find work and opportunity. A safe haven.
And, yes, there is a chorus of voices who support their coming. But no one believes that immigrants should be bussed to a street corner in an unfamiliar American city and left off in masses to fend for themselves. Except Trump.
Even Fox News is outraged.
These immigrants are now a weapon that Trump wants to unleash on you, his fellow American citizens.
Trump’s idea is that if Democrats love these immigrants so much, let them take care of them.
There are problems with this logic.
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First, large and small cities include Democrats, Republicans, Independents and non-registered Americans. Not just those Americans that Trump considers his enemy.
Second, few Americans support a porous border. The majority of Americans - regardless of political party affiliation - support some level of controlled immigration.
Third, the immigration crisis is being stoked by Trump’s policy of shutting down all immigration. Causing a crisis. And then painting desperate immigrants from the south as murderers and rapists and gang members.
Yet, in the same breath, Trump is pressing a policy to transport these people to a street corner near you.
This argument is classic.
It was heard during the Nazi years. During the years when the American government incarcerated Japanese Americans. During the years when America was divided by civil rights arguments. Whenever some people get away with ganging up on others.
The argument goes like this. If you like them so much, you live with them. You pay to take care of them. They are not much better than dogs.
Just think. A President of the United States of America is pushing to release immigrant detainees onto the streets of large and small American cities. As retribution against Trump’s political enemies!
Fox News and every other legitimate news organization reported this and backed it up with interviews with those involved and official emails.
The proposal came to light in November 2018 when reports first surfaced of a relatively small caravan of migrants from Central America making its way to the southern border. Then again in February of 2019 during negotiation between Trump and Congress over border wall funding.
Both times it was rejected by bureaucrats within federal immigration agencies.
There is even an email dated November 16, 2018 from the White House to these immigration agencies suggesting migrants be arrested and bussed to small and mid-sized cities whose citizens did not vote the majority for Trump.
Fox News reported that Trump personally pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to implement the plan. Nielsen resisted and later quit or was fired.
Trump then told acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan to close the southern border. And if McAleenan were to face any legal trouble with the Courts that Trump would pardon him. Trump is not alarmed by causing a Constitutional crisis.
Fox News also reported that Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller pushed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to act on the plan. Miller then became irate when DHS bureaucrats refused to move forward as the proposal might be illegal. Now Miller is advocating for the firing of John Mitnick, general counsel for DHS. To Miller’s chagrin Mitnick believes immigrants are “human beings, not game pieces".
Trump is threatening you. If you do not vote his way, you will be punished. Overrun by evil immigrants, murderers, rapists and gang members. He will bus them to a neighborhood near you.
This is not democracy. This is something else.
Democracy is where you and I as Americans have the right to vote the way of our conscience, the way we feel best. Without retribution. Without punishment. Not the way we are told. Or bludgeoned to vote.
Personally, I am outraged, And so should you.
And I am afraid. And you should be as well.
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Will I be targeted by Trump for writing these words? Will you be targeted for reading them?
If we do not vote for Trump, will our access to government programs be taken away?
How far is Trump willing to go to hold onto power?
Who among us will speak out? Or have we become so immune to one unspeakable act after another, that even this latest near-catastrophe causes us no pain?
Trump has been painting others as the enemy. Only now the enemy turns out to be you and me.
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Slain Portland Protester Supported Right-Wing Group Patriot Prayer The man who was shot and killed in Portland, Ore., over the weekend has been identified as Aaron J. Danielson. His friends and family are speaking about who he was and what he stood for.
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Authorities in Portland, Ore., have identified the man who was shot and killed over the weekend as Aaron J. Danielson. He was a member of the regional far-right political group called Patriot Prayer. That group has been part of the violence happening at protests in that city. Last night, friends of his held a news conference. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson reports.
CONRAD WILSON, BYLINE: Portland resident Aaron J. Danielson was 39 years old. Friends say everyone called him Jay. The Multnomah County medical examiner determined Danielson's manner of death was homicide, and the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest. Police say they're still investigating possible shooters and motives. So far, no arrests have been made. Last night, some of Danielson's friends spoke to reporters in a rose-filled park in Portland's West Hills. Some refused to give their names. Some wept. Luke Carrillo said he was Danielson's business partner.
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LUKE CARRILLO: We're here (crying) to allow this community and the world the opportunity to recognize this senseless act for what it was - an unnecessary tragedy that took a good and decent man far too soon.
WILSON: Danielson was killed Saturday evening in downtown Portland after a huge caravan of hundreds of vehicles, which organizers called the Trump 2020 Cruise Rally, drove through the city. At times, the caravan was met by racial justice protesters. A few fights broke out, but the event was mostly peaceful.
CARRILLO: We, his friends and his family, have seen multiple false reports calling Jay everything from a radical to a racist and a fascist.
WILSON: Carrillo, Danielson's friend, says Danielson was none of those things.
CARRILLO: He was not an inciter or an instigator. He was a freedom-loving American who died expressing his beliefs, a right which is guaranteed to all of us through the Constitution. We ask now that Portland, Ore., and the entire country stand together and renounce any further acts of violence. No family or friends should ever have to deal with this type of loss for any reason at all, period.
WILSON: Danielson was a member of Patriot Prayer, which dates back to 2016. The far-right political group has a history of holding rallies in downtown Portland, where they're met by anti-fascist counterdemonstrators. The encounters have frequently turned violent. Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson is facing a felony riot charge stemming from an incident last year. He spoke on the Portland-based radio program "The Lars Larson Show" yesterday. Gibson says he was with Danielson during this weekend's caravan through Portland. On the show, he appealed to supporters to remain calm.
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JOEY GIBSON: I know you guys are angry. We want to make sure that we don't do anything stupid. We're not here for revenge and to go attack random people.
WILSON: Gibson says he believes the Portland Police Bureau will find Danielson's killer. He called on supporters to pressure local political leaders to make sure justice is done. On Sunday, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler also asked for calm.
TED WHEELER: For those of you saying on Twitter this morning that you plan to come to Portland to seek retribution, I'm calling on you to stay away. You, of course, have a constitutional right to be here, but we're asking you to stay away and work with us to help us de-escalate this situation.
WILSON: Danielson's friends wouldn't take questions from reporters. His family, in a statement, requested privacy and said they want the violence to stop.
For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
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Grand Canyon Park is home to hundreds of flowering plants. There are approximately 650 herbaceous (having little or no woody stem) wildflowers in the park. Some of the common species displaying a white flower are the sacred datura, evening primrose, tidy fleabane, yarrow, baby white aster, desert tobacco, watercress, and white violet. Some common yellow flowering wildflowers are broom snakeweed, yellow ragweed, hymenopapus, groundcherry, common mullein, Hooker's primrose, and blanket flower. Red or orange flowered plants include the globe mallow, red columbine, skyrocket, penstemon, Indian paintbrush, and crimson monkeyflower. Pink and purple wildflowers include the Rocky Mountain bee plant, fleabane, Palmer lupine, toadflax penstemon, Grand Canyon phacelia, and Rocky Mountain iris. For a complete list of Grand Canyon Plants see the Grand Canyon Plant List.
Prickly Pear cacti are abundant on the South Rim of Grand Canyon in late spring.
Photo courtesy of Claire Baldwin, 2017.
Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia) grow in abundance throughout the American southwest and encompass over 150 species. They are found in many of the life zones encompassed by Grand Canyon, both on the South Rim and in the Inner Canyon. Usually a yellow bloom, the flowers in spring can also sometimes be orange or red. (Photo courtesy Claire Baldwin)
Other types of succulents and cacti make their homes in Grand Canyon, mostly in the lower Sonoran areas of the Inner Canyon. A close look can reveal flowers from claret-cup, California barrel, and beavertail cacti.
For more information on succulents in Grand Canyon, see our cacti page.
Desert globemallow can be an abundant, colorful sight during spring in the desert.
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Globemallow (Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia) can be the brightest growing part of the Grand Canyon landscape in spring. Their stems grow out from the base of the plant in all directions, and petals form in bright orange "cups" that open with the sun. They are highly drought-resistant plants and flourish in mid-range deserts. Their bright color makes them a favorite for pollinators.
Look for this orange blooming flower in early to mid spring along Highway 64 when entering the park, or along the rim in a few places. Globemallow also bloom inside the canyon around 4000 feet (1219 m).
There are nine reported species of lupine in Grand Canyon a common species of which is Palmer Lupine, pictured.
NPS photo, courtesy Sunset Crater National Monument.
Known for showy purple blossoms, Palmer lupine (Lupinus palmeri) is a high desert favorite for flower enthusiasts. Its leaves are long, narrow, elongated, and grow in a ring at different points along the stem. The flowers grow upward, forming a tower of purple. Lupine can be seen blooming at Grand Canyon in spring and summer on both North and South Rim.
Lupine benefit the desert soil by serving as nitrogen fixers, keeping the ground rich and fertile.
The flowers of desert phlox range in color from white to deep pink, with every shade in-between.
Desert phlox (Phlox austromontana) can be found growing among shrubs in the sagebrush grassland habitats in Grand Canyon. With five-petaled flowers ranging in color from white to a deep pink, they grow in dense clusters and bloom on the North and South Rims from May to June and are commonly seen on the corridor trails within the canyon.
These plants are resilient desert-dwellers, commonly found on many spring hikes throughout the southwest.
Sand verbena grow together in round flowerheads with up to 30 individual blooms in each.
Sand verbena (Abronia elliptica) are found mostly in the Inner Canyon and along the beaches of the Colorado River, although they can be found elsewhere in the canyon in spring and early summer. They have a fragrant scent, particularly in the evening, and attract the majority of their pollinators at night.
Their long root systems make them optimal residents of sandy or rocky areas as they search for water.
Golden columbine, also called "Yellow Queen," grow in moist areas along the river.
Golden columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha ) is native to canyon environments with strong water sources in the southwest and can be found in the Colorado River corridor. Also called the "Yellow Queen," this wildflower can tolerate the hot, arid climate of the Inner Canyon. Its presence in Grand Canyon is a testament to the varied life zones present in the park.
The bright yellow flowers bloom in early spring and have a slight fragrance. Their distinctive shape and color make them easy to spot!
Showy yellow flowers of brittlebush occur throughout Arizona and northern Mexico, but reach their northern limit along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
If you venture into the canyon below the Tonto Platform, you will find brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) nestled into the cliffs and slopes. In April the plants have yellow flowers are are numerous, providing food for wildlife like bighorn sheep. Brittlebush gets its name from the stems of these flowers, which break easily.
Brittlebush may be fragile, but it can rebound with any quick and steady rain.
Apache plume is particularly common in dry washes and small side canyons in Grand Canyon.
The delicate white flowers of Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) grow at multiple levels in Grand Canyon. In early spring they are first sighted along the Colorado River in the Inner Gorge and then as summer progresses on the rims you might see it growing in washes or along the edge. Shortly after blooming, purple fruits are seen and their parts form in clusters.
Apache plume stems are extensive and serve to help stabilize washes and other areas on cliffs where they occur in the canyon.
Grassleaf peas in Grand Canyon are often a mix of purple and white flowers in spring.
The flowers of the grassleaf pea (Lathyrus graminifolius) are pink with thin purple stripes and formed in a distinct, two-lobed, rounded shape. As the blossoms age, they fade into a light orange color.
Grassleaf peas can be found in mid to higher elevation deserts in south central Arizona and are seen inside of Grand Canyon in similar environments.
Sentry milk-vetch are endemic to the Kaibab Limestone on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. They are vulnerable to trampling by visitors due to their small size.
Standing guard over the rim of the Grand Canyon, the tiny, federally endangered "sentry" milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax) is a perennial herb that forms a one inch tall by eight inch wide mat in shallow pockets of soil on the Kaibab limestone. The soil, hydrology, and chemical composition of the bedrock where sentry milk-vetch grows may be unique.
Sentry milk-vetch is classified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, and park recovery efforts are on-going. For more information, visit the sentry milk-vetch subject site.
Blooming blackbrush grow along the slopes of Grand Canyon.
When heavy summer rains blow through Grand Canyon, the stems of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) darken in color and help absorb water. These shrubs grow in deserts on scrubby slopes like those in the canyon and in spring, also after heavy rains, bloom with pointed-petaled yellow flowers.
Blue flax offers a variable of blue in an otherwise desert landscape.
Blue Flax (Linum lewisii) is commonly found near sagebrush in open areas of Grand Canyon. You can find the light blue flowers along the rim and scenic drives as well as along the Tonto Plateau. This species was named for Meriweather Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
In june and july, paintbrush flowers can be found on both rims of the Grand Canyon and in some parts of the inner canyon.
In june and july, paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers are found on both rims of the Grand Canyon and in some parts of the inner canyon. They are partially parasitic, with roots that take nutrients from surrounding plants. The bright red flowers are sometimes mistaken to be those of the plants nearby!
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INDIA’S NATIONAL HYDROELECTRIC Power Corporation (NHPC) has awarded civil works contracts for the 2000MW Lower Subansiri project to Larsen and Toubro of Mumbai, India and to Boguchangesstroy-Soyuzgidrospetsstroy- Soma JV (BSS), a consortium of Russian companies.
Larsen and Toubro are to construct the power house and the water conveyance system. NHPC also awarded BSS the civil contract for concrete dam works. The project is scheduled for completion in six years.
Located in Arunachal Pradesh in north-eastern India, the project involves the construction of diversion tunnels, a concrete gravity dam and power generation facilities with an installed capacity of 2000MW (8×250 MW). The power generation uses the flow in the Lower Subansiri river located in lower Subansiri District, of Arunachal Pradesh and Demaji District of Assam.
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A Very Bradford Easter
April 5, 2015 •Posted in NFH, R.L. Mathewson Chronicles •48 Comments »
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(The Ladies on FB voted for this!! I’m sorry!!!!!!!!!!!! I feared for my life!)
An R.L. Mathewson Chronicle
“This is probably the saddest thing that I’ve ever seen,” Danny said, sighing heavily as he set the brakes on his wheelchair.
“They’re not really going to sign up to do this, are they?” Jodi asked, shooting another nervous glance towards the tables where nearly two dozen Bradfords stood in line, waiting to sign up for the town’s annual Easter Egg Hunt.
Danny watched as his brother Garrett pointed out something else on the flier to the poor man that had been trying to explain for the past hour that this event was intended for children. “Yes, yes they are,” he said with a resigned shake of his head, accepting the fact that this would probably be the last time any Bradford was allowed at a city sponsored event.
“And why exactly are they doing this?” she asked as she placed her hand on the curve of her large stomach where their twins were growing and carefully sat down on his lap.
“Because they’ve been allowing teenagers to enter and none of the little kids have been able to find any eggs,” Haley explained as she walked over and handed Jodi a small bottle of apple juice.
“Last year the kids were so excited about coming here. We got here an hour early, signed up and waited for nothing. As soon as they blew the whistle a half-dozen teenage boys stormed the woods and scooped up every single egg,” Zoe added with a sigh as she joined them, placing her hand on the slight swell of her belly as she sat down at the picnic table next to them.
“Dad tried to talk some sense into the City Council, but they won’t put an age restriction on the hunt,” Haley said, pushing her glasses back up her nose while they watched the Bradford men as they each donned the set of bunny ears they were handed when they signed up.
“The guys asked the kids if they’d rather have an Easter egg hunt at home, but they said they wanted to do this with their friends,” Zoe explained as Danny wrapped his arms around his wife and placed his hand over hers where it rested on her belly.
“The other parents complained too, but the Council wouldn’t hear it,” his mother explained as she joined them, shooting Jodi a warm smile as she sat down next at the picnic table next to Zoe, putting her arm around the younger woman’s shoulder.
“So, to keep it fair, the guys decided to give the smaller kids a hand,” Haley explained as they watched every Bradford align himself with a child as a group of teenage boys, shoving each other and acting up, tried to push their way to the starting line.
“At least this should prove entertaining,” Jodi murmured as they watched Jason and Trevor come between the roughhousing teenagers and the smaller kids stumbling over themselves to get out of the way.
“Everyone ready?” the Mayor asked, shooting a nervous look between the Bradford men and the teenage boys, who’d given up trying to cut in front of the line and were now shooting nervous looks of their own at all the large men partnered up with small children.
“Yes!” the kids cried out in unison, smiling hugely as they got ready to run as fast as their little legs could carry them.
“Go!” the Mayor yelled and just like that, they were off.
Danny watched as the kids ran for the field and woods, yelling with excitement as they pounced on the plastic eggs littering the field with a Bradford of their very own trailing after them and stepping in whenever a teenager tried to swoop past the little kids and grab the eggs. The men ignored the teenagers who were smart enough to go off to the side and grab those eggs, but the others who tried to swoop in and grab the eggs just as one of the little kids reached for it…
“Hey!” one of the teenagers yelled in outrage as Sebastian and Jonathan swooped in and blocked him as he tried to grab the egg their little sister was reaching for.
“That’s not fair!” another teenage boy yelled as Jason stepped in and blocked him from taking the egg away from the three-year-old girl that he’d partnered with.
“Don’t hate the player, hate the game,” the little girl said as she picked up her egg and placed it in the bucket that Jason dutifully held for her.
“I was going for that egg, man!” another yelled as a little boy dressed like Superman hugged a pink plastic egg to his small chest as he jumped up and down with excitement as Trevor blocked the kid.
“This isn’t fair!” another yelled, gesturing to Aidan as who stood there, glaring down at the kid as an adorable little girl wearing a fluffy pink dress waddled past him, hugging the blue plastic Easter egg she’d managed to pick up before the kid could steal it from her.
“At the very least, the City Council will probably place an age restriction on the hunt next year,” his mother pointed out as they watched the teenage boy, who’d made the mistake of trying to pluck a green egg away from the little boy that Lucifer had partnered with, started crying hysterically at whatever it was that his brother had said to him.
“Then again, they might just decide to cancel it next year,” his wife mumbled thoughtfully while they watched as another teenager was reduced to tears when he tried to come between Uncle Jared and little Matthew as he picked up a golden egg.
“That might be for the best,” Haley said, shaking her head in disbelief as Sebastian and Jonathan took exception to another teenage boy trying to steal an egg from their sister.
“I let it go! I let it go!” the teenage boy cried out as-
“Not again,” Zoe said, sighing heavily as she stood up, keeping her hand on her belly and headed for her boys.
“I’ll get the first aid kit,” Haley announced, sounding bored as she headed towards the sign-in tables where the Mayor and half the town stood, staring in horror as the twins made sure that the boy sobbing hysterically and begging for mercy never made the mistake of trying to get between them and their sister again.
“Not the face!”
“Even if we don’t get banned,” he started to say, cringing when the twins focused their attention on a teenager trying to grab an egg from their little brother, “we might want to reconsider doing this at home next year.”
“That probably would be for the best,” his mother murmured in agreement as the twins reduced another teenager to tears.
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Excerpt & A Little Something Extra
Give me two weeks….three tops!!!!!!
48 Responses to “A Very Bradford Easter”
Nettie Wachacha says: April 5, 2015 at 6:46 am
Love those Bradfords. More please.
Alyssa says: April 5, 2015 at 6:46 am
that was awesome! Happy Easter!!
Ps. Zoe’s pregnant again?!? How did I miss this? Or is this the first time it was mentioned? Or hinted at?
Seph says: November 16, 2015 at 1:13 pm
She is have Darrin and MaryBeth’s triplets for them since MaryBeth could no have kids.
Lori merendina says: April 5, 2015 at 6:56 am
Happy Easter! Every week I think it does t get better, then the next week I’m corrected! Great chronicle!
Cilicia White says: April 5, 2015 at 7:06 am
Gotta love those Bradfords!! No one messes with kids they are around!!
Tarra says: April 5, 2015 at 7:14 am
Love it!! Was there also hints that Zoe is pregnant again? Love all the Bradfords!!
Andrea M says: April 5, 2015 at 7:18 am
I seriously fall more in love with the Bradfords every week! Happy Easter every one. Thanks for the heartwarming laughs RL!
vicky says: April 5, 2015 at 7:23 am
I can’t seem to get this right in my head, but my conclusion to it is: zoe and Trevor had been together for years when Danny and jodi got together. Trevor and zoe had their two pair of twins close. And reading this… Do zoe and Trevor have more Kids dowb the line??
R.L. Mathewson says: April 5, 2015 at 5:46 pm
This Chronicle is for present time, but a month or so before the epilogue in The Game Plan……….
You will see what’s going on better in Double Dare
Vicky says: April 6, 2015 at 12:12 am
Great 🙂 thank You for answering! Looking very much forward to Double dere 😀
Amber says: April 5, 2015 at 7:45 am
Love the Bradford’s!!!!
LuAnn Borders says: April 5, 2015 at 8:05 am
It’s all about family
Sandy says: April 5, 2015 at 8:17 am
love these stories, keep up the great writing and laughs. Thank you so much for making my morning a smily one.
Barb Kiser says: April 5, 2015 at 8:24 am
Awesomeness…..have to go back and ‘re read because can’t remember why Danny’s in a wheelchair
elaine mccrory says: April 5, 2015 at 8:27 am
Can’t get enough of the Bradfords!
irene gorniak says: April 5, 2015 at 8:36 am
Happy Easter.!! Love that the Bradfords are about family… Great news about Zoe – looking forward to hearing more about that
Frin says: April 5, 2015 at 8:46 am
Tar …. You’ve made my Easter !!! 😀
karen says: April 5, 2015 at 9:04 am
Omg I truly loved it. It was great I love the Bradford clan.
Melba says: April 5, 2015 at 9:06 am
Love, love this family. More Bradfords please.
Tina says: April 5, 2015 at 9:29 am
Love those Bradfords 🙂 These chronicles are great – just love to hear what the family is up to, and to visit with some of my favorites charaters, even though it is hard to choose I have a soft spot for Trevor ♡ 🙂
I want my own Bradford! 😉
janet says: April 5, 2015 at 10:28 am
Love!!!! so funny- I just can’t wait for more of the Bradford family story- amazing that I came across r l Mathewson book by mistake because I got the author confused with another but best mistake ever!!!
Noreen says: April 5, 2015 at 11:14 am
Perfect end to my easter day love it made me laugh
Jessie T says: April 5, 2015 at 11:18 am
Can’t get enough of this family! They’re great! Pregnant Zoe? They can’t seem to keep their hands to themselves. Lol!
Danielle Kincaid says: April 5, 2015 at 11:23 am
Absolutely hysterical! Thanks for my Easter gift 🙂
Sandy says: April 5, 2015 at 11:37 am
Thank you Rl I love the Chronicles and the Bradfords! You gave us a great Easter treat!
Rose says: April 5, 2015 at 12:39 pm
Love the Bradfords! Happy Easter everyone!
jamie says: April 5, 2015 at 3:24 pm
Thank you R.L. for the Easter story. Maybe after so many weeks of Bradfords, could you switch to other characters? I would interested in getting updates on the others.
Bridget says: April 5, 2015 at 3:27 pm
I absolutely loved this chronicle. I think it may be my favorite so far. My hubby and I were just talking about how the older kids were trampling the young kids at the park across from our house. I laughed and I also cried a little when reading this. Absolutely wonderful!! The NFH series is one of my favorite ever.
Monica says: April 5, 2015 at 4:28 pm
Zoe’s pregnant? That’s great!!!! I love this family but I’m starting to get confused. Have we read Danny’s story yet? Him being in a wheelchair sounds vaguely familiar. But I can’t remember! Help!
Vicky says: April 5, 2015 at 4:38 pm
We don’t actually know if she is pregnant. She doesn’t say it, and considering Zoe isn’t super thin, R.L might just be screwing with our heads by making it sound like she is preggers but in fast just chubby. Dannys book is The Game Plan.
I could be……………………
Susanne says: April 5, 2015 at 4:45 pm
Okay, love these, but you gotta watch it!! 3 year old Jessica and her brothers protecting her? They would only be like 6 years old! Not to mention, at Jason & Haley’s anniversary (10) they would have had a baby?? Funny story though!! Keep up the awesome writing and I’ll be reading it all….you crack me up!!!
Susanne, this Chronicle is for present day. The older boys are nine and Jessica is only a few years younger than them. This Chronicle was set up to be a teaser and let the reader get a hint of something to come. It’s a teaser 🙂
Susanne says: April 7, 2015 at 7:00 am
LOL okay, I really enjoy your writing and just didn’t want any mix ups! Can’t wait till the next books!! BTW, any word on Shayne’s story??
Lynn Latimer says: April 5, 2015 at 6:43 pm
That was just awesome! ! Love these chronicles so much. Can’t wait for next weeks
Dawn C says: April 5, 2015 at 7:14 pm
I love see the twins protecting their sister and being sweet. Well Bradford sweet. Can we get a family tree to help us remember whos brothers with who? I love all your books but these are my favorite!
greanne says: April 5, 2015 at 10:16 pm
Happy easter..
Charmarie Dotson says: April 5, 2015 at 11:52 pm
I love these chronicles, but I seriously need to catch up on my NFH series…..I am behind:-(
Sue Miler says: April 6, 2015 at 12:43 pm
Awesome!!! I love the Bradfords!!
Michelle says: April 7, 2015 at 8:05 am
Another winning posting! Thanks ☺️
Rebecca says: April 7, 2015 at 2:11 pm
The best easter ever!!!! So Zoe is pregnant again? I take that was the teaser?….Oh but how I love the Bradford men, they truly are some great men to those they love.
Diane says: April 8, 2015 at 5:15 am
Love this. Just sat and read while eating lunch. 🙂 Do like how they all defend their own. Would like to see a family tree also. Just to keep them straight in my head. When’s Lucifers story coming out?
Christa Ray says: April 10, 2015 at 2:14 pm
I can just picture this and love it. I love those twins boys and cant wait to see how they develop in life. They are all too funny!
Irish Grimes says: April 11, 2015 at 5:00 pm
So Zoe pregnant again didn’t see that coming
Jennifer says: April 15, 2015 at 1:46 pm
I wanna be a Bradford!!! As for Zoe, with a man like Trevor I’d stay preggers too. Hello, Bradford men are are HOT and demanding.
Mic S says: April 15, 2015 at 8:14 pm
I love the Bradfords!
Lucy says: April 17, 2015 at 5:38 pm
I’m loving the twins. They should have romances of their own at some point, even if it just is a kiddie subplot.
Loes Molenkamp says: April 27, 2015 at 11:15 am
As always, the Bradford’s are hilarious and very fun to read. Loved this little interlude and I hope there are more coming!! Started this weekend on all your other books, and I hope there’s soon coming a second in the EMS series. But I do love them all so PLEASE keep on writing them! 😉
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The Very best College in France – The University
The University of Paris 06 is the greatest university in France according to the Tutorial Ranking of Entire world Universities (ARWU). The ARWU is published by the Institute of Higher Education and learning at the Shanghai Jiao Tong College and several indicators of tutorial or study overall performance are utilised to establish the position, these consist of hugely cited scientists, content articles indexed in main quotation indices and employees successful Nobel Prizes.
The Top-5 universities in France
There are twenty-three French universities in the Word’s Prime-500 universities (2008). The Best-5 universities in France are: 1. University of Paris 6 (ranked forty second in the world) two. University of Paris eleven (rated 49th) 3. Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris (73rd) four. University of Paris 7 (101-151) and University of Strasbourg(101-151). The University of Paris 6 has been the best college in France since 2003, when the ARWU was first published.
French Universities
Universities in France are predominantly community institutions. Apparently, the very best learners show up at the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ [‘Grand Schools’] (a increased education institution outside the mainstream framework of the general public universities method). While the universities are open up to all students who complete their higher university training (with a ‘Baccalauréat’), the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ need an added entrance exam which is highly competitive.
In comparison to French universities, the ‘Grandes Ecoles’ are relatively little establishments. For illustration, the College of Paris 6 (ranked 42rd in the world) has 30,000 college students although the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris (ranked 73rd in the planet) only has two,000 students.
When compared to other OECD international locations, France has an typical density of best universities (.4 universities for each 1 million inhabitants in France compared to .four for OECD international locations as a entire. It is placing to observe that nine out of the 23 universities (39%) that appear in the ARWU are situated in Paris.
The University of Paris
The historic College of Paris was started in the mid twelfth century, In 1970 it was reorganized as thirteen autonomous universities (College of Paris I-XIII). The college is typically referred to as the Sorbonne or La Sorbonne. The universities are now in essence impartial of every other. Regardless of this url, and the historic ties, there is no University of Paris method that binds the universities at an tutorial level.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Is a Married Man
Joseph Gordon-Levitt poses with Daniel Radcliffe at the Oscars. (Facebook)
-Just before Christmas, Joseph Gordon-Levitt married girlfriend Tasha McCauley, who’s a super smart robotics CEO, which kind of makes him a trophy husband.
–Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis may have also tied the knot.
-Usually I would find this kind of creepy, but this video of Taylor Swift online stalking some fans and then delivering them personalized Christmas gifts is pretty damn charming.
–Zoe Saldana gave birth to twin boys, and she gave them some pretty unique names.
-In other baby news, Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria are expecting another.
-Aw, geez. I couldn’t even get through the promo for the last four episodes of Parenthood without getting all wobbly. This is gonna hurt.
-Dawson’s Creek alums and BFFs Michelle Williams and Busy Phillips rang in NYE together while on vacation.
-Following the backlash, Kaley Cuoco says those anti-feminist comments were taken out of context. Uh huh.
-Speaking of skewed views on feminism, Jamie Dornan insists 50 Shades of Grey isn’t misogynistic. Uh huh squared.
–Selena Gomez deleted that Instagram photo of her showing off her ankle in a Abu Dhabi mosque.
-Speaking of posting dumb Instagram photos, Madonna really stepped in it.
-I’ve never really gotten into The Bachelor, but this interview with host Chris Harrison is pretty damn entertaining.
-The annual New Year’s Day tradition continues: Crazy Days and Nights just unloaded a whole bunch of (somewhat shady) blind reveals to devour.
-The previews for Galavant make it look terrible, but the reviews are actually surprisingly positive. Plus, this song!
–Angelina Jolie is already laughing off her “absurd” chicken pox.
-Here we go again: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin were spotted having dinner last night.
–Colin Farrell penned a heartfelt plea to Irish people on gay marriage.
-Just in case you weren’t already in love with Ken Marino, he might have been drunk on New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly.
–Neill Blomkamp revealed artwork from a secret alien movie he was working on but is now dead, and everyone is bummed because it looks so freaking cool.
–Idina Menzel missed the high note during her NYE performance, but she really wants everyone to let it go.
-Serial fans: Mashable created an awesome visual of Jay’s story-shifting over time plotted against Adnan’s version of the timeline.
-I really liked this article about the formula that every sitcom follows, but now that’s all I’m going to see. It’s like after I read Save the Cat! and spent the next year watching movies and trying to time when the “dark night of the soul” moment would arrive…
-Marvel released an ant-sized teaser for Ant-Man, which is both clever and incredibly frustrating.
Scarlett Johansson Got Married
Amy Poehler’s Book Cover and Synopsis Revealed
Miley Cyrus Shuts Down Pregnancy Rumours
Johnny Depp “Doesn’t Give a F***”
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Tahoe fire chief: ‘Tremendous amount of tree death’ on our horizon
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Margaret Moran
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North Tahoe Fire Protection District Fire Chief Michael Schwartz
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With 2016 being an election year, the Sierra Sun is devoting time each week to conduct interviews with officials and board members who work for the many public districts and government agencies representing Truckee and North Lake Tahoe.
This week, we feature a Q-and-A with North Tahoe Fire Protection District Fire Chief Michael Schwartz:
Sierra Sun: How would you describe the state of the district today?
Schwartz: What I’ve been using throughout the last few years to characterize the district has been an analogy of aircraft. … When I started here (2012), I would put us in our darkest time as far as budget goes, and probably in resources and moral. It was a very hard time. We’ve been basically on takeoff and ascension, and I think now we’re at a point where I would say we’re at altitude and flying steady.
I think it’s a good analogy because it does not give you the impression that there won’t be turbulence. I don’t think we’re at a point in our economy, in the recovery, that we’re going to say it’s smooth sailing yet, but I think we have now gotten to the point where we’re out of that ascension phase, which was the recovery portion for the district. We are right now making plans to move from what I call a recovery phase into a strategic management phase. (It’s) a really important thing to recognize because that means we have achieved those goals that we, as an organization, set when I started to where we are today.
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I had three very simple recovery goals when I started — personnel, apparatus and facilities. We doubled our size because we had lost so many people through attrition. We did (that through) the SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) grant, … so we now have 45 paid firefighters. I call that adequate staffing — that’s 15 per shift on any given day. … We have purchased four brand new fire trucks. … The ambulance fleet, we’ve updated. (For) facilities, this facility (Station 51) was build, (and) we’ve been going through trying to modernize our other facilities. …
We’re certainly on the way up, and I think we are at altitude. Our budget supports our activities. We’re putting money into reserves. … I think operationally we’re right where we should be to run a safe fire department and meet what the community expects the fire department to be able to do.
Sun: What’s the top one or two biggest challenges the district faces in 2016?
Schwartz: We are going to see — whether this winter really takes the bite out of the drought or not — a tremendous amount of tree death. I am afraid having lived this before in my life up here, that we are still going to have a significant fire problem for a period of time, while we, as government, figure out how going to manage all these trees. I think I have heard fairly realistic numbers of about 20 percent kill. So if you look out here, and you say, OK, 20 percent of those trees are going to die, how am I going to manage that? That’s fuel sitting in that forest. It is going to be a challenge. …
I don’t think the economy is fully stabilized, so I think we still have some economic concerns where we need to be very conservative in our investments. As I mentioned earlier, (we’re) still trying to deal with facilities and infrastructure. Some of the stations are older, and those are very large investments. (It’s) very difficult to build facilities in Tahoe — it’s more challenging than in other places — so I think replacing what I call my satellite stations in a reasonable time is going to be a challenge.
The other part, frankly, is we have large parts of our district that are underserved by fire hydrants. The district has taken that on, and we’re going to work with state and federal and our water partners to try to build a system that has better support for the fire hydrants around the district.
… I think those are all challenges for this year, not they are going to be solved this year. They fall into my category of wicked problems; they are ones without easy solutions.
Sun: As we embark on the second half of the decade, what improvements do you want to see with the district by 2020?
Schwartz: The first improvement I would like to see is that we’ve moved into a long-term philosophy of strategic management. I call it my strategic management initiative, so we’re not putting out fires per se. Fire departments particularly and fire managers of all sorts, we’re really good at putting fires out, and we’re not as good at strategic planning like the corporate world. (Therefore) I think right now one of my greatest initiatives is to get us into more of a corporate philosophy of long-term strategic planning. It’s not just do a strategic plan and sit on it for five or 10 years. We have one of those. This would be a daily process where we’re working toward specific goals that meet community needs and adjusting them every day.
… Whether we’re using a public-private partnership for infrastructure improvement, which is an alternative to fire hydrants, or we have more fire hydrants, I would like to see our fire flow water capacity system improve to such that we can get an ISO (Insurance Services Office) rating of a 3. The district has had a historic ISO rating of 4, and (it) had been rated just prior to my arrival. I inherited the rating unfortunately about four months into my tenure here, and (it was) losing (its) historic rating of a 4 and going to a 5. One of the reasons we lost points, first it came right during the recession — staffing was low, everything was poor — but the water system here, a lot of areas did not meet fire flow, excluding Tahoe City Public Utility District, North Tahoe Public Utility District and Alpine Meadows. … (However) much of my area is serviced by private water purveyors, and some of those do (meet ISO requirements) and some don’t. … The district took on an initiative to add some water tenders … and a fire boat. We are going to use those together to try and meet our ISO requirements. ISO says we can do it, so we’re trying that because I can’t control the water part of it. …
I want to accomplish a process where we are replacing our facilities on a regular basis just like our apparatuses. … We have a plan to replace apparatuses at a very regular and reputable schedule, so fire trucks every 20 years and ambulances every 10 on a rotating basis, not all at once. … I’m trying to do that for the stations, too, so (we’re) replacing a station every 10 years or something on a calculated basis, without having to do any type of special fundraising. … Ideally a fire station will last 50 years — it’s a pretty good estimate, and we’re at that point with some of ours. It’s unfortunate that a lot of them are there at the same time, but if we can start a rolling process of replacing one every so often, … that’s the third (improvement).
Sun: In this modern era of smartphones and social media, how is the district changing how it communicates important information to the community?
Schwartz: We have a very active social media team, and Ron Carson, our new public information officer, is certainly a piece of that, but the team extends well beyond that into both our administrative and our operations divisions, so we have multiple people. Our goal is to get critical information out quickly to everybody, so they are not wondering what the sirens are (about) or what the smoke is —that’s our number one goal. … I think we have roughly 2,000 people following our Facebook page. We also use Twitter and Instagram and Periscope and a couple of others that are out there. We use those on an on-going basis. …
The website is great if you want to go see what the board has got on its agenda, if you want to take a snapshot of the district at that particular moment, but if you want to know what’s happening right now in this minute, or you want to know what’s happening that day, you need to be participating in social media, frankly. It’s not for everybody. I recognize it’s generational, but that’s the reality of the world we live in.
We do other things, too — we send out a really nice evacuation guide to every homeowner in the district and to every address we have. This is through the mail service. … There’s several reverse 911 systems — Placer Alert is what operates in Placer County, El Dorado has its own, too. We have access to those, so in an emergency, we will also use those reverse 911 systems where we can quickly get messages out. Those handy message boards on the highway, we have access to those, too.
Sun: How does the district balance the needs of locals and second homeowners and visitors when delivering service?
Schwartz: Service demand is service demand. One of the things that we do is we use staffing models based on population data and past historical response to build a matrix for response, so we staff by predicted peak call volumes. … EMS is very predictable. It’s 3.5 calls per 10,000 people per day, so if you know how many people you have here, you know how many EMS calls. EMS calls make up a majority of our calls. Fire calls are also predicted based on population, but because the numbers are not as frequent, it’s harder to predict them, but we figure by staffing adequately to meet all the EMS demands gives us more people here in the event of a fire. Then we also we use our mutual aid and auto aid partners to basically fill those in. When Incline is really, really busy we move that way, and when we are really busy, they move over here. The same thing with Truckee, Northstar and Squaw. … Nobody is big enough to not need partnerships.
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Go on a vacation
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Video Marketing News Roundup - 20th September
By Sam Stead | 9:49 AM on September 20, 2019
Struggling to keep up with the latest news on video? Don't you worry, we've scoured the internet for the scoop on video and picked out the top stories over the last 7 days. Check out the rest of the article for news on Google, YouTube and Instagram.
Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash
Video Search Gets To The Point
Google announced this week that it’s upped the game on video search by introducing key moment indicators on video results in the SERPs. We’ve all been there - search for a ‘how to’ video and get results for a 13 minute long video when we just want to get straight to the point. Now, using timestamps provided by content creators, Google will direct us right to the point in the video that’s most relevant to our search.
It’s worth noting that this new feature does rely on the timestamp data being provided by whoever is uploading the video so there’s a chance you might not see it out in the wild just yet. Either way, we’ll all for it.
Head on over to Google’s blog to see the full story.
YouTube Verification At Risk For Some Creators
YouTube have begun rolling out changes to it's verification program for creators meaning some YouTubers, musicians and other artists are at risk of losing their checkmarks and verification badges.
Some creators have already taken to Twitter to complain about losing their badges, with YouTube responding with the tweet below late last night and signing off with another tweet saying "Please know that badge or no badge, you're an important part of YouTube":
Additional clarification:
✔️No one lost a verification badge today–If you received an email that your channel will no longer be verified, this was just an advanced notice & you can appeal
✔️The checkmark has never appeared on YouTube mobile channel pages (this will be added soon) https://t.co/vv64ClfuBx
— YouTube Creators (@YTCreators) September 19, 2019
Head on over to their blog for the full updates and let us know in the comments below if you've been affected.
Raise the mast(head adverts...)
Sticking with Google platforms, YouTube are bringing masthead ads to the masses within its connected TV (CTV) app. CTV is said to be one of the fastest growing areas across YouTube so it’s clear to see why they’re looking to capitalise.
Ford have been testing the new placement out during an initial 2-week beta testing period and we've gotta say, it looks pretty impactful.
The placements are available within Google Ads in an attempt to keep some consistency across platforms - mobile and desktop mastheads are already available via this route. Looks like brand awareness opps on YouTube just got turned up a notch.
The Drum have got the full scoop.
Insta likes for video
A study by the team over at Quintly has unearthed some interesting stats on the social behemoth that is Instagram. Of course, we’ve been concentrating on those stats that involve video, it’s just what we do.
Top of those stats is that Video posts receive up to 49% higher interactions which is accompanied by a handy little diagram:
However, bearing that in mind, the percentage of Instagram posts that are primarily video only sits at 18%. Larger profiles do seem to be gravitating towards more of a video-first strategy when it comes to Instagram but there still seems to be a huge opportunity for brands to increase their engagement on the platform with video content.
See the full study here: Instagram Study 2019
Did we miss anything from the world of video? Drop us a comment below and we'll make sure it gets added!
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What's the difference between maths and numeracy?
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North East and Cumbria OTLA Final Dissemination Event
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Discover new materials and approaches to support the teaching and learning of functional skills
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OTLA North East and Cumbria Calendar 2018
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Bitesize Functional Skills
New interactive resources to support functional skills maths and English are now available on the BBC Bitesize website
Effective practice in the delivery and teaching of English and Mathematics to 16-18 year olds
Report from the Department for Education on effective teaching and provision of English and mathematics to those without GCSE grades A* to C
Sign language users in Scotland to gain new rights
The Scottish government is expected to announce plans to integrate the use of British Sign Language (BSL) into every element of daily and public life. It will reveal its national plan for people with hearing loss later. Measures expected to be in the plan include moves to remove barriers which prevent hearing impaired people becoming teachers. It is also likely to address "fair and equal access" to employment opportunities, including apprenticeships and internships.
Know Your Normal: mental health in young autistic adults
Autism is not a mental health condition itself, but around 70-80% of children and adults on the autism spectrum have experienced mental health problems. Autistic young people have particular difficulty finding suitable help. This new report presents recommendations from a study in which young autistic people themselves were partners in an academic research project to explore their experiences and needs.
OTLA North East and Cumbria
This newly published booklet provides an engaging overview of the 13 OTLA projects undertaken by over 200 practitioners from 42 providers across the North East and Cumbria. Project themes include supporting maths and English learners and improving learner outcomes in GCSE maths.
North East and Cumbria OTLA Interim Dissemination Event
Trainers, learning support assistants, teachers, managers, assessors, teacher trainers, leaders and academics from across the education and training sector joined together at Ramside Hall in Durham on the 8th September for an inspiring and uplifting event to mark the half way point in the North-East and Cumbria OTLA programme.
Empowering teaching and learning communities to effectively promote equality and celebrate diversity
An update from Darlington Learning and Skills Service, Bishop Auckland College and South West Durham Training on their collaborative OTLA project, which aims to trial different ways of raising staff confidence around Equality and Diversity, and improve learners' access to and engagment with meaningful E&D provision.
Communication Starters and Enders Cards
The Education and Training Foundation has produced a set of cards containing short activities that can be used at the start or end of training or education sessions to help learners develop their confidence and abilities to communicate effectively.
Join PD North, The Northern Professional Exchange
Is there an aspect of your role that you would like to develop, working with like minded professionals? Become part of a dedicated community sharing resources and expertise with your own network meetings and website. Find out how your organisation can become a member of Professional Development North (PD North), the Northern Professional Exchange for tutors, trainers, assessors and programme managers working in the education and training sector.
News from the OTLA North East & Cumbria
The latest news from the Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment North East & Cumbria is now available to read online. The OTLA is enabling groups of education and training providers to access collaborative development grants to investigate and develop teaching, learning and assessment approaches for the benefit of learners.
Refreshing our teaching at Bishop Auckland
Twenty-one teachers, trainers and support staff from across South West Durham joined forces to kick off the Bishop Auckland College’s project “Outstanding Teaching, Learning & Assessment” programme in May.
Learners at HMP Feltham win maths challenge
HMP Feltham has beaten off competition from 23 prisons to win the 3 out of 5 maths challenge shield for 2016/17.
An Introduction to Practitioner-led Research
The OTLA team in the North East and Cumbria have developed a one-day introductory course for practitioners in Education and Training settings who may be new to practitioner-led research. The course aims to introduce them to a range of practical strategies for investigating, evaluating and improving their teaching and emphasises the necessity of working with other staff in order to understand and change teaching practices in differing contexts.
"We are all Researchers!" Creating a research-active community
Professor Jean McNiff made this powerful rallying call to the support assistants, trainers, assessors, teachers and managers who work across the prisons, training providers, workplaces and colleges in the North East and Cumbria. During a week of visits, Jean joined groups of OTLA project participants to share what it means to be a practitioner researcher in our sector.
Supporting maths and English learning in the workplace - a guide for union learning reps
This short unionlearn guide provides a short introduction, ideas for developing maths and English learning in the workplace and a list of useful resources for all reps to utilise in the workplace. It will also prove useful for anyone involved in workplace learning.
New ways of seeing into and making changes to teaching, learning and assessment practices
David Powell, Director of The Education and Training Consortium, writes on how the theories of practice architectures and ecologies of practices can enable us to understand teaching, learning and assessment differently and to transform our own practices. He describes how these theories can be applied within the context of GCSE re-sits, and outlines how the 19 education and training providers participating in the North East and Cumbria Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment (OTLA) are using the theories to develop and share approaches for ensuring outstanding practice across a range of contexts and topics.
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Swansea Council for Voluntary Service currently employs over 30 staff, based at our office on Walter Road (NB - currently closed, with staff remote working), Swansea. For the main contact details for SCVS, use the Contact Us button, or you can contact a member of staff directly below.
Involve has a variety of schemes that engage people in need in Swansea. Involve recruit, train and support volunteers to be in a befriending/ Independent visitor role on a one to one or in a group setting to meet the needs of individual children, young people, families, adults with various needs or older people.
HWB (Health&Well Being) Abertawe is a project offering practical support and advice about healthy eating to people who may never have cooked for themselves or their families, who have little or no knowledge of the nutritional value of food and who would benefit from raising their awareness of how to increase their physical activity levels.
Mental Health Development Service
The Mental Health Development Service at SCVS facilitates joint working between voluntary organisations and statutory organisations. The service enables voluntary organisations to have their views taken into account when decisions are made regarding the planning and delivery of mental health services across the ABMU health board. The development service also supports and facilitates the local voluntary sector Mental Health Forum and provides mental health related information and resources.
Swansea Youth Bank is a youth led, grant giving panel of volunteers that provides grants to groups of young people to develop and run their own community projects across the City and County of Swansea.
Transcend is a mental health peer mentoring project that is funded by SB University Health Board. It provides volunteering opportunities for individuals with lived experience of mental health problems
Swansea Council for Voluntary Service is the umbrella organisation for voluntary activity throughout the City & County of Swansea, supporting, developing and representing voluntary organisations, volunteers and communities in the County. We work to support and develop the Third Sector by providing a wide range of information, advice and support services and by representing the views of the sector to government and policy makers...
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International Union of Pharmacology. XXV. Nomenclature and classification of adenosine receptors.
B. Fredholm, A. Ijzerman, K. Jacobson, K. Klotz, J. Linden
Four adenosine receptors have been cloned and characterized from several mammalian species. The receptors are named adenosine A(1), A(2A), A(2B), and A(3). The A(2A) and A(2B) receptors preferably… Expand
International Union of Pharmacology LVIII: Update on the P2Y G Protein-Coupled Nucleotide Receptors: From Molecular Mechanisms and Pathophysiology to Therapy
M. Abbracchio, G. Burnstock, +8 authors G. Weisman
There have been many advances in our knowledge about different aspects of P2Y receptor signaling since the last review published by our International Union of Pharmacology subcommittee. More receptor… Expand
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Nomenclature and classification of purinoceptors.
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International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXXI. Nomenclature and Classification of Adenosine Receptors—An Update
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Structure of an Agonist-Bound Human A2A Adenosine Receptor
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UDP acting at P2Y6 receptors is a mediator of microglial phagocytosis
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Characterization of the UDP-glucose receptor (re-named here the P2Y14 receptor) adds diversity to the P2Y receptor family.
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Snoop Dogg deletes anti-gay Instagram rant, but we’re still pretty disappointed
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Snoop Dogg showed his true homophobic tendencies when he posted a rant against gay people, calling a man “f.A.G.” and sharing a photo of two men in bed with an anti-gay caption.
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When an Instagram user left a negative post on Snoop Dogg’s page, the rapper retaliated with a message that included the now-deleted photo of two seemingly gay men in a bed. He captioned the image with the inflammatory message, “U n ya boyfriend since u like Jumpn on my page disrespectn bitch boy go suck ya man n get off my line f.A.G.”
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Dogg deleted the tweet after he began getting backlash for it, but Buzzfeed’s Chris Geidner captured a screen shot and posted it on his own account, along with a comment on the issue.
“Tonight, @SnoopDogg Tweeted, Then Deleted, An Anti-Gay Slur At An Instagram User,” Geidner wrote, adding a link to his story on the site. “OK, more directly: @SnoopDogg called a guy a ‘f.A.G.’ tonight on Instagram.”
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OK, more directly: @SnoopDogg called a guy a "f. A. G." tonight on Instagram: http://t.co/qTpw2334At pic.twitter.com/tzQgMdrAEx
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) September 15, 2014
While Dogg has made several comments about homosexuality in the past, he says he accepts gays and thinks no one should be kept from doing what they want. However, he has repeatedly said he feels that gay men can’t really be successful rappers since rap is only for manly men.
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“It’s like a football team,” Dogg told the Huffington Post, referring to Frank Ocean coming out as gay. “You can’t be in a locker room full of motherf***ing tough-ass dudes, then all of a sudden say, ‘Hey, man, I like you.’ You know, that’s going to be tough.”
He added, “It’s acceptable in the singing world, but in the rap world I don’t know if it will ever be acceptable because rap is so masculine… I don’t have a problem with gay people. I got some gay homies.”
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Expert Tips & Tricks for Getting More Use Out of Your Makeup Brushes
by Katie Stanovick
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The world of makeup brushes is extensive. With 12 (or more!) categories of brushes and then multiple types within each category, things can get confusing. But even if you know all the brushes and what they’re for, the search for tips and tricks on when to use them, how to substitute or what secret weapons to have in your bag never ends.
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So we talked to professional makeup artist Vincent Oquendo — who has worked on faces such as Bella Hadid, Ashley Graham and Alessandra Ambrosio — to answer the often-missed questions, such as what the real difference between brand-name and drugstore brushes is and just how far cotton buds can go when you’re in a pinch.
More: Your Complete Guide to Makeup Brushes & How to Use Them
Best brushes for beginners
Oquendo wants you to choose makeup brushes that are tailored to what you need. He recommends diving in with fluffy “feather duster” brushes because not only are they offered in different sizes that are perfect for eye looks, they can also be used on various parts of the face. Right now, he’s in love with the Nars medium brush and says, “[I’ll sometimes take] that medium-size, dome-size feather duster for eye shadow and I’ll stick it in my concealer, and I’ll stipple that wherever the blemish is still visible.” Who would’ve thought?
Image: Sonia Kashuk
You don’t have to splurge on your first set of brushes, either. Oquendo frequents Target and drugstores to test out brushes before dropping bills on name brands. Some of his favorites are EcoTools and Sonia Kashuk (above), both of which carry full sets for affordable prices. After that, you can determine which brushes you use most based on how beaten down they get and eventually opt for something more durable.
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Brand-name vs. drugstore brushes
Although durability is one of the main differences between brand-name and drugstore, Oquendo told us the no-mystery secret: When paying for high-end brushes, you’re also paying for the “experience.” Once you become well-versed in using them, the brushes become the part of your arsenal you’ll want to show off most. So if you’re planning on displaying them, it’s best to have prettily designed brushes on your vanity.
“If [you want to know] if there’s a difference between quality of products, think about it like your pots and pans,” he says. In other words, buying makeup brushes is like buying new cookware. If you’re going to display your cookware on a rack and show it off, you want showstopper pots and pans. The same goes for brushes. But in each case, cookware and brushes alike, Oquendo says extensive research about the product is necessary.
This means looking up things outside the direct purpose of the product. For example, find out what your carbon footprint would look like buying from a company, if their product is safe and healthy and if they treat their workers right. It all matters in determining what kind of product you’re getting. Quality research also plays a huge role in your search. Reading reviews will tell you everything you need to know, like if a brush melts under heat and whether it has lasting power.
At the end of the day, Oquendo says to “mix your highs with your lows.” There’s no shame in buying from the drugstore or using cotton swabs for application. If makeup is something you care about, then think about going big and splurging. However, if you’re looking for something more low-key, there’s also nothing wrong with bargain-friendly ones.
More: The Newbie Beauty Finds We’re Already Loving in 2018
Beautyblender vs. foundation brush
The debate between Beautyblenders and brushes is never-ending. Oquendo advises using whichever suits your skin best. He finds that if you have dry skin or patches, the Beautyblender works better because it doesn’t push around product as much. But he warns that if you are using a Beautyblender, be sure to wet it first. He recommends keeping a cup of cold water near you to soak and then squeeze prior to application. The cold water helps to loosen your face muscles while not letting the blender absorb all the product.
Image: MAC Cosmetics
If you’re stuck in the middle of a blender vs. brush debate, he says to first find out what type of skin you have, and then go play at Sephora. If nothing seems to be working, “you might be a fingers gal.” There’s nothing wrong with that either, and if you are the latter, be sure to try out his favorite, MAC Face and Body.
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Quick hacks
Oquendo’s been in the beauty industry since he was 17 years old and has picked up his fair share of tips and tricks along the way. For instance, one of his favorite hacks is always using a blush brush for liquid foundation application. If you’re looking for a “whipped mousse texture” to look like “fallen snow,” apply with a blush brush then “buff, buff, buff.”
Running out of uses for your fan brush? Oquendo never liked it, either, until he recently discovered an under-the-radar way to utilize it. “I put my contour on, and I take the fan brush and I knock a little bit of an extra dark contour right under the cheekbone, and it’s 3-D cheek. Obsessed.”
Image: Sephora
Lastly, you’d be surprised to hear that cotton buds are his secret weapon and that he carries “at least four different types of cotton buds in [his] bag.” In fact, he once did an entire makeup look using only cotton buds and eye pencils and even pulled off an entire day-to-night makeup change in less than 15 minutes using them.
“If you go into the drugstore, you can find them. They have really super-thin ones, which are great for lip liner if lipstick starts to feather; pointed cotton buds; and I have the cotton buds for babies, which are bigger, allowing for quick removal of makeup.”
Makeup brushes definitely have a purpose, but don’t let them overwhelm you. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Oquendo, it’s that there are no rigid rules. Let them work for you the way you need them to, and if you end up not using brushes at all — hey, that’s fine too.
Originally posted on StyleCaster.
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DJ Lyndsay AKA She Plays Drums
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About DJ Lyndsay
Lyndsay has been the go to DJ for celebrities and clients since 2015. She started life as a classically trained percussionist, before working with artists as diverse as The Black Eyed Peas, Ricky Martin, Wyclef Jean, Cameroonian singer Coco Mbassi, Jazz legend Guy Barker and techno icon Luke Slater, where she was inspired to turn her hand to DJing.
This quickly led to warm up slots for DJs and artists including Jess Glynne, Paloma Faith, Paulo Nutini, Jazzy Jeff, Robin Thicke and performing at London and Paris fashion weeks as well at the Elle Style Awards, Marie Claire Awards, Vidal Sassoon and DJ for labels including Alexander McQueen, Bimba & Lola, Topshop and H&M.
She has also worked with several brands including Lambourghini, Channel 4, Apple, Cartier, Mercedes Benz, Laurent Perrier, Rolls Royce and is the resident UK Dj for the NFL. Residencies and performances worldwide have included iconic clubs such as Pacha, Whiskey Mist, The Ivy and for the global brand, Hed Kandi.
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Lyndsay decided to combine her love of doing and her love of percussion into one solo act, She Plays Drums. Being a natural multitasker, she effortlessly switches between the decks and her percussion/drums set up, creating a unique combination of live and recorded music. Indeed, Lyndsay is still the only female DJ in the world that uses this unique set up.
Her motto is "Play for the crowd, not for the ego." Her love of beats has also influenced her eclectic taste in music - her sets can include new house tracks and raggaton, old school funk and hip hop, disco classics and pop remixes. She also has a special set up for more chilled and relaxed 'sundowner' performances.
She has performed at celebrity parties and weddings from Ibiza to Israel, including the current British Royal family, Tamara Ecclestone and the ultimate party girl, Paris Hilton.
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Lyndsay's performances have also included at the last two official BRIT Awards After parties, performing with Little Mix, Pixie Lott, 90's legend Sonique and corporate performances for Formula 1, Diesel, Audi, Vodafone, Estee Lauder, Dell, Landrover and Levi's.
She has played at clubs and festivals in the UK and abroad including Glastonbury, Lovebox, Secret Garden Party and in Spain, Belgium, Australia, Beirut and China.
She still performs as a solo DJ and as a drummer/percussionist; she is the resident drummer with the show Tap Dogs, including a residency in London's West End and is currently teaching drums for the Disney channel, Disney XD.
In her spare time, Lyndsay loves cooking and recently was a semi-finalist on BBC's 'Masterchef' so feel free to swap recipes with her on gigs!
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Two activists of the unregistered Other Russia party have been detained in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in the violent mass protests in Manezh Square last December, according to its executive committee member Aleksandr Averin.
Averin said that criminal cases have been launched against Kirill Unchuk and Ruslan Khubaev who have been charged with inciting national hatred, mass disturbance, and disorderly conduct. He added that the detentions took place late Wednesday evening; however there has been no confirmation from law-enforcement bodies so far. The Other Russia party, headed by opposition leader Eduard Limonov, was founded in June last year but was refused registration by authorities because of its extremist and nationalist ideology. Limonov has repeatedly dismissed accusations of nationalism, saying that the party’s program “is neither left nor right” and that its aim is the social good of the people. The notorious mass brawl in Manezh Square in the very center of Moscow broke out on December 11. Initially the rally was meant to commemorate the death of football fan Egor Sviridov, killed by natives of the North Caucausus. Inflamed by nationalist slogans, the gathering turned violent and was suppressed by the police. Since then an investigation into the incident has been ongoing.At the same time, investigation into the death of Egor Sviridov is also continuing. Five suspects have been arrested. One of them, Aslan Cherkesov has been charged with murder, while the others are accused of inflicting serious injuries and disorderly conduct.
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Uber Offers 10 Mln Free Rides, Deliveries During COVID-19
By RTTNews Staff Writer ✉ | Published: 4/1/2020 9:06 AM ET
Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies said it is offering 10 million free rides and food deliveries to healthcare workers, seniors, and people in need, amid the surging coronavirus or covid-19 crisis.
Across the world, the company aims to work with more cities, food banks, hospitals and others to move what matters, such as getting first responders to work, and food to those who need it.
Uber urged organizations looking for support with rides or food deliveries to reach out to the firm at "impact2020@uber.com." According to the firm, any organization, healthcare provider, or governmental entity is eligible for the offer.
In the UK, Uber is already providing free rides and food deliveries to NHS workers fighting the virus.
Uber would cover the costs associated with delivering food, meals and rides. These include free Uber Eats meals, the cost of the ride or delivery of food from a food bank, payments to the drivers and couriers, among others.
In a statement, Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, said, "The coronavirus has turned the world upside down. Some days it feels like everything has changed, and we've all had to change with it. A month ago, Uber was connecting 16 million trips a day. Now, we're urging our riders to stay home if they can."
The news comes as Uber's business is hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdown across the world. To support social distancing, the company has temporarily suspended the Uber Pool service around the world. Uber had said in early March that it will offer compensation to drivers and delivery people diagnosed with the coronavirus or put under individual quarantine by a public health agency.
Khosrowshahi has requested U.S. President Donald Trump to include the company's drivers and delivery workers, along with all independent workers in the gig economy, in the federal government's COVID-19 stimulus package.
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'Yappy Hour': Motorworks Brewing in Florida puts shelter dogs on beer cans to help them find forever homes
Jordan CulverUSA TODAY
There's a brewery in Florida providing its customers with some of the most adorable cans of beer imaginable.
Motorworks Brewing in Bradenton recently launched a special-edition four-pack of one of its award-winning beers. Each can as the face of a different shelter dog looking for its forever home.
Proceeds from the sale go to Shelter Manatee, and two of the dogs featured on the cans — Morton and King — have already been adopted, said Barry Elwonger, director of sales and marketing for Motorworks.
"The response so far has just been incredibly overwhelming," Elwonger said. "The community is just in love with the project, as are we. The outreach has just been fantastic, which is the point of the project. To raise that awareness. We've been over the moon the last couple of days."
The brewery has already sold 200 four-packs as of Thursday evening, Elwonger said. He added he's confident the brewery will sell out of its first batch of 450 four-packs. The beer featured in the promotion is the Cruiser Golden Lager, a multi-award-winning beer that Elwonger said is popular with customers.
"We're planning on brewing a lot more of it," Elwonger said with a laugh.
Elwonger, who has a dog, said Motorworks has done a dog-related event every third Sunday since opening six years ago. The "Adoptable Dog" four-pack was released during Sunday's "Yappy Hour."
"We know that we're driving eyes toward the shelter and finding these dogs homes," Elwonger said.
He added, "The dog love is pretty much across our entire company and is something that is near and dear to our hearts, our leadership's hearts and has always been in mind with our ethos as a company."
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Aktuelle Seite: Home ENGLISH articles Sedimentation in Ceratite shells
Sedimentation in Ceratite shells
Veröffentlicht: Samstag, 18. August 2012 13:30
Geschrieben von Stefan Wagner (translated by Thomas Billert)
Update: In the course of a discussion on the sedimentation in ceratite shells held in the Steinkern.de forum, Thomas Billert has translated the present article. In order to make it accessible to a wider public we add the translation below. Many thanks to Thomas for this great effort.
I was motivated to write this article, mainly targeted to the beginners among fossil collectors, by reading a paper (*) by Seilacher about the sedimentation in ammonite shells, a topic that I still find exciting. So I went through my collection for a few pieces that illustrate Seilacher's theory in a manner suitable for the Steinkern website. While doing so I got the insight that an ammonite that is incomplete is not necessarily uninteresting for the collection - it's rather quite the contrary, especially incompletely conserved pieces can teach us a lot about the processes that lead to fossilization. Particularly interesting for me is the Steinkern conservation, as this type of conservation is common among the Ceratites of the Upper Muschelkalk, and Ceratites form the main part of my collection.
Every collector knows them, incomplete Steinkern fossils that appear so much damaged that sometimes only the living chamber or part of the phragmocone is reasonably preserved, so you don't want to bend down for them at all in the field. But in fact these fossils are not damaged in a sense that parts of them got lost over time, they were rather only preserved in the incomplete way as we find them today.
The basic question connected to the Steinkern preservation of Ceratites is how several individual chambers, separated by thin walls, could be filled with sediment to achieve complete preservation of the entire fossil.
It's easy to imagine that mud at the sea ground was flushed into the living chamber after decomposition of the Ceratite's soft parts. But for the sediment to fill the phragmocone chambers behind the living chamber, it required two prerequisites that become obvious when looking at the general building plan of the Ceratite shell, while remembering school physics.
The general background is that the phragmocone chambers are not isolated from the living chamber, but connected by the Sipho, a thin tube of skin supplied with blood, situated - in case of the Ceratites - at the outer (median) side of the chambers. The Sipho allowed Ceratites to adjust salt concentration in the chambers applying the osmotic principle.
To have every chamber filled with sediment, the Sipho had to be leaky in each individual chamber, so mud was allowed to float in. On the other hand, the formation of a current requires a driving force, i.e. two openings of the shell, allowing water (with mud) to float in and out. Besides the opening of the living chamber this means that the shell needs to be damaged close to the navel, the centre of the inner windings, so that the water/mud mixture floating in via the living chamber can leave the shell there.
Only when both of these prerequisites were fulfilled and the Ceratite was exposed to ground current long enough, chances were given that the entire shell was filled with mud and - in the course of diagenesis - a pretty Steinkern as in Fig. 1 was formed.
Fig. 1: Ceratites compressus (7.5 cm) from Niesen. The Steinkern is almost flawlessly preserved.
If the Sipho was not damaged in some chambers, a Steinkern was formed as shown in Fig. 2. Here the living chamber and parts of the phragmocone are preserved, while some chambers were not filled with sediment at all. Therefore this Steinkern nicely shows the structure and form of the walls between the chambers, which display as suture lines on completely preserved Steinkerns.
Fig. 2: Ceratites spinosus (10.5 cm) from Vahlbruch. The Sipho stayed intact in some chambers, so these could not be filled with sediment.
If the Sipho was damaged in all chambers but the time was not sufficient for the mud stream to fill the entire shell, various stages of preservation can be observed.
Fig. 3 shows the first stadium. Here all chambers of the shell (which was lying on its side) were filled approximately to the level of the Sipho. Then sedimentation stopped, perhaps due to entombment of the shell, so a quite even level of filling was preserved and a Steinkern was formed that is rather contour-less on its upper side.
Fig. 3: Ceratites sp. (9 cm) from Gotha area. Incompletely filled Steinkern.
An interim stadium between Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is shown in Fig. 4. Here some chambers of the phragmocone are completely filled, while other show an even level of filling at the niveau of the Sipho. This might give a tentative insight at the timely offset of the breakthroughs of the Sipho in the individual chambers.
Fig. 4: Ceratites sp. from Göttingen. The phragmocone chambers display different levels of sediment filling.
It's getting even more interesting if the shell was primarily filled to a higher level than that of the Sipho. From then on an even level of filling is no longer formed, as the water/mud mixture floating into the chambers moved upwards at the inner surface of the shell, so that the resulting Steinkern features a concave surface at the incompletely filled chambers. An example for this form of preservation is shown in Fig. 5.
Fig. 5: Ceratites compressus from Göttingen (7 cm). The sediment flowing into the shell exceeded the level of the Sipho and moved upwards at the inner shell surface.
At this point the question raises how the sediment was able to exceed the level of the Sipho at all. The cause for this lies in the particular properties of the flowing water/mud medium, which was swirled in the stream and oscillated in a sinus-shape between the chambers, so that the sediment was allowed to form downpour cones that exceeded Sipho level. One can already guess these cones partially in Fig. 5.
The regime of sedimentation becomes very clear when the shell was almost completely filled up with sediment. If this case, the outer side of the Steinkern sometimes displays a sinus-shaped oscillating line, which comprises the residue of the floating channel that only just stayed open. Such a channel can be observed in Fig. 6 and 7.
Fig. 6: Sinus-shaped streaming channel at the outer side of a Ceratites nodosus (14 cm) from Göttingen. The channel was presumably filled with yellow clay after disintegration of the shell.
Fig. 7: Sinus-shaped streaming channel at the side of a Ceratites compressus from Göttingen (7.5 cm).
Sedimentation of Nautilide shells, which can be found alongside of Ceratites in the entire Upper Muschelkalk, proceeded in a similar manner. In contrast to Ceratites, the Sipho of Nautilides is not situated at the outer side of the chambers but right in their center. Furthermore it formed a limy tube, so it was usually not damaged resulting in no preservation of the phragmocone chambers. In these cases the Steinkern only shows the inner cast of the stable, sediment-filled Sipho, which looks like a pearl chain then (Fig. 8).
Fig. 8: Nautilide Steinkern with "pearl chain" from Göttingen area (17 cm). Collection P. Osburg.
I will try to add more meaningful images displaying the individual stages of preservation. Further, I'm open to criticism and suggestions.
(*) A. Seilacher: Sedimentationsprozesse in Ammonitengehäusen, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Abhandlungen der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Jahrgang 1967, Nummer 9.
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Tue 24th April, 2018 4:00pm
TORONTO, April 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inspiration Mining Corporation (CSE:ISM) (the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that its ongoing negotiations with Compassion Cannabis Corp (“Compassion”) and the related due diligence is going very well and ahead of the targeted date. The Corporation has commenced discussions pertaining to the terms and conditions of a proposed share exchange agreement and the resulting structure of the Corporation’s board of directors.
Compassion is a private Ontario company which has expertise to forward various facets of the explosive new market of the marijuana industry, including but not limited to the “Vape” market and dispensary centers for the industry. The Corporation believes that this is an extremely lucrative space with tremendous demand in the medical cannabis industry.
The cannabis market is growing exponentially every day with new and exciting innovations in the industry. Compassion has narrowed down its possible research and development locations to Portugal, U.K., or Switzerland. The upcoming legalization of cannabis in Canada has almost become a reality, and is expected to do so in the upcoming months.
Compassion is contemplating applying for a multi-jurisdictional license to give the company the opportunity to exploit its future endeavours. The Corporation is quite confident that with the expertise it has around it, that it will be successful in its application.
For further information, please contact Randy Miller, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, at 416.842.9000, www.inspirationmining.com
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Childcare sector support scheme opens
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Thursday 14 May 2020 14:37
Following the joint announcement by Education Minister Peter Weir and Health Minister Robin Swann of a £12m package of measures to support the childcare sector, the scheme is now open to eligible childcare providers.
Speaking about the opening of the scheme, Health Minister Robin Swann said: “The Covid-19 Childcare Support Scheme announced by myself and Education Minister, Peter Weir, is now open for applications. Any provider entitled to apply to the scheme should have received an application form at this stage.
"Application forms issued from the Business Services Organisation (BSO) should be returned to BSO, which will make every effort to process them and make payments as quickly as possible.”
Application forms for closed and open daycare and school aged childcare settings issued on Wednesday, May 6. Applications for childminders and the Bespoke Approved Home Childcare Scheme issued on Thursday, May 7.
Education Minister Peter Weir said: “We established the Covid-19 Childcare Support Scheme to enable childcare providers to meet the needs of key workers and vulnerable children at this very difficult time and to provide support to daycare and school age childcare settings, which are not able to remain open. I know that it is essential that we get financial support to settings and to childminders without further delay and we are committed to doing that.”
Minister Swann went on to say: “This will ensure that childcare can be provided to key workers when and where it is needed. It will also be a support mechanism for vulnerable families. However, as stressed before, where childcare is provided, it must be done in a way which is as safe as possible in public health terms.
"That is why any provider planning to stay open or reopen needs to contact their local Health and Social Care Trust Early Years Team urgently. Trust Early Years Teams are available to provide any advice needed, including advice on safe care.
“A high number of applications are expected and BSO will aim to process these as quickly as possible. It is important that application forms are completed accurately to reduce the risk of delays in any payments due.”
A number of organisations are available to provide support with the completion of application forms. The contact details for the Northern Ireland Childminding Association, the Early Years Organisation, Playboard, Employers for Childcare and other sources of information and guidance are available on the Family Support NI website.
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Jung Da Bin Rejoins NU’EST’s Minhyun And Broadcasting Club In Sneak Peek Of “Live On” Finale
by E. Cha
With just one episode left to go, JTBC’s “Live On” has shared a sneak peek of its upcoming finale!
Previously on “Live On,” Baek Ho Rang—who had been hard at work preparing for the broadcasting club’s video festival—ended up suddenly quitting the club after being swept up in bullying accusations at school. As a result, she also stepped down from the video festival, the biggest event of the broadcasting club’s entire year.
However, in newly released stills from the drama’s upcoming final episode, Baek Ho Rang is happily reunited with her friends in the broadcasting club as they get ready for the video festival. The relaxed, happy smile on her face indicates that after clearing up the rumors about her on air, she has found peace again and is finally moving on.
Additionally, despite having shrunk from the public gaze and attempted to avoid other people after her controversy at school, Baek Ho Rang finds the courage to step back into the spotlight by agreeing to serve as the MC for the video festival.
To find out what Baek Ho Rang wants to say to the entire school through her role as the host of the festival—and how her friends Go Eun Taek (played by NU’EST’s Minhyun) and Ji So Hyun (played by Yang Hye Ji) will help her—tune in to the finale of “Live On” on January 12 at 9 p.m. KST!
In the meantime, catch up on the drama with English subtitles here:
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Chartering off the grid on classic folkboats
Dieter Loibner
Fifty-three square meters. That’s 570 square feet. Not much for a cattle rancher, but for a flybridge on a motoryacht, I’d say that’s pretty posh. And that’s not all: bar, lounge area, Jacuzzi and a motorcycle that is hoisted to and from street level with a dedicated crane.
Seeing this kind of extravagance at a recent boat show, I thought about a simpler, kinder, quainter and more nostalgic style of recreation by boat. The scene that came to mind unfolded on the busy docks of Eckernförde, Germany, in the summer of 2000. The season’s biggest Folkboat regatta had just finished, and sailors who a minute earlier had been contesting a golden pot were now busy stowing mattresses, sleeping bags, fishing kit, children’s toys and bucket toilets before bunkering baguettes, salami and crates of beer. Boats loaded to the gills, the skippers were ready to bring aboard the family and shove off for their annual summer cruise, which lasts two or three weeks and takes them to the isles of Denmark and Sweden.
Against conventions
Doris Schmid and Olaf Weiss, two young sailing enthusiasts from Vienna, Austria, are some of the nicest people ever to start a boating business. Of course, they are also nuts, but that’s helpful in this line of work. They are the principals of Meerflair, which rhymes in German and means “flair of the sea,” but also cleverly implies “more pizazz.”
They started in 2012 and offer, among other services, a back-to-the-basics experience on charter boats Wiki and Go On, two exquisite wooden Folkboats with varnished hulls. These boats transport customers who want to explore the waters of the northern Adriatic on small boats with bare-bones comforts that used to be the norm when sailing was about sailing, not lounging at anchor, watching late-night shows on a flat-screen television.
Rustic, robust and traditional, the Nordic Folkboat, designed in Sweden by the people and for the people during World War II, is an icon of Scandinavian ingenuity. If Bernie Sanders were an old salt, I bet he’d be sailing one. At 25 feet this egalitarian little yacht displaces two metric tons and schleps around more than half of that in her long keel.
Jib and mainsail add up to 258 square feet of area, which it will drag if it’s too much to carry. Reefing? You’re kidding. Like an ox pulling a heavy cart, a Folkboat marches in a straight line, slow and steady, no matter what. Turning 75 next year, this vessel still gets a lot of admiring looks because her spiffy lines and classic proportions are the antidote to the “weapons of mass production,” those big boats with lots of gadgets and gizmos, a gazillion berths and standing headroom throughout.
So who advised the Meerflair folks to get Folkboats and flout all the rules?
“This business rose out of enthusiasm,” says Olaf, a forestry engineer by training. “We wanted to make Folkboats popular in the Adriatic and simultaneously promote a less-is-more principle.”
And how is that going? “We have room to grow,” he admits. “But the rate of satisfaction among existing customers is high.” That implies that clients who subscribe to their concept are searching for a contrast in their sailing exploits.
“A plastic boat compares to a wooden Folkboat like a public housing apartment compares to a log cabin in the mountains,” laughs Doris, who wasn’t “thrilled with traditional career planning” after graduating from college with a degree in anthropology. She’s a practical gal — knows how to cook and tend bar. She also loves adventures, such as surfing in Bali, cruising on the Nile and hiking in Costa Rica.
She met Olaf when he pulled into the same bay in the Croatian islands on a different boat. He’d raced on TP52s and worked as a charter skipper, including doing duty in flotillas with hundreds of teenagers who celebrate high school graduation with a cruise that’s not so much about sailing as it is, well, you know — the kind of things that happen on spring break.
Schmid and Weiss decided to make their joint passion their profession, but not in the employ of a demanding owner of a large yacht. Instead they Googled old Folkboats and found two to their liking in Denmark, which they bought and restored. Starting this season, they’ll also manage a 60-foot gaff schooner that will operate from their base in Izola, Croatia.
Intermittently they also teach sailing courses and offer their services as skipper/crew for individual charter trips in exotic venues around the world. To make the Folkboat racket work, these boats must look like a million bucks to impress and satisfy their clients. Word-of-mouth advertising, they agree, is still the most effective. And it appears they are finding their sweet spot.
“The sight of a wooden boat is breathtaking, more than 40 years old, but still in great condition, lovingly maintained and restored all the way down to the details,” says Nicolaus Hawle, a sailor from Vienna who chartered one of the Meerflair boats with his fianceé. “Wherever we went, we were approached, admired and quizzed.” Like a classic car, a classic yacht, even if it’s no more than 25 feet long, is as good an excuse as any to chat up strangers.
“With a Folkboat you always find a helping hand. There simply is no lack of contact,” explains Alexander Scholz, who owns a graphic design business in Merano, Italy. He sails a Tempest and often charters bigger boats for races in the Med, but also was curious about the Folkboat, which he’d read about. “The feeling was special in every aspect — the incredible manageability, and even the limited comfort was fun, too.”
The cabin is cozy and there is no standing headroom, but as long as the body tolerates it, there’s nothing wrong with that. “The boat’s small pantry is next to the companionway, so dishes can be reached easily,” Scholz notes, and you don’t have to climb down a ladder to fetch another glass of wine.
Small can be beautiful
The chance to spend a week off the grid also motivated Georg Schöfegger, a teacher by trade who oversees a sailing club’s racing program on Wolfgangsee near Salzburg, Austria. “I wanted to explore the lagoons of Grado and Venice, for which we needed a boat with small draft that allowed us to dock almost anywhere. And like any serious sailor I refuse to consider a powerboat, which is why the Folkboat came to mind.”
Like Hawle and Scholz, he raves about the reception he and his crew received from locals and fishermen whenever they pulled into a little anchorage or showed up in one of the tiny ports along their route. “Everywhere the boat was met with great interest — we were allowed to dock and stay overnight, where we’d have gotten booted with a regular boat,” says Schöfegger. “In Chioggia we tied up at the police docks and the cops came to check out the boat, asking how long we’ve been cruising.”
In Venice they brazenly made fast in a marina for luxury yachts and got free dockage while they went sightseeing. “That probably would not have happened with a Bavaria,” he jokes.
Wending their way through the shallow waters, dipping in and out of narrow, winding channels, dodging vaporetti and tourist traffic, Schöfegger also tied up to the pilings of a restaurant on one of the islets. “After an excellent dinner and sufficient libations, we only had to take a step onto our boat and hit the sack.”
Such are the joys of small-boat voyaging — but there are limits, of course.
In touch with the elements
“Anyone who doesn’t find the charm in car camping will probably find cruising on a Folkboat a bit problematic,” Schöfegger advises. You can’t be frazzled by the absence of comfort items such as a fridge, hot shower, enclosed head (bucket and chuck it), dodger and bimini. On rainy days a cockpit tent offers protection at anchor, but meals have to be cooked on a small gas burner and motoring means wrestling with a small outboard on a sliding bracket.
On the plus side there’s anchoring in remote and quiet spots that are off limits to larger yachts with their deep keels, loud music and rumbling gensets. A crew of two is ideal, says Schöfegger, and they both “should be real sailors.”
It’s a hell of a lot of work to keep Wiki and Go On in fine fettle because varnished yachts only look good in perfect shape. So far, Olaf and Doris have managed, subsidizing their operation with other income.
“We break even, as long as we don’t watch our time for the upkeep,” he says, adding that his expertise as a forestry engineer, which otherwise is of little use in the charter business, “helps to pick out timber for repairs.”
The Meerflair vision of voyaging on a small boat, something Olaf describes as “feeling the elements,” is not your standard charter vacation, and it’s a rather strict counterpoint to luxuriating on a $10 million motoryacht with a flybridge twice the size of the average studio apartment in New York. It’s not for everyone, but those who tried it express a desire to return, either to explore more or just to break up the routine. Or maybe they crave the attention they’ll get when they pull up to the dock with a small, traditional yacht that looks like a million bucks.
This article originally appeared in the April 2016 issue.
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Ketchikan by tiny trimaran, not for the faint of heart
Americas Cup fever reaches Chinas shores
Simple and sound, the Folkboat turns 70
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Treatment For Selected Deformities and Defects Of The Oral and Facial Skeleton
Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a relatively new method of treatment for selected deformities and defects of the oral and facial skeleton. It was first used in 1903. In the 1950s, the Russian orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Gabriel Ilizarov slowly perfected the surgical and postoperative management of distraction osteogenesis treatment to correct deformities and repair defects of the arms and legs. His work went mostly unnoticed until he presented to the Western Medical Society in the mid-1960s.
Distraction osteogenesis was initially used to treat defects of the oral and facial region in 1990. Since then, the surgical and technological advances made in the field of distraction osteogenesis have provided the oral and maxillofacial surgeons with a safe and predictable method to treat selected deformities of the oral and facial skeleton.
Dr. Hall, Dr. Bienstock, and Dr. Jones use distraction osteogenesis to treat selected deformities and defects of the oral and facial skeleton. If you have questions about distraction osteogenesis, please call our office and schedule an appointment.
Frequently Asked Questions About Distraction Osteogenesis
What does the term distraction osteogenesis mean?
Simply stated, distraction osteogenesis means the slow movement apart (distraction) of two bony segments in a manner such that new bone is allowed to fill in the gap created by the separating bony segments.
Is the surgery for distraction osteogenesis more involved than “traditional surgery” for a similar procedure?
No. Distraction osteogenesis surgery is usually done on an outpatient basis with most of the patients going home the same day of surgery. The surgical procedure itself is less invasive so there is usually less pain and swelling.
Will my insurance company cover the cost of osteogenesis surgical procedure?
Most insurance companies will cover the cost of the osteogenesis surgical procedure provided that there is adequate and accurate documentation of the patient’s condition. Of course, individual benefits within the insurance company policy vary. After you are seen for your consultation at our office, we will assist you in determining whether or not your insurance company will cover a particular surgical procedure.
Is distraction osteogenesis painful?
Since all distraction osteogenesis surgical procedures are done while the patient is under general anesthesia, pain during the surgical procedure is not an issue. Postoperatively, you will be supplied with appropriate analgesics (pain killers) to keep you comfortable, and antibiotics to fight off infection. Activation of the distraction device to slowly separate the bones may cause some patients mild discomfort. In general, the slow movement of bony segments produces discomfort roughly analogous to having braces tightened.
What are the benefits of distraction osteogenesis vs. traditional surgery for a similar condition?
Distraction osteogenesis surgical procedures typically produce less pain and swelling than the traditional surgical procedure for a similar condition. Distraction osteogenesis eliminates the need for bone grafts, and therefore, another surgical site. Lastly, distraction osteogenesis is associated with greater stability when used in major cases where significant movement of bony segments are involved.
What are the disadvantages of distraction osteogenesis?
Distraction osteogenesis requires the patient to return to the surgeon’s office frequently during the initial two weeks after surgery. This is necessary because in this time frame the surgeon will need to closely monitor the patient for any infection and teach the patient how to activate the appliance. In some cases, a second minor office surgical procedure is necessary to remove the distraction appliance
Can distraction osteogenesis be used instead of bone grafts to add bone to my jaws?
Yes. Recent advances in technology have provided the oral and maxillofacial surgeon with an easy to place and use distraction device that can be used to slowly grow bone in selected areas of bone loss that has occurred in the upper and lower jaws. The newly formed bone can then serve as an excellent foundation for dental implants.
Does distraction osteogenesis leave scars on the face?
No. The entire surgery is performed within the mouth and the distraction devices used by our doctors remain inside the mouth. There are no facial surgical incisions are made so no facial scars result.
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Írta: Archívum - 2006-09-01 Rovat: Archívum, English
The first section of this month’s issue of Szombat is dominated by the Israel-Lebanon conflict: two different viewpoints are presented. György Konrád claims in his essay under the title ’’What may come after the rockets? More rockets?”: ”Perhaps radical Islamists find the existence of the state of Israel unacceptable. But why should thinking people living in Muslim countries become spiritual captives of radical Islam? And why should thinking people in Christian countries become spiritual captives of radical Islamism? There is no moral obligation to understand anti-Semitism.”
Attila Novák examines the conflict in a different context, and – among other issues – analyses the foreign policy of the United States and the Israeli behavior. He criticizes the point of view of the galut, always aligning with Israeli politics: ”A legitimate – one could say “normal”- criticism of Israel may become neglected, though this is a condition for Israel to be considered – in political terms – just like any other nation. If you like, the original aims of Zionism, its „normalizing” function, is threatened now as a result of the „useful” efforts of many.”
Ágnes Heller wrote about her experiences during her trip to Iran before the war broke out between Israel and Lebanon.
Tamás Dési and János Gadó analyze the failures and conclusions of the signature-collection for the registration of a Jewish ethnic minority in Hungary. As it has become publicly known, the organizers were not able to collect the necessary one thousand signatures.
János Gadó wrote about why the Hungarian Jewish Heritage Fund Public Endowment – originally created to distribute the money related to the compensation of Hungarian Jews – has become dysfunctional. “The last time the Board of Trustees was able to gather enough members was in March this year. But they were not able to assess all the applications handed in through 2005, so there are still a 167 applications waiting to be examined, along with 24,2 million forints to be distributed. There are some 400 people with early retirement for health reasons who are also waiting for the next session of the Board to approve their pension-supplements. “Because of the absence of several curators the Board is not capable of gathering. The article is followed by a financial analysis by László Korányi examining the decisions, the proportions of supported causes and organizations in the last seven years of the organizations operation.
Péter Szegő was the author of the next piece in our series on the Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe: he reports on his trip to Krakow, and talks about – among others – the annual Jewish Festival.
“The Price of Messiahnism” is the title of an essay by Jacob Taubes Jewish German philosopher.
We publish an interview with the well-known psychiatrist-psychologist, András Feldmár, who – when asked about Jewish tradition and his own psychological practice – replied: “The most significant element in Jewish heritage is that even questions asked by children should be taken seriously, and rabbis, too keep thinking about the meaning of this or that. Freud interpreted dreams, symptoms like a rabbi reads the Talmud.”
In our culture section we publish poems by contemporary Israeli woman poets, and an interview with Judit Fenákel Hungarian Jewish writer, survivor of the Shoah, who talks about her homelessness in present day Hungary. We also publish the winning piece in the short story-competition for secondary school students organized by our magazine.
Címkék:2006-09
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Latin Language and Literature Greek and Latin Philology and Linguistics
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The documentation and morpho-syntactic description of modern Arabic dialects and Modern South Arabian languages; theoretical phonology and morphology with reference to Arabic and Modern South Arabian
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U.S. Cattlemen urge USDA to keep meat plants open
-The Hagstrom Report
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association sent Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue a letter urging him to do all in his power to keep meat plants open amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have greatly appreciated your call to those ‘on the front lines of the American food supply’ to continue doing what they do best: producing an abundant supply of safe, nutritious, and wholesome food,” USCA President Brooke Miller wrote. “We would like to extend that message to include those who continue to do their part in meat processing facilities across the U.S.”
“According to Cassie Fish of The Beef, ‘Estimates for this week’s slaughter are 570,000 to 590,000 head, which would be the smallest non-holiday kill for this week since 2016-2017.’
“To further this point, USCA is hearing reports of plants slowing down production, or shutting down completely, due to workforce complications related to COVID-19,” the letter said.
There have been continuing reports of meat plants closing or reducing output.
The New York Times reported that a poultry worker’s death in Georgia highlighted the spread of the coronavirus among plant workers.
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Police, Excise Department seize 3,350 kg Mahua Lahan, 340 ltr illicit country liquor
In a joint operation by the Bhopal Police and Excise Department as much as 3,350 kg Mahua Lahan and 340 litres of illicit country liquor was confiscated from Berasia and cases were lodged against ten accused. Assistant Commissioner, Excise Department, Sanjeev Kumar Dubey said that after receiving several complaints of production of illicit liquor, an intensive search operation was carried out in Sinkachh, Bijora and Tapra villages and also in the rivers flowing nearby.
On receiving the tip-off, the team raided the identified place early in the morning even before the villagers can wake up. Criminal cases were lodged against ten people for being involved in production of country made liquor. The team confiscated a total of 3,350 kg of Mahua Lahan from the houses, dug in Government land and adjacent to drains, and left for fermentation.
The said Mahua Lahan was also destroyed by the excise officials on the spot. Seventy litres of illicit liquor was confiscated from a house, where it was hid underground. Amid the raid, a person tried to run away with a sack full of country made liquor, he was then later arrested by the police. A total of 62 litres of illicit liquor was found from his possession. The market price of confiscated liquor is estimated to be more than Rs 1.5 lakh, the police said.
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The Mega Comcast/TWC Merger – What Does Mr. Malone Do Now?
When Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced their big merger last week, one of the first questions on my mind (and perhaps on yours, as well) was “How does this impact John Malone and what does he do now?”
Mr. Malone, after all, was the catalyst for this merger. He was the first to try and buy TWC, hoping to merge it with Charter Communications (Malone’s Liberty Media acquired a 27% interest in Charter in May 2013), which no doubt ultimately spurred Comcast to make its move.
So, how does this impact John Malone – one of the cable industry’s true pioneers – and what’s he likely to do next?
It seems to me that any answer to this question must be informed by Malone’s past history, plus the current strategies employed by (his) Liberty Global rollup of international MVPDs. Plus, since I’m feeling conspiratorial today, my look at Mr. Malone’s past and present leads me to think that maybe he really didn’t want Charter to merge with Time Warner Cable to begin with.
For one, the Charter/TWC merger would have been out of character for a John Malone deal. When Liberty Media bought its 27% stake in Charter last May, Malone said in a statement that “Charter is a very sheltered asset. There’s not a lot of Verizon, Google, or other competing [operators] in their areas.”
On the other hand, Time Warner Cable seems to be a very “non-sheltered” asset, heavily deployed in large DMAs (especially the New York City and Los Angeles metros) and has been getting hit hard by subscriber defections, many of whom are likely going to AT&T and Verizon.
Ironically (or not), according to Bloomberg, Charter is the one that brought Comcast into the deal. It had been negotiating terms of a post-Charter/TWC merger asset sale when talks broke down. Bloomberg says Comcast’s CFO “stormed out,” threatening to buy TWC without Charter, which is what it did (pending the details of federal approval).
Continuing my conspiratorial bent, a Comcast/TWC merger could work out well for Charter and Liberty Media. First, Comcast and TWC are going to be tied up for a long while in intense regulatory scrutiny from the Department of Justice, the FCC, and Congress (among others). As well, Comcast is likely to emerge with a variety of agreed-to operational restrictions, just as it did with the Comcast/NBC Universal merger. Finally, Charter is likely to be the go-to candidate for buying up the systems with three million subscribers that Comcast says it intends to shed once the deal is completed.
Returning to my earlier question, what does John Malone do now?
I think he reproduces in the US the same strategy that he’s been doing in the rest of the world with Liberty Global: namely, create a roll up of small to mid-size US MVPDs (those that are undervalued or have high debt loads being of particular interest, provided their underlying fundamentals are good). Then, Charter can use these MVPDs to deploy a US version of the highly-innovative Horizon IP/cable hybrid platform that Liberty Global has developed and is aggressively rolling out elsewhere in the world.
Given the brouhaha that the Comcast/TWC merger has already created, Charter M&A deals with small to mid-sized US MVPDs will more easily pass under the radar. As will the complex financial deal structures that will probably accompany them (a Malone trademark – deals so complicated only he and a few mountaintop mystics in Nepal understand them).
So, even though John Malone is the largest private landholder in the US (really), he won’t be riding off into the sunset, at least figuratively, anytime soon. And I’m glad. He is a good candidate to shake up the US MVPD business through technological innovation, while also speeding the availability of a modern TV platform to the small/mid-sized communities that the “big guys” are likely to overlook.
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Honeywell to launch the most powerful quantum computer in three months
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Prajeet Nair 5 Mar, 2020
Morristown, New Jersey based technology and manufacturing firm Honeywell said it will roll out the world’s most powerful quantum computer within the next three months.
Honeywell claims it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing that accelerates the capability of quantum computers, it said in a statement.
Read: What is quantum computing and how can it unlock value for businesses?
Honeywell has been working on the technical foundations for its quantum computer for over a decade now. Back in 2018, the company announced its first quantum computing capabilities.
The quantum volume of its quantum computer is unmatched, Honeywell said.
Quantum volume measures computational ability, indicating the relative complexity of a problem that can be solved by a quantum computer.
When released, Honeywell’s quantum computer will have a quantum volume of at least 64, which is twice that of the next alternative in the industry, the company said.
In a scientific paper released on Tuesday, the company explained the QCCD (quantum charge coupled device) architecture, a technical breakthrough in accelerating quantum capability.
“Building quantum computers capable of solving deeper, more complex problems is not just a simple matter of increasing the number of qubits. Quantum volume is a powerful tool that should be adopted as an interim benchmarking tool by other gate-based quantum computer companies.” Paul Smith-Goodson, analyst-in-residence for quantum computing, Moor Insights and Strategy said.
Recently, Seattle-based cloud service giant AWS (Amazon Web Services) launched quantum computing service Amazon Braket. The service will let customers explore, evaluate, and experiment with quantum computing hardware to gain in-house experience as they plan for the future.
Honeywell has also made strategic investments in Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) and Zapata Computing to accelerate the development of quantum computing and to explore practical applications for its customers.
Both Zapata and CQC complement Honeywell’s quantum computing capabilities. CQC has strong expertise in quantum software, specifically a quantum development platform and enterprise applications in the areas of chemistry, machine learning and augmented cybersecurity.
Zapata creates enterprise-grade, quantum-enabled software for a variety of industries, allowing users to build quantum workflows and execute them freely across a range of quantum and classical devices.
The firm also announced that it will collaborate with JPMorgan Chase, a global financial services firm, to develop quantum algorithms.
“Honeywell’s unique quantum computer, along with the ecosystem Honeywell has developed around it, will enable us to get closer to tackling major and growing business challenges in the financial services industry,” Marco Pistoia, managing director and research lead for Future Lab for Applied Research and Engineering (FLARE), JPMorgan Chase, said.
In late 2019, Honeywell announced a partnership with Microsoft to provide cloud access to its quantum computer through Microsoft Azure Quantum services.
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Home Tech News YouTuber Sends Lawyer After UFC to Stop ‘Unfair’ Takedown Notices
YouTuber Sends Lawyer After UFC to Stop ‘Unfair’ Takedown Notices
The owner of a popular post-fight boxing commentary channel on YouTube is demanding that the UFC stops taking down his videos, which only use still images from fights. With help from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Boxing Now’s John MacKay points out that his videos are fair use, adding that unwarranted takedown notices harm his business.
Copyright enforcement on YouTube is a growing source of frustration, particularly the overbroad takedown efforts.
Many channel operators and users have complained about apparent abuse, but most don’t go any further than that.
John MacKay, owner of the popular channel “Boxing Now” is an exception. On his channel, MacKay releases videos with post-fight commentary of popular fights. With hundreds of thousands of subscribers, he’s amassed a sizeable audience over the years.
The channel also comments on matches from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Since MacKay hasn’t cleared the rights to these broadcasts, he doesn’t use video footage from these fights. Instead, he shows a few still images, commenting on these.
Nonetheless, the UFC is not happy with his coverage, as the organization has sent five takedown notices targeting Boxing Now’s videos. These are not automated Content-ID flags, but actual takedown notices, which resulted in the videos being removed from YouTube.
MacKay believes that his work is a clear case of fair use so in response sent counternotices for each takedown. The UFC hasn’t responded to any of these, which meant that YouTube restored the videos. However, at that point, most harm was already done.
“My videos are most often viewed in the days immediately after a fight, and when UFC has them taken down for a few days with these unfair copyright claims, I lose a lot of viewers and a significant amount of money,” MacKay says, commenting on the issue.
Frustrated by the continued takedowns, MacKay decided to take a stand. He reached out to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to help him address the matter. The EFF was happy to oblige and this week attorney Alex Moss sent a letter to the UFC, demanding that it stops sending unwarranted notices.
Boxing Now
In the letter, Moss goes over the four factors of fair use, concluding that all weigh in the channel operator’s favor. For example, the videos are transformative, only use a few frames of the copyrighted content, and do not compete with the original broadcast.
“Mr. MacKay’s post-fight commentary could not and did not affect the market for a live broadcast or recording of the entire fight. If anything, Mr. MacKay’s use of still images for commentary purposes would likely increase demand for the original,” Moss writes.
The EFF’s attorney points out that the UFC has an obligation to consider fair use before sending a takedown request, as was determined in the Lenz vs. Universal case. The repeated notices targeting Boxing Now’s videos indicate that the UFC has failed to meet this obligation, which harms the channel’s business.
When the videos are taken down shortly after being posted, MacKay is missing a lot of views and therefore ad revenue. Added to that, the takedown notices also put his channel at risk, as YouTube may terminate accounts after repeat infringements.
What the UFC’s precise motivation is for the requests is unknown. The EFF’s attorney points out, however, that the UFC also has its own post commentary videos on YouTube and that it’s reducing the competition with its takedown notices.
“We note that UFC also produces YouTube videos containing post-fight commentary, and that Mr. McKay’s videos and UFC’s videos may compete for viewership and advertising revenue. This further suggests that UFC’s takedowns of Mr. McKay’s videos were done in bad faith,” Moss writes.
The channel operator, therefore, demands that the UFC stops issuing unwarranted takedown requests. The EFF requests that the organization confirms this intention before the end of the month.
“Accordingly, we demand that you cease sending takedown notices for Mr. McKay’s videos that make fair use of still images from UFC fights. Please confirm your agreement to do so by May 28, 2019, ” Moss concludes.
It’s not clear whether the EFF and MacKay plan any legal action should the UFC fail to meet their demand. However, as highlighted a few days ago, the likelihood of a lawsuit over unwarranted takedown notices becomes ever more likely, whether that happens in this case or not.
Speaking with TorrentFreak, Moss says she can’t go into detail about any potential follow-up steps. The EFF’s attorney hopes that the letter has some effect and that the UFC stops sending wrongful takedown notices.
“It’s not too much to expect copyright owners to consider whether something actually infringes before cutting off people’s access,” Moss tells us.
A copy of EFF’s letter, sent to UFC on behalf of Boxing Now’s John MacKay, is available here (pdf).
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Top 5 Business & Office Workers iOS Apps Review for iPhone, iPad
Looking for an excuse to use your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch in the office? There are a number of excellent iOS Apps that countless business professionals have found perfect for their workplace needs to increase productivity in office. Below you will find the Top Five Best Office Workers and Business Related iOS Apps Review for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.
OfficeTime iOS App Review
A very popular app amongst freelancers and small business owners, OfficeTime retails for just $7.99 with no subscription required.
The pros to using this app include its syncing abilities; it’s easy to use user interface and outstanding ability for counting and filing billable working hours. The cons, however, or more precisely ‘con’, considering that there’s only one commonly cited, is that it doesn’t include a full invoicing system, something that many business professionals have lamented. Download and Install OfficeTime App from HERE
Citrix’s ShareFile iOS App Review
A dependable, easy to use syncing program is a must taking into account just how many devices business professionals use these days.
It’s a completely free app that’s incredibly easy to use, boasts a handy offline mode, allows for multiple simultaneous file uploads and allows the user to save to sub-folders.
The drawback to this app (like OfficeTime there seems to be just the one drawback) is that it doesn’t allow files to be moved between folders. Download and Install Citrix’s ShareFile App from HERE
Citrix’s GoToMyPC iOS App Review
Another remarkable Citrix app (there seems to be a number of excellent free Citrix apps for iOS these days), GoToMyPC is an excellent example of popular remote access software that’s perfect for busy professionals working away from their regular office space who need to use their tablet.
The pros include easy setup, gesture shortcuts and a wonderfully simple user interface, whilst the cons include a lack of multitasking functions and occasionally slow response times. Download and Install Citrix’s GoToMyPC App from HERE
Nuance’s Dragon Dictation iOS App Review
For business owners and professionals who are just too busy to type, Nuance’s Dragon Dictation app could be just the iOS dictation app they’re in need of – provided that they have an internet or Wi-Fi connection because the main drawback to this otherwise very handy app is that it needs to be connected to the internet at all times.
However, not only is this handy app free to download with no subscription fees, but it’s also extremely accurate, fast and boasts the ability to share dictated messages via e-mail, and even via social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter. Download and Install Nuance’s Dragon Dictation App from HERE
FileMaker’s Bento 4 iOS App Review
At just $4.99, FileMaker’s Bento 4 for iPad and Mac is an excellent organisational app, one that many businesses and professionals have found extremely useful.
This organisational app boasts a wealth of handy features, including voice recording, and enables even the most novice of users to create aesthetically appealing databases in a matter of minutes with a flexible editing system, forty wonderful display-ready pre-designed templates and a very simple and easy to use interface.
The most commonly cited drawbacks to the Bento 4 App available for Mac and iOS are that it doesn’t support iCal Events, and can only sync with a Mac that’s running Bento on the same Wi-Fi network.
These are just five of the many iOS Apps you might like to take note of for the workplace – or in the case of Citrix’s GoToMyPC, the remote workplace. Due to the intensity of app development over the last few years, it suffices to say that there are plenty more where they came from so don’t limit yourself to these apps; explore your options to operate more efficiently.
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Living with the Ancients
(Rise Above Records)
It’s great when a press release can succinctly provide the fodder a journalist needs to describe a release without fluff — only descriptions, points of reference and a little background. BOOM. BAM. DONE. However, a simple bio regurgitation from a writer does not a good review make. So let’s elaborate on Canada’s Blood Ceremony and their new album Living With The Ancients...
For the uninitiated, the quick and skinny is that this four-piece from Toronto released their self-titled debut (with awesome voodoo priestess cover art) in 2008 on Rise Above Records. It planted its flag firmly in 70s occult rock; that is, Black Sabbath riffs replete with eerie melodies, accentuated by flute-work and ghostly siren-call from singer Alia O’Brien (really hard to not mention Jethro Tull as a RIYL, so let’s just go ahead and admit it straight out and not be more “kvlt” than thou – fact is, the well is pretty dry as far as musicians incorporating flute and hard rock). Shortly after, they toured Europe with Electric Wizard – a great reference point as well, for Blood Ceremony certainly relish in obscure/cult b-horror movie themes; more specifically witchcraft, psychedelia, and other supernatural motifs.
Recorded by the acclaimed producer Sanford Parker, who’s popularity seems to grow daily, the nine songs that comprise their newest album, Living With The Ancients, clocks in at 51 minutes, 45 seconds. As far as well-rounded albums go, this one is pretty much perfect. It doesn’t wear out its welcome with unnecessary tracks – it’s concise, leaving you satisfied but also with a modicum of that “wanting more” quality that sticks with you after the album is over (which is almost a litmus test for an album’s staying power in my book). There are peaks and valleys, straight-forward songs and longer adventurous songs, all working in harmony for the benefit of a more complete and balanced album experience.
The album opens with ‘The Great God Pan’ – serving almost as a table of contents for the rest of the record and what the listener can expect: Bluesy hard rock metal with those ooey-gooey malevolent tones, O’Brien’s sultry yet dark croons, and a vintage pipe organ interlude that builds into a swirling psychedelic rock de force with guitar solos joining the fray to ensure a proper burial for the listener; definitely one of the highlights of the record. From there, the record dips into the mid-paced but direct, flute-laced ‘Coven Tree’, followed immediately by the first of two instrumentals ‘The Hermit’ – a song which is so 60s in nature with its playful melodies, I’m almost instantly transported to Haight and Ashbury. Another stand-out track would be ‘My Demon Brother’ – which I could almost envision as being a single from the record, if not for it being the shortest song on the album then certainly for it demonstrating Blood Ceremony‘s deft fusion of vintage metal riffs, eerie vibe, sweet chorus and great jam/guitar solo at the end to wrap the whole thing up.
Other highlights would be ‘Oliver Haddo’ (tell me you DON’T hear Black Sabbath‘s ‘Electric Funeral’ in that intro riff!); ‘Night Of Augery’ has a tremendously boisterous riff that bounces full of energy before a simmering down into a moody jam session that speeds up into a frenzy before a satisfying dénouement. Speaking of frenzy, I’d be completely remiss if I didn’t mention the amazing close-out track ‘Daughter of the Sun’, which clocks in at just over 10 minutes in length. This song helps cement the bands prowess for crafting an album as a whole and complete work of its own. Working with the first track of the record, this grand finale bookends Living With The Ancients by celebrating the breadth of their hard rock/metal spectrum, showcasing all of the band’s strengths in one track, and yes, there is a frenzy of a build-up that sounds like a malign car chase scene from The Addam’s Family – it’s great.
I went into this review only knowing that Rise Above was releasing the album, so I assumed it’d have some vintage/classic flair, but otherwise I approached the record completely blank. After several spins, this album won me over completely. This is a sincere and genuine band that loves this style of music and it shows – no faking anything, no trend hopping. Living With The Ancients is a FUN listen, plain and simple, much in the way Ghost’s album is, who Blood Ceremony will be touring Europe with in April – talk about a perfect tour partner in sound and subject matter. I’ll definitely be rocking this record throughout 2011 and beyond – now where can I find the vinyl for this gem?!
Written by Stacy Buchanan
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Commented by: Nick Taxidermy
this sounds like a total ball. namechecking Ghost and Electric Wizard is a good way to make me like a record.
on Mar 10th, 2011 at 22:40
Commented by: King Cripple
I didn’t find their debut to be consistent, but I liked the aim of band. I’ll definitely have to check this one out.
Solid review!
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Time for the truth: Young people, don't expect a state pension
An explosive report from a think-tank has shed new light on how fast the fund that pays our state pensions is running out. My generation must be given the facts we need to plan ahead, says Katie Morley
By Katie Morley 09 October 2014 • 22:00 pm
While the state pension will be safe for people in their 40s and 50s, it is less certain for younger generations, a report has warned Credit: Photo: ALAMY
A report published this week signalled a grave financial future for young Britons.
It claimed that the pot of money the Government uses to fund state pensions will run out 20 years earlier than expected. As a result, the report’s author, Michael Johnson of the Centre for Policy Studies, a think tank, is urging those in their 20s and 30s to plan for a retirement without an income from the state.
The findings cement a hunch that experts in the field have had for years: that the state pension’s funding position is in serious trouble. The National Insurance (NI) fund has long been shrinking, because an ageing population means fewer people paying in through NI contributions, and more people withdrawing money through state pension payments. But alarmingly, the report says the NI fund will bleed dry next year, much faster than anyone had previously admitted.
The disclosure throws up a host of questions, to which I’m genuinely frightened to know the answers. What state provision, if any, can younger generations realistically expect in retirement? If NI is scrapped, does the Government have a solid plan B in mind? And if we’ve been lulled into a false sense of security by politicians, could the other pension promises they’ve made prove just as flimsy?
It is extremely unlikely that the state pension will be scrapped altogether, and Mr Johnson is confident that older workers’ pensions will be safe. He outlines two possible courses of action for when the NI pot has reached a critical level. Either the state pension is drastically watered down for the young, or people in Britain will face higher taxes, the brunt of which will hit “Generation Y” (those currently aged 18‑33).
Both of these roads are unreasonable, Mr Johnson argues. Younger generations already face unaffordable housing, university debts, fragmented careers and earnings stagnation, and far thinner occupational pensions than their baby boomer parents.
Clearly, the future financial security of young adults is under threat. But the country can afford no more debt, and we must cut our coat according to our cloth. If taxes must be raised, or benefits cut, then my generation will have to take the blow. Given this, the very least that policymakers responsible for messing up the maths could do is emerge from under their rock and present to us a truthful projection of where our pensions are heading.
Because at the heart of what’s gone wrong here are some seriously flawed equations, which have until recently been buried in dense documents, presumably so sleep-inducing that no one could be bothered to read them.
The size of Britain’s NI fund has been calculated using long-term economic assumptions including real earnings growth of 2.4pc a year above inflation on the consumer prices index (CPI) measure.
But average earnings have actually fallen by 11pc below the CPI since just before the financial crisis in 2008. This means the projections for the fund’s size are way off the mark and severely lack credibility.
Despite all this, politicians continue to pay out higher state pension payments to older generations through the “triple lock”, which promises an annual income increase in line with wages, prices or 2.5pc (whichever is highest). The Liberal Democrats have proposed new laws guaranteeing that the annual state pension will be at least £790 higher by the end of the next parliament, for example.
But if the state pension is really on the brink, as Mr Johnson suggests, one has to question quite how any government could afford to keep such promises, without further jeopardising younger generations’ state pensions.
We can’t accurately predict the state of the British economy in 40 or 50 years’ time. But we do know that young people’s state pensions are extremely unlikely to be as generous as today’s. So why are we planning our private pensions around the false hope of a generous, flat-rate state retirement income that’s probably on the verge of extinction?
My generation has been dealt a poor hand financially. But it does have a trump card: youth. To stand a chance of retiring in comfort, my generation must be given the facts we need to plan ahead and be financially self-reliant in old age. The time to take personal responsibility is now, before it’s too late.
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Nashville Public Library officials say reading aloud to your preschool child is the single most important activity you can do to prepare them for school and that continuing to read to, and with, them is invaluable.
"Reading together is a bonding experience," said Cassie Welch, a children's librarian at the Edmondson Pike branch and the mother of a 2-year-old. "It also improves their vocabulary, helps develop cognitive skills and social skills."
Memphis Public Library officials agree, with their website saying "the key to building early literacy skills and preparing children for kindergarten is your interaction with your child."
Start early:The best time to start reading to your children is while they are babies, Welch said. "The earlier the better." She highly recommends board books for babies and toddlers.
For board books, Welch recommends:
"I Kissed the Baby" by Mary Murphy.
"Shh! We Have a Plan" by Chris Haughton.
"Moo, Baa, La La La" and "The Going to Bed Book" by Sandra Boynton.
Welch said another good board book option is the bilingual nursery rhyme series by Susie Jaramillo that is accordion style, one side English, the other side Spanish.
Let them move: Learnplayread.com says that with toddlers, don't expect them to be still. "Don't worry if they act out stories or skip, romp or tumble as you read to them. They may be moving, but they are listening."
You don't have to finish: With little ones having short attention spans, Welch says not to think you have to finish every book. "Take their cues," and if they are not engaged, move on. She said with preschoolers, short and simple books with big pictures and fewer words are good bets.
Sing it out: The Memphis Public Libary's DiscoverREAD program encourages parents to sing to, and with, children to help develop listening skills. "It slows down language, so children can hear the different sounds that make up words."
Rhyme time: Reading experts also suggest rhyming books, silly tongue twisters and puppets.
Ask questions: Welch says to make the reading experience interactive by asking questions about what is happening in the book or what they think might happen. She said that part of the reading together experience is igniting imagination and how you respond to the story.
To go: Take a book or magazine along any time your child has to wait, such as at a doctor's office.
Make it a special time: One of the biggest challenges for parents is to make reading as attractive to children as TV and video games. Welch said that by being engaged and by setting aside time to read with them, you are setting the stage for reading to be a popular activity. "Kids are learning from you, and if you make it a priority and a special time together, they will see it as one too," Welch said.
As Pamela Paul and Maria Russo wrote in their book "How to Raise a Reader": "School is where children learn to read. Home is where children learn to love to read."
Writing is important: "Writing goes hand in hand with reading," Welch said. She suggests having your child draw a picture and then write what is going on in the picture. Even having your child help write out the grocery list or write a note to Grandma is good practice.
According to the Memphis library site, "connecting printed letters to spoken words prepares children for learning to read. Drawing and scribbling develops fine motor skills needed to write."
Keep it in reach: Make sure you have plenty of books in your home and that they are placed where the children can easily reach them.
Go online: Take advantage of library online reading programs and others like Dolly Parton's weekly videos called “Goodnight With Dolly,” which feature "book lady" Parton reading some of her favorite Imagination Library books, starting with "The Little Engine that Could."
Have fun: Let children know that you, the parents, enjoy reading.
Read to Rise program program
In an effort to improve early literacy, the Nashville library two years ago launched its "Read to Rise" initiative that encourages parents to read daily with their children.
The program is set up where for each day you read, you track the reading by marking a spot on the reading log or logging it on the computer. When you’ve read for 90 cumulative days, you are eligible for prizes.
With brick-and-mortar branches closed because of COVID-19 concerns, everything but the pickup of the prizes can be done online at library.nashville.org.
The 2020 Summer Read Challenge is coming up too: npl.readsquared.com.
Suggestions of books for families to read together
I asked Welch, other library officials and Facebook readers for suggestions for family reading. Some of these are also Ms. Cheap favorites.
Preschool through first grade picture books
"Good News, Bad News" by Jeff Mack
"I Yam a Donkey" by Cece Bell
"Every Little Thing" by Bob Marley and Cedella Marley
"Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Brown
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle
"Going on a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen
Second grade and up
"The BFG" and "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
"Where the Sidewalk Ends" Shel Silverstein
"Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" books by Betty McDonald
"Harry Potter" books by J.K. Rowling
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
"Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery
"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
"Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
"Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
"Mr. Lemoncello's Library" series by Chris Grabenstein
"Wonder" by R.J. Palacio
"Tupelo Landing" series by Sheila Turnage
Even more suggestions:20 great book series to keep your family entertained during the coronavirus crisis
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Ashley Fletcher didn't know when her next trip to the grocery store would be. Without a stable income and on furlough due to the COVID-19 crisis, opportunities to purchase groceries were scarce.
But the Community Cupboard initiative launched by The Nashville Food Project, Fat Bottom Brewing Company, Renasant Bank and Nashville SC has made the hardship slightly easier to endure.
Fletcher, a 27-year-old mother of one and a furloughed Franklin Abbey pub bartender from Thompson's Station, makes the 34-mile drive to Fat Bottom Brewing in The Nations and gives her name to a deliverer outside the brewery's cold storage. Within minutes, Fletcher drives away with fresh local produce, meats, eggs and bread.
"It's really amazing," Fletcher said Friday in a phone interview. "I only saw one other person there (delivering), so trying to stay away from people during this quarantine — it's really nice. (This program) means a lot."
The Community Cupboard program is still in its infancy, reaching just a sliver of the thousands in Middle Tennessee who have lost their jobs or have been furloughed and are fighting food insecurity. However, the respective partners involved said they want to see the initiative's impact grow until at least June 1.
Fletcher is one of several furloughed employees from Franklin Abbey who were introduced to the initiative by owner Quinn O'Sullivan, who collected a list of "20 to 30" families in need by speaking with furloughed employees at the four bars he owns.
O'Sullivan collaborated with Middle Tennessee president of Renasant Bank, John Bearden, and Fat Bottom Brewing Company owner Ben Bredesen — both companies being official sponsors of Nashville SC — to connect with The Nashville Food Project founder and CEO Tallu Schuyler-Quinn.
The idea sprouted March 24 and The Nashville Food Project supplied 70 boxes of groceries within the next week.
The Nashville Food Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to improving food security for marginalized communities in need. However, Schuyler-Quinn said they've had to adapt quickly.
"In this crazy time, where the crisis has expanded, we are having to necessarily pivot and create some new emergency responses.
"We've been able to use funding we've received through the partnerships and really try to reinvest it into the local food economy. So, a significant percentage of the actual food in each (grocery box) share is sourced locally through local producers and farmers."
Operationally, Schuyler-Quinn has placed The Nashville Food Project Director of Food Access Grace Biggs as a project manager to oversee the Cupboard Community program.
Under Biggs, The Nashville Food Project has one staff member analyzing community need and stewarding the resources to respective families, another for grocery supply sourcing, two members in charge of packing each grocery share in the organization's former dining room, and one more who drives the groceries in a refrigerated truck to Fat Bottom Brewing for distribution.
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Nashville SC announced Tuesday its sponsor Captain Morgan donated $55,000 to The Nashville Food Project. That was an addition to the donations from Renasant Bank, Piedmont Gas and Anchor Investments President Micah Lacher, owner of The Russell Hotel.
Nashville SC Director of Community Engagement Brandon Hill said the club intends for the collaboration with its partners not to be temporary, but to grow with time.
"We (Nashville SC) are a part of this community," Hill told The Tennessean on Thursday. "We want to support ongoing meaningful work. And by that I mean we don't want to just kind of support one-offs, things that are here today gone tomorrow."
Hill added that fighting food security was a problem before the coronavirus pandemic invaded Middle Tennessee. Hill noted that before the pandemic, one in eight Middle Tennesseans experienced food insecurity.
"Food insecurity is a big issue," he said. "It was a big issue before the COVID pandemic. I believe there are about 15% of individuals in the Middle Tennessee population who don't have access to healthy nutritious foods, and who struggle with hunger. Long term, we're hoping that even after this pandemic is over, this can shed some light on the critical needs of the city to help people who are struggling with food insecurity."
For stories about Nashville SC or Soccer in Tennessee, contact Drake Hills at DHills@gannett.com. Follow Drake on Twitter at @LiveLifeDrake.
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Tester Delivers Tax Cut for Montana Craft Alcohol Producers in Government Funding Bill
Measure will help local, independent producers create jobs and boost the economy
U.S. Senator Jon Tester delivered a shot of good news for Montana's craft alcohol producers as a part of the deal to fund the government for the next fiscal year.
Tester secured a deal to include his bipartisan the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) in the year-end legislation, making permanent a cut to excise taxes on small brewers, distillers, and vintners, and speeding up the process of getting labels approved by regulators, reducing the time it takes to get a product on the shelves. The deal helps Montana breweries avoid an $800,000 tax hike next year alone.
"Montana's craft alcohol producers make some of the finest spirits in the world - using local ingredients - and create thousands of good-paying jobs for our state," Tester said. "Like many Main Street businesses, craft alcohol producers have been hit hard by the pandemic, and I am glad we were able to help them keep their doors open and be ready to welcome folks back for a cold drink once this pandemic is behind us."
The CBMTRA cuts excise taxes in half for small breweries on their first 60,000 barrels of annual production, and then lowers the excise tax by two dollars for every barrel produced up to two million barrels. For small distillers, it cuts the excise tax from $13.40 to $2.70 per gallon for the first 100,000 gallons produced.
According to the Montana Brewers Association, there are more than 80 small breweries across the state that support over 2,700 jobs and produce more than six million gallons of beer each year. Montana breweries also purchase more than three million pounds of malt grain from Montana farmers and contribute over $400 million to the state's economy each year.
"Today we raise our glasses to say cheers and thank you to Senator Tester for cosponsoring this legislation and ensuring tax relief for brewers was included in the package," said Montana Brewers Association Executive Director Matt Leow. "The craft brewing industry is facing unprecedented challenges, from reduced taproom business and weak keg sales due to COVID-19 to aluminum can shortages and increased can prices, but today craft brewers across Montana are celebrating news that Congress will deliver on the promise of tax relief for our industry."
"We're so grateful for Senator Tester's assistance on the CBMTRA," said Courtney McKee, co-owner and CEO of Butte's Headframe Spirits. "Small businesses like ours, across the state and country, work hard to make good jobs with living wages for our employees. This year has been hard for many small businesses and many distilleries would not have survived a 400% tax increase January 1, 2021. Headframe Spirits has nearly 30 employees and continues to grow. As a certified B Corporation, we measure our success by the positive impact we have on our community and the economic impact we have on our state. We're proud to be a small business in Montana, adding value to Montana grown grain, and are grateful for the help to ensure we'll be here for the long haul."
Tester introduced the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act last year, and in July he urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to defer all federal excise tax collection deadlines for domestic and imported alcohol beverages through December 31, 2020 to help producers cope with the pandemic.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Indicted on Securities Fraud
The Texas Tribune’s Patrick Svitek speaks with the Standard about the latest developments in Paxton’s case.
By David BrownAugust 3, 2015 12:36 pmCrime & Justice, Government & Politics, Top Stories
Image via Collin County.
Attorney General Ken Paxton's mug shot.
It’s the story that had newsies buzzing all weekend, across Texas and well beyond state lines: the indictment of the state’s top attorney on three felony counts.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton turned himself in today; he was fingerprinted and had his mugshot taken before being released. Paxton was charged on counts related to the work he did as an investment adviser a few years ago.
Texas Tribune reporter Patrick Svitek was at the Collin County courthouse this morning. He says the charges are not explicitly related to Paxton’s time in office, either as Attorney General or state lawmaker.
On why it didn’t end at with a fine:
“This all kind of started up again when the Travis County District Attorney’s office declined to pursue a case in Houston late last year. They referred it to the district attorney’s office up here in Collin County. The district attorney in Collin County, who’s a friend and business partner of the attorney general, stepped aside. He brought in the Texas Rangers, and then two criminal defense attorneys from Houston were brought in to handle any potential indictments. And that’s kind of the lead up to what we’re seeing today.”
On what fellow Republicans are saying:
“So far, the Republican political response has been a little muted. … What you do hear so far from some conservative activists and Tea Party people is that this is just another case of the judicial system, or overzealous prosecutors basically trying to stump the rides of a Tea Party star. Any time there’s a lawmaker from the kind of Tea Party wing … who’s becoming popular and gaining higher office – this is what the activists are arguing – there’s always some attempt to knock them down a peg or two.”
On its comparison to former governor Perry’s indictment:
“I think so far from what you’ve heard, you have heard some comparisons. I do believe if you evaluate the facts that have come out so far, it’s going to be a little more difficult for Ken Paxton’s legal team to make the same kind of case that Perry’s legal team did. … You are going to hear, I think, from Ken Paxton’s team that the process leading up to this was not respectful and not 100 percent impartial.”
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Thailand sees strong year end economic growth
Over 2 trillion baht is to be invested by the state in mega projects next year.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs has revealed that Thailand’s GDP growth this year is likely to end above four percent and that over 2 trillion baht is to be invested by the state in mega projects next year.
Speaking at Thailand’s Economic Outlook 2019, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak pointed out that if 3.3 percent in economic growth is achieved in the fourth quarter, the nation will have ended the year four percent up.
He noted positive turns in negotiations between China and the US have benefitted exports and are likely to help the GDP in the fourth quarter hit 3.5 percent growth and full year growth to stand between 4.1 and 4.2 percent.
In 2019, Thailand is set to invest over 2 trillion baht in mega projects such as an urban high speed railway, dual railways and energy production in the Eastern Economic Corridor.
Somkid said the latter program must be closely watched as it is an important infrastructural development for the country.
The DPM remarked that it is likely the next government will be a coalition administration in which cooperation and a clear idea of the nation’s needs and future will be important.
He expressed the opinion that a new generation of politicians who do not engage in partisanship is needed to ensure national progress.
Source : National News Bureau of Thailand
ADB cuts Thai growth outlook to 4.3%
Trumping financial risks in Asia
The Board of Investment of Thailand’s (BOI) latest survey, shows most foreign investors, estimated at 96%, are still confident in the country, and are willing to bring forward their investments.
BANGKOK (NNT) – With the COVID-10 pandemic causing significant disruption around the world including in Thailand, the Board of Investment of Thailand’s (BOI) latest survey, shows most foreign investors, estimated at 96%, are still confident in the country, and are willing to bring forward their investments.
Bloomberg surveys show that analysts are penciling in high rates of growth next year for some of those that have been hardest-hit in 2020.
Thailand and Russia are well placed to be among the emerging-market standouts that could beat expectations next year, according to a Bloomberg study of 17 developing markets gauging their outlook for 2021.
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Create a Kaleidoscopic Coloring Experience with goober's Stackable Block Crayons
All images © goober, shared with permission
Thanks to their waxy coating, goober’s nutty snacks are sure to stay fresh—that is, until they undergo a heavy round of coloring. Based in Seoul, the company manufactures crayons shaped like peanuts and in LEGO-like forms that can be stacked into firetrucks and trees as easily as they can draw them. The brightly hued blocks are designed for mixing and matching, creating unique kaleidoscopic marks with every use.
Shop goober’s products on its site and follow its playful designs on Instagram. You also might enjoy these chunky, squiggly crayons by Retoolings. (via NOTCOT)
Color Outside the Lines with the Chunky, Squiggly Crayons Designed by Retoolings
All images © Retoolings, shared with permission
There’s one question looming over Keetra Dean Dixon’s designs: “To color or to keep?” Based in rural Alaska, Dixon is behind the bespoke crayon manufacturer, Retoolings, which has been melding primary hues, muted tones, and black-and-white waxes into asymmetric chunks and spiraled cylinders that are as much design pieces as they are creative instruments.
In a note to Colossal, Dixson writes that she first thought of the scaled-down objects after creating large sculptures with her partner. “While making the works, we followed the wax’s lead, letting the nature of the material guide the final form. So many beautiful bloopers happened alongside the main sculpture. It was difficult to keep myself from chasing the potential of those moments,” she says. The result is a quirky collection of crayons with distinctly contemporary aesthetics: terrazzo-style pillars, marbled crescents, and the now-ubiquitous squiggle.
All styles currently are out of stock, but Dixon plans to release more—along with a ballpoint pen—at the beginning of 2021. Follow her progress on Instagram.
Animation Music
Kids Across North America Colored Over 3,000 Frames to Illustrate an Animated Music Video
An animated music video for Meg Myers’ cover of a Kate Bush song brings kid’s coloring books to life. Director Jo Roy first filmed Myers on a green screen, performing the crawling, climbing, and flying shown in the music video (see behind-the-scenes below). Then, each of the 3,202 frames was printed off as a black and white coloring book page. Elementary school-aged children from ten schools and an art program in the U.S. and Canada colored the pages however they wanted, with a provided crayon color palette.
Over 2,100 kids contributed to the resulting animation, which features Myers exploring the universe as a metamorphosing moth. Within the provided black contour lines, scribbled-in tulips and imaginatively shaded planets form the backdrop for the singer’s winged journey. You can see more of Roy’s directorial and dance work on her website, and listen to Meg Myers on Soundcloud. (via Colossal Submissions)
Amazing Science
The Surprising Result of Crushing Non-Newtonian Fluids and Crayons in a Hydraulic Press
Warning: strong language. Over on the Hydraulic Press Channel, Finnish factory owners Lauri and Anni devised an awesome experiment to force a variety of soft objects like cheese, soap, and crayons through a plate drilled with holes with the help of their famous hydraulic press. The result is as funny as it is incredible, especially the squished crayons that seem to sprout straight up like sticks. The press is set to exert 150 bars of pressure (2,175 pounds per square inch) sending the various materials squirting in every direction in genuinely surprising ways. I’ve probably watched a few dozen of their videos over the years, and this is an instant favorite.
Archaeologists Discover What May Be the World's Oldest Crayon
Kate Sierzputowski
Archaeologists working on a site near an ancient lake in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK say they may have discovered one of the earliest examples of a crayon. The reddish-brown piece of ochre is thought to have been used 10,000 years ago to color animal skins or produce artwork during the Mesolithic period.
The oblong discovery is just 22 mm long and 7 mm wide, yet shows a heavily striated surface where it was most likely scraped to create red pigment. One side of the tool is sharpened, another hint that the piece was used to draw or color. Dr. Andy Needham from the University of York’s Department of Archaeology explained the discovery helps archaeologists understand how significant color might have been to the hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic period.
“For me it is a very significant object and helps us build a bigger picture of what life was like in the area; it suggests it would have been a very colourful place,” said Needham in a press release.
This has been a year of many art historical firsts. Within the last few months our knowledge of Greek civilization has been completely altered by the discovery of this tiny carved stone, and archaeologists found the first known use of a smiley face on an off-white jug in Southern Turkey. You can read more about the discovery of the ochre crayon, and other pieces found near the ancient lake in North Yorkshire, in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. (via Hyperallergic)
Art Design Science
The First Blue Pigment Created in Over 200 Years to be Used in a Crayon
YInMn blue (photo courtesy Oregon State University)
The first blue pigment to have been created in over 200 years will serve as the newest Crayola crayon. “YlnMn blue” was not developed within an arts context, but rather accidentally discovered in in an Oregon State University (OSU) chemistry lab in 2009. Graduate student Andrew Smith made the discovery alongside Mas Subramanian after combining manganese oxide, yttrium, and indium, elements which also serve as the inspiration for the pigment’s name.
“Most pigments are discovered by chance,” Subramanian explained in a statement. “The reason is because the origin of the color of a material depends not only on the chemical composition, but also on the intricate arrangement of atoms in the crystal structure. So someone has to make the material first, then study its crystal structure thoroughly to explain the color.”
YlnMn blue has a unique elemental structure which allows its manganese ions to absorb red and green wavelengths of light, only reflecting back a deep blue. This color is so durable that even when placed in oil or water it does not fade which makes it an attractive and versatile commercial product.
Shepherd Color Company, which received exclusive licensing to YlnMn blue in 2015, has since partnered with Crayola to launch its newest crayon. YlnMn blue’s name will be replaced this summer after a public rebranding contest by Crayola which ends June 2. The vibrant blue will take the place of Crayola’s yellow Dandelion crayon, which is being retired after a 27-year-run. (via Hyperallergic)
Professor Mas Subramanian gazes at YInMn blue which was discovered in his lab in 2009. (Photo courtesy of Karl Maasdam/Oregon State University)
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Mkhwebane ‘abused public office’ over CR17 funding, Con Court told
As public protector fights to get high court ruling overturned, arguments centre on what ‘state affairs’ really are
26 November 2020 - 20:11 By Franny Rabkin
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
Image: Simphiwe Nkwali
When Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane investigated a complaint against President Cyril Ramaphosa “she had a particular outcome in mind”, his counsel told the Constitutional Court on Thursday.
But when facts were put to her that went against that view, “they were inconvenient”.
“They were discarded. This is an abuse of public office,” said Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC, counsel for the president.
The president and Mkhwebane were facing off in the highest court about her report into a complaint about whether he misled parliament when he answered a question about a R50,000 payment by Bosasa’s Gavin Watson.
However, Mkhwebane’s report went much further than the Watson payment, ultimately investigating the whole of the #CR17 campaign which saw Ramaphosa elected president of the ANC in 2017. She revealed that millions of rand – over R200m, she said in her heads of argument – was received by the campaign, and remarked that it exposed the president to “the risk of some sort of state capture”.
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She detailed the movement of the monies between different accounts and directed that Ramaphosa disclose the details of the donations and the names of the donors. She found there was merit in the suspicion of money laundering – “a devastating finding to make of the president of any country”, said Ramaphosa’s other senior counsel, Wim Trengove SC.
The high court set aside her report in its entirety, and sternly rebuked her for some of her findings. The public protector, supported by opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters, then applied to the Constitutional Court to overturn the high court order.
The high court had found that under the constitution and the Public Protector Act, the public protector’s jurisdiction was limited to state affairs and public administration and so she did not have jurisdiction to investigate the #CR17 campaign, which was an internal party matter. Mkhwebane had also not shown, on the facts, that Ramaphosa had directly benefited financially from the CR17 donations, it said.
At the Constitutional Court, Mkhwebane’s counsel, Muzi Sikhakhane SC, said the high court had adopted too narrow an approach to “state affairs”. The state was not the same as the government, he said. A campaign by the deputy president that was directed at him securing the presidency of his party and ultimately of the country fell within “state affairs”, he argued.
“This is money given to an individual to compete with his colleagues in his party so that he can win,” said Sikhakhane.
Asked by the bench whether this would apply to opposition party members also, Sikhakhane said it would – because it was someone seeking to get hold of the levers of state power.
Counsel for the EFF, Ishmael Semenya SC, agreed.
He said the high court “got it wrong” when it equated state affairs with organs of state. State affairs included elections, and in an electoral system based on party lists, it must include internal party campaign funding, he said.
But Ngcukaitobi argued that “state affairs” focused on the nature of the conduct, not necessarily the person doing it. If the conduct was by a private party, it must be engaged in a public activity or using public funds to qualify as “conduct in state affairs”. State affairs did not include internal political party funding.
He said that the question for the court in a review case like this was not whether there was, in principle, a duty to disclose internal political party funding. The question was whether Mkhwebane’s conclusions and how she arrived at her conclusions were rational – this depended on the facts of this particular case, he said.
He said that in this particular case, the CR17 campaign was an autonomous campaign, run by others and from which Ramaphosa was deliberately kept far. It was for the benefit of some 80 people who were to be elected to the ANC’s National Executive Committee. None of the money flowed to him personally; in fact, he donated R31m to the campaign and then a further R6.2m, only R21.5m of which was repaid as loans.
When these key elements of the campaign were put to Mkhwebane as facts, “she completely disregarded them”. Instead she found that he had indeed personally and directly benefited, he said.
While the court may think that there might have been some indirect benefit, what they were required to assess was her thinking and not their own.
Judgment was reserved.
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DataVision’s Flagship Store To Open July 23
Steve Smith ⋅ Published: July 14, 2014
New York — DataVision is moving its flagship store from midtown Manhattan to a new location in the Flatiron District, a prime shopping area on West 23rd Street, officially on Wednesday, July 23.
Calling the new location the nation’s first “fully connected” store, CEO Jimmy Garson told TWICE that after 21 years at 39th Street with a 20,000-square-foot store near the New York Public Library, DataVision moved to a 5,000-square-foot store at 50 West 23rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues due to the location and the way CE retailing has changed in the past few years.
DataVision’s neighbors near Madison Square Park include Eataly, the food and restaurant emporium of all things Italian, and a soon-to-be-opened Lego store at 200 Fifth Avenue, in addition to P.C. Richard & Son across the street and Best Buy around the corner on Sixth Avenue.
“We like the location, and we like the competition,” Garson said, explaining customers can browse and buy more than 150,000 products using touchscreens installed around the store.
“The new touchscreens will give customers the opportunity to find out about products with more of a hands-on approach,” Garson said. For instance, in computers, customers can experiment and take a look at different types of configurations.
The grand opening of the DataVision flagship will be followed on Sept. 1 with the debut of a completely new and rebranded DataVision online store at DataVision.com that will offer free, same-day delivery in New York City of more than 40,000 products, in-store pickup for online orders, and a customer rewards and a loyalty program.
Free, same-day delivery is available to New York City customers who buy a product by 2 p.m. Eastern, if a product is in the Long Island City, N.Y., warehouse, or if they buy a product online by 5 p.m. that is in stock at the new store.
Garson said the new site will show “which products for New York City customers will be available for same-day, free delivery.” If successful, with help from distributors, DataVision may expand the option on its site to key markets nationwide.
The new flagship store will also offer consumers same-day service on most repairs and upgrades. DataVision, which has been recognized for top customer service by New York Magazine’s Best of New York issue and Zagat’s, will also offer same-day service on most computer repairs and upgrades, as well as in-home and in-office installation and repairs.
Garson said that service, “is huge in this marketplace and give us an edge” vs. larger competitors, such as his new neighbors.
When asked about the new, smaller store vs. the previous location, he noted, “It has given us an opportunity to tighten up our displays and focus on specific brands, in accessories such as Griffin, Belkin, Twelvesouth,” among others. “We don’t have to be a ‘warehouse’ anymore.”
For instance, in its TV area, DataVision is focusing on Samsung, Sharp and Sony, showing 20 SKUs including a selection of Ultra HD sets. More are planned for fourth quarter, when more models of the new format become available.
The new store will also have video displays showing product demos.
Other highlights of the store include:
* a major selection of Apple hardware and accessories;
* a Samsung Galaxy showroom;
* a headphone listening station featuring such brand names as Beats by Dre, House of Marley and Sennheiser;
* what DataVision called “the country’s first Intel 2-in-1 Zone,” where customers can explore two-one tablets and Ultrabooks;
* a Sonos wireless home experience center;
* a complimentary phone-charging station by Griffin where customers can recharge while shopping; and
* an Ooma calling station where customers can call anywhere in the world for free.
In all, there will be more than 100 notebooks, 36 TVs and 60 tablets on display for “customers to test-drive,” the retailer said, and products from other top brands including Dyson, HP, Lenovo, Asus and Acer.
To celebrate the grand opening, DataVision will be hosting a series of events during its opening week with music and sports figures and offering door-buster deals in all local daily newspapers.
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A Japanese nationalist declaring Chinese and Koreans should leave
Japan and China’s ongoing dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands has strained relations between the two nations enormously, although potentially just as damaging to Japan is the political shift to the right it might cause — particularly so as the country and its politicians are generally very conservative to begin with. The hawkish Shinzo Abe is back fronting the Liberal Democratic Party, and along with the capital’s unrepentantly racist governor, Shintaro Ishihara, they are wilfully goading their neighbours. The former once again visited Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine, and the latter, not content with starting the whole island controversy in the first place, is now attempting to make matters worse by proposing building on the rocky outposts.
Such fears of a rightward shift aren’t exactly dispelled by the individual below either. A man who, along with his Rising Sun flag, was carrying a sign that in no uncertain terms said Chinese and Koreans should get out of Japan.
Yet at the same time there is hope — at least in regards the Japanese public, if not their politicians — as he was very much alone, and reassuringly the only responses he got were confused or openly critical stares.
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A Former Expat says
The frightening thing for me is that given this man’s apparent age, he was born well after WWII ended and probably also did not grow up during the immediate period of post-war deprivation. He is also a testament to the Japanese people not fully facing their country’s past and the success of government organizations, such as the Monbusho quietly, but effectively through playing with history taught in schools, whitewashing the whole period over indeed trying to legitimize it.
I might also toss out the idea this is a reaction of a Japan seeing, and very concerned over it being eclipsed by a dynamic and outward reaching China and Korea. But instead of looking at why this is happening, there is the knee-jerk nationalism.
Yes, while such attitudes are never acceptable, it’s perhaps understandable that some people brought up in very different times, hold equally different views. Or more accurately retain equally old prejudices. But a man of his age has no such ‘excuses’.
Like you say, there are a few possible factors that could be partly to blame. China’s rise in particular clearly hurts as well, although actually protesting about those in power who have helped cause Japan’s decades of stagnation would surely be the way to go instead of such backward looking nonsense.
I did actually speak to him, and asked why he hated Chinese and Koreans so much. Needless to say he mentioned territorial disputes. A useful tool to presumably mask an irrational deep-seated hatred of countries and people he fears or despises. Then when I asked what he thought of me, as an Englishman in Japan, he said, “Welcome. I like England and Europe.”
Willy says
Agree. Nonsensical prejudice, that only goes backward.
Yes. If only there weren’t so many people who want to turn the clock back…
What makes this latent and unrepentant nationalism so dangerous is something I remembered after I posted, from a Japanese psychology class I took, taught by a Japanese, when I was a starry-eyed ç•™å¦ç”Ÿ waay back in the day.
The lecturer noted why the Japanese are seemingly so easy to manipulate is that “The Japanese are like a suitcase. They can be picked up and taken anywhere.”
That’s a very interesting way of putting it. Rings true in a lot of ways as well.
My hope is that the whole Fukushima/nuclear debacle has made a lot of people sit up. Take notice. And perhaps most important of all, ask questions. Only time will tell if that’s the case.
I have this idea that nations could solve these disputes by an analogue of the Antarctic treaty.. far flung land that is of little significance to ordinary peoples lives… just agree that that is what those rocks out in the middle of nowhere actually are. Just a thought…
That certainly would be the sensible way to solve such problems. Trouble is, the sensible option rarely gets a look in, does it? To make matters worse, the islands may have oil reserves. Another element to an already heady mix.
Taki says
Is war and conflict always inevitable? This and many other stories like it, worry me.
ying says
where interests are involved there will always be conflict, we should just consider whether it is actually worth our attention, and not let the governments decide for us.
Unfortunately it’s the governments that make the decisions. All we can do at the moment is hope they make the right ones…
Great photo, I always stay away from those guys and their black trucks. Weird that they have adopted the naval flag as their own.
When I speak to my parents in law, they love Chinese culture yet have a very negative image of the Chinese and Koreans. When talking about it with other people, it becomes clear that those nonsensical nihonjinron (日本人論) books have had their impact and quite a lot of people have picked up parts of these pseudo-scientific tidbits and fitted them into their worldview unwittingly, making them feel superior over everybody else. Politicians have gone out of their way to rewrite history and as schools are so busy teaching kanji to kids, I always find that the adults, in general, have very little knowledge of the history of most countries other than the bag of facts that are required to memorize for the entrance exams for universities. The resulting mishmash is of course an ideal situation for the far right who can all of a sudden picture themselves as victim.
Before Perry came with his gunboats and the Meiji Restoration happened, Japan was isolated from its neighbours and then it quickly started raging war on them. When that had ended in disaster, it became completely focused on the USA and still ignored its neighbours. The obvious solution for the current issue is that Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China share the natural resources from the island group and learn to live together as good neighnours, but we all know that’ll never happen 🙂
On the subject of getting all Chinese and Koreans out of Japan, I just read this article in the Japan Times the other day that, if Japan is to survive, it has to import 10 million immigrants by 2040: ‘Only immigrants can save Japan’ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20121021x3.html 🙂
Cheers. Yeah it’s hard to change ideas that have been drilled into minds for years. Well, generations. But like the Japan Times article suggests, for Japan to survive, it’ll have to open up once more. I dare say there’ll be as much opposition as last time though…
This link, assuming it can be opened, is instructive.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/10/23/photos-faking-war-in-china/?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LatestHeadlines#slide/11
CrayonShin says
It always makes me sad to see these things. All the so-called ‘disputes’ are merely carefully engineered schemes by politicians in either country to manipulate and divide people. The amount of bias/hatred/distortion perpetuated by media is simply amazing. I am Chinese and would love to see Japan, Korea and China become close friends.
Yes. Same here. Couldn’t agree more.
Thats true indeed. Politicians always need to appear ‘strong’ to stay in power. What better way than an intransigent stance vis your neighbours?
It certainly sucks.
Here’s some news that’ll cheer you up: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/25/japan-governor-new-rightwing-party
Abe-yarou and Ishihara-jiji in cahoots, that’ll be fun to watch if it weren’t too stupid for words.
It cheers me up that he’s no longer governor of the city I live in, but after successful campaigns in the capital, it’s a distinct possibility people will actual listen to him on the national stage. It’d be funny if it weren’t so horribly scary…
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So what does STAY mean when we talk about our Appalachian Love Story? Well we’re not talking about a storybook romance. We’re talking about "love" as a verb, as an action, as a process we continue to change and shift. We are talking about love as a choice, like how we choose to love Appalachia and how we choose to stay even when it might be easier to leave.
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We are talking about how love is celebrating and honoring our culture and traditions but also how love is a commitment to dismantle the parts of our culture that uphold white-supremacy and the narratives that erase queer, indigenous, black, and brown histories and current realities from Appalachia.
We are talking about how love is recognizing that our struggle in Appalachia is not a microcosm and we are stronger when we are in alignment with movements across the South, like how a delegation of young people from Appalachia have been at all seven Southern Movement Assemblies to connect with folks across the South and be a part of developing a Southern plan of action to build new social economies, practice people’s democracy, and protect and defend our people.
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We are talking about love being hard work sometimes, and about how love comes with both joys and heartache. We are talking about how love is building a network of young people in Appalachia who uplift and support each other through both the joys and the heartache.
We are talking about a love as a quilt sewn from patchwork of different experiences, histories, and visions. We are telling this love story together y’all and we can’t do it without your engagement and support. So this Appalachian Love Week we’re asking y’all to show the STAY Project some love by making a donation or even becoming a sustaining giver so we can keep doing the work we’ve been doing for ten years in Appalachia! The work of empowering youth leadership in our region.
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Katelyn Damron's Appalachian Love Story
I’m finally ready and willing to start sharing photos/poetry/thoughts/reflections on my experiences as a player playing many parts in that great family feud, as it were, of 2017 that, unfortunately, is not yet quite over.
2017 - that whirlwind of a contemptuously impossible year - proved to be my greatest failure, my greatest disappointment, my greatest education, and, somehow too, my greatest hope. Firstly, that jaded, rundown kind of hope which mandates the belief that eventually, things were going to have to be okay. And, later (currently), a sanguine hope, reddened in the face from drunkenness on the precipice of full redemption of those things truly important - a hope that shines in the darkness and which leads wise folks hither; truth is righteous, truth is clarity, and truth is the way of the world (courts).
For catharsis, I took to writing this all down, scrawling the phrases as they popped into my head and piecing them together a little more artfully in the still quiet of many nights robbed of sleep.
Unfortunately, in this society, our standard of strength is wholly contingent upon the amount of abuse that one can endure. Who would I be without suffering all this BS? Probably someone having far fewer anxiety attacks, but at the very least, it makes for a good story about how good prevails invariably, probably. This is the first manifestation of that.
This particular set of photos signifies the preciousness and the seriousness of place - these are those couple hundred acres of red clay that someone once convinced me was home. These lands are held hostage and eerily quiet in the bonds of injunction, awaiting release. If stolen from me, they are stolen from everyone on this creek, farming families here hundreds of years, and their ancestors’ bones crushed under bulldozers of wealth. It is the latest, most personal iteration of the legacy of absentee land ownership, white collar theft, geographic pillage, and general abuse of the poor by the rich, the irrelevant, the outsider, in this area. But we are still fighting.
Katelyn Damron, 19, is a 2017-2018 STAY Project steering committee member from Tornado, WV.
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So what does STAY mean when we talk about our Appalachian Love Story? We're talking about "love" as a verb, as an action, as a process we are continuing to change and shift. We are talking about love as a choice, like how we choose to love Appalachia and how we choose to stay even when it might be easier to leave. We are talking about love as an intersectional youth movement that is building towards a regenerative and inclusive Appalachia. We are talking about love being hard work sometimes, and about how love comes with both joys and heartache. We are talking about how love is building a network of young people who uplift and support each other. So we are asking y'all to tell us how do you love Appalachia? Tell us how it is hard to love Appalachia. Tell us how you choose to stay. Tell us your Appalachian Love Story so we can feature it on the blog. #appalachianlovestory
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Violinist Sophie Rosa talks about her new recording, which features the Violin Sonata In A minor, Op.2 No.3 by Hélène de Montgeroult, a French composer who was working around the turn of the 19th century and was the first ever female professor to be appointed at the Paris Conservatoire. ...
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Finally, Something Free From Airlines: Internet Service
AMR, Delta, United and US Airways are all experimenting with free Internet access for passengers.
Ted Reed
CHICAGO (
) -- Although the airline industry has moved rapidly to a model where it charges fees for nearly every service, it may be headed in the opposite direction in one key area: Internet service.
"Today, there is some mindset that you can charge for Wi-Fi,"
(UAL) - Get Report
Chief Financial Officer John Rainey said last week at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch investor conference. "I think candidly, longer term, that may not be the way that product is capitalized on."
Rather, Rainey suggested, it may make more sense to have online retailers cut in the airlines on purchases made by passengers.
"If you look at the possibility to have commercial agreements, you have a captive audience for four hours on a flight," he said. "If that person is going and ordering flowers for their wife or getting dinner reservations or ordering something on Amazon.com, there is commercial possibility there as well.
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"I would like to think those commercial possibilities are so abundant there would come a day when we would encourage people to get Wi-Fi and not charge them and have that be an impediment," he said.
It is logical for carriers to seek to boost revenue from the use of Wi-Fi because installation is extremely costly, said Jay Sorensen, president of IdeaWorks, which consults on ancillary revenues and branding.
"Airlines don't add Wi-Fi for pure financial reasons," Sorensen said. "It's become a sought after amenity that can add market share. So it would make sense to use a free model to boost use and to try to snare revenue from new sources."
However, Sorensen added, "Generally, I'm not a big fan of the concept that passengers are frothing at the mouth to buy consumer goods on aircraft."
Several carriers are already testing the concept of offering passengers free access to shopping portals. They charge for most Internet access beyond those portals.
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said recently that it will provide passengers with free access to shop on
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"Free access to Amazon provides a convenient way to shop online at 30,000 feet for things they want on the ground," said Bob Kupbens, vice president for marketing and digital commerce, in a prepared statement.
Delta also provides free access to several other sites including stories from
magazine. Delta and its regional partners operate about 800 aircraft that are equipped with Wi-Fi, more than any other airline. Delta collects a sales commission from Amazon.
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have similar arrangements. American provides free access to nine sites including StubHub; People magazine; Groupon; Pogo, a site with games, and Gilt, a shipping site. US Airways offers free access to several sites. American said it negotiates financial arrangements separately with each provider.
As usual,
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has an alternate model: it charges $5 per passenger for Internet. Southwest intends to have WiFi on all its airplanes by the first half of 2013. Meanwhile,
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plans to begin installing WiFi on its planes late this year: it has not announced its pricing plans.
-- Written by Ted Reed in Charlotte, N.C.
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Texas Orders Travelers From Louisiana to Self-Quarantine
Add Texas to the list of states enforcing an embargo on neighboring states.
At long last Texas got religion on Covid-19.
Governor Greg Abbott ordered motorists from Louisiana to self-quarantine for two weeks. Drivers with commercial, medical, emergency response, military or critical infrastructure purposes are exempt from the order.
The order threaten violators a $1,000 fine or 180 days in jail starting Noon March 20.
Here is the Covid-19 Executive Order
Ever person who enters the State of Texas through roadways from Louisiana, or from any other state as may be proclaimed hereafter, shall be subject to mandatory self-quarantine for a period of 14 days from the time of entry into Texas or the duration of the person’s presence in Texas, whichever is shorter. This order to self-quarantine shall not apply to people traveling in connection with commercial activity, military service, emergency response, health response, or critical-infrastructure functions, as may be determined by the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Each person covered by this order to self-quarantine shall be responsible for all associated costs, including transportation, lodging, food, and medical care.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) shall enforce this executive order along the Texas-Louisiana border. Using a form to be prescribed by DPS, each covered person shall designate a quarantine location in Texas, such as a residence or a hotel, and provide a full name, date of birth, home address, telephone number, and driver license or passport information. DPS Troopers, or other approved peace officers, will collect a completed form from a covered person and verify it against the person’s driver license or passport. Providing false information on this form is a criminal offense under Section 37.10 of the Texas Penal Code. Questions about this form should be directed to DPS by calling (800) 525-5555.
DPS Special Agents will conduct unannounced visits to designated quarantine locations to verify compliance by confirming the physical presence of covered persons. Any failure to comply with this order to self-quarantine shall be a criminal offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both.
The above paragraphs are the key provisions.
RI National Guard Goes Door-to-Door Looking for New Yorkers
The Texas order is on the heels of Rhode Island doing the same thing.
For discussion, please see RI National Guard Goes Door-to-Door Looking for New Yorkers
Shutdown Through April
Also note Trump Worried About 2.2 Million Deaths, Extends Shutdown Through April.
Trump's extension is voluntary. It is up to states to decide what to do, but most states have already imposed some lockdowns. I suspect Florid will get hit hards as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis refused to close Florida beaches.
Now Florida is among the states worried about travelers from New York, quite a bit too late.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
Lance Manly
Florida is moving up on California, probably be over 10k by the end of the week. Yet the gov says it is all due to New Yorkers and foreigners. Nothing about being too late on spring break. This in a state that has the demographics of the Diamond Princess.
What a demagogue.
Jackula
Sadly all of the Governors that moved late on shelter in place orders for political and economic reasons are gonna have the worst outbreaks. The other big issue is we gotta get everybody outfitted with masks ASAP! It would be a nice touch if the first lady helped co-ordinate some of the home-made mask efforts...
wootendw
"...motorists from Louisiana..."
The Louisiana governor has been blaming Trump for her failure to shut down the Mardi Gras which ended February 25. As that was over a month ago, and before many in the US other than Mish readers were paying much attention, neither Trump nor the mayor should be faulted.
As I recently moved to Norman, OK and am closer to New Orleans than ever before, last December I looked into visiting N.O. during the Mardi Gras week. However, the cheapest motel I could find was $250 (at Motel 6). Instead, I decided to visit my Dad in a FL ALF on Mardi Gras week.
On the drive to FL, I found a convenient place to stop for the night - the very same Motel 6 off I-10 in N.O. had reduced the rate to $110. So I stopped there on Feb 24, the night before Shrove. Never having been to N.O. before, I typed 'Bourbon Street Beat' into my GPS navigator and started out about 9pm.
The place was packed. If held today, the Mardi Gras COVID-spread would have been much worse. I couldn't have parked if I wanted to, but wouldn't have anyway as I was mindful of COVID and, besides, I'm not into partying or crowds. Having seen it, I'll know not to bother with Mardi again, virus or not.
Do those N.O. people really stop parting during Lent?
Will be interesting to see a comparison of death rates state by state when this is over. It'll show who screwed up, and how bad.
Casual_Observer
Too late for Texas. There are major outbreaks going to happen in Houston and Dallas along with Chicago next.
George Phillies
On the same line of issuing orders, for better or worse,
NYC mayor to synagogues: Close for coronavirus or shut down permanently
"I understand how important people’s faiths are to them, and we need our faith in this time of crisis. But we do not need gatherings that will endanger people."
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Whitmer to end Michigan school year; seniors graduate, others move up.
"We got a Pass. Ha-ha-ha".
frozeninthenorth
I could not believe it Minnesota only implemented "stay at home? rules yesterday...I mean Manitoba has had a shut down for nearly three weeks...for those who don't know Manitoba is just north of Minnesota.
Biden's Plan: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
We have details of Biden's Plan. Let's take a look at 16 items.
Carl_R
A Very Disturbing Look Deep Insider the Parler App
Parler is a free-wheeling anything goes, say what you want social media platform similar to Twitter. A Parler data download shows very disturbing, even scary trends.
HenryBowmanAZ
Which Senators Are Likely to Convict Trump?
President Trump was impeached for the second time. The spotlight turns to a Senate Trial. Where do the Senators stand?
jfpersona1
Georgia Prosecutors Prepare To Move In On Trump
Atlanta prosecutors eye election fraud charges on Trump.
$500,000 in Bitcoin Funneled to Capital Riot Organizers
Blockchain analysis shows Bitcoin worth a half-million dollars went to organizers of the January 6 Capitol riots.
caradoc-again
Trump is Impeached For the Second Time
In a bipartisan vote, president Trump has been impeached again. What about conviction?
Tezza
There Are No Hawks on the Fed, Only Ostriches
The Fed cannot spot inflation. Can you?
Scooot
The Sorry Saga of Ashli Babbitt Shot in the Capitol
Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed in the capitol building riots. Trump supporters are appalled and an excessive force inquiry is underway.
Badboywisdom1
Trump is Still More Popular than the President of France
This is actually an "approval rating" measure, but it is amusing. Trump has the third worst approval rating with a score of -21.
Eddie_T
Trump is Deprived of His Twitter Replacement, What's Next?
After being booted from Twitter, Trump supporters turned to Parler but Amazon pulled the plug on hosting its web.
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Buy Atmel, Sell Nvidia
While it lacks the flash of its rivals, Atmel packs a big punch for potentially big gains.
Richard Saintvilus
May 25, 2012 11:09 AM EDT
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The stock market has seen arguably its best year in quite some time in terms of the performance of the collective group of the semiconductors. Names such as Qualcomm (QCOM) - Get Report, ARM Holdings (ARMH) and Nvidia (NVDA) - Get Report have developed quite a following with investors in a space once dominated by former high fliers Intel (INTC) - Get Report and Texas Instruments (TXN) - Get Report, both of which have seen a resurgence of late.
As great as the sector has performed, one name that continues to get lost in the shuffle is
(ATML)
. It seems the company has approached the ranks of the unloved because it is not as flashy as the other names mentioned. But this is where investors are likely confusing market sentiment with value -- two entirely separate concepts.
While Atmel does indeed lack the flamboyance of Intel and Qualcomm, it does present many other advantages not shared by its peers -- many of which the market continues to unfairly discount. But as the underlying premise of investing remains finding value, investors must seek opportunities not immediately apparent. Often this includes sacrificing flair.
Although it's products are not used inside
(AAPL) - Get Report
devices like ARM and the even smaller
TriQuint
(TQNT)
, the company competes and has a sizeable advantage over its rivals in the non-mobile device market -- items which include microcontrollers, programmable logic devices and a wide range of proprietary system-on-chips and non-volatile memory chips. The company is also gaining significant market share in several other products, particularly in the gadget market with its line of maXTouch controllers.
Its line of maXTouch products are what run the touch-screen interfaces on several devices from
(NOK) - Get Report
Google's
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Android devices. So it remains a surprise to see Atmel being overlooked in favor of a relative disappointment like Nvidia.
Management for Nvidia has not been able to fully address how it plans to secure more market share in the tablet and smart phone market -- even with its Apple advantage over Atmel. Does it currently deserve valuation multiple that is higher than Atmel? It is hard to justify.
There are several ways to play chips with many things to consider -- some presenting better advantages than others. There is no question that the PC decline is real and the mobile device market is on the rise. Understanding which players will be better positioned to produce market-beating performances can be the difference between a thriving portfolio and one that is merely average.
I think if investors look closely enough, there will find that Atmel is certainly a name that is worth consideration -- particularly at such low valuations while it is working hard to get its house in order.
From a fundamental perspective, the stock is trading considerably below its book value. But the challenge for management is to find a way to inspire investors to believe that this can indeed become a good turnaround story.
However, as much as I like Atmel, I will concede that a turnaround is much easier said than done. With Intel due to release its new marketing campaign on the release of
Microsoft's
Windows 8 operating system and Qualcomm continued dominance in Apple products, Atmel will likely find it difficult to announce its presence absent some solid market-beating performances of its own.
At the time of publication, the author was long AAPL.
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Housing Market Reality: Neighbor Wars
If you find you're stuck next to an inconsiderate neighbor, your chances of escaping by moving away in this economy are slim. Here are some tips on dealing with a next-door menace.
John Morell
Nov 25, 2008 2:00 PM EST
Just a few years ago, you thought you had it all. Your career was on track, your family was happy and you upgraded to a larger house in a better neighborhood.
Now, everything's changed. Your career is hanging on, dependent on the interpretation of next month's sales figures, the family is glum at the prospect of a lean holiday season and the neighbors' teens are having 2 a.m. beer bashes. Predictably, you go next door and take all that frustration out on the neighbors.
Welcome to 21st century suburbia. If you've got annoying neighbors, join the club. Neither you nor they can afford to move away, so you're stuck with each other.
"It's a sad commentary on life right now," says Steven Green, a Boston psychotherapist and mediator. "Neighbors are feeling the pinch of the economy and they're getting on each other's nerves more and more."
With the declining real estate market, there are reports of neighbors turning on each other. "I've seen cases where a homeowner appears to be doing well with new cars in the driveway and expensive WaveRunners in the garage, then they lose their jobs or business and their home is in foreclosure," says Michael Kushner, a real estate attorney in Aliso Viejo, Calif. "The neighbors have seen their lifestyle rise and now fall and they're angry. Foreclosures take down everyone else's home values, and whereas in the past, they may have felt sorry for you, now it's 'Did you really need to lease that Hummer?' "
If the neighbors are getting restless around your villa and you're dealing with disruptive annoyances from Megadeth cranking on the stereo late at night to the guy who lets his beagle take care of business on your lawn, here are some tips to get the conflict resolved:
The Talk.
Take the high road, knock on the door, smile and tell them why you're there. No one relishes hearing about the misdeeds of their children, their pets or least of all themselves, so be humble. No matter how much you might hate them inside. Convince yourself you're speaking to a group of sweet old nuns.
Back it up.
If you're complaining about an incident: dog droppings, kids biking across your garden, etc., be prepared for the neighbor to be defensive. When you say, "You drove over my mailbox last night," he may very well say, "No, I didn't." So back up your charge with a photo or video if possible. But do so using a "by the way" charge. For example, "I really thought those awful kids across the street were stealing our apples, and I set up a camera to catch them, but unfortunately, I got a shot of your little Justin grabbing our Red Delicious." Show the dad the photo evidence, he'll only be able to shake his head. "I know," you say. "It's those kids across the street that made him do it."
Power in numbers.
Bad neighbors tend to create lots of enemies. If they enjoy talking loudly on the phone outside at 5 a.m. on a Sunday, see if you can get one or two other neighbors who've been rudely awakened to come with you. Again, be polite, but the message, with multiple people, can do the trick.
Call in reinforcements.
Ultimately, if the neighbor's activity is potentially dangerous it's best to get the police involved ASAP. If he or she continually squeals the tires and races down the street near where children are playing, a talking to from the law will get their attention -- with any hope. This is another instance where a video of the incident may help.
The Sit Down.
If the individual or family refuses to budge and their activity isn't criminal, you may need to take it to the next level. But be careful. "If the person you're dealing with is what I call a 'neighbor from hell,' you run a risk if you pursue litigation," says Chuck Marunde, a realtor and attorney in Port Angeles, Wash. "Even if you win, they'll find ways to make you miserable." Another option: mediation. Many communities offer no- or low-cost mediation services to settle neighbor disputes before they get to the level of a Hatfield-McCoy showoff.
Finally, if reasoning doesn't work and you don't want to pursue talking to them further, think about ignoring them. "I had a client with a bad neighbor that finally just gave up and built the highest wall the city would allow between them," says Kushner. You can add double-paned windows for noise, fence off the grass to keep the animals away; it may be pricey but it's less stressful than dealing with them in court."
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N.Y. Steak Kings Weigh In on Prime Concerns
LaFrieda and Briscione reveal what to buy, where to buy it, and how to cook for the ladies.
Allison Fishman
You have a favorite steakhouse. You know what cut of meat you like, and you can tell a waiter how you liked it prepared. When you want that steakhouse experience at home, the key is to buy the right stuff.
I asked two of New York's steak sultans, Pat LaFrieda, owner of LaFrieda Meats, and James Briscione, chef instructor at the Institute for Culinary Education, for tips on selecting that perfect piece of meat.
Buy from a specialist: As New York's premier restaurant meat distributor, LaFrieda doesn't have to shop for his T-bones. But for those who do, he recommends against grocery stores. "Most supermarkets get their meat prepackaged," says LaFrieda. "The lowest bidder will portion steaks for a big supermarket chain, and will package the meat in white boats with a diaper that soaks in all the blood. They box it, ship it out, and put it on the shelf as if it was cut in the supermarket."
La Frieda supports his local expert. "I'd find a local meat specialist or butcher," he says. "I don't want to buy from someone who sells broomsticks and soap and frozen shrimp."
Briscione, who teaches ICE's famous steakhouse class, is less opposed to supermarket shopping. He recommends that people buy their meat "anywhere there's a meat counter."
Follow the leader: Find out where your favorite restaurants buy their meat, and follow their choices. "A lot of steaks at school come through Ottomanelli," says Briscione, referring to a popular Manhattan butcher. "Restaurants like Danielle or Gramercy Tavern put the name of the ranch on the menu. You can go to their Web site and see who the local purveyors are."
But if your favorite restaurants like LaFrieda Meats, you're less lucky, as his meats are sold exclusively to restaurants. "We have a loyalty to our restaurants," explains LaFrieda. "We don't want to compete with our restaurants so we do not sell to the public. Consumers can't get the same quality, and we like to keep it that way. Our restaurants really like that."
Go with what you know: As Briscione says, "Know what you want. It's not the same as going to the fish counter and trying to figure out what's fresh. Talk to the guy about what you want to make and how you want to cook it, then have him cut it fresh, right there for you."
Especially when cooking for a date, Briscione recommends going with a meal that you've made in the past. "This is not the time to try something new. Keep it simple and keep it good."
Choose a moldy oldy: "If you want to go the extra mile in flavor, aged meat is the way to go. I'm starting to see it in retail butchers," says LaFrieda. "Make sure they've trimmed the aged meat, getting rid of the dark, hard surface. It should be pinkish-red in color."
Fat is flavor: Good marbling translates to high-quality meat; it's part of what separates USDA prime (the best) from choice (the second best). LaFrieda says: "Look for light red, not deep red. The overly red, beautiful looking meat usually has no marbling, and will be dry and tough; it's not what you're looking for."
"You want white flecks in the meat," adds Briscione. "Grass-fed beef will be extremely lean and kind of tough. One-hundred percent grass-fed meat is good for the animal, but not as great for eating."
Tenderloin + mushrooms = magic: When cooking for the fairer sex, both men recommend tenderloin. Briscione says, "There's no visible fat, it's tender, there's no bone. Serve it with mushrooms. It's worked for me many times."
Adds LaFrieda: "Most guys don't like filet, but women do. Restaurant chefs say they keep filet on the menu because it's what women order." La Frieda can also attest to the aphrodisiacal effect of mushrooms, "Make a Wellington, or put sauteed mushrooms on or near the tenderloin. I've done it plenty of times. It works."
And the winner is: When cooking for himself, Briscone has three favorites. "It's going to be ribeye or New York strip. If it's casual, hangar. Hangar is the most flavorful cut, but it's not tender; it's super beefy." What will tip the scales between ribeye and NY strip? "It depends on mood, how much exercise I've had that day. NY strip is a little bit leaner."
For something special, LaFrieda recommends a simple strategy. "I would suggest something that's USDA prime. Pick 40% fat marbling; it will cook out, but leaves behind a delicious, tasty and tender piece of art."
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Buy Netflix for Its Content Expansion and Oversold Stock
Netflix stock has been stabilizing since trading as low as $250 on Nov. 30. Technical analysis says it's a buy.
Richard Suttmeier
Dec 19, 2018 11:05 AM EST
Netflix Inc. (NFLX) - Get Report has been the most volatile stock in the FAANG family. The stock is up 41% year to date, but it's also the deepest FAANG in bear market territory, 36% below its all-time intraday high of $423.20 set on June 21. While most stocks have been hit hard in December, Netflix has been stabilizing since trading as low as $250.00 on Nov. 30.
Netflix believes content is king. For 2019, the streaming video giant has increased its spending budget for fresh content in anticipation that growth in subscribers will continue. Their theory is that more shows increase subscribers as some will sign-up just to see a single series. The more content provided also reduces the numbers of Netflix cancellations.
The Daily Chart for Netflix
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Netflix began 2018 in a strong uptrend. This came to an end as the stock set its all-time intraday high of $423.20 on June 21. As the second half of the year began a semiannual value level formed at $291.84, which is the horizontal line in the middle of the chart. This level was not tested until Oct. 19 as the stock began its correction and move into bear market territory. The $291.84 level became a pivot and hence a magnet last tested on Dec. 4.
A "death cross" formed on Nov. 19, when the 50-day simple moving average fell below the 200-day simple moving average, indicating lower levels would follow. The Nov. 20 low was $250. The lower horizontal line at $232.30 is my weekly value level.
The Weekly Chart for Netflix
The weekly chart for Netflix is negative but oversold with the stock below its five-week modified moving average of $286.87. The 12x3X3 weekly slow stochastic reading is projected to fall to 16.58 this week down from 18.06 on Dec. 14 moving further below the oversold threshold of 20.00. Note that when the stock was trading at its all-time high of $423.20 on June 21 the stochastic reading was above 90.00, indicating that the stock was in an "inflating parabolic bubble," which proved to be an accurate technical warning.
Given these charts and analysis, buy the stock down to its Nov. 30 low of $250.00 in anticipation of a rebound to my semiannual pivot of $291.84. Reduce holdings on strength to the 200-day simple moving average at $335.40.
Disclosure: The author has no positions in any stocks mentioned and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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Home Blogs Team Wiggins Pro Dan Patten's Blog Dan Patten Blog: All the bad luck at once!
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Dan Patten Blog: All the bad luck at once!
Dan Patten
So it’s been a few weeks since my last Dan Patten Blog post. This is because I was waiting until something went my way again… I’m still waiting! The last few weeks of racing has been filled with bad luck, with mechanical problems at the wrong times and a few crashes to go with, not to mention a national championships that was reduced to a training ride.
I suppose I can count myself lucky until now with very few problems this season, however they all seem to have come at once.
I am sitting here a little sore after my latest race yesterday, a pro kermesse in Melle, where I was wiped out by none other than a teammate.
After figuring in many of the early moves, I was hoping for a good one but it didnt happen in the end. The crash left me bashed and bruised but I was back in the peloton in no time.
Unfortunately what was left of the peloton was pulled out after 130km, with the pro tour riders deciding the race was over. There was not many riders left in the bunch after the race and the weather took its toll on many and so when they decide to shut it down, you have just got to accept it.
Geluwe
The biggest disappointment came in Geluwe, an Interclub race, five days before the National Championships.
I was really on it that day from the off and after covering several moves, managed to get away on my own. In the process I took a primie but 10km later I was pulled back into the bunch. I would then make the main break of seven riders and had a feeling it was going to be a good day.
However with the gap over the peloton going out I came down on an off-camber corner and in the process took a nice chunk out of my arm and hip.
I went back into the bunch and back to the car and ambulance but I was told to stop with the deep cut to my arm causing most concern.
Nonetheless we got it strapped up and with my manager still with me, decided to try and make our way back to the bunch… bearing in mind the gap was around five minutes.
The only problem was every time we came through the finish line the commissaires wanted me to stop. Still we continued and actually got the gap down to 30 seconds behind the bunch, however at that point I was told I had to stop – gutted!
As the race continued I was taken to hospital to get stitched up. A really disappointing end to what was looking to be a great race for me.
The National Championships
And then there was the National Championships!?
Another race that left me disappointed. I blame myself as much as anything for being too far back as we went into the 2nd lap of the circuit getting a little complacent. But I didn’t expect so many riders to lose contact with the front so early on in the race, after all this is the National Championships.
As we hit the main climb for the second time I looked up to see big gaps everywhere.
I chased and went through rider after rider on the climb but never made it back to the front group. The next couple of laps I would continue to chase in the little groups I found myself in but not many riders were interested.
The course had killed the race off.
The race was over less than 40km in and for me reduced to a training ride. With most ending up on the side of the road I ploughed on for training more than anything, riding in small groups as well as spending a fair proportion pushing on and riding on my own.
But we weren’t racing at that point, simply getting some km’s in and thinking about the next races coming up; not how you should be during the National Championships.
No time to dwell though, the races are coming thick and fast now I’m back in Belgium (more so than ever) and that’s the way it’s going to be from now on in.
Plenty of time for the luck to swing back my way!
On a brighter note, I did manage to catch a bit of the Tour de France live in between races this week.
Me and some of my teammates went to one of the pave sections towards the end of stage 3. Such a special race – everything about it!
Inspired? Oh yes!
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Man Shot, Killed In Front Of Truman College Tonight (Updated); Another Man Shot On Sunnyside Mall
Around 7pm, readers started reporting hearing 10-15 shots fired on Wilson. Turns out a 24-year-old man was hit by shots fired from a passing car at Wilson and Racine. His friends helped him to sit at the base of the Truman College sign while an ambulance came from the firehouse a block away. He was shot in the torso/side.
A reader says, "I'm listening to the police scanner, and the victim of the shooting is in critical condition at Illinois Masonic. Going into surgery now. No ID in his clothing, being treated as a John Doe."
Update: Scanner followers on Twitter soon reported that the man had died, with confirmation coming from the police around 10:15pm. The police information officers are reporting that the shooting took place on the 4600 block of Kenmore. We know this to be untrue. It was at 4600 Racine. Eyewitnesses saw and heard it happen at that location.
We have been asked not to release the name of the victim, but can confirm that he was a well-known P-Stone gang member.
Update: Another shooting took place shortly after 11pm, when a 15-year-old male was shot in the thigh on the Sunnyside Mall near Malden. He then ran to Clark and Wilson. Police were on the scene quickly. According to the Sun-Times, he was "taken to Thorek Memorial Hospital, police said. He was transferred to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where his condition was stabilized."
Remember that this past weekend was the deadliest one in Chicago in three years and it looks like the idiot gangbangers want to carry the carnage forward another day. How pathetic their lives are, based around no respect for life, including their own, and higher loyalty to their petty gang vengeances than to their loved ones and families. Here's a clue, guys: Your family will always remember you and that you are gone. You are most probably leaving them in a financial bind as well. Your gang will forget you past the second anniversary of your death.
Thank you to everyone who has been calling 911. If the operators don't answer, it's because a lot of calls are coming in, from all over the city. Keep calling! When deciding how to place police resources, the first thing CPD does is check the number of calls for service.
This brings back memories of Halloween 2010, when five people were shot and one was killed. Should be a fun, carefree holiday for kids, and some idiots think it's time for retribution of a deadly kind.
bpm October 31, 2016 at 11:31 PM
There were just about 5 shots fired on Malden right next to Sunnyside mall around 11:20 PM. I looked out my window and saw a group of kids runnings north on Malden away from the mall. Cops are now driving around here.
Tahoe November 1, 2016 at 9:44 AM
Sounds like they finished the job started 10/16. These clowns are like stink on shit. This idiot walked himself right back to where he was shot two weeks ago. You think the dope alderman and cops would get a clue here too. They know who these guys are and where they congregate and live. Why do we all have to pay the price for these bums?
Lianna November 1, 2016 at 10:14 AM
How did these gangbangers get into the Uptown area? Where do they live? Why aren't landlords notified of their living in apartment buildings.
Seems the gangs are taking their fights to the north side.
Angry Chicagoan November 1, 2016 at 12:58 PM
Angry Chicagoan November 1, 2016 at 2:55 PM
They LIVE in Uptown. Gangs have been here for quite some time and Uptown is the only Northeast neighborhood with significant gang activity. It's also the only one with a TON of subsidized housing. Coincidence? Nope.
If I wanted, I could even tell you what buildings they live in. The members, territories, hangouts, and headquarters are KNOWN and documented for the feuding gangs of Uptown. The CPD is too scared to do anything because of the race card and most of the political figures of the 46th Ward are self-righteous/delusional liberals.
Takes A Village November 1, 2016 at 3:24 PM
Uptown has always had gangs and it will not stop bbcause the whole city is out of control. Schools are still being closed down, children have rights, so they feel they can do whatever. Uptown is not the only North side area with gangs members. And those apartments that are subsidized has rules and anyone with a record can not live there, meaning parents, and children. If they were to go inside of the building, the whole family gets evicted.
sid November 2, 2016 at 2:50 AM
I am fed up with the "It's Always Been This Way" excuse fatimoh.
Ganbangers -OPENLY- live at Voice of the People properties with no fear on Malden and Racine.
TIME TO ENFORCE THE RULES!!!!!
And why is this little jerk still running around the neighborhood when he -OPENLY- brandishes his weapon fatimoh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxmDPpmpPnA
No. It -DOES NOT- have to always be this way if we collectively quit pretending that these thugs...And those who harbor them in subsidized housing throughout Uptown are in no way shape form or fashion, "Victims" and demand that the existing rules be enforced to evict them.
And no. I don't care where they will move to...But there are some real nice subsidized facilities in Chester, Pontiac, and Crest Hill where these bangers can move to.
justme November 2, 2016 at 10:31 PM
First of all most of These People were born abd raised right in Uptown There are shootings in almost every neighborhood in Chicago..And if for one min u dont believe a human being belongs in their neighborhoods ur wrong the answer is not move people for some other people cause thats just gonna create more crime.. This kid lived on these streetz...Why should he have to be moved He wasnt a horrible person..If you dont like the crime you move out of the city cause to the suburbs.Personally knew this person...Never had any problems walking down these streets Dont like seeing any one get shot.....REST IN PEACE
sid November 3, 2016 at 3:44 PM
"He wasnt a horrible person..If you dont like the crime you move out of the city cause to the suburbs."
Seriously? That's your answer to this senseless violence? Criminal Gangbangers who commit felonies up to and including murder have rights too? And that they have the -"RIGHT"- to run roughshod over the law abiding citizens of Uptown?
If this guy didn't want to get shot, then he had zero business hanging out in a criminal environment.
His choice. His consequences.
Listen justme, if you want to live in a slum where kids are lost to crime by the time they are in sixth grade, and you do not want to see that cycle broken, then feel free to move to Engleside.
Look in the mirror. YOU are the problem.
And oh yeah justme...
This particular gangbanger was already out in the 'burbs committing crimes, so your very Racist solution of , "If you don't like the murderous slum we are content with Uptown to be, then move." won't work...
http://buglenewspapers.com/downers-grove-westmont-woodridge-police-blotter-week-of-aug-24
Jacoby Baker, 23, 521 N. Hamlin Ave., Chicago, was charged at 9:05 p.m. Aug. 19 in the 8200 block of Janes Avenue with possession of cannabis.
Uptown Girl November 3, 2016 at 10:37 PM
The reason these CHA tenants are moved is because they are caught violating their family's leases. By residing illegally in their Mom's or baby mamma's or grandmother's tax payer subsidized apartments and by doing criminal activity in and from those units they violate their parent's lease terms and get their family members kicked out of the building. CHA seems to favor moving the lease holding family member, who hosts the gangs, into other CHA units that have on-site management, camera systems, and small square footage that will not support multiple tenants rather than kicking the leaseholder out of all CHA properties. The off-lease tenants are banned from all CHA properties. The problem in Uptown is that we have so many CHA scattered site townhouses with no on-site management in the building. There is no reason why CHA can't add cameras to the outside and inside hallways of these units so that they can monitor and document the location of the housing unit that is hosting the gang bangers. Harry Ostermann got CHA to do it in his ward. Inder the lease provisions, there is no reason why CHA can't ban the leaseholding family member just like they do their grown gang banger kids. They just don't like to do it. Some leaseholding family members knowingly and willingly benefit financially from their kid's gang activity. It seems like those persons should lose their right to lease CHA subsidized units so that fear would dissuade them from doing it. But, the enforcement policy to only move them to other buildings doesn't act as much of a disincentive.
And then there is the problem of Voice of the People. What CHA tosses out, VOP takes in. To them , money is money and they don't care from whom they take it and what their tenants do to the neighbors and Uptown.
The legal system protects these thugs. The alderman's husband would go to court to make sure the thugs got theirs, but you need to be involved in your community to help. Go to the beat meetings and contact the alderman. He's very approachable.
Want to be more specific? Uptown Peoples Law Center, the taxpayer funded charitable organization known for championing prisoner rights, criminal's rights, and police brutality suits, protects certain of these families and thugs in eviction suits. The threatened suits intimidate government agencies, low income housing providers and police into inactivity. Rather than act, the targets take the easy way out (for them) and just ignore the criminal housing problems in Uptown. It is not uncommon for local landlords to pay $20,000 or more to the bad-ass tenants to get them to leave leave rather than engage in threatened litigation with (taxpayer funded) activist law firms. Rather than call the payments extortion, they use the euphemism, "relocation bonus". Can you imagine paying gang bangers that kind of money to leave your property??? The activist firm are often funded by and/or affiliated with certain big name Chicago law firms and law school professors, who want to make a name for themselves doing pro-bono bleeding edge civil rights cases. (Remember Amy Crawford ??) They also get funded by the bar (law) associations using funds involuntarily collected from all lawyers, who pay it as part of their membership dues So, a committee of lefty's control the giving of the bar association members, while the dues-paying members have no vote in the matter and probably pay little attention to that, which they cannot control. I think it is time to hold those bar associations accountable for what they are funding. They are probably clueless as to what really goes on with their funding in communities like Uptown. I recall working with one law firm that was so proud of their funding of a children's agency in my neighborhood. Meanwhile, my neighbors granddaughter did an internship at that Uptown children's organization and the first thing they taught her was where and how to slap a child with an open hand to no leave any marks. Serious disconnect between the donors intent and Uptown's reality.
BTW, Marc Kaplan, one of the founders of Tent City has been a longtime employee of Uptown Peoples Law Center. Andy Thayer, one of the other founders of Tent City, is office manager of Loevy & Loevy, a civil rights activist firm that specializes in lawsuits against police. Uptown is their playground and their battleground for legal maneuvers and case development. And we get to be the "civilian casualties" and scorched earth.
At the end of the day...
Follow. The. Money.
Mills and Thayer camouflage their real motivation of fighting gentrification behind neo_Marxist garbage, when their real impetus is protecting and expanding the interests and portfolios of the Section 8 slumlords like Voice of the People.
Like I say, time for a RICO investigation.
John November 1, 2016 at 1:14 PM
About a month ago I texted the cops as there were about 10 or so of these kids sitting in the exact spot of the shooting. There was an older "ring leader" type yelling at them. The response I got back was "are they doing anything illegal." I guess the cops really don't care to bust these guys. Now I have to live in fear everyday since I live across the street.
RandiRaja November 1, 2016 at 2:50 PM
Another five years ago when I lived in uptown. I was up working late and saw them taking roll call like the police. A older guy was shouting at about ten of them lined up. I called 911 twice and then did nothing. One accused me of being a racist. Amazing. I moved about two years ago to andersonville. Best thing I have ever done.
Robb1324 November 1, 2016 at 3:11 PM
I'm confused as to why you're upset about that response from police. Is it illegal for 10 or so kids to be together? They have to be doing something illegal for the cops to be involved.
Robb,
You're part of the problem. Bleeding heart, self-righteous bull$h*t. In a safe/sane society, authority is allowed to inquire based on suspicion.
I would have ZERO problem with being stopped and frisked if I were coming off as suspicious or making anybody uncomfortable. Then, I would continue on as a law-abiding citizen...It's for the better of the city.
Well they were loitering so technically the cops could have done something. I find it hard to believe 10 gang bangers in one spot are just playing Tic-Tac-Toe.
When I was that age in the 90s, I used to hang out on the block with all of my friends all the time. Even just standing in front of stores talking, and being bored. Nobody called the cops on us though because we were white in a white neighborhood.
Kate Uptown November 1, 2016 at 4:04 PM
Angry Chicagoan, your idea of a "safe/sane society" was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. If you're going to assign blame, look a little farther than your neighbors and local coppers. We get it, you're angry and frustrated. We are too. But what happened last night is not the fault of your law-abiding neighbors, who are as angry and frustrated as you are.
I was under the impression that loitering under suspicion of gang activity was illegal in Chicago..
"In 1992, the city of Chicago adopted an anti-loitering law (Chicago Municipal Code 8-4-015 (1992)) aimed at restricting gang related activity, especially violent crime and drug trafficking.[3] The law, which defined loitering as "remain[ing] in any one place with no apparent purpose", gave police officers a right to disperse such persons and in case of disobedience, provided for a punishment by fine, imprisonment and/or community service. It was ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court of the United States (Chicago v. Morales, 527 U.S. 41 (1999)) as unacceptably vague and not giving citizens clear guidelines on what the acceptable conduct was. In 2000, the city adopted a revised version of the ordinance,[4] in an attempt to eliminate the unconstitutional elements. Loitering was then defined as 'remaining in any one place under circumstances that would warrant a reasonable person to believe that the purpose or effect of that behavior is to enable a criminal street gang to establish control over identifiable areas, to intimidate others from entering those areas, or to conceal illegal activities.' "
I miss the old Uptown.
Robb, are you kidding me. They were not doing their calculus homework. These were the same people that hung out on that corner selling drugs and shouting light's out when the cops came. The same corner that multiple people had been shot. I called 911 at least three times a day and nothing happened. If the cops came, they would walk away and five minutes later back to selling. I took pictures and gave them to the cops. The commander told me, if I was you I would move.
Not to mention that they are doing it right under police camera's on that corner.
"m confused as to why you're upset about that response from police. Is it illegal for 10 or so kids to be together? They have to be doing something illegal for the cops to be involved."
This is what they are doing Robb...Look "innocent" to you?
Recently departed -as in shot and killed last week ago on Racine- Tramell Williams dispensing Hoolie justice on Magnolia a year ago.
Or, how about this little gaggle of Hoolagang and PBG taking an "innocent" stroll from Sunnyside Mall to Chase Park this past June...with their weapons (I count more than 10) and drugs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grOSIgZ8iuA
So, yeah Rob. You think that is all "innocent" then your willful blindness to the open criminality displayed by these thugs every day here in Uptown is indeed a part of the problem.
https://www.facebook.com/Obeymook/videos/712408042179391/
Crazy in Uptown November 2, 2016 at 3:39 PM
Keep in mind Supt. McCathy had a great strategy. It was presented to Rahm and Alderman, who said "NO' He was part of the command staff in NYC when they had condition patrol and made it a pain in the ass for thugs. It had great results and dramatically reduced crime. McCarthy wanted to bring it to Chicago, but it was turned down.
Thank the Puppets and Mayor once again
Brenda November 4, 2016 at 10:33 PM
Yes, I agree. McCarthy was a scapegoat for Emanuel (and others) which ticks me off no-end. That man was doing us good, and I was so proud Chicago employed him. He was one of the sane voices and we're missing that now. Or, someone needs to inform me who to put my faith in now, when it comes to crimes of this kind.
Blueman357 November 8, 2016 at 11:52 AM
The days of putting guys hanging out in the area on the squad car and,name checking and searching them are over.the police can only stop someone that has just committed,is about to commit or is in the process of committing a crime. You can thank the dept of justice,the a.c.l.u.and,the bottom feeding lawyers looking to cash in on lawsuits on cops and the city. The police have to do a report called an i.s.r.that is a page and a half long documenting what i mentioned above.then that report is submitted to dept of justice and a.c.l.u attourneys that will go over it with a fine tooth comb. If the cops dont have the exact criteria for the stop they are subject to dept punishments and civil litigation.sorry folks but,no cop i know is going to put his job,pension,property at risk just to move some guys off a corner. Now,if you witness a crime or,have evidence of a crime and ,are willing to sign complaints and actually show up in court then something could be done.like i said,the cops are not trusted to use gut instinct and just grab someone and search them anymore.also,thank the judges who repeatedly release or,not sentence them in court. The cops are handcuffed now folks. Its the new liberal world.
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#BlackBirdersWeek, #BlackInNeuro: Black scientists, physicians are using hashtags to uplift
Carly Mallenbaum
Black scientists are embracing the hashtag movement that forced the nation to take a hard look at systemic racism.
As #BlackLivesMatter remains a rallying cry across the country, Black researchers and physicians are using tags including #BlackBirdersWeek, #BlackInAstro, #BlackInNeuro and #BlackInChem to lift up the achievements of their peers and call out the discrimination they face on a daily basis.
Racism has long been an issue in academia. Black scientists report high rates of both subtle and overt forms of workplace discrimination and, according to a 2019 study, are less likely than their white peers to receive funding for their research. Research published in April via the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that underrepresented groups are innovative at a higher rate than their majority peers but their achievements are often overlooked.
So Black birders, astronomers, botanists, physicians and neuroscientists, many of them women, have taken to Twitter and Instagram to draw attention to the challenges they face.
In the summer of being proudly #BlackAFinSTEM (as one popular hashtag puts it), can tweeting make a difference?
We talked to founders of six social media movements to see how racial inequality manifests in the science world and whether candid conversations on the internet can change people's attitudes:
#BlackBirdersWeek
One of its founders: Chelsea Connor, 26, herpetologist from the Commonwealth of Dominica
When a Black bird-watcher shared a video of a white woman calling the police on him and saying that she was being threatened by “an African American man,” it made national news. The video didn’t surprise Connor, however.
“For so many people who aren’t Black, they’re like, ‘Wait, this happens?’” she says. “Yeah, we’ve been saying this, but now people are paying attention.”
Connor, with the support of organizations like The National Audubon Society, co-founded #BlackBirdersWeek in late May to stand in virtual solidarity with the birder, Christian Cooper, and connect fellow naturalists.
In one livestream, panelists told personal stories about “birding while Black,” a shorthand used to encompass the discomfort felt and unprovoked suspicion raised when someone is working in the field. For example, one speaker shared a story of a police car following him while he was outdoors wearing binoculars to bird-watch .
“You have to go to such a length so people know you’re out here and not up to anything,” says Connor. “No one should have to explain why they’re existing in a space that they should be allowed to exist in peacefully.”
Since starting the hashtag, Connor says she’s already seen a change in behavior: Allies are less hesitant to speak up in support of Black scientistsonline.
When Connor reacted to an insensitive comment made about race in a discussion about roundworms that turned into a "Worm War," non-Black allies rallied to her side. That, she says, was new.
“I didn’t have to worry about the burden being just on me,” she said.
#BlackInAstro
Founder: Ashley Walker, 31, astrochemist and planetary scientist from Chicago
Walker remembers being 10 years old at Adler’s Planetarium in Chicago and learning that because of the change of gravitational pull and her petite size, she’d be weightless on other planets. She was mystified. Now, she’s a NASA summer intern .
Though she still describes herself as “a really tiny person,” the astrochemist and planetary scientist is not shy. For years, she’s been advocating for Black scientists, particularly women, who routinely face racism and discrimination for "walking into a room and being Black."
Walker says that people make assumptions about her, that she’s “less than,” “subpar,” “angry" and "ghetto," because she speaks AAVE, African American Vernacular English.
“So oftentimes for me, personally, people often automatically assume (things about me),” she says. Walker hopes that #BlackInAstro week, which showcased a number of astronomers of color, can start to eliminate bias.
Since she started the hashtag in late June, Walker said she has seen progress. Students have reached out to her, saying they plan to follow her example of communicating with faculty members about the struggles BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) face. Some lauded Walker's "bravery."
“I didn’t do anything,” she says. "I just speak my mind, as always."
#BlackBotanistsWeek
One of its founders: Tanisha Wiliams, 35, postdoctoral fellow in botany at Bucknell University from Washington, D.C.
Growing up, Williams knew of two Black people with a wealth of plant knowledge: George Washington Carver and her great grandmother.
Her great grandmother, Grace Alice Hawkins, "knew the different remedies for medicines that she learned from her grandmother and great-grandmother who were slaves and some were Native Americans,” Williams says. “We have this really complex family origin.”
Now, she is trying to raise awareness of her field and the challenges that come with “botanizing" while Black.
During the social media campaign for Black and Indigenous botanists and allies, which launched in early July, she discussed how she’s had great opportunities in her field, like when she built neighborhood gardens with communities in Cape Town, South Africa, and not-so-great experiences, like when she was followed while doing work.
“I make sure that I carry pepper spray,” Williams says. “A lot of people think, ‘Oh, nature. It's so peaceful,’ which it is. But being a person of color adds an extra layer of weight.”
So has the social media chatter about race and botany challenged stereotypes? Williams says yes: Other botanists are taking note of the need to listen to and connect with botanists of color. At the recent annual Botanical Society of America Conference, organizers added a new event: A BIPOC mixer.
Says Williams, “It was nice to see all of these beautiful Black and brown faces on the Zoom call.”
#ShareTheMedicalMic
Founders: Dr. Lauren Powell, 34, family physician from Atlanta; Dr. Renée Paro, 37, pediatric cardiologist from Dublin, California
Powell and Paro were inspired by the #ShareTheMicNow movement, where Black activists took over the Instagram pages of white celebrities, to launch a similar campaign for the medical field.
In late July, they paired 40 Black physicians with 40 non-Black physicians for the event they called #ShareTheMedicalMicNow.
“A lightbulb went on for me,” says Powell. “It's one thing for me as a Black female to have these conversations (about race) with other Black females. But we create change by having these conversations with people that don't look like us.”
Paro, who is Hispanic, agreed. “If you, yourself, haven't experienced (racism), it's very easy to believe that there's nothing wrong,” she says.
Powell and other Black physicians had livestreamed conversations about the myriad ways racial bias festers in health care, from people always assuming she's a nurse and being asked to show her ID wherever she goes, to the reality that Black patients don’t know to seek medical counsel for topics like fertility.
In one particular Instagram Live, Powell and a specialist talked about how Black women are “least likely to receive care for their fertility,” she says. “Black females are just trying to make it and thinking about fertility almost seems like a luxury.”
That conversation proved impactful.
“After that Live, I got so many messages from women who were like “I’m going to see my doctor and talk to them about my fertility. I didn’t even know it was OK to do this,’” Powell says.
She believes white fertility doctors got something out of the chat, too.
“I think that opened up their eyes a little bit in terms of ‘Why are my Black patients seeing me so late?’ It probably offers another level of compassion for these patients.”
#BlackInNeuro
One of the founders: Angeline Dukes, 24, graduate student researcher/addiction neuroscientist from Warner Robins, Georgia
When you think of a scientist, who do you see? Growing up, Dukes only envisioned white men.
“I thought they were all Albert Einstein and Bill Nye,” Dukes, now a Ph.D. student of neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine, says. “I never saw a Black scientist.”
As a first-generation American and college student whose parents immigrated from Trinidad and Haiti, Dukes didn’t get much guidance when it came to applying to schools, seeking scholarships and choosing careers.
She wants to make sure other Black students get the mentorship they need when it comes to choosing a career in science and then pursuing their studies.
“Especially now, in the wake of all of the police brutality and white supremacy, being the only Black person in the lab as everyone seems to go about their days as if everything’s normal (is particularly challenging),” says Dukes.
With #BlackInNeuro week – which launched in late July and was sponsored by a number of science institutions including Stanford Biosciences and Harvard's Division of Medical Sciences – the goal was to showcase neuroscientists of color and to foster relationships within the field.
“I just felt like it was really important for us to have a way to highlight ourselves, but also to build a community,” Dukes says.
#BlackInChem
One of the founders: Devin Swiner, 26, Ph.D.candidate in chemistry and biochemistry at Ohio State, from Prince George’s County, Maryland
Swiner has long had a love of science, and also for lipstick. “I have an affinity for purples,” she says.
That’s how the Ph.D. candidate in chemistry got the nickname “MAC scientist” (referring to the makeup brand), which has become the name of her blog that aims to uplift women of color in STEM fields.
“A lot of times with women that are in science, especially Black women in science, they are pigeonholed,” Swiner says. Through her continued advocacy, and through the #BlackInChem week (Aug. 10) she co-organized, she wants to challenge that notion.
“We’re multifaceted. You are allowed to not be in a lab coat every day. You're allowed to not always talk about science,” she says.
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Alberta art gallery takes down student’s work after complaint over nudity
posted by Otto Rapp
WATCH VIDEO: A Lethbridge student's art piece is being called, by some, too controversial for elementary school students. The Lethbridge Public School Board asked the Southern Alberta Art Gallery to take the piece down after a parent complained.
A piece of art created by a Lethbridge high school student has been taken down from where it was hung at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG) after someone filed a complaint about it. .............. Kimberly Tams from CBC has more.
My own 2 cents worth of comment:
Is this for real? It sounds like a bad Saturday Night Live spoof about this Alberta hick town, or maybe something one would expect to happen in ISIS controlled parts of Syria. Certainly not in a modern Western Society. That the Lethbridge School District 51 would give in to a complaint by a obviously uncultured prude is astonishing; laughable if it were not such a sad reflection on what misunderstood 'political correctness' has come to dictate, forcing the moral position of one onto the general public. What next? This piece is a brillant collage by this grade 12 student, a tribute to historical art. Next would be banning any depictions of Michelangelo's work found in places such as the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Good enough for the pope, but oh, not suitable for the morals of prudish Lethbridge. And again, Southern Alberta's Lethbridge makes it self the laughing stock of Canada and the world! Way to go!
Pictured is a familiar piece, the Birth of Venus by Sandro Boticelli.
But it appears this made the rounds already, here is a write-up in Metro News:
A student's work has been deemed too racy for a Lethbridge school board's elementary school children after parent complaints.
The classic art remix, a collage of works including the Birth of Venus, has been whisked away to a private viewing room.
All of the schools in Lethbridge participate in an arts program to submit student work chosen by teachers to the Southern Alberta Art Galley (SAAG) – it’s called Art’s Alive.
The works range from kindergarten-aged children to students in Grade 12.
On Wednesday of last week the Lethbridge School District No. 51 took down a Grade 12 student's work after a parent, or several parents, complained “about the content of the work.”
by Helen Pike Metro News
I had posted the original CBC article on Facebook. One comment I found particularly fitting was by a Portuguese artist friend:
Crazyness! I would call it the "Fig Leaf syndrome". I recall the Michelangelo's David episode... but that happened in the Victorian era . Nowadays, people with such psychological disorders would make better use of their time getting adequate therapy instead of spending time in galleries. Just sayin'...
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Indonesian Authorities Locate Black Boxes from Sriwijaya Air Passenger Plane
By Eva Mazrieva, VOA Indonesian Service
Updated January 10, 2021 06:30 AM
Indonesian Navy personnel carry debris believed to be from the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane, which crashed into the sea, off the Jakarta coast, Indonesia, Jan. 10, 2021.
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Indonesian aviation authorities said Sunday they had located the two black boxes from the Sriwijaya Air passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta Saturday.
Speaking to reporters, Soerjanto Tjahjanto, head of Indonesia's transport safety agency said that divers would look for them, hoping to retrieve them soon.
The devices contain recordings of cockpit voice and flight data could help officials understand why the Boeing 737-500 with 62 people on board crashed.
An official with Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Bambang Suryo Aji, confirmed earlier that wreckage had been found from the Sriwijaya Air passenger plane.
Aji said the discovery of wreckage was first reported by the local post command on Lancang Island and that the debris would be sent to the National Commission on Transportation Safety.
A crisis center has been set up at the Jakarta International Container Terminal JICT-2 in Tanjung Priok Harbor. Some material from the wreckage, including body parts and victims' belongings were sent to the center and has been forwarded to the Indonesian Police Hospital.
Jakarta Police spokesperson Yusri Yunus told VOA, “We really hope that the closest relatives could come to the hospital. They should take DNA test to confirm the body parts that we have found. We also asked them to bring the medical record, such as dental record, or perhaps a tattoo.”
VOA radio affiliates in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, reported that some family members came to Supadio Airport to find out more information regarding the plane. Some family members could not hide their sorrow and were seen crying and screaming at the crisis center's staff.
Flight SJ182 was en route to Pontianak, the capital of the West Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo, the Transportation Ministry said.
Flightradar24, the flight tracking service, said the Boeing 737 “lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from Jakarta.”
Minister of Transportation Budi Karya said the plane took off at 2:36 p.m. local time Saturday but four minutes later air traffic control could no longer contact it. “Within seconds the plane disappeared from the radar,” he added.
Indonesian navy and air force sources told VOA that at least seven ships had been deployed to location, while some aircraft ready to be operated from Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta Sunday morning.
The airline’s chief executive, Jefferson Irwin Jauwena, told reporters that the plane’s takeoff was delayed 30 minutes because of heavy rain.
A local fisherman identified only as Mahyudin on Pancang Island near the location where contact was lost with the plane said in an interview with VOA that “some fishermen told me they hear a loud bang, like an explosion, in the sea around 2:30 or 2:40 p.m.
Isabela Cocoli, Wayne Lee and Fern Robinson contributed to this story.
At Least 11 Dead in Indonesia Landslides
Two landslides hit, one after the other, burying some rescuers
By Eva Mazrieva
Indonesian Official Confirms Debris Found From Missing Plane
Flight with more than 60 on board disappeared from radar minutes after takeoff
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Indonesia Frees Radical Cleric Linked to 2002 Bali Bombing
Abu Bakar Bashir left the prison near Jakarta accompanied by members of elite counterterror squad
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VOA Indonesian Service
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Suspected Insurgents Kill 20 on Pakistan Bus
ISLAMABAD - Authorities in southwestern Pakistan say gunmen shot dead at least 20 bus passengers late on Friday.
The incident happened in the violence-hit Baluchistan province, where a group of heavily armed men wearing security forces' uniforms intercepted two buses in the remote Mastung district and seized 35 passengers.
The buses were travelling to the southern port city of Karachi from the provincial capital Quetta.
Provincial Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti told reporters that security forces rescued five of the abductees and have surrounded the mountainous area to “hunt down” the kidnappers and recover the remaining passengers.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the violence.
Pakistani authorities blame ethnic Baloch militants, waging a low-level insurgency in the resource-rich province, for being behind such incidents of violence. The militants claim to be fighting for more rights and control over Baluchistan’s natural resources.
Sunni Muslim extremist groups are also operating in the province and have carried out frequent attacks on the minority Hazara Shi'ite Muslims mostly settled in Quetta.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s office has issued a statement quoting him as expressing grief over the loss of precious lives and asking authorities to capture the “perpetrators of this heinous crime at the earliest.”
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For more than a decade, pink and brown buses meandered through Karachi’s chaotic traffic, shuttling passengers between downtown and a neighborhood dominated by Shi'ite Ismailis for a largely uneventful commute. Then on May 13, gunmen boarded one of those buses and killed 43 people — an attack that bodes ill not just for Pakistan, but the broader Muslim world. Given the rise of the Sunni Muslim militant group Islamic State in the Middle East, Daniel Serwer…
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Throwback: Pictures and videos from inside Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal’s star-studded sangeet
By Nupur Sarvaiya 7 September 2020
Beyoncé, Bollywood celebrities, bhangra and a big blowout, Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal’s pre-wedding festivities had it all
Extravagant, exclusive and extra… Isha Ambani’s multi-city, multi-event wedding with Anand Piramal had all integral descriptors of a big fat Indian celebration. And when we say over-the-top, we mean OTT. The Ambani family pulled out all the stops with the lavish affair that toted a guest list with preeminent names from Bollywood, sports, politics and business industries from the world over, a bridal trousseau like no other and pre-wedding celebrations in Rajasthan that took the cake. As for entertainment, a Beyoncé mini concert for the guests ensured that this was the most lavish wedding celebration in the country for years to come.
Ahead, we are reliving some unseen pictures and videos from the 28-year-old entrepreneur’s sangeet festivities in Udaipur in December 2018.
The star-studded sangeet
The pre-wedding festivities, hosted by Mukesh and Nita Ambani, took place at the 16th-century City Palace overlooking Lake Pichola in Udaipur and was aptly dubbed The Palace Soirée. Chartered jets that arrived in the city for the Indian heiress’ pre-wedding celebrations contributed to a four-fold increase in flight traffic at the city's airport on December 8, 2018. The celebrations kickstarted with a maha aarti, before proceeding to the fun-filled sangeet the next day. The A-list guests included Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, Janhvi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Varun Dhawan, John Abraham, Vidya Balan and Sidharth Roy Kapur, among many others. From the sports fraternity, Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar, Sakshi and Ziva Dhoni also made their way to the event. And that's not all: with so many pre-wedding festivities, the bride and groom reportedly created a custom app to help their guests keep track of the schedule.
Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan take the stage
As tradition dictates, family and friends of the bride and groom performed a number of dances on stage in their honour. One of the most memorable dances was by Nita Ambani, who is a trained Bharatnatyam performer. Post a solo performance on a Gujarati folk song, the mother of the bride shook a leg with sons, Akash and Anant Ambani on ‘Mahi Ve' from Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Kal Ho Naa Ho. It wasn’t long before the 54-year-old actor himself busted some moves with wife Gauri Khan on ‘Dilliwaali Girlfriend’ from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Shloka Ambani and Radhika Merchant took over with an act on ‘Balam Pichkari’ from the same film.
In a beautiful ode to the Ambani family, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan recreated a dance from their 2007 romantic drama film Guru, which is largely based on the life of Dhirubhai Ambani. Isha Ambani shook a leg on ‘Leja Leja’ from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham with Karan Johar. A video also shows long-time friend of the Ambanis, Hillary Clinton, dressed in Indian attire, grooving with Shah Rukh Khan to hit Bollywood tracks like ‘Let's Nacho’ and ‘Tune Mari Entry’, keeping company with Arianna Huffington, British businessman Martin Sorrell, and newly-weds Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.
Beyoncé stole the spotlight with a 45-minute performance
The highlight of the soirée was the private concert by Beyoncé, who brought along her mom, Tina Knowles to the event. The multi-award winning singer-songwriter had several outfit changes, including a sultry maroon gown by Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla that covered in mirror work, styled with a matha patti, haath phool and jhumkas by PinkCity by Anita Dongre; a beaded gold bodysuit by Falguni Shane Peacock; and a high-cut bejewelled swimsuit with raffia sleeves by Shivan & Narresh. The celebrity guests were treated to her performance on some of her chartbusters like ‘Crazy In Love', ‘Naughty Girl' and ‘Perfect’.
Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal dance on an Ed Sheeran favourite
After Isha Ambani's soulful solo on ‘Samjhawan’ from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania followed by ‘Nachde Ne Saare’ from Baar Baar Dekho, she presented a romantic dance performance with Anand Piramal on ‘Mitwa' from Shah Rukh Khan's hit movie, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. It was followed by another dance on ‘Perfect’ by Ed Sheeran. The grand finale was on the title track of Jab Tak Hai Jaan, where the entire Ambani family joined in. Post which, the guests got on to the dance floor as singer Sukhbir Singh kept the party going until the wee hours in the morning.
The bridal couture
The then-bride-to-be chose not one, but two lehengas by Manish Malhotra for the evening. First, a fuchsia set that was generously embellished with silver sequins and crystals. Speaking of Ambani’s pre-wedding look, the couturier told us, “Isha hand picked an embellished pink ensemble which enhanced her jewels beautifully. It was most special for me—a celebration of craft, love for our roots combined with my label’s signature glamour. This outfit took two months in the making, involving hundreds of hours of craftsmanship from our atelier.” Not only did the ace designer create the then-bride-to-be’s outfit, Malhotra also lent his expertise for the ensembles for the other members of the family, as well as the decor of the pre-wedding celebrations.
Ambani later slipped into a metallic lehenga for her dance performance. The head-to-toe gold look comprised a sleeveless blouse, a billowing skirt and a complementing dupatta, all accented with both, gold and silver sequins in floral designs. Despite all the work on it, the look still managed to be lightweight, allowing the bride-to-be to dance the night away. “My primary aim was to make her feel comfortable and fabulous at the same time,” Manish Malhotra elaborated. “It was an absolute honour to curate the pre-wedding celebrations in Udaipur and design for the Ambanis. My primary aim was to make them feel comfortable and fabulous. Be it Isha’s shimmering gold ensemble for her sangeet performance or the elegant pink lehenga where she looked like a dream; each was a depiction of meticulous culture and craft.” Anand Piramal complemented his bride in a black kurta set.
Want more? Scroll ahead to check out all snapshots from Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal's sangeet ceremony
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9 pictures that prove that Priyanka Chopra is always a stylish wedding guest
By Shweta Vepa Vyas 28 November 2020
6 festive wear trends spotted on Priyanka Chopra, Kriti Sanon, Janhvi Kapoor and more this Diwali
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Still, Wait For Me
Chapter 568: Invitation
Xu Tingsheng supported Zhong Wusheng as they left the Ling family home and returned to the car.
During their journey, he described all that had transpired to Zhong Wusheng in detail.
Zhong Wusheng asked, “Are you really so confident?”
Xu Tingsheng said, “Half-half. I was mainly bluffing...earning more time to hurry back and think of a plan, make some preparations. If nothing else, while the Ling and Xiao families are feeling hesitant and doubtful, those who should run should run. Those who should hide should hide…”
“This is my first time seeing you so troubled on a matter,” Zhong Wusheng said with some difficulty.
The two returned to the hospital. Xu Tingsheng found Jiang Wusheng and got him to bring Zhong Wusheng for treatment before going to the sick ward alone.
All was mournful within.
Xu Tingsheng thought at first that they already knew what had happened in America. Still, Fang Chen told him that no, an hour ago...old man Fang had fallen into a state of unconsciousness for good.
The doctor had let slip that it was impossible for the old man to wake again. Also, any breath might be his last.
He went in and narrated all that had happened to the old man, earnestly apologising to him.
Only when the branch relatives of the Fang family had all left did Xu Tingsheng leave the interior room.
In the exterior room, only Fang Chen, Fang Yuqing, as well as Fang Ruli and her mother remained.
“Are we returning to Yanzhou now?” Fang Ruli was still pulling her big suitcase,” I thought about it. How about I just stay at that run-down school of yours to study. I am so smart anyway.”
Xu Tingsheng reached out and stroked her head, saying, “Sorry, Little Carp. You have to go somewhere else.”
“Where?” A frantic Fang Ruli very nearly cried, “Isn’t Yanzhou pretty good? If you find me troublesome, I can stay at the school by myself at most. Why must I go somewhere else?”
“Sorry, Little Carp,” Xu Tingsheng refused to give her an explanation.
Fang Ruli sat at a corner of the room in a huff.
Facing away from her, Xu Tingsheng told the remaining three in a hushed tone, “Over in America, there’s been an accident.”
He told them all that had transpired.
Tears.
Hatred.
Panic.
“What do we do now then? What’s Ruli to do?” Fang Ruli’s mother asked, gripping her clothes tightly.
“You should go to Binzhou. Today,” Xu Tingsheng said.
“I don’t want to go to this Binzhou place. I want to go to Yanzhou…” Sitting at a corner, the young girl interrupted loudly again.
“You must go,” Xu Tingsheng hardened his expression as much as possible, “Not only you, your mother will go too. Also, you’ll study at the school there. Also, you must remember that there’s a boy called Jinshan there who’s six years younger than you...I want you to be his close childhood friend.”
“...You, Xu Tingsheng?! You pervert. I don’t want that...I’m telling Big Sis Little Ning, I…”
“You have no choice on this matter.”
Xu Tingsheng turned towards Fang Ruli’s mother, saying softly, “Sorry, Auntie. This is the only way at present. I’ll get Du Jiang to send you guys over today…”
Looking at him, the woman nodded in acceptance, “I know. It’s just that over here, the old man…”
“I’m here,” Xu Tingsheng said.
“Relax, we’re here too,” Fang Yuqing and Fang Chen said.
The woman nodded.
After Du Jiang had returned, Xu Tingsheng asked him to bring Fang Ruli and her mother back home to pack up their belongings, preparing to leave for Binzhou. He also contacted Old Jin and Huang Yaming whom he asked to be ready for them.
Fang Ruli was dragged along, crying and mumbling incoherently as she went, “Sick pervert, Xu Tingsheng...I don’t like you in the least...I’ll ask my big brother to beat you to death.”
She also pleaded incoherently, “Xu Tingsheng, I beg you, let me go back with you to Yanzhou, okay? I won’t call you sick pervert again...I’ll be very obedient. Sob...I still want to be Big Sis Little Ning’s bridesmaid. I’ve seen others be bridesmaids before. Their clothes are also like wedding gowns...I don’t like boys younger than me. I don’t want to be his close childhood friend…”
After Fang Ruli and her mother had left.
Zhong Wusheng post-treatment, along with Fang Chen and Fang Yuqing remained.
“What should we do now?” Fang Yuqing asked.
“Actually, the two of you have to leave too,” Xu Tingsheng said, “The reason you’re not going together with Little Carp is that you’re bigger targets and more troublesome...your destination is actually the same as theirs. It’s Binzhou too.”
“We? Then, Grandpa…”
“He knew long ago that he wouldn’t have descendants to send him off.”
“I’m not leaving,” Fang Yuqing said.
Fang Chen hesitated for a while before venturing, “Do we have to leave right away?”
“Is there something else?” Xu Tingsheng asked.
Rather hesitantly, Fang Chen retrieved a stack of something from her bag. It was red.
“I got Tan Yao to drop off some of them in Yanzhou...this is yours,” She passed one to Xu Tingsheng.
Xu Tingsheng received it and took a look at it before closing it again.
“This is Bro Zhong’s.”
“What is it? I have one too?” Zhong Wusheng was surprised as he took it and glanced at it, his expression turning bad all at once.
Holding the remaining two, Fang Chen hesitated for a while before ultimately still passing one to Fang Yuqing, “Yuqing, this is yours. You…”
Having seen the reactions of Xu Tingsheng and Zhong Wusheng as well as how Fang Chen had looked at him, Fang Yuqing had already basically guessed it. He looked at it...sadly, he had guessed correctly.
It was a wedding invitation.
The person to be wed was called Yu Qing.
This was the first wedding in Xu Tingsheng’s environment. He had originally guessed that it might be Fang Yuqing and Yu Qing first, or maybe Fu Cheng and Miss Fang. In the end, unexpectedly, it turned out it was Yu Qing...but with someone other than Fang Yuqing.
Fang Yuqing tried very hard to smile as he was momentarily rendered speechless.
Then, he forced himself to speak, “Wow, crazy. That’s fast. She wouldn’t have randomly found someone to marry just because I didn’t want her, right? That would really be dumb. This dumb woman, this dumb woman...what a fool...lucky that I didn’t marry her, right, you guys?”
He smiled, cursed...slowly crouched on the floor with his hands over his head.
“I’m not going. Like I’d want to go see a fool like her get freaking fool married…” He was crying as he said this.
“I called Yu Qing. She said he was her classmate in senior high who liked her since before. He is pretty good too. They met on a blind date some time back. Since they were familiar with each other already, it didn’t take long,” Fang Chen said.
“What’s that got to do with me?!” Fang Yuqing hollered.
“She said that she hopes you’ll be there. I looked at your invitation. Apparently, she has something that she wants to return to you in person…” Fang Chen said.
Xu Tingsheng knew that that was a ring. Once, Fang Yuqing had dashed a long way to propose to Yu Qing. While she had not agreed, she had accepted his ring, saying that she would keep it in safekeeping for him. At that time, everyone had felt that it was only a matter of time that they got together.
Fang Yuqing fell silent.
In truth, however hysterical and determined he had acted earlier, Xu Tingsheng knew that he would go regardless. He would want to see Yu Qing in a wedding gown, would want to see the man she was marrying, would...not be able to set his heart at ease.
Some time was probably still needed before the Ling and Xiao families could react.
Yu Qing had sent the invitations to Fang Chen’s address at Yanzhou University. After lying on her desk for a while, she had finally received it. As quite a bit of time had passed in between, the date of the wedding was actually just around the corner too. It was literally the day after tomorrow.
“We should be in time. If you want to go, Bro Zhong and I will accompany you,” Xu Tingsheng passed Fang Yuqing a cigarette.
Fang Yuqing asked, “Why do you think she’s in such a hurry?”
“Maybe because she was too heartbroken. After all, what you did at the time…” Xu Tingsheng said.
“Hey, do you think that she will rush over and give me a slap when the time comes? That would be interesting...ha,” Fang Yuqing said, “Now that I think about it, I should go take a look, see if I can wreck things for her too.”
“You won’t,” Xu Tingsheng said.
“If you feel like you just have to go, just say it directly,” Zhong Wusheng said.
“Then, if I’m drunk and kick up a ruckus at that time, you two had better stop me,” Fang Yuqing smiled, “You know, with my skills, if Bro Zhong isn’t there, ordinary people are no match for me.”
“What, you really want to snatch the bride?” Zhong Wusheng asked, “Need any help? If the two of us join forces, no one will be able to stop us.”
Fang Yuqing leaned against the wall, lightly hitting his head against it, “If things were different, even if it were the emperor she’s going to marry in a few days, I would definitely go snatch her regardless...really, I definitely wouldn’t let Yu Qing marry anybody else. Still, considering how it is for me now...could I ask her to flee to the ends of the world with me? I daren’t even ask her to wait two years for me.”
“Maybe I will quietly, peacefully have a glass of wine with her. I definitely can’t shrink back...can’t let her see through me.”
Xu Tingsheng said, “In that case, pack up your things. I’ll get someone to look after the old man...we’ll go there together. Afterwards, we won’t be coming back anymore.”
“When there are many people, amidst the chaos...you and your sister go to Binzhou.”
Mehxistence's Thoughts
Oh, been a week. Anyway, Fang Yuqing's given name is composed of two characters while for Yu Qing, Yu is the surname and Qing is the given name. Before I thought that they withheld the surname. I'll be using the right one from this chapter.
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Re-Imagining the Workplace in a Post Covid World
In the space of a few short months, the entire concept of ‘going to work’ has been completely upended. Most of us no longer commute to a physical office, or stick to the 9-5 working day. Coffee breaks are now enjoyed from the comfort of your kitchen and everything from board meetings to catching up with colleagues can be managed via voice or video. In some cases, the transition to remote working has been challenging, but for many others, the easy availability of new technology and fast, reliable connectivity solutions have unlocked new levels of flexibility, productivity and collaboration.
Even as global restrictions begin to be eased, many businesses will now be seriously considering whether a return to the traditional 9-5 office is really in their best interests. With that in mind, we’ve taken a look back at some of the biggest changes to the way we work and whether or not they’re here to stay:
1.) Returning to the 9-5 Routine
Even before Covid-19 began, the relevance of a fixed working day was being called into question. When asked, 78%1 of people believed that a flexible working schedule not only made them more productive, but actually increased the overall performance of the company they work for. Flexible working days were becoming the norm, with increasing numbers of people finding that shaping their working day around their families, friends and hobbies made for a much happier, more productive work-life balance.
Whilst working from home full time has its challenges, many have found that the extra hours spent commuting in rush hour or travelling to meetings can actually be put to far better use. Simply getting an hour or two of work in before the kids wake up and then enjoying a much longer, more relaxed evening with the family is a compelling prospect, and one which many will look to continue with, even as offices begin to re-open.
Our Verdict: The 9-5 office work day is on its way out, flexible work days are here to stay for many.
2.) Embracing Digital Collaboration Tools
One of the biggest challenges businesses have faced during the transition to working from home has been how to ensure their people can continue to share, collaborate and work together as effectively as they would be able to in a physical office. Many teams have turned to cloud based tools like Monday, Slack, Office 365 and Google Drive to ensure project management, workflow and collaboration has remained as consistent as possible in the face of significant workplace disruption.
Whilst the Covid-19 crisis has undoubtedly increased short term awareness and usage of collaboration software, it wouldn’t be entirely accurate to suggest that it’s the only factor driving small businesses towards this kind of solution. In an interview last month, the GM of Google’s G Suite revealed that they had passed the milestone of 2 billion monthly active users at the end of 2019. These stats show that for thousands of businesses, these kinds of tools were already in use and the shift to working from home simply increased their overall importance and usage in day to day workflows.
Our Verdict: At home or in the office, collaboration software will remain an essential part of any small business’ toolkit.
3.) Making the Switch to Virtual Meetings
Love them or hate them, virtual meetings have become the new normal for almost everyone. Whether it’s on Zoom, Cisco Webex or Microsoft Teams, client introductions, project updates and team meetings are all happening via video, usually with a still from your favourite TV show as the backdrop.
What’s different about this generation of communication apps isn’t just the quality and reliability of the connection they offer, but that they also come equipped with a whole range of collaboration and sharing features. From screen sharing and recording functionality to adding live annotations to documents and presentations, the level of interactivity and potential for team engagement makes these apps a genuinely viable long term alternative to face to face meetings.
Our Verdict: More features, flexibility and better call quality could well make virtual meetings the go-to choice for businesses.
4.) Ensuring Connectivity at Home
As the UK switched to working from home, the country’s network infrastructure was put to the test as average daytime usage during the week began to spike. Some broadband providers reported a 35-60% increase in overall usage, but despite this, Ofcom data2 suggests that speed has remained largely unaffected. For small businesses who had previously relied on a managed service, or business broadband directly to their physical office, the fact most connections remained reliable and stable would have been a huge relief in the short term.
However, as working from home became the norm, it became clear that getting great connectivity wasn’t necessarily something that required people to be in the office. From ultra flexible mobile broadband hubs, to mobile contracts with masses of data, staying connected with colleagues and clients has never been easier. The diversity and availability of great connectivity solutions outside of the office is certainly something that many small businesses will be seriously considering as they plan their connectivity strategies post Covid.
Our Verdict: Businesses will increasingly look to prioritise flexible connectivity solutions as standard.
The Covid-19 crisis has completely changed the way many of us think about our workplaces. In many cases, it’s accelerated the adoption of technology that empowers flexible, remote working and given small businesses plenty of food for thought on how best to promote productivity, collaboration and a healthy work-life balance. Whilst physical offices will undoubtedly still have a role to play, it seems increasingly unlikely that either the way we work, or the connectivity solutions we choose, will ever be the same.
1.‘ Work Life Balance, But Not As You Know It’. - Virgin Media Business, 2019. https://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/pdf/Insights%20Guides/work-life-balance-Infographic.pdf
2. ‘Broadband networks stand firm during pandemic’, Ofcom, 13.05.20. - https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/features-and-news/broadband-networks-stand-firm-during-pandemic
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Montreal, 8 October 2019
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces the publication of the following new Technical Letters (TL) which were approved by WADA's Executive Committee (ExCo) at its meeting on 23 September 2019 in Tokyo, Japan:
TL-18: in-situ formation of testolactone
This new TL includes guidance regarding the interpretation and reporting of possible detection of testolactone in urine samples, which may result from the in-situ transformation of DHEA.
TL-19: in-situ formation of prednisone and prednisolone
This new TL includes clarification regarding the possible detection of prednisone and/or prednisolone in urine samples, which may result from the in-situ transformation of cortisone and cortisol, respectively.
TL-20: in-situ formation of specific substances with a steroid structure
This new TL includes clarification regarding the possible detection of Prohibited Substances with a steroid structure in urine samples, which may result from the in-situ transformation of endogenous steroids.
All WADA-accredited Laboratories are kindly requested to implement these three new Technical Letters with immediate effect.
About Technical Letters
WADA publishes Technical Letters on an ad-hoc basis in order to provide instruction and guidance to the WADA-accredited Laboratories, WADA-approved Laboratories for the Athlete Biological Passport and other stakeholders on particular issues related to the analysis, interpretation and reporting of results for specific Prohibited Substance(s) and/or Prohibited Method(s) or on the application of specific Laboratory procedures. Technical Letters are modified and/or withdrawn by WADA as deemed appropriate.
The Technical Letters constitute a WADA Laboratory standard document which supersedes any previous publication on a similar topic and becomes an integral part of the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL), and therefore the described technical recommendations are mandatory and shall be implemented as soon as possible after approval by WADA's ExCo and publishing on WADA's website.
A Technical Letter shall be applied to samples which are received by the Laboratory on and after the Technical Letter's effective date.
Previously issued Technical Letters are available and indexed on WADA's website.
Should you have any questions regarding the above Technical Letters, we kindly invite you to contact WADA's Science Department at .
Published on Tuesday, 27 August 2019 00:06
During the WAKO European Championships in Gyor it was organized WAKO Europe Board of directors meeting chaired by Mr. Istvan Kiraly, WAKO Europe Acting President. The WAKO Europe Board of directors has made many for the future important decisions. Moving on more energized for the events in 2020 which will be qualifying for The World Games Birmingham and Combat Games. The WAKO IF President Roy Baker who was present at the meeting as the Chairman of the Organizing Committee stressed the importance of WAKO participation at EUSA Combat Championships this year in Zagreb. For the first time WAKO participated at the international multi sport event as IOC recognized sport.
Published on Monday, 26 August 2019 23:54
European Championships for Children, Cadets and Juniors
Gyor, Hungary, 24.8.-1.9.2019
European Championships for children, cadets and juniors officially has started. This year event is taking place in fantastic Audi arena in Gyor, Hungary. For the first time it has been organized also for the children division from 8-10 years only in Point fighting.
Mayor of Gyor opening the championships
Draw started at time with the introductory speech of WAKO Europe act. President Istvan Kiraly and WAKO IF President Roy Baker about the process, and lasted about three hours, due to the numerous starts at the Championships: 1991 entries from 39 European countries.
Referee seminar
Referee seminars for tatami and ring has been held to be sure everything is clear about the rules, due to the ongoing process of changing the rules in WAKO which is not finished yet and until than, the actual rules and regulations are in use.
During the meetings, the new Medical Committee Chairman dr Massimiliano Bianco has been appointed. His speciality is sports cardiology and he already had researches in the field of combat sports so there are many plans in this area already announced.
The new medical committee chairman
The next day the early morning hours has been reserved for the Opening ceremony, with many VIP guests from the goverment establishment and the Mayor of Gyor himself. It was magnificant spectacle and beautiful parade of teams and judges and referees in the massive lining up at the stage.
During the ceremony WAKO IF President Mr Roy Baker thanked to all participants, parents and coaches and reminded that kickboxing teaches children about reselience which became a indispensable feature in today's world. He also payed tribute for the life struggle of WAKO referee Marco Pakor, which was very touching.
The fights started 26.8. and in the next week the competition will be held on 8 tatami areas and three rings.
WADA INDEPENDENT OBSERVER AND ATHLETE OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN ACTION AT LIMA 2019 GAMES
MONTREAL, 30 JULY 2019
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to outline its Independent Observer (IO) and Athlete Outreach (AO) programs at the Lima 2019 Pan American (Pan Am) Games, which run from 26 July to 11 August; and, the Parapan American (Parapan Am) Games, to be held from 23 August to 1 September 2019.
The IO and AO teams (listed below) will be active throughout the Pan Am Games and, respectively, are providing real-time expert advice to organizers on all matters relating to the doping control program in place, and giving athletes and their supporting teams the opportunity to learn more about anti-doping and how the anti-doping community works to protect clean sport. The AO Team will also be staying on throughout the Parapan Am Games in order to conduct their activities with para-athletes and their support teams as well.
WADA Director General Olivier Niggli said: “The Pan American Games are an important event on the sporting calendar with almost 7,000 athletes from 41 American countries competing in 39 sports. In the lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, it is especially important for our experienced team of observers to be present as many of the Pan Am events are qualifiers for the Olympic Games.
“In addition to our IO team, a dynamic WADA Athlete Outreach team is also on hand to provide an opportunity for all competitors to engage with anti-doping in an informal and fun environment. Raising anti-doping awareness with the world’s competing athletes and their support personnel, reminding them of clean sport values and asking them to reflect on all the reasons why they choose to play true is a critical task for the anti-doping community, and I wish to thank Pan Am Sports and the Games’ organizing committee for partnering with WADA on such
an important occasion.”
WADA’s IO team, which is composed of international experts in anti-doping, is intended to instill confidence in athletes and other stakeholders as to the quality, effectiveness and reliability of anti-doping programs being carried out at major events around the world. The IO team is observing all aspects of the Pan Am Games’ anti-doping program, including:
* Test distribution planning
* Selection of competitors for testing
* Notification of doping control
* Sample collection procedures
* Therapeutic Use Exemption procedures
* Results management
The team is providing daily feedback to Pan Am Sports as well as the Lima 2019 Organizing Committee. The team will then issue a post-event report that will include a series of observations and recommendations designed to enhance anti-doping activities at future Pan Am Games.
WADA’s AO team, which is staffed by anti-doping experts from across the Americas, is active in the athletes’ village during the Pan Am Games and will be active during the Parapan Am Games as well. The aim of the team is to build awareness among athletes, support personnel and others as to the dangers and consequences of doping and as it relates to athletes’ rights and responsibilities under the World Anti-Doping Code
Visitors to the AO booth are encouraged to complete the Play True Quiz, which is now available in 43 languages, to sign a pledge explaining why they Play True, and to share their experience on social media using the hashtag #PlayTrue. Beyond WADA’s IO and AO activities during the Lima 2019 Games, in connection with the mandate of WADA’s Prevalence Working Group, WADA and Pan Am Sports have an agreement to carry out a pilot study during the Games. Specifically, the study seeks to validate a survey method among athletes during the Games with the objective of developing a tool or set of tools to estimate the prevalence of doping in sports and countries; and, to enable measurement of the impact of anti-doping policies and actions on the prevalence of doping over time.
THE IO AND AO TEAM MEMBERS
THE IO TEAM – PAN AM GAMES
* Ilaria Baudo (Chair), WADA
* Juan Manuel Lauria (Team Manager), WADA
* Saul Salcedo, National Anti-Doping Organization of Panama
* Andrés Gonzalez, National Anti-Doping Organization of Chile
THE AO TEAM – PAN AM GAMES
* Stacy Spletzer-Jegen (Team Manager), WADA
* Edna Serra, WADA
_Phase 1:_
* Patricia Esposito, National Anti-Doping Organization of Guatemala
* Patrick Werleman, National Olympic Committee of Aruba
* Carolina Joly, IOC Youth Change Maker, National Olympic Committee of Panama
* Jorge Laurence, National Anti-Doping Organization of Argentina
* Paulina de la Loza, National Anti-Doping Organization of Mexico
* Christopher Thompson, Bahamas Anti-Doping Commission
THE AO TEAM – PARAPAN AM GAMES
* Edna Serra (Team Manager), WADA
* Elizabeth Gimenez, National Anti-Doping Organization of Paraguay
* Cathlyn Pistolas, United States Anti-Doping Agency
* Adriana Taboza, National Anti-Doping Organization of Brazil
Published on Tuesday, 16 July 2019 23:51
WADA PUBLISHES LATEST DRAFT VERSIONS OF THE 2021 CODE AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
THE AGENCY ALSO PUBLISHES LATEST DRAFT OF ANTI-DOPING CHARTER OF ATHLETE RIGHTS
On 12 December 2017 [2], 4 June 2018 [3] and 10 December 2018 [4] respectively, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) launched the three phases of the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code Review Process [5] (2021 Code Review Process), which also involves review of the International Standards (Standards).
Today, the Agency is pleased to publish:
I. THE THIRD DRAFT OF THE 2021 WORLD ANTI-DOPING CODE (CODE)
II. THE SECOND DRAFTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS _(where applicable)_
III. THE REVISED ANTI-DOPING CHARTER OF ATHLETE RIGHTS (CHARTER)
These updated versions of the Code, Standards and Charter follow careful consideration of all recommendations and feedback received during the three phases of the 2021 Code Review Process, which came to an end on 4 March 2019. They were submitted to WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) and Foundation Board (Board) at their respective meetings on 15 and 16 May 2019.
The whole review process will culminate with approval of the final drafts at WADA’s next World Conference on Doping in Sport, which is to be held in Katowice, Poland in November 2019; after which, the revised 2021 Code and Standards will take effect on 1 January 2021.
I. CODE
Following the third phase of stakeholder consultation on the 2021 Code, the Agency is pleased to publish:
* The third draft of the Code [6] following the third review phase
* Two Redline versions of the Code (third draft v second draft [7] and third draft v current Code [8])
* The Summary of major proposed changes [9] following the third consultation phase
* The Comments received from stakeholders [10] during the third consultation phase
* The Comments received on the Code, Standards and Charter from the Olympic Movement [11] during the third consultation phase
II. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Following the second phase of stakeholder consultation on the Standards, the Agency is pleased to publish:
1. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTIONS (ISTUE)
* Clean version of the second draft [12]
* Redline versions (second draft v first draft [13] and second draft v current Standard [14])
* Summary of major proposed changes [15]
* Comments received from stakeholders [16] during the second consultation phase
2. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR CODE COMPLIANCE BY SIGNATORIES (ISCCS)
3. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR EDUCATION (ISE)
* Clean version of the third draft [22]
* Redline version (third draft v second draft) [23]
4. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR RESULTS MANAGEMENT (ISRM). This Standard is currently undergoing a second consultation phase following the presentation of the second draft at the May 2019 ExCo meeting. The most recent documents are listed below:
* Redline version (second draft v first draft [27])
* Comments received from stakeholders [29] during the first consultation phase
5. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND PERSONAL
INFORMATION (ISPPPI)
6. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR TESTING AND INVESTIGATIONS (ISTI)
7. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR LABORATORIES (ISL). This version (10.0) of the Standard was approved at WADA’s May 2019 Board meeting, following a third phase of consultation requested by the WADA ExCo in November 2018. The consultation phase ran from 10 December 2018 to 4 March 2019 along with the other Standards. Version 10.0 will come into force on 1 November 2019 but will undergo further revision in 2020 to bring it in line with the 2021 Code. As such, a consultation phase will take place from December 2019 to March 2020. The most recent documents are listed below:
* Clean version (10.0) [40]
* Redline version (current version 10.0 v November 2018 version 10.0) [41]
* Summary of major changes [42]
* Comments received from stakeholders [43] during the third consultation phase
8. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR THE PROHIBITED LIST is not part of the review process as it is reviewed annually via a separate stakeholder consultation.
[Note: At this point, the Code and Standard documents are available in English only.]
III. ANTI-DOPING CHARTER OF ATHLETE RIGHTS
Following the first and only round of stakeholder consultation of the Anti-Doping Charter of Athlete Rights, which is being developed by WADA’s Athlete Committee, the Agency is pleased to publish:
* Redline version [45]
* Comments received from stakeholders [47]
[Note: The second draft of the Charter is also available in French [48] and Spanish [49].]
WADA would like to thank all stakeholders for their feedback during the 2021 Code Review Process. The high quality of stakeholder feedback that was collected during the Review was instrumental to ensuring that the Code and Standards be further strengthened in protection of clean sport.
The Agency also wishes to advise stakeholders that while the official consultation phases are now over – with the exception of the ISRM (which is currently undergoing a second consultation phase) and the ISL (which will undergo further revision and stakeholder consultation as explained above) – the drafting teams will continue to accept comments and/or feedback from stakeholders to ensure that the 2021 Code and Standards, which will be further discussed by WADA’s ExCo at its last meeting before the World Conference (on 23 September in Tokyo) are as robust and comprehensive as possible.
WAKO Children, Cadets and Juniors European Championships
BALKAN OPEN 2019 OFICIAL REPORT
Mr EuyWoong Mah passed away
SERBIA OPEN 2019 European Kick Boxing Cup - report
WAKO European Cup “Karlovac OPEN”
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