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September 7, 2017 - Thursday September 7, 2017 - Thursday Jeggit Politics, Scotland, Society
Anas Sarwar: A Scottish Labour Fallacy
Jackie Ballie can think all she wants that we’re quaking in our boots with the prospect of Anas Sarwar taking the Balliol throne in Scottish Labour. Fear is the last thing independentistas are feeling. We can’t wait to get stuck in.
Now that Kezia Dugdale has departed the chair, once again leaving Labour in Scotland leaderless and rudderless – a situation that has become the new normal for Scottish Labour, the race has started in earnest to elect the ninth branch office manager since devolution. That whoever wins will be number nine since the 1998 Scotland Act tells us pretty much all we need to know about the condition of what was once Scotland’s political party of choice. Labour in Scotland is a mess. It is an unmitigated disaster, and nothing can be done or said – with a new leader on average every two years – to make this look or sound any better. No one blames Kezia for pressing the eject button.
All eyes are on the deputy, now acting, leader Anas Sarwar as though he has something new to offer. Anas, as a coördinator of the Better Together campaign and yet another Scottish Blairite stooge, has little – if anything at all – to offer either Labour in Scotland or real Labour in London. Even in the decade before Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum – the event on which Labour in Scotland now blames all its failings – Labour was already in terminal decline. Far quicker than in other parts of the United Kingdom, Scottish voters saw through Blairism and New Labour, and yet – inexplicably – Scottish Labour has remained a weird museum of what Labour was for a brief moment in the late 1990s.
SNP shouting at @AnasSarwar as he points out their failures over 10 years of gov. Clearly he is the candidate they fear. #Anas4Leader
Jackie Baillie (@jackiebmsp) September 05, 2017
As soon as Anas’ name came up as a contender and as soon as he put his name in the pot independence supporters began making noise. Naturally, being want of anything approximating something that might pass for intelligence, Dumbarton MSP Jackie Ballie sounded off that this stirring on the Yes side of Scotland was fear – prompting her to suggest Sarwar was the candidate the SNP feared. Naw Jackie, we’ve been swatting off Blairites for too long. It’s too easy. The rumbling you’re feeling is us being fed up with the same old tosh.
Sarwar, for what it’s worth, is neither left nor consistent. He lacks even the moral fibre to vote for his own bills in the Holyrood parliament – when doing so would put him on the same side as the party in government. How can left-leaning Scottish voters get behind a man who proposed axing the Westminster imposed cap on public sector wages and then did a rapid volte-face when he discovered this won him the support of the actually left-leaning Scottish National Party? This has done nothing but put a serious dent in his credibility. There are scarce few in the UK – considering Corbyn’s Momentum’s rabble rousing for scrapping the cap in England – who will fail to see right through what he has done. Once again Labour in Scotland has put the union before principles.
Putting the interests of Britain before the people of Scotland is nothing new to Anas Sarwar. He was the backbone behind Better Together in Scotland, the campaign front for our imperial masters that brought about the single biggest loss in membership and support Labour has suffered in the history of the party. His work during that campaign – closely aligned as it was with Westminster and Edinburgh Tories – all but killed the Labour Party in Scotland, and now heid bangers like Jackie Ballie think we’re scared. Quite the opposite is true, so bring it on.
Here's Anas Sarwar doing the shell game with Ruth Davidson at a "David Cameron for UK PM" table in the indy ref. Mi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
Martin MacDonald (@Innealadair) September 04, 2017
But there is a greater fallacy in action here. Irrespective of the hype in the Scottish media around this current phase of the Scottish Labour crisis, it doesn’t matter who is elected head of the party. It can be a donkey. Not a donkey like Johann Lamont, or Jim Murphy, or even Kezia Dugdale, but a real ee-awing donkey. The “leadership” of Scottish Labour is and has always been meaningless. There is no leader of Scottish Labour. Scottish Labour is not a political party in its own right. It has no legal or political reality. Scottish Labour is the British Labour Party in Scotland and every decision of any importance is made by and for the benefit of the real party leadership at 105 Victoria Street in the City of Westminster, London.
Supposing he gets the job, even he knows this is a poison chalice. Given that the left in Scotland has long since abandoned Labour and that Labour has long since abandoned the left, the top job in Scotland is political suicide. The last thing we in the independence movement feel about the prospect of a Comrade Sarwar is fear. We pity the fool.
In terms of the real debate in Scotland, the constitutional question, Sarwar is no change. Labour’s “recovery” in Scotland has peaked. Sure, in the last general election – thanks to 500,000 pro-independence voters staying at home and some unionist tactical voting – it picked up a few more seats, but the true force of Scottish unionism is with the Conservatives on the right. Any careful analysis of voting patterns where Labour took seats will no doubt bear this out, showing right-leaning voters supporting it in constituencies where the Tories couldn’t win in order to deprive the SNP. This was good news for Corbyn, but whatever it was it wasn’t a recovery.
The left has long since gone out of Scottish Labour’s ‘radical’ agenda.
Labour’s political reality in Scotland is worse than dire. As it stands at the moment it is the shell of a Labourism that no longer exists elsewhere in UK politics, and it is trying hard to sell this to a Scottish electorate that had already rejected it a decade ago. Making this humiliation complete is the sorrowful fact that Labour in Scotland, existing as it does, can only hope to survive on the coattails of Ruth Davidson’s Conservative Party. Scottish Labour is a sham, nothing more than a sock puppet account for the true blue Scottish unionists.
If Labour members knew what was good for their party – and God only knows why I am offering them this advice – they would dispense with the idea of continuing the Blairist project forthwith and seek a genuine alternative. Scottish Labour, if it is to have a future at all, must make the break from London, ditch its outdated and obsolete corporatist-Thatcherite ideology, and get back to representing the true leftist values of Scotland. As long as it refuses to do this Labour in Scotland will remain where it is right now; right on the precipice of oblivion.
Empire strikes back as ‘imperial masters’ gather in Glasgow
Tagged Anas Sarwar, Democracy, Devolution, Imperial Masters, Independence Movement, Kezia Dugdale, Labour Party, Leadership Contest, Left Politics, New Left, Political Left, Radical Left, Scotland, Scottish Devolution, Scottish Labour, Scottish Parliament, Scottish Unionism
6 thoughts on “Anas Sarwar: A Scottish Labour Fallacy”
Colin Millar says:
September 7, 2017 - Thursday at 12:52
Yeah Anas is an ass but why would they split from London? Corbyn’s values are closer to genuine socialism than almost all SNP politicians.
He has supported the Tories, backs the renewal of Trident, and supports the continuation of austerity. Sure, if that’s how you define ‘socialism,’ Corbyn is a real Karl Marx.
daibhidhdeux says:
A BritNat imperialist pseudo-socialist says…
brianmca3 says:
September 8, 2017 - Friday at 10:36
Fallacy? MAIR LIKE PHALLIC
Dr Jim says:
The trouble with Socialists as with Capitalists is they’re not terribly keen on Democracy
that’s why I’m a member of the SNP they’re kinda big on the old democracy thing and funnily enough so is most of Scotland thank goodness
ic1809 says:
Even without Sarwar in charge it is unlikely to change. Recently when I suggested that the logo on his t-shirt was deceitful and why don’t you just use the term ‘Labour’, an older Labour activist dismissively insisted that ‘Scottish Labour’ was a separate party before purposefully moving passed me to issue a balloon to a small child. This was not an isolated example of the calibre of Labour party activists I have come across. Assisting Scottish Labour off the edge may be the humane thing to do.
One way to do this is to highlight their deception that they have the interests of the people of Scotland at heart. Scottish Labour is a TRAP i.e. a ‘ thing resembling a party’. In the same way that I’m trying to use the term ‘British nationalists’ when talking to or referring to supporters of any UK national party, I intend to use the term ‘Scotch Labour’ in relation to Scottish Labour.
Scotch Labour should be seen as a brand, a marketing device. But unlike Scotch whisky, Scotch Labour is the Perrier of politics; a name once associated with purity, now (forever?) linked with contamination. “Scotch Labour – the political poison of choice for careerists, tribalists and other non Tory British nationalists”. How’s that for an advertising slogan? Perhaps we could chant it as the ‘party’ faithful steps off the political precipice!
British Nationalism is a Racist Identity
Trolling Wee Brave: Scottish Unionism at its Lowest
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Marie Stopes and the Fern Ledges of Saint John, New Brunswick
HJ Falcon-Lang, RF Miller
School of Earth Sciences
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The Role of Women in the History of Geology (Special Publication 281)
CV Burek, B Higgs
Geological Society of London
Other identifier: 1862392277
Falcon-Lang, HJ., & Miller, RF. (2007). Marie Stopes and the Fern Ledges of Saint John, New Brunswick. In CV. Burek, & B. Higgs (Eds.), The Role of Women in the History of Geology (Special Publication 281) (pp. 227 - 245). Geological Society of London.
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Pi-pi stacking tackled with density functional theory
M. Swart, T. van der Wijst, C. Fonseca Guerra, F.M. Bickelhaupt
Through comparison with ab initio reference data, we have evaluated the performance of various density functionals for describing π-π interactions as a function of the geometry between two stacked benzenes or benzene analogs, between two stacked DNA bases, and between two stacked Watson - Crick pairs. Our main purpose is to find a robust and computationally efficient density functional to be used specifically and only for describing π-π stacking interactions in DNA and other biological molecules in the framework of our recently developed QM/QM approach "QUILD". In line with previous studies, most standard density functionals recover, at best, only part of the favorable stacking interactions. An exception is the new KT1 functional, which correctly yields bound π-stacked structures. Surprisingly, a similarly good performance is achieved with the computationally very robust and efficient local density approximation (LDA). Furthermore, we show that classical electrostatic interactions determine the shape and depth of the π-π stacking potential energy surface. © Springer-Verlag 2007.
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Swart, M., van der Wijst, T., Fonseca Guerra, C., & Bickelhaupt, F. M. (2007). Pi-pi stacking tackled with density functional theory. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 13(12), 1245-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-007-0239-y
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Association of diabetes with age-related macular degeneration in the EUREYE study.
Topouzis, F; Anastasopoulos, E; Augood, C; Bentham, GC; Chakravarthy, U; de Jong, PTVM; Rahu, M; Seland, J; Soubrane, G; Tomazzoli, L; +4 more... Vingerling, JR; Vioque, J; Young, IS; Fletcher, AE; (2009) Association of diabetes with age-related macular degeneration in the EUREYE study. The British journal of ophthalmology, 93 (8). pp. 1037-1041. ISSN 0007-1161 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2008.146316
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between self-reported diabetes history and early or late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the European population. METHODS: Participants aged 65 years and over in the cross-sectional population-based EUREYE study underwent an eye examination including digital retinal photography. The images were graded at a single centre. A structured questionnaire was administered by trained field workers for putative risk factors for AMD including history of diabetes mellitus. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association between diabetes and stages of AMD, taking account of potential demographic, behavioural, dietary and medical (history of cardiovascular disease) confounders. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Photographic images were graded according to the modified International Classification System for AMD and stratified into five exclusive stages from no signs of AMD (AMD stage 0), early AMD (Stages 1-3) and late AMD (Stage 4). Late AMD was subdivided in neovascular AMD (NV-AMD) or geographic atrophy (GA). RESULTS: Data on diabetes history and potential confounders were available in 2117 control subjects without AMD, 2182 with early AMD, 49 with GA and 101 with NV-AMD. Of all participants, 13.1% reported a history of diabetes. After adjusting for potential confounders, subjects with neovascular AMD compared with controls had increased odds for diabetes (odds ratio 1.81; 95% confidence interval, 1.10 to 2.98, p = 0.02). Subjects with AMD grades 1 to 3 or GA had no increased odds for diabetes compared with those without AMD. CONCLUSIONS: In the EUREYE study, after multiple adjustments, positive association of diabetes mellitus with neovascular AMD was found. The hypothesis that diabetes is associated with neovascular AMD but not with geographic atrophy may suggest a different pathogenesis of the two advanced forms of the disease and needs to be further evaluated.
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https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/2018/11/10/houston-rockets-san-antonio-spurs-final-score-what-worked-didnt/
Rockets score below 90 points again, lose to Spurs: What worked and what didn't
The Rockets stayed competitive for all four quarters, but could not endure their own shooting problems, falling to the Spurs 89-96.
What worked: Active hands on defense
The Rockets did an excellent job of reading and intercepting the Spurs’ interior passes, which had heretofore been counted among Houston’s critical failures. By stymieing ball movement and forcing the Spurs away from the rim, they actually kept points in the paint to a minimum (32), while maximizing San Antonio turnovers (15).
Unfortunately, Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge does not need the ball at the rim to be effective, punishing the Rockets on mismatches and poorly executed double teams. Ultimately, it was too much for Houston to overcome. Aldridge sank 10-21 shot attempts, finishing with a game-high 27 points.
What didn’t: Three-point shooting
The Rockets made just nine of their 41 three-point attempts. Guards James Harden (1-13) and Eric Gordon (3-14) combined for 4-27 from deep, missing opportunity after opportunity to capitalize on open looks. Whatever this slump is that seems to be plaguing Houston’s entire guard rotation needs to end if the team is to turn things around.
What’s next: Indiana Pacers
The Rockets return home for the second half of this back-to-back, hosting the Indiana Pacers for their second matchup of the season.
Rockets at Pacers: Betting odds, point spread for Wednesday night
In a battle of the No. 4 teams in the Western Conference and Eastern Conference, respectively, from last season, the Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers will face off in Indianapolis on Wednesday night. Both sides are widely viewed as solid playoff contenders this year, as well.
The Pacers (5-2) are off to a better start in the 2020-21 campaign than the Rockets (2-3), though Houston's record is dampened by two extremely shorthanded losses to open the season when John Wall, Eric Gordon, DeMarcus Cousins, and others were out due to a mandatory quarantine. Since then, Houston has won two of...
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Per veteran Houston radio host John Granato, the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics "are the favorites right now" to trade for disgruntled Rockets superstar James Harden. Granato has covered the Houston sports scene for decades, and certainly has his share of connections.
"It’d be a package for Pascal Siakam and more or Jaylen Brown and more," tweeted Granato, who works with Houston's ESPN Radio affiliate. He cited an "impeccable source" for that information.
Granato did not specify whether a trade might occur before the rapidly approaching 2020-21 regular season, or if the Rockets would put it off until...
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In the early days, when man wanted to have some privacy and protection from the elements when he did his “chores” he dug a hole in the ground, lined it with stone, brick, wood or other available material and built an “outhouse” above. Delivery of the waste to its final resting place was by gravity. If the hole eventually filled up, the outhouse got moved to a new location.
Upon Thomas Crapper’s invention of the flush toilet, man was now able to do his chores in the comfort of his home.
Civilized man was now able to do away with the outhouse, but, because wastes and wastewater needed a place to go…
He connected the pipe to the pit that served the outhouse and covered over the hole to hold down the smell and keep the neighbor’s dogs and kids from falling in.
The pit serving the toilet now was called a cesspool.
It soon became obvious that the cesspool often couldn’t handle the extra load of the wastewater along with the waste.
Eventually somebody figured out that by putting a watertight tank in the line between the house and the cesspool, much of the waste could be removed from the flow of wastewater and trapped in the tank where it would decompose.
This treatment chamber became known as the septic tank.
Note that the septic tank has a baffle at each end to help keep waste in the tank. The original pit remained as the part of the system that returned “clarified” wastewater to the ground.
It now became known as a drywell.
Sometimes due to heavy use, poor soil conditions, age of the system or a combination of these factors, the drywell still plugged up. (Wastewater still contains soaps, greases and other stuff that seals the pores of all but the most porous soils.)
Often a second (or third or fourth) drywell would be installed after the first to increase the soil absorption area. Note that an alert installer would place a baffle at the outlet of the original drywell to help keep floating solids from passing into the new dry well.
Then when man became concerned about protecting his environment, he realized that many septic systems were built too deep into the ground. There was risk of polluting his drinking water by allowing wastewater to get directly into the water table before it was properly treated by filtration through the soil. In 1967, New Hampshire passed regulations requiring any leaching portion of a septic system (the part that sends water back into the ground) to be four feet above the seasonal high-water table.
This resulted in the switch from dry wells to leach fields, using larger “footprint” areas much shallower into the ground.
About the same time, most installers switched from the old style steel septic tanks to the supposedly more permanent concrete style (shown here).
Then as the better land became developed and man was forced to settle on poorer ground with higher water tables, leach fields began to get pushed out of the ground to maintain separation to ground water. In many cases, pumps now have to be installed to get effluent up to these mound systems.
To save space and simplify construction of these raised systems, many new approaches have developed including the use of plastic or concrete chambers as well as other innovations.
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Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell: Her age, height, and is she dating Joe Sugg?
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Giovanni Pernice is one of the most beloved professional dancers on Strictly Come Dancing , having got to the final of the show three times out of the five years he’s been a part of it. However, the year-old has today revealed that he still doesn’t know if he’s returning to the show for the new series yet. Gio, who is dating Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts after they met on the show in , spoke on This Morning earlier today, and told Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby that he’s not yet confirmed for the line-up. However, the Italian then revealed that the dancers normally find out in February if they’ll be part of the next series – so there’s hopefully not long to wait! Giovanni also opened up about his final dance with Michelle Visage, his celebrity partner. The pair went out at Blackpool, doing a Couples’ Choice to ‘Vogue’ by Madonna, and Gio confessed he’d been shocked that they’d been eliminated. On the first ever series of Strictly back in , news reader Natasha Kaplinsky and professional dancer Brendan Cole were paired together. Despite both being in other relationships at the time, both Natasha and Brendan called off their romances and started dating after the series finished. Their relationship didn’t last long though, and they are now both happily married to other people. With the pair both single at the time, Ali and Brian started a relationship, only for it to end the following year.
Strictly Come Dancing has seen several stars form romances on the show over the years. Strictly is on its way back! Don’t miss our regular newsletter round-up with the latest show news. Strictly Come Dancing returns to the BBC later this year, as a whole new batch of celebrities are paired up with the professional dancers in a bid to win the Glitterball trophy.
We look back at the Strictly Come Dancing couples who have graced the dance floor over the years and see if the magic ends once the.
Search Search. Menu Sections. Photo: Mark Condren. It’s often dubbed ‘the Curse of Strictly’: The scenario when couples meet professionally on shows like Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing with the Stars or Dancing on Ice only to end up romantically involved off camera. C alling it a curse suggests there should be a danger sign over these fledgling relationships, that all who dance their way into a courtship should do so with care.
But what about the joy and happiness that a romance, forged on the dancefloor can bring? Far from looking ‘cursed’, Kevin Kilbane and Brianne Delcourt who were both single when they met looked adorably smitten when they appeared on TV recently, with the former footballer revealing he was “absolutely delighted” to be dating his Dancing on Ice partner.
The pair have now said they’re going to marry.
Welsh dancer Amy was reportedly in tears and was comforted by fellow pro Neil Jones after finishing in the dance-off despite coming joint top of the leaderboard. Strictly Come Dancing’s Welsh dancer Amy Dowden was reportedly left “in tears” after coming through the dance-off with partner Karim Zeroual. In a controversial twist, the couple, who are favourites to win, found themselves in the dance-off despite finishing joint-top of the leaderboard.
Their emotional Contemporary Couples Choice to Drops Of Jupiter by With Confidence left the audience in tears and won high praise from the judges but failed to impress the voting public.
strictly come dancing dancers dating. On December Strictly Come Dancing became the subject of press attention and viewer complaints about an error in the.
By Eve Buckland For Mailonline. He announced the end of his marriage to dancer Katya Jones in September , one year after her scandalous kiss with Seann Walsh. And Neil Jones is on the lookout for love once more as the Strictly hunk has popped up on wildly popular dating app, Hinge. The star, 37, is sure to delight many a ballroom fan by popping up on the app, where he opens with the smooth line ‘the one thing I’d like to know about you Oh my!
Neil, who lists his height as 5’9, has shared a series of sizzling snaps to attract potential dates, including one shirtless snap showing off his multiple tattoos. Striking a fierce pose in an armchair, the muscular dancefloor sensation whips off a metal dome to reveal a club sandwich and some chips. The star is also seen still wearing his wedding ring in an extremely dapper photo of him in a navy suit and silk tie, where he stares serenely at the ground while adjusting his cufflinks.
Another fun snap shows the star, clad in a cream shirt and skinny jeans, striking a comical pose with an elephant statue as he leans casually against a wall.
Strictly Come Dancing ‘s AJ Pritchard and Saffron Barker have set tongues wagging after becoming incredibly close as dance partners on the show as people start to question if they could be more than friends, despite AJ having a girlfriend, Abbie Quinnen. Who Is Saffron Barker? Honestly Working so Hard this week, but sometimes Yep, it seems the phrase ‘Strictly curse’ may start to be thrown around as the series hots up and the two youngsters progress in the competition and keep fans updated with their progress across social media, as people flood their comments with love hearts and questions if they’re together.
One user wrote, “you just act more of a couple [
We look at the couples who became more than just dance partners on BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. Frances. By Frances Taylor. Last.
Welcome to Glamour UK. This site uses cookies to improve your experience and deliver personalised advertising. You can opt out at any time or find out more by reading our cookie policy. Is Strictly a cupid or a curse when it comes to romance? We look at the couples from this series, and back at the couples who have graced the dance floor over the years and see if the magic ends once the dancing shoes come off.
Even the Strictly Come Dancing professionals aren’t immune from the curse.
It seems the Strictly curse is the one Christmas gift that keeps on giving. First, Seann Walsh and Katya Jones rattled some cages after being pictured kissing on a night out, resulting in the comedian being given the boot by his girlfriend. All eyes are also on Ashley Roberts after she reportedly kissed Giovanni Pernice at the Strictly wrap party. The Strictly curse first struck in and has been claiming victims ever since.
Strictly Come Dancing’s upcoming run may see two same sex pairings, it’s been reported. It follows ITV’s Dancing On Ice featuring Steps star.
Strictly Come Dancing ‘s launch show saw the 15 celebrities paired up with their professional partners. Former England footballer Alex Scott, currently the favourite to win, has become professional dancer Neil Jones’s first celebrity partner. Jones joins the lead cast of the dancing competition after separating from his wife and fellow Strictly professional Katya Jones , who was photographed kissing her celebrity partner — comedian Seann Walsh — last year.
Click through the galley below to see the celebrities with their professional dance partners. Reigning champion Kevin Clifton was paired with Anneka Rice in the opening show of the 17th series. Rice joked that she “hasn’t got a rhythm gene I can’t even clap in time”. Audience favourite Anton Du Beke has been partnered with EastEnders star Emma Barton , whom many believe is a strong contender to make it to the grand final in Blackpool.
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Oti Mabuse entered the world of Strictly Come Dancing in and has appeared ever since. Her husband, Marius lepure, is a fellow dancer from Romania who performed on Strictly in the professional routines in The two married in after meeting in Germany and have competed together many times over the years, winning gold at the German Nation Show Dance Championships. More recently, the couple have been hosting live dance classes from their Instagram channels during the coronavirus pandemic.
YouTube star Joe Sugg and his flame-haired partner Dianne Buswell have been an item since taking part in the show in The two were a big hit with the voters and became runners-up last year; they confirmed their romance on the weekend of the grand finale in December with a sweet Instagram post.
Dance extravaganza bringing the Strictly spectacle from screen to stage, with her ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ partner Gorka Marquez for dating Gemma Atkinson.
The TV receptionist reveals he’s “fascinated” by Strictly, being a “keen waltzer”. By Lauren Morris. The current series, named Celebs Go Virtual Dating, is a smaller season where the famous participants go on various webcam and real-life socially-distanced dates due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Sign up to receive our newsletter! Already have an account with us? Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences.
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Strictly Come Dancing has become synonymous with romance during its year stint on the BBC, but while a number of romantic relationships forged on the series have fallen apart, others have blossomed. From a secret wedding in Las Vegas to babies galore, the following Strictly alumi are in it for the long haul. It was all the way back in when actor Jimi Mistry was paired with Flavia Cacace no longer on the show.
The couple made it to week six before they were eliminated, with Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev who were also in a relationship for more than three years going on to lift the Glitterball trophy.
All Of The ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Cast Members Who’ve Dated Each The couple maintains that their relationship was strictly platonic and.
On December Strictly Come Dancing became the subject of press attention and viewer complaints about an error in the voting system during the semifinal of series six. After conducting an investigation Ofcom concluded that the mistake had resulted from an oversight rather than any shortcomings in the technical arrangements for voting or in the handling of votes received and that they were satisfied that appropriate steps were taken by the BBC and the disadvantage to viewers minimised.
While intending to return as host for each Children in Need and Christmas special he only did so for the Christmas special in and the Children in Need special in. The Showdance however is still restricted only for the finalists from the very first series until now. If three of the judges agree that one of the couples should be saved that couple is through to the following weeks competition and the Head Judges vote is not counted.
Tonioli commutes weekly between Hollywood and London to judge both the American and British versions of the show simultaneously. The Guinness World Records has named Strictly to be the worlds most successful reality television format. A new system called the danceoff was introduced in series. Professionals from the last series who would not return included last series champion and twotime professional winner of the show Aliona Vilani former professional winner Ola Jordan and twotimes professional finalist Kristina Rihanoff as well as Gleb Savchenko and Tristan MacManus.
The format has been exported to over other countries under the title Dancing with the Stars licensed by BBC Worldwide and led to a modern dance themed spinoff Strictly Dance Fever.
Vicky Pattison blasts Geordie Shore over ‘awful’ treatment of ‘young vulnerable cast’. The infamous Strictly curse has become a well-known term in the Strictly Come Dancing world because the BBC show has seen the beginning and the end of plenty of relationships. From break ups, divorces, marriages and affair rumours the dancers and celebrities have seen it all. But don’t worry, over the years we’ve also seen happy things come from the show; Kristina Rihanoff and Ben Cohen’s relationship blossomed so much so they’re parents now!
Zoe says: “I can totally understand when dancers on TV shows end up becoming couples because when you start dancing together, it forces an.
Strictly Come Dancing may be heading into its 18th series, but it is still as popular as ever. No date has been set yet for the new series, but if it follows the pattern of previous series it is likely to launch in late August or early September. Expect the first batch of celebs to be officially revealed in July, with the full line-up announced in August. Jack P Shepherd , who plays David Platt in Coronation Street , is one name that has been thrown in the hat, after his girlfriend Hanni Treweek posted about finding him ballroom dancing classes.
Jamie Laing of Made in Chelsea fame is also a strong possibility. The line-up of professional dancers has already been revealed for the new series, with the notable absence of winner Kevin Clifton. He captured the hearts of the fans and judges from week one, with a brilliant samba, which Bruno Tonioli described as the best debut performance he had ever seen on the show.
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‘The View’: Does Meghan McCain Make More Money Than Ana Navarro?
They are two of probably the most controversial figures on the favored TV present The View, and Meghan McCain and Ana Navarro appear to thrive on the headlines. Even although each girls are figureheads for the Republican political occasion, they’ve very completely different opinions on sure points and have gotten into a number of heated arguments. Keep studying to be taught what each girls do, how a lot cash they make, and who has the next web value.
Meghan McCain is a columnist and creator
As the daughter of revered senator John McCain, Meghan McCain was born right into a world of wealth and privilege. She confirmed curiosity in politics at an early age and accompanied her father on the marketing campaign path when he ran for president in 2008.
Following her time on the marketing campaign path, McCain labored as a radio host and columnist, ultimately signing a profitable e-book deal in 2009. McCain has appeared on all kinds of political speak exhibits and packages, incomes a fame as a controversial determine within the Republican occasion.
McCain doesn’t ascribe to most of the conventional Republican tenets and infrequently takes a really socially liberal stance, which has prompted her to obtain some criticism from some senior members of her occasion.
What is Meghan McCain’s web value?
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In late 2017, Meghan McCain was named as one of many co-hosts on The View. She crammed the spot left vacant by earlier conservative co-host Jedediah Bila.
McCain has develop into recognized for her spats with different co-hosts throughout her tenure on the present. And though the ladies of the present insist that they continue to be good pals and colleagues, the fights usually make headlines.
Despite experiences that McCain is able to go away the present, she has not confirmed or denied something. It appears possible that she will likely be an everyday presence on The View for a while to come back — particularly to attract a reportedly hefty wage of round $1 million.
All in all, McCain’s web value is round $four million, a mixture of her wage on The View, her different initiatives, and, after all, her household’s established wealth.
Ana Navarro is a well-respected political strategist
Ana Navarro was born in Nicaragua and moved to America together with her household as a younger little one with a purpose to escape political unrest. After learning Political Science in school, Navarro turned a political strategist after commencement and went on to serve a number of Republican administrations.
In the late nineties, she labored for the then-Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and in 2008, she labored for the workplace of John McCain. Navarro can also be a profitable political commentator and has steadily appeared on networks corresponding to CNN and ABC News.
In 2015, Navarro began showing on The View as a visitor co-host and has since been named an everyday visitor co-host. Navarro has additionally acquired some controversy throughout her time on the present because of the truth that she has develop into often called a “Never Trump-er” and steadily criticizes the Trump presidency.
What is Ana Navarro’s web value?
Ana Navarro has had a protracted and profitable profession in politics, and her time on The View is, for her, the icing on the cake. With a web value of round $three million, Navarro has collected a really spectacular fortune.
Whether or not she plans to proceed on The View stays to be seen however she has definitely confirmed that she has the knowledge and foresight to make the fitting choices for her. Although Meghan McCain’s web value is barely larger than Ana Navarro’s, the distinction could be very small, and it’s clear that the 2 girls have each achieved quite a lot of success of their chosen discipline.
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Yogi Sarkar of UP made this film-free, getting plenty of love through the market
The Yogi government of UP features introduced tax-free Ajay Devgan's film Tanaji: The Unsung Warrior, circulated on January 10.
In UP, hawaii GST of Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan and Kajol's film 'Tanaji the Unsung Warrior' is launched. Ajay Devgan has additionally talked to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.
The film 'Tanaji' gets plenty of love through the market. The movie is making really in the box-office. The movie 'Tanaji: The Unsung Warrior' additionally received well in the 4th time. The movie obtained an accumulation 12 to 13 crores on Monday. In that way, the movie features thus far prevailed in making around 75 crores.
The film Tanaji's tax-free income tax in UP have a huge effect on the movie's collection. <! –
It is known that the movie will get in on the 100 crore club within the next 2 to 3 times.
Along with Ajay Devgan's film, Deepika Padukone's Chhapak has also been introduced. Deepika's splash ended up being tax-free in three says. These states consist of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. At the same time frame, Tanaji has also been becoming required is tax-free, however the movie have not however already been tax-free in those three says.
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Royston, Storbritannien
House well set back in small close of around 20 houses right on the edge of town.
Comfortable detached home in Royston, Hertfordshire - a small town handy for Cambridge and London
We have five bedrooms altogether but have furnished three of them as bedrooms. Bedroom 1 has a double bed and an ensuite shower, basin and WC. Bedroom 2 has a double bed and also has its own ensuite shower, basin and WC. Bedroom 3 has a double bed and uses the family bathroom, which has a bath, basin and WC. There is a cloakroom with WC downstairs.
We have a sitting room with TV and DVD, a dining room (which we mainly use as a study and it also has an electronic keyboard). and a large kitchen (with gas hob, electric oven, microwave and dishwasher). We normally eat in the kitchen and there is a table which can extend to seat 8.
Our rear garden has a large patio, with a table and four chairs, and various plants, flowers, grass and tubs. We have trees behind the garden which provide great screening. Our garden faces south and is very private and very pleasant for sitting or eating outside.
The eagle-eyed may have noticed our listing before gave our Royston home as a second home. Royston is in Hertfordshire, in the 'Home Counties'. We do have another home in Devon, in South West England; we are not offering our Devon home for swapping at the moment as we are planning some building work in the next few months. Our Royston home is fully equipped and as comfortable as our Devon home.
Omgivningar: Småstad
Närmaste flygplats: London Stansted or London Luton - 40 km
Royston is a small town with an historic core, with the centre just ten minutes' walk from home. There is a small street market on a Wednesday and Saturday. There is a choice of supermarkets including a newly-built Marks and Spencer food hall. There is an attractive town park with large children's play area including water play feature and a tennis court. About three minutes' walk from home there is both a smaller park with some play equipment and footpath access to substantial walks in open countryside. On the other side of town there is Therfield Heath - public open space on chalk downland again offering substantial walking opportunities. You can walk right to the pretty village of Therfield and maybe enjoy lunch at the Fox and Duck pub there.
It takes about 20 minutes to walk to the station (or you can pay to park the car here and then take the train). The train service to London is excellent and you will be there in under an hour. The trains running in the opposite direction take you to the famous university city of Cambridge, which you should also not miss.
There are many other things to see and do in this area, including visiting Ely with its splendid cathedral, Wimpole Hall, a stately home nearby or perhaps Bletchley Park where wartime codebreakers worked.
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1. Avizandum Statutes on the Scots Law of Property, Trusts and Succession [electronic resource] : 2019-2020 [2019]
Steven, Andrew J. M.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
Book — 1 online resource (505 p.).
EDITORS' PREFACE
PART I: PROPERTY
ROYAL MINES ACT 1424
LEASES ACT 1449
MINES AND METALS ACT 1592
REGISTRATION ACT 1617
REAL RIGHTS ACT 1693
REGISTRATION OF LEASES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1857
TRANSMISSION OF MOVEABLE PROPERTY (SCOTLAND) ACT 1862
LAND REGISTERS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1868
TITLES TO LAND CONSOLIDATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1868
CONVEYANCING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1874
HERITABLE SECURITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT 1894
CONVEYANCING AND FEUDAL REFORM (SCOTLAND) ACT 1970
PRESCRIPTION AND LIMITATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973
LAND TENURE REFORM (SCOTLAND) ACT 1974
LAND REGISTRATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1979
SALE OF GOODS ACT 1979
MATRIMONIAL HOMES (FAMILY PROTECTION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1981
FAMILY LAW (SCOTLAND) ACT 1985
LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1985
INSOLVENCY ACT 1986
REQUIREMENTS OF WRITING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995
CONTRACT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
ABOLITION OF FEUDAL TENURE ETC (SCOTLAND) ACT 2000
MORTGAGE RIGHTS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2001
LAND REFORM (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003
TITLE CONDITIONS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003
TENEMENTS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2004
BANKRUPTCY AND DILIGENCE ETC (SCOTLAND) ACT 2007
LAND REGISTRATION ETC (SCOTLAND) ACT 2012
LEGAL WRITINGS (COUNTERPARTS AND DELIVERY) (SCOTLAND)
CONSUMER RIGHTS ACT 2015
BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2016
MATRIMONIAL HOMES (FORM OF CONSENT) (SCOTLAND)REGULATIONS 1982*
TITLE CONDITIONS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003 (CONSERVATION BODIES)
TITLE CONDITIONS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003 (RURAL HOUSING BODIES) ORDER 2004
TENEMENTS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2004 (PRESCRIBED RISKS) ORDER 2007
TITLE CONDITIONS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003 (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT SCHEME) ORDER 2009
APPLICATIONS BY CREDITORS (PRE-ACTION REQUIREMENTS)(SCOTLAND) ORDER 2010
LAND REGISTER RULES ETC (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2014
ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2014
PART II TRUSTS AND SUCCESSION
ACT OF SEDERUNT OF 28 FEBRUARY 1662
ACT ANENT EXECUTORS-CREDITORS
TRUSTS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1921
WILLS ACT 1963
SUCCESSION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1964 (1964, c 41)
PRESUMPTION OF DEATH (SCOTLAND) ACT 1977
FORFEITURE ACT 1982
CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004
CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005
SUCCESSION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2016
SUCCESSION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2016 (COMMENCEMENT, TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2016
INDEX OF STATUTES
2. The land agent : 1700 - 1920 [2018]
Book — xi, 260 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
This book brings together leading historians and writers on British and Irish rural history, to consider the role of the land agent, or estate manager, from c. 1700 to 1920. Land agents were an influential and powerful cadre of men, who managed both the day to day running and the overall policy direction of landed estates; as such, they occupy a controversial place in both academic historiography and popular memory in rural Britain and Ireland. But who were these men? It is this question the book seeks to unpack, re-framing the academic field, uncovering a neglected history and making a significant contribution to the historiography of rural Britain and the empire.
HD615 .L36 2018 Unknown
3. Scotland's foreshore : public rights, private rights and the Crown 1840-2017 [2018]
MacAskill, John, author.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Book — xi, 260 pages ; 25 cm.
The ownership of Scotland's foreshore has been a matter of a prolonged controversy. In the past, the debate centered on whether the shore was owned by the Crown or by adjacent proprietors and on how, and by whom, Crown-owned foreshore should be managed. Scotland's Foreshore tells the story of the battle that took place during the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century between the Crown and private proprietors over the ownership of the foreshore. Drawing on his expert knowledge of law and its evolution, MacAskill provides new and valuable insights into the foreshore controversy and the contest between proprietors and the Crown and he discusses the important issues as to the management of the foreshore, issues that culminated in responsibility for the management of Scotland's Crown-owned foreshore being devolved to the Scottish Parliament at a time when the question of land ownership is central to Scottish political debate.
KDC420 .M33 2018 Unknown
4. The Scottish clearances : a history of the dispossessed, 1600-1900 [2018]
Devine, T. M. (Thomas Martin) author.
UK : Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018.
Book — xxii, 462 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
'A superb book ... Anybody interested in Scottish history needs to read it' Andrew Marr, Sunday Times Eighteenth-century Scotland is famed for generating many of the enlightened ideas which helped to shape the modern world. But there was in the same period another side to the history of the nation. Many of Scotland's people were subjected to coercive and sometimes violent change, as traditional ways of life were overturned by the 'rational' exploitation of land use. The Scottish Clearances is a superb and highly original account of this sometimes terrible process, which changed the Lowland countryside forever, as it also did, more infamously, the old society of the Highlands. Based on a vast array of original sources, this pioneering book is the first to chart this tumultuous saga in one volume, with due attention to evictions and loss of land in both north and south of the Highland line. In the process, old myths are exploded and familiar assumptions undermined. With many fascinating details and the sense of an epic human story, The Scottish Clearances is an evocative memorial to all whose lives were irreparably changed in the interests of economic efficiency. This is a story of forced clearance, of the destruction of entire communities and of large-scale emigration. Some winners were able to adapt and exploit the new opportunities, but there were also others who lost everything. The clearances created the landscape of Scotland today, but it came at a huge price.
DA809 .D49 2018 Unknown
MacAskill, John.
Book — 1 online resource (273 pages)
Scotland's Foreshore; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Glossary of Legal Terms; 1 'A matter of prolonged controversy in Scotland'; 2 'Illegal encroachments of the Crown on the rights of proprietors'; 3 'A strange piece of legislation' and 'a Jesuitical paper'; 4 'One of the most prominent and assertive members'; 5 'A more favourable case to adopt could scarcely be obtained'; 6 'What remains in the Crown cannot be of great extent'; 7 'The proposals amount to the most bare-faced confiscation'; 8 'The Argyll influence in Tiree is paramount'
9 'A genuine opportunity to change the fabric of Scottish society'Envoi; Select Bibliography; Index.
6. The Highland estate factor in the age of the Clearances [2016]
Richards, Eric, 1940- author.
Laxay, Isle of Lewis : The Islands Book Trust, 2016.
Book — 88 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
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7. Set adrift upon the world : the Sutherland Clearances [2015]
Hunter, James, 1948- author.
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2015.
Book — xix, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits (color) ; 25 cm
They would be better dead, they said, than set adrift upon the world. But set adrift they were - thousands of them, their communities destroyed, their homes demolished and burned. Such were the Sutherland Clearances, an extraordinary episode, involving the deliberate depopulation of much of a Scottish county. What was done in the course of that episode was planned and carried out by a small group of men and one woman. Most of those involved wrote a great deal about their actions, intentions and feelings, and much of it has been preserved. There are no equivalent collections of material from those whose communities ceased to exist. Their feelings and fears are harder to access, but they are by no means irrecoverable. In this book James Hunter tells the story of the Sutherland Clearances. His researches took him to archives in Scotland, England and Canada, to the now deserted straths of Sutherland, to the frozen shores of Hudson Bay. The result is a gripping, moving, definitive account of a people's struggle for survival in the face of tragedy and disaster which includes experiences which have not featured in any previous such account.
HD620 .S85 H86 2015 Available
8. Landscapes of protest in the Scottish Highlands after 1914 : the later Highland land wars [2014]
Robertson, Iain J. M.
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2013]
Book — x, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction-- Part I The Background: Agrarian change and rural social protest in Highland Scotland c.1700-1914-- Protest paradigms. Part II Highland Social Protest after
1914: Detail and Debates: Performing protest-- The geography of protest: regional and intra-regional perspectives-- Testing the protest paradigm. Part III Protesting Bodies Performing Tasks in Place and Space: Placing and anatomizing protest-- Spacing and dwelling-- performing protest's tasks in the crofting landscape-- Conclusions-- Bibliography-- Index.
In November 1918, the implementation of agrarian change in the Scottish Highlands threatened another wave of unemployment and eviction for the land-working population, which led to widespread and varied social protest. Those who had been away on war service (and their families) faced returning to exactly the same social and economic conditions in the Scottish Highlands they had hoped they had left behind in the struggle to make 'a land fit for heroes'. Widespread and varied social protest rapidly followed. It argues that, previously, there has been a failure to capture fully the geography, chronology typology and rate of occurrence of these events. The book not only offers new insights and a greater understanding of what was happening in the Highlands in this period, but illustrates how a range of forms of protest were used which demand attention, not least for the fact that these events, unlike most of the earlier Land Wars period, were successful. There are functioning townships in the Highlands today that owe their existence to the land invasions of the 1920s. The book innovatively concentrates on formulating explanation and interpretation from within and looks to the crofting landscape as base, means and motive to disturbance and interpretation. It proposes that protest is much more convincingly understood as an expression of environmental ethics from 'the bottom up' coming increasingly into conflict with conservationist views expressed from 'the top down' It focuses on individual case studies in order to engage more convincingly with an important evidential base - that of popular memory of land disturbances - and to adopt a frame and lens through which to explore the fluid and contingent nature of protest performances. Based upon the belief that in the study of landscapes of social protest the old shibboleth of space as solely passive setting and symbolic register is no longer tenable is paid here to nature/culture interactions, to vernacular ecological beliefs and to the dynamic and formative role of landscape in people's lifespaces. It suggests reading and engaging with event as text in anticipation of revealing their fluid and contingent nature rather than, as has previously been done, imposing single master narratives. Critically, this book draws on oral testimony. The view taken here is that historical events are dynamic. While written, primary source material is nearly always static - recording only particular 'moments' of an incident - oral testimony captures different 'moments' of the same event and, if interwoven with the written archival material as here proposed, can only enrich our understanding.
HD615 .R63 2013 Available
9. How an island lost its people : improvement, clearance and resettlement on Lismore, 1830-1914 [2013]
Hay, Robert author.
South Lochs, Isle of Lewis : The Islands Book Trust, 2013.
Book — 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, facsimiles (colour), portrait ; 20 cm
DA880 .H4 H39 2013 Available
10. Recovering from the clearances : land struggle, resettlement, and community ownership in the Hebrides : the proceedings of a conference held in the Isle of Lewis, 5-8 September 2012 [2013]
Isle of Lewis : The Islands Book Trust, 2013.
Book — viii, 245 pages, [16] p. of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 20 cm
11. Places of possibility [electronic resource] : property, nature and community land ownership [2012]
Mackenzie, Fiona (A. Fiona D.)
Chichester ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Book — 1 online resource.
List of Maps viii List of Photographs ix List of Tables x Acknowledgements xi
1 Placing Possibility 1
2 Working Property 34
3 Working Nature 79
4 Working the Wind 127
5 Working Places 175
Working Possibilities 214 References 227 Index 248.
Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities than private ownership. Reveals how community land ownership is more just and sustainable than private ownership Features original theoretical insights into ideas of property and nature that disrupt the process of neoliberalisation Based on original research conducted by the author in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com Wiley Online Library
12. Highland Resistance : the Radical Tradition In The Scottish North [2011]
Grigor, Iain Fraser.
Luton : Andrews UK Ltd., 2011.
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Synopsis; Preface; Stories; An Emotive and Political Thing.; Rehearsal: The Eyes of the People.; The Growth of Resistance.; The Road to Glendale.; Braes and the Napier Commission.; The Land League Grows.; Crofters' Party, Crofters' Act.; The Mass Movement in Action.; The Movement Reforms.; A New Land League; War
and the Promise of Land.; Avoid Lawyers, Continue Ploughing.; The Cat Stroked is Meek.; The Land for the People.; Further Reading.; Also Available.
Highland Resistance takes as its subject the record of land-centred (and by implication culture- and nationality- centred) conflict in the Highlands of Scotland during the two and a half centuries since the Jacobite rising of 1745. The book tells the story of anti-landlord agitation and direct-action land-raiding from the great sheep-drives in Sutherland at the end of the eighteenth century, on through the anti-eviction resistance that characterised the worst years of the notorious Clearances.
13. The poor had no lawyers : who owns Scotland (and how they got it) [2011]
Wightman, Andy.
[2011 ed.]. - Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2011.
Book — x, 339 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Who Owns Scotland? How did they get it? What happened to all the common land in Scotland? Has the Scottish Parliament made any difference? Can we get our common good land back? In The Poor Had No Lawyers, Andy Wightman, author of Who Owns Scotland, updates the statistics of landownership in Scotland and takes the reader on a voyage of discovery into Scotland's history to find out how and why landowners got their hands on the millions of acres of land that were once held in common. He tells the untold story of how Scotland's legal establishment and politicians managed to appropriate land through legal fixes. From Robert the Bruce to Willie Ross and from James V to Donald Dewar, land has conferred political and economic power. Have attempts to redistribute this power more equitably made any difference and what are the full implications of the recent debt fuelled housing bubble? For all those with an interest in urban and rural land in Scotland, The Poor Had No Lawyers provides a fascinating and illuminating analysis of one the most important political questions in Scotland - who owns Scotland and how did they get it?
Law Library (Crown)
Status of items at Law Library (Crown)
Find it Basement
HD613 .W54 2011 Unknown
14. The Dynamics of Heritage : History, Memory and the Highland Clearances [2010]
Gourividis, Laurence.
Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2010.
Contents: Preface-- Memory, history and museums-- The legacy of the clearances-- National and local museums: the structural environment-- Museum narratives of the clearances: themes and approaches-- Museum interpretations of the clearances: issues and strategies-- Museological development and narratives of the clearances-- The economics of clearance heritage-- The politics of clearance heritage-- Conclusion: the dynamics of clearance heritage-- Appendix-- Bibliography-- Index.
There has been much academic interest in the role of museums as places where understanding of the past is shaped and legitimised for a wide and increasingly diverse public. This book focuses on the museum representations of the Highland Clearances - a much neglected aspect of one of the most disputed and politically-charged issues in modern Scottish history. Drawing together a range of inter-disciplinary themes and notions, it considers the cultural legacy of the period, brings to light the socially and historically conditioned meanings and values encapsulated in museum narratives of the Clearances, and shows the significance of collective memory in the negotiations inherent in heritage work. Examining both national and local museums in Scotland and concluding with comparisons with Australian museums of migration, Dynamics of Heritage contributes to our understanding of the processes of heritage construction, and its relationship to issues of memory and other modes of engagement with the past.
Gouriévidis, Laurence.
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2010.
Book — xxiv, 232 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
HD615 .G68 2010 Unknown
16. Land, law and people in medieval Scotland [2010]
Neville, Cynthia J.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010.
Book — 1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps
Part One: Land and People
1. Baronial courts in Scotland, 1150-1400
2. The perambulation of land
3. The development of 'trust in writing': written documents and seals in Scotland, 1100-1300 Part Two: Land and Law
4. Building and preserving a noble inheritance: the family of Strathearn, 1243-1332
5. Peasants, servitude and unfreedom in Scotland, 1100-1350 Conclusion: the concept of social space in medieval Scotland.
This ambitious book examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering new insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. It is based on a close reading of the texts of several thousand charters, indentures, brieves and other written sources that record the business conducted in royal and baronial courts across the length and breadth of the medieval kingdom between 1150 and 1400. Under the broad themes of land, law and people, this book explores how the customs, laws and traditions of the native inhabitants and those of incoming settlers interacted and influenced each other. Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, the author places her subject matter firmly within the recent historiography of the British Isles and demonstrates how the experience of Scotland was both similar to, and a distinct manifestation of, a wider process of Europeanisation.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.
Book — viii, 256 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
DA775 .N48 2010 Unknown
Book — xii, 339 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
19. Debating the Highland clearances [2007]
Richards, Eric, 1940-
Book — 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Expanded Table of Contents; Illustrations; Preface; How to Use this Book; Part I: The Debate;
Chapter 1: Debating the Clearances;
Chapter 2: Before the Clearances;
Chapter 3: The Age of Clearances;
Chapter 4: Protest and Resistance during the Clearances;
Chapter 5: The Blame Game; Part II: Documents; Introduction to Documents; Documents 1-82; Chronology; Guide to Further Reading; Essay Questions and Projects; Works Cited in the Text; Glossary; Statistical Tables; Index.
Storm clouds always gather over the story of the Highland Clearances. The eviction of the Highlanders from the glens and straths of the Highlands and Islands of the north of Scotland still causes great historical dispute more than a century after the events. The Highland Clearances also generated a great deal of contemporary controversy and documentation. The record comes in diverse forms and with radically different provenances, offering excellent material for exercises in historical analysis and selection. Debating the Highland Clearances introduces the Highland Clearances as a classic historical problem. Eric Richards reviews the historical debate and examines the methods and sources employed by the combatants past and present. The debates among historians, novelists, politicians and economists are no less passionate today and raise major questions about interpretation and the appropriate frame of reference for the noisy and continuing public debate about the Highland Clearances. This book presents a representative anthology of documents illustrating the historical foundations on which the debate is built. The debate is set in context and the author explains why it is not only important for Scottish patriots but for history in general.
Book — xiii, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Table of Contents-- Preface-- How to use this book-- Part One: Debates-- Chapter One: Debating the Highland Clearances-- I Leaving the Highlands-- II Definitions-- III The Original Controversy-- IV Contemporary Reactions-- V The Modern Debate-- VI Responsibility-- Chapter Two: Before the Clearances-- I The Benchmark Problem-- II Conditions of Life-- III Security and Food Supplies-- IV Population before the Clearances-- V Change before the Clearances-- VI Emigration Before the Clearances-- VII Mobility and Capital Flows.-- Chapter Three: The Age of the Clearances-- I Harris, Arichonan and the Uses of Eviction-- II The New Sheep-- III The Timetable of Clearance-- IVYears of Pessimism-- V Landlord Power, Landlord Weakness-- VI Perceptions, Contemporary and Retrospective-- Chapter Four: Protest and Resistance During the Clearances-- I The Passive Highlanders-- II The Common Pattern-- III Three Exceptions-- IV A disgruntled and pious people-- V Resistance in Perspective-- Chapter Five: The Blame Game-- I Reputations and Decline-- II Indictments and Good Intentions-- III Responsibility for Famine and Decline-- IV The Dislocated Society---- Part Two: Documents---- Chronology-- Glossary-- Guide to further Reading-- Works Cited-- Essay questions and projects-- Brief Guide to places, museums, libraries, galleries, websites.-- Maps-- Illustrations-- Statistical tables-- Index.
Storm clouds always gather over the story of the Highland Clearances. The eviction of the Highlanders from the glens and straths of the Highlands and Islands of the north of Scotland still causes great historical dispute more than a century after the events. The Highland Clearances also generated a great deal of contemporary controversy and documentation. The record comes in diverse forms and with radically different provenances, offering excellent material for exercises in historical analysis and selection. Debating the Highland Clearances introduces the Highland Clearances as a classic historical problem. Eric Richards reviews the historical debate and examines the methods and sources employed by the combatants past and present. The debates among historians, novelists, politicians and economists are no less passionate today and raise major questions about interpretation and the appropriate frame of reference for the noisy and continuing public debate about the Highland Clearances. This book presents a representative anthology of documents illustrating the historical foundations on which the debate is built.The debate is set in context and the author explains why it is not only important for Scottish patriots but for history in general. Key Features: / Organised into two parts; the first considers debates surrounding the Clearances, the second examines a selection of the sources which inform these debates / Presents and analyses an anthology of source material compiled to introduce the debates surrounding the Highland Clearances to audiences learning about historical analysis / Asks why passionate debate about the Clearances has been sustained and provides a modern introduction to its main issues.
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The Indian Railways boosted by various steps taken by the government in the financial year gone by has declared to have achieved an all-time high revenue of Rs 1.68 lakh crore.
Having introduced various measures related to passenger fares and to boost freight traffic, the Indian Railways as reported by The Economic Times, earned around Rs 48,000 crore, i.e. Rs 2,000 crore higher than the previous year in the passenger segments, while freight revenue is estimated at Rs 1.09 lakh crore against Rs 1.04 lakh crore in the previous fiscal year. The revenue from other non-core sources like from scrap sales and advertising rights, and other such sources is said to be Rs 11,000 crore.
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Mayor London Breed Shouted Down At Community Meeting On Embarcadero Navigation Center
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At Wednesday's meeting, as opponents shouted things at Breed like "Build it at City Hall!", the mayor said, "It's always going to be a bad plan when it's in your neighborhood. I have a shelter in my neighborhood." She implied that residents' complaints that this plan has been poorly thought out is simply excuse-making by those who believe all homeless are dangerous or undesirable.
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How to kill Wolverine?
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Wolverine is a tough man, his regeneration power makes him almost indestructible.
In the second X-Men movie, X2, Wolverine himself killed Deathstrike, a Mutant that had the same regeneration power as him, by injecting her with adamantium. But I also learned recently that Magneto was able to rip all the adamantium out of Wolverine's body ([X-Men volume 2 #25, 1994), so I suppose her death is not final.
Apart from an extreme solution like Nuking him, throwing him into the sun or a black hole, is there a conventional way of killing him?
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Deathstrike has a regenerative healing power, but it is cybernetic in nature and not nearly as efficient as Wolverine's. In the comics, she has been outfitted with a partially cybernetic body granting her that ability - this was not the case in the movie universe. – phantom42 Apr 5 '12 at 13:19
@phantom42 Maybe, anyway, there is now a question on the subject. My point was that I doubt you could use the same technique to permanently kill Wolverine. – DavRob60 Apr 5 '12 at 13:24
By the way, the Muramasa Blade is hardly a conventional way to kill Wolverine. Magical blades forged with the soul of their enemy with the power to negate regeneration hardly qualify as "conventional". I'm just saying... (joke) – Thaddeus Howze♦ Oct 20 '12 at 20:11
Punisher accomplished it by electrocuting the heck out of him. I lost a lot of respect for Wolverine as a character once it was illustrated he could regenerate from brain death. He might as well be Deadpool now. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/25248/… – joshbirk Apr 7 '14 at 17:55
Declining comic book sales would do it. – Oldcat Jun 6 '14 at 22:48
The Muramasa Blade
The Muramasa Blade (the second, made specifically for Wolverine - not the Black Blade) has been shown to effectively negate healing factors entirely. It has been used to
scar Wolverine's chest, decapitate Sabertooth, negate Skaar's healing factor (while used by Daken), etc.
It was described by Wolverine as "the only thing in the world that could put him down."
At this point in time, Wolverine removed Daken's Muramasa-coated claws and buried them with the the remains of the broken Muramasa Blade in an unknown location. It has the ability to cut at a molecular level, so it should have no problem slicing through his adamantium. Pair that with the decapitation @phantom42 mentioned, and you'd likely have a dead Logan.
Carbonadium
It's possible Carbonadium, an unstable attempt at Adamantium made by the Russians (more malleable, but cheaper and radioactive) could slow down Wolverine's healing factor enough to kill him. Wolverine had Bucky shoot Daken with a Carbonadium bullet, and one shot was enough to keep Daken from healing temporarily.
Omega Red has Carbonadium tentacles, and Moon Knight's suit supposedly has Carbonadium incorporated in it, but I don't believe either has the volume needed to make a difference against Wolverine's healing factor.
Other Healing Factor Blockers
Considering Wolverine's healing factor is probably a mutant power (with Loeb's Lupine stuff who knows what's actually going on), anything that could suppress or remove that could interfere with his ability to heal (when paired with a way to kill somebody normally). For example, the Savage Land suppresses abilities to some extent. Additionally, other healing factors (Deadpool, recently) have been suppressed by a variety of methods - depending on the method and the writer, they may or may not be strong enough to work on Wolverine.
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The blade's molecular properties will have no effect on his adamantium bones. However, the blade could easily fit between his vertebra, and if it separated his head from his body while suppressing regeneration of his nervous tissues, THAT would put him in a position to be possibly killed permanently. – Thaddeus Howze♦ Apr 5 '12 at 18:40
What about the fact that Xavier Protocol states that even if Wolverine is decapitated that you would have to place his head and his body far apart from each other. – DoctorWho22 Apr 7 '14 at 18:57
Also this... Wolverine once regenerated from a single drop of his blood landing on an incredibly powerful MacGuffin that was making the villain of the month all powerful. As a result, his healing abilities were supercharged to the point that he could regenerate from a single cell. He was also still touching the item when he popped his claws, (to destroy it) making it reasonable to assume he either deliberately or subconsciously used its power to re-adamantiumize his skeleton. – DoctorWho22 Apr 7 '14 at 19:00
@DoctorWho22 Could I get the reference and citation for the comic book and issue? I would LOVE to see that issue! – Eliseo d'Annunzio Oct 2 '14 at 23:33
@Eliseod'Annunzio - it was Uncanny X-Men Annual Vol 1 (1987). The MacGuffin mentioned is the M'Krann Crystal. – Omegacron Feb 17 '15 at 16:42
The only surefire way would have to be complete instantaneous obliteration to remove the possibility of any cellular regeneration.
That said, Professor Xavier compiled a set of failsafes called "The Xavier Protocols" detailing how to defeat the X-Men in the chance that any of them became a threat.
As per Wikipedia:
It has been stated in the Xavier Protocols, a series of profiles created by Xavier that lists the strengths and weaknesses of the X-Men, that Wolverine's healing factor is increased to "incredible levels" and theorizes that the only way to stop him is to decapitate him and remove his head from the vicinity of his body.
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The Xavier Protocols - sounds like a really bad idea. Wasn't there a Batman story about a villain who got hold of Batman's journal - which was full of plans for how he (Batman) would kill off his super-hero friends, in the event they ever turned evil? (Of course, the villain proceeded to do just that...) – John C Apr 11 '12 at 11:28
The protocols are very well protected. Each one requires a specific combination of three other X-Men to be unlock any entry and each entry requires a different combination. In order to read Wolverine's, for example, Archangel, Cyclops and Jean Grey must all be present. – phantom42 Apr 11 '12 at 11:44
Uh-oh. So now, Wolverine has two reasons to kill Cyclops. :) – John C Apr 11 '12 at 14:09
@JohnC: Worth pointing out that Batman's plans incapacitated the other heroes. With the exception of Diana's, they weren't going to be fatal (and hers would have taken days to kill her, during which he could have found a way to stop the mind control affecting her). – Jeff Nov 7 '12 at 13:09
@JohnC Yessir, that'd by Justice League: Doom. – Terrance Shaw Nov 8 '12 at 1:47
There was a part in Days of Future Past that actually showed Wolverine dying at the thought age of 75 (he looked late 40's early 50's) in which the Wolverine's body is instantly incinerated by a Sentinel's blast leaving only the Adamantium skeleton.
Here's an image of the event from Thaddeus Howze's answer:
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But didn't he come back from that one too? – Joshua Drake Apr 5 '12 at 19:52
I do not have the answer to that I read about his destruction from book I read almost a decade ago. The book never brought him back from this state. – chcuk Apr 5 '12 at 19:55
No he did not revive from that event. He stayed dead. – Thaddeus Howze♦ Apr 7 '12 at 1:14
And then in Civil War: Wolverine, he came back from the same exact thing. Go figure. – Omegacron Feb 17 '15 at 16:57
This was from an alternate future, which doesn't end up happening, so he doesn't need to "come back". – Mary ML Mar 11 '15 at 6:02
You can't. Wolverine has been obliterated down to just his skeleton and then regenerated his entire body in mere moments.
In short, Wolverine is a fictional character, so no matter what method you devise to kill him, there will always be a way for him to survive.
There was a Sam Keith story called "The Many Deaths of Wolverine" that documented all the times that Wolverine has "died" and has then regenerated.
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Even complete obliteration won't kill him.
Observe:
Note: He survives this, but it takes him considerably longer than normal to regenerate.
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What kind of explosive is this? If it's nuclear, it is a writer epic fail. If it's napalm and he is hit with a clear strike, he should simply be dead. 5000 degrees is sufficient to destroy ALL cellular matter within his body, so there wouldn't be ANYTHING left to regenerate. I wish writers actually read the comics they write. I wish they had editor guidelines. I wish my wishes were fishes. I could repopulate the oceans. – Thaddeus Howze♦ Nov 7 '12 at 9:44
This was when the Mutant Nitro blew himself up at full power at point plank range. Nitro, if you dont remember, is the mutant who blew up an elementary school, killing hundreds of children and sparking off the marvel Civil War story arc. Wolverine chases him down and confronts him, then gets blown to hell for his trouble. This panel doesn't show it but the explosion is intense enough to even grind his adamantium skelly to dust. he grows back from one of the dust particles... – Jared Tritsch Nov 7 '12 at 11:04
Yes, I know who Nitro is. The problem is two-fold. They had Nitro whose power was previously scaled to about 350 pounds of TNT to well over a 1000 pounds of TNT (about a kiloton, give or take). No explanation was given for this major boost and even die-hard Wolverine fans were pissed about this. The only rational explanation is while the outer flesh was destroyed, some parts of his flesh was protected enough to allow for regeneration, no matter how flesh-less it appeared. Nitro was also not known for burning hot, just exploding big. – Thaddeus Howze♦ Nov 7 '12 at 18:20
So this does not count as complete obliteration, his skeleton was not destroyed, merely baked and blasted clean of all apparent flesh. There was also some notation about Nitro having an inability to complete destroy things close to him. This is just another sign of bad writing. Let's call it anecdotal evidence and leave it at that. – Thaddeus Howze♦ Nov 7 '12 at 18:23
@Thaddeus I included the backstory notes for people unfamiliar with the story. That being said I see your point, but this does show just how far his healing factor can bring him back from the brink, if anything. – Jared Tritsch Nov 8 '12 at 1:15
Yes, despite the hype of Wolverine surviving a nuclear weapon (this explains how he did it) there are explosives of a non-nuclear nature that would be capable of killing him.
Thermobaric bomb destroys an underground silo
A thermobaric explosion at point blank range would assuredly kill Logan. It has all of the explosive power of a nuclear weapon with none of the radioactive fallout. The weapon would instantly create a fireball of 6,000 degrees.
A thermobaric weapon, which includes the type known as a "fuel-air bomb", is an explosive weapon that produces a blast wave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives. This is useful in military applications where its longer duration increases the numbers of casualties and causes more damage to structures. There are many different variants of thermobaric weapons rounds that can be fitted to hand held launchers such as RPGs and antitank weapons.
Thermobaric explosives rely on oxygen from the surrounding air, whereas most conventional explosives consist of a fuel-oxidizer premix (for instance, gunpowder contains 25% fuel and 75% oxidizer). Thus, on a weight-for-weight basis they are significantly more energetic than normal condensed explosives. Their reliance on atmospheric oxygen makes them unsuitable for use underwater, at high altitude or in adverse weather.
However, they have significant advantages when deployed inside confined environments such as tunnels, caves, and bunkers. High-impulse thermobaric fuel-air explosive consists of a two-stage aerosol ignition which produces a blast wave of significantly greater power and duration than any other known explosive except nuclear. The vacuum-pressure effect ignites the oxygen between 5,000 and 6,000 degrees.
The thermal superheated explosion area, if he were at ground zero, would vaporize all of the cellular matter of Wolverine's body, instantly, beyond his ability to regenerate. If he has his adamantium skeleton, this would certain add to the certainty of his demise as the skeleton severely compromises his regeneration in comparison to his ability without the skeleton.
Giving it some further thought I could see exploding, thermal rounds (designed to burn and explode on impact) delivering devastating amounts of damage to his flesh and igniting and continuing to burn inside of his body, overwhelming his ability to regenerate. While he is under assault, with sufficient ammunition he could be driven into unconsciousness until he could be subdued or captured.
This gun video shows the kind of explosive ammo that could be used to good effect with the right number of trained agents. You can see this particular ammo at 1:47.
While we are at it, we could also use VX nerve agents, which once in contact with his skin would severely limit his ability to regenerate as it shut down his nervous system completely. Only a tiny dose is necessary, micrograms at best, it would inhibit nerve transmission, shutting down his nervous system, and in normal humans, fatally in mere minutes. In Wolverine's case he body would begin to try and reconstruct his cellular tissues but the agent would also need to be flushed from his body, first.
Having no normal cellular or biological agents to interact with (unlike alcohol which CAN be processed by the body) this would require a significant amount of his regenerative capacity, wearing him down and making him easier to tackle. Yes, he would regenerate, but again the goal is to slow him down enough to capture him and then take the time required to kill him.
This might also work with or depleted uranium rounds which in addition to their incredible damage dealing capacity (used to punch holes in armored vehicles) they could poison with radiation, killing him at the cellular level at a rate that could overwhelm his ability to regenerate. Wolverine is not unable to be killed, it simply requires technology or damage-dealing capacity capable of overwhelming his ability to recover effectively.
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I never thought of the nerve agent angle. Thats a good one. But on a side note for DU rounds; there is no issue of contamination, as A) they are jacketed and B) past about 3 half-lifes to where normal exposure isn't a critical threat. Barring the hippie crying, I've Giegered DU rounds before; though a bit higher than background radiation, they are still within the safe level of Greys for handling. How else would we load them into our tanks and artillary pieces without full lead-lined suits? I wouldn't want to swallow one, but the threat of being shot by one is much worse than the aftereffects. – Jersey May 31 '13 at 20:11
For any pound of newly-grown tissue, the body might churn through between 3 and 10 pounds of nutrients (excluding water). So when he regenerates from a nuclear fireball or a "speck of dust", this is a magical process and not just an extraordinary one. Thus, he cannot be killed. Even more than his magical regeneration though, are his box office receipts. These are enough to cause most Hollywood executives to be willing to fellate the actor who portrays him, and thus he is even more immune to death than what the magic provides. – John O Feb 10 '14 at 17:56
The best conventional way. Make Rogue touch him for long enough and he will die certainly. Professor X himself told this fact to Wolverine in the very first movie.
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The element water can kill Wolverine. Continued submergence in water would drown him. You'd just have to keep his corpse under water forever. From the answers to this question, it appears you would have to ensure his adamantium carcass is safe from severe heat, such as a nuclear blast, to prevent recomposition.
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Would he be able to regenerate after drowning? Answers to this question seem to suggest that drowning is a permanent death for Wolverine... – Wayne Werner May 18 '12 at 18:03
@DVK scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/11196/… ;) – Major Stackings May 18 '12 at 20:43
I think that, in one of the X-23 books, a strategy X-23 used was to cut Wolverine then put something into the cuts so the wounds couldn't close. Logan seemed to behave like this resulted in a legitimate threat of bleeding out.
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If we're talking conventional means, drowning seems the likeliest. I thought starving would, too, but I think that one was answered in Amazing X-men, when Wolverine was trapped and resorted to eating his own flesh for sustainence. Autocannibalism nonwithstanding, I think we can add starvation and dehydration to the list, though it would be difficult to hamper the Old Canucklehead to do this.
Unconventional means seems to me like a government/paramilitary resort. Like, what would SHIELD do? I have some ideas...
Lava/Magma - While the nuclear device thing seemed a little extreme, lava is exteremly hot, not to mention much longer lasting if one were to, say, drop Wolverine into the heart of an active, but not exploding, volcano. His skeleton may or may not float, but the extreme heat and molten rock would definately hamper any cellular regeneration.
Vacuum - No oxygen means no breathing... and no brain activity. While this may or may not be a permament death for Wolverine, this could be a way to stop him for a extended period of time, possibly permamently. I don't know if anyone's ever tried suffocating Wolverine, but a oxygenless atmosphere for a certain period of time would cause cellular death.
Pressure - We exist at 1 bar, 1 atmosphere, or 14.7 psi. While multiple bars in a hypobaric chamber could crush him, it might not get the desired result. On the opposite end, lack of pressure could cause massive blood loss, organ ruptures, and a nice horrible condition simply known as 'the bends'. Again, perhaps not a death, but definately a way to stop him for an extended period of time. He may not regenerate from this one as the total lack of pressure would most likely prevent him from regenerating normally.
Cryogenically Frozen - At a certain temperature, cellular activity stops. No moving cells, no regeneration. Admittedly, this could have Wolverine preserved like Captain America or the Ice Man (of real life) yet as a mean of stopping our favorite Canadian, get some liquid Nitrogen and reenact Terminator 2!
Outer Space - The best of the three points directly above, plus some! The lack of air, pressure, and temperature in outer space would put Wolverine out permamently. Shuttle him past Lagrange Point 3 and you got yourself Wolverine on Ice!
A Shotgun Slug Under The Chin - I came up with this one a while back, devising a way on how to kill an invulnerable man. Using Wolverine's skeleton to your advantage, take a shotgun barrel underneath his chin (no bones in the way) and put a slug in his skull. His skeleton will prevent the slug from leaving, leaving it into his brain. Yes, he'll heal... with a slug in his skull. Pump a few more for good effect, and you just might have a vegetable. Of course, getting that close to Wolverine with a gun... better hire out Wade Wilson or Frank Castle. I'm opting out.
Acid - There are several acids that are incredibly dangerous. Some will melt you completely. So, an acid bath H.H. Holmes-style (the acid bath murderer of Chicago in 1898, for your viewing pleasure) could do the job. It's easier to set up than the volcano, surely. Hydrocloric is more than strong enough to eat flesh quitle quickly, but not, interestingly enough, glass.
That's about all I could come up with.
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Throw him into the sun. Even if he can survive that (unlikely), he's kind of trapped there anyhow. – ThePopMachine Mar 8 '17 at 16:56
In a What-If? comic (which are widely considered non-canon), detailed in this question, Punisher stabs an intoxicated Wolverine, and throws him onto a high-voltage electricity transformer, which ends up destroying his cells and melting his flesh to the point he is no longer able to regenerate, and dies.
Whilst this is only shown in a What-If?, it's not inconceivable that this could happen in canon.
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In Uncanny X-Men Annual #11, he regenerated from a single drop of blood. As long as there's a cell of him with intact DNA (X-factor gene and all), he can regenerate.
In short, all his cells are stem cells.
So, to kill him: destroy all his cells. Don't leave a single one. Anything which can pulverize all his body down to the atoms should theoretically do it.
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So, given that fact - how would one kill Wolverine? That's what the question was asking. – phantom42 Dec 9 '12 at 5:54
@phantom42 Destroy all his cells. Don't leave a single one. Anything which can pulverize all his body down to the atoms should theoretically do it. – MPelletier Dec 9 '12 at 19:53
This begs the question though, if Logan bled or even just shed skin like a normal person, would each cell that lived create a new Logan? The world would be full of them by this point. – Dragus Apr 28 '13 at 16:42
@Dragus... great point, but i dont think every cell has to regenerate a body the largest mass probably is the only part that needs to regenerate so at some point a drop of blood could be the largest mass left in the worst case sinario – giacomo casanova Apr 7 '14 at 2:45
However, if the metal is indeed porous, then the cells would be able to escape. If not, then he would simply live on as a skeletal husk until someone came along like magneto and allowed cells to escape. In all honesty, we're both probably over thinking this – Robert Dec 16 '14 at 20:04
There's an old (1935) short story named "The Adaptive Ultimate", by Stanley G. Weinbaum, that had a similar dilemma. The problem there was how to incapacitate a person that can instantly adapt to anything in their environment. The solution was to use carbon dioxide to knock them out, because "no organism can adapt to its own waste products". Maybe the way to off Wolverine is just to shut him up in a hermetically sealed container and let his own waste products kill him.
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Mr Weinbaum, like so many fiction authors, couldn't be bothered to know what he was talking about. Every organism must adapt to its own waste products or face rapid extinction, and very many real ones have taken the approach to this of developing resistances or immunities to the substances in question. – Matthew Najmon Oct 2 '14 at 1:17
I was recently reading the Age of Ultron comics, collected into a book, and in them Wolvie gets involved in a crazy time paradox thing and actually breaks time somehow (temporarily). Anyway, after he finishes fixing the past, there are two of him because of crazy time travel stuff, and neither is the present one, so they decide that only one will go back to the future.
They easily reach a decision on which one will live, and the other is killed, but we aren't shown how it happened. They (the Wolverines) also don't need to discuss how it is to be done, which is interesting.
The reader is left to assume it is claw-related, or perhaps we see the surviving Wolvie walking away with bloody claws, I don't recall.
This shows us that he can in fact be killed, and he knows how to do it, though the fact that dead Wolvie didn't want to survive might be important.
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Although good information, the question is "is there a conventional way of killing him", which this does not answer; this just states that it's been shown that a way exists, but not what it is. Flagged as a non-answer, with the suggestion that it should probably be converted to a comment. – K-H-W Mar 8 '17 at 16:59
@K-H-W Actually, this does answer the question "is there a way of killing him", and the answer is "yes" (although it's not clear if it's a "conventional" way). It does not, however, answer the actual question "How to kill Wolverine?" – tobiasvl Mar 8 '17 at 18:58
@tobiasvl - Technically true, but it's basically comparable to a 'Yes' with no back up, and, since (per the answer) it happens 'off-stage' we don't actually know if it happens or not -- we are told it will/does, but, this being a comic, that doesn't necessarily say that it actually happened. (How many times have we seen 'dead' characters end up not having actually died.. Or not fully, etc.) I would suggest this info may help someone find a good answer, but doesn't conclusively answer anything, itself -- it just suggests an answer as likely. – K-H-W Mar 8 '17 at 19:30
In Logan, you can kill Wolverine by waiting until 2029, all the time using some combination of one or more of:
long-term alcohol poisoning,
long-term Adamantium poisoning,
a global pathogen or chemical that affects Mutants, and
just waiting enough decades for his healing factor to weaken
creating a relatively mindless clone of him who can match him on a physical level
attacking him repeatedly
impaling him on a tree branch
That should work.
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I think that ThePopMachine's answer addresses the films. As for the comics, this was tackled in the 2014 series Death of Wolverine. At the beginning of the storyline, Wolverine loses his mutant healing factor.
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The Blessings of Prosperity and Adversity
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Abott Theodore (fourth century) was the leader of a desert monastic community in ancient Egypt. This excerpt comes from the record of a “conference” held by Theodore with another well-known…
Abott Theodore (fourth century) was the leader of a desert monastic community in ancient Egypt. This excerpt comes from the record of a “conference” held by Theodore with another well-known abbot, John Cassian, and other monks who had come for spiritual counsel.
But we know that all things work together for good to those who love God” (Rom 8:28). By saying, “All things work together for good,” Paul includes everything alike, not only fortunate things, but also misfortunes.
In another place the apostle tells us that he himself has passed through such things, when he says that he’s commended himself “with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left . through honor and dishonor, through ill repute and good repute .as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich” (2 Cor 6:7-10).
All those things, then, that are considered fortunate, the holy apostle seems to speak of figuratively as the weapons “for the right hand,” which he designates by such terms as “honor” and “good repute.” And those things that are counted as misfortunes, which he clearly means when he says “dishonor” and “ill repute,” he seems to picture as weapons “for the left hand.”
Together, these “weapons of righteousness” help him become a spiritually mature man if, when they come his way, he bears them bravely. Why? Because, as he fights by making good use of these situations, he secures their advantage through a patient attitude, and obtains a grand triumph of steadfastness by means of those very weapons of his enemies that are hurled against him to kill him.
In this way he avoids being puffed up by success or cast down by failure. Instead, he marches ever forward on the king’s highway.
The Danger of Prosperity
We can be more easily overcome spiritually by prosperity than by misfortunes. For adversity sometimes restrains us against our will and makes us humble. Through a most healthy sorrow it causes us to sin less and makes us better.
On the other hand, prosperity can puff up the mind with soothing but most deadly flatteries. When we are too secure in the prospect of our happiness, prosperity dashes us to the ground with a still greater destruction.
But this power of being spiritually “ambidextrous” is a power we can acquire as Paul did. We only need make a right and proper use both of those things that are fortunate, and which lie “on the right hand,” as well as those that are unfortunate, and, as we call it, “on the left hand.” We must make both adversity and prosperity work to our spiritual advantage, so that whatever turns up proves in our case, to use the words of the apostle, to become “the weapons of righteousness.”
If, then, you aren’t at all puffed up with self-conceit by any of those things on the right hand, and you struggle bravely against those on the left hand, and you don’t yield to despair and give in, but rather seize the weapons of patience to exercise yourself in virtue – you’ll be using both your spiritual hands as fighting hands. In each action you’ll prove triumphant, carrying off the prize of victory from both adverse and prosperous circumstances.
The Example of Job
Follow Job’s example. He was crowned by God for a victory on the “right hand” when he was the father of seven children and lived as a rich and wealthy man. Those prosperous circumstances didn’t corrupt him.
With still greater virtue he triumphed over adversity on the “left hand.” When he was deprived in one moment of his seven children, he acted as a trye servant of God, rejoicing in the will of his Creator. When instead of being a wealthy man he became poor, naked instead of rich, wasting away instead of strong, despised and contemptible instead of famous and honorable, yet he still preserved his fortitude of soul unshaken.
Like Job, we must thank God in either kind of circumstances, gaining the same spiritual advantage from whatever good or bad may come our way.
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Writing by Barbara Sutton
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Achtung, Baby
by sketchesbybaz on March 4, 2019
You’re walking on a sidewalk with one of your grandmothers. You’re old enough to be out of a stroller but young enough to be a pedestrian hazard. You start out at your grandmother’s side but invariably you drift. Then it happens—the startling yank to some piece of clothing attached to you. Your grandmother’s arm maneuvers as if by reflex, as pneumatic as a robotic claw turning a diesel engine. “Stay on the right and everyone gets to where they’re going.”
These kinds of memories tend to claim outsize real estate in the minds of those of us who walk around a large city every day. That’s because we cannot fathom how this custom—you drive on the right and you walk on the right—could be cast aside in lieu of nothing.
Media gripe stories about lapses in “sidewalk etiquette” seem to run on timed rotation. We know the annoying behaviors—not looking where you’re going, lost to the distracting sounds of earbuds, stopping in the middle of pedestrian traffic to take a selfie, weaving from side to side, walking with a posse that takes up the whole sidewalk, swinging your arm or handbag in areas dense with pedestrians. But “stay to the right” is always first on the list because it’s the most important for the movement of crowds.
I had a shock last year while watching A Trip Down Market Street before the Fire, a short film of San Francisco’s primary thoroughfare shot days before the April 18, 1906, earthquake. What shocked me about this camera-on-streetcar perspective was the mayhem of the streets. Roadsters and horse-carts traveled in any direction; pedestrians did the same recklessly. The road apparently was the sidewalk. Clearly, America’s streets were chaotic before Henry Ford started cranking out cars—but with cars came carnage. In cities with populations over 25,000, automobile accidents accounted for two-thirds of the entire death toll in 1925—and a third of those traffic deaths were children, half of them killed on their own blocks.
The introduction of cars and trucks brought rules to both roadways and sidewalks for the safety of everyone but mostly pedestrians. Cars were a monumental economic disruption, but coexistence was solidified by rapidly multiplying laws for motorists (designated lanes, stoplights at intersections) as well as pedestrians (no jaywalking). With these laws came the pedestrian custom of mimicking the rules of the road by staying to the right. Under this Pax Pedestriana, we’ve had decades of successful walking in crowds.
I first noticed the breakdown of stay-right walking in the early to mid-2000s, when I had to cross the Harvard freshman quad on my way to the subway. (Ironically, this was the era when Mark Zuckerberg padded around campus in his flipflops.) It was always more than half of the students preoccupied with calls to mom and dad, but even those not on the phone walked on any part of the sidewalk they pleased. I rationalized that they never learned how to walk on a sidewalk because they grew up in the suburbs and only walked inside malls and sports arenas. They didn’t have a yanking grandmother acting in concert with a public sidewalk.
Since those days, however, the stay-right breakdown has infiltrated all demographics and sectors of our culture. This cultural shift predates the iPhone and Facebook—both of which have greatly accelerated the problem—and may even predate the adoption of cell phones. Probably the only place in New York City where at least 90% of pedestrians still stay to the right is the tunnel passageway between Seventh and Eighth avenues at Times Square—near where a terrorist’s pipe bomb detonated too early (thankfully causing only minor injuries) in December 2017. Everyone hates that claustrophobic passage and wants to get out fast. Elsewhere, however, it’s a free-for-all. I’m not talking about tourists and visitors; I’m talking about fellow residents going to and from work or school. And it’s only going to get worse with the proliferation of “ridables.”
Whiplash-paced tech innovations are causing widespread norm recalibration, but the disinterested neglect of the functional (and self-beneficial) civic habit of staying to the right while walking is not attributable to any emergent lack of necessity. What this departure from common sense indicates is that the prioritizing of “self-actualization” in all choices gums up the works for everyone. Looked at this way, the demise of stay-right is a symptom of three larger changes in our culture.
1. The acceptance of self-absorption as consensual asset.
This is the obvious culprit, the usual suspect; it’s what we tell ourselves; this is what makes us angry. It’s encouraging to realize that some young people see this in their pedestrian peers. But self-absorption only explains so much, since it, too, is a symptom.
It can be rolled up within the second change below—a development whereby individualism and it’s defining bedrock of abstract freedom is surrendered to various tech behemoths in return for the opt-in freedom of self-curation. Retaining your privacy leaves you penniless in the world we present to you; “opt-in freedom,” on the other hand, allows you to behave any way you’d like. Freed from antiquated social stigma against promoting yourself above all others, you can endlessly monetize the Instagram poses of both yourself and your four-year-old daughter. With self-absorption rewarded both financially and socially, why would you turn off this pipeline while transiently in the role of pedestrian?
2. Submission to corporate capitalism’s culture of constant change.
Of course it’s all about capitalism. Humans are naturally risk-averse, so replacing the ethos of loss-of-the-familiar-is-bad with loss-of-the-familiar-is-good has been quite the feat. The primary commodity of opt-in freedom is constant change (the cost, of course, is privacy). Google is free but works 24/7 to convince you that constant, arbitrary updates are how you get your money’s worth. (How can you complain when something is free?) Google, Apple, Facebook, and the rest have trained users to not just accept constant disruption but to desire it as an indicator of quality and even taste. Landfill fashion, haul videos, pop-up everything—though millennials claim to be the generation of recycling and not possessing things, they are actually the generation of getting things fast and getting rid of them faster. Those two steps have elided into a single action, hence Marie Kondo’s de-cluttering purification rituals.
This cultural shift was already a decade in the making back in 1999, when Michael Lewis published The New New Thing, primarily about Netscape creator James Clark. This was Silicon Valley’s value proposition writ large: Netscape was supplanted, Clark forgotten. Those whose entire existence has spanned the new new thing have been raised to place their fidelity in the-thing-replacing rather than the-thing-replaced. They view the act of questioning change as a barely concealed inability to understand or keep pace with it. That’s probably why people who grew up with staying right on sidewalks go slack in their defense of the custom: they don’t want to seem old.
3. The steady injection of casino capitalism into social interaction.
A culture indifferent to relentless and arbitrary change only greases the chute for those seeking new social venues in which to compete and prevail. The high-risk/high-reward behavior indulged in by pre-recession hedge-funders epitomizes both the worst of income equality and the self-narrative fantasy of Donald Trump.
You don’t just win and others lose; you have to go all Quentin Tarantino. This is the MO of Paul Singer, who built the hedge fund Elliott Management and has been called “doomsday investor” in a New Yorker profile. Paul Singer makes a killing by gaining a foothold in successful companies and then basically destroying them.
Sophie Gilbert in The Atlantic sees hypercompetitive behavior among millennials as inevitable: “As a national belief in the collective has given way to an emphasis on the individual, Millennials have had to become less inhibited about the pursuit of self-gain, and more shrewd about how they define themselves.” She cites a 2017 study by the British researchers Thomas Curran and Andrew P. Hill, who conclude that “neoliberalism has succeeded in shifting cultural values . . . to now emphasize competitiveness, individualism, and irrational ideals of the perfectible self.”
How does this show up on the sidewalk? I’ll just quote one of my characters—a retired Ivy League university president—from something I wrote in 2008:
What troubles me most is the symbolic nature of this situation. If two people are walking in opposite directions but are on the same side of the sidewalk, that creates a situation in which one or the other must yield the right of way. That is, each human encounter must always have a winner and a loser—the one who yields and the other who claims the lane. If people followed pedestrian rules, each encounter with a stranger would not be one of winning or losing but a mutually satisfying communitarian agreement that requires no thought or decision-making of either party. We have become so self-absorbed and such insular walking units that we are creating situations in which we must needlessly compete with one another in activities that ought to be wholly benign. We are making adversaries of our community fellows.
Inevitably, these cultural changes that big-tech capitalism only accelerates serve to erase public life. As Win McCormack points out in The New Republic, “Americans interpret ‘democracy’ in increasingly narrow terms, as almost a synonym for capitalism, and as indicating a regime that functions primarily as a guarantor of rights.”
It verges on comical our culture’s embrace of tech “innovations” that are essentially Paul Singer under a sheepskin throw. “Uber’s most significant contribution to mobility in cities,” writes Nikil Saval in the New Yorker, “may be our increasing lack of it. A growing chorus of engineers and traffic consultants have demonstrated that Uber, along with its smaller rival Lyft and other transportation network companies . . . are sapping [mass] transit ridership and clogging streets.”
Sometimes I think that this breakdown in how we physically move when we are in proximity to many others could be the first domino falling in our transition from Homo sapiens to Techno sapiens. Maybe I’m erring in still seeing the world in terms of old-style pedestrians who look both ways at street corners (Homo sapiens), whereas new-style pedestrians are never physically rushing to get anywhere (that is, with their own bodies). They look down at their phones rather than out to the street to see the arrival of their Ubers.
I fear that Rousseau’s social contract—the basis of progressive ideas since the Enlightenment—has been nullified by the endless “I accept terms of agreement” checkboxes we click through all the days of our lives. It seems quaint thinking back to 2000 and the cultural lodestar of Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone. Putnam predicted the disintegration of physical communal life based on trust—the idealized “commons” that prompted Dickens’s Mr. Micawber to declare “Mutual confidence will sustain us to the end!” What Putnam didn’t predict, however, was the virtual communal life based on popularity that has risen in its stead.
He was spot on, however, about the “alone” part. §
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Pup - Puppis the Stern of Argo Navis
Argo Navis the Ship of the Argonauts
Asterism Visual Appearance
Argo Navis is located between between Antlia, Centaurus, Chamaeleon, and Musca. Canopus, once alpha-Argus, now lies in Carina.
An ancient constellation, the only one of Ptolemy's 48 no longer used. In the 18th century, the French astronomer Lacaille dismantled Argo Navis into three smaller constellations: Carina the Keel, Puppis the Stern or Poop, and Vela the Sail. Small Pyxis the Compass is located nearby.
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Argo Navis was the ship which Argus built for Jason and his crew, the Argonauts, to carry them on their quest for the Golden Fleece. After their many adventures, Athena raised their ship to the sky.
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Source: Vincenzo Coronelli, Celestial Globe Gores (Paris, 1693; reprint ca. 1800); History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries
Object: NGC 3372, with Eta Carinae, in Argo Navis; European Southern Observatory (ESO). IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R.Gendler, J-E. Ovaldsen, C. Thöne, and C. Feron. (CC-by)
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This diffuse interstellar gas cloud was discovered in 1751 by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille as he was observing from the Cape of Good Hope. It surrounds the irregular variable Eta Carinae, one of the most massive, luminous and mysterious of stars. In 1843, Eta Carinae shone brighter than any star except Sirius.
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Argo Navis, the ship of the Argonauts, was included in the ancient star catalogs of Eudoxos of Knidos, Aratos of Soli, and Ptolemy. In 1756, Lacaille dismantled Argo Navis into three smaller constellations: Carina the Keel, Puppis the Stern or Poop, and Vela the Sail.
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Coronelli was an influential maker of celestial and terrestrial globes. To make a globe, 24 pie-shaped map sections, called gores, would be hand-colored, cut out and glued onto a wood and paper-maché base. These 3 gores were part of a set produced to make a celestial globe 3 and half feet in diameter. They were designed by Arnold Deuvez and engraved by Jean-Baptiste Nolin in Paris. The set was a reprint of gores printed in Venice in 1688. At the time, Coronelli’s 1688 globe was the largest and most accurate printed celestial globe. The Latin and French legends distinguish this 1693 Paris reprint from the 1688 originals, which were in Italian. These gores are reprints made in 1800 using the original 1693 plates.
Coronelli-1693
Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Argo Navis
Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Argo Navis, detail
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I have never told anyone about this–that for years I worked for the Secret Service. I was part of an elite force consisting solely of blonde women. Once, I had to travel to the Middle East as a spy, or rather, a kind of special envoy for the U.S government. In preparation I dyed my hair platinum and bought several slinky outfits. I complained to my supervisor of clothing that I was too smart to be marketed in this way to which he responded, au contraire. My job, to seduce a militant religious leader, whose name I can never confide. He was influential in politics, a renowned scholar of poetry and philosophy who had spent some time in jail, and Uncle Sam wanted access to his inner lair, his secret thoughts and habits. Wherever he went, men with ski hats and masks followed. I can’t tell too many details, of course, this being a top-secret thing, but I imagined myself impressing him with my own knowledge of philosophy. I was very nervous. I felt as if my hair glowed like a light bulb in the limo in which the scholar and I were driving to an unknown destination. When I asked, where are we going, he answered, in his heavy accent, all destinations are unknown, and then poured me a glass of wine. He wanted to know if I knew the truth—why I was there. Before I had taken a sip, I admitted that I had studied poetry and philosophy, and had once believed truth existed. It was the wrong thing to say because he immediately began asking questions. All I could recall of philosophy were details of how certain philosophers related to women or the bedroom. How Aristotle thought women were less interesting than shellfish, for example. I drank quickly in hopes it would give me inspiration. Before I knew it I was babbling hopelessly about Montaigne’s theory of sexual impotence, Kierkegaard’s fear and trembling, his wish never to get hitched. My head was spinning. The last thing I remember, I was talking about Descartes, laughing, “I don’t think like a blonde, even though I am one, so forgive me.” That’s when he began to recite poetry, or I think it was poetry, and I compared poems to men—how just when the going gets good, there’s this blank space coming up the page. I felt like an airplane being swallowed by a cloud. Or was I the cloud swallowing the plane?
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Inability to comply with the latest EU standards on pollution represents a serious risk to the planned construction of the second unit of thermal power plant in Pljevlje, it was stated in a press release of the non-governmental organizations CEE Bankwatch and Green Home.
These organizations, as stated, came to this conclusion after comparing environmental data, which the Government announced in July, and seven preliminary bids for projects implementation which sent Chinese and European companies.
It was concluded that only one preliminary bid was in accordance with the EU Directive on industrial emissions for dust emissions and that none of the bids reach the efficiency levels in relation to the best available EU technologies. They did not specify which bid is compliant with the EU Directive.
As stated above, these seven preliminary bids are related with the Istroenergo group from Slovakia, Skoda Praha from the Czech Republic and five Chinese companies.
From NGO stress that these weaknesses are the high economic risks for the project due to additional investments in order to achieve compliance with the Directive on industrial emissions when it becomes binding in Montenegro.
“The acceding countries to the European Union, such as Montenegro, risk facing with additional charges if they build power plants that do not comply with EU legislation on pollution, because they will have soon to adapt them. EU legislation on pollution changes rapidly and the acceding countries must be extremely agile to keep pace. All planned energy installations and those which are currently constructed must take this into account”, said research coordinator in CEE Bankwatch, Pippa Gallop.
The organizations state that the company bids, in addition that they are not in compliance with EU standards, also do not even satisfy the standard in China for the construction of new coal-fired power plants. This, according to them, means that all companies, including European ones, offer to Montenegro technology whose use for the power plants construction is not allowed in China.
“Until mow the government has not responded to the fact that the preliminary bids for the second unit construction of thermal power plants in Pljevlje are below the environmental standards, thus allowing our country to become a destination for use of second-class technology in construction the coal-fired power plants”, said program director of Green Home, Jelena Marojević-Galic.
Besides the companies that they cited, the interest also showed a consortium from Poland (POL-MOT, Alstom, and Foster Weller). Engaging in discussions about the project, as recently was announced from the Power Utility Company, announced Rosato from Russia, TBEA Shining Transformer Group from China, the Czech CKD Energy and a consortium fromTurkey.
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The Czech company Skoda Praha announced yesterday that would submit an offer for the second unit construction of thermal power plant in Pljevlje.
The deadline for bids submission is 30 September; according to the information from the Power Utility Company they did not receive any. Skoda Praha said that had high expectations that it would be chosen as a partner in the second unit construction of TPP, “as the high professional, environmental, technological and financial characteristics are the main strengths of this company.”
“Our experience, credibility and the already implemented projects in the energy sector guarantee the highest quality, especially when it comes to European standards in the ecology area, high energy efficiency and care for the local community interests”, said the executive director of this company Daniel Jiricka.
From the company stated that before the official bid submission, they would present it to the Montenegrin public. Skoda Praha, as they say, is the largest Czech contractor that does all works from the projects for energy production, construction to the commissioning. The company has existed for 60 years and has installed over 40,000 MW of output energy in 25 countries around the world.
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Incorporating amino acid esters into catalysts for hydrogen oxidation: Steric and electronic effects and the role of water as a base
Sheri Lense, Ming Hsun Ho, Shentan Chen, Avijita Jain, Simone Raugei, John C. Linehan, John A.S. Roberts, Aaron M. Appel, Wendy Shaw
Four derivatives of a hydrogen oxidation catalyst, [Ni(P Cy 2N Bn-R 2) 2] 2+ (Cy = cyclohexyl, Bn = benzyl, R = OMe, COOMe, CO-alanine-methyl ester, CO-phenylalanine-methyl ester), have been prepared to investigate steric and electronic effects on catalysis. Each complex was characterized spectroscopically and electrochemically, and thermodynamic data were determined. Crystal structures are also reported for the -OMe and -COOMe derivatives. All four catalysts were found to be active for H 2 oxidation. The methyl ester (R = COOMe) and amino acid ester containing complexes (R = CO-alanine-methyl ester or CO-phenylalanine-methyl ester) had rates slower (4 s -1) than that of the parent complex (10 s -1), in which R = H, which is consistent with the lower amine pK a's and less favorable ΔG H 2's found for these electron-withdrawing substituents. Dynamic processes for the amino acid ester containing complexes were also investigated and found not to hinder catalysis. The electron-donating methyl ether derivative (R = OMe) was prepared to compare electronic effects and has a catalytic rate similar to that of the parent complex. In the course of these studies, it was found that water could act as a weak base for H 2 oxidation, although catalytic turnover requires a higher potential and utilizes a different sequence of catalytic steps than when using a base with a higher pK a. Importantly, these catalysts provide a foundation upon which larger peptides can be attached to [Ni(P Cy 2N Bn 2) 2] 2+ hydrogen oxidation catalysts in order to more fully investigate and implement the effects of the outer coordination sphere.
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Lense, S., Ho, M. H., Chen, S., Jain, A., Raugei, S., Linehan, J. C., Roberts, J. A. S., Appel, A. M., & Shaw, W. (2012). Incorporating amino acid esters into catalysts for hydrogen oxidation: Steric and electronic effects and the role of water as a base. Organometallics, 31(19), 6719-6731. https://doi.org/10.1021/om300409y
Incorporating amino acid esters into catalysts for hydrogen oxidation : Steric and electronic effects and the role of water as a base. / Lense, Sheri; Ho, Ming Hsun; Chen, Shentan; Jain, Avijita; Raugei, Simone; Linehan, John C.; Roberts, John A.S.; Appel, Aaron M.; Shaw, Wendy.
In: Organometallics, Vol. 31, No. 19, 08.10.2012, p. 6719-6731.
Lense, S, Ho, MH, Chen, S, Jain, A, Raugei, S, Linehan, JC, Roberts, JAS, Appel, AM & Shaw, W 2012, 'Incorporating amino acid esters into catalysts for hydrogen oxidation: Steric and electronic effects and the role of water as a base', Organometallics, vol. 31, no. 19, pp. 6719-6731. https://doi.org/10.1021/om300409y
Lense S, Ho MH, Chen S, Jain A, Raugei S, Linehan JC et al. Incorporating amino acid esters into catalysts for hydrogen oxidation: Steric and electronic effects and the role of water as a base. Organometallics. 2012 Oct 8;31(19):6719-6731. https://doi.org/10.1021/om300409y
Lense, Sheri ; Ho, Ming Hsun ; Chen, Shentan ; Jain, Avijita ; Raugei, Simone ; Linehan, John C. ; Roberts, John A.S. ; Appel, Aaron M. ; Shaw, Wendy. / Incorporating amino acid esters into catalysts for hydrogen oxidation : Steric and electronic effects and the role of water as a base. In: Organometallics. 2012 ; Vol. 31, No. 19. pp. 6719-6731.
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NFL 2019: Ranking divisions, from easiest to toughest (can the AFC East be better?)
September 4, 2019, 1:30 PM ·4 min read
A popular complaint about the New England Patriots dynasty is that they have an easy road because of the AFC East.
That’s overstated. The Patriots still play 10 games and playoff games against non-AFC East teams and do quite well. But people want to downgrade the Patriots, and pointing out the foibles in the rest of their division is an easy way to do it.
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All that said, the AFC East has been mostly horrible for two decades. Here’s a fun exercise: Who is the best quarterback other than Tom Brady in the AFC East this century? If the answer is Chad Pennington (eek), then who’s No. 2, Jay Fiedler? It hasn’t been pretty.
That’s why division strength matters. Playing in an easier division is an edge. Before the 2019 season kicks off, let’s rank the divisions from easiest to toughest:
8. AFC South
The AFC East is spared the bottom spot because the Patriots are good. Andrew Luck retired from the Colts, then the Texans gave away Jadeveon Clowney in a trade. The Jaguars should be better, but there are still issues there. The Titans’ season might rest on Marcus Mariota, and that’s no sure thing. This feels like a division that can be won at 9-7.
7. AFC East
Well, it wasn’t going to take long to get to this one. The Patriots are fantastic. And there is hope that the Bills and Jets are building, each with an intriguing second-year quarterback. A breakout from either team isn’t out of the question, but we need to see it happen first. And the Dolphins are looking like the NFL’s worst team. Maybe the Patriots won’t have the AFC East wrapped up by early December. Maybe.
Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots have owned the AFC East for almost two decades. (Getty Images)
6. AFC North
This division might not be as top-heavy as the two that follow, but there are three viable contenders for the title. The Browns could also make a big leap and push the AFC North up. The Ravens won the division last season and it’ll still be hard to stop Lamar Jackson. Maybe some calm in the Steelers’ locker room helps them. The Bengals are clearly the last-place team here but who knows, maybe Zac Taylor’s offense surprises everyone.
5. NFC West
This division could be pretty good, but it still seems like the Rams’ title to lose. We probably need to see some actual wins from the Kyle Shanahan 49ers before we buy in. The Seahawks will be good again because they always are. The Cardinals are a total wild card, but it’s probably best to assume they’ll have a rough season with Kliff Kingsbury and rookie quarterback Kyler Murray.
4. NFC East
Two fantastic teams, two potentially bad teams. The Cowboys and Eagles might have the best divisional race in the NFL this season. It would also be a total shock if one of those two teams doesn’t win the division. The Redskins could end up being pretty bad, and the Giants are in the middle of a rebuild too. At least we’ll likely see rookie quarterbacks Dwayne Haskins and Daniel Jones for those teams at some point this season.
3. AFC West
Like the NFC East, it’s a two-team race. The Chiefs and Chargers are both very good, as they were last season when they battled for the division title. The AFC West gets the edge over the NFC East because the Broncos might be a tough out due their defense with new coach Vic Fangio, and the Raiders should be improved too.
2. NFC South
It’s tough to find a division with better quarterback play from one through four. This ranking assumes the Panthers and Falcons rebound from down years, and they should. The Saints are loaded again after barely missing on an NFC championship. And while the Buccaneers have holes on defense, the offense could put up a ton of points with new coach Bruce Arians.
1. NFC North
From top to bottom this should be a strong division. The Lions are clearly the fourth-best team heading into the season, but they probably won’t be an easy out. The Bears were fantastic last season and if Mitchell Trubisky improves, they could repeat as division champs. Perhaps Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is revitalized with new coach Matt LaFleur. And the Vikings still have a ton of talent; they’re in the mix for the division crown too. There won’t be any easy games in this division.
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Qamis
Qamis is located on the north of the hook sea, at the equator. It was established in 755 CY YE 36.
About Qamis
Qamis pronounced khămēs, is a harvest settlement. Divided into two sections, the residential area where the inhabitants live, and the processing center.
New Roisia's biosphere is limited, but its oceans supply an abundance of seaweed and algae. This is what the harvest operation gatherers. Hundreds of teams leave the settlement and go to various sites to harvest. Once their craft are full they return to the settlement to offload.
The settlement is ringed with a retracting wall to help deflect the storm winds when present. There are six rings of buildings that constitute the residential area. The center of the settlement is where all community structures are located. The innermost ring is reserved for commercial endeavors, shops, entertainment, and restaurants are located here for us by the residents.
An open area is present between the outer ring of buildings and the wall. This area contains large greenhouses with crops to support the settlement.
Due to the weak sun artificial lamps are illuminated most of the time in the settlement. Also each of the rings of builds are positioned so that there are no long paths for the wind to be channeled into.
All entrances to buildings have pressure equalizing areas. The buildings also are built with additional insulation to protect against the extreme temps. Additionally the walkways and roads are heated to prevent icy conditions. Mass transit is available throughout the settlement at no cost.
The diameter of the settlement is 8 km (5 miles) each ring is approximately 1 km (.6 mile) wide.
It consists of pads where the vehicles laden with harvest come and offload. Pads are designed to handle specific items. Harvested goods are kept in containers with encoding that identifies the contents. This is used to route the containers to the proper areas of the processing center. Once in the processing areas the harvested material is inspected and sorted. Processing obviously depends on what is being brought in. Lastly harvested material is then packaged and moved to the shipping area. From the shipping area the containers are taken to the Mâhoa'sa Âdor (Small Sky Harbor) for shipment.
The algae are pumped into tanks and processed to make polymers for later use in manufacturing. The seaweed is sorted into edible and non-edible. The edible is packaged and shipped offworld. The non-edible seaweed is processed to product polymers which in turn are stored and shipped offworld.
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E-STUDIO: Experiment Object [22698]
Experiment Object
The Experiment object as it appears in the Structure view window.
The Experiment object is created automatically for the user when a new experiment specification file is opened. It appears only as the first object in the Structure view, with the experiment name listed in parentheses, and cannot be deleted or moved. Every experiment within E-Prime must have an Experiment object.
The interface for the Experiment object consists of a set of tabbed Property pages enabling the user to set global properties for the experiment, such as the screen resolution to be used when running the experiment, sound properties (i.e., the format for the creation of audio buffers), and available input devices. Furthermore, the Experiment object’s Property pages allow the user to enable the StartupInfo dialogs (collecting subject number, session number, etc. at runtime), and determine the specific information to be collected.
Property Pages
The Experiment object Property pages may be displayed by double clicking the Experiment object in the Experiment Explorer Structure view, or by selecting the Experiment option in the Edit menu.
The General tab on the Experiment object’s Property pages is used to enter information concerning the author of the experiment, and an abstract of the study. Version information of the experiment can be tracked in the General tab, and it can be specified to increment the build on every save. This information may be extremely useful when reviewing a study, or passing an experiment on to a student or colleague.
The Notes tab is a location where notes about the experiment can be recorded. At first, the tab is blank, but notes can be added in as an experiment is developed.
Startup Info Tab
The Startup Info tab is used to define the subject information collected when an experiment is launched. By default, dialog boxes are displayed to collect subject and session number values at the beginning of each run, and a dialog displaying a summary of the information is presented for confirmation.
The startup information may be modified by adding or deleting variables in the Startup Info Parameters field. Alternatively, default values may be used, and dialog prompts may be disabled. While parameters may be added, deleted and/or modified, the Subject and Session parameters are system variables, and must always be present. Therefore, editing of the Subject and Session parameters information is restricted, and the user is not able to either delete or disable these parameters. All parameters enabled via the Startup Info tab are logged as session level variables in the data file (i.e., their values do not vary during the session).
Local and Global Startup parameters can be edited on this tab as well. Local values only apply to the current experiment. Global values can be applied with all *.es3 or *.ebs3 files. For more information on Local / Global Startup files view E-STUDIO: Local and Global Values [22734].
Field Description
Name Name used to log information related to the parameter in the data file.
Prompt Text Text displayed in the dialog when prompting the user to enter a value for the parameter.
Data Type Type of data logged by the parameter.
Default (optional) Value displayed in the dialog when collecting data, or default value used for the parameter if not collected at runtime.
In the Name field of the Startup Info Parameters, the checkboxes indicate which parameters will be enabled for the experiment. If the checkbox next to a parameter is checked, the script for the parameter will be generated, and the value for that parameter will be logged in the data file. If the checkbox is unchecked, E-Studio does not generate script for that parameter, and no value is logged. The state of the checkbox determines only whether or not the parameter is enabled, and does not affect the settings for the parameter. Thus, the checkbox permits the user to enable or disable a parameter without having to recreate the parameter, or re-enter the parameter settings.
The question marks next to a parameter name indicate whether a dialog will be presented to collect information at run time, or whether the information will be logged according to the default value.
Name State Description
Dialogs will be presented to collect a value at runtime.
Default value will be used, and a dialg will not be presented to collect information for the variable.
For example, if a study is being run at various sites, the location of the site might be included in the startup information, and could be set to a default value rather than being entered at run time. In the image above, the checkboxes indicate that Subject, Session, and Group information will be logged for each subject. The question marks indicate that dialogs will be presented to collect only Subject and Session information, and the Group parameter will be logged according to its default value.
Adding Startup Parameters
Listed Parameters
A list of frequently used parameters is displayed in the Startup Info Parameters field. To add a listed parameter to the data file (i.e., enable the collection of data for the parameter), click the box to the left of the parameter name so that a checkmark appears in the box. Script will not be generated for unchecked parameters, nor will the unchecked parameters be logged in the data file.
If a dialog box is needed to collect a value for the parameter at the beginning of the experiment, click the question mark next to the parameter name in order to remove the circle with the line through it. When the circle with the line through it is present over the question mark, no dialog will be presented to collect information, and the default value will be logged for the parameter. Subsequent clicks on the question mark will toggle between the two states.
To modify the settings (e.g., prompt, default value, etc.) for a parameter, click the parameter name to select it, and click the Edit button, or double-click the parameter name. The Edit Startup Info Parameter dialog will be displayed, allowing the user to edit the settings for the selected parameter. Refer to the Editing Startup Parameters section for a complete description of parameter settings.
User-Specified Parameters
Parameters not already listed on the Startup Info page may be added by clicking the Add button below the Startup Info Parameters field.
The Add… button displays the Edit Startup Info Parameter dialog (see Editing Startup Parameters), allowing the user to enter a parameter name, set the parameter’s data type and value range, and specify whether to log a default value, or to display a dialog at run time to collect the parameter value. If the parameter value is to be collected using a dialog box at run time, the prompt to be displayed is specified in the Edit Startup Info Parameter dialog as well.
Removing Startup Parameters
To delete a variable from the startup information, select the parameter in the name column and click the Remove button.
When a parameter is removed, it is no longer listed in the parameter list. The parameter may be re-entered using the Add… button (see User-Specified Parameters), but parameter settings must be entered manually (i.e., settings will be initialized to defaults). In order to disable the parameter and retain the settings (i.e., not completely remove it from the experiment), click the checkbox to the left of the parameter name to uncheck the box. When a parameter is disabled, it remains in the parameter list and its settings are retained, but when the program is generated, no script is generated in relation to that parameter.
Editing Startup Parameters
Settings for existing parameters may be modified using the Edit… button. Select the parameter to be modified in the Name column of the Startup Info Parameters field. When a parameter is selected, the Edit… button is enabled. Click the Edit… button to display the Edit Startup Info Parameter dialog, permitting the user to edit the settings for the selected parameter.
Possible Values
Log Name
String values
Sets the name to be used in the data file when logging values for the selected parameter.
Specifies the text to be displayed in the dialog prompting the user to enter a value for the parameter.
Numeric, String, Choice
Sets the data type allowed for the parameter.
Value displayed by the dialog collecting the value at run time, or the value assigned to the parameter when the value is not collected at run time.
Minimum value allowed for the parameter (Numeric data only).
Maximum value allowed for the parameter (Numeric data only).
Max Length
Maximum number of characters allowed (String data only).
Prompt the user for this startup info parameter
Checked, Unchecked
Designates whether to use the default value or to collect the information via a dialog box presented when the experiment is run. When the box is checked, a dialog will be presented to collect a value for the variable at the beginning of the experiment run. When the box is unchecked, the default
value (i.e., the value in the Default field) will be logged for the selected variable. This field may also be set on the main Startup Info page by clicking the question mark next to the parameter name to toggle its state.
Enable this startup info parameter
Enables or disables the selected parameter. This is equivalent to checking or unchecking the checkbox to the left of the variable name on the main Startup Info page.
Choice Data Type
Startup Info parameters may be defined as accepting one of three data types (i.e., String, Integer, Choice). The Choice data type allows the experimenter to specify a list of choices from which the subject must select. Tool buttons are provided for adding or deleting options, and for rearranging the order in which the options are presented.
ToolButton Description
Inserts a line to add an option.
Deletes the selected option.
Moves the selected up in the order of the options.
Moves the selected option down in the order of the options.
At runtime, the subject is presented with a dialog displaying the choice options. The mouse or the arrow buttons may be used to highlight a selection before accepting it by clicking OK or pressing {Enter}.
Data File Tab
The Data File tab on the Experiment object’s Property pages allows the user to set parameters related to the writing of data files, and the names to be used for log levels within the data file. E- Prime’s method of writing data involves a two-step process. Data is first written to a text file, then converted to .edat3 format after the experiment terminates. Refer to TIMING: Time Audit: Confirming Accurate Timing [22864] for more information concerning data file conversion.
Display a warning before overwriting an existing datafile. Indicates that a file with the same name exists, and prompts the user for
Receive feedback while data file is being converted. Notifies the user that the data is currently being converted. The dialog will only appear if time permits (e.g., while converting a very large data file).
Display a warning if conversion of the data file is not successful. Notifies the user that the data file was not successfully converted from the text data file to an .edat3 file.
Remove the E-Recovery text data file after the experiment finishes. Determines whether the text data file is deleted after successful completion to an .edat3 file.
Create a tab-delimited copy of the data file. Determines if a tab-delimited copy of the data file is created after a test session. See LOGGING: Automatic Generation of Tab-Delimited Data File (.csv) [23601]for more information about the auto generation of a tab-delimited file.
Log Level Names Allows the user to specify names for the logging levels in the data file
Data File Name Allows the user to specify the name for the Data File produced for a test session. See LOGGING: Data File Name [22758].
Editing Log Level Names
To modify the name by which a level will be logged in the data file, click on the level name in the Log Level Names field and press {F2} (or simply click the level name a second time) to enter edit mode.
When in edit mode, type the new name for the level and press {Enter}, or click elsewhere in the dialog, to accept the new name. Click OK to accept the new setting and dismiss the dialog. Restrictions for renaming log levels are listed in the table below:
Rules for naming log levels:
Cannot rename Session level
Name cannot be empty
Must begin with an alpha character
Permitted characters include a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _(underscore), .(period)
Cannot exceed 80 characters
Cannot conflict with device name (e.g., Keyboard) or device type (e.g., KeyboardDevice)
Cannot be the same as any other log level name
Cannot be the same as any type in the Toolbox (e.g., TextDisplay, Wait, etc.)
Cannot be the name of an E-Object
Devices Tab
The Devices tab permits the enabling and initialization of hardware devices to be used in the experiment. By default, the Keyboard, Mouse, Display, Sound, Script, and Button devices are enabled when a new experiment specification file is created. Devices that are not enabled by the Experiment object will not be available to other objects. For example, to accept input using the PST Chronos Response device, Chronos must first be enabled via the Experiment object. Once enabled, the device is available to other objects. See E-STUDIO: Devices [22721] for further information on devices.
Adding Devices
Devices may be added (i.e., enabled) in the Experiment object by clicking the Add… button on the Devices tab. Clicking the Add… button displays the Add Device dialog, from which available devices may be selected.
To add a specific device to the devices list, select the device in the Add Device dialog and click the OK button. When the Add Device dialog is dismissed, the selected device will appear in the devices list, and will be enabled (i.e., the checkbox next to the device will be checked).
Removing Devices
Devices may be removed from the devices list by clicking on the name of the device to select it, and clicking the Remove button.
When a device is removed, it no longer appears in the devices list. The device may be re- enabled using the Add… button (see Adding Devices), but specific device settings must be entered manually (i.e., settings will be initialized to defaults). In order to disable the device and retain the settings (i.e., not completely remove it from the experiment), click the checkbox to the left of the device name to uncheck the box. When a device is disabled, it remains in the devices list and its settings are retained, but when the program is generated, the Open command is not called in relation to that device.
Editing Device Settings
The properties or settings for a specific device may be viewed by double-clicking the device in the Name column, or by selecting the device to highlight it, and clicking the Edit button. A dialog box specific to the device allows the setting of properties for that device. For example, it may be necessary to edit the SRBox settings in order to designate the correct Port address.
For more information on specific devices and settings, view E-STUDIO: Available Devices in E-Prime [22722].
E-Prime 2.0 introduced the ability to choose from available clocks in E-Studio. The clock is specified on the Timing tab on the Experiment Object Properties.
When the E-Prime Realtime Clock is selected, then no additional settings are required unless the Experiment Advisor flags an operating system specific error. If this is the case, it is noted that PST Product and Support should be contacted.
When the SNTP Realtime Clock is selected, then additional property settings are required. A file named SNTPClockExtension.ini file must be created to specify the required property (the IP address of the NTP server) along with any combination of the optional properties (see below). The SNTPClockExtension .ini file must be in one or both of the following locations:
The same location as the SNTPClockExtension.ebn file. The default location for this file is C:\Program Files (x86)\PST\E-Prime 3.0\Program. Note that administrator privledges are usually needed in order to create or edit files in this folder.
The My Experiments folder. This location is recommended for easier editing by users who do not have administrator privledges.
The SNTPClockExtension can contain the following properties in the [General]section:
Property Name Description
IP IPv4 address of NTP server (default: invalid/error)
Port Port to connect to (default: 123)
PollInterval Time in milliseconds to poll NTP Clock Server
Timeout Time in milliseconds to wait for response from NTP Clock Server
Affinity Enable/disable logging (default: 1)
Log Prohibit servers IPs outside RFC1918 local ranges (default: 1)
Experiment Advisor Tab
The Experiment Advisor tab is accessed through the Experiment Object. The Experiment Advisor provides E-Prime experiments the ability to detect design and timing errors in E-Studio and E-Run. In addition, statistics on the OnsetToOnsetTime, OnsetDelay, and LoadTime of objects can be reported.
View GETTING STARTED: Experiment Advisor [22679] for more information on the Experiment Advisor tab.
Packages Tab
The Packages tab is used to install or remove an E-Prime Package File, allowing the user to import pre-written script and subroutines into the experiment. Refer to E-STUDIO: PackageCall Object [22713] for information concerning the use of package files. For a package file to be available, it must first be installed via the Packages tab in the Experiment object properties. By default, no packages are added, so the Packages tab is blank.
To install a package file, click the Add button, and navigate to the appropriate folder. Each package file must exist in a unique subdirectory within the \Program Files(x86)\PST\E-Prime 3.0\Program\Packages folder. The unique subdirectories are not part of the E-Prime installation, they are user-created, and necessary only when using package files. All files
associated with the package file (i.e., EPK, BMP) must be placed within the unique subdirectory.
For example, the PST or MyPackageFile.EPK and associated images (*.BMP) are located in the \MyPackage folder. If an EPK file does not have an associated .ico or image file, the default icon will be used. For more information about changing the associated image files for an Package File icon, see SCRIPTING: Routines (PackageFile Editor) [22896].
Select the desired package file from the list of available packages, and click OK. Once installed, the package file will appear on the Packages tab, and the checkbox next to the package name will be checked, indicating that the package is enabled. Unchecking the checkbox will disable the package file, but not remove it from the experiment.
View SCRIPTING: Opening and Saving PackageFiles [22898] and SCRIPTING: Loading PackageFiles in E-Studio [22899] for more details on adding Package Files to an experiment.
E-STUDIO: E-Objects and Sub-Objects [22697]
E-STUDIO: Button Device [24411]
TIMING: Verifying your Clock and Timing in E-Prime [34371]
INSTALL: E-Prime 3.0 Prerequisites required for installation [26947]
INFO: The Terminate and Timeout methods for InputMask and InputMaskManager [17219]
E-STUDIO: Duration/Input [22717]
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Dear Mortenson: Please Don’t Name an Apartment Building YOLO
Matt Eckholm • April 25, 2017
Like many of you, I regularly lurk on the streets.mn forums to stay current on development news around Minneapolis and Saint Paul. This past Monday (April 17th), one of the big development stories of the day was the unveiling of updated designs for a new apartment tower being considered at 333 Hennepin Ave E.
Mortenson is going back to NIEBNA this week w/ updated 333 Hennepin tower plans: approx 25-story tower w/ 280 units https://t.co/l20sBLj2Yr pic.twitter.com/MsM7doAxIa
— Eric Best (@ericthebest) April 17, 2017
Like a good urbanist, I enjoyed the height and density of the building, tut-tutted the lackluster design and excessive curb cuts, and overall thought what I often do about new buildings being added in the city: it’s marginally better than a surface parking lot.
But there was one thing about the proposal that really drew my attention – in the design packet provided to the Nicollet Island – East Bank Neighborhood Association by developer Mortenson, it’s stated that one of the proposed names for the building is YOLO.
And that is something I just couldn’t let pass without commentary, because it’s one thing for a brand or company to make a temporary fool of themselves by using popular phrases on a social media post, but it’s another entirely to commit a city to that mistake for presumably decades.
This is the inevitable culmination of that district naming trend 99% Invisible has dubbed ‘Acronames.’ Sometimes it works, and sometimes it becomes the subject of ridicule. For every Soho and Tribeca, there’s a WeDo. Trendy new apartment buildings have been falling victim to the naming convention too: like WaHu near the U of M and LoMa at the corner of Lowry and Marshall in Northeast.
These acronames are silly, and they’re not going to age well. But they’re mostly harmless, and can always be fixed in the future. What’s harder to undo is when choosing a name brings with it the city’s first building named after an internet meme. You can rename the building, but the mocking articles that will be written about it by Buzzfeed and CityPages will remember it forever.
According to Know Your Meme, the phrase YOLO (which, to those who blissfully don’t know, is an acronym for You Only Live Once) has floated around the internet since 2004, but didn’t really spread into the public consciousness until it was used in the 2011 song “The Motto” by Drake ft. Lil Wayne. Since then, it’s just kind of been a dumb thing people say before doing something exciting, adventurous, or stupid.
It’s a phrase often attributed to the Millennial generation, which is undoubtedly how it ended up in the design packet in the first place. I’m sure someone attended seminars hosted by ‘influencers’ and ‘Millennial experts’ who are paid a lot of money to give businesses clues as to how to spear the Great White Whale that is the Millennial wallet. They were probably told that Millennials want the place they live to be “part of their identity” and that unique and standout product names make great hashtags, so Millennials will want to live there to be part of the “in discussions.”
My informal poll of the Millennials I know shows the most important factor in choosing an apartment is that it doesn’t involve selling organs to be able to afford it, so there’s that.
If Mortenson had hosted a contest asking the public to cast an internet vote for what they’d like to see this building named, I could see YOLO being written in as a joke and getting spam voted to the top by bored pranksters. But then again, when that’s happened in real life, the result has been much more entertaining and reeked less of calculated generational targeting. If Mortenson had proposed naming 333 Hennepin “Building McBuildingface,” it would at least be worth a chuckle.
According to Google Trends, the phrase’s use across the internet has been in steady decline since February 2013, so this building wouldn’t even be named after a relevant meme. Why not DoYoEvLi, a charming acroname to pay homage to the phrase “Do you even lift, bro?” Or if they’d add in a rooftop dog run, maybe DoGe? Or if they really wanted an evergreen acroname, why not RiRo? That one never gets old.
If any developers are reading this, note that the previous paragraph was a joke. Please don’t do any of that.
Acronames are kind of dumb and goofy, but they’re here to stay. Writing commentary about them has already been done, and it’s already been satirized by people way funnier than I am. But the fact that a document, produced by an actual developer, submitted to a neighborhood association, has YOLO on it as a potential name for a real building in Minneapolis, is a sign that apartment names are about to cross a line that shouldn’t be crossed.
Please, Mortenson, I beg you. Please do not name 333 Hennepin “YOLO.”
About Matt Eckholm
Matt is a filmmaker who played Sim City once as a kid and then was doomed to have the least interesting anecdotes to share at parties forever. He serves on the Saint Louis Park Planning Commission, and has always wanted to name a pet 'Boondoggle' to teasingly reference in biography sections.
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13 thoughts on “Dear Mortenson: Please Don’t Name an Apartment Building YOLO”
Noelle April 25, 2017 at 11:04 am
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
If they want to attract millennials to their buildings, why not actually incorporate them into the planning process so they have an opportunity to say “YOLO is a ridiculous name for a building, just stop.”
The other names aren’t much better. “Mr. Sip 333”? Wow.
A millennial April 25, 2017 at 7:17 pm
The sad reality is that there are hordes of terrible “millennials” who wouldn’t bat an eye at the name YOLO. There’s nothing new here, anyway–the marketing for buildings like Lyme, NordHaus and others has ranged from disgustingly sexist to vaguely racist, and always with a wink at a certain ultra-entitled brand of young, mostly white, upwardly mobile 20-somethings. Just look at websites like EliteDaily.com to see the cultural tendency I’m talking about. Let’s stop using the word “millennial” just to mean “me and my cultural silo of liberal friends with oh-so-sensible aesthetic preferences,” please.
Eric Anondson April 25, 2017 at 11:55 am
Not as bad as Cake Residences in Edina?
Max April 25, 2017 at 12:05 pm
Seriously though, most of those names are terrible.
Jeremiah April 25, 2017 at 1:44 pm
None of those names made it into the official submission to the city. I think everyone could probably calm down.
Reilly April 25, 2017 at 1:49 pm
I think Alatus ought to name 200 Central “Nimby”, just to poke NEBL in the eye.
What’s wrong with calling it the 333 Hennepin Building?
Nothing wrong with “333 Hennepin” at all. Based on the renderings, that seems to be the current placeholder name.
Peter Hoh April 25, 2017 at 6:50 pm
FWIW, Unidale seems to work.
GlowBoy April 25, 2017 at 7:39 pm
How about YALA? (“Yet Another Lame Acronym”)?
Portland – where I am this week – seems to have largely escaped the Acroname-district trend (which, by the way, started long before Millennials came along) . The only ones I can think of are SoWa (South Waterfront) and FoPo (Foster-Powell), which people sometimes use in writing but no one ever says in speech. When speaking out loud people say “South Waterfront” or “Foster-Powell” and not the abbreviation, as far as I’ve ever heard.
Never heard Goose Hollow shortened to “GoHo,” Ladd’s Addition to “LaddAdd”, or Sullivan’s Gulch to “SuGu” either – I only just thought of them now – even though those would all work.
mplsjaromir April 27, 2017 at 4:42 pm
YALA (You Always Live Again) is a term used by Hindus and Buddhists.
Cobo April 25, 2017 at 11:17 pm
hehe, YOLO…. Carpe diem’s dumber louder cousin.
Rick Astley April 26, 2017 at 2:58 pm
How did I let this article Rickroll me? Very link. Much upset.
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Olivia Munn as Psylocke in the upcoming “X-Men: Apocalypse”
Check out a new image of the Olivia Munn Psylocke and read on for the actress’ thoughts on getting the character right
ComingSoon.net (by Silas Lesnick):
This summer’s X-Men: Apocalypse is set to mark the first major appearance of the mutant known as Psylocke on the big screen. As you can see from a newly-released image, 20th Century Fox is committed to making the Olivia Munn Psylocke true to the character in the comic book and, in a new interview with CNET, the actress explains why she’s proud of her take on the psionic mutant.
“I’ve loved Psylocke for so long,” Munn tells the outlet. “She’s a really, really strong badass female character in this comic book world where a lot of times the women don’t get to be strong and badass. You see a lot of superheroes [who] don’t always want to kill, and they’ll avoid it if they can. She’s never had a problem killing, and I like that she was the bad guy that had no problem being the bad guy. She’s telekinetic and telepathic so she can read your mind. She can create anything with her mind. To win any, she can just create a mountain and have it fall down on you, but she chooses to create a sword so she can kill up close and personal. I always thought that was really cool and badass.”
Like quite a few Marvel mutants, Psylocke’s comic book history is a bit strange. Elizabeth Braddock first appeared in 1976’s “Captain Britain” #8 as the twin sister of the UK book’s title hero. It wasn’t until a decade later in the pages of “New Mutants Annual” #2 that Braddock, a telepath, took over the body and abilities of a Japanese ninja, Kwannon, becoming the X-Men member known as Psylocke.
Whether Olivia Munn’s Pyslocke will have such a convoluted origin story remains to be seen.
Said to be the conclusion of a trilogy started with X-Men: First Class and continued with X-Men: Days of Future Past, the Bryan Singer-directed X-Men: Apocalypse is set for release on May 27, 2016.
Categories: Comics/Manga, Cosplay, Film, Interviews, Links, Martial Arts, Musings, News, Photo, Style Tags: Asian, Asian American, comic book, comic book character, comic books, comics, Japanese, Korean American, Kwannon, martial arts, Marvel Comics, ninja, Psylocke, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse
Disney to open first mainland China resort in Shanghai in June
NBC News:
China‘s very own Happiest Place on Earth will be enchanting visitors as soon as this summer.
The Shanghai Disney Resort is slated to throw open the doors of its Magic Kingdom on June 16, becoming the first Disney destination on mainland China and the third in Asia following Tokyo Disneyland‘s debut in 1983 and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort opening in 2005.
The estimated $5.5 billion resort is a joint venture between Disney and Shanghai Shendi Group, a state-owned enterprise that is holding 57 percent of the project.
“The resort reflects Disney’s legendary storytelling along with China’s rich culture, and showcases some of the most creative and innovative experiences we’ve ever created,” Disney CEO Robert Iger said in a statement. “We’re looking forward to showing it to the world and sharing it with the people of China for generations to come.”
Disney is hoping to capitalize on China’s massive economic growth in recent years, although forecasts this year have sent the world’s second-largest economy into a tailspin.
The new resort broke ground in 2011 and will encompass more than 960 acres. It will include an Enchanted Storybook Castle, being billed as the largest, most technologically advanced of Disney’s fabled castles.
The park will also be home to different themes, and include Marvel and Star Wars characters owned as part of Disney’s other properties.
Categories: Links, Museums/Exhibitions, News, Photo, Travel Tags: amusement park, Asia, Asian, China, Chinese, Disney, Disneyland, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, Japan, Japanese, Mainland China, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Shanghai, Shanghai Disney Resort, Shanghai Disneyland, Shanghai Shendi Group, Star Wars, Tokyo, Tokyo Disneyland, travel
French-Cambodian actress Élodie Yung as Elektra, revealed in the new ‘Daredevil’ Season 2 trailer
Entertainment Weekly/MovieWeb:
Marvel’s Daredevil is set to introduce the violent sexy mercenary (The Girl with the Dragon tattoo actress Élodie Yung) in season 2. She’ll complicate Matt Murdoch’s life while he struggles to handle new threats in Hell’s Kitchen, including Frank Castle a.k.a. The Punisher (Jon Bernthal).
Above is a first photo of the actress in the show — albeit without her double-sai-dagger-wielding costume on.
Elektra and Punisher will be joined in Daredevil Season 2 by returning stars Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple, a.k.a. Night Nurse, and Scott Glenn as Stick. We also reported in November that Sonia Braga has signed on to star in Marvel’s Luke Cage as Claire Temple’s mother, but it isn’t known if this character will also surface in Season 2 of Marvel’s Daredevil.
Netflix hasn’t announced when the new season will debut quite yet, but hopefully we’ll find out more soon.
Entertainment Weekly also spoke to Daredevil showrunner Douglas Petrie, who reveals that Elektra will become Matt Murdock’s girlfriend. “Matt’s a deeply moral complicated guy and she’s just the best bad girlfriend you can possibly have. She does everything wrong and attractive, she’s his id, the wild side. Matt is always taming his wild side. Elektra just lets it out. He’s both repulsed and deeply drawn to that.”
Categories: Comics/Manga, Interviews, Links, Musings, News, Photo, Review, TV Tags: Cambodian, comic book, comic book character, comic books, comics, Elektra, Elodie Yung, French Cambodian, Marvel Comics, Marvel’s Daredevil, Netflix, Rosario Dawson, sai
20 of the best outfits seen at this year’s New York Comic Con
RocketNews 24 (by Phillip Kendall):
Check out these 20 cosplayers at New York Comic Con 2015:
1. Hulkbuster!
Keith Estiler/Pixable
2. Goku and Master Roshi
3. Kapow-i GoGo
4. The Witcher’s Geralt and Ciri
Keith Estiler/Pixablee
5. Conan!
Chris Anderson/Pixable
6. Ginyu Force girl
7. Headhunter Caitlyn and Sejuani
8. I-No from Guilty Gear
9. Mortal Kombat’s Jade
10. Black Cat
11. Ratchet and Clank!
12. Super Mario
13. Borderlands’ Mad Moxxi
14. Spider-Man?
15. Boba Fett
16. The hero of Hyrule!
17. Edward Scissorhands
18. ???
19. Marty McFly
20. Darth M!
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Medicom Toy (Japan) release “Deadpool” figurines
Pop culture toy company Medicom has turned its attention to Marvel antihero epic Deadpool, with these two classic toy iterations. Featuring Deadpool in his iconic red and black regalia, there’s also an X-Force version, that comes in white and black with red eye detailing.
Highly collectible and soon available for around $67 USD here, the toys go on sale from October 4.
Categories: Anime, Art, Comics/Manga, Design, Film, Links, Musings, Photo, Style, Toys/Collectibles Tags: action figure, collectible, Deadpool, figurine, Japan, Japanese, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Medicom, Medicom Toy, toy, X-FORCE
Marvel Comics reveals Amadeus Cho as “Totally Awesome Hulk”
Entertainment Weekly:
An Old Man Hawkeye, a new Doctor Strange series and Ms. Marvel joining The Avengers are just some of the reveals Marvel has unleashed since unveiling its All-New All-Different initiative a few months ago. But with over 60 new titles, there’s still mystery surrounding some of Marvel’s most popular characters — such as the much-anticipated new Hulk that’s going to take over Bruce Banner’s mantle when Totally Awesome Hulk #1 hits stores in December.
So who is the new man in green? He’s different, he’s totally awesome…and he’s none other than kid genius Amadeus Cho.
A fixture of both the Marvel Universe and the Hulk stories for ten years, Cho seems like a natural choice, given that he mirrors his predecessor in a variety of ways — from his smarts to his impulsive nature. But the character serves a more significant purpose: crowning Cho with the Hulk title will mark the first time in Marvel history that the company will have a Korean-American lead character written and drawn by a Korean-American creative team (Greg Pak and Frank Cho, respectively.)
Categories: Art, Comics/Manga, History, Interviews, Links, Musings, News, Photo, Style Tags: Amadeus Cho, Asian, Asian American, Asian American superhero, Asian Superhero, comic book, comics, Frank Cho, Greg Pak, Incredible Hulk, Korean American, Marvel, Marvel Comics, superhero, Totally Awesome Hulk
Thousands show up to Ani-Com & Games Fair in Hong Kong
Channel NewsAsia:
Thousands of comic book fans, gamers and cosplayers are thronging the 17th Ani-Com & Games Fair in Hong Kong. Organisers are hoping to beat last year’s attendance of more than 720,000 people.
About 100 die-hard comic book fans and gamers camped out overnight ahead of the fair. Previous years saw larger crowds wanting to score limited edition merchandise, which organizers have since banned.
At the head of the queue was a fan eagerly awaiting a deluxe edition of his favourite videogame. “I’m here for the Playstation’s latest Metal Gear Solid video game. This year, I’ve set aside about US$1,000 to spend,” said Mr Chan.
There are also many comic characters coming to life. Cosplayer Paul Ho said: “We’re the crazy, crazy people. We take annual leave and come to the Comicon Hong Kong to support society, support the positives. I always say, you have heart, you can be the superhero.”
Mr Ho, an event organiser, paraded around the fair with friends in home-made costumes, inspired by the Avengers movie.
The dark side of the force was also strong when its most famous Sith Lord made an appearance. One would also likely need a second garage to fit a 1/6 scale of the Millennium Falcon spacecraft, which needs no introduction to Star Wars fans.
A Millennium Falcon movdel from the Star Wars is displayed at the 17th Ani-Com and Games exhibition in Hong Kong.
Hot Toys, a Hong Kong-based company that produces high-end figurines coveted worldwide, build the highly detailed model, which is 18-feet by 12-feet in size.
“We built it because we’re die-hard fans of Star Wars, we want people to love Star Wars, and that’s why we built it, but it’s not for sale,” said Chere Li, marketing manager at Hot Toys.
What is for sale and is its bestseller is the Iron Man Hulkbuster action figure that was featured on the big screen recently.
Channel NewsAsia‘s Hong Kong Bureau Chief Roland Lim also had the chance to test a product that is not out in the market yet. Sony‘s virtual reality headset, codenamed Project Morpheus, will not be ready until next year and Sony is planning for 30 games to come with it.
Hong Kong is the first in Asia for gamers to play Star Wars Battlefront, while Microsoft has set up a special wall with 200 car models to celebrate the 10th anniversary of racing game Forza.
The convention runs until Tuesday.
Categories: Anime, Comics/Manga, Cosplay, Design, Fashion, Festivals/Events, Gaming, Interviews, Links, Museums/Exhibitions, Musings, Photo, Style, Travel Tags: action figure, Ani-Com, Ani-Com & Games Fair, Asia, Asian, China, Chinese, collectibles, comic book, Comicon Hong Kong, comics, Cosplay, figurine, Game Fair, gamer, gaming, Hong Kong, Hot Toys, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Millennium Falcon, Models, Sony, Star Wars, Star Wars Battlefront, toys, videogame
Custom leather armors inspired by iconic characters make for some unique cosplay
RocketNews 24:
Cosplay that looks exactly like the source material is so yesterday’s news. Nowadays plenty of people take a character and use their basic look and color scheme to design a whole new costume never seen before.
People who are looking to go a little medieval with their costumes and aren’t leatherworking experts should probably look to Prince Armory, who design and create uniquely amazing sets of leather armor. Their finished pieces look so gorgeous you’ll probably want to refer to them as art. Art that could probably stop a knife, that is.
Prince Armory has been creating custom hand crafted armor, costumes and leather products since 2007. What began as a business that was almost exclusively custom one-off items has blossomed into full sets of leather armor commissioned by their patrons.
While much of their work is inspired by fantasy and medieval settings, a few of their pieces have dipped into modern-day geekery.
Asgardian Iron Man Completed Full Armor
Custom Leather Armor by Prince Armory
Asgardian Iron Man Cuirass
Asgardian Iron Man Helmet
Custom Leather by Prince Armory www.PrinceArmory.com
Besides Iron Man, their customers have commissioned medieval inspired costumes based on characters such as Darth Vader, Marvel’s Loki, DC’s Batman and the Joker and even the Warrior of Light from Final Fantasy.
Medieval Lord Vader
Custom Leather Armor
Medieval Joker Leather Armor by Prince Armory
Functional hardened leather full body armor including:
Jester’s Helmet with Joker Mask, Breastplate, Drama Face Pauldrons, Breastplate, Jester’s War Skirt, Cuisses/Knees/Greaves, Articulated Jester Shoe Sabatons
Updated Medieval Loki Helmet (horns carved and painted gold)
Leather Helmet with water buffalo horns
Warrior of Light Helmet
Part of a custom armor order based off a final fantasy character. Made from leather, horse hair and horn
Warrior of Light (from Final Fantasy)
Prince Armory’s impressive work has also been used in a Samsung TV commercial. Take a close look at the rider at the beginning on the white horse.
To see more of their outstanding work, be sure to take a look at their website, Facebook or DeviantArt page to see all the amazing pieces they’ve crafted. What’s great about their work is that every commission is an original, and they will never do the same exact set twice.
To see more of their outstanding work, be sure to take a look at their website,Facebook or DeviantArt page to see all the amazing pieces they’ve crafted. What’s great about their work is that every commission is an original, and they will never do the same exact set twice. If you want a suit of armor made by them, you can be assured that no one else will be riding into battle with the same fearsome leather as you will!
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Elodie Yung cast as Elektra in Netflix original series “Marvel’s Daredevil”
Elodie Yung (“G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” “District 13: Ultimatum”) joins the next season of “Marvel’s Daredevil,” streaming only on Netflix in 2016!
Yung will play Elektra, a mysterious woman from Matt Murdock’s past whose dangerous and exotic ways may be more than he can handle. The first season of “Marvel’s Daredevil” made reference to Elektra, but now Yung will portray one of Daredevil’s fan-favorite characters. Elektra marks the most recent major addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as she will join Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle in the upcoming season of the Netflix Original Series “Marvel’s Daredevil.”
“After a worldwide search, we found in Elodie the perfect actress to embody both Elektra’s impressive and deadly physicality, as well as her psychological complexity,” said Executive Producer and Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb. “Paired with Charlie as Matt Murdock, the two will bring one of the most beloved and tumultuous comic book relationships to life with all the accompanying sparks and spectacular action sequences the show is known for.”
“If I’m hired for an action film, there’s no point in me not trying everything, or at least as much as I can,” Yung tells us after pointing out that she had to learn to fight with two katanas [Japanese swords] for her role in G.I. Joe Retaliation. “This is not Shakespeare. It’s not about what I’m going to say. I’m not going to have a beautiful monologue. It’s about the action. As an actor, you should invest yourself as much as you can. I want to give 100 percent. It’s more fun that way.”
This determination and fearlessness will surely come in hand for her upcoming role as Elektra. Played by Jennifer Garner in the Daredevil feature, Marvel describes Yung’s rendition of Elektra as “a mysterious woman from Matt Murdock’s past whose dangerous and exotic ways may be more than he can handle.”
The Marvel character first appeared in the Daredevil comic books in 1981 as a female ninja assassin wielding a pair of blades as her trademark weapon. Needless to say, we are quite certain that Yung will be up to the task.
“Marvel’s Daredevil” is Executive Produced by Doug Petrie (“American Horror Story,” “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”), Marco Ramirez (“Marvel’s Daredevil,” “DaVinci’s Demons”) and Drew Goddard (“Cabin in the Woods,” “Lost“), along with Marvel TV’s Jeph Loeb (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Marvel’s Jessica Jones.”)
“Marvel’s Daredevil” is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios. Season one of “Marvel’s Daredevil” is now streaming on Netflix.
Blinded as a young boy but imbued with extraordinary senses, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) fights against injustice by day as a lawyer, and by night as the Super Hero “Daredevil” in modern day Hell’s Kitchen, New York City. “Marvel’s Daredevil” stars Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Jon Bernthal, and Rosario Dawson.
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Fortnite VS PUBG! Which one to choose and why?
August 20, 2018 August 18, 2018 by Neel Gogia
This post is going to be a controversial one, so boost up your emotions as an India-Pakistan Cricket match because this is something exactly similar for all the gamers in the TechBurner family.
Today we are going to talk about Fortnite and PUBG, to find out which game is better and in which sense.
PLAYERUNKNOWN BATTLEGROUND
PlayerUnknown Battleground a.k.a PUBG has been on the top for a year now and almost every online streamers are streaming this game on the Internet as it comes in different versions for PC, Android, and iOS.
BATTLE ROYALE – FORTNITE
Also, Fortnite comes with a similar story and was furiously promoted by the popular streamer called Ninja who has been in the headlines when he played this game with the world popular pop singer Drake.
So you’ll notice they share some fundamentals, but through the slow adoption of the fort-building system and Epic’s constant barrage of updates, Fortnite has become a more fast-paced, experimental game since launch. Plucked straight from the PvE mode, Fortnite’s building system allows players to put up walls, floors, ceilings, and ramps as easily as aiming and shooting a rifle. As long as players smash enough trees, brick, and metal with their pickaxe, they can erect complex skyscrapers or deploy walls as mobile cover.
Similar to Fortnite, a match in PUBG is a 100-man free for all over a massive expanse of terrain. Each round starts in a plane that flies over the map, allowing players some degree of choice in where they want to start. Once on the ground, you must scavenge for weapons and equipment to survive. After a few minutes, a lethal blue energy field begins closing on the map, effectively limiting the play area.
PROS AND CONS OF THE TWO GAMES
If it comes to my interest, I’ll go with Tencent’s PUBG as it provides real looking graphics and an exact military feel while Fortnite takes it to the Wizard Land. Also, unlike PUBG, Fortnite is always played from the same third-person perspective. Building in first-person sounds like a nightmare.
PUBG also shows great collaboration recently with the Mission Impossible Fallout providing different skins as Tom and other characters from the movie.
PUBG also has several custom game types in a separate server browser. Zombies pits a few human players who can loot against a horde of player-zombies who must work together to overwhelm them. War starts as a traditional deathmatch mode before ending in PUBG’s traditional battle royale mode.
Now, If I suggest you on which one you should opt to play, it’s a tough question. As you can see, PUBG and Fortnite have significant differences and each has particular strengths. PUBG has map variety, while Fortnite’s single map can get quite boring after a while, though Epic is mitigating the issue through more frequent updates. On the flip side, Fortnite’s weapons and tools are inventive and wacky, whereas PUBGs arsenal is too cold to be exciting.
Stats and Preference
Also, the report revealed Fortnite mobile, which is now available on mobile devices, makes it more than $1 million a day, while PUBG, which is available on both iOS and Android devices, brings in roughly $700,000 each day.
Despite where your allegiances lie, both PUBG and Fortnite have become cultural phenomena, and it is up to you to decide which is better.
Hope you like the article, please comment your views below and show some love to the TechBurner Fam.
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Alibaba’s Jack Ma Drops Speaking Commitment Over Counterfeit Row
by Cate Cadell May 18, 2016 Jun 7, 2020
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Alibaba chairman Jack Ma has cancelled a speech he was scheduled to make at an event held by a global anti-counterfeiting body after the group suspended the Chinese company’s membership.
Ma was set to make the speech at the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) conference in Washington, but dropped the commitment on Tuesday amid a backlash from brands and an independent investigation into the group’s management.
“We believe the IACC’s suspension of the general membership category is a step in the wrong direction and regrettable,” said an Alibaba spokesperson in an online blog.
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Diller due in court to petition the return of the 39 horses; still no charges filed by DEA on drug allegations
By Bruce A. Smith
Pierce County Animal Control has announced that Dr. John L Diller has filed a petition for the return of his 39 horses seized by the PCAC in late September.
Julie Anderson, the Pierce County Auditor and chief of animal control, issued a press release saying that her office had received the petition. In response, Diller and the county are due in court on November 1, 2012 to resolve the equine case, the largest seizure of horses in the history of the PCAC.
However, a larger and more troubling issue still remains. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has still not filed any charges against Dr Diller despite its fifty-page affidavit of alleged wrong doing, most notably the over-prescription of pain killers and narcotics.
Earlier, DEA officials had raided Dr. Diller’s property on Meridian in Graham seeking his medical and billing records, and apparently observed Diller’s 39 horses living in intolerable condition. According to the county, the DEA then alerted the PCAC, who subsequently rescued the horses.
Emily Langlie, the public information officer for the US Attorney General’s office in Seattle, told the Mountain News last week that “there’s nothing new,” regarding the Diller drug allegations. “We have a lot of information to go through that we retrieved from the search warrant,” she said.
Dr Diller is a family practice physician, maintaining a private medical office in Puyallup. In addition to the DEA issues, Diller’s license to practice medicine has currently been placed on probation for two years by the state Department of Health’s Medical Quality Assurance Commission. The MQAC assessed the penalty due to issues with Dr. Diller’s medical record keeping, most notably his failure to document adequate treatment planning and services.
In the meantime, county taxpayers are taking care of Diller’s horses. The primary issue appears to be the questionable condition of the stables at the Diller property.
Dr. David Best, a respected Graham horse vet, told the Mountain News that he was at the Diller ranch when the PCAC arrived and claimed he was “dumbfounded” that the county seized the horses.
Best says he didn’t see any medical conditions that would warrant taking the horses. However, he did acknowledge that one horse had a minor eye irritation, as if a speck of dust may have blown into an eye.
“They (the PCAC) showed me the horse with a possible eye problem and honestly, I couldn’t see anything wrong,” Best said.
Nevertheless, Dr Best did say that the barns and stable areas were “wet” and may have needed attention.
“I went over there to do a job, to attend to the horses – not to inspect the barns,” Dr. Best said. “I never felt that he (Diller) ever abused his horses.”
Dr. Best said that he attended to Dr. Diller’s horses several times a year.
“I know he (Diller) loves those horses,” Best said. “I think the horses were his way to decompress (from the pressures of being a physician).”
Dr. Best also said that he believed that Dr Diller was the primary family member caring for the horses.
“John took most of the responsibilities for the horses – more so than his wife,” said Dr. Best.
Whether Dr. Diller is repairing his barns prior to his court hearing is unknown. The Dillers’ attorney, Lance Hestor, told the Mountain News during a phone interview that he thought a fix-up of the barns would resolve the animal abuse issue. In response, the Mountain News has asked for a site visit, but no invitation has been received. Further, direct communications with the Dillers has been unsuccessful.
Regardless, the county will apparently be taking a close look at the Diller ranch before letting the horses return. Ms. Anderson’s announcement specifically stated the legal parameters for release:
“(T)he burden will be upon the animal owner (Diller) to prove, by a preponderance of evidence, that the animals will not suffer future neglect or abuse and are not in need of being restored to health. The Judge will decide whether to return the horses to the animal owner with court imposed conditions or deny the petition which will allow Pierce County Animal Control to proceed with the adoption process.”
Further, the prospect of animal abuse criminal charges being filed is unclear. Anderson’s press release states: “If criminal charges are filed before the hearing date, the petition will be joined with the criminal case,” but Ms. Anderson later told the Mountain News in an email that the PCAC will deliver the case file to the Prosecutor’s Office after the November 1 petition hearing is concluded. However, she stressed that the hearing and the possibility of Diller receiving criminal charges are separate issues.
“This hearing is NOT related to the criminal investigation,” Anderson told the Mountain News in an email. “It simply provides the owner the opportunity to reclaim his property, pending trial. The judge could grant full, partial, or no release of the horses. The judge can also order conditions to be met prior to release, and / or an inspection plan to monitor the horses if returned. It’s difficult to anticipate what they judge may order.”
Nevertheless, Ms. Anderson reiterated her commitment to provide excellent care to Diller’s horses.
“The animals are still in our care and doing well. We do not know how long we will have custody of the horses.”
Assisting the PCAC is the Tacoma Equine Hospital.
“This entity has been – and continues to be – the primary veterinary service on this case,” Anderson told the Mountain News. “We work regularly with them, under contract.”
In a strange twist, the original vet attending the horses, Tricia Arnold, is no longer on the case, and in fact has left her employment at Tacoma Equine. However, Ms. Arnold has not been available to discuss her actions.
When asked if this occurrence reflected upon the case in any way, the PCAC’s Anderson said: “I know nothing about their (Tacoma Equine) personnel or staffing. We continue to be satisfied with their professional services.”
In another odd development, several supporters of Dr. Diller have contacted the Mountain News alleging that he is being railroaded by Big Government so that the Graham landfill on Meridian can expand across the roadway by seizing his lands. After much research, the Mountain News has not uncovered any evidence indicating that scenario exists. Rather, LRI, the division of Waste Connections that owns and operates the landfill, says that they have sufficient land and permits to continue receiving garbage at their current facility for decades. Several county agencies confirm that perspective, such as the Department of Health and the Solid Waste Advisory Commission.
© 2012 Bruce A. Smith
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9 Responses to Diller due in court to petition the return of the 39 horses; still no charges filed by DEA on drug allegations
I get the feeling that something else is going on. There are too many loose ends.
PiercePrairiePost says:
Are they going to give him a change of venue? God knows every time Pierce County is involved, the courts go right along with the county. He needs a different county to hear this case. (Voice of personal experience with the water fluoridation case.)
country Girl says:
Dr. Diller cares for his horses greatly. He had a barn full of hay. His stall cleaner quit and he was trying to find another one. It’s quit disapointing when we dont have anything else todo but pick on a couple that works so hard to support their horses.
Al Pastuszek says:
This appears to be an unwarranted seizure. I am across the country, however, it appeared to be a 12 stall barn and 39 horses. I did not see the conditions reported but a recently messy barn. Moving that many horses at once will cause them to be unruly. Officials are extremely lucky that they didn’t cause the injury or death of a few of them with their actions.
This sort of heavy handed local government action is deplorable. I hope the residents of this area will stand up and demand this man’s horses to be returned with no further need of action on his part.
Apparently the neighbors came together and helped clean up and repair the barns and the farm. One even brought out a tractor and took out the blackberries and weeks and helped put in landscaping. You should go out a get a photo if they’ll let you. The neighbors are supporting the Dillers. That should say a lot. I spoke with a 15 year old girl at frontier Park who helped muck out the barns and a local feed supplier who helped out with organizing repairs. These are healthy horses who have a loving and capable owner.
That was supposed to be “weeds” not “weeks.” This thing doesn’t allow corrections.
Make it right says:
This government made mess is about greed and power. This is nothing more than the Pierce County the DEA and LRI working together to take a beautiful ranch worth a lot of money from hard working Americans. Stand up and speak out.
Stand for truth says:
This is a sad case. Julie Anderson some how wants this to be about the animals. It is not!! She was in the court room for this case, that lasted the whole day, when Diller was going up on the stand, darkness from an unknown area came from her. She wants something he has. I helped at the Dr. Diller a couple of time’s. Now that I did that, I have planes flying over our home. All I did was help someone. Others that helped are getting threaten and flying over their homes as well. Is this because of animals, I don’t think so. One sad moment in court was animal control officer Jodi P. said John, (said please don’t take my horses, tell me what I need to do.) Oh how my heart broke for his pain. Every horse owner better find the truth when these story’s appear in the news. His horses were taken when they showed up. He was not given any choice about his horse’s. We all should have 30 days to get things better. The horse’s now are in stalls and not getting out. At least when they were home the had room to go outside. They said one horse died. Not because it was sick, they say it was colic. This was a very valuable horse. I wonder if someone has this horse. Maybe it is still alive. They had blood work presented in court and Dr Barth said it is impossiable for 4,000 count go up 8.000 in three weeks. On the stand this was not corected to help Dillers case. The lab result was false but they did not correct it. Why!!! John takes care of the horse’s and yes some are 30 and older. Come on horse owners we all have horse’s with different needs, different body styles. Everyone that knows Dr. David Best he is a good vet. Now to their vet they discredited him, and the court allowed it. John’s rights were taken from him and it could be done to any of us. We all need to help others if they need it. I think that would save this world so much money. (ANIMAL CONTROL) John has not been charged with anything. Not arrested, nothing. Why turn his life upside down. What do they really want from him. I have two people wanting to know about Julie Anderson’s non profit LLC. On the internet I can not find anything. It is as if she has everything cleaned up for her. I see that is a way to hide the truth. Lets all stand up for what is right. Don’t let someone tell you a story and allow someones right to be taken from them. It could be any of us, if our right are taken from us, they can do anything they want. Take a stand for truth.
I agree! They took my rights away too when they took my dr down! The devil is at work & I pray GOD will prevail in this matter! I will tell the truth & that Diller is a GOOD man= unlike the people pushing these rules & laws! Leave him have his right to peace from you criminals!
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Independent Label Soulistic 360 Announces Release of New Single He Can Handle It by Breakout Inspirational Artist Tiffany Cosby Produced by Spike Rebel and Arnell Newman
Jan 9, 2021 | Entertainment
New single He Can Handle It seeks to set the tone for Inspiration going into the New Year
CHICAGO, IL, January 09, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ — Poised to leave her footprint in the music scene, quickly-rising artist Tiffany Cosby is the next artist to watch from the Soulistic 360 label group. An inspirational artist, singer, and songwriter originating from Gary, Indiana, fell in love with singing at a young age and has worked to develop her passion ever since.
At just thirteen, Cosby wrote her first song, which would set the tone for life as a musician and embracing her love of music. Inspired by life experiences and her faith in God, Cosby strives to push the envelope with her sound and create music that feeds the soul.
A member of ASCAP, Cosby’s new single He Can Handle It invites listeners into the magical world of music created by her distinctive lyricism and versatility. The emotion-filled vocal performance will serve as a precursor of things to come from Cosby in the future.
“I’ve got big goals, and I serve a big God!! No resolutions, just an unwavering resolve to do what God has told me to do! No matter what we face, God can handle it, and in our most trying of circumstances, He is the only one who can! – TiffCosby Music
He Can Handle It will be released via Bandcamp on January 11, 2021, and can be purchased by clicking here. He Can Handle It will be added to all streaming platforms beginning January 22, 2021.
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Matthew Vislosky|April 9, 2015
Fifth-year captain Payton Laurie slides to throw the Frisbee while avoiding a defender at the Silver Bowl Soccer Complex in Las Vegas. Photo courtesy of Payton Laurie
With only a couple tournaments left, Chico State’s Ultimate Frisbee team is looking to keep the strong play up and soar into the National Championships.
The Wildcats have played in four tournaments this season, three of which have been sanctioned, counting toward the team’s regular season record.
The team has placed in the top three in three of those tournaments, said Ryan Watson, the team’s head coach.
“We are ranked 41st in the nation,” he said. “Throughout the years, we’ve been 38th, 37th, 39th and 41st, so hovering right around the same area.”
The team has posted a 12-5 record on the year so far and showcased many strengths, including athleticism and depth.
“Our top 10 are insanely good,” Watson said, “and we have a pretty good team overall.”
In recent years, the number of players has increased. One of the team’s key players is fifth-year team captain Payton Laurie.
This season, the ‘Cats have been plagued with injuries, which resulted in the team not being able to compete in its tournaments in good health, Laurie said.
“I just want everyone to be healthy (because) when it comes down to our last game on Sunday, you are just so exhausted,” he said. “It’s hard to not have that one extra person.”
There are also areas the team can improve on, including the players’ attitudes and poise, Laurie said.
Compared with other years, the team’s current roster has plenty of raw and talented players.
“I have seen a lot, and the seriousness of it has increased and the talent level we have is unbelievable,” Laurie said. “The young guys that are now third-years — they now have the smarts and the brains for the game.”
This weekend, the team will travel to Davis to play in an unsanctioned tournament, which will not count toward the season record.
Going into the tournament, the Wildcats are going to be focusing on working out the kinks before upcoming bigger tournaments, Watson said.
Two weeks after the Davis tournament, the team will head to sectionals, where Watson believes the team will perform well.
“I feel that this year is the year that we will be able to do it,” Watson said.
After sectionals, the team heads to the Southwest Regionals, if it qualifies, for a chance to compete in the National Championships.
“At Regionals, there are at least eight teams in the top 45, so it’s not an easy region to get out of,” Watson said.
Plenty of other teams believe that Chico State is the dark horse of the tournament, Laurie said..
“If we can all stay together and be healthy,” he said, “I think we have the best shot Chico (State) has ever had at going to Nationals.”
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Welcome to the Talkative Writer’s guest post with American SF/Fantasy/Horror author Laura Anne Gilman.
L.A Kornetsky is the author of the Gin & Tonic series (Collared, Fixed and Doghouse). Under the name Laura Anne Gilman, she writes SF/Fantasy and horror, including the Nebula-nominated Vineart War trilogy. She lives in NYC with two cats and a time-share dog, none of whom could catch a mouse, much less a criminal.
Learn more at www.lauraanegilman.net or follow her on Twitter: @LAGilman.
And now here is Laura in her own words:
Mostly my advice to writers is “stop listening to other people and do what works consistently for you.” But when held to the wall and told to share something specific, I’ll choke out “show character!”
No, wait. It will make sense, I swear.
For example, me? I was always a mystery writer. But I didn’t write mysteries.
For years – for my entire writing career, really, I was a fantasy-genre girl, most noted for the Retrievers and PSI urban fantasy series, and the Nebula-nominated Vineart War epic fantasy trilogy. If you’d asked anyone, they would have said I was a fantasy writer, with occasional dabbles into horror and SF.
But a few years ago, the editor who had acquired the Vineart War trilogy came to me and said, (summing up) “most of your fantasy books are also mysteries, plot-wise.”
This, I allowed, was true.
She went on to ask, “You ever think about writing a straight mystery?”
And I said… “well, actually, um…yeah.”
(I may have been doing a quiet, hopeful chair dance on my end of the line because oh hell yes.)
“Well, if you wanted to maybe write one? We’d like to see it. Only, could it have a dog? And maybe a cat?”
The chair dance stopped in shock. “You want me to write you… a cozy mystery?”
My editor shuffled her feet, and said “um yeah?”
I was in a good place just then, with no need to say yes to any contract that walked in the door to pay rent. And my mysteries preferences were always more of the hard-edge noir style, not cozy. On the other hand…the chance to slide into a different genre? To work in another of my reading-loves? To diversify my portfolio of “what I can do?” For a career writer, that’s tempting bait.
So I thought about it for a little bit. I thought about how the animal angle could work, while still playing it straight.
It still seemed unlikely, mixing me and cozy. But the seed, once planted, took root, and finally I said “all right then, there’s a challenge. I like challenges…. ”
So. I was being asked to include a dog and a cat in the mystery. How I did it was up to me, but it had to hook my editor and her publisher. And hey, I live with two cats and have a time-share dog, and grew up with a household of animals… I trusted my ability to write them properly. But a cozy mystery?
And there’s where my advice comes into play. Because it was all about character. I’d already been writing mystery-plots, with a whodunnit and a whydunnit, even the questions had magical settings and solutions. I’d been reading mysteries since I was a teenager, so I knew what worked – and what I liked. All I needed were the main characters, to make it work.
Everyone creates their characters differently. You do it how it works for you. For me, it’s sitting back and inviting a voice to come talk with me.
That’s what happened with Teddy (Theodore) Tonica, the male lead. I’d known he would be male, and that he would be a bartender, but beyond that..nothing. Until he showed up, complete with the faint remains of a Northeastern accent that told me he was from the Boston area, and not much more.
His companion, Ginny Mallard, on the other hand, came complete with her entire dossier in-hand. And that told me everything I need to know about her.
Once I had the characters, though, the rest of it came into shape nicely. Ginny’s job gave me the lead-in to how she becomes an (unlicensed) PI. Teddy’s personality, and his relationship with Ginny, explains how he got roped into it. And their personalities, in turn, told me how they hooked up with their respective pets (Georgie the mostly-Shar-pei for Ginny, and Mistress Penny-Drops, the tabby, for Tonica).
And once I had all that, and their setting – because they were so clearly living in the Pacific Northwest- it was only a matter of auditioning Seattle and Portland for the setting – the actual plot slotted into place nicely, as though the characters were telling me what had happened, not the other way around.
And from that came the proposal that my editor bought, the Gin & Tonic mysteries (first COLLARED, then FIXED, and now DOGHOUSE (and a yet-to-be-titled case coming in 2015). Because the characters told me a story that could hook a reader.
You can tell any story – in any genre – so long as you remember that underneath all the definitions and descriptions, it’s all the story of one (or more) characters getting into and out of a Situation.
So there’s it, that’s my advice on how to help your career. If someone says “oh but you write X” with the implication that you can’t do anything else… tell them you’re up for the challenge. And show some character.
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Charity Event: Founders Metropolitan Community Church Hosts Japanese American Internment Play, “Bits of Paradise: Kochiyama’s Crusaders” (7/28) (Los Angeles)
Jul 27, 2017 | Arts & Entertainment
Los Angeles, CA, July 27, 2017 –(PR.com)– Event: Founders Metropolitan Community Church Fundraiser
Play: "Bits of Paradise: Kochiyama's Crusaders" (Staged Reading)
By Marlan Warren with Ariel Kayoko Labasan
Date and Time: Friday, July 28
Refreshments and Silent Auction: 7 p.m.
Showtime: 8 p.m.
Donation: $10.00 (available at the door)
RSVP: [email protected]
Location: 4607 Prospect Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
"The work of the Crusaders, although obscure and unknown, was a means by which young people in confinement were able to prove that no physical boundaries could stop them from transcending beyond the barbed wire."
–Yuri Kochiyama (aka Mary Nakahara)
On Fri. July 28, Founders Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in Los Angeles will present as a fundraiser a staged reading of the one-act play, "Bits of Paradise: Kochiyama's Crusaders" by Marlan Warren with Ariel Kayoko Labasan. All proceeds will go to benefit this interdenominational, primarily LGBTQ activist church.
The play focuses on a women's movement founded by renowned human rights activist Yuri Kochiyama when she was known as 20-year old "Mary Nakahara" and incarcerated in U.S. concentration camps during World War II with her fellow Japanese Americans. Calling themselves "The Crusaders," the girls and women mobilized a morale-boosting letter-writing campaign that ensured that "any soldier missing a letter" would receive mail.
The cast features Ariel Kayoko Labasan as Yuri Kochiyama, Jacky Jung, Zoë Jean Kim, Douglas N. Hachiya, Steve Shima, Mack Wei, and Marlan Warren.
Warren originally directed and produced "Bits of Paradise" as a Reader's Theater piece at The Marsh Theatre in San Francisco in 2008. "Asian Week" stated: "Bits of Paradise places its footprint on the timeline of a much-needed theatrical examination of the Asian American journey."
Recently, the play was reworked and re-titled "Bits of Paradise: Kochiyama's Crusaders," after Warren joined forces with actor/playwright Ariel Kayoko Labasan, whose solo show, "Yuri Speaks Out!" played at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Labasan will reprise her role as Yuri Kochiyama, portraying the activist from ages 20 to 84.
"My first encounter with Yuri Kochiyama was while I was in New York," said Labasan. "As an actor, I was seeking out roles that made me feel braver. I searched online for 'strong Asian American women in history'…and suddenly she popped up!"
Hollywood's Rogue Machine Theatre presented three performances of the play on July 19 and 20 to receptive audiences. "(Bits of Paradise) is a very touching play," said Rogue Machine's producer, Amanda Bierbauer, who hosted the event.
"When we were looking for rehearsal space, we stumbled upon MCC, not realizing the facility had once housed a congregation that protested the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II," said Warren. "We are deeply grateful to the interim pastor, Reverend Kevin Downer, who helped us acquire the rehearsal space and time this seven-actor show requires."
In fact, Warren added, the church has a cross made of the wood from a concentration camp barracks: "And it will be part of the set!"
Before she was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and before she held Malcolm X while he lay dying and before she occupied the Statue of Liberty in protest of injustice, Yuri Kochiyama was a young woman in love named Mary Nakahara whose fiancé, Bill Kochiyama, had volunteered to fight in order to prove loyalty to the U.S. while the people he loved were held in an American concentration camp.
"It sounds like a very dark time, and in fact it was," said Warren. "But the contents of The Crusaders Scrapbook in the Japanese American National Museum are full of humor and cheer and flirtations." In 2001, Warren was granted permission by JANM to adapt the scrapbook into a play for educational purposes.
Two of the cast members–Douglas N. Hachiya and Scott Shima–have great-uncles who fought in the legendary 442nd Combat Team.
The play is an ensemble effort, as Warren notes: "Actor Mack Wei has outfitted the men with uniforms and rifles from a short film he made, and Progressive Rags print shop owner, Radical Jack, in Miami, Fla. has donated three 'Free Mumia Abul-Jamal' t-shirts for Yuri to wear."
The young women playing The Crusaders will also appear as octogenarians being interviewed for a documentary. In fact, Warren has been making a film with the elderly "Original Crusaders" since 2008 ("What did you do in the War, Mama?: Kochiyama's Crusaders").
"Working with this material has been a healing process," said Warren. "For those whose family history incurred these scars, it is very personal. And for those of us who feel empathetic with its story of loss and love, it is also very meaningful."
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A glimpse into the broody soundtrack of “The Revenant,” scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Chances are that if you’ve sat down to watch The Revenant in theaters recently, you may have noticed the dark, eerie soundtrack that has accompanied the movie. It’s a gorgeous soundtrack. With heavy, mournful strings driving the recurring theme and electronic sounds punctuating other tracks, The Revenant’s original music, scored collaboratively by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, and Bryce Dessner is no traditional orchestral soundtrack.
Ryuichi Sakamoto has been in the music scene for over four decades and is widely recognized, perhaps, by those who’ve studied experimental Japanese electronic music or are avid cinephile soundtrack geeks. However, with his recent scoring of Alexander Inñaritu’s Oscar- nominated drama The Revenant, it is anticipated that Sakamoto’s name will soon become better recognized by fans of more iconic film score composers such as John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
Before venturing into writing soundtracks, Sakamoto was part of Japanese electronic music group Yellow Magic Orchestra while also pursuing a career as a solo composer and artist. His works, which feature the piano and an array of electronic instruments, are often of the contemporary, experimental type– extremely ponderous and minimalistic. However, to put Sakamoto’s music into one category would be disrespectful. Just as any musical artist grows and changes through time, Sakamoto’s work in recent years has gone in many directions as well. Starting in 1983 with his soundtrack for the British-Japanese film “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,” Sakamoto has maintained a healthy and prolific career as a film score composer beyond his native Japan. His work on the original score for the 1987 film “The Last Emperor” earned him an Academy Award, and from there he has continued to accumulate several Golden Globe, Oscar, and Grammy awards and nominations for his work on various movies.
Despite there being several collaborators on the original soundtrack for “The Revenant”, Sakamoto’s role in its creation was fundamental. As Dessner, member of The National and co-collaborator on the soundtrack explains, “the score is really woven around [Sakamoto],” “But it’s a very big movie. The movie itself is vast and kind of has many different sort of sounds and textures. And it made a lot of sense, I think, eventually, for the film itself to incorporate other voices into the score.” His soundtrack for “The Revenant” in particular is one of this past year’s most intriguing film music works. Director Alexander Inñaritu wanted the soundtrack to have layers of both acoustic and electronic sounds, and as a result, Sakamoto collaborated with accomplished experimental electronic composer Alva Noto to compose a soundtrack complete with an eclectic combination of glassy orchestral work and electronic synths. For example, “Out Of Horse” is unique because of its eerie, flute-like melody played on the ondes martenot accompanied by traditional strings. Other notable tracks include “Killing Hawk,” which has needle-inspired sound effects that will make your senses tingle, “Cat and Mouse,” which begins with white-noise-inspired electronic sounds and then gradually descends into a scratchy, ponticello-powered conversation between lower and upper strings and bell- powered beating, and “Final Fight” with its unsettling drum and chromatic cello opening.
Whether or not you were a fan of the movie, going into theaters to see “The Revenant” is a rich cinematic experience complete with a complex and nuanced soundtrack. But unlike the works of John Williams or Alexandre Desplat, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s soundtrack will serenade you into edgy territory dominated no longer by traditional acoustic instruments.
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So, About That Kaiyō Whisky
By Guest Post / August 12, 2019
Editor’s Note: This article is republished from Japanese whisky blog Nomunication.JP with their permission. Author credit goes to Whiskey Richard.
After Alligator Char brought me back some bottles of Kaiyō Whisky from the US, I’ve dug deeper and deeper to find out exactly what’s going on with this stuff. Ultimately, I wanted to answer one simple question: just what is Kaiyō Whisky, really?
Many of you have asked me similar questions. Is it Japanese, is it worth the price, where is the whisky from?
The bottle labels unfortunately answer almost none of those questions. There are no age statements, no information about where the liquid was distilled, and you won’t even find the words “Japanese whisky” anywhere on the bottle. Instead, it reads only “Japanese Mizunara Oak,” presumably a reference to the wood of the cask it was aged in. It’s shown to be Produced by KAIYO Trg Ltd, a company based in Hong Kong… not even Japan. The official website doesn’t provide more technical detail either.
KAIYŌ WHISKY, ACCORDING TO GOOGLE
First I turned to the rest of the internet for answers. There’s a detailed explanation of Kaiyō Whisky over at K&L Spirits Journal, but to summarize, some unnamed Japanese distillery sells casks of their whisky which have been teaspooned, meaning they contain a very small amount of whisky not from that same distillery. At that point, it ceases to be a “Yoichi” or whatever single malt, preventing the buyer from calling it as such. Kaiyō Whisky is then partially aged in Ariake-made Mizunara oak casks on a ship in international waters (海洋 is Japanese for ocean). DrinkHacker also provides a couple other nuggets of info.
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Or so the lore goes. While it may be distilled in Japan, it’s not aged entirely in Japan, so they deliberately aren’t calling it Japanese whisky. Thus, we shouldn’t either.
The port of Osaka, where Kaiyō Whisky leaves Japan
NAH. THAT CAN’T BE THE FULL STORY.
I don’t know about you, but I still had lots of unanswered questions. How come “Mr. Watanabe” never gets a first name? Which Japanese whisky distillery has capacity to spare these days? Why is the company’s address in Osaka that of a virtual office? Why is there no trademark for the name 海洋 filed here in Japan? How come nobody in the Japanese-language Japanese whisky blogosphere has touched this stuff yet?
And the whole Mr. Watanabe being “ex-Asahi.” What exactly does that mean? Hard to take that one at face value. Because frankly, it could mean a lot of different things:
Asahi is the owner of Nikka Whisky, so he tapped those connections to get some whisky distilled at one of their facilities
Asahi also has their own facilities (legally) capable of making whisky, so he could have called up some old buddies to make this happen within Asahi itself
The official line is true — his industry connections don’t necessarily mean Asahi, so it could be from a smaller distilleryand not a megacorp distillery
Nikka Whisky also owns the Ben Nevis Distillery, and it’s all but been outright confirmed that Nikka uses Ben Nevis for some of their “Japanese” blends. He’s clearly just taken bulk imported whisky, finished it in Mizunara, then slapped a label with kanji on it to play up the Japanese angle and charge $100 a bottle.
Asahi imports a shitton of whisky independent of Nikka, being Japan’s official importer of Jack Daniels since 2012 for example. He wouldn’t even need to go outside of his Asahi buddies to make this whisky happen with imported stocks.
Asahi’s headquarters near Asakusa
I DUG DEEPER.
Alligator Char managed to track down Mr. Watanabe. He does actually exist. I obviously won’t link it here, but he’s out there if you look around.
The rabbit hole goes even deeper. Kaiyō Whisky looks to be part of a complex network of shell corporations. The kind of thing many people associate with tax evasion or avoidance.
The EU trademark for “Kaiyo” whisky was filed by a Delaware corporation called LHK Spirits Holdings, Inc.
LHK Spirits Holdings, Inc. calls 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE home, an address that appears prominently in the Paradise Papers. That one building is the headquarters of nearly 300,000 corporations, thanks to Delaware’s famous corporate friendliness.
The US trademark for Kaiyo whisky was originally filed by New Zealand-based Kaiyo Trk Ltd Corporation, headquartered at this address you’ll find in the Panama Papers.
…okay, what’s going on here? Seriously, the damn Panama Papers? To be fair, offshore corporations do have legitimate uses, and the comparative simplicity of establishing a corporation in Delaware is quite attractive.
Anyway, none of that tells us what Kaiyō Whisky really is.
That potentially could have been an article in of itself. But I don’t want to just raise more questions about Kaiyō. There are already enough of those out there. I want to provide answers.
SO I REACHED OUT TO THEM.
After all, this is a business selling whisky, not some shady global crime syndicate. Can’t hurt to just ask. I dropped the Kaiyō Whisky team an email via the contact page on their site.
And I received a response from Jeffrey Karlovitch. He wanted to have a call.
JEFFREY KARLOVITCH, WHISKY CREATION, KAIYŌ WHISKY
Keeper of the Quaich Jeffrey Karlovitch has been involved with whisky for several decades. He’s famously known for being the Master Blender and CEO of the Americas for the Lost Distillery Company, which set out to use modern whiskies to recreate the flavors of Scotland’s lost distilleries prior to shuttering. This requires extensive research, analysis, experimentation, and of course blending. More details on the exact process are available at their website.
Jeffrey has been blending for a long time. Some 15 years ago he expected that Japanese whisky would soon become more popular. Here in Japan, he has worked with both Akashi’s White Oak Distillery and the Chichibu Distillery on their blends.
KAIYŌ WHISKY’S HISTORY
The Kaiyō Whisky project started around 12 years ago. It was born out of a team involved with the Hennessey side of LVMH, and specifically Eric Horowitz of Kelt, a brand of Cognac also matured at sea.
That said, the Kaiyō team discovered that even years ago, Japanese distilleries were unwilling to sell them aged stock. This put them in a bit of a predicament: how could they launch the brand without properly aged whiskies?
Port of Osaka at night. Kaiyō heads out to sea from somewhere near here
The answer is they didn’t. They decided to wait it out and age the whisky properly. Kaiyō Whisky is reportedly very well-funded, having the backing of one of the richest people in the world. This could, perhaps, explain all of those shell corporations I discovered! That financial situation enabled the Kaiyō Whisky team to avoid one of the biggest business-related issues faced by whisky makers throughout the world — how do you make money while your whisky is aging?
So Kaiyō Whisky found themselves purchasing non-aged Japanese whisky, then aging it themselves. 3 years on land. It’s then blended together prior to heading out to sea.
Jeffrey was skeptical of the concept of ocean aging at first, thinking it was “BS.” However, he’s since become quite a convert. The ocean aging process leaves whiskies significantly richer and rounder, per his assessment.
But he’s not completely blinded by the process. If 20 casks go out to sea, around 13 of them come back good — “some of the best ever,” he says. That leaves the team with 7 casks that need something extra. These casks require some extra work, meaning spending time in other casks again, and become components in Kaiyō’s blending process.
ABOUT THAT MIZUNARA
Jeffrey has spent plenty of time with Mizunara oak. It’s a hassle to work with, but worth the trouble. Mizunara is famous for bringing along spicy Asian incense notes like spicy sandalwood and aloe.
Kaiyō’s Mizunara casks are all new. Ariake Sangyo is Japan’s only independent cooperage. As we saw with Tarusky, the cooperage also appears to be branching out into actually making spirits aged in their own barrels.
Kaiyō is “probably Ariake’s biggest customer,” according to Jeffrey. He considers them to be the best cooperage in the world, with an unmatched attention to detail yielding high quality casks every time.
Apart from Mizunara, the Kaiyō team also uses ex-Bourbon casks from Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace, and Four Roses (unrinsed!). There are also sherry casks, which we’ll get to at a later date — a recent release is dubbed “KAIYō The SHERI.”
KAIYŌ WHISKY IN JAPAN
I asked Jeffrey if we would ever see Kaiyō sold domestically here in Japan, and it seems that things are already in the works to make this happen. The company will be partnering with Ariake Sangyo for a domestic launch. It’s been in the works for quite some time as they want to be sure they are completely prepared and it’s done properly.
NOT ALL LOLLIPOPS AND RAINBOWS
As many nomunication.jp readers are aware, Japanese whisky is in a predicament. Distilleries simply weren’t prepared for the global demand that’s out there today, and have been scrambling to increase capacity.
This, to me, was probably the biggest question I had about Kaiyō Whisky. How do they, in this day and age, source whisky distilled in Japan? I mean, perhaps years ago, the team could use industry connections to get unaged whisky from a place like Chichibu or White Oak–Chichibu does an absurd number of private casks after all. But today? Seems impossible.
Perhaps my hunch was right. Jeffrey confirmed that Kaiyō Whisky’s situation changed 18-24 months ago.
Indeed, Kaiyō Whisky is now feeling the squeeze. While they were able to obtain a large lot about six months ago, the expectation is that this is not something they can rely on to continue to build the brand.
KAIYŌ DISTILLERY
That’s why the team is currently working to build a distilleryhere in Japan. Barring a press release by the company itself, it’s not often that we hear about distilleries before they come through Japan’s tax office. But like last time, again we got the inside scoop.
They are at the moment considering two sites: one near Osaka and one near Ariake Sangyo in Kyoto. We should know within the next month or so which site has been chosen. The expectation is they’ll be using Forsyths stills.
JAPANESE WHISKY STANDARD
Departing from Kaiyō Whisky itself, Jeffrey and I also discussed the legal definition of Japanese whisky. After all, it’s been a hot topic of late.
Just like many of us, he wants more transparency in Japanese whisky as a category. Importantly, this needs to happen with more specific regulations and laws. And it needs to happen sooner rather than later.
It needs to happen tomorrow to protect the integrity. Or else, he says, Japanese whisky risks losing its mystique.
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IMR-687 Receives FDA Fast Track & Rare Pediatric Disease Designations for the Treatment of β-Τhalassaemia
IMARA Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing novel therapeutics to treat patients suffering from rare inherited genetic disorders of haemoglobin, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation and Rare Pediatric Disease designation for its lead clinical asset, IMR-687, for the treatment of β-thalassaemia.
The FDA had previously granted Orphan Drug designation for IMR-687 for the treatment of patients with beta-thalassemia and Orphan Drug, Fast Track and Rare Pediatric Disease designations for the treatment of patients with sickle cell disease.
“Fast Track designation helps us create the opportunity to potentially accelerate the development of IMR-687 in β-thalassemia. Rare Pediatric designation reflects the agency’s recognition that β-thalassaemia is a serious disease, with symptoms that manifest in childhood and progress over time into adulthood,” said Rahul Ballal, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Imara.
Τhe company recently launched a Phase 2b clinical trial of IMR-687 in adult patients with β-thalassaemia and expects to dose the first patient in the near-term. Regulatory submissions are underway in 14 countries and screening has initiated for the Phase 2b clinical trial.
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The FDA’s Fast Track designation is a process designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need. Fast Track designation allows for early and frequent communication with the FDA throughout the entire drug development and review process. It also enables eligibility for Accelerated Approval and Priority Review, as well as a rolling review of a company’s New Drug Application, if relevant criteria are met.
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Rivals of Aether: A Variation of the Super Smash Bros. Recipe?
Two fighting games, one formula?
“Do you play [Super] Smash [Bros.]?” This question perhaps is the one bit of information needed to convince gamers to join a college gaming club today. Super Smash Bros. has left a huge impact on the gaming community—the collections of Nintendo fighters have created and monopolized an entire genre of games, evolving into a gaming culture. But how? And is there a way to duplicate Smash authentically? Rivals of Aether, a Steam-released early access game, may have done just that. Dan Fornace, the mind behind the game, states it’s fully based on the Super Smash Bros. series according to their website; so, does Aether continue the legacy of the Smash-style fighting game? Before we answer this question, we need to first explore the origins of Smash, leading to the “secret sauce” of the Smash Bros. revolution. (Thanks to JakeNoseIt for having used the term “secret sauce”.)
Ingredients of the Secret Sauce
The recipe for success lies in the game’s origins, with the original game setting the Smash standard. Melee, Brawl and the Wii U/3DS version take it upon themselves to expand the potential of Smash. Looking deeper into the features of the Smash games, there seem to be four core elements in the series that are very strong. Familiarity, game aesthetics, customization, and simplicity combine to create the series’ unique selling points.
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Nintendo isn’t trying to reinvent its own wheel or anything. Kirby can ingest characters and change appearance, while Pikachu can do Thundershock in battle—Nintendo fans expect these unique movesets from the playable characters. Bob-ombs, Pokéballs, and more items are also available to use during battle. And nearly every aspect of the game delivers fan service. The multitude of unlockable trophies also count as fan service, recounting Nintendo history in a way Wikipedia will never be able to do. Among Mario, Link, and Samus trophies, Clu-Clu Land, Balloon Fight, and Duck Hunt characters are also thrown in, among many other characters and items. The multitude of familiar elements bring the universes of Smash together in an epic way, finally answering the “when are the Nintendo worlds going to combine?” question from fans.
Game Aesthetics
Look at that denim on Luigi! Not to mention the shine on Samus’ armor or the detail on Link’s sheath.
Visually, the series’ appearance is given lots of attention. The Nintendo 64 game has smooth animations, yet the chunkiness of the characters were increasingly smoothed out in later games. Now, it’s surprising how noticeable it is that Luigi is wearing denim overalls! All of the game’s assets have evolved into fleshed-out, colorful, and visually-appearing versions of themselves. The action does move rather fast, but Smash has built in a way for players to appreciate the artistry. In many fighting games, pausing brings up a menu box in the middle of the screen. The Smash menu options are placed on the outer edges of the screen, where the standard word “pause,” can be seen, as well as the controls to resume the game, or quit the game. The game camera can be rotated to view different angles, zoom, and even take snapshots (in Brawl). Characters could make hilarious faces and strike poses mid-attack or after being hit, such as in the photo of Luigi shown above, to remember that epic moment when “that one character had done that one thing.” Paused games are often humorous to look at, if the person pausing the game times the action at just the right moment. The general aesthetics of Smash shouldn’t be glossed over at all, nor should its pause camera.
Blue Kirby? Sure, why not?
The casual, the competitive, the inexperienced, and anyone else can customize their in-game experience to their liking. With over fifty characters to choose from today, there are over fifty movesets that players could potentially learn, and several ways to find that comfortable playing niche. Changing the classic character outfits, battling with up to eight people as singles or teams, setting a time limit, and setting life counters are only some of the possible ways to instantly relieve boredom from playing over and over. There’s a plethora of stages available, and the availability of any item in battle can be changed. It’s no wonder tournaments can become quite interesting. The single player modes are just as good as multiplayer. Since Melee, it’s possible to face gigantic enemies or armies of them, as well as several other types of challenges. Even if your friends are ill, the game is still worth exploring as a single player. The multitude of ways one can interact with this game allow for a very large, diverse audience. Anyone could pick up a controller and play along, no matter the level of gaming experience or ability.
Smash does a great job at settings players up for success; newcomers can join in without too much difficulty. Unlike traditional fighting games, memorizing lengthy combinations or engaging in button-pushing madness isn’t necessary to win. Attacking your opponents is simplified to using at most two or three buttons, adapted over time to GameCube and the Wii U. Easing the amount of controls needed to play helps everyone learn to play quickly, and have a good time in the process.
How do the values of Smash match up with Aether?
The four title characters, from left to right, Wrastor, Zetterburn, Orcane, and Kragg.
The Rivals of Aether logo highlighting four nations (elements) at war.
Aether is a new world, but there’s still elements we’d recognize from our planet. Rivaling nations of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth? Avatar: The Last Airbender is a prime example of how the foursome are featured in modern culture. Minus water, the other three elements make up the name of a “shining star” band from the 1970s. The characters represent their respective elements very nicely; looking at the picture shown directly above the previous paragraph, one could tell the dolphin-like character on the bottom right hand corner (Orcane) represents water, and the bird-like character on the top left (Wrastor) represents air. In battle, Zetterburn delivers powerful fiery attacks, and Kragg can throw boulders. Aether is new, but hasn’t invented concepts that aren’t familiar.
Orcane (left) and Forsburn (top) face off against Maypul (second from left) and Wrastor (right).
The visuals don’t have those smooth contours as in Smash, but the art style is very detailed and interesting to look at. It’s an allusion to twenty-five cent arcade games, using joystick and button combinations to take down the opponent. Though this game has much more fluid action sequences; melted butter might come to mind when describing the game’s smooth animations. There’s a lot to see, but also just as much to hear; the dynamic original soundtrack is worth listening to, both on and off the playing field.
Kragg used Rock Hurl and Earth Pillar while battling an interestingly-colored Zetterburn.
Kragg has the skill to create a pillar of rock ascending to his position, and Forsburn can create a duplicate himself. Wrastor can actually quadruple jump when needed. Each character has unique abilities and powers that leave players to decide for themselves what element to crush their enemies with. Not only are the players unique in their specialties, but have specific roles in the game’s story mode (Rivals Mode). Smash assumes that players know the stories behind the Nintendo world, but Aether needs to make it clear there is unrest in Aether, and reasons for it. Those who want to test their skills alone might consider Abyss Mode or Abyss Versus to fight waves of various types of enemies. Versus Mode brings friends together, and then immediately places them against each other for an epic showdown. Hopefully, by this point in the article, your friends are feeling better and will want to face off with you in an Aether showdown.
Zetterburn packs a fiery punch to the equally-skilled Orcane.
Aether does a fantastic job at condensing the game to feature its most important elements: the characters. As compared to over fifty characters in the latest version of Smash, there are only six playable characters. (This number has already grown to seven, and more are expected.) Having a large amount of characters in Smash works since the Nintendo universe has already been established, yet in Aether, the characters are new and need to make a good impression quickly. No button-pushing madness is required in this game either; each character is given only three moves. Combinations of moves are easy to perform, and can really increase your opponents’ damage counters. Limiting the palette of moves, like in Smash, helps in keeping the game easy to learn and fun to play for everyone. Less rivals and less moves may mean less choice, but more time to understand the game as a whole.
Rivals of Aether matches up closely with the Super Smash Bros. series in that players can relate to elements of the game, the aesthetics are superb, and the controls are simple. Aether follows a similar blueprint to Smash, but the art style, number of characters, and its storyline set itself apart from the Nintendo quartet. The game, though not fully released, should graciously accept the Smash-fighter title as an independent game for XBox One. One opinion is great, but many more will make all the difference; what are your thoughts about Super Smash Bros. or Rivals of Aether? How does Aether compare to Smash?
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Oct 19, 2015 Reply
i honestly cant go back to smash after playing this game the movement is so much more swift and fluid
Thanks for reading! It’s definitely got a smoother feel to it for sure!
jeanmarrie
It’s great, and I’m a huge melee player.
Thanks for reading! Me too!
Im definitely gunna try this game out. Always loved smash. but im rly likeing the differences this game has to offer. I wouldnt have known about it if it wasnt for you.
Thanks so much, and thanks for reading!
AFort
The art style reminds me of pokemon, or is that just me?
Thanks for reading! I agree- it’s got more simplicity to it. It reminds me of Pokemon Gold/Silver where you can see some of the individual pixels still. Very retro-looking!
jack noel
This game is my very first steam purchase! Hope it’s worth it.
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy it!
Reminds me of Super Smash Flash a bit.
Thanks for reading! Definitely agree!
I’ve never heard of this game till now, but it looks awesome.
Thanks for reading! It’s so great- check out some “Let’s Play” videos!
Javal
So this is basically a budget Smash?
Thanks for reading! In a way, yes, but not really. It could be considered a fan-made game at a very broad level considering the creator directly based his game on Smash. Though while Smash relies on characters, Aether relies on story, which fundamentally separates the two. Check it out on YouTube! Feel free to disagree with me.
I see it as a way to play a game that is similar, if not better, than Melee, that doesn’t require you to find a 14 year old game and a 14 year old system to play it on, as well as finding a CRT TV.
Leo Keys
I’ve bought the game before reading this article, and im not really sure what to feel about it yet.
Thanks for reading! This is an early access game at the moment, so maybe there’ll be improvements with the full version that you might like. I’m sure Smash had backlash too when it was released. Feel free to discuss your opinions.
YsabelGo
What attracted me to Super Smash Bros is the fact that it’s a crossover of fandoms that I like. Crossovers get me excited, especially if I know the characters. I also found it enjoyable when I had my friends come over and we all played Smash together. I’m not sure if I will give Aether a try, because I am unfamiliar with the characters.
But it was nice to read an article that analyzes Smash’s formula, and how it is being presented in this new Steam game. Great job!
I’m with you there; crossovers are really neat and that also got my interest started in Smash. The creator of Aether also really loved Smash and wanted to change it based on the way he played, so on a large scale, it’s similar to a fan-made game. To me, that’s why it was worth checking out. Thanks for reading, glad you liked it!
lmunson
Smash also has a hand in the evolution of it’s characters. The original has the first 3D model of Donkey Kong almost a full year before Rare’s Donkey Kong 64.
That’s definitely true! A really good point; the game’s been so loyal to its fans. We’ll have to see if the Aether characters follow suit. Thanks for reading!
Slaidey
I’ve tried playing Rivals of Aether but compared to Smash it is definitely for more advanced players (which is why they focused on enhancing and complicating the mechanics). Sure, noobs can play together and have a fun time, but as soon as you start facing off against others online there’s a high chance you’ll get matched with someone far beyond your skill level. If you don’t know what you’re doing it’s super easy to get punished with relentless combos. This is perhaps only because I played in the early access stages where everyone who did purchase it were try-hard enthusiasts haha.
It’s awesome that they introduced wave dashing, but I personally find the counters too hard to pull off. The timing has to be just right whereas in Smash you get a shield that will last a duration of time then deplete. Rivals of Aether sure takes the training wheels off!
Very interesting to know. There’s always going to be a player that’s better than you online, for sure. It’s definitely a game that seems to favor Smash players slightly more- the controls took me some time getting used to also. Thanks for reading!
This game looks amazing. I’m sold.
Thanks for checking out my article! Hope you enjoy playing.
I am a HUGE melee fan and have been in the competitive scene for quite some time now. Im really happy to read about this game. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed reading about Aether. It can get quite competitive- as Slaidley put it, the training wheels are definitely off. Thanks for checking out the article!
Great another awesome game i cant afford, cheers for Venezuela Currency Control
Sorry to hear. That must be rough, though there’s some great Let’s Play videos on Youtube to watch and still enjoy its existence. Thanks for reading!
Chet Seaman
This game looks really good to me, but I have never ever come close to a smash bros game but I would really like to try this.
Definitely! You should! It’s a learning process, but once you’ve had some time playing you’ll most likely get the hang of the controls. Or, wait until the full version comes out for XBox. Thanks for reading!
I love this game already and i cant wait to get into competitive.
Great to hear! There’s so much to offer from such a little game. Thanks for reading!
Maxx N
Back in high school I worked with the creator of Rivals of Aether, Dan Fornace, on an early version of this game. We spent hours working and reworking pixel art sprites and discussing ideas of game development. I used to be a devout xboxer. Now, of course! My old friend releases his stellar new game and I’ve got a PS3 sitting beneath my TV irritating and infuriating me with endless pay to play updates of Destiny. I might have to trade in my PS3 and get back in the X games. Glad to see my man Dan is making real moves in the gaming community. Rock on Fornace! Looking forward to stomping you online in your own game 😉
Sweet, thanks for reading! Now we’ve just got to get Dan to comment on this too, haha!
robarcand
Excited to check this out, thanks for the recommendation!
Definitely worth taking a look at. Thanks for reading!
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ZacharyP42
How does this rival to say Brawlhalla?
I don’t know too much about Brawlhalla, but from what I know, it’s more similar to Smash because in-battle items are available, as there are no items in Aether. Though if you’re comparing to Aether, I’d say it’s catered more to the multiplayers out there. Aether spends a little more time to really focus on its story, which might lend itself more for single playing. This could make for an interesting Artifice article someday. Feel free to add your thoughts. Thanks for reading!
Dec 2, 2015 Reply
Fenrir013
I have yet to play this but it looks interesting. I think its refreshing to see an established formula be tackled in a different style.
Definitely agree with you. What’s really cool is that this guy is a HUGE fan of Smash, but made this game to reflect on how it could be better. An interesting twist on “fan service.” Thanks for reading!
Tatijana
I never really got into these games… and that’s probably because I’m terrible at them. I’m a terribly ungracious loser.. so I just stopped playing against people haha. But I’d be interested in single player modes!
These kinds of games are difficult in multiplayer, for sure. But that’s the beauty of expanding these games to single player: it’s a whole new audience you can design for. It’d be cool to play through this game’s single player in it’s entirety, it sounds so interesting, almost like a complete second game. Thanks for reading!
carp000
So I’ve been a Smash fan since the first installment on 64, and I still avidly play the newest installment in the series (Smash Bros for 3DS). You have spoken many truths of the series. It is immensely deep and the competition, learning new characters, new play styles, and trying to figure out your opponents, will always keep me and the tons of Smash fans out there excited to play more.
I also own Rivals of Aether. When I heard about this game, I was indeed very excited. I had no intention of replacing my Smash playtime with it, but I wanted to try it out. As the creators explained, they took the more competitive aspects of Smash and polished them into a fast-paced fighting game of the same nature. I’ll have to admit that it is a lot of fun, but at the end of the day, I’ll still put more hours into Smash for the appreciation I have for Nintendo and for the series.
Nevertheless, I would still recommend Aether to anyone who is a fan of the Smash series, but especially for those who really want to dig into the competitive spirit of it.
Cool! Thanks for your thoughts! I still can’t decide which I like better, but I would definitely choose a different game depending on how competitive I want to be. Thanks for reading!
Aarogree
As a Smash enthusiast this has piqued my interest.
Awesome! Smash might be more than just a go-to multiplayer game after all. Thanks for reading!
MrMuffin
Definitely nailed the description of Smash on the head. While I never got passed the casual stage, a single match of Melee (15 years after its release, might I add) was enough to truly show me what this series was about. I highly recommend watching the Smash Brothers Documentary Series to anyone that hasn’t already, as it provides an incredible glimpse at what professional Smash is like. Maybe Rivals of Aether will be able to match it!
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2015, says Robert Kirkman, via EW. (insidetv.ew.com) "Untethered" to the comic book series.
Hey, you know who had this same idea? Me.
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Why isn't The Walking Dead being franchised like Law & Order or CSI? Atlanta can't be the center of the universe. How's the zombie apocalypse going in New York, DC, LA, Miami, or Vancouver?
What I said. I'm looking forward to expanding this universe.
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They're World War Zing the Walking Dead.
I want an anthology series. I don't care for another regular cast of characters.
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samoflange
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From: Cambridge, MA
Very cool news, and I agree that an anthology format would be more interesting and engaging than a whole second set of characters. Get a variety of directors to take on 1 to 3 episode long stories from a variety of locations around the globe. Maybe throw money at a few bigger name actors/actresses to come in for a few of them per season.
Robert Kirkman is up there with my favorite creative minds of all time, and I love that this TV project has been so successful for him. Still holding out hope for an Invincible animated series someday.
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Norman Reedus, lead actor come on down, you are the next contestant in The Spin-off is Right. I just hope they get a lead female character, I don't hate. Maggie is the exception of course.
The Wee Baby Sheamus.Twitter: @realjoecarfley its a bit more toned down there. A bit.
SchippeWreck
From: Glendale, CA
Set it in Albuquerque. Have the Breaking Bad flash-forwards serve as a backdoor pilot. Then sit back and count your cash, AMC.
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Big Bad
From: Dorchester, Ontario
The problem with these ideas is that they'd both be cooler than the original show. Everyone loves Reedus, so he'd be a big loss to TWD that couldn't be easily replaced. Also, an anthology series set around the world filmed by big-name directors and starring big-name actors will make TWD with its unheralded cast, over-acting Governors and lack of story movement look pretty crappy in comparison.
Originally posted by SchippeWreck
Turns out that ricin added to Todd's half-assed meth combines to create zombieism, and then when it's accidentally spilled into ABQ's water supply, hijinks ensue!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." --- Bart Giamatti, on baseball
In the game, you encounter some people from the comic before their storyline entered the comic, and then they become separated. I think it'd be smart to maybe open with the Reedus brothers at the start of the zombie outbreak, have them with some people, who then then get separated, and we follow this other groups storyline. Would probably be pretty exciting for people to see Michael Rooker again for a couple episodes.
It could be interesting how people could potentially pollinate between the two....we could have people that start on the new show that are people we meet later on the main show.
Big Bad, I understand what you're saying, but I also feel like TWD on AMC is still one thing out of a lot of walking dead things and it is the crappiest of all of them. The comic is better, the novels are better, the game is better.
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Robert Pattinson impresses in this stylish drama about the relationship between celebrity and the media.
An intense mob formed around the Berlinale press screening of Anton Corbijn’s Life — such is the continued allure of Robert Pattinson. His fans beyond the festival will be pleased to hear that his brittle performance as LIFE magazine photographer, Dennis Stock, outshines Dane DeHaan’s over-baked rendering of James Dean, although the latter is poignant enough to enliven this tale of men helping each other to take a leap into greatness.
Pattinson’s performance is as crisp as the white shirt and black suits his character always wears. This is acamouflage for his own problems that slowly unfurl, adding colour and improving the film.
Pattinson steps up, allowing more of his character’s insides to come out. As Life proceeds the pace picks up and by the third act, it is a compelling dramatisation of an artistically fascinating alliance.
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While Pattinson has endured a lot of gratuitous bashing post-Twilight, he gives arguably the most fully rounded performance here, even if the character is inconsistently drawn. The photographer’s challenges seem as much due to his own insecurities as to the subject’s flakiness. But the conflict concerning whether James will or won’t deliver for Dennis’ camera never packs much urgency.
Cine-Vue
Owen Pallett’s jazz-infused score and Corbijn’s sharp, conservative framing capture the essence of a decade in which America was shifting towards a more liberal perspective on life and the arts. DeHaan and Pattinson are also both terrific, at once elegant and charismatic, yet equally uncomfortable in the skins they inhabit. Dean’s ability to mirror the dilemmas of a disenfranchised generation of youngster made him a star and whilst DeHaan’s performance is a little over-exaggerated, he still manages to capture that sense of relatable despondency. This also affords Pattinson time out of the spotlight in one of his strongest roles to date.
DeHaan and Pattinson enact this anti-romance beautifully, each man quizzically eyeing the other for leads and clues, while coyly retreating from scrutiny. Pattinson, adding to his post-“Twilight” gallery of sharp-cut screw-ups, brings intriguing layers of childish dysfunction to a character who is only ostensibly the straight man in the partnership.
“Stock (a show-stealing Robert Pattinson) first meets Dean at an LA party hosted by director Nicholas Ray.”
“As it is, the main things you’ll remember are Pattinson’s best performance and the finest projectile vomit scene you’ve ever seen.”
“Robert Pattinson is perfectly cast as Stock, a man adrift with an ex-wife from a teenage marriage and guilt filled about the young son he never sees.”
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“For Robert Pattinson, his take on iconic photographer Dennis Stock is equally as impressive as he enters the world of Hollywood from the other side of the carpet (and at bottom). Spotting Dean’s talent early, Stock, in the two-hour running time attempts to get photographs of Dean before fame kicks in. Deadlines, pressure and awkwardness soon mount-up, and Pattinson expertly presents it onto screen.”
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Instead, he wrote, education was vital to the maintenance of a free society. This concern with education was widespread in the founding generation, and Thomas Jefferson famously listed the establishment of the University of Virginia as one of the three great accomplishments of his life he omitted his presidency from the list.
But with business groups looking to schools essentially to educate workers for a complex industrial society an inherent conflict was brewing.
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Earlier generations had expressed different ideals. In his inaugural address inas the threat of world war drew ever closer to the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt said that American democracy was strong because it is built on the unhampered initiative of individual men and women joined together in a common enterprise.
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Consumerism had become the common cause. The mainstream media too have seen similar transformations. Pressures to make profit require more and more avoidance of controversial and sensitive issues that could criticize aspects of corporate America or reduce the buying moods of readers.
In doing so, much of the agendas are driven by government and business interests, with less criticism. Over time, as people unwittingly get accustomed to a lower quality media, propaganda becomes easier to disseminate.
The proper procedure is to drill them home by constantly presupposing them, so that they become the very condition for discourse. The US is no exception to this. As the following quote summarizes, the role of the media from the view of politics is often less discussed: George Seldes, a reporter for over seventy years, points out that there are three sacred cows still with us today: The media refuses to discuss its consistent failure to inform the masses of this ongoing control.
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This is a large topic so this section will be updated from time to time. It is normally thought — and expected — that US press freedom would rank top in the world. Yet, for many years, it has been a lot lower than the high expectation.
Forthe US ranked just 47th. For a while, under the Obama Administration it was looking better, but recent events such as the various Occupy protest movements and how journalists have been treated has resulted in the recent drops in the rankings. Back to top Uninformed population means harmful policies can go unaccountable Many US policies, especially foreign policies, have come under much sharp criticism from around the world as well as from various segments within American society.
As a result, some fear that they are running the risk of alienating themselves from the rest of the world. A revealing quote hints that media portrayal of issues can affect the constructive criticism of American foreign policy: Jonathan Power, America is in Danger of Alienating the WorldMarch 3, The quote above also summarizes how America is viewed in the international community and how some of their actions are portrayed in the United States.
International news coverage from US media is very poor. In a strict sense, the American media did not in cover the world, says the Pew report.
Beyond Iraq, only two countries received notable coverage last year — Iran and Pakistan. This non-coverage of global issues is worrying because so many American citizens end up getting a narrow view of many important world issues. In such a situation, it is easier for propagandists to say things that are harder to question and seem real.
The majority of US citizens still get their news from television, where limited headlines and sound-bites reduce the breadth, depth and context available. And while the Internet has surpassed traditional newspapers as a prime source of newsthe diversity of news is still small; a lot of content for Internet sites come from a few traditional sourcesusually those working in struggling newspaper companies and media outlets.
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Jonsi dvd/album Go Quiet
Technically the acoustic DVD of Jonsi’s 2010 album Go is more of a visual feast; a tour de force of visual and aural art combinations. Watching the entire film, entitled Go Quiet (amazon) (and also mostly available on youtube), is akin to admitting you need a moment to ponder the wonders of this world. About three songs into the album/movie you realize that most of what you worry and fret about on a daily basis is really boring, mundane, and trivial.
Only a few artists transcend the status of musician and truly are artists in every sense of the word. I would put Sufjan Stevens on that list and I would definitely put Jonsi right next to him. There is a special reverence in his live performance that mere mortals don’t stumble upon accidentally; a transcendent, captivating, emotional outpouring that is difficult to describe yet incredibly easy to experience and enjoy as a listener, watcher, consumer.
mp3 : Jonsi – Tornado (Go Quiet Version)
mp3 : Jonsi – Kolnidur (Go Quiet Version)
The songs in Go Quiet are the same as the songs on his album Go. Lyrics and melodies remain unchanged. The music, however, is stripped down to only what Jonsi could provide in a live recorded setting. And it is breathtaking. Please take forty five minutes of your life and spend it watching Go Quiet.
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Author TWFPosted on March 1, 2011 Categories musicTags acoustic, indie, jonsi, mp3, musicLeave a comment on Jonsi dvd/album Go Quiet
The past year was filled with unforgettable music. As I was poring over all of the great albums I began agonizing (often vocally to my wife) about how I was possibly going to choose which albums would make this list. Throughout the past two months I’ve been listening to twenty albums on constant repeat and below I present to you the fruits of this labor.
01 : The National – High Violet (amazon) (itunes)
The National crafted an album in 2010 that surpassed all of the hype that has been surrounding them since they released their album Alligator in 2005. Of all the great music in 2010 this album narrowly surpassed the rest of the pack in grabbing and holding my attention the most.
mp3 : The National – Sorrow
mp3 : The National – Conversation 16
02 : Cloud Cult – Light Chasers (amazon) (itunes)
There are five or six albums in this list that could have easily laid claim to the coveted number one position. Light Chasers sits at number two on the list because every single song adds to the story arc and each track contributes something new, yet cohesive, to the experience.
mp3 : Cloud Cult – The Invocation (p.1) – You’ll Be Bright
mp3 : Cloud Cult – The Arrival – There’s So Much Energy In Us
03 : Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz (amazon) (itunes)
Many people didn’t know what to think of Sufjan’s return to music. He eschewed his well known banjo and modern folk interpretations and instead produced a sprawling epic that combines intricate storytelling with even more intricate electronic compositions. Truly a great album.
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens – Now That I’m Older
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius
04 : Jonsi – Go (amazon) (itunes)
Jonsi went solo this year from Sigur Ros and he came up with an album that sounds as great as his band, but it moves along with a joy and brevity that they don’t typically employ.
mp3 : Jonsi – Kolnidur
05 : Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (amazon) (itunes)
When you see Arcade Fire at fifth on this it’s easy to see just how hard it was to arrange the top ten. The only problem I have with this album (which is the same as everyone else) is that it isn’t full of songs on the same level as Wake Up. I know that isn’t fair, but it’s what we’re all waiting for.
mp3 : Arcade Fire – Rococo
06 : Vampire Weekend – Contra (amazon) (itunes)
In 2008 I was ready to write these Ivy League yuppie kids off as a typical flash in the pan. On their sophomore album they’ve found a way to turn smug indie rock into something worth listening to over and over again.
mp3 : Vampire Weekend – Horchata
07 : Broadcast 2000 – Broadcast 2000 (amazon) (itunes)
The only reason this great album doesn’t move higher on the list is that many of the songs appeared two full years ago on their debut EP.
mp3 : Broadcast 2000 – Rouse Your Bones
08 : Freelance Whales – Weathervanes (amazon) (itunes)
Having been released back in early April it’s easy to see why many list makers completely forgot about this slice of well crafted folk pop. The entire album is well crafted and infectious.
mp3 : Freelance Whales – Generator Second Floor
09 : Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (amazon) (itunes)
While I don’t agree with his lyrics, his message, his ego, or his personality I do agree with critics and listmakers across the globe that realize this album is worth looking past Ye’s flaws.
mp3 : Kanye West – Lost In The World (feat. Bon Iver)
10 : Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History (amazon) (itunes)
Each year I seem to find one amazing pop album that I can listen to again and again. In 2009 it was Phoenix and in 2010 it was Two Door Cinema Club.
mp3 : Two Door Cinema Club – Eat That Up, It’s Good For You
Those are my top ten albums for 20010. If you’d like to see my previous lists follow these links; 2009, 2008, 2007 (or click here to see all 4 years on one page). I’m looking forward to 2011 in music as there will most likely be albums by Radiohead, Coldplay, Bon Iver, and The Strokes. Enjoy the music.
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Author TWFPosted on January 5, 2011 Categories botyTags 2010, album, arcade fire, best albums of 2010, best of the year, boty, broadcast 2000, cloud cult, freelance whales, indie, jonsi, kanye west, mp3, music, national, sufjan stevens, two door cinema club, vampire weekend9 Comments on The Best Albums of 2010
Jonsi live in Salt Lake City
Well this is what it feels like to post on The World Forgot. It’s been so long I was worried I would lose my usual self deprecating panache. Fret not. I have been busy. Busy with a real life that has included random business trips, planning a future, settling in with my wife, and playing video games. Fortunately, on one of the aforementioned business trips, I found myself with a free evening. And on that evening it just so happened that Jonsi was playing a concert within walking distance of my hotel.
Seeing Jonsi in concert is akin to watching a one man Broadway production. The video backdrop to his show is amazing and you often find yourself drawn to the over-sized screen draped behind him. The imagery ranges from falling raindrops to animations depicting a world ending/cleansing storm. The concert as a whole is a spectacle, but one song, in particular, caught my attention a little more and has thus rendered it impossible to hear the song without visualizing the video that played in the background.
(I recognize that “Kolnidur” isn’t the actual title of the track – it’s actually Kolniður, but exotic characters wreak havoc on my FTP, your ability to download, etc.) During this song the backdrop is filled with animal images. It opens with an owl chasing a mouse and then cuts to a deer. Eventually, as the song progresses, we see a wolf that begins to hunt the deer. As the music builds the deer and wolf magically morph into two birds, flying haphazardly through a forest. Before the music fades they have been transformed back into a deer and a wolf, but this time the deer grows antlers and as they clash together to fight they explode into black and white geometries. It’s sheer brilliance. (the best video I could find of this performance is here – if you find a better video please leave it in the comments).
Author TWFPosted on October 26, 2010 Categories musicTags concert, indie, jonsi, live, mp3, music2 Comments on Jonsi live in Salt Lake City
Jonsi new album Go
Jonsi Birgisson is most well known for his work as the front man for the Icelandic group Sigur Ros. On their albums he usually sings in Icelandic or a made up language he coined Hopelandic. On the rare occasion he switches over to English but those tracks are few and far between. This is not the case on Jonsi’s debut solo album. Each track is packed with energy and the album only contains one track not sung in English. What it boils down to is this album feels like Jonsi has recorded everything he wanted to sing that didn’t quite fit in with his Sigur Ros compatriots. (And note, this album is head and shoulders above the Jonsi and Alex album from last year).
mp3 : Jonsi – Go Do
mp3 : Jonsi – Boy Lilikoi
Overall this album tends to be more joyous and more pop oriented that Jonsi’s previous efforts with Sigur Ros. Where his band leans toward atmospheric sparse soundscapes filled with melancholic emotions his solo effort veers toward territory that is undeniably happy. Melodies are playful and many tracks drive about with the abandon of children of play. It is undoubtedly a solid solo effort and it proves that Jonsi is a huge part of the Sigur Ros talent pool. The album, entitled Go (amazon) (itunes), will be released on April 5th.
And because I’m a huge fan of Jonsi’s music I thought I would throw out this cover he performed on BBC 1 during an interview.
mp3 : Jonsi – Time to Pretend (MGMT)
Author TWFPosted on March 22, 2010 Categories musicTags album, indie, jonsi, mp3, music, sigur ros2 Comments on Jonsi new album Go
Tiesto track Kaleidoscope
Whether or not you actually like Tiesto (or the copious amount of remixes, mixes, dance tracks, beats, etc., that he’s made) we can all agree on one thing. The lead singer of Sigur Ros, oft called Jonsi, is brilliant at almost every single turn. So when Tiesto teams up with Jonsi and asks him to sing over the title track to his new album you just know it’s going to be epic. And trust me, epic it is.
mp3 : Tiesto – Kaleidoscope (feat Jonsi)
Honestly I’m not sure if there is anything I would change about this song. Let’s see. It’s over seven minutes. It’s atmospheric. It changes moods and builds to an ending that can only be described as euphoric. It has Jonsi dripping his voice all over for good measure. And the last two minutes are nothing sort of sublime. Really, I mean really, is there anything even slightly disappointing about this song?
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Author TWFPosted on October 14, 2009 Categories musicTags jonsi, mp3, music, tiesto6 Comments on Tiesto track Kaleidoscope
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William J. Astore | Scope or Grope? The Wrong Approach to Homeland Security
William J. Astore |,
The Huffington Post | Op-Ed
It’s that time of the year again: Thanksgiving week, when Americans take to the roads and the air to visit kith and kin and to give thanks. Too bad that many of those taking to the air have an unfortunate choice: Submit to so-called “Porno Scanners” that essentially strip you of your clothes, exposing your body to prying eyes as well as to a level of radiation that may be less than benign; or submit to being groped by less-than-delicate operatives, a humiliating experience for all involved. All this submission in the name of greater “safety” and “security.”
But why do I feel less safe when these scopes — the high-tech equivalent to those goofy x-ray glasses advertised at the back of old comic books for gullible young boys and dirty old men — turn their trick on me? Why do I feel less secure when I have to submit meekly to having my genitals felt up by a man who (I hope) is taking no pleasure in his work?
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Scoping grandma and groping granddad is not making us safer or more secure. It’s worse than a crime: it’s a mistake. They don’t fit the profile of “terrorist” to begin with; nor should they be terrorized by government technology or its glove-clad workers.
Instead of all the gadgets and the groping, let’s get real. Start by asking each ticket-holder the standard questions European airport officials ask; watch how people respond. Look for unusual behavior: nervousness, evasiveness, uncertainty. Forgo “random” inspections for targeted ones. And let’s do it swiftly and with authority.
Forget the security theater. No more nonsense about everyone taking their shoes off. Let’s stop reacting to what some incompetent “shoe bomber” or “underwear bomber” tried years ago and start preempting whatever fresh tactics our enemies are about to wield against us.
Americans are not babies. We know flying can be dangerous. But it doesn’t have to be humiliating and compromising and invasive as well.
So I say “Amen” to Ron Paul’s “American Travel Dignity Act.” If we have to give up basic human decency and rights to privacy and (seemingly) even common sense to defend ourselves against terrorists, guess what? We’ve already lost.
Professor Astore writes regularly for TomDispatch.com and can be reached at [email protected]
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When I was on active duty in the military, an Army friend used to remind me: “Any day you’re not being shot at is a good Army day.” Today’s troops, especially if they’re “boots on the ground” in Iraq and Afghanistan, don’t have enough good Army days. Many of them are on their fourth or fifth deployments to a combat zone. They’re stressed out and tired; they miss their spouses and families. And often they’ve seen things they wish they’d never seen.
But you’d hardly have known this listening to the debate over President Obama’s decision to escalate yet again in Afghanistan. Its tone was remarkably antiseptic. I can’t help recalling old wargames I played as a kid in which deploying infantry brigades to faraway places was as simple as picking up a few cardboard counters, tossing the dice, and pinning my troops to a new spot on the map. No gore splattered on my face when I rolled snake eyes after pushing my grunts too far into the Fulda Gap while playing MechWar ‘77.
As we roll the dice again in Central Asia, it’s clear that we’re pushing our Army and Marines too far. Naturally, our troops, notably the brass, will deny this. For them, it’s “Army Strong” or “Semper Fi”; only losers whine or bellyache. Well, we Americans need to recognize the limits on our troops, even if they refuse to do so.
So let me be blunt: We’re wearing them out.
Our “Wasted” Troops
Quietly, almost imperceptibly, our Army is hollowing out. Such is the predictable result of eight years of ceaseless deployments in support of ill-advised wars. Remarkably, the Army has, so far, managed to maintain its combat effectiveness, in part by its recourse to a “Stop Loss” policy — essentially a backdoor draft (only recently curtailed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates) that involuntarily extended the enlistments of 60,000 troops. It has also relied heavily on the use and reuse of the Reserves and the National Guard. Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania noted last month on Meet the Press that “our troops are tired and worn out. [With respect to the] Pennsylvania National Guard, most of our guardsmen have been to either Iraq [or] Afghanistan, over 85 percent, and many of them have gone three or four times and they’re wasted.”
Signs of severe strain, of being “wasted,” are often not visible to the American public. Nevertheless, they are ominous and growing. Suicides have hit record highs in the Army. Cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression, having reached an alarming 300,000 in 2008, according to Invisible Wounds of War, a RAND study, continue to escalate, constituting a mental health crisis for the Army. Traumatic brain injuries from IEDs and other explosive shocks in our war zones, difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat, may already exceed 300,000, another health crisis exacerbated by a lack of treatment available to veterans. Divorce rates among active duty troops continue to climb. An epidemic of domestic violence and crime has been linked to returning veterans and to the difficulty of readjusting to “normal” life after months, or years, in combat zones. These are just five of the better documented signs of an Army that’s struggling to cope with wars of unprecedented length and still uncertain outcomes.
To maintain its force structure, given these kinds of symptomatic pressures, the Army has taken several questionable steps. It has boosted the maximum age of enlistment from age 35 to age 42 at a time when its operational tempo is burning out far younger men and women. It has authorized enlistment bonuses of up to $40,000 for new soldiers, and reenlistment bonuses to select soldiers, also for up to $40,000. As the Army attempts to entice enlistees with big-money bonuses and benefits, it’s also accepting more recruits who lack high school diplomas; the rate of new recruits with high school diplomas declined to 71% in 2008, a 25-year low. Counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns — the sort of wars promoted by Centcom commander General David Petraeus and Afghan War commander General Stanley McChrystal — theoretically demand restraint, tact, and flexibility exercised at the squad level by so-called strategic corporals. What’s the likelihood that enough of today’s recruits will develop the sophistication, the so-called “soft” yet decidedly hard-won “people skills” they need to succeed as strategic corporals?
Within the officer ranks, the Army has been boosting the success rate of those promoted to major (a point at which weaker officers are typically winnowed out) to better than 95%. In the past, it hovered around 80%. As Colonel Paul Aswell, chief of the Army’s Officer Personnel Policy Division notes, “Every [Army promotion] board is going to select every officer that they can to [the rank of] major for as far as I can see right now.”
Because so many seasoned but stressed-out captains are choosing to leave the Army after their initial service commitment is up, the selection rate for major will likely remain above 90% for years to come. “[W]e really don’t think that’s healthy,” concludes Aswell. Plans to add 65,000 new recruits to the Army over the next few years only exacerbate the problem; an expanded Army necessitates even more field-grade billets. Many of these new billets are likely to remain vacant, since it takes 10 years to develop the “Iron Majors,” who, along with mid-level NCOs, form the core of the Army.
Instead of a stable pyramid, then, think of an expanded yet still exhausted service taking on a more unstable, hourglass shape: heavy at the top with long-serving colonels and generals, heavy at the bottom with “green” privates and lieutenants, but corseted at its essential core due to shortages of experienced platoon sergeants and battle-hardened company and battalion commanders.
In the military, leaders are supposed to be promoted based on demonstrated potential to fulfill the expanded responsibilities inherent in a higher grade, but here the Army is trapped in a Catch-22 situation: It has to promote virtually every eligible captain to major (and quickly) precisely because so many captains are leaving the military.
Whether at the company or field-grade level, the simple fact is that the Army is bleeding experienced officers. Ever larger numbers of promising lieutenant colonels, for instance, are now taking earlier-than-expected retirements, opening further “must-fill” rungs on the promotion ladder. I know of two highly qualified Army lieutenant colonels who, as outstanding battalion commanders, could easily have reached colonel and might perhaps even have ended up with a general’s star. Tired of repeat deployments, constant stress, and extraordinary burdens placed on their spouses and children, they chose instead to retire from active duty.
As we bleed experienced officers and promote marginally qualified ones almost automatically, it’s sobering to consider another modern drain on the military — the vast pay disparities that exist between those serving in the All Volunteer Army and civilian contractors often operating beside them in the same combat zone. Whereas an unmarried Army sergeant makes roughly $85 a day and a married captain roughly double that, a “protective security specialist” employed by Blackwater (now Xe) makes 14 times the pay of our sergeant. Of course, no one joins the Army to get rich, but such dramatic inequities are hardly conducive either to high morale or to retaining experienced military specialists who know they can sell their skills at top value elsewhere.
Indeed, the Army (and so the American taxpayer) is being forced to compete with Xe, Triple Canopy, DynCorp International, and similar private security outfits for the services of experienced non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Even a reenlistment bonus of $40,000 for a staff sergeant with interpreter/translator experience may be unpersuasive when such an NCO could double or triple his take-home pay — and perhaps decrease his stress level as well — by hiring on with a paramilitary contractor.
So what, you may ask? Well, despite what Napoleon said, an Army doesn’t march on its stomach. It marches because experienced NCOs boot it in the butt and get it moving in the right direction. NCOs are the backbone of any effective army. Lose too many and you’re done for.
“Decades More” of Dread and Death
It’s this under-compensated, over-stressed Army that we’re sending into Afghanistan to accomplish what could only be termed a herculean task. It’s not only supposed to defeat the Taliban insurgency by force of arms — something its troops are, at least, trained for — but build a nation by negotiating a complex “human terrain.” That’s Army jargon for the reality that roughly 80% of so-called nation-building operations basically add up to armed social work. Simultaneously, our troops are being tasked with training an Afghan army that, despite years of effort, exists more on paper than in the field.
By all appearances, that Afghan army is hollow. Making it solid and reliable in a few short years is truly a bridge too far for our trainers.
And if that’s an overly imposing task, no less imposing are the literal mountains of Afghanistan. One can hardly overstate the mind-numbing fatigue suffered by troops fighting at high altitude. Our soldiers typically carry nearly 100 pounds of equipment, including body armor, weaponry, helmet, ammunition, water, radio, extra batteries, night vision goggles, GPS receiver — the list goes on. Now, think of hauling yourself and 100 pounds of gear up goat paths at altitudes exceeding 10,000 feet. Think about fighting a lightly-armed, lightly dressed, fleet-footed enemy with better knowledge of the harsh terrain, and with physiologies acclimated to the thinner, drier air.
I asked an Army battalion commander to put the plight of our troops and the challenge of COIN in terms the average American could understand. His reply was sobering:
“Dread is the term most soldiers apply to their emotions in the six months leading to deployment. Not dread of the enemy, but dread of the prison-like conditions of their service [overseas]. There are no leave breaks in Paris or at the canteen. Even coming home for mid-tour leave is stressful as hell.
“Then of course you add the mental grind of constant exposure to [the] lethal threat of roadside bombs and sniper fire and hotter engagements. Or the converse that many times absolutely nothing happens for these soldiers other than traveling to, securing, and returning from endless marginally productive meetings with local leaders. [Add to that] the separation from family, the enforced celibacy and enforced sobriety and uncorrectable disruption of social lives.
“Imagine working without a break in your current job with no weekends… no social events, no wife, no bars, no permanent buildings, no funding. That’s what the grind is… Putting up with those conditions and heading out the gate every day… and grinding away at those armed social-working tasks is the new criterion of valor.
“The cost of winning an insurgency is staying at it for years, decades. In a fundamentally flawed operating environment like Afghanistan, we could be there at or above our current level of commitment for decades more.”
Decades more: So much for an 18-month timeline for our latest Afghan surge and withdrawal.
The Horrifying Legacies of War
By sending up to 35,000 more troops to Afghanistan, we’re further stressing a military that, if not entirely “wasted,” is nevertheless showing serious signs of strain. This shouldn’t be surprising. Our Army, after all, isn’t made up of rootless, robotic “universal soldiers,” but men and women who are deeply rooted within our communities. Indeed, that very rootedness may help explain their remarkable staying power over the last eight years. Sooner or later, however, such roots will be cut if we continue to send them on lost causes.
Consider our latest “surge”: What will happen to our Army if its augmented presence only alienates Afghans further? What if it ends up strengthening Taliban recruitment efforts and prolonging the war instead of shortening it? What if our enemies simply choose to wait us out? Are we truly prepared to stay for a decade, or even decades, more?
Prolonging a stalemated war will, in fact, only mean more hurt for both Afghans and Americans. The hurt to Afghans will undoubtedly be worse, for their homes are the battlefield, but our own hurt shouldn’t be underestimated. More broken bodies and shattered minds. More echoes of the horrifying violence that accompanies war.
To paraphrase William Faulkner on history’s relationship to the past: Even when war is officially declared over, it’s not dead. It’s not even past. The horrors of war endure in the hearts and minds of the people who experience them, and they dwell, to some degree, in the collective consciousness of us all.
Are we willing, then, to sit and watch as our military strives to endure what may ultimately prove unendurable? Do we really want to risk returning to the hollow army of the mid-1970s, reeling from defeat in Vietnam, that judged the American public numb to its service and sacrifices?
What if, upon returning to the American “homeland,” whether in 2012 or 2052, an exhausted, embittered, and demoralized army again judges us and finds us even more wanting? What if, as in the 1970s, some alienated soldiers come to see the public as treacherous backstabbers, with all the potential dangers that entails?
As we embrace policies and strategies that erode our army, we risk more than a weakened military; we risk breeding resentments and recriminations that could lead to a future domestic surge of militant nationalism of our very own, conceivably imperiling the foundations of our democracy.
And that’s a peril — and a price — too terrible to contemplate.
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Sing a Song of Sixpence
illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson
Published by Dial Books for Young Readers
Hardcover 0-8037-01551-9
Softcover 0-8037-0492-5
Parent’s Choice Award
Top-10 list, Exhibition of Original Pictures
of International Children’s Picture Books, Tokyo, Japan
British edition, Bodley Head
Available at: | Amazon
“Critical raves greeted Pearson’s unrestrained, comic pictorial
accompaniments to Old MacDonald Had a Farm and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. With the paintings disclosing mischief brewing in a royal palace, the illustrator turns another well-known song into a feast of mirth. Resplendent hues vivify scenes where a gang of kids lure black-birds with rye filched from the kitchen while the buxom cook’s back is turned. The birds escape in the majestic dining room, an event that tickles the princess, bemuses the queen and knocks the king from his chair….”
-Publisher’s Weekly
“A visual delight…Young children familiar with the rhyme and those to whom it may be new will be enchanted by this version. What a lovely book for a child!”
- School Library Journal
“Full of vitality, full of fun.”
- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“Comical…(Pearson) adds spice t a well-loved lyric; the fun is fresh and effervescent…”
- Booklist
“A riotous picture-story.”
- Horn Book
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India Creates WhatsApp Chatbot to Share Accurate Coronavirus Info
Eric Hal Schwartz
on March 23, 2020 at 4:30 pm
The government of India has set up a chatbot on WhatsApp to help citizens get answers about the COVID-19 pandemic. The MyGov Corona Helpdesk is designed to combat misinformation surrounding the coronavirus that could make the pandemic worse.
The chatbot is available to anyone on Whatsapp. It can provide information about the coronavirus, how it is spread, and what to do if you exhibit some of the symptoms. The chatbot pulls its responses from the Indian Ministry of Health, reflecting the central goal of pushing back against rumors and false stories that may be spread about the coronavirus. WhatsApp is enormously popular in India, which makes a chatbot on the platform a good way to share accurate information with the populace.
The chatbot is part of the government’s larger efforts to push back against misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Electronics and IT sent out an advisory on Friday explicitly requesting that social media companies tell users not to post false information about the disease. to inform their users about not posting false news that can create panic among the public and disturb social tranquillity.
“It has been reported in media that there is a trend of circulation of misinformation/false news and sharing anonymous data related to Corona virus in various social media platforms, the advisory states. “Intermediaries are urged to initiate awareness campaign on their platforms for the users not to upload/ circulate any false news/misinformation concerning corona virus which are likely to create panic among public and disturb the public order and social tranquillity.”
Chatbot Partnerships
India’s arrangement to combine social media, artificial intelligence, and the Ministry of Health database is becoming a standard model for getting accurate information about the coronavirus to the public. Microsoft is pushing out a chatbot template for the same purpose to healthcare providers, who can also turn to Orbita’s interactive voice and text chatbot or Hyro’s free coronavirus-focused version of its virtual assistant. The main difference is that those chatbots are embedded in the websites or voice apps of healthcare organizations as opposed to WhatsApp.
But, the crucial element to all of them is accuracy. The chatbots rely on reputable sources to be useful. Concern about misinformation is why both Alexa and Google Assistant removed all of the voice apps related to the coronavirus from their catalogs, and why Apple took some time to create a walkthrough on Siri for checking if you have the symptoms.
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The highest paid actors and actresses of 2017 so far were recently revealed. Mark Wahlberg was revealed as the highest earning actor, taking home a hefty $68 million, while Emma Stone was the highest earning actress thanks to her $26 million earnings. While the debate around male actors earning more than female actresses persists, let’s have a look at a broader issue: the fact that top actors and actresses are earning such huge multi-million dollar incomes. The question is, do actors get paid far too much?
Yes – their pay is ridiculous
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It’s important to remember that we’re only really talking about the top-end of earners in the acting industry. For every actor on a multi-million dollar salary, there are thousands upon thousands of up-and-coming actors hoping to make it, but struggling to get by in the mean time. So it’s not that acting as a profession is particularly well paid, it’s the select few who enjoy considerable amounts of success who are able to claim such high wages. But still, earning many millions for acting does seem to be quite ridiculous when you think that people like firefighters, doctors, nurses and teachers earn considerably less. Surely it can’t be right that some who acts as other people for a living can earn more in a few months than someone who saves lives will earn in their entire lifetime?
No – they deserve their pay
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On the other hand, you could well argue that the high pay actors typically receive is a result of the huge financial success of the industry they’re in. They’re paid so much simply because movie and TV studios can afford to pay them huge amounts of money.If a studio really wants a particular actress for a role and has a few million in the film’s budget to pay her, why not spend that few million on getting her to sign up? If a film is a runaway success and does really well at the box office, why shouldn’t those involved benefit from it financially? The film and TV industries are huge and it’s simply a consequence of this that some actors and actresses receive such huge pay.
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Many think that actors and actresses are overpaid, but so long as people keep watching TV shows and films, there will always be some big-name actors and actresses receiving huge amounts of pay. Some will argue it’s not fair, but then again some will argue that it just can’t be helped that pay is so over-inflated – after all, you can’t really blame actors and actresses for accepting huge pay. Who would turn down a few million for a few months of acting work?
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Biblical Calendar Reset
For the first time in 3,500 years since the Exodus from Egypt, the majority of the world’s population is being forced to stay indoors to celebrate Pesach with our families just as the Israelites did that fateful night in Egypt (Exodus 12:3). It is a not so subtle invitation from the Almighty for us to open our eyes to what is happening according to His Word, like a worldwide trumpet blast for all who have ears to hear. As for us, consider our attention gotten. As we take a closer look at the ten judgments upon Egypt, we see that each one was specifically targeting an Egyptian god just to show that the God of Israel is the One True God. This COVID-19 has brought the idols and systems of traditional society to a screeching halt, just as it did the society of Egypt when the judgments of the Most High came down. The system that had nearly stripped the divine identity away from the Israelites, that shackled and enslaved a people destined to be the light of the world, and give birth to Yeshua the Messiah, they were given the opportunity to shake off the oppressive and idolatrous paradigm and have hope once again for the nearly forgotten covenant of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
It is an invitation in big bold neon letters from the Father to get back on track of the Biblical calendar that was begotten this very month of Abib, now called Nissan, when Adonai said to the Israelites “This month shall be the beginning of months to you; it is to be the first month of the year to you” (Exodus 12:2). For the first time, the entire world is being brought to a screeching halt at the same Moed (appointed time) as the Exodus nearly 3,500 years ago! Have you ever wondered why we stopped following the calendar of the Bible even though it is clearly, methodically and purposefully laid out for us in Scripture by the Creator of the Universe? Has it ever given you pause knowing that the Word of Adonai tells us very plainly that the anti-messiah is keen to change the times and laws (Daniel 7:25)? For three hundred years after the death and resurrection of Yeshua the Body of Mashiah continued to run according to the Biblical calendar, celebrating Shabbat from sundown Friday until sundown on Saturday, they celebrated the appointed biblical feasts, celebrating Pesach (Passover) according to its fulfillment by the death and resurrection on the cross that the feast itself prophesied, the feast of unleavened bread that now represents the sinless Body of Yeshua that was broken for, and Shavuot (Pentecost) that was the very day when the Holy Spirit was poured out, etc. Notice a pattern? Everything happens according to the Biblical calendar. So what happened? Why did it all fade away, and what calendar, or whose are we living according to now? If you haven’t guessed it, the hint is, not Elohim’s.
WHO CHANGED THE TIMES AND LAWS?
So let’s go back to the shift of the times and laws that most historians and theologians describe as the beginning of the renaissance of Christendom when persecution and martyrdom of believers in the Roman Empire ceased, and Emperor Constantine the Great was converted miraculously. That’s the official story, but the facts tell us something different altogether.
Roman Emperor Constantine was famously and outspokenly known as a person who hated Jews and everything Jewish, was a Sun worshipper, and even changed the historic sites of Yeshua’s tomb and site of His crucifixion. Skeptical? Research it for 5 minutes and you can see for yourself. He is the same guy that changed the day of rest (Shabbat) from Saturday to Sunday to honor the sun god (Sol), because he thought he was the son of the sun-god, and also implemented Easter as an official holiday, a popular pagan holiday as an official church holiday instead of the Biblical holiday of Pesach (Passover). Instead of persecuting the Believers (Christians), which the Romans had done for 300 years which accelerated the spread of the Gospel to the ends of the earth in the power of the Kingdom, he made it the official religion of the Roman Empire, thereby controlling the doctrine and theology. From this the Catholic Church was born, not from Peter, and its false theology then became the standard of the state while all other “Judaising Believers” who dared follow the Word of God, continued to be persecuted and martyred for the next 1,000 plus years as the Pope declared He was the mouthpiece of Yeshua on earth. The Holy Spirit, miracles, signs and wonders became a thing of the past, and Yeshua became a distant figure hard to reach through the red tape of Priests, “Saints”, Mary, the Pope, etc. Sound Biblical? The answer would be yes if we are talking about the antichrist spirit. Anyone shocked yet? That is just the beginning, but now how does that bring us to today, and what is the major shift Abba Father is bringing to the Body of Messiah? What are some of the signs of the times?
HIS TIMES AND PARADIGMS REVEALED
Now more than ever before since the times of the first Ekklesia after the death and resurrection of Yeshua believers are delving into the Word of Adonai like never before, and rediscovering the redemptive purposes of the feasts of Scripture, not in a legalistic way, but being led and taught by the Holy Spirit giving glory to the Great I Am. The Word, Yeshua, is alive and active and full of power (Hebrews 4:12). People in every denomination and every nation are experiencing the power of the Word and the Ruach Ha’Kodesh (Spirit of God) and we are beginning to glimpse what the 12 Apostles and so many countless others witnessed, the power of the Gospel of the Kingdom (Matthew 24:14). A resetting of the times and seasons according to YHWH instead of the times of man is taking place. His Moedim (times and seasons) have never ceased, but the veil of the times and paradigms of the world are being lifted for us to see clearly what we could not see before. This year, 5780 the year of the Hebrew letter PEI, the Mouth of Elyon (The Most High God) speaking, has officially begun with this first biblical month of Nissan. Rabbinical tradition tells us to celebrate the beginning of the year at the start of the 7th Biblical month during the Biblical feast of Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets), but scripture clearly tells us the year starts during Abib (Nissan) (Exodus 12). The Biblical Calendar is designed by El Elyon, not man or tradition, and it’s important we keep it that way. The first Biblical feast of 5780, (Pesach) sets the stage for the rest of the year, and looking at how it has begun so far, Abba is truly speaking loud and clear that this is the year where we will not just celebrate, but also experience and encounter His times and seasons as if they were happening all over again for the first time. If Pesach is any measure, then we had better start preparing for Shavuot (Pentecost)!
HERE’S YOUR SIGN(s)
Besides this being the first Pesach since the first one in Exodus where nearly the whole world is being forced to observe it, even unintentionally, there are more signs that also make it crystal clear this is not just another feast.
During key times in the Biblical calendar like right now for example during Pesach, what is transpiring in the earth, events both natural, political, economic, etc. are a manifestation of what is happening in the spirit. To put it simply, major events happen during the times of the feasts of Adonai, because these days specifically have been marked by Elohim as special and pivotal in the time and season we are living in. For example, right now in Israel, during Pesach we have received an unusual amount of rain and even hail for the first time in nearly two decades during this time of year, causing the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) which was at its lowest point in 2018 to overflowing its banks, causing the authorities to have to release water soon from the reservoir. This has only happened twice before, once 28 years ago in 1992 and in 1969. From years of desperate drought to the Gallilee suddenly overflowing its banks all during Pesach is a miracle.
In Jerusalem on Friday April 9, the day of Yeshua’s Crucifixion, we watched in awe as a very unusual site in Jerusalem graced our eyes as double rainbows and multiple rainbows popped up throughout the city, from our view stretching from the Mount of Olives, over Mount Zion and the hills surrounding Zion during the entire day. From the place where Yeshua was crucified, buried, resurrected, ascended and will return, for there to be a manifestation like that on such a day was a very clear sign of the times, a reminder of Abba’s promise that He will rule and reign in Zion, and that Yeshua is returning soon to the Mount of Olives.
Meanwhile in the United States, the closest Allie of Israel and the worlds democratic superpower, President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Friday, the day of the crucifixion and death of Yeshua, acknowledging his relationship with Yeshua and inviting the whole country to have a personal relationship with God. He quoted Isaiah 60:2 that speaks specifically to Zion, saying, “For in fact, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness will cover the peoples, but Adonai will rise upon you [Jerusalem] and His glory and brilliance will be seen on you.” A word of hope to the United States and a blessing to Israel and Jerusalem in accordance with what Psalm 122:6 tells us to do, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you [holy city].”
On the same night of Friday April 9th, the Anak Krakatao volcano in Indonesia erupted, the strongest eruption since 2018 activating the Pacific Ring of Fire, simultaneously triggering the activation of 15 other volcanoes around the world as far as Mexico and Japan. On the day of Yeshua’s death on the cross, an earthquake shook Jerusalem splitting the veil that separates YHWH from man in two (Matthew 27:51), and on that same day more than 2,000 years later from the ends of the earth a great shaking happened as hell remembered the first day of Yeshua’s visit to preach the message of salvation to those who who were already dead (1 Peter4:6), and took the keys of hell and death (Revelation 1:18).
Meanwhile in the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament), The deadline to form a unity government has been set, still during the Pesach celebration, to break a one-year political deadlock with one of the greatest developments in Israel’s history on the line, the annexation of Judea and Samaria (The Jordan Valley). It is a sign of the restoration of the inheritance of Israel, but also a huge milestone in the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy as we know the Gospel went from Jerusalem, through Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. With the annexation of these lands it signals the return of the Gospel of Peace from the ends of the earth to Jerusalem, and the times that Paul spoke of when the fullness of the gentiles has come in, and the partial hardening of the hearts of Israel to the Gospel would be over (Romans 11:25). This signals nothing less than the coming salvation of Israel!
RESURRECTION, ASCENSION, PENTECOST: THE JOURNEY
The end of Pesach has arrived, meaning there is more still to come, but we must also be aware of what is coming next according to Scripture. After Yeshua rose again on the third day April 12th (Nissan 18) He appeared to the disciples and others over a period of 40 days (Acts 1:3) then told them to wait for the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4), which came on Shavuot (Pentecost) 10 days later. We know this because the celebration of Shavuot, also known as the Feast of weeks takes place after the 49 days (7 Weeks) of the counting of the Omer which starts on the second night of Pesach (Leviticus 23:15-16). That’s right, they were celebrating an “Old Testament” Feast commemorating Moses receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, but its redemptive purpose was revealed to them on that day when the Holy Spirit came. The counting of the Omer is important because it was the daily offering of the first fruits of the barley harvest, then after Shavuot (Pentecost) the first fruit of the wheat harvest. There is no longer a temple for offerings nor is it needed, but according to the Biblical calendar, this is the time to give our first fruit offering, our tithe, unto the Most High as we feel led by the Holy Spirit, giving thanks for the successful harvest and harvest to come.
It was during the counting of the Omer that Yeshua appeared to the disciples several times talking to them about the Kingdom of Adonai (Acts 1:3). This time period lasts from the sunset of April 9th to nightfall on May 28th. For all of us, this period of time should be a special time with Yeshua, a time to ask about the Kingdom of YHWH and how we are to live and teach the Kingdom. This time of intimacy and revelation is a key in the lock of the door of Shavuot. Would you like to know the mysteries of the Kingdom?
CONCLUSION: CALL TO WORSHIP THE FATHER FROM EXODUS TO REVELATION
Let My people go to worship Me in the wilderness (Exodus 7:16-18). That was the purpose of the judgments and the blood of the lamb on the doorposts. That was the purpose of the blood of Yeshua, so that neither death nor sin would separate us any longer from the Father, as Yeshua is the only way to the Father (John 14:6). The time when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [from the heart, the inner self] and in truth; for the Father seeks such people to be His worshipers (John 23), is at hand and it is our great privilege to do so. We remember the reason for the blood. With our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit, our homes as a safe place for our families, we worship like the worshippers the Father has been looking for, like King David before the Ark of the Covenant, not aware of the eyes of others, but only the eyes of the Father in his joy and exaltation of the King of glory. Our worship is like the blood of the Lamb constantly upon the doorposts of our hearts. The fulfillment of the rebuilding of the Tabernacle of David is at hand (Amos 9:11), and the time will come when every nation, tribe and tongue will gather before the throne of the Most High and worship Him forever (Revelation 7:9). We have been brought away from the stage of the Church so that we can remember that our worship is not for people, but for Adonai. Our homes have become the Tabernacles of David, and our audience is the Great I Am. Have you made your home an altar of worship in Spirit and Truth? Have you been walking with Yeshua and asking Him about the mysteries of the Kingdom? Now is the (Moed) appointed time in which we are being called between the two Cherubim on the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant as Elohim called Moses (Exodus 25:22).
Society has come to a screeching halt once again as it did 3,500 years ago in Egypt, and we are being called to take up the banner of victory, to prepare just as the Israelites were commanded to be ready to answer the call of “Let My people go and worship Me”. No more tradition and religion that has kept us from the will of the Father, that has bound us and enslaved us from Him that has set us free by His blood. The Biblical calendar and clock are being reset, the veil is being lifted and the choice is being given for us to behold and see Him in the fulness of time, or continue in our old ways that glorify things instead of the Great I Am. Let us see clearly the purpose for which these things are being allowed to happen in the season in which it is happening that we might heed the call of the King of glory to break away from legalism and tradition, and enter into the power of the Kingdom rooted in the Word of God, His perfect love and through the Holy Spirit. The time of the harvest has arrived, the latter rain is coming, and we are being called to prepare for it in this momentous and spectacular time. Are we ready? Are we willing? Are we capable of leaving behind the paradigm of slavery and bondage to things that are not of Adonai. The answer is yes as the Blood of the Lamb, Yeshua has set us free, but whether we are willing is a matter of choice. Freedom and victory are in the air contrary to the world’s view, and the Kingdom is still at hand! We are arrows in the Father’s quiver, not ashamed and ready to meet the enemy at the gate (Psalm 127:3-5)! Hag Pesach Sameach Kingdom family!
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Knowsley Youth Cabinet - Latest Updates
Leadership meeting
On the 5th February Knowsley Youth Cabinet presented to the Leadership Team of Knowsley Council. This was an opportunity to build their relationships with local councillors and decision makers, showcase and promote their work and gain support for future plans. Knowsley Youth Cabinet want to make positive changes within their community and speak up on issues that impact young people, by working together and building these relationships they hope to be able to make real differences. The results of Make Your Mark were shared and highlighted which issues are currently a priority for young people in Knowsley and the UK. The cabinet really enjoyed working with the leadership team and hope to continue this work in the future.
Curriculum for life
On the 24th February Knowsley Youth Cabinet presented to the Children's Scrutiny Committee, sharing their opinions on the current delivery of curriculum for life topics and providing suggestions for improvement. They spoke of the importance of learning life skills from a young age and how subjects such as politics, finances, relationships and positive mental health should become part of every day curriculum in order to support young people to develop into healthy, well rounded, self sufficient adults.
POSH (Pioneers of Sustainable Hope)
Knowsley Youth Cabinet received a small pot of funding from Scottish Power to do some work supporting the environment and tackling climate change. Here’s what they did -
Purchased litter pickers and equipment and carried out a beach clean at Formby.
Bought lots of reusable straws to be given out to young people and the community to reduce single-use plastic.
Developed and delivered an educational session with Family Night at Ourplace, looking at the importance of recycling and how to make seed bombs to use in the gardens or parks.
Got local decision-makers involved as well as young people and the community to create their Tree of Change. Every leaf on the Tree of Change is a pledge made by someone, promising to do their bit to help the environment.
Took part in a climate change video expressing their views.
If you would like to get involved with Knowsley Youth Cabinet or find out more please email [email protected] or find us on Twitter and Instagram
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The Company of Wolves
1980's, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Fantasy, Horror, Micha Bergese, Neil Jordan, Sarah Patterson, Stephen Rea, The Company of Wolves
Sarah Patterson as Rosaleen
Angela Lansbury as Grandmother
Micha Bergese as The Huntsman
David Warner as Father
Stephen Rea as Young Groom
A visually arresting and thematically rich dark fairy tale from the pen of Angela Carter and immense craftsmanship of Neil Jordan, The Company of Wolves sucks you right into its world of haunting dreams and metaphors that will be impossible to shake once you’ve viewed them.
The Company of Wolves takes place almost exclusively in the dreams of a young girl by the name of Rosaleen. She dreams of living long ago in a village, surrounding by a foreboding forest. Her older sister is killed by a wolf, sending the village into shock. Her Grandmother, who is wise and filled with stories, arrives and begins informing the sheltered Rosaleen on dark subjects. She explains that her sister wasn’t taken by any wolf, but a werewolf. She goes on to warn her granddaughter of not straying from the path in the wood and keeping distance from men whose eyebrows meet in the middle. Grandmother also gifts Rosaleen with a red shawl, which she almost always wears. At this time, Rosaleen is fascinated by the stories, which include one about a husband going missing. When he returns, his wife has remarried and his rage comes flying out in the form of a transformation into a wolf. Despite the warnings from Grandmother about wolves and that many of them are hard to tell in human form, Rosaleen can’t help but be curious about the opposite sex and alternates between running from growing up and grasping for it. One day, she is sent to visit Grandmother meaning she must take the path through the forest. Let’s just say things get interesting and many things Grandmother told her come into fruition once she meets a mysterious and most unusually seductive Huntsman.
Neil Jordan is the perfect director for The Company of Wolves, due to his skill with visuals and also haunting atmosphere. Both are very much in evidence here as is his wise decision to focus on story rather than just scares. Don’t get me wrong, The Company of Wolves is most certainly an adult horror, but it has more thoughtfulness going for it than you’d think. In short, Jordan is at his best with this movie. The Company of Wolves chock full of symbolism and Freudian overtones, plunging us further into the mind of a young girl who is both excited by and terrified of her own burgeoning sexuality. Carter, adapting from her own spin on fairy tales that was entitled ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and collaborating with the visually inclined Neil Jordan, are a dream team at incorporating the sense of innocence being lost and the feverish emotions of puberty, when the world seems alien to a person. As a viewer, you are taken on quite the experience that slowly intensifies and gathers staggering momentum in terms of thematic material and. The sexuality angle and subject of changing is never far from the screen, with lycanthropy standing for the body altering as you grow up and the way that Grandmother warns of not leading the path( in other words, straying into sin). It’s not a movie for everyone as the narrative and structure may confuse certain viewers. But for those willing to see a dreamlike horror fantasy that covers curiosity, sexuality and darkness, you should be in for a treat. The effects, mainly in the transformation scenes, use animatronics which might not have the smoothness of CGI, but at least have something more unusual and downright creepy to them. I found myself getting very unsettled as people morphed into werewolves and screamed out in pain as their bodies underwent a severe transformation, which contains all member of messages and interpretations. The eerie sets resemble something from a Hammer Horror and are accentuated by a red heavy colour palette, combining danger, passion and death into an already heady cauldron. A spooky and bubbling score from George Fenton further amps up the unsettling nature of the stories and the dreamlike way they are presented to us.
Young Sarah Patterson possesses a radiant innocence and naivete that is played well and you can see her mind in overdrive as the temptation of adulthood comes calling to her. With her soft voice and angelic face, she is an ideal vision of Little Red Riding Hood in this passionate and very dark fable. Angela Lansbury is on scene stealing duty; capturing a loving kindness and uneasy creepiness of the wise Grandmother who is full of story and warning. Lansbury is a pro in every sense of the word and I loved her eccentricity and slightly off kilter appeal in The Company of Wolves. Micha Bergese has this downright slippery and creepy vibe that is employed to fine effect as he slinks his way around Rosaleen and tempts her. It’s all in the voice and the eyes with him. David Warner is the young girls father in a supporting role, while Stephen Rea makes his story undeniably unnerving and spine-chilling. But by far the biggest star is the atmosphere of it all.
A dark and menacing variation on Little Red Riding Hood and a commentary on reactions to coming of age, The Company of Wolves spins a compelling web of creepy fairy tales and evocative material that you’ll find yourself thinking over for a long time.
2000's, Action, Hugo Weaving, James McTeigue, John Hurt, Natalie Portman, Political Thriller, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rea, Thriller, V for Vendetta
James McTeigue
Hugo Weaving as V
Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond
Stephen Rea as Eric Finch
Stephen Fry as Gordon Deitrich
John Hurt as Adam Sutler
A provocative and very arresting political/action thriller based on a comic, V for Vendetta is a confronting movie that tackles a lot of controversial topics and ideas with a sense of style and a brain that is sometimes lacking from films usually on this nature.
In a futuristic version of London, chaos has blighted everything along with an oppressive government. Being not dutiful to the ruling power results in imprisonment and death. Activists, homosexuals, and people of different races are frequently targeted just for being different. A virus has claimed many lives in the United Kingdom and Europe. Most prominently is the government in power, run by Adam Sutler; who exercises cruel control over nearly every aspect of the population’s lives. Evey Hammond is a meek young woman who works in a broadcasting company( that churns out propaganda to the people to keep them in line) is caught one night out after enforced curfew. The secret police threaten her and attempt to attack her, but someone comes to her rescue. That someone is V, a masked vigilante in a Guy Fawkes mask, who is skilled in swordplay and fighting. After saving Evey, he demonstrates his real purpose of spurning the population into revolution by blowing up the Old Bailey. The fascist like government doesn’t take very kindly to V’s actions, particularly when he later uses the broadcasting company that Evey works at to display his message of rising up. Every is caught in the middle of all of this and must decide where her loyalties lie. Meanwhile, Chief of Police Eric Finch investigates any leads he can into V, yet finds that his loyalty to the government may very well have been misplaced and manipulated over the years. V’s plans gather a quickening pace as he takes on the corrupt powers that be, with Evey becoming something of an unlikely ally and then ultimately a strong supporter of his cause.
The director, James McTeigue does an inspired and button-pushing job with his directions. He allows the political nature of V for Vendetta to take the centre stage and all the questions that go with it, while never sacrificing action in the process. The film is very much a thinking person’s film and while there are fight scenes and action, it never becomes repetitive because the essence of the story is kept intact. V for Vendetta presents an uncomfortable and shocking possibility of a future that is ruled with an iron fist and with extreme prejudice. Racism, homophobia, the accountability of the powerful and the manipulative agendas of government all come under the spotlight and are never shied away from. This film raises many terrifying what if scenarios that tap into our fears of what the world could become, which isn’t outside the realm of possibility when you think about the countless changes that this world has endured. There is something even timely about the film as it deciphers how fear and panic can be spread and lead people to be threatened by those more powerful than them. Now there are those that will view V for Vendetta as a film that is propaganda or in some cases a dangerous film that advocates terrorism( which I have heard a number of people imply), but I wouldn’t say that the film goes really far with those things. Yes, the main character is someone who uses violence and devastation to make his point, but I think it is up to the individual person to form their own opinion on what the film is presenting and what message it puts across. That’s the way I view V for Vendetta, it can be read on a number of significant levels. Some won’t agree with what it has to say and others may take note, but in the end, isn’t a film supposed to get you thinking? Granted, it may bang the political drum a little too loudly at fleeting points, but the topics it brings up are definitely thought-provoking and stay with you for a long time afterwards. On the visual side, the colour scheme that largely features red, black and white is memorably hard-hitting yet oddly resplendent in execution; showing a world at its knees and the potential of change emerging with the presence of V from the shadows. And there is quite a lot of action going on in V for Vendetta, as the masked title character does brutal battle with other forces in strikingly shot fight scenes. A steady score rises in levels along with events, forming a somewhat rousing musical accompaniment to both V’s aims and Evey’s journey.
As the eponymous V and with only movement and voice to use, Hugo Weaving is masterful. His deep voice is utilized to maximum impact, investing the role of the masked V with an elegance and intelligence. He may be a character capable of lethal and fatal action, but there is something so immersive about him that you can’t help but watch. His graceful movements almost mirror those of a proficient dancer, as he glides with purpose and something deadly too. The part wouldn’t have been the same without someone of Hugo Weaving’s calibre in the role, he just completely embodies it. Natalie Portman is just as good in the role of Evey; whose encounters with V and the aftermath provide a lot of thrust of the narrative with Portman giving a range of feeling to the part that grows stronger and more pronounced as the film progresses. If you’re expecting the part of Evey to be someone who kicks ass and physically fights, you aren’t going to get that. And to think that misses the point that she is an ordinary woman thrust into difficult circumstances and forced to make a stand. Portman plays the journey of her subtly yet expressively, ensuring that there is a natural progression that is believable from scared girl to fearless woman ready to do something. Although her accent is a little shaky, that’s the only foible in the work from Natalie Portman( who memorably shaved her head for the part), who emerges with a strong performance of gathering gumption and depth. The excellent Stephen Rea is well-chosen for the role of the police chief, slowly peeling the layers of deceit back and going between being frightened of V and inspired by him. Solid support comes courtesy of Stephen Fry as a television host having to hide who he truly is and the late, great John Hurt as the imposing dictator with a whole lot of power.
A movie with a lot to say and the balls to go forth with it, V for Vendetta is a film that elicits discussion from many, due to the things it addresses and the ultimate message. For me, it is an engrossing film that while it has required action, puts the story first and packs a punch with its refusal to lessen the blow of what it covers.
2010's, Andrew Buchan, Eve Best, Genevieve O'Reilly, Hugo Blick, Igal Naor, Janet McTeer, Katherine Parkinson, Lindsay Duncan, Lubna Azabal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, The Honourable Woman, Tobias Menzies
Against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, Hugo Blick’s enthralling thriller The Honourable Woman unfolds like the petals of a flower, with the promise of more to be revealed at every turn. Building around political intrigue and the nature of secrecy, we get the story of one woman attempting to atone for the sins of her father and protecting her own potentially devastating secrets from ever being found out. What emerges is a gripping eight part mini series that hooks you instantly. Warning, some spoilers will follow in this review.
Nessa Stein(Maggie Gyllenhaal) is the Anglo-Israeli head of the Stein group. As a child, she and her brother Ephra(Andrew Buchan) witnessed the murder of their father Eli, who supplied arms to Israel. Twenty-nine years later, Nessa has changed the purpose of the company. Instead of selling arms, it is trying to supply telecommunications and data to Israel and Palestine. With this, Nessa hopes to promote reconciliation between the Israelis and the Palestinians. As the story opens she has been made a baroness by parliament for her continuing work in the philanthropic field. Yet as she is about to award a Palestinian with an exclusive business contract in the company, he is found dead apparently having committed suicide. Events become even more murky and dangerous as Kasim, the young son of Ephra’s children’s nanny Atika(Lubna Azabal) is kidnapped. Soon enough, MI6’s smart head Dame Julia Walsh(Janet McTeer),retiring expert on Middle Eastern affairs Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle(Stephen Rea) and secret agencies are crawling over the case that seems to all link to Nessa. Nessa attempts to stay unshakable, but as the layers are pulled back we see that her forthright and composed demeanor hides inner pain and turmoil, that threatens to rear its head once again as the situation turns more complex. But in a world where even those closest to you have secrets, is there anyone that she can truly trust? And as we see in flashbacks many events that provide intrigue, most notably Nessa and Atika being kidnapped themselves while in Gaza eight years before, we are left to wonder what secrets are guarded by Nessa and how she will make her way through potentially dangerous situations that now surround and haunt her.
Right from the get go in The Honourable Woman, Hugo Blick crafts an intriguing and vast tapestry of secrecy, international politics and danger. As director, he weaves this tale of distrust and past events to tightly wound perfection, wrapped in a labyrinthine structure. And as writer, he allows the pace to build and build to a conclusion with a tight script, rather than taking the easy way out and revealing everything early on. The Honourable Woman is all about the patience of waiting for the reveal of secrets and it is observed with craft and skill. Some people may dismiss the show as just slow, but it is built up well and really does keep you guessing for a long time. Tension oozes from this show, as we navigate through a maelstrom of deceit and danger, twinned with the fact that every character has secrets and no one is the easily identifiable hero or villain in the piece. There is a complexity to the story that is reminiscent of Le Carre, but is also very rewarding in the long run as skeletons begin to rattle in closets and threaten to emerge. As Nessa asks in the opening monologue “Who do you trust?” By the end of The Honourable Woman its doubtful that you’ll trust any character or see them in the same light again. The immense built up makes the moments of gruesome violence and shocking events all the more unexpected in the long run. One thing that must certainly be commended in The Honourable Woman is the way it deals with the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Many dramas and thrillers attempt to remain neutral when showing a specific conflict but fail. This isn’t the case of The Honourable Woman as it presents both sides of the argument, how difficult the conflict is to settle because of the history and how no answer is the easiest. And while very much a thriller, it has an underlying drama observed through the complicated characters, especially Nessa who for all the protection around her, from her strong and resourceful bodyguard Nathaniel(Tobias Menzies) to her confidante and PA Frances(Genevieve O’Reilly) , can’t escape from what is put in motion.
A show that is as well-written and densely plotted as The Honourable Woman would have failed with the wrong actors. Thankfully, the actors assembled all bring their excellent credentials and undeniable skill to work here and make it a very riveting ride. Maggie Gyllenhaal is absolutely exceptional in the main role of Nessa Stein, the character that everything hangs on. Displaying the outwardly confident, regal and graceful persona and then peeling back the concealed depth of her character to show confusion and pain, Gyllenhaal is at her best here. Her convincing English accent is another thing to praise as it is so composed and well done. In short, Gyllenhaal embodies the many complexities and changes of her character with dexterity and wisdom, making this one of the finest performances of her career. Andrew Buchan essays the role of Nessa’s brother Ephra, who used to run the company but handed the reins over to his younger sister mysteriously. Presenting the quiet demeanor of Ephra, Buchan manages to display through subtle gestures something darker and haunted about him that makes him a fascinating character to watch. Lubna Azabal quietly embodies the role of Atika, close friend to Nessa and nanny to Ephra’s children, who shares Nessa’s secret from what happened to them in Gaza. Azabal has this amazing ability to convey such deep emotion though the smallest thing, which is highly effective. The scenes between Azabal and Gyllenhaal are excellently played and you sense the deep bond formed between the characters. Stephen Rea and Janet McTeer are on splendid form as members of MI6 drawn into this dangerous case with personal history of their own to contend with. McTeer in particular savours her role as the head of MI6 Julia, whose sharp intellect, quick-witted replies and decisive actions make her a great character in this labyrinthine thriller. Eve Best is well cast as the ruthlessly efficient and mysterious agent Monica Chatwin, while both Genevieve O’Reilly and Katherine Parkinson fill their respective roles as Nessa’s PA and Ephra’s wife very well. Igal Naor steals all of his scenes as Shlomo Zahary, a businessman and friend for many years to the Stein family. There are glimmers of humour to his character that are amusing, but there is also the sneaking feeling that he can’t be trusted. In smaller but still well-played parts, Lindsay Duncan as Hoyle’s estranged wife Anjelica and Tobias Menzies as Nessa’s bodyguard Nathaniel shine with what they’re given.
Relentlessly gripping, precisely filmed and well-acted, The Honourable Woman is a mini series that engages the brain with its mystery and twists.
1990's, Anne Rice, Antonio Banderas, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Horror, Interview with the Vampire, Kirsten Dunst, Neil Jordan, Stephen Rea, Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise as Lestat de Lioncourt
Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac
Kirsten Dunst as Claudia
Antonio Banderas as Armand
Christian Slater as Daniel Molloy
Stephen Rea as Santiago
Accorded a mixed reception upon its release, Interview with the Vampire is a mature, Gothic and well-mounted tale soaked in both sadness and blood from director Neil Jordan and scripted by Anne Rice, from her own novel. I personally have never really had a problem with the film and have felt it has been underrated over the years since its release. Anyway, back to my review of it.
Interview with the Vampire begins in modern-day San Francisco. Daniel Molloy is an eager reporter who documents people’s lives. His client this time is Louis de Pointe du Lac, yet Louis is no ordinary client. He is a 200-year-old vampire. Louis wants to tell Daniel the story of his life after he was “born into darkness”, fascinated Daniel begins to listen. The film flashes back to Louis’ life just before he was transformed into a creature of the night. He was an owner of a plantation just south of New Orleans in 1791, who fell into deep depression after his wife died in childbirth. Wanting to be freed from the pain and suffering, Louis was turned into a vampire by the cunning Lestat. Louis later comes to regret wanting death as Lestat has now condemned him to immortality. He finds it hard to live as a vampire because of his good nature and this impacts on the fact that he can’t bring himself to kill humans in order to survive. Lestat on the other hand shows no mercy and enjoys draining the life away from humans. Although commonly at each others throats, the two are bound because of their vampirism. One night the hunger inside Louis causes him to bite the neck of Claudia, a young plague victim. Lestat sees the little girl as an opportunity for company and something to make Louis stay as he knows the guilt Louis suffers from. He transforms Claudia into a vampire and they form a somewhat macabre ‘family’. As the years pass and the family move from place to place, Claudia forms a bond with both Louis and Lestat. Lestat teaches her to be a killer of which Claudia has no problem as she has a thirst for blood that challenges even the brutal Lestat’s, whereas Louis becomes almost a surrogate father to the child he never had. Claudia eventually becomes resentful of Lestat for turning her into a vampire, as she still retains the doll-like appearance of a young girl but has mentally grown up into a woman. Events soon come to a head between the three as power shifts between them and Louis attempts to search for answers regarding vampires. Stunning visuals, gorgeous set decoration and all round great performances populate this melancholy tale of the loneliness of being a vampire and the Gothic horror surrounding it .
The first thing to praise in Interview with the Vampire has to be Neil Jordan’s directing. We get a vampire movie with a sombre heart that is very adult and mature in theme and does not pander to a younger audience. Anne Rice writes the screenplay from her own novel and generally succeeds in being faithful to the source material. The visual design of the film should definitely be praised for the way it captures the various time zones and countries encompassed within the narrative, from Louisiana to Paris. Set decoration is particularly stunning in the scenes of an underground group of vampires that Louis and Claudia find, the various catacombs and chasms glimmering in candlelight with a Gothic splendour. Make-up and effects are also of the highest order in bringing to life the lives of these vampires. Standout scenes include Louis watching his last sunrise before his transformation, Claudia convulsing violently during her metamorphosis as her blonde hair morphs into red curls and a gruesome scene of vampires putting on a play involving the sacrifice of an innocent victim. The score provided makes for an eerie listen that highlights the themes of darkness and sorrow; the opening sound of a single choir boy’s voice singing a lullaby is enough to send chills down the spine. The presence of Louis’ mournful narration adds a certain pathos to the story, as we listen to his experiences and how he feels that being a vampire is a curse, and not a gift.
Although there was controversy surrounding the casting of Tom Cruise as the flamboyant and sadistic Lestat, Cruise handles the role in an effective enough way. It’s not one of his best performances but he still gives the role his best shot. Brad Pitt is very good as the tortured Louis, bringing sympathy to the role of a man living an endless life of regret and pain. It is Louis who forms the centre of the story as we witness his reluctance to harm in order to survive and his relationship with Claudia. The biggest impression made on the film has to be a very young Kirsten Dunst as Claudia. She plays her role with an astonishing amount of maturity whilst also showing a devilish side to this vampire. Claudia is the most tragic of the trio of main vampires; as an audience we feel her struggle at learning that although her mind has matured, her outward appearance will always be that of a young girl. In many scenes, Kirsten Dunst steals them from her more experienced co-stars with her mix of startling complexity, expressive eyes and sense of entrapment. Fleshing out the supporting players is a seductive and dangerously charming Antonio Banderas as the head of a secret sect of vampires, Christian Slater as the man listening to Louis’ extraordinary story and a menacing Stephen Rea as the deceptive Santiago.
For those who want a sumptuous, blood-soaked tale of regret, Interview with the Vampire is most certainly advised viewing. Bold, melancholy and mature, it is a vampire film that questions the effects of transformation and whether it is as great as it first appears.
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Bookful Expands Its Massive Augmented Reality Library With Mattel’s Thomas & Friends And Barbie
by Valerie Vacante
New AR-enhanced stories featuring famous children’s characters arrive on the mobile platform.
Kids build a connection with their favorite toy characters through play, imagination, and entertainment. When it comes to reading, however, keeping children engaged, motivated, and inspired can be a significant challenge, especially into today’s modern world.
According to Scholastic’s Kids & Family Reading Report, 86% of kids ages 6 – 17 agree that reading is important, though 41% report difficulty finding books they actually like. On top of that, parents are underestimating the challenge, with only 29% saying their kids need help finding books to read.
To cultivate a love of reading and learning, immersive entertainment company Inception created Bookful. Touted as the world’s largest 3D/AR library, the mobile reading platform brings a variety of fictional characters kids know and love to life with hundreds of books and educational gaming experiences enhanced by AR and 3D animations.
Bookful recently expanded its library, teaming up with Mattel to add books from the company’s iconic brands, Thomas & Friends™ and Barbie®, to its platform. Titles from Thomas & Friends are now available on the mobile app, including Busy Busy Thomas, Search and Rescue, and Big Surprise, A Visit to London from Thomas & Friends, as well as titles from Barbie, with You Can Be a Fashion Designer, You Can Be a Doctor, and You Can Be a Gymnast arriving in the coming months.
“Thomas started as a story 75 years ago and since then, we’re always looking for new innovative ways to extend the Thomas story to consumers. By experiencing Thomas stories on Bookful, our consumers will be able to connect with Thomas and the world of Sodor in a new and interactive way,” said a spokesperson from Mattel.
Looking for more of your favorite toy characters? Bookful’s current collection of titles also includes those from Penguin Random House, Charlesbridge, Horace, and Co., and DK, including classics such as Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit and children’s favorites; My Little Pony, Transformers and The Smurfs.
In addition to offering exclusive access to premium titles from the world’s leading publishers, Bookful houses complementary immersive learning opportunities for a magically interactive reader experience. Bookful engages its readers with spelling, comprehension, painting, and dancing games to reinforce learning through a series of uniquely crafted “edutainment” content.
Welcoming one of the world’s leading toy companies into the Bookful library, Inception’s CEO Benny Arbel notes the potential of this addition: “We are extremely excited to have Mattel’s properties added to our library. With this partnership, we will be able to bring even more brands closer to users like never before”.
Bookful was recently selected by Verizon as one of 4 children apps that they were promoting to their customers as part of their COVID 19 relief initiative.
Download Bookful from the App Store and Google Play to begin your immersive reading adventure.
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Valerie Vacante
Val Vacante is the Founder, Managing Partner of Collabsco, a strategy and innovation firm based in Austin, Texas. Val has pioneered digital products and integrated marketing experiences across digital platforms, connected communities, IoT and extended reality experiences for Fortune 100 brands and up-and-coming startups. You can likely find her at arcades, museums, tech incubators and almost anywhere creators are designing the future.
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Vertex faces second set of challenges over $485M Navy logistics contract
The Navy quickly saw an error the first time it chose Vertex Aerospace for a contract that was protested shortly thereafter.
The branch told the Government Accountability Office that it would re-evaluate proposals and make a new bid. That was in June following protests by PAE and DynCorp.
But after that reconsideration, the Navy again awarded the contract for maintenance and logistics for F-5 N/F and F-16 fighter aircraft to Vertex.
This week PAE submitted a new protest to GAO as did DynCorp. It gets a little confusing here. The new protest is filed under the name of AECOM Management Services, which was the business unit AECOM spun out to create Amentum.
Amentum in turn acquired DynCorp in November. So it is still the DynCorp protest, but only under a new corporate entity.
Both PAE and DynCorp/Amentum are arguing that the Navy didn’t conduct a proper evaluation. If the Navy had, then one of them would have won and not Vertex.
The companies filed their new protests on Dec. 7. A decision from GAO is expected by March 17.
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Gaming ⋮ PC
Street Fighter V – New Character & Beta Plans
By Archie Paras
Feb 25, 2015 01:40 EST
Capcom has made new announcement for Street Fighter V today. Here they are exactly as posted by Peter Rosas, Capcom Community Manager, on The PlayStation Blog:
Hey everyone! We are happy to announce two huge pieces of news for the upcoming Street Fighter V on PS4… the return of Nash, and the online beta program!
Charlie Nash has been a fan favorite character in the Street Fighter series for years and finally makes his comeback in Street Fighter V, although noticeably a little… different. For those who are unfamiliar with him, continue on for a quick history lesson.
First mentioned in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) by Guile during his quest for revenge; Nash was a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and one of Guile’s best friends. Although it was hinted that M.Bison was involved in Charlie’s disappearance in the past, it was never really fully explained…
…until the Street Fighter Alpha series, that is. In Street Fighter Alpha II (1996) we see firsthand that a helicopter controlled by M.Bison’s forces make quick work of Nash as M.Bison gets away. Initially presumed to be dead by both friends and foes alike, Nash’s return shows that his story is far from over.
While the mysteries surrounding his return will become clear later on, for now we’re pleased to announce that the originator of the Sonic Boom is back with quite a few new tricks.
The second piece of news is perhaps the most exciting of all. Also announced today, we will be performing the largest and most ambitious online beta program in franchise history with Street Fighter V on PS4 and PC! These tests will be essential to collect your feedback and to ensure that Street Fighter V is the best iteration yet. In North America, players who pre-order the game will automatically be enrolled into the beta program.
More details, including timing on the beta program will be revealed in the future so stay tuned for updates. Until then, SONIC BOOM!
Rather exciting news for Street Fighter fans. Street Fighter V will be a PS4 console exclusive, also releasing for the PC. Capcom is collaborating with Sony Computer Entertainment on the title, so any future chances for Street Fighter V, to release on the Xbox One hardware are rather unlikely.
The Beta announcement is indeed exciting news, as fans will be able to test Street Fighter V, months before its release, and provide feedback of their impressions and suggestions.
Given that there will be cross-platform play between the PC and PlayStation 4 versions, the beta could prove quite essential. Street Fighter V will be using the Unreal 4 engine, much like Tekken 7.
Street Fighter V has no official release date yet, but we will bring you any new information as soon as it becomes available.
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Xbox Getting Two New JRPG’s Next Year
By Jeff Williams
A Japanese Publisher, Experience Inc, announced that they're going to be releasing two JRPG games exclusively on the Xbox One, a move that's a little surprising give that that's not the home console for the Japanese.
Stranger of Sword City and an as yet unnamed project, coming next year on the Xbox One.
Stranger of Sword City is a familiar title for those that follow the JRPG scene. It was originally seen on the Xbox 360, the PC and of course the PS Vita. Despite being a remake, it's going to be exclusively remade for the Xbox One, and is of a genre that typically is reserved for Sony's consoles.
The second JRPG is as of yet unnamed (working title of Students of Round 2), though is said to mix in elements of tactical RPG's as well.
Stranger of Sword City has a tentative release window of between January and March of 2015, while 'Students of Round 2' is a bit further out, and will likely be seen as late as March of 2017, though perhaps as early as April of 2016 according to Experience Inc.
The JRPG is making quite the comeback and is becoming somewhat better received in the west as of late. That particular visual and gameplay style is enjoying a larger than cult like following now. The PC has enjoyed 8 new releases (with two of them being PC re-releases) in the past month, but the Xbox One has been startlingly devoid of such titles, likely due to traditionally poor sales numbers or a much smaller footprint of the Xbox One in Japan. Generally the smaller companies avoid that console and the west in particular.
The future of the JRPG for fans of the particular peculiar genre is looking brighter.
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Get Airfoil for Mac 5.9, the Latest Version of Our Audio Streamer
Continuing our parade of free product updates, we’ve just released Airfoil 5.9. It’s the latest version of our audio streaming tool, perfect for playing audio through wireless devices all around your house.
For over 15 years now, Airfoil has made it possible to stream any audio from your Mac to devices around your network. Today’s update brings refinements and improvements throughout the application. Read more below, or just visit Airfoil’s product page to download the latest.
Equalizer Refinements
Airfoil’s built-in 10-Band Lagutin Equalizer has been substantially improved. It now offers a handy new sparkline indicator in the Presets menu, which provides a quick idea of how each preset works. The saving and editing of user-created Presets has also been overhauled and improved. To top it off, transitions between presets now animate beautifully as well.
A New “Alerts” Window
Whether it’s an incorrectly entered password or a problem with a remote speaker, errors are bound to happen sooner or later. When they do, Airfoil will now show them all in a centralized location, its new “Alerts” window.
After first adding the Alerts window to Farrago 1.5, we’ve now refined it further in Airfoil. Over time, it’s likely to show up in all our products, as a useful way of letting users know of any issues that appear.
Track Title Improvements
When Airfoil transmits audio from supported applications, it also passes along metadata about that audio, like artist name, track title, and album artwork. Today’s update adds support for track titles from the MiX16 apps, and restores track title support to Audirvana. It also improves the performance of track title retrieval from several apps including Spotify, Music.app, and VLC.
As always, there are many smaller fixes and improvements as well. Airfoil’s audio capture, powered by the Audio Capture Engine (ACE), has been updated. It will now properly grab audio from Google Chrome’s Progressive Web Apps, and several smaller bug fixes and refinements have been made. In addition, Airfoil now correctly streams only the remote half of a VoIP conversation, perfect for listen-only call. Alongside that, we’ve made small enhancements for VoiceOver users, and fixed up a number of rare bugs.
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Resonate SDK: Realtime MacOS Audio Development, Simplified
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The Resonate SDK simplifies audio processing on the Mac to an almost unimaginable level. We took our years of experience creating audio software, and crafted a dramatically easier-to-use interface for MacOS’s CoreAudio. With Resonate, you no longer need to be a professional Core Audio developer to access audio functionality in your Mac application. Resonate will help you build your own product faster, while delivering superior latency, reliability, and ease of development.
For nearly two decades, our Audio Capture Engine (ACE) technology has powered Audio Hijack, Loopback, and many of our other products. In early 2018, we began commercial licensing of ACE, to provide other software makers with the ability to capture audio within their own products.
ACE is now in use by companies both big and small, providing audio to screen recorders, streaming apps, and more. It’s been very satisfying to partner with other companies and provide audio capture to so many tools on the Mac. With Resonate, we’re looking to do it again.
Resonate Is Audio Processing, Simplified
Resonate originated as a companion to ACE. ACE provides captured audio via virtual devices, which allows programmers with existing Core Audio pipelines to quickly get up and running. However, after talking to many companies new to MacOS, it was clear we’d overlooked something. Although we are experienced with the intricacies and eccentricities of CoreAudio, most others are not.
Resonate levels the playing field. If you’re developing an application which needs to use audio on the Mac, Resonate will speed up your development time, and save you countless headaches. Visit the Resonate licensing page, then get in touch for more details.
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A Q&A with Composer Rebekka Karijord
What drew you into composing and visual storytelling, and do you feel that your experience as an actress and playwright influences your musical choices?
I have always been a sucker for a good story - and I really thrive under a narrative frame, both in commision work and my own music. I always create concepts or stories, even with my own records. And I guess that stems from my education and background in acting and playwriting. I think it has granted me an intuitive understanding for dramaturgical energy, that really helps me when scoring for films. It was actually in the transition between acting in film and focusing more on my music, that the film scoring part happened. Many of the directors I had worked with as an actor heard my music and wanted to use it in their work for film or stage. So it kind of happened organically and felt quite safe.
Having composed original scores for film, theatre and dance, and also produced multiple albums, your body of work is very impressive! What are the projects you’re most proud of and/or projects that served as milestones in your career?
Thank you! I am proud of my solo albums, and especially the one I am about to release in 2021. But I am also very happy to have been able to work on Margreth Olin's films, as they are often political and very humanistic. Her films really have the ability to change political landscape and deeply affect people. "I am Greta" also feels like a real milestone for me.
In your opinion, what is the biggest challenge in writing to picture, and how do you deal with it?
I think the biggest challenge is finding the balance between a personal expression, your musical voice - and submitting to the narrative of the film. Knowing where to take space to create emotions, and when to step back, which is equally important. And to not lose your musical expression and the homogeneity of the score, in the complex process filmmaking is.
You recently scored Greta, a documentary feature that follows climate activist Greta Thunberg and her efforts to get people to listen to science. The film premieres in Biennale De Venezia in September 2020, and will stream on Hulu! How did you get involved in this project, and what was the scoring process like?
Yes, we are just finishing the score, the last mixing day is tomorrow actually! It's been a super intense and learnful process, and very rewarding in the end. I so believe in this film and the climate issue is something that takes up a lot of space in me, so I went all in with everything I could give. I partly wrote the score with my good friend Jon Ekstrand, who is an amazing film composer. However he is also writing for a Marvel film right now, so most of the Greta score landed on my plate. But the synergy of writing with Jon really laid down a strong fundament for the score, as we have such good musical flow together. We've worked with processed voices and string octet, as well as analog synthesizers and felt piano. We are also using the cellist Linnea Olsson as a soloist in the score. She has such an amazing tone. The nature of the score is quite repetitive and energetic, with a lot of arpeggios and harmonics in the strings. We wanted to underline the clarity and focus Greta Thunberg has on the cause, and to incorporate the massive energy of the movement in her journey throughout the film. So there are three voices in the score; Greta’s, the movement's and nature itself.
Tell us about your next projects- what’s on the menu for 2021?
I am just finishing a record I have made with poet Jessica Dessner and her brothers Bryce & Aaron Dessner (of the National). It's called Complete Mountain Almanac, and will be released next year. I am also writing the scores for my long time collaborator, Norwegian director Margreth Olin, who is doing two features next year. Plus Jon Ekstrand and I are finishing up an HBO true crime series before Christmas.
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Lynn is the CEO of PWP. She has been involved in wildlife for most of her life. In addition to being a trustee of WHF, Lynn is also a Director of Parkside Leisure and PWP. She sits on the committee Charity of Friends for PWP. Lynn works closely with BIAZA, she is particularly focused on education and is a member of BIAZA’s council; the Association’s governing body.
Tyler Whitnall
Tyler is also a Director of Paradise Wildlife Park as well as being their Head of Marketing. He is passionate about conservation and has made it his mission to raise awareness of the illegal wildlife trade, recently delivering the first ever animal ambulance to Uganda as part of the Drive 4 Wildlife Conservation Project.
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Stormzy Wins Top Honors at 2018 Brit Awards
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British rapper Stormzy beat out several big names to win the top honors at the 2018 Brit Awards on Wednesday night.
The 24-year-old rapper, whose real name is Michael Omari, topped pop icons Ed Sheeran and Liam Gallagher to take home the Best British Male honors. And his debut album Gang Signs and Prayer won British album of the year, again beating Sheeran and his 2017 album, Divide.
"Love you all, thank you, thank God, emotional, overwhelmed, speechless...gonna go have a drink and party with my family," Stormzy tweeted.
Other winners include Gorillaz for best British group and Dua Lipa for best British female solo artist and best British breakthrough act.
The evening also struck a somber tone when Gallagher performed Live Forever, the hit 1994 song from his former group, Oasis, in a tribute to the victims of the 2017 Manchester bombing
By Ray Downs, UPI.com
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An Iconic New Collaboration - Art-Inspired Ceramics From Robert Gordon x David Bromley
Robert Gordon is one of the last remaining production potteries in Australia – a family business that has been creating much-loved ceramics in Melbourne for over 75 years. The month marks a significant milestone for the heritage Australian brand – they’ve teamed up with iconic artist David Bromley and his partner Yuge to create a stunning range of ceramics emblazoned with David’s distinctive artwork.
To celebrate this very special collaboration, Myer stores in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will dedicate an entire window display to the collection, with Bromley and Robert Gordon himself even making an appearance in the Melbourne windows this week – you gotta love that old-school retail magic!
Photo – Jarrod Barnes.
‘This really is a moment in time, as a family business, that I’ll mark down as certainly one of the best projects I’ve worked on.’ Sam Gordon.
Australia’s largest production pottery, Robert Gordon, has teamed up with artist David Bromley on a new range of stoneware ceramic pieces. Robert Gordon x Bromley&Co pays homage to the history of both the Melbourne-based pottery, and the celebrated artist, bringing together two creative Australian greats!
This isn’t the first time the Gordon family have worked with the renowned Australian artist. ‘Hanging in the pottery is a beautiful painting David did of our father and grandfather surrounded by pots, painted around five years ago’, says Sam Gordon, one of the four Gordons in the family business. The pottery has made objects and dinnerware for David and Yuge over the years, and have always toyed with the idea of a bigger project – this collaboration was a long time coming!
David, Yuge and Michael Kalnins (Myer’s tabletop buyer, who is also a potter and got behind this collaboration from the get-go) were engaged in every step of the process of bringing this collection to life. Prototypes of each shape were selected from the Robert Gordon pottery in Pakenham, and following this, the design team then took to the process of wrapping Bromley’s artwork onto each piece.
For the Gordon family, this collaboration represents a real milestone. Working on this bespoke collection, with the support of a major department store, is a big deal. ‘I love the nostalgia of a grand department store where point of sale, displays and service are really well considered and thoughtful’, Sam says.
The Robert Gordon x Bromley&Co collection, which launches tomorrow, will have a major display in the front windows of Myer in George St, Sydney, as well as Bourke St, Melbourne, and in Brisbane. To celebrate the launch, Robert Gordon and David will become part of the window displays themselves – painting and making pots live in the Myer Bourke Street Windows on January 27th from 9am-11am and Saturday February 1st from 11am-2pm!
Robert Gordon x Bromley&Co will be available at Myer stores from January 27th. See Robert Gordon and David Bromley painting and making pots in the Myer Bourke Street Windows on January 27th from 9am-11am and Saturday February 1st from 11am-2pm.
Enjoyed your writing, expecting some further great works!
David and Yuge Bromley and Family
David and Yuge Bromley's latest project, a rambling country home in Hepburn Springs.
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Indian tax officials find Modi's targets too taxing, some quit
Published: November 16, 2019 15:03:05 | Updated: November 17, 2019 10:51:17
People line to submit their papers inside the Income Tax office in New Delhi, April 5, 2013. Reuters/Files
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government wants them to collect 17 per cent more in direct taxes this year as New Delhi seeks to shore up revenues amid a sharp economic slowdown. The target has been maintained even though Modi recently approved a massive cut in corporate taxes, which are part of direct taxes, and warned officers not to harass businesses in their drive to collect revenue.
Over a dozen tax officials interviewed by Reuters said they are stuck between a push to meet unrealistic collection targets, which influence their appraisals and transfers, and the fear of being accused of over-zealousness if they crack down on evasion, Reuters reports.
Critics say Modi’s demands of his tax officials are symptomatic of the confusion surrounding his government’s economic policies, and that the bungling has contributed to a slowdown in growth.
Twenty-two top-level tax department officers have opted for voluntary retirement so far this year and around 34 did so in 2018, according to data provided by Bhaskar Bhattacharya, vice president of the Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association.
Bhattacharya was unable to provide comparative data but said bureaucrats ditching jobs usually considered prestigious and powerful was rare.
“Even seasoned officers after working for 25-30 years cannot take this pressure anymore,” he said. “There are applications for voluntary retirement coming in one after the other despite the fact that there is no voluntary retirement or golden handshake scheme in the department.”
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) did not respond to requests for data and comment on the resignations.
The CBDT, the Finance Ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office did not respond to questions about tax targets and alleged harassment by tax officials.
While only a small fraction of the tax department’s few thousand senior officers have quit, several officials in the tax department said the departures provided a snapshot of broader discontent that has also led to internal transfers as well as resignations among lower-level employees.
“The level of impatience in the government has gone up ... Anyone who has any alternate option says: ‘Why should we stay in the department?’” said one officer who has quit the job and plans to go tend the family farm. He said the stress had “become unbearable.”
“The pressure is getting greater. To achieve our targets we are under pressure, so we do some things that we don’t want to do,” said another tax official in northern India.
The two men asked to remain unnamed for fear of reprisals from the government.
Unorthodox tactics being used by the department included asking companies for advance tax payments, as well as delaying refunds, other tax officials said.
India’s economy grew 5.o per cent year-on-year between April and June, its weakest pace since 2013, and the slowdown could deepen, economists say. They blame the mess partly on the centralisation of power in Modi’s office and lack of debate, leading to ill-conceived policy.
“Even well-meaning people find it very difficult to tell him, ‘This is wrong, let’s do it another way,’” said Sebastian Morris, a senior faculty member at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India’s premier business school.
Conflicting signals on issues ranging from tax policy to the auto sector were confusing, Morris said. “It’s a madhouse.”
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been touring tax offices saying that the revenue target is realistic and therefore collectors “need not overstretch.”
But there is no clear definition of over-reach, so confused officers are hesitant about how to handle truant taxpayers, said Bhattacharya of the tax officers’ association.
“In an effort to erase the fear psychosis in the public, tax officers are now going through a fear psychosis themselves,” he said.
Indian businesses were complaining about sometimes high-handed tactics used by tax officers to crack down on evasion long before Modi came to power.
But it became a hot-button issue after a prominent coffee magnate committed suicide earlier this year, purportedly leaving behind a letter blaming persecution by tax officers. Tax authorities said at the time their probe was based on credible evidence of concealed transactions.
The government compulsorily retired 64 senior tax officers over alleged wrongdoing this year, a government source said.
“Some black sheep in the tax administration may have misused their powers and harassed taxpayers,” Modi told the Economic Times in August. “We will not tolerate this type of behaviour.”
Modi’s administration needs funds for flagship programmes including free cooking gas connections and toilets for poor rural Indians, popular policies that helped win him a second term in May.
But in a bid to propel growth rates higher, India cut its corporate tax rate in September to 22% from 30 per cent, forgoing almost 1.5 trillion rupees ($21.4 billion) in revenue.
Direct tax collections have grown only 3.0 per cent in the first six months of the April-March fiscal year, an official in the finance ministry said. They would have to grow by 42 per cent from October to March to meet the target for the year, estimated Aditi Nayar, principal economist at ICRA, the Indian unit of Moody’s.
Businesses and their tax consultants say they are bracing for an increase in tax notices during crunch time at the end of the fiscal year.
The government is hoping new online assessment will boost compliance. But tax workers’ unions have criticized the roll-out as hasty and stressed that their offices, many housed in ageing buildings with piles of documents and slow computers, lack the infrastructure needed for the changes, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters.
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25700. The commission shall, in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter, develop contingency plans to deal with possible
shortages of electrical energy or fuel supplies to protect public
health, safety, and welfare.
25701. (a) Within six months after the effective date of this
division, each electric utility, gas utility, and fuel wholesaler or
manufacturer in the state shall prepare and submit to the commission
a proposed emergency load curtailment plan or emergency energy supply
distribution plan setting forth proposals for identifying priority
loads or users in the event of a sudden and serious shortage of fuels
or interruption in the generation of electricity.
(b) The commission shall encourage electric utilities to cooperate
in joint preparation of an emergency load curtailment plan or
emergency energy distribution plan. If such a cooperative plan is
developed between two or more electric utilities, such utilities may
submit such joint plans to the commission in place of individual
plans required by subdivision (a) of this section.
(c) The commission shall collect from all relevant governmental
agencies, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities
Commission and the California Emergency Management Agency, any
existing contingency plans for dealing with sudden energy shortages
or information related thereto.
25702. The commission shall, after one or more public hearings,
review the emergency load curtailment program plans or emergency
energy supply distribution plans submitted pursuant to Section 25701,
and, within one year after the effective date of this division, the
commission shall approve and recommend to the Governor and the
Legislature plans for emergency load curtailment and energy supply
distribution in the event of a sudden energy shortage. Such plans
shall be based upon the plans presented by the electric utilities,
gas utilities, and fuel wholesalers or manufacturers, information
provided by other governmental agencies, independent analysis and
study by the commission and information provided at the hearing or
hearings. Such plans shall provide for the provision of essential
services, the protection of public health, safety, and welfare, and
the maintenance of a sound basic state economy. Provision shall be
made in such plans to eliminate wasteful, uneconomic, and unnecessary
uses of energy in times of shortages and to differentiate
curtailment of energy consumption by users on the basis of ability to
accommodate such curtailments. Such plans shall also specify the
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Naming Conventions For Institutional Repositories: Lessons from CORE
by Brian Kelly | Feb 21, 2013 | openness, Repositories | 7 comments
The CORE (COnnecting REpositories) Project
Whilst preparing a follow-up post on institutional repositories I started to explore the data which has been collected by the JISC-funded CORE project. The CORE (COnnecting REpositories) project aims to “facilitate free access to scholarly publications distributed across many systems“. The CORE Web site, which was developed at the Open University, provides access to four applications including:
Repository Analytics – A tool that enables to monitor the ingestion of metadata and content from repositories and provides a wide range of statistics.
I wanted to use this service to find information about the repositories provided by the 24 Russell Group universities. However, as can be seen from the accompanying screenshot, it was not easy to associate a repository with its host institution.
The first four examples illustrate the difficulties I had in using the information. The first entry, for the Aberdeen University Research Archive, gives a clear indication of the host institution. The second example, Abertay Research Collections, is somewhat more obscure, unless you know that Abertay is the name of a Scottish university. However the next two examples, Access to Research Resources for Teachers and Advanced Knowledge Technologies EPrints Archive, give no clue as to the host institution.
This meant that browsing the list was not an effective way of finding the repositories for the Russell Group universities. In addition the search interface was misleading: a search for “Southampton” enabled me to find eCrystals – Southampton and Electronics & Computer Science EPrints Service – University of Southampton – but not the main repository which has the name e-Prints Soton.
Using CORE to Search for Russell Group University Repositories
Despite the limitations caused by the lack of institutional identifiers I felt it would be useful to discover information held about Russell Group university repositories, based on a search of the CORE system using the obvious name for the host institution. The following table summarises the findings for a survey carried out on 21 February 2013 using the search term given in the second column.
No. Institution
(search string) Repository Metadata
Download Metadata
Readable PDF
1 Birmingham University of Birmingham
Research Archive, E-papers Repository 937 928 103
Research Archive, E-prints Repository 828 802 766
Research Archive, E-theses Repository 2,559 2,513 2,133
2 Bristol Bristol Repository of Scholarly Eprints – 4 –
3 Cambridge Computer Laboratory Technical Reports
– Cambridge University 3,252 520 440
DSpace @ Cambridge 216,718 192,129 2,847
4 Cardiff Online Research @ Cardiff 31,274 1,647 1,555
5 Durham Durham e-Theses 4,483 4,411 4,051
Durham Research Online 9,062 2,922 2,856
6 Exeter Exeter Research and Institutional Content archive 2,547 2,334 4
7 Edinburgh Edinburgh DataShare 75 75 –
Edinburgh Research Archive 5,769 5,395 1,583
8 Glasgow Glasgow DSpace Service – – –
Glasgow Theses Service 2,682 2,683 2,356
9 Imperial Spiral – Imperial College Digital Repository 8,097 8,094 4
10 King’s College London
(also used King’s and Kings) None found – – –
11 Leeds leedsmet open search (Incorrect institution) (-) (-) (-)
Leodis – A photographic archive of Leeds 57,998 57,998 –
12 Liverpool Liverpool John Moores University Research Archive
(Incorrect institution) (-) (-) (-)
University of Liverpool Research Archive 885 810 517
13 LSE LSE Research Online 33,959 6,520 6,463
LSE Theses Online 454 454 424
14 Manchester e-space at Manchester Metropolitan University
(Incorrect institution)
(-) (-) (-)
Manchester eScholar Services 119,854 119,854 –
15 Newcastle Newcastle University E-Prints – – –
16 Nottingham Nottingham ePrints 1,084 1,026 990
Nottingham eTheses 1,843 1,793 1,757
17 Oxford Oxford University Research Archive 16,215 3,745 98
18 Queen Mary None found
19 Queen’s University Belfast None found – – –
20 Sheffield Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive
21 Southampton eCrystals – Southampton 602 602 –
Electronics & Computer Science EPrints Service –
University of Southampton 15,835 8,947 7,071
22 UCL UCL Discovery 0 245,407 2
23 Warwick EPrints at the Centre for Scientific Computing,
University of Warwick – – 360
Warwick Research Archives Portal Repository 49,469 7,696 7,025
24 York York St John University ArchivalWare Digital Library
331 1 –
Note that the Repository Analytics page does not appear to provide a formal definition of the data collected. However from hovering over the accompanying icon for the entries it appears that the Metadata Download column gives the number of metadata records, the Metadata Readable column gives the number of links extracted from the metadata and the PDF Download column the number of PDFs which were downloaded.
It is difficult to interpret the data given in the table: the entry for the UCL Discovery repository, for example, tells us that there are 0 metadata records, with 245407 links having been extracted from these records and 2 PDFs downloaded!
However the table does suggest patterns of naming conventions for institutional repositories, such as the institutional name being provided at the beginning (“University of Birmingham Research Archive, E-prints Repository“, “University of Liverpool Research Archive” and “LSE Research Online”) or end of the repository name (“EPrints at the Centre for Scientific Computing, University of Warwick“, “Electronics & Computer Science EPrints Service – University of Southampton” and “Computer Laboratory Technical Reports – Cambridge University“) together with a large number of examples which use a partial form of the institution’s name (e.g. “Edinburgh Research Archive”, “Glasgow DSpace Service” and “Manchester eScholar Services“).
But of greater interest are the institutional repositories which have been harvested by CORE but are missing from this search such as “e-Prints Soton” and the “White Rose E-theses Online” and “White Rose Research Online” repositories which are used by the universities of Leeds, York and Sheffield.
Whilst the ownership of a repository will be apparent to the end user who access the service via the main entry point (perhaps from the institution’s Library Web site) in a number of cases such information is not apparent when the repository has been harvested and accessed using other systems such as, in this case, the interface developed by the CORE project.
In light of the findings from a survey of Russell group Universities, I would make the following simple recommendation:
Institutional repositories should contain the name of the host institution.
In order to illustrate the need for such a recommendation, here are a list of repositories which have been harvested by CORE:
Access to Research Resources for Teachers – Department of Computer Science E-Repository – Enlighten – Modern Languages Publications Archive – Online Publications Store – Open Research Online – Pharmacy Eprints
If you are unfamiliar with these repositories, would you to able to guess who owns them?
Or, to put it another way, meaningful metadata is important for repositories!
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starchim01 on February 21, 2013 at 6:08 pm
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Ken Chad (@KenChad) on February 22, 2013 at 3:38 pm
I’ve used Bielefeld BASE (http://www.base-search.net/about/en/ ) system a fair bit to get open access material from repositories.The analytics from BASE are a bit different but I see they have White Rose and include in their listing the constituent universities are. I -wondered how you think that BASE compares with CORE?. Perhaps CORE and BASE should work together?
Petr Knoth on February 28, 2013 at 8:28 pm
CORE and BASE are slightly different products. While BASE is more a metadata search engine for institutional repositories, CORE is more an aggregator for Open Access content (including full-texts). We provide a comparison in the “CORE: Three Access Levels to Underpin Open Access” paper published in D-Lib: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november12/knoth/11knoth.html
Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) on February 25, 2013 at 8:38 am
Hi Ken
Thanks for the information about Bielefeld BASE. However my interest in in profiling use of repositories across UK HEIs. Looking at the statistics page this only gives the overall numbers of open access items globally. Also the search page only allows for searches on title, author or subject.
Regarding your suggestion that “CORE and BASE should work together” from the CORE blog it seems that the project is now complete, as a final post was published in July 2012.
This was only the final blog post for the ServiceCORE project (required by JISC). The work on CORE is an ongoing effort as part of a number of projects. We know the project will continue for a number of years (and hopefully indefinitely 🙂
Nick Sheppard (@mrnick) on February 28, 2013 at 4:49 pm
Ha, may be it was a blessing that we could never come up with a nice acronym like everyone else!
Realise you are probably aware but Leeds, York and Sheffield all come under the White Rose consortium of course – White Rose Research Online (WRRO) which doesn’t affect your basic point.
CORE is still being developed I think – try @petrknoth on twitter.
The Repository Analytics tool is a prototype which we started developing in the ServiceCORE project. The accuracy of the content statistics is something we should be improving as part of the Open Access Repository Registry to be developed in collaboration with UK RepositoryNet+ (project to start soon). The dashboard is intended to be used by repository managers to look-up their repository (the naming is copy pasted from OpenDOAR) and check that not only metadata, but also content can be harvested from repositories. This is necessary to help repositories ensure they are providing open access to content, not just open access to metadata.
The statistics should not be interpreted as the number of items in those repositories, but rather as the numbers of items (full-text items) that can be harvested from those repositories using OAI-PMH. Please also do note the dashboard is work in progress, so the stats might not be completely accurate yet.
There is a huge discrepancy in the way repositories expose metadata about their content through OAI-PMH, which dramatically influences the content harvestability. Taking into account only EPrints repositories (that are typically quite good in referencing full-texts) from the UK, the average repository will have for about 27.6% metadata records harvestable full-texts (but the median repository only about 13%).
The aim of Repository Analytics is to help repository managers to identify possible issues. The statistics can be also collected through the CORE API (http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/api/doc – API stats methods), for those who do not like UIs. I have originally created some recommendations on the CORE website to increase the harvestability (http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/intro/core_recommendations) of content from repositories. I have been in the last moth thinking about how they could be even more simplified. I just submitted a paper to OR 2013 about this. Happy to send it to those interested. Will make it publicly available if accepted 🙂
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British literature book list high school
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Ted Conover's "Rolling Nowhere"
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The sun has not yet risen over the mountains east of Portola, California, but in the early morning dimness I can see that Pops is already stirring. I watch from the shrubs across our "jungle," as the mound of blankets and plastic sheeting which contains Pops shifts and gets thrown back. Stiffly, Pops rises to his feet. He glances over at me, still wrapped in my own blankets, and I not. That means "good morning." It's been a long night's sleep - like most tramps, we "rolled out" just after sundown - but November mornings in the Sierras are cold, and I wait until Pops has fire going before climbing from my bed on the ground. Dressing is not necessary - we sleep in our clothes to help keep up warm - so the first business of the day is to heat the coffee water. Pops has the "gunboat" (cooking can) ready, but pouring the water from the plastic-jub water bottle is hard this morning because chunks of ice keep blocking the mouth. I hold the jug while Pops pushes the ice back with a twig, and the water pours.
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01 Oct Boilerhouse Design Team Announced
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It is with enormous excitement that UNE welcome Architectus and James Cubitt Architects on board the Boilerhouse bandwagon as lead of a fantastic Principle Design team to create our iconic Boilerhouse building and discovery space. James Cubitt Architects were originally charged with preparing concept reports; their architects eyeing off the structure for years as they worked on other UNE projects. I can only imagine the delight of being able to focus on a mission such as this for designers who think big, bold and boiling.
Read about Architectus HERE, their appointment HERE, and James Cubitt Architects HERE. They are joined by experiential space designers Arterial, landscape architects Aspect Studios, built environment designers and engineers ARUP and many other talented specialists. Presentations to the Vice Chancellor on Thursday 15th October kicked off the design phase, which is expected to continue for 6-9 months, with construction due to commence at the end of 2021. At this point in time we remain on track for a 2023 opening.
The design phase marks the start of imagining a future on the campus of UNE that includes all our communities, from the youngest to oldest, playing and learning together in the Boilerhouse. As SportUNE acts as a gateway to the university for many sportspeople, the Boilerhouse has the potential to open doors to physical and academic spaces for those who may not have considered continuing a rich, high quality education in regional Australia. Architectus and James Cubitt Architects will help design this future.
The fundraising continues
As 2020 continues to throw curveballs to us all, the Boilerhouse project is no exception. The University, and indeed broader higher education sector, is under multiple pressures to reduce costs and reinvent access to higher education opportunities across the globe. The Boilerhouse is unique in that it is primarily external funding that has enabled progress to date; the project has not used student or core funding to proceed. The project celebrated support from the NSW State Government late 2019 with a $6.128million grant through its Regional Growth Environment & Tourism fund, and private philanthropy that activated the idea has also boosted our spirits and capabilities. But it must continue.
We must raise another $5million to ensure that the Boilerhouse can be completed without relying on University funds. And we’d love you to help us. Please consider donating to the Boilerhouse Discovery Space, and future of our region, HERE. Every donation, no matter how small or large, is one step closer to a creative, inspirational city.
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Although they’ve lost their last two competitive home games at both HT and FT, Kosovo’s six prior saw them go unbeaten (W5, D1) and net an average of 2.33 goals per fixture – three of those unbeaten games were against sides ranked better than Slovenia (#64) by FIFA.
Slovenia warmed up for this game with a 4-0 thrashing of San Marino, giving them a third consecutive clean sheet (W2, D1). They’ve now scored before HT in three of their previous four fixtures, as well as eight of their last nine wins.
The visitors have been poor on the road in competitive action though, winning just one of their 11 such games since the start of 2017 (W1, D2, L8). A glimmer of hope is that all eight defeats came by a slim one-goal margin, although with six of those losses seeing the deciding goal netted after the 80th minute, it’s clear a lapse of concentration near the game’s end has been a major sticking point.
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Benjamin Verbič is the highest scoring player in the current Slovenia set up with five goals. He’s netted the opener in three of the four internationals he’s scored in.
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Philodendron Panduriforme ranges throughout the northern and western areas of the Amazon basin.
The coolest thing about this climbing philodendron has got to be its leaf shape. Its leathery leaf blades almost look as though they were cut with scissors, also called "Fiddlehead" or "Horsehead" philodendron due to the unique leaf shape.
With the upper lobes curving outwards and downwards, the species is known to botany as a scandent (climbing) vine.
Their seeds germinate in the canopy and initially live epiphytically. They send roots downward, and these roots eventually make contact with the ground.
Hemiepiphytic species are plants that grow upon other plants but may begin life as a seed placed on a tree's branch by a bird or grow upwards from the soil, climbing a tree, as a seed dropped on the ground. Birds commonly eat the fruit berries of numerous Philodendron species and then deposit the seeds on the tree in their droppings. Growers typically assume all plants grow in soil, but in the rain forest that is far from true. Many more species grow climbing and clinging to the trees than in the soil.
Philodendron panduriforme is at home in average-to warm-temperatures year-round and medium to bright diffused light. It is common to have to adjust the location of philodendrons to find the perfect light situation.
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36. G Kozicz, `Architecture of the empty shells of Nyar ma' in Discoveries in Western Tibet and the western Himalayas: essays on history, literature, archaeology and art: PIATS 2003, Tibetan studies, proceedings of the tenth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003, p. 42.
Kozicz, G, `Architecture of the empty shells of Nyar ma' in Discoveries in Western Tibet and the western Himalayas: essays on history, literature, archaeology and art: PIATS 2003, Tibetan studies, proceedings of the tenth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003, pp. 41-54.
15. A Gardner, Lecture 2: Settled peoples and nomads: Mesopotamia and Egypt [lecture notes], HIS1MSU, La Trobe University, 2009, <http://webct.latrobe.edu.au/webct/urw/lc9140001.tp0>, viewed 19 January 2011.
Gardner, A, Lecture 2: Settled peoples and nomads: Mesopotamia and Egypt [lecture notes], HIS1MSU, La Trobe University, 2009 <http://webct.latrobe.edu.au/webct/urw/lc9140001.tp0>, viewed 19 January 2011.
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23. W Allen, dir, Annie Hall, DVD, MGM Home Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA, 2000.
24. Paris Theatre Company, L'Avare de Molière, DVD, Autrefois Productions, Paris, France, 2007.
Allen, W, dir, Annie Hall, DVD, MGM Home Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA, 2000
Paris Theatre Company, L'Avare de Molière, DVD, Autrefois Productions, Paris, France, 2007.
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14. G Bellini, `San Giobbe Altarpiece', 1478, Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice, in GA Johnson, Renaissance art: a very short introduction Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005, p. 18.
Bellini, G, ` San Giobbe Altarpiece', 1478, in GA Johnson, Renaissance art: a very short introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005, p. 18.
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74. S Botticelli, Birth of Venus. c. 1482, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, <http://www.artsor.org >, viewed 13 April 2011.
Botticelli, S. Birth of Venus. c. 1482. ARTstor. 3 Jan. 2008, <http://www. artsor.org>, viewed 13 April 2011.
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25. T Emin, T My Bed, 1998, Saatchi Gallery, 2011, <http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/tracey_emin.htm>, viewed 13 April, 2011.
Emin, T, My Bed, 1998, Saatchi Gallery, 2011, <http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/tracey_emin.htm>, viewed 13 April, 2011.
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F Boucher, i, 1740, Stockholm National Gallery.
Pantheon, 118–125 A D, Rome.
Victoria State Rivers and Water Supply Commission Photographer, Family Group of Aborigines, ca. 1900–ca. 1940, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.
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For example: 'The group of Aborigines photographed by the Victoria State Rivers and Water Supply Commission photographer (Fig. 34) differ from previous groups because they are wearing European dress.'
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45. D. Fields, The fight for black rights, Bookmarks Australia, Sydney South, NSW, 1995.
Fields, D, The fight for black rights, Bookmarks Australia, Sydney South, NSW, 1995.
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32. S Shickle, Interview with the author, 8 July 2010.
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42. 'Proving evolution: Richard Dawkins', Radio National Breakfast, podcast, ABC Radio National, 4 March 2010, <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2010/2834811.htm>, viewed 6 March 2010.
'Proving evolution: Richard Dawkins', Radio National Breakfast, podcast, ABC Radio National, 4 March 2010, <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2010/2834811.htm>, viewed 6 March 2010.
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26. 'Voice in the wilderness: R. G. Collingwood', The Philosophers Zone, radio program, ABC Radio National, Australia, April 28 2009.
'Voice in the wilderness: R. G. Collingwood', The Philosophers Zone, radio program, ABC Radio National, Australia, April 28 2009.
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43. The Endnote Team, `Endnote', X2 edn, Thomson Scientific, Carlsbad, CA, 2008, p. 22.
The Endnote Team, `EndNote', X2 edn, Thomson Scientific, Carlsbad, CA, 2008.
26. 'The war within', Four Corners, television program, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia, 30 March 2009.
'The war within', Four Corners, television program, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia, 30 March 2009.
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44. T Kalivas, 'Recipes for Cypriot tradition: Greek-Cypriot immigrants' domestic food cultures in Melbourne c. 1947-2003', Ph. D. thesis, La Trobe University, 2007.
Kalivas, T, 'Recipes for Cypriot tradition: Greek-Cypriot immigrants' domestic food cultures in Melbourne c.1947-2003', Ph. D. thesis, La Trobe University, 2007.
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Borevvia
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The Sovereign Kingdom of Borevvia
"Forever of the People"
Anthem:
Ode to Solaria
Capital Atlaine
Largest city Roldayton
Official languages Ingrish
• National languages Burev
• Regional languages Lussaic
Demonym Borevvian, Solarian
Government Parliamentary Republic
• First Minister Jaco Turr
• Second Minister Cynthia Platt
Legislature Parliament
• Upper house House of Delegates
• Total 88,229.58 km2
34,065.63 sq mi
• Census (2019) 13,735,502
• Density 155.7/km2
• Total USD 911.1b
• Per capita USD 66,331.76
HDI (2019) 0.941
Currency Borev (β) (BOR)
Drives on the Left
Internet TLD .bv
Borevvia (formerly or coloquially known as Solaria) is a sovereign state situated on the eastern coast of Archanta Major, or rather in North Archanta, south of Drenth-Line-Feze, bordering Utopis to the south, Merganien to the east, and Wintania to the west. Borevvia gained independence in 1799 and capitalised on the progresses of the Industrial Revolution over the course of the following century, quickly becoming a densely populated, culturally rich, economically potent world player. In the 21st century, Borevvia has leveraged its global standing thanks to its thriving consumer industries, namely the production of light vehicles and electronics, and through the sustainable exports of its natural resources. Borevvia's government is controlled by three main parties (socialist-left Labour, moderate-left National Democratic Party, or NDP , and the Centrist Coalition). Borevvia's citizens vote every four years for a First Minister and Second Minister, who are both appointed as a pair by their parties, and every two years on parliament members, who are awarded to individual states or counties in proportion to population. First and Second Ministers can serve two terms unless they can win 75% or more of the popular vote. Borevvia's government is known for progressive policy and inclusive tripartisan politics, and the country as a whole is known for sustainable climate and business practice, for its stable economy, social safety nets including public healthcare options and excellent public railway systems, as well as natural and architectural beauty and an extremely prevalent middle class, of which 81% of the country's population is estimated to belong.
1.1 Pre-Independence (The Solarian and Mangarian Eras, 13th century to 1799)
1.1.1 Drenth Colonisation
1.1.2 Declaration of Independence and the Death of Mangar Hughes III
1.1.3 Independence and the Death of Aglaf Sfr
2 Statistics & Information
2.2 Geography
2.3 Government
2.3.1 Executive Branch
2.3.2 Legislative Branch
Pre-Independence (The Solarian and Mangarian Eras, 13th century to 1799)
Borevvia, recognised until the mid-19th century as Solaria, was ruled by proxies from various Archantan nations for many centuries. During Hawang Si's reign as emperor of Commonia, from 1776 to the early 1800s, Commonian territories extended as far east as present-day Utopis, Wintania, and Borevvia, as well as large territorial parcels in ar106, ar107, and present-day Mudembark. Drenth-Line-Feze controlled nearly the entire northern coast of Borevvia, from present-day Rochester and points north to Hull and the border with Merganien, as well lands as far south as Ayer and Ricoport. The Solaarr region of Borevvia (essentially all points west and southwest of Atlaine) and the Lussaic Rainforest were inhabited by the Burev peoples, who lived in tribes, and, by the 18th century, had organised their tribal territories into self-governing areas with suprising efficency. Hawang Si, as emperor, was keen to advance Commonia's empirical status, and had attempted (in 1783) to conquer the rest of Solaria as a Commonian colony. The Burev people, who by this point were advancing as a society, and had formed an unofficial centralised government, led by Aglaf Sfr, united and successfully held off Commonia's attack. The Burev people would accept Commonian ownership of their land, but not Commonian governance or taxation, two things which were considered mutually exclusive. This incident was known as the Commo-Burev Conflict, and led Hawang Si to realise that control of Solaria would not be easily won. The government of Drenth-Line-Feze, led by Heerot Hughes, having heard news of the Commonian conflict, rushed to defend its colony, and issued warning to Hawang Si, that Solaria was the rightful territory of the Burev people. Hawang-Si and his empire retreated, and Drenth-Line-Feze signed a treaty with Aglaf Sfr and the Burev people, extending Drenth-Line-Feze's colony to include Solaria and Lussaia, while allowing the Burevs to self-govern without interference from Drenth-Line-Feze.
Drenth Colonisation
However, as the 18th century neared its end, changes in Drenth-Line-Feze's government also directly affected Drenth-Burev relations. Heerot Hughes died in 1789, leaving control of Solaria, northern Borevvia (then known as Andrussa) and the rest of Borevvia (largely uncharted and unclaimed) to his nephew, Mangar Hughes III. Mangar Hughes was a far less lenient leader, bent on transforming Drenth-Line-Feze into a global superpower. Mangar III expanded the Drenth military, in turn accruing more territorial wealth, and, in 1792, launched a campaign to conquer all of present-day Borevvia, or lands including Solaria, Androssa, Merganne (the eastern half of Borevvia) and part of Lussaia. The Burev people were unsuccessful in holding off Mangar's armies and peacefully ceded the land to the Drenth government in August of 1792. For the next seven years (known as the Mangarian Era), Borevvia was a colony of Drenth-Line-Feze, and blended Burev and Drenth cultures with surprising success.
Declaration of Independence and the Death of Mangar Hughes III
The end of the Mangarian Era came suddenly, beginning in 1798, when Mangar III drafted several thousand Burevs into his armies, in preparation for an attack on Rhododactylia. Burevs were peaceful, anti-war people, who (along with an increasing number of integrated Drenth citizens living in Burev society) still saw Aglaf Sfr as their unofficial leader. Aglaf Sfr was seventy years old in 1798 and his health was beginning to decline. He was quoted saying that he could not die having failed his people and having given away their homeland. Aglaf led an army of Burevs (despite having been opposed to military practices all his life) across the canal from what was then the port of Rochester, to Emden in Drenth-Line-Feze, and north along the floodpan valley from Emden to De Maaten, where Mangar III and his government were headquartered.
In December of 1798, Sfr and his army arrived in De Maaten to recall the Burev soldiers. However, Sfr and his company did not act immediately; upon approaching the city, they dispersed, and many took up lodgings on the outskirts of De Maaten while Sfr spent the winter drafting a declaration of independence and receiving advice from his countrymen. In February of 1799, the declaration was signed by Sfr and high-ranking members of his company; they marched into the centre of De Maaten, presented the document to Mangar III, and rounded up the roughly 3,000 Burevs. (By this point, Mangar III had become unpopular in his kingdom and his warring practices were not universally supported.) Mangar immediately rejected the document and drove the Burevs out of the city, and declared war on Borevvia soon after.
Independence and the Death of Aglaf Sfr
Realising that his noble plan had backfired, Aglaf Sfr returned to his home and began preparing for an imminent attack. The attack never came. On March 1st, 1799, news of Mangar III's death was relayed to Borevvia, and the acting leader of Drenth-Line-Feze, unrelated to the Hughes dynasty, granted Borevvia independence on April 12th of that year. (It is almost universally accepted, but not proven, that Mangar III was poisoned, but speculation still exists as to whom could have done this.) Aglaf Sfr had already, with help from his company, devised a constitution, and Borevvia declared sovereignty the same day. Sfr led the country from 1799 to 1802 and appointed Winulf Nonn as his successor in the event of his death. Sfr died in January 1802 at 74 years old, and is still regarded as a Borevvian hero, with parks, roads, buildings, and countless other monuments dedicated to his protection of his people and their homeland. He was regarded as a model of wisdom and peace, and is credited with shaping nonconfrontational Borevvian foreign policies. The national motto ("Forever of the People") is said to be a motto of Sfr's.
Statistics & Information
Population 13,735,502 (late 2020 est.)
Population Density (citizens per square kilometre) 155.7
Nationalities & Adjectives Borevvian, Solarian, Borev, BV (abbreviation), SL (abbreviation)
Median Age 41.7 y.o.
Population Change Rate (year-over-year) -0.09%
Population Distribution Coastlines and flat terrains traditionally attracted thick settlement. Large concentrations of population in the northern and western areas of the country, especially on the west coast, which is known as the Coast of Ores. The eastern and southern parts of the country, typically hotter and flatter, and with more fertile soil, attracted more agricultural and rural land uses. Notably, the Lussaic Rainforest International Area of Natural Beauty (LRIAoNB) is home to several small groups of indigenous Archantan peoples, whose rights and land claims have been respected by the Borevvian government especially since the passing of the Indigenous Peoples Protection Act in 1865. Otherwise, Lussaia is extremely sparsely populated, accounting for just 1.9% of the country's civilization but for a huge percent of its land holdings. The Lussaic Rainforest is protected by several national and international laws as it is a major source of biodiversity and oxygen production.
Population Distribution by Area Urban, Suburban, Exurban (thickly-settled areas) (70.7%), other areas (29.3%).
Population of Important Cities (2020 est.)
Atlaine - 476,000
Lonsderry - 995,000
Pease - 112,000
Sunderland - 84,000
Magstadt - 381,000
Hull - 1,231,000
Almoranda Bay - 656,000
Coventry - 189,000
Eastport Beach - 1,347,000
Greensburg / Scituate / Draycomb - 844,000
Newsom - 110,000
Pearn - 88,000
Roldayton / Luxton - 1,686,000
Concord - 542,000
Rowlens - 263,000
Rochester - 707,000
Life Expectancy at Birth 82.1 years
Clean water access 100% of population
Electricity access 99.4% of population
Homelessness rate 0.13% of population
Access to healthcare at least once a year 100% of population
Current Health Expenditure 9.3% of GDP
Physicians per 1000 citizens 3.1
Hospital beds per 1000 citizens 5.8
Adult obesity rate 9.6%
Current Public Education Expenditure 8.1% of GDP
Literacy over age 10 100%
Unemployment 3.2%
Location Eastern Archanta (Archanta Major), bordering Utopis, Merganien, and Wintania by land, and Drenth-Line-Feze by water. Geographic Coordinates -2.309/168.050
Territorial Area 88,229.58 sq. km (34,065 sq. mi.), including water
Climate Short, wet winters, with heavy rain but little to no snowfall, and long, humid summers. Average temperatures range from 38 degrees fahrenheit in January (the coldest month) to 92 degrees fahrenheit in August (the warmest month). The varied temperatures in the country are unusual for a country so near to an equator, and several theories exist as to why Borevvia's temperatures can drop to such lows in the colder months.
Terrain & Elevation Terrain is characterised by rocky, sandy coasts, and sandy, mineral-rich soil, with hills and mountains in northern and western parts of the country. The eastern and southern parts of the country are largely flat, and agricultural practices have evolved to accommodate the unusual soil. Rock and precious metals are prevalent near the top layers of the soil, which lend themselves to mining, a major Borevvian economic activity. Numerous waters and wetlands fill the lowest elevations, and, notably, the lowest point in Borevvia not filled by water is in Sayers Valley near the western coast, at a point called Sandy Dell, where millions of years of sand and soil erosion have reduced elevation to -29m (-98ft). The highest point in the country is Mount Lussaia, a peak in the Lussaic Rainforest, with an elevation of 1888m (6194ft).
Mean Elevation 12m (39.37ft)
Natural Resources Sand, slate, salt, minerals, precious metals, clay, forestry products, agricultural products & sustainable energies (wind, solar, hydroelectric).
Landuses Forest (43.2%), Agricultural Lands (21.8%), Urban, Suburban, and Exurban Areas (29.4%), Other Uses (5.6%)
Recognised Status Sovereign state
Full name Sovereign Kingdom of Borevvia
Known as Borevvia, Solaria
Etymology The Borev, Buref, Burev, or Byrrevv peoples (records vary) inhabited small pockets of land in northeastern Archanta Major, in a region known as Solaarr, hundreds of years before Borevvia was colonised.
OGF ID ar104a
Government Type Parliamentary Republic
Capital Atlaine Geographic Coordinates -1.5736/167.8112
Independence Declared 1799 (from Drenth-Line-Feze)
National Holiday April 12 (Independence Day)
Other Major Holidays Festifa (December 18th to January 5th), Boxing Day (January 6th), Labour Days (February 1st, May 1st, August 1st, October 1st, December 1st), Summer Holiday (typically the third week or the second half of June).
Constitution First ratified in April 1799, amended nearly 100 times since then (Members of Parliament can put forward amendments for a vote, or citizens can petition to put forward an amendment if they receive more than 100,000 signatures).
Legal System Civil law & modern criminal justice systems. Sidenote: Borevvia is known for less traditional punishments for nonviolent criminals including community service, long parole sentences, and intensive psychiatric therapies, instead of long jail sentences. Borevvian jails are known for their focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment.
Voting age 18 y.o.
Citizenship by birth Yes
Citizenship by descent Yes
Earned citizenship Yes, automatically, after maintaining a primary residence in Borevvia for more than 270 days per year for 10 years, or by application, after maintaining a residence for more than 200 days a year for at least 3 years.
Heads of State First Minister Jaco Turr & Second Minister Cynthia Platt of the National Democratic Party (elected 2010, 2014, 2020)
First Head of State Winulf Nonn (1802-1810)
Borevvia's citizens vote every four years for a First Minister and Second Minister, who are both appointed as a pair by their parties, and every two years on parliament members, who are awarded to individual states or counties in proportion to population. First and Second Ministers can serve two terms unless they can win 75% or more of the popular vote. (Currently, in 2020, the BDP regime, consisting of Jaco Turr and Cynthia Platt as First and Second Ministers respectively, is in its third term, having won the vote in 2010, 2014, and 2018. In 2018 the party won 77% of the vote, narrowly winning a third term, as the administration's successes have been widespread and consistent. Early polling indicates that in 2022, the administration (which would have to receive 85% of the vote to win again) will be superseded by an administration from the Labour party, whose nominees have not been named yet.)
Cabinet (in order of rank)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Noel Gaujhur
Minister of Interior Affairs Amanda Call
Minister of Finance Stepen Shefer
Minister of Health and Welfare Schmidt Patterson
Minister of Intelligence and Defence Gwenyth Morrow
Minister of Environment and Energy Jule Willau
Minister of Transport Hyrum Dillard
Minister of Culture and Media Jessica Reeney
Minister of the Treasury Damian Berg
Minister of Banking Stella Scott-Mallow
Minister of Education Samantha MacConn
Minister of Labour June ffrost
Minister of Trade Rhonda Grishham
Minority Ministers Lawrie Sutt (Labour Party), Alex Berry (Centrist Coalition)
Elections & Appointments First and Second Ministers are appointed by their party. Cabinet members are appointed by First and Second Ministers within the 60-day transition period immediately following an election.
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Syrian state television said soldiers found chemical agents in rebel tunnels in the Damascus suburb of Jobar on Saturday and said some soldiers were suffocating.
“Army heroes are entering the tunnels of the terrorists and saw chemical agents,” state television quoted a “news source” as saying. “In some cases, soldiers are suffocating while entering Jobar,” it said.
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Syrian activists accuse Assad’s forces of launching a nerve gas attack in Jobar and other suburbs before dawn on Wednesday, killing hundreds.
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49ers-Saints Injury Report: Still no Deebo Samuel at practice, River Cracraft a game-time decision
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
The San Francisco 49ers are preparing for their Week 10 contest against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
It's starting to look like wide receiver Deebo Samuel will miss another game. He is dealing with a hamstring injury and did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday. Head coach Kyle Shanahan had hoped to get him onto the practice field on Thursday after the team had a chance to re-evaluate his injury.
Wide receiver Trent Taylor (back), who missed Wednesday's practice, was back on the field.
Still no sign of #49ers WR Deebo Samuel during open portion of Thursday's practice. Trending toward another week out with hamstring injury.
WR Trent Taylor (back) is participating early on.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) November 12, 2020
Cornerback Richard Sherman continues to work his way back from injured reserve. The 49ers opened his practice window this week. While a Week 12 return remains the most likely scenario, the team has not ruled out the possibility of Sherman playing this weekend.
#49ers CB Richard Sherman getting some drills in during individual portion of practice as he works back from calf injury. pic.twitter.com/Xeir2IuEzb
Shanahan said on KNBR that wide receiver River Cracraft is dealing with a quad contusion.
"But unfortunately, River Cracraft, out there on Wednesday, got a quad contusion," Shanahan said, "and he'll probably go all the way up to game time, whether he can play or not."
Below are Thursday's practice participation reports for both the 49ers and Saints, which were provided by the 49ers Communications staff.
San Francisco 49ers Thursday Practice
Did Not Participate In Practice
RB Tevin Coleman (knee), WR River Cracraft (quadricep), LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (hamstring), WR Deebo Samuel (hamstring), CB K'Waun Williams (ankle)
Full Participation in Practice
WR Trent Taylor (back)
New Orleans Saints Thursday Practice
Limited Participation in Practice
QB Drew Brees (right shoulder), C Erik McCoy (elbow), T Ryan Ramczyk (back), WR Michael Thomas (ankle, hamstring), RB Dwayne Washington (back)
49ers injury report: Deebo Samuel misses practice, 'long shot' vs. Saints NBCS Bay Area - Nov 12, 2020
49ers injury report: Deebo Samuel likely out vs. Saints Niners Wire - Nov 12, 2020
49ers WR Deebo Samuel eager to move forward after a physically and emotionally difficult 2020
Deebo Samuel has faced his share of injuries throughout his football career, but nothing ever hit him as hard from a mental perspective as what he went through in 2020. Fortunately, the challenges Samuel faced in 2020 are now almost completely in the rearview mirror, and as a result, he's itching to jump into the offseason and get prepared for 2021. Samuel spoke in detail with reporters Monday about what he went through in 2020, revealing that he faced a level of emotional challenge along the way that he hadn't experienced previously in his career. Samuel went through two injury-shortened seasons during his college days at the University of South Carolina, but a Jones fracture in his foot he sustained during an offseason workout in June followed by hamstring
49ers' Raheem Mostert, Deebo Samuel led the league in these Next Gen Stats metrics
The 2020 NFL season probably didn't go as running back Raheem Mostert had hoped. Injuries reduced his participation to just eight games. Mostert finished the season with 521 rushing yards on 104 carries with two rushing touchdowns and a receiving score. According to Next Gen Stats, Mostert did finish the season recording the two fastest ball-carrier speeds. He hit 23.09 MPH during Week 2 against the New York Jets, a game he left with an MCL sprain, and forcing the running back to miss the next two matchups. Mostert was tracked reaching 22.73 MPH during a Week 1 touchdown reception against the Arizona
Deebo Samuel doesn't like anyone suggesting Nick Bosa be part of a potential Watson-to-49ers trade
It's the offseason. So why not speculate on what it might take for the San Francisco 49ers to land disgruntled Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson? One suggestion by former NFL player Ross Tucker, during an interview on 95.7 The Game, was a little too wild for a 49ers wide receiver's liking. Tucker mentioned the 49ers' young pass-rushing star after being asked if anyone is untouchable in creating a tempting enough package to acquire Watson. "I would say Nick Bosa, but if you can get Deshaun Watson, I think even Bosa is touchable," Tucker said. "I'm sure they don't want to do it, and I'm sure they'd even rather give up picks, but as great as Nick is, if you get a chance to get a top-five quarterback in the NFL, you have to do it. "So I would say
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Worst New Word of 2005: Popesquatter
The American Dialect Society has declared that pope-squatting is the new term least likely to succeed for 2005, rating it ahead of the acronym GSAVE (global struggle against violent extremism) and Brangelina, the nickname given to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
The society defines the term as a verb that means "registering a domain name that is the same of a new pope before the pope chooses his new name in order to profit from it."
This would exclude me, since I donated BenedictXVI.Com to the charity Modest Needs, but I was called a popesquatter by no less august a personage as Katie Couric.
Past winners of the "least likely to succeed" award:
2004: FLOHPA, noun, "collectively, the states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, said to have been important in the 2004 American presidential election. From the postal codes for the three states: FL, OH and PA."
2003: tomacco: noun, "a hybrid of tomato and tobacco, which happens to be poisonous."
2001: Osamaniac, noun, "Woman sexually attracted to Osama bin Laden."
2000: kablokeys, noun, "a hard-to-pronounce and obscure word used in phrases like It scared the kablokeys out of me."
1998: compfusion, noun, "confusion over computers."
This will come as bad news to Bret Fausett, who coined the term around three hours after I announced the papal domain registrations on Workbench.
I'm still holding out hope for googlemilking, a word I devised for a game to find phrases like "I'm totally straight but" that lend themselves to hilarious, off-color or unintentionally self-revealing results in Google.
The game hasn't taken off -- use it in Google and you'll be asked, "did you mean: googlewanking" -- but it has given me the number one spot for the search term totally straight.
jargon · google · domains · 2006/01/16 · 3 COMMENTS · Link
The users at my site have been known to come up with some good ones, the most recent one I was linked for was "manhoodiness"
link:(wordlust.blogspot.com)
original post (landofbob.com)
#1 · bobrocks · 2006/01/16
"Dipspork" is my new favorite word. It was coined by my friend Jon Sullivan in reference to some goofball who hasn't got a clue. Similar to "dipsh*t" or "dickhead." In his words:
"dipspork - I invented that word. Googling indicates only Wulfgar! and I have used it. It's my pet term for a hip, trendy moron. Feel free to pass it around.
Dipspork n. (dip-sprk) - A foolish or stupid person who considers themselves to be hip and savvy. An aloof idiot."
Go now and spread this word around!
#2 · DogsDontPurr · 2006/01/16
I love googlemilking. Next time I'm sitting around bored with a bunch of friends I'll make sure we start entering potentially embarassing phrases into Google. Just now I entered "his head was shaped like a" and was surprised by the number of objects a human head could resemble.
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How to Bet NBA Games With Looming COVID Cancellations & Postponements
Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images. Pictured: A general view of the NBA basketball used during a game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center.
Brandon Anderson
Jan 13, 2021, 05:00 PM EST
The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted every area of our lives, and the NBA is no exception.
First and foremost, these players are human beings dealing with a deadly virus along with quarantine, isolation, and pandemic protocols, like many of us. And as the absences pile up, it’s become increasingly difficult to keep track of everything on a daily basis.
The purpose of this guide is to help you bet on the NBA with confidence as the league and sportsbooks continue to adjust.
This is not an explainer on which teams to bet on or which players matter most to the spread. This whole thing is fluid, and as we’ve already seen, entire groups of players can go missing due to health protocols.
Think of this as one-stop checklist before you decide to be on a game that might be impacted by mass DNPs.
Why are things getting so complicated?
NBA Health and Safety Protocols
The NBA was prepared to have an occasional player miss time after contracting the virus and outlined careful rules to quarantine players in close contact with anyone who’s tested positive. That might include a teammate who shared a meal or played a hotel video game, an opponent who had a quick post-game conversation, or other obvious configurations.
The goal is to prevent a massive COVID outbreaks across the league. It makes sense. But it also means cases often will not be isolated. One case could cause a handful of teammates to go into isolation too, and perhaps some opponents.
We’ve already witnessed multiple teams with rosters stripped to only the legal eight-player minimum, and these protocols will typically isolate such players for seven days. The NBA will adjust as the year goes, but this isn’t going anywhere.
The Ever-Changing Schedule
With rosters constantly in flux, we’re going to get some postponements. Again, they’re already happening, and they’ll continue.
It’s going to get more complicated, not less. Postponed games have to be played at some point. This is already a condensed pandemic schedule with little margin for error.
One postponed game dominoes to the next, and each postponement affects multiple teams on down the line. That will inevitably mean even more back-to-backs or four-days-in-five-games situations down the road.
In the soccer world, they call that fixture congestion. It’s coming, and it’s only going to get worse.
Standard Player Injury Management
Don’t forget, these players are coming off of their strangest offseason ever. Some of them barely got any time off after a long, grueling playoff run in the bubble.
Others were off way too long and didn’t have access to facilities to stay in proper shape. All of that will lead to injuries, maybe even more than a typical season.
Add in load management along with mental health days and it’s just going to be a funky season with late scratches and unpredictable lineups. This is something our experts track daily down to the percentage chance that a player will suit up.
So that’s why things are weird. But if you still want to bet on the NBA anyway, here are some things to consider in the approach.
What edges should I be considering?
Who/What is Missing?
If a player is out, what does that player typically do? Does he take a lot of shots? Is he a lead creator? Is he a primary wing defender or a rim protector? How many minutes does he normally play?
All of those things matter, because all of those things will now have to be done by someone else. The FantasyLabs On/Off tool is a great resource to use when trying to quantify the impact a player being on or off the floor.
If the team is missing its primary initiator, the offense will likely suffer to some degree. If a big man is out, the opponent has more chances to rack up a rebounds or score more easily at the rim.
Do you best to understand what’s missing on the floor, and how it changes the outlook of your bet.
Who is Filling in for What’s Missing?
This is where you can play props to your advantage and utilize the features of the Action Labs prop tool.
If you’re betting props, look to play overs on teammates who will soak up extra minutes. If a 20-point scorer is out, that means more shots for his teammates. If the starting point guard is sidelined, look for the over on an assist prop for the backup point guard or secondary ball handler.
Props are about minutes and volume as much as anything else. More playing time typically means more opportunity, and so does higher usage.
Consider the Team’s Depth
This is never a one-for-one swap. The next man up may fill the starting lineup, but who will fill in for the backup’s minutes since that player is now the starter?
Every absence has a domino effect, and that cascading effect will only increase as things add up. Depth is not just sixth and seventh man. Sometimes a key bench player can fill in admirably in a starting role but there’s no man further down the bench to soak up those backup minutes, and now that team’s bench unit will get roasted. Maybe that’s a second quarter play.
Don’t mistake depth as a one-for-one swap. Consider the cascading effect.
It’s a weird season. Every team will have players coming and going, resting, sitting out injured, and so on. Be sure to consider these things for the opponent too. Advantages go both ways.
New From Action Labs: NBA Insiders Features, Revamped Prop Comparison ToolRead now
Is There a Free Roll Opportunity?
Postponed games typically mean refunded bets. Sometimes that can set up an opportunity for you to play a free roll for a potentially advantageous situation.
Say it’s noon and news breaks that four players on a team will enter COVID protocol and be out a week.
Suddenly that shorthanded team — let’s call them the Philadelphia 76ers — looks unlikely to have enough players that day, and the game seems likely to be postponed. These 76ers are sitting as five-point underdogs, but all the stars are out and there are only a few end-of-bench guys left. Surely, the game will not be played.
You freeze, and so do the books. But the smart bettor places a wager on the opponent. The game will probably get postponed anyway, and if it does, you get your money back.
But if a player is unexpectedly available — let’s call him Mike Scott — suddenly the game is back on with Philly’s third string guys playing and the 76ers are at +15, and you’re sitting on a -5 wager with a huge edge.
Look for an opportunity to get in a free roll wager where you’ll either play an edge in your favor or get your bet refunded.
Check out our free NBA odds page, which automatically surfaces the best line for every game. Subscribe to our new NBA Insiders tool at Action Labs to beat the market with our cutting edge player projections, injury news and betting thresholds.
If You Like a Spot, Grab the Opening Line Instead of Waiting
Lines are constantly shifting. Sure, it will give you more information if you wait to place your bet right before tip off, but guess who else gets all that information? The books, and their advantage is growing faster than yours.
If you like a spot, grab it before the line shifts and removes value (you can see how lines are moving across multiple books here).
That might mean betting the night before or first thing in the morning, before the news comes out, and it means anticipating the day’s news instead of reacting. You won’t always get it right, and things are especially unpredictable this year, but that’s part of the gamble.
Be willing to grab a piece you like early, and be willing to pay to get off a spot that goes bad later, if you need to. Sometimes it’s better to eat a small loss than cross your fingers and hope you don’t lose a big one.
If Something Smells Fishy, Try to Figure Out Why
Remember, the books always know more than you. If a line just doesn’t make sense, there’s a pretty good chance you haven’t just outsmarted everyone at Vegas and figured something out no one else happened to notice.
Try to pinpoint what is being overlooked. If a team should be favored by more, what player might be due for a rest day? Is the team coming off a back-to-back or heavy travel? If you know a star tweaked their ankle last game, check the line for a hint on whether the books think he’ll play.
You’ll never catch up to all the information the books have, but you can use their lines against them by reading between the lines and interpreting the missing information.
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What does the post cookie world mean for marketers?
By Sonal Patel | 24 July 2020
Sonal Patel is managing director, SEA at Quantcast.
You’ve probably heard by now that the cookie apocalypse is coming and that it will be a watershed moment for the entire internet. What is less understood is how marketers and publishers can operate in this new ecosystem to still get a return on marketing investment and generate sustainable revenues.
What is the best way forward? To understand the path ahead, we need to look at why the path was built and where it is heading.
Google Chrome announced in January 2020 the timeline for making cookies obsolete would happen within about two years. For Chrome users, third party cookies will eventually be blocked, and new privacy measures will be introduced. This is in line with what we have seen from Firefox (with just 4% Australian market share) and Apple’s Safari (with 32% share), but Chrome represents more than 53% of all browser market share in Australia, which makes it a very important shift.
This also means that in Australia, where we have multiple device users, a cookie-less world will further curtail cross-device targeting across desktops, mobile phones and tablets.
Why are cookies so important?
Cookies build up information which allow marketers to advertise to consumers. It’s this provision that has created the ad-funded content economic model.
The entire ad ecosystem is underpinned by the use of cookies and multiple tech companies have active business models within this ad ecosystem. This is why the core of the internet will be impacted and, given the scale and dominance of Google, a cookie-less Chrome will have far reaching implications on the internet as we know it.
Even today, the ad tech ecosystem is fragmented, as evidenced by the ad tech lumascape, which illustrates the vast number of companies that service internet advertising and leverage cookies and cookie matching to fund the ecosystem. Many involved have reason to want to preserve it. The challenge of the post-cookie world is not about preserving the fragmented ecosystem of ad tech, it’s about preserving the ad funded content economic model.
A publisher’s prediction of yield for programmatic is leveraged by the use of data relevancy for a marketer to continue to spend with that publisher. If cookies go away, the knock-on effect will see either higher ad density for users, or publishers will have no choice but to move to paywall models. In all cases the consumer loses, and marketers end up with higher ROI costs.
How do marketers operate in a post cookie era?
There are three recommended ways marketers for marketers to operate in the new era:
Focus on measurement rather than just targeting alone
Own your data and the consumer relationship
Go direct to publishers and create better data utilisation.
Without cookies, marketers will have less signals to assess that they are targeting the right audience. Yet, how marketers measure attention will be critical in supporting the economic model. Marketers will want to own their own first party data and use it for media activation. Therefore, it’s likely that we will see more marketers moving to an in-house data model and also begin to see digital transformation acceleration because of the impact of COVID-19.
Building a first party relationship with your customer will be even more important in order to understand your audience and their ever-changing behaviour as third party cookies disappear. This is why we will see marketers wanting direct relationships with publishers to determine the impact of their marketing spend to direct sales.
In addition, partners that offer targeting solutions activated by first party data and use sophisticated audience modelling solutions will become a gateway to reaching relevant audiences in the post-cookie era.
Another important area for marketers to focus on is the continued need to better understand their ever-changing audience. Identifying audiences based on their interests will be paramount for marketers to scale their campaigns using real-time buying signals and can help provide measurable insights. This will require huge data processing capabilities and machine learning technology to enable marketers to leverage this meaningful data.
As marketers think about the post-cookie world, they need to ask the right questions of their agencies, platform partners and ultimately, deeply understand consumers.
So what questions should marketers be asking of their partners?
What is your vision for your business… and mine?
What is your path to continued innovation?
How do you bring media planning and activation together through real-time data and how actionable is this?
The future is unknown but by working with a strong combination of your agency, platform partner and understanding their data products and innovation, marketers will achieve a better path to success than those who are not preparing for a world without cookies.
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The Bronx Defenders Overwhelmingly Vote to Unionize
Melrose—Employees of The Bronx Defenders, the public defense non-profit that provides legal services to low-income Bronxites, have overwhelmingly voted to unionize.
Citing that as the, “…office continues to grow in size and influence, the organization has failed to stay true to that mission,” and that, “power and prestige are prioritized over client-centered representation and the dignity of our staff,” that Bronx Defenders can only realize their mission of holistic defense if the organization centers its staff members, most of which are from and live in The Bronx.
After the vote, employees of the public defense non-profit are calling on management to not only recognize their union but to immediately begin bargaining.
While there are many who may not agree, this is an important step in protecting the workers of this organization.
The full text of the press release is below:
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** May 29, 2020
BxD Union Press Inquiries: bxdunion.press.inquiries@gmail.com Alexi Shalom, Organizer, UAW Local 2325: ashalom@alaa.org
The Bronx Defenders Workers Announce Campaign to Unionize
Bronx, New York – We, the employees of The Bronx Defenders, a nonprofit providing public defense to low- income Bronx residents, announced our intent to join the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW Local 2325 on Friday, May 29th. After an overwhelming majority of our office signed cards indicating support for unionization, we are calling for The Bronx Defenders management to recognize our union and begin bargaining immediately.
As defenders, we have witnessed relentless attacks on the people of The Bronx by the criminal, family, immigration, and housing legal systems. We have fought alongside Bronx families whose safety is jeopardized by policing, family separation, housing insecurity, unemployment, jail building, and other systemic injustices. On top of these forms of oppression, the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought devastation upon The Bronx community that will only be compounded without further intervention. To tackle these complex and entrenched injustices, The Bronx Defenders has transformed public defense with an innovative holistic defense approach that advocates for clients throughout their lives and across legal systems.
We joined The Bronx Defenders because of our commitment to holistic defense. However, as our office continues to grow in size and influence, the organization has failed to stay true to that mission. Too often, power and prestige are prioritized over client-centered representation and the dignity of our staff. As a public defense office that occupies land and absorbs resources in The Bronx, we recognize that our commitment to the people of The Bronx requires an internal redistribution of power. We believe that The Bronx Defenders’ promise of holistic defense can only be fulfilled by an organization that centers staff members who are longtime Bronx community members and those whose daily work engages most directly with the people of The Bronx.
In order to realize our vision of a better Bronx Defenders, we demand:
To take bolder positions and actions to fight alongside Bronx families against economic oppression, the prison industrial complex, and state-sponsored violence.
Hiring, promotion, and workplace policies that prioritize employees who are Black, Latinx, people of color, queer and trans people, and Bronx locals.
Just compensation and better benefits for our workers as we work towards decarceration, family unification, housing security, and economic justice.
A worker-centered power structure, which is necessary for client-centered representation, and employee-elected representation on the board of The Bronx Defenders.
Dignity and respect for all workers, regardless of identity or role in the office.
To these ends, we ask for immediate recognition so that we can avoid time-consuming legal battles and instead focus our energy on our fundamental purpose: fighting for the people of The Bronx.
This announcement carries special significance for The Bronx Defenders, whose founding in 1997 undermined bargaining efforts by the union we now seek to join. In the years since, we have recognized that our organization can only live up to its stated values when we stand in solidarity with our fellow defenders. We are proud to join them in the nation’s oldest public defenders’ union. We declare our union today with a vision for a better Bronx Defenders and an unflagging commitment to zealous advocacy that affirms the humanity and dignity of everyone who walks through our doors.
@bxdunion
Tags: Bronx Defenders
Bronx Unemployment Reaches 16.5% Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic—Highest in NYC
New York City Expected to Enter Phase 1 Reopening by June 8
Beloved Bronx Defenders In Serious Hot Water As 2 Lawyers in Anti-Police Video Knew of Its Violent Message, Report Says – NYTimes.com
Ed García Conde January 29, 2015
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What I learned from giving a TED Talk
Governance, Kenya, News & Events, Strategic Communications
Exactly a week ago, my TED Talk about Colour in Faith, a project about countering fear through social practice art was published. The talk is less than twelve minutes long but it took me a lifetime to prepare for it!
Those twelve minutes were prepared over months and days of working with my colleagues at Well Made Strategy, the TED curatorial team and wonderful Broadway choreographer Danny Mefford. I’m going to save you a lot of time and share a few useful tips from my experience.
3rd October 2017 /0 Comments/by Editor
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Insights PODCAST: election EXTRA
Governance, Kenya, Money, Shujaaz, Strategic Communications
LISTEN to the THIRD episode of the new Well Told Story INSIGHTS Podcast
24th August 2017 /1 Comment/by Editor
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Defying gravity: why the ‘submarine strategy’ drags you down
Research, Strategic Communications
A lot of think tanks and research organisations end up using a submarine strategy. They don’t do it deliberately. It’s just what happens, by default, in the absence of a communications strategy.
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Insights PODCAST: social practice art
Governance, Kenya, Strategic Communications
LISTEN to the second episode of the new Well Told Story INSIGHTS podcast
To listen: CLICK HERE (19 mins)
2nd August 2017 /0 Comments/by Editor
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Who cares about plastic bags?
When it comes to advocacy, emotion can be more powerful than logic. At the UNEP Plastic Bag Ban Forum, I heard the horrific statistic that 24 million plastic bags are used monthly in Kenya, and that they take 700 to 1000 years to biodegrade. This means that not a single plastic bag has degraded yet! The fact that plastic is destructive to the environment, our health and other living creatures, is not new information. So, why aren’t we all behaving differently?
28th July 2017 /3 Comments/by Editor
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Insights PODCAST: politics & governance
Governance, Kenya, Research, Segmentation, Shujaaz, Strategic Communications
LISTEN to the first episode of the new Well Told Story INSIGHTS Podcast
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Elections: how young people could ‘change everything’
Next month Kenya goes to the polls, with national elections across the country. Everyone is hoping for peaceful politics and mass participation. But expectations are, it’s fair to say, cautiously realistic on both counts.
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How spectacular public art can heal division and unite communities
Terrorists use spectacular moments of death and destruction to create division and fracture communities. But can public art create equally spectacular moments of beauty and love, that can heal division and unite communities? That’s the subject of a new book, called ‘Art in the City’. The opening chapter of the book is authored by my colleague at Well Made Strategy, Nabila Alibhai.
7th June 2017 /0 Comments/by Editor
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Fake-news and alt-facts: you don’t have to compromise to be persuasive
Donald Trump believes that climate change was “created for and by the Chinese” and just signed an executive order putting an end to the ‘war on coal‘. Despite the consensus within the global scientific community that climate change is triggered by human activity, many people simply do not buy it. A new book that explores “the myth gap” explains that evidence and arguments (on their own) are not enough. Closer to home, persuasion is not just for salespeople; you may have to persuade donors to fund your amazing intervention, to persuade your boss to take on your brilliant idea or even persuade an entire community to adopt new behaviours.
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Indian High School Dubai is a private K-12 school. After 5 years in a row of being rated Outstanding, the 'Old Dubai' Oud Metha branch of the school received a KHDA inspection rating of Very Good in the 2017/18 inspection round. The Garhoud located junior school has received a Good rating since inspections began.
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Monday 7 December, 2020
The Indian High School has retained its Very Good rating in the 2019-20 KHDA inspection process. Since this is the same rating as 2018-19, under the new KHDA one day review process for Outstanding and Very Good schools, no new report has been issued.
The school was established in 1961 with nine students and has since grown to approximately 15,000 students with 800 teachers - if you include its recently opened third campus in Dubai's Silicon Oasis free zone. The Oud Metha branch alone contains over 5,600 students with 454 teachers, the Garhoud branch around 4,200. Economies of scale partly explain how the Indian High School Dubai is so affordable with fees ranging from 4000 AED at KG, rising very little to 8,500 AED plus for Grade 12. We say partly, because despite the strength in numbers, this is a school that will need to be run incredibly efficiently with these price points.
Indian High School Dubai follows the CBSE curriculum with core subjects from grades 1-4 including English, Hindi, Arabic, Mathematics, General Science, Social Studies, Art Education, Moral Science / Islamic Studies, Work Experience, Physical and Health Education as well as Computer Education.
The Junior school for students between Grades 1-4 is located in Al Garhoud, the Secondary school for students between Grades 5-12 is located in Oud Mehta. The newest campus located in Silicon Oasis caters to students right through from Grades 1-12. The schools are officially recognized by the UAE's Ministry of Education and affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.The schools provide education to children of Indian expatriates and those interested in the Indian curriculum. Although the schools are co-educational, the classes are split separately for girls and boys.
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What do the Inspectors Say?
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As one of the schools involved in the Abundance Project (designed to enable Outstanding and Very Good schools to mentor weaker schools in Dubai), there was no inspection in 2016/17. It will no doubt, therefore, have been a disappointment to the school that following 5 years of the top (Outstanding) rating, the DSIB inspectors felt that there had been some areas of less positive progress in the 2017/18 inspection round. However, despite the slip in the overall rating, the Indian High School remains Outstanding across many inspection areas.
It is extremely impressive that the school, with its student numbers, is able to deliver a largely Outstanding level of education at secondary level, and a 'Good' level at primary (with Outstanding attainment in English and Maths). Note: The CEO at the Oud Metha branch has been in the post for some 18-years...
The Inspectors note that "students’ personal development is a real strength and has remained outstanding in all respects. Their behaviour and attitudes are almost always excellent and their attendance is good. Students’ awareness of Islamic values and of the UAE is well-developed and they make a significant contribution to the community and to caring for the environment".
The main areas identified by the Inspectors for improvement relate to Student Achievement (a measure of Attainment and Progress) – with Secondary English, Maths and Science Progress, and Maths Attainment and Progress in the Middle School downgraded from Outstanding to Very Good. However, the Inspectors note that students’ attainment is at least Good and often Very Good throughout the school and remains Outstanding in English, Mathematics and Science in the Secondary phase.
Teaching and assessment also slipped from Outstanding to Very Good in Secondary. A key area for improvement identified by the inspectors is the measurement of students’ progress over time for which the school needs to establish adequate processes. Some teachers have the same expectation for all students regardless of ability and do not assess students’ progress during lessons and over a longer period. They do not always make effective use of assessment information to plan lessons that meet the needs of different ability groups to improve their learning skills.
The school is urged to improve the rate of progress for students in Arabic as an additional language, by ensuring teachers in the middle phase set aspirational and achievable objectives. In addition, teachers should increase the rate of students’ progress in speaking and writing in the Middle phase. It would appear that the time allocation requirements for Islamic education in the secondary phase are also not being met.
With the clear focus on support for children with Additional Needs following the introduction of the KHDA’s Inclusive Education framework, this has been an area of particular review by the Inspectors. Curriculum adaptation is downgraded in both sections (Middle School to Good and Secondary School to Very Good), since the curriculum is not always appropriately modified to meet the needs of students with additional needs. Support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) was found to be effective in the Learning Centre, but not consistently effective in other classes.
In addition to the 6 main areas for inspection, all schools have also been judged on the areas of National Agenda targets (that is the preparation of students to participate in external benchmarking of student achievement in International tests PISA and TIMMS), the implementation of the UAE Moral Education programme, the implementation of the UAE Social Studies programme and the school’s progress in creating an innovative environment. The school's provision for achieving National Agenda targets was deemed to meet expectations. The school's implementation of the UAE moral education programme is developing. The school's implementation of UAE social studies is well developed. The promotion of a culture of innovation is emerging. However, opportunities for innovative learning and creative thinking are limited.
The Inspectors found that whilst Senior leaders are committed to the UAE national and Emirate priorities and have overseen significant success in students' attainment in some core subjects, insufficient attention is given to ensuring that students of all abilities make consistently outstanding progress in lessons and over time. Consequently, there has been a decline in progress in English, Mathematics and Science. Accordingly, the effectiveness of leadership and governance have slipped from Outstanding to Very Good.
Irrespective of the Inspectors' findings. there is no question that the majority of students, parents and staff are more than satisfied with their experience of the Indian High School. 87% of students who responded to the KHDA's pre-inspection survey stated that they were definitely or for the most part happy at IHS; 95% of parents said that they were satisfied overall with the quality of education of their children, and 100% of teacher respondents agreed that they were satisfied with the quality of education at the school.
The Garhoud junior school received a largely consistent review from the KHDA with a nod to its attainment in English and maths. However, it also suggested improvements could be made helping younger students develop independent critical reasoning skills that would enable them to "investigate independently".
What are the Facilities?
Facilities at the main campus include a number of state-of-the-art ICT laboratories, three science laboratories, a home science laboratory, an auditorium (with 1800 person seating capacity), canteen, as well as a library and research centre. The school also comes equipped with three counselling centres, and a number of medical centres equipped with full time medical officers and a number of trained nurses. Transport is also offered to all students with a fleet of 81 buses.
The Oud Metha school also offers a number of extra-curricular activities as well as scholarship programs to encourage students. Extra-curricular activities include a number of sporting programs, a radio station which is run and managed by students and a selection of publications which are also written by students.
IHS on Republic Day, image by The National newspaper.
The Indian High School is very highly rated by its student body and by parents, who primarily point to its high academic success as proof the school is run and managed well. Parents and students also appreciate the large range of extra curricular activities the school offers. There are the standard grumblings over school fees and "extras".
For every parent that grumbles over those fees however, there are 100 wishing they were paying them. According to a recent XPress report, “There were queues extending up to a kilometre when I had gone to collect a token for the lottery for KG1 admissions at Indian High School. And all this for just 100 seats from several thousand applicants,” said the father of a three-year-old...
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March 24, 2017 August 5, 2019 Whitney Dawn CarlsonLeave a comment
Harsh Treatment: “Residential treatment centers are supposed to provide a safe, healing environment for young state wards and disadvantaged children. But a Chicago Tribune investigation finds many are harmed instead.”
I worked on the Chicago Tribune’s Harsh Treatment project in 2014. To plan the social media strategy that would give credit to this years-long work, I met with reporters, editors, videographers, photographers, and graphic designers to learn what was being created and reported.
From there, I strategized the best way to post it to social media while taking analytics, audience, and specific platforms into consideration. I wrote the copy for social media posts, made an editorial calendar, and communicated with multiple departments to ensure accurate storytelling.
The day before the project was published, we previewed it on social media with a video
After working with various teams and departments, I crafted the social media language for this large project.
"But I didn't want to go back there … I wanted to be gone." http://t.co/TxyuNIV8CC #YouthRTC pic.twitter.com/z5xAf25uDy
— Tribune Graphics (@ChiTribGraphics) December 16, 2014
Beatings and chaos during class — A graphic essay about soon-to-close #youthRTC facility http://t.co/kCTR6Rwm8R pic.twitter.com/Op8Qsh18Yu
— Tribune Graphics (@ChiTribGraphics) January 28, 2015
Are spitting/threats a good reason for residential treatment centers to call police? http://t.co/TLYg6mmynr #YouthRTC pic.twitter.com/OvD1m8g1Ak
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) December 9, 2014
Sex trafficking is an accepted fact of life at some Illinois residential treatment centers #YouthRTC pic.twitter.com/DzbRTeIChX
Teens in need of safe haven preferred former asylum than nearby residential facility #YouthRTC http://t.co/Dofk9itcXH pic.twitter.com/moDYm0n0fP
This investigation was done well, and most importantly, it was full of stories that needed to be told. I proudly promoted the project through my personal accounts.
Sexually abused kids sent to Indian Oaks Academy for safety and help report being traumatized again. http://t.co/vK3hGOz2ef #YouthRTC
— Whitney Dawn Carlson (@whitneydawn) December 7, 2014
Training, inspections, new procedures: Child welfare officials work to fix #YouthRTC problems.http://t.co/0XPVGxWCab pic.twitter.com/3WvodT220N
— Whitney Dawn Carlson (@whitneydawn) December 10, 2014
For the graphic essays, I thought Tumblr would be the perfect platform to highlight the art and creative storytelling.
http://chicagotribune.tumblr.com/post/104698338203/graphic-essay-unsafe-haven
This issue received a lot of attention on city, state, and federal levels. State officials started to revamp Illinois’ child welfare system, including the closure of a Rock River, a problematic facility mentioned in the stories.
I made sure to post follow-ups and keep our readers updated.
March 24, 2017 June 15, 2019 Whitney Dawn CarlsonLeave a comment
Social media is all about being social, and live tweeting is the ultimate way to join the conversation. I do this with local, national and international events by tweeting and retweeting in real time.
To capture these moments, I curate my live-tweeting spurts into Twitter Moments.
One of my most memorable live-tweeting events was the night Darren Wilson was not indicted for fatally shooting Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. While documenting the protest through tweets, Vines, and photos, I walked about seven miles from the South Side of Chicago, down Lake Shore Drive, and into downtown.
Chicago protests the Ferguson decision (with images, tweets) · wittenkitten
A protest against police violence turned into a march after Darren Wilson was not indicted in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Missouri, on Nov. 24, 2014. The protest started at the Chicago Police Headquarters and moved to downtown Chicago.
See more of my Twitter Moments.
During my time at the Tribune, I was able to work on some pretty cool projects. Here are a few:
My first big assignment was creating a Tumblr for the Tribune. Since its beginning in June 2014, it’s been wildly successful. We gained more than 10,000 followers within the first few weeks. After one year, we had 30,000.
Another focus of mine during my start at the Tribune was Google+. My boss has a lot on his plate, and this platform was something I could easily take over and nurture. During my first six months on the job, we went from 106,870 followers to 611,222.
Another fun task to work on was the Tribune’s Pinterest. Pinterest is one of my favorite social media outlets, so it was fun to build on what they already had. I added lots of new boards and incorporated Pinterest-friendly topics that I could pin straight from our website, like recipes, restaurants, fashion, local events and home decor.
How live video is useful for journalists.
May 8, 2015 June 15, 2019 Whitney Dawn CarlsonLeave a comment
Trends within social media are nothing new, and journalists usually wonder whether it’s worth it to jump on the bandwagon. A few months into 2015, live streaming became extremely popular with the help of Twitter. Now anyone with an iPhone can become a broadcast reporter.
A screenshot of a Periscope done from from the 22nd floor of the Chicago Tribune
Periscope is owned by Twitter and connects users with their followers. When you initiate a live broadcast, you title the video and can enable the text to be shared through Twitter with a link to your video. While you’re streaming (vertical is preferred), watchers can leave comments and hearts (likes) in real time. You can respond to questions and have direct interaction with your audience. When you’re finished recording, you can make the video available for replay. This is specific to Periscope. Viewers from all over the world can replay your video and continue to add hearts for 24 hours.
So what does this have to do with journalism? A lot. We are a visual society, and live streaming adds that extra layer of storytelling. With an app like Periscope, you can bring your audience with you wherever you go. It gives journalists another great way to report and interact. People are clearly using Periscope, and journalists should go where their audience is.
Michael Anthony Adams has worked as a breaking news reporter for The Indianapolis Star since Oct. 2013. He covers night breaking news with a focus on crime, violence and law enforcement. He primarily uses Periscope on his way to and during his time at crime scenes.
“As a breaking news reporter, Periscope has changed the way I unfold my stories to my audience by allowing me to relay information in realtime as I’m learning it,” Adams said. “While Vine and Twitter limit the amount you can share in each post, Periscope gives my viewers a unique look into my role as a journalist and a front seat to news as it happens.”
Adams answers viewer questions so his stories “become interactive” and his audience can “get the sense that they’re contributing to the report.”
Many overnight and crime reporters at the Chicago Tribune use Periscope in a similar way. Tony Briscoe, a breaking news reporter for the Tribune, used the live streaming app most recently at a police brutality protest in Chicago’s South Side.
“The protest was stemming from the aftermath of the things going on in Baltimore,” Briscoe said. “I was able to live stream it and actually talk with the people who were watching and answer their questions.”
Some journalists may run into access issues depending on their beat. For example, some professional sports organizations have restrictions on broadcasting. Chicago Tribune sports reporter Chris Kuc has used Periscope to show Chicago Blackhawks practices and warmups before games. He is currently taking a break from live streaming while the NHL makes guidelines about where and when people are allowed to record.
How should journalists get involved? “Just jump in and do it,” Chicago Tribune social media editor Scott Kleinberg said.
“I absolutely think you just have to try something and see what sticks,” Kleinberg said. “Everything you do – especially your first attempt – is not going to be amazing and Oscar-winning. I actually think that’s part of the charm. Show that you are human and willing to try. Ask readers/viewers what they want to see. Practice really does make perfect.”
Live streaming can be much more than a fad; it has great possibilities for journalists. It’s popular with crime and breaking news reporters as well as those on sports beats. Features reporters can use it to sample restaurants, watch parades, do cooking shows, showcase exhibits. Any event is great if it’s interactive and exciting. Journalists can even search trending topics and locations on Periscope.
“For it to to work beneficially for all, though, I think the journalist has to embrace the power of community in social media and realize that granting this level of access to a reader is part of the overall experience,” Kleinberg said. “That that experience doesn’t end with a story in the paper or posted on a website.”
Below is an example Periscope video. After the live broadcast, it was saved to the phone’s camera roll and then uploaded to YouTube. The saved videos don’t show the comments or hearts, but you can tell when the broadcaster responds to questions by the viewers.
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The top congestion-fighting ideas from the Downtown Delivery Symposium
Jon Geeting
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As Ben Plowden wrote recently at Next City, the public streets create a “wicked problem” for planners–a term used by social scientists to describe multi-stakeholder negotiations with competing priorities and no “right” answers:
Most people assume that city street planning is a technical issue, involving prosaic concerns like road widths, demand modeling, traffic signal control and highway capacity. In fact, street planning is what social scientists call a “wicked” problem: an issue involving many stakeholders with competing interests; no single right answer; competing versions of value; and zero-sum outcomes.
If one user group “wins” — for example, by securing a new pedestrian crossing outside a local school — another group may “lose,” as nearby stores contend with slower delivery times.
In other words, the allocation of street right-of-way is substantially a political question, arguably more than it is a technical one. Technical design issues enter the picture after a political choice is made about how strong a claim different types of users have to the scarce space on the streets.
Plowden goes on to explain the framework London has been using to process these issues. Mayor Boris Johnson created a Roads Task Force comprised of representatives from different stakeholder groups that was charged with establishing some criteria used to determine whether different streets are best used for “moving” or “living” or both.
This trade-off–whether to allocate space to people lingering, shopping, and walking vs. people driving through or making deliveries–is ultimately what drives a lot of the political skirmishes over streets.
Deliveries add a whole layer of logistical and political complexity to the mix, so much that the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission is embarking on a big study of downtown delivery issues to see where we might realize some efficiencies.
To kick off that project, last Wednesday they held a Downtown Delivery Symposium which assembled planning professionals and practitioners from around the region, as well as planners and transportation officials from New York City and Washington, DC, to learn about best practices in delivery policy.
There are enough fascinating aspects of this issue to fill several posts, and we’ll follow up with DVRPC to get a more fine-grained look at specific areas as their project progresses. For now, let’s look at some of the big picture ideas that were discussed.
Curb parking management
Delivery trucks present some unique challenges that force us to grapple with the size of the vehicles and the particulars of loading, but the core issue for deliveries in the urban core is the same fundamental geometry problem vexing efforts to expand bike lanes and bus lanes: narrow streets laid out in the 1600s combined with an expectation of cheap and plentiful curb parking for residents.
But if one of the main goals for improving delivery efficiency is reducing double parking, then there needs to be more curb parking turnover so that trucks can unload in the parking lanes, rather than in the car travel lanes, bike lanes, and bus lanes.
We’ll post the video when it’s available, but Richard Dickson of the Philadelphia Parking Authority did a good job refreshing attendees on the basic case for making high curb turnover rates an explicit policy goal in urban areas.
This is something everyone could stand to hear more often, and the operating idea is that high turnover provides greater access to amenities for a larger number of people than we’d see in a low-turnover environment where nobody moves their cars all day. And the two main tools for accomplishing high turnover are parking meters and time limits.
Are Philly’s parking meters and time limits doing a good enough job that trucks can find spaces in the parking lanes to unload without double parking? I ride my bike around greater Center City a lot most days, and the answer is pretty clearly no.
The PPA hiked meter rates up to $3 an hour in the central business district in recent years, with hourly rates dropping lower the further out you go, but parking guru Donald Shoup recently visited Philly and he pointed out that Center City curb parking is still jammed. I’ve noted elsewhere that the curb meter prices don’t start to nudge motorists into a garage until after four hours.
Something like Pittsburgh’s dynamic parking pricing approach could potentially open up more spaces, though while dynamic pricing has long been an official goal of the Greenworks plan from the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, current leadership at the PPA opposes the idea in principle so little progress has been made on that.
More curb loading zones and paid loading zones
Another way to free up more space for delivery trucks in the parking lanes is to convert more general curb parking spaces into dedicated loading zones. The city and the PPA have been doing this, with 70 new truck loading zones installed off of major streets since 2009. Still, there is a lot of double parking activity in the urban center, as the hyperactive #unblockbikelanes Twitter hashtag shows, so there’s more work to do on this front.
Loading zones are an effective way to cut down on double parking, the representative from DDOT told attendees, but they require consistent monitoring, enforcement, and metering to prevent them from becoming short-term parking spaces for all comers.
As of January, Washington, DC began metering loading zones, with $25 day passes, $2/hour pay-by-phone parking, or $323 annual permits. They’ve also been working to extend loading zone spaces to 100 feet long. Since trucking companies are making a business decision to either absorb the cost of parking and idling tickets or pay the hourly meter rates, the fines need to be higher than the parking meter costs.
Advance booking of curb spaces
Letting delivery companies book curb parking spaces in advance would also help cut down on double parking, though it would also require the PPA to ensure that those spaces are actually unoccupied at the selected time. This would entail more sophisticated real-time information collection than currently exists, likely either with cameras or sensors installed in the curb.
Off-hour delivery rules
Off-hour deliveries in Manhattan outside the 6:00 am to 7:00 pm window have been credited with reducing congestion, air pollution, and inventory costs for businesses, and Washington, DC has been implementing a similar policy. Malcolm Burnley at Citified has reported that Atlanta, Chicago, and Boston are now looking at off-hour delivery rules as well, in response to the Manhattan success story.
Philly has only dipped a toe in the temporal separation waters, with the Mayor Nutter’s Mobility Enhancement Initiative in Center City. Since 2009, they’ve allowed only delivery vehicle parking on Chestnut and Walnut Streets between Broad and 22nd Streets from 6:00 am to 10:00 am on weekdays. Andrew Stober, then chief of staff at the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities, told Burnley that change cut westbound traffic by 24 percent during morning rush hour, and eastbound traffic by 35 percent.
The city has no current plans to explore off-hours delivery, and Stober mentioned street noise as one reason why. Low-noise trucks and other noise reduction solutions were one point of discussion during the Symposium though, and they could potentially show up in DVRPC’s eventual policy recommendations. Also, Jim Kenney and several of the candidates who completed the 5th Square PAC’s candidate questionnaire agreed to explore this issue, with Kenney saying he’d be open to a pilot project early in his term.
Physical barriers to parking on the sidewalk
Part of the delivery reform agenda is about addressing the root causes of delivery-related dysfunction, like jammed curb parking, and another part is about addressing the symptoms themselves in the meantime. For instance, when delivery trucks can’t park in a curb space or double park, they sometimes park halfway on the sidewalk, leading to faster sidewalk degradation.
Renee Gillinger of the East Passyunk Avenue BID sang the praises of gabion planters full of rocks, and other large objects, to physically keep vehicles off the curb. Her organization was having problems with trucks parking up on the sidewalk on the 2000 block of South Broad Street near Walgreens, so they enlisted the folks at Urban Jungle to to build a model gabion planter to place at that location.
Gillinger described the planters as “menacing,” despite their attractive design, since they contain about 1,000 lbs. of rocks and metal–not the sort of thing you’d want to back a vehicle into, even a big delivery truck. They placed 11 of them at the Walgreens for the past 5 months and not only did that stop vehicles from parking on the sidewalk, but there’s also no more graffiti in that area either. Gillinger chalks that up to the appearance of someone taking care of the place. Now she wants to put them everywhere.
Delivery consolidation
Many of the ideas discussed at the symposium concerned things city government can do to cut traffic congestion, improve the timeliness of deliveries, and reduce costs for businesses and the city. That was perhaps to be expected–the government (mostly) owns the streets and writes the rules of the road. There’s no one else who can make the high level political choices about which street users deserve priority.
There are also some things the private sector can do to help, though they may also require some public coordination. Two of the major ones–delivery consolidation, and deliveries and pick-ups from alternate destinations–have the potential to save money, but require varying degrees of (potentially costly) collaboration between private businesses, some of whom may be competitors.
The goal in both cases is to avoid sending multiple big delivery trucks into a compact area like a neighborhood commercial corridor every day of the week. Instead, the deliveries would all be consolidated into one truck at a private shipping center, so only one vehicle is making all the deliveries, and/or dropping off shipments at an off-site facility, and having businesses drop off and receive their shipments there.
There’s some international evidence that these business-led strategies can pay off in terms of cost-savings and congestion reduction, but they’re new to the United States, and convincing small business owners that it’s worth spending the time and effort on what feels like a nebulous public problem seems like it would be a hard sell, even if it’s worth trying.
There’s a lot to think about here, but to reiterate Ben Plowden’s point, the key thing to keep in mind when considering these different strategies is that fixing the delivery issues are hard because there are no right answers, just different ways to rank competing goals. Everybody is going to have different ideas about which users have the weakest claim on scarce street space–residents’ cars, delivery vehicles, bicycles, buses–and settling that question is the first step to fixing delivery-related traffic congestion.
Philly growers spoke out. The result is an ‘anti-racist lens’ for city’s first agricultural plan
During 2020’s racial reckoning, Black gardeners and white urban designers working on a city plan realized they needed to confront harmful racial dynamics.
With the latest round of federal aid, the authority ought to be able to keep things together into 2022, a spokesperson said.
South Philly lots named in FBI case against Kenyatta Johnson targeted for land trust
City-owned lots at the center of a soured redevelopment deal that ended with federal corruption charges are back on the market — with an unexpected twist.
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Canadians invited to Step up to the plate and work in ag jobs
The Step up to the plate employment portal, launched in April 2020, invites Canadians to take another look at working in agriculture and agri-food.
New web portal points ag businesses to key financial supports
There is no doubt that the COVID‑19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented shock to our agri-food industry—from farms, to processing plants, to grocery stores
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Episode 007 - The opportunity of food waste 2021-01-06 Is food waste really an opportunity? Denise Philippe of the National Zero Waste Council believes so. Listen to this discussion where she outlines gaps in our food system and shows us where opportunities exist. As well, learn about the new, Food Waste Reduction Challenge. January Podcast The First Sixteen is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada's agricultural sector from the people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you! New episodes every two weeks. Food waste, challenge, Impact Canada, Denise Philippe
East Coast food banks find a way to keep their cool 2020-12-24 Providing families with hearty holiday food, is "a very bright spot after a hard year.” December
The Researcher and the Cranberry: A Holiday Tale 2020-12-21 A holiday story about an AAFC researcher who had never heard about cranberries but is now studying them in poultry to fight against antimicrobial resistance. December Guelph Research and Development Centre, Dr. Moussa Diarra, cranberry, diversity, alternatives to antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), poultry
Episode 006 - The next generation: Who is going to produce your food tomorrow? 2020-12-14 Meet the next generation of Canadians working in agriculture and agri-food sector. Jerry Bos, a young dairy farmer and co-chair of the Canadian Agricultural Youth Council, shares his vision for the future. Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau tells us why it’s important to have young farmers like Jerry and the other members of the council at the decision-making table. December Podcast The First Sixteen is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada's agricultural sector from the people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you! New episodes every two weeks.
Eyes on the prize: Canada's Outstanding Young Farmers 2020-12-07
December Article In this unprecedented year, last year's honourees of the Outstanding Young Farmers competition are finding new ways to continue their work in the agriculture sector. OYF, Canada's Outstanding Young Farmers Program, CdnAg, Competition, Outstanding Young Farmers, Outstanding Young Farmers, COVID-19, pandemic, agri-food, agribusiness, crops, dairy, potatoes, fertilizer, goats, eggs, restaurant, food service, online sales
Helping Canadian farmers innovate and expand 2020-11-25 Looking to establish or upgrade your farm? Find out how the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program can help. November Article Looking to establish or upgrade your farm? Find out how the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program can help.
Technology and youth on the farm: Bringing Alberta's agriculture into a new age 2020-11-09 How one young Albertan is giving back to the agriculture sector amid a unique year. November Article A story of how youth are finding gainful work in Alberta's agriculture sector. Olds College, Alberta, Alberta agriculture, ABag, Canadian agriculture, Cdnag, Olds, agritech, agribusiness, technology, internship, youth, YESP, Youth Employment and Skills Program
Episode 005 – Saving nutrients with novel science 2020-11-04 Christopher Garhnham and his team at the AAFC has discovered something very small that could have big impacts in the food and feed industry. November Podcast The First Sixteen is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada's agricultural sector from the people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you! New episodes every two weeks. Christopher Garhnham and his team at the AAFC has discovered something very small that could have big impacts in the food and feed industry. Some crops such as corn and wheat can be infected by a fungus that, while growing, produces mycotoxins. Ingestion of mycotoxin-laden food and feed is detrimental to the health livestock and humans. Listen as Christopher Garnham explains the discovery he and his team made of an enzyme that has the potential to mitigating these toxins in Canadian agri-food and agri-feed.
Teaching through a pandemic 2020-10-22 After adapting to COVID-19 in physical and virtual ways, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum has reopened its doors to the public! October Video After adapting to COVID-19 in physical and virtual ways, the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum—our partner in promoting agricultural science and achievements—has reopened its doors to the public! Canada Agriculture and Food Museum,
Kerry-Leigh Burchill, COVID-19, programs, educate, schools
Cold storage: Making the most of your harvest 2020-10-22 How to store your harvested apples and potatoes. October Article The harvests that Canadians are enjoying from their COVID-19 gardening projects this year are more than generous: colourful and crisp vegetables, juicy fruits, tart berries and some well-spent hours in the sun away from the realities of social distancing. Apples and potatoes, in particular, grow in quantities that require long-term storage. Learn how to best store your apples and potatoes for best nutrition and flavour with some help from our researchers!
Bulk buying: How one British Columbian initiative is helping protect Canada's food-sector workers against COVID-19 2020-10-14 How one B.C. association stepped up to help keep Canadian food-industry workers safe, when they needed it most. October Article When COVID-19 began to spread in Canada, there was a surge in demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) across the country. While health care workers were prioritized, other essential services – such as the food industry – struggled to find proper safety equipment for their staff. BCFB, British Columbia Food and Beverage Association, PPE, Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19, novel coronavirus, food and beverage industry, British Columbia, Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC, BC Government, worker safety.
Episode 001 – Farmers, innovators! And how good ideas spread 2020-09-30 Interview with Julie Dawson, a beef specialist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and who is also a sixth generation farmer. Listen in on this fascinating discussion about how much farming has and is changing, and how fast. September Podcast The First Sixteen is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada's agricultural sector from the people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you! New episodes every two weeks.
Episode 002 – Rapid response: Feeding Canadians during the pandemic 2020-09-30 Listen in as we shed light on an innovative and nimble collaboration that is addressing food insecurity during the pandemic. September Podcast The First Sixteen is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada's agricultural sector from the people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you! New episodes every two weeks.
Episode 003 – The science of reconciliation! Bridging Indigenous knowledge with agricultural science 2020-09-30 In discussion with two agents of change in the world of agricultural science, we explore a new and brilliant way forward. September Podcast The First Sixteen is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada's agricultural sector from the people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you! New episodes every two weeks.
Episode 004 – RADARSAT Constellation Mission - Agriculture from space 2020-10-14 Learn about the Radarsat Constellation Mission, the type of data that flows from it, its applications in agriculture and how it is used by environmental stewards to work with farmers. October Podcast The First Sixteen is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada's agricultural sector from the people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you! New episodes every two weeks.
New podcast series explores the freshest ideas in Canadian ag and food 2020-09-30 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has launched The First Sixteen, a new biweekly podcast series that digs into leading edge topics in Canadian agriculture and food. September Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has launched a new podcast series called The First Sixteen. The First Sixteen invites listeners to discover the latest breakthroughs in agriculture and agri food and to hear from the experts and innovators on what they mean for the sector and for the lives of Canadians as a whole.
Helping Canadian farmers during uncertain times 2020-09-29 The Advance Payments Program offers cash advances to sell crops and livestock when prices are most favourable. September Article Is COVID-19 making you question the right time to sell your products? Farming can be unpredictable at the best of times. From planting to harvest, unexpected costs can disrupt your plans. Prices rise and fall, and the market is constantly changing. This uncertainty can make selling your products for a profit, while managing your finances, challenging. However, the Advance Payments Program (APP), can help give you the flexibility to sell when market conditions are favourable. COVID-19, APP, coronavirus
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy continues to help the sector 2020-09-21 The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) has been extended and simplified to be more flexible and reduce complexity for applicants. September Article Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, producers and processors have faced many challenges maintaining their operations, including paying employees or keeping them employed. The Government of Canada has put in place financial support measures to help. One of these measures is the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), which provides a subsidy of 75% of the wages to be paid by eligible employers to eligible employees. COVID-19, CEWS, Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, coronavirus
Pleasing pollinators: Supporting your hardworking garden allies 2020-08-05 Many pollinators are hard at work on farms and in your garden. August Article Bumble bees are probably the most recognized pollinator, but there are many other pollinators hard at work on farms and in your garden Pollinators, bees, butterflies, beetles, flies, wasps
Funding available to help food processors ensure capacity of Canadian made foods 2020-07-29 $77.5 million Emergency Processing Fund helps companies make changes to safeguard worker safety and to increase food supply. July Article
Funding available to address food insecurity and help alleviate food concerns of vulnerable Canadians 2020-07-29 The Surplus Food Rescue Program is a $50 million initiative which is designed to address food insecurity and help to alleviate food concerns of vulnerable Canadians July Article
Canadians invited to Step up to the plate and work in ag jobs 2020-07-29 AAFC's Step up to the plate employment portal draws interest from thousands of Canadians July Article
New web portal points ag businesses to key financial supports 2020-07-29 To help farmers, food processors, and agri food businesses get the financial support information they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada has launched a new, all inclusive online information portal. July Article
Minister names members of Canada's first agricultural youth council 2020-07-29 Meet the 25 young people who will have the ear of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food! July Article
Plan(t) for success 2020-06-11 How to manage common pests in your home garden June Article
Digging in: The dirt on a healthy home garden 2020-05-15 This spring, nature is calling out to Canadians once again. May Article
New youth council will help shape the sector 2020-01-09 Have your say on the opportunities and challenges facing the ag sector January Article
Minister Bibeau is eager to work closely with producers to ensure they are positioned for success 2020-01-09 Minister Bibeau is eager to work closely with producers to ensure they are positioned for success January Article
Farmers and researchers working together as part of "Living Labs" 2020-01-09 The new Living Laboratories Initiative brings together farmers and researchers to solve local environmental challenges and ensure sustainable farm productivity. The results will lead to new tools and resources for producers. January Article
Working together to keep African swine fever out of Canada 2020-01-09 Find out how the Government of Canada is collaborating with the provinces and pork industry to stay vigilant in keeping ASF from entering the country. January Article
Canada's ministers of agriculture meet to discuss priorities 2020-01-09 Federal, provincial and territorial ministers of agriculture met face to face for a second time in 2019 to discuss ways to improve support for the sector. January Article Ministers, Minister Bibeau, meeting, trade, weather, market access
Funding available to ag sector organizations or industry partners to support leading-edge projects 2020-01-09 Is your organization facing a challenge to adopt, test or pilot an innovative project that could boost the competitiveness of Canada's agriculture sector? Learn more about funding through the Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program. January Article
Canola update: sector united in response to Chinese suspensions 2019-04-15 In the face of sudden canola export suspensions by China, members across Canada's canola industry and government are coming together to resolve the impasse on an important export commodity. April Article Last month, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) suspended the licenses of two Canadian companies – Richardson International Limited and Viterra Inc. – to export their canola seed to China. China is citing non-compliance with China's plant health requirements, and as such, has also increased their inspection measures on Canadian canola. canola, crops, trade, China, export, Working Group
Newly appointed Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister meeting with industry 2019-04-15 Recently appointed Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has been busy meeting with farmers, food processors and provincial counterparts to discuss challenges and opportunities for the sector. April Article Only days after becoming the first female federal Minister of Agriculture in Canada's history, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau was out meeting with farmers, processors and industry leaders. Minister Bibeau, who represents a rural constituency in Quebec, had the opportunity to talk to a number of key stakeholders who gave her an even better understanding of the scope of Canada's thriving agricultural sector. Minister, Bibeau, visit, province, Canada, canola, China, Women in Agriculture, Export, Working Group, stakeholder
Budget 2019: New investments to grow Canadian agriculture 2019-04-15 Funding for Canada's first food policy, supply management sector, innovation for the food processing sector and more. April Article Canada's agriculture and food systems are prominent features of the 2019 federal budget, which was tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019. The budget also reiterated the Government of Canada's support for science and research and focuses on improving Canada's food system. Budget 2019, Canada's Food System, Food Policy, Investment
Be proactive in managing risk: Enrol in AgriStability 2019-04-15 AgriStability supports you when you experience a large margin decline.... April Article AgriStability is delivered under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a five-year, $3-billion investment by federal, provincial and territorial governments meant to strengthen the agriculture and agri-food sector. Under the Partnership, programs like AgriStability, AgriInvest and AgriInsurance will continue to help farmers manage significant risks to their farms that are beyond their capacity to manage. AgriStability, Programs, funding, Canadian Agricultural Partnership, Enroll
Keeping African swine fever out of Canada 2019-04-15 Detector dogs are frontline protection in preventing African swine fever from entering Canada. ... April Article African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs. It causes high death rates in infected pigs and can infect swine herds in various ways, but poses no risk to human health. There is no treatment or vaccine for African swine fever. African Swine Fever, ASF, swine, porc, funding, Minister, Bibeau, announcement, prevention, preparedness, animal disease,
Survey on "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" labelling guidelines 2019-04-15 The Government of Canada seeks industry feedback as it considers potential changes to "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" labelling guidelines. April Article The use of "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" claims is voluntary. However, once a company chooses to make one of these claims, the product to which it is applied must meet the guidelines set out by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Labelling, Guidelines, Made in Canada, Product of Canada, Survey, Industry, Consultations
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program now accepting applications 2019-04-15 New funding program supports industry-led projects to help the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector capitalize on opportunities and address emerging issues. April Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada recently launched the Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program (CASPP), a $50.3-million, five-year program intended to replace the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program. Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program, CASPP, Programs, funding, Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program
New Agriculture Emergency Management Bulletin 2019-04-15 The Agriculture Emergency Management (AEM) Bulletin... April Article As the 100-year flood happens more and more often, and as more and more people travel around the world, the risks to Canada's agricultural sector grow. Knowing what steps you can take to prevent a disaster—or to mitigate the impacts and manage the fallout when something goes wrong—can make you and the sector as a whole more resilient. Agriculture Emergency Management, preparedness, bulletin, subscribe, extreme weather
Strategy for healthy piglets without antibiotics 2019-04-15 A feeding strategy for piglets that does not include antibiotics will reduce veterinary costs and facilitate access to the European market for Canadian hog producers. April Article A feeding strategy for piglets that does not include antibiotics will reduce veterinary costs and facilitate access to the European market for Canadian hog producers. . Antibiotic, Hog, Hog sector, Piglets, Swine, Animal health, Animal disease, Feeding, Research, Research Centre, Sherbrooke, Guelph, science, Swine Innovation Porc
How will you celebrate Canada's Agriculture Day? 2019-02-11 Join the festivities across Canada on February 12 and help raise awareness of Canada's dynamic agriculture and agri-food sector. February Article
Join the festivities across Canada on February 12 and help raise awareness of Canada's dynamic agriculture and agri-food sector.
On Canada's Agriculture Day add your voice to the chorus of agricultural enthusiasts from around the country — and online — who will be celebrating our innovative, prosperous and growing agriculture sector.
Rooted in strength – tools for becoming more resilient 2019-02-11 'When winter storms roll in, taking care of our families and ourselves can sometimes be extra demanding. February Article Farming can provide an amazing lifestyle with great rewards, but it can also be hard on mental health, especially during the cold, isolating winter months. Farmers and their families often face high levels of stress because of forces that are beyond their control, such as weather, disease, commodity prices, and trade.
Following Budget 2018, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister Lawrence MacAulay mandated Farm Credit Canada (FCC) to work with and support like-minded organizations to assist Canadian producers with mental health issues through greater awareness and knowledge dissemination and to provide greater access to services and supports in rural Canada.
resilience, mental health
Girls and science: what a team! 2019-02-11 February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a chance to highlight the important contributions of women in agricultural science. February Article February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a chance to highlight the important contributions of women in agricultural science. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) researchers regularly take part in activities to inspire youth.
Chemist Louise Deschênes, a member of AAFC's Women in Science network, organized a tour at the Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, where approximately 30 students got a taste of potential career paths in agricultural science.
Major milestones advancing ag 2019-02-11 Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector is a key driver of the Canadian economy and a high-performing sector in today's global marketplace. February Article Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector is a key driver of the Canadian economy and a high-performing sector in today's global marketplace. Major initiatives were launched and investments made in 2018 to ensure the sector continues to grow, innovate and prosper. Here are some highlights:
Working towards the Government's target of $75 billion in agri-food exports by 2025
agriculture exports
Growing Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector 2019-01-08 Agri-Food Economic Strategy Table releases ambitious long-term vision... January Article
In September 2018, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada released the much-anticipated Report from Canada's Economic Strategy Tables: The Innovation and Competitiveness Imperative.
Budget 2017, Agri-Food Table, Economic Strategy Table
New web portal to help Canadians adapt to climate change 2019-01-08 Wide range of information and services will support farmers. January Article
Climate information—including timely, accurate and trusted weather information—is critical for decisions related to agricultural production.
Web portal, climate change, Canadian Centre for Climate Services, data, website, agroclimate, drought
Trade deals aim to diversify Canada's agricultural trade 2019-01-08 CUSMA agreement and CPTPP ratification are vital steps in growing the Canadian economy. January Article Trade deals are a top priority for the Government of Canada, as Canada seeks to open new markets around the world. The Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is now complete and the recent ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) means that Canada was among the first six parties to enjoy the benefits of the agreement when it came into force on December 30, 2018. Minister MacAulay, trade, CUSMA, CPTPP, CETA
Government of Canada invests in automation and digital technologies 2019-01-08 National initiatives to support agriculture and agri-food sector. January Article The Government of Canada recently launched a new funding competition through the Strategic Innovation Fund. Strategic Innovation Fund, Economic Strategy Table, innovation, funding, application
Trade missions to the EU and China boost Canada's agriculture profile 2019-01-08 Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay leads two trade missions to key export markets. January Article As a trading nation, Canada's partnerships with countries around the world are vitally important to keeping the flow of high-quality Canadian goods moving to destinations such as Europe and China. Minister MacAulay, trade, Europe, China, mission, CETA, Spain, Belgium, Italy, agreement
'Making hay' with forages 2019-01-08 Though often overlooked, forage is the third most profitable crop for Canadian farmers, valued at more than $5 billion a year. January Article As a trading nation, Canada's partnerships with countries around the world are vitally important to keeping the flow of high-quality Canadian goods moving to destinations such as Europe and China. Forage, Nappan Research Farm, Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Saskatchewan, winterfat, science
Dairy Farm Investment Program Phase II Announced 2019-01-08 Funding applications will be accepted from January 7-February 8, 2019. January Article In early December 2018, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced that, starting January 7, 2019, it will accept requests for funding under the second phase of the $250-million Dairy Farm Investment Program. Dairy Farm Investment Program, funding, dairy, technology, equipment, CETA, application
Optimizing the value of an ancestral Indigenous crop system 2019-01-08 Funding applications will be accepted from January 7-February 8, 2019. January Article The 'Three Sisters' crop system was once widely used by First Nations in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands region. Grown together, corn, squash and beans help each other, resulting in much better crop yields. Indigenous, Three Sisters, crop, corn, squash, beans, First Nations, science
SPACE: The newest frontier in agriculture 2019-07-16 Scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) saw earth-orbiting satellites as an opportunity to look at agriculture from a stellar new vantage point. July Article When the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) launched its first Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite in 1995, RADARSAT-1, agriculture wasn't top-of-mind. SAR, satellites, Synthetic Aperture Radar, RADARSAT-1
Everyone at the table: Launch of the Food Policy for Canada 2019-07-16 Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau launched the first-ever Food Policy for Canada at the Carrefour Alimentaire Centre-Sud in Montreal. July Article The Food Policy for Canada is an ambitious initiative, a roadmap for a healthier and more sustainable food system for our country. Canada Food Policy
Share your thoughts on proposed changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program 2019-07-16 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada are seeking feedback on a proposal that would provide greater mobility to foreign workers through the introduction of occupation-specific work permits. July Article Proposed changes to the Primary Agriculture Stream and Low-wage Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program would allow a foreign worker to move between jobs in the same occupation without the requirement for a new permit each time. Temporary Foreign Worker Program
What the Federal Regulatory Review means for you 2019-07-16 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) will lead two modernization proposals meant to support innovation and economic growth in the sector. July Article These proposals aim to help the sector innovate and grow by exploring ways to reduce the burden of regulations, while ensuring that health, safety, security, and environmental protections are respected. stakeholder collaboration, Agri-Food Aquaculture Roadmap
Higher limits for the Advance Payments Program 2019-07-16 The Government of Canada announced in May 2019 changes to the Advance Payments Program (APP) that supports farmers with increased loan limits. July Article The APP is a federal loan guarantee program that offers producers access to low-interest cash advances to help provide marketing flexibility, so they can sell their products at the most opportune times. Advance Payments Program, APP
Visit to Japan boosts Canada's agriculture profile 2019-07-16 Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, visited Japan to attend the G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting and held a series of productive meetings with her counterparts from North America, Asia and Europe. July Article The Government of Canada is taking every opportunity to advance its ambitious trade diversification strategy as it explores ways to help our hardworking farmers tap into new markets and increase their bottom lines. Japan, G20, Trade Diversification
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 2018/10/11 Canada and the United States reached an agreement last week, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). October Article Canada and the United States reached an agreement last week, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century:. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, MacAulay
Minister of Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay announces details of $70 million agricultural science investment 2018-10-11 Boosting support for agricultural innovation will put technologies and best management practices into farmers' hands faster. October Article Agricultural science and innovation got a big lift in September 2018 when Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay announced the details of the $70 million dedicated to agricultural science in Budget 2017. Innovation, support, management practices
Indigenous Pathfinder – new personalized service for Indigenous agricultural businesses and communities 2018-10-11 A direct line of support is now available to help Indigenous Peoples access programs related to the agriculture and food sector. October Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) offers many programs and services for Canadians who participate in the agriculture and food sector, including some that are offered under the new Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a five-year, $3-billion investment by federal, provincial and territorial governments to strengthen the sector. Indigenous, support, direct line
Bringing premium meat to Canadian domestic and export markets 2018-10-11 An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher is working to produce pigs with higher marbling. October Article Is fat the new lean? Higher pork marbling standards could be on the horizon, leading to a premium product for producers. . Researcher, pig, science
Taking on herbicide resistance 2018-10-11 Genetic tools to limit the impact of herbicide resistance are now being used in Quebec and may eventually be available elsewhere. October Article Preventive measures can control the spread of herbicide resistance, but when they stop working, the best tool is rapid detection. herbicide resistance, genetic tools, science
Grow your trade around the world with help from commissioners 2018-10-11 Learn how you can benefit from our trade commissioners' advice and guidance on exporting. October Article Did you know that approximately 58% of primary agriculture production in Canada is exported? Translation: The Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector is highly trade-oriented. Trade Commissioner
2018 Medium Term Outlook 2018-10-11 According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Medium Term Outlook 2018, the Canadian agricultural sector is on the path of continued growth. October Article According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) Medium Term Outlook 2018 (MTO), the Canadian agricultural sector is on the path of continued growth. The MTO provides a baseline projection of agricultural markets from 2017 to 2027. Medium Term Outlook 2018
Beef Genomic Prediction Trial 2018-10-11 The Canadian beef cattle industry is working with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers to produce a more efficient and environmentally sustainable herd. October Video The Canadian beef cattle industry is working with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers to produce a more efficient and environmentally sustainable herd. beef cattle, sustainability, video, science
Quick and easy online searches tailored to your needs with AGPAL 2018-06-18 Accessing agricultural programs and services has never been so easy. June Article AGPAL is a web-based discovery tool that helps farmers, processors, agri-businesses and other organizations find agriculture and agri-food related information and resources tailored to their unique needs. AGPAL, Programs
Canada Pavilion Program benefits agricultural businesses 2018-06-18 The newly launched Canada Pavilion Program helps industry promote products internationally. June Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has recently launched the Canada Pavilion Program to maximize the success of Canadian agriculture and agri-food businesses. Canada Pavilion Program
Expanding eco-friendly pest management options for farmers 2018-06-18 Wasps help farmers manage more pests with fewer chemicals. June Article Using "good bugs" to control "bad bugs" is an eco-friendly option that farmers can adopt to reduce their use of chemical pesticides. As well as being safe for the environment and good for Canada's biodiversity, these "good bugs" (known more scientifically as biological control agents) also save farmers time and money. Pest management, wasp, science
Trade missions open up overseas markets for Canadian farmers 2018-06-18 As China's population grows, so do opportunities for Canadian producers. June Article Canada's trade mission to China last fall was a huge success. Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay's visit to China in May 2018 built on that success by emphasizing how Canadian farmers and food processors can help meet China's growing demand for agri-food products. Trade mission, China
Transportation Modernization Act will help grain sector thrive 2018-06-18 Act gives grain sector new tools to get Canadian grain to market. June Article With another busy and productive crop year on the horizon, it is important for grain farmers and producers to know they are able to rely on a transportation system that will get their products to market safely and in a timely manner. Transportation Modernization Act
Canadian Agricultural Partnership open for business 2018-03-16 Applications for federal programs under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership are now available. March Article The Partnership is a progressive federal-provincial-territorial agreement that will help chart the course for government investments in the sector over the next five years, strengthening it to deliver the greatest benefits for farmers, food processors, and Canadian families. Canadian Agricultural Partnership, CAP
AgriStability Changes for 2018 Program Year 2018-03-16 Are you covered? March Article The Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a five-year, $3-billion investment by federal, provincial and territorial governments that will strengthen the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector ensuring continued innovation, growth and prosperity. griStability, programs, Funding, Canadian Agricultural Partnership, Enroll
Canola: Canadian, eh? 2018/03/16 When people are asked to name Canada's great innovations, canola doesn't usually make the list, but it should. March Article A healthy vegetable oil that most of us use every week in everything from stir-fries to salads—canola oil—is a result of the ingenuity of Canadian plant researchers who took on the challenge of creating a healthy oil from an unfamiliar plant that was known to thrive on the Prairies. Canola, Crops, science
Solving milk-production issues at hog farms 2018-03-16 New research to help Canadian hog producers ensure their sows have enough milk for their piglets. March Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) completed two surveys this year: one among just over 2,000 food producers and another among 400 food processors. hog, research, science
Exploring the impact of public trust 2018-03-16 New AAFC surveys reveal how public trust influences producers' and processors' operations. March Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) completed two surveys this year: one among just over 2,000 food producers and another among 400 food processors. Survey, Public Trust
Budget 2018 2018-03-16 Budget 2018 takes the next steps towards building an equal, competitive, sustainable and fair Canada - where science and innovation spur economic growth. March Article Budget 2018 takes the next steps towards building an equal, competitive, sustainable and fair Canada – where science and innovation spur economic growth. Budget 2018
Cash flow solutions for farmers 2018-03-16 Plan ahead for your spring cash advance. March Article The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Advance Payments Program (APP) helps agricultural producers access low-interest financing throughout the year to improve their cash flow. Canada Advance Payments Program, APP
Advancing Canada's trade and market access agenda 2018-03-16 Minister MacAulay wrapped up four major trade missions abroad and talks up Canada's high-quality food products. March Article Gaining access to global markets and expanding trading relationships with some of the world's largest economies are top priorities for the federal government. MacAulay, Mission
Weather maps that make a difference 2018-03-16 Even in the off-season, our weather monitoring services are at work so farmers can be prepared. March Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) Agroclimate Risk Team is hard at work creating new maps and improving existing ones to help farmers during the growing season. Weather maps, science
Farm innovation in Prince Edward Island just got a big boost 2018-03-16 Charlottetown Research and Development Centre flexes its labs. March Article The Charlottetown Research and Development Centre (RDC), which supports innovative research, development, and technology and knowledge transfer activities relevant to the agriculture sector, has just undergone a $6.8-million transformation and has hired five new researchers. Charlottetown Research and Development Centre
Bringing fresher flavours to a freezer aisle near you 2017-11-08 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada teams up with industry partner to improve the taste and texture of frozen veggies. November Article Canadian food scientists have come up with an innovative process that has been shown to improve the flavour and retain the texture in frozen vegetables. Frozen vegetables
Making loans more accessible 2017-11-08 The Canadian Agricultural Loans Act (CALA) is a loan-guarantee program designed to make loans more available to farmers and agricultural co-operatives. November Article With low interest rates, longer repayment periods and lower down payments, farmers can use CALA loans to establish, improve and develop their farms. Agricultural co-operatives can use them to process, distribute or market their products of farming. Canadian Agricultural Loans Act, CALA, program, loan
Update on North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations 2017-11-08 Four rounds of talks have taken place. November Article Canada, the United States and Mexico held a fourth round of talks in Arlington, Virginia last month to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA
Survey finds Canadians view agriculture positively 2017-11-08 Canadians have a high regard for the sector but a majority don't consider themselves knowledgeable about agriculture. November Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) conducted its first survey on agricultural awareness among Canadians. The survey asked 1,521 Canadians about their knowledge and perceptions of the agricultural sector and revealed some of their concerns and priorities. survey
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada hosts international conference on minor use pesticides 2017-11-08 Experts from around the world gather in Montreal to help farmers of specialty crops. November Article Specialty crop producers from around the globe are faced with regulatory challenges including the regulation and registration of pesticides. Global Minor Use Summit, pesticides
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement benefits eager agriculture and agri-food exporters 2017-11-08 The trade deal, one of Canada's most ambitious trade initiatives, opens new markets in the European Union for agriculture and agri-food exporters. November Article The provisional application of CETA on Sept 21, 2017 is excellent news for Canada's agriculture sector, which is now enjoying improved access to the world's largest import market for agriculture and agri-food. Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, EU, CETA
Taking action against a serious global health threat 2017-11-08 New pan-Canadian framework aims to prevent and control the spread of antimicrobial resistance. November Article Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is what happens when microorganisms (such as bacteria or fungi) become resistant to most available treatments—and it is one of the most serious health threats facing the world today. Antimicrobial resistance, AMR
Emergency preparedness for Canadian livestock sector 2017-11-08 Tools for responding to costly potential disasters can help Canadian livestock producers. November Article all Canadians should have a plan to take care of themselves and their families in an unexpected crisis—and it's no different for the Canadian livestock and agricultural community. Being equipped to deal with an emergency—such as an animal disease outbreak—is essential. Emergency, preparedness, Livestock Market Interruption Strategy, LMIS, animal disease
A Food Policy for Canada 2017-11-08 Consultations on A Food Policy for Canada have wrapped up after reaching almost 45,000 Canadians in an online survey, a national Food Policy Summit, as well as regional engagement sessions held across the country. November Article A food policy is a way to address issues related to the production, processing, distribution, and consumption of food. Food Policy, consultation, survey
Canadian Agricultural Partnership 2017-07-28 New agreement to help position Canada as a leader in the global economy. July Article This five-year, $3 billion investment will strengthen the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector, ensuring continued innovation, growth and prosperity. Canadian Agricultural Partnership, CAP, Business Risk Management, BRM, programs
A Food Policy for Canada – Let's build it together 2017-07-28 Consultations on A Food Policy for Canada are now underway - the Government of Canada is asking Canadians for their views on what should be included. Complete the online survey by August 31st, 2017 and have your say! July Article A food policy will set a long-term vision for the Government of Canada's health, environmental, social, and economic goals related to food, while identifying actions we can take in the short-term. Food Policy, consultation, survey
Hiring seasonal workers? Plan ahead! 2017-07-28 The growing volume of people coming to Canada means it's important for employers to apply early for work permits. July Article Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) would like to remind employers who hire seasonal agricultural workers to plan for the coming season by submitting their work permit applications as early as possible. seasonal workers
Wanted: New members for the National Program Advisory 2017-07-28 New and existing farmers from all regions of Canada are encouraged to apply. July Article The NPAC was created to provide advice and guidance on the appropriate roles and responsibilities of producers/governments in managing risks; the operations of the suite of Business Risk Management (BRM) programs, which include AgriInsurance, AgriStability, AgriInvest, AgriRecovery and AgriRisk. National Program Advisory Committee, NPAC
Canadian Potato Genetic Resources 2017-07-28 Keeping potatoes alive: Maintaining a "living library". July Article Canada's potato gene bank- known as Canadian Potato Genetic Resources- is part of an international commitment to global food security. Potato, living library
Farm Debt Mediation Service: We can work it out 2017-07-28 Discover how an AAFC program is helping farmers manage financial stress. July Article The Farm Debt Mediation Service (FDMS) helps Canadian farmers overcome financial difficulties by offering financial counselling and mediation so they can get their debt repayment back on track. Qualified financial advisors and mediators help farmers and their creditors find mutually acceptable repayment arrangements. Farm Debt Mediation Service, FDMS
New bioherbicide targets weeds, not crops 2017-07-28 Beware, dandelions and thistles: Phoma macrostoma is coming soon to a field near you. July Article A team of Canadian scientists is behind a new product that kills weeds without harming grasses or cereals. Dr. Karen Bailey and her team at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) have successfully isolated and purified a fungus called Phoma macrostoma that naturally infects dandelions, Canada thistle, clover and other broad-leaf weeds while leaving grass unscathed. dandelion, thistle, bioherbicide, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre
Tracing Canada's livestock 2017-07-28 Livestock premises identification helps Canada respond to emergencies. July Article Under the proposed amendments, anyone who sends or receives livestock will need a PID—including producers, auction marts, assembly yards, abattoirs and deadstock collectors. Health of Animals Regulations, premises identification number, PID, traceability
From desktop to field: Software helps farmers protect crops 2017-07-28 Software predicts the development of pests, crops and some post-harvest disorders based on hourly weather data and forecasts. July Article The Computer Centre for Agricultural Pest Forecasting (CIPRA) is a user-friendly software that can predict the development of pests, crops and some post-harvest disorders based on hourly weather data and forecasts. It lets farmers plan and calculate- in real time- the best time to use pest controls to protect crops. Computer Centre for Agricultural Pest Forecasting, CIPRA
Highlights from the 2016 Census of Agriculture 2017-07-28 Conducted every five years, the Census of Agriculture provides a statistical portrait of Canada's agriculture industry and its farm operators. July Article The census gathers detailed data on farms, including crop area, number of livestock, employees, quantity and value of farm machinery, farm expenses and receipts, land management practices, and use of technology. Census
Business Risk Management programs 2017-05-04 Take steps to protect your farm. May Article Business Risk Management (BRM) programs help farmers manage risks that threaten the viability of the farm. Business Risk Management programs, BRM
What's abuzz in your field boundaries? 2017-05-04 Think those non-cropped road allowances are good for nothing? Think again! May Article Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is working on two projects to help understand how field boundaries affect their surrounding environments and farmers' bottom lines. field bounderies, science, research, bees
The Agricultural Youth Green Jobs Initiative is back! 2017-05-04 Hire youth to complete your green projects. May Article The program gives farms or farm groups access to funding so they can hire Canadian youth to complete environmental projects. Agricultural Youth Green Jobs,
New alfalfa variety will offer farmers a tougher forage 2017-05-04 Neither rain, nor snow, nor drought, nor hoof will stop this new alfalfa variety from growing and thriving in fields across the country. May Article It's been grown under water for six weeks at a time, buried under snow for months, and grown in drought conditions in Ontario and Nova Scotia. Alfalfa, research, science
The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Advance Payments Program 2017-05-04 Strengthen your financials and capitalize on opportunities this spring with a cash advance from AAFC's Advance Payments Program. May Article The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Advance Payments Program (APP) is a federal loan guarantee program that helps agricultural producers access low interest financing in order to improve cash flow throughout the year. Advance Payments Program, APP
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada science takes over social media 2017-05-04 The science, technologies, and innovations used to ensure Canadians enjoy the freshest products all year long were centre stage during a social media takeover day at AAFC, that was focused on food production and preservation methods. May Article On April 11, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists took over the department's social media channels to share some of the science, innovations and technologies used by the agriculture sector to supply a seemingly endless variety of foods – even through the winter. Science, Social Media
Trade shows give agri-food exporters a competitive edge in lucrative global markets 2017-05-04 Through the Canada Pavilion, the Government of Canada helps businesses promote and distinguish their top-quality products and services under one internationally branded Canadian theme. May Article Every year, the Government of Canada partners with exporters to secure space at the world's largest shows and enhance the profile of Canada's diverse and innovative products in the world's most dynamic markets. Canada Pavilion
Budget 2017 supports Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector as an important driver of economic growth 2017-05-04 Find out how Budget 2017 is investing in the success and growth of Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector! May Article This budget will help farmers and food processors continue to grow their businesses, create jobs and foster long-term growth for the sector, strengthening its potential to be an even stronger economic engine for the Canadian economy. Budget 2017
Celebrating 150 years of agriculture 2017-02-15 Celebrations are underway for Canada's 150th and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will be joining in on the festivities. February Article Agriculture has deep roots in our nation's history, and AAFC has been there since the beginning. Did you know that the Department of Agriculture was created on July 1, 1867? At AAFC, we're celebrating 150 years of leadership in the growth, development and sustainability of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector. 150 years celebration
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada reopens Frelighsburg Experimental Farm 2017-02-15 Ramping up environmental research in agriculture. February Article This spring, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will reopen the Frelighsburg Experimental Farm – a satellite site of the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre in Québec. At an event held last December, Minister MacAulay announced that the Farm will be home to innovative research aimed at helping producers reduce their environmental footprint and adapt to climate change. Frelighsburg Experimental Farm
Grain safety program gets off the ground 2017-02-15 Mobile unit is the first in Canada to offer grain safety training. February Article Grain is the lifeblood of most farming operations, and the need to grow more of it in response to world demand is good news for Canadian farmers. Unfortunately, this increase in production, handling and storage has been accompanied by a growing number of grain entrapments (workers becoming submerged in grain, which often leads to death by suffocation). According to media reports, in 2015 alone, there were seven deaths and two injuries connected with grain across Canada. To put this in perspective, there were 17 deaths over the 23 years from 1990 to 2012. grain handling, grain safety program
Digitizing Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's biological collections 2017-02-15 Modernizing historic collections could prevent a devastating pest invasion. February Article Changing climates and growing international trade drive up the risk of new and invasive species endangering Canadian crops. Recognizing this, the federal government announced $30 million in Budget 2016 to support Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) biological collections consisting of insects, plants and other organisms. These funds will be used to inventory and digitize the collections, and to add DNA fingerprint and genomic sequences for hard-to-identify, high-impact organisms—such as those that provide an essential ecosystem function or that could decimate a crop. insect collections, biological collections
Coming soon! A new online tool to calculate optimum nitrogen for corn 2017-02-15 Want to save $25 to $49 per hectare? Look for this optimum nitrogen calculator. February Article Nitrogen is critical for crop development. But producers know that the amount needed for corn is difficult to determine, since crop requirements are influenced by factors that range from soil properties to rainfall, to how a crop is affected by temperature changes.
To address this, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists have developed an online tool known as SCAN. Short for Soil, Crop and Atmosphere for Nitrogen, SCAN helps farmers determine the precise amount of nitrogen needed by individual corn crops.
corn, nitrogen, SCAN
Another banner year for Canadian exports 2017-02-15 Canada's agriculture sector saw major export breakthroughs around the world in 2016. February Article Canadian farmers have taken full advantage of a number of trade opportunities in 2016, resulting in a record year for Canadian agri-food with seafood exports, with sales reaching $62.5 billion in 2016. This marks an increase of 41% over the past 5 years!
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has been working with partners around the world to grow and establish relationships that keep our economy and agricultural industries thriving.
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How Do You Know If Your Novel Is Literary Or Mainstream Fiction? How Long Is A General Fiction Book?
Posted on July 22, 2009 by Writer's Relief Staff • 13 Comments
If you’re writing literary or mainstream fiction (also called general fiction), the word-count requirements and style guidelines are often not as strict as they are for genre novels. In a previous our free newsletter Submit Write Now!, we offered an article to help you determine if your genre fiction novel meets editors and literary agents’ guidelines for publication. Now, we’re tackling non-genre books. How do you know if your novel is literary or mainstream?
What is Literary Fiction? How Do You Know If Your Book Qualifies As Literary?
Literary fiction is fiction of ideas. While the story must be good, emphasis on action is not often as important as emphasis on the ideas, themes, and concerns of the book. Literary fiction tackles “big” issues that are often controversial, difficult, and complex.
Aside from subject matter, literary fiction tends to be written with emphasis on prose style. While genre fiction is “transparent” (readers can see through the text to escape into the story itself), literary writers want the reader to notice how beautiful the writing is. Sometimes the writing prevents the reader from escaping into the story, but that’s not a bad thing in this genre.
Many writers wrongly assume that if their book is not genre fiction (like mystery, romance, or thriller), then it must be literary. But that’s not the case. Literary fiction is very specialized and difficult to do well. Literary readers (especially readers of experimental and “high literary” forms) are very demanding and are sometimes regarded as a niche market.
What Is General Fiction? How Do You Know If Your Book Qualifies As Mainstream?
Mainstream fiction, which goes by many other names (like general fiction and literary light), is driven by a mix of genre fiction and literary fiction techniques. In mainstream fiction, the writer must have a strong “hook” or premise. The story must be readable (it must have a traditional plot arc and be relatively plot- and character-driven). Controversy is welcome, but it is not presented in as nuanced a way as in literary fiction. Insight and emotionality are important, but they are often of equal importance as the story.
Mainstream fiction tends to blend transparent language with occasional bouts of prose that feel more literary in tone. Writers of general fiction can have a variety of voices and write in a variety of styles, but all are accessible and not too difficult to read. Insight and perspective are important but should not overshadow story.
How To Market Your Book (Determining Whether To Market As Mainstream Or Literary)
Most novels that don’t fall into the literary category or the genre fiction category are mainstream fiction. If you do not know if your book is literary or mainstream fiction, it is probably mainstream (given that literary fiction is so specialized).
Trained literary writers know literary fiction when they see it (and some tend to look at mainstream fiction as one of the commercial genres, as opposed to art). So if you’re not sure that your book is literary, you may want to err on the side of caution by calling your book “mainstream.”
If you are writing literary fiction, it will likely help your cause to have a formal education or to read widely in modern literary fiction. Having a degree or lots of publication credits in literary journals and magazines goes a long way when an editor is deciding whether to market you as mainstream or literary.
Note: For more information on why having a strong bio matters, read Building Publication Credits. Writer’s Relief has been helping writers build up their bios by preparing professional submissions since 1994, and we can help you build your writing credentials.
If you don’t have a strong background, you may want to position yourself as a writer of accessible, mainstream fiction (and if you’re trying to produce a best seller, that’s a great place to be).
How Long Is A Literary Novel? How Long Is A Mainstream Novel?
A literary novel can be between 40,000 and 120,000 words long. If you’re a new writer, literary agents and editors will likely want to see a novel between 70,000 and 100,000 words. A mainstream novel is usually best-suited when it hits the 70K-100K mark as well.
If you’ve written a literary or a mainstream novel and would like help submitting your work to literary agents, please check out our various packages. Writer’s Relief takes the headache out of the submission process and increases your odds of acceptance! For questions, e-mail info@wrelief.com.
QUESTION: What do you think? Does it matter whether you call a book literary or mainstream? When you’re deciding whether or not to read a certain book, does the genre (literary/mainstream) matter to you?
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13 Responses to How Do You Know If Your Novel Is Literary Or Mainstream Fiction? How Long Is A General Fiction Book?
Writer's Relief Staff says:
To learn more about the definitions of specific genres, read our blog article: https://writersrelief.com/blog/2008/04/genres-defined-part-i/
kiroki says:
What is the difference between general-fictions and romance?
Maria, try our blog post about some general rules and parameters of different genres at this link.
Maria Searfoss says:
I am still confused about the whole genre thing. Mainstream, literary, romance (with sub genre) thriller, suspense? With so many choices, it leaves one wondering which way to turn.
I am a new writer, uneducated, but with an incredible knack for writing. I am trying to decide which to categorize my novel. Is there anywhere I can submit it for the purpose of distinguishing the difference?
Although you do a good job explaining some crucial differences here, I think its important for writers to remember that “genre” is all about marketing; about how books are shelved in bookstores and advertised such that they appeal to target audiences. Genre is PACKAGING. It really has nothing to do with the creative process, which is your private universe. The only rules in your universe are self-imposed. I would say, write with no genre or audience in mind–just go where your mind takes you. Put your marketing hat on later, when it comes time to package and sell your manuscript. Readers can tell anyway when you are deliberately trying to appeal to a genre audience, which usually means you are writing in clichés. Happy writing!
Writers Relief Staff says:
C N N RAO, we’re so glad our article clarified literary and mainstream fiction for you. Thanks for your comment!
C N N RAO says:
Difference between literary and general fiction is well explained. Thanks.
Ronald P. Chavez says:
Dear Donna, terrific article. I totally agree,a good book is a good book. My debut novel Winds of Wildfire is 54K. It’s doing just fine. most important to me as a fiction writer is to be a good storyteller. I draw from my own life experience. this alone makes it unique. what anyone wants to call my books is of no concern to me. my readers are my critics.
Winds of Wildfire sizzles with the tensions of sexual intrigue and the sensual feel of complex relationships set in the last vestige of the old west in Taos, New Mexico. The story delves deep into a woman’s heart and soul where she struggles with conflicting emotions after a failed love affair. Still, there was so much pain and angst to keep the fires of her mysterious new attraction continuing at white heat in the wellspring of her forbidden passions. Then one night she discovers the fulfillment of her wildest desires in the arms of her Spanish poet.
“It was inside this flood of feelings that the existential core of life: lust, passion, humanity, and God clashed in an explosion of a thing called love. It was, at once, more then she could endure in the deep caverns of her very being.
So she lay in his arms in an uneasy slumber, sated with forbidden pleasure, still feeling a surreal flow throughout her body, permitting the hold of her heart to overcome the resistance of her mind for the moment. She dreamt.”
Ronald Chávez writes with the pace and feel of a Michael Crichton thriller and the frankness of Walt Whitman. The imagery of Chávez’s New Mexico is breathtakingly distinctive. The voyage is swift and exhilarating.
Donna, Generally, new writers have better luck under 100K. But there are no firm rules about these things. A good book is a good book. Long books have been known to find good publishers too.
I enjoy mainstream fiction that is longer than 100k words. I keep hearing that longer books are harder to get published, but I can’t be the only reader who wants a longer story and more time to get to know the characters. Should I aim for 100k or fewer words, or if I think the story merits it make it closer 120k plus? I would appreciate feedback.
I personally don’t care what publishers call something. There’s big crossover between literary and mainstream sometimes.
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Music, Mathematica, and the Computational Universe
This week I’m giving a talk at a conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music (MCM 2011)… so I decided to collect some of my thoughts on such topics…
How difficult is it to generate human-like music? To pass the analog of the Turing test for music?
Though music typically has a certain formal structure—as the Pythagoreans noted 2500 years ago—it seems at its core somehow fundamentally human: a reflection of raw creativity that is almost a defining characteristic of human capabilities.
But what is that creativity? Is it something that requires the whole history of our biological and cultural evolution? Or can it exist just as well in systems that have nothing directly to do with humans?
In my work on A New Kind of Science, I studied the computational universe of possible programs—and found that even very simple programs can show amazingly rich and complex behavior, on a par, for example, with what one sees in nature. And through my Principle of Computational Equivalence I came to believe that there can be nothing that fundamentally distinguishes our human capabilities from all sorts of processes that occur in nature—or in very simple programs.
But what about music? Some people used their belief that “no simple program will ever create great music” to argue that there must be something wrong with my Principle of Computational Equivalence.
So I became curious: is there really something special and human about music? Or can it in fact be created perfectly well in an automatic, computational way?
In 2003, after my decade as a recluse working on A New Kind of Science, I started to be out and about more—and kept on having the mundane problem that my cellphone had the same ringtone as lots of others. So I thought: if distinctive original music could in fact be generated automatically, then one could just “mass customize” cellphone ringtones, and everyone could have their own.
A little while later we decided to try some experiments—and see just what might be possible in creating music from programs.
There’s a long history of attempts to produce music from rules. Most of it seems either too robotic or too random. But the discoveries I made in A New Kind of Science seemed to offer new possibilities—because they showed that even with the rules of a simple program, it was possible to produce the kind of richness and complexity that, for example, we see and admire in nature.
We started with the most obvious experiment: take the cellular automata that I had studied so much, and use slices of the patterns they generate to form musical scores. I had no real idea what the result of this would be. And certainly some cellular automata with simple patterns of behavior produced completely boring music. But somewhat to my surprise, one really didn’t have to go far in the computational universe of possible cellular automata before one started to find remarkable rich and pleasing pieces of music.
The fact that there was always just a simple program underneath gave a certain inevitable logic to the music. But the key point from the science was that even though the underlying program was simple, the pattern it produced could be rich and complex.
But would it be aesthetic? In the visual domain, I had known for a long time that cellular automata could produce pleasing and interesting patterns. And in a sense, given my scientific discoveries, this wasn’t surprising. Because I knew that cellular automata could capture the essence of many processes in nature. And insofar as we find nature to be aesthetic, so also this should be true of cellular automata.
But whereas nature just uses a few particular kinds of rules, the complete universe of cellular automata is infinite. In a sense, that computational universe generalizes our actual universe. It keeps the essential mechanisms, but allows an infinite diversity of variations—each with aesthetics that generalize the aesthetics of the natural world.
Ever since the beginning of the 1990s, Mathematica had supported sound generation. And with its symbolic language, Mathematica provided the ideal platform for us to implement our algorithms and start generating music. The results greatly exceeded even our most positive expectations. We used ideas from music theory to take raw cellular automaton creations and “dress them”—and very soon we were producing orchestrated musical pieces that sounded remarkably good.
Around our offices people would sometime overhear what was being produced—and stop to ask “What song are you listening to?” We were making music that was good enough that people assumed it must have the usual human origins: we had succeeded in passing the analog of the Turing test for music.
Well, we soon built a website that we called WolframTones. And all sorts of people started using it. I must say that I thought it was an interesting intellectual experiment—and perhaps a good way to make simple ringtones—but not something that one would take very seriously from a musical point of view.
But I was wrong. Pretty quickly all sorts of serious composers started using the site. They would tell us that they found it useful as a source of ideas—as a source of creative seeds for their compositions. In a sense this was bizarre. We had started unsure of whether computers could achieve anything close to human creativity. Yet now skilled humans were coming to our automated system to seek what we might have thought was that uniquely human thing: creative inspiration.
To me, this was a nice validation of the Principle of Computational Equivalence. As one researcher put it: “Once one’s heard the music they produce, simple programs seem a lot more like us”.
Out in the computational universe, each program in effect defines its own artificial world—whose sounds and logic we get to hear in the music it produces. Some of those worlds are boring, arid places that yield dull, monotonous music. Others are rife with randomness and noise. But every hundred or thousand programs, one finds something wonderful: rich, textured, sometimes familiar, sometimes exotic, musical form.
On the WolframTones website we let people press buttons to go and search at random for music that fits into heuristics we’ve defined for various standard musical genres. We also let people incrementally modify the rules for a piece of music—in effect applying artificial selection to evolve variations they want. And when one uses WolframTones, it feels a bit like doing nature photography. We explore the computational universe to find those corners—those particular programs—that have the significance or aesthetics that we want.
The WolframTones website went live on September 16, 2005. And ever since then it’s just been out there on the web, running Mathematica, and creating music. I must admit that I hadn’t looked at its logs for quite a while. But doing that now, I discover that it has been used tens of millions of times—creating tens of millions of musical compositions.
By the standards, for example, of Wolfram|Alpha usage, that’s nothing. But by the standards of musical composition, it’s huge. iTunes now has about 14 million pieces on it—representing most of the published musical output of our species. But in just a few short years, WolframTones has created more compositions than that. By pure computation, it has in a sense surpassed our species in musical output, single-handedly creating more original music than in the whole history of music before it.
To allow instant output, the website encodes music using MIDI (something that the Mathematica language now supports in a direct symbolic way). Many arrangements of WolframTones output as MP3 have been made. And in a peculiar reversal of roles, I went to a recital a few years ago where human performers were playing on violins a piece that had been entirely created using WolframTones methods.
Can simple programs create a complete symphony? A WolframTones composition explores for perhaps a minute the story of some particular computational world. My experience is that to create a longer piece—that tells a bigger story—seems to require higher-level structure. But there is nothing wrong with having a simple program provide that structure. The overarching story it tells can be perfectly compelling, just like so many stories that play out under the aegis of natural laws in the natural world.
But just how much can come from how little? What is the shortest program that makes an interesting musical piece?
It’s easy to start constructing Mathematica programs.
Sound[SoundNote[DeleteCases[3 Range[21] Reverse[#], 0] - 24, .1] & /@ Transpose[CellularAutomaton[90, {{1}, 0}, 20]]]
Sound[SoundNote[#, 1/6, "Warm"] & /@ (Pick[{0, 5, 9, 12, 16, 21}, #, 1] & /@ CellularAutomaton[30, {{1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, 0}, 13, {13, 5}])]
And we’re planning to do a competition to see how good this can get, especially using all the modern algorithmic tools—like image processing, for example—that exist in Mathematica. But ultimately in such a quest we can’t rely on human creativity alone. We have, in effect, to automate this creativity—going beyond what humans have imagined, and instead just exploring the computational universe, and plucking from it the ideas and programs we want.
In creating music we can operate at the level of notes, or collections of notes—or even sound waveforms, generalizing the ways of constructing pleasing waveforms that physical musical devices (or their synthesized direct analogs) have traditionally used.
Of course, creativity from the computational universe is not limited to music. There’s been quite a lot of investigation, for example, in the visual arts, and in architecture. Can we create a building from a single, simple rule? If we can, the building will necessarily have a certain logic to its structure, that will allow humans to learn and be comfortable with it.
Can we really appreciate music or other forms that have been created automatically? Or do we always need a story that links what we see into the whole fabric of human culture? Once again, our appreciation of nature makes it clear that no human story is needed. Instead, what seems to be necessary is a connection to a certain overarching logic, which in a sense is precisely what the whole concept of the computational universe provides.
When I look at Wolfram|Alpha, I’m pleased at how much of systematic human knowledge we’re being able to capture, and make computable. A new frontier is to capture not just knowledge, but also creativity. To be able, for example, to go from a goal, and creatively work out how to achieve it. Music exposes us to a rather pure form of creativity—and what we have learned, as the Principle of Computational Equivalence might suggest, is that even in this domain, ideas like WolframTones do remarkably well at achieving creative output.
We’re going to be able to do another level of automation—in a sense dramatically broadening access to creativity, and no doubt enabling all sorts of fascinating new possibilities.
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Off the music subject can a computer program of “what if” issue plans for the USA debt reduction?I am serious .Plese advise by e-mail
Alex Nicol
Natural languages such as English and Chinese are computational universal, because one can use them to perform universal computations. If one can demonstrate that there are intrinsic differences between these languages and these differences contribute to complexity, then perhaps there exist interesting additional structures upon computational universal systems in the sense of complexity.
Thus even though computational power is an important aspect of complexity, other factors such as geometry seem to contribute to over all complexity as well.
Liu Yuting
If you give a set of musical machines an equal amount of recording in comparison to human musical recording – obviously, they’ll eventually belt out a melody – due to the reaction of the audience. Music = sounds/ audibly reducible set-pieces/recordings?
Brett Johnston
how did you create the WolframTones website
Gerald Wade779
The ultimate test of reaching the supposed goal lies in this sentence: “We have, in effect, to automate this creativity—going beyond what humans have imagined, and instead just exploring the computational universe, and plucking from it the ideas and programs we want.”
The problem is “we want.”
You will not have achieved your goal until it is the program which plucks the ideas and programs that it wants, in terms of musical output. That is, until it does the complete job.
Then see if humans agree that the result is memorable, and ought to be preserved.
In a similar vein: is it possible to write a program that produces Julius Caesar’s “De Bello Gallico”? (In Latin!). And decides that it is noteworthy, and deserving of preservation. That would be passing a Turing test.
Frank Stachyra
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Chaos And A Bomb Scare Mar Early Voting In Florida
By Eyder Peralta
Published November 5, 2012 at 8:44 AM EST
Kendall, Florida, resident, Diane, right, demands access to early voting. Hundreds stood in line at the Miami-Dade Elections Department to vote early.
Let's hope what happened in Florida over the weekend is not a prelude to Election Day.
Just take what happened at a polling place in Miami-Dade County in South Florida: After early voting on Saturday was plagued by long lines — some voters waited up to six hours — officials decided to allow voters in one location to request and turn in absentee ballots.
Shortly after that polling place opened, it was shut down on directions from Republican Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez.
The Miami Herald reports:
"But by then, around 180 people stood in line outside the elections office at 2700 NW 87th Ave. They shouted 'Let us vote!' and banged on the locked glass doors.
"'This is America, not a third-world country' said Myrna Peralta, who waited in line with her 4-year-old grandson for nearly two hours before the doors closed. 'They should have been prepared.'
"'My beautiful Sunshine State,' she lamented. 'They're not letting people vote.'"
Eventually the mayor, who said he had not been informed of plans to extend early voting, relented and the county allowed everyone who was in line by 5 p.m. ET. to cast their ballot.
In the Orlando area, one polling place was shutdown on Saturday after it received a bomb threat. Because of that, Orange County Elections Supervisor Bill Cowles ordered the site to reopen on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Reuters reports:
"The library was evacuated and voting there was suspended for four hours on Saturday because suspicious items were found on the grounds. A bomb squad safely detonated both - a cooler containing small electronics and what investigators described as a bag of miscellaneous garbage.
"Ballots cast at the library on Sunday will be held as provisional ballots in case of a successful challenge to the judge's ruling that allowed the voting to resume on Sunday."
Eyder Peralta
Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Area To Get Storm Surge, Rain And Sporadic Gusts From Michael
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Published October 10, 2018 at 7:04 AM EDT
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Water level at Hudson Beach Wednesday.
Tampa Bay area residents will get an up close and personal view of powerful Category 4 Hurricane Michael as it jets by the state’s west coast on its way to the panhandle.
Yet, Michael won’t leave the region unscathed. Wind bands from the storm have reached the area, and there’s an 80 percent chance of rain with the possibility of tornadoes throughout the day. The area is also under a Tropical Storm Watch and Storm Surge Watch.
Area residents can expect 40 to 50 mph winds at times as squalls of winds and rains come ashore in intermittent waves. Also, tides are expected to rise two to four feet from Manatee to Hernando counties, with the highest impact north.
Flooding and street closures have already been reported in some low-lying areas in Pinellas and Sarasota counties.
Flooding at Casablanca Avenue and West Maritana Drive in St. Pete Beach
Flooding at Coffee Pot Boulevard in St. Petersburg
Flooding Dodecanese Boulevard in Tarpon Springs, which was closed due to tidal flooding
Minor coastal flooding in Holiday around Green Key
Minor flooding in Sarasota waterfront parks, like Bayfront Park
Water on roads in neighborhoods along Sarasota Bay
There’s also a wind advisory for the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, but it remains open at this time.
According to Bay News 9, all schools except those in Citrus County and Anna Maria Elementary in Manatee County are in session. Citrus plans to reopen Thursday.
In Crystal River, a mandatory evacuation order is in effect for anyone living in Zone A. That includes residents living west of US 19, plus anyone living in a mobile home or RV, according to Bay News 9. Citrus County was also experiencing tides that were two feet higher than normal, flooding streets and some homes. Residents were bracing for a storm surge of between four to seven feet this afternoon as expected winds push water onshore.
While Citrus County schools are closed, storm shelters are open at Lecanto Middle School and Citrus High School.
Across Citrus County, many gas stations were out of gas Wednesday, as people stocked up before the storm or got out of mandatory evacuation areas, Bay News 9 reported.
Area utility companies reported a handful of outages in Tampa, Bradenton and Sarasota by 9:30 a.m.
WUSF Public Media will update this story throughout the day.
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Advice For Dealing With Record-Breaking Thanksgiving Travel
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Tampa International Airport
The busiest travel days leading up to Thanksgiving will be Nov. 27, the Wednesday before the holiday, with 2.7 million passengers and crew expected to fly according to TSA.
The current Thanksgiving travel season is projected to be the busiest time to fly with more than 26.8 million passengers - a new record, according to the Transportation Safety Administration - flying between November 22 and December 2.
Officials at Tampa International and St. Pete-Clearwater International Airports are offering travelers flying during Thanksgiving some advice, as well as to those who are already planning their Christmas and New Year vacations.
Parking is the main concern for those who are flying out of St. Pete-Clearwater. Michele Routh, the airport's public relations director, expects all of their available lots to fill up during the busy travel season.
“At this point in time, we don't anticipate having enough parking,” she said. “We are actually urging travelers to consider getting family, friends, Uber, or Lyft to the airport.”
St. Pete-Clearwater offers long term parking for $14 per day, so hiring a rideshare to and from the airport might be cheaper than parking depending on where you’re driving from.
At Tampa International, travelers have a few more options to choose from.
“We have different parking garages,” said TIA spokeswoman Emily Nipps.
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Officials are recommending that travelers arrive early to the airport so they don't miss their flight by an unforeseen delay. Tampa International Airport travelers can take advantage of that extra time to eat at popular restaurants like Ulele.
“Our economy garage is obviously the most economical option, that's $10 a day, and it's just a short train ride from the economy garage to the terminal. We do expect that to be pretty full. So, if it does get filled up, we would reroute you to the long term garage.”
Like most arrivals terminals, curbside waiting at both airports is not allowed.
“The cell phone lot is free,” Routh said. “If you're arriving, then you want to enter into the cell phone lot, wait for your passengers to be ready with their luggage curbside, and then proceed to pickup.”
People who are picking up travelers at Tampa International can either wait in the free wifi-equipped cell phone lot or park in short- or long-term parking garages so they can greet their family member or friend in the terminal.
Parking in these garages is free for up to 60 minutes.
Both airports are expecting heavy traffic in and around the airport, so travelers should plan accordingly. Officials are encouraging people to arrive two hours before the scheduled boarding time for domestic flights.
“International is typically three hours before your boarding time and then you might want to tack on an extra 30 minutes to that if you're traveling during a very heavy period,” Nipps said.
There's also construction roads surrounding St. Pete-Clearwater that could slow down travel and parking. Some of the work has closed areas of the curbside in the past, but barricades have been removed just in time for the busy season.
“All of the roads around the airport are under construction due to the gateway express project, which is the overpass road that's being constructed,” Routh said. “So there may be various travel delays with construction because it's just more challenging to see what's going on ahead of you.”
And Tampa International is also in the middle of constructing a new express curbside that will open in a couple of years.
“We are trying to be mindful of the heavy (travel) periods and not have anything very disruptive,” Nipps said. “But we have lowered our speed limits around the construction areas.”
Weather can also be an issue during the holiday travel season, so check in with your airline often for updated flight information.
Travelers should also check TSA.gov to see what can and can’t be brought onto an airplane.
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Excavations Underway for Site with Mysterious Shell Ring
University of North Florida student Michele Pierson sifts for artifacts Thursday at an archaeological dig on Big Talbot Island. Photo: Will Dicket, Jacksonville.com
University of North Florida archaeologists and students have begun excavations on a site where the First Coast Native American Timucuan tribe’s ancestors left behind a 65-meter-wide ring of shells. First discovered in 1974, the site is part of Big Talbot Island State Park and is believed to have been inhabited between AD 900 and 1200.
The cultural groups that lived among the marshes of Big Talbot were among the first people to travel across the country to trade and set up diplomatic relations with other Native American towns.
UNF researcher Keith Ashley holds a shard from a St. Johns check stamped pot from 900-1250 A.D. Photo: Will Dickey
This year’s excavations have a public archaeology goal – to collect information for the staff at Big Talbot so they can better educate their guests on the history of this site.
Researchers at the site says that this kind of shell formation is quite rare – so rare, in fact, that the last one that was discovered dated back to 1500 BC.
Lead Archaeologist, Keith Ashley, believes that the Native Americans who built this particular shell ring were actually copying their own ancestors – “They’re bringing the past back to life.”
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I am collating the moving image works for the Topography Disarranged screening on 23rd May. Brilliant to have all these discs popping through the letterbox and to see the finished articles at last. My poor old computer is struggling with memory space, so fingers crossed as I transfer the data from the external drive. Just waiting for one last video now.
Edwin Rostron, one of the screening artists has been mulling the process over:
“I wasn’t really interested in making a film about what I already thought or felt about ‘landscape, dislocation and place’, but rather to react to these themes through the use of process. I restricted myself to working with one book as raw material, a detailed study of the British landscape in 1965 from a planning and architectural perspective. I wanted to take this very specific vision of the landscape, one both intellectual and outdated, and make it into something new, through a working process of self-enforced rules and restrictions, obstacles and chance.”
www.edwinrostron.net
Edwin’s animation is a real delight!
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Saturday afternoon was spent in the Project Space as several artists brought their work in – it was great to meet the artists with their work. I took advantage of the space to test the video piece in the show with the projector in different ways. The work, by Marianne Holm Hansen, looks really lovely in the space. This is Marianne’s website: http://www.criticalm.org
At 5.30pm we were still two works short of those expected that day – after some phone calls, emails and texts we tracked one down delivered by the postie to one of the nearby houses. The other was due by courier and a little more problematic, although fortunately still trackable. As I write this, I’ve just had a text to say it also has been delivered to the nearby house this morning. Fantastic.
We’re very excited that most of the artwork for our Topography Disarranged exhibition is arriving this afternoon. It’s a bit like Christmas Easter Birthday to await this arrival and unwrapping of so much art and to meet some of the artists. What I must resist is too much physical arranging at this stage, leaving the work ‘disarranged’ so to speak until the others come to hang the work with me.
Jaimini Patel’s work will not arrive until right near the show opening as it involves caring for and nursing lots of teeny green organisms on a daily basis, which I fear I have neither the patience, skill nor time to do. They really are a most beautiful intense green colour. We shall have to hang the show with an imaginary green presence in mind or a substitute object standing in for her piece (and maybe paint it green?)
http://www.jaiminipatel.com
We’ve been putting together the email-out for Topography Disarranged, which has entailed mastering Mailchimp whilst dealing with a seemingly endless cold. We’ll do a couple of versions for differing purposes. Luckily there are some striking and eye-catching images to choose from. The one below is from an animation by Katerina Athansopoulou, who is showing during one of the show events – the Moving Image Screening on Friday 23rd May at 7pm.
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I had a meeting with Judith Stewart, who is writing a short contextual essay for Topography Disarranged in May. The QH has worked well with Judith before – it is building ongoing relationships such as this (made when running this sort of space) that is both productive and satisfying.
It was exciting to discuss and flesh out some of the ideas that sort of encompass the show and to hear Judith’s perspective on them. I think the essay will be a personal take on the general genre as well as the East Anglian landscape in particular.
Judith’s hoping to have a detailed draft ready this weekend, before she nips off to Spain to film some cows.
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Man indicted for allegedly strangling a Cobb mother of four
Mugshot of Christopher Scarboro
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Cobb County | Nov 7, 2018
By Ben Brasch, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A 27-year-old man has been indicted for choking to death a young Marietta mother of four during a domestic dispute.
Christopher Scarboro, who lived with Xi-anna Graham and her children, was indicted Nov. 1 on a murder charge and other counts, Cobb County court records show.
Police previously said that the 24-year-old mother was found dead at a home in the 600 block of Bonnie Dell Drive early Aug. 23.
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Investigators wrote in a warrant that Scarboro grabbed Graham “around the neck with his bare hands, choking her, then threw her lifeless body to the ground.”
He left but later called 911, police wrote.
Scarboro was arrested the same day Graham’s body was found. He has has been in jail without bond since then, records indicate. His next court date was not listed online Monday.
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APAPA TRAFFIC: LAGOS TAKES OVER 3000-CAPACITY TRUCK TERMINAL IN ORILE-IGANMU
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said that the State Government would immediately take over the ABAT Truck Terminal Orile-Iganmu and commence immediate repairs on the terminal as part of efforts to permanently address the perennial traffic in Apapa axis majorly caused by breakdown of operations at the ports.
Governor Ambode, who disclosed this at the 2nd Quarter 2018 Town Hall Meeting, the 11th in the Series, held at the Apapa Amusement Park, said he was seriously concerned about the hardship residents in the axis were being subjected to as a result of the activities of containerized trucks and tankers moving in and out of the ports and tank farms, hence the decision to hold the meeting in the area to find lasting solutions.
“I cannot end this address without acknowledging that in Apapa, we have a major challenge; the menace of trucks on our roads and bridges causing endless traffic and loss of business time by Lagosians. This is why we have come here today. To see for ourselves and find a solution.
“Effective today, our government will take over the ABAT Truck Terminal Orile-Iganmu and commence immediate repairs to make the park ready for effective use. In the meantime, we will appeal to the Tanker Drivers Association to conduct themselves in an orderly manner and cooperate with our Task Force to ensure smooth flow of traffic and better access to the Ports.
“We thank the people of Apapa for enduring such harsh conditions but I assure you that this situation will be a thing of the past by the end of this year,” he said.
Governor Ambode said the ABAT Truck Terminal has a capacity to accommodate at least 3000 trucks, adding that the government was already working with security agencies to see how some of the trucks parked on the Western Avenue Bridge would be moved into the park.
“Already, we have cleared the shanties and the way we are trying to run it is such that we will be able to accommodate at least 3,000 trucks in the park. In addition to that, we will work with security agencies and see how we can move the trucks into the park because right now the park can accommodate about 300 trucks but the people are not using it.
“So, if I tell you that one of the areas that I always feel very bad about is this Apapa gridlock and that is the truth and that is why I have decided that lets bring all our resources together; let's discuss with people; let's also talk to the experts and see what is happening there,” he said.
The Governor, while responding to complaints from residents on the menace of motorcycle operators popularly called Okada riders, ordered the Police and other security agencies to enforce the State Traffic Law especially with regards to their restriction on major highways and roads so as to bring about sanity in the Apapa axis.
He added that as part of his administration’s efforts to regenerate the axis, Fadaini Road currently in a deplorable state would be fixed while Orile- Mile 2- Trade Fair- CMS Road would also be repaired to open up alternative roads for motorists plying the axis.
Besides, the Governor while alluding to the fact that the 2019 election is fast approaching, said his administration would nonetheless complete all ongoing projects in the State and continue to ensure that residents enjoy the dividends of democracy.
He also urged residents to go all out and collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), saying that the State must use the election to confirm its status as the most populous State in Nigeria and thereby help to correct the anomaly in distribution of resources.
“I want to strongly appeal to all Lagosians, this coming election is a different one. We want to define once and for all where the population of Nigeria lies. So it's not just about APC or about any other party or people that are not interested, we want to use the PVC to send a message that the real population is in Lagos State.
”So the duty of all of us is to say that before any census, there is one census, the census of votes and that PVC, so it becomes a finality that the real population is in Lagos State and that is why we must encourage each and every one of us to push ourselves if it is door to door or house to house, in our various groups and unions to ensure that they go out and get our PVC.
“Because each time we make our own State to look good, other people coming in and also put pressure on it for us and that's why we are having too much pressure on our health facilities, our schools and other facilities that we have arranged, but because we have refused to participate in our civic obligations, the long result is the shortchanging of the resources that is distributed across Nigeria. I want to appeal to all Lagosians and all party leaders that this mobilization for the PVC has a longer reach than what you think,” Governor Ambode said
Assuring that his administration would spare no effort that Lagos remains safe, clean and prosperous, the Governor said that the prosperity of Lagos would automatically translate to greater prosperity for Nigeria.
“Without mincing words, the prosperity of Lagos State is on a positive trajectory. We believe strongly in it, it is our vision and our mission and nobody is going to stop it that if we secure the prosperity of Lagos, we have secured the prosperity of Nigeria. Everything that we need to do to ensure that every Lagosian has something to do is what this government is committed to do. We would use everything within our reach to ensure that Lagos remains safe, clean and prosperous. Continue to fulfill your obligations and we would do more because that's how Lagos stands to grow,” Governor Ambode said.
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China sees lowest growth in three years
GDP for third quarter slumps to 7.4 per cent down from 7.6, making it the worst economic performance since 2009.
Retail is one bright spot in the Chinese economy which has been affected by declining growth [AFP]
China has suffered its worst economic decline in three years, with third-quarter GDP at 7.4 per cent, slower than the previous quarter’s 7.6 per cent.
For the first time since 2009, the world’s second-largest economy missed its own target, making it too weak to drive up global growth, as both the United States and Europe continue to flounder, according to government data released on Thursday.
The slump could lead to job losses and social unrest, posing a challenge to the ruling Communist Party as it prepares for a once-a-decade handover of power to younger leaders.
The further quarterly decline had been expected after officials, including Hu Jintao, the president, said that growth might slow further before recovering.
Beijing has cut interest rates twice since early June and is injecting money into the economy through higher investment by state companies and spending on building subways and other public works.
But authorities have avoided a major stimulus after huge spending in response to the 2008 global crisis fuelled inflation and a wasteful building boom.
Declining exports
The slowdown over the past year and a half is due largely to government curbs imposed to cool an overheated economy and reduce reliance on exports by encouraging more domestic consumption.
The slump worsened last year after global demand for Chinese goods plunged unexpectedly.
Compared to the US and Japan, China’s expansion is stronger, but the slowdown has been painful for companies that depend on high growth to drive demand for new factories and other goods.
The slowdown has been tough for manufacturers that had relied mostly on exporting their goods. They are now trying to sell more to China’s own consumers.
Xie Jun, owner of company that manufactures electronics and phones, said he was losing $15,000-$30,000 a month and had to lay off 30 of his 100 employees.
He began trying to make more sales in China a few years ago “but the market is limited”.
Despite the overall decline, some segments of the economy have improved. Retail sales rose 14.4 per cent and investment in factories and other fixed assets improved, rising 20.5 per cent in the first nine months of the year.
‘Emerging stabilisation’
A Chinese government spokesman tried to spin the latest number as a sign that the slump has levelled out.
“We can see a clear sign of steady economic growth,” said Sheng Laiyun, spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics.
“There is a smaller margin of decline and some major indicators have been growing faster.”
Wen Jiabao, the prime minister and China’s senior economic official, said on Wednesday that growth appeared to be stabilising and expressed confidence China could meet its official targets for the year.
Wen gave no growth forecast or a possible timeframe for a recovery.
“Those fearing a hard landing will be able to sleep a little better tonight, but those positioned for a clear recovery might
be disappointed,” Alistair Thornton, senior China economist at IHS Global Insight, told the Reuters news agency.
“The picture is one of emerging stabilisation, not the return of unbridled optimism.”
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Chinese economy overtakes Japan
China has become the world’s second-biggest economy after the US, pushing Japan to third place in 2010.
From: Counting the Cost
China: Money, power and politics
As the People’s Republic is about to change its leadership, we ask how financially-rewarding being a politician can be.
China officials to skip IMF meetings in Japan
Cancellations by bank governor and finance minister come as two nations remain at odds over islands in East China Sea.
Protests erupt in Tunisian cities amid anger over poor economy
Syria sanctions inflict suffering as al-Assad regime marches on
Optimistic US big bank chiefs release $5bn from reserves
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The Allegis Group Invests in People Aggregator HiringSolved
HANOVER, MD,
The Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions, is making a significant investment in people aggregator, HiringSolved. HiringSolved will continue to operate as a separate, independent business, under Founder Shon Burton.
HiringSolved’s mission is to make hiring better, faster, and more human by applying intelligent automation to the recruiting process. This approach enables recruiters to spend less time searching and analysing information and more time communicating with candidates. HiringSolved’s software products significantly increase recruiter productivity through capabilities such as automated job-to-candidate matching, predictive diversity search, social network mining and analysis, automated internal mobility analysis, and seamless ATS, CRM, and HRIS integrations. A wide range of customers, including Dell, GSK, and Netflix, are using HiringSolved to qualify, search, match, and engage with top talent needed to fulfil their business goals.
“Today, hiring is a very manual process. Recruiters spend their days manually searching for, reading, and comparing resumes and social profiles, all while wrestling with slow, antiquated systems. This leaves little time for the most important aspect of recruiting, the human connection,” says Burton. “HiringSolved exists to change this. We believe that by applying intelligent technology, we can make life better for both recruiters and job seekers.”
“As the global leader in talent solutions, Allegis Group invests in technologies that align with our core purpose of creating opportunity for people – our clients, our candidates, and our employees,” says Allegis Group Global Development Officer Chris Hartman. “HiringSolved’s capabilities are game-changing for our growth strategy and present great upward potential for enhancing how our industry engages the best talent required to get work done.”
About HiringSolved
HiringSolved’s mission is to dramatically increase recruiter productivity through intelligent automation. It is the only global people aggregator operating across all skill sets, able to work for any language and comprised of talent data from all over the world. The company started in social search and people aggregation and more recently has become a leader in predictive candidate matching, diversity and inclusion analysis, and recruiting automation. TalentFeed combines billions of social data points into a global talent database with automated sourcing and candidate matching capabilities. TalentFeed+ enables HiringSolved’s technology to operate with customer ATS, CRM and HRIS data. Prophet is a HiringSolved product that allows recruiters to access any candidate’s contact information spanning multiple platforms – phone, email, and social profiles. And RAI is HiringSolved’s Recruiter AI interface. RAI allows recruiters to operate HiringSolved’s advanced software suite by simply talking to RAI, which works as an AI-powered recruiting assistant. Visit www.HiringSolved.com to learn more.
The Allegis Group is the global leader in talent solutions, focused on working harder and caring more than any other provider. We’ll go further to understand the needs of our people – our clients, our candidates, and our employees – and to consistently deliver on our promise of an unsurpassed quality experience. That’s the Allegis Group difference and it’s consistent across every Allegis Group company. With more than $11 billion in annual revenues and over 500 locations across the globe, our network provides businesses with a comprehensive suite of talent solutions – without sacrificing the niche expertise required to ensure a successful partnership. Our specialised group of companies includes: Aerotek; TEKsystems; Aston Carter; Allegis Global Solutions; Major, Lindsey & Africa; Allegis Partners; MarketSource; EASi; The Stamford Group; and GettingHired. Visit www.AllegisGroup.com to learn more.
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