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What Do We Know About Holiday COVID Safety? Good Question
By Heather Brown November 17, 2020 at 10:03 pm
Filed Under:Coronavirus In Minnesota, COVID-19, Good Question, Holidays, Local TV, Minnesota News
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Since the spring, we’ve learned so much more about COVID-19. Unfortunately, the virus is now running rampant during a season usually celebrated with family and friends.
So, what do we know about holiday safety? Good question.
Is it OK to send holiday cards?
“That’s the easiest one,” said Dr. Frank Rhame, an infectious disease specialist with Allina Health. “The virus does not remain on porous surfaces that well.”
Over the past several months, researchers have found the novel coronavirus is not primarily spread via surfaces, but rather through large and small droplets in the air.
Is it safe to drop off food for a friend?
“There’s no evidence to suggest food-borne virus disease transmission,” said Dr. Craig Hedberg, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota.
He points out that the personal interaction with dropping off the food could be more problematic. People should wear masks, keep physical distance, and create an air barrier to prevent virus spread.
Do plastic or glass barriers help?
“It’s not great,” said Dr. Angie Ulrich, an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Minnesota. “It’s better than nothing, but I wouldn’t say it’s safe.”
She said barriers help reduce the large droplets from reaching one person to another, but doesn’t help dissipate the aerosols, which is a large component in transmission.
Is it safe to go to the store?
Last week, Gov. Tim Walz said the data didn’t show outbreaks in retail locations. Dr. Hedberg said that’s true, but given the large rise in COVID cases, it is hard to trace them all.
Hedberg recommends asking four questions when going into an indoor space:
1. How many people are there?
2. How long are you in that space?
3. How close are you to other people?
4. Is everyone wearing a mask?
“The general advice is that you want to spend as little time around other people as you can for the near future,” Hedberg said.
And, finally, the biggest question that comes to Dr. Greg Siwek, an infectious disease specialist at Park Nicollet, is should families gather for the holidays?
“That’s hard to answer,” said Dr. Siwek. “It’s very easy for the virus to spread that way.”
On Monday, Governor Walz and health officials asked Minnesota to keep their gatherings to immediate family only. Dr. Siwek says if a family still chooses to gather with another, they should follow CDC guidelines for holiday celebrations. bv
“You need to make that situation as safe as you can,” Dr. Siwek said.
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Whitecaps FC have teamed up with Purolator Tackle Hunger to support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. On Saturday, May 24th, food bank volunteers will be set up in front of BC Place Stadium on Terry Fox Plaza at 2:30pm, ahead of the 4:00pm kick-off, to collect your donations of non-perishable food items. The first 400 fans to make a donation will receive an autographed Whitecaps FC banner.
Your donations will help people in our community who use the food bank, over a quarter of whom are children.
Last year ‘Caps fans raised 6,200 pounds of food, and the hope is to beat that amount this year. Purolator will also be donating 250 pounds of food for every corner kick taken during the match.
As part of its commitment to helping alleviate hunger in the communities where it operates, Purolator works closely with its teammates, customers and food banks across Canada to collect donations and help raise awareness about the issue of hunger in Canada. Since its inception in 2003, the Purolator Tackle Hunger program has helped deliver the equivalent of more than 6.5 million pounds of food to food banks across Canada.
The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society (“GVFBS”) is dedicated to empowering over 28,000 people weekly in the Lower Mainland by providing access to healthy food, education, and training, but requires the support of the community to accomplish their goal.
The match against the Seattle Sounders will be a big one so let’s make a difference on Saturday and show the community how much ‘Caps fans care! Follow the Greater Vancouver Food Bank on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
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2 edition of West of Plymouth found in the catalog.
West of Plymouth
Virginia Cole Trenholm
by Virginia Cole Trenholm
Published 1978 by s.n.] in [s.l .
Cole family.,
Selecman family.,
Bedford family.
Statement by Virginia Cole Trenholm.
LC Classifications CS71.C69 1978
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Launching a free-to-play game: Ladder vs. Trampoline
Posted on April 7, 2014 by Eric Benjamin Seufert
In my recent GDC presentation, I introduced the terms “Ladder launch” and “Trampoline launch” within the context of globally launching freemium mobile games on the App Store (and, implicitly, Google Play). I proposed these terms specifically for the presentation, but the concepts aren’t new: a ladder launch involves running profitable user acquisition at the per-unit level (ie. LTV > CPI) and a trampoline launch involves taking advantage of chart mechanics to make up for non-unit profitable acquisition with organic installs.
Both global launch strategies are predicated on the discovery of various baseline metrics (eg. Day 1, 3, 7 retention, rough global CPI and LTV levels) in a preceding soft launch. That is, without establishing rough estimates of key metrics in a soft launch, no global launch strategy is viable because by definition a global launch is not being pursued strategically (for background on soft launch methodology, see here).
A ladder launch is generally achieved by setting advertising bid prices to some level below estimated global LTV metrics and advertising at whatever scale that allows. This approach is profitable on a per-unit basis (ie. each ad conversion is achieved at a level below estimated LTV) and is so-named because the global user base will grow incrementally: instead of jumping immediately to a near-peak DAU level at the time of launch, the game’s user base will grow on a daily basis, with daily new users (DNU) acquired from advertising constrained by predicted LTV.
A trampoline launch is the opposite: the launch budget is set not to achieve per-user profitability but to reach a chart position that will offset the campaign’s loss (that is, the delta between LTV and CPI) with the organic installs garnered from chart visibility. While the ultimate goal of a trampoline launch – like a ladder launch – is profitability, profit is measured on a macro basis (eg. total spend vs. total expected LTV from the entire user base) as opposed to at the level of an individual campaign.
Both approaches have benefits and drawbacks:
The obvious detriment – and principal risk – of a trampoline launch is the unknowable exogenous factors that can impact a game’s ability to reach a top chart position that will offset campaign loss with organic installs. For instance, the unpredicted launch of a new game from a large studio can drastically affect CPM prices in key markets, meaning the cost of launching a game to a top 10 downloaded position in those markets on the App Store can balloon in a very short period of time.
Another problem with a trampoline launch is the degree of guesswork that goes into pricing it: the number of downloads needed to achieve a Top 10 rank (which is highly variable over time), the cost of a campaign of that size at a given point in time, LTV metrics in key markets during a massive advertising campaign, etc. These aspects of a launch are almost impossible to estimate with certainty.
The principal benefit of a trampoline launch is, obviously, the windfall in user base growth delivered by top downloaded chart visibility. But a secondary benefit that may not be as immediately obvious is the speeded up network effects and virality yielded by a large, up-front campaign. Because virality for a product “compounds” over time (that is, viral users beget more viral users), a product’s user base can grow faster and, ultimately, larger if a substantial campaign introduces many users in an abbreviated time frame than if that same number of users accumulated piecemeal.
This visualization depicts just how drastic virality’s impact on overall user base size can be if a large campaign grows a user base quickly:
The requirements for launching a freemium game with a trampoline launch are not trivial:
Enough of a marketing budget to successfully place a game at the top of the downloaded chart – with flexibility to scale spending up if a certain period of time proves to be competitive. If a trampoline launch doesn’t achieve chart visibility, the surplus spent on per-user acquisition above LTV accomplishes nothing;
The financial wherewithal to not recoup marketing investment for months. Because CPI is spent upfront but LTV is generated over many months (the life of a user), even if a trampoline launch is ultimately profitable, the initial marketing investment won’t be recouped quickly. Compare this to a ladder launch where marketing spend is generally reinvested from the product’s revenue;
The ability to conduct a rigorous market assessment to price the campaign. This is more considerable than it may seem at first blush: it requires an analyst’s time and access to data sources that small companies may not be able to justify purchasing.
Ultimately, the strategy chosen for a game’s launch depends heavily on the resources at the company’s disposal: the money to invest in upfront marketing and the money to invest in research and analysis. A trampoline launch isn’t objectively “better” than a ladder launch, it simply attempts to accomplish different goals: fast, early growth and a chart position subsidy.
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2 edition of The massacre of Glenco found in the catalog.
The massacre of Glenco
Being a true narrative of the barbarous murther of the Glenco-men, in the highlands of Scotland, by way of military execution, on the 13th of Feb. 1692. ...
Published 1703 by printed, and sold by B. Bragg in London .
Series Eighteenth century -- reel 2356, no. 6.
Contributions Ridpath, George, d. 1726.
Pagination 32p.
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Glencoe is a great book. The massacre of Glenco book It helps peel back the legends and expands on references to the massacre of Glencoe for anyone who knows or has an interest in Scottish history.
As mentioned, I was under the impression that it was mainly a clan feud. Being a member of Clan Donald I have heard of the Campbells and MacDonalds historical rivalry. Mr/5(42). The massacre of glencoe Lyrics: Oh cruel is the snow that sweeps Glencoe / And covers the grave o' Donald / And cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe / And murdered the house o' MacDonald / (chorus.
The Corries - Massacre Of Glencoe. Category Music; Show more Show less. Loading Autoplay When autoplay is enabled, a suggested. The Massacre of Glenco: being a true narrative of the barbarous murther of the Glenco-men, in the Highlands of Scotland, by way of military execution, on the 13th of Feb.
(Edinburgh: Re-printed for D. Webster, ), by George Ridpath and Charles Leslie (page images at HathiTrust) The massacre of Glencoe. 13th of February Massacre of Glencoe Lyrics: O cruel is the snow / The massacre of Glenco book sweeps glencoe / And covers the grave o donald / And cruel was the foe / That raped glencoe / And murderd the house of.
This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 Februarywhen the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the beginning of the destruction of the : John Prebble.
The Massacre of Glencoe (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Murt Ghlinne Comhann) took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 Februaryfollowing the Jacobite uprising of An estimated 30 members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces billeted with them, on the grounds they had not been prompt in pledging.
Glencoe massacre. The massacre, on 13 Februaryhas remained one of the most potent ‘myths’ in Scottish history. As part of the pacification of the Highlands after the collapse of the Jacobite rising of –90 a royal order required all clan chieftains to take an oath of allegiance to William and Mary.
commission. The massacre of Glencoe will for ever remain a foul blot on the memory of King William, but trebly so on the men who planned and carried it out.
The real moving spirits in the bloody drama were the Earl of Breadalbane, Secretary Stair. This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 Februarywhen the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe.
It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the. Full text of "The massacre of Glencoe and the Campbells of C20RGE GiLFiLLAN, the author of the paper on Glencoe given in this book, was born at Comrie inHe was ordained to the ministry of the U.P.
Church at Dundee inand died at Brechin in Glencoe and the Campbells of Glenlyon His hand was on the whett-ed knife That. The Massacre Of Glencoe (Jim McLean) Cruel is the snow that sweeps Glencoe And covers the grave o' Donald And cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe And murdered the House o' MacDonald.
They came in a blizzard, we offered them heat A roof o'er their heads, dry shoes for their feet We wined them and dined them, they ate o' our meat. GLENCOE MASSACRE Memorial Free access, Memorials A memorial in the form of a Celtic cross erected in the 19th century by Mrs Ellen Burns Macdonald in memory of McIan, chief of the Macdonalds of Glencoe, who was murdered with his people in the infamous Glen Coe massacre of.
The soldiers arrived at Glen Coe 12 days before the massacre, as friends, seeking shelter due to the fact that the fort was full. was outraged by the callousness of the massacre of Glen Coe. The valley has an angry--and tragic--history of its own: the Massacre of Glencoe.
On one foul, blizzardy night ina highland clan, the Campbells, betrayed another, the MacDonalds, and murdered them while they slept. The Massacre of Glencoe took place on 13 Februarywhen government troops slaughtered 38 members of the Clan MacDonald in their homes.
Some survivors managed to avoid the attack, as shown in the painting, and attempted to escape through the snow. This is a typical Scottish Victorian 'costume piece', or historical painting, of a shameful.
Upper Carnoch Memorial to the Massacre of Glencoe, sculpted by Macdonald of Aberdeen,a tapering Celtic cross soaring up from a rugged cairn near the. The Massacre of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic Mort Ghlinne Comhann) took place early in the morning of 13 February One of the most beautiful places in Scotland Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) takes its name from the River Coe that winds and tumbles its way through the glen.
It is hard for those who visit this area of great beauty today to think that it. OCLC Number: Notes: "This edition is limited to copies for sale and 30 for presentation and review"--Page [1].
Includes a reprint of the original title-page of the "Memoirs" (); Memoirs of the Lord Viscount Dundee, the Highland clans, and the massacre of Glenco, with an account of Dundee's officers after they went to France, by an Officer of the Army. The Massacre of Glencoe: 13th of February Being a Reprint of a Contemporary Account of that Ruthless Butchery Preview this book -Donald Mae-jan Majesty Majesty’s Man’s Massacre of Glenco Mercy Murther Murther’d Ofiicers Oflicer Parlia Parliament poor Presbyterian pretended Printed Proclamation Protestants Provo Publick put.
The Massacre On 1 Februarytwo companies of red-coated government soldiers (about men, of whom only around a dozen were Campbells) were sent to Glen Coe.
The commander of the government forces sent to Glen Coe was Captain Robert Campbell. He was 60 years old and through drink, bad decisions and loss of property arising from the Atholl.Misc.
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And cruel G was the foe that C raped Glenc G oe. And murder C ed the D house o' MacDonald G. Verse 1.The Massacre of Glencoe was an incident in Scotland induring the era of the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite ds of Scottish people were killed by the army for not properly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
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Meagan Morrison lives as boldly as she paints. With a background in both business and fashion, the New York-based illustrator has crafted a career centered on her three loves: art, travel and a good outfit. She tours the world with a sketchbook in hand, capturing scenes from the souks of Marrakech to the back alleys of Tokyo. Meagan has collaborated with industry-leading clients including Dior, DVF, Calvin Klein, Montblanc, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Adidas and too many more to name. She’s garnered glowing press from the New York Times to InStyle to Bravo because her vibrant illustration style is infectious.
The Toronto-born artist says she’s always felt called to create. Just before her 25th birthday Meagan decided to start a blog, drawing from her travels: Travel Write Draw was born. Today, her thriving creative studio moniker is committed to the celebration of the unique, bold, and colorful worlds of travel, fashion and art.
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Meagan’s a radiantly creative mind. Her artwork makes us want to travel the world with a paintbrush in hand. She’s an inspiration to find what you love, then put pen to paper and make it happen.
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How would you describe your design aesthetic?
I don’t know if I think about creativity, I just feel it. Some days I feel it more than others but it always comes back. I would say 90% of my creative projects, whether personal or commissioned, start with a destination. From there I have the lens to create from. I’ll start scouring the internet for imagery from that specific place to better understand the climate, traditions, color palettes... and I start to think about concepts to pair together to make something totally unique. I usually start sketching at this point and narrowing in on final concepts that I’ll render into a finished image.
Dance, photography, music, color, design—is there anything you don’t draw inspiration from?
Haha that’s a good question! I suppose if there is one thing I don’t draw from that would be negativity. My life motto is to always look for the positive in every situation, so even if I’m illustrating something that is inspired by conflict or heavier subject matter, it’s done in a way to inspire optimism and light.
Travel, write, draw—does it usually flow in this order for you?
Honestly, yes! When I originally came up with the name 10 years ago, I felt it sounded best in that order. Yet it really does reflect the process of osmosis I go through to create my art. After being on the ground exploring a new destination, writing and reflecting on the experience, and distilling over time what really impacted me, I’m able to create my art from there.
How would you describe the ‘Meagan Morrison’ aesthetic?
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AGA Rangemaster sees sales slip in tough market
Upmarket cooker and kitchen accessories firm AGA Rangemaster saw revenues slip slightly in 2012 and warned that a market upturn in the near future in unlikely as it continues to be affected by a subdued housing market.
The company said on Friday morning that it has decided not to pay a final dividend, compared with a 1.9p-a-share total payout in 2011, after coming to an agreement on funding with the trustee of the main pension scheme.
Revenues fell 2.5% from £250.9m to £244.6m last year as the firm saw "little respite to the long-running weakness of the consumer markets in which we operate". The weakening euro also had a negative affect on top-line growth.
On the other hand, the firm said that sales of AGA cookers, tiles from its Fired Earth shops and Marvel refrigerators in North America were showing "encouraging progress". Other investments and collaborations internationally - such as those in China - also provide a good base for "rapid expansion", AGA said.
In spite of falling sales and a flat core market, the company was able to grow its profit before tax from £7.5m to £8.4m over the year, helped by cost and efficiency programmes.
AGA said that sales in core UK markets are linked directly to the housing market and transaction levels are beginning to "edge up", helped by the government's focus on the sector. "However, current trading conditions continue to be flat.This means that our additional focus on strategic positioning in international markets is likely to prove crucial to delivering renewed momentum."
Net cash stood at just £5.5m at the end of 2012, copmared with £31.3m the year before, though this was mainly due to contributions into the pension scheme and scaling down the pension deficit.
Current tradingThe company's outlook on Friday was a touch gloomy, as it said that pressures on consumers have reduced the number of house moves and home-improvement initiatives.
"These factors have impacted our operations for some years, and we have to prepare for a continuation of the flat markets we have been seeing."
2013 so far has been characterised as a slow January and positive February, with a notable pick-up against last year seen in AGA Marvel in North America and for Fired Earth.
However, AGA orders are flat and Rangemaster orders have trended down ahead of the sales and marketing initiatives planned for this spring, the company said.
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Edge Resources announces rise in oil output
Edge Resources shares rose Wednesday after the company reported an increase in oil production at its Asset East licence in Western Canada.
In an update on the first well of the spring drilling programme in Asset East, the company said production increased to 90 barrels of oil per day (bopd) compared to the previous 60 bopd announced on April 2nd.
The well encountered 8.0 metres of net pay and is being tested to assist with the production of formation sand alongside the oil.
It achieved an average rate of 50 bopd during the first month of testing despite initial erratic production that is typical with CHOPS (cold heavy oil production with sand).
"We are delighted with the early stage production from this well," said President and Chief Executive Officer, Brad Nichol.
"Other than a couple of minor hiccups early on, we have not experienced many of the typical heavy influxes of sand that normally disrupt the initial few months of a typical CHOPS producer."
He added that the company made progress on the development plan for the three new, large oil pools discovered at Asset East, with detailed geophysical plans existing for 12 of the first 20 drilling locations.
"We look forward to the large drilling runway ahead of us in Asset East and believe there is a substantial resource to be developed."
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Exclusive: U.S. tells European companies they face sanctions risk on Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Jan 13, 2021 | Business, Economy, Europe, Top News, US
By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department this month told European companies which it suspects are helping to build Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they face a risk of sanctions, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday, as the outgoing Trump administration prepares a final round of punitive measures against the project.
The State Department reached out to companies after Jan. 1, alerting them to the new sanctions risk after the Senate overrode a Trump veto of a massive defense bill that contained punitive measures on the pipeline, the spokesperson said.
Reuters reported late on Tuesday that the department had contacted the companies. “We are trying to inform companies of the risk and urge them to pull out before it’s too late,” a U.S. government source said.
The U.S. source said the State Department is expected to issue a report by Thursday or Friday on companies it believes are helping the Russia-to-Germany pipeline. Companies that could be in the report include ones providing insurance, helping to lay the undersea pipeline, or verify the project’s construction equipment.
Zurich Insurance Group could be listed in the report, the source said. Zurich said it is “committed to fully comply with any applicable sanctions regulations.”
Nord Stream 2 did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The $11 billion pipeline, one of Russia’s most important projects in Europe, has sparked tensions between Washington and Moscow.
The Trump administration opposes Nord Stream 2, which would deprive Ukraine of lucrative transit fees, saying it would increase Russia’s economic and political leverage over Europe. The administration has also pushed exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas to Europe, a fuel that competes with pipelined gas from Russia.
The Kremlin says Nord Stream 2, led by state energy company Gazprom, is a commercial project. The pipeline will be completed despite pressure from the United States, Russia’s RIA news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on Wednesday.
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, also says the pipeline is simply commercial. It needs gas as it shuts coal and nuclear plants on environmental and safety concerns.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden opposed the project when he was vice president under Barack Obama. It is uncertain whether he would be willing to compromise on the project after Jan. 20 when he takes over.
Gazprom halted Nord Stream 2 construction for a year after U.S. sanctions in December 2019. But work has resumed as Gazprom hopes to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea to double the existing line’s capacity. The project is 90% completed with only a 62-mile (100-km) stretch in deep waters off Denmark left to complete.
Half of the funding of Nord Stream 2 is provided by Germany’s Uniper, BASF’s Wintershall, Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell, Austria’s <OMV OMVV.VI> and Engie.
A U.S. based industry source said German and other European companies received the inquiries from the Trump administration over the past several months, dating back to October, about their activities relating to Nord Stream 2.
The State Department asked the companies in October if they were involved with Nord Stream 2 and whether any work continued after July 15, and the value of any services or support, the industry source said.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on July 15 warned investors in Russia’s Nord Stream 2 and Turkstream pipelines they could face sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017.
On Jan. 1, the State Department reached out again with an urgent request, the industry source said, asking to set up a call that weekend with the Bureau of Energy Resources to discuss the details of the companies’ wind down activities.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Timothy Gardner; writing by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Kim Coghill and Richard Pullin)
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Steve Burton Featured in CBS Cares PSA For Upcoming Veteran's Day Special Episodes Of Y&R!
Courtesy/CBS
The Young and the Restless, will observe Veterans Day with two episodes featuring U.S. veterans, as well as a CBS Cares PSA that directs viewers to www.VA.gov, beginning on Monday, November 11th featuring Steve Burton (Dylan McAvoy) that raises awareness of education and employment for our U.S Veterans.
In these special Y&R episodes, Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) hosts a fundraiser to honor veterans, while also hoping to get closer to her long-lost son, Dylan McAvoy (Steve Burton), who recently completed a tour in Afghanistan. Nikki’s husband, Victor (Eric Braeden), announces a plan to have his company, Newman-Chancellor Enterprises, provide jobs for qualified U.S. veterans, letting people know that he values veterans as driven, goal-oriented employees and advising other employers to seek out these proven leaders.
Y&R invited 12 U.S. veterans from the Army, Navy and Marines and who served in World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf War and Iraq to participate in these memorable scenes, along with actors Peter Bergman and Sean Carrigan, who play veterans on the series. The show worked in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for authenticity purposes with this storyline.
Watch the CBS Cares PSA with Steve Burton after the jump! Then, let us know if you will be watching these very special Veteran’s Day episodes of The Young and the Restless?
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I feel Steve Burton /Dylan is very happy, pleased, with his decision to move on to Y&R in a roll that at the least has some depth and meaning to the character Dylan.. Steve Burton as Jason the hit man on GH was not very rewarding for him, a dead end.. Dylan has heart, problems, depth, a life.. Now that Dylan will be involved with the Newman’s as Nikki’s son, I see him doing very well on Y&R and that it is much better for him than being Jason, Sonny’s hit man.. As for Sam’s future, I love the newness… Read more »
Yes Dylan is doing something great for our VETS (sorry) I Mean SB
Time has/moved on for Sam Call (Kelly Monaco)
I love/ the chemistry between Michael Easton and Kelly Monaco!!!!!
If Ron or Frank can her a baby storyline, I’ll be estastic!!!
Frances Mendez
Steve burton is donig great things with this story. He brings life to this caricature.
Jason did have heart and he did show emotions. All Dylan does is mope around and is a flat out wuss. He’s boring as hell as Dylan. Sorry, but that’s my opinion. He’s better on GH as Jason.
Dullan is so boring.
But having said that, I don’t want steroid boy back in Port Charles. He ruined everything he touched.
Haha, very true. I have come to enjoy General Hospital with him not on it. They are doing just fine without him. The days that he’s on Y&R, I don’t really enjoy. I haven’t enjoyed one storyline of his yet, on the show. But, when he was on GH, I didn’t feel that way. It all comes down to this, where ever JFP goes, Steve goes.
So what is Steve Burton doing for the vets? A scripted PSA gosh I am so over this guy. Try Gary Sinise the actor who has the Lt. Dan Band for 10 years and has done non-stop help for our veterans building homes etc. Tell me has he been to one Veterans home to assist in their needs just another prop by him and that stupid woman he calls his friend.
OMG! GET OVER YOURSELVES!!!! This is about episode to honor our vets you make it about you and you angrier or him leaving Stupid GH. Move on already.
It’s not. It’s gonna be about him. Believe me, I lost whatever ounce of respect I had for Steve. We’re not making it about us. We’d be fine, if this were to honor the amazing men and women who fought for our country, believe me, I have nothing but the utmost respect for them. But, the bottom line is, this is just another way to prop Dylan which is beyond sad.
Laurie McRae
You bet I’ll be watching the special Veteran’s Day episodes of #YR…and not just because Dylan McAvoy is my favorite character (and Steve Burton my favorite actor) on Y&R. Kudos to Y&R & CBS Daytime for honoring our Veterans in this way and through characters like Dylan & Stitch & their storylines!
Kathy Hedrick
I completely agree Laurie
Nice to see YR doing something like this and good to know they went to Veterans Affairs to make sure they were doing things right. Look forward to seeing these episodes.
Looking much forward to it!
mary jonas
Well getting used to this character. Loved Jason but this one brings out a huge heart that was hid in GH. Love this story line and working with the V ETS well you ROCK! Anything that joins our Vets into a storyline is huge. Respect all the way. XO
Yes… will be watching! Love Steve Burton and loving him as Dylan! Miss him so much as Jason on GH!!! However I agree with the above posts… this is a better fit for him and a chance to be a different character. Happy to see CBS cares about Veterans and love that they are incorporating it into the show!!! Veterans deserve so much more… but this is a great start in the right direction!!! Soap fans care too!!!
As always, I’m happy that Y&R is at the forefront of something that needs national attention.
Steve Burton is doing great things with this story line. The emotions and heart he brings to this roll are amazing.
Yes, it’s great that Y&R is incorporating the War Vets into the storyline. However, it’s to prop Dylan even more. Which is sad.
I can’t wait. This will get a lot of national attention.
PatF
So I’m sure I’ll get hate for this, but do you think Phelps would be doing it if it wasn’t one more way to showcase Burton and his character? I mean c’mon.
I watch YR and will be thinking of my Uncle who served in Vietnam.
You won’t get any hate from me. I completely agree with you. This is all just to prop Dylan even more. Can’t wait till the day he leaves.
Thank you. If he had been introduced slowly like most new characters (especially how YR historically does so) instead of thrust into almost every story, (he interacts with more characters in less than a year than vets do), I think more long time fans may be a little more tolerant of this FOJ.
jaybird369
Jessica, honey, I AGREE!!!!! Forgive me for saying this, but this is not about Veteran’s Day. It’s MORE LIKE about that insufferable soap opera killing W-I-T-C-H Jill Farren Phelps giving her VERY BLAND AS HELL golden boy/lovesick puppy/soap opera pet Steve Burton YET MORE air time. OMG AND YIKES!!!!! How much more soap opera air time does that arrogant and conceited SB need?!?!? And, Jessica…YES…I, also, will be glad once SB is gone (along with that insufferable soap W-I-T-C-H JFP). ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!
Jessica, take care. XOXOXOXOXO
P~ who has the patience anymore because mine is tapped out for YR…It is to simply as perfectly put “to prop up” Steve because JFP needs to try give SB a Emmy nod you know…wink wink!
We need emoticons Michael, please…
It’s funny how hard it is to not associate actors with a role after so many years of playing a character. SB will always be Jason to me. He may be great in Y&R but someday if he returns to GH I will welcome home back. Of course I thought the same thing about Cliff left AMC too and we know how that ended up.
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Days of our Lives favorite, Kristian Alfonso (Ex-Hope) has joined Marilu Henner, Richard Harmon, Jennifer Laporte , and Evan Roderick in the cast of Lifetime’s four-movie V.C. Andrews event focused on the Landry family.
In V.C. Andrews’s All that Glitters and Hidden Jewel ( the 3rd and 4th installments) Alfonso will appear in the the Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28 editions, airing at 8 p.m. ET.
Courtesy/Lifetime
Kristian takes on the role of Gladys Tate, the mother of Ruby Landry’s childhood sweetheart who will move heaven and earth to keep the two apart.
The actress took to her Instagram to share the casting news and her upcoming appearances: “I’m so #happy #🎆 I can finally share this with #you all 🙂 @lifetimetv #vcandrews see #you also in #😉 #march . I hear there’s a #storm #coming ! #💃🏻 #😘”
Interestingly enough, and has previously announced, another daytime favorite Lauralee Bell (Christine, Y&R) will be featured in the first two films of the V.C. Andrews series on March 20 and 21st, Ruby and Pearls in the Mist.
It will be great to see Alfonso in a more, what appears to be, villainess turn! So, will you be checking out Kristian in her upcoming role? Comment below.
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Retro TV has been airing episodes of the classic NBC soap opera, The Doctors, and now along with The Locher Room are bringing another virtual cast chat reunion with some of the beloved stars of the series.
Make sure to tune-in today beginning at 3PM EST/Noon PST when Alan Locher welcomes, the one and only Kim Zimmer (Nola Dancy Aldrich), Nicholas Walker (Brad Huntington), Jada Rowland (Carolee Simpson Aldrich) and James Storm (Dr. Michael Powers). Click here to view
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If you want to check out old episodes of The Doctors check them out on Retro TV weekdays at 12 noon and at 7:30 p.m. EDT/PDT (see listings at www.myretrotv.com) and it streams online at 4 p.m. EDT weekdays at MyRetroTV.com and on the Retro TV Roku channel.
Episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series and exclusive interview content is available on-demand at WatchTheDoctors.com, Roku and App Stores.
So who was your favorite from The Doctors? Share your thoughts via the comment section below!
Noted character actor, Peter Mark Richman had died at the age of 93 as revealed by his publicist, Harlan Boll.
Richman died this morning at 10:00am on January 14, 2021 in Woodland Hills, California of natural Causes. ,
Peter was a pharmacist turned actor, who appeared in such films as “Black Orchid,” “The Strange One,” “Naked Gun 2 ” and “Friday the 13th Part 8.”
He also starred as Nick Cain in his own NBC series, “Cain’s Hundred,” and in over 500 TV guest star appearances on such shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits,” “Murder She Wrote,” “Fantasy Island,” and “Star Trek the Next Generation.”
Richman had recurring roles on “Three’s Company” (as the Reverend Snow) and “Beverly Hills 90210” as well as co-starring roles on series such as ABC’s “Dynasty” as attorney Andrew Laird. he also played CC Capwell for a time on Santa Barbara in 1984.
Mr. Richman is survived by his wife of 67 years, Helen Richman; five children, Howard Richman and his wife, Cherie, Kelly Lester and her husband, Loren, Lucas Richman and his wife, Debbie, Orien Richman and his wife, Alevé, and Roger Richman; as well as six grandchildren, Jenny, Lily, Max, Julia, Oliver and Danica.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, funeral services will be held privately and at the convenience of Mr. Richman’s family. Memorial contributions in honor of Mr. Richman can be made to the Motion Picture Television Fund (MPTF).
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:''For the Federation, see [[Federal Juclandia]]. For the predecessor states of Juclandia, see [[Juclandian Republics]].''
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|label15 = <small> - [[Monarchy of Juclandia|King]]</small>
|label15 = <small> - [[Head of State of Juclandia|Head of State]]</small>
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|label16 = <small> - [[Prime Minister of Juclandia|President of the Council of Ministers]]</small>
|data16 = <small>[[Gori Jucărescu]] ([[United Revolutionary Front (Juclandia)|FRU]])</small>
|label17 = <small> - [[Presidency of Juclandia|President of the Council of State]]</small>
|data17 = <small>[[Ovia Bogi]] ([[Popular Unity Front (Juclandia)|FUP]]) </small>
|data17 = <small>Adam Banici ([[Grey Area (Juclandia)|ZGR]]) </small>
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|data33 = <hr />'''<big> [http://juclandia.org Official website of Juclandia] </big>'''
'''Juclandia''' (<small>IPA:</small> [[w:IPA|[ˈʒuklandja]]]), also called the '''Juclandian Pragma''' or the '''Juclandian Republic''' ([[w:Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Republica Juclandeză''), is the first known [[micronation]] originating from [[w:Romania|Romania]] and a member state of the [[Federal Union of Juclandian Lands]], alongside [[Sabia and Verona]]. It is a landlocked country situated in the northern part of the [[w:Wallachian Plain|Wallachian Plain]], surrounded by the Romanian county of [[w:Prahova|Prahova]].
Claiming an area of 1,643 square meters and a population of 181, Juclandia is a medium-sized micronation. Its capital and largest city is [[Jucărești]], with about one hundred inhabitants. A unique aspect of Juclandia is its claiming of plush toys as citizens alongside humans.
Juclandia is a [[w:Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[w:Republic|republic]] with a [[w:Unitary state|unitary system]] of governance. Unlike most other countries, power in Juclandia is divided between a ''state power'' and a ''sovereign power''. The [[Great National Assembly]] is considered the ''sovereign power'' of Juclandia, and it has supreme authority over the Pragma (the nation). The ''state power'' is nominally held by the [[King of Juclandia]], but it is exercised by the Royal Government of Juclandia, made up of the [[Council of State (Juclandia)|Council of State]], [[Council of Ministers (Juclandia)|Council of Ministers]], and [[Council of Justice (Juclandia)|Council of Justice]]. The human population exercises political power through the [[Free State of Lenia]]. The country is divided into municipalities and communes, which currently do not enjoy a significant degree of devolution, as a result of the small size of the country.
Juclandia II is a [[w:Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[w:Republic|republic]] with a [[w:Unitary state|unitary system]] of governance. Unlike in most other countries, power in Juclandia is divided between a ''state power'' and a ''sovereign power''. The [[Great National Assembly]] is considered the ''sovereign power'' of Juclandia, and it has supreme authority over the Pragma (the nation). The ''state power'' is nominally held by the [[King of Juclandia]], but it is exercised by the Royal Government of Juclandia, made up of the [[Council of State (Juclandia)|Council of State]], the [[Council of Ministers (Juclandia)|Council of Ministers]], and the [[Council of Justice (Juclandia)|Council of Justice]]. The human population exercises political power through the [[Free State of Lenia]]. The country is divided into municipalities and communes, which currently do not enjoy a significant degree of devolution, as a result of the small size of the country.
The official foundation date of the Juclandia is 10 September 2001, a date around which the Country of Toys (the first name of Juclandia) was formed in the territories now comprising [[Jucărești]] and the northern part of [[Lenia]]. Juclandia in its current state emerged with the advent of significant reforms in [[2008]], beginning with a rename of the country and the draft of a unilateral '''Declaration of Independence''', adopted on 23 August 2008. Juclandia is currently a member of the [[GUM]] and the [[MicroFrancophonie]], and a former member of the [[EMCO]], the [[OAM]], and the [[IMTO]].
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===Legend===
The claimed predecessor state of Juclandia was the "Communist Republic of Romania",<ref>The Communist Republic of Romania is considered apocryphal, as no existing historical documents regarding it are known.</ref> founded in 1990 by a former member of the [[w:Romanian Communist Party|Romanian Communist Party]]<ref>The "founder" was a relative of [[Elena Iliescu]], and died in 2003.</ref> in response to the [[w:History of Romania#Transition to free market|new capitalist government]] of Romania. The state was disestablished in 1992, allegedly due to actions of the Romanian Police, who considered the new state a secessionist movement. After this, it is thought that an Arabian man arriving in the CR Romania and discovering the land's history founded the Great Socialist Arab Republic of Toys. The original owner of the land then came back and discovered that the land had been occupied, leading to the Arabian man leaving and resulting in the end of the GSART. The legend mentions that both CRR and GSART existed in the current Juclandian province of [[Cipimania]].<ref>Part of it, more than half being property of [[Elena Iliescu]].</ref>
In the summer of 2003, the President traveled to France, only to discover more of the world. Losing interest in the position of president, he resigned and with the help of [[Elena Iliescu]] and his friends at the time, he got [[Bestia Reformescu]], a plush animal, be elected the new President of the Country. The position of head of state became then a merely figurehead position, with the real power being held by [[Elena Iliescu]], which was no longer Prime Minister but the Governor of [[Cipimania]], and [[Ciprian of Juclandia|Ciprian]], who assumed the title of ''General Medical Doctor of Toys''. Gradually, as [[Elena Iliescu]] was getting older and older, and with Ciprian becoming more mature, he renounced those titles and returned as President of the Country of Toys in the summer of [[2005]].
[[Elena Iliescu]] died on the 10th of September [[2005]], right exactly on the birthday of [[Ciprian of Juclandia|Ciprian]]. The death came as a shock to the whole family, despite the fact that Elena Iliescu was ill and already was 93 years old. The President, visibly depressed by the death, lost again interest in the Country of Toys, and at one point intended to donate all his plush animals to an orphanage. In the autumn of [[2005]], the Country of Toys was being in a huge political crisis, risking to be abandoned and disbanded. Ciprian decided to keep the plush animals and the Country of Toys, as a memory of [[Elena Iliescu]], while his political ideas were going further to the left-wing spectrum. He started spreading left-wing ideas to his friends as well, and this finally resulted in a big political move in the Country of Toys.
[[Elena Iliescu]] died on the 10th of September [[2005]], exactly on the birthday of [[Ciprian of Juclandia|Ciprian]]. The death came as a shock to the whole family, despite the fact that Elena Iliescu was ill and already was 93 years old. The President, visibly depressed by the death, lost again interest in the Country of Toys, and at one point intended to donate all his plush animals to an orphanage. In the autumn of [[2005]], the Country of Toys was being in a huge political crisis, risking to be abandoned and disbanded. Ciprian decided to keep the plush animals and the Country of Toys, as a memory of [[Elena Iliescu]], while his political ideas were going further to the left-wing spectrum. He started spreading left-wing ideas to his friends as well, and this finally resulted in a big political move in the Country of Toys.
===Socialist era (before August 2008)===
In [[2006]], [[Gori Jucărescu]] arrived in the SDST. Gaining popularity on the political scene, he was named [[Prime Minister of Juclandia]] by President [[Ciprian of Juclandia]]. After two failed governments in less than 8 months, nobody expected the Government of Gori Jucărescu last more than 6 months. Nevertheless, when the work on a Constitution started in the summer of [[2006]], signs that the Jucărescu Cabinet would be a stable and strong one started to appear. At the same time, the government started making provisions for a more organised culture and economy, and made a plan for developing the agricultural output in Cipimania (after the death of [[Elena Iliescu]] in September 2005, the economy of Cipimania virtually crashed, and the agriculture got down with it). After the Constitution of [[2006]] passed in September, one year after the death of Iliescu, it was set to enter into force fully only on the 1st of January 2007, at the same time with [[w:Accession of Romania to the European Union|Romania's accession to the European Union]]. The name of the country was modified, with the mention "Toys" being replaced with the name of ''Romania'', thus formally the ''Socialist Democratic State of Romania''. In October [[2006]], the Parliament set up by the Constitution assembled for the first time, and a new government was chosen, with [[Gori Jucărescu]] serving again as Prime Minister. This move made some claim that the government did indeed last less than 6 months, as it was thought by most of the people. The Gori II Cabinet lasted until April [[2007]] (which coincided with the suspension of the [[w:President of Romania|President of Romania]]) and brought out more reforms than any other Cabinet since the 2001 foundation: it has seen the SDST transition to SDSR, it has presided over the implementation of the first economic policy and the currency of the country, the [[Juclandian leu|Leu]], it has successfully relaunched Cipimania's economy, it has started the path for the founding of certain educational and cultural institutions and it developed the transport infrastructure.
The first year of the country being surrounded by the [[w:European Union|European Union]] came with great economic prosperity that indirectly derived from [[w:Romania|Romania]], who was at the time considered the ''Economic Tiger of the European East''. [[2007]] was also the year the country started approaching more leftist policies, and the government tacitly claimed the Socialist Democratic State of Romania was the actual successor of the [[w:Communist Romania|Socialist Republic of Romania]]. Although not as politically stable as it was before [[Elena Iliescu]] died, the country started to flourish economically and politically: with formalised laws and a Constitution, the democracy started to actually made itself felt. It was also the year [[Cipimania]] started to be rebuilt after almost two years of remaining in nothing more than a ruin. But this also started with conflicts over who would hold the leadership in Cipimania, things that made the region be separated in East and West. While the West remained under the control of the central government in [[Jucărești]], the East became nothing more than a garden in [[w:Romania|Romania]]. The situation remained unchanged until the winter of 2009/2010, when a reconciliation was obtained and a reunified Cipimania was granted autonomous status within [[Juclandia]].
The first year of the country being surrounded by the [[w:European Union|European Union]] came with great economic prosperity that indirectly derived from [[w:Romania|Romania]], who was at the time considered the ''Economic Tiger of the European East''. [[2007]] was also the year the country started approaching more leftist policies, and the government tacitly claimed the Socialist Democratic State of Romania was the actual successor of the [[w:Communist Romania|Socialist Republic of Romania]]. Although not as politically stable as it was before [[Elena Iliescu]] died, the country started to flourish economically and politically: with formalised laws and a Constitution, the democracy started to actually made itself felt. It was also the year [[Cipimania]] started to be rebuilt after almost two years of remaining in nothing more than a ruin. But this also started with conflicts over who would hold the leadership in Cipimania, things that made the region be separated in East and West. While the West remained under the control of the central government in [[Jucărești]], the East became nothing more than a garden in [[w:Romania|Romania]]. The situation remained unchanged until the winter of 2009/2010, when a reconciliation was obtained and a reunified Cipimania was granted autonomous status within Juclandia.
[[2008]] came out as one of the most successful years, if not the most successful, in the history of [[Juclandia]]. The economic output was the greatest to be ever known since the [[2001]] foundation, and the politics started to be stable again. A period of distancing from Romania and Romanian customs also started. In July 2008, the government of [[Gori Jucărescu|Jucărescu]] realised that the country never formally declared independence from [[w:Romania|Romania]]. Only one week later, an official press release announced that a ceremony of presenting a Declaration of Independence was planned for 23th August 2008. In the month preceding the ceremony, the government started planning a new face for the Socialist Democratic State of Romania. The reform started with a new name for the country: after almost two weeks of searching for a name, at an assembly of human citizens in Cipimania, Adela I. presented the idea of renaming the country to ''Jucia'', coming from ''The land of toys''. The idea seemed ridiculous to some, but another two citizens find it inspiring and thus a final conclusion was reached with a unanimous decision: the new name of the country was going to be ''Juclandia''.
[[2008]] came out as one of the most successful years, if not the most successful, in the history of Juclandia. The economic output was the greatest to be ever known since the [[2001]] foundation, and the politics started to be stable again. A period of distancing from Romania and Romanian customs also started. In July 2008, the government of [[Gori Jucărescu|Jucărescu]] realised that the country never formally declared independence from [[w:Romania|Romania]]. Only one week later, an official press release announced that a ceremony of presenting a Declaration of Independence was planned for 23 August 2008. In the month preceding the ceremony, the government started planning a new face for the Socialist Democratic State of Romania. The reform started with a new name for the country: after almost two weeks of searching for a name, at an assembly of human citizens in Cipimania, Adela I. presented the idea of renaming the country to ''Jucia'', coming from ''The land of toys''. The idea seemed ridiculous to some, but another two citizens find it inspiring and thus a final conclusion was reached with a unanimous decision: the new name of the country was going to be ''Juclandia''.
===Socialist era (after August 2008)===
[[File:Juclandia.png|150px|thumb|right|The former Coat of Arms of Juclandia]]
[[File:Juclandia.png|150px|thumb|right|Coat of arms of Juclandia, from 2008 to 2012]]
On 23 August [[2008]], the Socialist Democratic State of Romania officially transitioned into the Socialist Republic of Juclandia. This was marked with protests of the opposition, which sought to remove any mention of ''socialism'' from the name and institutions of the new state. Nevertheless, the amended version of the Constitution yet again mentioned it, despite the [[Democratic Party (Juclandia)|Democratic Party]] members of the Assembly leaving in protest when the amendment was passed. The position of President was again vested into the person of [[Ciprian of Juclandia]], also head of state under the SDSR and SDST. In September [[2008]], the President named [[Gori Jucărescu]] in the office of Vice President of the Republic, and thus Jucărescu had to resign from his office as Prime Minister, ending his two years old rule as head of government. Shortly after, the [[Great National Assembly]] given confidence to Leopold Jucărescu for the formation of the Cabinet, which nominally had a minority in the parliamentary assembly, but ruled with an agreement with the Liberal Democratic Party, on the basis that the Government would name Bursuc Novac as Governor of the [[National Bank of Juclandia]]. The government's main activity was that of assuring a successful transition from SDSR to Juclandia, which sorted out to be more harder to implement than planned. For the next months after the transition, the official seal of the State and much of the symbols and infrastructure were still using the name "Socialist Democratic State of Romania".
The [[Juclandian general election, 2012|August election]], for the presidency and the [[Great National Assembly|Council of State]], is considered by public opinion to be the fairest election in history. [[Gori Jucărescu]] defeated [[Iepurica Democrescu]] and returned to the office of President for another one-year term. This way, the [[Presidency of Juclandia|presidential/vice-presidential pair]] of Gori and Pisica got into its third term. Meanwhile, the government continued the road to reform and adopted several bills in the [[Great National Assembly|Assembly of Deputies]], aimed at a better regulation of political parties, the creation of a freer market and the protection of the rule of law. The same year, overseas territories of [[Tianita]], in June, and [[Sabia and Verona]], in October, joined the Kingdom of Juclandia.
In [[2013]], [[Iepurica Democrescu]]'s coalition lost the [[Juclandian parliamentary election, 2013|parliamentary election]], and [[Teddy Populescu]] became Juclandia's first Communist [[Prime Minister of Juclandia|Prime Minister]], elected on a platform that vows the strengthening of Juclandia's cooperative system and the enhancement of the civil rights of the citizens.
In [[2013]],after the implementation of the running-mate presidential election system, Gori Jucărescu and Pisica Democrescu decided to compete as a pair in the August 2013 presidential election, and managed to defeat the Ovia Bogi/Bestia Reformescu pair and got its fourth term, while in December 2013 [[Iepurica Democrescu]]'s coalition lost the [[Juclandian parliamentary election, 2013|parliamentary election]], and [[Teddy Populescu]] became Juclandia's first Communist [[Prime Minister of Juclandia|Prime Minister]], elected on a platform that vows the strengthening of Juclandia's cooperative system and the enhancement of the civil rights of the citizens. In 2013 a political crisis also started in Juclandia, crisis which led to the dissolution of the traditional parties in 2014 and Juclandia's transition to the current party system. Later in 2014, at the 2014 presidential election, the Ovia Bogi/Coccolino Jucărescu pair defeated Gori Jucărescu and Pisica Democrescu, thus ending the Jucărescu Era.
==Government and politics==
===Great National Assembly===
{{Main|Great National Assembly}}
The Great National Assembly is the sole holder of sovereign power in Juclandia. It is made up of 159 members, corresponding to the entirety of Juclandia's national citizens. In this sense, the University of Jucărești Law School calls it the direct instrument through which the Juclandian people exercise their sovereignty. Before 2017, referendums were also a tool for citizens to exercise their sovereign power, but they were abolished by a constitutional revision. While it is traditionally considered that the Great National Assembly's legislatures coincide with those of the Council of State, the Great National Assembly is a permanent and perpetual structure that is not renewed, nor dissolved.
====Council of Ministers====
{{Main|Council of Ministers (Juclandia)}}
The Council of Ministers is the executive and Juclandia and manages current affairs of the nations, implementing policies and legislation adopted by the [[Great National Assembly]] It was first formed in 2001, when Juclandia was founded as the Country of Toys, and has been led during its existence by 12 prime-ministers who served in 20 cabinets. The executive body of the state is composed of the [[Prime Minister of Juclandia|Prime Minister]] and their [[Cabinet of Juclandia|Cabinet]]. The incumbent Council of Ministers is led by [[Gori Jucărescu]], leader of the [[United Revolutionary Front (Juclandia)|United Revolutionary Front]]
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The Council of Ministers is the executive and Juclandia and manages current affairs of the nations, implementing policies and legislation adopted by the [[Great National Assembly]] It was first formed in 2001, when Juclandia was founded as the Country of Toys, and has been led during its existence by 12 prime-ministers who served in 20 cabinets. The executive body of the state is composed of the [[Prime Minister of Juclandia|Prime Minister]] and their [[Cabinet of Juclandia|Cabinet]]. The incumbent Council of Ministers is led by [[Gori Jucărescu]], leader of the [[United Revolutionary Front (Juclandia)|United Revolutionary Front]].
|- bgcolor="C0C0E0"
! Office
! Name
! Party
! In office since
! Term end
|-bgcolor="efefef"
| Prime Minister
| [[Gori Jucărescu]]
| bgcolor=#C75B50|[[United Revolutionary Front (Juclandia)|FRU]]
| 1 January 2016
|rowspan=11| ''Incumbent''
| Deputy Prime Minister
| Roșioara Pramone
| bgcolor=#8F66B0|[[Popular Unity Front (Juclandia)|FUP]]
| Minister of Internal Affairs and Justice
| [[Bestia Reformescu]]
| Minister of Finance and Planning
| Ezis Comuneanu
| Minister of Economy and Commerce
| [[Teddy Populescu]]
| Minister of Health and Social Affairs
| Ursu Viselinschi
| Minister of Education, Culture and Sports
| [[Pisica Democrescu]]
| Minister of Civil Affairs and Communications
| [[Iepurica Democrescu]]
| Minister of Transports and Infrastructure
| Leo Libereanu
| bgcolor=#14BA51|[[Democratic Renewal Front (Juclandia)|FRD]]
| Minister of Environment, Tourism and Agriculture
| Semiluna Factos
===Head of state===
Until April [[2013]] Juclandia was rendered as a ''constitutional monarchy with an active monarch'', but after a constitutional amendment gave the President of Juclandia power over most of the King's prerogatives, it was thereafter considered a ''constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch''.
The Constitution of 2015 removed all references to a monarchy and explicitly mentions that the word ''King'' is just a title used to describe the Head of State. Some constitutional scholars of the University of Jucărești claim that this makes Juclandia a ''royal republic''. However, as the Head of State is still elected for life, the opinion of the government is that the country is still a monarchy.
The Constitution of 2015 removed all references to the monarchy and explicitly mentions that the word ''King'' is merely a title used to describe the Head of State. Some constitutional scholars at the University of Jucărești claim that this would make Juclandia a ''royal republic''. However, as the Head of State was still elected for life, the opinion of the government was that the country would still be a monarchy. In 2017, a constitutional amendment set the term of the King at eight years, effectively transforming Juclandia into a constitutional republic.
===Politics===
==Diplomacy==
{{Main|Foreign relations of Juclandia}}
Following years of strong isolationism, Juclandia first pursued a more open policy in the spring of 2009, when the country's first website was opened to public view, and the government's YouTube account was created. However, the then-government of Juclandia was not aware of the existence of any other micronational entity, and thus the country was unable to contact any hypothetical diplomatic partner. However, in the summer of 2010 the government found diplomatic partners in some other micronations in the YouTube sector, all of which have ceased to exist in due time. In the autumn of 2010, MicroWiki was discovered by the government. Shortly after, a law proposed in the [[Great National Assembly]] by Leon Jucărescu that provided for the opening of foreign relations with other nations was passed, and Juclandia's first official diplomatic relations were started in December 2010 with the now-defunct [[Corbonian Empire]].
[[File:FloralCounty.jpg|thumb|right|Flora meets fauna in Floral County]]
===Administrative divisions===
Before 2015, Juclandia was organised as a unitary devolved state and was divided into states and territories. While states enjoyed greater devolution, territories were directly governed by the central authorities. States could divide themselves in subdivisions of their own choice. Each state had its own head of state, head of government and legislative assembly.
Before the adoption of the Constitution of the 2015, Juclandia, while still a unitary state, was organised under the principles of devolution and was divided into states and territories, making the country a de facto federal state. While states enjoyed greater devolution and had their own legislative, executive and judicial authorities, territories were directly controlled by the central government. Each state and territory had its own head of government, while states also had their own head of state, either a "Prince", a "Duke" or a Governor. Territories had the King of Juclandia as their head of state.
However, this proved to be a poor choice of administrative organisation for such a small country, and a royal decree in 2014 abolished all local authorities, all subdivisions having merely ''de jure'' legal existence. In 2015, a new Constitution was adopted that divides Juclandia into communes and municipalities. Some of these fall under the administrative authority of an autonomous government, called the [[Lenia|Free State of Lenia]]. While it is constitutionally possible for local governments at commune and municipality level to exist, no subdivision currently has an active local authority. Public and local services are under the direct control of the government in all municipalities, apart from the ones which form the [[Lenia|Free State of Lenia]], whose government has the duty to take care of all aspects of governance in its respective territorial jurisdiction, apart from several issues such as foreign affairs, defense, border statute or administrative divisions.
While the territories were divided into communes, states were divided in subdivisions of their own choosing: for instance, the state of Jucărești was divided into communes, while the state of Culinar was divided into parishes. This government arrangement greatly complicated things and led to confusion as to what were the boundaries between the duties of the central government and the duties of the provincial governments. As a result, all the provincial and local governments were dissolved by a royal decree approved by the Great National Assembly in 2014, using the argument that Juclandia was ultimately a unitary state and the central government had ultimate authority over the territory of the country.
In 2015, the National Constituent Assembly decided that Juclandia would return to being a fully unitary state, divided into communes and municipalities. However, these would not have equal status: the Constitution states that by default the subdivisions do not enjoy any self-government, but can create local or municipal councils as a result of petitions and local referendums. As of 2018, no commune or municipality triggered these provisions, and as such the central government in Jucărești provides all public services in a centralised fashion.
There is also a degree of asymmetrical federalism, as the Constitution also creates the sui generis autonomous entity of the [[Lenia|Free State of Lenia]], which is a particular way of the constitutional framework to deal with the two kinds of citizens that Juclandia has: national (plush toys) and federal (humans). As such, Lenia is the government which belongs of the federal citizens, while officials in the central government are national citizens. The Head of State, the King, acts as a link between the federal and the national citizens. In this respect, some municipalities and communes fall under the administrative authority of Lenia, whose government has the duty to take care of all aspects of governance in its respective territorial jurisdiction, apart from issues such as foreign affairs, defence, borders or administrative divisions.
The municipalities in the region of Grădinari, while under the nominal authority of the government in Jucărești, are managed by the Lenian government, under an informal agreement.
'nat' denotes national citizens (plush toys), whereas 'fed' denotes federal citizens (humans). The 'fed' number denotes registered citizens, as federal citizens do not necessarily live or have their permanent residence in their respective municipalities.
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|+ style="text-align:center; background:#F2B1BC;"| '''Municipalities of Juclandia'''
|+ style="text-align:center; background:#F2B1BC;" |'''Municipalities of Juclandia'''
! class="unsortable"| Flag
! class="unsortable" |Flag
! class="unsortable"| Shield
! class="unsortable" |Coat of arms
! class="unsortable"|Municipality
! class="unsortable" |Municipality
! class="unsortable"|Municipality<br>code
! class="unsortable" |Municipality<br>code
! class="unsortable"|Communes
! class="unsortable" |Communes
! class="unsortable"|Region
! class="unsortable" |Region
! class="unsortable"|Population <br>(inh.)
! class="unsortable" |Population <br>(inh.)
! class="unsortable"|Area (est.)<br>(cm<sup>2</sup>)
! class="unsortable" |Area (est.)<br>(cm<sup>2</sup>)
! style="text-align: center;" rowspan=3| [[File:Flag of Jucaresti.png|100px]]
! rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |[[File:Flag of Jucaresti.png|100px]]
! style="text-align: center;" rowspan=3| [[File:CoA_Jucaresti.png|150px]]
! rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |[[File:CoA_Jucaresti.png|150px]]
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Municipality of</small><br>Jucăreşti
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Municipality of</small><br>Jucăreşti
| style="text-align: center;" | JC
| style="text-align: center;" |JC
| style="text-align: center;" | Arkudiopolis, Aqatic, Jucărești
| style="text-align: center;" |Arkudiopolis, Aqatic, Jucărești
| bgcolor=#FF8C87 style="text-align: center;" | Jucăreni
| bgcolor="#FF8C87" style="text-align: center;" |Jucăreni
| colpos = "6" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" | 116 nat<br>1 fed
| style="text-align: right;" colpos="6" rowpos="4" |116 nat<br>1 fed
| colpos = "7" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" | 490,000
| style="text-align: right;" colpos="7" rowpos="4" |490,000
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Municipality of</small><br>Culinar
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Municipality of</small><br>Culinar
| style="text-align: center;" | CL
| style="text-align: center;" |CL
| style="text-align: center;" | Culinar, Vestia
| style="text-align: center;" |Culinar, Vestia
| colpos = "6" rowpos = "3" style="text-align: right;" | 27 nat<br>1 fed
| style="text-align: right;" colpos="6" rowpos="3" |27 nat<br>1 fed
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Municipality of</small><br>Paradissi
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Municipality of</small><br>Paradissi
| style="text-align: center;" | PD
| style="text-align: center;" |PD
| style="text-align: center;" | Paradissi
| style="text-align: center;" |Paradissi
! style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2| N/A
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |N/A
! style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2| [[File:Arms of Floral.png|150px]]
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |[[File:Arms of Floral.png|150px]]
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Municipality of</small><br>Floral
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Municipality of</small><br>Floral
| style="text-align: center;" | FL
| style="text-align: center;" |FL
| style="text-align: center;" | Floral, Laitama
| style="text-align: center;" |Floral, Laitama
| bgcolor=#EEC120 style="text-align: center;" | Floral-Nisipești
| bgcolor="#EEC120" style="text-align: center;" |Floral-Nisipești
| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 4 nat<br>0 fed
| style="text-align: right;" colpos="6" |4 nat<br>0 fed
| colpos = "6" style="text-align: right;" | 1,030,000
| style="text-align: right;" colpos="6" |1,030,000
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Territory of</small><br>Nisipeşti
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Territory of</small><br>Nisipeşti
| style="text-align: center;" | NP
| style="text-align: center;" |NP
| style="text-align: center;" | Nisipești, Păsăreni
| style="text-align: center;" |Nisipești, Păsăreni
| style="text-align: right;" | 0 nat<br>0 fed
| style="text-align: right;" |0 nat<br>0 fed
| style="text-align: right;" | 430,000
| style="text-align: right;" |430,000
! style="text-align: center;" rowspan=3| [[File:Flag of Lenia.png|100px]]
! rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |[[File:Flag of Lenia.png|100px]]
! style="text-align: center;" rowspan=3| [[File:Coat of arms of Lenia.png|150px]]
! rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |[[File:Coat of arms of Lenia.png|150px]]
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Municipality of</small><br>Aquilonia
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Municipality of</small><br>Aquilonia
| style="text-align: center;" | AQ
| style="text-align: center;" |AQ
| style="text-align: center;" | Aquilonia, Roseville
| style="text-align: center;" |Aquilonia, Roseville
| bgcolor=#6495ED style="text-align: center;" | Lenia
| bgcolor="#6495ED" style="text-align: center;" |Lenia
| colpos = "6" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" | 0 nat<br>18 fed
| style="text-align: right;" colpos="6" rowpos="4" |0 nat<br>18 fed
| colpos = "7" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" |
| style="text-align: right;" colpos="7" rowpos="4" |
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Municipality of</small><br>Prasinia
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Municipality of</small><br>Prasinia
| style="text-align: center;" | PN
| style="text-align: center;" |PN
| style="text-align: center;" | Prasinia
| style="text-align: center;" |Prasinia
| colpos = "6" rowpos = "4" style="text-align: right;" | 0 nat<br>4 fed
| style="text-align: right;" colpos="6" rowpos="4" |0 nat<br>4 fed
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Municipality of</small><br>Petridava
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Municipality of</small><br>Petridava
| style="text-align: center;" | PT
| style="text-align: center;" |PT
| style="text-align: center;" | Drufodava, Petridava
| style="text-align: center;" |Drufodava, Petridava
! style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Flag of Gradinari.png|100px]]
! style="text-align: center;" |[[File:Flag of Gradinari.png|100px]]
! style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Coat of arms of Gradinari.png|150px]]
! style="text-align: center;" |[[File:Coat of arms of Gradinari.png|150px]]
! style="text-align: left;" | <small>Territory of</small><br>Grădinari
! style="text-align: left;" |<small>Territory of</small><br>Grădinari
| style="text-align: center;" | GD
| style="text-align: center;" |GD
| style="text-align: center;" | Cipimania, Aristidava, Droșca, Nyulton, Solca
| style="text-align: center;" |Cipimania, Aristidava, Droșca, Nyulton, Solca
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==Economy==
{{Main|Economy of Juclandia}}
[[File:Gradinari County.jpg|thumb|right|Agricultural sector of Gradinari County, part of Cipimania Region, in winter]]
For the Juclandians, a special transportation vehicle has been designed by the government back in [[2007]], generically called "Jukbuses" (Romanian: ''Jukbuze''). This vehicle serves as the only transportation mean for the internal Juclandian-only routes in Jucărești, Floral, Culinar, Paradissi and Câinești. A mini-railway system was also in place in Juclandia, in the state of [[Lenia]] (then called Cipimania), but it was decommissioned when the economic recession started in [[2008]] and it is no longer active.
The Juclandian Society for Transportation is the [[w:State-owned enterprise|state-owned enterprise]] which has a government monopoly on the transporation sector in [[Juclandia]], and thus it is the only operating company. The costs are subsidised by the state.
The Juclandian Society for Transportation is the [[w:State-owned enterprise|state-owned enterprise]] which has a government monopoly on the transporation sector in Juclandia, and thus it is the only operating company. The costs are subsidised by the state.
==Culture==
===National symbols and holidays===
The National Symbols of Juclandia are decided by the Constitution. Following it, the national symbols are:
*The National Flag
*The National Coat of Arms
====Football====
Football has been mainly played informally in Juclandia, but in August 2011, the National Football Association was founded, placed under the coordination of the Ministry of Health and Sports. With a state budget of JŁ7,500 per year, along with private investment of around JŁ20,000, football is an important economic activity in the country. There are two football leagues, each with 6 teams. The main football teams are:
*FC Royal Jucărești (owned by the Royal House)
*FC Flacăra (owned by the Truda co-op)
====List of newspapers====
*''Scânteia'' (government-run newspaper)
*''Juclandia literară'' (academic journal, run by the Royal Academy)
==External links==
*[http://juclandia.org Official website of Juclandia]
*[http://scanteiajc.wordpress.com Scânteia News Service]
*[http://telenot.wordpress.com Telenot News Agency]
==References and notes==
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Juclandia
Omnes in unum (All in one)
"Trei Culori" (YouTube)
Jucărești
Juclandian (ro: juclandez)
Official religion
Church of Juclandia
83% Juclandians
17% Romanians
Unitary direct democracy and constitutional republic
- Head of State
- President of the Council of Ministers
Gori Jucărescu (FRU)
- President of the Council of State
Adam Banici (ZGR)
- President of the Council of Justice
Moș Crăciun
Great National Assembly
- Independence Day
23 August 2008 (as Socialist Republic of Juclandia)
Area claimed
1,650 m2 (est.)
32 federal
Juclandian avo
EET (EEST)
This nation is a member of EMCO
Official website of Juclandia
Juclandia (IPA: [ˈʒuklandja]), also called the Juclandian Pragma or the Juclandian Republic (Romanian: Republica Juclandeză), is the first known micronation originating from Romania and a member state of the Federal Union of Juclandian Lands, alongside Sabia and Verona. It is a landlocked country situated in the northern part of the Wallachian Plain, surrounded by the Romanian county of Prahova.
Claiming an area of 1,643 square meters and a population of 181, Juclandia is a medium-sized micronation. Its capital and largest city is Jucărești, with about one hundred inhabitants. A unique aspect of Juclandia is its claiming of plush toys as citizens alongside humans.
Juclandia II is a parliamentary republic with a unitary system of governance. Unlike in most other countries, power in Juclandia is divided between a state power and a sovereign power. The Great National Assembly is considered the sovereign power of Juclandia, and it has supreme authority over the Pragma (the nation). The state power is nominally held by the King of Juclandia, but it is exercised by the Royal Government of Juclandia, made up of the Council of State, the Council of Ministers, and the Council of Justice. The human population exercises political power through the Free State of Lenia. The country is divided into municipalities and communes, which currently do not enjoy a significant degree of devolution, as a result of the small size of the country.
The official foundation date of the Juclandia is 10 September 2001, a date around which the Country of Toys (the first name of Juclandia) was formed in the territories now comprising Jucărești and the northern part of Lenia. Juclandia in its current state emerged with the advent of significant reforms in 2008, beginning with a rename of the country and the draft of a unilateral Declaration of Independence, adopted on 23 August 2008. Juclandia is currently a member of the GUM and the MicroFrancophonie, and a former member of the EMCO, the OAM, and the IMTO.
Juclandia in its current incarnation was officially known as the Kingdom of Juclandia from August 2010 to August 2017, and as the Socialist Republic of Juclandia from August 2008 to August 2010.
2.1 Legend
2.2 Foundation
2.3 First years
2.4 Socialist era (before August 2008)
2.5 Socialist era (after August 2008)
2.6 Monarchy
2.6.1 Transitional years
2.6.2 Gori Jucărescu Era
3.1 Great National Assembly
3.2 Royal Government
3.2.1 Council of Ministers
3.3 Head of state
3.4 Politics
3.4.1 Political parties
4 Law and order
5 Diplomacy
5.1 Recognized nations
7.2.1 Municipalities
8.3 Industry
9.1 National symbols and holidays
9.2.1 Football
10.1 Television and radio
10.2 Newspapers
10.2.1 List of newspapers
12 References and notes
The name Juclandia has its origins in the initial name of the country, "The Land of Toys" (Țara Jucăriilor). The particle "Juc-" comes from the Romanian word for "toy", jucărie, while "-landia" is a Germanic-inspired term for "country", "land".
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The claimed predecessor state of Juclandia was the "Communist Republic of Romania",[1] founded in 1990 by a former member of the Romanian Communist Party[2] in response to the new capitalist government of Romania. The state was disestablished in 1992, allegedly due to actions of the Romanian Police, who considered the new state a secessionist movement. After this, it is thought that an Arabian man arriving in the CR Romania and discovering the land's history founded the Great Socialist Arab Republic of Toys. The original owner of the land then came back and discovered that the land had been occupied, leading to the Arabian man leaving and resulting in the end of the GSART. The legend mentions that both CRR and GSART existed in the current Juclandian province of Cipimania.[3]
At the beginning of the 21st century, Ciprian was discovering politics and administration in the meetings with his grandmother, Elena Iliescu. The young man was being fascinated by the role of the government and its composition, and was also fascinated by geopolitics. Having a quite big number of plush animals, Ciprian decided to form a nation to be called the Country of Toys, ruled by a democratic council called The Assembly of the Elders. The political landscape evolved that year, reaching its zenith in September 2001, when a first Prime Minister was selected by Ciprian, who decided to call himself President of the Country of Toys on advice of Elena Iliescu. It is believed that the political stability of the nation happened because of the influence Elena Iliescu had on the President, which insisted that Ciprian shouldn't change the nation's name and the Prime Minister almost on a monthly basis, as he initially planned to. In the spring of 2002, the President decided to name Elena Iliescu Prime Minister of the Country, after months of Iliescu holding a de facto position of head of government. The country continued its existence albeit with a limited governmental role, as there was no official Parliament nor any other real institution but the Government. It is also believed that the country was influenced by the hobbies and interests of the President.
First years
For the next two years, stability secured the existence of the Country of Toys, which was at one point renamed to the State of Toys, but official documents do not show how much this name lasted, nor do they show if this was the last name of the nation before the Socialist era. A political party was founded on the idea that it would be the only party and it'd represent all possible ideologies, and thus it ended having the name the Communist Christian-Democratic Liberal Ecologist Party. The party never ceased to exist, and its current incarnation is the Socialist Christian-Democratic Party, which is as of 2013 the biggest party in Juclandia by seats in the Great National Assembly and has always hold influence in Juclandia's politics.
In the summer of 2003, the President traveled to France, only to discover more of the world. Losing interest in the position of president, he resigned and with the help of Elena Iliescu and his friends at the time, he got Bestia Reformescu, a plush animal, be elected the new President of the Country. The position of head of state became then a merely figurehead position, with the real power being held by Elena Iliescu, which was no longer Prime Minister but the Governor of Cipimania, and Ciprian, who assumed the title of General Medical Doctor of Toys. Gradually, as Elena Iliescu was getting older and older, and with Ciprian becoming more mature, he renounced those titles and returned as President of the Country of Toys in the summer of 2005.
Elena Iliescu died on the 10th of September 2005, exactly on the birthday of Ciprian. The death came as a shock to the whole family, despite the fact that Elena Iliescu was ill and already was 93 years old. The President, visibly depressed by the death, lost again interest in the Country of Toys, and at one point intended to donate all his plush animals to an orphanage. In the autumn of 2005, the Country of Toys was being in a huge political crisis, risking to be abandoned and disbanded. Ciprian decided to keep the plush animals and the Country of Toys, as a memory of Elena Iliescu, while his political ideas were going further to the left-wing spectrum. He started spreading left-wing ideas to his friends as well, and this finally resulted in a big political move in the Country of Toys.
Socialist era (before August 2008)
Finding itself in a crisis of identity in the autumn of 2005, after the death of Elena Iliescu, and with the human citizens moving further to the left after propaganda by Ciprian of Juclandia, the Country of Toys had its first big political reform since foundation. In November 2005, with Elena Iliescu being no longer in the material world for about two months, the President decided to assemble all his friends in the house of Elena Iliescu (that was, after her death, kept in a good condition by her family) and together declared the formation of the Socialist Democratic State of Toys from the ashes of the Country of Toys. In December 2005, a move deemed strange by everyone commenced: the President nominated Pisica Democrescu, right-wing politician and founder of the Democratic Party (only founded in October 2005), as Prime Minister of Juclandia. 2006 was considered a very politically unstable year for the nation, as Elena Iliescu was no longer there to moderate the President's wish for continous change. The instability was marked by the existence of 3 Prime Ministers in only one year: something considered very controversial, as it never happened before during the life of Elena Iliescu.
In 2006, Gori Jucărescu arrived in the SDST. Gaining popularity on the political scene, he was named Prime Minister of Juclandia by President Ciprian of Juclandia. After two failed governments in less than 8 months, nobody expected the Government of Gori Jucărescu last more than 6 months. Nevertheless, when the work on a Constitution started in the summer of 2006, signs that the Jucărescu Cabinet would be a stable and strong one started to appear. At the same time, the government started making provisions for a more organised culture and economy, and made a plan for developing the agricultural output in Cipimania (after the death of Elena Iliescu in September 2005, the economy of Cipimania virtually crashed, and the agriculture got down with it). After the Constitution of 2006 passed in September, one year after the death of Iliescu, it was set to enter into force fully only on the 1st of January 2007, at the same time with Romania's accession to the European Union. The name of the country was modified, with the mention "Toys" being replaced with the name of Romania, thus formally the Socialist Democratic State of Romania. In October 2006, the Parliament set up by the Constitution assembled for the first time, and a new government was chosen, with Gori Jucărescu serving again as Prime Minister. This move made some claim that the government did indeed last less than 6 months, as it was thought by most of the people. The Gori II Cabinet lasted until April 2007 (which coincided with the suspension of the President of Romania) and brought out more reforms than any other Cabinet since the 2001 foundation: it has seen the SDST transition to SDSR, it has presided over the implementation of the first economic policy and the currency of the country, the Leu, it has successfully relaunched Cipimania's economy, it has started the path for the founding of certain educational and cultural institutions and it developed the transport infrastructure.
The first year of the country being surrounded by the European Union came with great economic prosperity that indirectly derived from Romania, who was at the time considered the Economic Tiger of the European East. 2007 was also the year the country started approaching more leftist policies, and the government tacitly claimed the Socialist Democratic State of Romania was the actual successor of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Although not as politically stable as it was before Elena Iliescu died, the country started to flourish economically and politically: with formalised laws and a Constitution, the democracy started to actually made itself felt. It was also the year Cipimania started to be rebuilt after almost two years of remaining in nothing more than a ruin. But this also started with conflicts over who would hold the leadership in Cipimania, things that made the region be separated in East and West. While the West remained under the control of the central government in Jucărești, the East became nothing more than a garden in Romania. The situation remained unchanged until the winter of 2009/2010, when a reconciliation was obtained and a reunified Cipimania was granted autonomous status within Juclandia.
2008 came out as one of the most successful years, if not the most successful, in the history of Juclandia. The economic output was the greatest to be ever known since the 2001 foundation, and the politics started to be stable again. A period of distancing from Romania and Romanian customs also started. In July 2008, the government of Jucărescu realised that the country never formally declared independence from Romania. Only one week later, an official press release announced that a ceremony of presenting a Declaration of Independence was planned for 23 August 2008. In the month preceding the ceremony, the government started planning a new face for the Socialist Democratic State of Romania. The reform started with a new name for the country: after almost two weeks of searching for a name, at an assembly of human citizens in Cipimania, Adela I. presented the idea of renaming the country to Jucia, coming from The land of toys. The idea seemed ridiculous to some, but another two citizens find it inspiring and thus a final conclusion was reached with a unanimous decision: the new name of the country was going to be Juclandia.
Socialist era (after August 2008)
Coat of arms of Juclandia, from 2008 to 2012
On 23 August 2008, the Socialist Democratic State of Romania officially transitioned into the Socialist Republic of Juclandia. This was marked with protests of the opposition, which sought to remove any mention of socialism from the name and institutions of the new state. Nevertheless, the amended version of the Constitution yet again mentioned it, despite the Democratic Party members of the Assembly leaving in protest when the amendment was passed. The position of President was again vested into the person of Ciprian of Juclandia, also head of state under the SDSR and SDST. In September 2008, the President named Gori Jucărescu in the office of Vice President of the Republic, and thus Jucărescu had to resign from his office as Prime Minister, ending his two years old rule as head of government. Shortly after, the Great National Assembly given confidence to Leopold Jucărescu for the formation of the Cabinet, which nominally had a minority in the parliamentary assembly, but ruled with an agreement with the Liberal Democratic Party, on the basis that the Government would name Bursuc Novac as Governor of the National Bank of Juclandia. The government's main activity was that of assuring a successful transition from SDSR to Juclandia, which sorted out to be more harder to implement than planned. For the next months after the transition, the official seal of the State and much of the symbols and infrastructure were still using the name "Socialist Democratic State of Romania".
In March 2009, dissatisfied with the activity of the Leopold Cabinet, the Liberal Democratic Party withdrew its support for him and the government lost a confidence vote in the Great National Assembly. After days of negotiation, the President successfully managed to impose Bestia Reformescu as Prime Minister, with the support of the Socialist Christian-Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Ecologist Party. Reformescu's government started reforms shortly after receiving confidence from the Great National Assembly. A financial reform was started, along with a reform of the election system. The economic prosperity, though, was halted by the indirect implication of the economic problems in Romania and the drought that happened in the summer of 2009, which resulted in great economic losses for Cipimania. The Government focused instead on developing Jucărești, which went through a total modernisation stage that resulted in the construction of new buildings for the Government, the Great National Assembly and nevertheless for extensive blocks of apartments that assured a new immigration wave in Juclandia. The country's biggest shopping center, Unirea was also renovated starting January 2010 (and was re-opened in August that year). The government's activity in developing the infrastructure of the country assured Reformescu a high degree of popularity among the people, which resulted in two consecutive losses for the opposition in the Parliament: from 45% at the start of 2009 to 42.5% in August 2009 and 38% in February 2010.
The spring of 2010 brought a new political crisis in Juclandia, started by a conflict between President Ciprian of Juclandia, the government of Juclandia and the authorities in Cipimania. Since 2006, the Eastern part of the province hasn't been under the de facto control of the authorities in Jucărești, but instead has been controlled by a separatist government with proclaimed independence and then autonomy under a Romanian rule. In the spring of 2010, part of Eastern Cipimania was put again under the control of Juclandia, with the other part building a fence at the border with the Juclandian-controlled area. This resulted in a crisis which only ended in 2011, when a comprehensive agreement was signed that gave Cipimania a large degree of autonomy from the government in Jucărești in return for the whole region coming back under Juclandian rule, both de jure and de facto.
At the same time, a monarchic feeling was gaining influence in the Juclandian society. With the President already holding a title in pretense of King of the Juclandians, some political factions thought it'd be most appropiate to transform Juclandia into a monarchy. In May 2010 the Great National Assembly started discussing the proposed political reform, and in June the President resigned from his post, Gori Jucărescu taking over as Acting President from his position as Vice President. In July 2010 the Great National Assembly approved the constitutional amendment which transitioned Juclandia into a monarchy, and on 23 August 2010, exactly two years after the Declaration of Independence, Ciprian of Juclandia was coronated in Juclandia by the Patriarch as Ciprian, King of Juclandia.
Transitional years
As the monarchy was finally put in place, the thing it needed the most was stability. As the original republican Constitution was preserved (the monarchy being established by a constitutional amendment rather than a brand new basic law), most of its provisions were also of republican inspiration and a lot of things related to the normal functioning of a monarchy (such as succession and the clear powers of the monarch) were ambiguous or not mentioned at all. As the Liberals, by tradition supporters of the republic, have retired from the government, Bestia Reformescu made a grand coalition with the Democratic Party, which was sworn in by the new monarch a day after the coronation, on 24 August 2010. To avoid conflicts, the National Workers' Bloc and the Democratic Party signed an agreement on basic principles of governing the country, which brought great stability in the next months and helped the government focus on other things apart from politics.
The grand coalition cabinet of Bestia Reformescu started reforms right after it was sworn into power in August 2010. The first reform was to introduce a new currency, the Juclandian leu. Despite being reformed to Juclandia in 2008, the country continued to use the old currency of the Socialist Democratic State. With the leu introduced, the cabinet was able to continue the economic reforms by founding several companies in the secondary and tertiary sector of the economy. An initial unitary wage of JŁ100 was given to all citizens of Juclandia, for the first time in history. As governmental spendings increased, the economy developed and the importance of the local currency grew at the expense of the Romanian leu. More services for the ethnic Juclandians were implemented, and as such, traditional Juclandian provinces such as Jucărești, Culinar and Paradissi experienced an economic boom.
In November 2010 the government adopted a foreign policy that ended, for the first time, the isolation of Juclandia on the international stage. Various letters of greetings have been sent to member states of the United Nations and the country has also started being represented in the micronational community, such as MicroWiki. In January 2011 the country has signed the first mutual recognition treaties with foreign nations and has joined the Organisation of Active Micronations as a full member. With a quite fast ascendancy on the intermicronational stage, the head of state of Juclandia became Vice Secretary-General of the Organisation of Active Micronations in March 2011.
But as Juclandia was developing her foreign affairs, Reformescu started the plans for a brand new Constitution, so as to eliminate the republican-inspired Constitution that was in place, which had a great level of ambiguity. However, the ideas for the Constitution within the coalition were conflicting and the Democrats have decided to withdraw from the government in February 2011. As a response, the King of Juclandia dissolved the Great National Assembly and called for snap elections, but at the same time suspended the Constitution. Until the election, Reformescu moved away the attention of the electorate from more important things by founding the Football Society of Juclandia through a governmental decree, while he officially served just as caretaker Prime Minister. After the election, in March 2011, the left-wing have decreased their share of the votes but managed to form a government on their own, with the support of the Liberals and the Christian Democrats. They successfully drafted a new Constitution in a relatively short time, and in April 2011 it was approved in a referendum.
Gori Jucărescu Era
The left-wing government sworn into office in March 2011 increased spending by 75% and yet again changed the shape of the capital Jucărești. From a city dominated by socialist messages and murals, advertisements and company signs filled the streets of the city, as well as the streets of the rest of Jucăreni. It was considered a sign of economic prosperity and of a healthy market. However, Reformescu's government never endorsed private initiative and tried to suppress it. Instead, it subsidised cooperatives and collectives. These economic actions have brought economic advancement, but it is not known whether this prosperity would have been greater or would have not existed at all whether private, instead of collective initiative, would have been promoted.
At the same time, the government reformed the administrative divisions of the country and granted some degree of devolution to its constituent region, with Cipimania (now divided into the provinces of Lenia and Grădinari) getting a very high level of devolution, which created a discrepancy between it and the rest of Juclandia, which developed differently. After 23 August 2011 the government started a law reform, and got the Great National Assembly, with the approval of the King, to cancel all previous legislation and start a new one from beginning. The first three laws passed by the legislative assembly and proposed by the government was the Statute of the Government of Juclandia, the Law on National Economy and the Statute of the Royal Army of Juclandia. The last law finally brought into existence armed forces for the nation. In December 2011, general elections were organised for the first time on the planned date and were not postponed. The election concluded with a defeat of the left-wing parties.
On 28 January 2012, almost a month after the fifth legislature of the Great National Assembly convened, for the first time in history, a government which had no left-wing parties in it was given confidence by the Assembly after it has been nominated by the King. The government, led by Iepurica Democrescu, has promised economic and social reforms focused on the individual, rather on the collective. However, a radical change couldn't be possible, as a large part of the reforms of the left-wing government were irreversible. The center-right government has however started its own foreign, social and economic policies, even if they remained under the influence of previous left-wing reforms. Democrescu focused on law and order and strengthened the Royal Army of Juclandia by adding a fourth division and raising the number of soldiers by 30%. Another important reform in the first months of her term was the foundation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which increased transparency and created a direct communication link between citizens and the government, at the same time increasing the online presence of the government. Democrescu continued with economic reforms and founded several state-owned enterprises (the most important being ELCAP S.A., the utilities company) and reformed Juktelecom and Teleradio Juclandia. After the economy was considered stable, Democrescu, with the endorsement of the Monarch, started a debate on a constitutional revision. Due to the ambiguity of the original 2011 constitution, it could be amended in every possible way, as there was no explicit article on what may not be changed in the Constitution. Thus, the government decided to change the Constitution by a revision rather than making a new one, and that way there was no need for a Constituent Assembly. The debate ended in July 2012 and the Constitution raised from 27 to 133 articles, which defined most things related to the general organisation of the state. Along with this, a territorial reform was made and Juclandia was divided for the first time in provinces, administrative divisions with a high level of devolution. Some have argued that the country was going on the path of federalisation, but Democrescu has denied this. Another important modification was the establishment of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, the first judicial body of Juclandia. Before it, the justice was entirely controlled by the monarch. The Great National Assembly was transformed into a bicameral legislative and local legislatures were also formally sanctioned by the Constitution.
The August election, for the presidency and the Council of State, is considered by public opinion to be the fairest election in history. Gori Jucărescu defeated Iepurica Democrescu and returned to the office of President for another one-year term. This way, the presidential/vice-presidential pair of Gori and Pisica got into its third term. Meanwhile, the government continued the road to reform and adopted several bills in the Assembly of Deputies, aimed at a better regulation of political parties, the creation of a freer market and the protection of the rule of law. The same year, overseas territories of Tianita, in June, and Sabia and Verona, in October, joined the Kingdom of Juclandia.
In 2013,after the implementation of the running-mate presidential election system, Gori Jucărescu and Pisica Democrescu decided to compete as a pair in the August 2013 presidential election, and managed to defeat the Ovia Bogi/Bestia Reformescu pair and got its fourth term, while in December 2013 Iepurica Democrescu's coalition lost the parliamentary election, and Teddy Populescu became Juclandia's first Communist Prime Minister, elected on a platform that vows the strengthening of Juclandia's cooperative system and the enhancement of the civil rights of the citizens. In 2013 a political crisis also started in Juclandia, crisis which led to the dissolution of the traditional parties in 2014 and Juclandia's transition to the current party system. Later in 2014, at the 2014 presidential election, the Ovia Bogi/Coccolino Jucărescu pair defeated Gori Jucărescu and Pisica Democrescu, thus ending the Jucărescu Era.
The Crown Council of Juclandia, the advisory body to the king
Juclandia is a parliamentary republic whose head of state, despite its republican nature, bears the title of King of Juclandia. The constitutional system of Juclandia is divided between what is called 'the sovereign power', represented by the Great National Assembly, and the 'state power', represented by the Royal Government of Juclandia. The Royal Government of Juclandia exercises its power in the name of the King, but it is dependent on the Great National Assembly for confidence and supply. Administratively, Juclandia is a unitary state, in which the power of the local governments derives from the power of the central government. The King of Juclandia is elected for a term of eight years, which can be renewed. The current King, Ciprian, is exempted from this provision, which means that he serves as King for life.
The Royal Government of Juclandia, as 'state power' is made up of the Council of State, which serves as legislative power, the Council of Ministers, which serves as executive power, and the Council of Justice, which serves as judicial power.
The Constitution of Juclandia provides for a state under the rule of law in which the separation of powers is absolute.
In Juclandia, political pluralism is heavily emphasized on. There are currently three registered political parties and one political group for independent citizens.
Main article: Great National Assembly
Royal Government
Juclandia is a parliamentary democracy, in which the supreme state body is the Great National Assembly. It is comprised of 159 members, which form the entirety of Juclandia's national (non-human) citizenry, and as such it can be considered a direct democracy. However, it must respect the constitutional order and it cannot violate the rule of law imposed by the constitutional order.
The head of state is the King of Juclandia, and he is the nominal holder of state power. This power is however exercised by the Royal Government of Juclandia, which comprises the Council of Ministers, the executive power, the Council of State, a quasi-legislative power and the Council of Justice, the judicial power.
Main article: Council of Ministers (Juclandia)
The Council of Ministers is the executive and Juclandia and manages current affairs of the nations, implementing policies and legislation adopted by the Great National Assembly It was first formed in 2001, when Juclandia was founded as the Country of Toys, and has been led during its existence by 12 prime-ministers who served in 20 cabinets. The executive body of the state is composed of the Prime Minister and their Cabinet. The incumbent Council of Ministers is led by Gori Jucărescu, leader of the United Revolutionary Front.
Main article: King of Juclandia
The head of state of Juclandia bears the title of King of Juclandia and is the nominal holder of state power, which is exercised in their name by the Royal Government of Juclandia, the body that comprises the three branches of government. The title of the head of state does not change depending on the gender of the officeholder.
Until April 2013 Juclandia was rendered as a constitutional monarchy with an active monarch, but after a constitutional amendment gave the President of Juclandia power over most of the King's prerogatives, it was thereafter considered a constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch.
The Constitution of 2015 removed all references to the monarchy and explicitly mentions that the word King is merely a title used to describe the Head of State. Some constitutional scholars at the University of Jucărești claim that this would make Juclandia a royal republic. However, as the Head of State was still elected for life, the opinion of the government was that the country would still be a monarchy. In 2017, a constitutional amendment set the term of the King at eight years, effectively transforming Juclandia into a constitutional republic.
Main article: Political parties of Juclandia
Foundation Date
(Juclandian)
Popular Unity Front FUP / FRUNIP Ovia Bogi February 23, 2014 The Left purple
United Revolutionary Front FRU / FREVUN Gori Jucărescu June 3, 2013 The Right dark red
Democratic Renewal Front FRD / FREDEM Leo Libereanu August 8, 2012 The Centre green
The Grey Area ZGR / ZONA Kusch Niedlich June 11, 2018 Syncretic light gray
Union of Independent Citizens Independents N/A January 15, 2015 N/A light gray
The number of members is equal with the number of seats in the Great National Assembly.
Law enforcement and upkeep of public order in Juclandia is carried out by a branch of the Royal Army of Juclandia called the National Force (Forța Națională), which has a special status within the army and a different rank system. The National Force was formed in December 2014, under a system that involves cooperatives in local law enforcement. This system has been formalised by Juclandia's 2015 constitution.
Before the implementation of the current system, the Juclandian Royal Army had the unofficial duty to act as the country's police force. However, this was in fact largely not enforced, and public order was upkeeped by citizens' groups. An independent police force called the National Police was founded in 2009, but it was dissolved after two days due to its unsustainability.
Main article: Foreign relations of Juclandia
Following years of strong isolationism, Juclandia first pursued a more open policy in the spring of 2009, when the country's first website was opened to public view, and the government's YouTube account was created. However, the then-government of Juclandia was not aware of the existence of any other micronational entity, and thus the country was unable to contact any hypothetical diplomatic partner. However, in the summer of 2010 the government found diplomatic partners in some other micronations in the YouTube sector, all of which have ceased to exist in due time. In the autumn of 2010, MicroWiki was discovered by the government. Shortly after, a law proposed in the Great National Assembly by Leon Jucărescu that provided for the opening of foreign relations with other nations was passed, and Juclandia's first official diplomatic relations were started in December 2010 with the now-defunct Corbonian Empire.
Juclandia currently enjoys a vast system of diplomatic relations, while being a full member of the Grand Unified Micronational and of the European Micronational Culture Organisation. It espouses neutrality in any kinds of conflict as a national policy, and it promotes peaceful diplomatic relations with a guarantee of non-involvement in the internal affairs of the sovereign countries.
Recognized nations
Juclandia recognizes every nation that has signed a treaty of mutual recognition with the country.
Main article: Royal Army of Juclandia
The military of Juclandia consists of several divisions of terrestrial and aerial armed forces, grouped together into the Royal Army of Juclandia, formally called in official documents the Royal Juclandian Armed Forces. The purpose of the army is both for self-defence and for ceremonies, military parades playing a big role in the culture of Juclandia.
Floral County during summer.
With a surface area of 1,643 square meters, Juclandia is a medium-sized micronation. Juclandia has no mountains and is land-locked. Because of its position on the Romanian Plain, it is agriculturally well-developed, and has a wide diversity of flora and fauna.
Climate data for Kingdom of Juclandia (Floral County and parts of Cipimania Region)
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Climate data for Kingdom of Juclandia (Jucareni County and parts of Cipimania Region)
Source: Government of Juclandia
Flora meets fauna in Floral County
There is also a degree of asymmetrical federalism, as the Constitution also creates the sui generis autonomous entity of the Free State of Lenia, which is a particular way of the constitutional framework to deal with the two kinds of citizens that Juclandia has: national (plush toys) and federal (humans). As such, Lenia is the government which belongs of the federal citizens, while officials in the central government are national citizens. The Head of State, the King, acts as a link between the federal and the national citizens. In this respect, some municipalities and communes fall under the administrative authority of Lenia, whose government has the duty to take care of all aspects of governance in its respective territorial jurisdiction, apart from issues such as foreign affairs, defence, borders or administrative divisions.
Furthermore, Juclandia is divided into three historical regions: Jucăreni, Cipimania and Nisipești. Jucăreni is the home of the provincial citizens of Juclandia, the plush toys. Cipimania is an area comprising Lenia and Grădinari and is exclusively made up of humans, while Nisipești is not populated.
Municipalities of Juclandia
(inh.)
Area (est.)
(cm2)
Municipality of
Jucăreşti
JC Arkudiopolis, Aqatic, Jucărești Jucăreni 116 nat
1 fed 490,000
CL Culinar, Vestia Jucăreni 27 nat
PD Paradissi Jucăreni 12 nat
FL Floral, Laitama Floral-Nisipești 4 nat
0 fed 1,030,000
Territory of
Nisipeşti
NP Nisipești, Păsăreni Floral-Nisipești 0 nat
Aquilonia
AQ Aquilonia, Roseville Lenia 0 nat
18 fed
Prasinia
PN Prasinia Lenia 0 nat
4 fed
Petridava
PT Drufodava, Petridava Lenia 0 nat
Grădinari
GD Cipimania, Aristidava, Droșca, Nyulton, Solca N/A 0 nat
Main article: Economy of Juclandia
Agricultural sector of Gradinari County, part of Cipimania Region, in winter
Juclandia's economy is divided between the state sector, the co-operative sector and the private sector. The co-operative sector accounts for more than 70% of Juclandia's economy, and is relatively free from government intervention, the co-operative markets enjoying a very high degree of freedom and self-regulation. Juclandia's state sector comprises state-owned companies that operate public services on a for-profit basis. The private sector is limited and heavily regulated, being almost impossible to create a private non-co-operative company under the current rules.
While taxes have been abolished in 2015 and there is no minimum wage, government spending is funded by profits of the state-owned companies as well as voluntary co-operative contributions, decided upon by the co-operatives themselves on an yearly basis. Juclandia has a universal income of JŁ50 per month, as well as a subsidised system of basic food intake which accounts to JŁ150 per month.
Main article: Juclandian Leu
The Leu (J£) is the official currency of Juclandia. The Leu is widely used in the cultural regions of Jucăreni and Nisipești and in the province of Grădinari, though in Lenia the Romanian Leu is much more used than the JCL. The current sum of physical Juclandian lei in circulation is estimated at 30,000.
Juclandia's agriculture varies by area. The largest agricultural center is Cipimania, with production of vegetables, fruits, eggs, meat and seeds taking place, while in Floral County (Juclandia Region) there is an agricultural center that produces seeds, flowers, vegetables and fruits.
Juclandia exports only agricultural products, 2010's exports being situated at somewhere around €200 (approximately 5000 JCL), much fewer than 2009's, which were approximately €350.
Juclandia's industry is based on food and energy. The industrial centers are Jucaresti, Floral and South Cipimania, each of them having food enterprises. South Cipimania also produces electric energy through planned windmills and functioning solar systems.
The country is underdeveloped in terms of human transportation, especially due to its limited size, which makes it practically impossible to build reliable roads. The largest road in Juclandia is situated in the Territory of Grădinari, and has a length of 150 meters. In regards to Juclandian transportation, the States of Jucărești, Culinar and Floral have an extensive system, with daily and weekly schedules between the states. There is also a weekly route for Juclandians between the two Juclandian enclaves.
For the Juclandians, a special transportation vehicle has been designed by the government back in 2007, generically called "Jukbuses" (Romanian: Jukbuze). This vehicle serves as the only transportation mean for the internal Juclandian-only routes in Jucărești, Floral, Culinar, Paradissi and Câinești. A mini-railway system was also in place in Juclandia, in the state of Lenia (then called Cipimania), but it was decommissioned when the economic recession started in 2008 and it is no longer active.
The Juclandian Society for Transportation is the state-owned enterprise which has a government monopoly on the transporation sector in Juclandia, and thus it is the only operating company. The costs are subsidised by the state.
The culture of Juclandia is based on Western standards and liberal influences. Philosophy plays a major role in the country's cultural formation, and utilitarianism is a philosophical theory upon which Juclandia's political system and national culture are formed. The main cultural institutions of Juclandia are the Academy, the Church and the national cultural centre - CuArTZ.
National symbols and holidays
The National Flag
The National Coat of Arms
The Local/Dependencies Flags and/or Coats of Arms
The National Currency
The Royal Motto
In Juclandian culture, sport plays a very important role. The most popular sport is football, but sports like athletics, swimming and basket are also practiced. The Ministry of Health and Sports is committed to investing in sport venues for the population, and it also invests in recreational activities and professional football.
FC Royal Jucărești (owned by the Royal House)
FC Flacăra (owned by the Truda co-op)
FC Libra Jucărești (owned by Libra Spiti co-op)
FC Mercur Jucărești (owned by the Ministry of Industry)
FC Democrația (owned by the Briviba co-op)
FC Energia Culinar (owned by the National Bank of Juclandia)
FC Trinitas (owned by the Juclandian Orthodox Church)
Media in Juclandia.
The Constitution of Juclandia guarantees absolute freedom of speech and of press, and this is strongly enforced by the country's government. There are no legal or economic prerequisites in order to open a media outlet, and several co-operatives manage their own newspapers. While Juclandia's only printing house is state-owned, access to it is subsidised and supported by the government. There is only one international newspaper, the English version of the state-owned Scânteia, and only one broadcasting corporation, Teleradio Juclandia.
Television and radio
The public broadcaster of Juclandia, Teleradio Juclandia, manages one television station and one radio station. While the television station has irregular broadcasts and limited self-produced content, Radio Jucărești, the country's national public radio, broadcasts a daily service in Romanian and a monthly international service in English.
Originally, there were three television channels: Juclandia 1, Juclandia 2 and Juclandia Info. However, in 2015 Juclandia 2 and Info were disbanded due to financial issues, and Juclandia 1 was rebranded as "Télé" in June 2016.
As bureaucracy is minimal in regards to the foundation of a newspaper, print media in Juclandia is one of the most popular and most used means for the propagation of information. Currently, there are several news outlets, most of which are privately owned by co-operatives of journalists. There is one government-owned newspaper, Scânteia, that also has an online edition in English.
In Juclandia there is no daily newspaper, as they have been proven to be unsustainable in such a small country. The number of total issues printed by the media on a weekly basis ranges between 105 and 130.
List of newspapers
Scânteia (government-run newspaper)
Juclandia literară (academic journal, run by the Royal Academy)
Universul (quality newspaper run by Briviba Coop.)
Adevărul (quality newspaper run by Royal Coop.)
Timpul (tabloid run by Orizont Coop.)
Munca (editorials and op-eds, run by Truda Coop.)
Telenot News Agency
↑ The Communist Republic of Romania is considered apocryphal, as no existing historical documents regarding it are known.
↑ The "founder" was a relative of Elena Iliescu, and died in 2003.
↑ Part of it, more than half being property of Elena Iliescu.
V · T · E Juclandian Pragma
Juclandia is a member state of the Federal Union of Juclandian Lands
Council of Ministers • Council of State • Council of Justice • Foreign relations
King • President • Vice President • Prime Minister
Cluster • United Revolutionary Front • Democratic Renewal Front • Grey Area • Former: Liberals, Communists, Socialists, Conservatives, Christian Democrats
2008 • 2009 • 2010 • Feb 2011 • Dec 2011 • 2012 • 2013
Teleradio Juclandia
Juclandian leu • Bank of Juclandia
Landgrup (Landtelekom • Landpost • Landmedia)
Royal Army of Juclandia
National subdivisions
Jucăreni • Nisipești • Cipimania • Lenia (autonomous republic)
Jucărești • Culinar • Paradissi • Câinești • Păsăreni • Grădinari • Nisipești
Novolandia
Notable citizens
Ciprian • Elena Iliescu • Gori Jucărescu • Teddy Populescu • Pisica Democrescu • Bestia Reformescu • Iepurica Democrescu • Ovia Bogi
Timeline of Juclandian history • Juclandian Republics • Riots in Juclandia
V · T · E Federal Union of Juclandian Lands
Kingdom of Juclandia • Kingdom of Sabia and Verona
Council of Justice of Juclandia • Supreme Court of Sabia and Verona • LGBT rights (in Sabia and Verona)
Economy of Juclandia • Economy of Sabia and Verona
Royal Army of Juclandia • Military of Sabia and Verona
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Reaction 31
Equal The Score
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The Score is an American indie pop band formed in New York City in 2015. The group consists of Eddie Anthony (vocals, guitar) and Edan Dover (keyboard, producer). They were signed to Republic Records in 2015 after their song "Oh My Love" was featured in an advertising campaign for Asda supermarkets.
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Tag: Chamber Music
The Music of John Luther Adams
*Featuring a pre-concert talk with John Luther Adams*
Program will feature John Luther Adams’ Among Red Mountains for solo piano; Nunataks for solo piano; Red Arc/Blue Veil for piano and percussion; and Four Thousand Holes for piano, percussion, and electronics.
Kaufman Music Center Contemporary Music Festival
Students from Kaufman Music Center’s Lucy Moses School and Special Music School perform a program dedicated to international solo and chamber works written after 1966.
Gene & The Woodwinds
The Woodwind Music of Gene Pritsker
This is a general admission seated event in The Gallery at LPR
Composer Gene Pritsker presents a concert of his music for woodwinds; “I have worked with many great woodwind players and decided to produce a concert featuring some of theses amazing performers.” Five wind players and a poet will join Gene to perform solos, duos, chamber compositions, and music for winds and Samplestra (pre recorded electronics). The concert will feature: Michiyo Suzuki – bass clarinet, Keve Wilson – Oboe, Meighan Stoops – clarinet, Karen Bogardus – flute, Igor Begelman – clarinet, Paul Mills aka Poez – poet & narrator as well as Gene Pritsker on Guitar and as Di.J. Premieres include a setting of the poem ‘How Far 2 Zuccotti Park’ by Paul Mills aka Poez, with the poet narrating, as well as ‘Affections’ for flute and oboe and a new Choro for oboe and Di.J.. Gene & Michiyo will perform ‘Ineffably Still’ for bass clarinet and electric guitar from Gene’s new chamber album ‘Melodies Alone Can Proudly Carry Their Own Death.’
This concert is part of the Composers Now festival.
Minimum Age: 21+
Raúl De Nieves and Colin Self: The Fool
The Kitchen presents Raúl De Nieves and Colin Self‘s The Fool, a chamber opera scored in four acts for chorus and string ensemble. The Fool is an allegorical journey drawing an ante-narrative around time, beauty, communion, and mortality. The Fool is the spirit in search of experience. The Fool is both the beginning and the end, neither and otherwise, betwixt and between. The Fool is a story. Starring Colin Self as the Old Woman, Raúl De Nieves as The Fool and the Dog, Alexandra Drewchin as the Child, and Mehron Abdollmohammadi as the Mother. Organized by Matthew Lyons.
Raúl De Nieves and Colin Self: The Fool,
How is a Chamber Ensemble Like a Rock Band?
NOW Ensemble + San Fermin Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Merkin Hall
The imagined boundary between “art” or “Classical” music and “popular” music has been shifting over the past decade. Or perhaps a better word is dissolving, as musicians find themselves listening, working, and performing on both sides of this imaginary divide. Audiences, too, seem to embrace a greater variety of music than ever before, bringing the habits of practices of different musical cultures together. This sometimes awkward, sometimes exhilarating friendship between “Classical” and “popular” was especially felt in the second performance of the 2017 Ecstatic Music Festival when the NOW Ensemble, a chamber group dedicated to playing new music, met with the Brooklyn indie band San Fermin.
The pairing of these two ensembles may have seemed a natural fit for their members. Both of the composers in the groups studied composition at Yale, and both work with ensembles of unusual instrumentation. Moreover, as the host of the program, John Schaefer, pointed out, both groups seem to operate like rock bands, with members of the group writing new compositions or songs that draw on the individual strengths of the performers. And yet both are also like typical “Classical” ensembles, with pieces orchestrated in detail and parts given out to performers. Both ensembles play music written specifically for them, or directly by their members—typical of rock bands, but not at all the norm for “Classical” chamber ensembles.
The NOW Ensemble held down the concert, performing two original compositions in the first half, and then joining San Fermin in the second half for a collaborative work as well as familiar songs from that band’s catalogue. The NOW Ensemble is an eclectic group of instruments: flute (Andrew Rehrig), clarinet (Alicia Lee), electric guitar (Mark Dancigers), double bass (Logan Coale), and piano (Michael Mizrahi). Finding repertoire was a challenge and they tended to perform works for “open” instrumentation until they had commissioned or composed their own. Such was the case of the opening number, “Dreamfall” (2013) by the group’s electric guitarist, Mark Dancigers and the title track their newest recording. The piece is in three movements: the first movement seems to convey the descent into sleep with slow falling motion in a pointillistic texture, followed by some nostalgic cadential figures (are we falling asleep in front of the TV?) The second movement conveyed more anxiety through tight dissonances between the flute and clarinet and rapidly repeated notes especially on the electric guitar. The last movement returns somewhat to the sonic space of the opening with that pointillism achieved by isolated pitches played by the instruments at wide distances, though not extremes, of register; rich piano chords, arpeggiated with the flute echoing the highest pitch of the chord suggest a sort of calling out into the distance. The work ends with big stately piano chords punctuating a repeated “chugging” rhythm in the guitar and long sustained pitches in the woodwinds. If we have awoken from this dream, is has been a slow process, not a sudden awakening, and we bask in the warm glow of this pleasant sound world.
Ellis Ludwig-Leon, composer for San Fermin, offered the NOW Ensemble a new work titled “Simple Machine” which had its world premiere in this performance. The “machine” of this piece seemed to be small repeated patterns, almost little melodic circles, limited in pitch and interlocking among the instruments in syncopations reminiscent of Gamelan so that a single pitch could be enlivened by being heard by different instruments in different short rhythms. The machine seems to lose momentum as the clarinet repeats a pattern against a very low grinding double bass note, before flourishes in the flute suggest that the piece will take off again. Instead, gentle repeated arpeggiated chords in the piano bring the piece to an end.
Mark Dancigers “Gulf” (World Premier 2017) was written for this encounter between the two ensembles and inspired, according to the composer, by the view he has in Florida where is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Composition at the New College of Florida in Sarasota. http://dancigers.com/about
The work seems to evoke the clear waters of the gulf, with a shimmering surface on top of larger more static sounds and undulating, repeated patterns in the guitars that invoke waves. The piece opens with rhythmic strumming, not out of place in any “indie” song today, layered over with the flute playing short repeated punctuations and long wistful tones in the clarinet that are then taken up by the violin. The piece, like others on the program, has the feeling of general harmonic stasis—there is no strong pull anywhere harmonically, which creates a sense of ease. On top of this, punctuated remarks by the trumpet, saxophone, flute, and clarinet suggest busyness, but nothing threatening. Harmonic changes happen through juxtaposition: a move from one sonic “shade” to another, perhaps the way the color of the water might change suddenly when a cloud passes in front of the sun. Textural changes take place over time, lending an organic feel to the work. Repeated notes are passed around the ensemble, slowly building a simple melodic motion that is overlapped to be thicker and then varied slightly as it grows to include the basic patterns decorated.
The concert closed with San Fermin performing a single from their most recent recording (Belong, to be released in April) as well as songs from their previous two studio albums, Jackrabbit (2015) and their self-titled debut album from 2013. Their music is rich in timbral variety, which the NOW Ensemble expanded in this performance, helping the performance come close to the thickness of the studio recording. Vocalist Charlene Kaye seemed uncomfortable to be performing in a concert hall setting with the audience seated and attentive, and yet completely still. For “Jackrabbit”, the group’s infectiously lively title track from their last album, she instructed the audience to get up and move—not an easy demand for the audience in the narrow rows of the concert hall, but gamely attempted by all.
While the two ensembles may move freely between the worlds of classical and popular music, it seems that audiences do not. The applause between movements of “Dreamfall” may have met with chagrin by the classical audience, in the same way that the silent and stiffly seated audience seemed antithetical to the festival and club-going group that came out to hear San Fermin. The opportunity for audiences to mix is perhaps one of the most valuable opportunities that the Ecstatic Festival provides each year.
John Schaefer with San Fermin and the NOW Ensemble
This concert was recorded by WQXR for on-demand streaming at their new music website Q2. You can download it or stream the whole performance or individual pieces by visiting http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/listen-live-san-fermin-now-ensemble/
San Fermin was founded in 2013 by composer and composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone and includes vocalists Charlene Kaye and Allen Tate, trumpet John Brandon, saxophone Stephen Chen, violin Rebekah Durham, drums Michael Hanf, guitar Tyler McDiarmid and Aki Ishiguro.
Ecstatic Music Festival http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/series/ecstatic-music-festival/ is underway now through early May at the Kaufman Center. The Festival seeks to bring diverse musicians together for a thoroughly original collaborative concert.
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A New York Times columnist writes Americans are so “dumbed-down” that they don’t know that Russia “invaded” Ukraine two years ago, but that “invasion” was mostly in the minds of Times editors and other propagandists, says Robert Parry.
In a column mocking the political ignorance of the “dumbed-down” American people and lamenting the death of “objective fact,” New York Times columnist Timothy Egan shows why so many Americans have lost faith in the supposedly just-the-facts-ma’am mainstream media.
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Multi-State Tax Issues: Evolving State Standards Require Careful Attention
Joel B. Hundelt
Among the COVID-19 challenges facing businesses today, state and local income taxation has gained further attention with remote workers. As states continue to release guidance on how they will approach telecommuting, we will continue to keep you informed. This is also a time to revisit sales apportionment to ensure you are both compliant with ever-changing rules, and taking advantage of differing sales factoring methods.
One consequence of the long-term shift toward service-based economy is how states determine the corporate income tax, sales tax, and employee payroll withholding requirements for companies that are active in multiple states. The lack of a consistent nationwide approach can create complexities for companies that have facilities, sales, or personnel in multiple jurisdictions.
Further, the rise in telecommuting during COVID-19 has focused additional attention on the issue. So far, only a handful of states have issued specific guidance regarding the tax questions that arise when a company’s employees work remotely from other states. Telecommuting employees can create income tax, sales tax, and payroll withholding issues for their employers.
Nexus—The Basic Question
The term “nexus” is used to describe a situation in which a business’s presence or activities in a state make it subject to that state’s tax laws. In the past, the most common factor for determining nexus was a company’s physical presence in a state. States were generally prohibited from imposing tax requirements on a company that was based out of state, even if the company sold its products within the state.
As online sales grew, many states began asserting that physical presence is not the only way to establish nexus. In several court cases they argued successfully that nexus could also be established if a company has a significant economic presence in a state, regardless of whether it has physical facilities there.
Moreover, the shift to a service-based economy has generated even more fundamental changes. In many instances, the nexus standard is that states apply to the sale of tangible, physical products are different from those they use to determine nexus for service-oriented businesses.
As a result, determining nexus has become more complicated. Not only do today’s rules vary from one state to another, they also may vary within a state, depending on the type of tax being collected. For instance, the nexus rules for requiring a company to collect sales taxes may differ from those used in determining if a state has income tax liability.
Apportionment—Who Gets What
In addition to how they determine nexus, states are also changing how they determine what portion of a service-based business’s taxable income should be subject to corporate income tax. Historically, states used what was known as the cost-of-performance method, in which taxable income was apportioned to the state where the company performed the majority of its income-producing activity.
As the basis of the economy shifted toward the sale of services, many states began developing new apportionment formulas that would enable them to tax out-of-state service providers for sales within their borders. These new approaches, known as market-based sourcing, allocate taxable income—and the company’s relevant tax obligations—to the state in which the benefit is received, or the service is used; rather than the state in which the value was created.
Further complicating things, states use different methods to evaluate how taxable income is apportioned. Some states use a three-factor method, which considers a company’s sales, payroll, and physical assets – but most are now moving toward a single-sales-factor approach, which apportions taxable income based solely on sales.
The Search for Consistency
The intergovernmental Multi-state Tax Commission has been working to promote uniformity across the various states, and has gained widespread acceptance on general concepts of market-based sourcing and single-sales-factor apportionment. Nevertheless, many variations continue, and full consistency—if it ever occurs—is likely to be years away.
This means that, for the foreseeable future, properly sourcing taxable income from the sale of services will continue to be a challenge for taxpayers. Any service business with sales, facilities, or personnel in multiple states must be prepared to analyze its sales using several approaches, and then determine which approach is appropriate for each jurisdiction in which it has nexus.
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Launching in Bristol in April 2021, set in the two woodland sites of Blaise Castle dairy and Leigh Woods barn, the Human Nature Project will provide members of the public with free access to a rolling timetable of seven different two-hour workshops.
Each workshop will have two components:
Forest therapy, a set of mindful-based nature connection practises. These practises are adapted from the Japanese practise of Shinrin-yoku, or ‘forest bathing’ which harnesses the mood-promoting, anti-inflammatory and immunity boosting benefits of exposure to biochemical compounds released by trees. Benefits which are supported by medical research findings.
Psycho-education, delivered in the format of group discussion, presentation, pair-work and exercises exploring one of seven themes pertaining to psychological well-being, drawing on research findings from multi-disciplinary fields.
Participants will action-plan ways in which the experience of nature connection and the themes that they have explored can be practically applied to their day-to-day lives after taking part.
The project’s aim is that by exploring the seven ‘c’s of confidence, character, creativity, curiosity, choice, centredness and connection in natural settings, people will become motivated to invest in their own wellbeing and experience both an enhanced sense of mental health and custodianship over nature.
The project will be delivered by a small staff team of three qualified psychotherapists and forest therapy guides, with the support of trained volunteers and professional health researchers who will capture its impacts in terms of health, social and environmental gains, as well as cost-saving outcomes.
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Google has bought the entire 12-year power production from a yet-to-be-built Norwegian wind power farm to supply its European data centers with renewable energy, its developers said on Thursday.
Norway’s Zephyr and Norsk Vind Energi said the 160-megawatt capacity onshore Tellenes wind power farm south of Stavanger is expected to be fully operational in late 2017, and when built it would become the largest wind power farm in the Nordic country.
“Google has been carbon-neutral since 2007 and we are committed to powering 100 percent of our operations with renewable energy sources,” said Marc Oman, EU Energy Lead, Google Global Infrastructure.
“Today’s announcement, Google’s first wind power deal in Norway and the largest to date in Europe, is an important step towards that commitment,” he added.
Funds managed by BlackRock (BLK.N), the world’s largest asset manager, will provide equity financing for the project, the developers said in a statement.
The value of the deal was not disclosed.
(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Terje Solsvik)
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January Question of the Month
Discussion published by Jesse George-Nichol on Friday, January 8, 2021
Welcome to our Question of the Month series, which we hope will launch robust discussions about research, pedagogy, and practice in the study of women and gender in the U.S. South. We also hope that subscribers from all backgrounds and at all stages of their careers will share ideas, insights, questions, and resources--just click the 'Post a Reply' button to join the conversation!
This month we continue our series inspired by the recently published book Sisterly Networks: Fifty Years of Southern Women's Histories, edited by Catherine Clinton.
In her essay "Can the Sistas Get Some History, Too?" Cherisse Jones-Branch argues that we must "allot [Southern black women] their proper place in the historical narrative by generating studies that center on their experiences." To do this, she urges historians to "boldly, aggressively, and creatively question how we research Southern black women's lives." Which historians are successfully answering this call, and how can we, as historians, pursue the same goals in our own work?
If you have any questions or comments about the series or have any suggestions for our next Question of the Month, please email H-SAWH editor Jesse George-Nichol (jesse.george.nichol@gmail.com). This series will also post to H-SAWH's Twitter feed at @HNetSAWH.
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Cynthia Patterson
The publications of the Black Protestant press represent one under-utilized source for the intellectual and cultural history of Black women in the South, likely due to lack of access, as most religious periodicals have not been fully digitized. My current book project examines the contributions of women to the A.M.E. Church Review, the quarterly publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, from 1884 to 1924. One of the key chapters treats a long-running (1903-1912) travel column in the Review, authored by a woman, E. Marie Carter, who traveled extensively through the South via steamship, rail, and horse-drawn conveyance Her columns prove a stark contrast to the travel narratives of Ida B. Wells and Anna Julia Cooper. A portion of this chapter is scheduled for publication in the Spring 2021 issue of the Journal of African American History. A second article, specifically focusing on travel throughout Florida, is under consideration at the Journal of Florida Studies.
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Video: Volkswagen ID.R sets record time up Tianmen Mountain Big Gate Road
By Loz Blain
Video: Volkswagen ID.R sets re...
Volkswagen's spectacular ID.R on the even more spectacular Tianmen Shan Big Gate Road
Volkswagen's barnstorming electric race car has set a new benchmark for the 99 turns leading up to Heaven's Gate in China. With Pikes Peak hero Romain Dumas at the wheel, the ID.R ascended this stunning and treacherous road in 7 minutes, 38.585 seconds.
So now we know what a good time looks like for the incredible Tianmen Shan Big Gate Road, which has begun featuring in a few fun promotional videos of late. It's a stunning piece of engineering that loops around, over and through the near-vertical limestone protrusions towering over Zhangjiajie in Hunan, China. We don't think it's much of an exaggeration to call it one of the most spectacular roads in the world – and it's a pretty hairy drive, as well, with tourist bus drivers reporting their passengers often scream like they're on a roller coaster.
Romain Dumas was probably going a bit quicker than a tourist bus driver as he set the first official record time on this road. It's almost a bit of a pity that the first record has been set by the ID.R. The 99 turns of Heaven's Gate is such a staggering part of the world that we're low-key hoping it becomes another Pikes Peak or Nurburgring where auto manufacturers go to set definitive times and rank themselves against each other. But the ID.R is already so brutally fast, cornering at up to 3.5G and blitzing time trial records wherever it goes, that it's hard to imagine who's going to bother coming out and trying to break this record anytime soon.
So the video below might be the last we see out of the area for a little while. And that's a pity, because while it's a very good video, we can't help thinking it could be done better. Then again, some places are just so spectacular that no video can do them justice. Check it out.
One record. Like no other. #challengeacceptID
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Loz has been one of our most versatile contributors since 2007. Joining the team as a motorcycle specialist, he has since covered everything from medical technology to aeronautics, music gear and historical artefacts. Since 2010 he's branched out into photography, video and audio production.
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The hunt for spacesuit materials that can resist destructive lunar dust
By David Szondy
The hunt for spacesuit materia...
Lunar dust covering the spacesuit of an Apollo 17 astronaut
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An ESA initiative is working with French engineering company Comex, the German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research, and the Austrian Space Forum to look for new combinations of materials to create spacesuits and other equipment that are more resistant to the destructive and corrosive effects of lunar dust.
One of the greatest challenges that future astronauts will face when they return to the Moon is the talcum-like lunar regolith, which covers most of the surface. The result of millions of years of micrometeorite impacts and solar radiation, this finely ground dust is very different from its terrestrial counterpart.
Where Earth dust is subject to erosion, which smooths the particles down, lunar dust particles are razor-sharp and abrasive. Worse, it carries a static electric charge that makes it stick to almost anything and it has some unpleasant chemical properties. The result is a dust that the Apollo astronauts discovered gets everywhere and quickly obscured visors and clogged equipment, as well as wearing away the layers of their spacesuits. More recently, the dust was blamed for operational difficulties experienced by China’s Yutu rover two days after being deployed on the Moon.
"Depending on its area of origin, the dust might have very different chemical and abrasive characteristics, with its precise properties depending on the selected landing site – which is another factor of concern," says ESA structural engineer Shumit Das. "One of the key findings from Apollo was that the abrasion effects of the lunar regolith would be the major limiting factor in returning to the Moon. We want to overcome that and enable spacesuits that could be used for many more spacewalks than the few performed per Apollo landing – up to 2,500 hours of surface activities is our assumption."
Though ESA isn't developing its own spacesuits, the agency is looking at materials that can withstand the lunar dust better. These materials would not only make spacesuits more durable, it could also be used to make protective covers for rovers and other machinery.
As part of this effort, the ESA team is using state-of-the-art testing and a simulated lunar soil called EAC-1A that is made from volcanic soil and was developed by the agency’s European Astronaut Centre in Germany. Most of the testing was conducted by the German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research and included abrasion tests of textiles, high-pressure liquid permeability tests, and exposure to extreme temperatures inside a vacuum chamber.
The purpose of the testing is to study the full life cycle of new lunar spacesuits to learn more about how they degrade – not only on the Moon, but also while they are stored aboard the Gateway outpost, where they may be susceptible to accelerated aging due to moisture and radiation.
"No one material can really do the job," says ESA materials and processes engineer Malgorzata Holynska. "Instead the concept is to have a layered solution, and define which combination of functional layers works best, in terms of physical and chemical interactions with regolith, and how to best connect them. We are then testing these different stacks against criteria contributed by our colleagues from ESA’s Directorate of Robotic and Human Exploration. The challenge here is to make the testing as robust as possible, to come up with credible results to guide our choice of trade-offs and down-selection."
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David Szondy
David Szondy is a freelance journalist, playwright, and general scribbler based in Seattle, Washington. A retired field archaeologist and university lecturer, he has a background in the history of science, technology, and medicine with a particular emphasis on aerospace, military, and cybernetic subjects. In addition, he is the author of a number of websites, four award-winning plays, a novel that has thankfully vanished from history, reviews, scholarly works ranging from industrial archaeology to law, and has worked as a feature writer for several international magazines. He has been a New Atlas contributor since 2011.
Techrex October 28, 2020 09:16 PM
If the lunar dust usually has an electrostatic charge, that makes it cling to the space suits, what if we make a tough, but flexible metal wire cloth sheath, that the astronauts can wear OVER their main suit, to prevent the dust from touching their suit? A kind of tailored overalls thing? If we make this wire cloth out of super-thin Gold threads, or perhaps a Nickel/Titanium alloy called Nitinol, which is a 'memory' alloy widely used in electronics, which has amazing durability, that thin sheath would take the brunt of the lunar dust's erosion effect. Plus, because this metal cloth is electrically conductive, we could add an electric device to stop the dust's electrostatic attraction to the suit, repel it. Ideally, we could create some kind of device that could recycle the lunar dust's electrostatic charge, to recharge the suits batteries. After this sheath gets somewhat worn out, they could take it off at the astronaut's lunar base, and melt the Gold or Nitinol sheath down, to use special re-casting machines that turn it back into extremely thin, but very high tensile strength, wires to weave into cloth, and then cut and tailor that special cloth to make new overall jumpsuits. This unlimited recycling of the same Gold or Nitinol, is important, because it could prove to be incredibly expensive to keep shipping up new sheaths, from the Earth to the moon, often. And because both Gold and this Nitinol wire cloths have such a high tensile strength, they could be a kind of armor, to keep the spacesuit from being accidently torn or pierced.
Dave222 October 28, 2020 11:15 PM
Come on guys. Its been over 50 years since you found out the moon was about as useful as a very accessible terrestial desert. Couldnt some of the brilliant minds be better utilized to say help irrigate some of our dryer regions and thus improve quality of life for some of the 4/5 ths of earths people who still live in abject poverty. Sure......once life on earth is sorted.....then use some free time to tinker on Mars and the like.....but until then......
Bill S. October 29, 2020 10:23 AM
Dave222. I could not agree more. The zillions of dollars used on space exploration could be used to make this planet better for the less fortunate.
Signguy October 30, 2020 10:14 AM
Dave222: Kudos sir. Also, why is there dust to begin with? Does that suggest erosion? Where does this come from, what's the mechinism?
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INSIGHT: Ransomware Attacks Compound Covid-19 Business Worries
By Marshall L. Miller
Cybercriminals are using the Covid-19 pandemic to full advantage, increasing the frequency of attacks and using ransomware, causing more damage. Former DOJ Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Marshall L. Miller, now a partner at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, says organizations need effective incident response plans and suggests steps to help prevent attacks.
As the Covid-19 virus wreaks havoc on the world’s economy, businesses continue to suffer from the relentless spread of a different kind of “virus”—ransomware attacks, which deploy malware to render IT systems inoperable or data inaccessible unless and until a ransom is paid.
According to the FBI, ransomware attacks are increasingly “targeted, sophisticated, and costly,” with one cybersecurity firm estimating that they will cause $20 billion in damages in 2021. And ransomware attacks can be particularly debilitating in today’s post-Covid world, when organizational reliance on IT systems is at an all-time high.
Hackers Are Capitalizing on the Crisis
Research from Microsoft has confirmed one of our worst cyber fears: cyber criminals are taking full advantage of the pandemic to target organizations when they are at their most vulnerable. For example, hackers have recently increased ransomware attacks on hospitals, health-care providers, and aid groups just when those organizations—and our society—most need their IT systems and data to save lives.
But if that headline wasn’t bad enough, there’s more disturbing news in the fine print. Not only are hackers cruelly targeting the world’s medical and aid lifelines, but they’re escalating the damages associated with each attack. According to Microsoft’s research, ransomware attackers are now infiltrating systems, exfiltrating data, and lying in wait before announcing their presence and demanding payment when targeted victims are at their most vulnerable—as the health-care industry is in today’s world.
From the hackers’ perspective, the extra patience is well worth the wait, as it empowers them to extort even more money from their increasingly desperate victims. And even when ransoms are paid, attackers are remaining in victims’ IT systems so that they can live to attack again.
Preventing Ransomware Attacks Before They Happen
What can be done? With recent data revealing that paying the ransom is an increasingly ineffective remediation tool, it can now truly be said that an ounce of ransomware prevention is worth a pound of cure. Before an attack, organizations of every shape and size should implement a program of preparatory steps critically important to staving off attacks.
Such a prophylactic program would include:
Providing training on cyber hygiene to employees, from top executives to the rank-and-file, with a particular focus on the risks and threats associated with remote work;
Redoubling efforts to identify and patch vulnerabilities, including an immediate assessment of vulnerabilities associated with the current remote work environment—think of the online meeting technologies employees have been downloading in recent weeks, to take just one example—as well as attention to the basic “blocking and tackling” of patch installation and operating system upgrades;
Investing in intrusion detection capabilities, and ensuring that intrusion alerts are timely remediated;
Updating system, vendor, and third-party risk assessments to address today’s increasingly remote workplace;
Considering implementation of a vulnerability disclosure policy, to provide a framework for working with, and receiving reports from, third-party security researchers;
Backing up IT systems and critical data to reduce ransomware exposure, and running tests as to the viability of those backup systems and data;
Ensuring that cyber insurance covers costs associated with ransomware attacks; and
Fostering pre-attack relationships with law enforcement to enable real-time access to resources, intelligence, and experience to assist investigation and remediation.
Effective Incident Response Can Make All the Difference
Just as importantly, companies should ensure that they have effective incident response plans that account for the unique challenges of ransomware attacks. the plan should deploy legal counsel in a leadership response role and engage forensic, technical, and other necessary advisers through counsel, to ensure that response efforts are confidential and protected by attorney-client privilege.
To increase crisis efficiency, companies should assess, in advance, potential disclosure obligations, including breach notification and data privacy laws and (for public companies) the SEC’s cybersecurity disclosure guidance, as well as industry-specific regulatory requirements.
Insurers may need to be notified promptly in the wake of an attack, and companies may have contractual obligations to vendors or customers, as well as potential reporting obligations to shareholders, to disclose cyber incidents that impact their data or systems. Identifying such notification requirements and preparing an execution strategy in advance of an attack will enable company leadership to focus its attention where it’s most needed: on crisis response and continuity of operations, rather than contract review and insurance policy analysis.
Exercising incident response plans can help companies troubleshoot gaps and develop muscle memory for crises. While the pandemic is likely not the time for a full-blown tabletop exercise, executives charged with incident response leadership should, at a minimum, give careful thought to the impact of today’s remote workplace on their company’s incident response capabilities and protocols.
Finally, the decision whether to pay a ransom should be approached with great caution. While law enforcement discourages such payments, the law does not generally prohibit them, though reasonable steps should be taken to ensure that the ransom recipient is not the subject of sanctions.
But beware: Before paying any ransom, companies should give careful consideration as to whether a payment would even prove effective—particularly given the findings of Microsoft’s recent research that hackers frequently remain in company systems post-payment, ready to strike again.
If our collective experience with the Covid-19 crisis has taught us anything, it’s that crisis preparation and effective incident response are of the utmost importance. Applying that lesson to combat ransomware could make all the difference.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. or its owners.
Marshall L. Miller is a partner at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, where he serves as head of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He advises corporations, board members, and senior executives with respect to internal investigations, criminal defense, cybersecurity, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and related civil litigation. He previously served as chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and, later, as principal deputy assistant attorney general and chief of staff for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
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A simple analogy for understanding Trump’s Putin meeting
Think about what it means to be a vaccine skeptic. There’s no real evidence that vaccines “cause” autism, and there’s an overwhelming scientific consensus that they are vital to preventing the spread of serious diseases. Trump’s argument that vaccines are dangerous is founded in basic ignorance about how effective they’ve been in eradicating diseases, and a misplaced confidence in his own mastery of vaccine science.
Political scientist Matt Glassman sees Trump’s skepticism about NATO in a similar light. There is a huge amount of evidence that the Western alliance has played an important role in deterring conflict on the European continent, much in the same way that vaccines have helped eradicate diseases: War in Western Europe today seems about as unthinkable as a polio outbreak in Manhattan.
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Public Protests, School Reform
Protesters and Police Killed in Mexico Education Strife
Jim Schaffer
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June 20, 2016, Washington Post
Protest for education reform in America is almost always conducted civilly, if not artfully, such as with the acclaimed documentary Waiting for Superman. Education reform critic Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, no doubt has one of the toughest jobs in the country, defending the value of traditional public schools against private and parochial schools, the growth of homeschooling, and the encroachment of charter schools as an alternative public education option competing for students, teachers, and funding within public school districts. Americans fight over ownership of the term “education reform” and fight over their opposing views of the Common Core State Standards.
In Mexico this past weekend, teachers from the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) who stand opposed to mandatory testing of teachers as part of Mexico’s education reform and the arrest of their colleagues blockaded roads in Oaxaca, Mexico in a weeks-long strike.
Six people were killed and more than 100 injured, including federal and state police. Protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails; riot police fired on the demonstrators. Protest leaders claimed that eight were killed and 22 people had disappeared.
Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission said it would open an investigation into the deaths. Some analysts blamed the federal government for the violence. “They know the limitations of the Mexican cops. Despite that, they sent them in there with guns,” said Rodolfo Soriano-Nuñez, a sociologist who formerly worked in the federal education ministry. “The whole thing is a mess.” Peña Nieto’s administration has made education reform—and wresting power from the teachers union—a priority. Authorities opposed how the union’s dissident factions could control decisions over state education budgets, teacher appointments and other administrative decisions.
The National Security Commission initially claimed that the federal and state police were unarmed. But raw footage taken by the Associated Press showing at least one police officer firing a gun forced their story to change. The authorities conceded that the police were armed, but claimed that they and the protesters were fired upon by outside elements.
Oaxaca is a tourist destination. But the education system there is impoverished.
In the poor southern region where Oaxaca is located, teachers are tasked with the daily challenge of providing shelter and food for their students, along with the mandate to boost test scores and improve reading comprehension. There, teachers quite literally must build the schools in which they work and then find furniture to fill their classrooms. Students arrive at school barefoot, ache with intestinal parasites, and learn native languages before Spanish.
This violent clash evokes memories of the 2006 teacher union uprising in Oaxaca. All sides were accused of corrupt behavior. “There are no saints, there are no heroes, down there,” said Soriano-Nuñez.—James Schaffer
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Honey producers fail to meet even domestic demand
Published On: July 12, 2017 04:00 AM NPT By: Muna Sunuwar | @TheMunaSun
KATHMANDU, July 11: While production of honey is growing with every passing year, Nepali beekeepers have not been able to meet even the domestic demand.
According to experts, annual demand for honey in the domestic market stands at around 5,000 tons. However, beekeepers produce only around 4,500 tons annually.
“Nepal has the capacity to accommodate more than one million beehives. But farmers are working on only around 300,000 hives,” Subash Khanal, a junior technician with the Beekeeping Development Section under the Department of Agriculture, said. “There is a huge demand for Nepali honey in the international market. But export has not been much encouraging as the country lacks laboratories that meet the standards of the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) of the World Health Organization.”
Tirtha Kumar Shrestha, senior plant protection officer with the Department of Agriculture, told Republica that production of cerena honey, which is believed to have health benefits, stands at a paltry two kilograms per year. “We can easily produce more than 30 kg of cerena honey annually,” Shrestha added.
He further said that Nepali beekeepers can easily meet domestic demand by getting more trainings and improving market management.
Jagdish Bikram Shrestha, former director general of Department of Environment, said imposition of taxes at the local levels on agricultural products is discouraging many beekeepers. “Though the government does not levy any tax on agricultural products, farmers have to pay taxes at the local level which is discouraging them as well as hampering their business,” he added.
According to conservative estimate, around 500,000 farmers across the country are engaged in beekeeping. “However, only around 5,000 of them are commercial beekeepers,” Dhan Raj Shrestha, a honey trader, told Republica. “Many farmers are involved in beekeeping simply because it provides them the much-needed cash to run their household.”
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Remittance earnings in the first five month grow by around 11 percent
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Remittance inflow increased by 10.9 percent to Rs 416.81 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal year despite a fall in the number of outbound workers during the period.
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by Middle Ground Journal | June 21, 2014 · 1:01 PM
The North Star Project, 2013 Summer Report Number Twenty-Eight, Tianjin, China, Trains
By Erin Monroe
Update 9: Trains
My study abroad program in China is a total of eleven weeks: ten of which are spent intensively learning Chinese at an accelerated rate (two semesters of language learning compressed into ten weeks) and one week of vacation to do whatever I like and go wherever I choose. Last week was my vacation, and I traveled with two friends to Southern China—specifically Guilin and Zhangjiajie.
I had an absolutely wonderful time and I feel I can honestly classify my vacation as a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. The two cities I went to were gorgeous and bustling with nature surrounding both—rice terraces, mountains, lakes, rivers, and more. There’s so much to be said that I don’t believe I could fairly cover all of it in one update. One aspect of my trip in particular was much different than I expected it to be, mostly because I did not hold any expectations good or bad.
Trains. It’s a mode of transportation that everyone knows of, but varies so much across the world and even within countries. I have taken trains in the U.S.A., but in my hometown of Duluth there is only the tourist train that goes up the scenic North Shore along Lake Superior and its purpose is not solely a means of transportation. In China, the first train I took was the high-speed train from Tianjin to Beijing. The distance between these two cities is approximately a three-hour bus ride, but on a high-speed train the length of time shrinks to only thirty minutes. It was fast, convenient, and a smooth pleasant experience. I erroneously assumed all train rides would be this easy.
On my vacation last week, my friends and I were traveling eastward from Guilin to Zhangjiajie which is a lengthy distance and requires a layover to switch trains in Liu Zhou. The first train ride, from Guilin to Liu Zhou, was about three hours long. For some unknown reason, my friends’ seats were right next to each other, while my assigned seat was a few rows back. The train station was hectic. Everyone was pushing and shoving to get on the train, and I wasn’t sure why everyone was so frantic to get on the train first because I knew there was no way the train was going to pull away while people were still trying to board. When I boarded the train, I soon found out. By the time I had reached my assigned seat, a man was already seated there and all the seats around were full. I showed him my ticket, with the seat number, and he reluctantly gave me the seat, and then moved his 3 stacked bags of grain in front of me. I discovered what many might already know, but I wasn’t previously aware that people could still purchase train tickets last minute even if all the seats were taken. Perhaps I should’ve stood to let him remain in the seat, but I’m not familiar with proper train etiquette.
That train ride was uncomfortable for a few reasons. One, there were very very few foreigners, and apparently foreigners don’t frequent the area as there was a hefty amount of relentless staring. I stuck out like a light bulb so I tried to distract myself by reading, but the man with the grain stood over me and stared down for three hours so I didn’t even finish the first chapter. The second reason the journey was a little uncomfortable was because of the lack of space. I could only face sideways with one leg in the aisle and the other bent with my knee to my chest because of the space the grain occupied. The train was set up so that three chairs are facing three chairs and people store their belongings on the overhead shelf, between the chairs, on their laps, and in the aisle.
The train, just like a city bus, stops many times along the way to let passengers off. There was no overhead voice or message system to let passengers know which stop was which, but people seemed to know exactly when to get off, so I gathered that many people frequently traveled this route. As more and more people disembarked and there was more space, the stress and cramped feeling gradually dissolved and the mood became significantly lighter. People talked and joked more with each other and it felt like there was a sort of comradery among the passengers. When I asked the girl across the aisle if she knew when it would be my stop, five or six people around leaned in to hear the foreigner speak. Their attitude toward me loosened a bit when they heard I was speaking in Chinese. I’ve found that people are much warmer and willing to help when you speak to them in Chinese, and I’ve heard that this applies in many other foreign countries as well. It’s important to make the effort to adapt—“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
After an hour-long layover, my friends and I boarded the sleeper train—an eleven-hour train ride (from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m.) from Liu Zhou to our destination, Zhangjiajie. The choices for the overnight sleeper train in order from cheapest to most expensive were hard-seat, hard-sleeper, and soft-sleeper. The hard-seat option is just what it sounds like: hard seats that don’t allow for a good sleep if any. The hard-sleepers are beds in compartments with six beds to a compartment, each bunk stacked three beds high. There are no doors to the hard-sleeper compartments, so there is no privacy on this portion of the train. As for the soft-sleepers, the most expensive but also the most comfortable option, there are compartments with closing doors and two bunks, stacked two high in each compartment, for a total of four beds per compartment. Unlike the previous train, no tickets are sold for the hard-sleeper and soft-sleeper sections as soon as the beds are all full.
I opted for the middle option, the hard-sleeper, and I was assigned a middle bunk. Although the bed was narrow, I found it to be very comfortable and I slept like a rock. It was wonderful.
All in all, though my experience with trains varies greatly every time, I would definitely choose to take a train again in China. Typically the trains are convenient, cheaper than flying, and take less time that driving a car or taking a bus. Although my comfort-level was up and down for every ride, I think it’s is largely due to cultural differences. As I’ve mentioned previously, personal space is not as high a priority in China as it is in America. I believe this is simply because China’s massive population does not allow for as much space, especially when it comes to transportation.
The North Star Project: Collaboration between The Middle Ground Journal Student Interns, The College of St. Scholastica, and North Star Academy 8th Grade Global Studies Classes, 2013-2014 School Year Summer Reports.
Under the leadership of our North Star host teachers and student interns, The North Star Project has flourished for two years. For a brief summary, please see a recent article in the American Historical Association’s Perspectives on History, at:
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2013/1305/Opening-The-Middle-Ground-Journal.cfm
This summer we will re-tool and re-design the collaborative program, drawing on the experience of our veteran student interns, ideas from our host teachers, and new projects provided by our incoming student interns. This summer The Middle Ground Journal will share brief dispatches from our North Star Project student interns, particularly from those who are currently stationed, or will soon be stationed abroad. As of the time of this report we have confirmed student interns who will be reporting from Mongolia, Southern China, Shanghai, northeastern China, The Netherlands, Tanzania, Ireland, England, Finland, Russia, and Haiti. We also have students developing presentations on theatrical representations of historical trauma, historical memory, the price individuals pay during tragic global conflicts, and different perceptions of current events from around the world. We will post their brief dispatches here throughout the summer, and report on their interactions with the North Star students and teachers throughout the school year.
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2 responses to “The North Star Project, 2013 Summer Report Number Twenty-Eight, Tianjin, China, Trains”
Jonia G.
Your experience sounds interesting and a bit “Expect the unexpected’. I personally have never been on a ‘train’ per se – though I went on a subway for the first time this past summer. I think this gave me a lot of insight as to the many experiences that could occur. Hope to have some form of experience; one day! Thank you for sharing!
Kyle Hellmann
This was a very interesting article! Its crazy how they still sell tickets even when all the seats are full, but at least they didn’t do the same for the sleepers! Its cool that even a simple train ride can give you so much experience!
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Faces of Entrepreneurship: Rayan Garg, Elevate the Future
Rayan Garg, a student at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, CA, is already an accomplished entrepreneur. In addition to having competed in every single business competition available to high school students and placing as a finalist or semifinalist in all of them, he co-founded and is currently running an educational 501(3) nonprofit, Elevate the Future. Having impacted over 3,600 students and dozens of small businesses since launching, Elevate the Future increases access to business and computer science education to K-8 students through classes, summits and various initiatives across 40+ chapters around the world. Outside of Elevate the Future, Rayan is also the COO at Spark Teen, a nonprofit building the first accelerator for high schoolers along with a national set of entrepreneurship clubs.
What does “entrepreneurship” mean to you?
RG: To me, entrepreneurship means being able to make a difference without having to worry about failing. It means investing time, passion, and energy without knowing that you will succeed.
How did your company come to be?
RG: A little over a year ago, my friend and I realized that even as, 1. A record number of Americans struggle with financial literacy and 2. Technology becomes more and more prominent in society, neither computer science nor business are fields present in K-8 education, leaving our curriculum outdated and students unprepared for life in the 21st century. Having found much of my identity through both computer science and entrepreneurship, I really felt the need to help others have the same experiences and opportunities that I was fortunate enough to have, leading to the creation of Elevate the Future.
How has your business changed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
RG: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have moved all our operations virtual, continuing to teach students and hold webinars through platforms like Zoom. In addition, to support small businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, we set up Project Falcon, an initiative helping small businesses create an alternate revenue stream by providing them with a free website designed by students who have gone through our web design course. Since launching the Project Falcon a few months ago, we have helped dozens of small businesses, along with teaching multiple classes. We have also partnered with companies such as Google to provide additional benefits to small companies.
What is your proudest and darkest moment so far? Share a key high and a key low from your journey if you can.
RG: I think my proudest moment so far has to be hearing the stories of small business owners who we have helped. I remember hearing the story of one of the business owners, Bernard, who lost his mother at a young age and found himself bouncing around the foster system, sometimes homeless. Hearing how cooking became his escape and how he started his restaurant with only $200 in his pocket was extremely powerful and being able to help a business owner like this affirmed everything our organization has been working towards.
On the other hand, I think our darkest moment has to be the opening day of our first class. Our team had spent our whole summer working on creating a curriculum and had gone through various obstacles as we tried to convince schools to let us come and teach. Unfortunately, tons of students showed up to the first class without their permission slip signed, meaning they couldn’t attend our course. With an overflow of students entering the office to call their parents, and with many having nowhere to go as they failed to reach their parents, the administration quickly became irritated along with multiple parents. While all this was going on, we still had to continue teaching the class to students who had filled everything out. Luckily, we were able to finish teaching and work with the administration to ensure this never happened again. Looking back, this situation definitely taught our organization a lot, and definitely was helpful to keep in mind as we set up other locations.
How is your company changing the landscape?
RG: Our organization is changing the landscape in two ways. First, we are bringing computer science and business education to places where students usually lack access. From working with children in the foster system to our chapters in countries like Ghana, Ukraine, and Egypt, we are reaching places that many organizations never consider.
Secondly, we are allowing students to actually apply what they learn. Usually when students go through a class or online course, their education ends when the course ends. But, through our initiatives like Project Falcon, and our events like competitions, webinars and summits, we make sure students are able to continue learning and impact their community with what they have learned.
What do you wish you knew when you started? Is there anything you would do differently?
RG: When I started, I wish I knew the importance of not trying to do everything yourself. When my co-founder and I first started working on the organization, we tried to manage everything by ourselves, worried that others might not able to understand our vision. As we tried to scale, we quickly found this was a major problem, because we just couldn’t handle everything at once, and now our team members were not fully in the loop.
What advice/credo do you live by as you grow the business / what is your professional and personal mission statement?
RG: Don’t give up and don’t be afraid to ask for help. With every day, different challenges arise, and it often can be easy to just give up and move onto something else, or just not think about the issue. For example, when we were first trying to get the word out to businesses about Project Falcon, many businesses thought we were a scam or didn’t trust our skills/abilities as high schoolers. Multiple of my team members were pretty worried. But, we didn’t give up. We called, emailed, and cold messaged local chambers of commerce. We reached out to organizations working with small businesses, like SCORE, and contacted local mayors. And, slowly, businesses in our community started to express interest in participating in our project. Soon, businesses we had built sites for started referring us to other businesses they knew. By not giving up, we have been able to go much further with this project than if we had just given up.
Where do you find inspiration when faced with challenges?
RG: When faced with challenges, I find inspiration in the impact we have made. Knowing that me have made a difference in students’ lives motivates me to work through these challenges and improve our organization, especially as many of the students we teach might not get this education otherwise.
What does “success” look like for you? What do you think will help you achieve it?
RG: With each of the projects I work on, I like to set different metrics or checkpoints that I want to achieve. When I first started Elevate the Future, I would have said success would be teaching 1000 students, but today that would look completely different. In terms of personal success, I think this is something I am still trying to figure out. In the Bay Area, it often feels like society tells people my age success is getting into the best college, but I don’t know that I agree with that.
Has personal or professional “success” changed for you since the COVID-19 pandemic?
RG: I think the COVID-19 pandemic has made it clearer than ever how important technology is in our world. I also think reaching underprivileged students has become more important than ever due to how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the underprivileged. So, in that sense, the COVID-19 pandemic has definitely affected how I define success with Elevate the Future.
What’s it like to work alone or with your partners? What advice do you have for fellow entrepreneurs about building and leading teams?
RG: It’s been a great experience. One of the great parts of working in a team is being able to get a variety of different perspectives I wouldn’t have if I worked alone. Additionally, having a team there to help out and keep our organization moving forward is something I appreciate, because with a team Elevate the Future has been able to do much more than if I tried to handle everything myself.
Many entrepreneurs continue to perfect their daily routines to support their work and greater vision; would you mind sharing your morning routine or a regular ritual that grounds your work each day? How has it changed in recent months?
RG: One ritual I have been doing each night is writing down what I have accomplished that day. Extremely helpful in keeping me productive, this has allowed me to hold myself accountable and has pushed me to make each day better than the previous one.
What keeps you motivated during this time?
RG: Working in a team, because I feel like in a team I become accountable to others, and I also have a group of people to share in the organization’s highs and lows.
What kind of an entrepreneur do you want to be known as, as in, what do you want your legacy to be?
RG: I want to be known as an entrepreneur who empowered others. An entrepreneur that made a difference in society, creating opportunity rather than dismantling it.
What is a quote or some words of wisdom that help get you through the tough days?
RG: Giving up is the only sure way to fail.
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20,944,457,284 is an even composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.
What does the number 20944457284 look like?
This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 15 divisors.
20944457284 is an even composite number. It is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of fifteen divisors.
Prime factorization of 20944457284:
(2 × 2 × 269 × 269 × 269 × 269)
See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 20944457284 from the Numbermatics database.
Names of 20944457284
Cardinal: 20944457284 can be written as Twenty billion, nine hundred forty-four million, four hundred fifty-seven thousand, two hundred eighty-four.
Scientific notation: 2.0944457284 × 1010
Factors of 20944457284
Sum of prime factors: 271
Divisors of 20944457284
Number of divisors d(n): 15
1 2 4 269 538 1076 72361 144722 289444 19465109 38930218 77860436 5236114321 10472228642 20944457284
Sum of all divisors σ(n): 36789564427
Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 15845107143
20944457284 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (15845107143) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 5099350141
Bases of 20944457284
Binary: 100111000000110001100001110010001002
Hexadecimal: 0x4E0630E44
Base-36: 9MDSEO4
Squares and roots of 20944457284
20944457284 squared (209444572842) is 438670290921300656656
20944457284 cubed (209444572843) is 9187711169961034609052742282304
20944457284 is a perfect square number. Its square root is 144722
The cube root of 20944457284 is 2756.4896773293
How big is 20944457284?
20,944,457,284 seconds is equal to 665 years, 50 weeks, 2 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes, 4 seconds.
To count from 1 to 20,944,457,284 would take you about one thousand, three hundred thirty-one years!
A cube with a volume of 20944457284 cubic inches would be around 229.7 feet tall.
Recreational maths with 20944457284
20944457284 backwards is 48275444902
The number of decimal digits it has is: 11
The sum of 20944457284's digits is 49
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Get Inspired by the Beauty Wisdom of Japan
You’ve heard of the K-beauty, but are you familiar with J-Beauty? J-Beauty refers to the beauty wisdom and philosophy behind Japanese beauty rituals and products, which are steeped in history and tradition.
The History of J-Beauty
Japanese Beauty emphasizes simple rituals and regimens. Many of Japan's traditional beauty methods were inspired by Geishas, the country’s original beauty icons. Striving for flawless skin, Geishas developed specific beauty rituals that continue to this day. These rituals include a thoughtful skin care regimen and a diet designed to enhance skin health. Geishas believed that well-cared-for skin was the foundation of beauty, a concept that continues to be at the heart of the Japanese Beauty today.
What's Behind the Beauty Wisdom of Japan?
The ultimate goal of Japanese Beauty is “mochi-hada,” which means your skin is so soft it resembles a mochi ice cream dessert. Whereas most Americans tend to be aggressive when cleansing and exfoliating their skin, the Japanese approach is more nourishing. They emphasize gentle cleaning, sun protection, and hydration. A lot of hydration.
In fact, the focus on hydration is one way in which J-beauty and K-Beauty philosophies are similar. Both cultures emphasize moisture as a foundation for glowing skin. They also focus on long term health over short fixes, which is why avoiding sun exposure and using sunscreen are important parts of both philosophies.
How is J-beauty Different from K-Beauty?
While skincare is deeply rooted in all Asian cultures, each country has a unique approach based on the rituals and ingredients of each rich culture. We’ve noted the ways in which J-Beauty and K-Beauty have shared approaches. Here are some ways in which they differ.
Style. Whereas K-Beauty is known for being playful, colorful, and fun, J-Beauty is seen as being more low-key, quiet, and luxurious.
Ingredients. J-Beauty ingredients tend to be more time-tested, and J-Beauty is less likely to use a trendy ingredient.
Routine. K-beauty is famous for having many steps in its skincare routine, often 10 or more. By comparison, J-beauty is minimalistic with a focus on simple rituals.
What is a Typical J-Beauty Routine?
The Japanese take a more minimalist approach to their skincare routines. The most common Japanese skincare routine involves double cleansing, using a skin softener (what the Japanese calla lotion), a serum, and a moisturizer, plus sunscreen.
Double Cleansing: The Japanese skincare approach calls for spending as much time cleaning your face at night as you spend applying your makeup. (See more about the 4-2-4 cleansing method to learn how to cleanse your skin the Japanese way.)
The first cleanse is to remove make-up and impurities. This is especially important for the delicate eye area. Nuria’s Micellar Water is a great option for this step. Oil cleansers are another popular choice for removing oil-based impurities.
For the second cleanse, foaming cleansers are common because they are soft, and easy to spread around. Try our Defend Purifying Cleanser, which generates impurity lifting bubble to gently cleans your skin without stripping.
Lotions aka Softeners: The closest equivalent to a softener is a moisturizing toner, such as our Hydrate Moisturizing Toner. Japanese softeners are watery and applied after cleansing. They're not astringent nor are they meant to wipe away any remaining dirt that your cleansing step missed (that’s why you double cleanse). Skin softeners are patted onto the skin to soften, hydrated prep the skin for the steps that following.
Serums: The Japanese word for serums roughly translates to "beauty liquid, " and they are designed to address specific skin conditions like wrinkles, dark spots, or dullness. Beauty liquids are typically thicker and more concentrated, a philosophy that Nuria supports. In J-Beauty, applying multiple layers of hydration is preferred to a single, more potent layer in your routine.
Moisturizers: oils or creams to seal in your hydrating layers.
Sunscreens: Japanese women wear sunscreen every single day of the year, no matter the weather (rain or shine) or their location (beach or office).
Beyond Your Skincare Routine
Beauty and health are embedded in Japanese culture, and these principles underscore the holistic approach Japanese women take when caring for their skin.
Consistent, daily care is the basis of Japanese beauty. For centuries, skincare rituals have been passed down and repeated from generation to generation. That's why Japanese women understand that following a consistent daily skincare regimen using high-quality ingredients is the first step in achieving beautiful, radiant skin.
High-quality ingredients such as seaweed and green tea. Japanese skincare rituals have always focused on simply but effective ingredients that have been very carefully tested for a long time. That's why we infused these high-quality ingredients using beauty wisdom from Japan into our Defend Overnight Recovery Cream.
Maintaining a balanced diet. We often forget that what we put inside our bodies is directly connected to our outer glow but beauty and health have long been intertwined in Japanese skincare routines. That's why a traditional Japanese meal follows the "ichijyu sansai" principle, which consists of one soup with three vegetable dishes plus rice and fish, to ensure good balance!
Ready to Adopt a J-Beauty Routine?
There is a lot to learn from the Beauty Wisdom of Japan. Whether you adopt a J-beauty routine or not depends on your skin goals and your lifestyle. It's no secret that Japanese women know how to keep a healthy, youthful complexion.
Their ingredients and beauty rituals have been part of Japan’s culture for centuries, proving the adage that newer is not always better when it comes to achieving healthy and glowing skin.
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2023: We need Arewa, Afenifere, Niger Delta to win Nigeria’s presidency — Igbo group
By NS STAFF - December 17, 2020, 12:55 pm - [ General ]
…set to unveil roadmaps
By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
Actualizing the Igbo presidency project would not be feasible without the support of other regional blocs, the World Igbo Summit Group, organizers of the world Igbo summit said yesterday.
The group said it was reaching out to groups such as Arewa Consultative forum in the northern part of the country, the Afenifere in the south-west and the Niger Delta in the south-south region amongst others on how the south-east can produce the next president of the country in 2023 general elections.
The Director-General of the group, Dr Ifedi Okwenna made the disclosure at a press conference in Abuja.
He said that the meeting would hold during the 6th World Igbo Summit organized by the group, the Igbo Renaissance Centre of Gregory University Uturu, Abia State, and the leaders of the Igbo collectives, holding this Friday at the President Goodluck Jonathan Auditorium of the University.
He said: “Indeed, considering our current and determined quest for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction, we should use this opportunity to show strong leadership in reshaping and resetting the nation and in removing all obstacles and unjust structures that enthrone injustice, inequity, lopsidedness and maladministration in Nigeria.
“This is the time our voice and demand for restructuring Nigeria and networking for our Presidential aspiration should be loudest.
“In appreciating the current challenges enumerated above and the urgency for Ndigbo to equally reset and exploit the opportunities therein, the 6th World Igbo Summit is being organized to harvest ideas and options going forward.
“The 6th World Igbo Summit shall have in attendance great sons and daughters of Ala-Igbo in the seven Igbo speaking states, Ndigbo in all parts of Nigeria and those in the Diaspora.
“It shall draw participation from Igbo leadership in Government, Politics, business, organized sector, captains of Industry, youths and women groups. Representatives of other Social Cultural groups such as PANDEF, Afenifere, World Yoruba Summit Group, Middlebelt Forum, Arewa Consultative Forum etc. shall attend and deliver goodwill messages.
“If we tell you that we are not interested in the presidency of this country, then, we might not be telling you the truth. In all honesty, every man needs power because we have been out of power for a very long time although we may be divergent in the approach in most cases. World Igbo is a powerhouse and all we come there to do is to breed ideas..as a matter of fact, there will be an executive session where all the presidential Aspirants are going to meet and quietly discuss on the way forward. That is the first thing that will come before the conference itself starts.
“In most cases, we can’t bring all other together if we are playing individualistic politics but all of them have agreed to come to form a roadmap. Nobody is out there to fight anybody. What we need is how do we engage Nigerians. We have come to realize that the Igbo nation cannot be President on itself. We need other people. That’s part of the discussion. Thanks that’s why we have other cultural groups attending to this year’s edition.
“All we need is the intellectual power, better ideas, the strategy to relate with the Niger Delta, our brothers in the south-west, the area groups because we know basically that we can’t go and fight for the presidency, boxing Nigerians to give us president. We definitely have to work and network with them than benefit.
“We as Igbo must understand that for us to do it irrespective of the party you belong, everybody go your party, fighting because, at the end of the day, no cultural groups give you a ticket. It is the party that will give you the ticket to contest the election. It is only when we at our respective parties that we can now say we are ready for it. So, I think, basically, this is part of the reason why we are meeting. We are removing our personal interest, come to the table and look at the pathway.”
Okwenna further revealed that the summit will witness the unveiling of a research document on how the Igbo will realize their presidential ambition.
“As a matter, there is research already done on the best way to achieve Nigeria’s presidency of Igbo extraction. That research document will be presented at the executive session where everyone will look at. That’s why we are partnering with a university.
“The Presidential Aspirants will arrive there as Igbo sons. We have to network to be president”, he said.
He added that the Summit will be declared open by the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo while the former Governor of old Abia State and current Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onuh will deliver the Summit keynote address.
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Home VENDÉE GLOBE Vendée Globe, Iceberg detected.
Vendée Globe, Iceberg detected.
Sam Davies Explains Damage To Initiatives Coeur
Louis Burton Gains 100 miles On Leader Dalin
First Albatross Welcomes L’Occitaine’s Tripon to the Big South
After both hitting floating objects within hours of each other yesterday at the gateway to the Indian Ocean and sustaining damage to their IMOCAs the emotion in the voices of both Sébastien Simon and Sam Davies was a stark reminder of the cruel fates which are randomly dealt to even the best prepared and smartest Vendée Globe skippers.
Both are heading north towards South Africa out of the worst of the strong winds and big seas, sailing slowly north to shelter and assess their possibilities of repair. “I want to be able to continue my Vendée Globe”, said Simon, the 30-year-old from Les Sables d’Olonne who won La Solitaire du Figaro in 2018, close to tears. He has constant water ingress from around his foil box, while Davies damaged the longitudinal framing which supports the keel of Initiatives Coeur.
She reported: “I was sailing at speeds between 15 and 22kts and I was actually just making a hot meal after the gybe and doing the stack and everything and it was just starting to get dark. I hit something. I did not see anything. I did not know what it was. It was pretty much dark when it happened. But it was as if I had run aground on a rock at the time. The boat speed went from 20kts to zero. The boat nosedived on the impact with the keel. I knew it was the keel. I heard a crack coming from there. I and everything else flew forwards, including my dinner which has repainted the entire inside of my boat. Everything moved. I went flying into a ring frame, luckily, because that could have been worse. It was really violent. But luckily, I have just hurt some ribs. It is not serious but really painful. But I stopped the boat, dropped the main, and went to check around the keel, the bearings and the bulkhead. The bulkhead, the main bearing bulkheads (which support the keel box) are intact as far as I can see. The keel bearings are intact. The longitudinal structure around the keel box is all cracked. That has taken the shock of the impact of when the boat moved, that is cracked on both sides.”
Vendée Globe Race Director a renowned former ocean racer Jacques Caraës empathised with the duo today. He explains: “Usually when you get to the gateway to the Indian Ocean, you go into another world, in another mode. You are reserved and back off. You have a more conservative attitude. Because the Deep South is a long tunnel, there is no other solution than to go to the end. And the exit is Cape Horn. There aren’t many safe havens. Psychologically, under these circumstances, it’s hard.”
LOUIS BURTON IN SECOND
Given the tenacity of his attack since arriving in the Roaring Forties, prepared to push his boat hard and work closer to the centre of the Southern Ocean low pressure systems, it is in retrospect maybe that Louis Burton jumping the Vendée Globe start gun back on Sunday November 8th shows a foretaste of what the 35-year-old from Saint Malo’s mindset is on this race.
Indeed, right now Burton, who is competing on his third Vendée Globe, might seem to have more in common with Alex Thomson than just Welsh roots. (Thomson was born in Cardiff, Burton’s father is Welsh and was formerly newspaper editor). Married to Servane Escoffier whose cousin is PRB’s Kevin Escoffier, Louis Burton is on his third Vendée Globe. He had to retire early in the 2012 race when he hit a fishing boat off the Portuguese coast and sustained damage to the rig of his IMOCA. He returned in 2016-17 and finished a solid sixth, sailing much of his race in relative isolation, but always sailing smart, smooth courses and looking after his boat.
And, like Thomson, Burton eschews training groups, the French ‘Pôles’, and so prefers to prepare in isolation with his tight knit group of technical experts from his base in Saint Malo.
Remarkably Parisian bred Burton, who went to the Breton Glenans sailing institution as a 15 year old already served out seven hours of penalties early in this race, five hours sin-binned for jumping the start gun and a further two for a prop sealing incident, where his team did not send the required photo as directed. He also reported a near miss with another unmarked, fishing boat which had no AIS.
Looking relaxed and wearing a big smile Burton reported from his Bureau Vallée 2 that “conditions are a bit complicated and not very stable. There are periods of calm allowing me to get more sail back up and the speed up. I have to do a lot of gybes in heavy seas. I did one during the night with 45 knots of wind, so have to be very careful. The sea is nasty but apart from the sea state it’s not too bad. It’s nice to be in this position in the Indian Ocean. The advantage is that it allows me to manage things and watch what is going on with the other boats behind me.”
Davies and Simon are the latest victims of floating objects in the water. So, what might be the reasons for these multiple collisions with objects? Alex Thomson said in his final message that he thought it was discarded or lost fishing gear that knocked out his rudder. Ice is very unlikely as there is normally no ice drifting north of the AEZ (Antarctic Exclusion Zone) and Race Direction has recently confirmed again by email the positions of ice and it is all very much in the south.
But in the area south of the Cape of Good Hope the mixing sea currents stir up billions of tons of seawater, warm coming south from the Indian Ocean sliding along the coast of Mozambique and cold waters coming up from the Antarctic meaning a proliferation of sea mammals feeding. And it is very busy area for commercial shipping traffic. The seas are often very big, confused and chaotic due to the Agulhas current which throws up occasional rogue waves that can carry many containers and other material into the sea.
Caraës explained today of the plan for Yes We Cam! to rendezvous with the French frigate Nivôse is a Floréal-class frigate which is on duty in the Southern Ocean. The plan is very much weather dependent as well as contingent on Jean Le Cam’s decision on any required detour.
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Representatives of NGO’s, members of the Observatory to Prevent Violent Extremism (OPEV) were shocked by learning verdicts of guilty and heavy sentences pronounced against 52 among the 53 prisoners of the social movement of Rif in the north of Morocco, prosecuted by the Criminal Chamber of first instance of the Casablanca Court of Appeal.
The sentences reached 20 years of prison for four activists, whose Hirak leader Nacer Zefzafi, 15 years for the three others, 10 years of prison for seven of them, ten others were tried to 5 years of prison, eight of them to 3 years of prison and twenty activists to 2 years of prison.
The trial took place in Casablanca, which is more than 700 km from Alhoceima, where the activists have been arrested and where they live. The trial lasted for several months under conditions that not respect the requirement of the fair trial according to independent representatives who followed the trial and to the 49 detainees who signed on June 12th, a declaration announcing the boycott of the trial by explaining that it was unfair.
In most cases, the detainees have been accused of instigating, or participating, or being complicit in acts of disorder, but without any evidence about their individual criminal liability for violent acts, as unauthorized demonstration not a reason for imprisonment as long as they remain peaceful.
Following the elements, we, NGO’s representatives participating to the Barcelona’s Seminar on the 27th, 28th and 29th of June of 2018, after understanding the facts:
Declare our indignation in front of this unfair and partial trial suffered by these activists who have peacefully demonstrated for social and economic claims.
Demand the cancellation of these sentences and the immediate freedom of the detainees.
Express our support for the detainees and for their families, and call for the initiation of an investigation into the allegations of torture by the detainees during the trial.
Remind that Rif Hirak movement claims are fundamental human rights that Morocco has pledged to ensure, and we require Moroccan State to respect its commitments on human rights and freedoms.
Call to all the Civil Society Organizations (CSO) acting for human rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region and throughout the region, to express their solidarity with Hirak activists in Morocco who have been arbitrarily arrested and to require their release.
Signants:
UN PONTE PER / Italie.
Iraqi Civil Network for Solidarity / Irak.
Network “Alghad” for dialogue and development / Jordan.
Renaissance Network for Democracy and Development / Jordan.
Mashrek-Maghreb Center for Sustainable Development / Jordan.
Jordanian National JNCW Commission for Women.
Association Free Sight / Tunisia
Ligue Tunisienne pour la defense des droits humains (LTDH).
NOVACT/ Espagne – Catalogne.
Center for Euro-Arab Researchers and Professionals / Espagne – Catalogne.
Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia.
Coordination Maghrebine des Organisations des droits humains (CMODH).
SOS-Racisme / Espagne.
Association SAFI / Espagne – Catalogne.
FundiPau / Espagne – Catalogne.
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Tags: chinese language, count belisarius, elephant of severus, hanzi, hilaire belloc, robert graves, translation & mistranslation
In the Chinese and Japanese writing systems, the character 象 (in Mandarin, xiàng) represents an elephant. The trunk and head are at the top, legs on the left, tail at the bottom. [1]
Curiously enough, this character also represents representation. To steal some examples from the 象 Wiktionary page:
意象 (yìxiàng) is a mental impression or conception: a thought-representation.
血象 (xuèxiàng) is a hemogram: a blood-representation.
象形 (xiàngxíng) is a pictogram: a representation-shape.
The character 像 (also pronounced xiàng), which is the elephant crammed together with a lopsided man (人), means a picture or image, or (as a verb) to resemble.
How did a squiggle of an elephant come to represent representation? Wiktionary quotes the 3rd century BC philosopher Han Fei, who hypothesized:
Men rarely see living elephants. As they come by the skeleton of a dead elephant, they imagine its living form according to its features. Therefore it comes to pass that whatever people use for imagining the real is called 象 .
This page about the Da Xiang (大象 – a famous commentary on the I Ching) proposes a less fanciful theory:
The meaning “symbolism” for 象 is sometimes said in traditional Chinese lexicography to be an extension from this primary meaning [of “elephant”], relating to the carving of ivory.
In other words, the mental process may have been elephant ⇒ ivory ⇒ ivory sculpture ⇒ sculpture in general ⇒ representation in general.
But most likely, the character for “elephant” was simply borrowed for a similar-sounding word meaning “image”. Many Chinese characters originated that way.
Suppose that we English-speakers had never inherited our alphabet from the Romans. Instead, like the Chinese, we had evolved a writing system out of basic pictograms. For our word “elephant” we might now have a character like:
But way in the past, some scribe noticed that we needed a character for “elegant”, and after messing around for a while with stickmen wearing bow-ties he figured, screw it, I’ll just use the “elephant” character, and let readers figure out from context which I’m referring to.
No doubt after a few hundred years, when the origins of the characters were lost in the mist, our equivalent of Han Fei would come up with a story about how, since elephants were the most dapper and refined of creatures, it made perfect sense for them to share a character with the word “elegant”.
And foreigners would wonder why, whenever an elephant appeared in an English-language cartoon, he always had a posh accent and wore a monocle.
In Robert Graves’ 1938 historical novel Count Belisarius, the narrator (the eunuch slave Eugenius) mentions a certain landmark in ancient Constantinople – the elephant of Severus.
Graves learned of this elephant from the Parastaseis Syntomoi Chronikai, an 8th century guide to the sights of the Byzantine capital. It is, as its modern-day editors have described it, “a confused and often inaccurate survey of some classical monuments and statues” that had survived from the pagan era to awe and befuddle later generations of Christians.
According to the Parastaseis, in a colonnade near the Basilica (a civic building located opposite the “Great Church”, i.e. the Hagia Sophia) there stood a huge statue of an elephant, erected in days of yore by the pagan emperor Severus:
For in the same golden-roofed Basilica they say the elephant lived, an extraordinary spectacle. … And they say that in the same place as the elephant lived Carcinelus, a silversmith who used rigged scales. They say he threatened the elephant’s keeper because his house was being damaged, and he frequently vowed that he would kill the keeper if he did not keep the animal in check. But the keeper would not consent to control the elephant with reins. The user of rigged scales killed him and offered him to the elephant as fodder, but the animal, being wild, killed him too. And when Severus heard this he offered many sacrifices to the beast, and they were at once commemorated in statues in that place.
The editors add that,
Severus honours the elephant for its innate wisdom in thus punishing the hot-headed money-lender. The story turns out to have a moral: statues, if old and with pagan connections (here imported by the mention of Severus), or even if simply not understood in a conventional Christian context, nearly always [in the Parastaseis] have a hidden meaning[.]
Recognizing in this muddle the bones of a good story, Graves tidies it up, upgrading the elephant from savage beast to deliberating avenger:
The elephant of Severus is commemorated by a statue close to the Royal Porch, nearly opposite the main entrance to the Hippodrome. It had waited twenty years to catch a certain money-changer on whose evidence its master had been committed to a debtor’s prison, where he had died. At last, while taking part in a procession, it had recognized the money-changer in the crowd lining the street and had seized him with its trunk and trampled him to death. Investigations proved clearly that the money-changer had been a thief and a perjurer, so the elephant was honoured with this statue, which represents it with its master seated upon its neck. The motto is: “It will be avenged at last.” Many who labour under private and public injustice comfort themselves with the elephant’s message.
Later, when Graves’ narrator plans a conspiracy for the overthrow of an old enemy, he arranges his initial rendezvous by the elephant statue.
In Graves’ telling, the elephant of Severus represents not only justice, but patience – it waited twenty years to take its revenge.
On the floor of the Cathedral of St. Front in Périgueux, France, there is a mosaic celebrating patientia and its allied virtue, fortitudo. This mosaic once caught the eye of Hilaire Belloc, who, when recalling it years later in an essay called “On Fortitude”, described it rather inaccurately, exaggerating its size, placing it “on a side altar of the northern transept”, and erasing the reference to patientia. [2]
Belloc’s elephant in Périgueux Cathedral.
Source: The Girl Who Went To Paris.
If the mosaic had celebrated another attribute customarily associated with elephants – memoria – Belloc’s faulty description would have been ironically apt. But perhaps it’s for the best that he was unable to verify his facts with a quick Google search. The elephant as he misremembered it, with its “quiet eye” and “immovable expression” and one-word motto, set off a “whole train of contemplation” which might have gone off the rails if he’d consulted a photo of the real thing.
Fortitude (and her elephant) were here set up in a Christian church because fortitude is entitled one of the great virtues. Now what is fortitude? It is primarily Endurance: that character which we need the most in the dark business of life. But if fortitude be endurance, it is also creative endurance, and at the same time it involves some memory of better times and some expectation of their return. It involves, therefore, fidelity and hope; and, without those two, fortitude would be of little use: but above all fortitude is endurance.
Fortitude is the virtue of the menaced, of the beleaguered. It is the virtue of those of them that man the wall, or that are called upon to last out. This thing, Fortitude, is the converse to and the opposite of aggressive flamboyant courage, yet it is the greater of the two, though often it lacks action. Fortitude wears armour and holds a sword, but it stands ready rather than thrusts forward. It demands no supplement; it is nourished not from without but from within. It is replenished of its own substance. Fortitude does not envisage new things; rather does it tenaciously preserve things known and tried. It builds, but builds unwittingly, not following an inspired plan nor a mere vision, but of necessity; and from stone to stone of daily conservative achievement.
Sometimes fortitude will earn fame, but not often. Always, however, it will earn reward; for even when the defensive fails at the end, if it has been of an efficient sort it makes an air and a name surrounding and enshrining itself. So have the great sieges of history done. So will our time of trial today, if we use it aright.
Belloc’s time of trial was, of course, World War II. Happily, our time of trial is far less all-consumingly urgent. Indeed, it’s possible for intelligent people of all political stripes to wonder whether today’s emergencies are emergencies at all, or mere smokescreens fanned by our enemies to distract our attention while they divide, demoralize, and fleece us.
With that uncertainty in mind, all three of today’s elephants have virtues to teach us:
The elephant of Périgueux advises fortitude and patience, which are essential in any age.
The elephant of Severus illustrates the virtue of a long memory, to help us put our problems in the proper historical perspective.
And the elephant of Han Fei reminds us that our knowledge of the world consists of a bare skeleton of second-hand reports, and that the picture we build up from that skeleton is unlikely to be as marvelous and strange as the real thing.
1. Take everything I say concerning Chinese language and culture with a grain of salt. Not only am I not an expert, I’m barely a dabbler.
2. I came across “On Fortitude” in Hilaire Belloc’s Selected Essays, but it appeared originally in a 1941 collection called The Silence of the Sea – witheringly dismissed by Vladimir Nabokov in the New York Times Book Review.
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A day and at a time – Part V
It was getting cold within half an hour of reaching Dzukou valley. There was a rush and the camping was based on a first come first serve basis. This meant that one had to rush and throw their equipment on the space and that slot was taken.
Ratan had wisely told the porter to rush ahead and keep the space and the moment we reached there, Roko and Piyush laid their claim to the space. They were unfolding the tents and Bhim and I pitched in to help. A few others like Anusha, Rubir also helped in setting it up. It always helped to work as a team.
There were 200, yes 200 of them in the campsite and we luckily got a space that was in front of the guesthouse and the kitchen. Roko mentioned that during July, August there would be as many as 500! That was when the rare Dzukou lily would bloom. We could see campers scampering for spaces and some of them went as far into the valley for space.
By 4 pm, it was dark and biting cold. We had our thermals on and Bhim and I got into the tent to spread the thin mat on the ground and to make the space warmer by spreading our backpacks. For some time we dozed off. By the time we got out, it was freezing cold inspite of so many people and pitch dark. It was a clear sky splattered with stars and some planets were visible too.
Piyush asked Roko to check if the kitchen could make Maggie noodles for the group, he carried 10 packets of it. It was very thoughtful of him to do that. Roko said the kitchen was really busy cooking dinner for 200 people and yet he managed to persuade them to make it for us. These are the things that matters. They went beyond their usual call of duty and I truly mean this. When we got the ‘garam’ hot chai and Maggi noodles in that freezing cold, it was a blessing.
Every group had their own bonfire. We went towards the big bonfire set up by the kitchen. It was a big relief huddling and finding our space to get some heat. Bhim told the group about the ‘Hypothermia dance’. It was a series of steps that was practiced during treks. When it was freezing cold, the only thing to do was to do it with a partner. It was fun and instantly gave heat to the body. Bhim and I demonstrated the dance and the others in the group tried it too. Piyush introduced us to a guy ‘ The one in the orange jacket’ yup that’s precisely how he is called.
A hardcore Trekker, he lead his own groups and he was called that because he always wore a bright orange jacket. He knew quite a few trek leads from the trekking group we usually trekked with. The sky was filling up with stars faster than one could imagine, it was spectacular.
Just then we heard a commotion, there was some kind of fracas happening. Roko told us that there was an incident between a solo Trekker and Nicholas who had come with his group. This guy, the solo trekker came to Dzukou without a guide, and just placed his equipment at the space where Nicholas’s group had already staked their claim.
So when they kept his bag aside, he started shouting, it was ugly to say the least. He started yelling and Nicholas completely lost his cool when this guy said he would complain to Nagaland tourism board! Guys let me tell you what it does to local guides and their employment for no fault of theirs. They had pride in what they did, their reputation is at stake and when something like this happens, the whole fraternity gets blamed, worse they could be removed from their livelihood. Roko and a few others intervened and got that chap another space and calmed Nicholas down. Incidents like these tell you how tourists have no respect for locals or their land.
Bhim and I didn’t want to hang out with anyone after sometime, there was too much noise, loud music from Malayalam songs to Hindi songs blaring from Bluetooth speakers. We were meandering along until we saw a tiny space with bonfire and very few people. We joined in and whom we did we see sitting there? Nicholas! 😊
He recognised us from the festival. He graciously offered us a space to sit by the fire. He apologised for him eating in front of us. His group had already eaten and gone to their tents and so he and his team were finishing their dinner. I also noticed how he was checking on a woman, one from his group, she was having a severe headache, a sign of AMS( Altitude Mountain sickness) looking out for her, and telling her to drink more water. He assigned someone to take her to the tent and monitor her. I am telling you how important this is and how grateful one should be for this. One must have a lead like this who looks out for each and everyone in the group.
We started talking. Nicholas and Roko were internationally certified trek leads. They were specially selected through Nagaland board for a tough 16 day course in Mussoorie institute of Mountaineering, all expenses paid. He was very grateful for getting that opportunity and I saw how thankful he was. The fee was 30,000 Rs, which might not be much for most of us but for him and Roko, they respected it, valued it considering how tough it was for them to get there. Things like these tell me time and again how much we take everything for granted. My respect for Nicholas and Roko grew more after this.
He explained to us what happens during the course, the kind of stuff they had to train on. He also spoke about the incident with the solo Trekker. It was just not done. One complaint and the entire guide fraternity would be in trouble. I noticed Nicholas was more upset about the fact that not just his, but his entire community’s reputation would be at stake.
Hiring a guide was good, local guides meant local employment, it kept the young guys off from violence or any such stuff. They were not expensive either. They didn’t trust people who came without a guide. It smacked of arrogance, of an ego that meant they knew everything and the solo Trekker was an example. I remember the itinerary Piyush had sent and they also clearly stated, that taking local guides would mean local employment and it really helped the economy.
Nicholas offered us dinner saying there was plenty of it and we could have it here. He was so gracious about it. His other team members insisted we have food. Bhim and I looked at each other, yup Why not? When someone offers you with a big heart, it’s a privilege, you accept it. Over delicious Dal, Aloo and hot rice, sitting by the fire, we felt lucky. These guys were awesome. What else did we want? Hot dinner and company with Nicholas relating his experiences. After some time he had to leave, as he had to check on his group. He would be heading back at 6 am itself tomorrow with his group as they were leaving to Imphal in the evening.
We made our way to the tent saying good night to our group. Now let me stop here and tell you, that you already know what happened. Yup that freezing night in the tent! But with the bad, follows the wonderful! A morning filled with surprises and an amazing time with Roko was due! More to go.. Keep reading 😊
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December 21, 2011 at 2:46 PM ET by Heather Zichal
President Obama discusses historic new mercury pollutions standards.
Watch President Obama's full remarks here.
Today marks yet another historic day in the Obama Administration’s efforts to protect the health of American families and our environment.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the first-ever national standards to reduce mercury and other toxic air emissions – like arsenic, acid gas, and cyanide – from power plants, which are the largest sources of this pollution in the United States.
This crucial step forward will bring enormous public health benefits. By substantially reducing emissions of toxic pollutants that lead to neurological damage, cancer, respiratory illnesses, and other serious health issues, these standards will benefit millions of people across the country, but especially children, older Americans, and other vulnerable populations. Cumulatively, the total health and economic benefits to society could reach $90 billion each year.
When fully implemented, these new standards will, on an annual basis, help prevent:
Up to 11,000 premature deaths;
2,800 cases of chronic bronchitis;
4,700 heart attacks;
130,000 asthma attacks;
5,700 hospital and emergency room visits; and
540,000 days when people miss work or school.
Notably, today’s announcement has roots that trace back more than two decades, when Congress passed landmark, bipartisan legislation requiring the United States to limit toxic air emissions from the nation’s biggest polluters. Yet that legislation was only a first step. Today more than twenty years later, mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants remains unchecked. That is, until now.
These sensible new standards were developed with extensive input from the public as well as industry and can be implemented with widely available and cost-effective pollution control technology. The United States is a global market leader in the design and manufacture of these technologies, and American companies and workers will provide much of the equipment and labor needed to meet the substantial investments in pollution controls that these standards will generate.
To be sure, in the weeks and months to come, there will be some in Congress that will try to prevent these important standards from being implemented. Some will argue that these standards will negatively impact electric reliability across America, even though an independent analysis from the Department of Energy shows clearly that is not the case. Others will claim that there is not enough time to comply with these standards, despite the fact that these rules have been in the works for 20 years. Finally, some will say this step is too costly and we should opt for even more delay, despite the fact that for every one dollar we spend to reduce pollution under these standards, American families will see up to $9 dollars in health benefits.
In conjunction with the release of the rule, President Obama also issued a Presidential Memorandum which underscores the health benefits of the rule and directs EPA Administrator Jackson to use flexibilities built into the Clean Air Act where needed, and to work proactively with states, industry and other entities in a transparent manner to implement the rule in way that delivers the health benefits of the rule while addressing reliability concerns.
At the end of the day, President Obama believes that Americans have waited long enough for these common-sense standards and that it is now time to do what is right for the country. To hear him make the case in his own words, check out the video.
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Woman kidnapped in 1987 reunites with NY family
A woman stolen as an infant from a hospital crib two decades ago spent Thursday at a Manhattan hotel with her long-lost mother as investigators sought the evidence they need to identify and arre...
NEW YORK – A woman stolen as an infant from a hospital crib two decades ago spent Thursday at a Manhattan hotel with her long-lost mother as investigators sought the evidence they need to identify and arrest her kidnapper.
No suspects were ever identified in the 1987 disappearance of Carlina White, the 19-day-old infant who vanished from Harlem Hospital. The hospital had no surveillance video. Her parents left the hospital to rest after the baby was admitted in the middle of the night with a high fever. She was missing when they came back.
The parents, Joy White and Carl Tyson, said a woman who looked like a nurse had comforted them at the hospital. She disappeared afterward and apparently never worked there, family said.
As the years went by, it turned out, the best investigator on the case was Carlina herself, living under the name Nejdra Nance in Bridgeport, Conn.
She had long suspected she was at least adopted because the person who raised her, a woman who went by Ann Pettway, could never provide her with a birth certificate. She didn't look like anyone she lived with, police and her family said. And Pettway was abusive, family said.
"Carlina knows best, but she said the woman put her footprint on her face. I don't understand how you could do that," said Lisa White-Heatley, the woman's aunt.
A telephone message left for Pettway, who has had recent addresses in Bridgeport and Raleigh, N.C., wasn't returned.
A relative in Bridgeport told The Associated Press he was shocked by the story that Nance had been abducted.
"I don't know too much about this," Kapel Pettway said. "It stuns me. It hurts me. After all these years. I thought (Ann Pettway) was her mother."
Periodically, Nance would check the website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, looking through photos of missing infants in Connecticut, she told the New York Post. She left Connecticut for Atlanta years ago and has a 5-year-old daughter of her own, her family said. Her family said she worked as a dispatcher and hoped to have a modeling career.
Meanwhile, Joy White never gave up hope that she would find her firstborn.
"She always knew she was alive," White-Heatley said.
On Jan. 4, Nance, now 23, checked the website again, but searched this time through New York's missing children, and saw a baby photo that looked nearly identical to hers, police said. She contacted the site, who contacted Joy White. The two exchanged photos and talked. After a DNA test, it was all confirmed.
Authorities are looking at whether federal officials should take over because the statute of limitations may have expired in New York, said chief NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. There is no limitation in federal missing children cases. FBI officials in Bridgeport were looking into the case there.
Nance was too young to remember if the woman who raised her was with her the entire time, police said. Investigators aren't saying whether they have identified any suspects, but the White family believes Ann Pettway is the kidnapper.
"We have our suspicions in this case, but you need more than that for probable cause," Browne said.
Authorities have interviewed Nance, her biological parents and want to speak to Nance again. It wasn't known if they interviewed Pettway.
White's family said they want the kidnappers found and punished. But right now, they are focusing on having their daughter back.
Joy White and her family met Nance before the DNA test was confirmed because she felt sure Nance was Carlina. Nance was in New York from Friday until Tuesday with her daughter but returned to Atlanta.
"We took pictures, Joy cooked. We had a good time," said White-Heatley, Joy's older sister. "Everyone was so happy. It was like she was never missing."
After the DNA test results came back Wednesday, Nance returned to New York and was with her mother at a hotel. Calls from the AP to Joy White and her daughter were not returned.
But Nance told the New York Post in an interview posted Thursday that reuniting with her family was like a dream.
"I'm so happy. At the same time, it's a funny feeling because everything's brand-new. It's like being born again," she said.
Associated Press writer John Christoffersen in Bridgeport, Conn., contributed to this report.
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Home » Tennis » Wimbledon Tennis » Bouchard and Kvitova clash for Wimbledon ladies’ crown
Bouchard and Kvitova clash for Wimbledon ladies’ crown
Sixth seed Petra Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon ladies’ singles champion, is odds-on with Coral at 4/6 to beat Grand Slam final debutant Eugenie Bouchard, because the Czech has gone the distance before and won her only previous meeting with the Canadian.
That was on a hard surface at the Toronto Masters in 2013, and Kvitova took it in straight sets. It’s 13/8 she takes a second SW19 title 2-0. Venus Williams apart, it’s been simple progress for the Czech, but Bouchard has reached the final without dropping a set, and it’s 5/2 that she keeps that up.
It is the Canadian that had the harder route to get there too. Bouchard, 6/5 to take a maiden Grand Slam crown, knocked two of the top ten seeds (and highest WTA ranked players) out to set up this clash. Kvitova, meanwhile, has hardly been tested, as she is yet to face any lady deemed to be among the best 20 in the world.
Bouchard, the 13th seed, will be a tough nut for the Czech to crack. Punters should not rule out a tie-break being needed to decide the opening set at 9/2. Kvitova is 9/1 to edge her opponent 7-6. Bouchard is 10/1.
Winning the first set is so crucial, as each of the last seven ladies’ champions took this. Bouchard has definitely built on her run to the semis of the French Open last month at Wimbledon, and took full advantage of the ankle injury suffered by Simona Halep to seal her spot in this final.
“I am really excited,” Bouchard said. “It is my first Grand Slam final and I will just go for it. I would never say I was surprised because I have put in a lot of hard work in and it has been a long time in the making. I am always wanting to better myself and I am focused.”
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SAP Adds Advanced Data Protection and Privacy Features to the SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
March 20, 2018 by SAP News
LONDON — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced new and updated features to the SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite that will make it easier for HR leaders worldwide to comply with data protection and privacy laws.
The announcement was made at the 2018 UNLEASH Conference & Expo, taking place March 20 and 21 at the ExCel London.
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply as of May 25, and with advanced data protection and privacy capabilities within the SAP SuccessFactors solutions, customers can adopt better personal data* management and governance.
“We’re committed to helping customers adhere to data protection and privacy regulations, and protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their data in our highly regulated world,” SAP SuccessFactors President Greg Tomb said. “We’ve addressed previous regulations by standing up data center operations in countries like Russia and Brazil. With GDPR now on the horizon, we’re supporting customers in their compliance journey by providing tools that not only help them comply with these laws, and thereby avoid losses and exposure to fines, but also improve governance. Most important, we are helping organizations create value by earning and sustaining trust with employees and candidates.”
By enhancing existing product features and adding new capabilities, SAP SuccessFactors solutions support customers in properly handling and protecting sensitive employee, candidate and customer data. Updates include a variety of features designed to protect personal data, whether or not the person concerned remains with the organization:
Consent management: Certain data privacy laws, including the GDPR, require companies to obtain explicit consent from individuals to store or process personal data. This feature can be used throughout the consent process to configure and manage consent statements and acceptance. For example, recruiters can define consent statements in all languages in which a company operates and require candidates to accept the consent statement prior to applying for a position.
Data blocking: This feature can be used to restrict access to historical, personal data within the retention period, and allows one user role to retain access to the data, while blocking access for others. For example, an HR service center employee fielding questions from employees may only need to see employee data going back one year, whereas an HR system administrator may need to see all history on the employee.
Data subject info reporting: Companies store all kinds of personal data on their employees as well as external candidates, from information such as name and address to health data and the results of performance reviews. This feature enables customers to generate a report containing all of an individual’s personal data available across SAP SuccessFactors solutions. It supports individuals’ right to information, allowing them to know what personal information is being stored at any time.
Data purge: The amount of personal data stored and processed by an organization is significant. Keeping this data longer than needed for business purposes increases a company’s risk of noncompliance and data breaches. Purging (permanently deleting) data once there is no longer a legal reason for keeping it is a requirement of some data protection and privacy laws, including the GDPR. To better comply with specific countries’ and industries’ data retention rules, this feature allows customers to define location-specific data retention regulations and to permanently delete data thereafter.
Globalization and digital disruption are pressuring businesses of all sizes to rely on their people to drive organizational agility and thrive in times of change. Over 6,400 customers in 193 countries rely on industry-leading SAP SuccessFactors solutions to support their efforts in complying with global and local data protection and privacy requirements, such as the General Data Protection Regulation, and to help attract, develop and retain the best people — tapping into their full potential and meaningfully connecting them to the company’s purpose and mission. Because purpose drives people, and people drive performance.
For more information, visit the SAP SuccessFactors solutions website and the SAP News Center. Follow SAP on Twitter at @SuccessFactors and @sapnews.
Geraldine Lim, SAP, +1 (415) 418-0945, geraldine.lim@sap.com, PT
Kate Lavoie-Mayer, PAN Communications, +1 617-502-4338, klavoiemayer@pancomm.com, ET
*Personal data is defined here as data that can be used to identify a natural person – this could be an employee, a candidate, an external learner, or a customer, for example.
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Vail Resorts Announces EpicMix™ Website is Live in Beta Form, Giving Skiers and Riders Access to Digitally Capture and Share Their Ski and Ride Experiences at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly Resorts
• Set Up Your Account by Feb. 22, 2011 to Win an Epic Holiday Gift of $100,000
• EpicMix Mobile Application for iPhone and Android, Kids’ Website and Other Enhancements Will Be Available in Early 2011
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Dec. 23, 2010 – Today, Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) announced that the EpicMix™ website at www.epicmix.com is now live in Beta form and available for skiers and riders to view their ski and ride experience at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly mountain resorts. Also, Vail Resorts is extending the deadline to Feb. 22, 2011 for guests to activate their accounts and automatically be entered to win an Epic Holiday Gift of $100,000.
“We could not be more excited about everything that EpicMix will offer skiers and snowboarders at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly this winter, and guests can now begin to view and track their lift rides, vertical feet skied and digital pins earned in the live Beta site. We want to be certain that we take the time to ensure each new piece of EpicMix functionality is ready before it is launched. We recognize there remain a number of known issues surrounding the robust functionality of this ground-breaking online and mobile application and we intend to continue to work through them with real-time feedback from EpicMix users,” said Heidi Kercher-Pratt, chief marketing officer for Vail Resorts.
Anyone with a RF-enabled season pass or Peaks Lift Ticket can go to www.epicmix.com to register their account and view their information. They can also review a list of frequently asked questions and known issues with the website that will be remedied in early 2011 and can provide feedback through an online form. In addition, guests can call the Vail Resorts customer service line at 800-743-0242 to receive answers to their questions or report any issues.
EpicMix is a first-of-its-kind online and mobile application for the 2010-2011 ski and snowboard season. EpicMix allows Vail Resorts guests, at any of its world-class mountain resorts –Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly – to effortlessly utilize radio frequency (RF) technology to digitally capture their ski and ride experience and share it with friends and family. EpicMix captures the on-mountain activity of guests by leveraging Vail Resorts’ state-of-the-art RF scanners installed at the entrance to each of its 89 lifts across the five mountain resorts. An RF-enabled chip embedded in Vail Resorts’ season passes and PEAKS lift tickets will automatically track guests’ lift rides, calculating vertical feet skied and days on the mountain and will recognize special achievements and accomplishments by granting guests commemorative, collectible digital pins. EpicMix has hundreds of available digital pins for a multitude of unique experiences available at each resort.
EpicMix allows guests the choice to “opt in” and share their statistics and accomplishments through updates on Twitter and Facebook and guests can create special EpicMix leader boards with their Facebook friends. The free EpicMix mobile application, which guests can download to their iPhone, Android or other smart phone, will alert guests when any of their Facebook friends are skiing and where they are on the mountain. The application will also allow guests to send messages to their private groups of Facebook friends on the mountain. The mobile application will also provide trail and grooming information, snow and weather reports, as well as resort news and traffic updates.
Skiers and riders who activate their account by Feb. 22, 2011 at www.epicmix.com will automatically be entered to win an Epic Holiday Gift of $100,000. One lucky guest will then be selected at random. For additional details and contest rules, visit www.epicmix.com.
In early 2011, the free EpicMix mobile application, which guests can download to their iPhone, Android or other smart phone, will alert guests when any of their Facebook friends are skiing and where they are on the mountain. The application will allow guests to send messages to their private groups of Facebook friends on the mountain. The mobile application will also provide trail and grooming information, snow and weather reports, as well as resort news and traffic updates. Also early next year, EpicMix will have a special website for kids under the age of 14, which will allow them to connect with their parents’ accounts, but will have content designed specifically for them and unique pins only kids can earn. The kids’ site also will have special privacy restrictions. Parents will also be able to use EpicMix to track the lift rides of their kids in real time.
The basic functionality of EpicMix does not require Vail Resorts’ guests to do anything but ski and ride as they always have. There is nothing to buy, nothing new to wear and no required check-ins with their mobile devices. The application is embedded into Vail Resorts’ existing season pass and PEAKS lift tickets. EpicMix can be used by any guest at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly, whether they purchase a season pass or a PEAKS single day lift ticket.
The privacy of Vail Resorts guests is of paramount importance to the Company and no information collected through EpicMix will be shared unless a guest “opts in” and specifically chooses to share their information. All information collected through EpicMix is subject to the strict privacy policies of Vail Resorts. Guests can choose to disable the RF chip in their pass to prevent any scanning. Children under 14 participating in Epic-Mix will have limited features and a connection only to their parents’ account.
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Trump mocks virus as he launches potential superspreader sprint to win reelection
(CNN) — Donald Trump on Monday launched a three-week quest to save his presidency, behaving as though the pandemic that has killed 215,000 Americans was already a memory in front of a packed-in crowd -- even amid chilling new warnings about the resurgent virus. In his first rally since his...
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Cruz to object to Arizona's Electoral College votes on Wednesday
(CNN) — Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz plans to object to Arizona's Electoral College results during the joint session of Congress on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, which will force the first of multiple expected -- and futile -- votes in the House and the Senate to overturn the results of the election won by President-elect Joe Biden.Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has said he plans to object to the results in Pennsylvania. Republicans could also force debates and votes on other key states, with Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia signaling she plans to object to Biden's win in her state.The objections on Wednesday during the formal count of electoral votes from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will not change the results of the election. Every Democrat and some Republicans will reject the challenges, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. But the objections will extend the normally ceremonial process of counting Electoral College votes into Wednesday evening and possibly beyond. For each state where a House member and senator object, the two chambers will separately recess and debate the matter for up to two hours, followed by a vote on whether to accept or reject the objection.The exact number of objections that will be raised is still unclear. Cruz and a group of GOP senators held a conference call Monday night with several House members to map out a strategy, though no final decisions were made, according to a source involved in the call.The states' Electoral College votes are counted in alphabetical order, so Cruz's objection to Arizona is likely to be the first debated.Cruz and nearly a dozen Senate Republicans said this past weekend they planned to object to the Electoral College results unless a commission was appointed to investigate voter fraud. A person familiar with Cruz's plans argued the objection was not as much about Cruz questioning the election results as it was a reaction to the fact that he has not received the commission to study election results that he and his group of 10 other senators requested.The objections have sparked a public split in the Republican conference, with those siding with McConnell arguing the effort has no chance of succeeding and is dangerous for democracy. Some of Trump's allies on the other side are vowing to primary those Republicans who vote against him on Wednesday.Trump has focused on Wednesday's congressional session to try to overturn the November election after courts across the country rejected his campaign's lawsuits challenging the results, and state legislatures in battleground states declined to try to appoint electors that went against the will of the voters in their states.The President has attacked Republicans who have said they will not object to the results, accusing them on Twitter of being part of a "surrender caucus." Trump has also pushed Vice President Mike Pence, falsely claiming on Twitter Tuesday that Pence could "has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors."There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and there is no evidence that electors from the electoral college were fraudulently chosen, as all states have certified their elections. Pence's role on Wednesday in certifying the results of the election is largely ceremonial. There's no indication Pence plans to do so. But even if the vice president tried to take an unprecedented and legally dubious action to reject the will of voters and select a different slate of electors, such a move would almost certainly be rejected by both chambers of Congress. The chambers could respond by voting to appeal the ruling of the chair, according to Alan Frumin, a former Senate parliamentarian.In a sign that Pence is preparing for his role overseeing the quadrennial session to count the ballots, he was spotted in his office off the Senate floor Sunday meeting with aides and Elizabeth MacDonough, the current Senate parliamentarian. Electoral College VotesThe Electoral CollegeElectoral VotesSenate RepublicansPoliticsRepublican Primary VotersGOP VotersTexas RepublicanCNNCongressHouseDemocratTrumpTwitterArizonaTed CruzJoe BidenJosh HawleyKelly LoefflerMitch McconnellMike PenceAlan FruminElizabeth Macdonough
Pence faces pressure from Trump to thwart Electoral College vote
(CNN) — Vice President Mike Pence's four years of faithful service to his boss, President Donald Trump, will culminate this week in a ceremonial act he's under increasing pressure to thwart."The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors," Trump declared falsely on Tuesday, lending credence to an erroneous theory that Pence can overturn the results of the election during Wednesday's tally of Electoral College votes and again pressuring his top lieutenant to act outside constitutional bounds.His message came the morning after Trump riled up a crowd of supporters in Georgia using Pence's upcoming engagement on the Senate floor."I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you," Trump said Monday night during a political rally in Georgia, where his public arm-twisting was met with cheers. "Of course, if he doesn't come through, I won't like him as much."It was a direct message to a vice president whose defining political characteristic remains his unyielding fealty to Trump. How Pence proceeds on Wednesday when he presides over the certification of the Electoral College tally could determine his future relationship with the man he has served loyally, even in moments of political peril.Over the past several weeks, Trump has become intensely interested in Pence's ceremonial role during the certification of the Electoral College. He has raised the matter repeatedly with his vice president and has been "confused" as to why Pence can't overturn the results of the election on January 6, sources told CNN. As he was flying to Florida for his vacation last month, Trump retweeted a call from one of his supporters for Pence to refuse to ratify the Electoral College results on January 6 -- a prospect that has captured his imagination even if it remains completely impossible.Pence and White House aides have tried to explain to him that Pence's role is more of a formality and he cannot unilaterally reject the Electoral College votes. Pence has walked Trump through his largely procedural role in hopes of downplaying the pressure on him, a strategy that doesn't appear to have worked given the President explicitly urged him to take action Monday night without saying exactly what he wanted Pence to do.There is little expectation among Trump or Pence's aides that he will divert from his constitutionally-prescribed role."He will follow the law and Constitution," one person familiar with the matter said.Undeterred, Trump still seems taken with the idea and has not let up on asking Pence how he could somehow reverse or prevent Biden from being certified the winner, according to people familiar with the conversations."He's a wonderful man and a smart man and a man that I like a lot but he's going to have a lot to say about it," Trump said on Monday. "You know one thing with him. You're going to get straight shots. He's going to call it straight."ProcedureTraditionally, the vice president presides over the electoral vote certification, though it's not a requirement. In 1969, then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey didn't preside over the process since he had just lost the presidential election to Richard Nixon. The president pro tempore of the Senate presided instead.One source close to Pence said it is not seen as a good option for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley -- the current president pro tempore -- to be there instead of Pence on January 6.Pence and Trump were seen meeting in the Oval Office on Monday, along with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, before Trump departed for Georgia. According to Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, the pair were set to discuss how they would proceed on January 6. "That decision has to get made by the President and vice president, and they are actually meeting today and going through all the research -- they probably aren't going to make that decision by sometime tomorrow," Giuliani said on a podcast hosted by Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist.Giuliani ticked though several issues he characterized as constitutional matters that he said Pence and Trump would discuss. He framed the decision as one for both Trump and Pence -- even though the President has made clear he believes Pence should somehow act to prevent the certification, and Pence, in private, has explained his role is merely ceremonial. On Sunday, Pence met for a lengthy session with the Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough in his office just off the Senate floor. Pence chief of staff Marc Short, who was also in the Capitol and seen at one point going into the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, denied the purpose of the meeting was to find a way to overturn the Electoral College results. "No," Short said. "We're just meeting." Asked why he was meeting with the parliamentarian, Short said they are "trying to figure out the exact process."Presidential outrageStill, procedure and process can hardly inure Pence from the outrage of a President who still believes the election was stolen from him and has been fed conspiracies about the results from a band of fringe advisers.Even as recently as this weekend, Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro claimed on Fox News that Pence had the power to move back Inauguration Day, contradicting the Constitution.Last month, Trump offered tacit approval for the lawsuit filed by his Republican ally Rep. Louie Gohmert pressuring Pence into overturning the election results and was later disappointed to learn his own Justice Department was asking a judge to reject the suit, according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump and Pence discussed the matter at the end of last week. Trump for weeks has told associates that he does not believe Pence is fighting hard enough for him. That frustration is partly what led Pence's chief of staff to issue a statement Saturday night saying he welcomed efforts in Congress to raise objections to the Electoral College, though several noted it seemed carefully worded and did not say he supported the objections outright."Vice President Pence shares the concerns of millions of Americans about voter fraud and irregularities in the last election," Short wrote. "The Vice President welcomes the efforts of members of the House and Senate to use the authority they have under the law to raise objections and bring forward evidence before the Congress and the American people on January 6th."Speaking at his own rally in Georgia on Monday, Pence offered little insight into his thinking about January 6, even as he bolstered Trump's false claims of voter fraud.Instead, he kept his remarks vague."I know we've all got our doubts about the last election," he said. "I want to assure you, I share the concerns of the millions of Americans about voting irregularity. I promise you, come this Wednesday, we'll have our day in Congress, we'll hear the objections, we'll hear the evidence."Pence did not say what happens after.The Electoral CollegeVice President PencePoliticsPresidential ElectionThe SenateVoter FraudCNNWhite HouseBidenRepublicanTrump And PenceCapitolCongressJustice DepartmentFox NewsMike PenceDonald TrumpHubert HumphreyRichard NixonChuck GrassleyMark MeadowsIvanka TrumpRudy GiulianiElizabeth MacdonoughMarc ShortMitch McconnellLouie GohmertPeter Navarro
$900 Billion Won’t Carry Biden Very Far
The challenges greeting President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. rival those of the Great Recession, when he became vice president. Credit... Amr Alfiky/The New York TimesWith his presidential inauguration just weeks away, Joseph R. Biden Jr. is confronting an economic crisis that is utterly unparalleled and yet eerily familiar.Millions of Americans are out of work, small businesses are struggling to survive, hunger is rampant, and people across the country fear getting kicked out of their homes. The moment was similarly perilous exactly 12 years ago, when Mr. Biden was the vice president-elect and preparing to take office.“I remember the utter terror,” said Cecilia Rouse, who was an economic adviser in the Obama White House and has been chosen to lead Mr. Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers.The $900 billion pandemic relief plan that moderate lawmakers powered through Congress last month provides the incoming administration with some breathing room. This second tier of aid will deliver $600 stimulus checks, assist small businesses and extend federal unemployment benefits through mid-March.But as Mr. Biden has made clear, it is simply a “down payment” — a brief bridge to get through a dark winter and not nearly enough to restore the economy’s health.Roughly 19 million people are receiving some type of unemployment benefit, and many business owners wonder whether they will be able to survive the year. The coronavirus crisis has worsened longstanding inequalities, with workers at the lower end of the income spectrum — who are disproportionately Black and Hispanic — bearing the brunt of the pain.At the same time, bottlenecks in the Covid-19 vaccines’ rollout as well as fears about a much more transmissible variant of the virus could further delay the revival of large swaths of the economy like restaurants, travel, live entertainment and sports.“We are in for some choppy waters, even as we continue to get to the other side of the pandemic,” Ms. Rouse said.Yet despite the scorched earth left by the coronavirus, the economy is on a more stable footing in several ways than it was at the start of 2009.Instead of hurtling down a hole with no clear view of the bottom, Mr. Biden is taking office when the economy is on an upward trajectory. However anemic the growth, most analysts predict that 2021 will end better than it began even if there are stumbles along the way.While this pandemic-related recession was larger in terms of initial job losses and closings, it is what Ms. Rouse labeled “collateral damage” from a health emergency and not a crack in the underlying global financial system.“Now we know what to do: Provide the kind of social safety net for households, businesses and communities so they can get to the other side of the pandemic intact,” Ms. Rouse said.The Biden administration will also focus on attacking the deep-rooted inequalities that this crisis aggravated, she added.Volunteers distributing food donations in Bradenton, Fla. Four million U.S. workers have been unemployed for at least six months. Credit... Eve Edelheit for The New York TimesImageA closed flower shop in Tampa, Fla. The pandemic has shut down more businesses than the Great Recession did.Credit...Eve Edelheit for The New York TimesAdding to the positive side of the ledger, many households have socked away money, lifting the savings rate to a 40-year high. In contrast, the Great Recession razed storehouses of wealth, in retirement accounts and homes, virtually overnight.“Walking in this time, there is at least a cushion,” said Jason Furman, who led President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and is now an economist at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.The Presidential TransitionWhat do the polls say about the runoff elections?Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who was on Trump’s Georgia call, has quietly aided efforts to overturn the election.The Constitution or his boss? Pence faces a choice.But if the Biden administration will have a bit more running room on the economy, it is likely to have a lot less politically than Mr. Obama did in the first two years of his presidency, when his party controlled both houses of Congress.If the Democrats retake control of the Senate by winning both seats in the Georgia runoff election on Tuesday, Mr. Biden’s path will be much easier. Otherwise, the new president will have to deal with a Republican Senate led by Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who has stymied legislation from the Democratic-controlled House.In that case, the administration will have an uphill slog persuading lawmakers to approve more aid when this round ends. With a Democrat headed for the Oval Office, many Republicans who put aside their concerns about debt when it came to cutting taxes in 2017 have rediscovered their inner deficit hawk.Mr. McConnell successfully resisted President Trump’s calls — echoed by Democrats — to increase the latest stimulus payments to $2,000 from $600.The failure to extend or expand federal aid when it expires this spring not only would cause significant hardships and needless suffering but could seriously scar the economy, said Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist.Even though economic activity will most likely be on an upswing, the economy will remain weakened, Mr. Stiglitz said. Eviction moratoriums and mortgage forbearance have prevented families from losing their homes, but their housing debt has been accumulating even if it has not yet shown up on household balance sheets.ImageCovid-19 vaccinations are crucial to getting the economy back on track.Credit...Alex Welsh for The New York TimesImageA coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles. Cities and states also have a big role to play in distributing vaccines. Credit...Alex Welsh for The New York TimesMany small businesses, particularly in the hard-hit service sector, which has been a source of low-wage jobs, will not survive. Economic inequality will increase.“There’s been a lot of long-term damage,” Mr. Stiglitz said.At the same time, the ranks of workers who have been unemployed for six months or longer have swelled to more than four million, increasing the chances that they may never find another job. Growing numbers of men and women are also dropping out of the labor force altogether.None of those problems can really begin to be addressed without widely distributing the vaccines and reopening the schools so that parents, particularly mothers, can return to the work force.That is why economists say that funneling direct aid to state and local governments is so crucial.“That sector has been gutted,” said Abigail Wozniak, a labor economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, but it “is the sector that allows all the other sectors to operate.”States and localities will play a critical role in the vaccine rollout and in providing emergency medical personnel. They will also be responsible for sending teachers back to classrooms that are safe, and helping disadvantaged students regain lost ground.Senate Republicans have been dead set against providing that kind of direct aid. Mr. McConnell has criticized it as a “blue-state bailout,” even though many red and blue states — and rural areas in particular — have lost revenues and public sector jobs.ImageSenator Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, has opposed direct aid to state and local governments.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York TimesImageEconomists say Congress and the White House must recognize the differences as well as the similarities between the pandemic and the Great Recession.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York TimesEconomists on the right and left agree that while there are echoes from the Great Recession, there are also important distinctions. Restoring the economy this time, they warn, will require a kind of economic serenity prayer: recognizing the similarities, identifying the contrasts, and having the wisdom to know the difference.For Michael R. Strain, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, the economy has repaired itself more quickly than expected. He worries that some aid proposals, particularly those that prop up specific industries, would keep some dying businesses alive and “slow down the process of adjustment to a new post-virus economy.“The faster that process happens, the faster the economy heals,” Mr. Strain said.Many liberal economists, though, including those on the Biden team, warn against ignoring a crucial lesson from the last recession: Failing to move quickly to provide sufficient money to the people and businesses that need it can damage the economy far into the future.Brian Deese, whom Mr. Biden has picked to lead the National Economic Council, where he worked as an assistant during the Obama administration, said making public investments was necessary to ensure economic growth.“We’re in a moment where the risk of doing too little outweighs the risk of doing too much,” he said.Federal AidEconomic InequalityUnemployment BenefitsRepublican SenateSenate RepublicansPoliticsPresidential ElectionBiden AdvisersAmericansHispanicThe New York TimesDemocratsDemocraticThe Oval OfficeNational Economic CouncilCecilia RouseJason FurmanBarack ObamaCleta MitchellMitch McconnellJoseph StiglitzAlex WelshBrian Deese
Clemson’s Sugar Bowl Recovery Requires a Refresh, Not An Overhaul
The Sugar Bowl was an abomination. Doesn’t matter why or how, it was ugly and one of the worst games we’ve seen Clemson play in the last decade. Before last Friday’s loss, Clemson hadn’t been pantsed like this since the 2013 FSU game. And before that we’d really have to look at THAT Orange Bowl loss. These are probably the three worst games for Clemson under Dabo’s tenure.Read Full StoryThe Sugar BowlOrange BowlUgaLSUBowl GamesFSUNotre Dame FootballTigersOLOhio StatePittGeorgia TechFieldsTurnerACCDaboTrevor LawrenceRobbie CaldwellLes MilesMitch HyattNick Saban
Op-Ed: Should COVID relief payments go to everyone or target only the truly needy?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that COVID relief payments should not go to the rich. (Getty Images)During last week’s congressional wrangling over COVID relief payments, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) held that $2,000 checks were not going to happen because it would be “socialism for rich people” to give so much money to Americans who didn’t need it. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) jabbed back at Republicans via Twitter: “Funny. They had no problem giving a $1.4 billion tax break to Charles Koch and his family worth $113 billion.”McConnell’s handwringing represents a longstanding debate in American social policy that COVID relief highlights: Should public benefits be given universally, to all citizens, or be targeted to the truly needy?When it comes to COVID relief, many argue for giving funds only to the poor. After all, what does somebody like Koch need with a piddly $2,000 check from the rest of us when he’s already rolling in dough? And if we forgo giving money to those who already have plenty of it, we could give more to those who really do need it.That reasoning is not as ironclad as people may think it is.More than two decades ago, Swedish researchers Walter Korpi and Joakim Palme noticed a paradox as they studied social policy around the globe. Needy people, they argued, may do better when government benefits are distributed equally and universally rather than when benefits are specifically given to the needy.Why is that? It turns out that redistribution can work better, and poor people can fare better, when the rich also get benefits.A universal system creates a direct, personal nexus between tax revenues and public goods. It embodies a “from us, for us” approach that ties citizenship to paying taxes and mutual aid. When public benefits and programs are aimed at the poor instead, it can create a “from me, for them” impression — an altruism model but based on taxation. This approach can cause citizens to resent programs and minimize the amount of aid they are willing to have their governments provide overall.In this way, targeted programs can erode social unity, and they can do so through what are called “notch problems,” which utterly defy common sense. For example, imagine if COVID relief checks go out only to those who make less than $150,000 a year. So the person who is a dollar short of that figure merits help, but the person who makes a dollar over does not. When that happens, some are left out of the benefit but stuck with the bill. Nobody can blame them if they feel like government failed to serve them, and arbitrarily at that. Universalism can avoid that perception.One-time payments associated with targeted relief — like the previous COVID stimulus checks — also can create a timing glitch. A person may have held down a good-paying job for years and not qualify when it is time to distribute those one-time checks, but in an economic crisis they can lose that job a week after the payments have gone out. When programs direct aid to specific groups, people like this are out of luck.Universalism may give some people a one-time windfall they don’t need, but they can always donate to worthwhile causes. But those who find themselves suddenly facing financial hardship — despite the rosy picture their tax returns might paint — have far fewer, and much less attractive options when they are passed over for targeted aid. Some can raid retirement savings, and others can fall back on generous family. Otherwise, the options are debt, losing their homes, bankruptcy, or all three.Social scientists continue to wrangle over whether Korpi and Palme are right about universalism. That debate may be academic, but if there were a time to err in favor of unity and equality, it’s now.America is at a crossroads after years of vicious, us-and-them politics. COVID would have been horrible regardless, but Republican politics that turned mask-wearing into a culture war made it all the worse. More than 350,000 Americans have died of COVID while other Americans seemingly shrug.Universal COVID relief would offer us a chance to see ourselves, albeit in a small way, as one united nation again — a nation of vastly different people capable of pulling together when hard times come and investing in ourselves, every one of us, from richest to poorest.Lisa Schweitzer is a professor at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy.Copyright © 1881-2021. Los Angeles Times. Used with Permission.Mutual AidTaxationRepublican PoliticsOp-edCovidPublic HealthDebt ReliefFinancial AidTaxesSenateAmericansD-VtRepublicansTwitterSwedishMitch McconnellBernie SandersCharles KochJoakim Palme
In 'mecca of hip-hop,' rappers rally for Georgia Democrats ahead of Senate runoffs
Following President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 win against President Donald Trump, many hip-hop artists are turning their focus to the high-stakes Georgia Senate runoffs , where Democrats are running to unseat two Republican incumbent senators. Democrats Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff face off against current GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue on Tuesday. The Democratic Party, which maintained a narrow lead in the House in 2020, needs to capture both Senate seats to flip the balance of power in the upper chamber. Communities of color in Atlanta and the surrounding areas were key to Biden’s narrow win against Trump in the Peach State, where the Black vote is especially powerful, hip-hop artists are hoping to boost turnout and deliver another win for Democrats. Paras Griffin/Getty Images - PHOTO: Recording artist J.I.D performs onstage during "Vote GA Blue" concert for Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff on Dec. 28, 2020, in Stonecrest, Ga. “If the right people are not in the Senate, it’s gonna make it hard for the Biden-Harris administration to do anything they need to do and that they promised to us,” Atlanta rapper Jeezy told Rolling Stone in an interview published Dec. 29. “What we did see by Georgia turning blue [and] by us being able to sway the election and get it the way we wanted to get it, it wasn’t about just the election -- to me, it was about people mobilizing,” he added. “So here with this runoff, we have to continue to do the same thing, because we can’t fight half the battle and then not finish the war.” In the throes of a chaotic Trump-Biden race, hip-hop stays on message Colin Douglas Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: Jon Ossoff, Common, and Raphael Warnock wave to attendees during a 'It's Time To Vote' rally at Garden City Stadium in Garden City, Ga., Dec. 19, 2020. According to Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, a political science professor at Georgia State University who studies hip-hop culture and politics, the hip-hop culture’s influence on national politics has significantly grown over the past decade, but the voice of artists carries special weight in Atlanta, which is "now the center point of the hip-hop movement." “This idea that Atlanta is the Black mecca has been presented by many because of the large concentration not only of wealthy Blacks, but educated, highly educated Blacks. But it's also the mecca of hip-hop,” Bonnette-Bailey said. “Hip-hop started in the northeast, in the Bronx. But now we see more hip-hop artists that are coming out of Atlanta.” Paras Griffin/Getty Images - PHOTO: Rapper Tokyo Jetz performs onstage during the "Vote GA Blue" concert for Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff on Dec. 28, 2020, in Stonecrest, Ga. Hip-hop stars from all over the country have participated in virtual or in-person events in Georgia to get out the vote. Recently, artists like Common, BRS Kash, Moneybagg Yo, Tokyo Jetz and J.I.D. performed at rallies and concerts featuring Ossoff and Warnock. And on Sunday, former first lady Michelle Obama’s non-profit When We All Vote hosted a drive-in concert featuring artists like Rick Ross, Common, Jeezy, Monica and DJ Drama. Ross, a Florida rapper who is prominent in the Southern rap scene, also performed at a "Joy to the Polls" pop-up concert Dec. 29 in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images - PHOTO: Rick Ross performs onstage during "Joy To Polls" Pop-Up concert on Dec. 29, 2020, in Atlanta. “Hip-hop artists in Atlanta have always had this pull on the people, always had a connection to the people and always represented the voice for the people, and I think that is just hip-hop in general,” Bonnette-Bailey said. But she added that local stars like Killer Mike and T.I., who have deep roots in the community and a history of political activism, have a “unique” connection with the people because their efforts are viewed as “authentic.” Hip-hop has been standing up for Black lives for decades: 15 songs and why they matter Killer Mike and T.I. were both named to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' mayoral transition team, and over the decades, they have built strong relationships with local politicians and activists in the state. T.I, who was honored by the Georgia state Senate in 2019 for his philanthropic work in the community, slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in an Instagram post Monday for blocking a vote on the $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks, writing, “We need to Move Mitch Out The Way by electing (Raphael Warnock) and (Jon Ossoff) to the US Senate on Jan 5th. The world is watching. Let's Activate the culture and show D.C. w-- WE DO‼️” Paras Griffin/Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: In this Dec. 21, 2019, file photo, Killer Mike, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Shana Render attend 36th Annual Atlanta UNCF Mayor's Masked Ball in Atlanta. Killer Mike, who backed Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 and 2020 elections, invited the Vermont senator for a live Q&A on Instagram last month to discuss the progressive agenda and the Georgia Senate runoffs. The Run the Jewels rapper also spoke at a Dec. 20 event at The Gathering Spot in Atlanta, featuring Ossoff and Warnock. In an effort to boost voter turnout in the runoffs, Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz announced to fans that he is giving away a Tesla -- a luxury electric car -- to a Georgia voter who requests a mail-in-ballot or pledges to vote. Jermaine Dupri, an Atlanta rapper and record producer who became the second hip-hop act to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, appeared at a December rally in Georgia for Warnock and Ossoff and told radio personality Rickey Smiley in an interview last month that the Senate races “(feel) like (they’re) more important than the presidential election.” Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for Street Dreamz, FILE - PHOTO: Jeezy and Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms attend his Inaugural SnoBall for his Non-Profit Street Dreamz Foundation at Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead on Aug. 22, 2019, in Atlanta. Jeezy, whose 2008 anthem, “My President (is Black),” went viral during Obama’s first campaign, also worked closely with Lance Bottoms and recently interviewed her on his show on streaming channel Fox Soul to discuss the importance of the Senate elections. He also penned a Dec. 10 op-ed on the subject for Rolling Stone. All eyes on Stacey Abrams as Joe Biden passes Donald Trump in traditionally ruby-red Georgia The rapper, who has been a fixture in the Southern trap scene for decades, also made room for the Senate runoffs during his Verzuz battle with fellow Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane -- an iconic musical event for Atlanta hip-hop that was streamed by millions -- when he featured a message from Democrat voting rights activist and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. By Jan. 1, more than 3 million Georgians had voted early in a record for a runoff election. The secretary of state expects over 1 million more voters at the polls Tuesday. ABC News' Quinn Scanlan contributed to this report. 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Trump's power wanes in closing weeks
President Trump is witnessing his power wane in his final days in office as he divides the GOP over his assault on the electoral process and clashes with Republicans on policy. In the span of a week, the GOP-controlled Senate overrode Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, rebuffing the...Read Full StoryExecutive OrdersPoliticsGOP EffortsRepublican LawmakersDemocratsRepublican LeadersRepublicansThe Electoral CollegeHouseTreasurySave [email protected] SenatePresident TrumpMitch McconnellJoe BidenTom CottonLindsey GrahamSteven MnuchinJohn ThuneBrian KempDoug DuceyJames LankfordKelly LoefflerKamala HarrisRob PortmanDavid PerdueBrad RaffenspergerTed CruzDonald Trump
Republican infighting on election intensifies
Senate Republicans are going to war with each other over the upcoming Electoral College vote in Congress as lawmakers try to fill a post-Trump power vacuum. The public infighting is putting a spotlight on simmering divisions and setting up the scenario Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — who watched GOP squabbling cost him seats in previous election cycles — wanted to avoid when he warned members not to object to Wednesday’s counting of the electoral votes.Read Full StoryElection ResultsSenate RepublicansPoliticsRepublican LawmakersGOP LawmakersDemocratic LawmakersGOP LeadershipRepublican LeadershipThe Electoral CollegeThe Republican PartyAmerican117th CongressDemocratic White HouseRepublican SenatorsElection IntegrityMitch McconnellJoe BidenTom CottonBen SasseJames LankfordRob PortmanRichard ShelbyLisa MurkowskiPat ToomeyRichard BurrJosh HawleyTed CruzScott JenningsJohn ThuneRand PaulMarco RubioSusan CollinsRoy Blunt
Senate GOP opposition grows to objecting to Electoral College results
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How Ted Cruz screwed over Senate Republicans
(CNN) — The decision last week by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley (R) to formally object to the 2020 Electoral College results this Wednesday was bad for Republicans.The decision by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) to organize 10 more Senate colleagues to also announce on Saturday that they also planned to object to the results is way, way worse.See, Hawley's objection -- if he was the lone voice among GOP senators doing so -- could be written off as the strategy of an ambitious young pol who wants to make a name for himself before the 2024 GOP primary.But when Cruz, who also wants to run for president (again) in 2024, and 10 other Republican senators announced they, too, would oppose the Electoral College results, then it became an un-ignorable and un-dismissible issue for Republicans.Because now almost 25% of the 52 sitting Republican senators are planning to go on record to object to the results, which have been certified in all 50 states and to which no serious objections can be raised.Wrote the editorial board of the conservative National Review on Cruz's gambit:"The Cruz eleven realize that their effort isn't going anywhere. Both houses of Congress would have to vote to uphold objections to electors. Neither will, and neither should. If all they want to do is signal that they are upset that Biden won, this isn't the manner or the forum to do it."What Cruz's gambit will do is make it impossible for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) to cast this vote as anything other than a pure loyalty test vis a vis Trump.And that's a problem for people like Sens. Rob Portman (Ohio), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Roy Blunt (Missouri) who a) have said they won't support the objection and b) are up for reelection in 2022.That trio is now ripe for Trump-backed primary challenges by candidates who can point to Wednesday's vote as a moment of choosing between "real" Republicans and RINOs (Republicans In Name Only).The Point: Ted Cruz has never been terribly popular among his Senate colleagues. And this won't help.Senate RepublicansPoliticsRepublican SenatorsSenate PresidentCNNThe Electoral CollegeUnCongressBidenTrumpGOP SenatorsObjectionsTexasKentuckyElectorsTed CruzJosh HawleyMitch McconnellRob PortmanLisa MurkowskiRoy Blunt
GOP attorneys: We can't let our party's leaders betray our democracy
Donald Ayer served as United States attorney and principal deputy solicitor general in the Ronald Reagan administration and as deputy attorney general under George H.W. Bush. Tom Rath served as attorney general of New Hampshire, director of the Legal Services Corporation under President George W. Bush and Republican Party national committeeman for New Hampshire for seven years. Both serve on the Voter Protection Program Bipartisan Advisory Board. The views expressed in this commentary are their own. View on CNN. (CNN) — Wednesday, January 6, shouldn't be a memorable date on the political calendar. To the contrary -- this day is typically a mostly unnoticed step in the certification of the Electoral College votes in the chambers of the US Capitol.Yet if you follow the baseless claims of President Donald Trump and his staunchest allies, you might believe we are confronting an event of utmost controversy or vast legal questions.Spoiler alert: We aren't. The voters picked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and they will take office as president and vice president January 20. Still, a handful of Trump zealots in Congress are injecting a veneer of chaos into the process, seeking to undermine faith in our democracy itself. So, we have to ask the question: Who among us, especially in the current iteration of the Republican Party, will hold firm on the side of the voters and the rule of law against Trump's assault on the fundamentals of our system of government? We should note that while it is positive that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a growing number of leading Republicans have acknowledged the legitimacy of the election and Biden as President-elect, it is unacceptable that the outgoing President and his loyalists continue to undermine our democracy.In many ways, we face another inflection point -- the kind of moment when our individual and collective actions determine in what direction we will travel, what type of society we will inhabit, what kind of country we will be. It's in those instances when a leader's character can be revealed and a people's fate can be sealed. It's in those decisions that we discover who stood on the right side of progress and who failed to uphold our best interests and values.These moments are littered throughout our history books. Who fought with then-Gen. George Washington for independence and revolution over despotism and autocracy. Who stood with President Abraham Lincoln for the union and freedom over secession and slavery. Who joined the allies to preserve democracy and human rights against Nazi horrors and fascist violence. Who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis for civil rights, resisting the forces arrayed against human dignity.The examples go on. And we face another such point right now: Congress is meeting to certify the Electoral College results January 6, marking the final stop on the road to Biden's inauguration. No matter what Trump and others try to claim, nothing will change the outcome. What makes this time different, though, are the threats of multiple Republicans to formally object to the tally, thereby rejecting the will of the voters in a contest that shattered turnout records.Perhaps this is a last-ditch effort to appease Trump's ego, but it's enough already. The election was fair, secure and free -- and any attempt to undo the vote won't work. Like the more than 50 lawsuits filed since November 3, this has no merit.But the perceived political cost of crossing Trump forces us to consider again: This week, who will stand for what's right over what's expedient? Who will choose country over party and law over partisanship?The recent past offers us a prime answer. A few weeks ago, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an absurd lawsuit seeking to throw out roughly 20 million legally cast votes in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. A number of his Republican attorney general colleagues and 126 Republican members of Congress joined him, only to see their ridiculous plea swiftly rejected by the US Supreme Court.This gambit made headlines. But beneath the hysteria, something far more remarkable happened, too. There were Republicans who said no. Leaders from Idaho, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Ohio and even Texas refused to support this case.Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a former Texas attorney general himself, said he "frankly struggles to understand the legal theory of" the suit. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Gov.-elect Spencer Cox called this case "an unwise use of taxpayers' money." Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah referred to it as an "effort to subvert the vote of the people (that) is dangerous and destructive of the cause of democracy." And, in a brief filed with the Supreme Court, a group of prominent conservative lawyers and former elected officials described the Texas case as "a mockery of federalism and separation of powers." These leaders held true to the ocath they swore as lawyers and as public servants: to uphold the Constitution and defend the very heart of our republic.This shouldn't be anything special. But in this day and age, their actions are. And these leaders show us what it means to stay true to our nation's -- and their own -- character. 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How digital media changes are affecting local media
This article – an overview of the local media scene in the UK – appears in the latest issue of Government Gazette.
The local media are currently trying to ride through a perfect storm of change, from a decline in readers that long pre-dates the internet, to advertisers fleeing their pages in droves and a new medium that steadfastly refuses to give them the profits they enjoyed in print.
It’s a complicated picture, and anyone who pretends to blame one company, or one business model, for their demise, probably wants something. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in online journalism and tagged government gazette, local newspapers on January 29, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
Another newspaper that ignores copyright law – and ethics
The Irish Mail on Sunday has finally responded to complaints about a story it published this week based on the words of a blogging female air traffic controller: “The male chauvinist pigs of air traffic control” (PDF)
“Melanie Schregardus,” the article says, “claims she was forced to endure a torrent of sexist abuse when she and a handful of colleagues first broke into [the] profession”, and the rest of the article continues in the same vein.
The publication of the article understandably caused Melanie some distress. She wrote:
“In the middle of an incredibly trying time for my colleagues, an article has appeared in a Sunday Newspaper that says I feel abused by the people I work with. It gives me opinions that I do not have, and uses words I have never said. It does so to attack my profession, impugn my employers, and portray me as a victim of my friends.
“I feel sick. Any future employer could fairly read what Luke Byrne has written about me and conclude that I am a disloyal, untrustworthy person. The people I work with today could, and probably have, read it and decided that I am not on their side, and that I think that they are sexist, nasty, bullies. None of this is true.
In fact, she deleted her blog, before realising that, without it, there would be no record of her actual words. So she then started a new blog, with the post quoted above. Apart from her complaints about misrepresentation, and that she was never contacted about the story, she also wonders how the newspaper was able to publish a photograph of her without permission (see comments for more on this aspect). And she has complained to the ombudsman. This is where the Irish Mail’s response comes in.
The Irish Mail responds: ‘She was asking for it, mate’
Now at this point The Irish Mail could have protected its brand and claimed this was just one rogue journalist without a sub editor to keep them in check.
Instead, they have decided to dig themselves in deeper, saying:
“The photograph of Mrs Schregardus which we published to accompany this article came from Page 36 of this online magazine http://issuu.com/connors-bevalot/docs/publication1_-destress
“Like Mrs Schregardus’s blog, it had been put into the public domain by Mrs Schregardus herself.”
Of course, being in the public domain has no relevance to copyright. A published newspaper is ‘in the public domain’, but that doesn’t mean anyone is free to copy images from it without paying or crediting the copyright holder. You’d think newspapers would know this.
As for not contacting Mrs Schregardus, they provide an insight into the rigorous journalism practised in their newsroom:
“On Thursday, January 21, Luke Byrne [the reporter] attempted to contact Mrs Schregardus by Twitter (the only contact details he had) and asked her for an interview. On Friday, January 22, Mrs Schregardus replied. She informed Mr Byrne that she had sought permission from her trade union to speak to us. He awaited further contact from her, but he did not hear from Mrs Schregardus again. Either she chose not to speak to him or her union refused her permission to do so.”
So here we have the relentless reporter who will leave no stone unturned in his search for… hold on. “Oh, she didn’t tweet back. Well, I guess I’ve done all I could then.”
And finally, the misrepresentation. Incredibly, the newspaper claims
“The Irish Mail on Sunday did not attribute to Mrs Schregardus the view that her colleagues were sexist”
So that line saying that she “claims she was forced to endure a torrent of sexist abuse”?
Or the one that reveals “She went on to say that the representation of women didn’t seem to have changed much”?
Or that “She revealed that she endured one of the most pervasive forms of workplace sexism”.
Silly words. They do have an awful habit of arranging themselves in the most unusual sentences.
Same old story, different context
Of course it’s nothing new for a Sunday newspaper to take quotes out of context. Normally that someone is a public figure, and the journalist can argue that it comes with the territory. In The Irish Mail on Sunday’s response you can detect the same theme: she “published on an internet blog that was open to millions of people around the world to read,” they say.
That’s true, and some will say Mrs Schregardus should have been more cautious. I think that’s expecting a level of cynicism that we wouldn’t like to see in the average air traffic controller, but that’s a conversation for another blog post. In the meantime, it’s worth pointing out (aside from the, you know, ruining-a-person’s-life-for-a-story aspect) the long-term effects of an event like this.
Firstly, there’s the effect on the newspaper brand and journalism as a whole. Schregardus outlines how her own opinion (and now, you would expect, those of her readers) has changed as a result:
“I’m sure this happens to other people all the time. Probably people who are far more famous than me. I’ve probably read and formed opinions of other people based on things that are just not true. I’ve probably talked about other people’s lives based on things I’ve read that were hurtful to them.”
Secondly, there’s the effect on workblogging more broadly. We’ve already seen the prize-winning writings of police blogger Nightjack deleted after he was unmasked by The Times, and it’s fair to say that it’s going to be more helpful to journalists to encourage workblogging than to shop their authors – or misrepresent them – to their employers.
Because when the workblogs have gone what will you do? Pick up the phone? Luke Byrne may struggle with that.
This entry was posted in online journalism and tagged copyright, ethics, irish mail on sunday, luke byrne, Melanie Schregardus on January 28, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
Police visit to Seismic Shock blogger after "harassment" complaint – the context
This is a cross-post from the Wardman Wire, looking at the various questions around the Sesmic Shock case, which Paul has mentioned previously. It’s an interesting and very important story, because it touches on politics, religion, law, and police use of that law.
A blogger who writes the Seismic Shock website has published articles critical of a Church of England Vicar, who has complained to the police over ‘harassment’ resulting in the blogger being paid a visit by the West Yorkshire constabulary, and his computer files at his University – who I believe is his emloyer – to be searched. The site linked above is the new one; the blogger deleted the old one “voluntarily” when the Constabulary had a “word”.
The Church of England Vicar is Rev Stephen Sizer, of the parish of Virginia Water. He is a known critic of the State of Israel, and of “Christian Zionism”, and a reasonably well-known controversialist on these questions.
We should also note that there are some statements being made around that would be on the edge of our defamation laws in the UK; see, for example, the introduction to this piece on the Z-Word blog of the American Jewish Committee.
This dispute doesn’t depend on the content of the story, though, and I’m not about to go fishing in the “Pro-Israel” or “Anti-Israel” or “Pro-” or “Anti-Palestinian” pool.
Sizer has also been doing his own bit of ‘harrassment’ in the comments on the blog of an Australian blogger, “Vee” of LivingJourney. She mentioned Sizer in a piece, and linked to the Seismic blog.
Sizer left her this comment:
Dear Vee,
You must take a little more care who you brand as anti-semitic otherwise you too will be receiving a caution from the police as the young former student of Leeds did recently. One more reference to me and you will be reported.
Harry’s Place has a guest post from Seesmic Shock setting out his point of view. There is also a report on the Index on Censorship blog.
Free Speech or Harassment
Paul Bradshaw has the key points summarised well at the Online Journalism Blog:
This is worrying on so many levels:
A blogger links to evidence linking a reverend in the Anglican church with holocaust denial and antisemitism.
The reverend complains to Surrey Police, who pass it on to Yorkshire Police, who pay the blogger a visit, during which the blogger agrees to delete one of his blogs.
In addition, it appears that the police have also spoken to the university which the blogger attends, where the head of ICT “would like to remind me that I should not be using university property in order to associate individuals with terrorists and Holocaust deniers”.
The blogger eventually chooses to speak up when the same reverend threatens another blogger with similar action (despite them being in Australia)
And he is asking exactly the right questions (updated slightly from Paul’s article):
Why are police getting involved? West Yorks police say it was a claim of “harassment”. Is that all it takes?
Why are they ‘paying a visit’?
Why are they approaching an educational institution to gather information on that person?
Why does that educational institution then get involved?
For context, “harassment” is defined in English Law thus, under the 1997 Protection from Harassment Act:
““Harassment” of a person includes causing the person alarm or distress; and a course of conduct must involve conduct on at least two occasions.”
Where will this go?
This story is likely to run and run, and I think it is important to keep the principles of law at stake here separate from the arguments about Middle East politics and religion.
I don’t think that a published author and controversialist will cover himself in glory by complaining to the police about hostile articles by somebody else. I hope that authors would pay more attention to the principle of freedom of expression. If material is defamatory, then the action should be for defamation. If it is a vigorous argument, then argue back. Note: I have not of course – since it has been deleted – seen all the original content of the Seismic blog.
I think we have a problem with a nebulous definition of harassment, which is being assessed too heavily on the basis of the statements of the victim; some reform is needed.
And, I’m reluctant to say it, but I think that there are so many petty interferences and use of laws to intimidate individuals by different varieties of policemen – the most topical example is photographers – that I think we need to make it almost a principle not to give in to “a quiet word from a Constable”; we need to make our police justify their actions at every point.
I think that it is important to keep the principles of law at stake here separate from the arguments about Middle East politics and religion.
This entry was posted in online journalism on January 28, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
Why news organisations should start thinking seriously about their data
I don’t often post a simple link-and-quote to another post these days, but Martin Belam’s article on the value of linked data to the news industry is worth blogging about. In it he makes the clearest argument I’ve yet seen for linked data. First, the commercial argument:
“Pages [on a non-news BBC project using linked data] are performing very well in SEO terms. They sometimes even outrank Wikipedia in Google when people make one word searches for animals, which is no mean feat … And the ongoing maintenance cost of organising this wealth of content is reduced.”
Second, the editorial one:
“Let us picture a scenario where each school has a unique canonical identifier, which is applied to all Government data relating to that school. Or – more likely perhaps – that we have mappings of all the different ways that one school might be uniquely identified, depending on the data source. Now picture that news organisations have also tagged any content about that school with the same unique or a similarly interoperable identifier.
“Suddenly, when a newsworthy event takes place, a researcher within a news organisation has at their fingertips a wealth of data – was the school failing, had the people involved been in any coverage of the school before, does the school have a ‘history’ of related incidents that might build up to a story. We have here a potential application of linked civic and news data that improves the tools in our newsrooms.
“And just because we share some common identifiers for data, it doesn’t necessarily mean producing homogeneous content. It is perfectly possible to imagine one news group producing an application that works out the greenest place to live if you want your child to be in the catchment area of a particular school, and another newspaper to use different sets of data to produce an application to tell you where you need to buy a house if you want to get your child into school x, and have the least chance of being burgled. And then news organisations repackaging these services and syndicating them to estate agent and property websites as part of their B2B activities.”
(With a commercial flourish there). It’s worth reading from start to finish.
This entry was posted in online journalism and tagged linked data, martin belam on January 26, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
More details on the Seismic Shock police visit. Still worrying.
Following yesterday’s post on the visit paid by two West Yorkshire police officers to an anonymous blogger, the BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones has done some digging and spoken to the blogger in question, who explains:
“Someone had traced my IP address to Leeds University and the police had spoken to the university and retrieved some files of mine, none of which contained anything which I hadn’t made public. The police then relayed a message from the head of ICT department that I shouldn’t be using university property in such ways.”
Rory’s piece continues:
The officers asked him to take down his blog, which was at that time being written partly on a university computer, and he agreed to do so. “Why?” I asked him. “I did it because I felt intimidated,” he said. “I felt had to co-operate with the police.”
So why did the police or Leeds University get involved in this argument? The university offered no comment, except to say that the person who knew about this issue was away on holiday.
This is the most worrying piece of the puzzle for me.
Firstly, that – apparently on the basis of a complaint – the police should request computer files from a university.
And secondly, that the university should comply.
I’m waiting for a response from West Yorkshire Police and Leeds University for further details – particularly on how the police handle harassment complaints like this (and what the nature of the complaint was), and the university’s policy for handing over student data. This may well be a storm in a teacup, but there are valid questions here that need to be answered.
A roundup of other reports on the story can be found here.
UPDATE: I’ve now received a reply from West Yorkshire Police who appear to be merely repeating what they already told Index on Censorship: “As a result of a report of harassment, which was referred to us by Surrey Police, two officers from West Yorkshire Police visited the author of the blog concerned. The feelings of the complainant were relayed to the author who voluntarily removed the blog. No formal action was taken.”
I’ve repeated my questions about how they handle harassment complaints and requests for data more generally.
This entry was posted in online journalism and tagged anonymity, leeds university, rory cellan-jones, seismic shock, stephen sizer, west yorkshire police on January 26, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
Police pay Seismic Shock blogger a visit over 'harassment'
This* is worrying on so many levels:
a blogger links to evidence linking a reverend in the Anglican church with holocaust denial and antisemitism
in addition, it appears that the police have also spoken to the university which the blogger attends, where the head of ICT “would like to remind me that I should not be using university property in order to associate individuals with terrorists and Holocaust deniers”
Forget about the specifics. Here are the questions:
Why are police getting involved in a libel issue ? Update: West Yorks police say it was a claim of “harassment”.
Extremely worrying. Watch this one.
*If that link doesn’t work, try this or this.
This entry was posted in online journalism and tagged anonymity, harassment, law, seismic shock, stephen sizer, university of leeds, west yorkshire police on January 25, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
The clause that concerns us all
Business secretary Peter Mandelson’s proposed Digital Economy Bill has ruffled a few feathers in the new media world, but has also gained support from unions and industry bodies. The fate of the bill could have a significant impact on the future of internet use in Britain, and on the growth of new media.
It is difficult to work out just who would benefit if the bill was successfully passed, apart from the government, which stands to gain millions in taxes. It is being touted as an effort to keep pace with technological change, yet in the same breath, threatens to severely limit access and creativity.
The loudest protests concern the worryingly vague clause 17, which would offer unprecedented power to the government to amend the Copyright, Design and Patent Act. Consumer groups have warned the bill could jeopardise privacy laws and make way for unwarranted monitoring and data collection. Critics argue the flexibility of the clause could lead to unfounded claims of copyright breaches and over-reaching power.
The clause states: “The Secretary of State may by order amend Part 1 or this Part for the purpose of preventing or reducing any infringement of copyright by means of the internet if satisfied that (a) the infringement is having a serious adverse effect on businesses or consumers, and (b) making the amendment is a proportionate way to address that effect.”
Interestingly, media heavyweights, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Ebay joined forces to protest against the clause:
“This clause is so wide that it could put at risk legitimate consumer use of current technology as well as future developments,” the joint letter to Mandelson read.
The government has since moved to allay concerns, hinting it may water it down. Ministers maintain the government is committed to the principle of clause 17, but have drafted amendments.
The National Union of Journalists has signed a letter in support of the clause, stating jobs and the future of ‘creative Britain’ are at stake without it.
The NUJ’s support of the clause, at best, suggests a misguided attempt to protect member’s interests, and at worst, a regressive and short-sighted move, which could hinder the growth of the industry. This is a clause that concerns us all.
This entry was posted in online journalism, regulation on January 22, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
The Press Complaints Commission consultation: respond by January 25th
The Press Complaints commission, which is the industry body which attempts to regulate the printed media, and now the corresponding websites, is engaged in a “Governance Review” – and is wanting responses by January 25th 2010.
The commission last had the attention of bloggers when a proposal was made by the PCC Chairman Baroness Buscombe that they should be regulated by the PCC. Unity, at Liberal Conspiracy, organised a response which drew expressions of support from perhaps 300 bloggers over the following 3 days.
At that point I also commented on some problems with the PCC itself :
Baroness Buscombe, the Press Complaints Commission and the Internet: Hard Questions
Firstly, the Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission is a position which surely depends on political and commercial neutrality. (Baroness Buscombe takes the Tory Whip in the Lords)
Secondly, despite the Chairman of the PCC clearly needing to be a neutral figure, Baroness Buscombe used her speech to the Society of Editors to make party political points.
Thirdly, the PCC’s level of knowledge and understanding about the Internet is open to question; they appear not to understand News Headline Aggregators.
Fourthly, the PCC needs to defend vigorous investigative journalism. The Baroness – as current Chairman and a Peer herself – has suggested that the Lords should not be subjected to the same scrutiny as the Commons has been in the last 12 months.
Tim Ireland has been organising an excellent response , based around these five specific proposals:
SUGGESTION ONE: Like-for-like placement of retractions, corrections and apologies in print and online (as standard).
SUGGESTION TWO: Original or redirected URLs for retractions, corrections & apologies online (as standard).
SUGGESTION THREE: The current Code contains no reference to headlines, and this loophole should be closed immediately.
SUGGESTION FOUR: Sources to be credited unless they do not wish to be credited or require anonymity/protection.
SUGGESTION FIVE: A longer and more interactive consultation period for open discussion of more fundamental issues.
And he has done an excellent (and noisy) video involving space invaders, which you can see here .
The PCC has a special website set up, from where you can send your submission.
The closing date is January 25th 2010.
This entry was posted in newspapers, online journalism, regulation and tagged baroness buscombe, blogging, PCC, Press Complaints Commission, regulation, law and ethics on January 22, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
Technology is not a strategy: it's a tool
Here’s another draft section from the book chapter on UGC I’m currently writing I’ve written which I’d welcome your input on. I’m particularly interested in any other objectives you can think of that news organisations have for using UGC – or the strategies adopted to achieve those.
A common mistake made when first venturing into user generated content is to focus on the technology, rather than the reasons for using it. “We need to have our own social network!” someone shouts. But why? And, indeed, how do you do so successfully?
A useful framework to draw on when thinking about how you approach UGC is the POST process for social media strategy outlined by Forrester Research (Bernoff, 2007). This involves identifying:
People: who are your audience (or intended audience), and what social media (e.g. Facebook, blogs, Twitter, forums, etc.) do they use? Equally important, why do they use social media?
Objectives: what do you want to achieve through using UGC
Strategy: how are you going to achieve that? How will relationships with users change?
Technology: only when you’ve explored the first three steps can you decide which technologies to use
Some common objectives for UGC and strategies associated with those are listed below:
Objective Example UGC strategies
Users spend longer on our site
Give users something to do around content, e.g. comments, vote, etc.
Find out what users want to do with UGC and allow them to do that on-site
Acknowledge and respond to UGC
Showcase UGC on other platforms, e.g. print, broadcast
Create a positive atmosphere around UGC – prevent aggressive users scaring others away
Attract more users to our site
Help users to promote their own and other UGC
Allow users to cross-publish UGC from our site to others and vice versa
Allow users to create their own UGC from our own raw or finished materials
Get to the stories before our competitors
Monitor UGC on other sites
Monitor mentions of keywords such as ‘earthquake’, etc.
Become part of and contribute to online UGC communities
Provide live feeds pulling content from UGC sites*
Increase the amount of content on our site
Make it easy for users to contribute material to the site
Make it useful
Make it fun
Provide rewards for contributing – social or financial
Improve the editorial quality of our work
Provide UGC space for users to highlight errors, contribute updates
Ensure that we attract the right contributors in terms of skills, expertise, contacts, etc.
Involve users from the earliest stages of production
Can you add any more? What strategies have you used around UGC?
UPDATE: ‘Pursue the goal, not the method‘ by Chris Brogan puts this concept well in broader terms.
This entry was posted in online journalism and tagged online journalism book, POST process, user generated content on January 19, 2010 by Paul Bradshaw.
NUJ's making journalism pay online: five points
The NUJ’s New Ways to Make Journalism Pay conference on Saturday brought together a group of journalists and entrepreneurs who are making money through online journalism in the UK. Many of the speakers had toiled to build brands online, and those that had were now running sustainable businesses. If the future of journalism is entrepreneurial, then these speakers are evidence of it.
You can read a breakdown of all the speakers’ points at Ian Wylie’s blog and if you scroll back on my twitter account @Coneee. Here are five points from the conference that jumped out at me.
1. Getting to a sustainable position is difficult.
David Parkin, founder of Thebusinessdesk.com, took two years to raise the £300,000 he thought he’d need to survive an estimated 18 months of operating at a loss. In the end it only took 9 months after an expansion into the Northwest, but it was still very “hairy.” He had to “make noise”: put up posters, give away coffee on the street, and branded mints to posh restaurants where businesspeople dined. Daniel Johnston, founder of Indusdelta.co.uk, had to live off his savings for the first 18 months. The site is now profitable, and supports the salary of another staff member.
2. The rules of the journalism game aren’t changed by the internet.
Paul Staines of the Guido Fawkes blog gets up at 6.30AM, and is still up when Newsnight is on in the late evening. He hasn’t got any ins with big politicians, and most of his news comes from disgruntled interns. No wonder! David Parkin found that for him, starting a successful venture was still “very much about contacts.” Daniel Johnston, although professing to not know whether he was a journalist, borrowed the principle of independence from good journalism: providing a counter point to the Government view (which he said was “gospel” before he came along) of the welfare-to-work industry also allowed him to build a sustainable business.
3. Traditional media doesn’t do investigative journalism.
Gavid MacFadyean, director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism, said 75% of investigative journalism is now done by foundations or NGOs. This is because of cost cutting at newspapers and in TV, but also because foundations offer a far more effective environment for investigative journalism. Gavid said: “Foundations say just do your worst, and we’re trying! It’s no strings attached money,” which seems to be bliss compared to less independent advertising-supported models.
4. Email is important.
Many of the speakers had collected the email addresses of their readers in the tens or hundreds of thousands, allowing them to quickly notify readers of news, while also opening up possibilities for making money. David Parkin recalled success with sending emails when the interest rates changed. By providing this information within 2-3 minutes (speed which the BBC and “big media” don’t bother with) after it had happened, businesspeople could be more informed. Angie Sammons of Liverpool Confidential said having an email list of interested individuals means you can directly provide them with sponsored offers, making you money and also helping your readers.
5. Local freelance journalism is dying.
Since this was an NUJ conference organised by the London freelance branch, it’s not surprising that the room was full of freelance writers, many of them used to pitching stories to editors of local newspapers. Note that many seemed to be “used to” doing this. A combination of a crash in rates, an unwillingness for local editors to commission work and the virtual impossibility for newcomers to get their first (paid) start gave me the impression that it’s never been harder to get work as a freelance local journalist. Fortunately, the overriding message from the day was it’s never been easier to make it online.
Jon Slattery’s news from the conference: Manchester Confidential puts up paywall, and Guido Fawkes achieves the Marxist ideal.
Dominic Ponsford of Press Gazette’s take on the conference.
Martin Cloake wrote a post with his thoughts from the event.
My presentation case study of Engadget.com on the “Making Blogs Pay” session with Paul Staines.
Making Blogs Pay
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Software Analyst
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The following article discusses the career of Software Analyst highlighting what they do, the work environment, how to become, training and certification, education, job and salary outlook.
As a software analyst, you will take part in reviews of codes and provide your expertise on a technical level. You will also look at and change existing software systems using programming language. Any programs that are implemented to reach the goals of the business have to be tested and implemented by you, making sure that people can use them. Finally, you will document the current infrastructure, make suggestions for improvements and focus on software requirements.
As a software analyst, it is likely that you will work in office from 9 to 5. However, you are the first point of contact for development firms and customers alike, which means that you may have to travel to reach these contacts.
Software analysts are problem solvers and excellent communicators. They know all there is to know about the IT sector, which means they have to frequently update their skills through training.
Training & Certification Requirements
You will need a bachelor’s degree in a field such as IT, computer science or business administration to hold this position. Additionally, a number of years’ work experience will also be required.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that, between 2014 and 2024, a growth in demand of 21% is expected for computer systems analysts. This is much faster than the national average.
National Salary
The national average salary estimate for Software Analyst was $67,612. This number is estimated from over 3,041 employees, users past and present job advertisements from Indeed.com. This equates to an hourly salary of $35.21 and monthly of $5,634.
Most Reported
Salary Distribution
Salary by State
The following section lists Software Analyst salaries in each state around the country. The figures are based on the total number of job postings through Indeed.com. For example, Maryland had the largest quoted salary of $80,598 while Maine had the smallest quoted salary of $35,977.
Alaska – $55,000 Rank: 49th
The average salary ranks 49th among states in the country. There were no current job openings from employers in this state.
Alabama – $56,203 (▼17% Below national average) Rank: 13th
The average salary ranks 13th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like West Corporation and HUBBARD SYSTEMS, INC..
Arkansas – $53,106 (▼21% Below national average) Rank: 11th
The average salary ranks 11th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Arkansas Department of Health and Department of Corrections.
Arizona – $44,083 (▼28% Below national average) Rank: 44th
The average salary ranks 44th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Digital Dream Forge, Dell Marketing L.P., High Growth Company in Chandler, AZ, and IntraEdge, Inc..
California – $71,346 (▲6% Above national average) Rank: 7th
The average salary ranks 7th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like IDC Technologies, Robert Half Technology, Accenture, and Dell Marketing L.P..
Colorado – $74,304 (▲10% Above national average) Rank: 33rd
The average salary ranks 33rd among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Terumo BCT, Inc. and TEKsystems.
Connecticut – $66,586 (●Meets national average) Rank: 4th
The average salary ranks 4th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Dell Marketing L.P. and DocuWare Corporation.
DC – $80,167 (▲19% Above national average) Rank: 1st
The average salary ranks 1st among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Hire IT People, LLC.
Delaware – $69,511 (●Meets national average) Rank: 38th
The average salary ranks 38th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
Florida – $56,733 (▼16% Below national average) Rank: 28th
The average salary ranks 28th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like CyberCoders, Midcom Corporation, Ascendo Resources, and E. Viddal & Associates.
Georgia – $73,785 (▲9% Above national average) Rank: 5th
The average salary ranks 5th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like iStaff, E-Ring, Inc., Dell Marketing L.P., and Idril Services Corporation.
Hawaii – $46,000 Rank: 52nd
The average salary ranks 52nd among states in the country. There were no current job openings from employers in this state.
Iowa – $74,000 Rank: 17th
Idaho – $49,000 Rank: 51st
The average salary ranks 51st among states in the country. There were no current job openings from employers in this state.
Illinois – $64,161 (●Meets national average) Rank: 6th
The average salary ranks 6th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Accenture, CyberCoders, Technosoft Group Inc, and MatchSource.
Indiana – $68,214 (●Meets national average) Rank: 24th
The average salary ranks 24th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Pinnacle Partners, Inc, Pyramid Technology Solutions, Inc, and Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana Inc.
Kansas – $65,437 (●Meets national average) Rank: 30th
The average salary ranks 30th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Altek and Systems Search.
Kentucky – $63,865 (▼6% Below national average) Rank: 42nd
The average salary ranks 42nd among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Solstice Systems and Technology LLC.
Louisiana – $67,000 Rank: 34th
Massachusetts – $74,227 (▲10% Above national average) Rank: 2nd
The average salary ranks 2nd among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like MASTERMINDS CONSULTING INC, Dell Marketing L.P., Dell Marketing LP, and EMS Consult Limited.
Maryland – $80,598 (▲19% Above national average) Rank: 12th
The average salary ranks 12th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Morgan Stephens, ACI Federal, Target Labs Incorporated, and Supreme Tech Solutions Llc.
Maine – $35,977 (▼47% Below national average) Rank: 35th
The average salary ranks 35th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like University of Maine System and Harris Local Government – TRIO Software.
Michigan – $63,114 (▼7% Below national average) Rank: 14th
The average salary ranks 14th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Dell Marketing L.P., Tekwissen, TekCommands, Inc., and TekCommands Inc.
Minnesota – $65,459 (●Meets national average) Rank: 39th
The average salary ranks 39th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like George Konik Associates and Cloudgen, LLC.
Missouri – $67,408 (●Meets national average) Rank: 18th
The average salary ranks 18th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like CyberCoders and Robert Half Technology.
Mississippi – $79,000 Rank: 9th
The average salary ranks 9th among states in the country. There were no current job openings from employers in this state.
Montana – $63,000 Rank: 43rd
The average salary ranks 43rd among states in the country. There were no current job openings from employers in this state.
North Carolina – $67,086 (●Meets national average) Rank: 25th
The average salary ranks 25th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like CyberCoders, Zenmonics, Inc., Piper Companies, and Damian Consulting Inc.
North Dakota – $67,000 Rank: 36th
Nebraska – $62,747 (▼7% Below national average) Rank: 50th
The average salary ranks 50th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like West Corporation.
New Hampshire – $74,000 Rank: 19th
New Jersey – $76,336 (▲13% Above national average) Rank: 8th
The average salary ranks 8th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like The Job Jobber, Career Brokers, Inc., VST Consulting Inc, and Dell Marketing L.P..
New Mexico – $66,000 Rank: 40th
Nevada – $57,000 Rank: 47th
New York – $69,611 (●Meets national average) Rank: 3rd
The average salary ranks 3rd among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like GCOM Software, Inc., Vernalis, Selby Jennings, and Execu|Search.
Ohio – $58,233 (▼14% Below national average) Rank: 26th
The average salary ranks 26th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Comtech Global, Inc. and Adecco.
Oklahoma – $58,187 (▼14% Below national average) Rank: 31st
The average salary ranks 31st among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Oklahoma Baptist University and Robert Half Technology.
Oregon – $73,000 Rank: 21st
Pennsylvania – $64,959 (●Meets national average) Rank: 22nd
The average salary ranks 22nd among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Thermo Fisher Scientific, CyberCoders, Robert Half Finance & Accounting, and EMS Consult Limited.
Rhode Island – $75,612 (▲12% Above national average) Rank: 32nd
The average salary ranks 32nd among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Dell Marketing L.P..
South Carolina – $74,000 Rank: 20th
South Dakota – $69,407 (●Meets national average) Rank: 48th
The average salary ranks 48th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Black Hills Corporation.
Tennessee – $68,119 (●Meets national average) Rank: 29th
The average salary ranks 29th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Dell Marketing L.P. and TEKsystems.
Texas – $67,623 (●Meets national average) Rank: 23rd
The average salary ranks 23rd among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like EZ2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC, ProFound Staffing, Inc., Supreme Tech Solutions Llc, and Dell Marketing LP.
Utah – $43,641 (▼29% Below national average) Rank: 46th
The average salary ranks 46th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Robert Half Technology and Ingo Money (Ingo Payment Gateway).
Virginia – $76,399 (▲13% Above national average) Rank: 15th
The average salary ranks 15th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like TEKsystems, Supreme Tech Solutions Llc, Dell Marketing L.P., and Aerotek.
Vermont – $66,000 Rank: 41st
Washington – $66,106 (●Meets national average) Rank: 10th
The average salary ranks 10th among states in the country. There were also job openings from employers like Nigel Frank International and CyberCoders.
Wisconsin – $67,000 Rank: 37th
West Virginia – $71,000 Rank: 27th
Wyoming – $62,000 Rank: 45th
Top 20 National Employers
According to Indeed.com, the following states had employers looking to hire a Software Analyst. The quoted salary figure represents the average salary from all job postings by this employer.
EZ2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC Texas $99,710
EZ2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC $99,710
Digital Dream Forge Arizona $997
IDC Technologies California $98,771
GCOM Software, Inc. New York $95,515
GCOM Software, Inc. $95,101
The Job Jobber New Jersey $94,869
Morgan Stephens Maryland $94,807
Selby Jennings $94,218
Career Brokers, Inc. New Jersey $93,963
CyberCoders North Carolina $93,837
ACI Federal Maryland $93,403
VST Consulting Inc $91,055
VST Consulting Inc New Jersey $91,055
Robert Half Technology California $90,193
iStaff Georgia $90,160
iStaff $90,160
ProFound Staffing, Inc. Texas $89,792
Pinnacle Partners, Inc Indiana $89,724
Dell Marketing L.P. New Jersey $87,959
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Michael Joo
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Born in Ithaca, New York in 1966, Joo uses sculpture, performance and installation in his work, as well as a combination of scientific language and complex structures that exemplify and parody the ...
Born in Ithaca, New York in 1966, Joo uses sculpture, performance and installation in his work, as well as a combination of scientific language and complex structures that exemplify and parody the potential of form.
Joo obtained a BFA from Washington University in 1989, followed by an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University in 1991. In 1994 his work was included in the internationally acclaimed group show, Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away, curated by Damien Hirst for the Serpentine Gallery, London. His artwork is included in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walker Art Centre, Mineapolis; Denver Art Museum; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
Joo has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including the Venice Biennale, 1993 and 2001; Whitney Biennial, New York, 2000; Anton Kern Gallery, New York, 2002; the Bohen Foundation New York, 2005; Rodin Gallery, 2006; Milan Triennale Bovisa, 2006; Denver Art Museum, 2006 and the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, 2006, where he was co-recipient of the Grand Prize for his installation, “Bodhi Obfuscatus…” He lives and works in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
October 6, 2016 Barrier Island
6th October 2016 – 5th February 2017
SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd., Savannah, Georgia, USA
More information on our blog.
February 10, 2016 Radiohalo
Blain|Southern, 4 Hanover Square, London W1S 1BP
10 February – 9 April 2016
September 26, 2015 ‘Plexus’ – Lille 3000
http://www.lille3000.eu/lille3000/en/
http://www.lille3000.eu/renaissance/en/
The installation Plexus (2013) will be featured in Seoul, Vite, Vite!, curated by Jean-Max Colard, as part of Lille 3000.
September 26, 2015 – January 17, 2016
June 12, 2015 Whitney Museum of American Art
America Is Hard To See – Film & Video Program: Mind Eye Body
“Salt Transfer Cycle” with Carolee Schneeman’s “Meat Joy” and Stan Brackhage’s “Persian Series 13-18”
June 12th, 3pm; July 10th, 11am; August 23rd, 5pm; August 29th, 3pm
June 8, 2015 ‘Brilliant Ideas’
‘Brilliant Ideas’, Bloomberg TV's project, looks at the most exciting and acclaimed artists at work in the world today. On this episode, artist Michael Joo talks to Bloomberg about his life and work.
May 9, 2015 Glasstress 2015
Gotika – A Collateral event of the 56th Venice Biennale
May 9th – November 22nd
Fondazione Berengo
Exhibition Space on Murano
Campiello della Pescheria
Murano, Venice
http://www.glasstress.org/event_2015/16
March 5, 2015 Sharjah Biennial 12, United Arab Emirates
From March 5th to June 5th, 2015
For Sharjah Biennial 12: The past, the present, the possible, Michael Joo will present a large scale installation with new works sited in one of the several warehouses on Sharjah Creek, adjacent to the port of Sharjah.
Sharjah Biennial 12 takes place at multiple sites in and around the city, where over fifty artists will introduce their ideas of the possible through their art.
May 31, 2013 Glasstress — White Light/White Heat, Contemporary artists and glass
Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – LaBiennale di Venezia
Glasstress: White Light / White Heat will open at the preview of the Venice Biennale on 31st May at the Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti on the Grand Canal and at the Berengo Centre for Contemporary Art and Glass accompanied by dynamic performances from Alice Anderson and Cai Guo Qiang.
The show presents the newly commissioned work of some of today’s most important contemporary artists, most of whom will be working in glass for the first time. Artists include Fiona Banner, Mat Collishaw, Tracey Emin, Paul Fryer, John Isaacs, Michael Joo, Tim Noble & Sue Webster and others. The exhibition is co-curated by Adriano Berengo and James Putnam.
Read more information here.
April 25, 2012 Exit from the House of Being
Michael Joo's most recent exhibition titled “Exit from the House of Being” is a new series of sculptural works that intend to challenge our perception and understanding of space.
For more information and to see Michael’s installation please click on the link to our blog.
March 8, 2011 Interrogated/Deflected
Michael Joo’s sculpture entitled “Interrogated/Deflected” featured alongside Damien Hirst’s prints in our Armory show in New York. Joo’s piece made out of sterling silver and aluminium is a miniaturized version of his larger original zebra sculpture.
See our blog for more details, including Joo’s reflection on his piece.
May 14, 2010 Have You Ever Really Looked At The Sun
1st May – 14 August 2010
Haunch of Venison, Berlin
“Have You Ever Really Looked At The Sun” is the title of the much-anticipated collaboration between Michael Joo and Damien Hirst. This full-scale exhibition featured both artists’ work, and included a total of 43 new sculptures, installations and seminal paintings. For more information please see our blog.
January 30, 2010 Solo show, Galleria Marabini, Italy
Michael Joo is currently showing at Galleria Marabini, Bologna. The exhibition runs from 30 January - 2 April 2010. For more information, please click here.
October 22, 2009 Exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery, NY
Michael Joo will be exhibiting at:
www.antonkerngallery.com
Thursday 22 October -- Saturday 5 December, 2009
Opening reception Thursday 22 October 6:00-8:00pm
Bloomberg TV “Brilliant Ideas”
"Brilliant Ideas" looks at the most exciting and acclaimed artists at work in the world today. On this episode, artist Michael Joo talks to Bloomberg about his life and work. (Source: Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-06-05/br...
Schedule: June 5th, 6th, 7th, 2015
Extract from Michael Joo and Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation
Published in Michael Joo by Other Criteria
HO Hans Ulrich Obrist, interviewer
MJ Michael Joo
HO: Looking at your very early work, like Yellow, Yellower, Yellowest or Sweat Model from 1991, they still have a lot to do with scientific display. So I was wondering if you can tell me a little bit about those early works and how you made the transition from science into art?
MJ: I grew up in a household of scientists. My mother was a plant physiologist, geneticist, and my father was a cattle man, which was very, very different. Growing up with them as Korean parents in the middle of the United States, language was a very precious kind of commodity. Science was almost a more universal language than Korean versus American. So my earlier work, I think, reflected some of this approach. Scientific display was often seen as a language of communication in a way. My jump – not jump but the transition I took to art – was a long-running kind of transition.…
HO: Has the computer changed the way you work?
MJ: Yes. I think it’s definitely, suddenly, influenced the way I work, especially with the idea of communicating through images. Communicating with images as well as text or, as we’re doing, with sound – amazing. I think text is really the most incredibly effective tool because it’s really democratic because you have to take time to write it, which means you have to think. But sometimes, you know, I think it’s definitely changed the speed at which I think. The computer in particular means you can work very quickly in formulating ideas around images and around speech – things that are closer to but never going to actually replace human contact.
HO: What is the role of drawing and sketching in your practice? Is it a daily practice?
MJ: Yeah. I still think drawing is this brilliant mediator. It’s a mediator between rational thought and, for lack of a better term, impulsive action. It’s amazing that a drawing can imply both a confidence within the mark and also the restrictions and control you put upon yourself. It used to be seen as a tool and therefore not only intimidating but disposable, but I think in practice it’s a way of dealing with a medium that mitigates between these different types of perception of oneself as a practitioner. I think that’s kind of interesting.
HO: And what about the role of titles? One of the links, I think, to Damien Hirst is that your titles are quite an important part of the work, from Mistaken, I Must Be to Red/Blue/Milk – often quite long titles, also complex titles.
MJ: The role of titles is very important to me. It’s the insight to, potentially, the inner workings of the artist’s intent. To me, I think, information about work exists upon several levels: you know, primary, secondary, tertiary information. Matthew Barney and I used to have this discussion, you know, a long time ago, about what’s valid information about the work and how you project upon the idea of the work’s future – without imagining that the work has some kind of glorious future, but a future within one’s expression and one’s intentionality. I found that the idea of titling, I feel like it’s a space for me to exist. While somewhat cryptic, they can eventually, if examined, leave potential clues to the works’, kind of, intentionality or the root of the work. For instance, Remote Sense (Alpha Helix) is still both about science and also about the idea of telemetry and projection along the lines of ESP, as we know it. It still has the kind of structure of this alpha helix, which is a kind of primary structure, so to me it encompasses both the idea of structure as well as the idea of projection. Projection is something that’s intrinsic to that piece. The object sculpture itself is viewable and yet, in the space it’s presented, presents the perspective of the sculpture through infra-red cameras placed inside the sculpture at the same time. One has to be in two places at once. The title itself provides clues to my intention….
HO: One of the things in your recent work also is the presence of animals. I was wondering if it’s about some form of idea that these animals are some kind of reservoir of knowledge, maybe, which we don’t know enough about?...
MJ: In a way, with the recent things, the idea of the animal, the idea that it’s a reservoir of knowledge, is potentially readable because nature is still about pure context. There is no nature without us and we are human beings because it’s unaware of us – incredibly…not cruel, that’s too anthropomorphising, but it’s incredibly unforgiving and romantic. Therefore, it can kill you and yet it’s what you desire. And so the use of these animals is objectification of nature and therefore maybe an objectification of context. I think I’ve become increasingly interested in the idea of objects as implying and being able to embody context and not just a superficial kind of plastic object in the world already brimming with too many objects and too many consumer goods.
HO: There is a note in your writings where you actually refer to a kind of natural object as a readymade. Are the animals a natural object as readymade?
MJ: Yes. Most directly in the Improved Rack group, in which I’m definitely very interested in the idea that the antler, for instance – which I think I initially got into through my own Korean background and my, kind of, familial interest in Chinese medicine – was that this antler, which is about growth, is both a weapon and a display device…perhaps a flaw in design in nature, because nature would just usually be perfect. For some reason it’s dictated that this structure, this kind of weapon, is placed about 3 centimetres from the brain, and I find that kind of placement very interesting and very odd. [reintroduced from original recording] So to stretch those out and improve them upon design is of interest to me. Hence the idea that its an improved rack with all it’s requisite implications of, of course, Duchamp and stuff. So I was very curious about the idea of flaws in design of nature as pointing out the fact that they’re also constructs because we decided this thing has a certain anthropomorphic value. I was very curious about it’s connection then to the readymade – anything in nature. Or the extension of the found object as being reidentified as something more than found object but implicated within a larger structure….
HO: I wanted to ask you about your groundbreaking piece the Salt Transfer Cycle, which is a piece which resonates very strongly in my memory. One can say the medium is maybe not video but the medium is maybe salt.
MJ: Yeah. Salt Transfer Cycle for me was really, you know, in the face of this kind of identity politics that we were wading in in New York at the time, in ’92…a kind of meditation maybe, if you will, upon the idea of essentialism versus a mediated kind of technological existence and the idea of mediated reality versus perception of reality, conceptualism versus essentialism. The groundwork for me, which is still what I work in, is the idea of whether or not the abstract and the representational can coexist. And the premise was very simple: can you take an idea, a set of symbols – which for me was distilled, in this case, into MSG [monosodium glutamate] as the idea of spice or taste or flavour, which is…you know, viewed as synthetic – and transfer this idea? In the studio I swim through 2,000 pounds of MSG. Suddenly the character, myself, is confronted with the reality of salt in Bonneville salt dessert, where I remember in the ’70s race cars being run for world record speeding runs. Again, linearity – incredible, extreme linearity, which is record setting, which is a goal that is meant only to be broken, right? The action I performed was a parity of evolution – another linear effort. And then my own body generated its own salt as a by-product of that human energy. That salt then led me to transport the character into a hyper-real situation and also a fantastic situation in the mountains of South Korea, where I waited for ten days for wild elk to lick that salt off my body, therefore transferring the purely conceptual and artificial idea into reality, exemplified by the bloodstream of the elk themselves. So I was very interested in that idea: that there could be a chain of events and a chain of concept as intention that could actually get an art idea, an idea generated in the studio, into reality.
Audio edit: Michael Joo and Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation
Arte Journal: Damien Hirst and Michael Joo, May 2010
Damien Hirst and Michael Joo talk about their joint exhibition, 'Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun?' on show at Haunch of Venison Berlin from May-August 2010. Watch it here at Arte Journal.
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Art Review's editor, Mark Rappolt, meets Michael Joo ahead of the opening of his joint exhibition with Damien Hirst at Haunch of Venison Berlin. Download it here.
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Damien Hirst and Michael Joo talk to Dominikus Müller about their joint exhibition at Haunch of Venison Berlin, Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun? Read it here. © ArtForum 2010
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In an exclusive interview, artists Damien Hirst and Michael Joo talk about their current show at Haunch of Venison Berlin, Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun? Watch it here, at Daily Motion.
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How to Use a Punch Needle
By: Samantha Volz Updated September 15, 2017
How to Use the Embroidery Easy Punch Machine
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Embroidery using a punch needle has often been called “thread painting” because of its intricacy and style. Embroidering with a punch needle using beautiful and complex patterns and details can result in works that resemble oil paintings. The final products often have the texture and three-dimensional appearance of hooked rugs, and the embroidery is beautifully constructed. Knowing how to properly use punch needles can add more dimensions and style to your embroidery work.
Feed the looped end of the needle threader through the pointed, or beveled, end of the punch needle. Push it all the way through so that it pokes out the other end.
Insert the required number of threads for your project through the loop sticking out of the end of the needle. Pull the threader back through the punch needle so that the threads are exposed at the beveled end of the needle. Release the thread from the threader.
Feed the looped end of the needle threader through the eye of the needle (the small hole in the beveled end of the needle).
Pass the thread through the loop of the needle threader.
Pull the threader back through the eye of the needle so that the thread now passes through the eye. Remove the threader from the thread.
Complete the Pattern
Attach your patterned fabric to an embroidery hoop so that you can use both hands to work, without having to hold the fabric in place.
Hold the needle like a pencil, perpendicular to the fabric. Face the beveled side of the needle in the direction you will travel across the pattern.
Punch the needle straight through the fabric until the entire tip of the needle is submerged to the depth gauge (plastic area under the metal of the needle).
Gently pull the needle back out, pulling straight up, never at an angle. Pull until the needle is out of the fabric, but do not disconnect the needle point from the face of the fabric. This can cause breakage of the loops.
Slide the needle two to three threads forward on the pattern and punch again. Continue along the row. Turn the beveled side of the needle to face the next direction when you reach the end of the row. Continue to punch and turn until the pattern is complete.
You can purchase ready-made patterns for punch needle embroidery, or iron on your own for a specific design.
When punching, keep the end of the thread that is loose free, instead of wrapping it around your fingers. This allows more access for the thread to flow into the fabric.
Remember that, as with any exercise, practice makes perfect. As you do more punching, you will receive a more consistent loop shape and size, as well as spread of threads over the pattern.
Punch needles are extremely sharp; always handle them with care.
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Samantha Volz has been involved in journalistic and informative writing for over eight years. She holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with a minor in European history. In college she was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper and completed a professional internship with the "Williamsport Sun-Gazette," serving as a full-time reporter. She resides in Horsham, Pennsylvania.
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Above & Beyond Announce Release Date For Next Studio Abum, ‘We Are All We Need’
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With two full length, studio LPs under their belt, Above & Beyond have announced a handful of information regarding their next project, their highly anticipated third studio album.
Entitled “We Are All We Need,” the British trio’s impending project will be available on January 19th. Featuring collaborations with Alex Fargas, Justine Suissa and Zoe Johnston, the album can be pre-ordered on Friday, October 17th, where you’ll also instantly receive the group’s two latest singles.
With Sydney and Melbourne New Years dates locked in, expect to hear a few tracks off “We Are All We Need.”
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tosses Challenge Out – You won’t Believe Why…
(breitbart) – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an order Saturday vacating a lower court’s decision to suspend the certification of the state’s vote in the presidential election, holding that a challenge to the state’s vote-by-mail laws had come too late.
Earlier this week, Pennsylvania certified its vote. But Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough blocked further steps to put the certification into effect, and upheld her earlier injunction on Friday, holding that a challenge to the state’s 2019 law allowing “no-excuse” vote-by-mail violated the state constitution. (The challenge was brought by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, among others, and is separate from a case that President Donald Trump’s campaign lost in the Third Circuit in a unanimous three-judge decision on Friday. The campaign has pledged to appeal that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.)
On Saturday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Judge McCullough’s order under the doctrine of “laches,” ruling that Rep. Kelly and others should have brought the constitutional challenge before the primary and general elections in 2020 — not after millions of voters in Pennsylvania had already cast their ballots:
Petitioners filed this facial challenge to the mail-in voting statutory provisions more than one year after the enactment of Act 77. At the time this action was filed on November 21, 2020, millions of Pennsylvania voters had already expressed their will in both the June 2020 Primary Election and the November 2020 General Election and the final ballots in the 2020 General Election were being tallied, with the results becoming seemingly apparent. Nevertheless, Petitioners waited to commence this litigation until days before the county boards of election were required to certify the election results to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Thus, it is beyond cavil that Petitioners failed to act with due diligence in presenting the instant claim. Equally clear is the substantial prejudice arising from Petitioners’ failure to institute promptly a facial challenge to the mail-in voting statutory scheme, as such inaction would result in the disenfranchisement of millions of Pennsylvania voters.4
The only two Republicans on the seven-member court, Chief Justice Thomas Saylor and Justice Sallie Mundy, issued a concurring and dissenting opinion, arguing that while the challenge came too late, it raised serious constitutional objections that should be considered in future elections.
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Homiletic & Pastoral Review, Humanae Vitae, NFP
Three years ago Kristina and I were really struggling with NFP. At the time we were married for six years and dealing with a surprise pregnancy, anxiety/depression, and the real life struggles of having four kids under five years old.…
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The Myth of the Contraceptive Mentality
If you have run in Natural Family Planning (NFP) circles you have likely come across an idea that I’m going to call (though I’m not the first person to use this term) “providentialism.” This is the idea that Catholic couples…
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Recently I’ve had a few conversations with Catholic friends about family planning where they’ve opened up about their own struggles. One friend, who has several kids, said something like, “The method we were taught failed us many times, or perhaps…
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Eddie Atacador and the Knox Community Chess Enthusiasts
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Rediscovering the joy of chess and more
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By Maina Walkley
A brave soul has spearheaded the revival of chess, at first to keep himself occupied while his wife happily indulges her passion for shopping! It all started at Knox Westfield Shopping Centre with Eddie Atacador.
Picture Eddie and his nephew Rick finding a vacant space to spread out their chessboard and start a game of chess. This simple activity started to attract some onlookers; others stayed to challenge, while others, for a chat. It came to a point where Eddie had to bring his spare chess sets for others to play. They have one thing in common –they have seen the need to form an inclusive hub for people waiting for their wife, husband or partner to finish their shopping.
Eddie Atacador told The Philippine Times, “In the beginning, I saw a need to form a hub for seniors like me waiting for their wife or companion to finish their shopping.
As Eddie is a member of the Westfield Knox Shopping Centre Walkers Group, he made enquiries on how he can start a proper chess group in the shopping centre. It did not take long for Eddie to find the right connection and in no time at all, the Knox Community Chess Enthusiasts (KCCE) was born with the support of the Coonara Community House and Volunteers, through its Community Development Project Manager, Sally Dusting-Laird. She loved the idea and immediately sourced the initial chessboards for the use of KCCE.
The Community Space at Knox Westfield Shopping Centre is managed by Coonara and was made available to Eddie and his players every Thursday from 10.30am to 3.30pm. This has now become like a “melting pot” for people from all walks of life, young and old, to play, chat, share a cuppa or just relax. Eddie would bring supplies of coffee, tea, biscuits etc. for everyone.
The Knox City Council welcomed the formation of KCCE and has approved its application for a Community Development Fund 2017-18 for the purchase of tournament chessboards and accessories and to further promote the game to the greater community of Knox City. KCCE is grateful for the support of Knox City Mayor, Cr John Mortimore, Cr Jackson Taylor, Deb Robert, the Management of Westfield Knox and Concierge Adriana Tavitian and Julia Vaughns.
Chess connects you with others. And being a game which requires critical thinking and problem solving, it’s an excellent way to keep your mind active.”
I talked to some players, their partners, and drop-in visitors, and I uncovered some very interesting mix of stories about their backgrounds, their interests, why they come to play or what they get out of it.
Nick Grskovic from Croatia has now become a regular player and a great support to Eddie. Nick has lived in Wantirna for 35 years and is now retired. The shopping centre has been part of his family life, but with the introduction of the KCCE, he now has a focused recreation. He boasts that since the start of the chess group he has made more friends in such a short time and he looks forward to every Thursday to sharpen his skills on chess.
Hector Maza and his wife Olga are from Argentina. Hector used to teach the game of Chess at the U3A, unfortunately, the class has closed down. He sees the chess group as a great way to help young adolescents or even younger kids to stay out of trouble by getting them interested in chess. He said he is willing to teach them the game. Olga happily does her shopping knowing that Hector is close by and enjoying his passion.
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Peter Mihaly is from Hungary. Peter recently retired as an Insurance Manager of QBE for 17 years. Peter said that since there is no pressure to play every week, he finds it more enjoyable and relaxing. He enjoys the human interaction and finds that he gets help from people he meets at the chess group with some small problems with his mobile or good tips on how to use his Internet more efficiently. He loves the free coffee and tea!
Manfred Ringert is also retired and originally from Germany. He is a widower and has other interests such as tai chi, swimming and table tennis. He enjoys the camaraderie in the group and claims that the game of chess exercises his grey cells to avoid the onset of dementia. Manfred said that he has made more friends and met lots of interesting people at KCCE.
“There are no fees to join KCCE and you can come and go as you please. There are no age or skill requirements. Young or elderly can play, even my grandson comes along sometimes on his school holidays,” said Eddie.
I also interviewed Eddie and Lita Atacador and some of the KCCE guests and there is no mistaking that there is now a friendly buzz in the Community Space. The hub has become a meeting place too for the ladies who plan to meet for coffee or lunch while their husbands or friends play the game.
The “Knox Community Chess Enthusiasts” (KCCE) at the heart of Knox City. The members gather every Thursday from 10:30am to 3:30pm at the community space, located on the ground floor of Knox Westfield Shopping Centre near the fresh food market and Liquorland.
Whether you are a master or beginner of the game, everybody is welcome.
For further enquiries, about KCCE, contact Eddie on 0409 417 719, Gerry on 0412 384 651, or Rolly on 0432 598 354.
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This video gives something of the flavour of the event. Dancing and music beginning most days at noon or earlier and continuing non-stop into the small hours of the morning. Age is definitely no barrier — those attending range from 18 to 80, and the older participants are regularly the first up and last to stagger home to bed late at night. The best known of the matchmakers is Willie Daly, who deals in horses when not dealing in love and who claims to have been instrumental in getting hundreds, if not thousands, of couples to the altar. Do NOT go expecting a sophisticated or upmarket event. Some nods to change are incorporated — there are speed-dating events these days — but mostly the modus operandi is to provide lots of opportunities for people to get together at dances, sessions and in the pubs. Each weekend the events are focused on some activity, from horse racing on the opening weekend, country music the following one, three weekends devoted to dancing then the final fling where the Queen of the Burren and Mr Lisdoonvarna are crowned. A South African widow is selling her home and business in Johannesburg and travelling 10, kilometres to the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival to find love.
Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you. Today marks the start of the th annual Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. Daly has seen a lot of change over the last five decades, but one thing has been constant: how popular the festival is. More than 60, people attended the festival in and organisers say they are expecting a similar number this year.
Clare native, Willie Daly, Ireland’s last surviving traditional matchmaker, will be attending the festival. The something-year-old has matched.
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By Sarah Finnan. So put your love goggles on and get yourself down to the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. With acts such as Hermitage Green and The RipTide Movement amongst the lineup, attendees are basically in for a month-long party of music and dancing. Even our main man Mike Denver is set to make an appearance! Lisdoonvarna kicks off on the 29th August with local band thestunningband hermitagegreen allfolkdup theriptidemovement get your tickets at www.
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Looking for love? Willie offers couples face to face introductions and says that initial physical attraction is one of the most important things in matchmaking. In traditional matchmaking you look into teach other eyes, and reach out and touch the other person. The Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival continues for the whole month of September, jam packed with music and dancing in all venues every day from 11am in the morning to late. The popular tea dances at the historic Spa Wells are back again this year between pm with Larry McEvoy and his band.
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In the hopeless hellscape of , a year-old matchmaking event survives in a village in the west of Ireland. Lisdoonvarna is home to approximately people, but in September the village expands by over times as 80, people attend the five-week long Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. It attracts singletons between 18 and 80 years old from all over Ireland and a contingency from elsewhere.
Willie Daly, the festival’s resident matchmaker and the most famous matchmaker in Ireland, still uses an old-fashioned method for helping.
Willie Daly is the last of the traditional Irish ‘matchmakers’, matching lonely couples from around the world at the Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival. Now his daughters are taking over the business, run from his farm in County Clare, in the west of Ireland. Next to the wedding invitation, sitting under the light with a crucifix filament, is a letter just arrived from England.
It reads something like this:. I am looking for companionship in a respectable and responsible husband. Age and looks are of no particular concern, only that he must be a gentleman.
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Like the one about the man who fell to his knees in front of a woman, followed her to the altar and only later admitted that he had not meant to propose — it had been a long night, and he had tripped. Or the one about a woman whose potential suitors kept hanging up after asking her age, until Mr. Daly advised her to say she was young at heart. After that, the year-old widow enjoyed two months of delightful conversation before dying. Daly — who thinks he is in his early 70s but does not know precisely because, he says, the priest who kept such records drank a lot — has been thinking about love most of his life.
While the festival is on, Mr.
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Cupid Willie Daly said demand for his services has increased in the run-up to the famous Co. Clare matchmaking festival, particularly from unattached East Asian singles. And the third-generation matchmaker said he expects to be “busier than ever” once the month-long love fest kicks off later next week. The year-old father-of-eight said: “The big thing I’ve noticed this year is the interest we’ve had from people from both China and Japan, both men, and women.
But we have a couple of hundred of visitors coming to Lisdoonvarna from both China and Japan, and there are nearly as many men coming over as there are women. However, silver-bearded Willie, whose tried-and-tested techniques include still using the family’s tatty year-old ledger to conjure up matches, said he’s confident that romance will blossom for the international visitors. But I will be telling the girls from the Far East that things here might not be what they used to.
The ladies from China and Japan tend to be shy, demure and quite lady-like, so I’ll be warning them that things can quite lively in the bars towards the end of the night. The veteran Co. Clare love doctor, who insists on being present to introduce couples on their first date, said he’s also hoping for another mini-heatwave – which he reckons will help people find romance. Past studies have found that bright sunshine increases the levels of serotonin, the mood-enhancing hormone in the brain, boosting the moods of both males and females.
Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival takes place in Clare for the whole month of September. Daly added: “If we get more of the great weather we’ve been having all summer, it could turn out to be one of the festivals for years. The better the weather, the more matchmaking I’ll be doing.
Willie Daly, age 71, the last remaining matchmaker in Ireland holding his year old ‘lucky book’. Willie Daly is also known as the ‘horse whisperer’. In addition to matchmaking he also runs the riding center in nearby Ennistymon.
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The pursuit of love is eternal and often frustrating, but the Clare village famous for its bachelor fair offers hope at the turning of every summer. Over the next six weeks, Lisdoonvarna will swing to the sound of dancing feet and dubious chat-up lines. There will be waltzing and jiving and quickstepping from noon to 4 a. Love will be made by the cupid friendly crowds and drink, as they say, will be taken. But on a sunny Monday afternoon in the Co Clare village this week, the place was like a ghost town and a quest for love greeted with the infectious chuckle that everyone in these parts seem to possess: “Are you desperate, or wha?
I had brought my mother, Ann, to Lisdoonvarna to see if the ancient art of matchmaking could unearth the man of her dreams. She, a cultured, intelligent, attractive woman, is not desperate, it should be pointed out. What she is, is up for a laugh. Which was just as well because for the next two days that was mostly what we did. The first part of our quest took us towards Ennistymon to the house of third-generation matchmaker Willie Daly.
The bearded love-broker was standing outside in the sunshine wearing shorts fashioned from cut-off slacks teamed with a pair of brown sandals.
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As on March 14th, a total of 142,649 confirmed cases and 5393 deaths have been reported in world across 135 countries. The number of evacuated touches 1078 Indians and 48 foreign nationals in total. At present 30 Indian airports are equipped for full thermal screening of COVID-19. India has screened 1,957,506 people from 30 airports and 77 seaports.
Is India ready to tackle the curse of COVID-19? This question reverberates in the mind of every Indian, especially after former Goldman chief economist Jim O Neil remarked, “ Thank God! coronavirus didn’t start in India”.
After an outbreak was reported of Novel Coronavirus on 31st December, 2019 in China, a large number of cases are reported all across China and other parts of the world including India. As WHO names it, COVID-19 has taken 2 lives in the nation and affected 84 others.
As on March 14th, a total of 142,649 confirmed cases and 5393 deaths have been reported in world across 135 countries. With 80,849 cases and humongous 3,199 reported deaths, China is still leading the world when it comes to COVID-19 infection.
The numbers increased from 9 cases to 84 cases in a week, China being its neighbour India is the next hotbed destination for the virus spread. The reasons of spread are various most of them are imported through foreigners or Indian visitors returning from affected countries.
Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Dr. Harshwardhan has affirmed of taking all the requisite steps and measures for containing the the curse of COVID-19 in India. “It is worth highlighting that India initiated required preparedness and action at field level since 17th January itself, much before the advice from WHO”, he said.
The magnitude of this outbreak nationally as well as globally calls for a concerted effort by all sectors of Government as well as Indian populace. Government of India has initiated a series of steps to prevent entry of the virus and to stop its spread.
India is the only country in the world to evacuate its citizens 8 times latest being from Iran and evacuated the most number of Indian nationals stuck there. The Indian Air Force evacuated a total of 723 Indians, 37 foreign nationals from Wuhan. India evacuated 119 Indians and 5 foreign nationals from Japan. IAF also evacuated 236 Indians from Iran till now. The number of evacuated touches 1078 Indians and 48 foreign nationals in total.
In a very short span of time, 52 Virus Research Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) have been set up in India to test COVID-19 suspect patients which is a record in itself and a plan to build 56 more VRDLs in the next month. Ironically this insane level of efficiency have missed the eyes of Indian media mostly seen spreading panic about the issue.
A team of 6 scientists and makeshift lab has been flown to Iran to test its citizens after the government of Iran refused to test Indians in their quarantine labs owing to their own load.
Apart from sending 14 member medical team comprising of pulmonologists, anaesthetists, physicians & lab technicians and also a large composite of COVID-19 medical relief to assist Maldives health authorities, a team was also sent to assist Madagascar. In total India has provided a tonne worth of equipment in form of masks, drugs, sanitizers etc to other countries proving its worth as the next Vishwa Guru.
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister(I/C), Civil Aviation stated that universal screening of all incoming passengers coming from all parts of the world has begun at Indian airports. After the thermal screening, the passengers who show initial signs of fever, are subjected to full testing and further detailed process is carried out. Addressing a press conference he said that around 70,000 passengers coming to India on a daily basis through airports from different parts of the world are being screened. At present 30 Indian airports are equipped for full thermal screening of COVID-19.India has screened 1,957,506 people from 30 airports and 77 seaports.
As mentioned in the press release by government, Eight Central Teams have visited the bordering villages in States of UP, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim and Bihar to review the activities at the border crossing, the conduct of Gram Sabhas and risk communication to the community. A total number of 3823 Gram Sabhas have been conducted and 11, 20,529 people have been screened at the border check post.
In response to all such cases having travel history from all major COVID-19 affected countries, a regular surveillance has been initiated across the country and for people having contact with such persons and having fever, cough or breathlessness. All such persons are tracked and brought under community surveillance and monitored through Integrated Disease Surveillance network. The state surveillance officers, district surveillance officers and rapid response teams of health professionals under the leadership of state Health Secretaries are monitoring the situation on war footing. Daily Press briefing is being held by Ministry of Health and information is being shared through social media. A 24x7 Control Room is operational with call centre number as 011-23978046.Adequate isolation beds are available in the tertiary facilities all across the country and examples like a 500 bed hospital created in 2 days in Uttar Pradesh lead the preparations.
India has suspended all visas to India as well as visa-free travel facility for OCI cardholders. It has closed its border with Myanmar and China. The Indian nationals coming from COVID-19 hit nations after 15 February will be mandatorily quarantined for 14 days, in addition also barring all foreigners from such nations to come to India. Indian citizens are advised to refrain from travel to China, Iran, Republic of Korea, Italy & Japan and advised to avoid non-essential travel to other COVID-19 affected countries. If we compare this with O Neil’s empty statements and UK preparation, UK stands a sitting duck on a dynamite which is already exploding in the entire Europe.
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Regionalisation and acquisition of polarity in the optic tectum
Prog Neurobiol. 2001 Dec;65(5):473-88. doi: 10.1016/s0301-0082(01)00015-6.
H Nakamura 1
1 Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan. makamura@idac.tohoku.ac.jp
The optic tectum differentiates from the alar plate of the mesencephalon and receives retinal fibres in a precise retinotopic manner. Here, mechanisms of tectum polarisation and regionalisation are reviewed. Misexpression of Pax2, Pax5 or En can change the fate of the presumptive diencephalon to that of the tectum. Ephrin A2 and A5 are expressed in a gradient in the tectum, caudal high and rostral low, and may play important roles in the formation of a precise retinotectal projection map. Retinal fibres that express receptors for these ligands, and which come from the temporal retina, are repulsed by the ligands and do not invade the caudal tectum. Both En1 and En2 can regulate posterior characteristics in the tectum by inducing ephrin A2 and A5. Transplantation experiments in chick have indicated that the mes/metencephalic boundary works as an organiser for the tectum and the cerebellum. Fgf8 is a candidate signalling molecule in the organiser. Pax2/5, En, and Fgf8 are in a positive feedback loop for their expression such that misexpression of one of these genes in the diencephalon turns on the feedback loop and can result in induction of an optic tectum. Otx2 and Gbx2 appear to repress each other's expression and contribute to defining the posterior border of the tectum. Misexpression of Otx2 in the metencephalon can change the fate of its alar plate to a tectum, and misexpression of Gbx2 in the mesencephalon can cause anterior shifting of the caudal limit of the tectum. The anterior border of the tectum may be determined as a result of repressive interactions between Pax6 and En1/Pax2. Along the dorsoventral axis of the mesencephalon, Shh contributes to ventralize the tissue; that is, Shh can change the fate of the presumptive tectum to that of the tegmentum that is the ventral structure. It is proposed that the brain vesicle that expresses Otx2, Pax2, and En1 may differentiate into the tectum.
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Ranking the Episodes of The X-Files Season 2 (#22-25)
September 9, 2018 April 18, 2019 by Chandru Ravindran3 Comments
I’m back with some more of my rankings, this time for the second season of The X-Files. Thankfully, there are only four truly bad episodes this season IMO (compared to something close to ten episodes in Season 1). Also, its interesting that this season is comparably easier to rewatch than a lot of other seasons because three of these terrible episodes happen one after the other so the rest of the season is breezy and entertaining.
Anyway, enough small-talk…lets rank them! For my Season One rankings, check out #21-24, #17-20, #13-16, #9-12, #5-8 and #1-4.
#25. Excelsis Dei (39/100)
Season 2 has a slicker and more confident feel to it than Season 1, likely due to both the budget and the experience of the crew. There is one episode, however, that threads the needle and aims to bridge the gap between Season 2 and the shittier episodes of Season 1. Lets give Excelsis Dei a hand.
Where to begin? Lets start with the side cast. Their acting is deplorable. Every senior citizen in the episode feels like they belong in a totally different type of show. I can’t help but cringe during any Hal and Stan scene. Dorothy reprises her comedic role from Seinfeld but with a poorer performance and Leo is decent until he interacts with Gung who has a whole host of other problems associated with his character, not least of all being the ridiculously racist slant to the episode.
Next, lets talk the direction. I don’t think the director had an eye for…well anything. This is lazy storytelling with no dynamism whatsoever. At one point, when Hal is dying, Gung shows up in his doorway…and then literally backs up out of frame so that we can become fully aware that he is involved. Why not have him put his hands behind his back and start whistling?
Two additional shots stick out as embarrassments and both involve Scully. The first is when the orderly is attacked on the roof and Mulder dashes to help while the camera intermittently focuses on Scully looking up and conveying mild concern. Seriously, she doesn’t budge for two minutes during this crisis. This is the same woman who broke into a high security research lab to steal the alien wellspring? Damn, the aliens really did a number on her.
Then there is the climax when Mulder and Scully are walking down a hall when they hear screams. Mulder immediately dashes towards the source. Scully turns, hesitates, then begins to saunter on down the hall a full three seconds later, clearly because they didn’t want Scully to witness the paranormal stuff. These examples could have been avoided with some more creativity from director Stephen Surjik but alas, he did not come through.
“You know its pretty convenient that your partner was slow to react and isn’t in this predicament.”
But the most egregious crime from this episode is making Mulder into a complete sexist prick. He bizarrely does not believe in the paranormal aspect of this case (a case involving ghost rape) and, without any nuance or subtlety, whines and condescends towards Scully and Michelle Charters about how ridiculous believing in this is. It’s awful and, by itself, relegates this episode to the bottom of Season 2.
Also, I’m rambling because this episode is so bad but Mark Snow chose to rehash his worst score of Season 1, Born Again. Yeah nothing redeemable.
#24. Red Museum (46/100)
Deep Throat dying in The Erlenmeyer Flask was a seminal moment that elevated the stakes for the show. It’s too bad that Red Museum is such an inept follow-up. Sure the conspiracy tie-ins are interesting but the execution is so convoluted and muddled. Deep Throat’s killer is sent off to the afterlife with no dramatic pay-off for Mulder, Scully or Deep Throat.
It sucks because if Chris Carter had cut out maybe one or two of the seventeen subplots here, we could have had a decent episode. Instead, we have the Cult of the Red Herrings, a pedophile who peeps in on one family, bovine growth hormone injections, a mysterious doctor with a briefcase of money, child kidnapping and branding…the list goes on and on. It’s too much. Most troubling is the random plane crash. Mulder and Scully literally are at a dead-end…and then we switch to a thirty second scene of a plane with two characters we’ve never seen. The plane crashes conveniently and provides all of the answers Mulder and Scully were looking for. Is this really how the FBI conducts its investigations?
Not really, sometimes they get a ton of exposition from a guy who nodded at them from across the street.
#23. Fearful Symmetry (48/100)
So when I think back on Season 2 and about the stupidest storylines, I desperately want to put Fearful Symmetry even lower on my list (either at Excelsis Dei levels or just above). But dammit, the opening ten minutes is not bad! The invisible elephant teaser is effective and Mulder and Scully have some decent banter right after the credits. Plus we have Scully doing an elephant autopsy. Of the four episodes in this post, Fearful Symmetry feels the most like a second season episode. Such potential!
And then the real plot starts and it all goes down the toilet. We get an embarrassingly saccharine subplot between Willa Ambrose and her pet human-wearing-a-laughable-gorilla-costume, Sophie. We get lots of cheesy dialogue from Lance Guest’s Kyle Lang (I name dropped Lance Guest because he’s in two movies that are super important to child me: Halloween II and the deplorable Jaws the Revenge). We get Mulder SOMEHOW memorizing the signs that Sophie the fake gorilla made to him in the dark and he’s able to recite it to Willa in yet another terrible scene. And finally, we have one of the worst voice-overs at the end of the episode as Mulder and Scully drive out of town, looking bored out of their minds.
“My God this gorilla costume has no pulse!”
Really the bad in this episode is some of the worst the show would do in it’s first two seasons but there is enough decent stuff to keep it from falling lower than #23 (out of 25).
#22. Firewalker (48/100)
In many ways, Firewalker is much more impressive than the other three episodes in this list. It’s decently directed, has some strong character beats (due to this being Scully’s first episode after being abducted), and is not obviously bad. The paranormal threat is creepy and disgusting and it seems like we have all the ingredients for a decent episode. However, nearly everything in Firewalker comes off as contrived and convenient.
The characters of Tanaka, Ludwig, and Jessie all apparently know they are infected…but other than some shifty glances at one another, there is no indication that they are aware of it. It just confuses me what their end-game was here or what the characters are supposed to know. Apparently, at the end the spore wanted to spread which is why Jessie tried to latch herself to Scully. But their behavior earlier in the episode didn’t seem in line with anything like this. They seemed to alternate between homicidal, nervous, and completely normal but the episode does a poor job of letting the viewer in on anything.
Judging by this picture, they improvised literally everything.
But really, what pisses this episode away for me is the finale with Mulder and Trepkos. Trepkos is built up to be this brutal villain with some parallels to Mulder. He seems unforgiving and completely convinced in his vision and view of how things are and should be. He’s not afraid to kill and isn’t slowed down by simple emotional plights. So why then, does he casually allow Mulder to leave his cave after killing Pierce and Ludwig and capturing Mulder? He threatens to not let Mulder leave and then Mulder turns and says to him “you’re going to have to shoot me because I’m leaving here.” THERE IS NO REASON WHY TREPKOS DIDN’T SHOOT HIM HERE!!! Other than David Duchovny is the star of the show but its like the writers wrote themselves into a corner and then did no work to get themselves out of said corner. They just had Trepkos randomly let him go.
And then the very end, Mulder tells the rescue crew that there are only two survivors, meaning he is letting Trepkos go. Now Mulder doing this I buy. But never, ever, ever, EVER would I buy that Scully would go along with this. Scully is not swayed by pseudo-emotional bullshit like this and she would have called Mulder out right here and held Trepkos accountable. Siggghhh, that ending sucked.
Thankfully, with these four episodes discussed, the rest of Season 2 has not a bad episode left. Hooray!!!
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Perry sticks by alcoholism and homosexuality comparison
(CNN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry stood by his recent comments comparing homosexuality to alcoholism.
Appearing on CNN's "Crossfire" on Wednesday, Perry was asked by co-host Stephanie Cutter whether he believes homosexuality is a disease.
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"I think my position has been fairly clear on that for a substantial period of time," Perry said, pivoting quickly to the economy as a more pressing issue facing the United States.
Christie: Perry is 'wrong' on homosexuality-alcoholism comparison
The focus should be on American jobs, Perry said, "and that is not on these social issues.”
"I think the social issues should be decided state-by-state rather than being something in Washington, D.C. to try to make one-size-fits-all."
At a speech last week in San Francisco, the longtime Republican governor - who ran for the White House in 2012 and is considering another bid in 2016 - was asked whether he thought homosexuality was a disorder.
"I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that - and I look at the homosexual issue the same way," Perry said during that event, immediately sparking backlash from Democrats and gay rights organizations.
Asked repeatedly Wednesday on CNN about the controversial comparison, Perry did not elaborate further on his views on homosexuality.
"I got asked a question and I responded the way that I have before,” he said.
More from Crossfire: Perry weighs in on U.S. options in Iraq
Filed under: 2016 • Gay rights • Rick Perry
peev11
Someone needs to investigate this guy. I personally know men that have been with him. He's just another closet case pinning for the GOP vote with something that resonates with those that hold on to hate. Ay what point are people smart enough to see through this manipulation?
The Voice of Reason
I thought if you have the genetic coding, then you HAVE the desire to "do that". He must be looking at it from an igno-ramus's point of view.
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grumpy0ldman
Perry has the genetic coding that caused him to be a moron which left him no choice but to become a politician. We are not talking about a "social issue" Governor Goodhair. We are talking about human rights. If we allowed that to be decided on a state by state basis there would still be slaves in the south.
Layfa
A state-by-state solution for civil rights. Well that sounds familiar.
I'm no fan of Perry (I think he's not well-educated and old school in his views), however, I do support his conviction and his ability to stick with his answers instead of trying to spin his way out of something that may be unpopular, like all the other politicians would do... He'll even Hillary was against gay marriage before she was for it... Her husband signed a federal law called the defense of marriage act which was basically targeting gay people in an oppressive big government way, so I didn't her much opposition from her back then, Perry's view are wrong in so many ways, but at least he's consistent and doesn't change his mind when the wind changes direction,
max cady
Two presidential hope fulls who stood on their privates this week Perry, and Schweitzer.
Hillary is looking better all the time.
I thought that If you have the genetic coding, you HAVE the desire to "do that". What was I thinking?
jonathanlk
Being gay is more like being a die hard right wing GOP religionist. Alcoholism is more just an addiction that afflicts primarily Congressmen and which builds up fatty tissue around their neural synapses blcoking their ability to think complex thoughts.
crazy gugenheimer
Yet more lies fr the sheeple.. the killers of Chris Stevens and the other 3 will never be found.
Good for Him! This is the USA and you have the right to have your own opinion or are people supposed to be controlled by the thought police?
CosmicC
I'm sure he'd like "social issues" to be decided state by state. His state, for instance, might want to revoke women's right to vote.
carre1
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a darn about what Rick Perry thinks.
Silence DoGood
So what was the federal Defense of Marriage Act?
Religious/social Conservatives like Big Government when it fits with their (im)moral agenda.
Nice tease CNN. "Gov. Perry Grilled Over Gay Comments" This made me click this article. Where his comments negative about gays or were his actual comments gay? I had to find out.
Haresay
The GOP is in trouble.
Rick Perry lets his back side do his talking for him politically, than most I've heard in recent years. And to think he ran for President?! He would've been better off as a washed out drunk. That way people could better understand why he has the inept views he does.
That doesn't make sense. How are people in one state different from those in another? Although laws regulating morality have traditionally been within the states' jurisdiction, it's hard to see how one state would need to have different moral codes from another.
kkummen
OMG REALLY what scares me is that there are people out there with this view --idiots !!!! and he wants to be a president of ALL people of the USA scares me
And yet he is serious about running for President again.
If the guy weren't so mean-hearted, you'd almost feel sorry for him. Bless his heart..
Only Someone who is unable to see past their own feelings and emotions could agree with Perry. I would never in a billion years vote for a man who is unable or unwilling to understand or comprehend the inner workings of his fellow humans.
Rick Perry is the harbinger of what will kill the GOP for most Americans- an almost gleeful desire to show off a stupidity that allows people like Perry to say absolutely any sort of foolish stuff that is offensive and divisive and harmful.
But those glasses make him look so damn smart
GOP has already lost a battle for enjoying dividing instead of uniting, and being openly against the gays. Will they reiterate their mistake this time around ? LOL
This is the man that Texas keeps re-electing to govern the state! Says a lot about the intelligence of my fellow Texans! So very sad.
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Men and women – and the Indian perspective
24/11/2015 24/11/2020 / indian, men, perspective, women
This blog is written mostly with the intent to fathom general opinion on:
(1) The reasons that may be responsible for the rising number of sexual harassment complaints in India. Is it that the number of complaints have increased over the last few years because women have started getting sexually harassed more often? Or is it that after passing of the law in this regard, women have become more aware of their rights? Or is it that the role of the media and NGOs in creating awareness and encouraging women to stop tolerating such behaviour has caused many of them to actually take steps to end such behaviour? And I sometimes wonder whether it is because courts, more now than in the 1980s, have been able to promote that feeling of trust among women that their complaints would be taken seriously and would not be dismissed merely on grounds such as character?
(2) Where exactly should a line be drawn when a male and a female colleague are talking to each other?
In many situations we have seen the ‘victim blaming culture’, where a man alleged to have sexually harassed his colleague, uses as defence statements such as, ‘she was overly friendly with me,’ or ‘she was very flirtatious,’ or ‘She wore provoking clothes, she used to drink with me, she asked for it’. In many other situations we have seen that a woman refrains from filing a complaint because she has the fear of not remaining in the good books of her boss or being branded as ‘un-friendly,’ or ‘unapproachable’ or has the fear of being gossiped about or worse, of losing her job or having other detrimental effect on her career and reputation, as a result of which she brushes aside ‘friendly’ or ‘’flirtatious’ remarks from her colleague considering it as ‘harmless’. The questions that arise are do these friendly gestures turn into grave incidents of sexual harassment? Even if a man claims to have found a woman ‘overly friendly’ where should he draw the line? Should a woman really care about being branded or file a complaint at the very first instance that a certain behaviour is unwelcome? Should a woman wait for a grave incident of sexual harassment to complain, is a lewd remark not good enough? Does a woman remain silent assuming that friendly gestures would lead to growth in her career or make her popular? Is it not the responsibility of both, man and woman, to draw a line somewhere or is it that a man can always say that the woman ‘asked for it’ and the woman say that she feared being ‘branded’?
(3) Are these problems unique to India?
Other questions that arise from the above are, is there a problem with the basic definition of ‘equality’ in our society and is this problem persistent right through the childhood of an individual? Are men and women in our country brought up in an environment, at a young age, where they are unable to interact with each other as merely fellow ‘humans’ and nothing else, leading to difficulty in interacting with each other as fellow humans even as a grown up? Is it that they are taught that there are some kinds of work that only men can do and some work (like cooking and cleaning) that only women should do? Is it that men feel threatened when women try to seize those roles at work which men are traditionally known to hold and sexual harassment becomes a consequence of abrogating such threat? Is it that the root cause of sexual harassment of women is, therefore, mere projection of power and a way to show ‘women’ their place?
The answers to these questions are of course not in the black or white. But these questions do leave us to think. And for now, as employers, as employees, as a colleague, as an internal complaints committee member – think is what we all really need to do.
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McCrary Collects 600th Victory as Eagles Hold Off Arabia Mountain 56-47
Hall of Fame high school basketball coach Dr. Phil McCrary moved into an exclusive club on Wednesday as his Columbia Eagles held on down the stretch for 56-47 win over the Arabia Mountain Rams giving McCrary his 600th career victory in the gym where he started at Columbia in 1988.
His Eagles (14-9) held a 48-29 lead heading into the fourth quarter as Kenneth Hardaway score the final four points of the third period.
But nine turnovers contributed to a 16-0 run by the Rams (6-19) who cut the lead to 48-45 with just 2:17 to play on a drive for a basket by Romero Head.
Two quick turnovers by the Rams led to baskets by Liron Thomas and Solomon Holmes that broke up the run as well as pushing the lead out to 52-45 with just 55 seconds remaining.
Holmes and Thomas would also both hit two free throws in the final 43 seconds and Miquel Shaw had a big block to keep the Rams in check.
McCrary was congratulated by family, friends, former assistant coaches and players following the win as his record goes to 600-212 in 27 seasons as head basketball coach. The win also put McCrary into the state playoffs for the third consecutive season since returning in 2017 and for the 16th time in his career including five state championships in 2006, 2008 and 2010-2012.
Dr. Phil McCrary (Special Photo DeKalb County School District)
The Eagles are also on a 16-year run in the state playoffs including four years (2013-2016) under Kerry Sandifer who replaced McCrary when he moved to the DCSD Athletics office before retiring.
Devin Longstreet led the way for Columbia with 15 points with Thomas adding 13 and Shaw 10. Arabia Mountain was led by Romero Head with 13, Brandon Gunn with 11 and Chase Ballard with 10.
Columbia moves into the semifinals on Friday against No. 7 ranked Lithonia, a 59-44 winner over Clarkson, at 5:30 pm at Columbia.
(G) Columbia 57, Lithonia 39
The Columbia Lady Eagles also punched their ticket into the state playoffs riding the back of 10 three-pointers to a 57-39 win in the night’s opening game at Columbia.
A slow start and trailing 5-3 against Lithonia (7-16) Constance Thomas and India Terrell hit back-to-back three-pointers for the lead they would never relinquish. Daija Carr hit her second trey of the first period with seven seconds left for a 15-7 lead.
The pair would hit threes again late in the half to send Columbia (19-6) into the half up 31-18. Carr would contribute two more threes in a 15-0 run in the third quarter that put Columbia up 49-24.
N’Layia Perkins helped Lithonia put together a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter with three consecutive baskets as the lead shrunk to 54-39.
Terrell hit three of five free throws in the 47 seconds to close out the game for Columbia.
Perkins finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead Lithonia and Jai’Jah Parker had 12 points.
(G) Arabia Mountain 72, Clarkston 18
The No. 10 ranked Arabia Mountain Lady Rams rolled out to a 10-0 lead and never looked back in its girls’ quarterfinal 72-18 victory at Columbia.
Senior Kennedi Manning led the way with 16 points as she went over 1,000 points for her career scoring with just under three minutes to play in the first half. Arabia would go on to lead 43-9 at the break.
Arabia Mountain (18-4) advances to the tournament semifinals on Friday at 4:00 pm against Columbia.
(B) Lithonia 59, Clarkston 44
The No. 7 ranked Lithonia Bulldogs trailed by as much as 15-6 before rallying for a 59-44 win in the opening round game on Wednesday.
Eric Gaines three-pointer with 38 seconds left in the first quarter pulled Lithonia within 13-17. Trailing 20-13 following a Bass three-pointer to open the second quarter.
Lithonia answered with a 14-0 run led by N’Kyzie Hawkins nine points to make it a 27-20 game. Gaines (7 points) and Hawkins (six points) extended the lead out to 48-34.
Eric Gaines finished with 18 points to lead four Bulldogs in double figures in the game. Joining him in double figures were Justin Myles (13) and Hawkins (12).
Other teams punching their tickets were the Tucker Tigers 55-31 over Forest Park in Region 4-6A. They were joined by the Martin Luther King Jr. Lady Lions (14-12) 44-27 over Mt. Zion. The Tucker Lady Tigers (6-2) and the Stephenson Jaguars (12-13) both had their seasons come to an end.
The Cedar Grove Saints moved into the Region 5-3A championship with a 51-41 win over Westminster. They face off with Pace Knights (17-7) on Friday.
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Wednesday, Feb. 6
Region 4-6A at Stephenson
M.L. King (14-12) 44, Mt. Zion (13-13) 27
Lovejoy (23-3) 66, Tucker (6-20) 24
Mt. Zion (10-16) def, Stephenson (12-13)
Tucker (22-4) 55, Forest Park (5-13) 31
Region 5-5A at Columbia
Columbia (19-6) 57, Lithonia (7-16) 39
Arabia Mountain (18-4) 72, Clarkston (3-23) 18
Columbia (14-9) 56, Arabia Mountain (6-19) 47
Lithonia (17-8) 59, Clarkston (6-20) 44
Region 5-3A at Pace Academy
Cedar Grove (17-7) 51, Westminster 41
Pace (20-7) 51, Redan (13-13) 37
Lovett (17-8) 60, Cedar Grove (12-10) 45
Pace (17-7) 40, Redan (6-14) 16
Region 6-2A at Douglass
McNair (3-19) vs. Therrell (19-6) (Not reported)
Thursday, Feb. 7
Region 4-4A at North Clayton
Druid Hills (12-13) vs. Luella (21-4), 7:00 pm
Druid Hills (18-7) vs. Henry Co. (24-2), 5:30 pm
Friday, Feb. 8
Stephenson (16-10) vs. Forest Park (23-3), 4:00 pm
M.L. King (14-12) vs. Lovejoy (23-3), 7:00 pm
Morrow (17-9) vs. Mundy’s Mill (20-6), 5:30 pm
Mt. Zion (10-16) vs. Tucker (22-4), 8:30 pm
Columbia (19-6) vs. Arabia Mountain (18-4), 4:00 pm
Chamblee (8-17) vs. SW DeKalb (19-6), 7:00 pm
Columbia (14-9) vs. Lithonia (17-8), 5:30 pm
Miller Grove (10-16) vs. SW DeKalb (19-6), 8:30 pm
Region 5-3A at Pace
Girls Consolation
Cedar Grove (12-10) vs. Redan (6-13), 4:00 pm
Boys Consolation
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Boys Championship
Cedar Grove (17-7) vs. Pace (20-7), 8:30 pm
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Documentation of four ocean-related computer modules
Report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sea Grant Program) ; no. MITSG 76-18
Yeung, Ronald W.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant Program, ; National Sea Grant Program (U.S.) ;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant Program, ; National Sea Grant Program (U.S.) Less ▲
Funding: NOAA Office of Sea Grant; grant number: 04-6-158-44007;
Sea Grant Publications
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State industry workshop on the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
Mattson, Hedy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant Program.
Report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sea Grant Program) ; no.MITSG74-1
The Impact resistance of modified ferro-cement panels
Snyder, Paul G.; McGarry, F. J.; Mandell, J. F. (John Forbes);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant Program,. National Sea Grant Program (U.S.).
Report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sea Grant Program) ; no.MITSG74-18
Small scale tidal power plants
Fay, James A.; Smachlo, Mark A.;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant College Program,
Report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sea Grant Program) ; no. MITSG 82-9
Computer simulation and control of underwater vehicles
Kazerooni, H. (Homayoon); Sheridan, Thomas B.;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant College Program,. National Sea Grant Program (U.S.). United States, Office of Naval Research,.
Notch geometry and laminate construction effects on the fracture toughness of laminates for hull construction
Bishop, William O.; McGarry, F. J.; Mandell, J. F. (John Forbes);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant Program,. Air Force Materials Laboratory (U.S.). National Sea Grant Office (U.S.).
Report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sea Grant Program) ; MITSG 73-15
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Minimizing group index variations in a multicore endoscope fiber
Roper, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 2015
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00088
Data sets for the Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment article entitled "Ordering on different length scales in liquid and amorphous materials"
Salmon, P. (Creator) & Zeidler, A. (Creator), University of Bath, 6 Sep 2019
Underreporting of drug industry payments to patient organisations in the UK (2012-2016)
Ozieranski, P. (Creator), Csanadi, M. (Creator), Rickard, E. (Creator) & Mulinari, S. (Creator), University of Bath, 10 Jul 2020
Dataset for "Zeolites fit for a Crown: Probing Host-Guest Interactions with Thermogravimetric Methods"
Nearchou, A. (Creator), Sartbaeva, A. (Supervisor), Castaing, R. (Related Person) & Raithby, P. (Related Person), University of Bath, 29 Jul 2020
DFT dataset: X=(Li,Na,Ca,Mg,Al) Intercalation into (F/OH)-Substituted Anatase TiO2
Morgan, B. (Creator), University of Bath, 29 Mar 2018
DFT Data Analysis: Intercalation of X=(Li, Na, Mg, Ca, Al) into (F/OH)-substituted anatase TiO2
Morgan, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 20 Feb 2018
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1181872, https://github.com/bjmorgan/data_F-TiO2_intercalation_anions
Dataset on experimental data available in the literature on "Medium chain carboxylic acids from complex organic feedstock by mixed culture fermentation"
De Groof, V. (Creator), Coma Bech, M. (Creator), Arnot, T. (Creator), Leak, D. (Creator) & Lanham, A. (Creator), University of Bath, 22 Jan 2019
Dataset for "Using Finite Element Analysis to Influence the Infill Design of Fused Deposition Modelled Parts"
Gopsill, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 28 Nov 2017
Dataset for "Deep-UV Emission From Highly-Ordered AlGaN/AlN Core-Shell Nanorods"
Coulon, P. (Creator), Kusch, G. (Data Collector), Martin, R. W. (Project Member) & Shields, P. (Project Leader), University of Bath, 6 Sep 2018
Research data supporting “Hybrid Sankey diagrams: visual analysis of multidimensional data for understanding resource use”
Lupton, R. (Creator) & Allwood, J. M. (Creator), University of Cambridge, 24 Oct 2016
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.6038
Dataset for "Lattice-Geometry Effects in Garnet Solid Electrolytes: A Lattice-Gas Monte Carlo Simulation Study"
Morgan, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 2 Jul 2017
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.821864
Data for Arylboronic Acid-Catalyzed C-Alkylation and Allylation Reactions Using Benzylic Alcohols
Estopina-Duran, S. (Creator), Mclean, E. (Creator), Donnelly, L. (Creator), Hockin, B. (Creator) & Taylor, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 17 Sep 2020
Data set for "Creation of regular arrays of faceted AlN nanostructures via a combined top-down, bottom-up approach"
Armstrong, R. (Creator), Coulon, P. (Creator), Bozinakis, P. (Creator), Martin, R. W. (Creator) & Shields, P. (Creator), University of Bath, 1 Aug 2020
Dataset for "The influence of swash-based reflection on surf zone hydrodynamics: a wave-by-wave approach"
Martins, K. (Creator), Blenkinsopp, C. (Creator), Almar, R. (Researcher) & Zang, J. (Researcher), University of Bath, 26 Jan 2018
Codes for "Computing diffusivities from particle models out of equilibrium"
Zimmer, J. (Creator), Embacher, P. (Creator), Dirr, N. (Creator) & Reina, C. (Creator), University of Bath, 11 Apr 2018
Data for Reducing Nonlinear Limitations of Ytterbium Mode-Locked Fibre Lasers with Hollow-Core Negative Curvature Fibre
Harvey, C. (Creator), University of Bath, 15 May 2015
Data for "Metastable cubic tin sulfide: a novel phonon-stable chiral semiconductor"
Skelton, J. (Creator), Burton, L. (Data Collector), Oba, F. (Project Member) & Walsh, A. (Project Leader), University of Bath, 2017
Dataset for "Adjusting organic load as a strategy to direct single-stage food waste fermentation from anaerobic digestion to chain elongation"
De Groof, V. (Creator), Coma Bech, M. (Creator), Leak, D. (Creator), Arnot, T. (Creator) & Lanham, A. (Creator), University of Bath, 27 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00941, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB39281
Systematic Review of Depression in Paediatric CFS/ME
Loades, M. (Creator), Crawley, E. (Creator) & Sheils, L. (Data Collector), University of Bath, 2016
Degradation of a β-O-4 model lignin species by vanadium Schiff-base catalysts; influence of catalyst structure and reaction conditions on activity and selectivity
Jones, M. (Creator), Parker, H. (Data Collector), Woodman, T. (Data Collector) & Chuck, C. (Data Collector), University of Bath, 2015
Data supporting "Structure and properties of ‘Type IV’ lanthanide nitrate hydrate:urea deep eutectic solvents"
Hammond, O. (Creator), Edler, K. (Creator) & Bowron, D. (Project Member), University of Bath, 28 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00588, https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.73944558
Temporal Climate Impacts
Cooper, S. (Creator), McManus, M. (Project Leader), Hattam, L. (Researcher) & Hawkins, W. (Contributor), University of Bath, 2 Oct 2020
Dataset for "Salt bridge impact on global rigidity and thermostability in thermophilic citrate synthase"
Mcmanus, T. (Creator) & Wells, S. (Creator), University of Bath, 20 Jun 2019
Dataset for: "The nanometer limits of ballistic and diffusive hot-hole mediated nonlocal molecular manipulation"
Etheridge, H. (Creator), Rusimova, K. (Creator) & Sloan, P. (Creator), University of Bath, 29 Nov 2019
Single molecule experimental data for unphosphorylated Aurora-A measurements in Gilburt et al, Chemical Science 2019
Dodson, C. (Creator), Gilburt, J. (Creator) & Ying, L. (Creator), Zenodo, 7 Mar 2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2555379
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Watch the full 20-minute Anthem Gameplay Demo from E3
By Eric WatsonJuly 13, 2018No Comments
BioWare and EA have uploaded the full 20-minute gameplay demo of Anthem shown at E3 2018.
The demo features BioWare lead producer Ben Irving taking a team of four Freelancers on the “Scars & Villainy” mission.
Anthem is described as a “social, co-op action-RPG,” which sounds a whole lot like Activision and Bungie’s Destiny series.
In Anthem players use their Iron Man-like mech suits called Javelins to explore the world and complete missions. Javelins come in four different flavors. Three are seen in the video: Colossus, Ranger, and Storm. Javelins can be customized and equipped with different weapons and abilities.
The most obvious feature is they allow you to fly, and quickly traverse the dangerous world.
During the demo, the four-player party embark on a Stronghold mission, which sounds like Anthems’ versions of Destiny’s Raids. Strongholds are specifically designed for a full party of four Freelancers, and grant extra rewards.
One of the biggest questions for Anthem is how it can translate BioWare’s signature single-player RPG story-telling into a cooperative action-oriented game. Lead Producer Michael Gamble recently posted an interview-style blog post addressing these exact concerns.
“We’ve focused a lot on being able to tell a BioWare-quality story, with BioWare-quality characters, in a social environment,” writes Gamble. “This is done through the concept of “Our shared world – my personal story.”
You can pre-order Anthem now to receive the Founder’s in-game banner.
Anthem launches February 22 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Origin). EA Access and Origin Access members will gain Early Access to Anthem on February 15. It has not yet been rated by the ESRB.
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Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb. 14-16: China team withdrew.
Diving World Series in Beijing from March 7-9 canceled.
Men’s Water Polo World League from March 12 postponed.
Women’s Water Polo World League from March 12 postponed.
Women’s Olympic water polo qualifying tournament in Trieste, Italy from March 8-15 postponed to May 17-24 postponed to Jan. 17-24, 2021.
Diving World Series in Kazan, Russia on March 20-22 canceled.
Men’s Olympic water polo qualifying tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands from March 22-29 postponed to May 31–June 7 postponed to Feb. 14-21, 2021.
South America championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina from March 25-29 canceled.
Artistic World Series in Hurghada, Egypt from March 27-29 canceled.
Diving World Series in London from March 27-29 canceled.
Nordic Tour: Bergen Festival in Norway from March 28-30 canceled.
Artistic World Series in Alexandroupolis, Greece from April 3-5 canceled.
Artistic World Series in Budapest, Hungary from April 10-12 canceled.
European Swim Cup II in Eindhoven, Netherlands from April 9-12 canceled.
Artistic World Series in Kazan, Russia from April 17-19 canceled.
African championships in Durban, South Africa from April 17-22 postponed.
Australia championships in Perth from April 17-21 canceled.
Diving World Cup in Tokyo from April 21-26 postponed to Feb. 23-28, 2021.
Artistic World Series in Suzhou, China from April 23-25 canceled.
Olympic artistic qualifier in Tokyo from April 30-May 3 postponed to March 4-7, 2021.
European championships in Budapest, Hungary from May 11-24 postponed to Aug. 17-30 postponed to May 10-23, 2021.
Diving Grand Prix in Windsor, Canada from May 14-17 canceled.
Artistic World Series in Madrid on May 29-31 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in Singapore from May 29-31 canceled.
Olympic marathon swim qualifier in Fukuoka, Japan from May 30-31 postponed to May 29-30, 2021.
Diving Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from June 5-7 canceled.
Artistic World Series in Rochester, New York from June 12-14 canceled.
Artistic World Series Final in Windsor, Canada from June 18-20 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in Cairo from June 26-28 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in Bolzano, Italy from July 3-5 postponed to Nov. 20-22.
Asian championships in New Clark City, Philippines from Nov. 7-17 postponed to November 2021.
World short course championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from Dec. 15-20 postponed to Dec. 13-18, 2021.
World championships in Fukuoka, Japan from July 16-Aug. 1, 2021 postponed to May 13-29, 2022.
European short course championships in Kazan, Russia from Dec. 2-7, 2021 rescheduled to Nov. 2-7, 2021.
World Cup in Antalya, Turkey from May 11-17 canceled.
World ranking event in Medellin, Colombia from June 1-7 canceled.
Asia Cup in Gwangju, South Korea from June 7-12 canceled.
European Grand Prix in Porec, Croatia from June 9-13 canceled.
World Cup in Berlin from June 21-28 canceled.
World field championships in Yankton, South Dakota from Sept. 15-20 postponed to 2022.
World championships in Eugene, Oregon from Aug. 6-15, 2021 postponed to July 15-24, 2022.
World cross country championships in Bathurst, Australia on March 20, 2021 postponed.
Hong Kong Marathon on Feb. 9 canceled. Race on Jan. 24, 2021 postponed.
Tokyo Marathon on March 1, elite runners only.
Nagoya Women’s Marathon on March 8, elite runners only.
Chongqing International Marathon in China on March 22 postponed to Nov. 1
Wuxi Marathon in China on March 22 postponed to Nov. 1.
Athens Half Marathon in Greece on March 22 postponed to Sept. 20 canceled.
Lisbon Half Marathon on March 22 postponed to Sept. 6 canceled.
Prague Half Marathon on March 28 postponed to Sept. 6 canceled.
Paris Marathon on April 5 postponed to Oct. 18 postponed to Nov. 15 canceled.
Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon in China on April 12 postponed to Nov. 8.
Doha Diamond League in Qatar on April 17 postponed to Oct. 9 moved to Sept. 25.
Vienna City Marathon in Austria on April 19 postponed to April 18, 2021 postponed to Sept. 12, 2021.
Hamburg Marathon on April 19 postponed to Sept. 13.
Boston Marathon on April 20 postponed to Sept. 14 canceled.
Kipchoge Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya on May 2 postponed to Sept. 26 postponed to Oct. 3.
Prague Marathon on May 3 postponed to Oct. 11 canceled.
Michitaka Kinami Memorial Meet in Osaka, Japan on May 6 postponed.
China Diamond League on May 9 postponed to Oct. 17 canceled.
Shanghai Diamond League on May 16 postponed to Aug. 13 postponed to Sept. 19 canceled.
World 10K Bengaluru in India on May 17 postponed to Sept. 13 postponed to Nov. 22.
Ostrava Golden Spike in the Czech Republic on May 22 postponed to Sept. 8.
Stockholm Diamond League in Sweden on May 24 postponed to Aug. 23.
Janusz Kusocinski Memorial in Chorzów, Poland on May 24 postponed to Aug. 25.
Gala dei Castelli in Bellinzona, Switzerland on May 25 postponed to Sept. 15.
Naples Diamond League (Golden Gala Pietro Mennea) on May 28 postponed to Sept. 17.
Jaen Paraiso Interior Meeting in Andujar, Spain on May 29 canceled.
Gran Premio Cantones in La Coruña, Spain on May 30 postponed.
Irena Szewinska Memorial in Bydgoszcz, Poland on May 30 postponed to Aug. 19.
Rabat Diamond League (Mohammed VI International) in Morocco on May 31 canceled.
Pfingstsportfest International in Rehlingen, Germany on May 31 postponed to Aug. 14 canceled.
Joensuu Games in Finland on June 3 canceled.
Challenge Cup in Niigata, Japan on June 5 postponed.
Eugene Diamond League (Prefontaine Classic) in Oregon on June 6-7 postponed to Oct. 4 canceled.
Josefa Odlozila Memorial in Prague on June 8 downgraded.
Oslo Diamond League (Bislett Games) on June 11 canceled.
P-T-S Meeting in Šamorín, Slovakia on June 11 postponed.
Paris Diamond League on June 13 postponed to Sept. 6 canceled.
Racers Grand Prix in Kingston, Jamaica on June 13 canceled.
Georges Caillat Memorial in Geneva on June 13 canceled.
X Meeting Internacional Arona in Spain on June 13-14 canceled.
Comrades Marathon in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on June 14 postponed.
Sollentuna GP in Sweden on June 16 postponed to Aug. 10.
Kladno Hazi A Kladenske Memorialy in the Czech Republic on June 16 postponed to Sept. 16.
Madrid Meeting on June 19 canceled.
United States Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon from June 19-28 postponed to June 18-27, 2021.
Mehrkampf Meeting in Ratingen, Germany on June 20-21 canceled.
Qasanov Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan on June 20-21 postponed.
Kuortane Games in Finland on June 21 postponed to Aug. 1.
Copenhagen Athletics Games in Denmark on June 25 canceled.
Canadian Olympic trials in Montreal from June 25-28 postponed to June 24-27, 2021.
Great North 10K in Gateshead, England on June 28 canceled.
Liege International Meeting in Belgium on July 1 postponed.
Montreuil International Meeting in Paris on July 1 canceled.
Spitzen Leichtathletik in Lucerne, Switzerland on July 1 canceled.
Nacht van de Atletiek in Heusden, Belgium on July 4 postponed to Sept. 6.
Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta on July 4 postponed to Nov. 26 online.
London Diamond League (Anniversary Games) from July 4-5 canceled.
Gold Coast Marathon in Australia on July 5 canceled.
City of Padua Meeting in Italy on July 7 postponed to Sept. 12.
Sotteville International Meeting in France on July 8 postponed.
Monaco Diamond League (Herculis) on July 10 postponed to Aug. 14.
Durban 10K City Surf Run in South Africa on July 12 postponed.
Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on July 25 postponed.
Liupanshui Marathon in China on July 25 postponed.
Bogota Half Marathon in Colombia on July 26 canceled.
Citius Meeting in Bern, Switzerland on Aug. 15 canceled.
Gateshead Diamond League (British Grand Prix) on Aug. 16 postponed to Sept. 12 canceled.
Rio Half Marathon in Brazil on Aug. 16 postponed to Jan. 24, 2021.
Friidrott GP in Gothenburg, Sweden on Aug. 19 postponed to Aug. 29.
Lausanne Diamond League (Athletissima) in Switzerland on Aug. 20 postponed to Sept. 2.
21K Buenos Aires on Aug. 23 canceled.
Liege Province International Meeting in Belgium on Aug. 23 postponed.
European championships in Paris from Aug. 25-30 canceled.
Bali Marathon in Indonesia on Aug. 30 canceled.
Mexico City Marathon on Aug. 30 canceled.
Brussels Diamond League (AG Memorial Van Damme) on Sept. 4, no spectators.
Stockholm Marathon in Sweden on Sept. 5 canceled.
Prague Grand Prix on Sept. 5 canceled.
Astana Marathon in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan on Sept. 6 canceled.
Diamond League Final in Zurich from Sept. 9-11 canceled.
Copenhagen Half Marathon in Denmark on Sept., 12 canceled.
Tallinn Marathon and Half Marathon in Estonia on Sept. 12-13 canceled.
Lanzhou International Marathon in China on Sept. 13 canceled.
Hamburg Marathon in Germany on Sept. 13 canceled.
Frankfurt Half Marathon on Sept. 13; elite runners only.
Great North Run in Newcastle, England on Sept. 13 canceled.
Decastar in Talence, France from Sept. 19-20 canceled.
Hengshui Lake International Marathon in China on Sept. 20 canceled.
Porto Half Marathon in Portugal on Sept. 20 canceled.
Brighton Marathon in England on Sept. 20 postponed to Oct. 11 canceled.
Buenos Aires Marathon in Argentina on Sept. 20 canceled.
Berlin Marathon on Sept. 27 canceled.
London Marathon on Oct. 4, elite runners only.
Madrid Half Marathon on Oct. 4 canceled.
Cardiff Half Marathon on Oct. 4 canceled.
Chicago Marathon on Oct. 11 canceled.
Munich Marathon on Oct. 11 canceled.
Lisbon Marathon and Half Marathon in Portugal on Oct. 11 canceled.
Prague Marathon on Oct. 11 canceled.
20km de Paris on Oct. 11 moved online.
Amsterdam Marathon on Oct. 18 canceled.
Cape Town Marathon in South Africa on Oct. 18 canceled.
Detroit Marathon on Oct. 18 canceled.
Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Oct. 18 canceled.
Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands on Oct. 25. canceled.
New York City Marathon on Nov. 1 canceled.
Guadalajara International Marathon in Mexico on Nov. 1 canceled.
Sao Paulo Marathon in Brazil on Nov. 2 canceled.
Athens Marathon in Greece on Nov. 8 canceled.
Porto Marathon in Portugal on Nov. 8 canceled.
Kobe Marathon in Japan on Nov. 15 canceled.
Osaka Marathon in Japan on Nov. 29 canceled.
Valencia Marathon in Spain on Dec. 6 canceled.
Abu Dhabi Marathon in United Arab Emirates on Dec. 11 canceled.
European cross country championships in Dublin on Dec. 13 canceled.
Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii on Dec. 13 canceled.
Tokyo Marathon on March 7, 2021 postponed to Oct. 17, 2021.
Boston Marathon on April 19, 2021 postponed.
F1: Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 15 canceled.
F1: Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir on March 22 postponed to Dec. 6.
F1: Vietnam Grand Prix in Hanoi on April 5 canceled.
F1: Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 19 canceled.
F1: Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort on May 3 canceled.
F1: Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on May 10 postponed to Aug. 16, no spectators.
F1: Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo on May 24 canceled.
F1: Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku on June 7 canceled.
F1: Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on June 14 canceled.
F1: French Grand Prix in Le Castellet on June 28 canceled.
F1: Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg on July 5, no spectators.
F1: Styrian Grand Prix in Spielberg, Austria on July 12, no spectators.
F1: British Grand Prix in Silverstone on July 19 moved to Aug. 2, no spectators.
F1: Hungarian Grand Prix in Mogyoród on Aug. 2 moved to July 19, no spectators.
F1: 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in Silverstone, England on Aug. 9. no spectators.
F1: Belgian Grand Prix in Francorchamps on Aug. 30, no spectators.
F1: Singapore Grand Prix on Sept. 20 canceled.
F1: Japanese Grand Prix in Inoucho on Oct. 11 canceled.
F1: United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on Oct. 25 canceled.
F1: Mexican Grand Prix in Mexico City on Nov. 1 canceled.
F1: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola, Italy on Nov. 1, no spectators.
F1: Brazil Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Nov. 15 canceled.
F1: Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul on Nov. 15, no spectators.
IndyCar: St. Petersburg Grand Prix in Florida on March 15 postponed to Oct. 25.
IndyCar: Texas 400 in Fort Worth on June 6, no spectators.
IndyCar: Road America in Wisconsin on June 21 postponed to July 11-12.
IndyCar: Indy Richmond 300 on June 27 in Virginia canceled.
IndyCar: Indianapolis GP on July 4, no spectators.
IndyCar: Indy Toronto on July 12 canceled.
IndyCar: Indy 200 in Lexington, Ohio on Aug. 16 rescheduled to Aug. 9.
IndyCar: Portland GP in Oregon on Sept. 13 canceled.
IndyCar: Monterey GP doubleheader in California on Sept. 19-20 canceled.
WRC: Rally Argentina in Villa Carlos Paz from April 23-26 canceled.
WRC: Rally Portugal in Matosinhos from May 21-24 canceled.
WRC: Rally Italy in Sardinia from June 4-7 postponed to Oct. 8-11.
WRC: Rally Kenya from July 16-19 canceled.
WRC: Rally Finland in Jyväskylä from Aug. 6-9 canceled.
WRC: Rally New Zealand in Auckland from Sept. 3-6 canceled.
WRC: Wales Rally GB from Oct. 29-Nov. 1 canceled.
24 Hours of Le Mans in France on June 13-14 postponed to Sept. 19-20, no spectators.
NASCAR: Texas 500 in Fort Worth on March 29 postponed to Oct. 25.
NASCAR: Bristol 500 in Tennessee on April 5 postponed to May 9 postponed to May 31, no spectators.
NASCAR: Richmond 400 in Virginia on April 19 canceled.
NASCAR: Talladega 500 in Alabama on April 26 postponed to June 22.
NASCAR: Dover Race in Delaware on May 3 canceled.
NASCAR: Martinsville 500 in Virginia on May 9 postponed to June 10, no spectators.
NASCAR: Darlington 400 in South Carolina on May 17, no spectators.
NASCAR: Charlotte 600 in Concord, North Carolina on May 24, no spectators.
NASCAR: Atlanta 500 on June 7, no spectators.
NASCAR: Sonoma 350 in California on June 14 canceled.
NASCAR: Chicagoland 400 in Joliet, Illinois on June 21 canceled.
NASCAR: Pocono 325 in Pennsylvania on June 27, no spectators.
NASCAR: Indianapolis 400 on July 5, no spectators.
NASCAR: Kentucky 400 in Sparta on July 12, no spectators.
NASCAR: All-Star Open on July 15 moved from Charlotte, North Carolina to Bristol, Tennessee.
NASCAR: Kansas 400 in Kansas City on July 23, no spectators.
NASCAR: Brooklyn 400 in Michigan on Aug. 9, no spectators.
NASCAR: Cup Race on Aug. 16 moved from Watkins Glen, New York to Daytona, Florida.
NASCAR: Dover 311 in Delaware on Aug. 22-23, no spectators.
NASCAR: Richmond 400 in Virginia on Sept. 12, no spectators.
China Masters in Lingshui from Feb. 25-March 1 postponed to May 5-10 postponed to Aug. 25-30 canceled.
Asian team championships in Manila from Feb. 11-16: China, Hong Kong withdrew.
Swiss Open in Basel from March 17-22 canceled.
India Open in New Delhi from March 24-29 postponed to Dec. 8-13 cancled.
Vietnam International Challenge in Hanoi postponed from March 24-29 to June 2-7 to Oct. 27-Nov. 1 canceled.
Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur from March 31-April 5 postponed to Nov. 24-29 canceled.
Singapore Open from April 7-12 canceled.
Asia championships moved from Wuhan, China to Manila on April 21-26 canceled.
European championships in Kyiv, Ukraine from April 21-26 canceled.
Pan American individual championships in Lima, Peru from April 23-26 canceled.
New Zealand Open in Auckland from April 28-May 3 postponed to Oct. 20-25 canceled.
Thomas and Uber Cup Finals in Aarhus, Denmark from May 16-24 postponed to Aug. 15-23 postponed to Oct. 3-11 postponed.
Australian Open in Sydney from June 2-7 canceled.
Thailand Open in Bangkok from June 9-14 postponed to Dec. 1-6 canceled.
Indonesia Open in Jakarta from June 16-21 postponed to Nov. 17-22 canceled.
U.S. Open in Fullerton, California from June 23-28 canceled.
Canada Open in Calgary from June30-July 5 canceled.
Russian Open in Vladivostok from July 7-12 canceled.
Hyderabad Open in India from Aug. 11-16 canceled.
Akita Masters in Japan from Aug. 18-23 canceled.
Vietnam Open in Da Nang from Aug. 25-30 canceled.
Taipei Open in Taipei from Sept. 1-6 canceled.
Korea Open in Gwangju from Sept. 8-13 canceled.
China Open in Changzhou from Sept. 15-20 canceled
Japan Open in Yokohama from Sept. 22-27 canceled.
Indonesia Masters in Jakarta from Sept. 29-Oct. 4 canceled.
Dutch Open in Almere from Oct. 6-11 canceled.
New Zealand Open in Auckland from Oct. 20-25 canceled.
French Open in Paris from Oct. 20-25 canceled.
Denmark Masters in Odense from Oct. 20-25 canceled.
Macau Open from Oct. 27-Nov. 1 canceled.
SaarLorLux Open in Saarbrucken, Germany from Oct. 27-Nov. 1 canceled.
Fuzhou China Open in Fuzhou from Nov. 3-8 canceled.
Hong Kong Open from Nov. 10-15 canceled.
Asia Open 1 from Nov. 10-15 moved to Bangkok from Jan. 12-17.
Asia Open 2 from Nov. 17-22 moved to Bangkok from Jan. 19-24
India International in Lucknow from Nov. 17-22 canceled.
Indonesia Open in Jakarta from Nov. 17-22 canceled.
Malaysia Open in Bukit Jalil from Nov. 24-29 canceled.
Korea Masters in Gwangju from Nov. 24-29 canceled.
Thailand Open in Bangkok from Dec. 1-6 canceled.
India Open in New Delhi from Dec. 8-13 canceled.
Thailand Masters in Bangkok from Jan. 12-17, 2021 postponed.
Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur from Jan. 19-24 postponed.
Indonesia Masters in Jakarta from Jan. 26-31 postponed.
World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China from Dec. 8-13 postponed to Dec. 16-20 moved to Bangkok from Jan. 27-31, 2021.
European mixed team championships in Vantaa, Finland from Feb. 17-21, 2021: England withdrew as host.
World championships in Huelva, Spain in August 2021 postponed to Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2021.
MLB: Preseason from March 12 canceled. Regular season due to start on March 26 postponed to July 23, no spectators. From Oct. 12, spectators allowed. St Louis vs. Chicago Cubs in London from June 13-14 canceled. All-Star Game in Los Angeles on July 14 canceled.
Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan: Preseason from Feb. 26-March 15, no spectators. Regular season due to start on March 20 postponed. All-Star Games on July 19-20 canceled. From June 19 started, no spectators. From July 10, spectators allowed.
KBO League in South Korea: Preseason from March 14-24 canceled. Regular season due to start on March 28, postponed. Preseason on April 21 restarted. Season on May 5 started, no spectators. From July 26, spectators allowed. From Aug. 21, no spectators.
Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan due to start on March 14 postponed. From April 12 restarted, no spectators. From May 8 spectators allowed.
Mexican Baseball League due to start on April 6 postponed to Aug. 7 canceled.
Final Olympic qualifying tournament in Taichung and Dou Liu, Taiwan from April 1-5 postponed to June 17-21 postponed.
Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania from Aug. 20-30 canceled.
Women’s World Cup in Tijuana, Mexico from Sept. 11-20 postponed to Nov. 12-21 postponed to March 1-9, 2021.
World Baseball Classic in Taiwan, Japan, United States from March 9-23, 2021 postponed to 2023.
NBA from March 11 postponed to July 30, no spectators.
WNBA due to start on May 15 postponed to July 24, no spectators.
Women’s Olympic qualifying tournament moved from Foshan, China to Belgrade, Serbia from Feb. 6-9.
Men’s Olympic qualifying tournaments in Belgrade, Serbia; Split, Croatia; Kaunas, Lithuania; and Victoria, British Columbia from June 23-28 postponed to June 22-July 4 2021.
Asia Cup qualifiers: Philippines vs. Thailand on Feb. 20; Japan vs. China on Feb. 21; China vs. Malaysia on Feb. 24, postponed. Matches scheduled for Hong Kong moved to opponents’ homes. Asia Cup from Aug. 3-15, 2021 postponed to Aug. 17-29, 2021.
Afrobasket in Rwanda from Aug. 17-29, 2021 postponed to Aug. 24-Sept. 25, 2021.
EuroBasket from Sept. 2-19, 2021 postponed to Sept. 1-18, 2022.
AmeriCup postponed to Sept. 2-11, 2021.
Women’s AmeriCup postponed to June 20-27, 2021.
CBA in China from Jan. 24 suspended. From June 20 restarted, no spectators. From July 26, spectators allowed.
KBL in South Korea: All games from Feb. 25, no spectators. From Feb. 29, suspended. From March 24 canceled.
Serie A in Italy: Games on March 7, no spectators. From March 8 postponed. From April 7 canceled.
EuroLeague: Milan vs. Real Madrid in Milan on March 3; Valencia vs. Milan in Valencia on March 5. Competition from March 12 suspended. From May 25 canceled.
EuroLeague Women: Famila Schio vs. Sopron on Feb. 26; Reyer vs. Riga on Feb. 26; USK Praha vs. Famila Schio on March 11; Ekaterinburg vs. Montpellier on March 11, canceled. Competition from March 13 suspended. From May 25 canceled.
EuroCup: Brescia vs. Reyer on March 3, Monaco vs. UNICS Kazan on March 4, Darussafaka vs. Bologna on March 5, no spectators. Competition from March 13 suspended. From May 25 canceled.
EuroCup Women: Castors Braine vs. Valencia on March 12; Reyer vs. Girona on March 12, canceled. Dynamo Kursk vs. Avenida on March 12 canceled. Competition from March 13 suspended. From May 25 canceled.
Olympic qualifying tournament in Bengaluru, India from March 18-22 postponed to Graz, Austria from May 26-30, 2021.
Universality Olympic qualifying tournament in Budapest, Hungary from April 24-26 postponed to 2021.
Manila Masters from May 2-3 postponed to Aug. 15-16.
Chengdu Masters in China from May 30-31 postponed to Oct. 17-18 canceled.
Mexico City Masters from June 20-21 canceled.
Utsunomiya Masters in Japan from July 11-12 postponed to Oct. 3-4 canceled.
Prague Masters on Aug. 1-2 canceled.
Lausanne Masters in Switzerland on Aug. 21-22 canceled.
Los Angeles Masters on Sept. 19-20 canceled.
Nanjing Masters in China on Oct. 17-18 canceled.
Abu Dhabi Masters in United Arab Emirates from Oct. 30-31 canceled.
World Cup in Östersund, Sweden from Nov. 30-Dec. 6 moved to Kontiolahti, Finland.
World Cup in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand, France from Dec. 14-20 moved to Hochfilzen, Austria.
World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany from Jan. 11-17 moved to Oberhof, Germany.
World championships in Lake Placid, New York from Feb. 5-14, 2021 moved to Altenberg, Germany from Feb. 1-14, 2021.
World championships in Gold Coast, Australia from May 26-June 7 postponed to May 25-June 6, 2021 postponed to Sept. 7-19, 2021.
Jose Carlos Ramirez vs. Viktor Postol for Ramirez’s WBC-WBO super lightweight titles in Haikou, China on Feb. 1 postponed to Fresno, California on May 9 postponed to Las Vegas on Aug. 29, no spectators.
Shakur Stevenson vs. Miguel Marriaga for Stevenson’s WBO featherweight title in New York on March 14 canceled.
Mairis Briedis vs. Yuniel Dorticos in World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight final in Riga, Latvia on March 21 postponed to May 16 postponed to Munich on Sept. 26.
Artur Beterbiev vs. Fanlong Meng for Beterbiev’s WBC-IBF light heavyweight titles in Quebec City, Canada on March 28 postponed to Ekaterinburg, Russia on Sept. 25 postponed.
Geovana Peres vs. Savannah Marshall for Peres’ WBO women’s light heavyweight title in Newcastle, England on April 4 postponed to June 27 canceled.
Jamal James vs. Thomas Dulorme for interim WBA welterweight title in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 11 postponed to Los Angeles on Aug. 8.
David Morrell vs. Lennox Allen for interim WBA super middleweight title in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 11 postponed to Los Angeles on Aug. 8.
Andrew Moloney vs. Israel Gonzalez for Moloney’s WBA ‘regular’ junior bantamweight title in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 17 canceled.
Luke Campbell vs. Javier Fortuna for vacant WBC lightweight title in Oxon Hill, Maryland on April 17 canceled.
Cecilia Braekhus vs. Jessica McCaskill for Braekhus’ WBC-WBA-IBF-WBO women’s welterweight titles in Oxon Hill, Maryland on April 17 postponed to Tulsa, Oklahoma on Aug. 15.
David Benavidez vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo for Benavidez’s WBC super middleweight title in Phoenix, Arizona on April 18 postponed to Uncasville, Connecticut on Aug. 15.
Terri Harper vs. Natasha Jones for Harper’s WBC women’s super featherweight title in Doncaster, England on April 24 postponed to Brentwood, England on Aug. 7.
Naoya Inoue vs. John Riel Casimero for Inoue’s WBA-IBF and Casemiro’s WBO bantamweight titles in Las Vegas on April 25 canceled.
Patrick Teixeira vs. Brian Castaño for Teixeira’s WBO junior middleweight title in Indio, California on April 25 postponed.
Josh Taylor vs. Apinun Khongsong for Taylor’s WBA-IBF super lightweight titles in Glasgow, Scotland on May 2 postponed to London on Sept. 26.
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano for Taylor’s WBC-WBA-IBF-WBO women’s lightweight titles in Manchester, England on May 2 postponed to July 4 postponed to Brentwood, England on Aug. 22 canceled.
Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin for interim WBC ‘regular’ heavyweight title in Manchester, England on May 2 postponed to July 4 postponed to Brentwood, England on Aug. 22.
Claressa Shields vs. Marie-Eve Dicaire for Shield’s WBC-WBO and Dicaire’s IBF women’s super welterweight titles in Flint, Michigan on May 9 postponed to Las Vegas on Dec. 11.
Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev for Joshua’s WBA-IBF-WBO heavyweight titles in London on June 20 postponed to Dec. 12.
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder for Fury’s WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas on July 18 canceled.
Savannah Marshall vs. Hannah Rankin for vacant WBO women’s middleweight title in Peterborough, England on Oct. 17 postponed to London on Oct. 31.
Asian championships in India in November postponed to 2021.
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A lot of people forget that there was a time when archaic codes of warfare lived on modern battlefields. It's hard to believe, in our time, when unconventional warfare has become a very conventional concept, that soldiers used to operate with this mentality. Many WWII leaders, both allies and axis, fought with overly-romantic notions of frontline chivalry. It can be tough to win when you've created rules that work against you.
Enter the Special Operations Executive AKA The Baker Street Irregulars, AKA The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Most military units have a chain-of-command. If a private messes up, it goes to his sergeant. If a battalion commander does something great, he's rewarded by the regimental commander. And so on.
Well, they weren't called Irregulars by coincidence. Their boss was Winston Churchill himself. That's right, this ragtag group of ruffians reported directly to the Prime Minister of Great Britain. We don't have enough room to detail the insane missions these guys went on. Additionally, we don't have enough room to highlight their eccentric ways of doing things. But here's a quick list:
- Andy Lassen, their leader, petitioned the War Office to be able to use bows and arrows in combat. The War Office rejected, citing the inhumane nature of them when used in combat. Lassen used them anyway.
- Their first mission, in neutral Spain, was stealing U-Boats and capturing German officers by renting a party boat, getting the Germans drunk, and luring them away with women.
- They had beards.
- After being talked down to by a US Army officer, Lassen stole his Jeep and drove it into his hotel room so no one would know.
- A German commander once said that, "They come like cats and disappear like ghosts."
- Christopher Lee was among the troops who worked with them. Yes, the legendary actor Christopher Lee.
Do you get the point yet? These guys and gals (yes, they had a lot of women in their ranks) weren't just some of the best and brightest. They were, arguably, the craziest. And they needed to be. You can't have normal people doing work like that. You just can't. They changed the landscape of warfare. They were the cool-bearded-guy-hands-in-pockets-not-giving-a-damn-about-anyone-or-anything-outside-of-their-mission long before more popular forces came around.
They were The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
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I love your existing British designs, this one is great. I'm sure there are more designs (in the wings) from some of our eccentric Military leaders of old?
A gift to a British friend I'm constantly telling my friend how awesome America is. This should make him feel like England is kinda awesome too.
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Is there a book in this thesis?
One of the dreams that is secretly cherished by Ph.D candidates is that perhaps, one day, they might have their thesis or a work arising from their thesis published. Given my advanced age (!) and shrivelled career prospects (!!) the pressure is not as strong on me as it is for my much-younger doctoral candidate colleagues, but there is certainly strong encouragement to accrue research points for the faculty through publications arising from your thesis and ‘the book’ is the most highly sought trophy of all. Quite apart from any career benefits, there’s the personal passion for your topic which has had to flicker sufficiently to light your way through the thesis, and the conviction that you have a story worth telling that makes publication such a magnet.
The advice we as PhD candidates receive about writing with an eye to future publication is somewhat contradictory. Some academics encourage us to write in the way we want to and with an eye to a larger audience than just the examiners who are obliged to read our thesis. One of my fellow-PhD candidates, for example, wrote a very ‘brave’ thesis that has been snapped up for publication largely unaltered. Others caution that a thesis has its own genre rules that must be obeyed and that a book for publication is a different creature entirely. I’ve heard a historian I admire, who had a contract for publication before she’d even submitted, admit that she published her thesis too early. I’ve seen another colleague work really hard for about two years after receiving her doctorate, rewriting her work and actively pursuing a contract- in this case, with success. I’ve heard publishers and many academics say that you in effect have to throw the whole thesis out and rewrite from scratch for a new audience.
Complicating all this is the requirement that universities now have that theses have to be placed online. There’s some merit in the argument: after all, taxpayers’ money has gone into supporting your candidature, and a hard copy of the thesis just sits there on the shelf, largely unavailable to a wide audience who are not likely to know of its existence anyway. I know that I have certainly been deeply grateful for the theses on Upper Canada that I have been able to source electronically that would otherwise be unavailable to me. On the other hand, though, publishers are wary of- and even refuse- taking on a work that is accessible in the public domain in digital form. I’ve been interested to compare novels that have been published commercially with the academic product available online in an earlier incarnation as part of a creative writing course through a university (see my posting on I Dream of Magda where I also discuss this) . I’m also wary and disappointed to see big publishing conglomerates like EBSCO swallowing up theses and putting them behind a paywall with, I assume?- no payment to the author.
It is possible to embargo your thesis for a number of years, and I know several people who have done this. I was interested to read the American Historical Association Statement on Policies Regarding the Embargoing of Completed History PhD Dissertations (a title almost as long as a thesis!)
It’s all rather fraught with difficulty and still in flux. Often in pursuing a wide commercial readership, historians are forced to give up much of the academic scaffolding of footnotes and bibliographies that makes their work a history instead of a generalized non-fiction book. University press publishers are more accommodating, but you wonder how they will survive in such a cut-throat, commercialized environment. Many are moving to e-texts: I wonder if there’s the same frisson of excitement at seeing a web-page that has your book compared with seeing it physically on a bookshelf and being able to pick it up and sniff its bookishness? Other histories are published by prestigious overseas academic publishers at an exorbitant price that ensures that only an academic library could afford to purchase them, thus making the work almost as inaccessible as the hard-copy thesis.
Still, I don’t know why I’m thinking about all this. I have to write the damned thing first.
Others have written about this as well:
The Thesis Whisperer writes about publishing an academic e-book
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4 responses to “Is there a book in this thesis?”
artandarchitecturemainly | August 9, 2013 at 5:43 pm | Reply
You stated a number of issues, but here I believe is the biggie: “Some academics encourage us to write in the way we want to and with an eye to a larger audience than just the examiners who are obliged to read our thesis”.
The reader can tell within 37 nano seconds if the material came from an academic thesis. Writing for examiners is not the same skill AT ALL as writing for the interested public.
residentjudge | August 11, 2013 at 11:24 pm | Reply
I agree that you can often see the thesis-y origins in book, but I’m wondering if the advice to write for a larger audience in the thesis is wrong?
Geoff Robinson | August 11, 2013 at 12:03 am | Reply
There are publishers who will publish ‘academic’ work, ASP produce some beautiful books true print runs are small & their distribution is limited, but consider them. It still gets your work out to a much larger extent than a PHD alone
Yes-as I look across to my bookshelf, there’s quite a few there with the ASP logo on the spine. Some are authors who publish quite frequently with other publishers as well- I’m looking at a book of widely published historians edited by Bain Attwood and Tom Griffiths, for example. Thank you for commenting.
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Queen Edith’s news 2020 vol.04: April
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity has announced that its fundraising Star Shine Walk will still take place this year …as a ‘virtual event’! Instead of the 10-mile walk on 23 May, participants are invited to get themselves sponsored to walk the equivalent 20,000 steps at any time between 23 May and 6 June. Why not give it a go? You can find out more details about the event here.
For those of you after hanging basket plants, shrubs/perennials or climbing plants, a reminder that “the Plant Man from the Sunday Trumpington car boot sale”, Sam Moralee, is open for orders at his Pinewood Nurseries website. You can order by email or telephone and he will deliver.
We’ve had a message from a lady working on ambulances at Addenbrooke’s asking if anyone who is not high risk can offer lodging for two nights a week, after her late shifts. She will use the ambulance station’s shower and kitchen. If you think you can help, please email Sam Davies here.
Did you know that if you have a TV with an ‘HDMI’ input (which means virtually any TV today), you can turn it into an internet-enabled computer for just £65? Cambs Youth Panel have a brilliant project going, supplying these Raspberry Pi-based ‘homework computers’, which you can read about on their website. If you’re a little better off, and just like the idea of adding a computer to your TV, why not buy one and make them a donation for their excellent community work at the same time?
Finally, it’s the month of May tomorrow, and Action For Happiness has produced this nice ‘Meaningful May’ calendar with an action for every day. One for all the family.
If you’re watching out for each other locally, it’s possible that you could become concerned about a neighbour’s welfare. What would you do? Cambridgeshire Constabulary has published this note which is worth reading to be prepared for such an eventuality.
St John’s Church on Hills Road is now signed-up to ‘Dial a Sermon’, which means that each weekend its Sunday sermon is available to listen to by telephone: the number to ring is 01223 643887. The church continues to offer a weekly worship video, daily ‘Thought’ as well as children’s materials, on the ‘Church at Home’ section of its website.
A reminder of Michael Fincham’s weekly delivery to the Cambridge City Foodbank on Fridays at 11am. Donations can be placed in the back of his car on the drive at 60 Glebe Road before that time. Here’s what they need!
This year’s Early May Bank Holiday (which is next week!) was pushed back to the Friday from the normal Monday, to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. While most planned commemorative events have been cancelled, alternative ones have replaced them. There are lots of ways you can get involved at this government website. The Mayor of Cambridge, Cllr Gerri Bird, and her counterpart from Cambridge’s twin city of Heidelberg in Germany, are linking up for a virtual service to be broadcast on community radio station Cambridge 105 from 2.55pm.
A resident who is self-isolating needs some fencing repairs so their dog can exercise safely in the garden. We are looking for a neighbour with practical skills who can assess and carry out this work safely (the resident can pay for any materials necessary). If this sounds like you, please get in contact with Sam Davies.
Finally, joining in with the effort to make medical ‘scrubs’ has become something of a national craze! Addenbrooke’s now has a page with instructions on how to make them, and where they should be sent. Here are some elegant examples from Siva, one of our local volunteers. Brilliant.
Tuesday 28 April
Cambridge City Council has joined Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue in asking residents not to light garden bonfires. Rosy Moore, a city councillor, says: “Lighting bonfires as a means of burning waste can cause serious damage to your health and that of your neighbours, some of whom may have pre-existing health conditions leaving them even more vulnerable during the Coronavirus crisis. I urge residents to refrain from having bonfires and ask that we all exercise kindness and consideration.” More on the subject from the council here.
Another local restaurant has reopened for takeaway and delivery: Five Guys at Cambridge Leisure. It’s open from 11am to 9pm seven days a week, and customers can use Click & Collect or Deliveroo.
Cambridge City Council is resuming its bulky waste collection service (furniture, white goods, etc). Collections cost £30 for up to three items and £25 per item for hazardous waste. Find out more about the service and arrange a collection here. All Household Recycling Centres are still closed.
Chef Mark Poynton’s MJP@Home has released this week’s menu for delivery on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Dishes are now being sent out from the Green Dragon at Chesterton rather than Cambridge Cookery, so Queen Edith’s residents will presumably opt for the free delivery rather than collection!
Finally, a nice touch from the County Council’s highways team – this ‘road art’ has appeared on Hills Road…
Monday 27 April
Green Bins will be collected at the start of May (i.e. next week or the week after, depending on when your collection would normally be due). No further collections are being guaranteed at the moment, but the councils sound hopeful they’ll happen. Full announcement here and check when your Green Bin is due to be emptied here.
It’s perhaps unsurprising that more people than usual are organising will writing, Lasting Power of Attorney, protecting homes and even pre-paying funeral plans. In normal times, we’re fortunate that specialist, family-run provider Inheritance Legal Services has its head office just around the corner in Cherry Hinton Road, but even with the office closed temporarily, the company tells us it has experienced a significant rise in enquiries. The team are working through telephone or video chat to provide advice and all their usual low cost, fixed fee services. Find out more here.
Local postie Becks Thoday’s fancy-dress deliveries have now raised way over £2000, and you can hear a radio interview with her on Cambridge 105 tomorrow (Tuesday) after 1pm. Fantastic effort!
Those of you who are interested in local environmental data might be interested in these charts from Cambridge University showing the impact of the lockdown on traffic. The data shows that both truck and van traffic has risen to above 50% of its late-February peak, while cycle, car and pedestrian traffic is around 30–40% of its previous peak.
We’ve now topped 1100 readers of this email, which is great news, but that probably means it’s still only getting to about 1 in 4 local residents. So have a think if there’s anyone locally whose email you know, and forward this to them with a note saying they can join the circulation by clicking this link.
Much-loved local café and bistro Cambridge Cookery re-opens tomorrow, Saturday 25th April, for takeaway service. The cafe will be open from 9am to 1pm both days this weekend, then from Wednesdays through to Sundays. They tell us: “We will offer a take-out service of freshly baked bread, pastries, sandwiches, salads and coffee, and we have plenty of space for socially distanced queueing on our large terrace and lawn. We look forward to welcoming you back!”
Other local takeaway food businesses available this weekend include fishnchickn, Cherry Box pizza, Maharani Take Away, Palkee and Cyprus Kebab House on Cherry Hinton Road; Gattuso’s Trattoria on Hills Road; Pizza 1899 and Bella Italia at Cambridge Leisure; and the Peking Restaurant in Homerton Street.
Cherry Hinton Road based auctioneer Cheffins is running an auction of some quite extraordinary donated items, in aid of Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust. One of the lots in the auction, which ends tonight, has already attracted a bid of over £3,000. What could it be? Check out the items and bids here.
Local resident Alex Elbro has a spare sewing machine and would be happy to lend it to anyone who wants to sew scrubs or masks or even if someone fancies borrowing it for a hobby while we’re in lockdown. Email Alex here.
Anyone on low income who is pregnant or has very young children may qualify for the NHS Healthy Start scheme, which offers weekly vouchers for basic foods. Find out who qualifies here.
If you’re wondering what to do this weekend, and you’ve heard conflicting advice in the media about whether you can drive or not, there’s a good explanation from Which? here. In summary, it is acceptable to drive somewhere to exercise, provided that you keep driving distances as short as possible (certainly spending less time driving than exercising!) – but please consider if it’s really necessary. More car journeys means more breakdowns and accidents, neither of which anyone wants or needs at the moment.
We’ll be back on Sunday with the weekly roundup. Have a very happy weekend everyone.
We’ve heard that residents of one street in Queen Edith’s have clubbed together to buy a bulk load of potting compost …84 bags! The large order helped everyone to secure a discounted price, and it was only a week from order confirmation to delivery. A pretty good deal for those wanting to grow their own while spending more time at home. The compost came from (relatively local) business Field Compost, as mentioned in the Nightingale Community Garden review of peat free gardening. Field Compost have been very accommodating and are willing to drop bags off at several houses along the street.
Click It Local is a great new initiative enabling people to buy products from a range of specialist local retailers from a single website, with orders received before 2pm are delivered the same day. What’s more, your order will come on Zedify’s delivery bicycles. Retailers being supported at launch include Small and Green (houseplants), The Cambridge Cheese Company and The Brew Project (coffee beans).
Chef Mark Poynton’s popular MJP@Home gourmet meals service is taking orders for Friday (tomorrow) and Saturday. Its warm-up-at-home dishes are individually priced, or 3 courses are just £18.50. The food will keep in the refrigerator for up to four days, and is also freezable (instructions are provided). Home delivery or pick up from Cambridge Cookery. Details and the new menu are here.
Many of us aren’t using our cars as much as usual, and one of our closest new car dealerships, Steven Eagell Lexus, has sent customers tips on ensuring their cars remains in good condition. The dealership largely quotes the AA Guidance on How to maintain your car when not driving regularly, which apply to any make of vehicle. Don’t ignore your car for weeks, or it may not start when you need it.
A reminder that the Queen Edith’s Community Forum Coronavirus information and advice page is a great place to start for links to government and NHS guidelines, relevant council information and services, local volunteering schemes, faith groups, health services and much more. No need to spend ages searching on Google for answers that may not even be there!
DH Thomas Eye Care on Hills Road, our local optometrists and dispensing opticians, says that it can handle queries by email remotely at info@dhthomas.co.uk. There’s a strictly emergency telephone number on the practice website.
Local resident Michael Fincham is continuing his weekly delivery to the Cambridge City Foodbank on Fridays at 11am. Donations can be placed in the back of his car on the drive at 60 Glebe Road before that time. Here’s what they need!
Both Sainsbury’s and the Co-op now have volunteer shopping cards available for those doing shopping for friends or neighbours where money transfers might be awkward. The cards are like gift cards; they can be ordered online and sent to you or whoever needs them, then given to the person doing the shopping to use in-store instead of cash. Sainsbury’s offers them from £5 to £250 here and we’ll provide details of the Co-op card when we can confirm them.
Thanks to everyone who donated material for making medical scrubs to Cavendish Avenue – there’s now enough donated to this particular source.
Our ‘Happy To Help’ neighbourhood assistance scheme continues to get a steady stream of requests. If you have somewhere suitable to put a poster (especially if you live in a block of flats), you can download and print our A4 posters or A3 (2 x A4) posters here.
Local resident Becks Thoday from the Royal Mail is doing her postal delivery in fancy dress for a while “to hopefully put a smile on people’s faces”, and would like us all to give her the thumbs up if we spot her. And to show our appreciation, may we suggest everyone makes a small donation to her fundraiser for Addenbrookes Charitable Trust?
Advance information that Cambridge Cookery Café will be reopening from this weekend for a takeaway service of fresh bread, pastries, coffee and more. Great news – watch this space at the end of the week for confirmed details!
Facebook users might like to follow the City Council’s new ‘Cambridge Virtual Community Centre’, which offers ideas and information for older people, advice and opportunities for parents and carers, ideas and activities for the young, and things to see and do online.
Many children already have a Chromebook computer for school and are doing a fantastic job of moving to online learning. Local councillor Colin McGerty now has a small stock of old laptop computers that have been repurposed as Chromebooks. Although anyone in receipt of benefits will qualify for the government scheme for free laptops and routers via the county council and schools, this offer has no strings attached and is available immediately to anyone who feels their child’s education would benefit. Email Colin for details. If you have an unused laptop you think would work as a low powered Chromebook, here’s how to convert it, or you can email Colin to donate it or swap it for one already set up.
Deliciously Guilt Free is a local specialist baker supplying low carb snacks using all-natural ingredients that are low in sugar. Shipping is £3.55 or free over £30. Yummy!
JustPark, a national service where homeowners rent out driveway space, is arranging free parking for NHS staff and critical care workers. There appear to be spaces available in Queen Edith’s for those who might need them (or who would just prefer the safety of a driveway), so it might be worth passing on the information if you know anyone who might benefit. If you want to offer your driveway or parking space for free, especially if you’re in walking distance of the hospitals, you can do so here.
A request from local medical scrubs makers: if anyone has any old sheets or duvet covers or the like, that would be suitable for sewing scrubs, could they leave them outside number 59 Cavendish Avenue? They need to be able to be washed at 60 degrees, so polycotton is ideal.
We’re reliably informed that our friends at Balzano’s Delicatessen on Cherry Hinton Road have strong white bread flour and yeast in stock, both of which can be in short supply. The flour is sold in 2kg bags, which staff will make up for you on request.
Finally, here are the current opening hours for our local supermarkets:
– Co-op Cherry Hinton Road (Adkins Corner) Mon to Sat 6am to 9pm; Sun 10am to 4pm
– Express General Store (Wulfstan Way): Mon to Sat 9am to 7pm; Sun 10am to 5pm
– Co-op The Marque (Hills Road): 7am to 10pm, seven days a week
– Sainsbury’s Local (Cambridge Leisure): 7am to 11pm, seven days a week
– Tesco Express (Cambridge Leisure): 6am to 10pm, seven days a week
A reminder that our Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and advice page is a good source of local public information. In the “Local health services” section we’ve added a link to a new Which? guide to what to do if you have a health problem (GP, dentist or optician) that isn’t related to COVID-19. Help is still available and you shouldn’t avoid seeking it.
It’s lovely to be able to report more businesses re-opening than those which are closing. The latest we’ve heard about is Cherry Box Pizza on Cherry Hinton Road, which appears to be taking online orders for delivery and collection from 5pm. More at their website here.
Yesterday we mentioned the ScrubHub initiative to make ‘scrubs’ (medical clothing) for those on the front line. We’ve now been directed to a Cambridge group which is primarily co-ordinated on Facebook. The group’s co-ordinator says they have a large financial donation, and pre-cut scrubs on their way (very soon) from an industrial pattern cutter, so if you have the sewing skills (and especially an overlocker) and want to help, find out more by joining the Facebook group here. Alternatively, email us and we’ll pass on your contact details.
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum has access to a set of litter grabbers and some waste bags, so if anyone feels like using these on their daily exercise, we’d be more than happy to lend them. Let us know by email.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary reminds us that it has a live web chat facility on its website, which is ideal for reporting less urgent concerns. Click the little green chat button on the force’s website to get in touch. There’s still a lot of confusion about what is meant by the ‘reasonable excuse’ to leave home under the current regulations, and the best guide we’ve seen is this one for police officers from the National Police Chiefs Council. It’s worth a read.
This September’s local Open Eco Homes days have had to be cancelled, but the initiative has set up a free online seminar for those interested in retrofitting their home to make it energy-efficient, sustainable and comfortable. This will take place next Wednesday, April 22, at 7:30pm. More information at the Open Eco Homes website.
In a slight change to our publishing schedule, from now on we’ll be publishing this Daily News email only on weekdays, but there’ll be a weekly roundup issue on Sundays, in case you missed anything. We hope this works for everyone! Have a good weekend.
Handy with a sewing machine? ScrubHub is a national initiative to make ‘scrubs’ (medical clothing) for those on the front line. The essential requirements are a cutting table (or space to cut the fabric), pattern skills to trace up the patterns, and a sewing machine with an overlocker, although groups of people are combining resources. Royal Papworth Hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus is welcoming the project and finished scrubs can be dropped off at the south entrance of the hospital. There’s a Facebook ScrubHub group based elsewhere in the county, but we suspect that’s what’s really needed is for some people to set up our own project here. The hospital says: “Please do encourage any friends or family who are handy with a sewing machine to help out. There is no restriction on colour or design of the material.” If you’d like to co-ordinate our own initiative here, let us know and we’ll be happy to publicise it. Here’s some background:
– Volunteers stitch together to make scrubs for NHS (article from The Guardian on Monday);
– Complete project background including all the requirements.
Having mentioned Screwfix yesterday, we’ve been reminded that Toolstation – also on Clifton Road Estate – is open for business too. Both suppliers are recommending using their home delivery service, but are taking orders online for store collection if necessary. Browse Toolstation’s wide range of building, electrical and plumbing products here.
Another newsagent now offering home deliveries of newspapers and magazines is Megha Traders, next to The Coffee House at Wulfstan Way Shops. Owner Prakash tells us the store can deliver anywhere in the southern and eastern parts of Queen Edith’s, including Ninewells, Worts Causeway and the Nightingale Avenue, Queen Edith’s Way and Wulfstan Way areas. It also stocks greetings cards, all sorts of supplies and hardware, and is open from 8am to 1pm Monday to Saturday, and 8am to 11.30am on Sundays. Telephone 07897 133570 for more information.
Go Glass on Cherry Hinton Road says that for anyone who has been concerned about securing broken windows or greenhouse panels, next week they will launch a click and collect service for cut-to-size glass with online ordering. If you have a requirement for glass, call them on 01223 211041 to arrange for safe collection from the store, starting on Monday.
A project at the University of Cambridge is collecting data to inform the diagnosis of COVID-19 by developing machine learning algorithms, based primarily on the sounds of people’s voices, breathing and coughing. You can ‘volunteer your voice’, whatever your state of health, simply by recording yourself here. We just did it, and it took 2 minutes.
Finally, one of Addenbrooke’s artists, Anita Klein, has created four colouring sheets for us all to ‘spread a bit of joy’ by making them into greetings cards for loved ones. You can find them here and here.
If you have home or garden hardware requirements, Screwfix on Clifton Road Industrial Estate remains open, 8am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 9am to 4pm Sunday. Note that the store is running a ‘Click and Collect’ service only, so if you want to collect (rather than have items delivered), you’ll need to order online first and wait for the “Your order is ready” text message. You can see the full range of products here.
Cambridge Building Society in Cherry Hinton High Street is open on a Friday and Saturday from 10am – 2pm. If you are self-isolating you can request a form and nominate a trusted person. If you have a current account you can arrange for payments to be made by calling 0345 601 3344.
Lloyds Bank in Cherry Hinton Road is still opening between 10am and 2pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, for withdrawing cash over the counter, paying in cash or cheques, and help with financial support. Tel. 0345 602 1997.
“Coronavirus – a book for children” is now available to read free online. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler, this lovely book is suitable for a wide age range, and we suspect many adults will learn something from reading it too. Find it here.
Our regular update on local pharmacy opening times:
– Numark Pharmacy on Cherry Hinton Road is open 7am to 8pm on Monday to Friday, 7am to 7pm on Saturday and 9am to 5pm on Sunday (Tel. 01223 517073)
– Boots on Cherry Hinton Road is open 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm Monday to Friday, and 10am to 2pm Saturday (Tel. 01223 247567)
– Kay’s Chemist at Wulfstan Way Shops is open 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 4.30pm Monday to Friday (4pm Weds), and 9am to 1pm Saturday (Tel. 01223 242687)
Finally, can you help keep our neighbourhood’s new trees healthy? If you live near to a recently planted tree (one that is still supported by a tree stake) please can you give it a good drink of water once or twice a week whilst you are taking your routine walk? There’s a lot more information on what to do here, including (at the bottom of the page) a map of where the young trees are. Is there one near you?
Anna Riddoch, Clinical Director at Cambridge Veterinary Group on Cherry Hinton Road, has been in touch to say that where capacity allows, they are opening up what services they offer beyond urgent and emergency care, to the most at risk groups. You can read more here.
There are many worthy causes appealing for funds at the moment, but most people’s thoughts are turning to our local hospital. You can donate directly to Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust here through anything from a regular direct debit to a one-off text message. Your donation will aid the well-being of staff through this difficult time, provide vital equipment needed to support the Intensive Care Unit and much more. Please do consider it.
Those of us taking a local walk as our daily exercise might like to take a look at the ‘Know Your Place’ Tree Walk put together by the Friends of Rock Road Library last year. Pick up the trail directly in a large part of Queen Edith’s – print out the map here and the walk notes here. There’s also a table of 52 different trees to be seen here.
The ADC Theatre in the city may have had to postpone its Easter season, but it is launching a season of ‘digital student theatre’. There are plays, musicals, sketch shows, improv and more, all free to watch online from later this month. No tickets required, just visit the website at the time of the performance. Full details here.
Many residents are as close to Cherry Hinton village centre as they are to the amenities of Queen Edith’s. If that’s you, we’d recommend signing up to the weekly community newsletter from Cherry Hinton residents – just add your email address in the box. You can also read their latest printed newsletter here.
A reminder that city bin collections will be two days later this week, and one day later next week. Full schedule here. Blue or grey bin? Check here.
The nearest butcher for most residents is the relatively new Malloy’s Craft Butchery near the railway station. Click here to see the Facebook Live announcement from the weekend where Mike Malloy reveals that from tomorrow, the shop will be the first butcher’s outside London to sell through the Deliveroo service. This means that any of us can get top-quality meat deliveries in under an hour. You can view the Deliveroo offering in advance here.
Continuing with our search for plants and garden supplies, readers report mail-order success with all of the following in the past week (but be prepared for a long wait!):
• Pinewood Nurseries, Fulbourn or Great Chesterford (call or email)
• Suttons Seeds
• Thompson & Morgan
• Primrose.co.uk
This of you who follow planning applications will be interested to know that a massive set of plans for ‘Netherhall Gardens’ (a.k.a. ‘GB1’) has been published on the council website. This is the second half of the 400-home+ developments coming to Worts Causeway. You can find the documents here. We’d recommend starting with the Design & Access statement, which is in several parts (“DAS Part 1” onwards).
Meditation can help deal with challenges at times like these, and Inner Space in the city centre is now running Raja Yoga courses online. More information here.
So many local businesses are doing great things for the community in the current crisis that we couldn’t possibly list them all. However, the Queen Edith’s Community Forum does hope to record their efforts eventually, so watch this space. Here’s a typical example of generosity from The Marque Co-op.
Cherry Hinton Mini Market newsagents on Cherry Hinton Road tell us they can deliver to anywhere in Queen Edith’s, which presumably includes areas such as Ninewells, where residents had reported not being able to get newspapers delivered. The owners say they will deliver free of charge to the elderly and vulnerable, and payments can be made remotely by bank transfer or cheque. The shop is open from 6.00am to 12noon and the telephone number is 01223 247598.
The Gog Farm Shop remains open and is operating ‘contactless drive-through’ if you’re passing. We’re told the system works well! Opening times are Mon to Sat: 9am – 6pm. More details here.
Cambridge Cookery is running a lovely daily cookery blog called What’s For Supper. Or follow on Facebook here.
Thursday 9 April
With this week being the holiest time of the year for the Christian church, our local Anglican churches are working hard to reach out online. St John The Evangelist in Hills Road has a range of material for every day which you can find here, including a Good Friday Stations of the Cross video service with Revd James Shakespeare, accompanied by music from St John’s choir and various artworks. St James church in Wulfstan Way is broadcasting primarily through its Facebook page, where it will have a 6am Early Easter Day morning live-streamed service. For details of other online services, please contact the Revd Steven Rothwell by email here.
You may also be interested in the Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper broadcast live from Ely Cathedral online tonight at 7pm, available for all to watch.
Thanks to everyone who suggested local sources for buying garden plants online. We’ve been going through the names, but most aren’t set up to deliver around here, or don’t seem to have the capacity to take orders – some are clearly struggling with demand. Oasis Nursery in Willingham says it will deliver this far away, but is likely to charge up to £15 to do so; the best information is on its Facebook page. It may be worth monitoring the currently-closed Harvey & Son website for changes, although it looks like it’s collection only, from Harston or Little Shelford. Coton Orchard Garden Centre is offering an informal service where you email or call with your requirements – we can’t confirm when or if delivery is available here, or the cost, but it’s worth enquiring. If anyone knows of any better options which they can demonstrate are working, we’d be happy to hear about them.
Because of the Easter break, council bin collections will be two days later from tomorrow, so – for example – if your collection is normally on a Monday, it’ll be on a Wednesday. The week after will be one day later. Full schedule here. You can check what colour bin it is each week here.
Boots on Cherry Hinton Road (01223 247567) is open 2pm to 5pm on Friday, 10am to 2pm on Saturday, and 2pm to 5pm on Monday.
Kay’s Chemist at Wulfstan Way Shops (01223 242687) is open 2pm to 5pm on Friday, 9am to 1pm on Saturday, and 2pm to 5pm on Monday. Next week it will be open 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 4.30pm.
Please call Numark Pharmacy on Cherry Hinton Road (01223 517073) to confirm its opening hours.
Although some councils have asked residents to not light bonfires for air quality reasons during the current crisis, there’s been no such official request here that we can find. However, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has at least asked residents to not have bonfires simply to avoid the possibility of unnecessary calls on the service. This will ensure that crews are able to respond where they’re most in need.
With the holiday weekend coming up, it might be worth acquainting yourself with the government guidelines on leaving the house. There has been a recent change to allow more flexibility for those with specific health conditions that may require them to leave the home more frequently to maintain their health – including if it involves travel beyond the local area. Cambridge City Council has also laid out some specific guidelines here.
Have a very happy Easter weekend everyone. We may take a few days off unless there’s any urgent news, but we’ll be back on Monday at the latest. If you need any help with tasks that our local community volunteers can handle, our ‘Happy To Help’ telephone line is open for requests 24/7, and we’ll aim to get back to you within 24 hours. More details via the big red button below.
And remember – as New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern says – the Easter Bunny is an essential worker, even if it is “a bit difficult at the moment perhaps for the bunny to get everywhere.”
Wednesday 8 April
Thanks for all the suggestions about local plant nurseries that may deliver. We’re working our way through the list and will publish a list in the next few days.
Cat owners should feel reassured that they can let their cats out of the house, following clarified guidance from The British Veterinary Association. There’s a full statement from the BVA here. Local vet Anna Riddoch from Cambridge Veterinary Group tells us: “Although there is a lot of hype and many headlines flying around the media, it is important to remember at this stage that there is no robust evidence that our pets can catch or pass on COVID-19. Please continue to ensure robust hygiene measures after handling an outdoor cat, and avoid contact with other people’s pets when out and about.”
Many local residents are supporters of the fantastic Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, based out by the Babraham Road Park & Ride, the southernmost point of Queen Edith’s. We featured it in our most recent Queen Edith’s magazine. The pandemic is having a devastating impact on the charity’s ability to fundraise to sustain its vital services this year, with forecasts estimating a loss of £700,000 over the next six months. If you’re considering supporting local charities at this time, this would be a very good one to choose. More details here.
South Cambs MP Anthony Browne is holding a Facebook Live Q&A tomorrow afternoon (Thursday). You can book a reminder to watch here, as well as pre-submit questions.
Local resident Michael Fincham is once again taking food donations to the Cambridge Foodbank, and welcomes contributions at 60 Glebe Road before 11am on Friday. A list of their ‘most needed’ items can be found here.
Here’s a brilliant volunteering opportunity. Makespace, the community workshop in the city, is assembling thousands of face visors for medical staff, as reported in this Cambridgeshire Live story. They now need more volunteers for shifts in the production line. No skills are needed (they will train you up!) and you don’t need to be Makespace members. You’ll need to complete two forms: this general volunteering one and then this one for the visor project (which asks you to confirm you’ve filled in the first one!). The technical background to the visor design is here if you want to read about it.
Finally, some updates on our local Royal Mail and Post Office facilities, correct as of this afternoon. Our two local convenience stores running post offices in their premises are doing an amazing job staying open seven days a week, so please support them for general supplies as well as post office services:
Cherry Hinton Road Local Store, near The Rock pub, is open 8am to 9pm, seven days a week, but the Post Office counter there is only open 9am to 1pm, Monday to Friday.
Essentialz store, on Hills Road opposite Cambridge Leisure, is open 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm at weekends, with the post office counter available from the store opening time until 6pm, seven days a week.
Local mailbox collections vary wildly, so please see the notices on your nearest box for details. Some only have one collection a day, first thing in the morning. The mailbox outside Cherry Hinton Road Local Store has a collection as late as 5:15pm, but the latest collection time is the mailbox at the Cambridge Delivery Office, on the Clifton Road estate behind Cambridge Leisure. Conflicting notices posted there state the last collection times as being 6:15pm and 7pm Monday to Friday, 1:45pm and 2pm Saturday, so we’d suggest going by the earlier time to be on the safe side. The office there is now only open from 7am to 11am, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Tuesday 7 April
Cambridge City Council has closed the car park at Byron’s Pool local nature reserve to dissuade people from driving there and congregating near the entrance. The reserve remains open for exercise to people arriving on foot or bicycle.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary wants people to know that dialling 55 after dialling 999 will alert police operators that you are in need of assistance but cannot talk. This may be information worth passing on – there are full details here. Always pass on information like this as a link so that recipients can verify its authenticity.
The police are also urging members of the public to report breaches of the Coronavirus restrictions online. There’s a lot of good information on their newly-created information page.
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is recommending small and medium sized companies to check if they qualify for its ‘Covid-19 Capital Grant Scheme’ offering grants from £2,000 to £150,000. More information here. Meanwhile, the City Council has begun issuing the grants provided for smaller businesses in the expanded retail, hospitality and leisure sectors. Details here.
With the weather being so nice, many people are working in their gardens. A reader has asked if anyone knows of local plant businesses that are offering deliveries and which we can support? Let us know at hello@queen-ediths.info.
Finally, why not create some artwork for your front window? The NHS Million poster project has teamed up with artists from around the UK to bring us lots of poster designs to print and colour in at home.
Monday 6 April
Neighbourhood Watch has published a special edition of its newsletter, which you can see here. It draws attention to the number of scams that have arisen as unscrupulous people take advantage of the crisis, and points us towards Friends Against Scams, a National Trading Standards Scams Team initiative, to learn more. You can find out where your local neighbourhood watch scheme is here (there are around a dozen in the Queen Edith’s area) and join the scheme or message your local co-ordinator.
There’s a message from the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Nick Dean, thanking residents and reporting that: “We haven’t issued any fines and that I think is a real positive story and a thank you to the communities in Cambridgeshire who have been adhering to the new legislation.” You can read the message in full here.
Local resident Craig Bennett, former CEO of Friends of the Earth and the new CEO of The Wildlife Trusts, was due to talk to us all at the Queen Edith’s Community Forum’s general meeting in March. Sadly, we had to cancel the event because of the health crisis, but there’s an interview with him in the i which you might find interesting. It’ll keep us going until we’re able to reschedule the event, at least!
Here’s a wonderful story of community generosity. You may have read in this email about local resident Neil Bharadwa’s Cambridge Fruit Company and the overnight success of its home delivery fruit and vegetable boxes. Right from the start though, customers and friends around the world have also been ordering boxes and asking the company to deliver them to NHS staff and The Red Hen Project, which Neil has been doing gladly – you can see a social media thread with loads of photographs of many recent donations here. Do take a look!
A rare but very welcome re-opening to tell you about today: let’s hope it’s the first of many. Popular Cherry Hinton Road comfort food takeaway fishnchickn, next to The Rock pub, is back from Tuesday for those who can order online. Here are the details:
– Home delivery will be available through JustEat, Deliveroo or UberEats
– Collection from the store will be available but ONLY for orders made through the fishnchickn app, available for Apple or Android smartphones (once downloaded, select the Cambridge store to order)
The shop will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday- 4-9pm, and Friday and Saturday 12-9pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.
A reminder that if you saw something in one of these nightly emails but have misplaced it, they’re all archived on our website here. This is issue 20!
Our regular notice that if you’re self-isolating or vulnerable, please feel free to call our “Happy To Help” volunteers. We can find someone to pick up shopping or prescriptions, walk your dog or provide remote IT help. We’re also happy to ring you (or others) just to check you’re OK. Details are here.
If you’d like to let others know about the scheme, just print out our leaflet and let a friend or neighbour have it …or print out our A4 poster and put it somewhere suitable.
Saturday 4 April
Both of our local Anglican parish churches have released readings, reflections and simple forms of liturgy for Palm Sunday. You can find these at the churches’ websites:
St James, Wulfstan Way
St John The Evangelist, Hills Road
A short update on the local restaurants still open for home delivery: slightly reduced in number from last weekend, but why not treat yourself today? The Food Standards Agency says that the risk from food is low and that “there is no reason to avoid having ready-to-eat food delivered if it has been prepared and handled properly”.
For Pizza and Italian food, local favourite Gattuso’s Sicilian Trattoria on Hills Road is offering deliveries through Just Eat; opening hours are 4pm to 9pm. Pizza 1899, the restaurant in a shipping container on the plaza at Cambridge Leisure, is open for collection as well as Deliveroo delivery from an impressive 11.30am to 9.30pm. And Bella Italia at Cambridge Leisure is also delivering via Deliveroo.
For Chinese food, the Peking Restaurant in Homerton Street is still doing deliveries through Just Eat, if you fancy a treat. Opening hours are 12noon to 2pm and 6pm to 10pm. Otherwise you may have to go a little further afield – try Deliveroo or Just Eat for ideas.
For Indian food, Maharani Take Away on Cherry Hinton Road is open 7 days a week from 5pm to 10pm, with ordering on its own website. The newer Palkee on Cherry Hinton Road is also open 7 days a week from 5pm to 9.30pm, also with ordering on its own website. Both are excellent.
For burgers, chicken and kebabs, look no further than Cyprus Kebab House on Cherry Hinton Road. Open from 5pm to 9pm daily, it offers kebabs, burgers and pizzas with meal deals and family packs. Order via Just Eat or collect from the takeaway itself.
Also don’t forget to take a look at this week’s gourmet ‘heat at home’ meal menu from Mark Poynton’s MJP@Home, operating out of Cambridge Cookery. Meals can be stored in your fridge for up to 4 days or the meals can even be frozen. Order 24 hours or more in advance via email – more details here.
Friday 3 April
In addition to our mention of the new opening hours at Numark Pharmacy on Cherry Hinton Road (7am to 8pm on Monday to Friday, 7am to 7pm on Saturday and 9am to 5pm on Sunday), a reminder that Boots further down Cherry Hinton Road is open 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm Monday to Saturday, and Kay’s Chemist at Wulfstan Way Shops is open 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm Monday to Friday, and 9am to 1pm Saturday. At busy times, do expect to queue outside and observe the normal social distancing.
– Numark Pharmacy 01223 517073
– Boots 01223 247567
– Kay’s Chemist 01223 242687
Live video exercise classes are working really well for many people. Popular local yoga teacher Anna Youngs has organised a selection of four-week online yoga courses starting in the week beginning April 21st. Each course costs £20 for 4 weeks, and include Stretch and Strengthen yoga, Rest and Relax yoga, and Energizing yoga. More information and online booking here.
Cambridgeshire County Council has published a huge online resource to provide local communities, organisations and services with coronavirus campaign materials. Please share these posters, videos, audio clips, and social media messages. And while we’re here, a reminder to never forward on social media advice which comes from unattributed sources. If there’s important news, it will not come from your aunt’s neighbour’s son who “works in the army”.
Please feel free to let friends and neighbours know about our “Happy To Help” scheme. We have created some print-at home-notes and an A4 poster, whichever you feel is most useful.
See our How To Ask For Help Leaflets
See our How To Ask For Help Poster
There are now slightly reduced opening hours at Numark Pharmacy on Cherry Hinton Road, although it must still have the longest hours of any pharmacy around: 7am to 8pm on Monday to Friday, 7am to 7pm on Saturday and 9am to 5pm on Sunday.The pharmacy is on the corner of Rock Road.
The good folks at Cambridge Wine Merchants on Cherry Hinton Road have some terrific offers on, and will deliver locally for orders over £50. There are cases of wine as well as a lot of spirits and beers, at 20–30% off. More here.
Local resident Michael Fincham will be driving over to the Cambridge City food bank warehouse on Friday morning with donations. If anyone has any to add he is very happy to take them: drop them off before 11am tomorrow (Friday) at 60 Glebe Road. The list of items most wanted is here, and if you’d like to make a financial donation to this brilliant charity, you can do so here.
Bin collections in this area will be later than usual during the Easter period and after the Early May Bank Holiday. More details here.
The Babraham Road Park & Ride bus service is operating to a reduced timetable from today: half-hourly at the start and end of the day, and hourly in-between. Service 13 is also on a revised timetable, and the Trumpington Park and Ride has been suspended. More here.
On a more tranquil note, there’s now a webcam set up at Kettle’s Yard House, refreshing every 8 seconds. If you think it doesn’t change much with each update, that’s rather the point. Stay safe, everyone.
A reminder that requests for help can now be made to our “Happy To Help” scheme. Our volunteers across the area may be able to help you if you’re housebound and need assistance with collecting prescriptions, getting shopping, walking your dog, posting mail, providing IT advice or just need calling on the phone for a friendly chat. Full details of how to ask for help can be found here.
Missing having a decent restaurant meal? Chef Mark Poynton’s rather wonderful MJP@Home delivery service will be running every day for the next week, starting tomorrow. The operation is based just around the corner at Cambridge Cookery, off Hills Road. Here’s your chance to get reasonably-riced gourmet meals delivered cold for you to warm up – they can be stored for four days in the fridge or even frozen! Details are at MJP@Home’s website here.
The Cambridge zero-waste business Full Circle Shop will deliver to our area on Mondays if orders are placed by 10am on Sunday (longer lead time for some items). The company offers a great range of sustainably sourced, mostly organic wholefoods (cereals, pasta, pulses, nuts and loads more) plus ethical toiletries, even chocolate! Delivery charges are low or even free.
If you like to donate items to the EACH Charity Shop on Cherry Hinton Road, they’re asking us to hang on to items until they re-open. Don’t ever leave anything outside the shop, please, as it can’t be used and it can cost the charity to dispose of it. The charity has an understandable funding crisis, as featured on the front of this week’s Cambridge Independent, and there’s an appeal from the chief executive here.
We’ve had a request from a local resident which we’re hoping a kind soul will be able to meet: “My wife and I are NHS doctors and we had to change nursery to our child as our regular one shut, even to key workers. I need to cycle there, and as the new nursery is quite far, I need a bike trailer suitable for a 14-month-old. We’re struggling to find time to go to a shop, even if one is open. I would be happy to have any used one, borrowed or sold to me.” If you can help, please email Chris at the Queen Edith’s Community Forum with your contact details and we’ll pass them on.
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The South Africa-based Zakzaky Foundation has issued a strongly worded statement condemning the recent brutalities perpetuated by government against members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria during Ashura mourning rituals. In the statement dated 2nd September 2020 signed by Rosheni Khaled,the Foundations Secretary-General, the Foundation noted that the “Saudi backed Buhari regime have intensified its several abuses and human rights violations upon the Islamic Movement in Nigeria this Muharram.” these attacks have intensified. The Foundation therefore called on the International community to hold the rogue Buhari regime accountable for the…
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Buhari, Security Chiefs Appraise Ashura Brutal Clampdown, Plot Fatal Blow
September 10, 2019 September 10, 2019 freezakzaky
President Muhammadu Buhari had an emergency closed- door meeting with the heads of Security Agencies directly involved in the planning and execution of the latest round of brutal clampdown on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria to appraise the degree of success of the scheme and to plot a fatal blow. Those at the closed-door meeting include the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu; National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen Babagana Monguno ( retd) ; and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai-Abubakar. The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has…
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UN Special Rapporteur Ends Visit To Nigeria, Condemns Arbitrary Deprivation Of IMN Lives
September 3, 2019 September 3, 2019 freezakzaky
A United Nations rapporteur has condemned Nigeria for QUOTE arbitrary deprivation of life and excessive use of lethal force against the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and its leader Ibrahim Zakzaky. Anges Callamard made the remarks in Nigerian capital, Abuja, where she presented her preliminary findings following a 12-day visit to the country. The UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions said she had NOT been presented with ANY evidence indicating the IMN was weaponized and posed a threat to the country. She added that the move to ban…
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Use Force Against Us To Spread Our Message In Ways You Never Expect – Sheikh Zakzaky To Nigerian Authorities
August 4, 2019 August 4, 2019 freezakzaky
Exactly a month before the now infamous heinous Zaria genocide of December 2015, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria had spoken about “victory from unexpected quarters” and how enemies of the Islamic Movement had been threatening to use force against the Movement. He said that enemies always think victory can only be obtained when one use “power and fire”, but he asked them to use their senses to see for themselves whether the teeming population of the Islamic Movement were gathered by “use of weapons or by waging…
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Flashback: Interview With The Eldest Of Sheikh Zakzaky’s Brothers (Translated)
In this flashback, we reproduce an interview held with Sheikh Abdulkadir Yaqoub Ali, the eldest of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky’s brothers, conducted by Haruna Shelleng and Aliyu Saleh of ALMIZAN Newspaper, held on Tuesday, 26/04/2016 (four months after the Zaria massacre) at his residence in Zaria. Sheikh Abdulkadir expressed his deep concern over the massacre by the army, which resulted in the extrajudicial killing of many people, including his seven children and one sibling. This interview, as transcribed by Aliyu Saleh and translated by our Editor, is being reproduced in view…
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Death Of Former Egyptian President In Court Sparks Unease Among IMN Members
June 18, 2019 freezakzaky
The sudden and unexpected news of the former first democratically elected Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, who was reportedly said to have slumped and died in court has been causing considerable unease and agitation among members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, whose ailing leader and his wife are standing trial at a Kaduna High Court for framed up charges. Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife have been unjustifiably detained by the Department of State Security (DSS) since middle of December of 2015 when the Nigerian Army spent the most of…
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Sheikh Zakzaky Advises The Incoming Government Of Buhari
June 12, 2019 June 12, 2019 freezakzaky
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria has issued pieces of advice to the incoming government of President Muhammadu Buhari, particularly with regards to the security situation in the country. Sheikh Zakzaky said, “it is time you reorganized and re-orient the Nigerian military.” This is because at the moment, “Nigerian army takes the citizens as its enemies,” the Sheikh observed. This call came in June 2015, when General Muhammadu Buhari was taking over from Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as President. The Sheikh’s prophetic warning was not however heeded as barely…
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Breaking: Soldiers Open Fire At Free Zakzaky Procession In Kaduna
June 8, 2019 June 8, 2019 freezakzaky
Soldiers opened fire at a peaceful free Zakzaky procession this evening in Kaduna, injuring at least three. The procession was concluding by the Kaura motors along the popular Nnamdi Azikiwe Express bypass when the soldiers arrived in their truck, and without warning, opened fire using live ammunition. Three people ended up with gunshot wounds, on the back, the arm and the thigh respectively. They have all been rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Free Zakzaky processions have become a common occurrence everywhere and especially in Kaduna, where the ailing…
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Breaking: Police Violently Attack Quds Procession In Kaduna
May 31, 2019 freezakzaky
The police in Kaduna have violently attacked this year’s Annual International Quds Procession by members of the Islamic Movement in solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine. The procession had been peaceful before the disruption by the police and in spite of this extreme provocation, the procession was carried to its logical conclusion. Some photographs taken by our reporters during the event are given below: The President of the Media Forum of the Islamic Movement promptly issued a press statement, reproduced below: PRESS RELEASE Many feared injured, arrested as police…
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Saudi Regime vicious ploy for Quds World Day
This year, Quds international Day will be of special importance since U.S. is planning to officially announce the “Deal of the Century”, a deal mainly designed to complete the Zionists ominous project for pushing Palestinians out of their lands. This is a critical time, also, because U.S. is especially at work to heighten pressures on Iran, in a bid to hinder the development of the Islamic Republic government and nation. Over the past weeks, anti-Iran groups and war-advocates both inside and outside the White House have done the most to…
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An Angler's Guide to the Fly Fishing Capital of North Carolina
by Charlie Morgan
There is no better place to fly fish in North Carolina than Jackson County. Jackson County Tourism Development Authority
Those are mighty big words, especially when you realize the hundreds of streams and significant rivers throughout North Carolina. But don’t take our word for it—the N.C. House of Representatives designated Jackson County as the state’s premier fly fishing destination in 2016.
Home to thousands of miles of rivers and streams that support trout, a great deal of the water in Jackson County is stocked by the state, but much of the habitat supports a sustaining population of wild trout. This means that the trout are stronger, pickier, and paint a genetic canvas through different patterns and distinctive marks.
Jackson County is also a diverse fishery. For those who prefer to wade, public access points offer plenty of places to walk in and cast to healthy trout lying in pools and riffles. If you like little fish that live in mountain creeks, hundreds of miles of small water lie along secluded trails.
For those who own a drift boat, the Tuckasegee (or the "Tuck") is one of the most productive trout rivers in North Carolina. The Nantahala River, which many know for whitewater, also holds impressively large and aggressive fish above and below the whitewater section.
If you’re searching just for trophy trout, consider fishing the private water on the Eastern Cherokee Reservation. This area is privately owned and requires a fee, but it’s certainly an option if you’re looking for that kind of fishing.
The Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Trail
Wander along the Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Trail to find the best fishing spots, like Whitewater River. Brian Greer
With so many options for fishing in the area, Jackson County partnered with local conservationists to produce the Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Trail. This map gives you a quick and helpful guide to decide on which area to fish, with a quick snapshot of the fishing: hatchery vs. wild trout, lots of small fish vs. a few big ones, and a few details about the terrain.
While many people think it takes the fun out of it to list spots in this way, the trail really only gives you a starting point. From the public access points, there are hundreds of places to fish at each stop of the trail. As long as you respect the space of anglers that got there first and travel until you’re alone, you should plenty of great fishing all to yourself.
(Tip: Plan your trip far enough in advance and order a free waterproof map from FlyFishingTrail.com)
The Fly Fishing Trail is fairly extensive, so we’ll cover some of the hot spots on the list.
As number two on the list, the area around SR 1740 in eastern Jackson County is a launching point for numerous small streams chock-full of native brook trout and wild rainbow trout. Many of these streams are isolated by waterfalls or structures, so each stream will hold genetically unique populations of wild trout that will look very different from trout a few hundred yards away. Drive up SR 1740 (about 10 minutes east of Western Carolina University) and start fishing the stream along the road or find the bigger tributaries. An ambitious angler could spend a whole weekend exploring this area alone.
Panthertown Creek
Enjoy the peace and quiet of the remote Panthertown Creek. Jackson County Tourism Development Authority
Panthertown Creek is more remote than many of the other spots listed on the trail. Unlike some of the other brook and wild rainbow streams in the area, you’ll have to leave your car and hike about two miles to get into the good fishing. Park at the West End Parking Lot of the Nantahala National Forest and take the trail heading south.
These fish are rarely pressured, so take a short 3- or 4-weight rod and fish big, bushy dry flies. As long as you’re not fishing in colder weather, these brookies will explode on a fly that’s the size of their head. If you want to be more selective, dry fishing a small crayfish imitation to land a larger brookie.
The Tuckasegee River
The Tuckasegee River is a beautiful location to sit back, relax, and catch some fish. Jackson County Tourism Development Authority
Of the 15 Fly Fishing Trail spots, five of them are on the Tuck. Forming in the southern end of Jackson County, the Tuck flows 60 miles northwest until it eventually drains into Fontana Lake. Depending on the type of fishing you’re looking to do, you can either hunt small fish in shallow water or hunt behemoth predator trout in the northern stretches.
The Tuck flows through most of the significant towns in Jackson County, and it’s arguably the best river to float and fly fish for trout in North Carolina. Before fishing, it’s essential to check which section you’re in. Different stretches of the river have various regulations, ranging from tackle limits to seasonal delayed harvest sections. Much of the Tuck also flows through private property, taking a boat or hiring a guide offers opportunities to hit prime spots while respecting private land.
If you don’t have a boat, don’t sweat it. You can wade fish at the public access points and still catch plenty of fish.
Anyone who has enjoyed fly fishing for a few years will attest to the growing community of anglers from all different ages and background, and Jackson County serves as a microcosm for this phenomena. Though anglers have enjoyed these trout streams for the better part of a century, Jackson County and neighboring Bryson City have established themselves as a hub for Southern Appalachian fly fishers.
Before you set out to fish, stop in for anything you may need at Tuckasegee Fly Shop. Jackson County Tourism Development Authority
Fly fishers can thank the friendly staff at the local fly shops for fostering this community. Tuckasegee Fly Shop has two stores, one in Bryson City and a new shop in Sylva, and is a great resource for a new fisherman (or woman). You can find fishing reports on their website, and they offer lessons, classes, and fishing trips.
Another local staple is Blackrock Outdoor Company in Sylva. They also offer guide services, and recently opened a storefront in Western Carolina University’s Noble Hall, to the delight of many students and faculty. They sell gear of course, but also rent out everything you need for a fly fishing camping trip.
Brookings Anglers in Cashiers has been in business since 1988. Their website keeps track of stream flows and fishing reports, and their guides have more than 170 years of experience combined. Brookings also has a historic 5-bedroom cabin available for rent if you’d like a true mountain escape.
Jackson County is super friendly to beginners, and due in part for the massive fishing spots and quality of the conservation, anyone who can cast 20 feet and recognize a trout will surely enjoy exploring the area.
If you need a place to stay during your fishing trip with your buddies (or your family!) there are plenty of lodging options throughout Jackson County. Of course, you’ve got hotels and bed and breakfasts, but there are also cabins and cottages within walking distance of trout streams. There are a handful of campgrounds and RV resorts to choose from, too.
Originally written for Jackson County Tourism Development Authority.
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Riviera Running
by Jack Rogan
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Southern California has achieved some level of notoriety from other regions for its hardly-noticeable seasonal changes, but despite the sunny-and-75 phenomenon and despite what out-of-towners may say, autumn is the best time of the year to run in Santa Barbara. There’s no denying that running is great year-round here; however, the cooler nights and crisp mornings of fall make it feel that much more like marathon season, and it’s no coincidence that the Santa Barbara Veterans Day Marathon happens next month on November 8th followed by the Red Rock Marathon and Ultra on November 30th.
Whether you're tuning up for the next big race or looking to liven up your legs with some new routes, Santa Barbara has a number of road-running gems to offer. RootsRated has selected 4 favorite road routes in America’s Riviera city – two in the mountains and two on the coast. The routes vary in terrain and mileage, so here they are in order of increasing difficulty. Explore, mix and match, cut short, or add more to all of these routes as you see fit. Enjoy!
1. Shoreline Park
Following a simple pedestrian path, this beach cruise is tried and true with its palm-lined parks, where lush green grass meets sand and cliffs. The only drawback is that it can be quite touristy around the Harbor-Wharf waterfront. During an afternoon run on a weekend, expect to be dodging poorly navigated rental bikes, trying to decipher foreign dialects, and weaving through all manner of rubberneckers. A morning run here, however, offers the best experience of the harbor area with less traffic, the occasional foghorn, and softly lapping waves. Starting from upper Shoreline Park above Leadbetter Point it is about 5 miles down the coast to Butterfly Beach using the bike path. Other trail options include West Beach/Shoreline Park and Cabrillo Beach Path .
2. Santa Claus Lane
Once home to the larger-than-life Santa figure, (now featured in the Ventura race called “Santa-to-the-Sea”) this destination takes runners through the pleasant main street of Summerland down to a wide-open beach. The route highlights the quirks and cuteness of the small, beach-town paradises that are Summerland and Carpinteria. From the Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara to Santa Claus Lane is 7 miles via the bike path - the Old PCH and Padaro Lane - but it is also nice to park at the beach and run into town and back form there, either towards Summerland or Carp. The segment along Padaro Lane is definitely worth incorporating for its tall, shady trees and minimal traffic. Check on the Bird Refuge and Back route, too.
3. Mountain Drive
Skirting the curves and canyons of the mountains, this aptly named road is the perfect go-to route. It’s close to town, just a few miles uphill, but you will have the views and secluded feel of being further above the city. From its origin at the Santa Barbara Mission, to San Ysidro Road in Montecito is 8 miles. The road has blind corners almost every 200 yards or less, so caution is crucial here. Thankfully very few cars drive on this route, but it is important to run on the outside curve, and be prepared to stay to the side of the road. Though it takes some effort to get to the road, Mountain Drive is relatively flat with rolling hills.
4. Camino Cielo
Every city has their crown jewel; Santa Barbara’s is a long run along the top of east Camino Cielo Road. With stunning views on either side of the mountains, a run up here will leave you feeling small but ecstatic for the rest of the day. Some people are not even aware of this road’s existence, as it seems an improbable place to construct a nicely paved road. But there is indeed a winding single-lane path that snakes across the tip tops of the mountains overlooking all of Santa Barbara’s front and back country. There's a reason this road has been used to film both bicycle and car ads. Our favorite running route is an out and back half-marathon from Gibraltar Rd to Romero Canyon Saddle . If you are fortunate enough to have someone to shuttle, a one-way, long run is even more stunning. Morning is the best time to run here, as it can be hot and dry in the afternoons. Expect to find yourself above the fog-line and beyond where most Santa Barbarians venture to explore.
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STARTNET ART FAIR 2020
During these unprecedented times START's Founders and the entire START team have remained committed to playing their part in helping artists and galleries get back in business and to presenting this year's fair safely and successfully. In light of COVID-19 strict safety measures will be implemented.
Specialising in emerging talent from around the world, START Art Fair's seventh edition will present the works of painters, photographers, sculptors and makers from around the world. Many will represent themselves, others with galleries. Together they will combine to showcase a compelling survey of seismic art scenes and global developments from around the world. We look forward to showcasing new works many of which have been made during lockdown.
KOREAN EYE 2020
Korean Eye 2020: Creativity and Daydream aims to guide viewers to a creativity that is both old-fashioned and contemporary, notable for its clarity and nearly mechanical precision.
Young Korean artists nowadays have the common skill of creating plausible myths and of narrating them using novel techniques and mediums achieving perfect visual shape only with a rigorous approach. Contemporary art of South Korea is defined by an aesthetic expression that can be understood by everyone: by addressing complex topics and national traditions, the artists use an intuitively clear visual code.
Creativity and Daydream invites onlookers to participate in the development of a new art, and encourages them to unveil new aspects of South Korean Contemporary Art. The exhibition includes includes 20 emerging and established contemporary Korean artists.
Korean Eye 2020 is presented as part of STARTNET Art Fair.
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LONDON GRADS NOW.
3 September - 11 October 2020
#SAATCHITAKEOVER
2 March – 23 August 2020
#SAATCHITAKEOVER sees our social media channels open to a worldwide audience. Every week, we post a new theme for participants creations to align to. Our favourites are then selected and shared every Saturday - featured across the Gallery's Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
During this challenging time, Saatchi Gallery is looking to give back to artists, creatives and social media followers in as many ways as possible digitally - whilst our Gallery doors sadly remain closed.
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Stay Connected with the Gallery
As an extension to the #SAATCHITAKEOVER we have invited artists, creatives and art educators to host lnstagram LIVE sessions as part of the #SAATCHIARTCLUB, inspired by our Gallery Education Program. The sessions allow artists to directly connect with our followers and inspire viewers to create artworks at home, teach their methods, answer LIVE questions - all whilst sharing their artworks. Sessions are shared to our IGTV -archiving the footage for all viewers to access and enjoy.
Join us on our Instagram LIVE sessions, hosted by selected artists and art educators.
#FUTUREOFWORK
Our Gallery Patron Robert Walters Group leads this weeks' #SaatchiTakeover in partnership with UK New Artists to explore the #FutureofWork
The Robert Walters Group is proud to partner with Saatchi Gallery and UK New Artists (UKNA) for an artistic exploration of how the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic will reshape the future of work. In a week-long social media event, taking place 3-9 August 2020, Saatchi Gallery, UKNA and Robert Walters Group will be calling their followers to share artwork that provokes discussion about how the change and experiences of the lockdown period have influenced the world of business.
SAATCHI GALLERY X STELLA MCCARTNEY LIFE DRAWING
Drawn together by art. Inspiring our community to come and create together, we collaborated with celebrated fashion house Stella McCartney, to host an at-home 'life drawing'. The collaboration is an extension of Saatchi Gallery's weekly #SaatchiTakeover theme: the #HumanFigure.
Viewers will join supermodel Malgosia Bela as she poses for a celebrated group of global artists selected by Saatchi Gallery who participated and produced work in their chosen medium(s) and styles. Artists include: BP Portrait Award winners Miriam Escofet and Massimiliano Pironti, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize winner Florence Hutchings, Ukraine Artist Alliance member Denis Sarazhin, George Dawnay, Nancy Cadogan, Yifat Bezalel, Mona Osman, Alida Cervantes and Michael Cline.
TUTANKHAMUN: TREASURES OF THE GOLDEN PHARAOH
2 November 2019 - 3 May 2020
Produced by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and IMG, and presented by Viking Cruises
Commemorating the centenary of the discovery that captivated the world, the largest collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures ever to travel out of Egypt will open at the Saatchi Gallery for a limited run.
The legend of Tutankhamun captured imaginations globally when, in 1922 his tomb was unearthed by British explorer Howard Carter and financier Lord Carnarvon. An instant worldwide sensation, public fascination surrounding the boy king - and the only Ancient Egyptian royal tomb ever found intact - has continued for decades, with exhibitions in 1972 and 2007 drawing record crowds of well over one million visitors in London.
ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE TO RESPOND TO TUTANKHAMUN
Cyril de Commarque and Kate Daudy will respond to the key themes explored in Tutankhamun: Treasure of the Golden Pharaoh.
Admission only for ticketholders of Tutankhamun exhibition.
MOP CAP 2017 WINNER'S EXHIBITION
For her first solo exhibition in the UK, Mohammad presents a multi-media installation that immerses the viewer into a factory town that she investigated while researching areas of exile in Iran. This display was a preface to a research on the history of internal exile in Iran; a former Asbestos Industrial Complex was taken as a model of a city of exile.
NANCY CADOGAN: MIND ZERO
Mind Zero presents a new body of works by British artist Nancy Cadogan and marks her first solo exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. Nancy's intimately scaled paintings reward those who look deeply and with care; they capture the joy of thoughtful observation, of delighting in the things we surround ourselves with.
The paintings collapse boundaries and the conscious and unconscious are simultaneously present, in the real and imagined.
SWEET HARMONY: RAVE ¦ TODAY
An immersive exhibition that celebrates the birth of dance music and the impact of rave on youth culture today.
Sweet Harmony is a creative reminder of a special moment in recent British history that will recapture memories from the acid house scene, reliving the transformative powers of music through the voices and the lenses of those who experienced it.
Kindly supported by: Jack Arts Spotify SCI-Arc Dazed Pioneer DJ Roland L-Acoustics Village Underground
SALON 010: IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI: PAIN RELIEF
7 June - 13 August 2019
SALON is delighted to be collaborating with Vigo Gallery to exhibit "Pain Relief" by legendary Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi, the Godfather of African Modernism and the first artist of African birth to have a solo retrospective at Tate Modern in 2013.
For the last two years he has created an extraordinary body of work from the comfort of an armchair, refusing to let physical restriction imposed by his sciatica and back pain limit his ambition.
MAO JIANHUA: THE SPIRIT OF THE VALLEY
27 June - 7 July 2019
For the first time in the UK, Chinese artist Mao Jianhua presents a new series of poetic landscape ink paintings inspired by his relationship with spirituality. Using traditional Xuan paper, they immerse the viewer in a Taoist exploration of nature.
CARMIGNAC PHOTOJOURNALISM AWARD: ARTIC: NEW FRONTIER
The 9th edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award marks its fifth consecutive year at the Saatchi Gallery and is dedicated to the Arctic and climate change. The laureates, Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen (NOOR), have for the very first time simultaneously covered the entire Arctic territory to bear witness to the irreversible effects of climate change.
GALLERY 10 SPECIAL INSTALLATION: KATE DAUDY
24 May - 2 June 2019
Am I My Brother's Keeper? by Kate Daudy is a large scale installation piece made out of a used UNHCR tent, lived in by a family of Syrians in 2015. The father of the family wrote his name in biro over the front door - Abu Teim.
Supported by: Kate Daudy Studio
JENNY WATSON: A HORSES TALE
Until 5 May
Vigo Gallery presents Jenny Watson, an exhibition exploring the dynamics of identity and 70s punk culture.
The works in A Horses Tale were made in January and February of this year while Jenny Watson was on residency at the American Academy in Rome as a recipient of the Mordant Family/Australia Council Affiliated Fellowship.
SALON 009: WE LIVE IN AN OCEAN OF AIR
7 December 2018 - 5 May 2019
We live in an Ocean of Air is a multi-sensory immersive virtual reality installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast which uses cutting-edge technology to illuminate the invisible- but fundamental - connections between human and natural worlds.
24 April - 5 May 2019
Hailed by the British Journal of Photography as 'one of the seven greatest photographers in the world', Saatchi Gallery hosts the first in a series of commemorative exhibitions to Armenian-Turkish artist and photojournalist Ara Güler.
The exhibition consists of Güler's Istanbul photographs, as well as a collection of historical portraits including Winston Churchill, Alfred Hitchcock, John Berger and Bertrand Russell.
JOHNNIE COOPER: THROE ON THROEK
Throe on Throe presents a major survey of works by acclaimed British artist Johnnie Cooper.
The exhibition culminates with his most recent atmospheric large-scale oil and acrylic paintings that reflect his love for the natural landscape.
BLACK MIRROR: ART AS SOCIAL SATIRE
28 September 2018 – 23 February 2019
Black Mirror explored art’s role in social satire, and how political uncertainty has influenced art of recent years.
Using media such as collage, caricatures, photography and installation, the exhibition showed how satire can provide both light relief as well as unsettling commentary on the tumultuous, divisive climate of modern-day politics.
PROJECT SAATCHI GALLERY LA
17 February - 11 March 2019
Philip Colbert: Hunt Paintings
The exhibition is the London-based pop artist's first solo show in America, and Saatchi Gallery's first temporary gallery space in Los Angeles, and will feature a series of large-scale paintings, a series of large scale sculptures, as well as a virtual reality experience, which will allow the audience to immerse themselves with Colbert's Lobster alter ego in his World of Art.
#SELFEXPRESSION: NEW WORKS BY PAOLA ISMENE
An exhibition of new photographic works by Paola Ismene - winner of the #SelfExpression Competition - taken on the Huawei P20 Pro, co-engineered with Leica.
FULL CIRCLE: THE BEAUTY OF INEVITABILITY
Curated and produced by Eva McGaw and Tatiana Palinkasev
An exhibition of recent works by the acclaimed Russian artist GeorgII Uvs. This exhibition - his first in the UK - is comprised of four series of oil paintings.
Created in Malta between 2014 and 2017, the works, entitled 'Mesozoic', 'Genesis', 'Code' and 'Wings', symbolise an immersive panorama of the cycles of life.
ZURAB TSERETELI: LARGER THAN LIFE
Larger Than Life is Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli's first major solo exhibition in the UK curated by Hervé Mikaeloff. Born in 1934 in Tbilisi, Georgia, 2019 marks the 85th anniversary of the artist's birth. On view are paintings and sculptures spanning his early years to the present alongside archival video footage that documents the artist's life and work.
15 December 2018 - 13 January 2019
Philip Colbert exhibits new pieces, including the large-scale Hunt Paintings and a series of monumental sculptures. The exhibition, curated by Sasha Craddock, will run over three galleries, including a virtual reality experience, which will allow the audience to immerse themselves in Colbert's World of Art.
HARDER EDGE
From 6 December 2018
Harder Edge is a survey of recent abstraction curated by Dominic Beattie and Ali Hillman. The selection of 17 artists examines a breadth of visual languages from an international and multi-generational line up.
The exhibition moves through an exploration of abstraction, challenging and testing the abilities of a large variety of materials in the artists' individual interrogations of colour, line and form.
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Posts Tagged: domestic violence against men
‘Pretty Psycho’ Ann Marie allegedly shoots boyfriend in the head for cheating on her
Chicago singer Ann Marie is in police custody after she allegedly shot her boyfriend in the head.
Instagram blog Gossip In The City alleges that Ann Marie shot her boyfriend when she caught him in a hotel bathroom texting another women. She reportedly gunned him down without warning when he stepped out of the bathroom.
A Twitter user who claims he knows the boyfriend says the man is recovering from a head wound: "The guy is my mans and he made it through surgery."
He added: "Anybody saying free Ann Marie can suck a d*ck."
CBS 46 confirmed that a woman named Joann Marie Slater was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She was booked into the Fulton County jail.
Ann Marie and the unidentified 24-year-old man were visiting Atlanta from Chicago when the shooting occurred. She said the shooting was accidental.
Many are criticizing people who are justifying R&B Singer Ann Marie being arrested for shooting her boyfriend in the head for cheating on her; she said the gun slipped. Here’s what people had to say: pic.twitter.com/BJydjqnNAp
— ig: exposingsdailytea (@exposingswt) December 7, 2020
The 25-year-old R&B singer artist gained fame after she posted a freestyle titled "Try Me" on YouTube in December of 2014.
She has since released her debut album, Pretty Psycho.
Domestic violence against men is on the rise, according to a National Family Violence Survey.
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Tags: Ann Marie, Chicago rappers, crime news, domestic violence against men, gun violence
Pro Boxer Viviane Obenauf Beats Husband to Death
Instagram/@fitboxenobenauf
Former professional boxer Viviane Obenauf, 34, is suspected of beating her husband to death at their apartment in Switzerland.
Police say Obenauf bludgeoned her husband, Thomas, to death with a blunt object. The 61-year-old died of massive head injuries from a "sustained violent assault."
The couple had only been married since January 2020. They lived in the Swiss town of Interlaken, where she had opened a gym and he owned a restaurant named "Del Alpes," according to The Sun.
READ: Open Post: More women are killing men than ever before
Blick news outlet reported Obenauf was arrested in 2016 at a nightclub after she knocked out a man who groped her at a party where she was celebrating her 30th birthday.
Obenauf won three title bouts during her career and held two World Boxing Federation international titles before retiring last year. She won 14 of 20 professional fights.
A new study reveals that more men were killed by women in 2017 than in the decade prior. The figures aren't in yet for 2018-2020, but the statistics of women killing men are expected to soar.
Tags: champion boxers, crime news, domestic violence against men, homicide, Viviane Obenauf
DC Cop’s Mistress Celebrated Their Relationship On Instagram After News of His Death
More details are emerging about the Waldorf, Maryland housewife who fatally shot her detective husband, who reportedly cheated on her with a co-worker.
Christina Francis, 41, reportedly shot and killed her husband, D.C. detective Timothy Francis, 50, before killing herself.
The violence occurred hours after Christina (left) posted the couple's wedding videos and photos on Facebook.
Timothy was reportedly cheating on his wife with a 23-year-old police officer and single mom named Celeste P.
Most workplaces have strict rules about fraternization and office romances. But Timothy and Celeste appeared to flaunt their relationship openly, forcing Christina to endure humiliation and heartbreak in her final days.
Celeste shamelessly shared images of her illicit affair with Timothy on social media under the username @Jacelmommy. In one photo, the two are seen kissing. Celeste made her Instagram page private following the public backlash.
On her Instagram account Celeste celebrated her relationship with her co-worker after the news of his death, leading one IG user to admonish her: "Wasn't he married? Show some respect to his kids."
Christina Francis, who dated Timothy Francis for 3 years before marrying him in 2017, dropped hints of her husband's betrayal in her Facebook posts.
In posts that were riddled with typos she appeared distraught over her broken marriage and she expressed her love for her 2 children:
"This day meant everything to me. This marriage was put together for a great reason, couldn't more confident and stayed forever not giving up. I love young what we had together. U you all I ever NEEDED. YOU AND I BELONGED TOGETHER AND ALWAYS. We had 6 years of experience and memories that should have taken presence over everything we dd but he got lost I petty sh*t you believed was a mistake."
Timothy had at least one grown daughter around the same age as his mistress.
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Tags: cheating husbands, domestic violence against men, fraternizing on the job, murder-suicide, police news
Wife Kills DC Detective Husband in Murder-Suicide
A Waldorf, Maryland housewife shot and killed her police detective husband in an apparent murder-suicide Friday evening.
Police say Christina Francis, 41, fatally shot Timothy Francis, 50, before turning the gun on herself in a murder-suicide that shocked neighbors on their quiet suburban street.
WUSA9 reports Charles County detectives responded to a 911 call around 6 p.m. on the 3300 block of Marylea Court after Christina's father found the bodies. He told police he tried to reach her by phone all day and when he didn't hear from her, he went to the home and discovered the bodies.
MPD Det. Timothy Francis, was tragically shot and killed in a domestic-related homicide yesterday. The suspect was also found deceased & @CCSOMD is currently investigating this case. Det. Francis had 20 years of service. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family & loved ones. pic.twitter.com/7Mo1R47huU
According to WUSA9, a neighbor who lives a few houses down saw Christina shortly before the incident.
"She had just walked past me walking her dog... and an hour and a half later, we heard the police sirens," Delancey Praylow III said.
"It's sad because it feels like one of your own family members because we were all tight like that," Praylow said.
"You never know what people go through," said another neighbor, Demetrius Wilson.
Incidents of intimate partner violence (IPV) and stalking against men by women are on the rise, according to a National Family Violence Survey published in 2017.
Tags: domestic violence against men, gun violence, murder-suicide, police news, research studies
Open Post: More women are killing men than ever before
Metropolitan PD
Black PhD candidate Nijinsky Latassia Dix, 37, was arrested and charged with second degree murder in the death of a man she dated for less than three months.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Dix, of Jacksonville, Florida, stalked and harassed Terry Hickman, 44, after he began seeing another woman in May.
Police say Dix stalked Hickman to his Washington, DC home, then shot him multiple times. Afterwards, Dix reportedly called her mom while Hickman bled out on the floor behind her.
"The individual stated the defendant called her and stated, 'He pushed me, and I shot him,'" according to a police report.
After being evaluated at a hospital, Dix was taken to police headquarters where she claimed she suffered short-term memory loss.
In a statement, a spokesman said Dix is employed at Notre Dame and the university "is aware of her arrest and will cooperate with law enforcement as appropriate."
In the past, scorned women harmed themselves rather than their men. That is about to change.
Tags: crime news, domestic violence against men, gun violence
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SV High School Sports Team Quarantined Due to COVID Cases
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact education and extracurricular activities in the Saucon Valley School District, with five additional cases confirmed and a high school athletic team quarantined this week as a result of them.
Saucon Valley Withdraws from District 11 Football Tournament
By Josh Popichak | November 2, 2020
Following the confirmation of two additional coronavirus cases at Saucon Valley High School and the closure of the school for 14 days based on Pennsylvania Department of Education guidelines, the district’s athletic department announced Monday that all team-related athletic activities have been canceled through Nov. 15.
Football’s Back! How to Watch the Saucon vs. Bangor Game LIVE.
By Josh Popichak | October 3, 2020
After several delays to the start of their season because of COVID-19, the Saucon Valley varsity football team will finally hit the gridiron Saturday, five weeks after their first game was scheduled to be played.
Spectators Now Allowed at HS Sports Events, Other Limits Remain
By Josh Popichak | September 3, 2020
State officials have reversed course on a policy banning spectators at school sporting events, although it remains to be seen how impactful the decision will be, with other limits on attendance still in place.
Wolf Recommends Against Fall Sports Due to COVID-19
A surprise comment Gov. Tom Wolf made at a news conference Thursday threw much of Pennsylvania’s high school athletics community into a tizzy.
St. Luke’s Helps Condition Young Athletes in Innovative ‘Fitness Center’
By Contributed Content | July 10, 2020
The Municipal Ice Rink in Bethlehem has been transformed by St. Luke’s University Health Network into a vast, well-ventilated summer fitness center for local high school and college athletes.
Meet Amy Virden, Athletic Trainer at Saucon Valley HS
By Jonny Hart | January 18, 2020
If you’ve been to a Saucon Valley High School football game over the past decade then chances are you’ve seen Amy Virden, and witnessed the positive influence she has on the students whose health she helps safeguard.
Saucon Valley in Search of New Head Swim Coach Before Season Begins
By Josh Popichak | October 26, 2019
Saucon Valley High School recently lost its boys and girls varsity swim coach, and with a new season set to begin Nov. 18 supporters of the program say it is urgent that a new head coach is found as soon as possible.
Photo Gallery: A Saucon Valley Cross Country Cavalcade
By Photos by Chris Christian | September 19, 2019
Saucon Valley Cross Country held a meet Tuesday in which 321 runners from eight schools participated in three 5K races. The other participating schools included Moravian Academy, Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg, Notre Dame-Green Pond, Palmerton, Palisades, Northern Lehigh and Northwestern.
St. Mike’s Track & Field Team Triumphs at Districts
By Josh Popichak | June 8, 2019
A host of young athletes from St. Michael the Archangel School in Upper Saucon Township took home gold, silver and bronze medals from the end-of-season Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) district championships Sunday at the Emmaus High School track.
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Republishing the Chalkbeat article "Colorado’s state-authorized charter schools could get more money next year"
Colorado’s state-authorized charter schools could get more money next year
Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Erica Meltzer on March 23, 2018
Charter schools authorized at the state level by the Charter School Institute are likely to get more money in the 2018-19 budget year. That’s one year before most other charter schools will see benefits from last year’s charter school funding equity bill.
That bill was a major compromise out of the 2017 session, and it requires school districts to share money from voter-approved tax increases with the charter schools they’ve authorized, starting in 2019-20. The bill also created the mill levy equalization fund to distribute state money to the Charter School Institute’s 41 schools. Because no local school board approved these schools, they wouldn’t otherwise be eligible for revenue from these increases, known as mill levy overrides.
Charter School Institute administrators came calling for their money this year, though, with a request for $5.5 million from the general fund. They arrived at this number by identifying institute schools within the geographic boundaries of districts that already share some extra revenue with their local charters and assuming institute schools got a similar share.
Institute Executive Director Terry Croy Lewis called it a “first step” toward parity that would bring institute and district-authorized charter schools to the same level in advance of the new law going fully into effect in 2019. Lewis said it seemed like a fair approach because the parents at institute-authorized schools often live within the geographic boundary and pay taxes at the same rates as parents whose children go to traditional schools or district-authorized charters.
However, the charter equity bill says that extra money for institute schools has to be distributed on an equal per-pupil basis. The original approach, which created more equity among schools in the same geographic boundary, created more disparities among institute schools in different regions – and the law might not have allowed it.
“I don’t think you can define equity in this conversation because equity cuts a lot of different ways,” said state Sen. Dominick Moreno, a Commerce City Democrat and member of the Joint Budget Committee.
Budget analyst Craig Harper suggested to the Joint Budget Committee that separate legislation might be necessary to allow the distribution proposed by the Charter School Institute, something no lawmakers wanted to see after the bruising fight over the charter school equity bill.
Instead, the Charter School Institute revised its proposal to distribute the money among its schools on a per-pupil basis, regardless of geography and whether the local district already shares money.
What sort of difference does this make?
In the first distribution scenario, Early College of Arvada, located in the Westminster district, would have gotten nothing – because Westminster doesn’t currently share money with its own charters. Under the new proposal, the school would get $131,233 based on its pupil count. Meanwhile, Colorado Early College – Fort Collins, which would have gotten $621,357 because the Poudre district already shares money, would instead get just $374,952
Lingering confusion over the distribution question led JBC members to postpone a decision several times before they voted 4-2 this week to include the $5.5 million request in the 2018-19 budget.
It still has to survive the extended battle over the budget that takes place in the full House and Senate each year.
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Characterization and isolation of archael thermophilic hosts and viruses from Yellowstone National Park
SpuhlerJ0809.pdf (5.993Mb)
Spuhler, Joshua Lupine
My research is focused on the identification and characterization of new archaeal viruses that inhabit the thermal features of Yellowstone National Park (YNP). I have undertaken the systematic survey of more than 90 different thermal features found in Yellowstone through a variety of means including culturing of hosts, MDA amplification, qPCR for known archaeal viruses, 16S rRNA gene analysis of potential resident archaeal hosts, tangential flow and end point filtration approaches to sample new viruses, and general water geochemical analysis. From this work a new host has been isolated from YNP. rDNA analysis has shown a 98% similarity to Thermocladium modestius. Routine culturing of this host has lead to the discovery of multiple viruses. Some of these associated viruses have similar morphology to other known archaeal viruses. The first is a 90x60 nm spindle shaped virus that was originally isolated from Rabbit Creek thermal feature (Temp78, pH3.5). Our initial genomic analysis shows that there is no obvious similarity to other known archaeal viruses, included the SSV spindled shaped viruses for Sulfolobus. The second sequencing effort has come from Nymph Lake thermal feature (Temp 85, pH 2.5). This virus population was gathered from a primary enrichment culture. This culture had two dominate virus morphologies present. The first is a 15nmx210nm rod-shaped virus with tapered ends. The second morphology seen is a 90nm spherical virus. Both of these viruses are hoped to be new additions to the archaeal virus families providing a more in depth view of the necessities of life at high temperatures.
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January 15, 2021 | First-Ever Data-Driven Videos Illuminate RNA’s Mysterious Folding Process
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Dying Stars and Stellar Winds Breathe Life Into Earth
TOPICS:AstronomyJohns Hopkins UniversityStars
By Johns Hopkins University July 15, 2020
As dying stars take their final few breaths of life, they gently sprinkle their ashes into the cosmos through the magnificent planetary nebulae. These ashes, spread via stellar winds, are enriched with many different chemical elements, including carbon.
Findings from a study published on July 6, 2020, in Nature Astronomy show that the final breaths of these dying stars, called white dwarfs, shed light on carbon’s origin in the Milky Way.
“The findings pose new, stringent constraints on how and when carbon was produced by stars of our galaxy, ending up within the raw material from which the Sun and its planetary system were formed 4.6 billion years ago,” says Jeffrey Cummings, an Associate Research Scientist in the Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Physics & Astronomy and an author on the paper.
NGC 7789, also known as Caroline’s Rose, is an old open star cluster of the Milky Way, which lies about 8,000 light-years away toward the constellation Cassiopeia. It hosts a few White Dwarfs of unusually high mass, analyzed in this study. Credit: Guillaume Seigneuret and NASA
The origin of carbon, an element essential to life on Earth, in the Milky Way galaxy is still debated among astrophysicists: some are in favor of low-mass stars that blew off their carbon-rich envelopes by stellar winds became white dwarfs, and others place the major site of carbon’s synthesis in the winds of massive stars that eventually exploded as supernovae.
Using data from the Keck Observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii collected between August and September 2018, the researchers analyzed white dwarfs belonging to the Milky Way’s open star clusters. Open star clusters are groups of up to a few thousand stars held together by mutual gravitational attraction.
From this analysis, the research team measured the white dwarfs’ masses, and using the theory of stellar evolution, also calculated their masses at birth.
The connection between the birth masses to the final white dwarf masses is called the initial-final mass relation, a fundamental diagnostic in astrophysics that contains the entire life cycles of stars. Previous research always found an increasing linear relationship: the more massive the star at birth, the more massive the white dwarf left at its death.
But when Cummings and his colleagues calculated the initial-final mass relation, they were shocked to find that the white dwarfs from this group of open clusters had larger masses than astrophysicists previously believed. This discovery, they realized, broke the linear trend other studies always found. In other words, stars born roughly 1 billion years ago in the Milky Way didn’t produce white dwarfs of about 0.60-0.65 solar masses, as it was commonly thought, but they died leaving behind more massive remnants of about 0.7 – 0.75 solar masses.
The researchers say that this kink in the trend explains how carbon from low-mass stars made its way into the Milky Way. In the last phases of their lives, stars twice as massive as the Milky Way’s Sun produced new carbon atoms in their hot interiors, transported them to the surface and finally spread them into the surrounding interstellar environment through gentle stellar winds. The research team’s stellar models indicate that the stripping of the carbon-rich outer mantle occurred slowly enough to allow the central cores of these stars, the future white dwarfs, to grow considerably in mass.
The team calculated that stars had to be at least 1.5 solar masses to spread its carbon-rich ashes upon death.
The findings, according to Paola Marigo, a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Padova and the study’s first author, helps scientists understand the properties of galaxies in the universe. By combining the theories of cosmology and stellar evolution, the researchers expect that bright carbon-rich stars close to their death, like the progenitors of the white dwarfs analyzed in this study, are presently contributing to the light emitted by very distant galaxies. This light, which carries the signature of newly produced carbon, is routinely collected by the large telescopes from space and Earth to probe the evolution of cosmic structures. Therefore, this new understanding of how carbon is synthesized in stars also means having a more reliable interpreter of the light from the far universe.
Reference: “Carbon star formation as seen through the non-monotonic initial–final mass relation” by Paola Marigo, Jeffrey D. Cummings, Jason Lee Curtis, Jason Kalirai, Yang Chen, Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Pierre Bergeron, Sara Bladh, Alessandro Bressan, Léo Girardi, Giada Pastorelli, Michele Trabucchi, Sihao Cheng, Bernhard Aringer and Piero Dal Tio, 6 July 2020, Nature Astronomy.
This study was funded by the European Research Council Consolidator Grant (project STARKEY, 615604) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (677706-WD3D).
Other authors on this study include Jason Kalirai and Sihao Cheng of the Johns Hopkins University; Jason Lee Curtis of the American Museum of Natural History; Yang Chen and Bernhard Aringer of the University of Padova; Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay of the University of Warwick; Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz of the University of California, Santa Cruz; Pierre Bergeron of the Université de Montréal; Sara Bladh of Uppsala University; Alessandro Bressan of the International School for Advanced Studies; Léo Girardi of the Astronomical Observatory of Padova-INAF; Giada Pastorelli of the Space Telescope Science Institute; and Michele Trabucchi and Piero Dal Tio of the University of Geneva.
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Monstrum – Procedurally Generated Horror – Coming Soon From Team Junkfish
We’ve been hearing whispers, terrified, strangled whispers coming from Team Junkfish for the last few months. The company’s latest title, Monstrum has been under wraps for some time, but now the first information is starting to hit the press and it sounds like something special…
Junkfish spoke to VG247’s Dave Cook recently, with the first information about the game, a procedurally generated horror game, set on an (apparently) abandoned freighter…
Ambiguity goes hand-in-hand in fear. Say, for example, you watch a scary film for the first time and find yourself caught off-guard by unexpected jumpy moments and disturbing imagery. Will you be as frightened during your second viewing? Probably not.
That’s because the horror genre is tied to diminishing returns, and that age-old truth that the more we come to understand something, the less-intimidating it becomes. Speaking with Jaime Cross of Monstrum developer Team Junkfish, I bring up that classic scare at the start of Capcom’s original Resident Evil. You probably know the bit I’m talking about, with the dogs that jump through the window?
When I first experienced that section in my youth I was truly scared, largely because I had never seen such a cinematic attempt to frighten players before. It worked, but as the years went by, I memorised precisely when and where those bastard canines were going to attack, and the fear was gone forever. Horror games are prone to this dilution over time, and that’s the problem Monstrum’s developers are looking to solve.
On paper it sounds like the most demonic game of Pac-Man ever conceived, as your survivor attempts to flee a stranded 1970s sea freighter while being hounded across its maze-like corridors by an unrelenting monster. The beast will never stop searching for you as you try to piece together whatever supplies you need to make good your escape, and to make matters worse, each playthrough sees the ship’s interior completely randomised using procedural tech in Unity.
“It was a bit weird,” Cross recalls. “When we were discussing ideas it was a case of everybody being told, ‘come up with an idea,’ and the guy that did, Grant, who is one of the programmers said, ‘I like Amnesia and I like The Binding of Isaac, let’s see if we can smoosh them together and make a replayable horror game.’
“One of the things he mentioned was in Amnesia, if he plays it again he knows where all the scares are going to happen, where the monster’s walking patterns are going to be, and so every time he goes through it the effect is reduced. As hesitant as I am to use the term ‘more roguelike,’ we wanted it so you don’t know where the monster is – he could be around the next corner or it could be on the other side of the ship – just to make it a bit more uneasy that way.”
The aim in Monstrum isn’t simply to find the ship’s exit and stroll out to safety. In fact, the final build should throw multiple escape routes at players with randomly-placed sub-objectives that must be fulfilled to proceed. “The room positioning and corridors are all procedurally generated,” Cross explains, “but it even goes a little deeper than that.
“Inside the rooms there will be random items scattered on tables and stuff like that, as well as non-consequential items that will be randomly-generated, and things on the walls. Collectibles have spawn points in rooms and they’re not so much randomly-placed, but will be generated from a pool of items that way…
You can (and should) read the entire interview on the VG247 website. We’ll bring you more updates as the game progresses.
You can find Team Junkfish online, on Twitter and Facebook.
Monstrum is due for release on Steam at some point in the near future.
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SubTopic Encryption technology
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How has the NIST random number generation guidance changed?
The NIST has changed its recommendations on random number generation for cryptographic keys. Expert Michael Cobb outlines the changes and explains why they were made.
The NIST recently published a revision of its recommendations for cryptographic random number generation. What does the revision mean for developers and enterprises? Why was the revision necessary, and how will it provide better security?
One of the statutory responsibilities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to develop information security standards and guidelines. NIST Special Publication 800-90A, entitled Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators, provides guidance on mechanisms for the generation of random numbers, a critical element used in creating secure cryptographic keys for encrypting data. The first version of this special publication was published in 2007, but concerns over the security of one of the cryptographic algorithms it described led NIST to formally revise its recommended methods for generating random numbers. Following the publication of a draft document and a period of public comment and review, NIST has reissued the guidelines as Special Publication 800-90A, Revision 1.
The revised document retains three of the four previously available cryptographic algorithms for generating pseudorandom bits: Hash_DRBG, HMAC_DRBG and CTR_DRBG, but the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator (Dual_EC_DRBG) has been removed based on NIST's own evaluation, and in response to the lack of public confidence in it. This lack of confidence comes from reports alleging the NSA interfered with the design of the algorithm, and that it contains a weakness that would allow attackers to predict the outcome of the random number generation process, and determine the secret cryptographic keys.
NIST recommends that software vendors wanting to remain in compliance with federal guidance should reconfigure their products to use one of the three remaining approved cryptographic algorithms. System administrators should run a check to ensure no processes are still using cryptographic modules that rely on the Dual_EC_DRBG algorithm. These recommendations were included in an earlier version of the recommendation document, which was released in early 2012. Other changes in the revised document include additional options for the use of the CTR_DRBG random number algorithms and a recommendation to introduce randomness into deterministic algorithms as often as it is practical, because refreshing them provides additional protection against attacks.
Removing the potentially flawed Dual_EC_DRBG algorithm from the list of recommended random number generators will improve the security of cryptographic keys as long as vendors ensure it is no longer an option and users configure legacy software not to use it. However, the importance of randomness covered in Special Publication 800-90A has been highlighted by researchers Bruce Potter and Sasha Wood, who recently discovered that the entropy of the data streams that are used to seed the random number generators on systems using the cryptography library OpenSSL were often very low. This results in the generation of more easily guessable keys for encryption. Google's OpenSSL-based BoringSSL does regularly gather more entropy, but administrators who are concerned about weaknesses in their cryptographic keys should check out the open source program libentropy, released by Potter and Wood. It provides a dashboard for managing sources of entropy and reporting the status of entropy creation and utilization.
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Biometrics vs passwords: How the generation gap is shaping workplace security
Millennials are moving beyond the world of passwords and quickly embracing biometrics, leaving the older generations to continue carrying the password tradition, according to IBM Security’s Future of Identity Study.
75% of millennials are comfortable using biometrics, however fewer than half are using complex passwords and 41% reuse passwords. 34% use a password manager.
On average, those aged 55 and older use 12 passwords, however only 17% use a password manager. It is not clear from the study how people remember their passwords.
Millennials are also more likely to enable two-factor authentication after a breach (32%), compared to 28% of the general population.
IBM Security says that as younger employees dominate the workforce, organisations must be ready to adapt to the kinds of new technologies those employees bring in.
This could mean an allowance for increased use of mobile devices as the primary authentication device and integrating biometrics or tokens in place of passwords.
Asia Pacific respondents were the most open to biometric technologies. 78% are comfortable using biometrics today, compared to 65% of those in the European Union and 57% in the United States.
Fingerprint biometric technology is perceived as the most secure authentication method amongst all respondents (44%), followed by passwords (27%) and PINS (12%).
US respondents seem to be shunning the use of biometrics – 23% said they aren’t interested, which is almost double the global average.
“In the wake of countless data breaches of highly sensitive personal data, there’s no longer any doubt that the very information we’ve used to prove our identities online in the past is now a shared secret in the hands of hackers,” comments IBM Security A/NZ CTO Chris Hockings.
“As consumers are acknowledging the inadequacy of passwords and placing increased priority on security, the time is ripe to adopt more advanced methods that prove identity on multiple levels and can be adapted based on behaviour and risk.”
Overall, security is now more important than the convenience factor – particularly as part of financial applications.
On average, 70% of all respondents rank security as the top priority for banking, investment and budgeting apps. 16% believe privacy is most important and 14% say convenience is most important.
Security also featured as a top priority for email, online marketplaces and workplace applications, however it is not so important for social media applications.
IBM Security says that organisations should recognise these preferences when choosing security solutions. Identity platforms that provide choices for multiple authentication options are able to provide flexibility and security.
The company also says that organisations can balance security and convenience by using risk-based processes that trigger additional security measures in certain situations, such as if an IP, device or location signal abnormal activity.
The 15-minute online survey totalled responses from 3,977 adults across the United States (U.S.), European Union (EU) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions, including:
• APAC: 997 respondents (Australia, India, Singapore)
• U.S.: 1,976 respondents
• EU: 1,004 respondents (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Spain)
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Blood Bowl is the classic game of fantasy football. It’s all about strategy, grit, and – above all – heinous violence. Two players coach their teams to victory on the pitch, utilising every natural advantage, dirty trick, and cheap shot they can come up with to get the ball into the End Zone, or take out the entire opposing team.
This set contains all of the rules, gaming aids and accessories you need to get the most out of your games.
The 80-page Head Coach’s Handbook comes in a convenient A5-size to make it easy to handle whilst gaming. This essential tome is packed with the basic rules you need to play, plus extra rules for creating your own team and hiring staff. You'll also find a description of Special Play cards, and learn how to use them in your games. Official league rules help you set up and organise a season of gaming, complete with a dedicated stadium and sponsorship deals. There’s a handy chart of all the many Skills in the game, rosters for every single team that’s been released so far, plus every Star Player. Finally, there's even a section on the history of Blood Bowl to read while you're taking care of business that doesn't require your full attention!
But enough about the book. This box also contains loads of tokens to represent Inducements, player, game and weather status, re-rolls and tonnes more. You'll also find a super handy cheat sheet to look up the rules and tables you use most, a 50-page blank roster pad (go ahead and test that crazy team idea you've been kicking around), and a set of spare range, scatter and throw-in templates.
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COUNTRIES IN MAINLAND EUROPE
Price: € 150,00
Price for each additional tent: € 50,00
Accessories with volume over 0.10 m3:
Price for each additional accessory: € 20,00
Price for each additional accessory € 20,00
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Another very important factor is the transmission rate of the water vapour through the fabric, which should not be lower than 350 g/m²/24hrs. Only the high breathability and/or the excellent water vapour transmission rate can effectively limit moisture forming inside the tent, thus keeping your environment fresh and healthy. Therefore, choose carefully!
All particulars, from the design concept, materials and components, to the safety features and insulation, have been methodically chosen and thoroughly tested in order to obtain an all-weather proof product reliable at all times. Just like the structure of a boat, we have used fiberglass to prevent it from aging, discoloring or losing its shape.
Roof insulation with air gap is an exclusive Autohome feature. The air cushion obtained by the internal alveolar panel and the anti- condensation foam allow a better thermal and acoustic insulation and a healthier and more silent place to rest in case of rain.
The “sandwich” construction base has 25mm insulation thickness, while the two “C” shaped built in guides allow easy installation with any kind of roof cross bars (normally without any additional fixings) offering a steady and safe structure in order to withstand any off-road stresses.
SHELLS 100% IN FIBERGLASS
NO, THE SHELLS ARE NOT PLASTIC, NOT ACRYLIC AND NOT ABS. THEY’RE 100% FIBERGLASS!
The shells are hand-made with brushes and rollers, the best technique for multi-layers.
Fiberglass shells provide excellent insulation from the heat and cold, dampen the noise of rainfall and are strong and durable. In addition, if damaged, they can be repaired with no trouble. They do not go out of shape during opening and closing of the tent or under load, with people inside.
FIBERGLASS ADVANTAGES
MATERIAL COMPARISON TABLE
QUALITY YOU CAN TOUCH
Autohome® fabric is quite extraordinary: heavy in order to be strong to withstand the wind, yet waterproof and breathable: the absolute best for a tent, whether used in a campsite or on an adventure trip. Each tent is made with great attention to detail, assembled and sewn by expert hands.
For example, the roof - the most delicate part - is sewn directly to the side walls all along the perimeter. It is also stabilized by a core of rubber sewn carefully on both sides. The result is a compact tent which doesn’t flap in the breeze, like the rivals of Autohome®.
The tent is stable and does not swell in the wind. No ball or balloon effect which would be noisy and stretch and strain the stitching.
The breathable fabric reduces the heat inside the tent and, above all, keeps the tent dry, preventing condensation and unpleasant odours.
The fabric is both breathable and waterproof, keeping out heavy rain.
EXCELLENT BREATHABILITY, IMPROVED WELLBEING
AUTOHOME TENTS NATURALLY PREVENT CONDENSATION, REMOVING EXCESS HEAT AND WATER VAPOUR FROM THE TENT, 24 7
The “breathability” effect is the result of high-quality fabrics
There are many different tent materials and systems available on the market, which give rise to problems or provide benefits according to their quality and workmanship. For example, many additional or double canvases are not much use. They simply hide condensation from view, without preventing it; and solar or battery-powered fans are also rather inefficient.
The essential feature for any tent used for camping is the fabric used, which of course has a cost but provides long-term advantages to the user.
The following factors may cause the build-up of condensation in a tent:
1. unsuitable fabric (plasticized or with too much resin)
2. the size of the environment
3. moisture from human breath
4. warmth built up during the day
5. the weather (rain and humidity)
6. the warmth produced by the human body. Overnight, on average, we lose about a third of a litre of water, in normal conditions, and this water vapour may become condensation.
Hence the importance of the fabric. Quality materials are essential for wellbeing, comfort and a satisfying outdoor life. Without noisy fans, air conditioners, suction devices and the like.
The certified values according to UNI and ISO tests show that AUTOHOME® fabrics remove humidity and condensation from the tent efficiently and naturally 24 7.
Results that give concrete proof of how Autohome tents, with their superior quality, have built up a reputation in the market for absolute excellence in the sector.
THE TENT STITCHING: WHAT LITTLE THERE IS, IS PERFECTLY SMOOTH
In a high-quality tent, the stitching is very important: there must be as little as possible and it must guarantee high-performance and reliability
Check out the stitching:
Count the number of stitches: the fewer the better.
Check the needle and thread used. Plasticized surfaces should not be stitched because the stitching makes holes which tend to get bigger and bigger.
Take a look at the fabric at the base of the tent, which should not be stitched, because this is where water could seep through.
Take the same precautions for the roofs and under-roofs of vans and campers.
The AUTOHOME choices that make the difference
There is an absolute minimum of stitching and no plasticized materials are used.
At the base the tent and the fabric are perfectly integrated, without any stitching along the perimeter. The fabric is simply folded and turned up so the rain can run off smoothly outside the tent. There is no stitching in contact with water.
The exclusive anchoring at the base uses elastic steel springs (without stitching) so the profile and base are flush. Only Autohome incorporates this high-quality feature.
No stitching for the anchoring, the most delicate part of the tent.
High up, the fabric is fixed to the tent by a dedicated aluminium rail.
And, to cap it all off, enormous versatility:
With the anchoring and fixing systems used by Autohome the fabric can be changed simply and easily.
“SILENT” WINDOWS FOR A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP.
UNDISTURBED BY THE WIND, OPERATED LYING DOWN IN BED.
The two windows with legendary Gidion design from 1959 are perfectly fitted to the side walls, without jutting or going out of shape. Today, as then, they are without the complicated fringes, poles or other features used by competitors.
Autohome® windows are safe, do not flap or swell up and, above all, are not noisy in the wind: ideal for a good night’s sleep whether there is a light breeze or a howling gale. The tent stays perfectly taut and the “veil” effect prevents tearing and damage from the wind.
Above the windows, a practical guttering allows rainwater to drain off without entering the tent. The rubber is sewn into the fabric.
A similar rubber tube fitted inside the fabric runs around the entire tent roof for extra stability and soundproofing in the wind.
Each window has dual closing with an outer and inner blind. Lying in bed, a rope operates the window like shutters at home and you don’t need to leave the tent to close the windows.
The doors are large and provide easy access to the tent.
The large doors are fitted with mosquito net and can be closed on both sides by a zip.
The four standard aluminium poles lift the canvas of the doors turning them into sun shades. Use when there is no wind.
RAIN COVER OVER THE WINDOWS
The 2 windows are fitted with a Rain Cover allowing partial opening even in the rain, essential for a natural change of air round the clock.
NEW! 2020 MOSQUITO NETS
OUTSIDE YOU CAN'T SEE INSIDE, INSIDE YOU CAN SEE OUTSIDE
2020 production will be updated! HI-TECH innovative blackout quality mosquito nets are installed on the entire series of shell blinds.
The mosquito net has an extraordinary blackout feature that provides more privacy to the occupants of the tent. Outside you can't see inside, inside you can see outside.
The mosquito net is very thick.
It is incomparable to the standard and it features an innovative weave so fine that it does not allow the passage of any kind of insects. Quiet nights in marshy areas, near watercourses, on the banks of rivers or in areas where the presence of microscopic mosquitoes is very high.
The mosquito net is very strong.
It is resistant to longitudinal tearing but also to tearing in the oblique direction.
The mosquito net is resistant to different environmental is resistant to different environmental conditions.
It is resistant to UV rays, saline environment and temperature changes.
ALL-PURPOSE CLAMPS
AN AUTOHOME IDEA FIRST PRESENTED AT THE EUROPEAN CARAVAN FAIR IN TURIN, 1982
The built-in all-purpose clamp system developed by Autohome – running in the C-shaped guides in the base of the tent – provide quick anchorage to the roof rack.
The installation can be customized and adapted to roof racks of different sizes and distances between the bars, without the need for cumbersome changes or holes in the tent shell.
The tent can be fixed to two or more bars as well as to smooth roofs.
Called the UNIVERSAL SYSTEM, this Autohome idea was first presented to the general public at the European Caravan Fair in Turin.
Many have copied it and even today the Autohome® system complies with auto regulations and is TÜV quality-certified: proof of safety and a trouble-free product for customers and retailers of Autohome® roof tents.
FLYWHEEL OPENING
AS ALWAYS THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE AUTOHOME RANGE
A device that is both practical and reliable, showing how Autohome applies quality to every detail of its products
The reasons behind the distinctive choice:
Flywheel opening is acknowledged as safe, reliable and durable. It is used for camper awnings and large canvas protections, in sports and in prestige residences. Not surprisingly it one of the features that has contributed over the yeas to the success of Maggiolina Autohome®, a product may have tried to imitate.
The flywheel is a practical way of opening the tent, but useful for closing too: you don’t have to climb up over the vehicle to close the tent!
The mechanical flywheel is safe and doesn’t require maintenance. It is greatly appreciated by users of 4WD vehicles and tall vans.
The flywheel can be used to adjust the tension of the tent, making it perfectly taut: even after years of service the fabric does not loosen. In addition, it is “creaseless” and allows the rain to drain off quickly whilst standing up to the wind.
And lastly the flywheel is like a house key…
Close the tent, remove the flywheel and it is just like locking your front door. Without the flywheel the shells cannot be opened or closed. Keeping your bags, beauty cases, rucksacks and their contents, along with other valuables, safe and out of harm’s way.
INSULATED ROOF TESTED - UNI EN ISO
The dual Autohome roof comprises an original fiberglass shell and a special honeycomb panel pre-perforated by laser technology. This exclusive “structural” system creates an “air cushion” preventing 24 7 the formation of moisture and condensation inside the tent.
THE ORIGINAL AUTOHOME “INSULATED ROOF”: HOW IT WORKS
The insulated roof uses the same principle as applied by the building industry to the rooftops over lofts: an air cushion is created forming an interspace connecting the inside and outside, providing extra insulation against the cold and noise, but also keeping off the heat and humidity. The result is a quiet, healthy environment when it rains.
Also important is the thick “anti-condensation foam” system adopted by Autohome for the lining under the roof. Experience has taught us that for the outdoors this is an essential feature for wellbeing inside the tent.
NO OTHER DEVICES ARE NEEDED
With the advanced design of the Autohome® roof, no other devices – noisy and inefficient dehumidifiers and fans or solar chimneys and the like – are needed.
COMFORT IS A STANDARD FEATURE
Autohome® mattresses ae of the highest quality and density of 25-30 kg/m³. The sponge rubber, with removable polyester/cotton lining, is comfortable and does not go out of shape.
Depending on the type of tent, two, three or four pillows are provided, which are stored inside the tent when closed.
Autohome® tents are supplied complete with fittings. No extra price for pillows or the standard aluminium ladder.
INCLUDING ADJUSTABLE LAMP WITH LEDs
Touch lamp (18 x 5 cm) with 3 Led ultra-bright leds, an adjustable spotlight and batteries.
The lamp can be removed from the roof to replace the batteries or use as emergency lighting.
LADDERS IN DETAIL
Not impressed by the huge variety of ladders on the market, Autohome® produces its own ad hoc aluminium ladders to tight specifications: light, compact, a perfect match with the tent.
Ladders available on the market are not used. Nor are low-cost mass-produced ladders. Each one comprises two halves, one sliding over the other, held together by Arnitel supports: an extremely strong plastic designed and manufactured by Autohome® to ensure sand, dirt or mud is not trapped in the sliding mechanism and the ladder works perfectly in all conditions.
The ladder can be placed at the entrance as you want, and locked automatically in position with the built-in “Security Lock”. No ugly and impractical hooks.
A bag is supplied for the ladder.
The automatic spring in the “Security Lock” locks the two parts of the ladder in position for perfect stability and, above all, safety.
The “Security Lock” and attachment at the top of the ladder ensure that, climbing up or down, there is no weight on the tent. This is safe and prolongs the life of the tent.
With the “Security Lock” the ladder cannot slip and slide or bump against the bodywork.
Ladders are designed ergonomically with rounded aluminium profiles for easy use.
The steps are oval with anti-slip surface and can be climbed with bare feet.
The two parts of the ladder are held together by Arnitel plastic supports designed to be “open” to remove dirt ensuring a smooth sliding mechanism even on a sandy or muddy terrain.
The built-in strut has the dual function of preventing oscillation and protecting the vehicle roof or drip surface (where the ladder is used, for example, with a Lan Rover Defender).
Simple, practical, without ugly and clumsy hooks.
The ladder has no fixed position at the base of the tent and so can be placed to the left or right or at the centre of the entrance, as you wish, depending on the opening of the vehicle door.
For some vehicles the tent can be attached directly to the vehicle roof runners. Rubber is fitted specifically for this purpose to prevent damage to the bodywork.
Ladders are available with the following lengths:
Max. vehicle height
4WD LADDER
EXTRA LONG LADDER
N.B.: when travelling all ladders can be placed inside the closed tent except the EXTRA LONG ladder, which is too large for the shell.
INTERNAL ELASTIC
HELPS TO FOLD AWAY THE TENT WITHOUT WRINKLING THE FABRIC
Hooking up the elastic the fabric is drawn towards the centre of the tent, making it easier to close. This is especially advantageous when the tent is installed high up on a camper, 4WD or van roof.
The elastic works independently, is not sewn directly to the fabric and does not cause wrinkling or other defects. The result is an attractive fabric that is waterproof, stable and durable.
Unhooked, the fabric is taut and unwrinkled, as experts have repeatedly testified.
AUTOMATIC SAFETY LOCK
THE DEVICE BLOCKS THE ANGLE OF THE LADDER PREVENTING SLIPPAGE OUTWARD
The special ALSS knuckle at the base of the tent is a safety lock for the ladder, making sure it doesn’t slip outward. Indispensable on the tarmac and smooth or slippery surfaces.
Ladder dimensions: h closed: cm 110 – h open: cm 230
Columbus incorporates the exclusive AirCap ventilation system designed for the ergonomics of this tent. The AirCap intake is at the top of the canvas, sheltered from the weather and protected by a mosquito net, improving ventilation and preventing the formation of condensation.
COLUMBUS: OPENING AND CLOSING
The opening and closing system used for Columbus has made history in the sector and has been imitated time and time again in various camping and caravan applications. Hoisting of the tent is very easy: two gas springs raise the shell which has a front hinge. Simplicity is often the best way and in this case made the Columbus range a world beater.
The tent opens in an instant, and closes quickly too. Just pull a rope and the shell closes without climbing onto the vehicle. Columbus is the top-of-the-range for frenetic globe-trotters, ideal for high vehicles and nowadays popular for family saloon cars.
The gas springs are fitted with Windstops to lock the spring supporting the upper shell, making for greater stability in strong winds.
Open, Columbus is the highest tent of all: great space inside for maximum comfort.
FIXING THE ELASTIC HOOD COVERING THE TENT
THE MOST RELIABLE SYSTEM
A strong tear-proof hood protects the tent when it is closed and while travelling. The hood covers the tent and is fixed by elastic around the perimeter, fitting onto hooks under the tent.
Elastic was chosen way back in 1959 and still today is the most practical and reliable system.
Other closing systems failed to pass Autohome tests for functioning and reliability. Not even a zip around the perimeter will do, because desert sand or Australian dust as rarified as talcum powder can clog the mechanism.
The hood is made of strong electro-welded PVC with additional internal reinforcements.
Side positioning: the tent will occupy only half of the car roof space.
You can fit: Small + Small, Medium + Small or Medium + Medium on large vehicl
STANDARD POSITIONING
Open, the tent covers the whole vehicle roof without jutting over the hedge.
In this way, it can be used in rest areas and car-parks, not only in campsites.
THE RIGHT TENT FOR SPORT
Surfboards, a canoe, bicycles or tools for your favourite sport can be placed on the roof rack, thanks to the compact design of Overcamp, which takes up only half of the roof.
The two large doors can easily be turned into sun shades, using the standard aluminium poles.
The two poles on either side of the entrance with the ladder are fixed to the base of the tent, whilst the two on the opposite side can be removed.
N.B. Do not use the sun shades when it is windy.
AN AUTOHOME EXCLUSIVE MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE INDISPENSABLE IN STRONG WINDS
A new feature we have waited years for and presented by Autohome® for the first time in Germany, at the Düsseldorf 2017 Caravan Salon. It was appreciated by the most important buyers and travelers of various nationalities.
WINDSTOP is an easy-to-use device applied directly to the gas spring to provide Columbus and Airtop tents with additional stability.
Every tent with gas spring opening is fitted with WINDSTOP.
Easy to use for extra stability in strong winds.
No tedious manual operations to stretch out the tent or fold up support arms every time the tent is opened or closed.
Two-step opening and closing guaranteed, for easy use.
BUILT-IN CARRIER
FOR LONG TRIPS
The upper shell has an exclusive design and the guides fitted to the structure allow for a maximum roof load. The adjustable bars are perfect for large loads such as a spare tyre, fuel tanks, timber and tools.
Max. load 25 Kg. (See operating instructions)
SHELLS IN FIBERGLASS
A SUPER LIGHT ROOF TENT
The Innovative and exclusive Autohome® production of fiberglass shells makes for a decidedly lighter tent.
Fiberglass is a compound material, obtained from sinking carbon threads into a special resin. After solidifying, fiberglass is incredibly strong and light.
Because it is difficult to dent or deform, fiberglass is used in many motor sports.
Fiberglass shells for Autohome® tents are made by laying out layers of carbon fiber in special moulds, and impregnating them with special resin for hardness.
The advantages of fiberglass shells include great strength, their weight (up to 20% less than conventional shells), heat insulation and their ability to withstand huge changes in temperature.
The colour of our Shells
is an integral part of the fiberglass
The special GELCOAT is a natural colour amalgamated directly into the fiberglass. Totally unlike conventional paints, it ensures maximum strength and in unalterable.
For our shells, Autohome chose the highest quality and most reliable procedure for the paint. Gelcoat, which amalgamates with the fiber, is as durable and tough as can be.
That is why it is used for fiberglass vessels which need to withstand an aggressive salty environment and multiple situations of stress.
Unlike conventional paints used for bodywork, Gelcoat is applied thickly in the mould during stratification, so it amalgamates perfectly with the fiberglass.
The result is a tough paint, resistant to UV rays, heat, salt water and salty air, as well as aggressive solvents. It can handle just about anything.
Whereas painting the shells would make them more likely to scratch, dent and become damaged during the journey. Painted, the fiberglass peels and is less long-lasting.
This is why Autohome® doesn’t customize the paintwork. Because the shell ISN’T painted at all.
But, on request, a particular shade of Gelcoat can be chosen from international colour charts (for orders of 70/100 units).
So that’s the secret of Autohome’s colour. It is part of the shells, not painted on! Painting a shell reduces its strength. Unalterable Gelcoat preserves it.
NO MORE NOISE FROM THE WIND!
AUTOHOME ELIMINATES THE PROBLEM OF DANGLING HANDLES AND NIGHT NOISE.
Dangling handles in tent shells are noisy at night due to the wind, one of the most common complaints in the sector. With its experience and the quality of its vision, Autohome was unlikely not to come up with a solution.
Now, tie-rods and handles on the edges of the shell can be whisked away with a simple gesture, eliminating the irritating noise caused by the wind. It also improves tidiness and the look of the tent interior, with nothing dangling awkwardly.
BUT THAT IS NOT ALL! AUTOHOME HAS ALSO MADE THE ZIP CURSORS “WIND-PROOF”
A rubber ring silences the movement of the zip cursor even in high winds and makes zipping and unzipping even easier.
ALSO BANDS AND CLIPS ON DOORS ARE WINDPROOF
The double clip prevents the bands from hanging off, thus avoiding the annoying tinkling caused by the breeze and the wind.
Paolo Marin, born in the Veneto region of Italy but, by choice, a citizen of the world, is the founder of the well-known and much appreciated Photo Challenge "A trip everyone can manage". For many years he has been considered an expert in adventure travel. He has a passion for the desert and Libya is constantly in his heart. A tour leader, he teaches off-road driving and lives in Padua when he isn’t driving through the desert.
Eugenio Martignani has a long track record in adventure travel on board a series of off-road vehicles. He has transformed his passion for nature and exploration of far-off lands into a profession, as a journalist specializing in 4WD autos.
For the past thirty years, he has contributed to Italian and international magazines, worked in TV as a test driver, technician, sportsman and travel reporter. He has seven Camel Trophies, years of experience in African Rally Raids, has crossed Siberia in winter and headed up the frozen Mackenzie River as far as the Beaufort Sea. And more. For work or fun, he has driven in all the Continents: from the Amazon to Mongolia, from Australia to the Polar Circle, from Indonesia to South Africa. He has written books and guidebooks for off-road vehicles and, when he has a little time, heads off to somewhere new, with a preference for deserts, which he has explored the world over. His “mission” is to leave civilization behind and explore unknown destinations, because – as he says - “the four elements of our planet are earth, water, air and fire, not asphalt or cement!”
On his off-road adventures, he has used and tested the roof tents of various manufacturers and, in particular, the wide range of Autohome products, which are able to meet even his demanding needs.
“What do I look for in a roof tent? Distance from the ground, protection against animals, rapid opening and closing and comfort inside because a good night’s sleep is all important if you want to travel well.”
AN EXPERT RATES AUTOHOME PRODUCTS
TTHE BASIC FEATURES OF AUTOHOME QUALITY
In general, they are all tents of superior quality, with manufacturing and technical features that undoubtedly place them at the top of the sector. Technically (function, performance and comfort) and in aesthetic terms, they are unbeatable.
Autohome represents “history” and the continuous development of roof tents for vehicles; the company is the market leader with products that just can’t be copied. It is no accident that they were the first in the world to patent and develop this type of tent.
Since 1958 they have created a whole range of innovations and successful products. Their tents are the biggest sellers the world over, which is unusual because quality doesn’t usually coincide with quantity. But with Autohome, it does.
Another added value which today is particularly important is pride in a product that bears the “Made in Italy” label, with exclusively Italian and some European suppliers.
PROFILE OF INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS
These are models that open and close with a handwheel, using 4 lifting poles, two at the front and 2 at the rear.
Fabrics used: DRALON® (Made in Germany) and AIRTEX (German-made, of the highest technical quality).
Airtop opens with gas springs fitted into the 4 lifting arms, in pairs on both sides of the tent.
Fabrics used: DRALON® and AIRTEX®
Tent models opening with gas springs fitted into 2 lifting poles on the sides.
Fabric used: AIRTEX®
This tent opens “like a book” with 2 platforms hinged at the sides with 3 ribs supporting the fabric.
Conceptually similar to Overland, opening like a book and again with 2 platforms hinged at the sides with 3 ribs supporting the fabric and a further adjustable rib at the entrance to the tent.
Opening with 3 adjustable ribs supporting the fabric.
I should point out that one of the advantages of these tents is that, when they are closed, they only take up half of the space on the vehicle roof, leaving room for sports gear (for example for surfing or canoeing) or other equipment.
MY RATINGS - PERFORMANCES
= GOOD
= VERY GOOD
= EXCELLENT
Jürg Sollberger is a traveller who has often done things ahead of time. A free spirit and innovator, he has worked on projects and in situations that later became a must for adventure travel. A dreamer, a rebel and certainly a man of courage: a tour leader for all kinds of destination, with every sort of itinerary.
You might think that such a man is solitary, a true loner, but Jürg is quite the opposite: to begin with, he is accompanied on his adventures by Doris Sollberger, who shares his achievements.
An explorer at the cutting edge, open to dialogue and capable of strong friendships: unsurprisingly, he is an excellent cultural and technical advisor. Including for Autohome. Indeed, he was one of the first travellers in the 90s to severely test Autohome products in Asia, contributing to the beginning of adventure travel in the Far East.
His famous tours include long trips in extreme conditions in China, Myanmar, Tibet and other countries in the Far East. In numerous expeditions and events, he has publicly thanked Autohome and spoken of its “Superior rooftent”. A significant homage to the products her himself uses on his adventure trips.
Since 1986, he has been an expert instructor in the trans-Africa tour, but his lasting passion has been for the silk-road, which he often uses to illustrate his “no limits” journeys.
The story of Vula Netou and how she took up adventure travel is fascinating. She is a young, passionate woman, full of life with a history in dance, first as a performer, then as a choreographer. For many years she has worked in the theatre as a dance teacher. Gradually, she fell in love with the freedom of adventure travel and shared the dream of Akis Temperidis to travel the world for nearly four years. Because of her legendary round the world tour, she can be considered an ideal tester, particularly in relation to the needs of women on arduous journeys of this kind.
The figures speak for themselves: 168,000 km covered in 1,177 days, visiting 67 countries in 5 continents. Over 70 articles have been written about the tour, and there have been over 150,000 clicks. More than 200 hours of film are available, edited into a docufilm released the world over.
For many years, Bernd Woick has managed shops specializing in outdoor clothing, tents and technical products for trekking, mountaineering and adventure travel. With his professional skills, he is well-known for his expertise in the sector and someone who personally tests his products and is familiar with the opinions of his clients. His company was founded in 1982 in Filderstadt, Germany and now has stores in other German cities. With the help of trusted colleagues, in recent years Woick has decided to dedicate more and more time to travelling, in the form of tours based on a strong spirit of discovery in out-of-the-way locations ensuring maximum contact with nature. He particularly likes to travel in a properly equipped vehicle, tested personally for his type of trip with no limits, and consulting in the auto sector obviously helps. His motto is: “Travel means living your dreams”. This combination of professional experience and passion makes him an ideal tester for Autohome products.
Autohome and Woick: growing together
From its creation, I’ve watched Autohome grow and followed its developments through the products I sell in my specialist stores. We immediately understood the philosophy of Autohome and its technical and manufacturing decisions based on excellence and distinguishing itself in a market where improvisation sadly still exists today. Whereas Autohome aimed straight for excellence and reliability, so we chose it as a flagship manufacturer for our stores. And we were right. Autohome has been increasingly successful for us even with the most demanding and expert clients.
I’ve always believed in the concept of a roof tent
The advantages of an excellent roof tent are so obvious it seems strange that it took so long for the idea to be accepted. And yet it did! I’ve always recommended roof tents, right from the start, over twenty years ago, because I knew they were practical, comfortable and safe. Roof tents are practically immediately available, they are practical and are an excellent shelter from the weather when you’re sleeping outdoors. They make cars more useful and competitive compared to the alternatives for sleeping at night. Today, the concept is largely but not completely accepted. Some people still don’t really understand the difference a roof tent can make and here, the quality of products like Autohome is very persuasive. You don’t change your mind after an Autohome tent, as many of my clients have proved. And, indeed, as I can personally testify.
From consultant to user
These days, I travel most of the year. I can consider myself justifiably a “citizen of the world”, because I’ve been to every continent. Yet there is still so much to explore and discover! Since I use Autohome roof tents so much, I think I can be considered a top tester. I have been able to personally appreciate how the technical and manufacturing decisions of Autohome truly make the difference. In the past, I have given technical and theoretical rather than practical advice, but now it’s the other way round. I know from experience that Autohome roof tents last longer and provide far more protection than any other in the sector. I could sum it up like this: an Autohome tent is the best investment a traveller can make. It provides wellbeing, safety and comfort.
NOBODY LIKE HIM
Akis Temperidis is one of the greatest of all contemporary travellers. The figures are clear: the “auto record-man”, as unsurprisingly he is called, drove 168,000 km in 1,177 days, covering 67 countries and 5 continents. On the record tour he was accompanied by his life partner Vula Netou. Akis is a journalist by profession, specializing in travel, motor sports and adventure activities. After a long career as a tester and documentary writer, he decided to turn his dreams into reality by travelling the world. This was the beginning of the The World Offroad project. Today too, Akis is working on numerous projects as a partner of auto makers, photographer and publicist, in particular as a freelance correspondent for travel magazines and the adventure car industry.
Roberto Manocchi: the Off-Road “guru”
This is how they would call him if he were born in India: guru. Instead, he is a Venetian from Venice, as he likes to call himself. For this, everybody actually calls him the “mechanic of dreams”: with his skilful hands even the most extraordinary world tour projects come true. After all, in his career which started far back in 1990, he has been accompanied by many titles and appellations: engineer, tour leader, maestro… But he is always the one and only Roberto “the wizard” of the mechanics shop, capable of transforming a vehicle into something that will be able to withstand challenges reaching beyond imagination. Today he is a consolidated reference especially in the world of Land Rovers, because, as everyone knows, his soul always travels and lives in a Defender.
An intelligent and sensitive auto preparer, his job always starts from the expectations of the person that will travel rather than from the technical components. And yet he really masters technology! Very few know all about 4x4s like him. He knows how to be the friend who wisely gives advice and, at the same time, the super expert without excessive triumphalism and senseless ideas. His driving force is surely passion, but he does not let it take control. This is why he is sharp, rational and very meticulous, an exceptional auto testerman, sought-after in all Europe: merciless judgements, but always well justified.
With his profile and background, Autohome wanted him to be the verifier for its innovations: products, systems, accessories. Now his presence has become a consolidated tradition: nothing passes unless approved by Manocchi. The most recent test where he was protagonist was the one performed on the new closures that Autohome intends to introduce on all hard shell tents starting from 2020. After exhausting tests on the field, the Wizard of the auto workshop declared: “A very innovative closure makes the concept of functionality in the sector take a giant leap forward. It is a reconfirmation of the commitment and top quality which makes Autohome stand out even with regards to the technological elements.”
Take the word of the guru.
Every single Autohome product has been studied in detail and carried out by utilizing the most suitable materials for its expected use. The fifty-year experience concerning the products allowed the Company to choose suitable materials tested in any different weather and travel conditions.
Strict “Autohome Quality” controls assure that the product is faultless both concerning materials and construction.
The tents used the world over by Tour Leaders and Explorers, for extreme car rallies and expeditions, are identical to the standard production: the same product anybody can buy.
Each Autohome roof tent is marked by a Serial Number (label on the internal side of tents’ inlet door), which distinguishes the tent and indicates the quality controls it has undergone.
It is recommended to carefully read the general instructions for use and maintenance, which are an integral part of the product and are supplied within its packaging. Pay attention not to lose them! In case of loss, ask for them to the point of sale or to [email protected]
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6/30/2020 - Presidential Preference Primary on August 11, 2020
Notice is hereby given that a Presidential Preference Primary of the Republican and Democratic Party will be held on August 11, 2020, in each town.
Notice is also hereby given that the following are the names of the candidates (including the category “Uncommitted”) which are to appear on the ballot at said primary in the manner and in the order in which such names and category are herein listed, under the office designation “Nomination for President of the United States”, together with the addresses of such candidates:
Democrats Republicans
Joe Biden, Wilmington, DE
Donald J. Trump, Palm Beach, FL
Bernie Sanders, Burlington, VT
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente, San Diego, CA
Tulsi Gabbard, Kapolei, HI
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Dated at Hartford, Connecticut, this 30 Day of June, 2020.
Denise Merrill
Secretary of the State
The foregoing is a copy of the notice which I have received from the Office of the Secretary of the State in accordance with Secs 9-433 and 9-471 of the General Statutes. As provided, such primary will be held on August 11, 2020. The hours of voting at said primary and the location of the polls will be as follows:
Hours of Voting: 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location of Polling Place
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Southbury Public Library – 100 Poverty Road
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Community Building – 561 Main Street South
Absentee ballots will be counted at the following central location: Room 205, Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488.
Dated at Southbury, Connecticut, this 30 Day of June, 2020.
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About 2007 TOYOTA IST
The 2007 Toyota IST is a member of the model's second (XP110: 2007-2016) generation, with the model code DBA-NCP110 and an average fuel economy of 15.4km/l to 18km/l.
The Toyota IST is recognized worldwide for being the perfect urban vehicle. Its short wheelbase and fuel efficient engine make it easy to drive in crowded places. Its high roofline and hatchback make it versatile, too. No parking spot is too small for the Toyota IST.
This 5-door hatchback may be slightly similar to its close sibling the Toyota Vitz, but offers a back door that is bigger in diameter and with design elements that are reminiscent of a compact SUV.
The 2007 version of the popular hatchback spearheaded the model's second generation. The steady and dependable 5-door hatchback’s 2007 variations tend to offer a 45L gasoline engine with a 4-speed AT. Its average boot capacity is around 435L.
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Christmas in small bubbles. Cabinet introduces rules for curfew
The cabinet also approved the Health Ministry’s plan for managing the measures.
(Source: SITA)
Slovakia will go under curfew again. Starting on Saturday, December 19 at 5:00, all shops except for essential ones (groceries, chemist’s, pharmacies, etc.) will close, while people will be recommended to stay home.
There will be several exceptions. One basic condition is that people who want to spend Christmas with somebody else should choose only one different household and create some kind of “small bubble” to slow the spread of the virus.
“This is a ban that strongly calls for the responsibility of people,” Health Minister Marek Krajčí (OĽaNO) said.
As there will be several exceptions from curfew, he called on people to follow basic rules and avoid meeting many people from different households.
“The situation is worse than ever, and the virus is spreading uncontrollably,” Krajčí added.
The restrictions will currently be applied only until December 29, when the national emergency ends. However, it will be possible to prolong it until January 10, if the parliament passes a law that will enable it prolong the national emergency repeatedly (for now, it is possible to declare the emergency for 90 days only).
There will be several exceptions from the curfew:
travelling to work (but employers will be recommended to allow for home office, if possible);
going to essential shops, pharmacies, medical facilities, banks and insurance companies, car and bicycle repair shops, post office and the issue counters of shops and e-shops;
walking pets;
taking children to schools/kindergartens;
going to a testing site;
going to a funeral, wedding ceremony or christening;
taking care of a relative;
visits to nature;
individual sports outdoor (such as skiing, cross-country skiing);
going to churches;
travelling to a recreation facility;
visits between two households only.
Rules for travelling to and from Slovakia do not change.
COVID automat passed
The cabinet also gave a green light to the Health Ministry’s plan of managing the measures. It is officially called the Alert system for the monitoring of the pandemic development and taking measures against SARS-CoV-2, to be known as the COVID automat.
The COVID automat, the official name of the automatic system for the adopting and lifting of measures, will provide information about the epidemic situation and the risk rate at the regional level. It should also provide for efficient and timely measures, transparent and predictable.
The COVID automat works with these key indicators:
number of cases (future strain);
increase in cases (current strain);
the dynamics of the epidemic.
Individual departments will be able to apply their own systems of measures (e.g. the Education Ministry for schools), if they fulfil four key criteria as defined by the COVID automat:
safety (to prevent the spread of infection in communities);
isolation;
protection;
surveillance (management and monitoring of infections, testing, identification of positive cases and suspects).
The COVID automat will be switching between regional measures and nationwide measures based on the epidemic situation as defined by the key indicators. In higher level of alert, measures are taken for the whole country, with a lower level of alert regional measures applied.
The indicators to be followed are the seven-day average of new cases, number of hospitalisations, and the reproduction number.
First level of nationwide alert arises with more than 1,000 new cases in a seven-day average, the second level with 1,500-3,000, the third level 3,000-5,000, and fourth level at 5,000.
The number of hospitalisations will be 1,500 for the first level alert, 2,000-2,500 for the second level, and more than 2,500 for the higher levels.
When managed at the regional level, neighbouring regions shall not have more than three levels difference between them. The alert level for the better-off region is increasing in order to accommodate this condition.
Measures will be eased no earlier than ten days after the re-assessment of the regions.
Read more about the coronavirus outbreak in Slovakia:
These are the measures currently in place in Slovakia
How Slovakia prepared for the coronavirus
Do I have the coronavirus? How to proceed if you have a suspicion
More information about what the coronavirus is and how to protect yourself from the infection (WHO)
Situation update on EU/EEA and the UK as of March 6 morning
Q&A: State of emergency declared about coronavirus+
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Johan Franck
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Professor at KI since 2008, firstly of Clinical Alcohol and Drug Addiction Research (adjunct) and, as of 2010, of Psychiatry (full professor).
Clinical Director of the Stockholm Centre for Dependency Disorders, Stockholm County Health Care (SLSO), since 2011.
Vice chair, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience 2007-2011. Director, Stockholm Centre for Psychiatry Research 2007-2011
Member of the Karolinska Institutet Docentur Committee, 2003-2008 (vice chair 2006-2008).
Docent in 1999 (Physiology; Psychiatry)
Board Certified Specialist in Psychiatry (1998); Addiction medicine (2018)
Swedish Research Council - Chair, Review Panel D2 (psychiatry; neurology) 2016, 2018-2019; Review Panel for Mental Health 2020
Swedish Research Council - Elected member of the Scientific Council for Medicine and Health 2010-2012
Swedish Society for Medical Research - Scientific Secretary and Board member 2001-2010 www.ssmf.se
Member of the Stockholm County Council Panel for Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Drugs 2010-2012 - Chair of Psychiatry sub-committe 2004-2012
European Medicines Agency (EMA); member of Scientific Advisory Group on Psychiatry (since 2011) www.ema.europa.eu
Scientific advisor to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service 2005-2018, and the National Board for Institutional Care (SIS) 2011-2016
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - member of Scientific Advisory Panel 2012-2017
Review commissions for the Royal College of Physicians (UK), the MRC (UK), the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Norwegian Research Council, Helse Sör-Öst (Norway), Helse Vest (Norway), ZI Mannheim (Germany), Independent Research Fund Denmark, University of Helsinki
Member of Editorial Boards
European Addiction Research
Addiction Biology (Reviewing Editor)
The process leading up to addictive disorders is complex and several factors contribute to induce and maintain addictions to both drugs and natural rewards, including drug priming and exposure to drug related cues. My research group aims at evaluating novel psychological and pharmacological treatments for alcohol and amphetamine dependence, respectively. We also develop treatment for co-morbid ADHD and substance dependence. The research group includes various professions and competencies, and we collaborate with researchers in psychotherapy, epidemiology, genetics, and infectious diseases.
One main focus is the effects of pharmaceutical drugs on drug-craving, drug-seeking behavior and relapse to illicit drug use, in patients with addictive disorders. By combining human experimental models and placebo controlled clinical trials in natural settings we strive to shorten the gap between discovery, medication safety trials and efficacy trials.
We work with three distinct clinical populations: patients with amphetamine dependence, patients with alcohol dependence, and patients with a co-morbid diagnosis of ADHD and a concomitant substance use disorder. We collaborate with other researchers in areas such as opioid use disorder, alcohol consumption post liver transplant, novel ultrasound technology in alcoholic liver disease, and evaluation of novel drug testing in exhaled air.
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When things are not as they seem: Quantum interference turns molecular electron transfer "rules" upside down
Gemma C. Solomon, David Q. Andrews, Richard P. Van Duyne, Mark A. Ratner
We present an interesting consequence of the differences between cross-conjugated and linearly conjugated molecules: the breakdown of conventional understanding of trends in molecular electron transfer. Interference effects are dominant in cross-conjugated molecules with unusual results: long molecules may have faster rates of electron transfer than short molecules, saturated molecules may have faster rates of electron transfer than conjugated molecules of the same length, and the rate of electron transfer cannot be correlated with energy gaps between the donor and acceptor states and the energy levels of the bridging molecule.
https://doi.org/10.1021/ja801379b
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10.1021/ja801379b
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Solomon, G. C., Andrews, D. Q., Van Duyne, R. P., & Ratner, M. A. (2008). When things are not as they seem: Quantum interference turns molecular electron transfer "rules" upside down. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(25), 7788-7789. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja801379b
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In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130, No. 25, 25.06.2008, p. 7788-7789.
Solomon, GC, Andrews, DQ, Van Duyne, RP & Ratner, MA 2008, 'When things are not as they seem: Quantum interference turns molecular electron transfer "rules" upside down', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 130, no. 25, pp. 7788-7789. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja801379b
Solomon GC, Andrews DQ, Van Duyne RP, Ratner MA. When things are not as they seem: Quantum interference turns molecular electron transfer "rules" upside down. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2008 Jun 25;130(25):7788-7789. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja801379b
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Gordon Ramsay show featuring Toms River restaurant premieres soon
Bill Doyle
Ethan Miller
Remember when Ocean County was all excited about Gordon Ramsay filming an episode of his show 24 Hours to Hell and Back at a Toms River restaurant? Well, FOX has announced that the new season will commence on January 7th and the White Rooster episode will be featured during the season.
According to Patch.com, the exact date for the airing of the installment featuring Caneda’s White Rooster hasn’t been announced, so as they say, check local listings.
Chef Ramsay’s visit to New Jersey in October was also noteworthy because of his visit to Kallista Flores, the girl dealing with cancer who had always wanted to meet him. While he was in the Garden State, he also filmed an episode of 24 Hours to Hell and Back at Blend on Main in Manasquan. The air date for that one hasn’t been announced, either.
Source: Gordon Ramsay show featuring Toms River restaurant premieres soon
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SWLRT West Lake Station: Avoiding Future Regrets
Jeff Peltola • July 30, 2014
West Lake Station portion of roll plot (SWLRT Project Office proposed plans July 2014)
I’ve appreciated the streets.mn blogging about Central Corridor coulda-woulda-shoulda’s. Other than signal-timing, I think it’s fair to say they mainly relate to pedestrian needs. Well, pedestrian needs have gotten short shrift to date for the SWLRT West Lake Station (also future Midtown terminus) – although it may not appear that way at first glance.
Unfortunately, until now, the freight railroad and tunnel issues have sucked up all the attention. The City of Minneapolis – Met Council tentative agreement, arrived at in secret mediation sessions, shows costly, undesirable ‘vertical circulation.’ Other Minneapolis stations absolutely require highly engineered solutions to provide ‘aerial’ pedestrian access, but West Lake does not. Many people have been advocating for what has come to be called ‘terrestrial’ access.
One of the major needs in our community is improved north-south connectivity for ALL modes. Erecting a fence on the north side of the freight tracks and forcing pedestrians and bicyclists up onto the yucky Lake Street bridge (to then go back down by elevator/stairs) would be regrettable. Engaged stakeholders aren’t ready to accept this as the final outcome.
Since municipal consent is focused on the basic location of tracks and station platforms, there is flexibility to adjust the pedestrian/bicyclist/bus-rider access details. The Memorandum of Understanding calls for a traffic study (including pedestrian issues) to be conducted for the West Lake Station vicinity. It needs to be stressed that this should inform design, not merely justify the presently proposed concept. This requires an openness to approach it with a ‘complete transit stations’ mindset. (It’s frustrating and ironic that we’ve made inroads on ‘complete streets,’ but struggle when it comes to transit station design.)
To minimize future regrets, we need a dialog involving more perspectives and ideas. (Information available at the website for Public Works for Public Good (www.pwpg.org) can aid in the discussion.)
About Jeff Peltola
Jeff Peltola has been focused on local, Twin Cities, issues since returning from a fellowship in the U.S. Senate in 2009. A member of the City of Minneapolis Charter Commission, he’s passionate about good governance. Stemming from several years working with community stakeholders to improve the area around Lake St & Excelsior Blvd, near where he lives, he became the Founding President of Public Works for Public Good in 2013. The nonprofit strives to improve our physical infrastructure, community by community, project by project, in the early problem definition and conceptual phase. Through these efforts, using an inclusive, collaborative approach – leveraging volunteer and in-kind contributions – it seeks to strengthen our civic and institutional infrastructure as well.
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2 thoughts on “SWLRT West Lake Station: Avoiding Future Regrets”
Matt Steele July 30, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Thanks for the great article.
A different issue with this station — They should really use the same station platform for SWLRT *and* Midtown Corridor.
How would this work?
– There would be a junction just northeast of the station similar to the new junction at Downtown East (but with fewer operational problems due to…)
– There would be a pocket track southwest of the station similar to the one at Ft. Snelling Station. This would allow for the Midtown LRV op to clear the train, enter the pocket track, walk to the other end of the station, and return back into the platform heading east.
Why would this be good?
– Same-platform transfers for transit riders
– Cost savings. Fewer duplication amenities (shelters, TVMs, etc) especially if we end up building (unnecessary) vertical circulation. Also we could remove the need for an operations/maintenance facility specifically for Midtown, which is expected to use LRVs.
– Flexibility for operations, improving overall reliability.
– Future operational flexibility. This one is huge. Right now, we are planning transit infrastructure in terms of the one service we expect them to host. But we need to think in terms of trackage that can flexibly host multiple services down the road. Shared platform would allow that.
Wouldn’t it cause the same operational delays as the new Downtown East connection between Blue and Green?
– No. Unlike that junction, West Lake is the proposed Midtown terminus. Midtown services can defer to Green Line services while still maintaining schedule reliability.
– Eastbound (starting) trains can wait in the pocket track until after an eastbound green line train has passed if necessary.
– Westbound (terminating) trains can wait for Green Line trains in either direction before proceeding through the interlocking, into the shared station to unload, and beyond to the pocket track.
Froggie August 1, 2014 at 10:05 pm
A center platform would make sense for such transfers in this instance….looks like that’s already planned, based on the graphic.
A pocket track makes sense.
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Home / The Tint / Mangrove meanderings: A closer look at utilizing mangrove materials in the blackwater aquarium!
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Mangrove meanderings: A closer look at utilizing mangrove materials in the blackwater aquarium!
One of the things I've really enjoyed lately is discussing the work on my own aquariums, and the trials and tribulations which accompany them. Our blog yesterday about my latest home blackwater aquarium seemed to generate a lot of PM's and email about the use of some of the materials I selected, specifically Mangrove leaves and wood...
So, it seemed as though it would be a good time to go into just a bit more detail on them!
Now, with the mangrove leaves, it's sort of interesting...I admit that I selected them for this freshwater aquarium for two reasons: First, they look really coo, providing a sort of "generic" kind of "tropical look" for the tankl! And second, there are instances of mangroves in freshwater habitats, so it would be worth experimenting with them in this tank for "performance" purposes (i.e.; how they break down, impart some tint to the water, accrue biofilms, etc.).
It was important to think of them in the context of a brackish mangrove habitat first, and to consider just how this applies to our blackwater world.
As in our blackwater systems, fungi and bacteria in brackish and saltwater mangrove ecosystems help facilitate the decomposition of mangrove material. Interestingly, in scientific surveys, it's been determined that bacterial counts are generally higher on attached mangrove leaves than they are on freshly-fallen leaf litter, and this is kind of interesting, because ecologists feel that attached, undamaged mangroves leaves don't release much tannin, which, as we know might have some anit-bacterial properties. However, it's also been found that materials like humic acid, which are abundant in the mangroves, stimulate phytoplankton growth there.
So, armed with this sort of information, I went ahead and figured I'd give 'em a shot. And the bottom line is, they work great! A lot of people wondered if there would be any release of salt from the leaves, and I knew that there likely wouldn't be, because a) root membranes in many species prevent salt from getting into the plant in the first place, and b) some species, such as "White Mangroves" (which we don't use), develop thickened succulent leaves, discarding salt as the leaves eventually drop.
Their tissues may have above average tolerance for salt, but most mangroves use one or more "active strategies": Exclusion, excretion and partitioning. Exclusion means drawing in water without drawing in the salt ions. Their unique root structures allow them to perform this function efficiently. Excretion means being able to transport salt to organs "glands" where it is concentrated and actively expelled. Partitioning means that salt within the plant may be blocked more from some tissues than from others where it may be allowed to accumulate. In some species, senescent (aged) tissues, such as old leaves, accumulate salt before being dropped by the plant.
Most mangrove species will also grow in fresh water (and occur far up tidal rivers). Most species can also be killed by excessive salt ... as occurs due to evaporation in some shallow (intermittently tidal) habitats. Although they are adaptable plants, there are limits to this adaptability, apparently. So, in the end, you can sprout and grow mangroves in blackwater systems, for those of you who are so inclined, BTW! In fact, I'm doing it right now...
So the reality is that by the time we utilize the dried, fallen leaves, there is no salt in them. And, if there were, it would be released out in the preparation process anyways! This makes sense, as even with my trusty digital refractometer and the introduction of unprepared Red Mangrove leaves into a container of straight reverse osmosis/deionized water resulted in no detectible salt concentration, even after several days.
It makes sense, of course, because, as mentioned above, by the time the leaves fall from the Mangrove trees, and salt has already been released.
And from a durability standpoint, in my experience, they last a good long time submerged. Even though the Red Mangroves, in particular, are a bit more "crispy" when we receive them than the "Yellow Mangroves", they last for several weeks before softening. I've had them last well over a month before breaking down...Now, that's hardly scientific, and can vary from tank to tank based on many factors, ranging from water parameters to the infauna and fish population. However, for our general interpretation, this assessment is "accurate enough", lol.
As part of our "Estuary" line of brackish-water materials, we've been offering Red Mangrove root sections for some time. Just what they sound like- these are thick, woody sections of the prop root of the mangrove tree, and they are cut into little "log-like" sections, varying in both size and thickness. However, they are much, much thicker and more "substantial" in general. We occasionally get some larger, more "curved" root pieces (premium ones), which are awesome, too.
The bulk of the bark will be stripped away from these root pieces. They are available in two sizes, "Regular", with lengths of 12 to 18 inches (30.48- 45.72cm) and an average diameter of 1.25 inches (3.17cm) and "Large", with lengths of 16 to 24 inches (40.64- 60.96cm), and an average diameter of 1.75 inches (4.45cm). You'd use these in conjunction with the thinner branch sections to create a more "complete" look for your habitat...and that can include their use in a "straight-up" freshwater tank!
And, with mangrove root sections, the same physiological processes and factors apply. You're unlikely to find much residual salt in them. I never detected any leaching of salt at any level in my aquarium, despite extensive use of mangrove roots for the hardscape.
One thing that I have observed in regards to utilizing the mangrove root sections in my aquariums is that they tend to accrue biofilms and even some "beard algae" much more significantly than some of the other wood we use for this purpose (ie; Manzanita, etc.). I personally feel that this is because mangroves grow in very nutrient-rich habitats, and have very efficient internal structures and tissues to transport and store nutrients. And I think they have "pockets" of locally-stored nutrients in their surface tissues which facilitate the growth of these life forms.
Consider that, when the roots are chopped away from actively-growing trees (As ours are. Remember, they're legally acquired from the City of Honolulu, removed as part of their attempts at eradication of the Red Mangroves- which are an invasive species in Hawaii), they may contain some of the stored nutrients and other materials in their tissues, which, at least in theory, could leach into the water column over time.
And, these roots do leach tannins into the water, much like any other wood- but in a very noticeable amount! You'll get some real nice reddish-brown "tint" from them! That's cool, but I understand that some of you may have concerns about the surface "biocover..." So, if I were you, I'd probably handle the wood differently than I did before using it in my aquarium (I literally added it to my tank, filled it, and called it a day). I'd probably let these roots saturate for a few weeks in a container of fresh water, at least letting them re-saturate and perhaps release- or begin to release- the bound-up materials and organics contained in the their tissues.
In the end, both of these mangrove-sourced materials can certainly be utilized in your blackwater, botanical-style aquarium, with the typical due consideration paid to preparation, and the understanding of how they will react within the closed system aquarium.
Like everything we do in this realm, use of mangrove materials is an "evolving" art, which puts you- the user- squarely in the "bleeding edge" of aquaristics when playing with this stuff! You are making literal "ground floor" contributions to the "state of the art" in our botanical-style aquarium "practice" when you incorporate some of these materials into your system!
So, if I haven't yet freaked you out with talk of algae, biofilms, and organics...I say, give mangrove materials a try in your next FRESHWATER system (well, "tinted" freshwater, that is!).
Stay experimental. Stay cutting edge. Stay creative. Stay excited...
And Stay Wet!
Scott Fellman
Tannin Aquatics
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Posted on 10th May 2020 9th May 2020 by Thomas Millman
Philadelphia Union – Match Report vs Atlanta United 24/10/19
D – Below average, don’t follow up
Match Overview
Philadelphia Union saw their 2019 MLS campaign end at the hands of Atlanta United in a game that finished 2-0 to the Georgia based club. Philadelphia lined up in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation with the midfield four acting as a fairly narrow diamond and this worked well when pressing high up the field, giving Atlanta little room to play out from the back and winning the ball in advanced positions. In the end, it was Atlanta’s pace and numbers on the counter attack that caused the Union’s demise, creating overloads and catching the Philadelphia defence off guard with their movement.
Current Club: Philadelphia Union
Career: Philadelphia Union
Position: 10 (AM)
Brenden Aaronson had a productive game in the number 10 role playing in behind Philadelphia’s two strikers. His energy when pressing was particularly impressive, allowing the opposition defence and midfield little time on the ball and as a result he was able to win possession for his team or force a mistake on a couple of occasions. The 5’11 forward was strong and aggressive in challenges and he showed good awareness to nip in front of the opposition players.
When he did get the ball, Aaronson demonstrated a fine level of close control, beating defenders and managing to wriggle out of tight spaces. The American’s passing was to a good standard generally but he left room for improvement with his final ball, overhitting or misplacing some through balls in promising areas. Furthermore, despite linking up well with his teammates at times, Aaronson missed his side’s best opportunity to score as he was quickly closed down by the goalkeeper and so was unable to divert it either side of him. The 19 year old was not afraid to go beyond his team’s strikers when making runs and made some threatening darts in behind the Atlanta defence, and third man runs which allowed him to be in the position to have the aforementioned chance.
Overall, the attacking midfield player showed good positivity when pressing and seemed lively on the ball but his lack of end product in the final third let his performance down, and he was unfortunate to be withdrawn after 50 minutes.
Rating: B1
Career: FC Augsburg (Y), SSV Ulm 1846, Schalke 04, Würzburger Kickers, Philadelphia Union
Position: Left Back
Secondary position: Left Midfield
Kai Wagner put in a solid attacking performance yet struggled at times against the pace and movement of the Atlanta forwards. The German drove forward well with the ball at his feet and made some crisp and accurate forward passes as well as delivering at least one dangerous cross. He showed good skill and strength on the ball as well as a decent turn of pace when the left wing opened up for him to exploit the space. When defending, Wagner showed a lot of aggression in his efforts to win possession, and this worked on occasion but also meant that he could be beaten by a quick change of direction and committed numerous needless fouls in his own half, eventually receiving a yellow card as a result. He made a couple of interceptions and important blocks and had little to deal with aerially.
Yet it was the movement of the forwards that he really struggled with at times, failing to track runs or being caught out in behind. The 23 year old was partially to blame for Atlanta’s opening goal as he was sucked inside by the movement of the striker, therefore leaving the right winger unmarked, who went on to score. This was a common problem for Wagner and the rest of the Philadelphia defence on the day who were unable to track the opposition wingers and midfielders effectively when they made runs due to them being distracted by the run of the striker.
Overall, the left back was willing to get forward to good effect, however, defensively his performance sometimes lacked composure and awareness.
Jack Elliott
Nationality: English / Scottish
Career: South Florida Surf, Philadelphia Union
Position: Central Defender
Similarly to Wagner, 6’6 Central defender Jack Elliott often had problems defending against the pace and agility of the opposition front line, in what was a mixed performance for the 24 year old. In possession, Elliott was sound for the most part, showing good confidence when passing or stepping out of the back line with the ball at his feet, however on one occasion he stepped into midfield only to then lose the ball and leave his team vulnerable to the counter attack. He is a big aerial presence at both ends of the pitch, but he was innaccurate with several of his headers in this game, missing a free header from a good chance to score and misdirecting a defensive header as well.
Defensively he stood up well, making some good tackles and showing good strength as well as reading the play cleverly at times to make interceptions. Elliott was often unable to deal with the pace of the attack which hindered him greatly. He was beaten by runs in behind and quick dribbling on several occasions, resorting to committing reckless fouls. He was too regularly drawn into midfield by the run of the striker, leaving space in behind him and didn’t help himself by sticking very tight to the back of the forwards.
Overall, a slightly disappointing display from Elliott in what was a difficult game, although he did show glimpses of promise.
Mark Mckenzie
Secondary position: Left Back
Playing as Elliott’s central defensive partner, Mark Mckenzie had a very mixed display, demonstrating a couple of good qualities and attributes but also making some poor mistakes. Mckenzie experienced many of the same issues as the rest of the Philadelphia back four of struggling to cope with the movement of the Atlanta forwards and as a result he allowed himself to be dragged out of position at times, or alternatively stood too far off and allowed the striker to turn with the ball.
The 6 foot American did make some good tackles, showing great strength and pace which bailed his team out on occassion. He also covered well when his teammates were drawn out of position, making some important interventions. Mckenzie did show an air of indecisiveness that cost his team, allowing the ball to run across his body from a cross which nearly gifted a chance to the opposition and then he misstimed a vital interception which allowed Josef Martinez to run through on goal and slot home for Atlanta. On the ball, he hit several fairly aimless long balls to the strikers and hit one or two loose passes along the floor, but he also showed some composure, venturing confidently with the ball into the opposition half and mking a couple of progressive passes.
On the whole, it was an up and down display from Mckenzie who demonstrated his inexperience at times but also showed some promise for the future.
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Written by Thomas Millman
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