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THE NATIONAL UNION OF MINEWORKERS POST NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING PRESS STATEMENT
NUM Admin posted on 12/10/2019 9:53:00 PM
Press Statement, 10 December 2019
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) held its last 2019 National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Elijah Barayi Memorial Training Centre in Midrand from 05 to 06 December 2019. Among issues that the union deliberated on are as follows;
1. March to the ANC HQ
The National Executive Committee of NUM re-affirmed their previous resolution to continue with the march to the ANC headquarters (Luthuli House) to hand over a Memorandum of grievances concerning the continuous unbundling of ESKOM without labour being consulted upon. This is at the backdrop of the ANC’s decision to unbundle Eskom and opening up Eskom to be milked of millions through the IPPs.
There is no way the unbundling of the power utility could continue or implemented without any buy-in by labour. We reiterate our position clearly and unequivocal that unbundling is not an end by itself, but a means of engaging private capital. We demand an honest and open engagement with the government and Eskom board.
The date of the march to Luthuli House will be announced publicly as soon as possible once we have secured the date.
2. Closure of Richards Bay Minerals
The NEC has noted with grave concern that the safety of NUM members is at risk at Richards Bay Minerals. NUM supports community protests as per our posture of dispelling workerism tendency and will do everything possible to unravel the plight of communities to improve their livelihood. NUM strongly supports the notion that mines must be responsible to execute their social responsibilities in the community they operate within. The NUM condemns with the strongest term the torturing of busses transporting employees to and from work. The NUM pleads with authorities particularly the Minister of Minerals Resources and Energy and the state President to intervene and normalize the situation so that employees can safely go back to work.
3. Inhuman Testing of HIV by Harmony Gold
The National Executive Committee has noted with disgust the abuse of workers’ by Harmony management particularly in Beatrix operation in Free State where workers are subjected to HIV testing without their consent. NUM encourage employees to do voluntary HIV testing so that they must know their status but NUM reject the insinuation of vicious abuse by Harmony to force employees to undergo forceful testing. NUM calls upon Harmony to follow the right procedures to jointly do HIV testing without forcing workers.
4. Sale of Koornfontein and Optimum Collieries
The NEC is highly worried that the process of selling both Koornfontein and Optimum has taken excessive period irrespective of the fact that there were always potential buyers to both two operations since it was put on voluntary business rescue. The NUM urges the business rescue practitioners dealing with these operations to do justice and expedite and conclude the sale transactions of these two operations because this will mean the second black Christmas for employees.
5. Marikana Rally
The NEC is pleased to have held a successful rally in Marikana and further appreciated the COSATU resolution to contemplate holding the 2020 national May Day rally in Marikana. The NUM appeals to the law enforcement agencies in and around Marikana areas to arrest perpetrators responsible for the killings of our members in that area.
6. Fatal at Tau Lekoa Gold Mine
We demand an independent forensic investigation into the fatal incident that took place at Tau Lekoa Gold Mine in Orkney, Matlosana Region, where four of our members died following a rockfall. The NUM strongly believes that drastic action is needed to compel the mining industry to comply with safety standards and procedures. The NUM anticipates that in an effort to do public relations in the wake of its failures, the mining industry would continue with its lip service and propaganda and argue that it is doing more and would continue to do more whilst lamenting on loss of production due to mine closures as a result of fatalities. We call on the state to hold the industry fully accountable for its failures and adopt a no-nonsense approach when it comes to gratuitous mine deaths.
7. SACP Special National Congress
The NEC of NUM wishes the workers vanguard Party, the SACP, well in its Special National Congress. NUM hopes that the SACP will give direction to the current political landscape as the vanguard of the working class We further expect concrete resolutions post the undergoing congress which at the heart of it, lies the responsibility to resolve on the long-awaited resolution to contest state and popular power.
8. Festive season message to NUM members
Once again, the festive season is upon us. This is the time for workers to spend quality time with their families after a long stressful year. The NUM wishes to thank its members and staff for defying all odds in ensuring that this giant union continues to live and continues to lead the way in mining, construction and energy and society as a whole. You worked hard to preserve the dignity of this union and we pin our hopes on you for the continued survival of NUM.
Due to the current trade union climate in our country, each member and official of the union need to work beyond the call of duty to ensure that the NUM flag continues to fly extremely high.
Makgabo William Mabapa,NUM Deputy General Secretary, 082 880 4439
Twitter: @Num Media
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Steve Kneib tends the facilities and grounds here at Our Lady of Guadalupe and has been doing so since July 1, 2007. Prior to joining the parish, Steve earned a BSBA in Management and Economics from Missouri Western State University and worked outside the St. Joseph community in the industry of restaurant supervision for 20 years. In 2000, Steve returned home to help care for his parents. After losing his father in 2006, Steve decided to stay and help tend the family farm.
Steve says one of the reasons he loves being part of Our Lady's staff is that the Lord saw fit to deliver this unique position to him at the exact time in his life that he needed it. Caring for the parish facility allows him to be available for his family which is so important to him. Steve greatly enjoys the interaction he has with the wide variety of people that are part of the array of special events held at the parish: weddings, funeral dinners, fundraisers, and the many fun parish social events. You can also find Steve serving the role as Lector for many of our Masses. Steve lives with his mom at their family farm and is blessed with many of his siblings living in close proximity to St. Joseph.
Steve says, “I couldn’t begin to accurately guesstimate how many thousands of times I’ve prayed the Our Father for it has been my “go-to” in hours of desperation and grief. I know He hears me when I pray as well as when, now more often than ever, I exclaim ‘Thank you, Jesus, Thank you, Jesus!’”
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Shaun White the ‘sleeper style hit of the VMAs’
By Nick ZaccardiAug 27, 2013, 11:13 AM EDT
Shaun White is compiling quite the portfolio of positive reviews.
We’ve long known about White’s exploits on a snowboard and a skateboard. This year, he’s gotten the Rolling Stone and Lollapalooza treatment with his new band, Bad Things.
This week, he earned acclaim by Esquire for his fashion at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday night.
The magazine called White “the sleeper style hit of the VMAs.”
He arrived at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center yesterday evening wearing a smartly tailored shawl collar tux in a just-left-of-center charcoal-gray-and-black micro-stripe, along with a perfectly in-proportion bow tie and a pair of monk strap boots.
White was scheduled to compete at the New Zealand Winter Games last week but pulled out with a reported ankle injury.
He has said he plans to go on tour with has band after their debut album is released in October.
Then, White aims to defend his gold medal in the halfpipe in Sochi in February while adding the new Olympic event of slopestyle, where he’s not the gold-medal favorite.
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But as legislators and advocacy groups wrestle over how to regulate and shape the medical industry, hoping for better results in years to come, nonprofit providers are taking action now—rising to meet needs in their own communities, creatively harnessing unusual or unused resources, and experimenting with new ways to care for the neediest. In this compendium, we take a stroll around the country to sample a few of these bright spots of compassion and ingenuity. So they decided to try an unorthodox approach: Create a private clinic staffed by volunteer medical professionals specifically oriented to help the impoverished. After many years of planning and preparation, the Zarephath Health Center opened in in north-central New Jersey. Based off the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, the premise is simple: provide quality, common sense medical care to those truly in need, without government or insurance help, by tapping volunteers who donate services, funds, equipment, and expertise. Today, Zarephath Health Center serves to people per month—men and women with nowhere else to turn for medical care. Volunteers screen patients for need. The clinic is open 12 hours per week and doctors volunteer their time in shifts. State laws provide additional protections for most of the 1, free clinics in the country, including those in New Jersey. Early on, one of the biggest challenges was finding a building.
Asked why he would attend a singles party, the man said he wanted to marry the woman he was dating, but he hated her dog. Weinberg called the woman to let her know that her boyfriend wanted to marry her — sans the dog. Its approach is unique in that it fuses the old-school shidduch matchmaking strategies with new-school Internet dating. Unlike most dating sites, in which users independently browse profiles, SYAS relies on a team of volunteer matchmakers who scour databases of users and suggest matches to the users they represent.
Only matchmakers who are married and willing to devote at least six hours per week to the project are eligible to volunteer.
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Your personal quest for a partner becomes Leora’s quest. She provides extraordinarily personalized matchmaking, with confidential assessments, in-depth feedback and on-going advocacy. Leora is always looking for quality singles to be matched with her clients. You’ll also go through a vetting process, learn about how Leora’s process works, and agree to follow guidelines to increase your chances for success.
If you’re open to the possibility of a long-term relationship, take a step forward and find out more. Leora also offers hourly consultation services. Online Coaching uses her extensive expertise to draft profiles designed to attract a quality person. With her legal background and specialized training in divorce mediation, Leora offers mediated pre-nuptial agreements. Our clients have made a commitment to themselves and their future happiness. They are able and ready to invest in finding a meaningful long-term relationship.
While we’ve colloquially referred to the 0. For starters, to ensure we got to a point where we could use player ranking in a meaningful way, we had to do a complete overhaul of the ranking system. The other part of this was updating and adjusting the way we treated matchmaking, both in our Ranked events and elsewhere.
up on its fourth anniversary following its launch in November , and After that, the magic of the Match Composer places you into matches. It’s not the only new matchmaking feature is working on for Halo: MCC.
In blogs, podcasts and tweets, these 30 influencers are shaping the conversation about university IT and education. The popular matchmaking app Tinder uses mobile technology to help create a dream couple. Now, a new app from ApplyKit is helping to pair students with their dream colleges. Choosing the right college can be stressful. Attending a four-year institution has become a huge financial investment, but decisions are often made without weighing all available options.
In December, his team launched College Match , a free college-matchmaking app that also serves as an application management tool, with checklists and reminders for upcoming deadlines. The magic behind the matchmaking process begins with a slideshow of the towns, campus lifestyles and academic goals of several colleges.
The app asks users to rate each slide on how the depiction fits in with their visions of collegiate life.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that single men and women in possession of good sense are having a helluva time finding a spouse. As I survey the scene from my married yet empathetic perch, the word that most colors the landscape is struggle. Comedian Aziz Ansari hilariously enacted the problem last year when he appeared on Conan.
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The road to finding love can be heartbreaking and disappointing, but Kirkland resident Peggy Bennett, founder of Straight to the Heart Matchmaking, aims to make it a little easier. Bennett had been informally linking hearts together throughout her adult life, and she had heard so many stories of highly successfully people stumbling when it came to finding the right partner.
In November , Bennett decided to branch away from her corporate work to become a full-time, Clarity Love Coach. She received her credentials from the Matchmaking Institute of New York — the only school in the world authorized to issue matchmaking certifications — and works with clients out of her Bellevue office. To relax Curling up with a glass of wine, cozy blanket, and my boyfriend is the best.
To be inspired Watching sunsets in Kirkland. For dinner Black Bottle in Bellevue. To grab a drink Bottle and Bull in Kirkland for its handcrafted cocktails.
Destiny’s six-person Raid, called Vault of Glass, does not feature the option for matchmaking with strangers – a controversial decision the developer took because it wanted players to plan and tackle the tougher mission with friends. At the time Bungie writer Luke Smith said he could “understand everyone’s frustration about the decision So, what’s to be done?
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Justin Bourque — who is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole for 75 years for his shooting rampage in Moncton, N. Melissa Fazzina, who runs the site, said many of the inmates are just looking for friendships and she hopes the connections can help make them better people. Fazzina said she started the site a few years ago after seeing sites in the United States and realized there was nothing similar in Canada.
Bourque, who is serving his sentence at the Atlantic Institution in Renous, N. While the site is internet-based, inmates in Canadian jails and prisons have no Internet access. Anyone wishing to correspond with the inmates have to write and mail letters directly to the prison where they are being held. He pled guilty to the charges and was sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 75 years, the harshest sentence in Canada since the last executions in In it made news for posting the profile of Luka Rocco Magnotta, the convicted killer whose grisly crimes made headlines around the world.
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Does Ed Sheeran have the magic touch for a solid relationship? It seems like it, as the English crooner helped execute yet another engagement for a good pal at a recent show. Just last week, Ed performed an acoustic version of his track “Tenerife Sea” during a set in Manchester as vocalist Jake Roche of the band Rixton proposed to his girlfriend , Jesy Nelson of Little Mix.
And in May, Ed kicked off the North American leg of his tour by inviting a fan on stage during a performance of “All Of The Stars” to propose to his girlfriend. But Ed doesn’t just help couples on stage. All of these selfless deeds come in addition to the fact that the previously mentioned “Thinking Out Loud” has become a wedding-season staple.
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming up on its fourth anniversary following its launch in November , and believe it or not, the Xbox One game continues to get exciting new updates. The first of these is the previously teased “Match Composer,” which lets you have greater control over the games and modes you play beyond the existing game- and mode-specific playlists that currently populate the hopper. In the latest Halo Community Update , developer shared an image of what the Match Composer looks like.
As you can see, this lets you select the game s you want to play, as well as the modes within those. After that, the magic of the Match Composer places you into matches. Halo: MCC features multiplayer support for Halo 1 , Halo 2 , Halo 3 , and Halo 4 , so it’s exciting to think about making a tailor-made playlist for yourself instead of needing to select the playlists individually after every match. It’s not the only new matchmaking feature is working on for Halo: MCC.
The studio is also building a “robust custom game browser” to the title. However, “that feature is going to take more time to implement,” said. Note that the new Match Composer will only ever place you into Social matches, not Ranked ones. The other big new feature for Halo: MCC is expanded controller customisation options. With a new update, players will be able to independently changed the horizontal and vertical look sensitivity, as well as look acceleration and look dead zone.
The Match Composer and new controller settings are now being tested internally at , with the expectation that they’ll be available to MCC Insider testers potentially next week. In other news, said it will bring back the zombie-themed Infection mode next week to kick off the Halloween celebrations a little early.
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ONGC Tennis player and currently India's Number One Ms Ankita Raina asserted her growing confidence with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Britain’s Naiktha Bains, in the final of the Precision $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) International ranking tournament was conducted in Solapur of India from 2-8 December 2019.
Ankita Raina with her winning trophy
This is the second singles title of this season for the 26-year-old Ankita, who had won a similar title in Singapore. It was also the first time Ankita beat the 21-year-old Naiktha Bains, who is currently ranked 249 in the world, to whom she had lost rather tamely on grass in Nottingham last year.
It was a happy outing for Ankita in Solapur, as she had earlier won the doubles title with Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway.
Ankita with her doubles partner
This is Ankita’s ninth career singles title in the professional circuit. She is currently ranked 188 in the singles international rankings. Ankita has also won 16 doubles titles, including the one in a $125,000 WTA event in Chinese Taipei recently.
Ankita Raina has been consistently performing well in the national and International circuit, bringing laurels to ONGC.
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Aug 15, HZDR: Just how stars and black holes in the Universe are able to form from rotating matter is one of the big questions of astrophysics. What we do know is that magnetic fields figure prominently into the picture. However, our current understanding is that they only work if matter is electrically well conductive – but in rotating discs this isn’t always the case.
When Johannes Kepler first proposed his laws of planetary motion in the early days of the 17th century, he could not have foreseen the central role cosmic magnetic fields would play in planetary system formation. Today, we know that in the absence of magnetic fields, mass would not be able to concentrate in compact bodies like stars and black holes. One prominent example is our solar system, which formed 4.6 billion years ago through the collapse of a gigantic cloud of gas, whose gravitational pull concentrated particles in its center, culminating in the formation of a large disc. “These accretion discs are extremely stable from a hydrodynamic perspective as according to Kepler’s laws of planetary motion angular momentum increases from the center towards the periphery,” explains HZDR’s own Dr. Frank Stefani. “In order to explain the growth rates of stars and black holes, there has to exist a mechanism, which acts to destabilize the rotating disc and which at the same time ensures mass is transported towards the center and angular momentum towards the periphery.”
As early as 1959, Evgenij Velikhov conjectured that magnetic fields are capable of prompting turbulences within stable rotating flows. Although it wasn’t until 1991 that astrophysicists Steven Balbus and John Hawley fully grasped the fundamental significance of this magneto rotational instability (MRI) in cosmic structure formation. Balbus and Hawley will be this year’s recipients of the one million Dollar Shaw Prize for astronomy, which will be given in September 2013. However, în order to ensure the MRI actually works, the discs have to exhibit a minimum degree of electrical conductivity. In areas of low conductivity like the “dead zones” of protoplanetary discs or the far-off regions of accretion discs that surround supermassive black holes, the MRI’s effect is numerically difficult to comprehend and is thus a matter of dispute. HZDR scientists, who to date have been mostly concerned with an experimental study of the MRI, have now offered a new theoretical explanation for this phenomenon.
Rivalry between physicists and astrophysicists
If you try and simulate the MRI in a liquid metal experiment with an exclusively vertically oriented magnetic field this field has to be rather strong. At the same time, since the rotational speed has to be very high, these types of experiments are extremely involved and thus far success has eluded them. Back in 2005, for the first time ever, Dr. Stefani and his colleagues at the HZDR and the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam managed to successfully simulate the cosmic process in the lab. By adding a circular magnetic field to a vertical one, they were able to observe the MRI at substantially smaller magnetic fields and rotational speeds. According to Steven Balbus and Hantao Ji per the current August edition of the magazine Physics Today, one of the blemishes of this “helical MRI” is the fact that it only acts to destabilize rotational profiles that are relatively precipitous towards the periphery, which for now does not include rotation profiles obeying Kepler’s law.
Magnetic fields and rotating flows reinforce each other
The HZDR scientists are now countering this weighty astrophysics argument with their latest insights. The calculations by Dr. Oleg Kirillov and Dr. Frank Stefani have shown that the helical MRI very much applies to the Keplerian rotation profile if only the circular magnetic field is produced not entirely from the outside but at least partly from within the accretion disc. “This is in fact a much more realistic scenario. In the extreme case that there does not exist a vertical field, we’re looking at a problem of what came first – the chicken or the egg. A circular magnetic field acts to destabilize the disc and the resulting turbulence generates components of vertical magnetic fields. They in turn reproduce the circular magnetic field because of the special form of the disc’s rotational movement.” Regardless of whether with or without a vertical magnetic field, current calculations show that the MRI is possible even in areas of low conductivity like the “dead zones” – something astrophysicists had not previously thought possible.
The HZDR scientists were driven by their long-standing experience with cosmic magnetic field experiments in the lab, from a model of Earth’s dynamo to magneto-rotational instability all the way to Tayler instability. The latter is being debated by astrophysicists with reference to cosmic jets and the formation of neutron stars, among others, but also has to be considered in the construction of large liquid metal batteries, for example. At this time, the scientists are planning a large-scale experiment using liquid sodium, which they are hoping to realize over the next few years as part of the DRESDYN Project. “Once we get this experiment, which for the first time ever will combine the MRI with Tayler instability, up and running, we will much improve our understanding of the interaction between various magnetic cosmic phenomena,” says a happy Stefani. Regardless of who is the one to push the envelope in this amicable competition – the experimental physicists or the theoretical astrophysicists – the angular momentum transport in astrophysics and in the lab will continue to be a hotly contested topic.
O.N. Kirillov, F. Stefani: Extending the range of the inductionless magnetorotational instability, in Physical Review Letters 111 (2013), p. 061103, DOI-Link: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.061103
H. Ji, S. Balbus: Angular momentum transport in astrophysics and in the lab, in Physics Today, August 2013, p. 27 – 33.
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Trump Boasts of Successful Walk Down Shallow Ramp Without Tripping
President Trump inching along at West Point. Illustration: Screencap/CPSAN
While it is common for politicians to boast about their accomplishments, “successfully walked down ramp” is not usually the kind of achievement a president of the United States would emphasize in his messaging. But Donald Trump’s campaign is predicated on depicting his opponent, Joe Biden, as a helpless invalid, and himself as a virile and improbably healthy male who sleeps with models, or at least in the same building as them, in return for compensation commensurate with the task.
But yesterday, Trump was recorded walking gingerly down a very shallow ramp, staring intently at his feet the entire way, after his address at West Point:
Trump descended a ramp extremely carefully at the end of his West Point speech today pic.twitter.com/uMG3KyB1V1
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Thus it became necessary for the president to insist that the harrowing 15-second journey was in fact more evidence of his athletic prowess:
The ramp that I descended after my West Point Commencement speech was very long & steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery. The last thing I was going to do is “fall” for the Fake News to have fun with. Final ten feet I ran down to level ground. Momentum!
Trump, quite typically, made a series of claims that are blatantly preposterous. The ramp was not steep. Nor was it long. The notion that it was “very slippery” seems hard to believe, given that the weather was dry and the general walking next to him had absolutely no difficulty. It is true there was no handrail, but this merely attests to the fact that the ramp was gentle and dry and did not require one.
Look at that thing. Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
The claim that he ran the final ten feet is amusing, given that he manifestly did not do so. He slightly hopped for perhaps two feet at the end, which is what you do if you’re losing control of your balance.
Obviously, having trouble walking is not on the top thousand reasons why Trump is a bad president. It’s the compulsion to lie, when there’s a video showing how silly his claims are, that is revealing. He is a frail, unhealthy man trying to run on youthful vigor. By November, Trump’s heroic sprint down a sheer 100-foot ice ramp while fighting off antifa terrorists may well be enshrined in MAGA lore.
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Restaurant and bar owners and community members met to discuss the renewal of liquor licenses at Tuesday night’s Community Board No. 2 meeting on State Liquor Authority Licensing.
In recent months there has been an increasing number of complaints from residents living in the Village regarding noise and disturbances from the restaurants and nightclubs. For this reason, many residents argue restaurants and bars should not be granted renewals until these issues are resolved.
“We’re cracking down on everyone in the neighborhood because it is so out of control, and the residents are complaining,” said SLA co-chair Richard Stewart.
One of the restaurants requesting a liquor license renewal, Brinkley’s, which also includes Southside Night Club, is directly across the street from NYU’s Broome Street residence hall on the corner of Broome Street and Cleveland Place.
Alyssa Vigliotti, a CAS junior and Broome Street resident, said the noise is an issue even though she lives on the eighth floor.
“I’ve gotten pretty used to it now, but weekends are the worst. I understand that we live in [New York City], but the noise gets pretty old after awhile,” Vigliotti said.
Diana Pawell, a Tisch sophomore and Broome Street resident, said the noise reaches its peak on weekend nights.
“While it’s incredibly loud, with people screaming and various horns blaring early on in the evening, it generally calms down around 3 a.m.,” Pawell said. “It would just be nice if on Sunday nights the club quieted down a lot earlier.”
The first issue residents addressed at the meeting is the mislabeling of Southside Night Club. The SLA said even though the space was described in the original application as a restaurant and lounge with background music and no dancing, the basement of Brinkley’s is a club.
Lora Tenenbaum, a resident on Broome Street, said her main concern is the dancing and the loud noise that accompanies it.
“They do not have a cabaret license,” Tenenbaum said. However, Southside Night Club advertises itself as a dance club on its website and Twitter.
Tom Martignetti, owner of Brinkley’s and Southside Night Club, did not deny these accusations. But he said in the last two years there have only been two noise violations and two incidents of police activity concerning missing cell phones. He based his statement on his restaurant’s last year’s police incident report log, which he said is available for anyone to see online.
Regardless, residents at the meeting continued to complain about the noisiness at night.
Marna Laurence, who lives on Cleveland Place, said there is often traffic congestion outside of the club that adds to the noisiness.
Additionally, in the early hours in the morning, residents said large crowds often line up behind metal barricades and exhibit riot-like behavior.
“They shouldn’t be operating because they don’t fit in the neighborhood,” said resident Jonathon Ellis.
An agreement on whether the business would be able to renew their license was not decided at the meeting.
A version of this article appeared in the Wednesday, Oct. 10 print edition. Nicole Brown is a contributing writer. Email her at [email protected]
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Documenting the Oakland cultural renaissance
Third Eye Visionaries: Hiero Day 2014
September 4, 2014 by Eric K. Arnold 1 Comment
Live music review/ Linden St. Brewery, 9/1/14. All photos © Eric K. Arnold/EKAphotography
A-Plus raises his hands in tribute to 22,000+ Hiero Day attendees
Late Monday afternoon, after watching an unannounced surprise set by Deltron 3030, the alt-rap supergroup featuring Del the Funky Homosapien and Dan the Automator, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan read an official proclamation declaring “Hiero Day” on stage at the event of the same name, in front of a crowd of more than 22,000 hip-hop lovers and diehard fans of the Hieroglyphics. Quan’s reading of the proclamation may have been one of the few, if not only, times in recent memory when a major city’s top elected official embraced hip-hop culture as part of a community engagement strategy.
All eight members of the Hiero crew—founder Del, emcees Casual, Phesto Dee, Tajai, A-Plus, Opio, DJ Toure, and producer/ road manager Domino—beamed as Quan handed Domino a piece of paper, upon which, one imagines, suitably puissant and laudatory words were written. The gesture may have been symbolic, yet its meaning was magnified by the fact that 2,000 miles away, in Ferguson, Missouri, the aftermath of the Mike Brown police shooting had created a level of civil unrest which threatened to set the clock back to South Central Los Angeles, circa 1992, or perhaps Detroit, 1967 – an uncertain, volatile mix of racially-tinged cries for justice and equally racially-tinged clamors against looting, curfew-breaking, and civil disobedience.
Mayor Jean Quan poses with Hieroglyphics, after handing them an official proclamation
Meanwhile, Oakland—a city not immune to protests against police hostility toward unarmed black men, a city which had marched for Trayvon Martin, as well as its own martyrs Alan Blueford, Oscar Grant, Derrick Jones, and Gary King—remained calm, if that word can be used to describe a boisterous yet well-mannered crowd who thrust 20,000+ three-fingered salutes into the air and smoked enough ganja to give the Mayor’s entire entourage a contact high.
For the mayor to co-sign on Hiero’s accomplishments was major; Politicians generally don’t openly acknowledge the positive contributions of hip-hop, or align themselves with rappers, since such approaches could be perceived as not being tough on crime. Yet crime is down in Oakland, without the mayor or local government resorting to such draconian measures as instituting a youth curfew.
Hieroglyphics/Souls of Mischief emcee Phesto Dee
Hip-hop often gets a bad rap because its practitioners tend to be young and black, even though its audience crosses all racial and ethnic lines. Historically, hip-hop concerts have been linked to violence ever since the infamous Run-DMC Long Beach show in 1986, and Oakland itself once declared a yearlong moratorium on rap shows after violent incidents at the Oakland Coliseum and the HJK Auditorium in 1989. The threat of riots breaking out has been used to justify cancellation of shows and tours, high insurance and security costs, and exorbitant ticket prices, and rap shows which do turn bad are sure to get extra media attention. Just a week prior, a local promoter had been murdered backstage at a Wiz Khalifa show in Mountain View, and a high-profile warrant served on rapper Young Jeezy and his entourage. Yet there was no heavy-handed police presence at Hiero Day, despite a crowd which had swelled by 50% since last year’s installment.
The Grouch addresses the Hiero Day massive
That there were no fights, no scuffles, no drama and no violence at an event attended by so many is a testament to Oakland’s native sons, whose three-eye logo is synonymous with authentic West Coast underground hip-hop. Hieroglyphics have always represented conscious hip-hop, albeit with gritty urban overtones which never quite sink into clichéd gangsterdom.
Hiero came up at a time when a tongue-twisting lyrical couplet was enough to confer cultural elite status, and for the past two decades, they’ve outlasted hundreds, if not thousands, of less high-brow rappers with a more simplistic focus on ghetto storytelling—without the conceptual narratives Hiero spin.
Hieroglyphics founder Del The Funky Homosapien
They’ve obviously remained relevant, as the hundreds of t-shirts emblazoned with their logo visible from the stage Monday afternoon attested; Many of Hiero Day’s attendees weren’t out of preschool when Hieroglyphics made their first appearance in 1992, on “Burnt,” a B-side of a Del tha Funkee Homosapien record. In fact, it’s difficult to name another non-mainstream hip-hop act whose fanbase spans such a wide demographic spectrum of listeners.
On Monday, Hiero performed several classics, among them “You Never Knew” and “Oakland Blackouts” from 1998’s Full Circle, and a mini-spotlight on Casual (in honor of the 20th anniversary of his 1993 debut Fear Itself), who tore through “I Didn’t Mean To Do It,” “Me-O-Mi-O” and “That’s How It Is.” Newer songs like “Gun Fever,” however, emphasized the fact that Hiero is no mere hip-hop oldies act.
The highlight of Hieroglyphics set, however, was another unannounced cameo appearance, this time by Goapele, whose regal presence all but confirmed her as the reigning queen of Oakland Soul.
Got Goap?
Up until then, the male-dominated bill had been somewhat of a sword fight—a fact that didn’t go unnoticed in online forums in the days leading up to the event. While a valid case can be made that Oakland’s resident female emcees should have been represented in the festival’s lineup, there’s no taking away from the inspirational upliftment Goapele blessed the crowd with, appearing with Hiero on “Make Your Move,” then segueing into “Milk and Honey,” followed by her signature song, “Closer.”
That provided a high note which was only surpassed by the show-closing rendition of Souls of Mischief’s eternal classic, “93 Til infinity.” The chorus, “this is how we chill from 93 til…,” has become not just a mantra, but a truism for Hiero and their fans; no matter how many times one has heard it, the song never fails to take listeners to their happy place.
it’s like that, and-a, the Hieroglyphics, yeah!
Hiero’s performance, overall, was like watching a well-oiled machine being revved up to maximum capacity. 20 years of rocking together onstage has created some tight-knit bonds between group members, and the show never felt like any one emcee wasn’t completely in sync with the rest of the crew; even Del’s streak of blonde hair in his natural—a la Wesley Snipes in “Demolition Man”l— didn’t prove too much of a distraction during other emcees’ verses. Up and coming artists would do well to study Hiero’s stage show as a textbook example of how it’s done.
Speaking of up and coming artists, Hiero Day offered a potpourri of flavors, from the intricate battle-raps and supreme fluidity of Locksmith and Planet Asia to Los Rakas’ vibrant Town variant on reggaeton to the Mystik Journeymen’s “underground as fuck” credo, to the Hydra-like mini-supergroup of Zion-I, the Grouch and Eligh – and dozens more I didn’t get to see because there were three stages, a high level of crowd density, and the laws of physics say you can only be in one place at one time.
Raka Rich of Los Rakas fires up one of Hiero Day’s multiple stages
The best part of Hiero Day was that it remained a free event. That’s right, free. While traffic flow could be improved, beer lines were reportedly horrendous, and there was a shortage of water (promoters only expected about 15,000-18,000 people), that’s just a tremendous achievement any way you slice it. Attendees came from as far as Los Angeles, Sacramento and Tahoe, and any destination event helps a city’s financial bottom line.
Furthermore, when you consider the high prices of music festival tickets, Hiero Day not only has the most bang for the buck of any local event, but leaves festival-goers more room in their wallets to buy merch, which in turn supports artists, musicians, small clothing companies, food vendors, entrepreneurs, and the list goes on.
In other words, Hiero Day is a huge win-win for the hip-hop community, but also, as the mayor made plain, for the city of Oakland.
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University of Novi Sad
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Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania, 2012
Scientific Papers 'Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania', Volume 3, Issue 2012
Number of pages: 409 Posted: 18 Dec 2012
Turek Adrian, Jean Andrei, Abdul Ibrahim, Dusmanescu Dorel, Antohi Marian, Moga Mihaela, Barok Eleonora, Orban Erzsebet, Berevoianu Liliana, Cristina Vlad, Buhociu Marian, Dragos Buhociu, Burghelea Liviu, Rodica Chetroiu, Lidia Iurchevici, Chihaia Anisoara, Georgiana Costaiche, Chihaia Octavian, Dumitra Costea-Marcu, Drago Cvijanovic, Branco Mihailović, Radovan Pejanovic, Dachin Anca, Sercin AliYU, Ignacio de los Ríos Carmenado, Miguel Salvo, Rodriguez Pablo, Zamorano Ramon, Salvo Miguel, Iuliana Dobre, Dragomir Vili, Dragomir Nela, Ana Ursuianu, Mariana Eftimie, Viorel Petrescu, Mihaela Constandache, Corina Ene, Mirela Panait, Sanja Filipovic, Jovan Zubovic, Raluca Andreea Ion, Teodora Ivascu, Marijana Jovanović, Bekic Bojana, Lana Nastic, Natasa Kljajic, Nada Mijajlovic, Slavica Arsic, Elena Lascar, Manea Draghici, Leah Tamara, Claudia Lepadatu, Aurel Lup, Constantin Chirila, Daniela Matei, Micu Mihai, Valentina Tudor, Livia Mirescu, Cristina Ciotec, Diana Necula, Raluca Necula, Zoran Njegovan, Marko Jelocnik, Velibor Potrebić, Ovidiu Novac, Mihaela Novac, Victor Olteanu, Irina Senicovscaia, Camelia Slave, Carmen Man, Giorgiana Stafie, Alexandru Strantan, Victor Moroz, Eugenia Lucasenco, Subic Jonel, Vesna Popovic, Svetlana Roljevic, Katalin Takacs-Gyorgy, Gizella Madaras, Izolda Szabo, Izabella Bakos, Istvan Takas, Gabriel Tintarcu, Mircea Toma, Turek-Rahoveanu Petruta, Maria Rahoveanu, Adrian Zugravu, Luiza Cristea and Nicolae-Gabriel Ursuianu
The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development, Petroleum and Gas University of Ploiesti, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Petroleum and Gas University of Ploiesti - Department of Economic Analysis, Modeling and Statistics, University Dunarea De Jos Galati, University Dunarea De Jos Galati, Independent, Independent, The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development, Research Institute for Agricultural Economy and Rural Development, University Dunarea De Jos Galati, Ion Mincu - University of Architecture and Urbanism, Independent, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Independent, Independent, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Independent, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE) Belgrade, RS Serbia, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, University of Novi Sad, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Independent, Independent, Independent, Independent, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development, Independent, The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development, Oil and Gas University of Ploie?ti, Faculty of Economics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University, Petroleum and Gas University of Ploiesti, Petroleum and Gas University of Ploiesti, Educons University, Economics Institute, Romanian Academy - Faculty of Agro-Food and Environmental Economics, Independent, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Independent, Independent, Institute of Pedology, Agrochemistry and Soil Protection "N. Dimo", Independent, Ovidius University of Constan?a, Independent, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, University of Oradea, University of Oradea, The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development, Institute of Pedology, Agrochemistry and Soil Protection "N. Dimo", University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Institute of Agricultural Economics, INCE, Romanian Academy, Institute of Economy, Finance and Statistics (IEFS), Institute of Economy, Finance and Statistics (IEFS), Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA) Belgrade, Óbuda University, Caritas Alba Iulia, Independent, Independent, Karoly Robert College, Independent, Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Independent, The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development, University Dunarea De Jos Galati, PACT Foundation and University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
agriculture, rural development, CAP, food systems
Competitiveness of Agro-Food and Environmental Economy (CAFEE'12)
1st International conference 'Competitiveness of agro-food and environmental economy’, Volume 1, Issue 2012
Number of pages: 552 Posted: 09 Jul 2013
Gabriel Popescu, Nicolae Istudor, Irina Petrescu, Bogdan Lucov, Marek Wigier, Diego Begalli, Roberta Capitello, Dan Boboc, Branko Mihailović, Radovan Pejanovic, Vesna Paraušić, Bran Mariana, Biljana Grujić, Nataša Kljajić, Predrag Vuković, Iwona Szczepaniak, Mirosława Tereszczuk, Angelica Bacescu-Carbunaru, Monica Condruz-Bacesc, Drago Cvijanović, Subic Jonel, Marko Jelocnik, Robert Mroczek, Maria Mortan, Patricia Raţiu, Leonina Emilia Suciu, Vincenţiu Veres, Ramona Dobre, Mihaela Valentina Drăcea, Alexandru Orban, Cristina Nitescu, Grigore Baltag, Lazar Laura Nicoleta, Mirela Stoian, Mihail Dinu, Camelia Gavrilescu, Iosif Gheorghe, Livia Mirescu, Alexandra Cristina Ciotec, Daniela Matei, Raluca Ignat, Cornelia Mihai, Raluca Georgiana Ladaru, O. Stanila, A. Cirstea, George Popescu, S. Bazbanela, Raluca Andreea Ion, Iuliana Dobre, Bogdan Bazga, Ionica Apostu, Oniţa Neacşu, Tudorică Andra-Valentina, James MacAskill, Gabriella Vindigni, Iuri Peri, Mario D’Amico, Giuseppe DiVita, Gioacchino Pappalardo, Marcella Rizzo, Manuela Pilato, Claudio Bellia, Lidia Lenuța Bălan, Dacinia Crina Petrescu, Maria Roxana Dorobanţu, Georgică Gheorghe, Puiu Nistoreanu, Ana Maria Călin, Marijana Jovanovic, Bekic Bojana, Savo Vuckovic, Costel Negrei, Nada Mijajlovic, Slavica Arsic, Vesna Popovic, Marcela Ștefan, Daniela Virjan, Camelia Slave, Claudiu Ionuț Dima, Carmen Man, Paul Calanter, Irina-Virginia Drăgulănescu, Angelina De Pascale, Maurizio Lanfranchi, Pirnea Ionela Carmen, Carlo Giannetto, Cristina Ciovică, Cristian Florea, Roxana Simona Pătărlăgeanu, Marioara Lilea, Ferdinando Ofria, Giani Ionel Grădinaru, Mădălina Dociu, Anca Dunarinţu and Ildiko Ioan
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agricultural economics, agro-food, environmental economics, farm management
Functioning Model of Human Resource Management on the Example of Hotel 'Holiday Inn' in Belgrade (Модел Функционисања Менаџмента Људских Ресурса На Примеру Хотела 'Holiday Inn' У Београду)
Ekonomika, Vol 60, Issue 4, pp 219-226, 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Feb 2015
Dunja Demirovic, Marija Desivojevic and Radovan Pejanovic
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture and University of Novi Sad
Human Resource Management, Hotel Holiday Inn, Belgrade, Serbia
Marketing Decision Making by Applying the Expert System
2016 ENTRENOVA Conference Proceedings
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Radovan Pejanovic, Otilija Sedlak, Zoran Ćirić, Leposava Grubić-Nešić, Slavica Mitrović and Jelica Eremić-Đođić
University of Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Technical Sciences and Elektroprivreda Srbije, Serbia
fuzzy logic, decision support systems, ICT, uncertainty
Impact of Tourism Destination Strategy on Its Competitiveness
Dunja Demirovic, Radovan Pejanovic, Otilija Sedlak and Kristina Košić
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad and University of Novi Sad - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
tourism destination, strategy, competitiveness, management, Vojvodina (Serbia), Hungary
The Development of the Employer Brand in the Labour Market
2019 ENTRENOVA Conference Proceedings
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Aleksandra Marcikic Horvat, Radovan Pejanovic, Zoran Ćirić, Bojana Ćirić, Otilija Sedlak and Leposava Grubić – Nešić
University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics Subotica, University of Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics Subotica, University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics Subotica, University of Novi Sad and University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Technical Sciences
branding employers, labour market, marketing, human resources, economy
The Agriculture as a Real Assumption of Regional and Rural Development in Serbia
Rural Areas and Development, vol. 8, ISSN: 2657-4403, 2011
Branko Katić, Drago Cvijanovic and Radovan Pejanovic
Institute of Agricultural Economics, Serbia, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE) Belgrade, RS Serbia and University of Novi Sad
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Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (Economics of Agriculture) Vol. I, Issue 3
Economics of Agriculture, Year 59, No. 3 (357-572), 2012
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Woodmont Commons Groundbreaking
Yesterday, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Woodmont Commons project was held at the old Woodmont Orchard building on Pillsbury Road in Londonderry, New Hampshire. The main roadway giving access to the Commons was named Michels Way, after the late John Michels who was Nancy Michels partner and late husband. Governor Sununu, Mayor Ted Gatsas of Manchester, Kevin Smith (Londonderry Town Manager), and Christopher Pappas of the Executive Council all joined Nancy to celebrate this seminal achievement of both the community at large and of John Michels hard work in getting the initial stages of the project moving forward.
The project is a modern development that will provide walking access to businesses, retail stores, restaurants, and other amenities. The plan involves a production brewery to be installed as well and will dovetail with the Exit 4A project that should be completed in 2021, and provide greater access to the Londonderry/Derry Communities. You can read more about it here.
Parnell, Michels & McKay is happy to continue their involvement in the project and in support thereof. More than anything, it was fantastic to see John Michels being honored for his tireless dedication to the Woodmont Commons project and bringing Londonderry into the forefront of modern New Hampshire towns. The Union Leader provided coverage of the ceremony, including Nancy Michels being able to take part in the official ceremony with the Governor and other important New Hampshire Figures.
We look forward to continuing to serve the community of Southern New Hampshire, and helping assist the Woodmont Commons project moving forward. As always, our firm is ready to help out those in the community with their legal needs.
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India's SEZ - Business Zones Development: Economic Performance, Social/Environmental Impacts
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: PRESENT AND FUTURE, edited by Audhinarayana Vavili, ICFAI Press
19 Pages Posted: 31 Oct 2008 Last revised: 17 Apr 2014
See all articles by Saeed Khan
Saeed Khan
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies
Date Written: October 21, 2008
Export Processing Zones (EPZs) are an international phenomenon influencing increasing share of trade flows and employing a growing number of workers. From 176 zones across 47 countries in 1986; the number had increased to over 3,000 across 116 countries by 2003. India also favours this so in the year 2000, the government replaced the old EPZ regime by a new scheme of "Special Economic Zones" (SEZs) with several lucrative incentives/benefits that were not available in the earlier scheme. And in 2005, it enacted the SEZ Act and the SEZ Rules were notified in February 2006. The policy was expected to give a big push to exports, employment and investment in SEZs. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry claims that these zones will attract investment of about Rs 1,00,000 crore including FDI of Rs 25,000 crore and create additional 5,00,000 direct jobs, by December 2007.
The promotion of SEZs is an attempt to deal with infrastructural deficiencies, procedural complexities, bureaucratic hassles and barriers raised by monetary, trade, fiscal, taxation, tariff and labour policies. These structural bottlenecks affect the investment climate adversely by increasing production and transaction costs. Since country-wide development of infrastructure is expensive and implementation of structural reforms would require time, due to given socio-economic and political institutions, the establishment of SEZ is seen as an important strategic tool for expediting the process of industrialisation. The zones offer numerous benefits such as, (i) tax incentives, (ii) provision of standard factories/plots at low rents with extended lease period, (iii) provision of infrastructure and utilities, (iv) single window clearance, (v) simplified procedures, and (vi) exemptions from various restrictions that characterise the investment climate in the domestic economy.
These benefits definitely help businesses for conducive environment to attract local and foreign investment. The competitive advantages of zones may also be explained within the framework of the "cluster approach". Zones are industrial clusters where external economies of scale and other advantages help the operating firms in reducing costs, developing competitive production systems and attracting investment, in particular, FDI. As a result of these benefits, India started promoting SEZ with the expectation that they will provide the engine of growth to propel industrialisation.
Keywords: India SEZ, SEZ India, Indian SEZ, India Special Economic Zones
JEL Classification: D6, E00, F
Khan, Saeed Ahmed, India's SEZ - Business Zones Development: Economic Performance, Social/Environmental Impacts (October 21, 2008). SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: PRESENT AND FUTURE, edited by Audhinarayana Vavili, ICFAI Press, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1292195
Saeed Ahmed Khan (Contact Author)
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies ( email )
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Former Liberty University student claims Becki Falwell performed sex act on him at her home
A former student of Liberty University says Becki Falwell — the wife of the evangelical school’s former president, Jerry Falwell Jr. — pursued him romantically and performed oral sex on him while he was staying at the Falwell residence following a band practice with the couple’s son, according to an exclusive report from Politico.
The former student, who is now 34, claims that Mrs. Falwell began “grooming” him when he would attend practices at the Falwell residence ahead of the alleged sexual encounter in 2008, when he was 22 years old and she was still an employee of the university.
He also provided text messages and social media exchanges purportedly indicating that she persistently continued to contact him for years afterward.
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From Politico‘s extensive report:
‘One night [in August or September], we were up till one or two, and we went back to his room. We had a decent amount of Jack Daniels,’ the former student said. He remembered walking into the guest room, just as he’d done many times, closing the door behind him, and preparing the bed.
‘I’m laying in the bed and I hear, like, giggling to the side of me on the floor. And, pardon my French, but I was like, ‘What the f*** is that?’ I look over and it’s Becki,’ he said. “Just, you know, in my room. I’m like, ‘You can’t be in here. This can’t happen.’
After some prodding, he coaxed Falwell into leaving. He slept, woke up and acted like things were normal.
A few nights later, he stayed the night again. Again, Falwell came into the guestroom where the then-student was in bed.
This time, she was more aggressive. The former student remembers that Falwell climbed into bed with him, and quickly took down his pants.
‘I was like, ‘uh, what are you doing?” the former student said. Falwell then proceeded to give him oral sex.
The report comes off the heels of Jerry Falwell Jr. resigning as president of Liberty University after the Falwells’ former pool boy and business partner, Giancarlo Granda, claimed he and Becki had an affair over the span of 7 years and that Mr. Falwell would watch the two have sex.
The Falwells have both acknowledged Becki’s affair with Granda, but denied that Jerry had any involvement.
The unnamed student, who chose not to allow his story to be told until the allegations from Granda were revealed, says he was left with an immense amount of guilt, shame and depression over the alleged incident. He did not come forward before, he said, because he respected the university’s mission and that of its founder, Jerry Falwell, Sr. He also explained, “I don’t want to be a homewrecker.”
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Coolpad Note 5 Review: Great looks, stonking performance, well worth the money!
Chinese manufacturers have undeniably changed the whole price performance equation on its head. Budget phones with top-notch specs are the norm of the day, and the Coolpad Note 5 is another smartphone trying to cash in on this rage. Priced at Rs. 10,999, the phone seems to have it all to give the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and the LeEco Le2 some solid competition. But does it deliver where it matters, we try to find out in our review.
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Despite the price tag, the Coolpad Note 5 looks nothing like a budget phone. Thanks to the metal body and smoothly curved edges, the Coolpad Note 5 oozes a premium look and feel from every angle. The 2.5D glass on the front blends seamlessly into the frame, while the curved back makes it rather easy for one-handed usage. The fingerprint scanner on the back is ergonomically placed and easily accessible, and the phone fits rather comfortably in the palm. Though at 173.4g, it does feel a bit bulky, but still manageable with its nicely curved back and smooth edges.
Coolpad Note 5 oozes a premium look and feel from every angle.
The Coolpad Note 5 packs a 5.5-inch Full HD display with a pixel density of 401ppi. Needless to say, it’s quite impressive to see a budget phone rock a 1080p screen. As far as performance goes, it’s bright, sharp, and offers excellent viewing angles. Colours appear vibrant and eye-popping while text looks crisp.
Besides, the screen is bright enough and has no issues in bright sunlight whatsoever. It’s ideal for watching videos and playing games. That said, it doesn’t give you the option to tweak colour settings which would’ve been a great addition while reading or during prolonged gaming sessions to reduce eye strain.
Under the hood, there’s a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor bundled with Adreno 405 GPU and a hefty 4GB of RAM. The CoolPad Note 5 has enough power to handle anything. The phone belts out snappy responses, be it app load times, switching among multiple apps, or during multi-tasking. Also, there were no signs of heating even when the device is stressed while running high-end games such as Asphalt 8. Games run beautifully without any lags, and I didn’t come across any frame drops or stutters during gameplay or in-game shifting of menus.
In our synthetic benchmark tests, the Coolpad Note 5 scored 46667 in Antutu. While in Geekbench 4, the device pulled-off single and multi-core scores of 692 and 2173.
Even the phone’s 4010 mAh battery is quite a workhorse and has no issues making through an entire day of usage for a heavy user. For regular users, it can even last for around two days without having the need to charge. That said, it lacks support for fast charging – it takes just shy of 3 hours to reach full capacity with the microUSB port.
The fingerprint scanner at the back is also super-fast and unlocks the device in less than half a second. On the connectivity front, the phone comes with 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. While as far as storage goes, the Coolpad Note 5 gets 32GB of built-in storage, which is further expandable up to 64 GB via the hybrid SIM slot. However, there’s no dedicated microSD slot neither, the option to use USB OTG.
The Coolpad Note 5 runs Cool UI wrapped over Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. It’s the usual iOS-inspired interface we usually find with Chinese smartphones. For instance, there’s no app drawer, the quick settings menu shows up by swiping upwards while swiping down brings the notifications panel. Everything seems well-optimised, as apps open snappily and transitions feel smooth. That said, unnecessary changes to the already excellent stock Android interface appear rather needless.
Coolpad Note 5 in one heck of a phone for the price.
The phone’s 13MP rear camera is nothing to brag about, but it still manages to capture satisfactory images. Focus is quick, and the overall image quality is decent. Low-performance is just about on par for the segment as noise is easily detectable, though the level of detailing in macro-shots is pretty impressive. There’s a Pro mode as well, along with many live filters and other shooting modes. Even the 8MP front-facing shooter does a decent job at capturing selfies. The beauty-mode certainly helps in removing marks and blemishes on the face, and you get plenty of Facebook or Instagram-worthy selfies.
Solid overall performance
Gorgeous Full HD screen
Slightly bulky
CoolUI kills the stock Android experience
For the price, the Coolpad Note 5 is quite a cracker of a deal with its all-metal design and stonking performance. The phone doesn’t feel cheap at all and runs high-end games beautifully. The 5.5-inch Full HD display looks gorgeous whether you’re gaming or watching videos. Besides, the Coolpad Note 5 also does well in the camera and the battery department. The only thing I wasn’t stoked about was the CoolUI. If you can get past that — the Coolpad Note 5 is one heck of a phone for the price.
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Manchester Utd shot stopper Carney joins on loan
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Portadown Football Club is pleased to announce the signing of 22 year old Irish central midfielder Sam Warde from Galway United on a 18 month deal.
Born in Limerick, Warde joined Huddersfield Town from Irish junior side Mungret Regional in 2014 on a two year scholarship and made appearances for the club’s U18 and U21 squads and was one of three Academy scholars in his year who were offered a first professional contract by the club, he would leave Huddersfield Town in 2017 and join League Two side Colchester United where he featured regularly for the League Two club’s U23s. Sam would return home in 2019 to join Sligo Rovers on loan before making the move permanent and then moving on to Galway United in February 2020.
Sam made his Republic of Ireland’s Under-18 debut in an international friendly against England in March 2016, called up to the squad by former Portadown midfielder Paul Doolin who was head coach of the Republic of Ireland U18s at the time.
Portadown manager Matthew Tipton had the following to say on the signing of Sam Warde
I’m delighted to get Sam into the club. He comes with a very good pedigree after starting his career at Huddersfield before a year at Colchester & the last few years playing for Sligo & Galway.
Sam is someone we had seen playing a couple of years ago & kept tabs on. Dave has done a lot of work on going over old notes this last while & we had been recommended Sam so it was a case of getting in contact with Sam & his agent. Both were a pleasure to deal with & we are now looking forward to seeing him in action for us. Sam is predominantly a defensive midfielder who breaks up the play superbly & adds to that with a great range of passing.
While Sam Warde had this to say on joining Portadown
I’m very happy, excited to be moving up and can’t wait to get started. I am a technical player, and like to get on the ball and pass it around and hopefully get a few goals too.
Portadown FC is a Northern Irish football club established in 1887. The Ports currently play in the Northern Ireland Football League Premiership.
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Valley Local High School Expands Live Sports Coverage with NewTek TriCaster™
High school students have only known an Internet-connected, online world. While students’ personal lives are usually connected with friends and family online, schools are just beginning to realize the benefits of sharing major events with broader audiences through cost-effective live webcasting. Web distribution of major events allows schools to tap into a larger audience and provide access to school events to people regardless of location.
In the world of high school sports, family, friends and former players had limited options. If they were in town, they could attend the game. If not, they had to rely on a phone call or local news reporting the next day for information. Now that live video streaming is easier and more affordable, cutting edge schools are riding this technology wave to keep their fans and communities connected.
About 85 miles south of Columbus, Ohio is the small town of Lucasville, with about 600 households and less than 2,000 residents. The Valley Local School District has Tom Vallance, an energetic information technology (IT) manager who taught Web design classes, he also took a personal interest in maintaining a Web site for Valley Local High sports teams. After a successful year of streaming audio, the school district decided to try streaming live video of some games. Exploring the options revealed that NewTek TriCaster™ was the perfect tool to meet their needs.
The school board made the initial purchase of a TriCaster and accepted delivery of the system on a Wednesday. Just four days later, Vallance and the student volunteers went live and streamed the graduation ceremony. From its very first production, Vallance appreciated TriCaster’s benefits, selling graduation DVDs to help generate revenue for additional production gear.
Live streaming of Friday night football was out of reach, due to restrictions by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA). Last year, however, Vallance says the school district was granted a waiver from the state, after demonstrating that more than half of the production team were students, and assuring OHSAA that the game webcasts would be commercial-free. The response was both positive and widespread.
“We’re a small school and the community has really enjoyed it. Alumni tune in and give us positive feedback, and we also hear a lot from our military family from around the world.”
The continuing innovation of NewTek’s live production tools soon elevated the district to a new caliber of live production and streaming. With NewTek’s LiveSet™ live virtual set technology, the Valley speech class is now able to produce network-style school newscasts.
"Our productions really took off once we began using NewTek’s TimeWarp for replays. Now, we have other schools in our area coming out to see how we’re using TriCaster and the accessories to produce and stream these games.”
A typical Valley High football or basketball game crew consists of a director on TriCaster, a replay operator running TimeWarp™, another student managing titles and scores on a laptop with LiveText™ and three camera operators.
“Our highest viewership was during a pretty exciting football game, a close game with one of our biggest rival schools. If that wasn’t enough pressure it was also during a storm, so we had to protect our cameras on the field with umbrellas.”
One of the persistent notions that Vallance fought was that live streaming would reduce game attendance, but Vallance says he’s not seen that at all. Instead, he says their live productions have managed to keep the community more tightly connected, regardless of where their lives may take them out of this southern Ohio valley.
“The community has really enjoyed it, and after the district made the initial TriCaster purchase, DVD sales have sustained our growth from then on.”
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Oklahoma Jury Convicts Men in Death of Teen Robber
An Oklahoma County has convicted two men of first-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old during an attempted robbery.
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma County has convicted two men of first-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old during an attempted robbery.
The panel took about two hours Monday to find Emanuel Mitchell and Anthony Morrison guilty in the May 2009 death of Antwun Parker. Jurors recommended life in prison with the possibility of parole for both.
Authorities say Parker and a 14-year-old accomplice tried to rob a south Oklahoma City pharmacy on instructions from Mitchell and Morrison.
Pharmacist Jerome Ersland knocked Parker unconscious with a gunshot wound to the head and chased the 14-year-old out of the store. Ersland came back, picked up a second weapon and shot Parker five more times.
He also is charged with murder and goes on trial May 16.
Parker's mother says justice has been served.
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Changes in ambient air quality and atmospheric composition and reactivity in the South East of the UK as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown
Kevin Wyche, Mark Nichols, Harley Parfiff, Paul Beckett, Doug Gregg, Kirsty Smallbone, Paul Monks
School of Environment and Technology
Environment and Public Health Research and Enterprise Group
The COVID-19 pandemic forced governments around the world to impose restrictions on daily life to prevent the spread of the virus. This resulted in unprecedented reductions in anthropogenic activity, and reduced emissions of certain air pollutants, namely oxides of nitrogen. The UK ‘lockdown’ was enforced on 23/03/2020, which led to restrictions on movement, social interaction, and ‘non-essential’ businesses and services. This study employed an ensemble of measurement and modelling techniques to investigate changes in air quality, atmospheric composition and boundary layer reactivity in the South East of the UK post-lockdown. The techniques employed included in-situ gas- and particle-phase monitoring within central and local authority air quality monitoring networks, remote sensing by long path Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy and Sentinel-5P’s TROPOMI, and detailed 0-D chemical box modelling. Findings showed that de-trended NO2 concentrations decreased by an average of 14-38% when compared to the mean of the same period over the preceding 5-years. We found that de-trended particulate matter concentrations had been influenced by interregional pollution episodes, and de-trended ozone concentrations had increased across most sites, by up to 15%, such that total Ox levels were roughly preserved. 0-D chemical box model simulations showed the observed increases in ozone concentrations during lockdown under the hydrocarbon-limited ozone production regime, where total NOx decreased proportionally greater than total non-methane hydrocarbons, which led to an increase in total hydroxyl, peroxy and organic peroxy radicals. These findings suggest a more complex scenario in terms of changes in air quality owing to the COVID-19 lockdown than originally reported and provide a window into the future to illustrate potential outcomes of policy interventions seeking large-scale NOx emissions reductions without due consideration of other reactive trace species.
© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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From mantle to critical zone: A review of large and giant sized deposits of the rare earth elements
Martin Smith, Kathryn Moore, Dora Kavecsánszki, Adrian Finch, Jindrich Kynicky, Frances Wall
The rare earth elements are unusual when de quoted as total rare earth oxide, but the importance of a deposit may be related to the grade for individual, or a limited group of the elements. Taking the total REE resource, only one currently known deposit (Bayan Obo) would class as giant ( classify as large ( Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, all of these deposits are related to alkaline igneous activity or agpaitic nepheline syenites. The total resource in these deposits must relate to the scale of the primary igneous source, but the grade is a complex function of igneous source, magmatic crystallisation, hydrothermal modi that the sources conducive to the formation of large REE deposits are developed in subcontinental lithospheric mantle, enriched in trace elements either by plume activity, or by previous subduction. The reactivation of such enriched mantle domains in relatively restricted geographical areas may have played a role in the formation of some of the largest deposits (e.g. Bayan Obo). Hydrothermal activity involvingfining giant-sized ore deposits, as resources are often>1.7 107 tonnes contained metal), but a range of others>1.7 106 tonnes). With the exception of unclassified resource estimates from thee either carbonatitesfication and supergene enrichment during weathering. Isotopic data suggest fl grade, depending on primary mineralogy and the availability of ligands. Weathering and supergene enrichment of carbonatite has played a role in the formation of the highest grade deposits at MountWeld (Australia) and Tomtor (Russia). For the individual REE with the current highest economic value (Nd and the HREE), the boundaries for the large and giant size classes are two orders of magnitude lower, and deposits enriched in these metals (agpaitic systems, ion absorption deposits) may have signi economic impact in the near future.uids from magmatic to meteoric sources may result in the redistribution of the REE and increases inficant
Geoscience Frontiers
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2015.12.006
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NCND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Smith, Martin ; Moore, Kathryn ; Kavecsánszki, Dora ; Finch, Adrian ; Kynicky, Jindrich ; Wall, Frances. / From mantle to critical zone: A review of large and giant sized deposits of the rare earth elements. In: Geoscience Frontiers. 2016 ; Vol. 7, No. 3. pp. 315-334.
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New method for the analysis of heterocyclic amines in meat extracts using pressurised liquid extraction and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry
M.R. Khan, Rosa Busquets Santacana, F.J. Santos, L. Puignou
Heterocyclic amines (HAs) were analysed in meat extract samples using a new method based on pressurised liquid extraction (PLE) and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. This method combines the use of a pressurised fluid with a triple quadrupole MS/MS system, resulting in benefits from both systems: high extraction efficiency and sensitivity. The effects of solvent type and PLE operational parameters, such as temperature and extraction time, were studied to obtain maximum recovery of the analytes with minimum contamination. HA extraction was best achieved using dichloromethane/acetone (50/50, v/v) at 80 °C for 10 min. Recoveries ranged from 45% to 79% with good quality parameters: limit of detection values between 0.02 and 1 ng g−1, linearity (r2 > 0.997), and run-to-run and day-to-day precisions with relative standard deviations lower than 13% achieved at both low (0.20 μg g−1) and medium (1.0 μg g−1) concentrations. This method reduces sample manipulation and total extraction time by nearly four-fold compared to conventional solid phase extraction. The optimised method was validated using laboratory reference material based on a meat extract, and was successfully applied to HA analysis in several cooked beef samples.
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THE DAZED AND CONFUSED ISSUE
Posted on July 8, 2016 by RacingB*tch
By Keyser Soze
CONFUSION GRIPS AUSTRALIAN RACING
If the current Australian political environment has left people confused and vulnerable, then Racing just might be able to help make the situation worse.
If backflips are common in politics where leaders have been known to sell their souls for the proverbial “twenty pieces of silver”, backflips are endemic in racing. But time is running out for what once was the “sport of kings”. Problem is there are few monarchies which have survived the evolution of society, and racing had better get on it’s own “Tour De France” and hit the finish line yesterday, because time has nearly run out.
The left field announcement by NSW Premier Mike Baird banning Greyhound racing in NSW from July 1 2017 has left absolutely no doubt that “big brother” is watching- and watching very, very closely. Sport is no longer immune from much-needed scrutiny relating to its capability to chart its own course of destiny. And Racing has run out of it’s “nine lives”. It had better get its act together. And faster than Black Caviar and Chautauqua put together.
Racing – its administrators, Chief Executives and Boards of Management, its participants – jockeys and trainers, in particular, have been in denial just about very aspect of the industry – its funding, its obligations to animal welfare and fundamentally its Integrity. Racing in Australia has, and still is, very much an old boy’s club, where grubby back room deals determine Board and Chief Executive appointments, contracts, the creation of bureaucratic empires and rancid cliques created and moulded to resist change and protect the self-serving agendas and protect the vested financial interests and stakes of racing’s older and middle aged versions of their own “wolves of wall street”.
There is not one single racing entity or participant who can put his or her hand on their heart and ‘fess’ up to the reality that they have no comprehension of the challenge and crisis that Australian racing is facing. The bunch of pretenders who masquerade under the title of Chairman and Chief Executive have demonstrated more impotence in decision making and as agents of real change than you would find amongst the queues of hapless patients seeking professional help in one of many Impotency clinics which have sprung up at a suburb near you.
And by their very inaction and preference for reactive responses whenever an issue arises, they are a telling indictment of the failure of Racing to be ahead of rapid changes in community thinking, values, aspirations and needs. It would be the most gross understatement that Racing has failed to connect with the community and get its message across. The reason? Racing either doesn’t have a message or does not know how to connect with the community.
To make matters worse, an almost semi-literate media pack, who sloganize and communicate is relied upon to “analyse” and deliver “informed” judgments on racing issues to the community. Is it any surprise that racing is in trouble?
Increasingly, the community, decision makers, Governments and the court of influential public opinion are concluding with alarming frequency for Australian racing, that “enough is enough”.
Take this week’s back down by Racing Australia in their stoush with the Breeders over proposed rule changes to bring Breeders effectively under the rules of racing, giving Stewards access to properties and horses to enforce compliance and monitor foals from birth to when they appear in the sales ring.
Despite the expected “faux” grandstanding by Racing Australia, the governing body has effectively caved in and rolled over to the demands of the industry “silvertails” – the breeders- and created a very dangerous precedent, which they will almost certainly regret as it will come back to haunt them any day from here onwards.
Racing Australia’s agreement to formalize a process of consultation with Breeders BEFORE any proposed introduction of a new rule or change to any existing rule is unprecedented. Do they consult with Jockeys, or Trainers when rules are introduced relating, for example, to the use of whips or medication rules BEFORE the rules are drafted? The answer is pretty damn obvious.
Racing Australia, like every other State Governing Body, is completely out of touch with the industry it supposedly governs. And ominously, Governments are on to it. Is it any wonder that Governments at the State and Federal level are introducing their own legislation on racing matters, blindsiding racing administrators, frequently without consultation? If this is not an indictment on the competence of these bodies and their administrators, then nothing is.
The record of Racing Governing Bodies on animal welfare and the issue of whips is a masterclass in how not to manage issues and crises. Admittedly, they have not been helped by the Jockeys Association, who, like the administrators, are trapped in their own complete time warp, totally out of touch with modern society and its values. The Jockeys Associations with their almost militant union mentality of achieving an “untouchable” status for their members are still coming to grips with the reality that this is the 21st century, and that the sooner they demonstrate leadership and craft an exit strategy for whips, the better – for racing and for their members. If the Jockeys Association wants a fight, well there’s always the UFC.
Leadership has been and still is Australian Racing’s albatross. Australian Racing lacks the leadership to achieve much-needed bipartisan agreement on some of the most fundamental issues derailing its progress and modernization.
Does anyone really believe that whips will continue to be used in races in the next decade? Anyone believe that Jumps racing will be around in the next decade? Is Racing capable of making its own decision on these issues, or does it want someone external to intervene and make such decisions? Does Australian Racing really want to control its own destiny? Or does it really believe that it lacks the capability or the balls to do so?
LOSING THE BATTLE FOR RESPECT
Despite its role and history of pioneering the policing of its sport going way back to early in the last century, Horse Racing’s recent history in maintaining, protecting and advancing its integrity, which it bangs on about ad nauseum, is well behind what the community and society demands of sport and its participants in the 21st century.
Beset by scandal after scandal ranging across a raft of critical areas at the heart of the integrity of the sport – race fixing, the administration of illegal and sinister performance drugs, a growing perception and reality of criminal involvement, and an inability to address and resolve lingering animal welfare issues, Australian racing is fighting an increasingly losing battle to maintain its dignity and respect.
In a gambling environment of rampant deregulation, where sports betting on all imaginable sporting contests has challenged the once innocent and pristine psyche of sport, and, importantly, supporters, what was de rigueur just a decade ago is no longer.
Where cricket, the AFL, the NRL and just about every other popular mainstream sport is moving with Black Caviar and Usain Bolt like speed to “clean up” their sports and exorcise the demons in the Integrity of their sports, Racing finds itself marooned on an island of irrelevance with no life raft in sight.
Racing will engage in its all-too-familiar response mechanism when challenged by serious drug positives, race fixing and any other form of activity which is criminal with mind numbing clichés that it has a successful track record in the detection and laying of charges and in flushing out the crooked elements in the sport. But does it? Why then are the drug cheats and race fixers continuing to “push the envelope” with a degree of almost self-confident impunity?
And why does Racing tolerate what resembles a continuing “death by a thousand cuts” inflicted by its own licensed persons, and by those bound by the rules of racing?
Consider the recent AFL imposed penalty- an $80,000 fine on the coach of one of its18 Clubs for denigrating an umpire. Contrast the continuing flagrant character assassination of racing officials, stewards and the Governing Body itself, recently in Victoria, by a raft of licensed persons and those within the ambit of the rules of racing. In racing, apparently it’s fair game. Not so in the AFL, or in the NRL, or in Cricket, or in Soccer and, hopefully soon, in Tennis.
Should racing tolerate the bottom feeders who resort to full frontal public and social media attacks on the “umpires” of its sport, its veterinarians, its administrators, Board members and the like?
Contrast how Racing allows itself to dragged through the public sewers with this sort of anarchic behaviour and conduct with the investigation underway into alleged match fixing in the NRL and the call for life bans on players and officials if found guilty of match fixing with the added caveat of facing possible criminal proceedings against those involved either inside or outside the sport.
No, there is no comparison. Match fixers, drug cheats and criminals are treated like the pariahs, which they are, and face banishment from the sport. FOREVER. If racing does not get the message and literally throw the book at the drug cheats and match fixers, and the fraudulent unlicensed high profile “bloodstock” agents who need to be excluded from the industry for their behaviour, then it is only a matter of a very short time before it is forced to do so. And allowing stablehands to escape with a $1000 fine for questioning the competence of Stewards, and impose lenient penalties for social media abuse of stewards by Owners must attract penalties that are a deterrent. It is the only pathway for Racing to regain the respect which it has lost. And again before change is forced on it.
MARK VAN GESTEL OFF TO A FLYING START IN NSW
It’s been a long time coming, and not before time. Sydney’s new Chief Steward Mark Van Gestel has not wasted time in reading the riot act to Sydney jockeys. They have been put on notice that they have to lift their game. If they don’t give their mounts every reasonable chance to win, and the hapless connections and punters the chance to get a proper run for their money, then they can expect to be hauled in and be penalized. And harshly, as Blake Shinn found out recently. Whilst there was no suggestions of impropriety in Shinn’s ride on Thud, the Stewards, headed by Van Gestel, conducted an entirely appropriate inquiry into the run and the ride by Shinn and handed him a one month penalty.
Van Gestel clearly understands that racing must not only be clean, but it must also be seen to be clean. And that is at the heart of the Integrity of racing. Mistakes cannot and should not continue to be tolerated in racing. They have been done for far too long.
For too long, dubious alibis which would not cut the mustard in civil jurisdictions are rewarded with “feather duster” penalties.
Van Gestel’s next stop should be the blatant form reversals by horses from some of Sydney’s leading stables, which are often responded to with the familiar alibi: “The horse might have trained off, he might need a spell”. He might also keep an eye on betting moves on horses from stables with multiple runners in a race. One particular stable has a worrying habit of producing the second, third or lesser elect in a race into the winner’s yard. And you guessed it, there’s always an alibi.
The clampdown on racing’s untouchables in NSW has not been confined to intensifying the scrutiny of the running of races as Kathy O’Hara- and we’re fans of Kathy- is now acutely aware of. Her use of her mobile phone on multiple occasions within the confines of a restricted area – the scales precinct on race day- and her subsequent attempts to play down her breach were, basically, nothing short of laughable. Again, it is all about perception and not about innocence.
When will some of these grossly over-glamourized members of the Australian jockeys fraternity realize that they are stakeholders in the racing industry and have a critical role to play in contributing to upholding the brand, image and integrity of the industry that puts food on their tables, and allows them the lifestyle that they enjoy?
The appointment of Elliot Forbes to the position of Chief Executive of Racing Queensland is much-needed evidence that administrators in the Sunshine State have finally got a decision right. To be fair, the new Board of Racing Queensland is in its infancy, and has a herculean task to repair the dysfunctional mess that it has inherited, as well as operate in a toxic political environment where the two major political parties have used racing as a political football over many decades.
Elliot Forbes has navigated the basket case that is Tasmanian racing prior to his new appointment, with skill and dexterity. The focus will now firmly be on Tasmanian racing’s ability to recruit a suitable replacement to manage and administer an industry that is not only under intense challenge to survive, but a basket case as well.
On the subject of Chief Executive appointments, much to our surprise, and to many in Australian racing, the soon to be out of work Racing Victoria CEO Bernard Saundry is said to be set to continue his executive role in the industry. Perhaps the Board of Tasmanian racing should sound him out for the role? Or even a role with Living Legends, the home for some of the great champions of the turf?
So the threshold limit for cobalt in Australian racing has finally been lowered to 100 micrograms per litre of urine, in line with most international racing jurisdictions. It is long overdue. It exposes the humbug and mistruths peddled by a handful of Trainers with “form” in this area, along with their loud mouthed legal representatives and social media cheer squads questioning veterinary science on the subject.
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Noida industrial areas will get 1,000 LEDs
Newly appointed UPSIDA CEO, Mayur Maheshwari, said: “We have inspected the sites and ordered that some specific roads be repaired and the drains be cleaned.”
Sharmila Bhowmick
NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has launched a drive to clean up and repair roads, drains and lights installed at the industrial sites in Surajpur. Under the drive, a 13 km drain, which was last cleaned in 2005, would be cleaned up and 1,000-odd street lights would be converted to LED lights.
According to UPSIDA officials, maximum problems have been detected in site 5 and a series of initiatives are being planned for the area and funds have been allocated for that.
“Clogged drains and broken roads are some of the long-pending issues in the area,” said an official.
Among the five sites in Surajpur industrial area, Rs 39 lakh has been allocated for cleaning up drains in sites B and C and the work is in progress. In February, Rs 283 lakh had been disbursed for road repairs in these sites. Officials at UPSIDA said an additional Rs 300 lakh is being organised for the improvement of the two sites.
The irrigation department has given an estimate of Rs 378 lakh to clean up the 13km drain. The amount would be shared equally by the UPSIDA and the Greater Noida Development Authority. Other repair works include repair of drains at UPSIDA site 4, at a cost of Rs 15 lakh. At site 5, roads have not been repaired since 2016, now, Rs 600 lakh has been approved for it after an assessment by IIT-Kanpur.
Kulmani Gupta, chairman, Indian Industries Association (IIA) – Noida, said: “Repairs and clean ups have been our long standing demands. Roads and sewage system is of primary importance to industrial sites. We welcome the step.”
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Russia & US Are Building Up Their Forces In Syria Ahead Of Biden Inauguration
Via AlMasdarnews.com,
The large Russian landing ship, the Saratov, entered the waters of the eastern Mediterranean this week, en route to a Syrian port, the Interfax News Agency reported, citing local Turkish media.
According to the report, the Saratov transited the Bosphorus Strait and moved closer to the Syrian port-city of Tartous, where it is expected to dock in the coming days. The Russian naval fleet currently in the Mediterranean consists of more than 10 combat and auxiliary ships, which are part of different units in the Navy.
Russia’s #Syria campaign: Russian Navy #ВМФ Project 1171 #ЧФ BlackSea Fleet 197th Landing Ship Brigade Tapir (NATO:Alligator) class LST Saratov 150 transited Bosphorus towards Mediterranean en route to the Russian naval base in #Tartus. pic.twitter.com/xjV7ctA6cE
— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) January 11, 2021
This report was confirmed by the Turkish maritime observer and photographer, Yoruk Isik, who released a set of photos showing the Saratov transiting the Bosphorus Strait on Monday, January 11th.
The large landing ships and auxiliary ships of the Russian Navy, in addition to ships chartered by the Russian fleet, are participating in the process of transporting supplies to the Russian aviation group stationed at Hmeimim Airport (Lattakia countryside).
Over the last five years, the Russian Armed Forces have increased their shipments to the Syrian government, as they not only provide humanitarian aid, but also new weapons to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).
AFP file image: US convoy in Syria
Just days prior to the Russian warship reinforcement, a large convoy of vehicles belonging to the U.S.-led Coalition entered northeastern Syria, making its way to an army base in the Deir Ezzor Governorate. The large convoy was observed entering from Iraq this past weekend.
According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), who cited local sources, the U.S.-led Coalition reinforcements sent military and logistical reinforcements to their base in Deir Ezzor after entering the Syrian Arab Republic from the Al-Waleed Crossing, which is controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Brett McGurk has been picked by the Biden administration to join the NSC as coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.
Brett McGurk has been an outspoken supporter of US military presence in Syriahttps://t.co/HrU0lahvol
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) January 9, 2021
The agency quoted local sources as saying that a column of about 30 vehicles, including trucks loaded with heavy weapons, including cannons, and tanks belonging to the U.S. army, entered Al-Hasakah from Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate, before making their way to the base in Deir Ezzor.
The sources indicated that the convoy took the Al-Kharafi Road between Deir Ezzor and Al-Hasakah, accompanied by U.S. helicopters and military vehicles. This convoy of US military reinforcements is likely part of the troop rotation that takes place every few weeks; they often enter the country from neighboring Iraq and move supplies to one of their bases inside the Syrian Arab Republic.
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Est. Qty: 300
TMNT: The Last Ronin #1: Aaron Bartling Virgin Variant
IDW, October 2020 (standard edition release date: 2020-10-28).
This is the Aaron Bartling Virgin Variant, which was "limited to 300 copies".
It's the TMNT event of 2020! Springing from the minds of TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird comes an epic like you've never seen before! In a future NYC far different than the one we know today, a lone surviving Turtle goes on a seemingly hopeless mission to obtain justice for his fallen family and friends. Kinetic layouts from Eastman, inks from Esau and Isaac Escorza and a thrilling script full of surprises from longtime TMNT scribe Tom Waltz all combine to make this one of the most memorable TMNT stories you will ever read! Oversized in both format and page count, this is a perennial TMNT tale that can't be missed!
This issue had a story written by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird & Tom Waltz and a script by Tom Waltz and Kevin Eastman. The internal art layout was by Kevin Eastman, with pencils & inks by Esau & Isaac Escorza plus additional art by Ben Bishop.
Above are the standard edition cover (by Eastman and Esau & Isaac Escorza), Eastman 1:10, Santolouco 1:25 and the second print (sharing the art from the regular first print).
Of course, there were a few different retailer covers...
...and a few more(!):
One of the above is the Bartling variant, which was commissioned by Linebreakers, a specialist games, cards and comics retailer (located in Victorville in High Desert, California).
As per the above announcement, the release was limited to 300 copies and included a TMNT challenge coin and prices started from $24.99 (signed and CGC copies extra). The copies available apparently sold out within minutes.
The raw copies sold for $24.99 were an incredible investment as prices on secondary markets like eBay soared and copies are currently (at the time of writing in mid-November 2020) selling for around $750!
TMNT: The Last Ronin #1: Bartling Virgin Variant:
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Beta in May: Windows 7, Configuring Exam
Microsoft Learning to put Exam 70-680 through the proverbial wringer from May 5-18.
By Michael Domingo
As Windows 7 gets nearer and nearer to a rumored release date this year, the Microsoft Learning Group will be close behind with an exam for the OS. Before that happens, the exam still must be put to the usual beta test cycle. The Born to Learn blog announced a few days ago that the Windows 7 beta test will take place from May 5 to 18, with registration opening up for the exam on April 27.
Microsoft Learning expects Exam 70-680 TS: Windows 7, Configuring (dubbed 71-680 while in beta and for registration purposes) to be a popular one, even though some surveys are indicating the OS won't be on many corporate upgrade schedules in the coming year.
Microsoft also has two other Windows 7 exams in development: 70-685, MCITP: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician, and 70-686, MCITP: Windows 7, Desktop Administrator. Guides for the Windows 7 exams have yet to be posted to the Microsoft Learning site as of this writing.
To find out more about related courseware for this exam, see our earlier news on the Windows 7 exams here.
As usual, this exam beta will be free; the code can be found here. Candidates who pass the beta will earn the MCTS: Windows 7, Configuring certification.
Michael Domingo has held several positions at 1105 Media, and is currently the editor in chief of Visual Studio Magazine.
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Gartner Analyst Profiles Office 365 Products and Mobility Support
By Kurt Mackie
Analyst and consulting firm Gartner offered a snapshot on Wednesday of the various Office 365 services and Office apps that Microsoft currently offers, especially with regard to mobile support.
The presentation by Mark Cortner, a research director with Gartner Inc., specifically examined the state of Office mobile support from the enterprise perspective. Microsoft has a somewhat confusing mix of products when it comes to mobile Office access. For instance, the Office mobile capabilities that are available will vary depending the device used (tablet or smartphone), the operating system (Android, iOS or Windows) and the kind of mobile app used (native app or browser-based app).
Cortner stressed that the current mobile Office experience isn't uniform. There can be feature gaps depending on the OS platform used. Browser support may vary.
Mobile access to Office applications can be enabled by subscribing to various Office 365 online services, including Exchange Online, Lync Online and SharePoint Online. Microsoft also offers OneDrive for Business cloud-based storage and Yammer enterprise social networking services, which typically get bundled with other Office 365 service offerings.
Office 365 Professional Plus is the typical suite of applications purchased through an Office 365 subscription. Office 365 Pro Plus includes Access, Excel, Lync, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Word. These applications aren't accessed through Microsoft's cloud. Instead, Microsoft's click-to-run streaming technology installs the bits locally on a device. The mobile support available to Office 365 Pro Plus subscribers currently exists just on the Windows desktop OS platform, according to Cortner's presentation. It isn't available for OS platforms such as Android, iOS and Windows Phone.
Cortner's overview of mobile support focused on the following Microsoft products:
Office 365 Pro Plus: the full suite available through Office 365 subscriptions
Office Online: browser-based versions of Excel, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, formerly known as "Office Web Apps." They're included as part of Office 365 subscriptions
Office for iPad: native apps built for iOS 6.0 or higher
Office for Android preview: native apps built for Android "KitKat" 4.4 for tablets or Android 4.0 for smartphones
Office Mobile: a suite of Office apps (Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, SharePoint Workspace and Word) built for Android, iOS and Windows Phone smartphones
Office Online apps are run from a Web browser and have different mobile capabilities, depending on the OS platform supported. They have "limited" mobile capabilities on Android smartphones, iPhones and Windows Phones. They have "moderate" mobile capabilities on iPads and Windows devices, according to Cortner.
Office Native Apps
The native apps include Office for Android and Office for iPad. While Cortner didn't mention it, Microsoft is also building native "universal" Office apps for Windows 10, although they currently are at the preview stage.
Office for Android has "strong" mobile capabilities on tablets (there's no support for Android smartphones yet), according to Cortner. These apps are still at the "preview" stage.
Office for iPad also has "strong" mobile capabilities (no iOS smartphone support available yet). Cortner's presentation stressed that these native apps are "more robust" than Office Online apps, but they are less robust than the apps that are available through Office 365 subscriptions or the Office 2013 suite. He flatly stated that Office for iPad business users "must" have an Office 365 subscription to create and edit files, which is something that has been assumed, although Microsoft hasn't stated it in plain language.
Microsoft's Outlook for iOS and Android native apps are different from the company's Outlook Web Apps. The native apps are based on technology from Microsoft's Acompli acquisition. The Outlook for iOS and Android native apps are missing some capabilities, though. They can't sync contacts, for instance. They do enable remote app-level wipes, which also removes any associated data from the cloud.
Office Mobile apps are for smartphones only. These apps were rated by Cortner as having "moderate" mobile capabilities for Android smartphones, iPhones and Windows Phones. Office Mobile apps permit the user to view or edit existing Excel, Word and PowerPoint files. No Office 365 subscription is needed to use them, he added.
Mobile Apps for Online Services
Cortner also profiled mobile apps used with various Office 365 online services, such as SharePoint Online and Lync Online (which Microsoft plans to rename "Skype for Business" this year), as well as Exchange Online. He said that the first Office 365 service that most of Gartner's customers consume is Exchange Online. The service uses the Exchange ActiveSync protocol, which offers "rudimentary" mobile device management capabilities for IT pros, in addition to synchronizing e-mail and calendar apps. ActiveSync provides some level of IT control and governance, but not across all devices and OS platforms. He added that ActiveSync can be used to enforce remote device wipe for mobile devices, but it's indiscriminate, resulting in a complete wipe of the device (it wipes out personal content as well as business content).
The Outlook Web App can be used with the Exchange Online service, providing access to e-mail, calendar, contacts and tasks. It works across iOS, Android and Windows devices. The Outlook Web App does not support an offline mode on smartphones and tablets. It has other limitations, as well, such as limited folder support and there's no search capability. The Outlook Web App is not as rich as the as the desktop Outlook product, Cortner explained.
SharePoint Online has "strong" mobile support on Android-based browsers, as well as Internet Explorer and Safari browsers. It isn't supported on Chrome and Firefox browsers. The SharePoint Newsfeed app, which is getting supplanted by Microsoft's Yammer product, has "moderate" mobile capabilities on iOS and Windows devices, but it isn't supported on Android devices.
Yammer is supported across all devices and platforms, but there's also a Yammer Now mobile messaging app that has "strong" support only on the iOS platform. Yammer Now lacks support on Android and Windows.
Microsoft's Lync Online client apps have "strong" mobile support across all OS platforms and devices, according to Cortner's presentation. He likely means the full desktop client that comes with Office 365 plans. Microsoft has other Lync apps, which are described in this TechNet article . For instance, there's a Lync Web App client, but it's just supported on Windows and Macintosh OSes, according to that article.
Cortner stressed that Microsoft's mobile apps have been rapidly changing, with multiple updates to different apps arriving on a monthly basis. Microsoft has focused a great deal on building out mobile capabilities for its Office 365 products, as enabled via Azure cloud services.
More Office 365 mobile device management improvements are yet to come. According to Cortner's presentation, "Microsoft has announced MDM [mobile device management] capabilities within Office 365 to be available in Q1 2015," including things like "device level PIN lock, jailbreak detection, and selective wipe."
The presentation, "Office 365 and Mobile Productivity: Capabilities and Constraints," is currently available on demand (Gartner sign-up required). It can be accessed at this page.
Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.
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Bay Area Kids Weekend Events: May 20-22
Chantal Lamers
Are you ready to rock the weekend? That’s good because there’s a lot to do from digging some awesome kids on electric guitar in Downtown San Jose to celebrating the long-awaited re-opening of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. You can also pick cherries right off the tree in Brentwood, read up at an Oakland book festival or spend the afternoon at a Charlotte’s Web inspired county fair. As that famous spider would say, it’s going to be a “Terrific” weekend.
Photo Courtesy of School of Rock
Wanna Get Wild? That’s totally cool
SF Zoo’s Kid Fest is happening, everyone. It’s a super fun event for the whole family with exclusive wildlife presentations, live music, face painting and more. Plus, attendees get private access to the Elinor Friend Playground and Sculpture Learning Plaza. Tickets include food, beverages and parking. For the first time, SF Zoo Members receive a discount on admission. So, you know, go wild! Fri. 6-8 p.m. San Francisco Zoo. $35-$50; Children under 3 are free. All ages. Event details.
Improvise at This Family Jazz Concert
Your little’s ears are sure to love the sound of big bands at the new SFJAZZ center. These pint-sized concerts are affordably priced for families and a great way to introduce jazz to kids in a beautiful, inspired setting. The final performance of the season is the Fats Waller Birthday Celebration with Daniel Handler, Marcus Shelby & Friends. South, the restaurant at SFJazz, will be serving Saturday brunch. The matinee is followed by an interactive workshop limited to 50 participants and reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign ups take place at a table in the lobby on the day of the concert. Sat. 11 a.m. SFJAZZ Center. $5-$15. All ages. Event details.
Say Hello To The New SFMOMA
It’s been a long time, little art lovers but the totally renovated San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is finally re-opening its doors with triple the gallery space and plenty of great new indoor and outdoor features. In addition to being the largest modern museum of art in the US, this revamped space has an awesome gift shop with the best modern books and toys as well as new restaurants and cafes to help keep little tummies satisfied. And just when you didn’t think it could possibly get any better well, admission is now free for any visitor under 18. Daily. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open until 9 p.m. on Thursdays SFMOMA. $19-$22; 18 and under are free. All ages. Event details.
Put a Cherry On Top Of Your Farm Outing
It’s cherry season and the most satisfying way to enjoy these sweet spring beauties is by picking your own. Salvador Family Farm is open for U-Pick Season and in addition to picking fruit families can picnic and visit with farm animals, too. Next up, cherry pie. Sat.-Sun. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Salvador Family Farm, Brentwood. Admission is free. All ages. Event details.
This Festival Is An Open Book
This year at the Oakland Book Festival kids will want to head straightaway to an awesome dedicated children’s area on Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall. Under the oaks and on the grass, just for kids, there will be performances by Children’s Fairyland, writing activities hosted by Chapter 510 and the Department of Make Believe, “favorite-stories” read by librarians from the Oakland Public Library, author readings courtesy of Kidquake, and book-making projects with artists from the Museum of Children’s Arts (MOCHA). There will also be child-friendly live music in the amphitheater (Oakland Youth Chorus and Hip Hop for Change) and food trucks on adjacent streets. Sun. 11 a.m. -6 p.m. Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland. Free, all ages. Event details.
This Storybook Fair is TERRIFIC
That’s Some Pig! And that’s likely what you’ll be saying after visiting the Charlotte’s County Fair that was inspired by Charlotte’s Web, the classic book by E. B. White. The Mill Valley Community Center will be transformed into an old-fashioned county fair complete with petting zoo, square dancing and carnival games. All proceeds from this Storybook Ball benefit Mill Valley Public Library children and teen programming. Sun. 3-6 p.m. Mill Valley Community Center. $50 per person, 3 and under are free. All ages. Event details.
Insert All The Heart Eyed Cat Emojis
Hey cat lovers of all ages, the Second Annual Catapalooza is on. This events benefits the Marin Humane Society and will feature cat-centric activities, a cute little kitten corner, a Purr-veyors market; kids zone, music, food and beer garden. Admission to the festival is free but presentations and a meet-and-greet (and Q&A) with the oh-so world famous cat celebrity Lil Bub ranges from $25 to $100.m. Sun. 11 a.m.- 4p.m. Marin Humane Society, Novato. Free to $125. All ages. Event details.
This School Is Gonna Rock You
School of Rock San Jose is a group of seriously cool and crazy-good kid musicians. In this newest performance called Rock 2K they’ll rehash some of the most memorable songs from the early parts of the 2000s such as Blink 182, My Chemical Romance, System Of A Down, Jimmy Eat World and Avril Lavigne. We salute you! Fri., 6:30 p.m. Theater on San Pedro Square. $15; Lap infants are free. All ages. Event details.
Make A New Friend at Sesame Street Live!
Sunny days are just ahead. That’s because Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby and their Sesame Street friends are welcoming new pal Chamki, Grover’s friend from India, to Sesame Street. Together, they explore the universal fun of friendship and celebrate cultural similarities, from singing and dancing to sharing cookies. Shows take place on Sat. at 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday shows start at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. City National Civic. $15-$85. All ages. Event details.
Earn Your Wings At This Family Fest
Join the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society for a day of adventure, science, birding, hiking, and discovery. Kids can learn to geocache and search the trails for bird-themed treasures, go on a winged-creature discovery hike, meet birds, bats and insects up close and participate in arts and crafts. An early bird walk starts at 9 a.m.. Advance registration for that event is required in advance here. Activities start about every hour. Families are welcome to bring a picnic lunch or purchase food onsite from a food truck. Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Skyline Ridge OPen Space Preserve. Free. All ages. Event details.
Kemenda And Crafts at Japanese Culture Day
Hidden Villa Farm is celebrating Japanese Culture Day with traditional arts, performances, crafts and activities such as calligraphy, flower arranging and tea ceremony demos, a cool kendama contest, games, kids’ craft activities and origami. If all of that makes you hungry try JapaCurry and Paradise Shave Ice, too. The event is free but there’s a $10 charge per vehicle. Parking is limited so carpooling is encourage. Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hidden Villa Farm. $10 per car. All ages. Event details.
What’s got you all riled up for the weekend? Tell us all about it in the comments below!
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These Major Retailers Will Be Closed on Thanksgiving This Year
Without a doubt, the holidays are going to look very different this year. Many retailers have altered their business hours and safety protocols due to the pandemic. Now amid the rise of cases across the country some stores are making the decision to close businesses on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26.
As of today, these are the retailers that will be closed this Thanksgiving. The list will be updated as more stores make announcements.
On Jul 21 Walmart announced all of their locations and Sam’s Club locations will be closed for Thanksgiving Day.
“We know this has been a trying year, and our associates have stepped up. We hope they will enjoy a special Thanksgiving Day at home with their loved ones,” said Walmart U.S. president and CEO John Furner in a press release. “We are certainly thankful to our people for all of their efforts.”
The company also announced another round of bonuses for employees working on the front lines of the pandemic: $300 for full-time hourly workers and $150 for part-time hourly and temporary workers.
On Jul. 27, Target announced that all national stores will be closed for Thanksgiving this year.
“This year more than ever, a joyful holiday will be inseparable from a safe one, and we’re continuing to adjust our plans to deliver ease, value and the joy of the season in a way that only Target can,” said Target CEO Brian Cornell in a statement.
In a press release on Jul. 28, Best Buy announced they will close all stores across the country for Thanksgiving Day. Shoppers will still be able to purchase items online and via the Best Buy app.
Best Buy will also be enhancing the way it fulfills orders, including offering more convenient pickup times at stores and making sure online orders arrive on time.
On Jul. 27, DICK’S Sporting Goods announced they will close all stores and distribution centers for the Thanksgiving holiday. The company also announced a 15-percent premium through the end of the year for store and distribution center employees.
“We are so thankful to our teammates for their hard work and dedication,” said Ed Stack, Chairman and CEO in a news release. “They have navigated this year with strength, commitment and care for each other and for our customers. We will continue to do all we can to support them and show our gratitude.”
Kohl’s announced they will be closed on Thanksgiving in a press release on Jul. 29. “The holiday season is when Kohl’s shines brightest, and as we move into the holiday season of this very unusual year, we are adapting our plans in response to changing customer expectations and behaviors,” said Michelle Gass, Kohl’s chief executive officer. “We are deeply appreciative of how our team of Kohl’s associates have shown up to serve our customers through this pandemic and know that they will continue to show Kohl’s at our best throughout the holidays.”
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Pelham's Art Industry News
"Auf wiedersehen, techno"
Berlin's legendary nightclub Berghain reopens as an art venue - via The Guardian.
Media Brief
As Berlin Art Week triumphantly kicks off at venues across the city, WWD examines the fashion designers who are aligning with the art world. With seasonal trade fairs uprooting to Frankfurt, brands have looked to the city’s art scene for inspiration, with 20 Berlin-based designers taking part in the Positions art fair which opens today.
For the first time in its 150-year history, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has hired a full-time Native American art curator. Patricia Marroquin Norby has previously served as senior executive and assistant director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, New York. She will be the Met’s inaugural associate curator of Native American art, working in the museum’s American Wing.
The Shofuso Japanese House and Garden presents their inaugural exhibition on the history of shoin-style architecture and mid-century Modernism following a friendship between architect Junzo Yoshimura, woodworker George Nakashima, designer Noémi Pernessin Raymond and architect Antonin Raymond. Read all about it as reported by Tom Seymour for Wallpaper*.
Hauser & Wirth have hired former head of Fortnum & Mason, as their first global chief executive. In a statement shared with Artnews, Iwan Wirth has said, “Our business and the art world itself have grown dramatically in scale and velocity, and now that we are a global concern, it is essential to have a strong Chief Executive to lead our team.”
As Art Basel Miami Beach was officially cancelled last week, Mayor Dan Gelber of Miami Beach said he was “disappointed, but not shocked” by the cancellation of the event - as reported by Brett Sokol for NYT.
Art sales and art fairs are the worst affected by COVID-19 claims a mid-year art market report from UBS and Art Basel. Anny Shaw in The Art Newspaper examines the top line figures, finding art sales dropped by an average of 36% and in the first half of 2020. Meanwhile, Sophia Kishkovsky reports that the eighth Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair is the first art fair to hold a physical event since the outbreak of Covid-19 wreaked havoc on calendars around the world. Margarita Pushkina, Cosmoscow’s founder and director, says the “decision to hold the fair offline was not easy or clear-cut for us.”
Digtial News
Graffiti historian and curator Roger Gastman partners up with NTWRK, a digital shopping platform to showcase (virtually) works by artists including Felipe Pantone, Kenny Scharf and Mark Machado, a.k.a. Mister Cartoon.
Striking figures for social media sales released in the Art Basel and UBS global art market report, stating that Millennial collectors say they are more comfortable buying at higher prices online: 16% commonly purchasing over the $1m threshold. Nearly a third of collectors (32%) bought a work of art via Instagram.
Weekend Listening + Reading + Watching
LISTEN: From Joni Mitchell to Radiohead and Sun Ra, The Art Newspaper have created their own Spotify playlist of tracks chosen by their podcast interviewees Michael Armitage, Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe and Rashid Johnson. Tune in for some weekend listing.
READ: In 'Athens: an art capital arises' Kasia Maciejowska overviews how the cultural crucible of the ancient world is emerging as a contemporary art hub for the Financial Times.
WATCH: Ensure you pencil in some sofa time next Thursday, when Sky Arts launches on the UK’s Freeview with new programmes including Sky Arts Late - a late-night discussion show hosted by The Design Museum’s Tim Marlow. Director Philip Edgar-Jones breaks it down for us in The Telegraph.
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Jonathan Gratch
Research Professor of Computer Science, Psychology and Media Arts and Practice
Director for Virtual Human Research, USC Institute for Creative Technologies
Director, USC Affective Computing Group
12015 Waterfront Way, Playa Vista, CA 90094
gratch AT ict.usc.edu
CSCI 534 (Spring 2021) Course Information
Emotion Links
Affective Computing, Cognitive Modeling, Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Humans, Persuasive Technology
My research is directed toward developing human-like software agents for virtual training environments and to use these computational methods to concretize psychological theories of human behavior. Specifically, I investigate how algorithms can control the behavior of characters in virtual worlds, endowing them with an ability to think and engage in socio-emotional interactions with human users, using both verbal and nonverbal communication. Such methods can deepen our understanding of human behavior, by instantiating and systematically manipulating psychological theories. They also have wide application to such areas as training, entertainment and clinical diagnosis, assessment and treatment.
Emotion Modeling
Emotions have a pervasive impact over our lives. They shape how we perceive the world, how we make decisions, and play a key role in social communication. In the context of virtual training environments, emotions also play a key role in the believability of the simulation and the extent to which a student will feel immersed in the experience. Realizing psychological theories as working computational models advances science by forcing concreteness, revealing hidden assumptions, and creating dynamic artifacts that can be subject to empirical study. These two videos give a high-level overview of our emotion modeling research: Sweet Emotion, CACM
Virtual Humans
The Virtual Human Project brings together research in intelligent tutoring, natural language recognition and generation, interactive narrative, emotional modeling, and immersive graphics and audio. The focus is on creating a highly realistic and compelling training environment. The system includes an 8'x30' wrap-around screen, 10.2 channels of immersive audio, and interactive synthetic humans that can interact with the trainee and respond emotionally to their decisions. Applications of this technology include the Mission Rehearsal Exercise [MRE Movie Clip] and the Stability and Support Operations [SASO Movie Clip] training prototypes.
Social Emotions and Rapport
When people interact their speech prosody, gesture, gaze, posture, and facial expression contribute to establishment of a sense of rapport. Rapport is argued to underlie success in negotiations, psychotherapeutic effectiveness, classroom performance and even susceptibility to hypnosis. The rapport project uses machine vision and prosody analysis to create virtual humans that can detect and respond in real-time to human gestures, facial expressions and emotional cues and create a sense of rapport. These techniques have a demonstrable beneficial impact on human interaction. [Rapport Movie Clip]
Anthropomorphism in Human-Machine Interaction
There is growing interest in endowing machines with more human-like characteristics, fueled by the assumption that this will enhance the effectiveness of human-machine interactions. Research has demonstrated that machines can be made more human-like, but less research has considered if this benefits or harms human-machine team performance. Indeed, a review of the literature illustrates that human-like qualities can results in unintended and disruptive consequences. Sometimes, getting people to treat a computer like a human can often undermine some of the unique advantages machines bring to human-machine teams Our anthropomorphism aims to cast such contradictorily into an overall framework that can inform the design of effective machines. (e.g., see this example).
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ASTM International - ASTM E284-01
Standard Terminology of Appearance
ICS Code (Properties of surfaces): 17.040.20
1.1 This terminology standard defines terms used in the description of appearance, including but not limited to color, gloss, opacity, scattering, texture, and visibility of both materials (ordinary, fluorescent, retroreflective) and light sources (including visual display units).
1.2 It is the policy of ASTM Committee E12 on Appearance that this terminology standard include important terms and definitions explicit to the scope, whether or not the terms are currently used in an ASTM standard. Terms that are in common use and appear in common-language dictionaries (see Refs (1-4)) are generally not included, except when the dictionaries show multiple definitions and it seems desirable to indicate the definitions recommended for E12 standards.
1.3 The usage of terms describing appearance varies considerably. In some cases, different usage of a term in different fields has been noted.
ASTM E284-17
3.1 This terminology standard contains definitions of appearance terms applicable to the work of many ASTM technical committees. Its use by committees other than Committee E12 on Color and...
ASTM E284-13b
ASTM E284-13a
This terminology standard contains definitions of appearance terms applicable to the work of many ASTM technical committees. Its use by committees other than Committee E12 on Color and Appearance,...
1.1 This terminology standard defines terms used in the description of appearance, including but not limited to color, gloss, opacity, scattering, texture, and visibility of both materials (ordinary,...
ASTM E1807-01 - Standard Terminology Pertaining to Metal Connector Plates (Withdrawn 2005)
October 10, 2001 - ASTM International
1.1 The definitions of terms pertaining to metal connector plates provide meanings and explanations of 46 technical terms which are in common use by both the technical expert, such as the plate fabricator and user, and the non-expert architect, engineer, specification writer, building code offici...
ASTM F412-01ae1 - Standard Terminology Relating to Plastic Piping Systems
1.1 This terminology is a compilation of definitions of technical terms used in the plastic piping industry. Terms that are generally understood or adequately defined in other readily available sources are not included.
1.2 When a term is used in an ASTM document for which Committee F17 i...
ASTM D6540-00 - Standard Test Method for Accelerated Soiling of Pile Yarn Floor Covering
April 10, 2000 - ASTM International
1.1 This test method describes the equipment, and the test method for assessing the propensity of pile yarn floor coverings to soiling in the absence of abrasive wear and texture changes, using a standard synthetic soil composition.
1.2 This test method is applicable for use in testing unus...
ASTM C717-01 - Standard Terminology of Building Seals and Sealants
June 10, 2001 - ASTM International
1.1 This standard covers terms, related standard definitions, and descriptions of terms used or likely to be used in standard test methods, specifications, guides, and practices (related to building seals and sealants) consistent with the scope and areas of interest of ASTM Committee C24.
ASTM E833-00 - Standard Terminology of Building Economics
1.1 This terminology relates to the economic evaluation of building construction as used in other standards under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance of Building Constructions, and does not necessarily correspond to the terminology used in other areas of accounting and economics...
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remember the good old days…
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First Toa Payoh Secondary School No More
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Uniquely Singapore
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Posted on December 12, 2012 by Remember Singapore
I guess every Singaporean has a story to tell in one way or another… of the place he or she was born and raised. Each story is a unique memory. I’m no exception. My hometown was Ang Mo Kio. If the life expectancy of a Singaporean male is around 79, I’d have spent almost one third of my life living in Ang Mo Kio.
Ang Mo Kio and My Family
My parents moved to Ang Mo Kio in 1979 when I was 3-plus. Previously, we lived in a rental flat at Toa Payoh. The successful balloting came as a delightful surprise as Ang Mo Kio was then an upcoming new town. Costing $13,000, our three-and-a-half room flat was located in a favourable location along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, where there were convenient amenities such as hawker centre, wet market and schools within short walking distance.
Most of my peers, including me, grew up living in HDB flats. Not for my parents though, who had lived in kampong during their younger days. My father grew in a humble Hakka village off Old Holland Road, while my mother was from Chia Keng, a Teochew kampong that was formerly located near the present-day Yio Chu Kang Stadium and was demolished in the mid-eighties. Imagine their delight when they moved into a new unit with ready supply of water, electricity and modern sanitation.
Ang Mo Kio… Tomato or Bridge?
For years, there were misconceptions that the name of Ang Mo Kio was derived from the Hokkien term for tomatoes. However, no tomato farms were ever grown in this vicinity.
Thus, the more likely origin of the name came from the bridge purportedly built by the British Government Surveyor John Turnbull Thomson (1821–1884) at the junction of Upper Thomson Road and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. Upper Thomson Road was also named after him. Another saying was that there were nine, instead of one, bridges in Ang Mo Kio. They were built by the British military, and therefore being termed “ang mo kio“, which means “Caucasian’s bridge” in Hokkien.
The final explanation was that there were actually two major bridges in the old swampy Ang Mo Kio. One was a wooden bridge and the other was made of concrete. The locals called the bridges as “pang kio” (“wooden bridge” in Hokkien) and “ang mo kio” (“ang mo” here refers to “ang mo huay“, which means “concrete” in Hokkien).
Whether it was one, two or nine bridges, they, along with the swamps, farmlands and villages, had long vanished in the development of Ang Mo Kio New Town.
Ang Mo Kio Districts and Avenues
The earliest plan to build a residential estate at Ang Mo Kio began in 1971. It was initially intended for the small car repair shop owners who had been relocated from the city area. By 1973, it was decided to develop Ang Mo Kio into a new town with self-sufficient facilities. It would be the seventh housing estate in Singapore built by the Housing and Development Board (HDB).
Ang Mo Kio was designed with six neighbourhoods with streets that run perpendicular to each other. As such, it was the first new town in Singapore to be designed in metric dimensions.
There is a total of ten main avenues in Ang Mo Kio. The avenues in odd numbers (Avenue 1, 3, 5 and 9) run from east to west in ascending order, whereas the even-numbered avenues (Avenue 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) run from north to south.
However, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 7 is missing in the map, which logically should be parallel between Avenue 5 and 9. Did the town planners make a mistake last time? Ang Mo Kio Avenue 7 was mentioned in some history context but its exclusion remains a mystery till today. There is also no Ang Mo Kio Avenue 11 because Yio Chu Kang Road is already running parallel to the north of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9.
The smaller streets in Ang Mo Kio, on the other hand, are numbered according to the clusters of flats they lead to. Ang Mo Kio Street 52, for example, runs through the neigbourhood with the block numbers began with 500-plus, where Ang Mo Kio Street 44 leads to the 400-plus-numbered flats. This concept is also used in other new towns such as Bishan and Jurong East/West.
The six neighbourhoods in Ang Mo Kio are categorised as Kebun Baru/Mayflower (with blocks numbered 100- and 200-plus), Teck Ghee (block 300-plus), Chong Boon (block 400-plus), Cheng San (block 500-plus), Yio Chu Kang (block 600-plus) and Town Centre (block 700-plus).
Cheng San, in particular, was named after Kampong Cheng San, also known as Cheng Sua Lai (青山内, “Green Hills Interior” in Hokkien), a dominant village that existed in the area between the fifties and seventies. It was made up of many clusters of Hokkien and Teochew villages, as well as some Malay and Indian families. A long track known as Cheng San Road once cut through the vegetation and farmlands in old Ang Mo Kio to link between Upper Thomson Road and Serangoon Gardens.
Other villages included Jio Sua (石山, “Stone Hill”) and Kow Tiow Kio (九条桥, “Nine Bridges”). Jio Sua was an early Hokkien village existed from the late 19th century till the mid-seventies. It was located at present-day Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West and was likely to named after a red sandstone that was found in the vicinity. Farming and quarrying were the main activities then.
Named after the nine bridges built by the British to link Lorong Kinchir over the Kallang River, Kow Tiow Kio was a settlement along present-day Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 that housed mainly Hokkien, Teochew and Hainanese families. The villagers engaged in vegetable and fruit farming, pig rearing and rubber and coconut plantations. They were resettled in the seventies to Sin Ming, Toa Payoh and other parts of Ang Mo Kio.
There was another smaller village, known as Lak Xun (六巡), located between Track 14 and 16 (both were defunct today) of Yio Chu Kang Road.
Amoy Quee Camp is the only military camp based in Ang Mo Kio. Formerly a British army camp, its name was derived from Kampong Amoy Quee that once dominated this area. The name of the kampong itself arose from the nickname given to the British and Australian soldiers by the locals.
During the pre-independence days, the military personnel living at the Serangoon Gardens would drive through the kampong as a shortcut to the Seletar and Sembawang camps. Their reckless drivings sometimes killed the villagers’ chicken and other livestock. The angry locals thus nicknamed the Caucasians as “ang moh kwee” (“red-haired devils” in Hokkien).
There is also a small housing estate located along Yio Chu Kang Road, considered part of Ang Mo Kio New Town. It is the Teachers’ Housing Estate, completed in 1968 by the Singapore Teachers’ Union (STU). The project aimed to provide affordable housing for the teachers. More than 250 terrace houses were built and priced at around $24,000, which was still a large amount for the teachers then. Eventually only 70% of the houses were sold to teachers.
An interesting trivia about Teachers’ Estate is that all its roads are named after famous poets and philosophers.
Some examples are Li Po Avenue, Tu Fu Avenue, Tung Po Avenue (named after ancient Chinese poets Li Bai 李白, Du Fu 杜甫 and Su Dong Po 苏东坡), Iqbal Avenue (named after Muslim poet Muhammad Iqbal) and Omar Khayyam Avenue (named after Persian poet Omar Khayyam).
Ang Mo Kio and My Schools
My ten years of primary school and secondary school life were spent within Ang Mo Kio. Make it twelve if I included the kindergarten. Unlike today, there were few or no nurseries or pre-education classes in the early eighties. Kids spent most of their time playing with masak-masak (“cooking” in Malay but it generally means “playing with toys” in Singlish context) instead of learning violin, piano or ballet. The financial means of a middle class family then could hardly afford these courses anyway.
My primary school, Chong Li Primary School, used to stand side by side at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 44 with Chong Boon Primary School and Anderson Secondary School, which was also my secondary school.
Anderson Secondary School was formerly located at Steven Road, before moving to Ang Mo Kio in 1984. A decade later, it was shifted to another site at Ang Mo Kio Street 53. By 2000, Chong Boon Primary School was merged with Da Qiao Primary School, while my primary school also vanished after its 2003 merger with Teck Ghee Primary School. The large premises are now occupied by Chong Boon Secondary School.
Other primary schools in Ang Mo Kio that had also vanished were Li Hua Primary School (formerly Lee Hua Chinese School, 1970s-2000), Ang Mo Kio North Primary School (1981-2000), Chong De Primary School (1982-1998), Hong Dao Primary School (1982-2000), Chong Shan Primary School (1982-2001) and Kebun Baru Primary School (1983-2002). Meanwhile, Ai Tong Primary School was located at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 between 1981 and 1992.
The current primary schools in Ang Mo Kio include Da Qiao Primary School (formerly Tai Keou School, founded in 1936 at North Bridge Road. Relocated to Ang Mo Kio in 1982), Jing Shan Primary School (formerly Cheng San School, established in 1945 at Kampong Cheng San), Ang Mo Kio Primary School (since 1978), Mayflower Primary School (since 1979), Townsville Primary School (since 1982) and Anderson Primary School (since 2000).
The days of primary school had got to be the best moments in my life. Those were the happy memories in playing gor li (marbles) and hantam bola during recesses, exchanging Panini stickers with classmates, catching guppies in nearby longkang and doing projects in order to earn that Zoologist science badge. We also had school excursions at Sentosa (riding the monorail) and Haw Par Villa (which gave me nightmares for many nights).
Ang Mo Kio Town Centre
Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, or fondly known as Ang Mo Kio Central/Centre, is a bustling self-sufficient neighbourhood since its development in the late seventies. Also one of the largest town centres in Singapore, it was built on a low-lying location in-between small hillocks on the eastern and western flanks. The hilly parts of Ang Mo Kio are still visible today at Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East and Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West.
In the eighties and early nineties, residents from the neighbouring Bishan, Yishun and Sembawang would flock to Ang Mo Kio to shop, dine and catch movies, because the shopping facilities in their respective housing estates were not fully developed yet.
Beautifully lit up at nights, the large fountain was perhaps the most famous landmark of Ang Mo Kio Town Centre in the eighties. Its water, however, was drained away sometime in the nineties, leaving the fountain emptied and unmaintained. Slowly forgotten over the years, it was eventually demolished.
The Oriental Emporium dominated the local retailer sector in the eighties. Being one of the largest and upcoming housing estates in Singapore, Ang Mo Kio was unsurprisingly chosen by the departmental giant for the location of one of its outlets. It had a grand opening at the town centre on the 28th March of 1980. Selling a large variety of products, Oriental Emporium became one of Singaporeans’ favourite shopping destination in the eighties.
Owned by the Emporium Holdings Group, the former Oriental Palace Restaurant was also a popular venue in Ang Mo Kio for the hosting of wedding and birthday celebration dinners. To enjoy yum cha (morning tea in Cantonese) at the restaurant on a Sunday morning was a treat then; something that I looked forward to if my parents had a lucky strike in 4D.
One of the my favourite places at the Ang Mo Kio Town Centre during my childhood was the children’s traffic garden. It was like a mini version of the Road Safety Park at East Coast. Beside small bicycles, there were the more popular battery-powered “motorbikes” and “cars” for kids. I could not remember the cost of each ride. It was probably 50c for a 10-minute ride.
After the traffic garden was demolished, the vendor still operated his business elsewhere at the town centre. The kids were then free to roam around in their miniature vehicles. Such vendors could still be seen today at other places such as the Bukit Merah Town Centre.
There used to be four cinemas at the Ang Mo Kio town centre. The earliest was the Ang Mo Kio Cinema, but it was gone by the mid-eighties and its premises was converted into the Big Mac Centre today.
The other three cinemas, Broadway, Jubilee and New Crown/New Town, had found their ways into Ang Mo Kio heartland in the eighties and nineties. Owned by Cathay, Eng Wah and other cinema operators, they provided cheap and convenient access to the popular Hong Kong and Hollywood movies for the residents and students.
I could not remember how many Stephen Chow and other Hong Kong movies I had watched at those cinemas. Broadway Cinema was located just opposite the Ang Mo Kio Central Market and Food Centre, which served delicious satay beehoon, carrot cake, Hokkien mee and other local delights.
There was also a popular second-hand book store beside the Ang Mo Kio Central Food Centre that had been around for some twenty years. However, it was shut down for good after the renovation of the hawker centre a few years back.
During my school days, I used to patronise the arcade game shop at the building which housed the New Crown/New Town cinema. The Korean buffet restaurant Seoul Gardens used to run its business at its premises too. After the cinema ceased its operation, the entire building was painted red and became known as the New Crown Building. It was then demolished in mid-2012.
Jubilee Cinema was the smallest of the trio in the nineties. Its building was easily identifiable with the large Pizza Hut logo. Located next to it was (and still is) the large S11 kopitiam, ensuring the late night movie-goers would not go home with hungry stomachs. The building is now a little shopping mall called Jubilee Square.
The Ang Mo Kio Public Library was officially opened in August 1985 after four years of planning and two years of construction. Formerly known as Ang Mo Kio Branch Library, it was the fifth branch library to be built in Singapore. Before the completion of Ang Mo Kio library, a small mobile library was temporarily set up at Block 528 for the residents. Otherwise, the residents had to travel to the Toa Payoh library for books and other materials.
Filled with many retail shops, the Ang Mo Kio Town Centre was the favourite destination for me to hang around after school. I could spend hours walking around hunting for cassettes (and music CDs in the later times), comics, shoes and “friendly” versions of PC games. Or playing Virtua Striker at the arcade. Or simply enjoying a frosted mug of root beer float at the A&W restaurant with friends.
Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange and MRT
Feeder bus service 261 that loops around my old home has got to be the most frequent bus service in Ang Mo Kio. However, in the eighties and early nineties, it was the only bus service within short walking distance from my flat. It was only many years later before they added Service 55 which linked up Hougang, Ang Mo Kio and Bishan.
The old Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange was opened in 1980 and expanded in 1983 to cater for the growing population in the new town. The feeder buses would stop before the traffic light (shown in the photo above) at the bus interchange for the commuters to alight. Lasted more than twenty years until 2002, the old interchange was then shifted to a temporary location near the Ang Mo Kio Public Library while the new Integrated PT (Public Transport) Hub was constructed. The new air-conditioned interchange was finally opened in April 2007.
An underpass link was constructed between the old bus interchange and the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station when the latter was opened in November 1987. The first section of the North-South Line consisted of only five stations (Toa Payoh to Yio Chu Kang) over six kilometers. In the following year, 15 more stations were opened, allowing the Ang Mo Kio residents to travel conveniently to Yishun, Orchard and City Hall.
HDB Flats in Ang Mo Kio
In 1973, the blocks, numbered 213-216, were the first ever flats to be completed in Ang Mo Kio. Three years later, the new town’s first market and hawker centre were added to Block 226. Soon, the first community centre, kindergarten, primary and secondary schools in Ang Mo Kio were also established in the same neighbourhood.
The design template of such classic HDB slab blocks and point blocks had been duplicated at new towns built in the late seventies and early eighties, including Ang Mo Kio, Bedok and Clementi.
The photos here show an en-bloc HDB flat along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. The blocks have been emptied since early 2012. The design were similar to my old Ang Mo Kio flat at Avenue 10, with its recognisable reinforced glass and aluminum window panes, small double-stepped doorway and symmetrical metal door grilles.
The slab block design typically consists of rows of two-room or three-room, three-and-a-half room and four-room units. The four-room units are usually located at both ends of the long common corridors. Before the upgrading scheme, the lifts of these flats do not stop at every level.
Void decks are multi-functional spaces for the residents living in the HDB flats, which can be used to hold Malay weddings or Chinese funeral wakes. For the kids, a void deck is also ideal for a game of football, despite the no-football sign. The mounted table tennis tables served as a free facility for ping-pong lovers; it also served as a “playground” when someone creatively invented the game of “crocodiles” using the table tennis table.
For approximately every ten slab blocks in each neighbourhood, there is a point block made up of five-room units.
In 1981, a circular block of flats was constructed by the HDB at the end of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. It was an experimental attempt to break through the design of the classic slab and point blocks. Nicknamed the “Four Leaf Clover Flat” due to its shape from the top view, it has 96 five-room units with interior curved walls. Even the water tanks at the rooftops are customised to suit the circular shapes.
When it was launched, each unit cost more than $110,000, significantly higher than other five-room flats during the early eighties. The reviews were mixed, as the residents found the curved designs impractical, having to spend more on renovations and customised furniture. The HDB stopped building such designs since then, thus making the “Four Leaf Clover Flat” the one and only circular flat in Singapore.
Ang Mo Kio Hawker Centres and Wet Markets
There is a total of nine hawker centres in Ang Mo Kio; the most in a new town in Singapore. The first hawker centre and market began at Block 226 along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. As the new town expanded with addition of housing districts, more hawker centres were built to cater for the growing population.
The nine hawker centres and wet markets within Ang Mo Kio are: Ang Mo Kio Central Market and Cooked Food Centre, Cheng San Market and Cooked Food Centre, Chong Boon Market and Food Centre, Kebun Baru Market and Food Centre, Mayflower Market and Food Centre, Teck Ghee Court Market and Food Centre, Teck Ghee Square Market and Hawker Centre and Yio Chu Kang View Market and Food Centre.
The Sembawang Hill Food Centre along Upper Thomson Road is also listed within the administration of Ang Mo Kio constituency.
There are many good food found in Ang Mo Kio. Many of the stallholders have been operating here for more than twenty years. The laksa, Teochew fish ball noodle (Chong Boon hawker centre), Hokkien mee (Teck Ghee Square and Cheng San hawker centres), bak chor mee (Ang Mo Kio central kopitiam), Penang prawn noodle (Ang Mo Kio central S11), satay beehoon (Ang Mo Kio Central hawker centre) and roti prata (Mayflower kopitiam) are some of my favourites.
Ang Mo Kio Places of Worship
Masjid Al-Muttaqin is the only mosque in Ang Mo Kio, and is the fifth mosque in Singapore to be completed under the Mosque Building Fund Scheme.
In the seventies, a place of worship was essential for the Malay Muslim residents who were resettled in Ang Mo Kio. Most of them were previously from the kampongs at Jalan Kayu, Buangkok and Tongkang Pecah (present-day Fernvale, Sengkang), who had to travel to Upper Serangoon and Thomson Road for their religious activities.
After two years of fund-raising by the devoted Muslims, it was decided that the new mosque was to be built at a 3,000 square meter site along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6. At a cost of $1.8 million, it was officially opened in September 1980 with an accommodation of 2,700 worshippers. It has since became a distinctive landmark at the Ang Mo Kio Town Centre.
There are many Chinese temples in Ang Mo Kio, one of which is the Potong Pasir Joint Temples Association. As its name suggests, the temple originates from Potong Pasir. It is made up of five Chinese temples that were formerly located at Kampong Potong Pasir. Due to the development of Potong Pasir in the seventies and eighties, the five temples decided to join as one. The association was established in 1982, and was shifted to Ang Mo Kio Street 44 five years later.
Another combined temple is Ang Mo Kio Joint Temple. It comprises three older Chinese temples that joined together as one in 1978. One of them was Kong Lim Kong Temple (檺林宫), who has its roots traced back to the late 19th century at Fujian province of China. The other two were Leng San Giam (龙山岩) and Kim Eang Tong (金英堂), established in the fifties and sixties at Cheng Sua Lai and Jio Sua respectively.
The third and fourth joint temple are Liuxun Sanhemiao Temple (六巡三合庙) and Chu Sheng Temple (聚圣庙) respectively. The former is made up of three kampong temples, Hong San Chin Huat Temple Association (凤山堂进法殿全盛宫), Sam Ann Fu (三安府) and The Longxuyan Jinshuiguan Temple (龙须岩金水馆), that once served the Lak Xun village. Chu Sheng Temple, completed in 1981, houses three old temples from Yio Chu Kang, namely Ji Fu Gong (集福宫), Hua Tang Fu (华堂府) and Long Quan Yan (龍泉岩).
The history of Swee Kok Guan Temple (水沟馆葛岸馆庙) went back to the early 20th century, when it was set up by the Chinese immigrants of the surname”Ang”. The temple began at Buona Vista, before moving to Holland Road and Choa Chu Kang. In the late sixties, there were three Swee Kok Guan temples in Singapore; the other two were located in Yio Chu Kang and Sembwang. In 1977, all three temples were combined to form one Swee Kok Guan Temple at Ang Mo Kio Street 61.
Chek Sian Tng (积善堂) at Ang Mo Kio Street 44 is a temple devoted to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (观音). Its history went back to the early 20th century, and was located at Kramat Road until the early eighties, before it found its home at Ang Mo Kio in 1984. Chek Sian Tng is also a temple specially for female devotees who wish to commit an ascetic life.
The services of Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church was originally held in 1976 in a rented house at Mayflower housing estate. As the number of its followers grew, it decided to build its own building together with two other Methodist conferences (Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Church and Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference). The church was completed at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 in 1981, and was upgraded several times over the years.
The barren ground in front of the church shown in the photo has been developed into Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.
Other churches in Ang Mo Kio are St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Cathedral (built in 1983), Bethesda Hall at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 (1984) and First Evangelical Reformed Church at Yio Chu Kang Road (1994).
Catholic Church of Christ the King, the only Catholic Church in Ang Mo Kio, was opened in September 1982 at a cost of $3 million. In the seventies, the Catholics living in the vicinity of Ang Mo Kio had to travel to Upper Thomson (Church of Holy Spirit) or Serangoon Gardens (Church of St Francis Xiavier) to call their parish.
In 1999, its old building was demolished and replaced by the current church.
Community Centres and the Swimming Complex
The first ever community centres in Singapore were the Serangoon and Siglap Community Centres, both opened in May 1953. The initial objectives were to encourage participation in grassroots activities and to promote grassroots leadership. Today, there are as many as 105 community centres or clubs in Singapore.
Ang Mo Kio has five community centres, namely Ang Mo Kio CC, Cheng San CC, Kebun Baru CC, Teck Ghee CC and Yio Chu Kang CC. The first community centre in Ang Mo Kio, however, began in the mid-seventies at a humble corner of Block 226B, along Ang Mo Kio Street 22.
Opened in December 1978, the original Teck Ghee CC was located at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. In 1991, the former Chong Boon CC at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 was renamed as Teck Ghee CC after Teck Ghee became part of Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC).
Chong Boon CC itself was originally housed in a small room at the void deck of Block 408 of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. A nearby venue was later chosen to build a new $3 million building with modern facilities such as basketball, tennis and squash courts, library and multi-purpose rooms. At its groundbreaking ceremony in September 1982, various religious leaders were invited to bless the project. The new community centre was officially opened in 1983.
An interesting trivia about Teck Ghee CC is that in 2008, actress Gong Li received her pink identity card (IC) at a citizenship ceremony held at the community centre.
Like Teck Ghee and Chong Boon CC, Ang Mo Kio CC and Kebun Baru CC were also built in the late seventies and early eighties respectively. Meanwhile, Yio Chu Kang CC and Cheng San CC have their histories traced back to the fifties and sixties.
I have forgotten how much time I had spent playing basketball at these community centres.
The construction of Ang Mo Kio Swimming Complex by the HDB in 1982 was welcomed by the residents of Ang Mo Kio, who otherwise had to travel to Toa Payoh if they wanted to enjoy a dip in the water.
The prominent red-tiled swimming complex with triangular roofs, situated off Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, even won the Singapore Institute of Architects’ Architectural Design Award in 1986.
Ang Mo Kio’s Dragon and Merlions
One of four remaining dragon playgrounds in Singapore can be found standing at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Avenue 10, with its sand box refurbished with rubber mats and its metal body repainted.
There used to be many sand-based playgrounds scattered around Ang Mo Kio during the eighties. After 1993, these old playgrounds were slowly replaced by the newer and safer plastic playgrounds.
At the entrance of the carpark to the blocks of 216-222 stand a pair of Merlions. They were built by the Ang Mo Kio Residential Committee in 1998 at a cost of $13,000. The pair was almost forced to be removed because of the infringement of copyrights, due to the fact that the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) owns all intellectual properties of Merlion.
In the end, the Ang Mo Kio Merlions managed to stay on, and have become the iconic features along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1.
The Gardens of Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East is the new town’s first town garden. Built in the late seventies, it was formerly part of Kampong Cheng San. Rubber trees and nutmeg groves used be grown all over the small hill. Today, some old rubber trees still stand in Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East, witnessing the tremendous changes in its surrounding environment in the past few decades.
Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West, on the other hand, was developed in the eighties at the hillock on the other side of the town centre.
It was designed and developed by a Japanese contractor company at a cost of $2.7 million. The fascinating part about Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West is that it still contains the secondary forest and its original vegetation and terrains. Certain stretch of the former Cheng San Road was also incorporated into its current footpaths.
National Day Parade, Chingay and VIP Visit
Between 1975 and 1983, the National Day Parade was held in alternate years between centralised and decentralised locations. The centralised locations referred to the National Stadium and Padang, while the decentralised locations were the residential neighbourhoods such as Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh, Redhill and Queenstown.
The Ang Mo Kio residents were delighted when the National Day Parade in 1983 was chosen to be held at Ang Mo Kio. That was the last time the National Day Parade was held at a decentralised site. In the nineties, some of the mobile column of military trucks and tanks would drive past Ang Mo Kio as part of their routes through the heartlands.
Chingay was another annual parading event celebrated by Singaporeans. I remember as a kid, I waited enthusiastically by the roadside to watch the likes of lion and dragon dances, and beautifully decorated floats (mounted on top of those old trucks) drove past.
Chingay, literally means “art of masquerade” (妆艺) in Hokkien, was originally a street celebration of the Chinese New Year festivals with the addition of the celebrating the birthdays of Chinese Taoist deities. Its local history went back to the 19th century, but the annual event, deemed as financially extravagant and culturally backward, was abolished in 1906.
When the firecrackers were banned in Singapore in 1972, there was unhappiness among the local Chinese, as it dampened the festival mood of the Chinese New Year celebrations. As an alternative, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew proposed the revival of Chingay in Singapore. Hence, the first Chingay parade was held successfully in 1973, and subsequently it was organised annually at Toa Payoh (1974), Marine Parade (1978) and Ang Mo Kio (1984). In the late seventies, Chingay had evolved into a multicultural event with the participation of the Malay and Indian cultural performance groups.
Like Queenstown, Ang Mo Kio also has a VIP block. It is Block 710 at the Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, where foreign dignitaries visited during their tour to Singapore’s model housing estate in the eighties. In 1989, on her second visit to Singapore, Queen Elizabeth II was brought to Block 710 to enjoy a panoramic view of Ang Mo Kio.
In 2004, I moved to Sengkang after living in Ang Mo Kio for 25 years. I still returned there every now and then; for a haircut, a game of basketball, or simply enjoy a meal at the hawker centres or kopitiam I am familiar with.
Editor’s Note: This article is specially dedicated to all the current and former residents of Ang Mo Kio. 😉
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266 Responses to Ang Mo Kio, My Hometown of 25 years
Thank you for writing this. 🙂
Janet Williams says:
I like your research especially about the origin of names. How fascinating!
Wow you spent a lot of time and love on this post! This is such a wonderful detailed look at Ang Mo Kio–thank you! My grandparents have lived there for over 30 years and I have fond memories visiting them there and walking around Town Center.
aliogoi says:
Thanks for the memories.
mountshore says:
The library.. what a memories it brings. Dropping off the kids, picking them up etc. Now kids are all grown up and looking back at the pics. is to relive those days gone by.
I wonder, there is this tip top curry puff, my family favorite and if it’s still there.
Thank you for sharing, awesome job! A+!!
허수혜 (@PrivacyNoMore) says:
Tip Top is still around. In fact, they open a few more branches in Tampines and Plaza Singapura.
Jim Lee says:
But i think its a different owner now, not the same as before. In the same coffee shop years ago in the 80’s, there was a stall selling curry chicken noodle and laksa, awesome. Wonder where they have move to ! Hope to have some feedback.
YK Lee (@YKLee13) says:
Jloh says:
From the bottom of my heart. Thank you for piecing the history together. What a walk down memory lane. One of these days, I have to take my kids to show them where I watch movies, my first date etc. Thanks again.
Remember Singapore says:
Not much has changed in my old neighbourhood in the last 20 years
except the demolition of the small sand pit for the kids
boon hee says:
is this at blk 409? By the way, do you used to stay near Tech Ghee CC?
Andy Ong says:
Thank you for the memories!
Thank you for bringing back al those sweet memories. I’ve migrated to Bali since 1995 and I’ve not been back to AMK area since then. My parents are still in Singapore, but they are staying in down town (Chinatown area). When I read about your favourite food at the hawker centres, you really make me go hungry, as I can’t get all those food over here. I really miss all those food. Hope to go back soon…..
Soon Heng says:
Come back home to Singapore !
Khairul Nizam says:
Beautiful! I used to live in Block 102 @ AMK St 11. It was a rental flat from 1978 to 1984. You should make a mention about Fitzpatrick’s that used to occupy the space that is now Jack’s Place and Courts. It was the place to go to shop for groceries back then.
I wasn’t aware that Fitzpatrick’s Supermarket had previously opened its business at AMK
Fitzpatrick was downstairs and the Thai restaurant upstairs called Chao Phraya. Jack’s Place back then had a bar as well.
Goh Chew Teng says:
The wonderful memories….I stayed in the same neighbourhood as you, in blk 405 but I moved to Sengkang much earlier in the 2000.
For what you know, we may have play together before when we were young at the Dragon playground between my blk and blk 406…:P.
Great piece of work! My memories of olden days Ang Mo Kio just came flooding back!
iheartold1 says:
Chong Li is actually now Pathlight School, not Chong Boon secondary!
Err… actually Pathlight School has moved to a new campus of the junction of Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 and Ave 10 in 2009
The buildings of Chong Li Pri and old Anderson Sec were redeveloped into the current campus of Chong Boon Sec in the early 2000s
I believe there is an error in the map shown here (http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_6693/travel_site_100941/)
Pathlight School was formerly situated in the building of Chong Boon Pri, not Chong Li Pri
Anarien says:
Pathlight is still located at the former Chong Boon Primary.
I too thought they completely move to the new Campus but apparently the few times my CT8 Bus go pass the Area, I see that the Sign showing the way to Chong Boon Secordary also indicate Pathlight School Campus 2.
A check their website confirm this: http://pathlight.org.sg/main/contact.php
Li Ting Neo says:
I was from Chong Li and Anderson Sec(Street 44). The information provided Remember Singapore is accurate. Pathlight had occupied Chong Boon Primary campus, not Chong Li Primary Campus. Pathlight has got 2 campus. The new big campus of Pathlight occupies the old field shared by Chong Shan and Chong De Primary. The field is often filled with pink flower petals from March onwards. Those were the days…
Amirah says:
It is Pathlight school campus 2!
That is my school!
Pathlight school started in 2004 until 2009 term 2!
THis year 2012, PL school have increased want to find space for PL buildings! so, my school used old PL buildings! NOw is PL campus 2! Used old CHong Li primary school again!
It’s old Chong Boon Primary Building 😉
Chong Li is the building that was in the middle, between Chong Boon Primary and Anderson Secondary (whose building was previously occupied by Ang Mo Kio North Primary I think).
I remember the building well cause when I got to Anderson Sec, finally get to see what my brother called our Primary School (Teck Ghee Primary) “rival” in AMK; cause both schools have the same School Building! XD
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was borned in Sept 1980 and lived in the same AMK flat all my life until I migrated. Mom & Dad are still living there, and I am always dismayed by the changes, causing extensive ‘injuries’ to my childhood memories. Your pictures almost brought me tears just recalling my happy days at those iconic landmarks.
Darkon Lore says:
wow, we actually went to the same primary and secondary school. Can I know which batch were you? I’m from the 1981 batch. =/
I’m from the 1982 batch 🙂
Roz says:
I moved to Ang Mo Kio when I was ten, and transferred to Chong Li Primary School, in 1981. The school has just started then, with no building of its own, so we had to borrow the campus of Braddell Secondary School. It was really fun then, I remembered Miss Chua, the music teacher who was so full of enthusiasm and love. In fact, most of the teachers in Chong Li were really good!
I still remembered when KFC just opened, it was quite a “posh” place, with real china plates and forks and spoons, it was a sit down “restaurant” with servers.
And there was this dessert stall in the Ave 6 Central hawker centre that created all kind of desserts for students from AJC. And oh, the second hand bookshop, it was really the best!
Broadway cinema was the more hip cinema among the few back then, with quite a number of hollywood movies, I remembered catching the movie “The Fly” and “Star Wars- Return of the Jedi” there.
Thank you for all these memories!
guo rong says:
yup im from chong li primary too… ms chua is a passionate teacher and I remember mr luo a Chinese teacher who teach table tennis
Arcade shop at New Town/New Crown? Wasn’t the biggest hangout Paco Funworld at the Mac building?!
The Queen also visited Townsville Primary where I was there to welcome her.
Strikers’ Bowl was on the top floor. Speaking of Paco Funworld, do you remember the bumper cars at Level 1 and the miniature slot-car track on Level 2? We might have bumped into one another at Paco for all we know!
Cleo says:
the MacDonalds on the ground floor then took up the entire level…now only half-size…half Mac and half S11 coffeeshop
Wasn’t Mac occupying levels 1 & 2?
CCK says:
Once again, as what others have mentioned, thank you for the fond memories you brought back to mainly 70s, 80s babies ! 😀 I still stay in Amk though! :)))
Regency says:
A piece of good writing. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
The British had named the vast region of old Ang Mo Kio as Amokiah since the late 19th century (till late 1960s)
The name probably means ang moh kia (Caucasian kids in Hokkien)
Notice the name Kallang in the map, which was actually Upper Kallang in the late 19th century, the area where Sungei Kallang (Kallang River) ended… It’s present-day Bishan
Anyway not sure why the name Amokiah was used (perhaps heard the name from the locals but the British did not really go and interpret the meaning?) but it certainly was better than Ang Moh Kwee (which is quite derogatory)
this is very interesting! also, i see the spelling ‘Toah Pyoh’…was that referring to Toa Payoh? =)
I heard that “Ang Mo Kio’ actually meant something like the ‘kio’ (eg. brinjal/tomato) of the ang mo (caucasian)…not sure about the accuracy though hehe
This is amazing my friend. I have lived in Ang Mo Kio , the same flat all my life – from 1981. I can send you some photographs as well if you would like that.
You can email to me at yesterdayom@gmail.com, so I can embed the photos here
Thanks for sharing 😀
Great Piece of work.. I remembered clearly the National Day parade at the AMK.. And Yes i schooled at Chong Boon. 🙂
Mayflower boy says:
Thanks. I studied in Mayflower Primary. Unique octagonal buildings. Now demolished. What a pity.
Chew Justin says:
i found an exact same building at redhill, just behind the mrt at alexandra rd . It is still there. I suppose it is the same designer – mayflower primary 1980 batch
I studied at MFPS too year 94 – year 99…Yeah! Now it became AMK Primary School!
Wow, I was from Mayflower Primary too (82-87), and absolutely loved the campus. My son was later enrolled at the new campus and they have lifts, so much has changed.
mf says:
We were in the same neighbourhood 🙂 I went to Teck Ghee Primary School – it’s still there but only in name as the logo, motto, school song and even uniform have all changed.. I went to Anderson Secondary School as well – still remember moving flower pots during the move to its current site!!
I commented on this before in one of your other posts but since this post is on AMK, I just like to remind everyone reading this about the giant tomatoes in the town centre around Big Mac Centre in the mid 2000s – cute!
Thanks for bringing back my best memories of AMK and sharing things I never knew about it! 🙂
Hi, don’t mind I borrow your photo and attach it here 🙂
(Photo Credit: http://gnoofyem.blogspot.sg/2006/03/certainly-not-kind-you-eat.html)
Do you know where the giant tomatoes have shifted to? or are they demolished already?
Don’t mind at all. I haven’t seen them since 2006/2007, don’t know what happened to them…
They are now located in between McDonald and Block 700C, before Central Heights. Thanks so much for the forgotten history of AMK. I am a new comer to Ang Mo Kio.
Ok, got the pictures of the giant tomatoes from a friend! 🙂
http://gnoofyem.blogspot.sg/2013/06/hello-randoms.html
Cool! Which batch were you from for both schools?
Hey Anarien, I graduated in 1992 and 1996 respectively 🙂
Hey Am, that’s what I heard from a friend still living in AMK too! I can’t wait to go see them!
OMG! We’re from the same batch from both schools! 😮
I graduated from 6B at TGPS and 4/6 at Anderson Sec
So qiao 🙂 I was in 6A and 4/1
sgparlay says:
a series of vintage photos of the AMK traffic playground
(thanks to JoePilot @Hardwarezone forums) 🙂
Thanks… Nice photos!
I saw the good old AMK A&W restaurant in the background of the first photo…
PS: Photos from tinypic.com sometimes cannot be displayed properly, so have to re-embed them using wordpress domain 😉
Ah yes, that good o’ A&W Restaurant over there in the 80s? I remember the place was always very packed then, and it was my 1st time tasting root beer with ice-cream (float) wth my sisters. Initially I thought it was beer until I tried it 🙂 Thanks for the good o’ memories!
Koh Chi Wei says:
I see the A&W in the background. Still remembers the Root Beer Float and Coney dog. Almost forgot about the traffic games, now recalled that it was between A&W and the Food Centre. The Satay Bee Hoon, Carrot cake and Western food is still around. But the AJC dessert is no longer around. Thank you for bringing back the memories.
Jiahui says:
Thanks for giving me those memories 🙂
uzzikie says:
When I was in Primary 1 in 1981, all the schools are still under construction, so they housed everyone in what was Mayflower Secondary School, beside where Ai Tong Secondary. And I remember the classes were named from 1AA all the way to 1YY!
mary lin says:
i was studying in Mayflower Pri Sch in Pri 1, and moved to Chong De Pri Sch the following year
Erasers says:
Yes! I was in 1EE. We even had prefects who were also P1 since thee whole school only had P1 students.
Kee Chor says:
Thanks… your article brought back wonderful memories for me… I was from Chong Boon Primary and Anderson Sec so I guess we could have known each other.
I move in to ang mo kio in 1979 from yio chu kang kampong next to amoy quee camp and now i’m still living in here. I love this place so much and will stay forever!!!
bendemos says:
I am from Chong Li Primary & Anderson Sec as well. 1977 batch. Still living in Ang Mo Kio since moving there when I was 5. Got married and bought my place in the same block..I cannot imagine myself staying somewhere else…So much have changed and thanks for the nice pictures and reminders, especially the fountain and traffic park!
yeahhh.!! thanks for bringing back the memories…..i used to lived where the Merlions entrance along ang mo kio ave 1,block 218…i’m an ex Mayflower pri batch 1986-1989 and Da Qiao pri student batch 1990-1994… still remember the old Mayflower pri building..unique octagon shape where old Ang Mo Kio pri were just beside with Mayflower pri and Bowen Sec…..
Sean Tay Guang Xiong says:
thanks for letting me know about ang mo kio one things missing is I need to know the population of ang mo kio back in the 1970s. I have been living in Ang Mo Kio since birth.
Thomas Situ says:
I lived in Block 109 at the junction of Avenue 3 and 4 from 1978 up to 2001. The estate brings back a lot of memories, both good and bad.
tumthong says:
Hong Shin says:
Brought back so many memories! I have been living in Ang Mo Kio since I was born in 1980, and I can identify so many of the landmarks. I miss the huge fountain outside Oriental Emporium and the cinemas that issued pink/yellow slips of paper as movie tickets.
Thank you for all these wonderful old photographs. Must have taken you quite some time.
edgarrovdyr says:
Very interesting story! As I understood, Hokkien is a dialect of Chinese language. Is this true?
Yes, you are right 🙂
The dialects used by Singaporean Chinese are mainly Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka, Hainanese and Hockchew. This is because most of the ancestors of Singaporean Chinese came from the Southern provinces of China between the 19th and early 20th century.
However, many of our younger generations are unable to converse to each other in dialects now, due to the Speak Mandarin Campaign in the 1980s and the widespread usage of English as first language in our society today.
Is there a big difference between the dialects? So I mean – if someone is talking in Cantonese, you will easily or hardly understand it?
Actually the dialect of Hokkien is similar to Teochew, while Hakka and Cantonese sound closer to each other. I’m not sure about Hockchew (It may be similar to Hokkien as well)
Therefore, for example, a Hakka person is likely to have difficulties understanding what a Hokkien person is talking about, even though they are both Chinese
Who formerly lived at Blk 454 or 455 at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 and Avenue 3?
After so many years, it still remains an empty plot of land… then why en-bloc the blocks in the first place?
Same thing happened to the former Lakeview flats along Upper Thomson Road
I was at HDB Hub a couple of weeks ago. That spot has been earmarked for a few 40 storey blocks. Seen the models.
Kk ong says:
Thanks for yr deep research. Yr childhood description gave me a feeling we knew each other. I was born in 1978 &I lived at Blk 455. (Got some pix to share on the new blocks but couldn’t attach any photo here)
I have managed to regroup abt 21 old boys & girls of 1978 together. I am still in touch with some of the friends born in 1979 too.
Desmond Han says:
WOW…Great to see the pic..remind me of my childhood… Any ppl from Ang Mo kio North Primary sch years 81-84?
I am from Ang Kio North Primary class 6E at 1988
jasen says:
Thank you for the memories. Im also an AMK resident for 30 years. Good to know you.
Awesome! I was looking for PA’s kindergarten program in the CCs during the 80’s (not much info found) which was different from the PAP’s kindergartens, when I came across your website. Thanks for providing insights to the origin of the places and names.
Thank you for the memories and nostalgic photos. I moved into Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 in 1980 and lived there until 2000 when I moved to Seng Kang too. I went to Chong Li Pri & Anderson Sec as well, so we might have crossed paths along the corridors outside our classrooms. I can still remember packing books in the Anderson library for its move from the old campus to its current one in AMK Ave 5.
KNF says:
I was also in the Anderson Secondary Library committee in 1993, I never got a chance to enjoy the new school building even though it was right next to my place. 🙂
ahsan habib says:
thanks for reminding once again those good old memories of singapore. how can i forget those beautiful days when i was in singapore in my golden and youthful youth! memories are still vibrant n alive n kicking. still i m searching for my lost friends of singapore. hope some day i will be able to find them. thanks again.
Thank you for bringing back all my childhood memories. I still remember having fish ball and char bee hoon after swimming in AMK swimming pool. I lived in AMK for almost 30 yrs. My family move twice, but still within AMK. I’m now living in Shanghai with my own family while my mom has moved to live with my brother in Yishun.
Excellent site and thoroughly enjoyed the writeup and photos. Kudos to you. It’s very good to read about the history of AMK. We moved into YCK near AMK Avenue 4 in early 90s and were always fascinated to earn more on the history of AMK. One can find very little of the old in AMK these days, so good effort on your part to collect the old photos and do the writeup.
Beng Tang says:
My parents were both teachers and they could not afford a house in teachers’ estate so they rented one in Sembawang Hills, where there was a grand prix, and weekly pasar malams on Old Upp Thomson road. Later we moved to AMK Ave 2 (Ave 2, the road, had not yet been built but our address was Ave 2). Beside our block (now vacant and being demolished) were big open fields where people caught grasshoppers and flew kites, some were later made into open air carparks (there were no HDB multi-storey car parks). Beside our block was Shang gri la estate, for some years it lay unfinished as the developer ran out of funds, and further up the valley behind there were still kampongs and farms. We could smell the pig farm smell from farms somewhere around. Bishan park was a cleared wasteland of thorn bushes and orange mud. Once a year a big expo/fun fair would set up shop there, selling all kinds of things and with rides for kids. There were still streams in the area containing guppies, catfish, eels, snakeheads, and goramies. There were provision shops that sold fishing tackle and rubber tapping lamps, and kept change in a tin on a pulley. Most of them had to pay protection money to gangsters who would sometimes fight with rival gangs.
Very detailed description of old Ang Mo Kio and Upper Thomson! Thanks 😉
ahsan habib setu says:
a bangladeshi student, lived in singapore for 6 years. studied, worked. now in my 40s. lived in beautiful ang mo kio with my native friends. now don’t know where they are and what they are doing. life just goes on. 1991~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2013……….long 21 years…….. when i saw n read this article. tears just came out without informing me. suddenly i went back to those good old dayz. i had a friend named VINCENT TAN from that block. he was 50+ at that time…..still i have photos of him and also some faded beautiful memories of my loving singapore. i wish i could visit that beautiful country once again with my family……..don’t know why singapore is there in my memory that much!!
lost friend: DANIEL PAUL, CHARLES, SALLY HO, JUDIE, RAHMAN (SINGER) ARE U THERE? VASANTA ARE U THERE? AUNTY LINDA, HOW R U? JACK, UNCLE JERRY………..I MISS U ALL, EDWIN HOW R U MAN?
if any singaporean can help me to find RAHMAN the singer? he’s a singaporean indian. will be thankful if anyone can give his email address.
LONG LIVE SINGAPORE………..
My cousin lived in avenue 10, block 539 when I was a kid. I remember it was always nice visiting him at ang mo kio because I would get to shop at Fitzpatrick Supermarket. I remember eating thai food for the first time at Chao Pharya (spelling probably wrong) restaurant. If you dont mind me asking, how old are you?
I’m 36, born in 1976 🙂
Andrea Tang says:
Same here! I attended Chong Li Primary school too!
We could be classmates. Hee hee…
I fondly remember my music class at Chong Li Pri, where the teacher (forgot her name) taught us many classic 70s songs such as The Carpenters’ “Top of the World”
Eh? I learnt that in school too! 🙂
(Oops, I’m back stalking one of my fave posts on your blog…)
Li Ting says:
I learnt that too. My P1 form teacher was Mrs Lim, P2 was Zheng Lao Shi, P3 was Ms Kaur, P4 was Ms Seah, P5 and P6 was Ms Leong. I missed them. Wonder how they are
KKB says:
which school were you from?
everytime when i see these articles i just get nostalgic. even though i was there in ang mo kio for some years but i don’t know why those memories are so vibrant n painfully beautiful. i remember the adjacent part. it was quiet but splendid. singapore is really a peaceful country i must admit. love you singapore………..
David Sia B S says:
THANKS for the great recollections. I’d wanted to do a write-up way back 2008 or so, but other priorities took over.
I started collecting photos of the temporary bus terminals at Avenue 6 ( beside Block 302 ) and Street 22 ( beside Block 205 ? ), etc for the write-up…… you beat me to it ! Well done !
The rows of shophouses at Seletar Garden (near Amoy Quee Camp), with many eateries and zi char restaurants, look likely to be demolished soon…
The whole area was already vacated since last month
SETU says:
I am looking for Vincent Tan, a Malay Singaporean from Ang Mo Kio. But very difficult to find him. How? Could you plz help me to find him? I remember back in 1993-94 a gloomy evening I went with him for a walk from Ang Mo Kio to Yishun. Then somewhere at the outskirt of Singapore there was field surrounded by jungle. We sat there for some time. Then it was almost late evening when we came back and for a while on the way back we lost. He was my elderly friend. It was nothing but a true but unexplained relation. Was that love? Was that time pass? Still I don’t know. Vincent, and Ang Mo Kio will be there somewhere deep inside my heart. I used to work part time some where in High Street and on my way back to Ang Mo Kio I used to see him inside the bus every evening. A tired stressed out face looking at me. He was a stranger and later my friend. One evening luckily I got a place to sit in the back seat where suddenly I discovered him sitting right beside me. It was a hot n humid evening. I was sweating and all on a sudden I was offered to use a tissue paper from him. That day we had a small talk and we went out of that bus together. Slowly he became my friend, I went with him to so many places, came to know Chinese culture…Really I am enjoying to recall my memories when I receive new posts. Life goes on. No need to stick around with past. Let the time go. We are heading towards a new day everyday. Thanks to all……
MY FRIEND…………VINCENT
THERE IS THE STREET WHERE YOU WALKED A THOUSAND MILES
THERE IS THE PARK WHERE YOU TOOK NAP FOR MILLION MINUTES
TIME FLIES AND LIFE GOES ON
I remember you my friend
Sharing my loneliness with you
You were tired old man with burning memories.
You had only a daughter
And you had nothing to do but frawn…….
Some intangible memories
Revolving only in my mind……….
Unexplained, without logic
A deep shade of pain surrounded with happiness
Hearing your complaints in Singlish
Missing those LAAssss
Missing Curry Puffs
and Boat Quay………..and those faded memories
Materialistic Singapore
Robotic kids and expressionless people
Late night shows at LIDO or JADE Classics
Beautiful Marina Bay
Cha QUE…………….forgetting those sumptuous food
MRT…….Dhoby Ghaut or Commonwealth
Singapore was there in my grip for 6 years?
Why I had to come?
I lost Vincent
I lost Ang Mo Kio
I lost many multi racial faces
Still life goes on
It has no other way but has to go
Preparing myself for final destination………………
Liew Chin Fu says:
Thanks for the memories!I am now 32 and I spent my childhood days when I was growing up in AMK!Me and my family moved to Yishun when I was 10 years old.Me and my family would occassionally go to AMK for shopping or to have a walk.I still miss the AMK Library-its much bigger and more spacious than the one in Yishun Northpoint!
And also,I still miss those days when I was studying at Ang Mo Kio North Primary School(1988-90). Too bad,that school does not exist anymore.If I am not wrong,it is now replaced by Tao Nan school.
Thank you so much for all the lovely memories. You made me come back to your website for more each day. I lived in Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 and 4 for 16 years and studied in Hong Dao Primary School from 1991 – 1996. Every now and there I still make occasional trips my lovely childhood places. Keep this website alive and continue the good work 🙂
Yes, everyone loves AMK.
I.Roszini says:
Hi Valeria, I was from the same batch in HDPS, just had a reunion with some of those we managed to reconnect with through FB. which class were u in?
Maran Viraya says:
thanks for the photos its show how singapore was beautful country back in the 80 s
Steven Kee says:
Thanks for the memories. I do not live in AMK, but has friends in AMK. Used to “torn” in AMK till the first bus home is available. The HDB point block near Oriental was our fav spot. Still can remember and visualized the fountain, Oriental, A&W, the gardens and without MRT….. Brought back a lot of good memories. Thanks again for all the hard work.
I am now intrigued about the missing Ave 7 and Ave 11.
Any further insights? There must be a good story in there!
With many thanks to one of the readers Andy Tan, we have solved the mystery of the missing AMK Ave 7!
In Andy’s old map of 1978, Ave 7 was clearly listed among one of the proposed roads (together with Ave 9 and the extension of Ave 8) in the expansion of AMK new town. And it was designed in the parallel order between Ave 5 and 9.
However, the road was never built. The extension of AMK Ave 8 was linked directly to AMK Ave 6 instead.
Map of AMK 1978 (Credit to Andy Tan)
Kelvin Foo says:
The extension from Avenue 8 to join up with Avenue 9 was never built, Yio Chu Kang MRT station and the bus depot currently stand on that junction.
oh, now on the plot of land between ave5 and ave8 is Anderson JC and their newly built hostels
Andy Tan says:
Thanks for this. It’s so cool to find out more about my estate. I have some scans of maps of AMK from old street directories. If you like, I can email / dropbox them to you. Once again, thank you for this wonderful post.
You can email them to yesterdayom@gmail.com and I can embed the pictures here
Guanze Mo says:
Thanks for the memories. The old interchange toilet is always the standard meeting place when we have no pagers n handphones during our era. Thanks for the effort!
yes, mine too!
Convenient location as it was just beside the alighting place of my feeder bus 261
Hey thanks ! Great memories! Spent my childhood,remember A&W,ate my first waffles ice cream,buy groceries,shopping.Everything can be found at AMK! Stayed there at Blk 103 ave 3 for 13 years,went to PAP kebun baru and Mayflower Pri (year 94 – 99 ).
Thank you for posting this! Brought back fond memories of growing up in AMK and hanging out in what was then a very cool town centre with Emporium, cinemas, library and A&W. And tip top curry puffs! I studied at Chong Li Primary too, and I still live on Street 44. Great read.
Rubbish Eat Rubbish Grow says:
this is amazing. thanks for the research and hardwork for going into this. AMK North is my primary school!
Jack’s Place at AMK Central, beside the library, is a cornerstone since 1980s!
Evelyn Ong says:
Amazing write up! All my fond memories of AMK came to mind as I see all the old photos. Oh my! A&W, BK, the stand-alone music shop at the open area near the large S11 (to buy cassettes), Emporium, old bus interchange, the mini road safety park, kachang puteh mobile kiosk outside Broadway Cinema, etc etc. At one time, there used to be 3 supermarkets in AMK central, Shop N Save, NTUC and “top” something (off hand can’t remember the name).
Yes! I used to buy cassettes from that shop too, when I was in secondary school…
Interestingly, came across an article from MyPaper featuring one of the few remaining cassette shops in Singapore
(Source: MyPaper)
Evelyn,
If I recall correctly..that cassette shop also provide customized tape recording services. Yes, AMK is certainly memorable!
Very nice write up,it brings back so much memories..live in amk from 1978 to 1995,before I move to bedok. Till date, I still think amk is the best town in Singapore!! Studied in Mayflower primary from 1985- 1990 n amk sec from 1991-1994..many many memories and friends from the place…y did they tore down the unique building and Yes,I saw the same building design along Delta road..
I used to live in Block 102 at St 11 from 1979 to 1984 on the 11th storey. It was like a mini kampong there. The family that we were closest to was a Chinese family. I spent alot of time in their home during the day. They even fed me my meals. I remember a gentle lady whom I called Kak Lily and her brother Abang Ah Kwang. They called me Boboi. Their family was truly an embodiment of the kampong spirit. They moved to Hougang Ave 1 after 1985. I wonder how they are doing nowadays.
The big old tree at Ang Mo Kio central, with its small shrine that also functions as a cozy chit chat corner for the market’s stall holders today
Tua Pek Kong Shrine
Near the Block 724 market, there is a Chinese shrine housed under a tree. This shrine is taken care of by the market and hawker centre stall holders. According to them, a statue of Tua Pek Kong was found in the early 1980s by a stall holder under this tree. Finding the statue unusual, the stall holder installed it in the market and worshipped it. Other stall holders also began worshipping the deity. One week later, the statue was stolen though the urn remained. The hawkers thus installed another statue of the deity and built an altar for it. In 2004, the market underwent upgrading, and the statue had to be shifted. The stallholders thus came together and constructed a shrine for it, under the tree where the story began.
(Source: Ang Mo Kio, A Heritage Trail)
The similar but even older one at Toa Payoh Central has unfortunately collapsed…
Toa Payoh’s ‘god tree’: Fallen, but not forgotten
Landmark felled by storm, but site will remain a place of worship for devotees
By David Ee and Melody Zaccheus
As modern Singapore grew around it, the towering ficus tree stood firm. For four decades, it bore witness to the prayers and dreams of devotees who worshipped at a Buddhist shrine at its foot.
That was until last week, when a storm brought the six-storey landmark in Toa Payoh Central crashing to the ground.
For worshippers drawn to its Goddess of Mercy statue and four-faced Buddha, the collapse of the great tree seemed to signal the end of an era. But the area’s residents are not ready to let go just yet. Toa Payoh Central Merchants’ Association told The Straits Times that it plans to erect a new shrine by Chinese New Year, with the remaining parts of the ficus as its backdrop.
”We will rebuild the shrine so residents here can continue to be protected by the gods,” said vice-chairman Lim Kok Siong, 66.
Regarded by believers as a ”shen shu” – or ”god tree” in Mandarin – the ficus was said to be more than a century old. The mighty tree pre-dated Toa Payoh New Town itself, on which work began in 1965. Its shrine, known as Ci Ern Ge, was added soon after the town was built.
Now, only a part of the trunk is left after the tree toppled during the storm – damaging cars but causing no injuries. The Housing Board and Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council are helping to stabilise the tree’s remains.
On Wednesday, residents continued to linger at the spot where it fell, some out of sheer habit and others to trade tales and memories. They shared stories of how the tree stood the test of time, weathering the occasional thunderstorm and dodging the developer’s axe.
Retiree Foo Ah Cheng, 78, remembered seeing bulldozers try in vain to fell the ficus as the new town was being built. He said monks even offered prayers calling for the tree to give way.
”They wanted to get rid of it, but it wouldn’t go,” he said in Mandarin.
Residents believe the Government wanted to build a long row of shophouses, but split the development in two to accommodate the ficus. From its precarious past grew longevity. Over the past decades, a steady stream of devotees have offered prayers for goodwill each time they passed the shrine. Some believe it was responsible for 4-D lottery windfalls.
Even the tree’s leafy crown seemed to extend goodwill to residents. Mr Foo recalled how the ficus became so lush that its leaves kept the shrine and devotees dry when it rained. He said the original caretaker was a monk who brought the statue of Goddess of Mercy Guan Yin from China and had a habit of sleeping under the tree.
When the monk died of a heart attack in 1975, his son Chen Zhou Rong took over. Now 53, Mr Chen remains the caretaker. He has stayed on-site come rain or shine – greeting visitors who arrived at all hours to seek solace from the tree and the gods lining the shrine’s altar. Now that the ficus has toppled, however, Mr Chen believes his promise to his father has been fulfilled and he will be returning to his hometown in Malaysia.
”I do feel an attachment to the place and the people in the neighbourhood, having lived here most of my life,” he said. ”But it’s time to go.”
Most residents were wistful rather than downcast at the tree’s collapse.
”People grow old and die,” said Mrs Nan Xiao Mei, 76. ”It was the same for this tree.”
As well as attracting devotees, the shrine also used to elicit ”oohs” and ”ahhs” from curious onlookers and tourists from afar.
”The tree was very, very beautiful and many would take photos of it,” said retiree Lu Siew Bao, 60, who lives in the block next door.
”Before it collapsed, pink flowers in full bloom fanned out across its long, hanging branches.”
Others, such as 65-year-old Yang Mei Hong, who grew up in Toa Payoh, felt the tree could have been saved had the authorities recognised its heritage value and placed supports to buttress it.
”They should have paid closer attention and preserved it,” she said. ”It’s really unfortunate that it’s gone.”
Voyager says:
Thank you for the wonderful journey down memory lane. Hong Dao Pri Sch, 1985 – 1990. Blk 649, 1981 – 2000.
Evonne says:
I used to stay in AMK for 17 yrs since 3 at st 64, block 644. I went to Hong Dao Pri and Anderson Sec, am a 1976-er too! I still frequent AMK a lot although I’ve moved as my mum still has a shop there. Nice article, brought back lotsa memories! Thanks!
I used to live in Blk 633 since 1981 and we are neighbours!
Jex says:
Have lived in AMK for 20 years now, spent my pimary and secondary days within here too. My parents, and many close relatives lives within walking distance… I fully intend to beat your record of 25 years! 😛
Desmond Ching says:
Thanks for bringing back all the chidhood memories. i shifted to AMK when i was 6 and have been staying there till now i am 40 . My Primary school Chong De Primary no doun’ts already gone but those days were just like yesterday to me and also my secondary school Anderson Secondary when it was at AVE 10 where the present Choon Boon secondary school is. Times flies 34 years of sweet memories of AMK !
Hi there! I’ve been staying in AMK my entire life (since 1977), and I still remember all those places you described and in those pictures too! Was the old AMK bus interchange upgraded sometime after 1980? I seem to remember the location of the bus berths differently.
Josephine lee says:
I have enter memory lane
Where long ago
I have made many a friend
And so real close one
All contact loss
When I move and time pass
Visit once but it was a long time back
All these pictures have made old memory resurface
Thanks for this detail report
I have stumble upon it
And like it very much
Amazing photo of Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, possibly in the late 80s, with MRT, non-aircon double decker bus, yellow top taxi, NTUC taxi, private car, motorcycle, bicycle and trishaw
(Photo Credit: http://www.nestle.com.sg/growing_up_with_sg/growing_up_with_singapore.aspx)
Yenty says:
I really love you write up about AMK. It remind me of the wonderful memories around AMK neighbourhood. I stayed at Blk 559 AMK Ave 10 in 1979 when I were still a baby. Started schooling at Chong Li Primary Sch in the year 1986. During that time the school system hv extended and mono classes. From pri 5, I went to 7 extended then 8 extended took PSLE and flung. Stayed back again retook PSLE. After I pass PSLE, we shifted in 1994. The memories of AMK will be in our hearts forever.
Sally Quek says:
Thank you for bringing back all the fond memories of old AMK! How can you remember so much and write them in such great details?
I’m also born in 1976, studied in Chong Li primary school for primary 1 and switch to AMK primary school from primary 2 onwards.
I wanna thank all my classmates in Chong Li primary school for helping me after my appendix operation. I was so sad to part with all my nice classmates as my mum prefer me to study in AMK primary school as it is closer to our flat.
Kris aka QingPing says:
*waves* Hi Sally! I was in AMK Pri Sch same time as you! do I know you? LOL I was in 2BB, 3B (I think?), 4AA, 5A and 6C 🙂
Thank you for the memories! I stayed in AMK for 20 years from 1980-2000 before moving to Hougang. When we first moved into Blk 547 AMK Ave 10, we were right at the edge of AMK at a corner flat on the topmost floor. There was no AMK ITE (now Rosyth Pri Sch) and no CTE. My family watched the construction of CTE every step of the way and saw how it developed from a very under-used expressway to the grossly over-used one today (well, at least till 2000). We are of the same age by the way, so we may have common friends although we didn’t go to the same schools. Many of my secondary school friends (school is also in AMK) lived along AMK Ave 10 and could have well attended Chong Li Primary School.
Another thank you for this wonderful trip down memory lane 🙂 I lived in AMK nearly all my life before I moved to the UK 13 years ago and its really awesome to look at the history of my ‘kampong’ and refresh my memories of old places and things buried deep 🙂 Anyone who went to AMK Pri Sch between 1982 and 1988, do give me a shout! 🙂
Who remember the old greyish block at AMK Central (its first level was OG departmental store in the 80s/90s and now houses NTUC)?
It also has long-time tenants (more than 20 years) in Sportslink and Sembawang Book Store at the 2nd-4th levels. Apparently the lift was sponsored by them:
dartheagle says:
It’s not OG lah but Oriental Emporium for both Level 1 & 2. 😉 I still remember raiding that outlet more than the one above NTUC/Smart(??) Supermarket as the The Transformer/Barbie Doll toys choices there are better. I even gotten my first Saint Seiya Figurings there, not long before Oriental Emporium shut down. 😉
I can’t remember what was on Level 3 & 4 then, think it was a Restaurant or something else as Sembawang Bookstore/Sportlink didn’t move in till like late 90s or early 2000, after Oriental Emporium had moved out (or just before). Still remember how Sembawang Bookstore/Sportlink used to be 2 shops along the same row as the Crafting/Sewing Shop (Elise?).
Hmmm… I remember Oriental Emporium was beside the Big Mac Centre (formerly a cinema) along AMK Ave 3 instead (now AMK Hub).
I’m pretty sure there was an OG store at this block (712) which I always cut through it as a shortcut (and enjoying the aircon), but then I could be wrong 🙂
AMK have 2 Oriental Emporium 😉
One was called Plaza (Ang Mo Kio) while the one opposite Big Mac/S-11 is simply called Ang Mo Kio.
My Saint Seiya Figurings used to be keep inside the 90s version of Oriental Emporium Plastic bag and am referring to it now.
(Heh, Plastic bags back then are not biodegrable so a few of them survived till now 😀 I know I got the Yaohan one somewhere, still used to store old fabric remnants! 😛 )
Oriental used to be downstairs and upstairs too.. Just for a few years though. Sports link used to be in blk 710, a couple doors down from the Kingston Bakery. Sembawang book store used to be on the same block as the old A & W used to be. 🙂
i still remember Kingston! bought bread, loved their curry puffs, and occasionally the $1 fries to share with my sister..simple pleasures of life then ^_^
Thanks for bringing back fond memories of Ang Mo Kio.
We were one of the early batches of folks resettled from Potong Pasir attap houses. It was our first time staying in a flat.
We used to stay at Blk 577 AMK Ave 10.
erwinrommel says:
Just nice. I just shifted from Woodlands to this block. Yup, bought a resale flat here and never looked back!
Oops,sorry,I am wrong.AMK North Primary School is now replaced by ASPN Chaoyang school.
Anyway,I would like to further reveal I used to live in Blk 210,Ang Mo Kio Ave 3.
Sean Bay says:
More than 12 years ago, my school Pathlight School, was formerly known as Chong Li Primary School before 2004.
paulng2013 says:
Desche says:
A heartfelt memory, I wouldn’t have able to recall the image without your valuable pictures. You let me once again know what is Ang Mo Kio – its historical moments! If ever NDP can be brought back to every neighbourhood, every citizen can witness the moment, its gonna be magical! Thanks you very much for putting this memory up here!
I enjoyed reading your articles on ang mo kio very much. I am wondering if anybody knows where the hawker stall selling very good laksa and chicken curry noodles has moved to. They used to be located at a coffee shop at blk 722 (next to Jubilee and where Tip Top curry puff is still located) in the 80’s. I have always loved their chicken curry which is chicken cooked in the curry and pour over wanton noodle and different from the present type of curry gravy with steam white chicken over yellow noodle. Nobody has been able to tell me where they are now.
Ronald Lin says:
I chance upon this site to reminisce my childhood years at AMK. The stall you are looking for, by any chance its called Yi He Yuan? They served laksa, curry chicken noodles, wanton mee, shredded chicken hor fun etc? With thick mushroom sauce?
I’ve proud to let you know the stall owner’s my mum. We have closed down due to rental price hike. We tried to operate at Amoy St and Maxwell Market. But we were drowned in by the famous stalls over there. My mum have since gave up looking for place to open another stall.
Thank you for remembering us. Who knows we might just be back.
Oh, nice to be able to connect with the son of someone whom I remember very well.
She was friendly, and I used to wonder whether we met before. That was the feeling that I had when I placed my first order with her !
Pls convey my best regards to her. To help her recollection, I was the customer with a rosy face, curly hair n used to patronize with my girlfriend for breakfast. I used to work nearby her stall too. Can see me on facebook, David Sia Boon Sen.
Janet Eu says:
Hi Ronald,
I frequented that stall for a long time until suddenly one day when I went back to eat, the stall was closed and no one in that coffee shop wants to tell me where you guys have shifted too! I missed the Curry chicken noodles and the laksa. There was an article that said you were operating in Chong Pang market…
Do let us know when you guys will open the stall again.
sad to hear this…. the rentals are killing our favourite hawker food!!
Excellent write-up, and a million thanks for the beautiful walk down memory lane. I stayed at block 458 in the 80s and 90s.
Thanks for writing this very detailed write up. It was a walk down the memory lane and
it triggered fragments of long lost memories. I used to live in BLK 472 which was right in front of Anderson Sec. School. I studied in CLPS til 1987 and graduated from Anderson Sec. in 1991. (4/6)
I remembered Ms. Leong who was my home room teacher and Ms Chua who was the school’s music teacher. I was from the Angklong and Choir Club which was led by her too. My friends and I used to go up to the stage during Monday Assembly hours to do short plays based on certain morale themes. Hence , we used to hang around the backstage quite often.
Anderson Sec .
My classmates and I used to look out for my little brother from our classroom on the 4th level . He would usually stood on the sofa and flatten himself against the window grills from our flat looking at the classrooms on the fourth level for his sister. However, it was easier for us to spot him. He was always a good distraction for me and my classmates from some boring lesson periods especially during the last period when we were all ready to dash home for lunch. Watching him was a secret entertainment for us.
After our hard trainings on Saturdays, my kaki and I used to go for laksa at BLK 409 AMK market. This laksa stall served the best laksa I ever had. It was run by a couple. I heard they moved their business to Bedok. We would always finished it with a bird nest drink. I lost in touch with my buddy cum laksa kaki after we graduated. Shun ping, if u read this, leave a message here . 🙂
I heard 409 mkt is still there and some of great food I had in the 80s was the prawn noodle or Beehoon soup and soup dumplings from a different stall. The soup dumplings had prawns and black fungus inside. I think it’s rare to find black fungus in soup dumplings nowadays.
Next to this market was a row of shop houses that one will see from the feeder bus stop of 216. This steamed bun shop was really yummy. Chicken with hard boiled egg in the bun. It was very popular among the residents. I’m not sure if it is still there.
The popular laksa stall, if that’s the one you mentioned, has moved to the neighhouring Chong Boon Hawker Centre several years ago. It remains popular till this day.
As for the 409 Hawker Centre, it has been upgraded recently but most of the old stalls were not around anymore. Except for the old school wanton mee.
I still go back occasionally to these two hawker centres to have my favourite laksa, wanton mee, Hokkien mee, char kuay teow, etc 🙂
Nicole, I love the laksa at 409 market as well! It was next or near to the soy milk and fried carrot cake stalls right? We used to bring a metal tin to pack the laksa home 🙂
Remember Singapore, Chong Boon Hawker Centre is the one at the junction of Ave 10 and Ave 3 right? I remember the uncle at the you tiao stall facing Ave 10 looked like an older but still dashing version of Zhang Xin Zhe!!
Nicole, the bao shop “hor hwa hiang” is long gone.
WT says:
Sure miss the 好和香鸡肉包. It’s a pity they are gone. There’s the bak chor mee facing the car park entrance, the plump uncle is still there busy cooking away. Business is good; expect to Q. Duck rice, 水饺面auntie & mee siam/mee rebus are all there. At night the only oyster omelette stall still opens. They still taste the BEST!!
Happened to see your blog about AMK..it’s a really a trip down memory lane. I was from Blk 305 AMK Ave 1 and I went to AMKPS from 1977 (from Dorsett Primary) and Presbyterian High from 1983. Really miss the times staying there…
Thank you for posting it here…
The Seletar Broadway wedding studio has been around at AMK Ave 5 since 1980. Currently one of the oldest shops in AMK!
At ave 10 actually. I always walk past there and watch people play their basketball. I stay at 577… 🙂
Thanks for this post on AMK. My family shifted to AMK from Toa Payoh (same as you!) in 1980 and we stayed there till 1999. We stayed at block 602, which was along the outskirts of AMK. I enjoyed reading about the historical origins of AMK. Your post really brings back lots of memories, and I am happy to see that people are still posting comments one year down the road. 🙂
I studied in St. Nicholas Girls’ School for ten years. Remembered catching ‘Jurassic Park’ at the New Town/New Crown cinema with the hand-scribbled tickets. And I remembered that i was first introduced to arcade games in Sec 3 by a friend of mine who stayed at Teachers’ Estate. Our favourite game then was Outrunners, but I later moved on to Virtua Fighter and Time Crisis.
Incidentally, the Seletar Broadway Wedding Studio was where I took my graduation shots after graduating from university.
Wen says:
Wonderful and very detail write up. Thanks for bringing back those memories esp now I am thousands miles away from home. I was from Li Hua Pri which no longer exist.. I was from Anderson Sec too. I remembered spending many of the after school afternoon playing basketball at TGCC too.
I was reading a post that said the very popular laksa stall that used to be located next to Jubilee Theatre is now at Chong Pang market? I really miss their food and I was sad that they left and no idea where they had gone to..
I really hope to re connect with friends from Ang Mo Kio Primary (1976-81) and Presbyterian High (1982-86)
Do you guys remember the boss of Charles and Keith? His mom used to have a shoe outlet in AMK Central? At least someone has done well globally and is from AMK..lol..
I am sure at one point in time we could have walked pass each other while staying in AMK.
monsterjasw says:
I have been living in AMK, all my life and your post has been so informative and heart-warming cause there were some wonderful memories of the old places you mentioned! Thank you so much for reminding me why i love my home, not just AMK but also Singapore
diligo says:
Good read really. Really brings back alot memories for me, I lived in Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 but attended school, in Ave 10. So, you did mention stuff that really jolted my memories, the old AMK interchange, Bus 261…of course Chong Shan Primary, interestingly thought is the school is still standing!
Yup, my childhood was really different compared to kids these days, there were days we went to pluck mangoes from those semi detached houses in mayflower gardens, catching spiders from Ang Mo Kio Town Gardens, etc..lots of playtime under the void deck…I went to secondary school in YCKSS, though I moved to Bishan by 1991, AMK was still central to my younger days and even some after 20 years since leaving secondary school I still go back to AMK from time to time with my two kids in tow.
Who remembers Paco fun world, it was amongst the first tenant of the cinema since torn down for the new MacDonald building. The one movie I remembered watching was Stephen King’s Firestarter, my tuition teacher brought us there. I also remembered playing inside that water fountain next to the cinema. Memories! Good old memories!
Thanks for the interesting writeup and many good pictures that I could identify with.
Thanks for the good memories ……
I had moved to AMK since 1980, thats when i was 5 years old.
Studied, Played, Grew up and got married.
Managed to get a resale flat back in AMK.
I love this town.
Nurashikin Hakub says:
Thank you for sharing. Love the writeup. All of what being mentioned is true. I love AMK area alot. Am from Kebun Baru Primary. A pity there is no such school BUT the building is still there.
I lived in Blk 442, Avenue 10 since birth.. had a good 20 years of my life living there.. studied in Chong Shan Pri from 1987-1992 and Mayflower Sec from 1993-1996… hope to catch up with some long lost classmates if given the chance… thank u author for this wonderful article… brings back tears in my eyes…
Paul Raj says:
Thank u so much for taking the effort to write thus and share with us. I’m reading this in New Jersey (USA) where I’ve emigrated to, a few weeks since. I moved to Ang Mo Kio in 1976 to Block 229 along Avenue 3. I was a one year old baby then. My block was one of the first few completed blocks in the estate, right after the first batch (blocks 213-216). Ang Mo Kio was pretty much under construction then, according to my folks. They had to walk out to Thomson Road to take a bus to town or elsewhere because there was no bus service then, even the roads were not paved yet to merge to Thomson Rd, just a mere beaten path existed. As I grew up so did my estate. I went to the PAP kindergarten In Block 109 (which is now serves as a MP meeting room). I would go on the Tech Ghee Primary and then to Ang Mo Kio Secondary.
All the stuff you pieced here evokes so many memories – the mini ‘road safety park’ just next to the A&W, buying cassettes, Oriental Emporium, Broadway Theatre, swimming pool (where I learnt how to swim), taking the train in 1987 to just get a feel of it – it ended in Toa Payoh, the Ang Mo Kio Town Centre sign, the library…. so many memories. I lived in Ang Mo Kio til I was 28, got married and then moved to Hougang and a few other places after that. My parents were and still are living in Ang Mo Kio and so is my elder brother so I always keep going back my old town. My last Singapore address was in Newton area but i would drive to Ang Mo Kio blk 266 market to buy breakfast (you tiao, soya bean, vegetarian wanton mee, roti prata, etc) and the barber I used to go when I was 11 til about 23 or so, is still there in Blk 330 (Sam hairdresser) and so is the bicycle shop uncle in the same block from whom I used to fix my BMW bike in my teens. They all have aged. Even hawker stall vendors too, and so has Ang Mo Kio.
Tan Teck Wei says:
I chanced upon your blog post when Transit Link was featuring the fountain at AMK central on it’s Facebook page. My parents moved in to block 571 around 1979 (according to my mother). Following up, I was born in 1986 and until now we are still living in the same block, which is also just facing the green dragon playground that you posted in this blog post too.
Really brought back much memories, though I still can’t recall of the fountain that you said about… I do recalled the Oriental shopping mall and a restaurant at the 2nd lvl, an old NTUC fairprice at the ground lvl, the big mac centre where Macdonalds used to own the entire ground lvl before it was halved and S11 came to occupy the other half, but I still simply don’t have any re-collections about seeing a fountain there…
But still, I enjoyed reading your post. Thanks! =)
Hi, if I remember correctly, the fountain was still around in the late 1990s, but by then, it was in a rather sad state (forgotten, empty and filled with dry leaves)
I am from Townsville Primary school. In year 1989, Queen Elizabeth II also came to our school for a 20 minutes tour. She watched a performance by our school Chinese Dance Troupe. All students were standing on the front block of the school welcoming her.
buyii says:
thanks for the memories..
I still rmb way back that if u hired a cab to go amk ave 10, they will ask ave 10的头 or ave 10 的尾。。
Chia Kia Chee says:
Brings back lots of memories 🙂 have stay in AMK from the day i am born till today. 32 years.
Choon Boon primary sch… i miss those day….
Thanks for the articles
who last time (1990s) same as me?
after school, went to AMK central pak arcade, bought currypuffs at tip top, then went to the shop at the point block of 710 to buy some pirated PC games
Sharon Han says:
Thanks so much for writing this! I was born in the same year (1976), stayed at blk 463 and attended Chong Boon Primary School and Anderson Secondary. I only moved to Sengkang after my marriage in 2008. Like you, I’ve been going back to Chong Boon market regularly to get my dose of hawker fare. Somehow the taste of memory beats any other taste in the world! 🙂
JY says:
Wonderful! This article is so precious! Thank you for this.
Used to catch guppies in this big longkang at ang sar lee (Serangoon Gardens) during my primary school time
It is just directly opposite Chong Li Primary and AMK Ave 10, and there was actually no CTE in between until the late 1980s (the photo below shows a new extended overhead bridge across the CTE)
Come to think of it, it was quite dangerous… any sudden flash floods would have swept us off
alansoh79 says:
Hi author,
I saw this blog post of yours via a Facebook post and read through the entire entry.
I am a Singaporean born in 1979, was moved to live in my late maternal grandmother’s flat along Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 when the kampongs at Chong Pang Village were to be demolished (around 1 year old) and lived there until around 1985 when my parents purchased a flat in Yishun.
Before the emergence of GV Yishun 10 Cineplex, and before Yishun Central area was fully developed, yes! I was one of those kids who every now and then went to Ang Mo Kio via bus or MRT train for watching movies, borrowing library books, having random meals with friends at the hawker centre. During my primary school days, AMK was then the “Orchard Road” for me. lol.
It is certainly an awesome post! My goodness. Many memories flooded my mind as I read word-by-word and view the archived photos. Great work! 🙂
The bird shop at AMK Ave 10 has been going strong for the past 20 years!
Jama says:
The bird shop is still around, only smaller now, half a unit. There’s a clinic there too, Nawaz clinic, been there since the 80s till now. and yes, the same doctor.
mummyjam says:
Yes, it’s still here, only smaller now, half a shop. There’s a clinic there, just opposite, Dr Nawaz, still at the present site, with the same doctor.
Julia Ong says:
The bird shop really bring back memories…always hv to walk past it to get home.
James Foo says:
Unfortunately, the bird shop closed down already. I used to go to that shop and make it seem as if its the bird park. Don’t know what happened to it.
I moved into AMK in 2004 when I was born. Yes I am still young.
M.S. Din says:
Hi there..I am also a former resident of Ang Mo kio for 21 years…Shifted from my kampong at Jln Kolam Ayer (somewhere near Macpherson Market and PIE Kallang) to Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 (Block 464) in 1979. Still the present Mcdonald Restaurant at Ave 10 was formerly a Coffee shop and the market was there despite undergoing 2 to 3 renovation. I was 8 years old then. Had my education at Chong Boon Primary School (the old Campus Bldg) from 1980-1984. At the time, Chong Li Primary and Anderson Secondary which was previously temporary school for St. Nicholas Girls School was still under construction. Still remember the CTE behind Chong Boon Primary was a mix of bushes and old terrace houses of Serangoon Garden where I use ride bicycle to buy roti prata near chomp chomp every sunday morning. Having grown up in Ang Mo Kio..I spent my childhood days, playing football and table tennis under the void deck, riding bicycle around with all my schoolmates, not forgetting my youth days till my NS days and throughout my working life. Really missed Ang Mo kio so much since after I got married in 1998 and shifted to my in law house at Marine Parade..Recently my brother had sold house 2 years ago (2011) after both my parents passed away…but fond and unforgetable memories in Ang Mo Kio will always be in my mind forever.
The pasar malam held at Ang Mo Kio last time used to be much livelier…
The photos above were taken this week along Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 (near Ave 5 side)
I might have seen you. Were you the one busily snapping away on an iPhone with blue casing? 🙂
Nope, I don’t have a blue casing for iPhone 🙂
Low Fang Meng says:
Thank you for sharing. It really rekindles the memories of my childhood times.
I was one of those who lived in Ang Mo Kio for the past 30yrs and almost every corner of the area I have walked, jogged or cycled past. Some of those photos which I remembered vaguely when my parents used to bring me for leisure like the cycling traffic in the central. My primary school was Chong Boon Primary and to date the building is still there but is used by another special school. I really missed those days, when being a child, there’s every play time, sandy playground, playing table tennis, catching spiders in the AMK town garden, etc..
Credit to those contributed photos to bring back memories.
Memories of the good old days.. I was from Kebun Baru Primary.. But sadly, now in the map, its shown as CHIJ St Nicholas Girls holding school.. I remembered quite a few of the places in the pictures.. But as Im born only in 1986, so those in 1970s, not much memories.. But the rest… totally clear man….
A ping pong club’s notice board at Blk 624 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4
But I think hardly anyone plays at the old table tennis table at the void deck nowadays
Sin says:
how nostalgic. Staying at St 44 for over a decade (foreigner) and somehow the place and its old charm mesmerizes me.
Fido Dido says:
Anybody from Ang Mo Kio Primary School Batch 1987-1992
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A nice coloured photo of the old Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange (1980s).
If I remember correctly, the feeder bus service 266 used to loop to AMK Ave 4?
(Source: Facebook Group “On a little street in Singapore”)
It used to ply from amk ave 3==> ave 4==> yck road==>amk ave 5==> ave 4 and back to ave 3 and amk interchange. Now it has been replaced and substituted by both 265 and 269.
BTW, do you have any plans to start a Facebook page for all past and present residents of amk? 🙂
Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange became fully air-conditioned in 2007 when i was 12. The newly-renovated interchange was officially opened by PM Lee Hsien Loong.
Ichigolabbit says:
Managed to find out the partial location of Cheng San Road (defunct) and its current location. With redevelopment going on together wtih the new Thomson Line and North South Expressway, AMK will changes a lot in the years to come.
Yongsiri says:
Thank you. Sincerely thank you from my heart.
I have a very bad memory so I cannot remember things much.
I was there… 21 years ago, when I was 7.
I studied at Chong boon primary school in grade 1 then I left flew back home (Thailand).
I lived there with my aunt only a year. I had many good friends there and I loved to play with them very much. I was once fell down from the table-tennis table while playing the crocodile because everyone was pushing around!!!
I will go to visit Singapore again in the next few weeks (first time in 21 years) and I thought that I will go to see my old school but you said that it was vanished, quite disappointed.
But anyway, thank you very much.
You brought me those beautiful memories back into my mind.
Actually, the Main Building for Chong Boon Primary is still there, and had been renovated to become Pathlight School Campus 2. 😉
Most people not familiar with the place will call it the Former Building of Chong Li Primary (and not helping that school also had the Classroom Building like Chong Boon Primary, Teck Ghee Primary and many other schools built back in the early 80s) which was the Demolish building beside it (now Chong Boon Secondary stood on it and the former Shared School Field)
Students from Chong Li primary moved to the Chong Boon Pri when Chong Li were demolished to make way for the present Chong Boon Secondary.
Jacky Woo says:
Nice article to read. Grew up in Old Airport Road ever since I was a baby, and moved to AMK 600 plus block area almost 6 years ago. It’s quiet and nice place to stay. Of course, if you know me, you will occasionally hear me comparing the food availability and taste between the two places though. *Thumbs up*
Thanks you so much for such detail writeup. We stayed at a 1 room rental flat in blk 123. After my parents got their flat in yishun, we still come back to amk to shop, go to the library, ride bicycle in the mini park, watch the water fountain at night.
Thanks for keeping my wonderful memories alive.
Thank you so much for bringing back all this nostalgic memories! Brings a smile to my face looking at all the pictures. There are so many things about AMK that i didn’t know of till this article came along! Thanks man! 😀
Anyone remembers this giant lobster located where Jack’s Place(Beside the library/Courts) is now?
An old weighing machine that cost 20c per measurement at AMK central… Hardly anyone uses it nowadays
wow… real nostalgic man. i grew up in AMK since i was 2 years old i think? moved frm sembawang to blk 729 beside the library & than moved to lentor, than moved again to ave 4 blk 612 & have lived there for the last almost 11 years. Basically, I lived in AMK for more than 30 years!
Really thanks for the article. 🙂
Arie Bachtiar says:
A really fond memories from the past of my beloved ol place where i grew up, study n play… Shifted from my kampong at Jln Ulu Seletar to AMK Ave 3 Central in 1977-78. Ai Tong Primary was my 1st school in 1980 then shifted to then temp Mayflower Secondary for a year before the shifted to another school AMK North Primary till my PSLE year. Yio Chu Kang Secondary till ‘O’ level. It had gone to so much changes through the decades. Every single spots i’ve seen here mostly gone forever..or maybe had some changes or to another.. Looking at these photos just makes me happy and gave me so much flashbacks…Thanks so much!!!..AMK 1977-2003…In Memory..
Arjuna Benjamin says:
So many memories.I’ve been staying in AMK since 1989, when my late-mum and I finally got our own place.Wasn’t easy for a single mother, but it was actually the 3rd time we returned to AMK.The first time was in the very early ’80s.We stayed at Street 61 and my doctor, Dr. Quek Meng Poo, was my first physician.Same doctor, same nurses, all these years.I brought my own kids there to see him.
Ang Mo Kio will always be more than just an address to me.I had my first “date” with an ‘Ang Mo’ girl I had a crush oncat the Chao Phraya Restaurant.Chaperoned by my mum, of course, as we were both 12.
I remember the park very well.
Scraped a huge chunk of skin off my arm and still bear the keloid scar of a deep wound on my toe after I lost control of a neighbour’s bike going down a steep hill at the other end of Town Garden West.The brakes didn’t function.
But that was what made life back in AMK so much more happening than what it is today.We could go out, play at the mini-road safety park, sip root beer and chomp on A&W Coney dogs, explore the many trails and have our adventures.. in a time when creativity, imagination and sheer childhood ingenuity alternated between Paco Funworld(boy, I got hell from my mum each and every time I headed there to play Daytona, Virtua Striker and Street Fighter) and its many trappings of a wonderland.
My favourite swimming pool was at the YCK Swimming Complex.Big chicken drumsticks, huge fishballs, all the gastronomic delights a child needs to wonder at the miracle of how anyone can stay afloat after such a feast….
Don Asri says:
WoW!!Great memories of my childhood playground..Born 1985 from blk 540 shifted to blk 584 and last blk 573 before i got married and shifted to yishun. Would love to stay in ang mo kio as all my childhood memories are there but too expensive nowadays…Miss the atmosphere of belonging as an ang mo kio resident. Thank you for your great article..appreciate it!
YenOng says:
hey U missed out Teck Ghee Primary School
I was a British student on an internship in Singapore working with local neighborhood secondary schools. I stayed just opposite the Hawker Centre at Blk 409. I was made to feel so welcome and at home. I was there just over a year and simply loved every minute of it! The lovely couple that run the chicken rice stall, the amazing curry puffs cooked up by the local baker there, watching the line dancrs tha regularly performed outside the shops there and the milo peng from the drink stall! really fond memories
Ar u referring to the still in the coffeeshop? Sadly the chicken rice stall couple has retired alr.
Ang Mo Kio Town Centre in the 1980s
(Photo credit: Facebook Group “Nostalgic Singapore”)
John Boy says:
Thanks everyone for the memories.
I was born in 1975, and lived in Blk 321 AMK ave 1 since around 1980 and moved to Hougang in 1992.
Chong De Primrary School was my playground days, and I chanced upon this blog while I was looking for pictures to share with the Grade 2 students here in USA.
I remember everything about AMK, especially the Emporium where I would get our G I Joe and Mask toys. Also remember the Paco Fun World during my early teens for my video games.
I moved to AMK ave 10 in 1979 and still here now, reading this, sure bring back memories of my lovely AMK. My sons went to a kindergarden run by PA at Teck Ghee CC, and later Chong Li Primary School. I used to send them to schools and met so many parents there who became friends. It was so sad to see the name of Chong Li, Chong Boon, Chong De, Chong San disappeared for good.
Before the first interchange was built, we all had to wait at a bus stop in front of the present AMK hub. Every day passengers would queued in orderly manner, at the respective service numbers , under the sky, until it rained, then everyone would run to the nearby blocks for shelter!
gustave154 says:
wah i am a 94 baby so never see all this stuff… wish i was born a little earlier…
desmond loh says:
I moved to AMK ave 3 in 1979 and reading this, sure bring back memories. I studied at Mayflower Primary School And Yio Chu Kang Secondary School. I used to walk to school, garden and central. Really miss the old days and friends.
The AMK Plant Centre (Floral & Landscape), besides the AMK Library, is gone!
Cleared and demolished totally
It was literally uprooted and vanished suddenly! I bought a plant from them earlier this year and there were no signs that they were in their last days 😦
Tuesday Report just aired a nice video about Ang Mo Kio and why it’s so unique!
http://video.toggle.sg/en/series/tuesday-report-where-the-home-is/ep4/339681
Seventh month starting….
I have always been amazed at the lively kampung spirit in my neighborhood. It looks just like a block party…
Wow…nice article. I also from chong li primary!! Counting the years and age, think u either my classmate or 1,2 year my senior…heehee
Having lived in ang mo kio for more than 33 years, i still miss ang mo kio even though i moved to punggol two years ago.
Ong says:
Hi Do you know one Chinese man ( physiotherapist ) around Ang Mo Kio
I remembered he stay some where in Ang Mo Kio near MRT station
Understand he is operating his business from home.
Brought my mum to see him many years ago
If you know, where he is staying, let me know -968611965 (hp)
The Yong Heng kopitiam, at Ang Mo Kio Street 64, has been demolished. The site is bought over by ST Electronics.
Its bak kut teh and zichar were quite nice and popular among the working class during lunch times.
Nice article and I’ve a similar experience as you! Stayed in Ching boon, went to Chong book primary and now to sengkang 🙂 time flies
Corrine says:
Thank you so much your time and effort in putting this together! Been living here since 1978. It’s really great to rekindle those memories of the old AMK as they had begun fading over time.
Racydolphin says:
I can relate to this so well… My family used to live in Toa Payoh before we moved on to AMK Ave 10 in the late 70s as well. I now live overseas but everytime I come home, I still stay at my parents in AMK Ave 10. Absolutely love it and my parents will never want to move anywhere else. Thanks for the comprehensive article.
Thank you for this wonderful post which has brought back so much memories!
damnshiok says:
I’m an Australian, and I spent six years working in Ang Mo Kio (in a low rise HDB on ave 6, not far from the library), I’d love to move back there one day. It is my favourite neighborhood and every time I come back to see my wife’s family I spend time in the central central area catching up with my favourite hawkers and coffee shop aunties who always remember me and are happy to have a good chat. Thanks so much for this detailed article that gave me a better understanding of my favourite part of Singapore. It gave me a sense of nostalgia that I’m sure people don’t expect of foreigners, but I have so many find memories from my time there. Thank you.
Kenneth Sim says:
Well written!!!
Part of forest to be cleared for new neighbourhood in Teacher’s Estate area
A large part of a 30-hectare secondary forest is set to be cleared to make way for a new neighbourhood in the Teacher’s Estate area, off Yio Chu Kang Road.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said the land preparation works are set to begin in the third quarter of this year. The area, bound by Tagore Road, Upper Thomson Road, Munshi Abdullah Avenue and Yio Chu Kang Road will comprise a variety of private homes to be developed over the next 10 to 15 years.
It is also near the upcoming Lentor MRT station, which is set to be ready by 2020, on the new Thomson-East Coast Line. URA said it will progressively launch sites for the new homes as the land preparations works complete, so that more residents in the area can benefit from living close to the new Lentor station.
URA said the new neighbourhood – which was announced in the Master Plan 2014 – is part of plans to “rejuvenate Ang Mo Kio Town by providing Singaporeans with more housing options and convenient access to amenities”.
The authority added that when it drew up the plans for the area, it “deliberately included more parks and greenery to provide a good living environment, while catering to residents’ recreational needs”.
URA said it has been engaging the local community on its plans since 2013, and nature groups since last year. It added that it shared the upcoming plans – through platforms such as dialogue sessions – to gather the community’s feedback and address their concerns.
URA noted that from 2014 to 2015, it worked with the National Parks Board (NParks) “to salvage and relocate plant species that are of varying conservation status”. It said that before construction work can begin, a management plan will be put in place to ensure wildlife are safely guided towards the Central Catchment Nature Reserve in the west or the forested area in the north.
The Nature Society said several nationally and globally threatened animals have been spotted at the site, including the young banded leaf monkey, sunda pangolin and the sunda slow loris. There are also two streams running through the area, along with about 100 specimens of the rare Elephant Foot’s Fern, classified by NParks as vulnerable. Last week, the Nature Society released a position paper calling for phased development of the site, while preserving parts of the forest and one of the streams.
URA said it has shared its plans to keep two vegetated areas near Munshi Abdullah Walk for at least five years, as they are not affected by immediate works. Some existing vegetation is also being kept for a future neighbourhood park while a new linear park will also be added. URA said the land preparation works are expected to take about five years, to facilitate the building of drains, sewers and roads for the new neighbourhood.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/part-of-forest-to-be/2850190.html
gong says:
May I know is there any story about under MRT track ?
“The site also used to be an old Hainanese village in the 1970s and authorities say its traits will be incorporated into the design.”
30-ha forest to be cleared for new neighbourhood at Teacher’s Estate
To make way for a new neighbourhood in the Teacher’s Estate area, clearing work has begun at a large part of a 30-hectare secondary forest just off Yio Chu Kang Road.
Bound by Tagore Road, Upper Thomson Road, Munshi Abdullah Avenue and Yio Chu Kang Road, land preparation work will take about five years.
Currently, low hoarding of about three metres high has been put up and this could be extended to nine metres to shield residents from the dust and noise.
The area will eventually comprise a variety of private homes which are set to be developed over the next 10 to 15 years. This was made known in the 2014 Master Plan and will allow the new neighbourhood access to the upcoming Lentor MRT station which is set to be completed in 2020, as part of the new Thomson-East Coast Line.
The hoarding is also part of a wildlife management plan, to shepherd animals to nearby green areas before the land is cleared.
The Nature Society had previously said several nationally and globally threatened animals have been spotted in the site including the young banded leaf monkey, sunda pangolin and the sunda slow loris.
Authorities, however, hope that by closing off sections progressively, animals will be guided to a forested area in the north, or through an underground tunnel or drain culvert, to the nature reserve or the new Thomson nature park in the west.
Two vegetated areas near Munshi Abdullah Walk will also be kept for at least five years, as they are not affected by immediate work.
Updates on land preparation work and details about the new park were shared with residents by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and NParks at a dialogue this evening.
The new 50-hectare nature park is bound by Upper Thomson Road and Old Upper Thomson Road.
It’s set to be completed in the second half of 2018 and currently stands on abandoned agricultural land.
The park is one of four new nature parks which will serve as buffers to the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/30-ha-forest-to-be-cleared-for-new-neighbourhood-at-teacher-s/3155224.html
James J. Tay. says:
Thank you! I had lived in AMK since I was 6 years old and it indeed brought back lots and lots of memories. I am a proud AngMoKiorian!
Leong Kin Pang says:
Anyone remember even before parco funworld. There is a arcade centre beside NTUC supermarket which is the former Ying Bao Liang. However the building was demolished and sitting on it is the AMK HUB.
Collin Mcfly says:
Paco Fun World:) Bumper car ……
Leong Kin Peng is the former Ying Bao Liang building also known as oriental emporium building?
That means that you live in AMK ave 10? I live here and also here. When I looked at the history of my sch (Townsville Primary) I saw that Queen Elizabeth II came to my school before I was born. I totally recognised 55 and 261. Now there’s a bus to Serangoon. Did there use to be a bus looping at St 44? I read it somewhere before. Which block did you live in
I stayed at street 44. Yes there was a bus plying this street for a very short while Around 1980/1981 I think. Bus 261 probably .
Hi, first of all thanks for such informative post. I’d like to ask for my research project if Broadway Cinema was replaced by the current Broadway Plaza? Or are these two totally different buildings?
The former cinema building was refurbished into the plaza today
Donavon says:
Wow, yes. I stay in blk 544 which is just opposite by the roadside of this block. There a chinese mama shop beside Seletar Broadway where i always patron buying the 10c small box (3 pcs) bubble gum. or the 10c sng bao (ice bar). There’s a basketball court and a playground infront of this blk. The playground used to be old sand type with penguin and tortoise. There used to be some stone chairs in front of this blk supposingly with a public colour TV erected. I’m born in 1981, i remember i ever watched TV there before. I guess in the late 70s-early 80s not everyone have a TV at home.
Thanks for the memories.. My childhood playground.
jasontbk says:
Thanks for all the photos and memories! Same as you, I have been living in AMK since born and I have a BTO awaiting at Sengkang! Will certainly missed how convenient AMK is to work and town, and all my fond memories of schooling from young to JC (Jing Shan Pri, Ang Mo Kio sec and Anderson JC) in schools in the area. I am staying at amk st 52 btw~~
Joey Kwa says:
Side by side with Chong Li Pri school is Chong Shan Pri Sch (because I was from Chong Shan) 😀.
Thanks for writing the development of AMK. Very well written! It’s also my playground where I grew up. Moved into Blk100+ in 1978. And still living in AMK today.
Sorry. My bad. Next to Chong Shan was Chong De.
Another tomato at Ang Mo Kio Street 22
In the eighties and nineties, there were many small hexagonal buildings at Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 (beside 409 Market & Food Centre) sold/leased to shopowners for selling of provision, snacks and other stuffs.
The ones at Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 were already demolished, while this one at Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 has been converted into a resting shelter.
There is still one of these at Ang mo Kio ave 4 blk 632A
Bedok north still has some beside Blk 511 market
GamingTV319 says:
Hahah I live near that clocktower. My block is shown in the picture– 315B
Which en-bloc flat did you take that picture with the ‘AMK classic flats’ description definitely its one of those in the well known 246-252 sers site
Turns out it’s Blk 247(I knew it) demolished in 2017/8
SG.Beware says:
I think you have miss out Deyi Secondary.
It used to be opposite of Teck Ghee Primary
Aaron Sin says:
Hi I was wondering if you might photos of Ang Mo Kio MRT Station being constructed
Adrian Ng says:
Hi rem.sg, my name is Adrian and I am reading history like a history project. I lived in Ang Mo Kio Blk 506 Ang Mo Kio ave 8 / st 53.when I was born on 24 August 2000. Until 2004 when I moved to Seng Kang. I want to am weather when I was born on August 24 2000 was the old amk oriental emporium still around or has it became an empty plot of land and was the fountain at the town centre still around? Because I was in amk in 2001 as a 1 years old boy. So in support of my history project, please comment. I enjoy reading your blog so keep it out pleased check the street directory of 2000 and 2001 and let me know wether or not the fountain and the oriental emporium was still standing or was it empty plot of land.thank you.
I live in Amk st 31 very nice view of Bishan Park!
Just discovered your blog! Thanks so much for documenting times and places long and recently passed into memory.
I grew up mainly in Ang Mo Kio, went to kindergarten at a CC (forgot which one), and attended Ai Tong School (when it was still at its AMK location, and also after its move to Sin Ming/ Bishan, to the current premises which were previously used by the primary school division of Catholic High School). The school bus route took us through most of Ang Mo Kio, including past the clover leaf flats near CHIJ St. Nicholas.
Still remember walking to AMK town central, the traffic garden for kids, and watching many movies at the various cinemas. After I moved away, still returned to borrow books from the AMK library. I think there was a Jack’s place (or similar steakhouse) nearby. Also remember the Emporium and fountain! After the town centre renewal, I used the Fitness First gym there for a while.
Also remember walking to Yio Chu Kang, to take one of the first MRT rides to Orchard. And many happy evenings spent in the Yio Chu Kang swimming complex.
Thanks to reader Marvin Tam’s sharing of his photos of some nostalgic places at Ang Mo Kio and Hougang:
The hexagon-shaped kiosk at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4
Cheng San Market and Shops
An aquarium shop at Kovan
Lift lobby and corridor of Block 360 Hougang Avenue 5
Lim’s Provision shop at the void deck of Block 458 Hougang Avenue 10
(Photo Credit: Marvin Tam)
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A convenient preparation method for synthesizing formamidine utilizing sulfated zirconia
Chiu Hsun Lin, Chih Hsiang Tsai, Han Chung Chang
Sulfated zirconia is able to effectively catalyze the reaction between aniline and trimethyl orthoformate to produce formamidine with a product yield of 97% at 313K. N-phenylformimidate is proposed as the reaction intermediate, which reacts further with aniline to produce formamidine. Less degree of acid sites poisoning by the reaction mixture due to the weaker acidity of sulfated zirconia as well as its mesoporosity seem to play important role in this catalyzed reaction.
Catalysis Letters
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Aniline Engineering & Materials Science
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Lin, C. H., Tsai, C. H., & Chang, H. C. (2005). A convenient preparation method for synthesizing formamidine utilizing sulfated zirconia. Catalysis Letters, 104(3-4), 135-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-005-7942-z
Lin, Chiu Hsun ; Tsai, Chih Hsiang ; Chang, Han Chung. / A convenient preparation method for synthesizing formamidine utilizing sulfated zirconia. In: Catalysis Letters. 2005 ; Vol. 104, No. 3-4. pp. 135-140.
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Orbital-resolved soft x-ray spectroscopy in (formula presented)
G. P. Zhang, G. T. Woods, Eric L. Shirley, T. A. Callcott, L. Lin, G. S. Chang, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus, J. He
We demonstrate that angle-resolved soft x-ray spectroscopy can resolve absorption by inequivalent oxygen sites and by different orbitals belonging to the same site in (formula presented) By rotating the polarization direction, we see a dramatic change in the absorption spectra at the oxygen K edge. Our theory identifies the detailed composition of the spectra and predicts a correct energy ordering of the orbitals of three inequivalent oxygen atoms. Because different orbitals dominate absorption spectra at different energies and angles, one can excite at a specific site and “orbital.” In contrast, absorption at the vanadium L edge does not show large changes when varying the polarization direction. The reason for this is that different excitation channels (involving different initial states for the excited electron) overlap in energy and vary in compensating ways, obscuring each channel’s sensitive polarization dependence.
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Characters, Females, Nymph,
Children of Atlas
Leadership Abilities (CHB)
Immortals (CHB)
Elysium Residents
The Titan's Curse characters
Zoë Nightshade
For other uses of the name Zoe, see Zoe (disambiguation).
PJO
About 2000 (chronologically)
Teens (biologically)
Daughter of Atlas
Daughter of Pleione
Lieutenant of Artemis (formerly)
The Huntress Constellation
Atlas (father)
Pleione (mother)
Iapetus and Clymene (paternal grandparents)
Hesperides (sisters)
Hyas (paternal half-brother)
Pleiades, Calypso, Hyades, Maera (paternal half-sisters)
Oceanids (maternal aunts)
Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, Ankhiale (paternal uncles)
Oceanus and Tethys (maternal grandparents)
Artemis (adoptive mother)
Hunters of Artemis (adoptive sisters)
Hunters of Artemis
The Garden of the Hesperides (formerly)
Constellation (current) Elysium (possibly)
unknown, though she is described as tall and graceful
Hesperid (formerly)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (mentioned)
The Son of Neptune (mentioned)
The House of Hades (flashback)
The Blood of Olympus (mentioned)
The Dark Prophecy (mentioned)
“ Stars. I can see the stars again, m'lady. ”
–Zoë, to Artemis, while she lays dying in The Titan's Curse.
Zoë Nightshade, daughter of Atlas and Pleione, was a former Hesperide; nymph of the sunset, who was later exiled and blotted out as if she never existed. For this reason, she joined the Hunters of Artemis, becoming the loyal lieutenant of Artemis for over 2000 years. She now resides in the stars, as she has shown a great interest and connection to the stars. Her constellation "The Huntress" is depicted as girl who is running around shooting arrows in the night sky.
1.1 Early Life
1.2 Helping Hercules
1.3 Hunting Orion
1.4 Quarrel with Thalia
2 Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2.1 The Titan's Curse
2.2 Quest
2.3 The Battle of the Labyrinth
3.1 The Son of Neptune
3.2 The House of Hades
4 The Trials of Apollo
4.1 The Dark Prophecy
8 Weaknesses
10 Etymology
Zoë and her sisters were born to the Titan Atlas and the water goddess Pleione; they then became the nymphs of the sunset. In ancient times, Zoë tended to the Garden of the Hesperides with her sisters, caring especially for Hera's tree of golden apples and the 100 headed monstrous, dragon like serpent who guarded it; Ladon. Unlike her sister, Zoë had a strong emotional bond with Ladon. Ladon trusted Zoë and allowed her to feed him by hand
This is not a relationship that is seen with the other Hesperides.
Helping Hercules
Later on, Zoë helped Hercules complete his quest for the golden apples - giving him tips on how to trick her father Atlas. She then gifted him her hairpin, which turns into the sword Anaklusmos, which is currently in the possession of Percy Jackson. When her sisters discovered this, they exiled her, and blotted her out as if she never existed.[1]This likely caused a lot of pain for Zoë as the Hesperides were her family, and they now hated her.
Hercules ultimately gave Zoë no credit for her help and abandoned her to her painful fate.[2] As a result, she came to hold a grudge against male heroes, especially ones that reminded her of Hercules. She then joined the Hunters of Artemis, a group of eternal maidens who swear off boys for semi-immortality and hunting with Artemis until they fall in battle. Eventually, Zoë rose to become the loyal lieutenant of Artemis for over 2000 years.
Hunting Orion
Zoë would spend centuries trying unsuccessfully to track down and kill the giant Orion, who harboured a strong hatred for both the Hunters and the Amazons, due to his tragic past with Artemis. It is seen in the Blood of Olympus that the Hunters and Amazons were still tracking down Orion.
Quarrel with Thalia
Zoë and the Hunters once ran into Thalia Grace, Luke Castellan, and Annabeth Chase when the three were running around the country. Zoë almost managed to convince Thalia to join the Hunters. However, Thalia did not want to leave Luke. Zoë felt offended, and got into a heated argument with Thalia. Zoë told Thalia she was being "stupid," and that "she would regret it", stating Luke would let her down in some way just like Hercules had once let her down. This gave Thalia a deep sense of hatred to the Hunters especially Zoë Nightshade; who were always arguing. Thalia and Zoë later forgave each other when Zoë was dying. After Zoë's death, Thalia took place as Artemis' new lieutenant.
Zoë and the Hunters first appear alongside Artemis, rescuing Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Thalia Grace, Grover Underwood, Bianca di Angelo, and Nico di Angelo from a manticore named Dr. Thorn, who, though seemingly bested, disappeared with Annabeth Chase, who was still on his back. As the Hunters set up camp, Zoë approached Bianca asking her to talk with Artemis. Together Zoë and Artemis convince her to join the Hunters, while Percy was trying to convince her otherwise. Apollo later arrives to escort them all to Camp Half-Blood, Zoë was left in charge of the Hunters, as Artemis had set off in search of a monster prophesied to be the downfall of Olympus.
The Hunters arrived at Camp Half-Blood and immediately went to Artemis' Cabin. Grover tried to show the Hunters the way, but it is shown that someone slapped him (most likely Zoë). The next day the Hunters won the round of Capture the Flag which angered Thalia, causing her and Percy to fight, amusing the Hunters. After the game, the Oracle left the attic and approached Zoë Nightshade to grant a quest to save Artemis, who had gone missing.
Then, the camp counselors, plus Zoë and Bianca had a talk about the quest and who was going to attend. Zoë wanted to take five Hunters, but she ended up asking to take herself, Bianca, Phoebe, Thalia, and Grover. Phoebe was then pranked by the Stoll brothers,who gave her a shirt covered in centaur blood, which left her ridden with horrible hives. So Zoë had to take just four people.
Zoë went on the doomed quest along with Thalia, Bianca, and Grover. Percy followed them secretly on Blackjack, wanting to make sure that Annabeth was found safe and sound, while having also promised Nico that he would keep his sister Bianca safe. When he revealed himself Zoë was furious. Percy warned her and the rest of the questers that there was a Nemean Lion and a dozen Skeleton Warriorss were on their way to attack snd that someone called "The General" was organizing the attacks. This frightens Zoë and Bianca, Zoë tried to deny that the General is here, though she later believes Percy when the Nemean Lion attacks.
The five all fought against the lion and Zoë managed to kill it by shooting a volley of arrows into the Nemean Lion's opened mouth. However, she let Percy keep the lion pelt (the spoil of war) because, he got the lion to open it's mouth by feeding it astronaut food, so Zoë could shoot the lion. Though Zoë did not want Percy on the quest, after this fight, Zoë realizes that Percy is part of this quest, and that he must continue with them.
They all continued their quest, going west to find Artemis, while trying to avoid the General and avoid the General's army. As they're escaping, Bianca points out a subway station, and she says that she remembers it because it wasn't there when she lived in D.C., this makes Zoë start to question Bianca, but she then stops. The five enter the subway station where a disguised Apollo helped them by giving them transportation west, he then warned them that this was all he could do, as by divine law, he was not allowed to interfere directly with their quest.
On the train Percy had a dream about Zoë helping Hercules, from Hercules' perspective. He realizes that it was Zoë who created his sword; Anaklusmos. Percy then saw why Zoë had such a grudge against male heroes, and he wanted to make it clear to Zoë that he was nothing like Hercules.
The five later stop by a little ski town labeled "Cloudcroft, New Mexico" where they all rest for a short period of time. Percy and Bianca have a deep conversation with each other while Zoë and Grover get coffee, and Thalia looks for more transportation ideas. Skeletons then attack and Bianca manages to defeat one which surprises Zoë and Percy. While they're fighting Pan gives them the Erymanthian Boar, as a blessing from the Wild. Zoë was surprised and said that she thought she'd never feel that presence again, and when asked what she felt, she said that she felt the presence of Pan.
The Boar takes the five to a desert, where they must continue their quest. Ares and Aphrodite show up and Aphrodite asks to have a talk alone with Percy. She then talks about the quest and Annabeth, while the others are at taco place that was just "reopened" by Ares. Aphrodite warns them not to take anything from the Junkyard of the Gods.
The five continue west, going through Hephaestus' junkyard. After crossing through the Junkyard, defective prototype of Talos; one of Hephaestus' automatons attacked them, as Bianca had picked up a Mythomagic Hades figure for her brother Nico. Bianca then admitted what she did and she and Percy devised a plan to defeat Talos. It was a lethal plan, but it was the only way. Bianca ended up defeating the automaton, but in return, she lost her life. When Zoë found out Bianca died she sat down and cried. Zoë later says that she felt very guilty over Bianca's death and she also says that she felt horrible because she picked an amateur Hunter who was only twelve for a suicide mission. She then explained that she did this because she believed that Bianca was a strong demigod, with a kind heart and had the potential to replace her as lieutenant, as Zoë couldn't be the lieutenant forever.
The four were canoed upstream to Hoover Dam. Where Percy, Grover, and Thalia exchanged architecture facts that Annabeth shared with them. The Ophiotaurus (Bessie) then appeared to Percy asking him to come into the water with him. He declined and then ran inside to find his friends as he saw a skeleton warrior. Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a mortal girl who could see through the mist then sees Percy who almost decapitates her with Riptide (Anaklusmos). She then becomes very curious, but Percy had to rush out of there due to the skeleton warriors. He alerted the others of the skeleton warriors and they then became in a hurry to leave. The skeleton warriors start gaining on them, and they start fighting. But then Percy asks Thalia to pray to her father, Zeus, to ask to use the metal statues. Zues, hears Thalia's prayers and the metal statues come to life to get the four out of there.
The metal statues then fly the four to California, and leave them by the Embarcadero building. The four then have to find Nereus to get there questions answered. Percy catches Nereus and wanted to ask about Annabeth, but he then decided to ask about the monster that would bring the downfall of Olympus. Old Nereus then points to Bessie and leaves, leaving Percy confused. Zoë then realizes that Bessie is the monster that would bring the downfall of Olympus, and tells everyone the story of the Ophiotaurus.
Dr. Thorn, the manticore finds the four and starts talking about Thalia, and how she will be the child of the Great Prophecy, he also talked about how she should join Kronos' Army. Percy gets Thalia to snap out of her daze and get her to fight the guards that showed up with Dr. Thorn. Zoë then tells Percy to go save the Ophiotaurus, Percy refuses saying that they must stick together. Grover tells Percy to get word to camp, which Percy thinks is an excellent idea. Percy then sends and Iris Message to Camp Half-Blood, and the person who receives the message is Dionysus, the camp director. Percy then starts arguing with Mr. D saying that he'd love to see them die. Dionysus then tells Percy that he could ask for help, and say please. Percy asks, and Dionysus does nothing, as Percy expected. But then Dionysus comes through and helps the quest members.
Zoë then reveals that they must go to the Garden of the Hesperides, her former home. The four start on their way, but Zoë soon complains that they are going too slow with the Ophiotaurus. For the sake of the quest, Percy decides to give up the Nemean Lion's pelt as a sacrifice to his father, Poseidon. This was done to keep Grover and the Ophiotaurus (Bessie) safe on their journey to Olympus, as the Ophiotaurus must stay in Olympus to be kept away from Kronos' army.
The three then travel to Frederick Chase's house, to ask for help. When they arrive they start talking about how Annabeth is in danger and they must borrow his car to save Annabeth. Zoë promises that she won't destroy his car as she has been driving since automobiles were invented. Dr. Chase hesitantly lends them his car, which the three use to climb us Mount Tamalpais. On their way up, the car is later hit by a blast of lightning and then destroyed. This angered Thalia as she thought that this was her father, Zeus trying to kill her, as the prophecy prophesied that one would die by a parents hand.
To reach Artemis, the quest members are forced to go through the Garden of the Hesperides. While there Zoë encounters her sisters, who were being very rude. They were having a cold and harsh conversation, Zoë then told hem they've never had any courage right before yelling "LADON!! WAKE!" waking the hundred headed, serpent like dragon. oëT then spoke to Ladon, in a calm sweet voice, trying to comfort the dragon and have him remember her. he serpent like dragon, after a while, sensed Zoë wasn't really who she "used to be" as she wasn't a Hesperide anymore she was a Hunter, Ladon then attacked her. However, when the dragon attacked, Zoë dodged, but was still bitten in the side. Ladon's bite is poisonous and the poison slowly weakened her, but she hid the injury from the others, until her death.
The three found Artemis holding up the sky which she had taken from Annabeth. Zoë ran towards Artemis and started crying and begging Atlas to let Artemis go, Zoë was then going to offer to hold up the sky, but Artemis didn't allow Zoë to offer. The General, Atlas, was revealed to be Zoë's father. Luke, one of the leaders of Kronos' army then showed up, trying to convince Thalia to join the army. Thalia declines and then it becomes a war zone. Percy then offers to take the sky, Artemis agrees and gives Percy the sky. While Percy is holding up the sky he sees Thalia and Luke fight each other, but he mainly pays attention to Zoë and Artemis who are fighting Atlas. Percy witnessed that Atlas was about to strike Artemis but then Zoë jumps in the middle and shoots an arrow at Atlas, Atlas knocks Zoë to the side sending her sprawling into a bunch of big black rocks, further injuring Zoë. Percy later tricks Atlas into taking his burden of holding up the sky and Atlas is stuck once more. Annabeth was then freed from her bonds and trying to stop Luke and Thalia from fighting, when her father comes in with a Sopwith Camel firing celestial bronze bullets at the monsters. Meanwhile, Percy and Artemis are trying to help Zoë.
Artemis told everyone that they all had to leave, as Zoë was extremely injured and needed assistance immediately. Thalia, Percy, Annabeth, and Artemis crowded around Zoë. Zoë apologized to Thalia for their arguing and to Percy for how she made assumptions that he was like Hercules. Her last words were "I can see the stars again m'lady"..."stars". Artemis then blessed her and made her into a constellation in the stars. A pattern of stars that looked like a young girl running around firing arrows into the night sky. "Let the world honor you my Huntress, live forever in the stars." said Artemis.
Zoë's constellation "The Huntress" is shown shining in the night sky.
She is mentioned again when Percy speaks to Calypso, the nymph who resides on Ogygia. Calypso is also another child of Atlas. Percy tells her he had met another daughter of Atlas before, Zoë. He described as one of the "bravest people he had ever met."
When Percy sees Mount Tam on his quest with Hazel and Frank, Hazel tells him about Camp Jupiter's assault on the Titan base. Percy has a flashback of fighting there, remembering when he was there with Zoë, Artemis, Annabeth, and Thalia Grace fighting Atlas, but he was unable to remember any of their names, and the memory soon leaves him.
Annabeth remembers Zoë's sacrifice to save Artemis and her. The River Acheron mentally tortures Annabeth by showing her Zoë's death and saying that she could have prevented it.
Phoebe mentions Zoë having spent centuries trying to track and kill Orion, who harbors a strong hatred for the Hunters and Amazons due to his tragic past with Artemis.
Emmie, a former Hunter, remarks that Calypso looks a lot like Zoë as she is helping Leo pick her up.
“ He was all the things I'd originally disliked about Zoë, with none of the good I'd come to appreciate. ”
–Percy, talking about Atlas and Zoë's similarities.
Zoë was a loyal lieutenant to Artemis, never wavering in over 2000 years. In The Titan's Curse, Zoë fought with Thalia quite often. This was because Thalia had refused to join the Hunters when Zoë offered her the chance. However, she eventually changes her mind, influenced no doubt by Zoë and Bianca's bravery. Zoë had an extreme distrust of male heroes, because of her history with Hercules, but eventually warmed up to Percy during their quest to save Artemis. Throughout the book, Zoë was shown to speak Early Modern, or Shakespearean English. She was also said to speak in a strange accent, more heavily when she is upset. She also showed a particular interest and love for the stars, she was also offended when Percy referred to Ursa Major constellation as "the bear thing", and when Percy talks about the bear simply being a constellation, Zoë claimed that "It was a worthy opponent!" She gets especially irritated whenever Thalia corrected her speech, exclaiming "I hate this language! It changes too often!" referring to the way the English language has changed over the centuries. She herself spoke using "thou, thee, and thy." Zoë also had some of her father's traits, but was overall a much kinder person that Percy had come to respect.
In the beginning, Zoë seemed aloof and unfriendly, but turned out to have a big heart and endless loyalty to Artemis. When Atlas was about to kill Percy, she screamed, "NO!" and fired a handful of arrows into his armpit so he would turn on her and give Percy a chance to recover, Percy would've died at that moment if it wasn't for Zoë. She also gave her life to save Artemis despite knowing that the line in the prophecy saying "One shall perish by a parent's hand" was referring to her, she knew she was going to die, and went on the quest anyways, this is the quality of a true hero, that needs to be honored. With her dying breaths she told Percy, "You spoke the truth. You are nothing like... like Hercules. I am honored that you carry this sword," referring to the fact that she was the original owner and creator of the weapon, Anaklusmos.
Finally, in the end, Zoë's legacy remains as her persuasion seemed to come through and Thalia declares that she will join the Hunt, to forsake men like Luke and not be the demigod in the Great Prophecy.
Zoë was described by Percy to be tall, graceful, and gorgeously beautiful: she had brown eyes, a slightly upturned nose, copper-colored skin, and the silver circlet braided into the top of her long, dark hair gave her the impression of a Persian princess. Percy also stated that he could see the family resemblance between Zoë and her father Atlas, with them sharing the same regal expression, the same cold, proud look in their eyes (which Zoë got when she was angry), though on him it looked "a thousand times more evil."
As a Hunter she has these abilities.
Huntress Immortality: She is immortal as well as doesn't age. (unless she falls in battle or breaks her oath). She was also immune to diseases.
Archery:Excellent aim with the bow and skilled with hunting knives. Her skills with a bow and arrow are sufficient to keep her father, Atlas, pressured during their battle. She can make a bow appear and also she can make them disappear.
Enhanced Physiology: She is naturally stronger and faster than a regular mortal, demigod, or nymph. She also has a silver-colored aura.
Zoolingualism: She can talk to wild animals.
Leadership/Tracking: Zoë has great leadership skills.
Tracking': Zoë has great tracking skills.
Battle Prowess: She usually has the upper hand in battle because of her fighting powers.
Due to her being the daughter of Atlas, it is possible that she had stronger, unseen powers compared to the other Hunters, but she did not demonstrate them.
Can die if beaten in battle or if her immortality is revoked, whether forced or voluntary.
Is reluctant to accept help from men and campers from Camp Half-Blood.
Protective of her Hunters (shown in The Titan's Curse when she refused to take another Hunter on her quest when Phoebe got poisoned by the centaur blood T-shirt in fear of losing another Hunter).
Extremely loyal to Artemis (shown when she was willing to take the sky for her in The Titan's Curse).
Fatal Flaw is excessive loyalty to ones she loves.
“ "No! Do not offer, Zoë! I forbid you. ”
–Artemis, holding up the sky on Mount Tamalpais
Zoë was an extremely loyal and devoted lieutenant to Artemis. She loved Artemis over anyone, a love that her mistress reciprocated. When she saw Artemis being forced to hold up the sky, she was in tears and begging Atlas to free her. Atlas challenged her to take it for Artemis, and she would have, if Artemis had not forbidden her to do so. Before Zoë died, Artemis assured her that she had served her with great honor, and was the finest of her attendants. She even transformed Zoë into a constellation as a way of ensuring that she would be honored by the world. Zoë's death was probably one of the hardest deaths for Artemis
Even before the events of the series, Zoë and Thalia had been at odds. Their feud originated when Thalia refused Zoë's invitation to join the Hunters and her advice that all men would let her down. The two fought over the smallest things, including the proper way to speak current English. However, the two reconciled after the fight with Atlas, with Thalia admitting that Zoë may have been right about men, and the dying Zoë admitting that she may have been wrong. Zoë even apologized for their arguments and admitted that she would have been happy to have Thalia as her sister. Following her death, Thalia succeeds her as the lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis.
Hercules was given Riptide by Zoë. Back then, Anaklusmos (Riptide) was a hair clip she owned, but she gave it to Hercules as a gift in order to aid him in his labor, and betrayed her family in order to make sure Hercules succeeded. Hercules eventually betrayed Zoë, resulting in her extreme dislike of men, heroes especially, comparing them all to Hercules.
Percy Jackson, her friend.
“ You spoke the truth. You are nothing like... like Hercules. I am honored that you carry this sword. ”
–Zoë to Percy, in The Titan's Curse
When Zoë and Percy first met, she disliked him because he was a male and reminded her of Hercules, the hero who betrayed her.
She also becomes annoyed when she finds that he had been following their group the entire time. However, she begins to trust him after his idea managed to defeat the Nemean Lion and even gave the monster's pelt to Percy, as his plan was the one that worked. Toward the end of The Titan's Curse, before she dies she says that Percy is nothing like Hercules and that she is honored he carries the sword she made. She also says that not all men are bad, and looks at Percy after saying this to Thalia.
Zoë's father, Atlas, is the eldest son of the Titan Iapetus, thus making Zoë the granddaughter of Iapetus (who is later renamed Bob). In The Titan's Curse, Zoë's last words were "Stars. I can see the stars again, m'lady (talking to Artemis). After her death Artemis turns her into a constellation; The Huntress. In The House of Hades, when Bob (Iapetus) was about to sacrifice his life along with Damasen, he says to Percy and Annabeth "say hello to the sun and stars from me", having missed them due to his time in the Underworld. It is possible that this is Bob's way of connecting with his granddaughter by saying 'say hello to the sun and stars from me' as Zoë is now a constellation in the sky.
Her name is of Greek origin, meaning "life" or "full of life."
Nightshade is an appropriate last name for Zoë as it means shadow of night and Hesperide, a foreshadow to her lineage. Her bitter relationship with Percy may be a reference to the fact that the nightshade flower is poisonous to horses, which Percy's father created.
Interestingly, Zoë says that her last name is Nightshade, although back in Ancient Greece, no one had a last name. Hence, it was possible this is a title of sorts that she had picked up over the years.
In the Brazilian translation, she is referred to as Zöe Doce-Amarga (Zöe Sweet-Bitter).
In some alternate translations of the book, such as Portuguese or Spanish, her last name is "Belladonna" rather than "Nightshade." Belladonna and Nightshade are in fact two names ascribed to the same plant, a medicinal herb that has been used as an anesthetic, and more often as a deadly poison.
In The Titan's Curse, Percy has a dream about Zoë's past. In the dream, Zoë claims that her mother is Pleione, but in some myths, the mother of the Hesperides is either Hesperis or Nyx.
Zoë is the second known person Artemis sent to the stars, the first being Orion.
Despite almost always speaking Shakespearean English, Zoë does say 'you' and not 'thee' a few times.
Water nymphs tend to be mean to Zoë, as she claimed that they have never forgiven her for betraying her stepmother, Pleione, a water nymph.
Zoë shares similarities with her half-sister Merope, another mythological daughter of Atlas. Both girls betrayed their sisters - the Hesperides and the Pleiades respectively - for a mortal man; Zoë by helping Hercules on his quest and Merope by marrying the mortal king Sisyphus.
Interestingly, some myths list the Pleiades as companions of Artemis, just as Zoë was the goddess' lieutenant and a Hunter of Artemis.
She is the third Hunter of Artemis who didn't hate Percy because of his gender, along with Thalia and Bianca.
She is one of five deceased female Hunters mentioned by name in the series, Bianca, Phoebe, Celyn, and Naomi being the others.
↑ Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three, The Titan's Curse, Chapter Twelve, page 157
↑ Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Titan's Curse, Chapter Fourteen, page 205
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A visually intimidating course designed by architect Tom Jackson, River Hills is easier to play than it looks. Course architect Tom Jackson describes his Myrtle Beach golf course creation: “Modern in concept, yet traditional in nature, River Hills is a pleasing blend of old and new design ideas unlike any other course at the beach.”
What makes the River Hills course like no other is that it is peppered with non-parallel fairways, rolling hills, and frequent 40-foot elevation changes. It is also unique in the sense that it has only one set of parallel holes: # 1 and # 10. You play out nine and play back in, ending at the clubhouse at the end of each nine. The 17th hole is considered the signature hole, with its double dog-leg par 5 and two water carries.
Extensive renovation in 2003 has made the course friendlier, although it retains its intimidating look and feel. Now you will encounter a balanced give and take between tougher and easier holes. This makes for a satisfying risk/reward experience – challenging, but it won’t break you.
Crushed limestone, instead of the usual pine straw, helps outline the greens, adding a pleasing visual aspect. Tall pine trees surround the course, and lush, dense live oaks around the greens add to the southern feel.
River Hills boasts an astonishing wildlife ecosystem, with a surprisingly wide array of birds and animals, considering its proximity to the surrounding housing development. Animals include gray and fox squirrels, raccoons, possums, alligators – and even bobcats! Birds include turkeys, herons, red-tailed hawks, a bald eagle, and an osprey that might dive right next to you on hole #18, as it has done to GM/Head Professional David Spoone.
Greens are Champion Ultradwarf Bermuda, and the fairways are sprouting standard Bermuda. When we overseed, we use slit-seeding (planting into the ground), which allows carts to drive onto the fairway. The course drains astonishingly fast, so it is playable very soon after inclement weather.
With water holes on 13 of the 18 holes and out-of-bounds defined by houses all the way around the course, golfers realize that they need to pick their tees wisely. Currently there are four sets of tees, but GM/Head Professional David Spoone envisions a more innovative tee lineup, including combinations of tees to create more nuanced (and more enjoyable) playing options, in the near future.
While it is fundamentally a strategic shotmaker’s course, if you drive the ball straight you can aim to match or beat PGA Tour’s Chip Deason’s course record of 62. Otherwise, you’ll want to use your yardage card and play conservatively, playing your hybrids, long irons, and 3-woods. When in doubt, aim at the 150-yard post.
The first hole is the easiest. As for the back nine – there’s a T-shirt that says “I survived the back nine at River Hills.”
According to the 1999 Sun News publication The 100 Greatest Holes along the Grand Strand, River Hills boasts one of the most unique challenges at hole #14. Water runs along the left side of the fairway of this par 4 hole, preventing shortcuts. The more you try to cut off, the tighter the fairway gets. The green is situated behind a lake and slopes toward the water.
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Davey Suicide at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz
By Katie December 2, 2017 April 21, 2018
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Davey Suicide is one of those bands that has always been in my peripheral vision. I’ve known about them, read about the lawsuit, etc. But I never really sat down to listen to the music until March of 2017.
This past Thursday, I had the opportunity to see Davey Suicide perform live as they kicked off their “Made from Fire” Tour. On top of seeing the band for the first time, I was also getting to attend a concert at The Catalyst Club in San Jose. Obviously, I was doubly excited for this adventure.
The Catalyst Club
The Catalyst Club is… for lack of a better word… an interesting venue. The inside of the Atrium is rather bizarrely decorated. There is a large faux elephant head protruding from the wall. Facing the elephant is a large rowboat suspended in air. There are plush, yet completely worn down faux velvet couches to the right of the stage. There is full service bar with a second counter facing the stage. What is fun about this second counter is the protruding hand rising up from the end. (I can’t make this up.)
Overall, the Atrium of the Catalyst Club has a nice cozy feel. It reminds me slightly of the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, but maybe a little larger?
Before Davey Suicide
Prior to the show starting, two local bands opened for Davey Suicide: Aurora Beam and Calling the Skies. Normally, I like to arrive as late as possible because opening bands tend to be complete shite. This was not true for this show. Both opening bands turned out to be spectacularly good.
Aurora Beam hails from Watsonville, California. Just a stone’s throw away from where I live. Watsonville is primarily known for its export of strawberries; however, this new export has the possibility to become bigger. The band is compiled of a drummer and guitarist. All of the songs were instrumental, and I dug it.
Calling the Skies is from Oakland, California. This band blew my mind. I was not expecting to be so enthralled by an opening band. As a fairly new band, they have a lot of their stage production together. They captivated me to the point that I’m more than likely going to drive to Berkeley in a few weeks to check them out again. To check them out, listen to their song “Wandering” at https://soundcloud.com/user-850167545
As the intro to Made from Fire began, I became absolutely ecstatic. The band members slowly took the stage and the show literally never stopped from there.
The set consisted of mostly songs from their latest album; however, some “classics” were thrown in to the mix as well. The highlights for me were “Torture Me” and “End of the War.”
Davey Suicide’s stage show is probably one of the better I’ve seen. At every chance, the band pulls the crowd in through their theatrics. It’s absolutely fascinating and heartwarming to see the stage interactions between Davey Suicide, Niko Gemini, and Derek Obscura. There is a definite comradery between these guys.
Niko Gemini of Davey Suicide.
Gemini and Obscura play off of each other well. Their interactions while playing are nothing but playful. They obviously feed off each other’s energy. Gemini even played a 3-5 minute solo before the encore. (I’m terrible with judging time.) Gemini’s solo was reminiscent of watching and listening to John 5. It is apparent that Gemini loves his craft and has worked hard to get to the level he is at now.
Suicide is incredibly dynamic on stage. For as much as you want to watch the whole stage show, it is difficult to pull your eyes away from the band’s front man. It is apparent that with every song he sings, he puts his entire heart into it.
During “Too Many Freaks,” the band donned clown masks. At first, I was skeptical of this because I was afraid the masks would hinder Gemini and Obscura from singing backup for Suicide. But the masks actually helped to add to the tone of the song.
Despite playing to a small crowd, the band never gave up on the audience and often pushed to pull the audience in. They also never stopped giving 100%. This is perhaps the most admirable quality of this band. They could have just as easily stopped, but they didn’t.
As the show was drawing to a close, Davey Suicide played “End of the War.” I will admit the first time I heard this song, I sobbed like a baby. It was very difficult for me to not tear up during the live version of the song.
Davey Suicide at the Catalyst Club.
As the show concluded, Davey Suicide and the rest of the band welcomed all in attendance to come and chat with them at the merch table. Several young kids became giddy at the thought of getting to interact with someone they admire. I will admit I even had a funny feeling in my stomach. I waited patiently for the kids to talk to the band because I didn’t want to be that weird 35 year old that gushes, “I love your music.” How creepy is that? But guess what I did. Yup. I gushed to Davey Suicide about how wonderful the new album was and how spectacular the show was.
Davey Suicide was ever the gracious man. He was polite and made small talk with me for a short while. We discussed different topics before I asked him to sign a poster I had purchased. Again, he was gracious and signed the poster that will now adorn the walls of my classroom.
Davey Suicide is definitely a band to check out. The stage show and set-list are spectacular. Davey Suicide and the rest of the band are extremely approachable and polite.
I will admit I had a fan girl moment speaking with him. So few musicians impress me anymore that when I meet someone this talented, I get butterflies in my stomach.
My only regret for the show is that they didn’t get to play to a larger audience. Perhaps it was because it was a Thursday night, but they deserved more in attendance than they got. This, however, did not deter them from putting on a spectacular show.
Of the 20+ concerts I have attended this year, Davey Suicide definitely ranks in the Top 5.
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House Impeaches Trump By Largest Bipartisan Margin in History
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The House voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday for “inciting an insurrection,” making him the first-ever president to be impeached twice.
Ten Republicans broke party ranks to vote in favor of impeachment, which means this is the most bipartisan impeachment in U.S. history.
Ahead of the vote, sources close to Senate Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters he believes Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he was pleased Democrats were moving forward with a vote because it will make it easier to “purge” Trump from the party.
McConnel later said he has not yet decided whether he will vote to convict Trump. Still, he has refused to convene the Senate before Jan. 19, meaning that as of now, there is little chance that the Senate will conduct a trial and oust Trump before his term ends.
House Debates Impeachment
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 232 to 197 to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday for “inciting an insurrection,” making him the first-ever president to be impeached twice.
All Democrats voted in favor of the single article. They were also joined by 10 Republicans, which means this is the most bipartisan impeachment in U.S. history.
The decision was debated on the floor after Vice President Pence rejected Democrats’ calls to invoke the 25th amendment and remove Trump from office.
Most notable among the Republican members who voted to impeach was Liz Cheney (R-WY), the number three House Republican who announced her decision Tuesday night.
“There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,” she said in a statement.
Questionable Path in Senate
No Republican Senators have publicly said they support removing Trump from office.
On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that sources close to Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he “has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party.”
Sources separately told Axios that “there’s a better than 50-50 chance” that McConnell would vote to convict Trump.
McConnell responded to the reports earlier on Wednesday but did not outright dispute many of the claims.
“While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate,” he said.
As for whether or not other members of the GOP would follow suit, a top Republican close to McConnell also told Axios that “Senate institutional loyalists are fomenting a counterrevolution” to Trump.
Additionally, McConnell’s advisers have said that he has “privately speculated that a dozen Republican senators — and possibly more — could ultimately vote to convict.” Notably, it would most likely require 17 Republicans to join Democrats in order for Trump to be found guilty.
In regards to a timeline, the Senate is in recess and not set to reconvene until Jan. 19, the day before Joe Biden’s inauguration. McConnell has rejected calls to ask that members return before then, meaning that as of right now there is very little chance that the Senate will conduct a trial and oust Trump before he leaves office.
See what others are saying: (The Washington Post) (The New York Times) (CNN)
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Democrats Ask for Investigation into GOP Members Aiding Rioters
Multiple Capitol Police Officers Have Been Suspended, Other Officers Now Under Investigation
Biden Outlines $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan
President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief stimulus proposal on Thursday.
Under the plan, $1 trillion would go to direct relief for Americans. This includes a round of $1,400 stimulus checks, an extension and $400 weekly increase to federal unemployment benefits, and a $15 minimum wage.
The proposal would also allocate $440 billion for aid to local governments and businesses, as well as provide $400 billion to directly fight the coronavirus with more testing and vaccinations, among other efforts.
Biden Outlines Direct Aid in Stimulus Plan
President-elect Joe Biden announced the details of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief stimulus package while speaking at an event in Wilmington, Delaware on Thursday.
Biden described the package, titled “American Rescue Plan,” as a set of emergency measures to immediately address the country’s economic and healthcare needs. The package will be followed by a second, broader relief package in February, which will aim to address more long-term economic recovery efforts.
Most significantly, $1 trillion — more than half of the funding allocated in the first package — will go to direct relief for Americans. Among other measures, the direct aid provisions in the plan include increasing federal unemployment benefits from $300 a week to $400 a week and extending them from March to September.
Biden’s plan also includes $1,400 stimulus checks to top off the $600 already approved in the December stimulus package. However, eligibility for the direct payments would be expanded to families of non-citizen immigrants as well as families with adult dependents.
Additionally, the proposal includes several other measures targeted at directly helping struggling Americans, such as raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, adding billions in funding for child care, and expanding the child tax credit to poor and middle-class families.
Broader Goals
As for the broader economic and pandemic-centered measures, Biden’s package would allocate $440 billion for aid to states, local governments, and businesses. It would also provide $400 billion to directly fight the coronavirus, with a major focus on expanding testing and accelerating vaccine distribution.
Biden has set the dual goals of delivering 100 million vaccines and reopening the majority of K-12 public schools in his first 100 days. To meet that objective, his plan includes $20 billion for a universal vaccination program, $50 billion to expand testing, and $130 billion to help schools reopen safely.
The proposal, overall, meets many of the demands for direct aid that Democrats have pushed for months but have been unable to approve with the Republican-controlled Senate. Now that Democrats hold the presidency and control of both chambers, many members have urged Biden to ask for an even higher price tag.
Biden, for his part, has said he would like to try for a bipartisan majority on his first piece of legislation, but given Republicans months-long resistance to many Democratic asks, that desire is likely a pipe-dream.
More than 30 House Democrats signed a letter Wednesday demanding that security officials look into “suspicious behavior and access given to visitors” at the Capitol the day before last week’s insurrection.
The lawmakers claimed they “witnessed an extremely high number of outside groups” visiting, including guests who “appeared to be associated with the rally at the White House the following day.”
The letter comes one day after Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) accused her Republican colleagues of bringing rioters into the Capitol the day before for “reconnaissance.”
Notably, neither the letter nor Sherill herself directly named any members, and these claims have not yet been verified.
Demands for Investigation
Congressional Democrats are demanding an investigation into whether Republican representatives aided the Capitol rioters who lead last Wednesday’s insurrection.
In a letter signed by 31 members Wednesday, lawmakers asked the acting House and Senate Sergeants at Arms to look into “suspicious behavior and access given to visitors” the day right before the attack.
In that letter, the Democrats say that they as well as some of their staffers “witnessed an extremely high number of outside groups” visiting the Capitol.
They pointed out that was unusual because the building has restricted public access since March as part of pandemic protocols. Since then, tourists have only been allowed to enter the Capitol if they were brought in by a member of Congress.
The members found the tours “so concerning” that they reported them to the Sergeant at Arms the same day.
“The visitors encountered by some of the Members of Congress on this letter appeared to be associated with the rally at the White House the following day,” the letter continued. “Members of the group that attacked the Capitol seemed to have an unusually detailed knowledge of the layout of the Capitol Complex.”
The demands come after Rep. Mikie Sherrill (R-NJ) claimed during a Facebook livestream Tuesday that she saw Republican representatives bringing now-identified rioters into the Capitol the day before the riots for “reconnaissance.” Sherrill also alleged that some of her GOP colleagues “abetted” Trump and “incited this violent crowd.”
Members Under Fire
Neither the letter nor Sherill have directly named any members, and none of these claims have yet been verified. However, over the last few days, a number of Republicans have been condemned for their perceived involvement in inciting the rioters.
In a now-deleted video, right-wing conspiracy theorist and “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander claimed he had planned the rally that took place before the riot with the help of three House Republicans: Paul Gosar (Az.), Andy Biggs (Az.), and Mo Brooks (Al.). All three men voted to undermine the will of the American people and throw out the electoral votes in Arizona following the insurrection.
Biggs and Brooks have both denied that they have any involvement, but Gosar, who tagged Alexander in a tweet he posted just hours before the attack, has not responded to any requests for comment from several outlets.
“Biden should concede,” Gosar wrote. “I want his concession on my desk tomorrow morning. Don’t make me come over there. #StopTheSteaI2021”
Biden should concede. I want his concession on my desk tomorrow morning. Don’t make me come over there. #StopTheSteaI2021 @ali pic.twitter.com/E2kuoWPUVy
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) January 6, 2021
While Brooks has denied any involvement in planning the rally, his remarks to the would-be domestic terrorists at the event have sparked widespread condemnation.
“Today is the day that American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass,” he told the crowd. “Are you willing to do what it takes to fight for America?”
Some House Democrats introduced resolutions to censure Brooks for his comments. Other members have also been pushing to invoke Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a relic of the post-Civil War era which disqualifies people who “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S. from holding public office.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) has also received 47 co-sponsored on her proposed resolution that would start investigations for “removal of the members who attempted to overturn the results of the election and incited a white supremacist attempted coup.”
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Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman confirmed Monday that several U.S. Capitol police officers were suspended following Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol complex.
According to Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Oh.), one suspended officer wore a “Make America Great Again” hat during the incident while another took a selfie with insurrectionists.
An additional 10 to 15 Capitol officers are under investigation for their actions related to the attack.
Capitol Officers Suspended
Several U.S. Capitol police officers have been suspended following the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol complex, according to acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman.
Hours before Pittman’s announcement Monday, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Oh.) said two officers were suspended for their actions during the insurrection attempt. That includes one officer who was seen donning a “Make American Great Again” hat and another who allegedly “started directing people around.” It also includes an officer who allegedly took a selfie with insurrectionists outside of the Capitol.
It is unclear if that is a different officer than the one who appears to take a selfie with an insurrectionist in a viral video from inside the Capitol.
Cops took selfies with Trump supporters inside the Capitol today.
The Trump supporter you hear is saying “ACAF” (All Cops Are Friends).pic.twitter.com/QfoIz2cvdo
— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) January 6, 2021
In addition to the suspensions, Ryan said about 10 to 15 other Capitol officers are under investigation for suspected involvement with or inappropriate support for the insurrection attempt.
In one of eight separate reported investigations — detailed by an anonymous congressional aide who spoke to The Washington Post — some officers were found to have allegedly posted messages showing support for the rally that later led to the attack.
Notably, that included perpetuating President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the election was rigged against him. According to The Post, the Secret Service also indicated that one officer posted a message to Facebook in which she accused lawmakers of “committing treason on live tv” as they begin proceedings to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win.
In another case, investigators uncovered “inappropriate” images of President-elect Joe Biden on a Capitol officer’s social media. The exact nature of those photos is still unclear.
Sen. Cassidy Releases Images of Suspect in Sicknick Death
Meanwhile, Tuesday morning, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) released images of a man who Capitol police are looking for in connection to the death of Officer Brian Sicknick. Sicknick died last week from injuries he sustained during the attack.
U.S. Capitol Police just shared this picture with me. This man is wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick.
If you recognize this man, please call FBI at 1-800-225-5324 or visit https://t.co/rl0XXPPml6 pic.twitter.com/i9BDi2wBK4
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) January 12, 2021
In one photo, the man’s bearded face is clearly visible. In the other, he can be seen wielding a red object. Cassidy has urged anyone who recognizes the man to call the FBI’s hotline.
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Oprah Winfrey Donates $13 Million To Morehouse College
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Oprah Winfrey has reportedly given the largest contribution in history to HBCU Morehouse College after donating $13 Million to the all-male institution.
Winfrey made a visit to Morehouse last Monday for the 30th anniversary of the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program. The program was started during the year of 1989 and the college fund amounted to $12 million. Oprah’s donation this past Monday brought the current total of investment to $25 Million.
“Seeing you young Oprah Winfrey scholars here today has moved me deeply,” Winfrey stated right before her announcement. “I am so proud of you, I’m proud of everybody in attendance at this school who is seeking to know more clearly who you are, the value you hold and how you will share that value with the rest of the world.”
Oprah Winfrey returned to Morehouse College to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program. Her $12 million donation to the scholarship program over the years has paid for the education of nearly 600 scholars. A portrait was unveiled in her honor today. pic.twitter.com/AE3Qell0Mk
— Morehouse College (@Morehouse) October 7, 2019
Oprah’s generous contribution comes after billionaire Robert Smith promised to pay off the Morehouse college graduates of 2019 back in May. Last month Smith delivered on his promise by donating $34 Million to the school.
“I’m grateful to Oprah Winfrey for her generosity,” stated Morehouse President David A. Thomas. “I am also feeling hopeful for Morehouse and what it has garnered in terms of philanthropic support with gifts like Oprah’s and Robert Smith’s. I am hopeful that this will also get others to step up with their support of Morehouse, but even more broadly, historically black colleges and universities.”
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SC: The Cattle Raid
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Challenge The Cattle Raid
The holovids are full of stories about mecha garrisons bravely battling dastardly pirate raiders. It's a pretty picture for the propaganda films, but its a long way from the truth of the pirate raids.
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If we can find the men, I have a good job for them,' Maeve said, lightning a smoke as she stared at the telescreen. There was some lag involved when the signal had to go though hyperspace. The face on the other end was quiet and then spoke, 'We could use some work, something nice and fat.' He was lean and wolfish, with a beard and shoulder length hair. Maeve pushed her short hair back, an affected habit, 'I'll tell you the world, but not the details, not until we've got more to stand on,' she scowled as he tried to give her his best scoundrel grin.
'Fine, what's the planet?' he asked.
'Mandoumir, its in the Tavolini Cluster, about 45 light years from the starbase at Kamora,' she said. Leno rubbed his beard, pondering this information. Kamora was a large starbase, easily a dozen capital ships, and likely an entire sector worth of firepower. Not something he would want to touch, or even sniff around. 'That's dicey, I don't like hitting targets that close to big starbases. You know how hard the Colonial Fleet drops on pirates. They shoot first and then shoot again rather than waste time asking questions.'
'I have a way in, and its far enough away that they won't be able to show up for at least a full week from when the distress call goes out. Part of my trick is that I have a way to shut down that signal. Maybe for a week, maybe longer,' Maeve said with a knowing dark grin that showed too many teeth. Leno leaned back, taking a drink of something in a black can. 'So how long is this window of yours open?' he asked.
'We'll need to hit sometime in the next four to six months,' she said. 'The planet only has one hyperspace communication system and I can shut it down, temporarily,' she said. 'You make a convincing sell Maeve,' Leno said, 'We've done well before, I only have one other question before I say yes or no. What is your in? What's your angle?'
Maeve stopped smiling so largely, but answered, 'Because I'm from Mandoumir.'
The Cattle Raids
It is a common story. The pirates jump into a star system, and their ships come in hot and fast with guns blazing. They land and disgorge squadrons on mecha that make a straight line for the garrison forces to smash them to bits. Then they scoop up the bits and run away home with them. A few stories will have the raiders rob a military depot, or a shipment of military equipment. The truth of the matter is that this seldom ever happens. Pirates who raid have little to no desire to tangle with garrison forces. Their machines are rare and hard to maintain and they would rather avoid a fight than win one and then deal with damaged or crippled machines.
Maeve had been on Mandoumir for almost two months, her documents had been in order and it was an easy matter finding a job placing her near the hyperspace communications array near the capitol of Allos City. She planted several bugs in the computer systems, ferreting out information and planting viruses in vital systems that only waited for her signal to activate. Over the weeks she had compiled logs of the Plantary Garrison forces and their locations as well as general training schedules. It was just a matter of time before she would be ready to make the call back to Leno.
Leno had also been very busy. Three ships had been hired onto the raid, pledging their crews and cargo holds for a cut of the loot. It was expected to be a large haul, given the amount of time the ships would have to linger over the planet. He had gathered nearly a full battalion of mecha and nearly 2000 men and women to do the boots on the ground type of raiding. The ships were meeting nearly 60 light years from Mandoumir, and over 100 light years from Kamora. He had a one week window where the ships would wait. If they didn't receive a go signal, the ships returned to their points of origin and all bets were off. It was dicey, but the payoff was promised to be huge.
Planetary Defences
Few planets are undefended. The most common mode of protection is obviously the garrisoning troops. The bulk of these troops are infantry and armored vehicles with mecha comprising less than 5% of the typical defending force's total strength. But this is not the first nor last line of defence. The first line of defence is in space, with early warning satellites and it's own ships in orbit. Few worlds are wealthy enough to maintain their own fleets of capital ships, all but the poorest planets can support a squadron or two of aerospace fighters and monitor type non-FTL ships. These ships mount armor and firepower at the expense of largely being unable to leave the general orbit of the planet. Beyond this layer major targets like cities, military installations and the like will have some sort of anti-fighter and anti-landing craft defences. In some cases these are powerful but conventional aircraft, batteries of anti-ship weapons and missiles, or interceptor squadrons of flight capable mecha. Once on the ground, the attacking pirates will then deal with the garrison troops, or the militia units that defend the population centers and infrastructures.
Camadsen's Crusaders were a small pirate band, most were former Alliance military, a few were special forces. They had all been screwed one way or the other. Abandoned on a mission, declared criminals or actual criminals they all had a grudge against the Alliance, the Colonials, and all the shiny happy people who ate the government lies. Camadsen was a hard woman, and kept her band of miscreants and criminals in tight order. They didn't have tanks or mecha, they had lots of guns, trucks, and the discipline to kick down doors and sort the chaff from the wheat. She field stripped her carbine again, and then went and inspected the rest of her company. The Crusaders were just one of six infantry units that had signed onto the Mandoumir raid. They had drawn lots and the Crusaders got the first pick of target, and she had picked the third largest city on the main continent, it was three hours from the proposed landing zone and was serviced by a major highway.
Charlstons Curassiers and McGillicuddy's Land Raiders had both picked the capitol city, but were going with the bulk of the armored vehicles. Camadsen shook her head after the two started arguing over wanting the same target. The capitol was going to be the biggest and best defended and both units were going to take heavy losses. But that was part of the deal, someone had to be stupid and it looked like the Crusaders were going to get to be smart.
The holovids always show mechs slugging it out. The biggest part of any raid is the footsloggers. The real valuables in a raid are quite simply, valuables. The foot raiders go in with guns and trucks and pillage. Precious metals, famous artwork, jewels and jewelry and fairly obviously, money, are prime targets. The mecha stand guard, or intimidate defending forces to surrender their goods rather than stand toe to toe with massive war machines. It is in truth a relative bluff, the defenders don't want to die, and the raiders dont really want to damage their machines, or expend ammo that is sometimes hard to replace.
Most battles between pirates and garrison troops take place in the street, between bands of conventional infantry. The garrison forces typically have the upper hand, with more access to ammo, local knowledge and the support of the general population. The raiders will typically mass their forces at a small number of targets, using the weight of their mecha and support units to persuade the garrison troops to retreat rather than stand and fight. Like pirates of old, relatively few raider bands indulge in wanton rape, murder, and destruction for the sake of destruction. This engenders a huge amount of outrage in the local populace and that can have a nasty trend of bringing in larger scale military assets to hunt down and destroy the raiders responsible. There are certainly cases of all of the above in almost every raid, but these are isolated to a relative few incidents. Casualties are unavoidable, and it isn't uncommon for attractive women to be abducted by the raiders.
Targets for Raiders:
Banks and monetary repositories: raiders like to steal money, its light and high value, obviously. Aside from cash, they will target depositories holding precious metals, jewels, and other luxury high value items. Armed with military weaponry, and mecha, busting bank vaults is easy.
Food Stock: raiders are often hungry and on shoestring budgets. Raiders will eat everything they can find and steal what they cant eat at the time. Luxury consumables like tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and medical supplies also garner large amounts of attention. Raiders generally avoid destroying hospitals or medical complexes, preferring to run a racket on them, give us supplies and we leave nicely.
Military Equipment: ammo and parts depots are popular targets for raiders. It allows theme to rearm and repair their damaged machines. These targets are high risk as most are well defended.
VIPs: raiders will attempt to abduct people of importance to ransom back to the planet they have raided, leaders, celebrities, and the like are the preferred targets.
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axlerowes
This is fun. We could write this up as a pulp story and you publish it in the Battletech fiction zine.
You could turn it into a Battletech or Battleforce campaign module. With you character vignettes fleshing out the story.
I look forward to the eventual conclusion.
Update: Three years in the In Work bin.
Even 'incomplete' I like the little story that is threaded through the write up.
What is really great about this, and what gives it so much potential in my wee mind is that it is both extremely general (a planetary raid is the go to Battletech event) and extremely specific with bits of world building and characterization. Thanks for writing this up.
So where are all the cows?
It is a great piece of world building. In just the little amount of time there is an understanding of the pirates, motivation and reality of raids. I thought 2000 people seemed a lot, but I am of the Firefly generation and wasn't into Battletech too much. I see the ease of fast movement around would make planet raids very risky...even if all they had to deal with was the planetary defense. Hit and run and get beyond where they can follow.
Pretty fun!
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“ An alchemist enchanted his equipment to produce even more powerful alchemical compounds, potions and the like. Unfortunately, it is not well-known that he had different sets of equipment for different processes: If the wrong set of gear is used, the result will invariably fail to function. It's not a cursed item, just something that's hard to figure out.”
“ As population increases, animal souls are promoted to human before they are spiritually advanced enough in terms of impulse control, etc.: this shouldn't have happened, but karmic progression is automatic, after all--it's a force of nature. But the 'animalization' of humankind bodes ill for civilization. No doubt the same goes for elves, dwarves, and so on.”
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“ Darklings are a kind of Halflings living in the sewer of medium to large cities. Even though they smell badly and are quite dirty, Darklings are friendly and clever. They try to limit the knowledge about their existence to only a small number of trustworthy persons, including player characters. Darklings trade in information. Money, weapons and magical items have no value for them. This is why they hide beneath the sewer grates, listening to all that is said in the city above.”
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Home Politics 10 Reasons Congress May BE DESTROYED by 2019 polls
10 Reasons Congress May BE DESTROYED by 2019 polls
Arpan Srivastava
Indian National Congress, the party started by Indira Gandhi after destroying the old Congress, ruled over India for a long time. It saw many set backs and many rises to power. But never in its life did it go below 50 seats. Not until the year of Modi, the year 2014. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party was restricted to only 44 seats. A bright fellow on Twitter stated that with the way they were going, they would get 0 in 2019.
Although it seems like wishful thinking one first look, this may actually not be as far fetched an idea as it seems on first thought. As things are going right now, Congress may actually be headed for a COMPLETE destruction by 2019.
Here are 10 reasons why we believe Congress may not exist by 2019 elections:
1. Possible convictions by 2018: There are cases/investigations the following senior Congress leaders: Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, P Chidambaram, Virbhadra Singh, Shashi Tharoor, Oommen Chandy, Mallikarjun Kharge, Veerappa Moily, Ashok Chavan, Bhoopinder Singh Hooda. Phew! Add Robert Vadra and Karti Chidambaram to the mix.
Even if most of them end up in court and we get a few convictions (in the sessions’ or CBI courts) by 2018-19, it will put Congress severely on the back foot and Modi can claim victory in his war against corruption. The biggest setback in recent times is the #AugustWestland scam which has named both Congress president Sonia and former PM Manmohan Singh.
In UPA-2 we were discussing Congress scams. In NDA-2 we are still discussing Congress scams.
2. You can’t disrupt Parliament till 2019: So far, the biggest weapon in the Congress’ arsenal has been to disrupt Parliament. The first time it happened, Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked extremely weak and the government seemed paralysed.
Then the law of diminishing returns set in and now everyone is fed up with the Congress. A group of industrialists (they usually remain neutral) even wrote to the president expressing concern over this when the GST was derailed.
If the Congress continues like this, they will totally lose support and the president may be forced to sign more ordinances and call joint sessions of Parliament to pass bills
, thereby nullifying the grand old party.
: Funding to the Congress has hit an all-time low and their reserves are drying up. Twitter abounds with rumours of overdrafts and Congress leaders being told to contribute to party funds.
Either way this is the first time when it has not been able to maintain its financial
muscle while being in the Opposition.
4. Losing states one by one: When it lost power in 1977, 1989, 1996 and 1998, it still had the most MLAs in the land and the states always powered the party back to the Centre. This is the first time this is not the case.
The BJP has more MLAs than the Congress and this will not change in the upcoming Assembly elections because the BJP has very few MLAs in those states. If you look at the top 10 states by area, then BJP rules the top three (Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra) closely followed by Gujarat and Chhattisgarh.
Add its allies and we get Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh making it 7/10! The Congress has just 1/10 and may lose even that in 2018 (Karnataka). The states can no longer power the Centre.
It is also in danger of losing its next biggest state in the form of Kerala this year.
5. Vanishing in the Rajya Sabha: By 2016 end, the BJP will emerge as the single-largest party. In 2018, the BJP-Congress lead will widen even further.
Right now the BJP is sitting quiet in the LS because it’s behind the Congress in the RS. Once BJP leads in both houses, it will be full steam ahead and the Congress will have its wings clipped.
6. President and vice president: Till the 2012 presidential elections, the Congress always dominated the electoral college. That’s why BJP PM AB Vajpayee opted for the neutral APJ Abdul Kalam in 2002.
However in 2017, BJP will lead in the troika of LS, RS and state assemblies and therefore dominate the electoral college to push its own candidates. The vice president heads the RS, so it will dominate that too in 2017.
After that the Congress will have severely limited options.
7. Results by 2018: Power minister Piyush Goyal, infrastructure minister Nitin Gadkari and railway minister Suresh Prabhu are pushing full steam ahead. The results will be there for all to see in 2018-19.
The troika of Bijli-Sadak-Pani (electricity-roads-water) is finally winning elections. While “pani” is a local issue, the BJP may do it on Bijli-Sadak-Rail alone.
(Interestingly, even the pani part was covered well with the water-laden Jaldoot Express reaching drought-hit Latur in Maharashtra)
The Congress will find it tough to counter that, especially since governance is breaking down in Congress-ruled states.
8. PM candidate for 2019: Arvind Kejriwal thrashed Kiran Bedi in Delhi and Nitish Kumar thrashed Sushil Kumar Modi in Bihar in the 2015 state elections. But Modi thrashed them both in the LS polls in 2014.
In 2019 again the issue of the PM candidate will come and Rahul is no match for Modi. The Congress is not grooming anyone else either and no strong candidate to beat Modi can be produced overnight.
The TINA (There Is No Alternative) factor has always dominated Indian politics and that’s why so many leaders get multiple terms even if they deliver just an average performance.
9. Modi is no rookie and will have a Mission 2019: As you can see, Congress’ second half will be far worse than the first half when it comes to Modi’s PM term. Also, Modi has won all the biggest electoral battles of his life (2002, 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014).
Nobody knows what Modi does as he keeps his cards close to his chest and he’s the shrewdest political operator in India. Modi’s 2014 strategy decimated Congress to 44 seats. You can be sure he has a similar unknown strategy for 2019 for the Congress.
And finally but most importantly…
10. The Congress is not rebuilding itself: In 1977, Indira bid her time and struck when the right moment came. In 1989, the Congress broke the VP Singh government and strategically propped up Chandra Shekhar.
Even between 1998 and 2004, senior Congress leaders were busy plotting strategies while trying to return to power. Congress leaders are now jumping like headless chickens. An incident happens at Dadri, and Rahul rushes there.
An incident happens at Hyderabad, fly there immediately. Anti-India slogans are shouted at JNU, make a beeline for that too. There’s no shadow cabinet. No grooming of leaders. No constructive building of the party. That’s its biggest problem.
You could say that the Congress seems bent upon destroying itself. It’s difficult to see how it will last till 2019 with this attitude and strategy.
Source: DailyO by Sunil Rajguru
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Novak notches first Tour victory
By golfclubsc on February 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
Wofford alum Andrew Novak drains a 50 foot put on the 17th hole to set up the opportunity for a win on the Korn Ferry Tour. (PGA Tour photo)
Every young golfer has imagined making a birdie on the final hole to win a tournament.
Andrew Novak may have practiced that way as a kid, but on Sunday he got to live the dream.
The Wofford alum rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt on 18 to win the Lecom Suncoast Classic on the Korn-Ferry Tour.
“This is just awesome,” Novak said. “I don’t remember half of what happened in the last 30 minutes. It’s been kind of crazy,” he added.
Going to the final two holes Novak trailed the tournament leader John Chin by a shot, but Novak had plenty of company within striking range of the leaders.
“If you made a bogey or a double you were falling fast. You had to be on every shot. Everybody was playing well. It was really bunched up,” he said.
On the 17th hole Novak rolled in a 50 foot putt for birdie. He was now tied with the leader who had finished his round and was waiting to see if there would be a playoff.
“At that point my whole mindset was just trying to get in a playoff,” he said. “Eighteen isn’t an easy hole. I wasn’t really expecting birdie there, either. I was just trying to make a birdie somewhere. I knew with two holes left, it wasn’t really one you’re expecting to make, but I wanted to at least give it a run. It just lined up and went in,” he said.
Andrew Novak and his caddy celebrate his first tournament title on the Korn-Ferry Tour. (PGA Tour photos)
Novak handled the pressure on the final hole. He took advantage of a favorable breeze to get his second shot into range for a second straight birdie.
“The wind was perfect. I just kind of threw it out there and let the wind bring it back towards the hole. I caught it perfect and it worked out perfectly,” he said.
Novak nailed his approach shot from 204 yards as it settled 10 feet from the pin.
As the former SoCon golfer of the year walked up to the final green he was greeted by a big ovation. The crowd filled the stands giving Novak the feeling he was playing what could be his final shot of the event in a stadium rather than a country club.
“I like playing in front of people. I like crowds, so this was perfect,” he said. “”I grew up playing other sports, and you see in all those sports where everyone is playing in front of crowds. I like making people cheer, so it was perfect for me. They all gave me a big ovation. I hadn’t made the putt yet or anything. I definitely felt the love there, he said.”
While the crowd settled down Novak would avoid a playoff with a 10 foot birdie putt to win the tournament.
“I was so locked in for the last 20 minutes,” he said. “I actually made it a bit of a point not to take too long (on the last putt) and not try to overlook it,” he recalled.
Wofford grad Andrew Novak won his first Tour championship (PGA Tour,
Novak carded rounds of 69-64-66-66 for a 265 total and finished the 36 hole tournament at 23-under par.
The victory continued a strong run recently. Novak finished ninth the previous week in Colombia.
With the win the 2015 SCGA Amateur champion moved up to the third spot on the Korn-Ferry 25 ranking. He has earned $136,735 so far this year.
The win also makes Novak exempt for the rest of the season which will give the former Terrier the opportunities needed to finish in the 25 and earn his way onto the PGA Tour.
“This has been what I’ve been working three years for since I turned pro, and even before then in college and all those hours. It’s awesome to have an opportunity. I’ve still got more work to do—one win doesn’t lock it up (PGA TOUR card)—but this is obviously a great start, he concluded.
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Stylet-Bearing Nematodes Associated with Plants in Iowa Prairies
D. C. Norton, Iowa State University
P. E. Ponchillia, Iowa State University
Native Iowa prairies contained a plant parasitic nematode population which differed markedly in predominant species from populations in cultivated fields. Nematode species and their abundance varied among the five prairies sampled. Aorolaimus was common in most prairies, but is not known in Iowa cultivated soils. Tylenchorhynchus maximus was common in the Kalsow and Sheeder prairies, but was not found in the Cayler and Hayden prairies. Helicotylenchus was common in all prairies, but the species were unevenly distributed.
Norton, D. C. and Ponchillia, P. E. (1968) "Stylet-Bearing Nematodes Associated with Plants in Iowa Prairies," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 75(1), 32-35.
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Rockstar North Supporting Sick Kids Save Point
Sick Kids Save Point is the country’s biggest and most successful 24-hour charity gaming marathon. Launched in 2010 in Edinburgh, the event has managed to raise over £50,000 for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. In 2013 the event takes place on the weekend 11th-14th October, with hundreds of gamers from across the UK taking part.
Rockstar North, the developer behind the world’s most successful video game, has donated a four figure sum every year to The Sick Kids Friends Foundation, as well as prizes to fundraisers who are taking on the challenge of playing games for 24 hours to raise money for this vital local charity.
Earlier this year, Tom Freeman, the organiser behind SKSP was nominated for a Sick Kids award his efforts in putting the event together.
Tom told us:
I’m delighted that our local heroes have yet again come up with the goods when supporting a crucial local hospital, which treats kids from all over the country. We’ve had support from many of the numerous local games companies and some further afield, but Rockstar North have been consistent in their generosity. Many of Rockstar’s employees even take part!
Playing games for 24 hours is not easy. Just like a marathon runner has to fight through a pain barrier, participants in Sick Kids Save Point have to push past a realisation that sitting looking at a screen just isn’t fun anymore…
Also supporting this year’s Sick Kids Save Point marathon are Swedish company Paradox Interactive, NIS America, Finnish company Ludocraft and Scottish website Calm Down Tom, all of whom have donated prizes. The event also enjoys the support of the Scottish games industry through the Scottish Games Network.
The Sick Kids Friends Foundation is a registered Scottish Charity that raises around £1.5 million every year to help children and families at the Edinburgh Sick Kids Hospital.
There’s still time to sign up for this year’s marathon and help raise money for sick children. The event is open to everybody. It’s free to join in and takes about 60 seconds to sign up. Participants sign up for a Just Giving page. You can even connect it to Facebook and make it faster, simpler and more social.
You can choose whatever game(s) you choose. There are prizes galore for participants, from SKSP t-shirts to exclusive Rockstar and GTA V goodies.
You can help make life better for some very sick children – by indulging in your favourite hobby. It shows that gaming can be far more than the anti-social habit the tabloid press still believes it to be.
You can follow the event on Facebook, Twitter or via the Sick Kids Save Point website.
Go on, sign up now. We’d be very grateful.
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20 Classic Album Covers Pawsomely Reimagined to Feature Adorable Kittens
By William David Wilson
Image: Tumblr/The Kitten Covers
Purrvana
If there’s one thing the internet loves, it’s cats. So when, in 2011, Alfra Martini launched The Kitten Covers, a Tumblr project adding felines to the artwork of classic records, it’s perhaps no surprise that the clever concept caught on – and encouraged others to follow suit. Here, then, for your viewing pleasure, are 20 of our favorite kitty-featuring album covers from the project.
First up, who says cats don’t like water? This kitty has its eyes firmly on the bill. Yes, it’s trying its level best to grasp the bait from below the water’s surface while re-enacting baby Spencer Elden’s pose on Nirvana’s classic Nevermind cover.
David Meowie
Here, a pensive white kitten strikes the pose that enigmatic British rocker David Bowie made for the front packaging of his 1973 glam rock effort, Aladdin Sane. The morose-looking feline even sports the famous red and blue lightning slash across its face along with the garish red mullet haircut that Bowie rocked on the original cover.
Public Kitteny
Public Enemy’s 1988 sophomore effort, It Takes a Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back, is a hip-hop classic, having redefined the genre with its politically charged lyrics and insistent beats. The original cover showing lead rappers Chuck D and Flavor Flav in the slammer has been superbly recreated here, right down to the last detail of Chuck’s black baseball cap and group jester Flav’s backward hat, sunglasses and trademark large clock.
The White Strays
Ah, the modern classic from Detroit garage rock duo The White Stripes, released in 2003. The original cover image for Elephant features an apparently crying Meg White to the left of the shot and a seemingly startled Jack White with a cricket bat in his hand to her left – now all brilliantly recreated with the kittens. Check out the impressive shadow detail emanating from the feline Jack.
Rameownes
The legendary cover shot from the Ramones’ seminal eponymous debut is effortlessly cool to begin with. But the Kitten Covers project has made it super cute, replacing Johnny, Tommy, Joey and Dee Dee with little felines – complete with the band’s trademark sunglasses and leather jackets and, presumably, bags of street cattitude.
Catti Smith
Staying with the New York punk rock scene for a minute, here’s another awesome reimagining of a hugely influential record, namely Patti Smith’s Horses. The iconic Robert Mapplethorpe photograph of an androgynous-looking Smith in front of a stark white background has been stunningly recast here with – yes, you’ve guessed it – a kitten recreating the famous stance. We’re certain it would be particularly fond of the “Birdland” that Smith sang about on the album.
The second LP from English glam rockers Queen here has its well-known Mick Rock-photographed cover taken over by four loveable kittens, who recreate the band’s famous pose. The Freddie Mercury imitator at the front even strikes the cross-armed pose of the late showman. Mercury would surely have approved, but given the guitar slinger’s curly mop of hair, we can’t help thinking that Brian May would have been better portrayed as a poodle.
Sim-eow and Garfunkel
Folk rock’s big cats Simon and Garfunkel released the massive-selling album Bridge over Troubled Water in 1970. This masterful recreation of its cover shows, at the front, a scarfed white kitten replacing Paul Simon, while the ginger feline to the rear somewhat replicates Art Garfunkel’s legendary ’fro.
Cat Flag
Moving from gentle folk to hardcore punk now, and a stunning recreation of Black Flag’s debut full-length album, 1981’s Damaged. The LP that was declared immoral by one record label has here been reimagined with a ginger kitty on its cover swiping a paw at a glass mirror in a fitting homage to the influential California punks – in particular, vocalist and original mirror cracker Henry Rollins.
Cat’s Going On
The late Marvin Gaye’s poignant soul masterpiece What’s Going On wasn’t going to miss out on the Kitten Covers treatment. The pensive-looking image of Gaye on the 1971 album’s cover is recreated to purrfection here – perhaps by denying the cheerless kitty a biscuit.
Bob Meowley and the Wailers
Who doesn’t own a copy of this immortal Bob Marley compilation? And here the iconic contemplative pose of the dreadlocked reggae legend from the 1984 album’s cover has been nicely re-enacted by a ginger kitten. Perhaps it’s “Waiting in Vain” for “Three Little Birds” to come along.
The Furry Underground & Nico
Featuring possibly the most iconic cover art of all time, The Velvet Underground & Nico’s celebrated debut is here given an exquisite feline twist. Artist – and then band manager – Andy Warhol’s blackening banana is replaced by a bright yellow kitty, which is doing its level best to replicate the shape of the elongated fruit that graces the original packaging of the 1967 proto-punk classic.
Fleetwood Cat
Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 opus, Rumours, is one of the bestselling records of all time, which naturally made it a prime candidate for a kitten makeover. On this version of its cover, Mick Fleetwood is replaced by a suitably lanky cat in a waistcoat with one of its feet on a rest. A caped kitty also strikes a lovely Stevie Nicks-echoing pose, but where are Fleetwood’s famous dangling toilet chain balls?
K.W.A. (Kittens With Attitude)
N.W.A.’s 1988 gangster rap classic, Straight Outta Compton, is successfully parodied here – the “Kittens with Attitude” taking the place of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, the Arabian Prince, DJ Yella and MC Ren. Not surprisingly, the cats look far less menacing. Indeed, Eazy-E’s replacement offers up merely a paw instead of the now deceased rapper’s handgun – as pointed at an alluded-to victim on the ground in the original cover shot.
On this awesome replica cover of KISS’ 1974 eponymous debut, the band’s painted faces and frontman Gene Simmons’ leer are all present and correct. However, the four small, furry doppelgangers standing in for the members naturally look a lot cuter than the original quartet.
Furgazi
Politically conscious punks Fugazi’s follow-up to the incendiary Repeater is sent up here through the insertion of a pensive kitten into the dilapidated room depicted on the cover of Steady Diet of Nothing. It’d probably prefer a steady diet of cat food, though.
Sphinx Floyd
Probably the English prog-rock legends’ most beloved LP, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon has here had its iconic cover reimagined through the substitution of the triangular prism with a kitten’s head.
The Smittens (featuring Meowissey)
The Queen is Dead is one of the most beloved of alternative rock records, and this third studio LP by The Smiths has an iconic cover befitting of its classic status. While the original packaging features a somber image of actor Alain Delon from the film L’Insoumis, the Frenchman is removed in favor of a white kitty in this amusing effort. Perhaps the original’s inside sleeve shot is even more famous, though, and it would certainly have been nice to see Meowissey and the boys outside the Salford Cats Club.
Meow York Dolls
The New York Dolls’ 1973 glam rock debut has become a cult classic – a heady blend of Stonesy swagger and Big Apple sleaze. And the quintet’s notorious men-in-drag original cover for the LP has been lovingly recreated here, with Johnny Thunders, David Johansen and co turned into a bunch of wig-adorned kittens. Meow.
Black Tabbath
Black Sabbath’s hugely influential second album is perhaps also their most loved. Here, though, its cover’s famous live-action shot of a warrior scampering through a dark forest in the night armed with a sword and shield has been nicely reimagined with a ginger kitten in his place. Tabbath Bloody Tabbath.
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Series S-1553 - Executive Offices - Office of the Diplomatic Adviser - Country Files
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Executive Offices - Office of the Diplomatic Adviser - Country Files
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
On 1 January 1944, UNRRA hired a "Political Adviser", in order to "advise on relations with governments and international organizations". On 16 January 1944, the title of this office was changed to "Diplomatic Adviser". The office was under the immediate supervision of the Director-General, its internal organization consisting of, in addition to the Diplomatic Adviser, one or two Assistant Diplomatic Advisers, one or two Assistants to the Diplomatic Adviser, and a Political Analyst. The Diplomatic Adviser's Office had no special representative attached to the European Regional Office.
In brief, the activities of the Office of the Diplomatic Adviser included the following:
To advise the Director-General and other officials in the Administration on all international political questions and negotiations with governments and to assist in the development of a policy in these fields.
To participate in the preparatory stages of the negotiations with governments relative to the initiation of projects and operations in particular countries, to obtain governmental sanction for exploratory or more permanent operating missions of UNRRA and to assist in the framing of agreements and drawing up of formal international instruments.
To follow developments abroad which might affect the operations of UNRRA.
To maintain continual liaison with the foreign diplomatic representatives in Washington and furnish opportunities for the discussion of the whole range of UNRRA's activities, from general questions of policy to innumerable points of detail.
To maintain liaison with the United States Congress and the State Department on such matters as appropriations, immunities and personnel.
To arrange with governments for the proper means of communications, and to draft or initial all important formal notes and telegrams to heads of states, ministers of foreign affairs, and chiefs of Diplomatic Missions in Washington. All correspondence of a political or diplomatic nature had to be cleared through or coordinated by the Diplomatic Adviser's Office.
To extract contributions from non-invaded countries and to assist the Chairman of the UN Committee of UNRRA with the drafting of cables to foreign governments asking them to implement the pertinent Council Resolutions regarding contributions.
To plan and organize Diplomatic UNRRA Missions to contributing member governments, explain the purpose of the mission to the respective diplomatic representatives in Washington, build up support for the Administration and to keep those countries informed of their duties and obligations to UNRRA.
To assist in the recruitment of qualified international personnel and to secure necessary visas and passports for such personnel.
To advise the Office of Public Information in order to clarify for the public the position of UNRRA.
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Travelers from Barbados now considered ‘high risk’
Beginning yesterday, Monday, January 4, travelers from Barbados will be categorized as arriving from a high-risk country, and must quarantine in an approved hotel for 10 days.
This change in the protocol for entry of travelers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) was announced by the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) Saturday night.
A change has also been made to the protocol for entry of travelers to SVG from medium risk countries, who will now have to spend five days in an approved hotel.
The change in categorization of Barbados from medium risk to high risk came just hours after the Barbados government announced that between January 1 and 2, over 200 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and that public health officials are investigating at least three clusters, one of which is a super spreader event accounting for the majority of new cases.
The 211 confirmed cases for both days include 170 cases from Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Dodds. This comprises 49 staff members – 33 males and 16 females; and 121 inmates – 120 males and one female.
The other 41 cases not related to HMP Dodds, comprise 20 males and 21 females.
The main super spreader event is a Boxing Day bus crawl that made several stops at West Coast bars, some of which are now closed. Officials are also looking at two smaller clusters comprising seven and four cases, respectively, centering around a visitor and a hotel worker. There is a possibility of two more clusters.
Countries classified as high risk by SVG are Barbados, United States of America, including the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), China, United Kingdom, Germany, Guyana, Suriname, Belize, St. Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Brazil, India, Panama, Argentina, Peru, Haiti, Colombia, South Africa, Nigeria, Indonesia, Philippines, Italy, Bahamas, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, France (including overseas regions), Spain and Russia.
Arrivals from high-risk countries must arrive with a negative result of a COVID-19 (RT-PCR) test done no more than 72 hours before arrival; may be retested for COVID-19 (RT-PCR) on arrival in SVG; must mandatorily quarantine for 10 days in a Tourism Authority/MOHWE approved Transition/Quarantine Hotel at their cost. Must arrive with proof of the fully paid reservation; must transfer to the Transition Hotel in an approved AIA taxi or approved vessel (plane or ferry) at own expense; must be retested between day four and day seven of quarantine.
The protocol lists medium risk countries as Taiwan, Cuba, British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda. Travelers from these countries must arrive with a negative result of a COVID-19 (RT-PCR) test done no more than 72 hours before arrival; may be retested on arrival in SVG;
must spend mandatory quarantine for five days in a Tourism Authority/MOHWE approved Transition/ Quarantine Hotel at their cost; must be retested on day four of quarantine; must continue five monitored days in an approved home/hotel/vessel at the discretion of the Port Health Officer.
Low risk countries are Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis. Travellers from these countries must arrive with a negative result of a COVID-19 (RT-PCR) test done no more than 72 hours before arrival; may be tested on arrival in SVG at the discretion of the Port Health Officer.
They will not be subjected to quarantine if there is no evidence of onboard vessel exposure and the traveler is not in a high-risk occupation.
The country of residence is defined as the last country that the traveller was present in for at least 21 days.
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April 28: Is SNL on Tonight?
Donald Glover attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
Unfortunately, there will be no new episode of SNL this weekend.
Luckily, though, fans are in for a treat next weekend. Donald Glover will be hosting next week with Childish Gambino performing.
<p>Why the break? <a href="https://fansided.com/2018/04/28/saturday-night-live-is-snl-new-tonight-april-28/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">According to FanSided,</a> the 2018 Winter Olympics messed up the schedule, leading to a break in the SNL schedule this week.</p><p><div id="insticator-container" class="embedid-ee1b1245-7f34-4d5c-8a70-c8be74fe7696"><div id="div-insticator-ad-1"></div><div id="insticator-embed"></div><div id="div-insticator-ad-2"></div><script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript">Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-1");Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-2");Insticator.load("em",{id : "ee1b1245-7f34-4d5c-8a70-c8be74fe7696"})</script></div></p><p>So what will be on tonight, in place of a new episode? SNL will air a repeat Will Ferrell episode that first aired live on January 27, 2018. Chris Stapleton is performing.</p><h2>Ferrell Will Host Tonight's Repeat Episode</h2><p>Will Ferrell left the show in 2002. The episode that airs tonight marks his fourth time hosting. He has hosted this show on May 14, 2005, May 16, 2009, May 12, 2012, and January 27.</p><p>Ferrell rose to fame on SNL in the mid-1990s. He was part of the show for seven years before leaving. He is known for creating original characters like Tom Wilkins, Ned, Gene Frankie, and Marty Culp, among others. While he was on SNL, Ferrell also appeared in <em>Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery</em>, <em>A Night at the Roxbury, Superstar, The Ladies Man, Drowning Mona, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me</em> and <em>Zoolander</em>.</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p>After leaving SNL, his first big gig was playing Frank "The Tank" in <em>Old School</em>. Ferrell has also worked as a voice actor; he's appeared on <em>Family Guy</em>, and as Miles "Chatterbox" Musket in <em>Fifteen Minutes of Shame</em>. In 2007, he and Adam McKay also created the streaming service <em>Funny or Die</em>.</p><p>Stapleton, meanwhile, is a singer and songwriter who was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He has co-written a number of number one songs, including <em>Never Wanted Nothing More</em>, <em>Come Back Song</em>, and <em>Drink a Beer</em>. He's written for artists like Adele, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley.</p>
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Logan Mohammedans become victims of anti-terror police raid
July 1, 2018 sheikyermami 1 Comment
Instant victimhood clownery ensues:
Family ‘devastated’ after Logan terror raids, Islamic community leader says
Anti-terror police raided the home early on Saturday. (ABC News: Tim Swanston)
The family of a Logan man who was charged with terrorism offences after an early morning raid are “devastated”, a leading Islamic community member says.
The 21-year-old faces 14 terrorism charges after the Joint Counter Terrorism Team and ASIO searched the Kuraby property, south of Brisbane, yesterday.
Ali Kadri says the charges should not be seen as a reflection on the broader Muslim community
Translation: Ali Kadri doesn’t want infidel dogs to wake up & get wise about Islamic terror. Go back to sleep, kaffirs!
The charges include five counts of preparing incursions into foreign countries for the purposes of engaging in hostile activities in late 2016 and early 2017, and recruiting juveniles to join him.
Islamic Council of Queensland spokesman Ali Kadri said the charges should not be seen as a reflection of the broader Muslim community.
“It’s surprising and shocking and we wouldn’t expect that somebody with those kinds of charges would be amongst us,” he said.
“We as a community have been very clear from the beginning that we condemn the terrorist organisations operating in those countries.
“Anyone who tries to join them is not only breaking the law of Australia, but breaking the trust of the community and going against the community.”
Mr Kadri said the 21-year-old was the nephew of restaurant owner Abdul Basith, who was fatally stabbed in the front yard of his home last October.
PHOTO: Abdul Basith “worked tirelessly” at the local Indian restaurant he owned. (Facebook: Hanan Dajan)
Mr Basith’s killing remains unsolved and a $250,000 reward is in place for information that leads to a conviction.
“The family has been struck with tragedy — losing a young man last year to a murder and now an even younger man being arrested for these serious charges,” he said.
“The family is really devastated.”
Ata-ur-Rehman Bhatti who lives near the house that was raided, said he was in complete disbelief.
“Twenty days ago I saw police here but this is the first time I’m listening that there is someone involved in a terror group,” he said.
“But the good thing is that our federal police are doing a very good job with this type of element — it should be rooted out from Australia — this is a peaceful society.”
The 21-year-old man is due to appear in Brisbane’s Magistrates Court tomorrow.
He faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment if found guilty of the incursion offence and 25 years if convicted of foreign incursion offences.
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john Daniel. says:
“The (islam) family is really devastated.” [sic]
… because their son’s terrorism would have earned them a gratis trip to islam “Heaven“ – but he has been prevented !!!
… not devastated that their son was an exposed planned murderer !!!
The muhammadan methodology of inverse speak strikes again !
(it is all perceived from their islam [savagery] point of view – not from a civilised our outlook) !!!
All islam and its submitter muhammadans who constantly offer their rectum via buttock raised “prayer” for the delight of “allah” (aka muhammadan … the paedophile) must be rooted out from Australian Society
… even “Globally“
… ASAP
… along with their socialist islamophile slaves who have infiltrated “authority” Western positions and therefore must be Removed and Permanently “incarcerated“ !!!
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The Charleston region is getting its first new shopping center in several years, and it’s being billed as “online sales-resistant.” Nexton Square is being developed by RealtyLink Commercial LLC of North Charleston. As reported by the Charleston Post & Courier, it’s a 140,000-square-foot shopping center, and its offerings will primarily be service-oriented. “It’s a lot of things you can’t buy online. It’s online-sales-resistant retailers,” said Charles Fitzhenry, leasing director for RealtyLink. “We are trying to create a center that will offer an experience. It’s really kind of interactive.” The developers broke ground on the $40 million project last month. It is scheduled to open in early 2019.
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Even Amazon admits in-store retail has its place in the world. True, their Amazon Go store in Seattle, which opened to the public last month, has no cashiers or people in the store, it is a place where people need to walk in, take things off shelves, and pay for them (done automatically via mobile technologies – “No line, no checkout—just grab and go!”). TechCrunch writer Devin Coldewey wanted to see if the lack of people would be Amazon’s Achilles’ heel. “My intention going in was to try to shoplift something and catch these complacent Amazon types napping. But it became clear when I went in that this wasn’t going to be an option.” A combination of weight sensors, cameras, computers, but not facial recognition software, helps monitor what is being taken from the shelves, and each purchase is tracked and charged via a mobile app. While Coldeway was impressed with the shop, he notes, “It’s a bit overkill, I think, to replace a checker or self-checkout stand with a hundred cameras that unblinkingly record every tiny movement. What’s to gain? 20 or 30 seconds of your time back? Lack of convenience has hardly been a complaint for this market — it’s right there in the name: ‘convenience store.’”
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StartUp Insider
Building Smart Cities With, Not For, Our Residents
By Rob Phocas, Energy & Sustainability Manager, City of Charlotte
I like the latest “smart” technology as much as the next person.
Be it a smart streetlight, a digital kiosk, or a solar powered bench that charges your smart device and counts passers-by, it is hard not to find futuristic features appealing.
But as a sustainability director and public servant, I must look past that cool factor. At a recent smart cities conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the conference organizers asked the presenters to answer a question during their remarks: “Can innovative smart city technology create coherent and inclusive cities?” For those following the arch of the smart cities conversation, this is a very timely question, as we see more and more cities beginning to focus their smart city efforts on their residents first rather than on the technologies. What started as an industry-lead effort focused on promoting the latest gadgets to municipalities is shifting to a municipal-lead effort to understand which of these gadgets can help staff achieve their mayor and/or city council’s goals of creating a great quality of life for their residents.
Charlotte’s approach is no different, which is why my answer to the question about technology creating coherent and inclusive cities was, “No.” It is people, after understanding the unique needs of their residents, who will use these innovative smart technologies to create coherent and inclusive cities, not technology alone.
"Succeeding at equitable community engagement will take more than just meeting with neighborhood presidents"
This concept of building with our residents and not for them, was recently summarized by my colleague at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Douglas Shoemaker, when he wrote.
Worldwide, the dominant smart city narrative is a futuristic vision of how new digital infrastructure will allow us to wire, monitor and efficiently control the urban milieu: a “Fitbit” for the city. While this is a useful and feasible approach particularly from the viewpoint of governance, this story of quantifiable city is unable to speak to the real-world problems generated by this new world: how to be a citizen when your presence must not be simply geographic but also digital? How to take advantage of emerging opportunities when new skills and costly new hardware are needed? Getting these answers wrong has real consequences: being left behind in a digital urban revolution. This is the digital divide.
As enablers of this smart technology, we run the risk of widening this digital divide if we do not work hand in hand with those we seek to empower through its use. Truly smart cities will require concurrent investments in human and social capital as well as upgrades to traditional sector infrastructures in order to realize broadly distributed benefits and sustainability gains.
This is the approach Charlotte is taking as we develop and implement the North End Smart District (NESD), a 3.6 square mile area with eight distinct neighborhoods due north of Charlotte’s Uptown. For this project, we have defined a “smart city” as one that collaborates to use data and technology to inform decision-making and action on issues such as mobility, safety, energy efficiency, community services, education, and environmental health. Our vision for the NESD is to create a vibrant center for economic development and job growth with a great quality of life fueled by data, innovative technologies, and collaboration on a foundation of equitable community engagement.
Equitable community engagement is the cornerstone of the work being done and we began it by meeting with the eight leaders of the neighborhoods in the NESD. At the initial meeting we shared our vision, which we based on our colleagues’ understanding of the needs of these residents, but we spent just as much time listening and discussing. We have followed this initial meeting with several more aimed at fleshing out what it will mean to build with the NESD residents rather than for them.
But succeeding at equitable community engagement will take more than just meeting with neighborhood presidents. There are many obstacles that must be overcome and that go much deeper than learning new technology. To this end, Charlotte applied for and recently was awarded a grant from the “Partners for Places Equity Pilot Initiative-a project of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities.” This grant will enable us to move our conversation to much larger audiences of residents in the NESD.
As Diane Ives, fund advisor for The Kendeda Fund’s People, Place and Planet program, stated, “We need to put equity at the heart of community-based sustainability efforts to ensure that everyone has a chance to live in a vibrant, healthy, resilient community regardless of their zip code.” Our goal is to create an accessible smart city platform where residents provide input, align community goals and needs, and collaborate on meaningful projects. Through engagement, we will work with the NESD residents to develop and implement together four projects: Healthy Communities; Neighborhood Transportation; Smart Homes/ Neighborhoods; and Technology Training Programs/Pipeline.
Partners will develop relationships, a shared understanding, and test engagement components related to reaching residents, who may not already be a part of the conversation. From past experiences and our recent dialogues, we understand there are many obstacles to sustained participation in projects: childcare; meals; transportation; convenient times and locations; cultural and racial barriers; and a shared language around the projects. Our work will be the foundation of our future engagement strategy, action, results, and feedback loop in the NESD and hopefully in other projects in Charlotte.
We understand that we face a difficult task. Effective, sustained community engagement is already difficult without adding in innovative smart technologies that are foreign to many. However, we believe the promise of these technologies when combined with a people-centric approach, will allow us, and many other municipalities, to reach their respective goals.
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Following The Furtado Group
MichelleBrady October 11, 2016
© The Furtado Group, 2016. Retrieved from company Facebook page on October 11, 2016.
When asked to name a business which utilizes Social Media to effectively reach out to new customers and maintain contact with existing ones, I immediately thought of The Furtado Group. Operating under the Rock Star Real Estate umbrella, they are a Real Estate Team based in Oakville, primarily servicing the West GTA. The Furtado Group is not your average Real Estate Brokerage and this is evident across their unique branding efforts. And, they surpass any expectations one may have for effectively using Social Media to interact with their audience. Each of the Team’s members has their own Social Media presence.
The Team is led by Ruben Furtado. He is considered “a true expert in his field, a trusted advisor and mentor to many in the real estate community” (The Furtado Group. 2016). They have a dedicated Art Director & Brand Communications Manager and each member of their team contributes to content for all social media platforms. Mary Da Rosa has her own blog in which she writes about her business life and market trends. And, there’s Austin Furtado who shares his personal and business goals on his own You Tube channel, Auzzy TV. Clearly this Team has made Social Media a priority in their communication strategies.
© The Furtado Group, 2016. Retrieved from company website on Oct 11, 2016
The company website lists valuable advice, reports and recommendations for reputable service providers. This information is exchanged for contact information which starts a conversation or a relationship with a customer. The company Instagram feed is filled with inspirational quotes, beautiful homes, members having fun and satisfied customers. It has been a great traffic generator through the use of hashtags. Images of modern home design elements get a lot of attention (as well as employee images). Their Facebook site also features available listings, vacation photos and more inspirational messages. Many positive comments from their followers are posted here. These are platforms for open, two-way communication.
© The Furtado Group, 2016. Retrieved from company Facebook site on Oct 11, 2016.
Another prime example of engaging their audience through Social Media has been with YouTube videos, created as a result of customer requests. Several of Ruben’s clients were interested in seeing his renovation projects with before and after perspectives so he created a series of videos for his audience. These posted videos outline transformations of Ruben’s renovations, truly captivating and providing value for customers by sharing his experiences. Again, this was done because his customers asked. This is a strong example of how this business responded to customer interest. And, this home ended up selling within hours of listing, for significantly more than any other 3+1 bedroom home in the community, because in part of it’s Social Media exposure. Other success story videos are posted on the company Facebook page.
The Furtado Group has differentiated themselves from their competition by focusing on a niche market in the west GTA. Ruben has piloted new builds and also managed complete transformations from classic into modern style homes. This is not a formula that any other realtors in this area have been able to replicate. In fact, the first modern-style home that Ruben built set a new record when it sold for more than any other home in South West Oakville. Pictures of this home are used across the company’s Social Marketing platforms. In the article “Seven Ways to Engage Your Customers using Social Media”, the author lists repurposing content as a means of doing this. The Furtado Group has customized their various Social Media feeds with common videos, pictures and ideas.
The importance of customer engagement has been recognized by many business experts. “It has thus become crucial for companies to create a superior consumer experience, which can be leveraged by fostering enhanced consumer engagement, and which, in turn, is expected to generate enhanced customer loyalty.” (Brodie et al. 2013). In a conversation I had with Ruben Furtado, he emphasized that their goal is to continue to “build personal relationships with the community that we live in as opposed to just handing out flyers. If customers feel they know more about who you are on a personal level then they will think of you when it comes time to requiring an agent.” In the meantime, followers of Social Media feeds from a realtor are very likely to continue using other resources or advice that their realtor also has to offer.
I can attest to this from my own experience and I trust that I’m getting solid advice from my realtor. Social Media platforms enable a following of customers. The Furtado Group agrees that Social Media has been a great resource to reach new and existing customers. Their weekly Newsletter email subscriber base continues to grow. And, although Facebook is met with the most competition for online communications, it’s still effective. Feedback or comments on any social media platforms is great, but a customer referral is even better! Loyalty from having created a relationship with customers is demonstrated by these actions. This is inline with the goals of The Furtado Group; “to create a long-term relationship” with their customers and “not just sell homes.” (Furtado, R. 2016).
© Rock Star Real Estate Brokerage, 2016. Retrieved from company Facebook page on October 11, 2016.
When implementing Social Media strategies, providing relevant, useful or interesting information for the audience is very helpful in keeping and growing an audience. If Customers can get something back from the Business (such as advice or acknowledgement) this fosters trust in the relationship.
Regular monitoring of a company’s Social Media platforms can provide a sense of what their customers like, (or possibly dislike), or hope to see more of. Businesses need to answer questions and interact with the users on these platforms to satisfy their audience and thereby keep communication lines open. And, by posting regularly (to each Social Media platform) businesses have a better chance of keeping customers interested.
A simple Twitter “retweet” or a Facebook “like” holds potential for a larger audience at every instance. Customers are likely to refer a business or keep using their services if a positive relationship has been established. Isn’t that what all businesses should strive for?
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Brodie, R. J., Ilic, A., Juric, B., & Hollebeek, L. (2013). Consumer engagement in a virtual Brand Community: an exploratory analysis. Journal of Business Research, 66(1), 105–114.
The Furtado Group. (2016). Re. Contact Us. [Website link] retrieved from http://www.rubenfurtado.com/default In order by surname; Mary Da Rosa, Sales Representative (meet Mary), Austin Furtado, Sales Representative (meet Austin), Ruben Furtado, Sales Representative (meet Ruben).
Furtado, R. (2016). Re. The Rochester Project, Why I destroyed a perfectly good home. [Youtube video file] – retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_pr2IbJPn4&list=PLzxH7hepT9ztRanpavfIo3F1Xj66Egwoj
Hyken, Shep. (Sept. 7, 2015) Seven Ways To Engage Your Customers Using Social Media. [Beyond Philosophy Blog] retrieved from https://beyondphilosophy.com/seven-ways-to-engage-your-customers-using-social-media/
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Betrayal of Palestine will aid Israel and US
by Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Published Mon 17 Aug 2020
A Palestinian flag being flown at the protest in Egypt in 2011 (Pic: Gigi Ibrahim/Flickr)
For decades Arab rulers’ betrayals have allowed Israel to grab more Palestinian land under the guise of a “peace process”.
Now the US and Israel hope the latest betrayal by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could see them dump the Palestinians altogether.
A peace agreement, known as the Abraham Accord, will normalise relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
The US, Israel and the UAE claimed that, in exchange, Israel had “suspended” the annexation of some Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is hardly a concession because Israel already controls that land.
And shortly after the deal was published, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu made clear that annexation was “still on the table”.
The claim that the UAE triggered the suspension is nonsense.
The annexation was part of Donald Trump’s “deal of the century”. US imperialism supports Israel because it is its watchdog in the Middle East and Trump’s deal was about strengthening this position.
But other Western powers—which still back Israel—came out against annexation. This isn’t because of any principled support for Palestinian self-determination. Rather they feared that annexation of the West Bank could destabilise Israel and spark opposition across the region.
There were also disagreements inside the Israeli government about how best to grab more land. Netanyahu’s coalition partner and rival, Benny Gantz, said he could be against “unilateral annexation”.
With Netanyahu facing corruption scandals and opposition, he hoped to appear as a more reliable ally of imperialism.
Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, flew to Israel last month and bolstered Gantz’s position within the Israeli government.
He said they had discussed “how one can ensure the move is done in an adequate manner so as to bring a result in line with the vision for peace”.
In reality, the suspension is a useful cover for Israel and the UAE to make official their already close relationship.
The deal flows from US attempts to maintain dominance of the Middle East in the wake of its defeat in Iraq.
Rather than cementing US hegemony, the war strengthened regional players—and the main winner was Iran.
In Iraq the US relied on divide and rule between Shia and Sunni Muslims to quell resistance. This provided fertile ground for the growth of Isis, a reactionary Sunni group that took over vast swathes of Iraq and Syria.
Iran’s Shia government grew in strength by propping up Iraq’s Shia sectarian government against the Isis insurgency. And, by backing Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to put down a popular revolution from 2012 onwards, Iran strengthened its hand as one of Israel’s neighbours.
The US wants Arab states to unite with Israel against Iran. So do many those state’s rulers—but Palestine has been a huge obstacle in their way. They know that support for the Palestinian struggle runs deep among ordinary people and often fuses with opposition to their own dictatorships.
Until now only Egypt and Jordan had normalised relations with Israel. But the US hopes that the UAE deal could be a game-changer, with both Trump and Netanyahu hinting that other states could follow the UAE’s lead.
Many Arab states have refused to recognise Israel since its founding in 1948, when Israeli forces ethnically cleansed Palestinians. They verbally supported the Palestinians when it suited their interests, but dropped them when it was possible to cut a deal with imperialism.
Because the Palestinian leadership had relied on Arab rulers for support, they accepted the so-called peace process in the 1990s. This has led to more Israeli land grabs, with the Palestinian leadership helping Israel police the occupation.
Hope for Palestinian liberation doesn’t lie with rulers of Arab states, but with the working class and poor rising up against dictatorships and imperialism across the region.
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The remarkable thing one high school did to honor our armed forces and first responders
by SOFREP Sep 3, 2016
These days it seems that celebrating America is not exactly politically correct — whether it’s public schools banning the U.S. flag or professional football players refusing to stand for the Star-Spangled Banner.
We’ve seen protesters burn Old Glory while politicians bicker about whether these great United States are still a most exceptional country.
But there’s a little high school on the shores of Lake Michigan that still believes in America. They still believe in concepts like God and Country, duty and honor — the idea that we are still that shining city on a hill.
And what they folks at Mona Shores High School did before the Thursday night football game on Sept. 1st has folks all across the fruited plain grabbing for a hanky.
The Mona Shores Sailors hosted a “Sailor Salute” — a breathtaking celebration to honor the armed forces as well as first responders.
There were tanks and helicopters and marching bands and speeches. They even landed an Army chopper at Sailor Stadium. And of course, you can’t celebrate America without the Freedom Rider motorcycle club. They showed up, too. The kids even passed the hat — to raise money for the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
School leadership even encouraged folks to show up for the game with American flags. Yes, Mona Shores really is a public school!
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“The most important thing behind the #SailorSalute is to bring our community together so we can honor and support our war veterans, the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for our every day freedoms,” Supt. Greg Helmer told me.
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Is the Fed caving to the demands of the market?
Distant thunder rumbles when ‘recession’ creeps back into America’s vocabulary
February 7, 2019 | 9:25 am
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives to speak at a press conference after the Fed announced interest rates would remain unchanged, in Washington, DC, January 30, 2019. – The Federal Reserve left the key US lending rate unchanged on Wednesday, and said it would be “patient” about making any further changes, in the clearest signal yet the central bank has heeded concerns about the economy. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Has ‘Jay’ Powell gone wobbly, or does he know something we don’t? That was the question being asked after the US Federal Reserve, of which Powell is chairman, kept dollar interest rates on hold last week — rather than continuing to notch them upwards as it has been doing for two years — and hinted that the next move might actually be downwards.
Trade tension with China, the impact of Donald Trump’s government shutdown and the risk of a no-deal Brexit were all cited as ‘cross-currents’ affecting the decision, but pundits led by Wall Street ‘bond king’ Jeffrey Gundlach declared the Fed to be ‘caving in’ to the demands of the stock market and the President. Trump had been tweeting against Powell, the respected financier he appointed to the central bank chair a year ago, warning him not to make ‘yet another mistake’ with a rate rise based on ‘meaningless numbers’ (presumably that’s economic data) rather than market sentiment, which perpetually favors cheap money.
More noteworthy, perhaps, are the comments of Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Mad Money television show. ‘The only thing Powell caved to is reality,’ Cramer declared. Continuing rate rises close to a turning point in the cycle would have brought ‘a lot more devastation to Main Street than to Wall Street… He didn’t want to be the guy who ended the expansion. He didn’t want to be the reason we went into a recession.’
When Italy was announced to have fallen into recession in the last quarter of 2018, the international response was largely: ‘Oh well, that’s Italy for you: so what?’ But when ‘recession’ creeps back into America’s vocabulary and the Fed executes a sudden U-turn, there’s a rumble of distant thunder.
Happy Chinese New Year, or at least let’s hope so. The chubby pig of 2019 is an obvious symbol of wealth; but being both pragmatists and optimists where money is concerned, the Chinese easily find reasons to associate all 12 of their zodiac creatures, (including 2018’s dog) with rising prosperity. This year, however, the amount spent by their shoppers and tourists during the New Year festivities will be compared against last year’s figure of $190 billion for signs of a weakening economy.
We already know that trade tensions with the US and other negative factors have been afflicting Chinese sales of western imports, from iPhones to Land Rovers, and that property and shares have been afflicted too, with the Shanghai stock market down by half from its 2015 peak. Official Chinese statistics are always to be treated with suspicion, but this week’s spending on (genuine) Rolex watches and Louis Vuitton handbags in airport duty-free shops, on gold jewelry in Hong Kong and on the casino tables of Macau, will be a real indicator of the seriousness of China’s downturn.
Get ready for Trump’s second term
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Bertrand out of England friendlies with back injury
England have allowed Ryan Bertrand to return to Southampton for further tests on a back problem.
21 March, 2018 02:01 IST
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Ryan Bertrand has withdrawn from England's squad for the friendlies with Netherlands and Italy due to a back injury.
The full-back has returned to Southampton for further tests on the problem, a decision that has been described by the Football Association as a precautionary measure.
Bertrand will miss the matches with Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday and the visit of Italy to Wembley next Tuesday.
Danny Rose and Ashley Young are the players most likely to start on the left of the England defence in Bertrand's absence.
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Is a young producer and DJ from Rotterdam (NL).
He is of Azerbaijani and Russian origin and was born in Latvia.
His DJ career started in 2014. In six year’s time, he performed at many various events in Latvian and Dutch clubs. He shared events alongside names like
De Sluwe Vos, Benny Rodrigues, Cincity, La Fuente, Rene Amesz, Julian Alexander, and more!
Experimenting with Downtempo and House music helped him to create his own unique progressive/deep sound. His strong love for Ethno music has merged with his Middle Eastern roots, which now plays a big role in his productions.
He is working on releases with Dutch and international artists to improve his music production skills.
Although he’s very young, his own productions and Dj-sets filled with deep-ethnic atmosphere and trippy sounds, help you to plunge inside your mind and turn the world off around you.
Minörs has only started to show the world what he stands for musically. So thank you for any support you give!
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The US State Department uses the granting of visas to affect diplomatic relations with Cuba
Press Release, Cuba During the past few months, the US State Department has been concocting a new pretext to affect bilateral diplomatic relations, associated to the granting of the diplomatic and official visas required by the staff of the respective embassies in Washington and Havana to perform their duties. The maneuver consists in claiming that Cuba is hindering the granting of visas for designated officials at the US embassy in Cuba, which allegedly hinders the work of that diplomatic mission. In doing so, the State Department deliberately conceals the fact that it was the US government the one that, unilaterally, decided to downsize its staff in Havana in September, 2017, including particularly the staff in charge of consular services, with the consequent encumbrance for Cuban and US citizens who depend on those services. The US government was the one which decided to arbitrarily and unjustly expel 15 Cuban diplomatic officials from the Cuban embassy in Washington in October of that same year. Since that date, the work of both diplomatic missions has been affected by these unilateral decisions. Likewise, the granting of the visas required by the staff of the respective embassies has been subject to whimsical approvals and delays by the State Department. \ Data speak for themselves. Since the end of September, 2017, the US government has only granted 26 visas and denied 6 for the staff required by Cuba at its embassy in Washington. During that same period, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba has granted 105 visas for the temporary and permanent diplomatic and administrative staff of the US embassy in Havana, and has only denied one in reciprocity for the actions taken by the State Department. This is a clearly unbalanced behavior which is not in accord with the standards of reciprocity that are considered an essential practice in diplomatic relations. \ To accuse Cuba of creating an unsustainable situation for the work of the US embassy is a flagrant distortion of the truth. The Cuban government is not responsible for the instability and irregularity generated unilaterally by the US government that affects the work of the diplomatic missions of both countries in the respective capitals. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still willing to meet the requirements of both parties for the functioning of the respective embassies on the basis of reciprocity. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Havana, November 28, 2018.]]>
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Teaching with Feeling in Mind
by Paul A. LaViolette
(Reprinted from On the Beam, Volume 6(2) (1986))
Our approach to teaching is strongly influenced by your understanding of how the human mind functions to form thoughts. Modes of classroom instruction currently in widespread use are based upon the outdated "robot model," which views the brain as an input-output information storage and processing unit. Computer analogies, however, are unable to account for a key feature of intelligence, one that is central to the learning process, the phenomenon of creative thought formation.
Recently, however, a novel theory has been developed which sheds some light on the creative process. This theory conceives creative thoughts as emerging spontaneously from a fabric of sensation and emotion composed of experiential units called "feeling tones." According to Bill Gray,(1) basic feeling tones, like the primary colors of the rainbow, combine in a nearly infinite number of ways to form a whole spectrum of shades and these represent all aspects of our internal and external experience. Just as Mozart's 41st symphony and Beethoven's 9th may both be played from the same set of musical notes, so too the rich variety of mental experience that bombards our consciousness may be represented by means of the same fundamental set of feeling tones.
Like people and cars in a city, these complex feeling tone structures , or "compositions," are always on the move through our brain. Just as a well-designed city allows people to meet one another and form rich sets of associations and relationships, so too the brain provides an environment within which feeling tones are able to link up with one another and spontaneously form more complex combinations of a meaningful nature. These syntheses are what we call thoughts.
Robot model theorists conceive thoughts to be neuroelectric impulses which, like the binary coded electrical impulses in a computer circuit, derive their various meanings by travelling along specific "wires" or nerve fiber pathways. However, this hard-wired mechanistic conception unfortunately leads to a physicalistic view of the mind, conscious experience being conceived as inextricably bound to the physical architecture of the brain. The feeling tone model, on the other hand, conceives the meaning of thoughts to be intrinsic to the thoughts themselves, the information content of a thought being embodied in its specific feeling tone code or neuroelectric waveform shape. Like their feeling tone relatives, thoughts are on the move too. Thus mental information is portable and free to move throughout the brain.
According to this new view, the brain may be conceived as a kind of sophisticated loom, one which is suited to the weaving of mental fabrics.(2, 3) However, this is a very unusual loom. For, these feeling tone tapestries have the unique ability of themselves being able to run the controls of the loom. Thus the fabric is able to weave itself in a self-determining fashion! Because of this self-referential process, the mind is capable of independent evolution to states of complexity far exceeding that of its biological matrix, the brain.
The brain/mind relation in many ways resembles the mother/child, womb/embryo relation. The brain provides a unique environment within which that living entity the mind is spawned. Unlike embryonic development, however, there are no pre-existent chromosome blueprints. Rather, the "genes which shape the mental personality are continuously created on-the-spot, these spontaneous birth events being our creative insights and ideas.
It goes without saying that such a model of mental phenomena suggests an approach to education quite different from that currently practiced in schools. According to this approach, understanding is best accomplished through a process of facilitation, rather than through rote instruction. Teaching is not a programming process, the feeding of information into computer-like brains. Rather, it is an agrarian process -- the acquisition of knowledge being likened to the raising of crops. The teacher's purpose is to provide sunlight, fertilizer, and water, and an environment free of predators in which sensitivity, caring, and curiosity are free to develop. The learning which ensues must be viewed as a birth process, one which must not be rushed. Confusion results if material is delivered at a pace faster than the student can assimilate, since the evoked thoughts require sufficient time to take full root in the student's personal feeling tone fabric that he is perpetually weaving.
1) Gray, William "Understanding creative thought processes: An early formulation of the emotional-cognitive structure theory." Man-Environment Systems 9 (1979):314.
2) LaViolette, Paul A. "Thoughts about thoughts about thoughts: The emotional-perceptive cycle theory." Man-Environment Systems 9 (1979):1547.
3) LaViolette, Paul. A. "The thermodynamics of the aha experience." Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Society for General Systems Research, San Francisco, Jan. 1980; Reprinted in: (1982) W. Gray, et al. (eds.) General Systems Theory and the Psychological Sciences (Vol. I). Intersystems Press, CA.
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Formulating a statement about an estimated confidence interval
Consider a data generating process with a parameter of interest $\theta$. I would like to estimate $\theta$ as precisely as possible and also quantify the estimation imprecision / uncertainty. I obtain an $n$-size i.i.d. sample from which a confidence interval (CI) for parameter $\theta$ is estimated. The estimator of the CI guarantees that in the long run, 95% of such CIs will include the true parameter value. However, I do not know whether the estimate I got from this particular sample includes the true parameter value or not; nor can I make a statement like the probability that $\theta$ lies in this concrete interval is 95%. Not quite a satisfactory answer for me. I would like to say more about the estimated confidence interval (the particular realization of the respective estimator).
But is this all that the frequentist paradigm has to offer on this question? For example, couldn't I say that I am 95% confident that this particular interval includes the true value, based on the long-run properties of the estimator? (For that matter, I would bet 95 against 5 that the interval actually includes the true value and consider this to to be a fair bet.) Is there a "legitimate" way to express this confidence within the frequentist paradigm, and if so, how should I phrase it?
P.S. Yes, I am aware of Bayesian statistics and the corresponding problem and answer formulations. Nevertheless, this question is intentionally about the frequentist paradigm.
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$\begingroup$ "For example, couldn't I say that I am 95% confident that this particular interval includes the true value" -- yes, for that particular meaning of confident. $\endgroup$ – Glen_b Aug 21 '18 at 13:02
$\begingroup$ Yes, it is. "[...] in the long run, 95% of such CIs will include the true parameter value." -- it's in that specific sense that you can talk about confidence $\endgroup$ – Glen_b Aug 21 '18 at 13:12
$\begingroup$ @Bernhard, who said I want to stay with Frequentism? :) But that is another topic. Yes, I am aware of the Bayesian solution, but I cannot change the curriculum I am going to teach to my students, so I am trying to squeeze out the most I can from the frequentist paradigm. $\endgroup$ – Richard Hardy Aug 21 '18 at 13:24
$\begingroup$ Sorry, I thought staying with Frequentism was meant by ' [...] to express this confidence within the frequentist paradigm'. I probably got that wrong. Maybe you want to introduce your students to JASP software, where Frequentist and Baysian solution buttons are next to each other and then they can compare confidence intervalls with reasonable credible intervals and then they get a feeling on how similar the values often are whilst learning, that they are something different. $\endgroup$ – Bernhard Aug 21 '18 at 13:32
$\begingroup$ @Bernhard, thank you. I will include it in my list of ideas for future changes in the curriculum. Pleased to learn about JASP, too. Regarding staying with frequentism, I did not mean this as a personal preference but rather as a delimitation of the question. $\endgroup$ – Richard Hardy Aug 21 '18 at 13:55
The important thing about frequentist statistics is that parameters are not random variables. Rather, they are fixed quantities which happen to be unknown. It's therefore not legitimate to make probability statements about parameters. For example, the statement "the probability that the parameter is between 500 and 507 is 95%" is not a valid statement for a frequentist.
However. That does not rule out any statement about randomness which involves the parameter in some way. To be specific: there could be other sources of randomness in the statement. In my view some authors are too hawkish about banning this (it's much easier to do that than explain the nuance of the issue to students); but frequentists can actually make probability statements about confidence intervals, as long as they are made properly and very carefully.
To wit: you have to be absolutely clear that by "confidence interval", you are talking about the estimator (as you made clear in your question). Estimators are statistics, which means they are functions of the data, where the data comes from a random sample. They are, therefore, random variables.
The statement "the parameter is in the confidence interval" is therefore a random event in the technical sense that it describes a subset of the sample space (i.e. a subset of the possible outcomes of random sampling). Sometimes this event happens; sometimes it does not. And therefore, even for a frequentist, this statement can be assigned a probability; that is, you can say "the probability that the parameter is in the confidence interval is 95%".
Though it's a little more informative to phrase this as the following equivalent statement: "the probability that the confidence interval contains the parameter is 95%". This just makes it linguistically more clear that the confidence interval is the thing "doing" the randomness here, to which a probability is being assigned.
The danger in this statement is that you calculate a specific confidence interval for a specific sample (and get [500, 507] for example), and your reference to "confidence interval" is taken to refer to this interval. But [500, 507] is not a statistic: it is the realisation of a statistic. It's just a pair of numbers. It's not random. And "the probability that the confidence interval contains the parameter is 95%" is not, under that interpretation, a valid statement.
To summarise: yes, a frequentist actually can make statements about the probability of a parameter falling within a confidence interval, as long as it is absolutely clear that by "confidence interval" we are talking about an estimator / a statistic, not a specific estimate / the realisation of a statistic.
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$\begingroup$ Thank you! I think I follow you. My question takes this further by saying that a statement about an estimator is not quite satisfactory (often not of direct interest), instead I care about an estimate (the concrete realization) and how confident I can be that it contains the true value. $\endgroup$ – Richard Hardy Aug 21 '18 at 20:11
$\begingroup$ I think if you think about it you'll find that what you're talking about when you make this statement really is a statement about the estimator and procedure of taking a random sample. Anything else doesn't actually make sense when you try to formalise it. Remember that "the concrete realisation" is just a pair of numbers. For example, say your confidence interval is [500, 507]. What would a probability statement about [500, 507] actually mean? There's nothing random there, they are just numbers. Only in the context of random sampling can you imbue them with the concept of randomness. $\endgroup$ – Denziloe Aug 21 '18 at 20:20
$\begingroup$ I agree with you. However, I feel there is more we can say about the realization, such as my statement with confidence in it, and I would like to formulate it nicely. After all, we are often interested in whether the particular realization of CI contains the true parameter value or not and with what level of confidence we could say that. Just stating the probabilistic properties of an estimator is not quite satisfactory in many cases. $\endgroup$ – Richard Hardy Aug 21 '18 at 20:26
$\begingroup$ "Confidence" is just an English word. As far as I know there is no mathematical definition for it. There is therefore no way to "formulate" your statement nicely in mathematical terms, because it isn't a mathematical statement to start with. The frequentist concept of confidence intervals is the frequentist attempt to capture the vague concept of "confidence" in concrete mathematical terms, and all that's to say about them has already been said. I'm not sure what you're looking for. $\endgroup$ – Denziloe Aug 21 '18 at 20:32
$\begingroup$ I see your point. My problem is, the traditional frequentist statements do not express the information we have about the particular estimate based on the information on the estimator, the latter information being explicit. In my opinion, not saying anything about an estimate is just throwing away information. I have already formulated this information in informal terms in my post, and I am looking for ways of expressing it in a formally correct way. I hope there is one in the frequentist paradigm. $\endgroup$ – Richard Hardy Aug 22 '18 at 6:19
But is this all that the frequentist paradigm has to offer on this question?
Your two statements:
The estimator of the CI guarantees that in the long run, 95% of such CIs will include the true parameter value.
I am 95% confident that this particular interval includes the true value, based on the long-run properties of the estimator?
Are exactly equivalent, because the "confident that" of statement 2 is synonymous with the long run probabilities of statement 1, even without the dependent clause of statement 2. It is what it is. That said, the first clause of statement 2 is in my opinion a more concise and readable plain-language expression of a CI for a technically literate audience.
When I motivate CIs for my students I stress the meh of their formal meaning. However, I also offer as an explicitly loosey-goosey alternative definition that CIs provide a plausible range of values for $\theta$. "Loosey-goosey" because that's not the precise definition, and because the meaning of confidence level is, I feel, somewhat obscured in that interpretation. But it helps somewhat.
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Innovate Utah: NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES
Reflect Scientific Inc., an Orem-based provider of products and services for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and transportation industries, has introduced an all-green refrigerated trailer it feels will pair well with any of the electric-powered, heavy-duty trucks currently in development and headed to market. “The Cryometrix 53-foot reefer trailer is ideally positioned to complete an all-green package that replaces the diesel-powered tractor-trailers that are currently in use for transportation of goods requiring controlled temperatures,” the company said.
“The need for reliable cold chain management systems is becoming more evident in today’s world as we are faced with the increasing challenge of delivering perishable payloads such as pharmaceuticals and biologics to the point of use,” Reflect Scientific’s statement said. The Cryometrix technology offers a pollution-free system with a flexible wide-ranging temperature setpoint control that can be adjusted to match payload requirements. The company said the system would respond the need for shipping biologics such as COVID-19 vaccines.
The trailer is equipped with Reflect Scientific’s Cryometrix CB-40 TRU refrigeration system that uses a patented self-contained liquid nitrogen cooling system to achieve consistent temperature control with almost no moving parts, no noise and superior reliability. The system is a direct replacement for current diesel systems and is easily retrofitted into existing trailers. Although it has no compressor as current diesel refrigeration systems have, its weigh is comparable to those systems.
A Cryometrix-equipped trailer has passed tests in demonstration runs from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles and Denver. With a payload of frozen ravioli, lasagna, corn dogs, ice cream and Popsicles, the trailer maintained a constant temperature of minus-15 degrees Fahrenheit for the 1,323-mile, seven-stop trip.
JobNimbus, a developer of software for management of construction projects by contractors, has released its new Sales Dashboard Reports feature to help business owners, sales managers and representatives easily see their sales, lead sources and top performers at a quick glance. The feature can be added to all JobNimbus accounts for free. “As a business owner, it’s important to understand your work volume and the revenue coming into your business. Sales Dashboard Reports let you track that so you can make informed decisions and reach your business goals,” said Ben Hodson, CEO of JobNimbus. With the new dashboard, users will be able to see the results for contacts and jobs that they have access to in a specific workflow stage like lead, estimate, sold, in-production and others.
Provo-based Qualtrics, a customer experience management company, has introduced Delighted AI, an artificial intelligence and machine learning engine built directly into the customer experience platform of Delighted, a Qualtrics company. Developed to automate the customer feedback process, Delighted AI is complementary to Qualtrics’ existing Text iQ technology. “Customer experience programs are rapidly evolving as companies have realized that relying on traditional metrics alone does not determine customer success. Instead, the customer experience leaders are winning based on gathering in-the-moment feedback that is immediately actionable and building a culture of continuous listening,” said Caleb Elston, co-founder of Delighted. “We created Delighted AI to empower companies to spend less time configuring, implementing and analyzing so they can focus on acting on insights faster than any other technology before.”
A new AI-driven chatbot platform produced by Park City-based AtlasRTX has been integrated into the home-buying assistance website KB Home. The platform is designed to respond to home shoppers’ questions, provide personalized information and assist in the homebuying journey. “AtlasRTX’s technology helps KB Home create a customer experience that sets the homebuilder apart by using a chatbot to engage with customers at every stage of the homebuying cycle,” a KB Home release said. “KB Home is one of the first national homebuilders to launch a Chatbot platform that meets homebuyer expectations for an immediate and engaging 24/7 experience,” said Bassam Salem, CEO of AtlasRTX. “Through our collaboration, KB Home is serving up a state-of-the-art Chatbot that continually gets smarter as it converses with home shoppers.”
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SINTX Technologies Inc. a manufacturer of silicon nitride ceramic for medical and non-medical applications with headquarters in Salt Lake City, has developed fabrics for use in manufacturing “catch-and-kill” facial masks that will inactivate respiratory viruses. Exposure to silicon nitride has been shown to neutralize bacteria and viral strains, the company said. “Fabrics containing silicon nitride from this process will be tested for their antiviral effect. Previous scientific data have shown that silicon nitride strongly inactivates SAR-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic,” said B. Sonny Bal, president and CEO of SINTX. “Initial process development activities have shown promising results and we are hopeful that we will soon have a mask that catches and kills the coronavirus,” said Bruce Lorange, CEO of O2Today, who has an agreement with SINTX to develop the masks.
Salt Lake City’s Xenocor Inc. has reached a group purchasing agreement with healthcare alliance Premier Inc. for distribution of its new disposable articulating laparoscope Xenoscope, The Xenocor disposable laparoscopic system is designed to improve image quality, eliminate fogging, lower hospital costs and reduce biohazard risk for patients and staff. “Premier offers breakthrough technology designations to innovations that significantly improve patient safety, clinical outcomes and operational efficiencies,” said Evan Kelso, CEO of Xenocor. “It hasn’t really been possible until recently to make these kinds of sophisticated devices in a single-use platform, so we feel it is indeed a breakthrough for the industry to make these technical advances readily available to serve patients, facilities and providers.” Premier represents an alliance of approximately 4,100 U.S. hospitals and 200,000 other providers in the United States.
Lucid, a South Jordan-based provider of video collaboration software, has announced the expansion of its visual collaboration suite with the release of Lucidspark, a cloud-based virtual whiteboard where teams can work together in real time. “The rise of remote workforces has brought challenges with cross-team collaboration to the forefront of daily workflows. The importance of being able to bring teams together into a common space to brainstorm and work together has never been more apparent,” said Karl Sun, co-founder and CEO of Lucid. “Lucidspark’s intuitive digital canvas enables teams to effectively brainstorm, collaborate and align on new ideas and organize collective thinking into actionable next steps. This is an exciting addition to our visual collaboration suite and will help us to further execute on our mission.”
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Libby’s legacy: The conservative case for a national shield law
Special to the First Amendment Center Online
When I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby dropped his appeal last month, the legal case against the former vice presidential aide officially closed. The legacy of Libby’s prosecution in the Valerie Plame leak case, however, remains open.
The legacy of the Libby case is wrapped up in government leaks, reporters’ sources, and press subpoenas. The case began with Bob Novak’s column, continued with New York Times reporter Judith Miller’s incarceration, and ended with reporters’ trial testimony.
This spectacle sparked a push for a federal law allowing reporters to shield their sources. With the support of conservatives like Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and former Solicitor General Ted Olson, the House passed a bill creating a federal reporter’s privilege last fall. The legislation is stalled in the Senate, held up by opposition from the White House and some Republican senators who argue that a shield law could thwart criminal investigations, particularly investigations into alleged breaches of national security.
The opposition, though well-intentioned, runs counter to conservative values that would be served by such a law — respect for history, comity, and predictability in the law. Although national security is a paramount concern, it can be protected while also fulfilling these principles.
First, consider the history. The first criminal leak investigation began in 1734 when the New York Weekly Journal published anonymous criticisms of the Crown Governor. When the Journal’s publisher refused to identify the critics, he was arrested, jailed for eight months, and forced to stand trial on criminal charges. Ultimately, the publisher was acquitted, and, as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has noted, his acquittal “signified at an early moment the extent to which anonymity and the freedom of the press were intertwined in the early American mind” (McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 1995).
Those values quickly became the norm in American journalism as 18th century printers routinely fought to protect their writers’ anonymity. The Founding Fathers themselves viewed protecting anonymous speech as central to a free and vibrant press, criticizing efforts to unmask anonymous writers as a “restraint” on press “liberty.”
The modern shield-law movement was born in the 1890s, after a Baltimore Sun reporter was jailed for refusing to disclose his source for reports on secret grand jury proceedings. Maryland responded by enacting the country’s first shield law, which provided reporters an absolute privilege against disclosing their sources in any legal proceeding.
For nearly 40 years, Maryland’s law stood alone. However, between 1929 and 1935, several journalists around the country were fined and jailed for refusing to reveal sources for articles about everything from bootlegging to legislative procedure. Seven more states responded by passing shield laws, all of which protected confidential sources in criminal cases.
Then, in 1972, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Branzburg v. Hayes, the only case in which it has considered whether reporters possess a privilege to protect their sources. Four justices said reporters have no privilege, and four justices said they do. One justice wrote his own opinion, suggesting there is a privilege, but requiring the reporters in the case to identify their sources anyway.
In the wake of Branzburg, dozens of states enacted statutory shield laws and adopted common-law reporter’s privileges. Today, 33 states and the District of Columbia have shield laws, and courts in another 16 states have recognized a reporter’s privilege, representing a near-unanimous view that protecting reporters’ sources serves the public interest, even when it makes some criminal investigations more difficult.
Federal circuit courts interpreted the fractured decision in Branzburg in various ways. For many years, the lack of uniformity made little difference: Between 1976 and 2000, there were only two decisions arising from government efforts to discover reporters’ sources in leak cases. In both, the subpoenas were quashed.
In recent years, however, federal courts’ approaches to confidential sources have diverged further, and an increasing number of federal courts have ordered reporters to reveal sources. The inconsistency at the federal level has fostered unpredictability at the state level, where litigants now subpoena reporters in all kinds of cases — from contract disputes to employment discrimination cases to adoption proceedings — whether the desired information is protected under settled state law or not. The situation has grown so dire that 34 state attorneys general filed a brief pleading with the Supreme Court to provide some guidance. The AGs stressed that the “increasing conflict” among the federal circuits “has undercut the State shield laws” and “undermines … vital State interests.”
A federal shield law would provide much-needed uniformity at the federal level, while promoting comity with the states. Yet conservative opposition to a federal shield law is not focused on history, comity or predictability. It centers on national security. Federal prosecutors, however, are not just subpoenaing reporters in cases where national security is actually — or even potentially — compromised. Instead, they have chosen to pursue reporters’ sources for stories on athletes’ steroid use and street protests.
Notwithstanding the government’s record to date, protecting national security is a grave concern. But, merely cloaking information in a veil labeled “national security” does not mean the information poses an actual threat, nor should it lead to the wholesale unmasking of reporters’ sources. As Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III admonished in an Espionage Act case nearly 20 years ago, “The First Amendment interest in informed popular debate does not simply vanish at the invocation of the words ‘national security’” (United States v. Morison, 4th Cir., 1988)
Just look at Libby’s case. A special prosecutor was appointed to investigate a supposed breach of “national security” and then used his subpoena power to pursue reporters’ sources. Yet the nation’s security was never at risk, and no national security crime was ever committed.
Following Judge Wilkinson’s admonition, the two leading bills in Congress attempt to strike the appropriate balance between protecting against real threats and protecting reporters’ sources. They require reporters to disclose their sources to prevent death, bodily harm, and acts of terrorism, and make plain that the privilege does not apply to foreign powers, foreign agents or terrorist organizations.
The bills also require reporters to reveal their sources when a leak of properly classified information has caused, or will cause, significant and articulable harm to national security and when disclosure will assist in preventing real harm to national security. This standard is consistent with the well-established precedent that a newspaper cannot be punished for publishing truthful information about a matter of public concern “absent a need ... of the highest order” (Bartnicki v. Vopper, 2001). Although enacting a shield law might mean that prosecutors could not force reporters to reveal their sources in every leak investigation, it covers situations where leaks actually pose a threat to the nation’s security. And that’s what really matters.
Conservatives have often noted that Libby should never have been the subject of a criminal investigation, for no underlying crime was ever committed. As Libby’s legal battle draws to a close, it also remains clear that the Plame leak never should have sparked subpoenas to the press. That is one of the certain legacies of Libby’s case, and it should live on in a federal shield law with conservative support.
Michael Berry is an attorney in the Philadelphia office of Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P, where his practice focuses on representing media, news and entertainment clients in First Amendment matters.
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Donbass for Putin – a suitcase without a handle: Sivokho on the withdrawal of Russian troops from eastern Ukraine
The former adviser to the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Sergey Sivokho, does not rule out a situation in which Putin himself will soon withdraw the Russian occupation forces from Donbas territory.
This is reported by the NPF, referring to donpress.com.
According to Sivokho, the Donbass is like a handle-less suitcase for Putin. Photo: donpress.com.
Responding to Dmitry Gordon’s question that the situation in the Donbass will not change, “Until Putin is gone”, Sivokho said that you must be prepared for any situation and, most importantly, keep in mind the residents who have been taken hostage in this situation.
“There are normal people there, ” – stressed the former official.
The former deputy secretary of the NSDC recalled the impact of propaganda on the population of the occupied territories.
“How are we going to talk to people who have been pressed for six years by various propaganda? As our people, by the way, ” – he noted.
According to Sivokho, the Donbass for Poutine, like a suitcase without a handle, is difficult to transport and a pity to quit smoking. Therefore, sooner or later, the head of the Kremlin will independently withdraw his troops from the occupied territories.
Earlier, it was reported that Putin would not give up on Crimea, and serious discussions are underway in the Donbass.
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Williams Grove Hosts Outlaws Open Tune Up For 410 Sprints Friday
_Front Page News, Williams Grove Speedway
By Shawn Brouse
Mechanicsburg – The Diamond Series World of Outlaws tune up for the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars will take center stage this Friday, September 25 at 7:30 pm at Williams Grove Speedway.
Friday’s 25-lap World of Outlaws tune up race will pay $4,180 to win as the field uses the event to prepare themselves for the ensuing invasion by the outlaws drivers for the Champion Racing Oil National Open.
The 58th annual Champion Racing Oil National Open weekend is slated for Friday and Saturday, Octdober 2 and 3.
The September 25 show will also be the final event of the season for the HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprint cars, thus serving to crown the track champion.
Derek Locke is the current point leader and he will be trying to claim his first ever Williams Grove Speedway 358 sprint track title.
The event for the 410 sprints will also be the final race in the 2020 Hoosier Diamond Series at the oval.
After the September 18 race at the track, Freddie Rahmer leads the Diamond Series standings by just 20 markers over Brent Marks. .
The 410 sprints will compete in time trials, heats and a dash to set the main event starting lineup this Friday.
Gates will open at 5:30 pm.
Adult general admission for the program is set at $17 with youth ages 13 – 20 priced at $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always admitted for FREE at Williams Grove Speedway.
The 58th annual Champion Racing Oil National Open, sanctioned by the World of Outlaws NOS Engery Drink Sprint Cars Series, will close the season at the track on October 2 and 3.
Saturday’s 40-lap Champion Racing Oil National Open will pay $75,000 to the winner and will serve to crown the 2020 Williams Grove Speedway 410 sprint track champion.
Freddie Rahmer is the current Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint point leader over Danny Dietrich by a scant 80 points. Both drivers are trying to seal up their second career Williams Grove Speedway track title. .
Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval’s official website located at www.williamsgrove.com or by following the track on Twitter and Facebook.
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Kermit Gosnell Trial: Much Ado About Nothing
A Culture of Life
Jeff Crouere
I mean, why are we surprised that an abortionist and his staff would, behind the walls of an always-lethal abortion clinic, commit one of the most horrific serial killings in American history? What did you think abortionists do, heal people?
Why are we taken aback that there was no oversight, no regulation, or that Planned Parenthood, though privy to the clinic’s filthy, medieval conditions, refused to report it to the Department of Health? After all, Planned Parenthood, Barack Obama and the DNC have vehemently opposed all laws – such as those in Virginia, Mississippi and elsewhere – designed to prevent exactly the same kind of squalid conditions found in Gosnell’s clinic (and others), laws that simply direct abortion mills to meet the same minimal safety standards required of all other medical facilities.
You didn’t really buy that whole “women’s health” nonsense, did you?
Sucker.
Seriously, there are so few sociopathic doctors left willing to hack alive those inconvenient little buggers; so you anti-choice nuts need to just chill. Who cares about “blood smeared walls,” or babies left to drown in toilets, or snipped spinal cords, or dismembered body parts kept in jars, or screaming, crying newborns silenced by decapitation? What did you think women were “choosing” with abortion, some kind of medical treatment? We’re not removing a tumor here. You’ve got to kill a few babies to make a “reproductive freedom” omelette. Besides, there’s billions to be made in the death racket.
Let’s keep it real. The only difference between what happened in Gosnell’s Philadelphia clinic and what happens every day in Planned Parenthoods across the country can be measured by a matter of inches – by the child’s proximity to her mother in the room. Whether the baby is in the womb or 12 inches removed, a dead baby is a dead baby, right? So why all the drama? Relax. You know, Roe v. Wade and all.
Besides, what’s an abortionist to do (wink, wink) if that resilient little pest does survive, if she’s born alive? I appreciate President Obama’s candor on the matter. Like he said, laws preventing abortionists like Gosnell from finishing her off are “really designed simply to burden the original decision of the woman and the physician to induce labor and perform an abortion.” Snippety-snip, eh, Barack? You know, choice and all.
Or, as Gosnell attorney Jack McMahon noted during the trial, it’s “ludicrous … to say a baby is born alive because it moves one time.” You anti-choice zealots don’t get to define the terms here. One man’s “alive” is another man’s “unwanted pregnancy.” Potato, potahto.
And why are we stunned that the mainstream media have spiked a story with all the bloody and salacious newsworthy trappings that – had abortion not been involved – would have filled the news cycle 24/7?
You think some now-barren, 40-something copy editor who’s had five abortions wants to draw attention to its grisly reality? You think she wants to be reminded of her own string of dismembered little choices? No, better to sip appletinis with the boys down at the National Press Club and pretend it never happened. Now that’s reproductive freedom! That’s freedom of the press!
In reality, to the media, this stuff is old news. Gosnell is on trial for doing something nearly indistinguishable from partial-birth abortion – a “never necessary” procedure (according to the AMA) Obama vocally endorsed. He said that banning it was part of a concerted effort “to steadily roll back the hard-won rights of American women.”
Furthermore, why are we surprised that this rush-to-judgment-when-it-suits-his-political-agenda president suddenly “can’t comment” on Gosnell “because it’s an active trial”? Remember? This is the same race-baiting “community organizer” who said that Cambridge police “acted stupidly” when arresting a combative black Harvard professor who, as it turned out, was himself acting stupidly. Don’t forget; this is the same president who had no problem laying guilt on a “presumed innocent” George Zimmerman, saying, “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”
Funny, I actually do have a son and, when he was born, he looked a lot like those little boys Gosnell and Planned Parenthood kill every day. Come to think of it, most of them looked almost identical to Trayvon, skin color and all.
Curious.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., called Obama out on his refusal to address Gosnell: “Mr. President, your silence on this issue is deafening,” he said.
I agree. The left’s silence – to include the mainstream media – speaks volumes. It’s a tacit endorsement of Gosnell’s gruesome practices. And why shouldn’t it be?
To “pro-choicers” it’s not that old Kermit did anything wrong; it’s just that he got caught doing it. He was careless. He pulled back the curtain of “reproductive freedom” to reveal abortion’s house of horrors. Kermit Gosnell is liberalism personified, and liberalism relies on deceit. The “progressive” culture is a culture of death. Moral relativism is as moral relativism does.
Speaking of moral relativism, on Friday the first sitting president in United States history gave the keynote address at a Planned Parenthood fundraiser. Nice timing. Even as the Gosnell mass-murder trial wraps up, Obama was lending the full weight of his presidency to a mass-murder celebration.
His message? All you Planned Parenthood-hating, anti-Gosnell right-wingers better listen up: “No matter how great the challenge, no matter how fierce the opposition, there’s one thing that the past few years have shown,” he promised. “That Planned Parenthood is not going anywhere. It’s not going anywhere today. It’s not going anywhere tomorrow.”
Yeah, we’ll see about that, slick.
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ULTRA TOUR MONTE ROSA 2019 (170km/D+11300): 100 MILES CUT SHORT AT 82K. WINNERS DAMIAN HALL AND CORINE KAGERER
Posted by mayayo oxigeno on September 23, 2019 in trail runing, trail running 2019, trail running alps, trail running italy, trail running spain, trail running spain 2019, trail running switzerland, ultra trail 2019, ultra trail alps, ultra trail running 2019 | Leave a comment
The 2019 Ultra Tour Monte Rosa was significantly affected by a severe weather system unusual for the time of year. The flagship race, the 170 km full tour of Monte Rosa was stopped at Gressoney La Trinité in Aosta, 82 km into the race, for reasons of safety. Of the 239 starters, 5 women and 90 men reached Gressoney. The 100 mile endurance race around the giant massif of Monte Rosa cut short at 82 km due to bad weather. The interrupted race was won by Damian Hall from the United Kingdom in 11:30:00 and Corine Kagerer from Switzerland in 13:52:56.
ULTRA TOUR MONTE ROSA 2019 (170km/D+11300)
Thre UTMR 2019 event offered up to three races for the weekned, the non-stop ultra tour of Monte Rosa (170km – D+11300m) accompanied by a stage race over four days in the same course and a sister race ‘Three Passes Ultra’ covers 100 km from Gressoney-la-Trinité to Grächen, with D+6,300m, crossing Passo Turlo and Passo Monte Moro.
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170k 4 stage course
Unfortunately, the main event, the 100 mile endurance race around the giant massif of Monte Rosa was the first to be cut short at 82 km upon arrival at Gressoney due to bad weather. The 170 km course has 11,600m of elevation change and crosses six passes of around 3000m altitude, with a highest point of 3,295m. This adds to the challenge of the distance but it also means the route is vulnerable to bad weather and after the race started 10 to 30cm of snow fell on these high passes. The technical descents off Turlo and Monte Moro in these conditions were simply impassable for runners in a race situation.
The 2019 Ultra Tour Monte Rosa was significantly affected by a severe weather system unusual for the time of year. The flagship race, the 170 km full tour of Monte Rosa was stopped at Gressoney La Trinité in Aosta, 82 km into the race, for reasons of safety. Of the 239 starters, 5 women and 90 men reached Gressoney. The interrupted race was won by Damian Hall from the United Kingdom in 11:30:00 and Corine Kagerer from Switzerland in 13:52:56.
Race leader, Damian Hall (UK), said, “I loved [the first half of] the UTMR course, the perfect combination of beauty and brutishness. Flowing singletrack, long climbs, fun descents, huge views, the excitement of a glacier crossing. Altogether thrilling technical running with a more remote feel than many other mountain races.” Hall was called by Race Director Lizzy Hawker with the news that the race had been stopped. Hall said, “There was some relief to be honest. It sounded like it would be a long, cold, wet night,” and added, “but there is some disappointment of not being able to see the whole course. So I’ll just have to come back!”
The first woman at the time of race stoppage was Corine Kagerer from Wetzikon, Switzerland in 13:52:56 who finished 18th overall. She noted that one of the beautiful things about UTMR is the privilege of being, “often alone on the way in a huge landscape”. About the shortened race she stated, “safety comes first and the mountains and the weather should be respected. The mountains are still there and we can come back healthy and happy.”
The UTMR has two other race events – the 100 km 3 Passes from Gressoney to Grachen & the 4-day Stage Race, both of which were also affected by the weather. Snow and freezing temperatures above 2400m meant that cancelation was the only safe option for the 100 km 3 Passes & for the third and fourth stages of the Stage Race. Stage race runners had the option of a low altitude 23 km race from Macugnaga which did not count towards the final standing. Winners were Bikash Tamang of Nepal in 10:24:21 and Céline Finas of France in 12:48:40. All 100 km and 170 km runners were also given the option to take part in the first edition of the Grächen Berglauf on Saturday 7 September.
“The UTMR aims to give an authentic mountain race experience, but with an intimate feel. We start and finish in a small mountain village and places are limited, so it’s easy for runners to meet each other, which is sometimes difficult in more commercial races,” Hawker comments on the difference of her race.
Around 200 volunteers and staff gave their service to make the event happen. The fourth edition is scheduled for 2-5th September 2020.
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Mina Daniel looks to Maspero
By wailgzoly.911
On the first anniversary of the Maspero massacre, the relatives of the victims who were either shot or crushed to death by Armored Personnel Carriers, are still waiting for justice after a year of legal proceedings stemming from two cases, one of which witnessed the victims’ lawyers withdraw from the case and the other which saw protesters being put on trial.
COMMEMORATING MASPERO; EGYPT'S FINANC...
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Egyptians demonstrated in front of the state TV and radio building in Maspero, central Cairo Tuesday, October 9, to commemorate the first anniversary of the military's aggressive attempt to clear a predominantly christian protest that resulted in several deaths, including Egyptian revolutionary Mina Daniel.
Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil attended the Euromoney Conference Egypt 2012, Tuesday, October 9, where he discussed economic strategy and Egypt's financial goal to reach $28 billion in foreign investments.
Glimpses Of Ramadan In Different Coun...
Collection of videos and photos depicting Ramadan experiences in different locations.
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Today March 8th was a huge march for Egyptian women in front of peoples assembly.
Martyr Graffiti
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"We are all [the martyr] Mina Daniel"
We Are All Mina Daniel
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October 18, 2011 - Cairo: A religiously diverse crowd joins a local procession in the Shubra area of Cairo to honor Mina Daniel, who died along with approximately 25 other Coptic christians on October 9 during a clash between civilians and the Egyptian Armed Forces. The signs read, "We are all Mina Daniel," signed by "the Freedom and Justice Youth."
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A tribute to Ramon Valera and his works
Ramon Valera’s legacy lives on in his notable works that celebrate the Filipina. The Philippines’ first National Artist for fashion design, his creations and significant contributions to the modernization of the Filipino national dress will be mounted in a special setting at this year’s FilipinaZ Fair called “Valera Unearthed.”
National Artist for fashion design Ramon Valera, his creations and significant contributions to the modernization of the Filipino national dress will be mounted in a special setting at this year’s FilipinaZ Fair
Presented by Zonta Club of Makati and Environs, together with Security Bank, this fashion vignette will feature some of Valera’s finest creations, as well as pieces belonging to some of the members of the club and their friends that have never been publicly showcased.
A celebration of womanhood, “Valera Unearthed” aims to give life and pay tribute to the Filipina as a fashion icon then and now, which is reflected in the late designer’s creations.
Designed to be an immersive experience, the vignette will recreate Valera’s workspace —revealing stories, beautiful creations and the creative processes.
At a time when everything was done painstakingly by hand, Valera’s elegant and timeless creations were fueled by passion. His creations show intricacy and showcase the exceptional craftsmanship that went into each of his beautifully handmade Filipiniana dresses.
“Valera Unearthed” will also serve as a platform to unveil new designs as the late designer’s family unveils a few pieces to pay homage to Valera’s legacy of craftsmanship and artistry.
Take this opportunity to discover up close Valera’s contributions to the fashion, design and arts industries that merited him the National Artist medal, the highest accolade given to a Filipino whose vision, artistry and craftsmanship continue to transcend time.
The creations will be on display at FilipinaZ from 9 to 11 November at 8 Rockwell. Security Bank MasterCard credit card holders can enjoy installment deals at zero percent interest.
ONE of the bags featured during the year’s FilipinaZ Fair.
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The Northern Herald (Cairns, Qld. : 1913 - 1939)
Wed 10 Mar 1926
DR. H. F. PERKINS.
Deep regret will be felt at the death, which occurred last evening, of Dr. H. F. Perkins Medical Superintendent at the Mareeba Public Hospital. ...
HEAVY FINES.
Conternation was caused in the Cairns Traffic Court yesterday morning, when a number of cyclists were each fined £5 with costs, in ...
MR. JOSEPH BALL.
There passed away in Cairns early yesterday (Thursday) morning Mr. Joseph Ball, a highly respected and well-known citizen of this town. ...
SOLDIER SETTLERS.
So acute has become the position of many soldier settlers on the Tableland that the Atherton Tableland sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. has ...
MR. LOUIS SOLOMON.
Mr. Louis Solomon, auctioneer and commission agent, who was for 52 years a resident of Cooktown, died on Wednesday night. The deceased was ...
CHARGE OF SPEEDING.
An adjourned case of motor cycle speeding was heard in the Traffic Court yesterday. Thomas Banks Gibson was ...
Tributes to Miss Henry.
Our Innisfail correspondent writes: At the funeral of the late Miss Henry wreaths were sent by the following: Uncle and Nell, Mr. S. Wilson and ...
THE LATE MR. JOHN RANKINE.
IMPUDENT THEFT.
Yesterday (Sunday) morning, at 2.30 o'clock the carpenter who sleeps at the new Golf Club house was awakened by a noise of moving iron ...
WORK OF RETURNED SOLDIERS' LEAGUE.
Mr. G. Simpson. State Secretary of the R.S.S.I.L.A. arrived in Cairns from Brisbane last night in company with Messrs. M. Hoare and ...
(1926, March 10). The Northern Herald (Cairns, Qld. : 1913 - 1939), p. 7. Retrieved January 18, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page18005171
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Unelected Lords Vote to Delay Brexit!
Brexit has suffered what we hope is a brief setback. This week the House of Lords voted to start a game of Parliamentary ping-pong over the Article 50 Bill, with 358 unelected peers voting for an amendment unilaterally guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens in the UK. 256 voted with the Government against the amendment, while 190 did not even vote. This is a clear attempt to subvert the will of the people by pro-EU peers, like the EU-funded Lords Mandelson and Kinnock. The same amendment had been voted down by the elected House of Commons just 3 weeks ago, but now the Article 50 Bill will be sent back to the Commons for MPs to decide on once again.
Considering Chancellor Angela Merkel was given the opportunity early on in the discussions to give us a reciprocal reassurance about UK citizens living in EU countries, if Prime Minister Theresa May is forced to go into these negotiations by the Remoaners and the House of Lords with one hand tied behind her back, we will know who to blame!
Next week, the Article 50 Bill will receive its third and final reading in the Lords, where it is expected to pass in its amended form and be sent back to the Commons. However, there is likely to be a further Lords amendment demanding Parliament have a ‘meaningful vote’ on the final Brexit deal, which is also likely to succeed. Serial Brexit blocker Gina Miller is also threatening the Government with yet another court case on this issue.
Fortunately, the Government has pledged to reject these amendments, because they are nothing more than delaying tactics – this will, of course, depend on whether the Whips can control the 30+ Remoaners threatening to rebel. Theresa May is right when she says “Brexit means Brexit, and we’re going to make a success of it.� The Lords’ amendments are likely to fail in the Commons, and hopefully the original unamended bill will be sent back to the Lords once again, prior to Royal Assent. The Government currently hopes to trigger Article 50 on March 15th.
Considering the cost of each Lord turning up in the House of Lords every day – even for a brief stint – is £300 a day, debating this one amendment in the House for one day has cost the British taxpayer over £184,000.
It’s no wonder the Great British Public are calling for House of Lords reform. In the unlikely event the Lords keep resisting the will of the people, and delay the triggering of Article 50 until after the end of March, the two petitions currently in place calling for the meddling Lords to be replaced or abolished will gather even more signatories than they are doing at the moment. One is currently gaining a signature every minute!
Our Campaign Director, Jayne Adye, was scathing about the Lords’ attempts to delay or thwart Brexit. She told the Daily Express: “It is not for the unelected House of Lords to obstruct the decision of both the Commons and the wider British public. Amendments should not be used to delay or obstruct the triggering of Article 50. The Bill to be scrutinised is two sentences long and is uncontroversial. It simply enacts the referendum result. Nothing more, nothing less. We don’t want amendments, delays or Parliamentary ping-pong. We want Brexit.�
When we do trigger Article 50, it looks like a 2nd referendum on Scottish independence could be on the cards. SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon is believed to want to announce a 2nd referendum soon after Theresa May starts Brexit negotiations. With polling suggesting most Scots do not want another referendum and would prefer to stay in the United Kingdom, now may not be the time for a new vote. Sturgeon should focus on making the most of Brexit for Scotland, rather than exploiting it for her separatist agenda.
Meanwhile - good news for Theresa May’s vision of a ‘Global Britain’. Next week the UK will play host to the largest meeting of Commonwealth trade ministers ever. Over 30 ministers will be in attendance, including our own International Trade Minister, Liam Fox. It is expected there will be an agreement with Canada, Australia and New Zealand, paving the way for a post-Brexit trade deal.
More good news is coming from Brussels, where an influential cross-party committee of MEPs has called for a ‘special relationship’ between the UK and the EU after Brexit, and a mutually-beneficial Brexit deal which keeps trade as free and easy as possible. EU negotiators should take note – there’s no appetite, even in the fanatically Euro-federalist European Parliament, for Britain to be ‘punished’.
As we embrace the opportunities Brexit offers, yet another hidden cost of our EU membership has been revealed. It has emerged that 1 in 4 EU students in England, who enjoy the same access to student loans as British students, leave the UK and never pay back their loans. This has left the British taxpayer liable for over £400 million. Brexit will allow us to put a stop to this travesty.
On Wednesday, we released our latest piece of research – available here. It detailed the ‘Remain’ MPs most vulnerable to a pro-Brexit swing in the next General Election, and was reported in the Daily Mail and the Daily Express. David Winnick, the Labour MP for Walsall North, is the MP ranked most at-risk. The margin of victory for ‘Leave’ in his constituency was 48.4%, while his majority is just 5.3% – a 43-point difference. Special attention must also be paid to Paul Farrelly, the Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, who voted against invoking Article 50. ‘Leave’ won in his constituency by over 23%, and his majority is just 1.5%.
The Daily Mail, The Sun and the Daily Express all recently reported a strange story, in which Get Britain Out was quoted, about local uproar about signposts. New signs have been erected in Burnley which use kilometres instead of miles. It is clear what this is really about. Burnley's Labour Council are setting out to make a political point. Changing the road signs to kilometres is surely an attempt to irritate the ‘Leave’ voters of Burnley, who form 2/3 of their constituents. Perhaps they should spend more time improving the lives of the people of Burnley and less time playing political games.
Jayne was also quoted in the Daily Express after Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, called Canada’s trade deal with the EU a “blueprint� for future trade deals. Jayne said: “As the United Kingdom seeks new trading arrangements around the world, Justin Trudeau has reinforced the optimism of Brexiteers. Comprehensive free-trade deals are absolutely available to Britain from around the globe, as we leave the EU. Outside the straitjacket of the EU’s Customs Union, we will be free to negotiate trade deals for ourselves, instead of having to accept a compromise watered down by special interests on the other side of Europe. This will also allow us to conclude deals quickly, and avoid a repeat of the ludicrous scenario where CETA was delayed by regional lawmakers in Belgium.�
But the possibility for future trade deals doesn’t end there. More research conducted by Get Britain Out was highlighted in The Sun. We revealed at least 35 countries are queuing up for free-trade deals with post-Brexit Britain. They include the US, Australia, Brazil, Switzerland, New Zealand, Norway, Turkey and several Gulf states. We also wrote an article about the research for Comment Central, emphasising the possibility of a ‘Global Britain’ outside the EU. (Post-EU, the world is our oyster)
The Daily Express with the assistance of Get Britain Out broke the story that the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, is to be protected by 12 bodyguards, adding to the already monumental cost of EU security. In 2017 the European Parliament spent £36.7 million (€43.3m) on security, with £21.2m (€25m) spent on security staff, and over £15.2m (€18m) on buildings. Jayne responded by saying: “This should bring home to the Great British Public the immense waste which occurs at the very heart of the EU. Our £20 billion gross contributions do not go on improving the lives of the British people. Instead, it is spent on funding a luxurious life for a political elite detached from the ordinary working people of this country. The self-importance of undistinguished politicians is extraordinary. They are claiming for huge security details, even though their home electorates would struggle to pick them out of a line-up. The sooner we leave the EU and take back control of our money the better.�
Over the last few months, reviled former Prime Minister Tony Blair has started returning to the fray – which has been welcomed by a grand total of zero people. He has announced his return to politics and made it clear he wants to ignore the will of the people. He wants to try and keep the UK inside the EU, or failing that, keep the UK inside the Single Market, which means we won’t have control of our laws, borders or money. A member of our team spoke to LBC about Blair’s disastrous intervention. You can listen to the interview here.
We also wrote for Conservative Home about the Labour Party’s runners and riders in any future leadership election to replace Jeremy Corbyn. We argue the frontrunners will not solve Labour’s rift with its Brexit-supporting base. Clive Lewis attempted to thwart the will of the people in the House of Commons’ vote on the Article 50 Bill, while Rebecca Long-Bailey has no idea what the Customs Union is or does! The fact many people in Labour think either Lewis or Long-Bailey is the answer to their problems shows they are still tone-deaf on Brexit. This offers Theresa May’s Conservatives a golden opportunity at the next General Election. (Both possible successors to Corbyn have electorally disastrous views on the EU)
The last few weeks has seen yet another round of bailout talks for Greece. This time the IMF has finally recognised Greece’s massive debt burden is unsustainable, and is demanding the EU forgive some of Greece’s debt. The EU is refusing to do so, leaving Greece on the brink of disaster. As Jayne argues on The Commentator, the real problem is the Eurozone. EU leaders care about propping up the Euro and protecting German taxpayers, not Greece’s prosperity. It’s time Greek leaders took control of their own currency and secured their country’s future. (No peace inside the Eurozone for Greece)
One of the most underrated opportunities of Brexit is for the fishing industry. The fact is we will automatically assume control of our Exclusive Economic Zone – a vast area of water extending in some places to 200 nautical miles from our shores. This week on The Commentator, we call on the Government to make the most of what Brexit has to offer our fisheries. When we leave the EU, we should take back full control of our waters, and ensure the fish in those waters are caught by genuinely British vessels. We have nothing to gain by sacrificing our fishermen. (The fishing opportunity for Brexit Britain)
That’s it for this e-Bulletin – remember – ONWARDS AND OUTWARDS!
Jayne Adye, Campaign Director, and the Team at Get Britain Out
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one-on-one with ut’s basketball head coaches, pat summitt and bruce pearl
The classic basketball definition of an assist is a pass to a teammate that leads directly to a field goal.
The Tennessee definition of an assist may have more to do with the two big-name coaches who’ve turned Knoxville into a hoops hotspot.
Pat Summitt and Bruce Pearl. You would almost have to be a space alien not to know about the Lady Vols and Vols head basketball coaches. They’re on TV, they’re in Sports Illustrated, they turn up at your United Way or your alumni chapter meeting. They’re charismatic, competent, and competitive right down to their toenails. And, wonder of wonders, they not only get along, they even like each other.
In looks and upbringing they’re a mismatched set: Pearl swarthy, muscular, a Massachusetts kid who, he insists unabashedly, was the best ball player in town before his leg injury and Summitt, trim and pale, farm raised in Cheatham County, Tennessee, personal responsibility drilled into her early. Surprisingly, the two have much in common that makes them good coaches and good citizens.
So Hurt
Both Summitt and Pearl suffered serious leg injuries as teens. Summitt was able to overcome hers and go on to play on the 1976 silver-medal-winning USA Olympic team. Despite six surgeries, Pearl never played again competitively. At Boston College, he was basketball team manager.
Summitt has won eight national championships in her 35 years at Tennessee. She has notched more victories than any other coach in the NCAA, female or male.
Now in his fourth season, Pearl has revitalized Tennessee basketball with its first number-one ranking, a Southeastern Conference championship, and back-to-back Sweet Sixteen appearances.
Pearl sums it up: “I hate to lose more than anybody.” He thrives on competition and says all the sweat and effort he puts into his work pay off when he wins: “The thrill of victory makes it all worthwhile.”
Summitt actually tries to downplay her competitive spirit. “I’ve taken a lot of emotion out of my coaching. I’m not as competitive in other things as I used to be. I used to be terrible playing cards; if I lost, I’d insist we play again. Now I channel most of my competitiveness into basketball.” A loss is a lesson to be learned from, to examine again and again—and yet again. She still regrets missed opportunities of more than 30 years ago when her Lady Vols were among the fortunate few teams who had a somewhat adequate budget and more than their share of talent: “We should have won more.”
Summitt’s demanding style of coaching is no secret. The steely stare she locks onto errant players is well documented in pictures and print. “I see more in others than they see in themselves,” she explains. Team practices give her an ample opportunity to exercise her passion for teaching, and she says she even loves time outs during games because they offer more, albeit brief, time to instruct. If players aren’t focused during practice, they’ll hear about it from their coach: “That just gets to me. I tell them, ‘we will be keeping score.’?”
Pearl says his team deserves his best effort. “I remember the best teachers I had. I want to be that for my players. They see two sides of me, the friend and the coach. If they do something wrong, I want them to be afraid I’ll be disappointed instead of afraid I’ll be mad.”
Spread Thin
Pearl describes his full-to-overflowing days as “putting 20 pounds of potatoes into a 10-pound sack.”
“I try to cram way too much into a day,” echoes Summitt.
Pearl says his lifestyle may be harried, but it’s OK with him. “This job requires that it’s a life. I’ve got no complaint with that. I’m at the service of this team and the university and the fans. I’ve worked so hard to coach at this level.”
“I want to be out in the community,” Summitt says. She’s a big United Way booster, and she supports countless other worthy causes ranging from lupus to lung disease.
Pearl has hustled Tennessee basketball to great success: attendance is among the tops in the nation. “I’ve tried to speak to every organization and alumni group and class, and I’m not cutting back on that. I don’t want people to say, ‘He talked to us when the seats weren’t filled and now he won’t.’ I will not let that happen.”
Both these public people crave private time.
“My kitchen is my favorite place to be,” Summitt says. “I love to cook. Home is a safe haven.”
And Pearl, the seemingly extroverted and ebullient funny guy, agrees: “I’m a homebody. I’m really pretty boring.”
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Next Battlefield Confirmed for 2021
Published: 04-30-2020, 04:30 PM
Support for Battlefront II and Battlefield V ending.
DICE recently announced that they are bringing an end to new content updates for both Star Wars Battlefront II and Battlefield V. Just this past week, we brought you word about how DICE was ditching all future Battlefield V chapters and would have a final content drop arrive this Summer.
In addition, this week's release of the Battle on Scarif update for Battlefront II marks that particular game's final content update. Battlefront II's creative director Dennis Brännvall provided a nice letter to the Star Wars community that goes over the journey he and the team have been on for the past two years. This journey has included 25 free content updates and wraps up with this week's Battle on Scarif. Speaking of The Battle on Scarif, you can check out the trailer for that below if you haven't yet played it for yourself.
As with the other content updates, The Battle on Scarif is free and is live right now in the game.
As DICE sunsets new content releases for the only two live titles they have out there, it begged the question: What will they be working on instead?
It turns out we now know for sure what is coming next from DICE. In a statement made to IGN, an EA spokesperson says that a new Battlefield game is coming in 2021. This is a bit more of a definitive time frame than what we were previously told about the next game. Previously, EA had only said that a new Battlefield game would arrive between fiscal year 2021 and 2022. To note, EA's FY 2022 begins April 2021 and ends March 2022. A new Battlefield game coming in late 2021 fits this previous release window perfectly.
Prior statements from EA management on the next Battlefield game, seem to indicate that they are targeting the next-generation of consoles. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will have a much larger install base come 2021, assuming their launches in 2020 are still happening as planned.
"Bringing out Battlefield (in 2020), where the new console base is fairly small, doesn't really give justice to the potential of the title, and so that's part of our driver in moving the title into fiscal 22."
EA and DICE say that they will continue to support both Battlefield V and Star Wars Battlefront II for a little while longer still. Just because there won't be new content doesn't mean the games won't still receive bug fixes or other non-content support updates. The games will also continue to have in-game challenges, official servers, and recurring events such as double XP weekends and the like.
There is no word as to whether or not EA will release either Battlefield V or Star Wars Battlefront II on Steam as they have with other titles.
In the here and now, the public knows absolutely nothing about the next Battlefield game. We don't know the time period or the name. So why did I choose to use the Battlefield: Bad Company logo? Because I could. 🙂
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The gang is back together! The very intimidating Brandon McCarthy joins Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur for a jam packed episode of nonsense. They begin the show by talking about teddy bear qualities, Mike’s wavering Red Sox fandom and the practical joke he’s still mad about. Then Joe discusses what it was like watching his beloved Browns destroy the Pittsburgh Steelers for their first playoff win since 1994. This sparks a conversation about Brandon’s appreciation for droughts in sports....
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National Guard Changed Her Life
There is a recruitment advertisement for the New York State National Guard running on NYC teevee. It shows a young black woman wearing an olive drab military dress uniform. She invokes several reasons for her joining the National Guard--she looks like she's going to cry she's so proud she's in the National Guard. She, of course, mentions "serving her country," whatever that means. Then she gets really misty eyed and mentions "the terrorists attacking America on 9/11" and how she's proud to be doing her job to help protect the rest of us cowards from more terrorists. She tops it off by saying that through the National Guard she got her college degree from the John Jay School of Law, which is a law school where cops and soldiers go to get law degrees--then she cheerfully says, "And look at me now." I'm thinking, "Yeah, darlin', look at you now...I'd better look at you now 'cause you might be dead tomorrow when they suddenly need you in Iraq--eat that John Jay degree." It's a commercial full of stereotyping: a black woman using the National Guard to get ahead in life--kind of implying, it's the only way she would have ever gotten ahead, you know, being a black woman, blah, blah, blah.
I feel so sorry for her; except I know, she's probably in the communications end of the military, meaning she makes these commercials on orders; "Trooper Black Woman, you will make a commercial saying how much you love the New York National Guard. Ten-Hut."
Her commercial was followed by a commercial for a specially minted medal commemorating...yep, you guessed it, the fifth anniversary of 9/11 and the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings. They show this rather crudely minted gold piece--they say it's 24K gold--though I'm pretty sure it's gold plated--with the buildings of the World Trade Center in .999 silver, "made of silver recovered from the ashes of Ground Zero" in the center of the medal's obverse. Here's the gimmick: the silver buildings "rise up like hope out of the shining skyline of New York City"--yep, the silver buildings are slotted in the face of the gold medal to give a flat surface. When you pry the buildings up, they raise up on a hinge and "stand once again proudly at Ground Zero to honor the many Amuricans who died on that day of infamy." It was minted, the hypster is bellowing, to sell for $49.99, but for this early offer, these crooks are letting this piece of crap medal go for $29.99, which is pretty expensive for a gold-plated medal with a small inset of silver in it. It's the National Collectors Mint. These birds are well known among coin collectors. Only a couple of years ago the 9/11 survivors force the Treasury Department to stop the minting of another of their 9/11 coin schemes. They were also accused by the Treasury Department a few years ago of issuing a coin too close to the real coin for comfort and legality; they were accused of counterfeiting; but these birds never give up; this is too lucrative a hoax to let a charge of counterfeiting bother them. Now they're preying on the fears of 9/11. [It's hard to believe that happened 5 years ago.]
Don't buy one of these. They are not worth $29.99. They are worth about $7 if even that much.
As to our remembering the 3300 Americans who died in that tragedy: SORRY, but all of those folks weren't American. A good many of them were British and Irish; a good many of them were from the Middle East, too.
I've decided to put out some 9/11 commemorative pottery; made from the dust of the many good hardworking folks who were ground to powder that day; how many people really died in that tragedy? I don't think we'll ever know.
By the way, in case it's slipped your mind, more people died in the New Orleans hurricane disaster, but, hey, there's no important fear-factor money grab to be made off those dead folks; besides all of them were probably poor Americans and most of them were black Americans who the National Guard didn't help at all; in fact, shot at some of them, some even saying they were shooting to kill; although who really knows? I suspect a lot more people than 7,000 died in that horrible storm and the storm that followed it, Rita, I think that storm was called, but I also feel we'll never know until that big thick books years from now comes out with some evil facts. Spike Lee, I saw t'other night, is taking filmic advantage of New Orleans with a documentary that is said to be pretty powerful and revealing. I'm not a fan of film; I'm not a fan of Spike Lee (an NYU Film School grad), but I give him kudos for making this film--I love New Orleans so anything that puts a spotlite on that old true American mixed-bag city is fine with me.
The billionaire mayor of NYC is now bullhorning his desire to see the Dumbocrat Convention held in NYC in 2008. What is with this little imp? It's as though he loves putting the citizens of NYC in jeopardy. As Norman Mailer wrote in Advertisements for Myself [he was running for President on his own][remember, Mailer ran for mayor of NYC, with Jimmy Breslin] that everyone in the US of A and the rest of the world hated NYC and that if the Soviets [they were the boogiemen back in those lyin' days] ever decided to nuke the US of A, they would aim their nukes right at the middle of NYC; nowhere else. That's my feelings, too. The rest of you Amuricans who have never experienced what we here in NYC experienced that morning of 9/11 can't imagine what it's like to be the target of an all-of-a-sudden attack by several box-cutter carrying, still hungover Saudi Arabian nutjobs, that is if it really was several box-cutter hungover fools from Saudi Arabia--it's easy to have your doubts about that if you're a thinking person.
I never was very afraid of the Soviet Union nuking me. First off, their military equipment was crap; their trucks were crap; their airplanes were crap--even Ted Williams the baseball player shot down over 20 something MIG jets in the Korean War--they were really crappy jets--our F-111 Sabre Jets were a hell of a lot more maneuverable and carried more firepower in their machine guns [on my first liberty in the US Army, I went directly to Saint Louis and ate a steak and learned to drink Bacardi cocktails at Ruggiero's and then went over the MacArthur Bridge into East Saint Louis, Illinois, to the F-One-Eleven Club and hooked up with the house hooker who called herself Sabre Jett].
I am not right this minute worried about an Islamic force swarming NYC and taking us over and turning us into Muslims. I just can't see any of their forces as a threat to the US of A. Yes, terrorists can cause some commotions--Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist don't forget--Georgie Porgie, our "president" is a terrorist to Iraqis and Afghans. I mean 3000 is a lot of human beings to die in one military attack, but I do believe 30 times more people have died in our revenge for 9/11 in Iraq and Afghanistan than died in the WTC, including 2500 of our own young men and women, like that woman in that New York State National Guard commercial--so proud of what the Guard has done for her--made her somebody important--you know the irony of it is that by now, she could be in a flag-draped cardboard coffin, already buried in some dreary cemetery in Queens.
It is such a shame we love killing each other so much; it's so ingrained in our instincts; we crave bloody meat; like those Donners that ate their babies to survive that brutal winter stranded in the Sierra Madres out in California, just above beautiful and now gambling rich Lake Tahoe. One of the Donners who ate a baby's brains said he had to admit they were pretty good eating, much better than the leg or arm meat he had eaten the day before.
"Kill or be killed" is one of the mottoes you learn in the US Army. That's what it's all about being in any army; it's "Kill or be killed."
I feel for Jill Carrol but don't you think she's already got her bestseller written? I've been reading her "capture" story in the tabloids. It seems like her captors were desperate. It seems they treated her a hell of lot better than Lynndie England and her boyfriend, Charles Graner, treated the prisoners at Abu Ghraib--and they were under orders from a higher command, too (old Rummy himself approved the actions she's now serving time in the slammer for). It seems to me Jill was treated better than all those uncharged wretched slobs in Gitmo. At least her captors gave her clean clothes, food, and let her watch teevee. [Isn't it strange that these insurgents had a teevee set running the whole time they were saying they were going to kill poor Jill.]
Jill's an interesting study; Freud would love her; but then he'd love Lynndie England, too.
Just in case you don't know the story, HERE'S LYNNDIE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynndie_England
And good luck on your bestseller, book tour, and teevee appearances, Jill. You're in the money now, baby. Looks like the War in Iraq paid off for you. Not so lucky your translator.
Also, have you noticed, it looks like the confessed killer of JonBenet Ramsey may be a nutjob seeking fame and fortune. His ex-wife says he's full of total shit; she says she knows where he was when JonBenet was killed. I hadn't realized that Patsy Ramsey had died of cancer. Big Daddy Ramsey, he ran for a political office, and probably has him a new hot mama by now, looked awfully relieved when he thought this Thailand-caught dandy was believed. He's not out of the spotlite yet; could he have killed his own daughter, I'm sure we'll find out. In the meantime, JonBenet is getting more airtime than Baghdad, where another 50 or so just-plain-folks died today--maybe even one of Jill Carrol's captors died today, who knows.
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The god-damn Yankees. Minor league pitching on a ball team of millionaire kids, millionaires because they're some of the best baseball players to ever play the game: names like Alex Rodriguez, Randy Johnson, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera are definitely bound for the Hall of Fame. Some say Alex Rodriguez is the best ballplayer ever. Yet, in today's horrible loss to the stupidly managed Baltimore Orioles, they have lost 11 out of 12 to Boston this year, Alex Rodriguez committed his 23rd error of the year. Alex Rodriguez is batting .270. The Yankees lost 12-2. Jared Wright, a hack, gave up 5 runs in the opening 3 innings of the game. That's all the Birds needed really. The millionaire Hall of Fame-headed kids looked like a team of sloppy Little Leaguers; they played like they were real bobble-heads. Another disappointment is this Double A phony Octavio Dotel; that son of a bitch has an ERA of 18.01--he pitched half an inning today and gave up three hits and three runs. He needs to be thrown back; he's not a legal catch.
Tomorrow the Yankees go to Boston and play the mighty Red Sox. Right now, I'm putting my Yankee dollars on the Red Sox. The Yankees were beaten today by Rodrigo Lopez a pitcher who came into this game with a 6.0 ERA; the Yankees could only get two runs off him; two home runs. The Yankees and the Red Sox are tied for first right now. It could be publicity hype; they are going to make millions of big bucks off this 5-game series. The Yankees are on a 4 million attendance for the second year in a row. I remember how when the Dodgers used to draw 3.5 million and people said no team could ever beat that.
I sometimes don't like the way Joe Torre, I think the best manager in baseball, uses his pitchers. Still, the Yankees will be there come the playoffs; I'm sure of that.
Bernie Williams had a double today that put him second with all-time Yankee double hitters; he's now second to a guy named Lou Gherig, who once set a record that baseball know-it-alls said would be impossible to beat; yet Cal Ripkin beat it. When I was a kid, we believed Babe Ruth's 60 homeruns would stand forever, though while I was in the US Army, Roger Maris hit 61 bambinos--and all poor Roger got for it is an asterisk. I saw Roger Maris hit one of those 61s and it was the highest, longest ball I've ever seen hit in old Yankee Stadium whose outfield fences were from 390s in left to 420 in straight centerfield, with that 380 rightfield porch--that's still out there.
Now they are going to build a new Yankee Stadium. They now have to build these rich bastards a new stadium every ten years; a new Yankee Stadium will make the Yankees seem like another team for me. The new Yankees Stadium is going to have 18 restaurants; even a restaurant for the bleacher bums. Baseball is becoming Mickey Mouse.
Here's a new baseball word for you: "Slurve." It's a slider/curve; therefore, a slurve ball.
BASEBALL, the greatest sport ever invented by human beings.
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257 – Stories of shopping, summer, and Saturday nights
by Steve Davis | Jul 25, 2018
This week’s episode of The Adelaide Show, Stories of shopping, summer, and Saturday nights, is an opportunity to remember what it was like growing up in South Australia in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Our guides accompanying us on this nostalgic tour are Lina and Don Violi. Lina worked as a cigarette promotions girl as one of her early jobs, and Don has been a hairdresser in Adelaide for more decades than he cares to remember.
This week, we have an SA Drink Of The Week from Shingleback Wines in McLaren Vale.
In IS IT NEWS, Nigel challenges us on stories about Saturday Nights.
In 100 Weeks Ago, we take you back to our trip to the Game Obsession Expo in Mannum.
And in the musical pilgrimage … we have a brand new song from Lost Woods.
Running Sheet: Stories of shopping, summer, and Saturday nights
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2016 Shingleback Red Knot Shiraz McLaren Vale … tasting notes
00:11:14 Lina and Don Violi
Lina and Don Violi are two people who’ve been part of the fabric of SA society all their lives. Lina has held a number of jobs for iconic brands, and Don has been a hairdresser to the fashionable and famous since the era of Don Dunstan. So, tonight, we have gathered, towards the end of The Adelaide Show, to spend some time reflecting on stories about life in Adelaide and SA from the 60s to the 90s, relating to shopping, summer, and Saturday nights.
Revisit #shopping #summer and #SaturdayNights in #SouthAustralia and #Adelaide through the #60s #70s #80s and #90s with Don and Lina Violi from #Khrome #Hair Studio in #Prospect https://t.co/rNLnYJKYHw #Wine from @ShinglebackWine & #music from @lostwoodsmusic
— The Adelaide Show (@TheAdelaideShow) July 25, 2018
Lina, what are some of the jobs you’ve held over the years?
Don, where have you cut hair?
Let’s start with the old Le Cornu site. Our found out today my folks bought their first bedroom suite and kitchen chairs from their around 1965. Did you ever shop there?
Robert Godden pointed out that it had the longest non-reflective window in the Southern Hemisphere, and the Cardinals Book Club guys pointed out that there was an ad with a woman getting on a bus, the bus driver asked Where To, and she replied Le Cornu Carpets please.
What was shopping like on weekends? Do you recall most shops closing?
Did you know Melbourne Street, North Adelaide, had Saturday morning markets?
Do you remember Cravens? It was a big department store on the corner of Rundle and Pulteney Streets, with a reputation for low prices because John Craven would travel to Europe and buy in bulk, directly from factories.
Here is a story from the Adelaide Remembers When site: Mum took me with her to the big sale after that fire at Cravens in 1964. I was about 12. The police came on horses to control the huge crowds who were trying to get bargains. There were so many people they were blocking the roads. We were stuck in the middle of the mayhem and the mounted police tried to push the crowd off the road. The crowd was so dense that some people got pushed against the big glass windows, and one (maybe more) broke under the pressure. Some people were badly injured if I remember right. I remember the awful crash of breaking glass and the screams. Anyway, it was too much for Mum and me and we fought our way out of the melee and went for a cup of tea in Cox-Foys cafeteria!
Cox Foys. I remember it had an amusement centre on its roof.
I see lots of photos of beaches full in the evenings during heat waves. Did you take your family?
How else did people stay cool.
Would you hit the beach in a car without air conditioning today?
This is where we might as well talk about pinball machines. While they were in milk bars and fish and chip shops, they were gathered in lots of places.
Why did you buy some?
Did you play much? Where?
Today we have The Beach House but did you ever go to Downtown?
What were the precursors to Downtown. Would that have been Ginos in Hindley Street?
Nigel Dobson-Keeffe challenges the panel to pick the fake story from three stories from South Australia’s past.
Victor Harbor Times November 1955
SCOUT ACTIVITIES
A large number of jobs were completed at a working bet of Scouters, Scouts, and Cubs at the troop’s grounds on Saturday last. Scouts, please note that the meeting this week has been transferred
to Saturday night at 1930 hours at the Scout Hall. Any lads with fireworks are asked to bring them to this meeting, as it is intended to light a small bonfire by the mouth of the Hindmarsh River at the
conclusion of the meeting. Supper I may also be brought.
SPEEDWAY ACTIVITIES MEETING ON SATURDAY
Speedway-racing will be held at Speed way Royal, Wayville West, on Saturday night, when the pick of South Australian riders will be seen in action. Owing to a crash while practising in Sydney Dick
Sulway, who was to have competed, will be unable to ride. Although he was not seriously hurt, his machine was smashed to pieces. He has intimated his intention to compete at the meeting to be
held at Speedway Royal on Saturday, October 27. Jack Chapman, the local champion, is still at the top of his form. He will defend the Gold Helmet against all comers tomorrow night. His machine is as
fast as ever, and this daredevil rider will be hard to defeat. Harry Butler, although married on Thursday night, will again compete. He can be relied on to put up his usual good show before departing, for his honeymoon. Ned Kelly is a rider who has probably gained more placings than any other competitor this season. If he keeps on improving it will be surprising if he is not placed with the back-mark men before long.
News February 1952
Drive-in bottle store opens
Adelaide has a new hotel facility — the first drive-in hotel at the Royal Hotel in Railway Terrace, Mile End. The bottle store, which opened its doors for business on Saturday, has been formed with the
conversion and renovation of an old Southside Hotel. . This new establishment is now allowed because of the recent passage of the Alcohol Act Amendment bill that was passed through the
government last year. With an entrance from the front of the hotel, the 600 square-foot drive-in facility is open from 4p.m to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The facility is manned and includes provision for drivers wanting to hurry through and those wishing to browse. The bottle store will sell wines, particularly featuring those of the Southern Vales, spirits of all kinds, beers — interstate, imported and local — and a range of wine giftware. Also available will be some rare tawny and vintage ports and old clarets and burgundies, including collectors’ items.
We opened the vault to go back 100 weeks to our day with the treasurer of the Mannum Show, Gavin Pitman, for the inaugural Game Obsession Expo in Mannum. In part of our story, he explained how getting the expo together was a last ditch effort to breathe life into regionally-based leisure and activities.
And our song this week is Cinnamon by Lost Woods, selected by our musical curator, Todd Fischer.
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Nigeria should return to regions, Buhari, APC incompetent – Balarabe Musa
Balarabe Musa
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, a former Governor of old Kaduna State has said that the only way out of the numerous challenges confronting Nigeria was to divide the country into six regions.
“Let us restructure the country and go back to the regional arrangement, and so, should abolish the states and go back to regions; instead of the 36 states, we should have six or seven regions,” he said.
Musa said the call for restructuring was valid, but insisted that those agitating for it should be able to make it clear to Nigerians what restructuring constitutes.
He said those calling for restructuring must think of what will unite the country and make Nigerians proud of themselves and of their country.
“As far as we are concerned, our restructuring idea is that, we have now seen the problem of weakening our regional government,” Musa was quoted by the Sun.
“When we had regional government, we had more responsible leadership and we had more progress.”
He said Nigeria must return to the regional arrangement, where we had Eastern Region, Northern Region, Western Region and later, Mid Western Region.
The former Governor pointed out that during this period, there was more sense of responsibility in the leadership and coordinated progress, “so, let us go back to that arrangement.”
He said with this each regional government would now decide how many states and local governments that befits it.
On insecurity, Musa said it was unfortunate that the situation is more alarming in the North; where the president of the country is from.
He described the President Muhammadu Buhari and his political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, as incompetent, adding that both the ruling party and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, must be stopped from ruling the country.
“The state of insecurity is as a result of other aspects of the negative state of the nation. For instance, the level of poverty, unemployment, the level of corruption, stealing and waste of resources, which apply to the whole country, particularly in the North.
“The president and his party are clearly incompetent, and the governors throughout the country, except very few of them are either ignorant or grossly irresponsible.
“Both the APC, the PDP, and their governors are insisting on continuing in power, they should be stopped because the continuation of the two parties will lead to a worse situation.”
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Kelly Clarkson Teams With Kelsea Ballerini for 2019 Meaning of Life Tour
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Kelly Clarkson just became the second superstar vocalist to announce an all-female tour for 2019. Kelsea Ballerini and Season 14 The Voice winner Brynn Cartelli will join the country-leaning pop singer on her Meaning of Life Tour, beginning in January.
The announcement was made in a pretty adorable Smule video posted to Twitter on Friday morning (Sept. 13). One finds Clarkson and Cartelli singing Clarkson's song "Meaning of Life." Soon Ballerini appears in the frame, turning a duet into a three-woman collaboration that finds each taking lead and harmonies. At the end, they all agree to tour together, with Ballerini saying "I'm so in, I'm so in!"
Ballerini will be on 19 of the 28 tour dates, with Cartelli appearing on all 28. It all begins on Jan. 24 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., and wraps Greenville, S.C., on March 30. Stops in Nashville, Chicago, Detroit, Boston and Kansas City are planned. A full list of tour dates is available below.
The tour will wrap before the Clarkson is needed for Season 16 of The Voice. It will be her third season as a coach on the NBC reality show; Season 15 begins on Sept. 24. Like Clarkson, former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood announced an all-female tour with Runaway June and Maddie and Tae for 2019. The Cry Pretty Tour 360 starts in May.
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Kelly Clarkson Meaning of Life Tour Dates:
Jan. 24 — Oakland, Calif. @ Oracle Arena **
Jan. 25 — Fresno, Calif. @ Save Mart Center **
Jan. 26 — Los Angeles, Calif. @ Staples Center *
Jan. 30 — Salt Lake City, Utah @ Vivint Smart Home Arena **
Feb. 1 — Glendale, Ariz. @ Gila River Arena *
Feb. 7 — Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center **
Feb. 8 — Tulsa, Okla. @ Bok Center **
Feb. 9 — Southaven, Miss. @ Landers Center **
Feb. 14 — Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena *
Feb. 15 — Green Bay, Wisc. @ Resch Center **
Feb. 16 — St. Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center *
Feb. 21 — Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena **
Feb. 22 — Chicago, Ill. @ AllState Arena **
Feb. 23 — St. Louis, Mo. @ Chaifetz Arena **
Feb. 28 — Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center *
March 2 — Wichita, Kan. @ Intrust Bank Arena **
March 7 — Uniondale, N.Y. @ NYCB Live Nassau Coliseum *
March 8 — Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden **
March 9 — Allentown, Pa. @ PPL Center *
March 14 — Uncasville, Ct. @ Mohegan Sun Arena *
March 16 — Baltimore, Md. @ Royal Farms Arena **
March 21 — Cleveland, Ohio @ Quicken Loans Arena **
March 22 — Indianapolis, Ind. @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse **
March 23 — Cincinnati, Ohio @ U.S. Bank Arena **
March 28 — Duluth, Ga. @ Infinite Energy Arena **
March 29 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena **
March 30 — Greenville, S.C. @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena **
*With Brynn Cartelli
**With Kelsea Ballerini and Brynn Cartelli
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Posted on : March 20, 2020 By Editor
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Albuquerque police say a 19-year-old man fatally shot his teenage cousin while retrieving a shotgun he intended to take home for protection amid the coronavirus public health emergency.
Authorities say Anthony Padilla told detectives he recently purchased the gun and was storing it at his cousins’ home because his mother didn’t allow him to have guns at home.
The shooting happened after Padilla said he had been hanging out with his cousins and was preparing to take the gun hone. He told police he pulled the trigger once and nothing happened so he racked the gun and pulled the trigger again. It fired and struck the 13-year-old boy.
Paramedics transported the teen to the hospital, where he was declared dead.
Padilla is facing an open count of murder. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.
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The Real Timeline of Trump & Covid-19
The Real Timeline of Trump and Covid-19
By Joe Rothstein
The only thing missing is when he gave himself a “10,” a perfect score, for his leadership.
Jan 8th – First CDC warning
Jan 9th – Trump campaign rally
Jan 14th – Trump campaign rally
Jan 16h – House sends impeachment articles to Senate
Jan 18th – Trump golfs
Jan 20th – first case of corona virus in the US, Washington State.
Jan 22nd – “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”
Feb 1st – Trump golfs
Feb 2nd – “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.”
Feb 5th – Senate votes to acquit. Then takes a five-day weekend.
Feb 10th – Trump campaign rally
Feb 12th – Dow Jones closes at an all time high of 29,551.42
Feb 15h – Trump golfs
Feb 21st – Trump campaign rally
Feb 24th – “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
Feb 25h – “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”
Feb 25h – “I think that’s a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine.”
Feb 26th – “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”
Feb 26th – “We’re going very substantially down, not up.” Also “This is a flu. This is like a flu”; “Now, you treat this like a flu”; “It’s a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for. And we’ll essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner.”
Feb 28th – “We’re ordering a lot of supplies. We’re ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn’t be ordering unless it was something like this. But we’re ordering a lot of different elements of medical.”
March 2nd – “You take a solid flu vaccine, you don’t think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?”
March 2nd – “A lot of things are happening, a lot of very exciting things are happening and they’re happening very rapidly.”
March 5th – “I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work.”
March 5th – “The United States… has, as of now, only 129 cases… and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!”
March 6th – “I think we’re doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down… a tremendous job at keeping it down.”
March 6th – “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”
March 6th – “I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it… Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president.”
March 6th – “I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault.”
March 7th – Trump golfs
March 8th – “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus.”
March 9th – “This blindsided the world.”
March 13th – [Declared state of emergency]
March 17th – “This is a pandemic,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
March 18th – “It’s not racist at all. No. Not at all. It comes from China. That’s why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate.”
March 25th – 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment.
March 30th – Dow Jones closes at 21,917.16
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No one should have known Bella Lamilla’s name. But within hours of her diagnosis as Ecuador’s first coronavirus case, it was circulating on social media along with photos showing the retired schoolteacher unconscious and intubated in a hospital bed.
While Lamilla fought for her life in intensive care, strangers began tearing apart her reputation online.
. While there are many stories about good deeds and people coming together, the coronavirus is also bringing out another, darker side of some people.
Fear, anger, resentment and shaming.In India, doctors have reported being evicted by landlords worried they’ll spread coronavirus to other tenants.
In the town of St. Michel in Haiti, people stoned an orphanage after a Belgian volunteer was diagnosed. In Indonesia, an early coronavirus patient was subjected to cruel innuendo suggesting she contracted it through sex work.
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Bodies Pile Up as Morgues Plan
Bodies pile up while morgues plan as virus grows
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There are the new dead. And then there are the bodies waiting in overcrowded mortuaries to be buried as cities struggle to meet demand and families wrestle with rules on social distancing that make the usual funeral rituals impossible.
Med Alliance Group, a medical distributor in Illinois, is besieged by calls and emails from cities around the country. Each asks the same thing: Send more refrigerated trailers so that we can handle a situation we never could have imagined.
“They’re coming from all over: From hospitals, health systems, coroner’s offices, VA facilities, county and state health departments, state emergency departments and funeral homes,” said Christie Penzol, a spokeswoman for Med Alliance. “It’s heart-wrenching.”
The company has rented all its trailers and there’s an 18-week wait for new materials to build more, she said.With U.S. medical experts and even President Donald Trump now estimating the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic could reach 240,000 nationwide, the sheer practicalities of death — where to put the bodies — are worrying just about everyone as cities, hospitals and private medical groups clamor to secure additional storage.
The need is compounded by private mortuary space that is occupied longer than usual as people wait to bury their loved ones— regardless of how they died— because rules on social distancing make planning funerals difficult. It’s a crisis being repeated worldwide.
In Spain, where the death toll has climbed to nearly 12,000, an ice rink in Madrid was turned into a makeshift morgue after the city’s municipal funeral service said it could no longer take coronavirus bodies until it was restocked with protective equipment. In Italy, embalmed bodies in caskets are being sent to church halls and warehouses while they await cremation or burial.
In the U.S. epicenter of New York City, where the death toll was more than 1,900 on Saturday, authorities brought in refrigerated trucks to store bodies. At Brooklyn Hospital Center, a worker wheeled out a body covered in white plastic on a gurney and a forklift operator carefully raised it into a refrigerated trailer.
Cities and states that haven’t been hard-hit yet are trying to prepare for the worst. It’s hard to say exactly how much morgue space is available nationwide. Many cities and counties submit emergency preparedness plans for review by state and federal officials, but tallies aren’t always complete and private mortuaries aren’t always included.
But, in general, few morgues in the country can hold even 200 to 300 bodies. In Washington, D.C., which has a morgue that can hold about 270 bodies, officials said they would seek help from federal partners if needed. Dallas has a plan for refrigerated space as part of its emergency preparedness efforts.
On a daily basis, the system works at essentially full capacity in most jurisdictions, said Robert A. Jensen, co-owner of Kenyon International Emergency Services, a private disaster response company based in Texas.
“They’re not made for surge. They’re made to handle the daily numbers,” said Jensen, whose company has helped with mass fatality incidents from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina to the 2004 tsunami in Thailand, all of which involved using refrigerated trucks to store bodies.
In Pennsylvania, the state coroner’s association is working to figure out resources and help with what will likely be regional planning. Brian Abernathy, Philadelphia’s Managing Director, said the city had secured refrigerated trucks to help with any overflow storage needed for bodies.
“This isn’t because we expect a large influx of people succumbing to the illness, but rather it’s likely that there will be fewer funerals, which will cause backups in both our city morgues as well as the hospital morgues,” Abernathy said.
Brian Murphy, the CEO of Arctic Industries, which manufactures walk-in coolers and quick-assemble modular structures in Miami and Los Angeles, said he is getting calls seeking help. In the past, most clients were from the food industry, but with restaurants shuttered, calls about mortuary needs have risen.He says his company is prioritizing work related to COVID-19 and is considering working more hours to meet needs.
“Everything is very much in flux,” Murphy said.
The families of the dead, meanwhile, are making do. Rosina Argondizzo of Glenview, Illinois, was buried in March with just a priest and four people present: her husband of 58 years, her son Peter, his wife and their son. Another son who lives in Italy didn’t travel. Peter Argondizzo said his 79-year-old mother, who died after contracting pneumonia and the flu, would have had a very different funeral in normal times.“We’re Italian so it would have been a lot of people.
“She would have wanted everyone to have been well-fed.” David Dittman said he inquired about waiting to hold a funeral for his 94-year-old mother, Ruth, who died after battling cancer, so more family could attend. But the funeral home handling arrangements in Connecticut didn’t want to hold the body for more than two weeks.
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Authorities single out coronavirus hotspots for increased testing
News Coronavirus Authorities single out coronavirus hotspots for increased testing
1:19pm, Apr 6, 2020 Updated: 3:29pm, Apr 6
Mounted police patrol Bondi Beach, in one of Sydney's worst-hit coronavirus areas. Photo: AAP
The New Daily @TheNewDailyAU
NSW Health will step up coronavirus testing in some of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs and other areas across the state after evidence of local transmission of the deadly virus.
NSW’s coronavirus hotspots include the local government zones of Waverley, which takes in Bondi in the city’s east, and neighbouring Woollahra, which is home to some of Sydney’s ritziest suburbs.
Other areas of concern include Manly in the city’s north, Dee Why and Ryde. Outside of Sydney, they include Lake Macquarie and Port Macquarie, Nowra and South Nowra and Broken Hill.
See coronavirus cases in NSW, by local government area, here
NSW Health executive director Dr Jeremy McAnulty said coronavirus testing had dropped off at the weekend, but it would be increased again in communities with evidence of local transmission.
“We want to encourage increased testing in those communities where we have seen even a few local cases of transmission,” he said.
“We are extending testing and encouraging patients who have got symptoms…of acute respiratory infection, a cough, shortness of breath, sore throat or fever,” he said.
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NSW had 2637 confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, and the state’s death toll rose to 18 after men aged 85 and 86 died in Liverpool Hospital on Sunday.
The latest figures include 595 infections locally acquired from known cases, while 397 were locally acquired from unknown contacts.
NSW Health said on Monday the state had recorded 57 new cases. That was a drop on Sunday’s growth – partly due to fewer tests at the weekend.
There are 40 people in intensive care units, 22 of them on ventilators.
Tweet from @WaverleyCouncil
Dr McAnulty said case numbers in recent days had been “really hopeful” and it seemed contract tracing and social distancing measures were working.
“But it’s too early to make too many assumptions; we need to keep a very close eye on these figures,” he said.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian welcomed the fall in new cases but said those acquired through community transmission remained a concern.
Elsewhere, Western Australia’s toll rose by one, with the death of a man in his 80s at Royal Perth Hospital.
Victoria’s coronavirus fatalities rose by two on Monday – a man in his 50s died at home and a woman in her 80s died in hospital. The state had 1158 confirmed cases on Monday, up 23 from Sunday.
Victoria has 88 confirmed cases of COVID-19 acquired through community transmission and the state has carried out more than 57,000 tests.
There are 45 coronavirus patients in hospital in Victoria, including 11 in intensive care.
The state has expanded its criteria for virus testing as the number of community-transmitted case has risen.
“The number of community acquired cases contracted from an unknown source are continuing to rise – the expansion of the testing criteria will allow us to get a clearer picture of how much the virus is circulating,’ chief health officer Professor Brett Sutton said.
Victoria’s coronavirus cases are also concentrated in wealthier areas. Stonnington, which covers Toorak and South Yarra, has the most. Banyule, in Melbourne’s north-east, is next, and then Boroondara, in the city’s inner-east.
Queensland’s cases are concentrated in Brisbane, on the Gold and Sunshine coasts and in Cairns.
Another 14 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the state on Monday, taking its total tally to 921.
Queensland has also broadened testing criteria after 32 cases where authorities could not determine where the virus was acquired.
“I think this is pre-emptive, ahead of local transmission, so I don’t see there’ll be a big increase in numbers,” Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young said said.
“Once we do see increased community transmission outside those areas – Gold Coast, Brisbane and Cairns – we’ll increase the testing there as well.”
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The Barbarian said:
God could have stepped in and built a universe quite different by design. But He chose not to. Who are we to tell Him that evolution, messy as it is, was the wrong way to go? As the IDers say, a "space alien" could be the "designer." Only God can be the Creator.
This is a faith position not a scientific one, of course. There is no unambiguous evidence in existence that supports the idea of any kind of "intent" in the universe, apart from that exhibited by animals. There is no evidence that "intent" existed before animals evolved.
Darwin's great discovery was that it didn't happen by chance. He suggested that God created the first living things, after which they evolved into the present diversity of life.
Darwin did use the metaphor of "life being breathed into" but he came to regret the implication of a god, and especially the use of the word "creator" in the fifth and further editions of Origin of Species, which he had included at the insistence of others. Ironic that he felt compelled to include the suggestion of a god, given the increasing growth in his own agnosticism.
Before you say that, make sure of two things--make certain that you know science and make certain that you know the word of God. The Bible does not always agree with science--and for that I am infinitely glad. If you've been to Paris, you may have visited the Louvre. There are 3 1/2 miles of books on science and almost every one of them is obsolete. Science is changing. What is scientific fact in one era is not in another era. In 1861 there was an anti-God French academy of science that gave 51 facts that prove the Bible wrong. Today, more than 100 years later, there is not a reputable scientist who believes one of those 51 facts. Aren't you glad the Bible did not agree with that science? Had the Bible agreed with that science the Bible would have been wrong. Give the scientists enough time, perhaps they'll catch up with the Bible. --serpentdove
science is not wrong because it has rejected old ideas.--stuu
The supposed facts of science regarding the bible were indeed wrong at one time. How can you be sure that the supposed facts of science regarding the bible today are not wrong? Serpentdove brought this quote up because anti-theists say believing the bible is ridiculous and it's believers are idiots for it. The reason it is said the bible is ridiculous and believers are idiots is because science has supposedly shown the bible to be scientifically wrong. If science was wrong about the bible in the past, why should we believe it isn't wrong about the bible today?
The supposed facts of science regarding the bible were indeed wrong at one time. How can you be sure that the supposed facts of science regarding the bible today are not wrong?
Science doesn't have anything to say about God or the supernatural. You've been had on that idea.
Serpentdove brought this quote up
She's brought up faked quotes before. How about showing us the scientists and these 51 facts with a checkable source?
Then we'll talk.
So when you say "God created RNA and DNA" you are not actually saying anything meaningful. You are not saying what chemistry was used or whether the sequence of bases was contained within a cell or anything like that. When you posted this:
"Ben Stein: How did it [life] start?
Richard Dawkins: Nobody knows how it got started. We know the kind of event it must have been. We know the sort of event that must have happened for the origin of life.
Ben Stein: And what was that?
Richard Dawkins: It was the origin of the first self replicating molecule.
Ben Stein: Right, and how did that happen?
Richard Dawkins: I've told you, we don't know.
Ben Stein: So you have no idea how it started.
Richard Dawkins: No, no. Nor has anyone..."Expelled April 18 2008 source
...you had nothing more to say than Dawkins or Stein on the question How did life start? And in fact, Dawkins knows what kind of event "must have happened" while you don't seem to know even that.
And it's the evolutionist's insistence that it "must" have been such an event that turns my ears off; such arrogant ignorance is not worth listening to .
Did PBS sue Ben Stein for copyright infringement?
The producers of "The Inner Life of the Cell" sued Stein for copying their film. Apparently, the tip-off was that Stein had also copied some minor errors in the original.
Yoko Ono sued Stein for incorporating "Imagine" in his film without permission. Eventually, Stein deleted that song from the production cut.
Why would it be surprising that he would do this, given the other blatant dishonesties he's committed?
Still waiting on those 51 facts.
Who is this guy named Science? Does he have a last name? Why are you interested in this fellow anyway? Scientists do have things to say about the bible all the time. Do you deny that?
Why don't you ask her to show you? She produced the quote from adrian rogers, not me. He got it from W.A. Criswell. Not sure where he got it from. The last two people are dead. She is the only left who might know. Go ask her.
Barbarian observes:
Who is this guy named Science?
The scientific literature.
Scientists do have things to say about the bible all the time.
Fortunately scientists can do more than science.
Do you deny that?
Pointing out your unfortunate conflation of science and scientists.
Why don't you ask her to show you?
You cited it. If you now want to concede that you don't know if it's true or not, you're off the hook.
You said science; not scientific literature. Scientists make claims about the bible all the time.
Scientists can do more than print scientific literature you mean. That's right. They make unfounded statements about the bible.
I made no such conflation. I said scientists. You talked about this fellow names science whom you later clariified to be pieces of glossy paper.
Why should I? I quoted her; not the original source.
Talk about what? I repeated what a poster said. You can't talk to a person who repeats what a poster said? You are quite weird.
I did not cite the original source. I cited serpentdove. If you want to know whether it's true or not, I suggest you try to find the original source.
Barbarian obsrves:
Barbarian, on being asked who science is:
You said science; not scientific literature.
That's where it is.
Scientists make claims about the bible all the time.
Scientists can do more than print scientific literature you mean.
I mean that they don't always talk about science. Sometimes they talk about other things.
That's right. They make unfounded statements about the bible.
Some do. Just as some creationists make unfounded statements about the Bible.
I made no such conflation.
You sure did. Science is one thing. But scientists can talk about more than science.
You cited it. I'm calling you on that. If you want to say that you don't have any evidence for the claim, that would be fine.
If you want to know whether it's true or not, I suggest you try to find the original source.
You cited it, up to you to support it. Or admit you don't have any reason to believe it. And I think you've just done that.
...[Y]ou had nothing more to say than Dawkins or Stein on the question How did life start? And in fact, Dawkins knows what kind of event "must have happened" while you don't seem to know even that.
God did it (Ge 1:1). If he did not, will Dawkins kindly tell us where he got his matter? :smokie:
DaveDodo007
That's just an assertion from bronze age goat herders why should anybody accept it, after all God needed dust to create Adam and he needed Adam's rib to create Eve. So to give your God the ability to create the universe out of nothing is not even consistent with your own book.
DaveDodo007 said:
"That's just an assertion from bronze age goat herders..."
:yawn: Ad hominem. What do you have against bronze age goat herders? It is likely that they were smarter than you. :freak:
How Long Did it Take Adam to Name the Animals? by Ken Ham
"...[W]hy should anybody accept it, after all God needed dust to create Adam..."
Did God say he needed dust to create Adam? oly:
"...[A]nd he needed Adam's rib to create Eve..."
Did God say he needed a previously created rib to create Eve? oly:
"So to give your God the ability to create the universe out of nothing is not even consistent with your own book."
:yawn: False premise.
jeffblue101 said:
i encourage everyone,who wants to learn more about the origin of life by naturalistic means, to read Stephen Meyer's signature in the cell. Even if you are a die-hard evolutionist you will learn more about the difficulties with OOL and how the information theory relates to the DNA molecule.
Just to set the record straight I wasn't calling you an ignoramus in my other post I was referring to Stephen Meyers and his ignorance of biology hence part of my sentence that said 'there are enough problems with physics to be going on with.' Sorry for any confusion.
I would be impressed if the bible said “Wash you hands before eating because disease can be caused by things too small for you to see”.
No, you wouldn't (Lk 16:31). lain:
God did it (Ge 1:1). If he did not, will Dawkins kindly tell us where he got his matter?
Sorry, what did you god do? EXACTLY?
Dawkins's opinion on this is that religion teaches you to be happy with not knowing, which is exactly the characteristic you are displaying here.
Christianity: a prideful celebration of ignorance.
It looks like you won't be testing that question, though doesn't it. Scripture contains nothing that should surprise anyone living today, or at least anyone who has kept up with the discoveries of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Do you have the list of 51 things that the bible got right that science got wrong yet?
Genesis 1:2 says the earth was "without form", and we know today that the earth formed by the accretion of dust and gas, so we see that Moses knew about the supernova that produced the heavy elements that went into orbit around our new sun that began planetary accretion, long before unreliable scientists discovered it. How could he possibly have known all that cosmology?!
I bet that's one of them. Fifty to go.
voltaire said:
Firstly, the philosophy of science says that all conclusions are permanently provisional on new contradictory evidence coming to light. On the other hand, the philosophy of most religions is that their holy books, which contradict one another, are divinely-inspired truth. So science wins that argument before a fact is even considered: science permanently acknowledges it could be wrong. However, when people are unwell, they tend to place their trust in science by going to the doctor, not in scripture-based treatment at the temple.
Secondly, you have to cherry-pick to get a list of biblical claims where an ancient writer has guessed modern science correctly. The same is true with ancient philosophy: Democritus guessed right about atoms but Ptolemy guessed wrong on how vision works.
Thirdly, if you think science is unreliable, then you are really being hypocritical to use it as the yard-stick by which to judge the supposed foreknowledge of scripture. Following this argument, it could be that scripture is completely wrong about everything.
Fourthly, we are still waiting for even one valid example of this. We were promised 51.
Not an ad hom at all as it is a simple fact that knowledge has increase over the approx 3,000 years since the Torah was written. I/we stand on the shoulders of giants and the goat herders were people of there time and couldn't be expected to know any different but that is no excuse for Ken Ham who is wilfully ignorant. As for entropy it is still increasing across the universe, just because there are a few pockets where the reverse is true doesn't change the overall picture.
So you are saying God is a showman then, just a magician and no better than a circus act?
The challenge still stands until you explain why such 'stage' props were necessary.
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Home / Uganda Govt to improve lives of locals in refugee-hosting districts
Uganda Govt to improve lives of locals in refugee-hosting districts
The government has embarked on improving living standards of communities that are hosting refugees in West Nile sub-region.
At the weekend, they launched a Shs5.8 billion project aimed at benefitting the communities of Moyo and Adjumani districts that are hosting refugees mainly from South Sudan.
Under the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP), the government seeks to enhance environmental protection, social services and economic activities in the areas.
Speaking during the launch at Itula Secondary School in Moyo District, Dr Robert Limlim, the programmes manager, said the project will run for five years under the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
“The development objective of the DRDIP is to improve access to basic social services, expand economic opportunities and enhance environment management in the refugee hosting districts and communities,” Dr Limlim said.
In Adjumani, the first phase of the project will include the construction of an outpatient department at Openzizi Health Centre III, installation of a 10,000-litre capacity water tank and a solar power unit at the cost of Shs400 million
Mr Alex Chelimo, the chief administrative officer, revealed in the last financial year, the district received Shs1.6 billion to implement six community projects.
“All the funds to sub-projects have been transferred and operational funds utilised and accounted for. The level of implementation of the project is satisfactory and technical staff members have dedicated their time in the support of the community groups and this has resulted in the successful completion of the procurement process and execution of the works up to 55 per cent with very minimal challenges,” Mr Chelimo said.
Obongi County MP Hassan Kaps Fungaroo called for transparency and accountability in order to ensure value for money.
Gen Moses Ali, the First Deputy Prime Minister, said the LRA insurgency affected development in the region. “We are now behind by 10 years in terms of development because of the war,” he said.
Challenges in refugee areas
Challenges. According to a study by the Economic Policy Research Centre, people living in Uganda’s refugee hosting districts – both people from host communities and refugees – are deprived of basic services such as water, sanitation and shelter.
Cause. Uganda government allocates resources based on resident population, which disadvantages border and refugee-hosting communities sharing services with nationals of neighbouring countries. For instance, health planners in Arua, Busia, Koboko and other frontier towns perennially report faster stock-out of medicines, including anti-retroviral drugs, because they cannot turn away neighbours, who are not budgeted for, when they show up for treatment.
Numbers. In the West Nile districts of Moyo and Adjumani, the South Sudan refugees are said to outnumber the citizens.
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Jolly Lad 2018 Expanded Edition
John Doran , July 4th, 2018 08:19
New chapter, new illustration, new avenues of untrammelled misery & anxiety
Strange Attractor Press have just published a new, expanded edition of TQ Editor John Doran's anti-misery memoir Jolly Lad which is available here should you wish to buy a copy. (Support independent publishers over South American rainforest-nomenclature swiping corporate behemoths!)
Back in print due to his popular demand - he received an email saying it was impossible to buy cheaply on the internet in Portugal - the Expanded Edition contains an extra 28 page chapter 'An English Trip' detailing his 2015 tour of England with Arabrot and a brand spanking new illustration by Krent Able (which you can see above).
Copies of the book bought from the publisher come with a free CD featuring tracks by Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers), Abi & Neil (British Sea Power), Eccentronic Research Council, Teeth Of The Sea, English Heretic, Grumbling Fur, Mark Dicker, GNOD and Bronze Teeth.
Finally, Jolly Lad is getting an American release in September. More to follow.
Praise for Jolly Lad:
“I’ve read this book twice now and both times I’ve been astounded by John’s humour throughout the telling of the many frightening situations he found himself in, and by his brutal honesty in recounting his struggles with addiction and depression. He is a remarkable writer and I can’t wait for his next book.”
“A wonderful tale… very funny.”
“Some kind of major hellride.”
Mike Watt, the Minutemen, The Stooges
“Beautifully wrought... the work of a real writer propelled by that most vital of properties, self-doubt.”
Jonathan Meades
"An honest, brilliant, hilarious memoir that touches quite a lot of nerves. A must read for anyone who needs to sort their head out! Amen."
Gillian Gilbert, New Order
“A startling guide to self-destruction… hilarious yet insightful.”
Cian Traynor, The Irish Times
“Every page is studded with bluntly brilliant prose… Can't recommend it highly enough.”
David Stubbs, author of Future Days and Mars By 1980
“John's powerful words make you feel part of his harrowing trip as you turn each page. Like a modern version of a Dickens or Hogarth sketch but with its beginnings in St Helens."
Tim Burgess, The Charlatans
“Upon finishing Jolly Lad, a lyrical, endlessly compelling memoir by the music journalist John Doran, you will probably wonder how he is still alive. You will not be alone. The co-editor and co-founder of acclaimed music website The Quietus apparently has organs that could endure a nuclear firestorm.”
Musa Okwonga, The Huff Post
“Staggeringly poetic... steeped in deep truth about what it was, and is, to be a music nut in the 80s, 90s and the now.”
“The best book I’ve read about recovery since John Healy’s magnificently scalding The Grass Arena.”
Wyndham Wallace author of Lee, Myself & I
"John Doran's remarkable Jolly Lad channels the vitality of Down And Out In Paris And London. It strikes the same timeless chimes. Politicised documentary as rich and pithy as Orwell's own gives way to a deeper probe until we feel we are being given a guided tour of the inner world through the eyes of one surviving evangelist... This is a brave and vital voice, emerging."
Rick Holland, poet
“This book is one of the great first person narratives of recent times – funny, bruising and with an eye for the detail of horror. I hope invoking the spectres of Winterson, Joyce and Hunter S. Thompson is to offer fairly high praise. This is not the work of a Bright Young Thing – even by Doran’s own admission - but of a true maverick.”
Alexander Holbrook, Louder Than War
“[Jolly Lad] finds expression not in what [Doran] recounts but in the wit and style of his delivery… It’s a bravura story and there is no Disneyesque ending to the tale of an individual who is difficult to like but who has the honesty to admit there is little that could be liked about his past life.”
Irish Left Review
“A pugnacious account of the descent into addiction.”
Colm McCauliffe, The New Statesman
“An anti-misery memoir and alternative music celebration, Jolly Lad – the title’s a pun on jolie laide: “beautifully ugly” - is full of rock star encounters and hilarious one-liners as memorably droll as you’d expect from a Fall fan. With brutal honesty it also reminds that often it’s still the writers who lead lives larger and more interesting than many of their media-managed musician subjects.”
Ben Myers, MOJO 4/5
“The key to the book’s power and incision is Doran’s calm, reflective, procedural account of the alcohol addiction that comes close to killing him.”
Roy Wilkinson, Caught By The River
“This addiction memoir is as compelling as it is poetic… Doran weaves a story of deeply observed and brilliantly conveyed self-doubting reflection.”
Martin James, Times Higher Education
“Jolly Lad is an addiction memoir, but one which deconstructs the macho bullshit, the self-pity and the outright lying that surrounds the literature of addiction… a fucked-up, horrible, brilliant, hilarious tale.”
C D Rose, 3AM Magazine
"Makes Withnail & I look like Little House On The Prairie."
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Companies I admire #2: Threadless
By Phil Singer on Monday, 21st May 2007 at 10:11 pm
Threadless.com is an American community centred T-shirt store that was started in January 2000 by two Chicago based illustrators, Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart. Threadless’ press pack mentions that “They came up with the idea after Jake Nickell won the NMUF London tee shirt competition. It felt good to win a tee shirt competition and we thought it’d be cool to extend that to the level that Threadless has become,”.
After winning this competition, Threadless was born, taking on a community feel where people submit t-shirt designs, with the Threadless community rate each design on a 1-5 scale and whether they’d buy it or not. The highest rated each week are then turned into limited edition T-shirts, which are available for 15 US Dollars a T-shirt, which are periodically reduced down to $10 for seasonal sales.
Just having the guts to take the plunge and set up such a radical idea as this gets my full kudos to the guys – I’ve more or less got my whole collection made up of Howies or Threadless Tees. Howies tees feel better, but Threadless’ are cheaper and have funnier designs, and more available.
They’re not setting out to be uber-ethical, or uber-hip. They’re just Threadless, and they’re great.
Some of the research of this entry came from an assignment I did as part of my course, available here. It is a 1.6 MB PDF file and got 70% (A first – just!)
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Residents defend a property from a bushfire at Hillsville near Taree, 350km north of Sydney on November 12, 2019. (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)
How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia
Amanda Gearing | Guest writer
How Australians affected, and concerned family and friends living overseas, can keep up with the latest developments on the fires ravaging the country.
As I write this, fires are consuming huge swathes of Australia and conditions are expected to worsen. The situation is attracting global interest, and reporting has been extensive.
But it isn’t always easy to find reliable information on how the situation is developing in specific areas that are home to your family and friends.
The following short guide draws on my experience covering bushfires as a reporter and my academic research. It may not be exhaustive but is intended to help Australians and their overseas family and friends source useful information and monitor the movement of fire fronts in real time.
The Geoscience Australia Digital Earth Australia Hotspots shows the national picture. (As noted here, it is being upgraded to the new and improved Digital Earth Australia Hotspots site.)
The national fire situation as of January 3, 2020.
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The latest fire weather warnings are also available on the Bureau’s National Warnings page.
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The latest warnings and news coverage are available for each state via the ABC emergency broadcaster in each state and territory. For current ABC emergency alerts, warnings and news coverage see:
ABC New South Wales and ACT;
ABC Victoria;
ABC Queensland;
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ABC Tasmania.
In fast-moving and emergency fire situations, ABC Radio posts directly to its Facebook page Bushfire Recovery Relief page.
For fast-breaking news, follow the Twitter hashtags: #ausfires, #bushfiresaustralia, #nswfires, #vicfires, #tasfires, and #wafires.
Red sky at night: how the Australian bushfires crossed the Tasman Sea
As strong south-easterly winds arrive this weekend, it will be too dangerous in some areas for ground crews to confront fast-moving fire-fronts.
Evacuation orders were issued early on Friday for East Gippsland areas west of Kosciuszko National Park, south west of Canberra, in addition to evacuation orders issued for three other areas of south east NSW.
A fleet of aircraft monitors the movement of active fire fronts overnight using infrared cameras. During the day, waterbombing helicopters and fixed wing aircraft drop water and fire retardants to protect towns and houses where possible.
Aircraft movements over fire zones can be tracked in real time using Flightradar24.
Residents and visitors to south eastern Australia were asked to leave before the most severe weather conditions arrive on Saturday, with temperatures to soar to the mid to high 40s and for strong and changeable winds.
In Victoria, a State of Disaster has been declared as dozens of new, active fires are burning across hundreds of square kilometres of inaccessible rugged and mountainous national parkland.
Residents of towns in East Gippsland were ordered to evacuate this week ahead of dangerous fire conditions.
To monitor active fires in Victoria, see Country Fire Authority notifications, download the VicEmergency App (and follow the VicEmergency Twitter account) and listen to the emergency broadcaster, ABC Radio.
In Gippsland, listen to the local ABC Gippsland station and connect with the local Gippsland community for the latest updates at ABC Gippsland Facebook page.
To monitor the whole NSW fire situation, see the NSW Fires Near Me website and app.
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People in several parts of NSW have been advised to leave now. In some areas, people have been told it is already too late to leave. Key areas include:
the south coast of NSW from Bateman’s Bay to Wonboyn near the Victorian border. Thousands of people trapped in the danger zone since New Year’s Eve are leaving by car or boat ahead of the worsening conditions;
the Batlow/Wondalga area south west of the national capital, Canberra. Motorists have been told it is not safe to enter the area. People leaving were told to travel north towards Wagga Wagga but were later told it is too late to leave;
the Shoalhaven area near Sussex Inlet. Firefighters expect extreme conditions worse than those on New Year’s Eve. It is likely that roads will be cut, potentially trapping people on beaches again;
the popular skiing resorts of the Snowy Monaro. Evacuations have been ordered from Australia’s highest peak, Mount Kosciusko, in Kosciusko National Park, and the towns of Jindabyne, Berridale and Anglers Reach. Updates are available via the Monaro Team Rural Fire Service;
the area of Khancoban and the large area west of the Kosciuszko National Park. Fire authorities warn that communities in this area would not be defendable on Saturday.
The situation is rapidly changing so check local information (or stay in touch via the ABC emergency broadcasts) for the most up to date advice.
In Tasmania, follow the Tasmanian Fire Service website for the latest updates and warnings. To connect with the community in Tasmania, see the Tasmania Fire Service Facebook page.
In South Australia follow the South Australian Country Fire Service for updates. Current fires are burning in the Mount Lofty Ranges, the West Coast and the Riverland districts.
A dangerous fire is burning on Kangaroo Island south of Adelaide. An emergency warning was issued at 4.15pm Friday asking people to leave and warning the fire may pose a threat to lives directly in the path of the fire.
In Western Australia, follow Emergency WA. A total fire ban has been declared in Western Australia but there are no current emergency warnings. There are bushfire advice notifications for several fires burning in Western Australia.
In Queensland, current bushfires can be monitored on the Queensland Government Rural Fire Service website. To monitor fire advice, watch and act alerts and emergency alerts see the Current Bushfires page of the Rural Fire Service website.
Traffic updates
Live traffic updates are available at Live Traffic NSW and via the Live Traffic NSW App.
Motorists can create a free account so they can plan their journey and get updates on traffic hazards if roads along your planned route become impassable.
People who are leaving home due to the bushfires are asked to register with the Red Cross Register. Find. Reunite registration service online or at evacuation centres. Family and friends can use this site to check on their loved ones.
Connect with communities
If there’s a key area of interest for you, search for the local fire brigade and community Facebook page.
Communities that are facing severe fire threat include Mallacoota, Batlow; Shoalhaven and Snowy Monaro.
Information on how you can help can be found on the NSW Rural Fire Service website here.
Amanda Gearing is a journalist, author and broadcaster who works at the Queensland University of Technology
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Neymar leaving Barcelona with $600 million transfer – Find out which club he’s going to play for!
Feeling like he’s always in the shadow of Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Neymar is finally spreading his wings and taking flight to another European football club. And the cost of chasing his dreams totals to $600 million!
In an official statement that was published on their website, Barcelona have confirmed that PSG, a Paris football club have indeed payed the release clause that is in Neymar’s contract that comes up to a whopping 22 million Euros, which is basically around $263 million. In addition to the severance fee, Neymar will be taking home at least $250 million for a six year contract, along with signing fees agent fees, loyalty bonus, and other additional charges that comes to a cool $600 million.
And PSG can afford it. They are owned by the elite and extravagant (and seemingly generous) Oryx Qatar Sports Investments. What other speculation is going on is that they are bringing on the star Brazilian footballer to help with the notorious Qatari World Cup which will be held in 2022.
It is speculated that one of the reasons Neymar is leaving Barcelona is because he doesn’t want to be in Messi’s shadow anymore
In a statement, the club wrote: “The player Neymar Jr., accompanied by his father and agent, has informed FC Barcelona this morning of his decision to leave the Club in a meeting held at the Club’s office.”
“Faced with this position, the Club has informed them they refer to the buy-out clause in his existing contract which as of 1 July totals 222 million euros which will have to be deposited in its entirety.”
It is still left to be seen who will take the place of Neymar. Barcelona is one of the leading football clubs in the world. There are a number of players who have been shortlisted, including Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool and Antonie Greizmann from Atletico Madrid.
Nonetheless, this is a big move for Neymar and we really hope things work out for him in his new club in Paris!
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Love, James combine for 74 points as Cleveland leads series 2-0
Kevin Love emerged for a monster game to help the Cavs take a 2-0 series lead. - [Image via Erik Drost / Wikimedia Commons]
LeBron James and Kevin Love both had huge games to put Cleveland up 2-0 against the Raptors.
by Vincent Pensabene (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
Game 2 is a pivotal game in the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors' playoff series. When LeBron James goes up 2-0 in a playoff series, his record is a staggering 21-0. When the Raptors fall to 0-2 in a playoff series, they are 0-6 all time. Some media members thought the Raptors could beat the Cavaliers this year but now seems like a long shot. After an eventful overtime Game 1 of the series, Cleveland came ready to play and brings a 2-0 series lead back to Cleveland, as the Raptors try to regroup after their eighth straight playoff loss to a LeBron James-led team. Cleveland had their best two players step up in LeBron James and Kevin Love to combine for 74 points and 19 rebounds as the Cavaliers pick up the 128-110 victory to go up 2-0 in the series.
Kevin Love steps up
When Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue made the decision to let Kevin Love start at center over Tristan Thompson, it was questioned by some, including me. He suffered a thumb injury in the first round of the playoffs against the Pacers and it could have been a factor in his shooting slump. Entering Game 2, Kevin Love was averaging just under 11 points a game in the playoffs. Lue and the rest of the team made it a focal point to get Love involved early and often. Love stepped up in a major way as he tied with Kyle Lowry for the game-high in points at halftime with 17, and continued to contribute throughout the game. Love finished the game with 31 points and 11 rebounds.
LeBron James and the Cavaliers offense
It wouldn't come as a shock to hear that James dominated a basketball game.
This was his 103rd 30-point playoff game, which is only six behind Michael Jordan. After only scoring 16 points in the first half, James went on a scoring tear in the second half of Game 2, scoring a total of 43. James was not only feeling it shooting the ball but was also dishing the rock around to his team, finishing with 14 assists. The Cavaliers scored at least 30 points in three of the four quarters of the game as LeBron James, Kevin Love, JR Smith, Jeff Green, and George Hill all reached double-digit point totals.
What does Toronto do from here?
The Toronto Raptors had the best record at home in the NBA during the regular season and now find themselves just two games away from the offseason. This is the first time all season that the Raptors lost consecutive home games. All-Star Kyle Lowry was facing foul trouble all night, including picking up his fifth personal foul with over eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
Cleveland came out firing, but outside of the Lowry and DeRozan, the other three starters combined for just 23 points in Game 2 for the Raptors, which is not going to win many games. The Raptors will need to force more turnovers as the Cavaliers only turned the ball over three times throughout Game 2. Plain and simple, the Toronto Raptors need to figure something out between now and Saturday night's (May 5) Game 3 in Cleveland.
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Yankees Rumors: Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco on radar as Indians mull fire sale
The Indians may be looking to deal Corey Kluber this offseason. [Image via SI.com/YouTube]
The Hot Stove talks are just around the corner and already some big names are being thrown around.
by Joseph Karbousky (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
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Fall is here and winter is getting ready to settle in, but die-hard baseball fans know that there is no offseason! With the latest MLB rumors swirling out of Cleveland, things may get interesting this winter during Hot Stove talks. Are the Cleveland Indians ready to take a page from the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals and start from scratch? According to a Fan Sided report via Buster Olney, the Tribe is ready to listen to offers for veteran players, including pitchers Corey Kluber and Carlos Carrasco.
Cleveland fire sale ahead?
Olney tweeted that his sources revealed that the Cleveland Indians are willing to listen to offers on players that include Kluber, Carrasco, Edwin Encarnacion, and Yan Gomes.
Olney also mentioned that the only untouchables would be Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramírez. If the Indians dealt away the four players mentioned above, Lindor and Ramirez may not want to stay in Cleveland.
Cleveland has had great success over the past four seasons in terms of the American League Central, however, they have not fared well in the postseason. In 2018, the Tribe was swept by the Houston Astros in three games. Last season, Kluber finished with a 20-7 record, and an ERA of 2.89, which was fifth-best among qualifying American League starters. Kluber knows how to eat up innings, as well. He led the league in innings pitched with 215, while recording 222 total strikeouts.
Yankees have players to deal
If these rumors are true, one team that will surely be interested is the New York Yankees.
As indicated by the New York Daily News, the Yankees have the big sticks but are in need of a solid pitcher or two. With all the youngsters the Yankees have in the farm system, don’t be surprised if the Bombers make a serious play for Kluber or Carrasco. As the Yankees showed last year, when they dealt for Giancarlo Stanton, they are willing to spend the big bucks to chase down No.
A report by Yanks Go Yard claims that the names circulating early on include Clint Frazier and left-handed pitcher Justus Sheffield. New York has also been rumored to want to unload starter Sonny Gray. Gray, who had success with the Oakland Athletics early in his career, hit a speed bump in New York. New York should find plenty of takers for Gray, who is just 28 years old and was paid a relatively modest $6.5 million last season.
In terms of dealing Gray, a team like the Detroit Tigers or Minnesota Twins may be a perfect fit, considering they are in need of starting pitching and the price is very reasonable.
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12 Jun Staten Island Teen Recovers from Broken Neck to Walk at His Graduation
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Doctors feared he may never walk again.
On Friday, six months after breaking his neck, a brave Staten Island teen, took a stroll he will never forget.
Nervous jitters, excited anticipation. Those are all natural feelings on graduation day.
It’s a proud moment for any high school senior, but 18-year-old Michael Wright has a more thankful heart than most.
“I’m just so grateful to be here right now, walking across the stage,” Wright said.
That momentous walk across the stage almost didn’t happen. Michael spent much of his senior year at St. Peter’s Boys High School in the hospital – after a December accident at a charity polar plunge left him paralyzed. His principal was there that day.
“The boys were crying, they were hurt, but right away they were by his side,” Michael Cosentino said. “It makes tonight very emotional.”
Michael’s remarkable – some might say miraculous – recovery was on display Friday. Despite a broken neck, he says he never doubted this milestone would come.
“I always kept things positive. That was part of the motivation driving me forward,” Wright said.
His family and friends kept their faith that he’d be right.
“It’s a dream come true to see him do it,” Michael Zarrelli said.
When Michael’s friends went to see him in the hospital right after the accident, he couldn’t even move his fingers. Administrators here say the way they rallied around him was amazing – giving this senior class a closeness they’ll carry with them the rest of their lives.
“Even in the darkest situations, there’s always a bright side… no matter what,” Wright said.
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Cross-cultural comparison of motor competence in children from Australia and Belgium
Bardid, Farid and Rudd, James and Lenoir, Matthieu and Polman, Remco and Barnett, Lisa M. (2015) Cross-cultural comparison of motor competence in children from Australia and Belgium. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 37 (suppl.). S24-S24. ISSN 0895-2779
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Motor competence in childhood is an important determinant of PA and physical fitness in later life, however childhood competence levels in many countries are lower than desired. Due to the many motor skill instruments in use it is unclear how children’s motor competence across countries can be compared. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the motor competence of children from Australia and Belgium using the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK). The sample consisted of 244 (43.4% boys) Flemish children and 252 (50.0% boys) Australian children, aged 6 to 8 years (Australian 7.6 ± 0.7 and Flemish 7.3 ± 0.9). ANOVAs revealed that Flemish children performed significantly better than Australian children on jumping sideways (p = 0.004; η2p = 0.016), moving sideways (p < 0.001; η2p = 0.084) and hopping for height (p < 0.001; η2p = 0.022) but not for balancing backwards (p = 0.221; η2p = 0.003). Moreover, a Chi squared test revealed significant differences between the Flemish and Australian score distribution with 21.3% Flemish and 39.3% Australian children scoring ‘below average’ (p < 0.001; Cramer’s V = 0.22). The very low levels reported by Australian children may be the result of cultural differences in physical activity contexts such as physical education, active transport and organized sports.
Bardid, Farid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-0596, Rudd, James, Lenoir, Matthieu, Polman, Remco and Barnett, Lisa M.;
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, June 2015, available online: https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.37.3.S1.S1
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1964 | Musical | 91 minutes | French with English subtitles
Madame Emery and her beautiful 17-year old daughter Geneviève own a struggling umbrella boutique in the French coastal town of Cherbourg. Guy is a handsome young auto mechanic working nearby. Guy lives with his sickly aunt who is cared for by Madeleine, a young woman secretly in love with Guy. Guy and Geneviève meet, fall deeply in love, and plan to marry. But they are going to have to wait. Guy is drafted in the French army. Before he leaves for combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève pledge their undying love. While Guy is away, Geneviève learns she’s pregnant. She writes Guy but his responses are not forthcoming. Genevieve, with the strong urging of her mother, marries the wealthy Roland, who accepts her pregnancy. Released from the army, Guy returns to Cherbourg and finds that Geneviève is married. Madeleine steps up and professes her love for Guy. They marry and together open an American-style gas station.They have a son and appear to be a happy family. One day, Geneviève appears at the gas station, not knowing it’s owned by Guy, her former love. Guy comes out and as their eyes meet there is a moment of awkwardness. Will the appearance of Geneviève after all these years disrupt Guy’s new life and his happiness with Madeleine and their son? Umbrellas is entirely sung, music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Jacques Demy.
Catherine Deneuve (Geneviève Emery) / Nino Castelnuovo (Guy Foucher) / Anne Vernon (Madame Emery) / Marc Michel (Roland Cassard) / Ellen Farner (Madeleine)
Director/writer Jacques Demy was obsessed with producing the ultimate anti-Hollywood musical. Demy’s biggest gamble was to have the entire dialogue sung. And then, working with cinematographer Jean Rabier, he filmed everything in the most wonderful pastel hues. The result is a musical film many critics call a masterpiece.
Cannes Film Festival: Winner, Palme d’Or; OCIC Award (Jacques Demy)
Academy Awards: Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film; Best Screenplay (Jacques Demy); Best Musical Score (Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy)
Golden Globes: Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film
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Digitally restored with unusual delicacy, it continues to charm and delight for the same reasons it did back in 1964. Winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes and nominated for five Oscars, UMBRELLAS is a one-of-kind venture.
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When she made UMBRELLAS for the French director Jacques Demy, Deneuve was 20. Her work in this film introduced one of the great stars of modern French cinema. UMBRELLAS is remembered as a bold original experiment, and now that it is restored and back in circulation, it can also be remembered as a surprisingly effective film, touching and knowing and, like Deneuve, ageless.
Catherine Deneuve brings an unworldly, subtly erotic charm to Jacques Demy’s pastel rainbow of a musical. UNBRELLAS has to be one of the most famous non-Hollywood musicals of all time: entirely sung through, like a light opera of the semi-singing French 60s.
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Austerity is more than a media term
The world becomes increasingly complex. The international systems we have created – to regulate the behaviour of states, to regulate commerce, to provide finance for the world, to feed the starving, to make access to information universal – each one, as they are laid down, and inter-connected, makes the world more difficult to understand, and begins to exclude the non-elites behind. Why does each undertaking – be it the law, banking, development or medicine – create its own words, and speak in its own language? To befuddle outsiders, to hike the price at which it sells its common-sense, to create an aura of authority …
In the jargon of the global financial crisis, the antidote to sovereign debt is a period of austerity. This may be the right policy response, but let us understand, and respect, its true meaning. Listen to this outstanding and deeply saddening radio programme to appreciate the impact of austerity on the bones and the morale of men and women, young and old, in cities and villages somewhere else in Europe. Austerity in Athens feels like anger, it feels like hopelessness, it smells like tear gas. This is the price people are now paying for the reckless implementation of a complex economic and political experiment.
“Other crises had a name” explains a Greek poet, and a life time tax payer. “… this thing is nameless, this thing is algorithms, I do not understand them and the the more I read them the more I listen to the news the less I understand.”
Greeks wail and gnash their teeth, but they can see no enemy. They have no one to hate. In the Occupation, they fought Germans. In the civil war that followed, and still scars, right fought left. Now the enemy is invisible – it is nowhere and everywhere. It is indefinable. Stricken Greece finds herself reviled by the rest of her European family. She is a client of an international fund, each month the government invents new taxes, and backdates them. The Greek middle class is being stripped of its savings and incomes while the rich move their money, much of it untaxed, overseas. Greece might find relief outside the EU, but life on the other side of the walls of Europe looks even more frightening. It will take decades for her to pay off her debts. Adults worry not just about their children’s future, but about their grandchildren. And while they worry about their grandchildren, their children are rioting.
“I am full of ‘why’s?” says the poet “I have not a single answer”.
PS: expressions of patriotism are a constant in the report – young and old talk about the special destiny of Greece, her suffering, their pride and love for their country. Aren’t we seeing this in each EU member state, as the crisis threatens a nation’s sense of itself, and its sovereignty? European solidarity has been absent. People love their countries, in varying degrees, but this is plain fact in every European member state. People’s memories are with their country, and – it appears – their hopes for the future too. Nation states are the units of control and identity people feel comfortable with. Yet Europe’s leaders have since 1957 been driving a project of ‘ever closer union’ which implies the dissolution of nation states; this project looks set to leap forward. What a long shadow WWII has thrown to contort Europe so.
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Classes begin. New dean. Nina Totenberg.
NDLS Communicator
Week of 1.14.19
Good morning! Spring classes begin today--we wish everyone a wonderful semester! We have a lot of news to share, including the announcement of our new dean.
Stanford professor Marcus Cole appointed dean of Notre Dame Law School
The ND Law community extends a very warm welcome to our new dean
Marcus Cole.
Read more about Professor Cole here.
RSVP: A Conversation with Nina Totenberg
The Law School is bringing award-winning journalist Nina Totenberg to campus on February 7 for a conversation about her career covering the Supreme Court and legal affairs for NPR. This event was made possible by a generous contribution from a Notre Dame Law graduate.
The event will start at 7 p.m. in the Downes Club Ballroom in Corbett Family Hall. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. There is limited seating, so please RVSP as soon as possible to guarantee your admission.
ND Law students attend Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing
A group of five Notre Dame Law students had the opportunity to attend a hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights last month in Washington, D.C. Read more here.
2L Walter Jean-Jacques appointed to Equal Justice Works Board of Directors
Walter has been selected as a student board member of the Equal Justice Works Board of Directors. Read more here.
Mark McKenna talks with NPR
Mark talks with NPR in "Using Genetic Genealogy To Identify Unknown Crime Victims, Sometimes Decades Later." Read his comments here.
Jimmy Gurulé interviewed by AP
Read Jimmy's comments in the article, "Trump's AG Pick Has Argued Presidents Have Robust Powers" here.
Jimmy is also interviewed in a Bloomberg podcast here.
Classes begin
Faculty speaker: ITA, 12:30 p.m, Faculty Meeting Room
Around the Watercooler
Welcome new library faculty
Brandy Ellis has joined the Law School library faculty. Prior to coming to Notre Dame, she spent five years as an associate at Cooley LLP in New York City. Brandy's office is 2313 Biolchini. Please stop by and welcome her to the Law School!
Welcome Father Beauchamp
Rev. E. William Beauchamp will serve as the Law School's new chaplain.
Father Beauchamp is a 1975 Law School graduate and we are happy to welcome him back to the Law School community.
January 16--Tammye Raster
January 17--Amanda Gray
January 17--Maggie Tague
We would like to celebrate your birthday too! We need your permission first, so please fill out the form here.
HR Office Hours
The Law School's HR consultant, Jessie Schuman, will have office hours in 3357 Biolchini on Monday, January 14 from 2-4 p.m.
Please click here to schedule an appointment
(future dates are also indicated on Jessie's calendar).
For the spring semester, Mass will be offered in the St. Thomas More Chapel as follows:
Monday-Thursday, 5:15 p.m.
Friday, 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, 4:30 p.m.
Contact Denise Wager with suggestions, comments, and content.
dwager@nd.edu
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