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Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries
William H. Bickell, Matthew J. Wall, Paul E. Pepe, R. Russell Martin, Victoria F. Ginger, Mary K. Allen, Kenneth L. Mattox
1577 Scopus citations
Fluid resuscitation may be detrimental when given before bleeding is controlled in patients with trauma. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of delaying fluid resuscitation until the time of operative intervention in hypotensive patients with penetrating injuries to the torso. Methods We conducted a prospective trial comparing immediate and delayed fluid resuscitation in 598 adults with penetrating torso injuries who presented with a prehospital systolic blood pressure ≤ 90 mm Hg. The study setting was a city with a single centralized system of prehospital emergency care and a single receiving facility for patients with major trauma. Patients assigned to the immediate-resuscitation group received standard fluid resuscitation before they reached the hospital and in the trauma center, and those assigned to the delayed-resuscitation group received intravenous cannulation but no fluid resuscitation until they reached the operating room. Results Among the 289 patients who received delayed fluid resuscitation, 203 (70 percent) survived and were discharged from the hospital, as compared with 193 of the 309 patients (62 percent) who received immediate fluid resuscitation (P = 0.04). The mean estimated intraoperative blood loss was similar in the two groups. Among the 238 patients in the delayed-resuscitation group who survived to the postoperative period, 55 (23 percent) had one or more complications (adult respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis syndrome, acute renal failure, coagulopathy, wound infection, and pneumonia), as compared with 69 of the 227 patients (30 percent) in the immediate-resuscitation group (P = 0.08). The duration of hospitalization was shorter in the delayed-resuscitation group. Conclusions For hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries, delay of aggressive fluid resuscitation until operative intervention improves the outcome.
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199410273311701
10.1056/NEJM199410273311701
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Bickell, W. H., Wall, M. J., Pepe, P. E., Martin, R. R., Ginger, V. F., Allen, M. K., & Mattox, K. L. (1994). Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries. New England Journal of Medicine, 331(17), 1105-1109. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199410273311701
Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries. / Bickell, William H.; Wall, Matthew J.; Pepe, Paul E.; Martin, R. Russell; Ginger, Victoria F.; Allen, Mary K.; Mattox, Kenneth L.
In: New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 331, No. 17, 27.10.1994, p. 1105-1109.
Bickell, WH, Wall, MJ, Pepe, PE, Martin, RR, Ginger, VF, Allen, MK & Mattox, KL 1994, 'Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries', New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 331, no. 17, pp. 1105-1109. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199410273311701
Bickell WH, Wall MJ, Pepe PE, Martin RR, Ginger VF, Allen MK et al. Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries. New England Journal of Medicine. 1994 Oct 27;331(17):1105-1109. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199410273311701
Bickell, William H. ; Wall, Matthew J. ; Pepe, Paul E. ; Martin, R. Russell ; Ginger, Victoria F. ; Allen, Mary K. ; Mattox, Kenneth L. / Immediate versus delayed fluid resuscitation for hypotensive patients with penetrating torso injuries. In: New England Journal of Medicine. 1994 ; Vol. 331, No. 17. pp. 1105-1109.
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Tag: Saluda
First Families of Virginia – The Burwells
Published on March 26, 2020 April 27, 2020 by Robert Van NessLeave a comment
The families making up the First Families list intermarried with one another throughout their generations. Arguably no family played a more central role in those marriages than did the Burwells.
Marriage lifted Lewis Burwell II out of a fatherless middling status in that his mother Lucy remarried twice, elevating both her and her son’s station each time. Lucy’s last marriage to Colonel Philip Ludwell Sr. solidified their inclusion among Virginia’s most powerful colonial elite.
Lewis only added to his now elevated position by also marrying well. He first wed Abigail Smith, cousin to Nathaniel Bacon Sr, and then Martha Lear, William Cole’s widow. He was an intelligent planter, merchant, and builder, and that work brought him much praise throughout the colony. He was involved in moving Virginia’s colonial capitol from Jamestown to Williamsburg, as well as laying out the new power-center’s infrastructure. This work would have seen him enter the Governor’s Council, but the situation went awry when his daughter Lucy refused to marry Governor Francis Nicholson.
In the end, Lewis and family endured long enough to see Nicholson’s downfall instead of their own. The Burwell name remained and grew upon Lewis’ foundation, thus leaving her imprint upon the colony, Commonwealth, and later United States. Their influence was such that a West Point family named a son after the great Lewis Burwells of history. That son went on to achieve great things as well, and he’s still highly revered, especially by his beloved Marine Corps.
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Puller is buried near many Colonial leaders, including Edmund Berkeley, Lucy Burwell’s chosen husband.
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All photography used on this site is owned and copyrighted by the author unless otherwise noted. The Featured Image is of the Burwell Family Crest. Lewis Burwell II, Fairfield Plantation, Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller.
Music used for this episode – Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers,”Carry Me Back to Old Virginia” available on iTunes, and “If You’re Still In, I’m In.” by The East Pointers, also available on iTunes.
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Government NewsletterPromo South Orange Towns
UPDATE: Seton Hall Withdraws Marylawn Medical School Proposal
By villagegreennj access_timeOct-12-2014
Updated 12:09 a.m. October 13, 2014: Village Administrator Barry Lewis reports, “The Village, and specifically the Board of Adjustment, received a letter from the Attorneys for Seton Hall advising that they were withdrawing their pending use variance application in which they sought approval for medical studies use on the Marylawn site. At this time, we are not aware if SHU continues to have any interest in the site.”
The Montrose Park Historic District Association has reported that the “Village government has been informed that Seton Hall University has withdrawn its request to rezone the Marylawn site, at Scotland and Montrose, for use as a mini campus.”
Village Administrator Barry Lewis has confirmed that Seton Hall is withdrawing the pending use variance application seeking approval to convert the site to a graduate medical program campus.
However, Lewis said that the Village is “not aware if SHU continues to have interest in the site.”
Village Green has reached out to Seton Hall for clarification. Lewis’ response implies that the university could still propose another use for the site.
The university was seeking variances that would have allowed it to buy and convert the Marylawn of the Oranges Academy and the Graves House at Scotland Road and Montrose Avenue into academic and administrative buildings and construct a 202-space parking lot.
The university presented testimony related to the proposal to the South Orange Zoning Board of Adjustment on four occasions beginning in May. At the last presentation in September, the university sent two experts to testify: one expert answered questions about the traffic impact of the proposed conversion; another presented information on a proposed jitney service that would shuttle students from a parking deck at Seton Hall’s main campus to the Marylawn site.
At the September 2 meeting, the Zoning Board requested more information on the timing of the jitney service. In addition, the university was next taking the proposal to the Historic Preservation Commission after experts said that renovation of the Graves House would not be cost effective.
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Home/News/GUNDELACH RELEASES “HOLY WATER”
GUNDELACH RELEASES “HOLY WATER”
Today, Norwegian artist Gundelach has released a brand new single titled “Holy Water.” A slow-burning track which channels back to Gundelach’s signature dark, moody pop craft, the song builds with brooding distant synths and stunning vocal melodies for an eventual climatic burst that you’ll need to hear to experience. Check out the Pigeons and Planes premiere of the track HERE.
While the song has only just emerged from the shadows today, its inception dates back to 2013 as a demo spawned from sessions at an abandoned film studio outside Oslo which Gundelach shared with live band member Pål Ulvik Rokseth. Gundelach named the initial Rhodes chords and Juno-60 arpeggio sequence “Boris” as it sounded Russian to him. After resurrecting the track this year with melodic contributions from Nanna Brickmann, whom he co-wrote breakthrough track “Spiders” with, and after some production contribution from friend Stig (Unge Ferrari), Gundelach brought it to London to finish with John Calvert.
As Gundelach notes, “The lyrics of ‘Holy Water’ don’t really make sense as a narrative. It’s more of a feeling, something abstract. I get the same feeling every time I listen to it though. The same feeling I got when I listened to ‘Boris’ back in 2012.”
“Holy Water” comes on the heels of recent track “Garden,” Gundelach’s first new single since the release of his debut EP last year. A churning disco track anchored by a smooth-as-silk bassline that rolls like a tidal wave, “Garden” was a re-introduction for Gundelach and marked the beginning of a string collaborations from his forthcoming debut LP.
Born Kai Gundelach, the budding artist released his debut self-titled EP May 2016, which firmly established him as one of Norway’s most intriguing new pop artists. Driven by knockout singles “Spiders” and “Fjernsynet,” Gundelach drew praise from both media and streaming editorial at Spotify, Apple, and TIDAL, and his effortless falsetto and Nordic-noir analog-electronic production drove him from being an underground favorite to a major crossover artist of the year in Norway.
Following performances at major summer festivals such as Roskilde and Øya, as well as sold out shows at theater-sized venues, his debut EP was nominated for Pop Album at Norway’s Grammy equivalent (Spellemann Awards). International recognition has also led to shows across Europe and heavy radio play in Germany and the UK. See Gundelach live at the following upcoming dates:
Tue, Aug 5 // Haugesund, Norway @ Vangen Festival
Wed, Aug 6 // Copenhagen, Denmark @ Stella Polaris Festival
Fri, Aug 18 // Bornholm, Denmark @ Wonderfestiwall
Wed, Sept 20 // Oslo, Norway @ Parkteatret
Fri, Sept 22 // Gothenburg, Sweden @ HokiMoki
Submerge yourself in the dark depths of Gundelach’s “Holy Water” now at the links below and be on the lookout for more to come in 2017.
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Home/News/Palmyra Delran Releases Rockin’ Holiday Track “Coal In My Fishnet Stocking”
Palmyra Delran Releases Rockin’ Holiday Track “Coal In My Fishnet Stocking”
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Guitar rock diva, songwriter, on-air DJ and masterful entertainer Palmyra Delran has debuted a cheeky new track “Coal In My Fishnet Stocking” for the holidays – CLICK HERE to listen and purchase! The track will be featured next week as the “Coolest Song In The World” on Little Steven Van Zandt’s worldwide terrestrial radio show Underground Garage, and on his SiriusXM channel 21 next week, where Palmyra also hostsher own show.
“Palmyra’s Trash-Pop Shindig” airs Sunday mornings from 8am-noon EST, and delivers a rebellious range of sweet surf sounds, rambunctious rock n’ roll and everything in between – the sort of eclectic lineup listeners have come to expect from the host Little Steven calls “the Lucille Ball of rock n’ roll.” This week, Palmyra will be filling in for Michael des Barres’ showon the Underground Garage, airing daily at 8am ET.
Packing more melody than her riot grrrl counterparts and more rock grit than most members of the alt-rock boy’s club, the rhythms and riffs of Palmyra Delran’s songs stand out in the punk rock landscape. As the founder, guitarist/songwriter and creative soul of trashy pop band The Friggs, she toured incessantly throughout the 90’s, opening for the Ramones, Cheap Trick, Beck and more, and released critically lauded album Rock Candy.
Upon the band’s dissolution, Palmyra poured herself into multiple musical projects, releasing unforgettable solo music and unexpected collaborations, including an acclaimed set of singles with LA supergroup Bubble Gun (John Carlucci, Laura Carlucci, Michelle Balderrama, & Rikki Styxx), that showcase the multifaceted nature of her talent. Her 2013 album, You Are What You Absorb, was met with praise for Palmyra’s adrenaline-rush rhythms, acerbic lyrics and potent musical skill. CLICK HERE to watch the video for “You’re My Brian Jones,” the psychedelic, infectious single that Little Steven chose as his #1 song of the year on Underground Garage.
Palmyra’s enduring devotion to the “trashy pop” side of rock ‘n’ roll is clearly on display in this newest release, as is her unstoppable energy and enduring humor. She is currently working on new music – stay tuned for more details in the new year!
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INTERVIEW: MalikOnMusik
RJ Frometa May 15, 2020 Artist Interviews Leave a comment
Hi Malik, welcome to VENTS! How have you been?
I’ve honestly been going a little crazy during this whole pandemic situation due to being a spiritual being. I’m sensitive to the frequencies around me, and it’s been driving me up the wall, but I’m trying to be strong-willed and stand solid.
Can you talk to us more about your latest single “I.W.M.H.B.”?
“I.W.M.H.B.” is a song I made when I let some girl use my sweatshirt who lived in Ohio, and the plan was to send it back and forth, and she had it for about 5 months. I wanted it back and the first thing I started singing was “I want my sweater back.” It’s crazy because that was going to be the title of the song.
Nope, this was out of nowhere. Idea from me and my sweater.
Any plans to release any sort of video for the single?
Yeah it’s going to be quarantined themed, that’s all I’ll say to that. Haha.
The writing of this happened in a day or so, of course I had to do touch ups and revamps, but it was a full song the moment it was created.
What was it like to work with Keath Lowry and how did that relationship develop?
It was really fun working with Keath. Everything went real smooth and that’s typically our process. Having a good time and enjoying the session. That relationship came about because I worked at a coffee shop for a while. He visited a few times, heard my voice then asked if I sang. From there, he was my producer.
How much did he get to influence the song?
He’s a great engineer, producer and writer. We typically brainstorm together, or I’ll come in with the full idea that he’ll look over then we’ll talk about it. Because the song comes from my personal experience, it was mostly me lyrically, then Keath put his stank on it, musically.
Oh yeah if I’m not mistaken, this is the last single release for this EP, so I’m super excited about that. After the single is released, the EP drops BOOM!
We have release dates and everything but due to the Corona situation, we had to postpone and switch around some things but everything is done and ready to drive. I can say that the title is Sparring Sessions.
What else is happening next in MalikOnMusik’s world?
There are a few things that are happening in the world of MalikOnMusik. For starters, I created a channel called “great content by the way”. All social media will be under MalikOnMusik. Also, some more things that are in the making for MalikOnMusik will be some dope collabs stay tuned!
“I.W.M.H.B.” is now available on digital music platforms worldwide.
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Sansar gets revamped with avatar editor, a new core world, and corporate partnerships
Dean Takahashi@deantak September 24, 2019 5:00 AM
Linden Lab has invested heavily in virtual reality destination Sansar, a collection of VR experiences that anyone can create or visit. But now the company behind the Second Life virtual world is bringing more mass to Sansar with a better avatar editor, a core gathering hub, and corporate partnerships.
The corporate partners include Sanrio, Levi’s, and Spinnin’ Records. Fueled by ongoing profits from Second Life, which was born in 2003, Linden Lab is investing heavily in Sansar to “democratize” virtual reality. Second Life generated two billion user creations and a vibrant $500 million economy, and San Francisco-based Linden Lab launched the Sansar public beta in 2017.
Sansar’s goal is to enable people to easily create, share, and monetize their own multi-user, interactive virtual experiences without requiring engineering resources. I went to see a demo of the latest Sansar technology in San Francisco.
So it is launching a redesigned avatar editor that lets you use sliders and skin shades to create just about any kind of person imaginable.
Linden Lab wants Sansar to be a platform for virtual reality as well as an oasis for self-expression, live events, and creation in a virtual world, where players can shape the narrative as it unfolds.
Marquee events
Above: Hari Raghavan and Sheri Bryant of Linden Lab.
Image Credit: Dean Takahashi
To mark this new chapter, Sansar is collaborating with visionary brands on several marquee live events this week. These include Bunkr Live: Steve Void & Jay Pryor, live at 10 a.m. Pacific time on September 25. The event is a global celebration of the Fnatic esports brand, Virgin EMI, and music from DJs Steve Void and Jay Pryor.
It also has a meet-and-greet with Nitro Fun at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time on September 25, where the Monstercat artist makes his return to Sansar ahead of their weekly Call of the Wild radio show. And then Live at the Nexus: BlasterJaxx will take place at 4 p.m. Pacific time on September 26, in partnership with Spinnin’ Records.
“Spinnin’ Records is proud of the collaboration with Linden Lab and the upcoming event with Blasterjaxx in Sansar,” says Steven de Graaf, the commercial director for Spinnin’ Records, in a statement. “This new and innovative way of music entertainment is something Spinnin’ Records really wants to embrace and explore more and more. The music of Spinnin’ Records and Gaming in general are a great match, and for our DJs, a great way to get in contact with new fans.”
Above: Sansar’s new worlds.
Image Credit: Linden Lab
Sansar is also debuting a new VR world from Sanrio — dubbed Sanrio World — complete with interactive games and merchandise – all in anticipation of Hello Kitty’s 45th anniversary in November and Sanrio’s 60th in 2020.
The Levi’s Hello Kitty capsule collection will also be featured as well with the ability to link out to their online customization for Levis X Hello Kitty. Fans will be able to demo Sanrio World live at TwitchCon 2019, at booth No. 317 on September 27 to September 29 in San Diego.
“We will eventually showcase 20 pieces of original Sanrio items that you can purchase in VR and wear in real life,” said Sheri Bryant, head of strategic business and marketing at Linden Lab, in an interview.
This new vision cements Sansar’s place as the innovator of live events in the virtual space. With more collaborations on the horizon, Sansar aims to push the envelope on virtual events and commerce, with a slate of new music partnerships to be announced soon.
Above: Nexus is the new central world in Sansar.
Sansar is also enriching the user experience with new layers of mission-driven gameplay. All users now land at the Nexus — the new central world in Sansar, from which all other worlds can be discovered — and meet Agent Primus, a sentient AI and core character in the Sansar universe.
As their guide, Primus assigns them quests that unlock rewards and help introduce new elements of the Sansar story, including other characters. As they complete more quests over time, users can level up and gain access to player-driven guilds sorted by quests, activities, and interests – all thanks to new capabilities for XP and progressive titling.
I went inside the Nexus with Hari Raghavan, senior marketing manager at Linden Lab, and Bryant. We stumbled into a place where I briefly chatted with Ebbe Altberg, CEO of Linden Lab, who was looking for someone he was supposed to meet with. The Nexus was like a scene out of a science fiction world. It was a place where you could walk up to portals and instantly transport yourself into someone’s VR space.
“We’ve got a higher level of the story,” Raghavan said in an interview while we were standing in the VR space. “This is a central place where we surface all the worlds. It’s our prime portal.”
We all sported avatars and teleported from spot to spot. I checked out the Monstercat world, which included a giant DJ turntable device, and I played around in the Sanrio World. I was tossing beanbags at a cornhole and played with little bouncing donuts.
Avatar 2.0
Through an all-new avatar editor, Sansar is enabling deeper levels of immersion, creativity, and roleplay. With expanded capabilities for bone deformation and blend morphing, this new feature takes self-expression to new heights, letting players create avatars that look as fantastic or realistic as they choose. They control who and what they are, and how they tell their story.
Creators will now find that the Avatar 2.0 editor in Sansar is more like the sophisticated editors you can find in games such as The Sims 4 from Electronic Arts.
“The big change here is that we are basically like a much deeper level of customization,” said Raghavan in an interview with VentureBeat. “So in this first iteration, you can do all kinds of really crazy things to make avatars look as fantastic or realistic as you choose.”
You can morph faces, deform parts of the face, and more. In the future, you’ll be able to play around with skin color, skin texture, and even body types.
“You can be whatever you want to be,” said Bryant in an interview. “We want to give people the opportunity to really immerse themselves in the kinds of roles they want to play. And also give people the opportunity to really express what they love and pay homage to the things they really like.”
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Posted on October 27, 2017 October 27, 2017 by Veracious Magazine
Nap Eyes & Alvvays @ The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA
Review & Photography by: Robert Alleyne
“We’re excited to be here,” shouts Molly Rankin of ALVVAYS during their show at San Francisco’s Fillmore on Tuesday, October 24th. Almost on point, a member of the audience replied, “We’re excited to be here!” and the cheer suggests a lot of people inside agreed.
The Canadian five-piece recently released their sophomore album, Antisocialites, and it is a dreamy haze of warming guitar strums and vocals. The subtle kaleidoscopic projections, which ran throughout the show, served to complement to the new songs to make for a performance which engaged both visually and sonically. Although it was a set heavy on new material, ALVVAYS were able to traverse between old and new in a way which felt natural.
Opening the night were Nap Eyes, whose take on indie-rock was all about the subtle details. Lead vocalist, Nigel Chapman has a rustic voice which had the texture of aged oak. Their short set was heavy on the technical elements and made for a listen which rewarded those who played close attention to the band from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
ALVVAYS at The Fillmore was a night of dreamy, and shimmering music, and sound which the Canadian band is starting make effortlessly their own.
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This 7” durable LCD in-cab quad monitor is a fantastic addition to any vehicle. The full-colour screen has four inputs which can be connected to cameras and recorders. The monitor works as a standalone security system and displays all four feeds at once on its screen through a split or quad screen. This allows drivers to have a 360° view which helps them manoeuvre safely or improve their security. The monitor is incredibly useful for vehicles that don’t require recorded footage or tracking, such as prison vans and Cash-in-Transit (CIT) vehicles. This split screen can be used for FORS compliance.
The VUEK7QMON is a durable 7” LCD quad monitor. It has four inputs which can be connected to cameras and recorders, such as the VMC4 or the VMC8. The screen comes with a sturdy monitor bracket so that it can be fitted securely to any dashboard. It displays full colour and has amazing contrast which displays crisp, high resolution images in a wide-screen ratio (16:9). It also contains a built-in speaker and has a remote control that can be used to adjust settings such as the brightness, colour and volume.
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Arizona must upgrade its systems this month because it had not been in compliance with federal law that requires states update voter registration information when a person changes their address on a driver's license or state-issued ID card.
Arizona will upgrade voter registration services to settle a lawsuit
Arizona has agreed to improve its voter registration services as part of a lawsuit settlement reached with voting rights groups.
The arrangement, announced Monday, could boost turnout in one of the nation's fastest growing and politically competitive states, where this fall both parties will be hotly contesting not only nine electoral votes in the presidential race but also a Senate seat and at least three House races.
The complaint filed two years ago against the Arizona's secretary of state's office and transportation department alleged the state has been violating the federal motor-voter law for years — by not updating a person's voter registration information when they changed their address on their driver's license or state-issued ID card.
At a September 2018 court hearing, the secretary of state's office acknowledged that nearly 400,000 Arizonans likely had an incorrect address on their registration records due to the state's failure to update the information in accordance with the 1993 law.
An incorrect address on a registration form not only jeopardizes a person's chances of casting a ballot on Election Day but also makes it less likely they will receive a mail-in ballot form ahead of time — a crucial driver of turnout in a state where about three-fourths of voters cast ballots that way.
The settlement, which requires the state to upgrade its computer databases and electronic communications by the end of the month, was hailed as a win by voting rights advocates, including the League of Women Voters of Arizona, which joined Mi Familia Vota Education Fund and Promise Arizona as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
"With this agreement, all qualified voters in Arizona can be certain that their address for voter registration has been updated when they change their address through the Motor Vehicle Department," Robyn Prud'homme-Bauer, a former LWV of Arizona co-president, said in a statement. "We applaud the Secretary of State and ADOT for helping Arizona close a gap in compliance of the National Voter Registration Act."
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"Every single opportunity I have been afforded in this country can be traced back to the ratification of amendments."
Meet the reformer: 10 questions with Wambui Gatheru
'Every single opportunity I have been afforded in this country can be traced back to the ratification of amendments.'
Wambui Gatheru is the outreach manager at American Promise, which advocates for amending the Constitution to regulate the raising and spending of electoral campaign funds. Originally from Connecticut, Gatheru, 24, joined the American Promise staff in 2017 after graduating from the University of Connecticut.
The following Q&A has been edited for clarity and length.
What's the tweet-length description of your organization?
American Promise is a cross-partisan organization committed to getting money out of politics, forever, with a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Describe your very first civic engagement.
Knocking door-to-door in my small town in Connecticut when Barack Obama was first running for president.
What was your biggest professional triumph?
Being a part of the effort that made New Hampshire the 20th state in favor of the 28th Amendment. This was something I'd been working on since I started at American Promise two years ago, and the legislation was just passed in March of this year. It was a surreal victory because it had been such a long fight. It took a lot of coordination on every level of civic engagement, but it's a victory I'm happy to have been a part of here at American Promise.
And your most disappointing setback?
To date, I can't say that I've had a specific setback in being a part of this work. Everything is a learning opportunity. Overall, however, a disappointing sentiment that is often echoed from folks hearing about the work we do at American Promise is how unlikely it is that we will win this amendment. Truly, I understand why some feel this way. We've become so used to feeling unheard, misrepresented and powerless that we forget we, the people, are the true movers of change in our country. This feeling is a result of a series of Supreme Court cases that have deemed money to be the primary form of political capital. When folks hear of the work we're doing to challenge those decisions with a constitutional amendment, the task at hand can seem almost impossible, but history says otherwise.
How does your identity influence the way you go about your work?
My identity influences quite literally every aspect of how I go about my work to help win a 28th Amendment. Every single opportunity I have been afforded in this country can be traced back to the ratification of amendments. As a black woman, I know the importance of amendments. I needed two just to be able to vote! So thinking about the larger historical framework of amendments in our country and the power they have, I am honored to be a part of this next wave of reform.
What's the best advice you've ever been given?
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." — Maya Angelou
Create a new flavor for Ben & Jerry's.
28th Amend-Mint Chocolate Chip.
The West Wing or Veep?
Neither — House of Cards seasons 1-5, pre-Kevin Spacey scandal.
What's the last thing you do on your phone at night?
Set my alarm for 4:30 a.m.
What is your deepest, darkest secret? (Something fun!)
I can't snap my fingers to save my life.
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By Elizabeth Young – 06 July 04:56 PM
Meet Our New Author: Francesco Mazzei
Inspired by his debut cookbook, Mezzogiorno, we caught up with Calabrian-born Francesco Mazzei, head chef and owner of Italian restaurant L'Anima. Find out what mistakes he thinks Brits make when it comes to Italian food, his favourite cookbooks, dream dinner party guests and more!
Can you tell us a bit more about your book Mezzogiorno?
It’s all about Southern Italian cooking. Mezzogiorno means half day, it means lunchtime, and it’s also the name of the poorest part of Italy. The cooking is all about cucina povera which means Mammas cooking with chefs hands.
If you had to pick one recipe to show off what the book is all about, which one would it be?
It would have to be pasta chijna – it’s a classic dish usually cooked by mums on a weekend and they clean out the fridge to make this dish – salami, vegetables, anything. It’s a feast of flavours.
What advice would you give to someone looking to cook authentic Italian food for the first time?
The great thing about Italian food is its simplicity, seasonality and good taste. My advice is follow the season, respect the ingredients, and follow the recipes step by step.
What are the biggest mistakes that you find Brits make when it comes to Italian food?
I think they underestimate the greatness of Italian cuisine. It makes me crazy when someone says how easy it is to cook pasta or pizza, and you have to show them how great a fresh spaghetti pomodoro is or how to make the best pizza. It’s about showing respect to great ingredients.
Do you come from a long line of great cooks or are you the first passionate foodie in your family?
My grandfather Francesco was a chef in the army, but he’s the only one, and one of my uncles owns the biggest gelateria in Southern Italy. But the whole family cooks – we fish, hunt, grow vegetables, make salami etc. Our whole life is about food.
Here at The Happy Foodie, we're somewhat obsessed with cookbooks. Can you tell us a bit about your favourite?
Ottolenghi is a great book – it’s new and refreshing, and the recipes are easy to follow. Semplice is the best Italian cookbook so far. Also Hunan because I’m a big fan of everything they do in and out of their restaurants, and their cookbook is fantastic.
Who would be your dream dinner party guest and what would you cook for him/her?
I’d say my dream dinner party table would be Stanley Tucci, Massimo Bottura, Sofia Loren, Monica Bellucci, Claudio Silvestrin and Michelle Obama. The menu would be a lobster sibaryta for the antipasti; pasta chijna for primi; secondi definitely my home cured baccala in liquorice; and we’d end with my selection of ice creams and sorbets.
Is there an ingredient you are really enjoying cooking with at the moment?
Being a chef I have a lot of preferred ingredients, especially depending on the season. Right now in July it has to be courgette flowers, but I can’t live without black fennel seeds.
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Headlines Edition Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Headlines: Grandma take me home.
Michigan has certified Biden's win, ending Trump's fight to delay the election results in the state. / BuzzFeed News
Following Michigan's vote to certify, the General Services Administration officially recognized President-elect Biden, and has started the transition process. / Associated Press
Biden's cabinet picks show he's intent to reverse the agenda that sent Trump to the White House in 2016. / The Washington Post
"Trump’s behavior in the face of defeat is a gift to bad actors in the region." How the US election looked to the rest of the world. / POLITICO
By refusing to acknowledge their 2020 election losses, Democrats are sinking their chances in 2022. / BuzzFeed News
Although: Bowing to pressure from progressives, Sen. Feinstein says she will step down as the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. / The New York Times
An EPA spokesman on GM switching its support from Trump to Biden: "It’s always interesting to see the changing positions of US corporations." / The New York Times
Sherwin-Williams fired the part-timer behind a massively popular paint-mixing TikTok, leading to many on social media calling for a boycott for the company's "monumentally stupid" move. / BuzzFeed News, International Business Times
State-sponsored hackers are attempting to steal coronavirus vaccine secrets in "an intellectual property war." / The Guardian
As US coronavirus infections soar, the CDC is advising health officials to prioritize which contacts to trace. / POLITICO
The Cherokee Nation is doing a better job of containing coronavirus cases than the rest of Oklahoma. Cherokee health officials say it's simply because they followed the science. / The Hill
The TSA says more than 1.04 million people flew on Sunday—the most since March, but less than half the travelers at this time last year. / NPR
"Immediately after the side hug, she let me know that she had been in the same room as someone who tested positive for COVID, just days before." Parents whose own parents are lying about quarantine in order to see the grandchildren. / Glamour
"Where would your ancestors have gotten the dish’s ingredients?" Using sensory memory, oral history, and research to recreate family recipes. / Atlas Obscura
For right-wing disinformation addicts, Trump's downfall has accelerated the rise of Parler, OANN, and Newsmax as their destinations of choice. / The Atlantic
"If this recent saga is anything like the birtherism movement, it’s not going anywhere." / FiveThirtyEight
"The reality-based press has to unapologetically stand for something." How journalists must dismantle disinformation. / The Washington Post
The remains of two people have been found in Pompeii, likely having died in a volcanic blast the day after the initial ash fall. / Associated Press
Jeopardy! will resume production on Nov. 30 with Ken Jennings serving as interim host. / CBS News
A look back at television’s “very special episodes” that actually affected how children saw the world. / MEL Magazine
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In the summer of 2017, a total solar eclipse came to America for the first time in 38 years. We had only moved to the States in January that year and knew that this was an opportunity not to be missed. We were excited not just for the eclipse itself but also for the opportunity to explore a bit more of our new home country. Consulting the map on the path of totality revealed the eclipse was going to travel right through the heart of Grand Teton National Park, and quickly our decision was made!
Yellowstone had been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember and although I knew relatively little of Grand Teton, what little I had heard had been resoundingly positive. So the seed was sown and from that I set about cultivating a week long road trip taking in 4 US States, 2 National Parks and some of America’s finest scenery.
As this is a very long blog post covering multiple destinations, I’ve included some quick links here to help if you are only looking for info on a particular area or activity. Of course, I’d love you to stay and read the whole post, but I get it- we’re all busy people! So click through as necessary, or enjoy the whole story.
FLIGHT OPTIONS
ROUTE IN GRAND TETON VIA PALISADES RESERVOIR
TETON VILLAGE AND THE DECK
HEADWATERS LODGE AND CABINS
JACKSON LAKE AND COLTER BAY SWIM BEACH
HUCKLEBERRY HOT SPRINGS
WEST THUMB GEYSER BASIN
THE LAMAR VALLEY
TOWER FALL / ARTIST POINT / THE GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE
YELLOWSTONE UNDER CANVAS
THE 2017 AMERICAN TOTAL ECLIPSE FROM NEAR MENAN BUTTES
ROADTRIP FAILS
Flight options for Yellowstone and Grand Teton
There are a few options for airports when traveling to the Parks. The 2 major airports are Salt Lake City and Bozeman, both of which are a fair drive to the parks. Jackson Hole is the closest airport but has the fewest flight options and is also the most expensive. We opted to fly to Salt Lake City as we had a lot more flight options going there. Flying to Bozeman does afford the advantage of entering Yellowstone through the Northeast entrance via Beartooth Highway. We didn’t get to see this personally, but it’s meant to be a stunning drive.
After flying to Salt Lake and picking up our car, we drove up to Idaho Falls for the first night. This was a practical stop, rather than a location driven one. The city itself is not that exciting from a tourism perspective, but it proved a good base to pick up supplies before we headed into the parks (although surprisingly, we couldn’t find bear spray anywhere- not at Walmart or outdoor stores). We stayed at the local Motel 6. It wasn’t fancy, but it was fine. This wasn’t the town we wanted to be splashing out on our accommodation; the best was yet to come! The hotel did have a pool, but much to the disappointment of the kids (and let’s be honest, me also), we didn’t have time to use it before we moved on.
Driving into Grand Teton the next day, on the advice of the good people of the internet, and backed up by the hotel front desk clerk, we drove in not by the quickest route, but the route with the best scenery. We took the route to the south of the park, traveling alongside Palisades Reservoir before taking the 89/191 from Alpine up towards Jackson. It may have taken longer than the other route in to the park but it was certainly a beautiful drive. We stopped in a scenic pull-out at the side of the road and had a picnic next to the reservoir. We found a path down to the lake and spent some time collecting sticks and skimming stones with the kids. Entertainment comes easily when you are young (or young at heart)!
Our picnic spot by Palisades Reservoir
Skimming stones
The road up from Alpine towards Jackson was stunning. There were a number of scenic pull-outs by the river to stop and take pictures at, which we took full advantage of. We spotted lots of rafters on the river, an activity I would have eagerly participated in had my kids been older. A friend has since told me this was something she did on a trip here as a kid and how it was the highlight of her trip. I think perhaps a return visit may be in order when the kids are older!
Snake River on the drive from Alpine towards Jackson
Our next stop was at Teton Village. The gondola ride up the mountain is free from 5pm and we arrived early enough for the kids to enjoy half an hour in the playground at the bottom before we went up. The ride up was beautiful, and more so the views from the top. At the top is The Deck restaurant.
We had to wait about 10 minutes to get an outside table (impressively quick considering how busy it was) and we were fortunate enough by pure chance to get the best seat in the house. We dined outside on the edge of the seating area right next to the mountain views, just aside from the live musician who was playing acoustic rock classics as the sun was setting. It was magic. If you do this, be sure to bring warm clothes as it gets quite chilly as soon as the sun starts to disappear.
Arriving at Teton Village
Riding the gondola
Live music on The Deck at the top of the mountain
Our tiny rental car. Yes, a 4 person road trip is possible in this!
Sunset over the Tetons
Our accommodation for the next 2 nights was in a camper’s cabin at Headwaters Lodge and Cabins at Flagg Ranch. It’s close to the northern edge of Teton, not too far from the Southern entrance to Yellowstone. It’s a great location as it’s central to both parks and you could easily stay here for a longer period and do day trips out every day.
The cabins themselves are very basic; they are basically 4 walls and a bunk bed with 2 double beds and mattresses. We had to take our own bedding (a logistical challenge when flying, but assisted greatly by suitcase compression bags), and there is no food or drink (except water) allowed in the cabin due to the bear risk. The camper’s cabin suited us as we had a fire-pit to play with and stars to gaze at, but there are standard hotel rooms in the lodge if that’s more your thing. We like the outdoors!
Our camper’s cabin, complete with fire-pit
Chilling on the front porch
The next day was one of those perfect travel days. We headed down to Colter Bay Marina to rent a motorboat on Jackson Lake. We had to wait about an hour to get a boat (we were there on the busiest week of the year though), but it was unquestionably worth the wait. It was absurdly beautiful. Once we were out of the marina the lake was quiet and we seldom saw other boaters. Gliding along the water with those majestic mountains as a backdrop was incredible.
We picnicked on the boat, dealt with the quandary of what to do with a 3 year old who has to go potty whilst out on the lake (thank goodness for tupperware!), and let the kids take turns ‘driving’ the boat. It was a perfect way to spend a couple of hours.
Colter Bay Marina
On Jackson Lake
Checking out the view
After we returned the boat, we headed on down to Colter Bay Swim Beach. It’s a pebble beach right on the lake and as the name suggests, you can swim there. Zoe and I took a dip, though Steve and Luke couldn’t be persuaded (their loss!). We dried off in the late afternoon sunshine and Steve and I sat and watched the kids playing on the beach as the sun started to set over the lake.
Obligatory feet shot
Playing on Colter Bay Beach
With the waning warmth, an inevitability of the departing sun, we headed up to Leek’s Marina & Pizzeria and enjoyed good value, tasty pizza in a relaxed, informal setting with a fantastic view of the sunset. Steve and I were then able to round off our evening with a fire and some stargazing back at the cabin while the kids slept off the day’s exploits. Every time I think back on that day, my heart is filled with warmth. It was one of those great travel days where everything just goes right.
We started the next day with the intention of doing the short 1.2 mile there and back hike to Huckleberry Hot Springs. The start of the trail was not at all far from Headwaters Lodge and we were excited to go wildlife spotting on the trail and have a dip in the hot springs. However, our plans were foiled.
Although the hike is supposed to be an easy one, we weren’t counting on having to cross a fast flowing creek. It would have been much too dangerous for a 2 and a 3 year old to have crossed themselves and with the fast moving water, my husband and I did not want to risk carrying them. So that cut that hike short and we headed back to the start of the trail. We’ve since learned that the hot springs have been closed to bathing due to the high levels of pathogens found in the waters, so only check this out if you aren’t interested in going in.
The trail to Huckleberry Hot Springs
We never made it to the hot springs but it was still a pretty trail.
From the trailhead to Huckleberry Hot Springs, we headed into Yellowstone; a major bucket list item ticked as we passed through the entrance! The planned morning hike being cut short meant that we had time to add in a stop to West Thumb Geyser Basin. We picnicked in the busy picnic area and walked the short loop around the hydrothermal pools, right on the edge of Yellowstone Lake. The walk was easy for the kids and enjoyable for us all, despite being very busy (the downside of visiting during eclipse week).
On the West Thumb Geyser Basin Trail
The Abyss Pool, named for its impressive deepness
Next stop was Old Faithful. True to its name, we were lucky enough to see it erupt not long after we arrived. Again, being eclipse week, it was extremely busy. We opted not to stay and explore the trails as the kids were already tired and there were just too many people around for it to be enjoyable. We stayed for an ice cream and a treat from the gift shop before we set off on the road again to our final destination, Cooke City, to the north of Yellowstone.
Old Faithful, true to its name.
I had decided on Cooke City not for the hotel or city itself but for its proximity to the Lamar Valley. The valley is often nicknamed America’s Serengeti for the large amount of wildlife in the area. The drive from Old Faithful was a long one and though much of it was beautiful, after a long day, our enthusiasm for the drive was starting to wain. That was until we hit the Lamar Valley at the perfect time of day; just before dusk. What a way to renew our enthusiasm!
Impressive roads driving in to the heart of Yellowstone
So many fantastic pull-outs for views!
The valley was absolutely beautiful in the glow of the late afternoon sun. Not only that, but dusk is also one of the best times of day for wildlife spotting. We were not disappointed. There were bison in abundance, and we were treated to several up-close displays as herds of them wandered alongside the car and across the road in front of us. We never expected to be able to observe them so closely and it was an amazing thing to be able to experience. We also spotted a few elk and we suspect we saw an eagle, though the bears and moose evaded us. The kids missed it all as they slept in the back, which was a shame, but unsurprising after the busy day.
Bison everywhere in the Lamar Valley at dusk!
The beautiful evening glow of the Lamar Valley.
With the volume of both the traffic and the wildlife, the journey to Cooke City was inevitably slow. We got there shortly after 8pm, not having eaten dinner despite it already being past the kids bedtime. Our hotel for the night was the Soda Butte Lodge, an unpretentious affair, though not one I’d be in a rush to recommend. We ate in the restaurant which offered simple, kid friendly bar food. The food was fine and the waitress was very pleasant. The repeatedly blocking toilet in the room was not. But thankfully, it was a one night stay and we were on our way again first thing next morning.
The next morning we grabbed picnic supplies from the gas station next door before tracing our steps back into the park. Heading back through the Lamar Valley the next day really opened our eyes to how lucky we had been to have seen it the evening before. We stopped at intervals and spotted some elk and a few distant bison, but the wildlife was much more sparse than it had been the previous evening.
Wildlife much more sparse by mid-morning.
With a quick toilet and picnic break at Tower Fall, we carried on to Artist Point. It’s an extremely accessible spot and being perched on the south rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, it offers superb views of Yellowstone’s Lower Falls. After the obligatory jostling with the crowds to get a good photo spot, we set out on our hike to Point Sublime.
The there and back trail to Point Sublime offers a much quieter experience than Artist Point and affords incredible views of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone as the trails weaves through the woods along its rim; at times unnervingly close to the edge, especially if you have littles. Due to the little legs walking with us (namely Zoe as Luke was lucky enough to enjoy the view from the baby carrier on my back), we didn’t make it all the way to Point Sublime, but we estimated that we completed about ¾ of the 2.7 mile there and back trail. We weren’t disappointed at not having completing it though; as one passer by quipped with us, it really was pretty sublime all the way along. I would thoroughly recommend this walk if you are visiting Yellowstone. It was stunning.
Tower Fall
At Artist Point
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Happiest when I'm hiking!
Keep hold of your kids- the trail sometimes weaves unnervingly close to the edge of the canyon!
Our final night in Yellowstone was spent at Under Canvas, just outside the Western Entrance. It was a glamping set up with showers and flush toilets. We opted for the safari tent which was really nice and spacious, with a king bed, lots of layers of thick bedding and a wood burning stove to keep us warm. We also paid extra for 2 camp cots for the kids which they both enjoyed (aside from in the middle of the night when Luke managed to wriggle to the bottom of his sleeping bag and woke up scared and confused in a right old pickle!).
The staff were super friendly and welcoming and we were invited to enjoy free hot chocolates and s’mores round the campfire. The kids also enjoyed the variety of games that they had on offer, especially the bean bag toss. All in all, the accommodations were nice and it was a fun experience. But ultimately, for the budget conscious like me, I’m not convinced that the hefty $240+ a night price tag was worth it (it’s even more if, like us, you need camp cots for the kids). We had a great time, but I wouldn’t go back purely because of the cost. It’s an awful lot of money just to stay in a tent.
Our Safari Tent at Yellowstone Under Canvas
The next day was eclipse day! It was the first solar eclipse to come to America in 38 years and we were excited! We had originally planned to drive back down to Grand Teton National Park, but in the days leading up to the event we had seen first hand how busy it was in the park and we were fearful that we would just end up stuck in traffic somewhere, or lumped in amongst a big crowd. So we instead opted to just take a punt at driving out to the west of Grand Teton and see what we could find close to the line of totality.
We set out at 6am to avoid the traffic. Armed with free coffee courtesy of Under Canvas, we headed down Highway 20, towards the line of totality. Traffic was clearly busier than usual for the time of day, but was moving consistently. We took Route 33 and tried random smaller roads to the south. We spotted people atop the Menan Buttes, west of Rexburg and headed in that direction.
After quite some driving around, we couldn’t find the route to get up there, but we did find a pretty decent grassy spot at the edge of the road nearby. Knowing that time was getting on, we parked up and got our picnic blanket out and waited. Upon checking our location on the phone, it also transpired that we had chosen our spot pretty darn well- we were smack bang on the center line of totality, affording us 2 minutes 17 seconds of totality. We were pretty pleased considering we had set out that morning with only a general idea of where we wanted to end up.
We only had to wait about 45 minutes before the eclipse began and about 2 hours for totality. It was nice to chat to a chap from Boston who had parked up with his family nearby. His genuine childlike enthusiasm at the rare experience was really quite heartwarming. Eventually totality crept in on us, darkness coated the landscape and there were sunsets in every direction. As adults, it is characteristic of us too often say we are excited about something, but it’s a rare event that actually evokes that genuine, childlike emotion. But there I was on the edge of a road in rural Idaho, with sunsets in every direction, and I was genuinely excited. Speaking with the gentleman from Boston, I had marvelled at his enthusiasm, little expecting that when the moment came, my own would be on par with his.
Watching the partial eclipse
Sunset in the middle of the day!
Once the eclipse was over, we were headed for Lava Hot Springs where we would spend the last 2 nights of our trip. We joined the hoards on the Interstate 15 heading south towards Idaho Falls. Oftentimes, in the days of social media, you hear all about the fun people are having, see the amazing photos of the places they been and generally get to see all the good stuff. Well, I’m going to tell you about the other side of it!
When we joined the Interstate, traffic was heavy but moving. Somewhere ahead in our direction there was an accident and traffic ground to a halt. Traffic jams can be frustrating at the best of times, but when you have a 2 and a 3 year old, it can be so much worse! It’s not the boredom; for their age they are remarkably good in the car. It’s the needing the toilet when there isn’t anywhere to go. Luke was suffering really badly with stomach pains to the point where he was in tears of pain due to a constipation related issue; something unfortunately he is prone to after multiple days of eating out at restaurants.
On the other side of the car, Zoe desperately needed a wee but there was nowhere she could go. While the traffic was stationary on the freeway, we got her out of her carseat and put her in one of Luke’s diapers and told her she could go in that. But for a 3 year old who is proud to use the big girl toilet, this was equally upsetting and we had genuine, prolonged tears from her also. We got off the freeway and into Idaho Falls as quickly as we could; an unplanned but necessary stop after an hour and a half’s stressful journey that ordinarily should have taken about 30 minutes.
After a quick trip to Walmart to pick up some laxatives for Luke and sort Zoe’s toilet needs out, there was a happier occurrence. The first night of the trip, Zoe had left one of her soft toys, ‘Becky Bunny’, at the Motel 6. Becky Bunny had been a gift from Baldy Man and Mooma (Nan and Grandad to the uninitiated) and was named after Becky Falls in Dartmoor, England, where we had had a family outing together. It was quite a special outing in my mind too as it was the last of its kind. Only days afterwards, Mooma became severely ill and although she ultimately survived, she could no longer join us on excursions without the use of a mobility scooter. Those memories are probably more than I should be investing in a silly stuffed bunny, but I was eager to get her back for Zoe if possible.
We popped back over to the hotel on the off chance they had found her, and were thrilled to find her there waiting for us. One happy Zoe! That reset our moods back to a positive note and we headed over to Idaho Falls Zoo to kill time while we waited for the traffic to sort itself out.
The zoo itself was pretty decent for a small town zoo. It was really cheap to get in and had impressive exhibits such as lions, tigers and bears. The petting zoo was a particular favorite for the kids who enjoyed feeding and brushing the goats (which surprised us as Zoe is normally very hands off with that kind of thing). We spent a couple of hours there before grabbing a quick bite for dinner and re-starting our journey to our next destination, Lava Hot Springs.
Feeding the goats at Idaho Falls Zoo
However… our day of travel angst was not over yet! Far from it. If this paragraph were a social media post, #travelFail would be the only appropriate hashtag. We set out from Idaho Falls at around 7pm and programmed Lava Hot Springs in to the GPS on our phone. Seeing it taking us on a rather long-winded route, we assumed that the traffic had yet to clear up. We shrugged it off and were on our way.
We headed south-east out of Idaho Falls on pretty, rural roads with no traffic. After we had been going for about an hour, the paved road stopped and turned into a dirt road. Worried about our rental car, but having already driven so far to get to this point, we reassured ourselves that it must only be a short stretch. Just a few hundred yards that they hadn’t finished working on yet. It would get good again after that; GPS surely wouldn’t send us on a crazy, unpaved route.
So on we went. For 21 miles. 21 miles of hearing the unnerving sound of gravel and dirt flicking up at our rental car. 21 miles of poor visibility on small, unlit, extremely dusty roads which were pitch black after the admittedly beautiful sunset. At some point during the 21 miles, our cussing at the GPS ceased. We realised, to our embarrassment, that the fault was ours. Navigating to the zoo earlier in the day, we had wanted to ensure that we steered clear of the chaos on the freeway and had set the GPS to avoid highways. And then we had forgotten to switch that setting off. Google Maps, will you ever forgive us for the things we said?!
We would have enjoyed this sunset more under different circumstances!
We’ll never know how bad the traffic was on the freeway, but I like to tell myself it was still not good, and our crazy dirt track route wasn’t so bad. Besides, it’s these details from our trips that make them memorable and raise a smile afterwards. It’s important to be able to frame things in a positive way, and most importantly, to be able to laugh at yourself!
After a 3 hour journey through dark, rural Idaho, we finally arrived at our AirB&B in the heart of Lava Hot Springs at 10pm. Thankfully, it was self check in with a lock box, so our tardy arrival didn’t matter to anyone. Inevitably, the kids had a late night second wind as soon as we arrived. The novelty of inflating their air beds aided in persuading them that it was time to sleep and not jump around like loonies. We had all gotten up that morning at 5:15am, and after a long and memorable day of traveling and activities, it was time for bed for all of us.
We chose Lava Hot Springs for a couple of reasons. After the madness with the volume of people around for the eclipse, we wanted to be somewhere away from the National Parks, preferably in the direction of the airport. I started out using Google Maps, zooming in to an area to find towns and then googling them to see what they are like. This may not be the most efficient way of finding places to visit, but it’s one of my favourite methods when it comes to trip planning. As soon as I started reading about Lava Hot Springs, I knew it would be perfect.
Lava Hot Springs is a small town of less than 500 people, but with plenty to offer visitors. It has a selection of naturally heated, untreated hot pools to soak in, as well as an indoor/outdoor swimming complex/aquatic center. In addition, you can also bring or rent tubes and go tubing down the local river. It’s a fun place for water activities! This appealed to me as after a trip with a lot of driving, this was somewhere we could go and not need the car at all. It was also something I knew that the kids would really love, which was important to me after what had essentially been quite an adult orientated road trip. For this reason, we stayed for 2 nights here in order to fully make the most of our stay.
Our first stop here was to the hot pools. We purchased the wristbands that afforded us entry to both the hot pools and the aquatic center, which were decent value for in and out privileges at both attractions. I’m a fan of hot pools, so they’ll always get a big thumbs up from me, so unsurprisingly we really enjoyed it here. There were a number of pools, ranging in temperature. I could look up the actual temperatures, but instead I’ll just tell you that they ranged from rather pleasant to insania. Needless to say, the rather pleasant pool was the most popular and busiest, but it was big enough for it not to feel overcrowded.
Next we walked over to the aquatic center, just a short 10 minute walk away. On our way down there we watched the tubers on the river. It looked fun! But not for us with a 2 and a 3 year old. The aquatic center was great too. There was a large outdoor swimming pool with water slides and a high 3 level diving platform. I didn’t realise until I went to use the diving platform (at the behest of my beloved children) that you need to sign a waiver and be issued with a wristband before use. So be sure to do this when you first come into the complex if you plan to use them.
In addition to the outdoor area, there is also an indoor kids aquatic center and an olympic sized swimming pool. Zoe absolutely loved the kids area, but Luke didn’t like the huge bucket intermittently dumping large volumes of water down, so we ended up splitting up for a good chunk of time to allow the kids to play in different areas. We also had lunch here sitting outside on the grassy area. The food from the concession stand was poor quality and overpriced so I’d recommend bringing a picnic with you instead. All in the all, the kids had an absolute blast and it was a fun but tiring day.
We rounded the day off with dinner at the Wagon Wheel Lounge. The service was friendly, the portions were huge and the food was tasty, but not fancy. After filling up on food, we returned to the hot pools one final time before heading back to our AirB&B to get the kids to bed. It was a lovely way to end the trip.
Fun at the Lava Hot Springs Aquatic Center
Dinner at the Wagon Wheel Lounge
The next day we made the easy drive back down to Salt Lake City to the airport. We ran the car through a car wash to allow us to inspect for damage from our 21 miles of dirt road (thankfully there was none) and also forgot to fill up with petrol before returning the car, resulting in a last minute dash back out of the airport to the filling station to avoid the extortionate cost of fuel that car rental companies inflict on you.
And just like that, our trip was over. It had been a whirlwind week and certainly one I won’t forget in a hurry. As with any trip, there is so much more we could have done if we’d had more time. In particular, there were way more hikes and geothermal areas we could have explored in Yellowstone. I would really liked to have taken a dip in the Boiling River Swimming Area in Yellowstone, and I’d also liked to have driven the Bear Tooth Highway into the park. These will all be on my list if we return to the parks again, along with rafting on Snake River, providing the kids are old enough.
Although there is plenty more we could have done, I am not at all unhappy with what we accomplished. We made plenty of memories this trip and if we are lucky enough to return, we have plenty more we can look forward to.
To summarise, Yellowstone and Grand Teton are amazing. You should go!
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Antony Gormley at West Hoe Pier, Plymouth, UK
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Antony Gormley’s sculpture ‘LOOK II’ is now installed on West Hoe Pier to commemorate Mayflower 400 and the opening of The Box in Plymouth.
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We’re in this together: WCF’s response to COVID-19
One of the Wichita Community Foundation's primary purposes is to meet the ongoing needs of our city. As part of that responsibility, we often take on unexpected challenges.
WCF has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations from leading health organizations, and, like the rest of the world, is navigating this unprecedented crisis with caution day-by-day. We are working with community partners to assess where the most critical needs exist. We will continue to update this page as changes occur.
As we work together to evaluate the situation, here are three options to lend a helping hand:
1) Gifts can be made to WCF's Emergency Fund, which provides immediate organizational emergency relief assistance to nonprofits in Sedgwick County. We're currently only accepting applications to support organizations whose work is being directly impacted by COVID-19.
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Home » Friday The 13th Remake Secures Director With Ties to Early Days of Paramount!
Friday The 13th Remake Secures Director With Ties to Early Days of Paramount!
Tyler Doupé August 8, 2016 No Comments 145 views 0 likes
Wicked Horror has just learned that director Breck Eisner (The Last Witch Hunter) is in negotiations to direct the latest installment in the rebooted Friday the 13th franchise. Deadline pointed out that Eisner’s father was actually running Paramount when the studio released the first film in the series. So, this is something of a passing of the torch.
What we know so far is that it will be a period piece and not necessarily an origin story. We also know that the film will take place between the late ’70s and early ’80s. We may see Jason’s father popping up but that is far from a sure thing at this point.
As for the film’s ambitious January 13, 2017, release date that was previously announced, Brad Fuller recently reported that the project probably will not be ready for release at that point. But he did assure that we should be hearing something about that soon.
David Bruckner was previously attached to direct. Paramount explained that they felt it would be unfair to retain him with all of the setbacks. And he was eventually released from the project.
Nick Antosca (Hannibal) was attached to write the script some time ago. Antosca said that this installment would not be a sequel to the 2009 reboot and would do its own thing. More recently, Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) took over scripting duties.
Prior to Guzikowski or Antosca, a draft of the script was penned by Richard Naing and Ian Goldberg. It was speculated a while back that Jason would not be in the new Friday the 13th film but that allegation has been repeatedly refuted. There was another round of rumors that suggested that the new film would be found footage. And while that was considered, Brad Fuller nixed the idea and has repeatedly assured fans that option is off the table.
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Written by Tyler Doupé
Tyler Doupe' is the managing editor at Wicked Horror. He has previously penned for Fangoria Mag, Rue Morgue Mag, FEARnet, Fandango, ConTV, Ranker, Shock Till You Drop, ChillerTV, ComingSoon, and more. He lives with his husband, his dog, and cat hat(s).
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Diazinone
Formula: C12H21N2O3PS
Molecular weight: 304.346
InChI=1S/C12H21N2O3PS/c1-6-15-18(19,16-7-2)17-11-8-10(5)13-12(14-11)9(3)4/h8-9H,6-7H2,1-5H3
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FHIVAFMUCKRCQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Other names: Dimpylate; Phosphorothioic acid, O,O-diethyl O-[6-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-4-pyrimidinyl] ester; Phosphorothioic acid, O,O-diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl) ester; Antigal; Basudin; Bazudin; Ciazinon; Dacutox; Dassitox; Diazinon AG 500; Dicid; Dimpylat; Exodin; ENT 19,507; Flytrol; G 301; G-24480; Galesan; Garden Tox; Neocidol; Sarolex; Spectracide; O,O-Diethyl-O-(2-isopropyl-4-methylpyrimidyl)thiophosphate; Alfa-Tox; AG-500; Basudin 10G; Bazuden; Dazzel; Diazajet; Diazide; Diazitol; Diazol; Diethyl 4-(2-isopropyl-6-methylpyrimidinyl)phosphorothionate; Ektoband; Geigy 24480; Isopropylmethylpyrimidyl diethyl thiophosphate; Nedcidol; Neocidol (oil); Nucidol; NCI-C08673; O-2-Isopropyl-4-methylpyrimidyl-O,O-diethyl phosphorothioate; O,O-Diaethyl-O-(2-isopropyl-4-methyl-pyrinidin-6-yl)-monothiophosphat; O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidinyl) phosphorothioate; O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidyl) phosphorothioate; O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidyl) thionophosphate; O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl) phosphorothioate; O,O-Diethyl O-6-methyl-2-isopropyl-4-pyrimidinyl phosphorothioate; O,O-Diethyl 2-isopropyl-4-methylpyrimidyl-6-thiophosphate; O,O-Diethyl-O-(2-isopropyl-4-methyl-pyrimidin-6-yl)-monothiofosfaat; Oleodiazinon; Phosphorothioate, O,O-diethyl O-6-(2-isopropyl-4-methylpyrimidyl); Thiophosphate de O,O-diethyle et de O-2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidyle; 4-Pyrimidinol, 2-isopropyl-6-methyl-, O-ester with O,O-diethyl phosphorothioate; O,O-Diethyl 2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinylphosphorothioate; Basudin 5G; Diethyl 2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidinyl phosphorothionate; Spectracide 25EC; Knox-out; Meodinon; Bassadinon; Disonex; Phosphorothioic acid, O,O-diethyl 2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl ester; Diagran; Dianon; Diaterr-fos; Dimpylatum; Diziktol; Dizinon; Drawizon; Dyzol; Fezudin; Kayazinon; Kayazol; Knox Out 2FM; Nipsan; O,O-Diethyl-O-(6-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-4-pyrimidinyl)phosophorothioate; Diazinon; ENT 19507; Basudin S; Bazanon; Compass; Diethyl 2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidyl thionophosphate; O,O-Diethyl-O-(2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-pyrimidyl) thiophosphate; Terminator
Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal
View large format table.
Column type
Active phase
Temperature (C)
Capillary OV-1 160. 1767. Erdmann, Rochholz, et al., 1992
Packed SE-30 210. 1776. Oyama, Sano, et al., 1987 N2, AW-DMCS; Column diameter: 0.53 mm
Kovats' RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp
Capillary DB-1 1772. Hall, Whitehead, et al., 1986 He, 6. K/min; Column length: 15. m; Column diameter: 0.25 mm; Tstart: 100. C; Tend: 270. C
Kovats' RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program
Capillary HP-5 1790. Tanabe, Mitobe, et al., 2000 30. m/0.32 mm/0.25 «mu»m; Program: 50C(1min) => 20C/min => 150C => 10C/min => 280C(4min)
Packed SE-30 1769. Osselton and Snelling, 1986 N2, Chromosorb W HP; Column length: 2. m; Program: not specified
Packed SE-30 1760. Ramsey, Lee, et al., 1980 He, Chromosorb G HP (80-100 mesh); Column length: 1.5 m; Program: not specified
Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp
Capillary SLB-5MS 1790. Mondello, Casilli, et al., 2007 30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 «mu»m, He, 2. K/min; Tstart: 70. C; Tend: 300. C
Capillary OV-1 1743. Bicchi, D'Amato, et al., 1996 25. m/0.25 mm/0.3 «mu»m, H2, 160. C @ 1. min, 5. K/min, 260. C @ 2. min
Packed OV-1 1774. Oyama, Sano, et al., 1987 N2, AW-DMCS, 2. K/min; Column diameter: 0.53 mm; Tstart: 80. C; Tend: 220. C
Capillary CBP-1 1756. Oyama, Sano, et al., 1987 N2, 6. K/min; Column length: 12. m; Column diameter: 0.53 mm; Tstart: 120. C; Tend: 250. C
Packed SE-30 1745. Perrigo and Peel, 1981 N2, Chromosorb W, 130. C @ 2. min, 8. K/min, 290. C @ 8. min; Column length: 1.8 m
Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program
Capillary HP-5MS 1815. Hankemeier, Rozenbrand, et al., 1998 Program: not specified
Capillary OV-101 1766. Yasuhara, Shiraishi, et al., 1997 15. m/0.25 mm/0.25 «mu»m, He; Program: 50C(2min) => (20C/min) => 120C => (7C/min) => 310C(10min)
Capillary 5 % Phenyl methyl siloxane 1811. Yasuhara, Shiraishi, et al., 1997 25. m/0.31 mm/0.52 «mu»m, He; Program: 50C(2min) => (20C/min) => 120C => (7C/min) => 310C(10min)
Capillary OV-1 1746. Bicchi, D'Amato, et al., 1994 25. m/0.25 mm/0.3 «mu»m; Program: from 150 0C (1 min) at 5 0/min to 220 0C, then at 10 0/min to 270 0C (5 min)
Capillary OV-1 1743. Bicchi, D'Amato, et al., 1994 25. m/0.25 mm/0.3 «mu»m; Program: from 160 0C (1 min) at 1 0/min to 170 0C, then 5 0/min to 270 0C (2min)
Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, isothermal
Packed OV-1 190. 1775. TSunoda, 1986 Helium, Chromosorb W AW DMCS; Column length: 1. m
Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp
Capillary HP-5 1816. Murayama, Mukai, et al., 2000 30. m/0.32 mm/0.25 «mu»m, 50. C @ 1. min, 10. K/min, 300. C @ 4. min
Packed OV-1 1780. TSunoda, 1986 Helium, Chromosorb W AW DMCS, 4. K/min, 210. C @ 20. min; Column length: 1. m; Tstart: 140. C
Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program
Capillary 5 % Phenyl methyl siloxane 1791. Department of Food Safety and Welfare, 2006 30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 «mu»m, Helium; Program: 50 0C(1 min) 25 0C/min -> 125 0C 10 0C/min -> 300 0C (10 min)
Capillary HP-5 1790. Kawara, Asada, et al., 2005 30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 «mu»m; Program: 50 0C (1 min) 20 0C/min -> 150 0C 10 0C/min -> 280 0C
Capillary Methyl Silicone 1768. Zenkevich, Ostroukhova, et al., 2002 Program: not specified
Capillary DB-5 1797. Kawata, Mukai, et al., 1996 30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 «mu»m; Program: 50 0C (1 min) 20 0C/min -> 200 0C 10 0C/min -> 280 0C (2 min)
Capillary Ultra-1 1761. Tameo and Kiyos, 1991 Program: not specified
Other Methyl Silicone 1758. Ardrey and Moffat, 1981 Program: not specified
Normal alkane RI, polar column, custom temperature program
Capillary Carbowax 20M 2401. Tameo and Kiyos, 1991 Program: not specified
Capillary Carbowax 400, Carbowax 20M, Carbowax 1540, Carbowax 4000, Superox 06, PEG 20M, etc. 2382. Waggott and Davies, 1984 Hydrogen; Column length: 50. m; Column diameter: 0.32 mm; Program: not specified
Go To: Top, Gas Chromatography, Notes
Erdmann, Rochholz, et al., 1992
Erdmann, F.; Rochholz, G.; Schütz, H., Retention-indices on OV-1 of approximately 170 commonly used pesticides, Mikrochim. Acta, 1992, 106, 3-6, 219-226, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01242093 . [all data]
Oyama, Sano, et al., 1987
Oyama, N.; Sano, T.; Syoyama, M.; Maeda, K., Studies on systematic analysis of poisonous compounds in forensic chemistry. II. Application of capillary column gas chromatography to substance identification by means of retention indices, Eisei Kagaku, 1987, 33, 5, 342-348, https://doi.org/10.1248/jhs1956.33.342 . [all data]
Hall, Whitehead, et al., 1986
Hall, G.L.; Whitehead, W.E.; Mourer, C.R.; Shibamoto, T., A new gas chromatographic retention index for pesticides and related compounds, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr. Chromatogr. Comm., 1986, 9, 5, 266-271, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240090503 . [all data]
Tanabe, Mitobe, et al., 2000
Tanabe, A.; Mitobe, H.; Kawata, K.; Sakai, M.; Yasuhara, A., New monitoring system for ninety pesticides and related compounds in river water by solid-phase extraction with determination by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, J. AOAC Int., 2000, 83, 1, 61-77. [all data]
Osselton and Snelling, 1986
Osselton, M.D.; Snelling, R.D., Chromatographic Identification of Pesticides, J. Chromatogr., 1986, 368, 265-271, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)91068-9 . [all data]
Ramsey, Lee, et al., 1980
Ramsey, J.D.; Lee, T.D.; Osselton, M.D.; Moffat, A.C., Gas-liquid chromatographic retention indices of 296 non-drug substances on SE-30 or OV-1 likely to be encountered in toxicological analyses, J. Chromatogr., 1980, 184, 2, 185-206, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)85641-1 . [all data]
Mondello, Casilli, et al., 2007
Mondello, L.; Casilli, A.; Tranchida, P.Q.; Presti, M.L.; Dugo, P.; Dugo, G., Comprehensive gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry for the separation of pesticides in a very complex matrix, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2007, 389, 6, 1755-1763, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-007-1412-y . [all data]
Bicchi, D'Amato, et al., 1996
Bicchi, C.; D'Amato, A.; Binello, A., Identification of pesticide residues in real matrices by combining retention indices and specific multidetection responses, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr., 1996, 19, 2, 80-84, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240190204 . [all data]
Perrigo and Peel, 1981
Perrigo, B.J.; Peel, H.W., The use of retention indices and temperature-programmed gas chromatography in analytical toxicology, J. Chromatogr. Sci., 1981, 19, 5, 219-226, https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/19.5.219 . [all data]
Hankemeier, Rozenbrand, et al., 1998
Hankemeier, Th.; Rozenbrand, J.; Abhadur, M.; Vreuls, J.J.; Brinkman, U.A.Th., Data Correlation in On-Line Solid-Phase Extraction - Gas Chromatography - Atomic Emission / Mass Spectrometric Detection of Unknown Microcontaminants, Chromatographia, 1998, 48, 3/4, 273-283, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02467683 . [all data]
Yasuhara, Shiraishi, et al., 1997
Yasuhara, A.; Shiraishi, H.; Nishikawa, M.; Yamamoto, T.; Uehiro, T.; Nakasugi, O.; Okumura, T.; Kenmotsu, K.; Fukui, H.; Nagase, M.; Ono, Y.; Kawagoshi, Y.; Baba, K.; Noma, Y., Determination of organic components in leachates from hazardous waste disposal sites in Japan by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr. A, 1997, 774, 1-2, 321-332, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(97)00078-2 . [all data]
Bicchi, C.; D'Amato, A.; Orlandin, M., Identification of the constituents of a complex mixture by combined use of retention indices and specific multidetection responses, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr., 1994, 17, 5, 335-338, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240170510 . [all data]
TSunoda, 1986
TSunoda, N., Simultaneous determination of organophosphorous pesticides in forencis chemistry by gas-liquid chromatography with hydrogen flame ionization detector, Eisei Kagaku, 1986, 32, 2, 91-100, https://doi.org/10.1248/jhs1956.32.91 . [all data]
Murayama, Mukai, et al., 2000
Murayama, H.; Mukai, H.; Mitobe, H.; Moriyama, N., Simple method for determining trace pesticides in air using extraction disks, Anal. Sci., 2000, 16, 3, 257-263, retrieved from http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.;p/jsac/analsci/pdfs/a160257.pdf, https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.16.257 . [all data]
Department of Food Safety and Welfare, 2006
Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health; Welfare, Analytical methods for residual compositional substances of agricultural chemicals, feed aadditives, and veterinary drugs in foods, 2006, retrieved from http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/foodsafety/positivelist060228/de/060526-1a.pdf. [all data]
Kawara, Asada, et al., 2005
Kawara, K.; Asada, T.; Oikawa, K.; Tanabe, A., Multiresidue determination of pesticides in sediments by ultrasonically assisted extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, J. AOAC International, 2005, 88, 5, 1440-1451. [all data]
Zenkevich, Ostroukhova, et al., 2002
Zenkevich, I.G.; Ostroukhova, O.K.; Dolzhenko, V.I., Optimum analytical parameters for chromatographic characterization of pesticides, J. Anal. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.), 2002, 57, 1, 35-39. [all data]
Kawata, Mukai, et al., 1996
Kawata, K.; Mukai, H.; Tanabe, H.; Yasuhara, A., Annual variation of insecticides in precipitation in rural Japan, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 1996, 57, 6, 853-858, https://doi.org/10.1007/s001289900268 . [all data]
Tameo and Kiyos, 1991
Tameo, O.; Kiyos, I., Simultaneous determination of pesticides by capillary gas chromatography, Cannot be traslated (in Japan), 1991, 14, 2, 109-122. [all data]
Ardrey and Moffat, 1981
Ardrey, R.E.; Moffat, A.C., Gas-liquid chromatographic retention indices of 1318 substances of toxicological interest on SE-30 or OV-1 stationary phase, J. Chromatogr., 1981, 220, 3, 195-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)81925-1 . [all data]
Waggott and Davies, 1984
Waggott, A.; Davies, I.W., Identification of organic pollutants using linear temperature programmed retention indices (LTPRIs) - Part II, 1984, retrieved from http://dwi.defra.gov.uk/research/completed-research/reports/dwi0383.pdf. [all data]
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Since 1957, Dr. Harris practiced medicine and not only treated countless bodies, but helped to mold and elevate our collective consciousness. Whether it was breaking the color barrier by purchasing a home on Bever Avenue here in Cedar Rapids or by becoming the first black member of the Iowa Board of Regents, serving as president of our local chapter of the NAACP, or Chief of Staff at St. Luke’s Hospital or our very own Linn County Medical Examiner, Dr. Harris was a living example for all races, creeds and ethnicities. He gave so much of his time, talents, and energies so that we could all have a better life. We as a community must do all that we can to live up to his prodigious legacy.
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Backlash, Cybernary, Deathblow, DV8, Gamorra, Gen13, Grifter, StormWatch, Team 7, Union, Wetworks, WildC.A.T.s
“Fire from Heaven” Chapters 9 – 11
May 8, 2018 bryanjose 1 Comment
This entry covers “Fire from Heaven” Chapters 9 through 11, which include “Gen13” volume two issue 11, “Backlash” issue 20 and “Wetworks” volume one issue 17 by J. Scott Campbell, Brandon Choi, Jim Lee, Brett Booth, Sean Ruffner, Jonathan Peterson, Terry Shoemaker, Melvin Rubi, Cedric Nocon, Saleem Crawford, Richard Friend, Alex Garner, Tom McWeeney, Tom Raney, Luke Rizzo, John Tighe, Mark Pennington, Art Thibert and Chuck Gibson.
Well, here we are again, covering the massive “Fire from Heaven” crossover! Here’s some good news, these three issues are pretty much told in real time, chapter by chapter. No more rewinding to find out how who got where just straightforward storytelling. But I have some bad news… it lasts for a few more issues after this. Then it gets back to the whole “all these issues are happening at once” tactic. Enjoy this streamlined ride while you can!
When we last left Team 7 and Gen13 they were in a big fight against Damocles and his pals, being backed up by Kaizen with the Minotaur and his cronies, and we just saw Ethan, Dr. Tsung, and Michael Cray teleport away with Qeelocke. It’s a bit too much for our heroes and they all get captured by Kaizen and detained. Before Kaizen can take them for himself, StormForce shows up to help and monitor the prisoners. Jackson King gets into an argument with Kaisen stating that because they were called to help, StormWatch is gonna help, and that means they take the prisoners.
In the detention center, things get a little more… well personal. Jodi is excited to see Amanda again, and Team 7 is happy to see Dane holding up. Alex Fairchild puts two and two together and realizes that Caitlyn is his daughter. They have a nice little moment until Grunge asks about his dad and Alex starts to tell him about how they smuggled the kids out of the country. This is when Lynch gets crazy mad because he just realized that it was Alex who kidnapped his son and sent him off, lost forever. Well, not entirely forever, as Alex tells Lynch that Bobby is his son. Whoa! Too much information and Lynch passes out.
Meanwhile, Damocles starts to put a few things together about this universe. While his motivations remain a mystery to the reader and those around him, Damocles kidnaps Victoria and Celia Tsung. Once the Tsung women are on the moon with him he calls for his doomsday device to be activated, just for a test run. It’s basically a huge rocket engine on the moon, and his plan is to smash the moon into the Earth and use the released energy to teleport him to another universe. Again. He seems to do something like this a lot from what we can gather. Anyway, like I said it was a test, so you know, the stars of these books still have plenty of time to get to the moon and stop him before he is for realzies about this moon missile plan.
Oh, and these three things happen. All of the WildCATs except for Spartan are immediately caught and thrown in the same prison as the rest. DV8 are wandering the woods of Gamorra and manage to secretly escape the island. Jackson King is starting to think that something is up, and is not comfortable holding so many good men and women hostage.
Back in the main narrative, we see Slayton and the Cybernary starting to check out the prison compound where the rest of our story antagonists are located. They are quickly joined by Spartan. Suddenly they are under attack by Aries and a bunch of Hunter-Killers, and they unleash their most terrifying weapon of all: Evil Mind-Controlled Pimped Out CyberJack. Slayton can’t believe his eyes, or his ears as Jack isn’t talking with anything but his fists. Luckily Union shows up to even the odds out a bit.
The fight between Slayton and CyberJack is massive and eventually leads us right into the prison. All this destruction and distraction turns out to be a good thing as is leaves massive holes in the walls and dead HK guards making for an easier exit for all the captives. At one point Flashpoint tries to stop them all, but he’s met with a knock-out mind ray from Jackson King. Seriously, Jackson is really getting sick of his shit. Slayton manages a few good blows to CyberJack that momentarily give old Rhodes back his mind. Jack tells them all to clear out, he knows what Kaizen is going to do and wants them all safe. What is Kaizen going to do? Well, detonate a bomb in CyberJack’s cortex. Yeah… devastating. All our heroes manage to get free as they take a quick minute to mourn the loss of a friend and ally.
Alright, everyone, it’s time for the team up of the WildStorm decade! Pretty much all their characters are together (save StormWatch) on the way to punish Kaizen Gamorra as a group! Seeing them in such a big mass together, sneaking around Gamorra, interacting with each other is a trip! This is the kinda thing that makes comics so fun. Well fun for me, the reader, not so much the characters. This trek isn’t so easy. In fact, at one point they all get surrounded by some new high-tech attack drones. While the fight seems all but lost, there’s a sudden save from a massive (and I do mean massive) Dozer from Wetworks being dropped like a machine gun blazin’ bomb. He saves the day and everyone soldiers on.
Back on the moon, Damocles readies his weapon for reals. That’s right, it’s time to shoot the moon right into the Earth. It’s go time! And of course, that means things going haywire on Earth again. We have more earthquakes! We have volcanos erupting! And we have an even bigger big ass wave headed towards the island of Gamorra! Could all our heroes be wiped out by the wave before they get to Kaizen? If the wave takes them out but also Kaizen is that a good thing? Wait, why am I worried about this huge wave THE FRIKKIN’ MOON IS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH!
The first few pages of “Gen13” volume two issue 11 here is the only real retread we get of what we’ve seen before. It gives us a nice J. Scott Campbell 2 page spread of the end of the fight, this time branching off to see what is going on in Gamorra instead of following Ethan, Dr. Tsung and Cray to California.
We currently don’t know much about the Gen-Active child smuggling that Alex was involved in just yet, but we’ll find out all about it in the “Gen12” series.
Too bad The Bleed had yet to be officially “found” in the WildStorm Universe, could’ve saved Damocles a lot of time and effort.
While we don’t see an official meet up the Wetworks team being imprisoned with the rest. Those characters are suddenly there, in jail. I think a page or two could’ve been spared to address this… maybe even a single panel.
NEXT: “Fire from Heaven” chapters 12 through 14, which include “StormWatch” volume one issue 36, “WildC.A.T.s” volume one issue 30 and “Sigma” issue 3 by Drew Bittner, Alan Moore, Brandon Choi, Renato Arnem, Ryan Benjamin, Travis Charest, Kevin Lau, Jose Pimentel, Richard Friend, Sandra Hope, Mark Irwin, Sal Regla, Luke Rizzo, and John Tighe.
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“Fire from Heaven” Chapters 1 – 3
April 10, 2018 bryanjose 1 Comment
This entry covers “Fire from Heaven” chapters 1 through 3 which include “Fire from Heaven” issue 1, “Backlash” issue 19 and “Gen13” volume two issue 10 by Alan Moore, Sean Ruffner, Brett Booth, Brandon Choi, J. Scott Campbell, Jim Lee, Ryan Benjamin, Ryan Odagawa, Chuck Gibson, Richard Friend, Mark Irwin, Mark Pennington, Alex Garner, JD, Tom McWeeney and Scott Williams
Ok, now it is time for us to properly get this crossover started! We see StormWatch making their presence known on the island nation of Gamorra. The leader of this island is Kaizen Gamorra, and he’s mixed up in researching the Gen-Factor. While this is usually enough to get Team 7 involved, they have more reason after finding out he’s been working with their former boss Miles Craven, the man who recently had the Gen-Factor extracted from many former Team 7 members. Kaizen knows that Team 7 will be coming for him, so he’s requested StormWatch to come and protect him from the rebels that threaten him. Little does StormWatch know that the rebels aren’t actually all that bad once you consider Kaizen, and that Team 7 and the Gen13 kids aren’t really part of the Gamorra rebel group, they’re just concerned citizens trying to find their friends and family that have been captured by Kaizen and the Bountyhunters. Yeah, the Bountyhunters and Kaizen have struck up a shaky alliance. Hey, it’s a cross-over, pretty much every major player in the WildStorm Universe is tied-in somehow, that’s the whole point!
While Team 7 and Gen13, along with Ethan and Secret Agent Maggie, are on their way to Gamorra, their jet gets shot. While the jet is going down Slayton, Bobby and Dane get into an escape pod and safely land far from the rest of the team. Yeah, even though their flight plan was changed due to a frickin’ laser from space, Cole, Caitlin, Grunge, Sarah, Lynch, Cray, Ethan and Secret Agent Maggie manage to survive the landing. While getting their bearings on the beach they are attacked by Flashpoint, Cannon, and Fahrenheit of StormWatch. Depending on which book you read (“Fire from Heaven” issue 1 or “Gen13” volume two issue 10) shows you a different outcome to the fight. Either way, the fight is resolved and StormWatch moves on.
Before we check in with the trio in the escape pod, we first need to catch up with a few other characters. To this end we see Jodi and Amanda looking for leads on where CyberJack might be. While lurking they see and are squicked out by, Ivana and the DV8 kids, who are on Gamorra because Ivana found out about the clone of Ethan, and she wants it. Eventually, Jodi and Amanda end up in a bar where they overhear from Kaizen’s right-hand man Aries, that Team 7 is on the island. They take off, hoping to find Slayton, before Aries, the Minotaur or his goons see them.
Now back to Marc, Bobby, and Dane, who get separated from the rest of their crew when their plane was shot down by a frikkin’ space laser! The boys argue a bit while the girls are catching up to them. Just as suddenly as Jodi and Amanda get to Bobby, Dane, and Marc they are joined by Aries, the Minotaur, Borgia and a number of hunter-killers.
Our heroes seem to make short work of the bad guys before an earthquake occurs. Turns out this earthquake is over a volcano and magma starts pushing itself up to the surface. At this point, Bobby grabs Jodi and Aries and flies off, Marc tosses Amanda to Dane and a font of magma flies up between Marc and the rest knocking him over. Fearing him for dead Amanda and Dane mournfully move on. But come on, nothing like that could kill ole Backlash! Truth be told, he his holding on for dear life on the edge of a cliff hoping not to drop when Cybernary comes to save the day! She’d been watching the brawl, and anyone who’s against Kaizen and his crew are friends to her.
Back in New York, we are seeing the WildC.A.T.s team start to splinter. Zannah leaving the team to follow Cole to Gamorra and we have Pris and Jacob straight up leaving everything. The new team wants the old team to stay behind and help out with the crime war, but Zannah isn’t hearing it.
We get one quick page of seeing what Kaizen has done to CyberJack after all his time on this island. He’s more Cyber than Jack now and has seemed to have lost his personality. Kaizen’s plan is to turn Jack on his old friends… uh oh!
Up on SkyWatch II, Henry Bendix is sensing some crazy shit going on behind the moon. It looks like the Bountyhunters are using some crazy tech to open a portal for Damocles to come through. All this power so close to the moon is also starting to affect the tides on Earth.
Back down on Gamorra Alex Fairchild and Lucius Morgan are combing this island for info about what’s going on. They eventually find out pretty much everything on their first try! That Team 7 killed Craven, that Team 7 is on the island, and that Kaizen is keeping a hostage, that of a Team 7 child. The duo surmises that Team 7 is on Gamorra to kill Kaizen and they head off to join their old friends.
Ivana wants that Gen-Omega so her and the DV8 kids are breaking into Kaizen’s compound through the front gates. While a slight annoyance to Kaizen, he isn’t too worried. He just decides it is time to awaken the Gen-Omega a little ahead of schedule. What could it hurt, it’s probably what they’re after anyway. As Dr. Tsung and Roxy talk about how they each ended up on Kaizen’s floor in chains, their friends in Team 7 and Gen13 are sneaking in the back door.
Meanwhile, Jodi and Bobby get to know Aries. Well not really. All they know is that he’s their key to getting to Kaizen and that his and Jodi’s powers go all wonky when they get too close to each other. Aries reluctantly agrees to take them to Kaizen.
Back to Berkley for a quick page to see Colby and Alicia leave the Tsung ladies to go back to work at I/O. Mrs. Tsung and Celia are devastated by what they’re seeing on the news about Gamorra but know that Colby and Alicia could do more good back at the newly Craven-free I/O.
In Gamorra there’s less good news. Team 7 and Gen13 reach Dr. Tsung and Roxy and before anyone can celebrate too much Ivana and the DV8 kids burst into the same room. Predictably a fight is on! It doesn’t go too well for the DV8 kids, and it seems that Ethan is the secret weapon, as he even took down Threshold! During the fight, Ethan starts to feel woozy, and Dr. Tsung thinks it might have something to do with the Gen-Omega coming online. Ethan, Dr. Tsung and Secret Agent Maggie head down the same corridor that Kaizen disappeared into earlier. They arrive at the Gen-Omega pod just in time to meet it… the reborn Miles Craven! In a fresh new body, complete with the Gen-Factor stolen from Team 7. This… this is gonna be trouble!
Jesus, is Hellstrike miscolored here! I mean they even allude to his “jade glow” later and still managed to miscolor him for pages! Which colorist and editor were asleep at the wheel for this one?
Speaking of, seeing Frostbite and Evo in DV8 colored as pale white guys gives me the heeby-jeebies! It just looks so very very wrong!
We’ll see an expanded version of the WildCATs scene from “Fire from Heaven” issue 1 in “WildC.A.T.s” volume one issue 29.
At the end of “Fire from Heaven” issue 1 we see Hunter-Killers move in on the Team 7/Gen13 crew after StormWatch has subdued them and leaves. When we get to “Gen13” volume two issue 10 we never see that scene. We have Team 7 and Gen13 kicking the StormWatch boy’s asses and then moving to Kaizen’s place after Fahrenheit takes Flashpoint and Cannon away.
One of the reasons I always forget that Minotaur has a horse-body is because sometimes he doesn’t! Like in the bar in “Backlash” issue 19. I figure that Minotaur must be mostly cybernetic and any of his organic parts left are must be in his upper body so that he can just mount himself on either robot-horse legs or robot-human legs, his choice on how centaur-like he feels in the morning. This would also explain how easily he can replace his left arm after Slayton lops it off.
Cray mentions the sneaky way into Kaizen’s place cost a friend of his their life, I assume he means Mai-Li T’Sung from “Deathblow” volume one issue 19.
An odd bit of continuity here with the Bountyhunters in chapters 2 and 3. In “Backlash” issue 19 (Chapter 2) we see them already on the moon getting the portal ready for Damocles. In “Gen13” volume two issue 10 (Chapter 3) we see the Bountyhunters with Kaizen, then they leave to go to the moon. I have to figure these events are happening at the same time, because later on in the “Gen13” issue we see Bobby with Jodi and Aries. If we wanted to get super picky I’d say that “Backlash” issue 19 should be read after the first 10 pages of “Gen13” volume two issue 10, right after the Bountyhunters attack the StormWatch members on the moon. But man… that’d be super convoluted, even for me!
NEXT: “Fire from Heaven” chapters 3 through 5, which include “Wetworks” volume one issue 16, “StormWatch” volume one issue 35 and “Sigma” issue 2 by Jonathan Peterson, Drew Bitner, Brandon Choi, Cedric Nocon, Renato Arlem, Randy Green, Chuck Gibson, Danny Bulanadi, Jose Pimentel and Sal Regla
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“Gen13” Vol. 2 issues 8 & 9
February 6, 2018 bryanjose 8 Comments
This entry covers “Gen13” volume two issues 8 and 9 by Brandon Choi, Jim Lee, J. Scott Campbell, Humberto Ramos, Alex Garner, Al Gordon and Wayne Faucher.
Our boys and girls in Gen13 are still hiding out in San Francisco where they were last seen after their adventure with Michael Cray. Lynch is resting up as good as he can without the Gen-Factor. Roxy has been having nightmares starring the mysterious Trance, much to the concern of bother Caitlin and Anna. So, how long have the team been hanging out in San Francisco? Well, long enough for Grunge to get a haircut. A haircut, while it undermine’s his nickname/codename a bit, it’s a much better look for him. Wait, what is this site? “Styling the Storm : One Fanboy’s Fashionable Take on the Clothing of the WildStorm Universe”? No! Let’s get back to the recap!
How the hell did these damn SJWs get into my comic from Feb 1996? That can’t be right!
Some of the kids decide that they are going to go dancing, while Bobby and Sarah decide to stay in their safe house along with Lynch and Anna. While on the way to the club Roxy sees Trance out of the corner of her eye, but he disappears quickly enough to make the rest of the kids question her freak out. Later at the club, Roxy, Grunge, and Caitlin run into Trance again. Instead of big-time freaking out, Roxy just lets Caitlin start dancing with him. I mean, she has a bad feeling about it all, but she must be playing it cool. Once Trance puts Caitlin in, well, a trance and they walk out of the club together does Roxy get the nerve up to put a stop to it. It’s too little too late for her and Grunge just encounter a creepy little girl who hands them the address of the old amusement park. The girl tells them if they ever want to see Caitlin again, that’s where she’ll be.
Turns out this was all an elaborate ruse for Trance’s minions to get the jump on the rest of the Gen13 kids, as well as Lynch. For the most part, it works. Every Gen13 member is teamed up with someone who can easily thwart their superpowers. I’m of the mind that Trance specifically sought this team to deal with Gen13. It was a stroke of genius to turn Caitlin bad to take down Lynch too! But for all his planning he didn’t count on two things. The first being Queelocke opening a portal to bring in Anna, an android he cannot mind control and is hella tough. And second, that once his team isn’t matched up against their ideal Gen13 opponent that they are easy to defeat.
The reason Trance wants to add the Gen13 kids too his army is because wants revenge on Damocles. We never find out how they’re tied together, so it is kind of a letdown. Of course, Trance knowing Damocles does explain why he was first around when the Bounty Hunters showed up at the Soil Machine. He was watching for them, it was just a bonus that he met with Roxy leading him to more members for his revenge society. Trance also knows that The Sword is after Qeelocke. Trance, for all his faults, is really out to stop Damocles, which is something the whole WSU can get behind during “Fire from Heaven.” Too bad he doesn’t show up to help.
With Trance and his crew on the run, the kids want to follow and continue the fight. Right at this moment, Lynch gets a call. It’s his Team 7 pals! They’re taking the fight to Craven and they’re going to need his help. Hell, bring the kids, let’s make this a party!
While all this has been going on we’ve been seeing Threshold and Ivana get their team of Gen-Active teens ready to fight the Gen13 team. They’ll soon be called the Deviants or, yah know, DV8 for short. They are ready to stop wasting virtual versions of Gen13 and get their hands on the real deal.
Also, we see Capt. Lucius Morgan and his daughter Daphne from the Coda Island story. Turns out Lucius is looking up an old friend, one Alex Fairchild! He lets Alex know he’s met Caitlin as well as that he’s heard Kaizen is messing with some Gen-Factor stuff. They agree to head to Gamorra and see what they can find out, on the Gen-Factor projects as well as on the current whereabouts of Caitlin.
If that’s not enough, there are two more threads woven throughout these two issues! The first is a nightmare experienced by a teenage boy named Ethan McCain. A character who will become a big player during “Fire from Heaven.” The other character we meet is a young Gen-Active man who goes by the name Absolom who seemingly has control over ground next to him. Currently, all we know is that he’s on Gamorra and is from a different clan that calls Gamorra home.
The last we saw Trance was in “Deathblow” volume one issue 17 trading information with Miles Craven. We know he was asking for information on Kaizen Gamorra, yet we haven’t seen him confront Kaizen or know what he’s doing with that information.
The next we’ll see Trance and friends is a long way off in a few issues of “Gen13 Bootleg” then he’ll bother some of the DV8 kids in “Gen-Active.” None of it has anything to do with his relationship or knowledge of Damocles.
At one point Trance almost gets to say that Caitlin and Roxy are sisters before Qeelocke summons Anna to come kick his ass. I cannot believe how long and how often they teased this!
What an introduction for Absolom. Too bad we’ll never see him again! He’s supposed to be a brother of Grunge’s but the only way to know any of this is from the “WildStorm Universe Source Book.” So it is acceptable that we don’t know any of this. I wonder how he and his story line got dropped? Note: his father didn’t fare much better in this department either.
Not sure if it has already been mentioned, but Capt. Lucius Morgan was a member of Team 7. We’ve never seen him in any flashbacks, so I figure he was like Bloodmoon and quit the team early and didn’t get super-powers. But later we’ll see him with some… so… yeah, I dunno… he must also have the power of half-assed retcons.
When Lynch gets the call it seems like the whole gang is already there with Cray. We don’t really see them all coming together, but it’s interesting to note that they were all together when they called. Considering how much some of them hate each other, that’s a pretty tall order.
NEXT: “Brass” volume one issues 1 through 3 by Richard Bennett and Aron Wiesenfeld
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DV8, Gen13, Uncategorized
“Gen13” Vol 2 issues 6 – 7
October 3, 2017 bryanjose 5 Comments
This entry covers “Gen13” volume two issues 6 and 7 by Brandon Choi, J. Scott Campbell, Jim Lee and Scott Williams.
The Gen13 kids are on their way to America, but due to an airport strike, they get stuck in Rome, Italy. Apparently, James McArthur hooked the kids up with a friend of his and Lynch’s to take care of the kids while they wait for a flight home. Mr. Bovini gets the kids outfitted in fancy high fashions, and new haircuts for the ladies, before taking them out to a swanky dinner.
At din din, Grunge acts like a cad and upsets Roxy, but Bobby cheers her up. Speaking of “cheers” the kids share a bit too many drinks. Which results in Grunge throwing up and Rainmaker and Bobby making out until they pass out. The next morning Rainmaker brushes Bobby off, which sends him into a tizzy, leading him to overreact flying straight up into the air, blazing flames. Unfortunately, this attracts the attention of the local authorities, as it is a violation of something or other, and Italy thinks it may be under superpowered attack or whatever.
Our old pals the Order of the Cross seem to have their superhero team known as the Centurions. They’re not fooling around as they manage to capture Roxy, Grunge, and Caitlin. They also knock a whole building down on Rainmaker, which can’t be good. While most of the Centurions team are concentrating on the aforementioned capture of the kids, one member, Domina, is after Bobby. She just about takes him out before he’s saved by an unlikely ally. It’s Ms. Bliss! By “Ms. Bliss” I mean Nicole Callahan and not Hayley Mills.
So where has Bliss been? Well, her, her brother Threshold and their boss Ivana Baiul have been holed up on Caballito Island hiding from I/O. Not only are they hiding out, they’re defrosting and training the Gen-Active kids that Ivana put on ice as Project Genesis was falling apart. Bliss got sick of all that and decided to bounce and tour the world while Ivana and Threshold trained the DV8 kids. Not sure if she was specifically searching the Gen13 kids out with her little “Gen-Active finder device” or she was just looking for other Gen-Actives for the fun of it. Either way, she ended up in Italy just in time to save Bobby’s bacon.
Bobby and Bliss team up to save the rest of the Gen13 kids. As luck would have it Rainmaker ended up falling down a manhole into the sewer as that building was falling down around her. With her safe, she joins the rescue squad to go and find Grunge, Roxy, and Caitlin. The trio ends up breaking into the Order of the Cross by way of the men’s room. Meanwhile, Roxy and Grunge manage to break free due to getting into an actual fight, even though Caitlin thinks it’s a diversion at first. Speaking of fights, Bliss and Rainmaker can’t stop their own bickering for a second, even when taking down a hefty group of the Order’s men. That’s commitment to an argument!
Both teams meet up and are trying to find a way out of this mess. Caitlin is accessing all of their files and is trying to get to more of their top secret ones, but keeps getting blocked. As luck would have it, Bliss knows that Ivana has backdoors in just about every computer network ever created! Bliss gets Caitlin where she needs to be and gets a compliment from Caitlin at the same time. Caitlin then threatens to upload all of the Order of the Cross’s secret information to the public. Since the Order has secrets they’d rather keep to themselves, they let the kids go.
The Gen13 kids, plus Bliss get a private jet from the Vatican to get them back to Cali. While the team is celebrating another win, Bobby and Bliss share a few tender moments near the back of the plane. However; Bliss being Bliss just can’t be pinned down, and opens the jet door and leaps out of it with a parachute, as if to prove to Bobby, you can never predict some girls.
We’re finally following up on where Ivana, Threshold, and Bliss have been up to since the end of “Gen13” volume one issue 5.
We initially see an unnamed DV8 member in the VR training. We don’t see her in the training session itself, but afterward, stuck in her VR suit. This would later be retconned to have been Freestyle, and it was explained that she so underwhelmed Ivana she got put back on ice.
One of the files that Caitlin threatened to release from the Order of the Cross was Project Lazurus. I literally cannot remember if that ever comes up again. To tell the truth, I sure wish it would’ve along with more appearances by the Centurions.
I really liked the direction that this book was taking Bliss in, but it wasn’t much longer before she went back to being the super crazy chick she used to be. Of course, there may be a narrative reason for return to nutso-land. You know, with her getting kind of possessed by a Kindred lizard-person. See “DV8” issue 26 for more details.
NEXT: “Deathblow” volume one issues 20 and 21 by Brandon Choi, Trevor Scott and Tom Joyner
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“Gen13” Vol. 2 issues 3 – 5
September 26, 2017 bryanjose 1 Comment
This entry covers “Gen13” volume two issues 3 through 5 by J. Scott Campbell, Brandon Choi, Jim Lee, Alex Garner and Scott Williams.
Caitlin doesn’t trust Lynch. He says he’s going to help the Gen13 kids to find their parents, but so far it hasn’t happened. She decides to take matters into her own hands and she starts snooping on Lynch’s computer. She even manages to find info about her father Alex Fairchild that Lynch has not made her privy to. Lynch catches her red-handed and tells her that that lead on Alex is a dead end. Caitlin doesn’t agree and leaves in a huff. She will not be told what to do.
Caitlin takes what little information she knows and convinces the other Gen13 kids to come with her on an investigation. This leads the team to Beverley Hills to meet with Mrs. McArthur, head of the philanthropic McArthur foundation. Turns out she knows Lynch from way back when and is willing to help the kids. Mrs. McArthur lets Caitlin know that the information about her father came from the Isle du Mystere, not only that but she’s recently lost an expedition in that area. An expedition led by her son James. Caitlin promises Mrs. McArthur that the team will follow in the footsteps of that expedition and hopefully find what they’re looking for, as well as find James for her. With that, the team is off to cross the United States, the Atlantic Ocean, and Africa to get to the Mozambique Channel, home of the Isle du Mystere.
Lynch catches up with Mrs. McArthur and she tells them where she sent the kids. Lynch gets hella mad, leaves, making the poor old bird weep. While trying to get to the kids Lynch starts to beat himself up for the way he handled Mrs. McArthur, just then gets captured by Black Hammers. Sucky day for Lynch.
The team is on a boat getting as quickly as they can to the Isle du Mystere, when suddenly, out of the fog they’re hit by a big ass boat! In fact, it’s a pirate ship and sends the kids flying and mostly separated. Caitlin finds find James McArthur alone in a crashed out plane on the Isle du Mystere. Roxy and Bobby manage to get saved by the pirates that knocked them into the drink in the first place. Sarah and Grunge wake up on the island too and discover the “mystere” of Isle du Mystere is that it is Coda Island!
You’d think the life of a pirate is fun a one, looting booty, swashling some bucks, sharing torrents online, but it isn’t if your name is Roxanne Spaulding. The pirates have put her to work as the head cook aboard the boat, but she isn’t good at it. All the pirates give her a hard time about it, just making it even worse for her. Not only that, but Bobby is being treated like royalty while she slaves away. It’s really tough for Roxy right now.
You know who else is having a tough time? Sarah. She’s been captured by the Coda and locked up in a dungeon. While locked up she makes friends with a young girl named Daphne. Now, Daphne, she ain’t like the other women ’round these parts. Modest dress (comparatively) and not even a lick of face paint! Meanwhile, Grunge sexes up a lot of Coda ladies. That dirty dog. Little does he know that he’s going to be sacrificed the next day at the Coda blood ceremony.
So, you may be asking yourself, how is this all connected? Well, turns out the head of the pirates, one Capt. Lucius Morgan had a relationship with a Coda warrior from the Isle du Mystere. That union resulted in a pregnancy, and because there was love involved Lucius was kept away from the island, and his love was chained up until the birth of their child, and then she was put to death. That little girl grew up to be, you guessed it, Daphne. The Captain wants to storm the island and get his baby back!
Here’s where it all comes together. Caitlin and James head further into the island to find her friends. Sarah manages to get free of her restraints with the help of Daphne and is going to escape any way she can. The pirates are attacking the island with Roxy and Bobby and Grunge is brought center stage for his impending doom. As Caitlin and James watch the first part of the blood ceremony they see the Coda Majestrix cutting flesh wounds on her self for the other Coda to drink. It’s a freaky scene to be sure, and then the pirates bust in!
As the pirates are cutting down the Coda one manages to get the jump on the Majestrix. Sarah ends up saving the Majestrix’s life and trades in the life debt for Daphne’s freedom from Coda Island. Caitlin frees Grunge from where he’s tied up and Roxy and Bobby get to center stage after the show is nearly over. The team leaves Coda Island and James manages to get them on a plane the heck outta dodge.
In the Coda blood ceremony, they speak to the fact that Zannah’s blood is what gives them long life. Who knew that a blood transfusion from a Kheran was all you needed to secure a near-immortality?
While the main Coda base is in Greece on Mt. Themiscrya, they also apparently have this island in the Mozambique Channel. Them Codas is everywheres!
Lynch will remain in I/O custody and be tortured by LeGauche until the Gen13 kids team up with Alicia Turner and Cray in “Deathblow” volume one issues 20 and 21 to save him.
Lucius mentions that he knows Alex and he was part of that damn mission on Gamorra back in the day that everyone is talking about!
Lucius also talks about how he and Alex accidentally ended up on Coda Island and the Coda tolerated and kind enjoyed having them around. This was all up until Lucius and Daphne’s mom fell in love. I believe this is the event mentioned in “Gen12” that results in Alex no longer being able to hide the young Caitlin, Grunge, and Bobby on Coda Island.
These 3 issues feature back-up stories in the form of “Robot Ruckus” which, while both hilarious and fun, is way too meta and “out-there” to be considered for a real place in the continuity. Do not skip them as you read, there’s some good humor in there.
NEXT: “Lynch” issue 1 by Shon Bury, Trevor Scott, John Tighe and Luke Rizzo
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Gen13, Grifter, Majestic, StormWatch, Team 7, Union, WildC.A.T.s
“WildStorm Rising” Chapters 1 – 4
May 30, 2017 bryanjose 2 Comments
this entry covers “WildStorm Rising” Chapters 1 through 4, which consists of “WildStorm Rising” issue 1, “WildC.A.T.s : Covert Action Teams” volume 1 issue 20, “Union” volume 2 issue 4 and “Gen13” volume 2 issue 2 as well as the “Grifter : Sneak Peak” story from “Overstreet’s Fan” issue 1, which is best read after “WildC.A.T.s” issue 20
Okay, here we go, let’s get started, here’s what many of the WildStorm titles have been leading to for so long! WildC.A.T.s meet StormWatch. StormWatch meet WildC.A.T.s. Now by the law of comics you must fight! Even if said fight is in a parking lot in downtown Washington D.C. I have to say it’s an interesting choice. It feels more real that an abandoned warehouse. More immediate than an empty section of the city. There are even cops telling the rubberneckers to get back. Maybe it’s me, but stuff like this really brings a lot of reality into the comics.
During the brawl, we have Hightower watching and smiling. He’s glad to see the WildC.A.T.s so preoccupied with fighting StormWatch that they’ve forgotten about him. Now it’s time to for him to slip off to the Smithsonian to take the part of the key/badge that Charles Russell will have on display at his new exhibit. Hightower gets into the museum to talk to Dr. Russell disguised as a guard. After pumping the good doctor about where the key/badge was found he cold-cocks the doc and absconds with the key/badge.
Void shows up all big and badass and basically rescues all of the WildC.A.T.s and gets the hell out of that trashed D.C. parking lot. Before she ports everyone to safety, she creates an image in the sky of the Daemonite key/badge. This gets the attention of one Daemonite High Lord named Defile. He decides that his scheme of pitting the WildC.A.T.s against StormWatch must be suspended, he needs that key/badge! Meanwhile, the WildC.A.Ts arrive back at the Halo building to find Hightower just chillin’ with the key/badge wanting to talk to the team.
It is too bad for Hightower that no one wants to hear him out. The WildC.A.T.s just start wailing on the guy. After he finally gets the team to calm down, by holding Jacob at claw-point, he tells them all about Defile and how he’s the guy they’re after. He also tells the team all about the key/badges and how it is his goal to complete the part of the one he has, snag the other two, find the Daemonite warship and go back to Daemon. He’s got no love for Earth or continuing the war here. He reminds them all of the awesome firepower on the Daemonite ship and persuades them that his are the best hands it could be in, and he’ll just leave, while Defile would just use that kind of power enslave Earth.
Jacob gives Hightower’s words some thought and decides that Hightower is right, it is best that they team up with him. Cole isn’t cool with this. Mostly on account of what Hightower did to him and his pal Lonely back in “WildC.A.T.s Trilogy.” Jacob threatens Cole with being fired and Cole over reacts, backhands Jacob and walks away. Wait, did I say he just walks away? Nah, he was also purposely hateful and a little bit racist towards the rest of the team on his way out. While it’s tough to read, this is completely in character when what we know of Cole. Try to make them hate you on your way out, so they never ask you to come back. Classic tough-guy bravado.
Meanwhile, Savant and Charles have been trying to call the WildC.A.T.s but the team can’t hear the damn phone ring due to all the fighting and yelling. She’s already called in Majestic to help (he’s on his way), but the WildC.A.T.s would provide more of the back-up they may need. Because she can’t get a hold of her sister and pals, she does the next best thing, calling her old pal Christine at StormWatch for help. Christine decides that the best operative to answer Savant’s call for help is Union. Before either of Majestic or Union can get Savant’s location at Charles’s house, Mr. White and a handful of the Mercs bust in a wall and start to interrogate Charles. Before the Mercs and Mr. White can do too much damage on behalf of Defile, Majestic swoops in to save the day. He’s doing a bang-up job of it too before Union shows up and thinks that Majestic is the bad guy and start beating on him.
Fresh from a nap and some booze, Cole gets to thinking about quitin’ the ‘C.A.T.s. He’s still sure he made the right choice, but something is bugging him. He knows he’s seen that missing bit of the key/badge before. It dawns on him that it is back in his Team 7 days, and he remembers Cray taking it when they found it in the jungles of Nicaragua. Cole knows he needs to find Cray, but needs some coffee first. Presumably, after that coffee, Cole takes a short job to make some cash protecting some diamonds. While in a warehouse he’s attacked by a woman named Prayer who’s “holier-than-thou” act isn’t so much of an act, but a way of life. Cole’s employers are less than clean, and Prayer means to steal the diamonds and get them to their rightful owner. Cole’s no slouch. He sees when he can play a grift, you might say. In the end, Cole still has the diamonds and all Prayer got away with was half a sandwich in a fancy case.
Back to the action. The action being Union and Majestic beating on each other. These two just won’t listen, and in their brawl, Mr. White and the Mercs manage to escape. They also cause more property destruction on Charles’ house before knocking out the power to a quarter of D.C. Once they stop to think for a few seconds Savant calls them out on their douchebaggery and lets each of them know they’re all on the same side. Seem he’s got a plan. While everyone is scrambling back and forth looking for the rest of the key/badges they’re going to Nicaragua to find the lost Daemonite ship. Savant has sketchy ideas about the location from Charles, but Savant can find anything, especially with the help of Majestic and sure, I guess Union can tag along too.
Defile is starting to get pissed. There are two halves of one key/badge out there, and another whole key as well. He’s gotten enough information to know that one of the members of Team 7 has the half that Hightower doesn’t have. The problem is, he’s not sure which on holds that key/badge part and sends his minions off to snag it for him. One of his minions is Helmut, an old enemy of John Lynch, who’s ready for revenge, but where is Lynch?
After Defile has discharged all his minions, except his zombie rude boy, a young man comes to him with exactly what he wants, the location of Lynch. It’s Trance, the creepy guy from the nightclub that tried to charm Roxy. He obviously knows the location of Lynch and will trade it to Defile for the secrets of Miles Craven. That’s the deal of the century! Go Trance you skinny slick bastard! That’s kind of badass, especially for you.
Defile contacts Helmut and he’s on his way to ruin the Gen13 girls’ day by the pool. Well, Grunge wasn’t helping make it much better, but Helmut made it so much worse. Everyone is doing their best to hold their own against Helmut, but he’s a tough S.O.B. in his armor. Suddenly Lynch yells to Bobby to set up his guitar and amps. See, Lynch remembers from the first time he encountered Helmut that Helmut is susceptible to sonic vibrations. Bobby gets his gear all set up and starts striking a chord in his Soundgarden t-shirt (R.I.P. Chris Cornell.) This act stuns Helmut enough for Grunge to pop in and hit the release button on Helmut’s armor. Once again Lynch strings Helmut up in a net and takes a photo, this time with his young wards.
That’s where I leave you for now. Cole is on the hunt for Cray. Defile’s thugs are on the hunt for Cole, Cray, Jackson and Slayton. Savant, Majestic and Union are on the hunt for the lost Daemonite ship. And the WildC.A.T.s are on the hunt for… well… we don’t really know right now, but we have a double page spread of them kicking some ass, so we know they’re on the hunt for something!
Continuity Corner :
When the WildC.A.T.s and StormWatch are fighting each other, Zealot and Winter keep getting matched up against each other. When this was happening did anyone know they were supposed to be mother and son? We know that Winter is Zealot’s son because of “Voodoo / Zealot : Skin Trade” but that was published after “WildStorm Rising”, but there’s no place chronologically for it to take place after “WildStorm Rising.” (Pris is on the team, still training to be a Coda, she gets along with Zealot.) Also, according to an interview in “Wild Times : An Oral History of WildStorm Studios” (go get your copy today!) it’s revealed that Winter was also supposed to not just be the son of Zealot but also of Yon Kohl! Winter was intended to be a full-fledged Kheribum! This was to be revealed in the never released “WildC.A.T.s : Ground Zero.” In the end, going by the comics, we never find out who is Winter’s actual father, and as far as we know, it could’ve ended up being rewritten to have been just a random human. Either way, unknowingly fighting your own Mom, pretty messed up.
So, Hightower can shape-shift. Is this just a rarity for Daemonites? We have Mr. White, Hightower and Olympia with this talent. One of the things that I always assumed was that Daemonites cannot live on Earth without a host. Maybe the shape-shifty ones can. Or maybe I was wrong about Daemonites needing hosts to live, maybe it’s just been that we’ve seen Daemonites in very bad situations where they need a new host because they’re so hurt like in “WildC.A.T.s” Vol. 1 Special issue 1 and “Backlash” issue 6. Oh, also Pris has a bit of shape-shifting going on with her “were-form” ability.
Hey, why is Void huge and golden when she comes back to D.C. to stop the big battle? Well, according to the writer James Robinson in “Wild Times : An Oral History of WildStorm Studios” (have you seriously not gotten a copy yet?) it is because when the pages got back from Barry Windsor-Smith, Void was just drawn huge. It wasn’t something Robinson asked Barry to draw, Barry just did. Not sure who decided she should be golden, but hey, if she’s going to be so much bigger, why not literally go for the gold as well.
We get a lot of background on Hightower in “WildC.A.T.s” Vol. 1 issue 20. We find out that he was both Genghis Khan and John, King of England. This conflicts as their lifespans overlap each other by quite a bit. Khan is only four years older than John but ended up outliving him by a shade over a decade. Since Hightower can shape-shift, and reading the text literally, we only need Hightower to be acting as John, King of England long enough to get the Magna Carta created, and then have him only pose as Khan to lead Khan’s horde for a time. He needn’t have been either for their full lives. It’s possible he worked with Khan to lead the horde on two fronts, and usurped John late in life for his own ends. Yes, this blog has gotten me to do far more historical research than I ever thought was possible.
Had Hightower’s goal of getting the ship and getting back Daemon worked, man, he would’ve been in for a rude awakening finding the war over and Daemon lost. Whoops, spoilers…
We never get the back story on how Christine Trelane and Savant are friends, but they’re apparently old friends. We’ll see Savant encounter StormWatch again in “Savant Garde” issue 6.
Why put this 2 page “Grifter : Sneak Peak” story in after issue 20 of “WildC.A.T.s?” Well, first off Cole is still on his way to get some coffee and I’d assume he needs some cash as well to track down Cray, so why not just take a small easy job to do just that. Also, the name of this story is “Sneak Peak” and that implies it comes before “Grifter” Vol. 1 issue 1. Also, after “Wild.C.A.T.s” Vol. 1 issue 20, we see Cole in a bar drinking in “Union” Vol. 2 issue 4. Drinking booze, just after he was just looking coffee. Maybe he had something to soak up all that booze, say, that half a sandwich he ate during “Sneak Peak?”
The next time we’ll see Prayer is in “Grifter” Vol. 1 issue 7. There’s she’s on the West Coast and seems to have been there for a time. To be fair, there’s plenty of time for her to have crossed the continent and ended up in Los Angeles before Cole runs into her again.
Eventually we’ll see Lynch face off with Helmut for the first time in “Lynch” issue 1. Also Helmut will be back to terrorize the team in “Gen13” Vol. 2 issue issue 16.
And that’s the first four chapters of “WildStorm Rising!” I decided to group them by writer, with the first three being by James Robinson. The “Gen13” issue is the oddball that is written by it’s normal team. perhaps leading to it being the least connected to the over all story. Well, neither was “Team 7 : Operation : Hell” issue 1, but that book is even more disconnected. Oh, and that “Grifter : Sneak Peak” that was probably by Steven T. Seagle. But look, there isn’t a single cut away in “Gen13” to any of the other WSU characters like there is in “Union” and “WildC.A.T.s”. Every page of “Gen13” is serving that book and only that book. Even the Defile pages feature Trance!
For now I’m back to a weekly (Tuesday) schedule due to how much there is to cover each entry, hopefully I can get back to twice a week after the crossover!
Where to find these stories:
the “WildStorm Rising” trade paperback
the “James Robinson’s Complete WildC.A.T.s” trade paperback contains both “WildC.A.T.s” volume one issue 20 and “WildStorm Rising” issue 1
NEXT : “WildStorm Rising” Chapters 5 – 7 (Which consists of “Grifter” Vol. 1 issue 1, “Deathblow” Vol. 1 issue 16 and “WetWorks” Vol. 1 issue 8) by Steven T. Seagle, Ryan Benjamin, Trevor Scott, Mel Rubi, Tom Raney, Whilce Portacio, Tom McWeeny, Rick Mayar and Scott Williams.
Alex BialyAlex GarnerAnnaBarry Windsor-SmithBobby LaneBrandon ChoiBrutusCaitlin FairchildCharles RussellChristine TrelaneChuck GibsonCole CashDefileDivaFahrenheitFujiGrungeHellslayerHellstrikeHelmutHightowerJ. Scott CampbellJacob MarloweJames RobinsonJohn FloydJohn LynchMaulMr. MajesticMr. WhitePrayerRazorRoxy SpauldingRyan BenjaminSarah RainmakerSavantSpartanStrafeTom McWeeneyTranceTravis CharestTroy HubbsUnionVoidVoodooWarbladeWinterZealot
“Gen13” Vol. 2 issue 1
March 21, 2017 bryanjose Leave a comment
this entry covers the first issue of the second volume of “Gen13”
Oh yeah, I finally get to talk about “Gen13” one of my favorite books! For a long time, “Gen13” was the only mainstream comic on my pull list. I’d pick up “WildC.A.T.s” when I could, and mostly would wait and scoop up other assorted WildStorm books from quarter bins, but I never wanted to miss “Gen13” even when I was reading a lot more small press black and white comics. I guess mostly because it was a fun book, and even at its darkest, it made some kind of weird connection to me. It helped that I was a teenage boy and there were lots of sexy ladies, but if that’s all it had going for it, I woulda dropped it quick. “Gen13” was more than just for ogling, it had a well-rounded cast of likable characters, and I liked visiting these crazy kids in SoCal while I felt trapped in the MidWest.
So, anyway, yeah, “Gen13” and their latest issue 1. Grunge pisses off Roxy because he can’t handle that he sucks at video games. Fairchild worries about the team. Sarah prances around naked. Roxy gets in trouble at a dance club with a host of no-good-niks. The rest of the Gen13 kids save her. Roxy comes home with a new pet. Only “Gen13” can take such a simple plot and make it a fun read. It’s hard for me to do any kind of review here because the book is really all about hanging out with these characters.
Plot summaries won’t do too terribly much for this issue, and several of the early issues because there’s not much to go on. Every time I start typing I feel like it’s the kind of story that ends with me laughing and saying “well, I guess you had to be there!” I think that speaks to the power of the relatability of these characters. Choi and Campbell had something really special going here, and it was great to see that catch on with other comic readers.
Coming into this issue you didn’t need to know much about the greater WildStorm Universe. It was refreshing in the ’90s not to see a book not be part of a multi-part crossover. Before you say “Hey, wasn’t the next issue part of “WildStorm Rising”?” I’ll point out, that, eh, it could pretty much drop right out of that story, and you wouldn’t miss it, as well as being a pretty stand-alone story on its own. So, yeah, that’s the first issue of “Gen13” volume 2!
When looking around the house in La Jolla, Fairchild comes across an old photo of Lynch, with a captured creature in a net. We’ll meet this creature, Helmut, in the next issue, and we’ll get the full story in later on in the “Lynch” one shot.
This issue is the first time we’ll meet both Trance and the four bounty hunters. Trance will pop back up in the next issue and then become a real threat it “Gen13” issue #8. We’ll see the bounty hunters, as well as find out where they came from much later in “Sword of Damacles” issue #1 and the whole “Fire from Heaven” cross over.
Oh yeah, we also are introduced to the newest teammate/mascot, Qeelocke, the little green kinda-cat like creature, who takes a real shine to Roxy. I’ll admit, it took me until my re-read a few years ago to get that too-on-the-nose name. Qeelocke. Key lock. It opens dimensional rifts… duh!
When this book was originally published it had 13 different covers. Read all about it in this edition of “Gimmicks of Yesteryear.” I picked up the standard one, the “Pulp Fiction” parody and the blank one. I’m sure those comics are all still someplace at my parent’s house, I just wish I lived close enough to go snag them now!
Where to find this story:
the “Gen13: Starting Over” trade paperback
the “Gen13: Backlist” trade paperback
the “Gen13 Archives” trade paperback, printed in black & white
NEXT : “Deathblow” issues 13 & 14 by Brandon Choi, Trevor Scott, and Tim Sale
Alex GarnerAnnaBobby LaneBrandon ChoiCaitlin FairchildHardballJ. Scott CampbellJadeJim LeeJohn LynchOne-Eyed JackPercival Edmund ChangQeelockeRakeRoxy SpauldingSarah RainmakerSoil MachineTrance
Gen13, I.O.
“Gen13” issue 1/2 and 0
January 10, 2017 bryanjose Leave a comment
this entry covers “Gen13” 1/2 and issue 0. “Gen13” 1/2 was reprinted at one time as “Gen13” issue -1, and was also in the “WildStorm Rarities” book
An alternate name for this entry could be “Five Short Stories Featuring Gen13.” As both issues are shorts that are chronicling what the Gen13 members were up to between the first volume and the second. They’re mostly small and fun stories, and they’re done by a variety of artists. I imagine one of the many reasons they were done was to give more lead time for J. Scott Campbell for the series proper and keep the “Gen13” name alive and out in front of the comic buying and reading audience.
The first story, as detailed in “Gen13” 1/2 has the kids pretty fresh out of the mini-series going on a bit of a road trip. Rainmaker has already left to be with her family in Arizona and the kids are now just driving around, supposedly they’re just killing some time before meeting up with Lynch down in San Diego, but they could just be being silly ass teens with no real direction. They have been told by Lynch to stick to the backroads to avoid altercations with local authorities or Ivana’s Keepers. They’re having some real problems with reading the map to said backroads, but that’s only the start of their troubles. When they pull over to ask directions and get some gas they also encounter Loran, a Traveler, or rather The Traveler, who shifted through time. She’s on the hunt for Langston, better known as Timespan who we’ve seen in a few issues of “StormWatch.” Loran has no time to deal with the primitives of this time, and in her little freak out bully time against some innocent bystanders, she catches the attention of Bobby, which in turn gets the rest of the kids to go after her. It’s a tough battle, but in the end, Loran gets tied up with a stop sign and left of the cops, as the kids continue their road trip to San Diego.
The next story is the first of four from issue 0, it stars Caitlin as she’s meeting up with her cousin and her family in Portland. Caitlin isn’t quite sure at this point if she really wants to go down to San Diego, and she might just stay in Portland with family. No sooner than she starts talking to her cousin (and her jerk husband) do some suited men start walking their way. Caitlin fears the worst, that they were sent by Ivana or by I/O and she does what she can to get away. This involves being hit by a train, then picking up said train and tossing it. That puts some distance between her and the rude boys, but she knows it’ll only slow them down for so long. Lucky for her a friend of Lynch’s pulls up and whisks her to the airport to catch a flight to San Diego. Did I say one of Lynch’s friends? Oh, turns out all these guys were pals of Lynch and it was all a set up to make sure Caitlin didn’t find a reason to stay in Portland and to make sure she joined the team. Oh, Lynch, it’s stuff like this that made so many Team 7 members dislike you.
We move on to Bobby picking up Sarah at the reservation she grew up at. Bobby act like a jerk, Sarah schools him and he gets all boo hoo emo boy. It’s all pretty uneventful, but a decent character moment for both. It’s nice seeing Rainmaker so excitable and enthused showing her world off to Bobby, as she pretty much becomes the cool level headed character of the book. I’m not saying it comes across as out of character either, it perfectly fits, but it’s a side we rarely see.
On to Las Vegas, where we find Roxy and Grunge trying to track down Roxy’s stepmom. Vegas was her stepmom’s last known whereabouts, but after hitting up all the major casinos they find out she’s already left and headed to New York City. Regardless of this Grunge and Roxy manage to stir up some trouble. We have some business with a hitman who looks a lot like Grunge, so much so that he gives him his jacket, in order to… I dunno, sneak out of the casino easier? Not sure what all that was about, but we do see Roxy using her power to win big at roulette. The casino notices this and sends goons out to stop the pair. Maybe Grunge had to be mistaken for the hitman so that we’ll see why the goons are using such extreme force, but come one, this is a fictional universe, where casinos always employ over the top goons as security. We’ve seen it a million times. What we see for the first time is Grunge using his power on Roxy as well as himself to evade said goons. Just as the pair is running out of the casino Bobby and Sarah pull up to help them get out of town in a hurry.
The final story concerns Lynch, breaking back into I/O to wipe records of Project Genesis and steal some files as well as some funds. Lynch knows all the secret ways in because he went over the plans when the I/O towers were build and made a few alterations. He gets all high-tech and uses a refraction suit, which basically makes him invisible. He almost gets away without being caught, but he just couldn’t shield his thoughts from Alicia Turner. We get reintroduced to Frank Colby and find that he took Lynch’s former position at I/O. Due to their past Colby and Alicia let Lynch go, but neither seem happy about it, and you can tell a bridge has been fully burned between them and John.
We get a single page wrap up, showing all the teens meeting up in La Jolla (which is a seaside community in San Diego) arriving at their new home. The kids meet Anna for the first time and Lynch lets them all know, it’s time to learn something, and he’s ready to teach! It’ll be at least a few months, comic time, before we catch back up with the Gen13 crew, heck, Rainmaker has to grow out her hair! But this was a pretty fun way to show us what the kids and Lynch get up to in their off time. Not to mention that it was a bonus for all of us to see Jim Lee and Travis Charest do some art for these stories!
I mentioned this up top, but when the “Gen13” 1/2 story was reprinted in the “Gen13 : Backlist” trade the art and dialogue are completely different. The penciling is still done by Ryan Benjamin, but it’s been a few years and he’s got a better sense of the characters. It’s paced a lot better too, but the original wasn’t bad to begin with. Choi took over the dialogue on this version from H. K. Proger and makes a few small changes. In his version Caitlin wasn’t lost, Bobby isn’t so angry, Caitlin is sending a letter to her family instead of sending a payment for the stolen VW bus, and Loran is calling everyone “devols” instead of “primitives.” Oh, and Loran is named, she wasn’t in the original version. It is interesting to see the pages side by side and note the differences! Also, big shout out to John Pannozzi for bringing the two different versions to my attention in the first place!
The “StormWatch” and “Gen13” books have so little in common tone-wise, that it’s kind of jarring to see these books interact in any way outside of a line-wide crossover. This book is the only WildStorm book that even references The Traveler and Timespan outside of StormWatch, it wasn’t like we saw these two fighting their way through the background of “WildC.A.T.s” or “Union.”
Roxy does eventually find her stepmom in “Gen13” Vol. 2 issue 27 when the team is in New York.
Grunge says he was born in Hong Kong, but grew up in Seattle. Did he forget about all that time he spent on that Coda island?
the “Gen13 : Backlist” trade paperback had a version of Gen13 1/2 with different dialogue and all new art with the same story.
the “Gen13 Archives” trade paperback has both stories, but is in black and white
NEXT : “Spartan : Warrior Spirit” issues 1 through 4 by Kurt Busiek, Mike McKone and Mark McKenna with Mick Gray
Alex GarnerAlicia TurnerAnnaBobby LaneBrandon ChoiCaitlin FairchildDev MadanFrank ColbyFrank PercyGary MartinGrungeH. K. ProgerJ. Scott CampbellJim LeeJohn LynchJohn Two-RavenLoranMark FarmerPercival Edmund ChangRichard JohnsonRoxy SpauldingRyan BenjaminSaleem CrawfordThe TravelerTravis Charest
“Gen13” Vol. 1
November 14, 2016 bryanjose 8 Comments
this entry covers all five issues of volume 1 of “Gen13” also known as the “Gen13” miniseries.
At long last, John Lynch becomes the hero that he was always destined to be! I mean, we still have almost the entire page run of “Gen13” Vol. 1 before we get to that! And it’s about damn time! It might be obvious, but much of how the early part of my reading chronology is arranged is watching the heroic rise of John Lynch. Look at the section named “Part 1 : WildStorm Rising” and you’ll find “Gen13” Vol. 1 right smack in the middle of it! Maybe I’m not being clear, but “Gen13” was one of my favorite books when I was younger, with “WildC.A.T.s” being a close second and I always thought a lot about John Lynch and his history.
I fanboyed hard for this book, I even bought 2 copies of each issue so I could cut out the coupon and mail away for what ended up being “Gen13” Vol. 2 issue 0. I gave my cut up versions to my Cousin Sean, just to spread that WildStorm love! I remember getting that 1/2 issue from my friend Randy because I’d missed out on that issue of “Wizard.” I should reverse that, at the time Randy wasn’t my friend, but a good acquaintance who was also into comics and ska music who I formed a solid friendship with years later. But issues 0 and 1/2 are still a bit of time away, for now, we need to get to issue 1!
This issue opens in the late ’70s with Stephen and Rachael Callahan getting taken down! In front of their children, lil Matthew and Nicole, how horrible! Even worse, Frank Colby was the trigger-man on Stephen! Well, that might be worse for us, see, we know both of these characters, I’m not sure at that time if Colby knew Callahan or not, but he did need to be convinced to pull that trigger. After that, the team from I/O brings in the kids as instructed, fulfilling Dane’s warning in “Team 7: Dead Reckoning” that “Craven wants your children.”
Ok, we skip to the relative present and meet Caitlin Fairchild, a Princeton student at the end of her sophomore year. She suddenly is getting an offer for a Summer internship that she knows nothing about. Well, we know what it’s about, it’s H.B.I.C. of I/O’s Sci-Tech department, Ivana Baiul’s Project Genesis, now renamed Project Gen13. This is the closest that Miles Craven will ever come to having his own team of super-powered beings… and still, it fails for him. If he wasn’t such an evil bastard, I’d feel sorry for him. But, yeah, this entire “Summer internship” is just a cover for what’s really going on out here, and by out here I mean in a government compound built into a goddamn mountain in the Nevada desert. Several children of Gen12 parents are brought here in order to see if they can get their powers to manifest and in turn work for I/O.
Caitlin soon comes to find herself as part of Pod 7, where her and her pod-mates, Grunge, Roxy, and Bobby, are subject to a battery of physical tests. These tests are set up to see if they are indeed gen-positive and will manifest powers or not. Not only does it include weight lifting and treadmill running, but also being placed into an “incubation” tube. If that wasn’t enough, the food in the commissary is full of drugs meant to jumpstart the student’s latent powers.
While up late one night feeling sick due to her gen-factor kicking in, Caitlin discovers Roxy and Grunge goofing off after hours. This leads to a full on altercation with the security team at the Nevada base. Which in turn leads to a group of I/O’s Keepers to start chasing them down. When the kids hit a dead end, suddenly, to the rescue is Bobby and Rainmaker along with a mysterious new pal that turns out to be Matthew Callahan in disguise.
Oh wait, I hadn’t told you about what happened to Matthew and Nicole after being captured. They were raised by I/O and they’re kinda messed up because of it. Ivana seems to have done a number on Matthew personally, and Nicole is suffering from what seems to be all kinds of abandonment issues. Also, unlike their Gen13 (the team) counterparts, they usually go by their code names full time, so from now on, I’ll pretty much call them Threshold and Bliss.
Ok, so Threshold in disguise leads the Gen13 kids out into the Nevada desert and tells them that they need to take the fight back to I/O and Ivana. It’s all just a ruse to see in their powers will activate under pressure. Everyone except for Grunge has, and is using their powers by the end of it. Caitlin makes it clear she’s done fighting, so she stays behind as the others return to the compound and get captured. She gets a psychic flash from Roxy saying that she and the others are in trouble and she grabs a gun and is headed towards the compound to get her buds back.
If only breaking back into the compound was easy. Ok, actually it was. But once inside Caitlin encounters a huge hulking noseless beast named Pitt. Pitt was brought to this compound by Lynch, as he re-enters the narrative. Lynch picked him up, and as I/O protocols say, until he can get a captured threat to a more secure location, that he is to house any capture at the nearest I/O location, in this case, the Nevada compound. Lucky for Pitt, his buddy Timmy was captured by Ivana for being possibly gen-positive, so that’s what Pitt was doing in that area in the first place. Anyway, Pitt breaks free as Caitlin is on the search for her pals, and they start to tussle. Not sure why I don’t have as big of a problem w/ Pitt being in these comics, as I did w/ Youngblood in WildCATs. Perhaps, like Savage Dragon, we don’t need to know too much about Pitt’s backstory. Also, by tieing Timmy and his possible powers into it, it gives us a bit more of a narrative reason for them to be there whether we know the characters are not.
Caitlin and Pitt continue to fight until they fall through enough floors that they’re right in front of Lynch and Ivana. Meanwhile, Grunge finally manifests his powers and knocks out Threshold and as they begin their escape they find the hole left by Caitlin and Pitt’s fighting. As Caitlin and Pitt are lying in front of Ivana and Lynch, Lynch gives the order for his men to stand down, as there’s been too much destruction already. Ivana pissed off at that statement, and at Lynch in general, just starts shooting up both her and his soldiers. The rest of the Gen13 kids catch up, Pitt and Timmy escape, and the fight just gets bigger.
Lynch sees that the kids are pretty good at what they do, battling back the Keepers, but he thinks their inexperience could get them killed. Lynch calls in his experimental task group, the Black Hammers, and helps the kids escape. When asked why he would do this, he relates to them the story of Team 7 and their fathers. Basically, we’re watching a man as he realizes his career is crumbling as he has far too much doubt about what the company he’s worked for has done to the world, and to the children of his friends. So he sends the kids down a garbage chute and goes to confront Ivana.
Ivana is busy freezing and trying to get gen-active kids into transport to continue Project Genesis elsewhere. When Lynch gets to her he finds out that she’s replaced much of her body with robotics. That bionic bitch! After she gets Lynch to use his powers to save himself she takes off in her helicopter and activates a self-destruct sequence on the compound, knowing that using his powers tuckers Lynch out. But Lynch still as access to the Black Hammers, who save his ass, and not a moment too soon! While all that was going down, the Gen13 kids were getting their asses kicked by Threshold until Rainmaker manages to get ahold of Bliss and reach a stalemate. With Lynch and the Black Hammers arriving, the stalemate is over and the two Callahan kids take off. Lynch agrees to take the kids underground and help them find a way to do something good with their powers. It’s a sweet ending to a pretty sweet comic.
Unlike a lot of the comics at the time, this was a pretty straight forward story. I’ve complained earlier about the wonderful mess that is many of these books. One of the reasons I think that “Gen13” caught on right away was the storytelling in both the art and the script. It didn’t constantly double back, it didn’t toss in a bunch of unnecessary information, it was just some good comics! But there are a few lingering questions, not so much story related ones either…
John Lynch has always been called “the Nick Fury of the WSU”. I find it interesting that they took that character type to be the mentor to the WSU’s teen team group. It was a good call, but I’ve always wondered whose call that was. Was it always intended that Lynch would leave I/O at some point? Or was it a choice Lee & Choi made once they wanted to do Gen13? I have so many questions just about the creation of this book!
Grunge ends up being the only character that goes by his “code name” at all. I mean, OK, in all reality Fairchild and Rainmaker’s code names are just their last names, and Bobby does go by Burnout every now and again. Is Roxy ever called anything but Roxy? She’s called Freefall so infrequently it’s kind of hilarious that she was ever given a code name of any sort.
Of all the gen-active kids, we know precious few of their parents. If we’re talking both Gen13 and DV8 we know of only 8 of their lineage (Roxy, Caitlyn, Grunge, Bobby, Sarah, Matthew, Nicole, and Rachel) and that’s only from 5 different Gen12 parents. Where the hell did all these other kids come from in Project Genesis?
Ivana Baiul got her version Project Genesis started in “StormWatch” Vol. 1 issue 0 back in the late ’70s (when the Gen13 kids were just tiny tots) and we see it in full swing with the recruitment of Rainmaker in “StormWatch” Vol. 1 issue 8.
Had “Deathblow” Vol. 1 issues 5 – 12 actually happened, it’s pretty funny to have Lynch refer to Pitt as an “S.P.B. biker” in issue 9, hell, it’s pretty funny either way.
Final pages of “Gen13” Vol. 1 issue 5 show the set up for “DV8”, with Ivana freezing and stealing the bodies of other Gen-Active kids, but it still takes so long for us to get there!
Going by the 3 kids on ice that we get a good look at, it could be argued that two of them are Rachel Goldman and Hector Morales but I don’t know that we ever see the third one make another appearance. Then again, when they unfreeze Jocelyn Davis again in “DV8” issue 11, it’s implied that Ivana still has many gen-actives on ice somewhere who don’t suit her needs and therefore remaining frozen.
Speaking of “DV8,” if Colby didn’t know Callahan when he shot him in issue 1, we find out in “DV8” issue 30 that Colby went to great lengths to save the (now retconned to be) severely wounded Callahan. That Colby, always surprising you! (EDIT: commenter Arclight points out that Colby indeed knows Callahan and with out saying it basically said “look at the panel again and read it, ya dummy!” Just kidding, Arclight didn’t really imply that, but yeah, they’re right! See their comment below.)
Oh, Helga! I loved this character. No nonsense tough gal. As much as I always thought there could be some kind of place for her to come back, when she did in Vol. 2 issue 50… it was kinda…well, horrible.
Bit of a real-time calendar S.N.A.F.U. but “Gen13” Vol. 1 issue 1 takes place in May/June 1994, and “WetWorks” Vol. 1 issue 5 takes place in November-ish of 1994. I’m sure there’s a way to move all this kind of stuff around to get it to even out correctly… but frankly I don’t know that you could ever get it perfect enough, I mean in all reality “Gen13” Vol. 1 issue 2 was coming out shortly after “StormWatch” Vol. 1 issue 8, and that was quite a while ago by my reading chronology. I also tend to arrange in story arcs for the best reading experience, while knowing a lot of these stories are happening at the same time, so yeah, little inconsistencies (to me at least) are bound to happen.
Speaking to the marketing, in the letter column for issue 4 it said to watch for the upcoming issue 6 after the mini-series was over. Part of me was glad they restarted the series, but on the other hand that put the second issue of volume 2 smack dab in the middle of “WildStorm Rising” not the best marketing move for a new book.
The orginal name for this book was “Gen-X” and was marked in other WildStorm comics as such, but that soon ran into some copyright issues with Marvel, who had planned on launching a book called “Generation X” as part of it’s X-Men line. Not sure if lawyers got involved, or just a “Hey, knock it off” kind of phone call, but the name had to be changed. If you’re wondering why they got to “Gen13,” it’s because an alternate name for what we currently call Generation X was The 13th Generation (among several others). In the end, I think it ended up becoming a much better name for the group. Much more distinct and doesn’t feel as dated as the term Gen-X would become.
the “Gen13” hard cover and trade paperback
the “Gen13 : Who They Are And How They Came To Be…” trade paperback
the “Gen13 Archives” trade paperback (book is in black & white only)
Comixology: “Gen13” vol. 1 issue 1
NEXT: “StormWatch” Vol. 1 issue 10 by Ron Marz and Dwayne Turner
Alex GarnerBlack HammersBlack RazorsBobby LaneBrandon ChoiCaitlin FairchildFrank ColbyGrungeIvana BaiulJ. Scott CampbellJim LeeJohn LynchKeepersMatthew CallahanNicole CallahanPercival Edmund ChangRoxy SpauldingSarah RainmakerStephen Callahan
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Valuing Voices: Pushing the Boundaries of Feedback
Elena Georgalla
Africa’s Voices helps government decision-makers, development agencies, service-providers and humanitarians design programmes that are grounded in people’s everyday realities. We do this by combining interactive media, mobile technology, and cutting-edge data and social science to listen intelligently to citizen feedback.
Since Africa’s Voices earliest days as a pilot research project at the University of Cambridge, we have been preoccupied with the phrase “valuing voices”. It’s a loaded phrase, one with all sorts of meanings and motivations – an ethical commitment to citizens as agents, a call to arms in an era of big data, a methodological challenge for analysing rich local language text at scale, and a test for human-centred technological innovations. It is also, and above all, synonymous to how we understand and value citizen feedback.
If listening to citizens is at the heart of effective development and governance, then valuing voices, i.e. valuing citizen feedback, becomes a humanizing act, an act of dignity.
Where citizens are better heard by decision-makers, they access more timely, relevant and valuable services. Yet development, humanitarian and governance initiatives often extract from citizens, rather than engage with them. Extractive surveying methods are abstracted or of little relevance to how citizens’ perceive their priorities or opportunities. Similarly, prevalent closed-answer questions constrain the possible expression available to citizens. As a result, development is done to people rather than for them and with them. Feedback – citizen consultation – becomes sidelined or deprioritised, a luxury afforded to those with unrestricted budgets and unhampered by tight project deadlines.
In truth, across aid and governance in developing country contexts, the incentives are often aligned against listening and being accountable to citizens.
Where feedback is practised, it is often done in an extractive, one-way manner. This is an old conundrum in international development.
Africa’s Voices is trying to reverse this, to close the feedback loop between citizens and service-providers. Below are three lessons from our journey so far:
Voices are more than data points. To “value voices” is to place “voice” at centre stage and to juxtapose it with the dominant frame of “data”. Feedback originates from individuals who exercise voice as social agents within a social reality they care about.At Africa’s Voices, we veer away from extractive feedback collection methods like perception surveys that prescribe how citizens may respond. For example, we use interactive radio (radio debates driven by citizen input through SMS to a free short code) to curate conversations in local languages and allow audiences to drive them. This way, feedback is the output of the real social discursive spaces that emerge. A recent deployment of our interactive radio in Mogadishu to consult citizens on solutions to the city’s displacement crisis resulted in the surprising finding that crowdfunding (broadly understood) was seen as a good way to provide relief to displaced communities. No aid organisation, however, working in IDP settlements would have easily been able to ask an open question which would have resulted in this finding.
Feedback is a two-way conversation. Feedback, especially in the context of humanitarian emergencies, is often practiced as a one-way exercise. Is this not equally extractive? But what if we were able to sustain a two-way channel of communication with citizens directly and at scale? We tested this with cash transfer recipients in Somalia using SMS channels to engage them in responsive, two-way feedback processes that enable transparency for programme decision-making as well as complaint resolution. Not only did this improve the accountability of cash-transfers but it also developed a greater sense of trust, inclusivity and agency among beneficiaries who felt consulted in decision-making.
Interpretation of feedback matters and it should be done by people. There is a surge in tech solutions that claim the ability to extract insights from people’s feedback by structuring, analyzing and synthesizing big data. Most rely on reductive and often dangerous applications of machine learning to automate data analysis. Our perspective is that bots are not the solution: interpretation of feedback matters and it should be done by people rather than machines – people deserve to be heard and made sense of by other people. This is why we use machine learning and artificial intelligence to augment the interpretive capacities of human researchers rather than automate data analysis. Humans, unlike computers, are able to capture doubt, curiosity, emotions, and human authenticity which are critical when reviewing feedback aimed at driving decisions that affect human lives.
We know that people value this approach to feedback. In 2018, we used interactive radio to consult Somali citizens on humanitarian priorities. In the end, we asked whether this process made them feel involved in decision-making. This is a quote by a female participant:
“I feel involved because community consultation is always the best thing to do and I personally believe that I am part of the decisions in the community and we appreciate a lot those who made this safe spaces to talk like the radio presenters, the leaders involved and those aid organisations who are involved as well.”
The original post appeared on Feedback Labs’ Three Things Thursday blog in June 2019.
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•8 May 2019•Elena Georgalla
The results of our Common Social Accountability Platform pilot in Banadir Regional Administration Durable Solutions Unit’s first newsletter
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Katie Couric Announced as ‘Jeopardy!’ Guest Host
Katie Couric is temporarily taking over as the host of Jeopardy! Katie will serve as one of the first guest hosts after the final episodes featuring long-time emcee Alex Trebek finish airing this week.
Trebek passed away in November after battling pancreatic cancer. He continued taping episodes after he announced his diagnosis in 2019, filming his final episode only 10 days before his death. Alex shared a message with fans about his future replacement in one of his final interviews.
Jeopardy‘s producers said the show will feature guest-hosts until a permanent replacement has been chosen. Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings will also be hosting episodes of the long-running trivia show.
Katie Couric lined up to guest host Jeopardy! after Alex Trebek death
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In a five-year prediction, IDC says Windows Phone will collapse completely. The forecast comes on the back of a steady decline in market share for the platform, and it is hard to see how Microsoft can turn it around.
March 3, 2017 4:40 pm CET
The decline of Windows as a mobile platform has been much discussed. From Windows 10 Mobile failing to make an impact to Microsoft pulling out of the hardware market, Windows Phone has been through tough times. They are about to get tougher, however, IDC predicts that within five years, Windows Phone will have a market share of zero.
The market-watching firm today released its 5-year prediction for the smartphone market. The news is not good for Windows Phone.
Microsoft’s platform has been in a steep decline for a couple of years. It market share has dropped as smartphone sales have dried up. The company’s decision to end the Lumia brand last year created a vacuum. Microsoft, and Nokia before it, were the runaway best-selling manufacturer on the back of Lumia.
With no more Microsoft hardware, a huge void was created in Windows Phone. OEMs have simply lost confidence in the platform. Why would they build hardware for Windows 10 Mobile when Microsoft does not want to do it?
It’s a conundrum the company has attempted to address with reassurances that Windows 10 Mobile will be fully supported. Manufacturers are not buying it.
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While Lumia was the top-selling Windows-based brand, it is worth noting that the platform was failing even with Microsoft’s hardware. Perhaps the decline would have been slower, but it was happening anyway.
IDC reports that it is going to get a lot worse in the coming years:
“Windows Phone continues to decline as a share of the smartphone space as many OEMs have given up producing phones for the platform. As a result, IDC expects 2017 volumes to decline 69.5% to just 1.8 million units. It is unclear at this time if Microsoft has a clear plan to persuade OEMs to get back on board with the platform, or if it plans to release a device itself like it did with Surface devices. Until this production question is addressed, IDC doesn’t see a clear path to turning around the platform.”
Microsoft certainly still has plans for Windows Phone. Indeed, the company is likely to return to the hardware front with the oft-rumored Surface Phone. Redmond is likely to steer a mobile course directly for business and enterprise and treat the consumer as an afterthought.
At this point, it is the only course of action that makes sense. However, considering Android and iOS already have a commanding lead in enterprise, it is hard to see how Microsoft can break the hold. We could argue that Windows 10 Mobile could offer much more to a business, but Microsoft’s rivals have the market position.
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It is astonishing, indeed, how geographical boundaries can impact our thoughts, feelings, and actions. While we may all appear the same on the surface, many aspects tend to make us different.
For a long time, we have looked at and treated people living in the East and West in similar ways. Not only did this give birth to a very narrow view of the human population worldwide, but it also contributed to sheer ignorance of people’s personality attributes such as behavior, thinking patterns, and emotional states. Simple observational studies have revealed significant differences in reasoning, thought processes, and behavioral patterns of people living in the Eastern and Western societies.
How is it that shaking hands is seen as a welcoming gesture in the Eastern societies, whereas the West prefers brushing things off with a simple “hi, hey, or hello?” Why do these societies differ so much from each other, even though the basic underlying human needs should somewhat be the same? Let’s have a look at the significant points of difference that set East and West apart.
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East and West differ a great deal in terms of deep-rooted philosophical and cultural aspects. Culture is a product of an individual’s upbringing and includes societal customs and traditions which shape our behavior. Cultural values are also affected by the religious beliefs we hold and constitute our social identity.
The concept of ‘collectivism versus individualism’ can help in studying eastern and western societies. Ignoring exceptional cases, it has been seen that people in the West tend to be more individualistic (preferring individual interests and sense of self over group values). In contrast, the East comprises more collectivists (group interests are given more importance over personal preferences).
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The concept of self has always been given utmost importance in the Western world. People in the East tend to think for society’s good on the whole. West is more open in sharing feelings and opinions, while Eastern cultures have somehow taught people to hold their emotions.
The liberal lifestyle in the West has a profound impact on the reasoning and interpretation of people. West is quick in making decisions about themselves. People in the East are more accepting of what their family and friends have to say.
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The eastern side of the world values familial bonds and consists of joint family systems. The head of the family takes all critical decisions. Their opinion is sought in all matters.
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Joan Rivers: Can We Talk?
Sep 5, 2014 | by Debbie Gutfreund
She used her acerbic wit to defend Israel and the Jewish people.
On June 8, 1933 a little girl, Joan Alexandra Molinsky, was born. Her parents, Beatrice and Meyer, were Russian Jewish immigrants who raised their two daughters originally in Brooklyn before settling in Larchmont, New York. Joan graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College in 1954 and before entering show business, she worked as a tour guide at Rockefeller Center, as a writer at an advertising agency and as a fashion consultant at Bond Clothing Store. She changed her name to Joan Rivers when she entered the acting world, and in February 1983, she became the first female comedian to ever perform at Carnegie Hall. She became famous for her direct sense of humor and for her insistence in "telling it like it is."
Though Joan was not an observant Jew, she was a member of Temple Emanuel in New York and often stated publicly that she "loved Israel." In the middle of Operation Protective Edge this past summer Joan told the media: "Let me just tell you, if New Jersey were firing rockets into New York, we would wipe them out. And Palestinians, you cannot throw rockets and expect people not to defend themselves. Don't you dare put weapon stashes in private homes. They started it. You're all insane. How do I know? Because I have been over there. That's how I know. And I wish the world would know. And BBC should be ashamed of themselves and CNN should be ashamed of themselves and everybody stop it already."
When Joan died on Thursday afternoon at the age of 81, from a series of cardiac complications following a routine surgery, the Jewish people lost one of our most outspoken and unapologetic voices. We may not have appreciated all of Joan's jokes or her satirical humor style, but we can learn from her courage and strength. Here are ten of her quotes that teach us how to follow our own dreams and stand up for who we are:
1. Appreciate the moment. "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present."
2. Be grateful. "I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive. Things are happening."
3. Examine your beliefs. "Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise."
4. Speak up. "I succeeded by saying what everyone else was thinking."
5. Learn to smile. "Life is very tough. If you don't laugh, it's tough."
6. Be true to yourself. "I'm in nobody's circle, I've always been an outsider."
7. Pursue your dreams even when the world tries to take them away. "What are people going to do? Fire me? I've been fired before. Not book me? I've been out of work before. I don't care."
8. Face your fears. "I lived to be on stage and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show."
9. Use every opportunity. "I was smart enough to go through any door that opened."
10. Have confidence in your work. "You can find my book at your favorite bookstore and if it isn't there find a new favorite."
But the greatest legacy that Joan Rivers left the world is her famous expression: “Can we talk?” Joan was a person who lived her life as a connector, as someone who wanted to reach audiences, small and large and share ideas and struggles with others. In 1997, Joan published a candid book describing her struggle with bulimia after her husband’s death. And despite undergoing multiple plastic surgeries, Joan was open about her continuing challenges with her self- image culminating in her bestselling book “I Hate Everyone Starting with Me.”
Speech helps us to get out of our self-absorption and self-contained world. We do not need to face our struggles alone. Can we talk? Can we share our struggles and our triumphs with each other? Can we be proud of who we are and where we come from? Can we stand up for what we believe in? Can we talk? Can we admit that we are afraid and show up anyway? Can we talk? Can we learn to smile even when life is tough? Can we remember how to laugh with each other even when we see things differently?
Can we take this precious lesson from Joan Rivers and use it to change our own lives? To speak up when we need to. To face our fears. To share our struggles. To reach out to the world and to each other even when it seems like no one is listening.
Is there someone that you need to speak to? Is there something you have been wanting to share? Is there a conversation you know you need to have, but you can’t seem to build up enough courage? Try Joan’s three words: "Can we talk?" Sometimes that is all you need to say.
Thank you, Joan for teaching us how to speak up and how to share our struggles with each other. And for using your talents for defending Israel and the Jewish people.
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(31) Dave, September 15, 2014 6:09 PM
Joan -- Defender of Israel AND Judaism
Let us not forget Ms. Joan Rivers also defended Judaism not just Israel. In fact, I don't think it's entirely fair to state that she ''wasn't observant'' as the article reads. She wasn't Orthodox -- yes but she was not indifferent either.
When Jews for J aired a commercial during Joan River's radio show this is what she said in her usual no-holds barred, take no prisoners attitude:
“Do not prostyletize on my show, you a-holes!” Rivers ranted after coming back from a commercial break where the ad was played.
“I am going to say right now that I am against this. I find this disgusting to put on my show!” she said.
“I am a Jew, I was born a Jew and I plan to die a Jew,” Rivers said. “How dare you. How dare you advertise on my show! And every time you advertise on my show, I will come out and say I find this disgusting, I find this offensive and I find this ridiculous!”
(30) Anonymous, September 13, 2014 5:50 AM
Joan Rivers Pears And Cavier
Joan Rivers – Pears and Caviar
If Rivers identifies in any way as a Jewish performer, it's in the emphasis she places on survival -- a skill she first learned from her immigrant parents.
"They both had to flee Russia because of the revolution, but my father left because his family was so poor, and my mother left because her family was rich -- 'court Jews' who sold fur and bricks to the czarist army," she says.
"My mother was only 6 years old when she left, but she remembered servants carrying big silver platters with pears stuffed with caviar in for dinner," Rivers adds. "And then when her family came to America they were desperately poor, and my grandfather couldn't take it. He went back to Russia and died of starvation in St. Petersburg. It was my grandmother who made the transition to life in America. And it was only in America that my parents could have met and married."By the time Joan was growing up in Larchmont, N.Y., her father had become a physician and a founder of the town's first synagogue, which initially met in the local firehouse. The young Joan loved to perform but was even more eager to please her parents and pursue "everything a nice Jewish girl was supposed to do." She earned an English degree from Barnard College in 1954 and married a Jewish businessman but was "completely miserable," she says. She divorced him six months later, and then announced that she intended to pursue acting.
"My father truly thought I was mad and threatened to have me committed," she says.
"I left home at that point, and I didn't talk to my parents for a year -- including Yom Kippur, which was awful," Rivers continues. "I was all alone, but I had an Italian boyfriend, and he just drove me around until we found a temple that would let me in without a ticket. God bless this little temple in the Bronx that welcomed me in."
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(29) Anonymous, September 12, 2014 2:28 PM
This is excellent! Thank you so much for posting this!
To The Author
What do you have to say about her beyond sick "joke" related to the Holocaust AND her not apologizing for it. On this and various other things, stop this nonsense of making her into a "hero" and "role model."
GeeMiller, January 6, 2015 9:38 PM
Whadaboud it?
Joan annoyed many people, the nasty things said about her online were just despicable.
Joan would have laughed and then made them madder than ever with a choice piece of the truth...not her truth, not your truth, just lain the truth
She was a form of Zen Judaism, an elemental spirit that saw things from ovet there to the left a bit, and I was never so amused when Joan started in.
I NEVER missed a night when she was Johnny's stand-in host.
I got annoyed often (not being perfect guarantees you a joke of Joan's wiould hit close to home)but the actual affection I felt for her was earned...no Catholic surviving a Mother Teresa joke is gonna not laugh at a Holocaust joke...your sense of humor seems a bit "my way or the Highway"ish...Joan made a joke, she didn't deny it or pretend it was OK...shame on you for finding such a narrow reason to not honor a gifted comedian...(some say Genius, call me in 50 years ...and I'll ask you "Can we talk?")
Miss you Joan.
(27) Anonymous, September 10, 2014 10:46 AM
Melissa Rivers
I hope Melissa has a "spiritual awakening", starts lighting Shabbat Candles and eventually realizes that there's a bigger picture in this world that gives life real meaning. As for her Mom, Gd's the true Judge. Glad she stood up for Israel before she passed away. Hashem calls the shots. Sobering.
Anonymous, September 11, 2014 5:27 AM
she does
check out the season where they light Shabbat candles on a Joan & Melissa episode on youtube
i'm the anonymous person who said i had read Joan's mother was NOT Jewish
i went back and did find the article where i read that her mother Beatrice was NOT Jewish. I didn't mean any disrepect. i simply Had read she was NOT Jewish and wanted to express that.
so here is where I read it:
it was in an article in the Daily Mail (online) by a Michael Thornton and the date was Sept.4, 2014.
I'm disabled and in pain which is why I suggested perhaps someone else could look for that article.
but, since someone was upset by my comments, I went back and did locate the exact article.
Of course, I don't if it's accurate. but, many people, Jewish and Non Jewish are not aware that if a person's mother is not Jewish then the person is not Jewish.
Anyway the article in the Daily Mail online is where i read her mother Beatrice was not Jewish.
May everyone be signed and sealed in the Book of Life, i"h.
(25) Avi Goldstein, September 9, 2014 10:15 PM
Ona'as Devarim
Yes, Joan Rivers was very funny. Unfortunately, often the humor came at the expense of someone's feelings. The fact that something is humorous, or that the subject of the humor is famous, does not make it permissible. Ona'as devarim, hurting someone with words, is applicable even for comedians.
(24) Geraldine, September 9, 2014 5:36 PM
Jewish values?
Laughing at ourselves is great, and Joan Rivers did it well, and laughing some everyday is wonderful. Laughing AT others, making fun of them, especially something superficial like looks, having fun at others'r expense, even humiliating them, is not only NOT great, but very NOT Jewish, and Joan Rivers did that well also, too well. Tell me, please, what is funny about those things?
I love that she stood up for Israel. So what? She became a role model for so much that is antithetical to "Jewish values." And when she died, she ordered a disgustingly gross and ostentatious funeral, ordered that she be cremated, and asked that donations be made to three organizations, all of which are good causes but none of them Jewish. She was assimilated into the Hollywood lifestyle, didn't keep kosher, Shabbat, or most other mitzvot, and her idea of tikkun olam was to rip people apart based on their fashion choices or their looks. Do you even remember what she used to say about Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, and the rest of the royals, having nothing to do with them as people, only with their physical appearance?
Jewish values? Robin Williams, a"h, who was not Jewish, and also supported Israel, had more Jewish values and clever humor in his little finger!
(23) Sharon Gomer, September 9, 2014 7:03 AM
Betcha Joan has met G-D with the comment "Can we talk" and betcha she is keeping Him in fits of laughter. Joan thanks for the laughter, thanks for the generosity in your charity work, thanks for your heartfelt support of Israel, thanks for being a bundle of honest fire. For all the people who criticise you for doing what you did best, well, people learn to laugh at yourselves everyday and life will seem so much better and the day will be so much easier to get through. RIP little Jewish funny but honest lady - will miss your wonderful ability to make us laugh which is the spice of life.
(22) Cauck, September 8, 2014 7:01 PM
So she supported Israel. She also seriously harmed the image of Jews.
A few years ago while surfing TV channels, I happened to see Joan Rivers' major performance in London, UK. Upon starting her act she almost immediately identified herself as Jewish. Then within minutes, she launched into the most vulgar & disgusting monologue I've ever hraed. Very unfortunate that for millions of viewers, at least on the subconscious level, such a connection was established between Jewish humour & sheer filth.
(21) Boca Mom, September 8, 2014 5:22 PM
always look for the good
Everyone has faults, no one upon their death should be remembered for those,unless they were truly evil, which is not the case here by any means! Joan Rivers made everyone laugh, and she supported Israel when lots of other people who have more money and less to lose did not! She had chutzpa but in a good way. For those who want to find fault with her, ask yourself if you are blameless and what you would want people to remember about you when you die. I remember and applaud her for the things she did for Jew, for women and for everyone by making them smile and laugh!
(20) Anonymous, September 8, 2014 3:39 PM
Joane Rivers-funniest lady on the planet
--and a true mensch (if that can be applied to a female?!) She defended Israel and her Jewish people-enough said. Plus some of her jokes made me laugh so hard I'd literally almost fall out of my chair-not many can do that! Rest in peace, and hope G-d is an appreciative new audience...!
A positive angle
Thank you for expressing the positive aspects of Joan River's humor and life view point. I agree with other comments that Joan's surface humor does not reflect the best of Jewish values, particularly, "her telling it like it is" and her raunchiness. But there are other examples that the author provides that we should take to heart, and are seemingly inspired by her Jewish values.
Gee Miller, September 9, 2014 12:36 AM
O really?
Joan represented the best of Jews and Non-Jews alike...she had the courage and dignity to get seriously funny by putting all of us in the spotlight.I just went through several vids of her performances and I still couldn't stop from laughing out loud. She went right there , where most people fear to go...the truth.You missed a lot of good stuff if you judged Joan by her profanity (real life isn't pretty) and her hitting taboo subjects. Someone once said Jews had a self defense system that worked very well...keep our enemies laughing so hard they don't have time to hurt us.
Joan was one of the very special people God gives us , and while I never met her I am so very sad she's gone.
(18) Joy, September 8, 2014 10:42 AM
Joan Rivers - One of a Kind!
We're all entitled to our opinions - incl. those who detested her rauch and put-down type of humor; however, what she "put down" were the myriad of human foibles - all of which deserved closer observance to see the innate humor through the insults.
(17) Anonymous, September 8, 2014 6:18 AM
She was still a Jew
I didn't care much for her style but she is a Jew and defended Israel to the end. Thank you Joan for standing up to the anti semite bullys in the world. Cnn, bbd, etc. you will be missed. That made me proud of her.
(16) Isabella Buccinna, September 7, 2014 10:43 PM
Joanie, what a GAL.
Bless God for people like Joan Rivers. Fervent defender of the State of Israel and Jews around the world. Yes, it's true that Joanie was at times brash and some of us didn't agree with some things she said, but she a legend and rightly so. She is missed.
(15) Kelly, September 7, 2014 10:27 PM
Hardly a role model.
From watching her on television most of her so called 'wit' is comprised of vile insults, especially as she has got older. Her show 'Fashion Police' is unwatchable for this reason.
Joan Rivers' mouth a good example?
I agree that Joan Rivers was a proud Jew and a staunch defender of Israel. I agree that she had some wisdom to impart, as in the lines quoted here, and simply by the idea that we should laugh at ourselves.
But most of her humor was based on vicious barbs, either making fun of people or downright saying terribly unkind things about them as people or about how they look. How is this a good example for us to follow? Her sense of humor and "satire" was exactly what Judaism teaches us NOT to do.
Yes, she stood up for Israel, and that's a good thing. Yes, maybe she was a good and kind person in her private life and gave lots of tzedakah (I don't know this for sure, but I will give her the benefit of the doubt). But her public persona was mean and vicious and demeaning, mostly lashon harah pure and simple, and I don't think this is something we should laugh at or applaud.
steve, September 7, 2014 6:01 PM
find the positive
This article is NOT applauding lashon hara -- it is giving tribute to a famous Jew, focusing on the positive she did embody and lessons that we indeed can derive from her life. The article clearly states that there are things that joan rivers represents that we do not condone, but why not use this occasion -- a death that the entire world is talking about -- and give a positive jewish perspective.
Anonymous, September 7, 2014 8:54 PM
You left out obnoxious. Whenever I saw her on a talk show, I would change the station. I am convinced that she was a good loving person in her private life, but as an entertainer, as annoying as you can get. Her voice, her delivery, her self-righteousness........what gives her the right to attack people, especially many whom she had never met, in such a personal way, and what does that say about those who pay her big money to do that?
humor was based on vicious barbs
I am glad you mentioned that point. I also find it interesting that her demise was caused by a procedure performed on her throat, the source of her voice. It is difficult for me to respect shock humor.
Anonymous, September 10, 2014 10:51 AM
Pretty Good Minds Think Alike
OMGosh! The exact same thought crossed my mind.
SteveD, September 7, 2014 10:40 PM
What are you nuts?
What do you have, Romex for brains? She just told you not to follow her or anyone before making up your own mind. Do you have a reading comprehension problem? Must you hate everyone 24/7?
Negative sentiment moron.
Lisa, September 8, 2014 12:43 AM
You too Geraldine are guilty....
You just said a bit of your own lashon Hara on a woman you really don't even know!!
Let's remember her gift of making others laugh....AND she was not shy about defending Israel!! She gets my vote!
Lowa, September 8, 2014 1:58 AM
she was a PARODY of the world's viciousness!!
Yes, Joan spoke LASHAN HARA, but to such an EXAGGERATED EXTENT that the effect of that lashon hara was diminished. ie...when she spoke about Elizabeth Taylor and her EATING...yeah, that was mean, but through that COMEDIC FORMULA JOAN embodied that vicious mother-in-law who always calls you FAT or that STEP MOTHER who always calls you UGLY. Joan was just getting back at the cruelty of people (many of whom were Jews, both "secular" and "orthodox") who had said mean things to her. Through her making fun of it all, we could VENT our OWN frustrations at all the evil amongst us "civilized" beings.
Anonymous, September 8, 2014 4:15 AM
I agree with Geraldine. Yes she had her good points. But most of her fame came from that type of humor and I don't understand why suddenly she's so wonderful. She hurt a lot of people.
(13) Laura, September 7, 2014 3:29 PM
Her mom had to be jewish
Where her family davened in Larchmount an that time they would have NEVER let them in. Very serious, I know shuls check especially when they have children
In my shul, you are prohibited from being on the bemah, That is why they check.
Wish we had more people sticking up for Israel!
(12) Jerry Solomon, September 7, 2014 3:15 PM
Ambivalence & Ambiguity???
Hurray for Zionist Support!
Why was it specified that there would be NO RABBIS at her funeral???? JayS
Teri, September 8, 2014 11:44 AM
She didn't specify "no rabbis" at her funeral
She didn't specify "no rabbis" at her funeral. She said in her book that she didn't want "...some rabbi rambling on..." at her funeral - that's a big difference. A rabbi from Temple Emanuel-El officiated at the funeral.
(11) Rabbi Bill kurry, September 7, 2014 3:01 PM
It's so nice to hear someone not be afraid to speak the truth.
Being politically correct is a farce when obfuscates they truth. She was just wonderful and we will miss her dearly.
Anonymous, January 6, 2015 10:07 PM
Todah Rabah for such kind and true words, Rabbi.Kurry!
You speak for me as well...what an opening for Joan to crack wise! LOL
Maybe she is laughing at us the living, trying to judge her life... I can almost hear her ..."Oh...grow up!"
(10) Rahel, September 7, 2014 2:46 PM
May her memory be a blessing.... I thank Gd for zionism..she was a holy warrior I think she was 100 % Jewish...
from wiki : Rivers was born in Brooklyn, New York,[13][14][15] the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants Beatrice (née Grushman; January 6, 1906 – October 1975) and Meyer C. Molinsky (December 7, 1900 – January 1985).[15] Her elder sister, Barbara Waxler, died on June 3, 2013 at the age of 82.
(9) Anonymous, September 7, 2014 12:40 PM
i read recently in an article that her mother Beatrice was NOT Jewish
up until recently i also thought Joan Rivers was Jewish. (her
father was). but in a bio in a recent article I read that her mother
Beatrice was NOT Jewish. If that is true, then she was not truly
Jewish although she identified as Jewish.
perhaps someone else can check this out further.
Lisa, September 7, 2014 2:51 PM
Can we talk?!
Who says that? Only a Jew!!!
Oy, it would be a shonda if Joan Rivers wasn't a Jew...but keep your kippa on....she's Jewish!!
Teri, September 7, 2014 4:17 PM
To #9 - Anonymous
You make an assertion questioning Joan Rivers' Jewishness based on an article that you recently read. What article? Where did you read it? You don't say. In fact, after casting this aspersion, you suggest that "...perhaps someone else can check this out further." The point of this article was how we lost an outspoken and unapologetic voice for Jews and Israel. Your comment seems to me to be particularly mean-spirited and in poor taste.
Rivka, September 7, 2014 4:46 PM
Joan was Jewish
I don't know where you heard her mother was not Jewish but from the accounts I have read, Joan's mother Beatrice Grushman was Jewish.
(8) Maria Dodoc, September 7, 2014 11:56 AM
(7) Miriam, September 7, 2014 11:10 AM
I once heard her say:
My mother was so desperate for me to get married she took out a billboard at the highway reading: "Last available Jewish girl left before leaving the Bronx"!
(6) Russell, September 7, 2014 2:53 AM
May god comfort her family and the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
(5) Jimmy Sell (Ari Chaviv), September 6, 2014 8:59 PM
Zichrona L'vracha.
(4) Ron, September 6, 2014 6:58 PM
Really sorry about her passing
I actually knew her just by name and by the video in which that was posted in the article.
As Nancy (comment 1) said, may her Neshama have an Aliya!
I highly appreciate what she did for Israel
(3) Lisa, September 5, 2014 9:42 PM
What a great strong energetic lady !!
Nothing was given to Joan....she fell....she got back up!! Family was numero uno in her life!! Israel, like you said, was also a priority!
Joan had a sterling work ethic.....81 hard earned years & still wants to look good & put in a full days work!
But the cherry on top was her priority to make everyone laugh!
What a selfless gift.....
That's what we need more than ever these days.....to take time to laugh!
Joan....we'll miss you!
(2) ruth berkovits, September 5, 2014 12:49 PM
Thank you for writing such a beautiful article about Joan Rivers.
I remember her sharp wit and courage to say it like it is.
(1) Nancy, September 5, 2014 10:23 AM
BD"E Joan Rivers. May her neshama have an aliya. I have a very strong appreciation of what she said about Israel and I wish I had uttered such profound words!
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Hadron H2 National Championship sponsored by Allen
The fourth Hadron H2 National Championships got underway at Royal Torbay YC on Friday (September 11th). The day dawned with little sun and little wind but after a short postponement the shifty WSW wind steadied somewhat and increased to over 5 knots and the first start was underway.
The fleet may be smaller than usual (you know why!) but the quality of the entries is very high, with any one of them capable of winning the event. Spectators’ attention, however, was on the potential tussle between Richard Leftley, current Inland Champion, and Ian Sanderson, National Champion for the last two years. Richard led Ian at the weather mark but the lighter helm clawed back the lead on the off wind legs. However, he was not alone – Ian Dawson (Warsash SC) and Robin Parsons (Deben YC) also passed Richard off wind. Ian Sanderson took the winning gun by about 15 seconds from Richard, who had improved his off wind speed in the latter half of the race. The rest of the fleet were not far behind, however, with new H2 owner Robin Parsons sailing his first Championship race in third place. Dave Barker (Draycote Water SC) came fourth.
The wind was strengthening for the second race, which gave some advantage to the heavier Richard. His superiority upwind was increased, which was sufficient for Ian to have difficulty in closing the gap on the off wind legs. Richard held off a final attack by Ian on the last run to take his first winning gun. The jubilation was apparent! After finishing mid-fleet in race 1, Adrian Williams (Warsash SC) found the sweet point in ‘Tangerine Dream’ to finish in third place with Ian Little (Thorpe Bay YC) also improving to finish 4th.
In race 3 the wind maintained a steady(ish) 10 knots which enabled Richard and ‘H2oligan’ to stay just ahead of Ian’s ‘Shifty Fades Away’ to record his second win (more jubilation from Richard!). Andrew Mcgaw (Grafham Water SC) sailed a good race to finish third, giving him third place over all after day one. Ian Little posted another fourth place to improve his ranking overall.
So the theme has been set for the next two days – it’s going to be a battle between Leftley and Sanderson for top honours. But the rest of the fleet was never far behind in any of the three Friday races – there is no doubt that it is getting more competitive – so it’s still all to play for.
I was out on one of the support boats all day and was very impressed by the practised and professional organisation of the racing – excellent work by the enthusiastic team from Royal Torbay YC.
After the revels of the Class Dinner in the hospitable environment of the Royal Torbay YC on the Friday evening, the bright light of a sunny Saturday morning greeted the H2 competitors with a faint zephyr from the south west – or thereabouts. This was not good news for one of the two leading contenders – Richard Leftley – who wanted more breeze against his rival Ian Sanderson. But it was what it was and after a short delay race 4 got underway. Sure enough, those who were betting on Ian got a good return on their money as he won the first race of the day, with Richard literally in the Doldrums in fourth place. Dave Barker had his best result so far with a well deserved second place, ahead of Robin Parsons in third.
What Richard did not need in race 5 was to be over the start line and by the time he had restarted he was last H2 away. However, he recovered to 5th place at the weather mark but Ian Sanderson was already on his way to another win. Richard could not improve his position in the very light airs. Second place went to Grand Master Ian Dawson who just squeezed in ahead of Simon Hipkin, with ‘Dark Horse’ Robin Parsons gaining another good result just behind.
The wind started to fill in for race 6 and Richard took full advantage, leading from start to finish. Ian had to settle for second place with Andrew McGaw third and Adrian Williams having a good race in fourth place.
The leader board (after one discard) now shows Ian Sanderson ahead on 7 points with Richard Leftley on 9 points. Richard will have to win both races tomorrow to win the Championships but at this stage it must be current champion Ian Sanderson who is the favourite. Third place is likely to be decided between Robin Parsons and Ian Dawson.
Another lovely sunrise over Torbay – but a flat calm. Not good for sailing. The H2 fleet launched on time and spent an hour or so waiting for some pressure – which duly appeared from the south at about 11:30. The final two races took place in a 10-knot breeze amid sparkling seas – superb sailing weather. If Richard Leftley could win the last two races he would be the champion but Ian Sanderson was determined to keep his slender overnight lead. Richard’s windward superiority in a breeze was soon made apparent as he rounded the weather mark in first place, followed by Adrian Williams and Andrew McGaw, with Ian Sanderson trailing in seventh place. Ian made up several places downwind and was second at the leeward mark but he could not catch Richard, who scored his fourth win of the event. Simon Hipkin sailed consistently well for third place, with Ian Dawson fourth.
The 8th and last race soon started in similar conditions to race 7. Again, Richard was first to the windward mark but this time Ian was a little closer. Nonetheless, Richard maintained his lead and at the start of the final run had a 100 metre lead over Ian, followed by Andrew McGaw and Ian Dawson. With just a few hundred metres to the finish, Ian had narrowed the deficit to 50 metres but it seemed that he would have to relinquish his title to Richard. But Fate likes to play tricks – whether it was a gust from astern or Ian finding another gear, the gap narrowed rapidly in the approach to the final mark and Ian reached across Richard’s stern, did a smart gybe and took the inside berth at the mark. Ian rounded ahead of Richard and received the winning gun just 3 seconds ahead of his rival. So after three days, 8 races and several hours of racing, the Championship was won by a margin of 3 seconds. It was a fitting climax to a great event in which all competitors played a full part – there being no more than 3 minutes separating first and last in most races.
Ian Sanderson’s H2’s sail number – 111 now matches his championship wins – 3 in a row.
Special mention must go to Ian Dawson, who finished in third place overall and also won the Grand Master’s Trophy for the first helm aged 65 to 69. In fact, he finished ahead of the winner of the Master’s Trophy (60-64) – Andrew McGaw, who finished was fourth. But all competitors sailed very well and almost all finished within shouting distance of the two front runners on occasion.
Back ashore the distanced prize-giving provided multiple prizes for all competitors – thanks to our sponsors, Allen Brothers.
The Hadron H2 Class Association thanks all the volunteers and staff of the Royal Torbay YC who provided us with a great course and fine hospitality. Special thanks go to PRO Bob Penfold and his team, who always managed to second guess the shifty conditions and set perfect courses. The launching and recovery in a busy harbour was very efficiently managed by Richard Walden – a master of diplomacy and persuasion.
Report and photos by Keith Callaghan
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The ancient Japanese shrine dedicated to curing haemorrhoids
Japan is known for having its fair share of unique and unusual ancient shrines and associated festivals, from the Mama Kannon temple dedicated to breasts to the Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus). The Japanese call them “kisai” (‘strange festival). Within this category of the kisai, we find the Kunigami Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture. The ancient temple is dedicated to curing the condition of haemorrhoids through a series of rituals conducted at a ‘holy egg’.
According to ancient Japanese tradition, anyone who visits the shrine and carries out the complete ritual will be cured of the condition of haemorrhoids. The ritual involves first bathing naked in a local river, which is considered holy. The sufferer then needs to visit the Kunigami shrine where an altar with a holy egg stands. They must crouch down in front of the altar, pointing their backside towards the egg while saying a special prayer. They then must consume a meal of boiled eggs at a nearby temple.
Temple priest Osamu Hayakawa demonstrates the healing ritual by crouching down in front of the holy egg. Photo source .
“In the modern world in which we live, it is not acceptable for people to be showing off their rear ends whilst public bathing in an open river but we believe that it is fine if the essence of the ritual is still maintained,” said temple priest Osamu Hayakawa.
“We perform a short service and afterwards individuals come and have to point their rear end at the holy egg and say a special player. The devout will find that the trip to the Karube Shrine will have the desired effect.”
Those not suffering from haemorrhoids can also take part, with the belief they will then never suffer from the condition in later life.
There is little information available regarding the origins and history of the shrine and the traditions and rituals practiced there. The temple fell into disrepair in the 1980s but has recently been refurbished and reopened and has since seen a boom in popularity.
Every year, a special holy day is staged at the Kunigami Shrine, when visitors can turn up in the hope of receiving a cure for their condition.
The resurgence in popularity at the shrine is thought to be due to an increasing number of people suffering from haemorrhoids.
Featured image: The holy egg at the Kunigami Shrine. Photo source .
By April Holloway
Kunigami
holy egg
April Holloway is a Co-Owner, Editor and Writer of Ancient Origins. For privacy reasons, she has previously written on Ancient Origins under the pen name April Holloway, but is now choosing to use her real name, Joanna Gillan.
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Opinion: Alternative green energy should receive financing on exchanges
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Alternative green energy needs new sources of funding
Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Economics propose to bring domestic projects to create alternative green energy to the exchange. Attracting foreign investment will allow renewable energy to grow faster and lose dependence on budgetary injections.
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Student entrepreneurs are being given the support and training to turn ideas into successful ventures at GEMS World Academy – Dubai
GEMS World Academy – Dubai has launched The Hub, a central component of the school’s Centre of Excellence for Entrepreneurship and Youth Start-up. The Centre – the first of its kind in the education sector – seeks to foster an entrepreneurial mindset and drive innovation, leading to successful ventures and the creation of jobs.
The Hub is a key support platform designed to incubate the ideas of student entrepreneurs and provide support to make them reality. The Centre of Excellence also helps students to refine their projects, gain appropriate guidance and rapidly establish their enterprises in partnership with key industry leaders and with the support of the Centre’s entrepreneurship eco-system partner, Wamda Ventures.
The Centre provides training, facilitates access to experts, promotes peer-to-peer connections and provides resources to enable students to scale up and grow their business ideas, all while developing an entrepreneurial mindset.
The Centre of Excellence was inaugurated by GEMS Education CEO Dino Varkey, in the presence of leading influencer entrepreneurs in the UAE, including Anas Bukhash, co-founder of Ahdaaf Sports Club and the founder of Bukhash Brothers, and Zahra Abdullah, the food blogger behind “Cooking with Zahra”.
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Today’s students are far more likely to have to create their own employment, while 65 per cent of the jobs they will engage in after they graduate do not even exist yet. With the current unemployment rate in the MENA region at about 28 per cent, it is even more important to enable the region’s youth to tap the potential of self-entrepreneurship.
Commenting on the launch of The Hub, Dino Varkey said: “The Hub is a crucial component of the school and is one of five Centres of Excellence across our network of schools. The Centre is designed to promote technological and digital learning as well as unique student pathways and qualifications. The Hub provides our bright young minds with a collaborative space to work on projects related to entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable development.”
Helen Al Uzaizi, GEMS World Academy – Dubai’s Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Environmentalism Director, said: “Students enter a continuously changing world that requires flexibility, creativity, collaboration and nimbleness to adapt to this rapid change. Increasingly, our students need to think like entrepreneurs, and our Centre of Excellence aims to break schools out of old dichotomies between knowledge and skills, traditional rigor and entrepreneurial creativity. We want our students to be socially aware and responsible global citizens who understand local needs.”
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A monumental collaboration between David Rockwell and Surface Magazine for Milan Design Week 2018
April 17–22, 2018, Via Ferrante Aporti 11, Milan
Celebrated New York architect David Rockwell and his studio the Rockwell Group has teamed up with Surface magazine to celebrate its 25th anniversary with The Diner, a celebration of American design, presented as an unforgettable contemporary interpretation of the archetypal roadside restaurant.
The installation, which is being staged in one of the cavernous vaults under the famous Milano Centrale train station as part of Ventura Centrale by Ventura Projects, will immerse visitors in four distinct environments. Drawing on an expertise in hospitality and set design, Rockwell and the LAB at Rockwell Group are using the rituals of the diner as reference and departure points, linking the past and the future of an essential American icon. The entrance, inspired by the Airstream, will feature fresh coffee and homestyle pie. The journey will continue with an East Coast–style luncheonette, where visitors can enjoy milkshakes and other classic diner fare. A branded version of grilled cheese sandwiches will be served in the third segment of the space, a room that pays tribute to diners of the Midwest. The experience will conclude with a laid-back West Coast lounge concept.
“We are thrilled to be working with Surface on The Diner,” says David Rockwell, founder and president of Rockwell Group. “Diners are uniquely American and enduring in our cultural iconography. Our goal is to capture the restaurant’s inherently optimistic and democratic spirit that draws people of all backgrounds to create a welcoming, lively, engaging, and fun environment.”
Providing a strong visual identity to the The Diner, is renowned design studio 2×4, which is creating the project’s design universe, from custom fonts and signage to menus. “Outside of the U.S.,” says Susan Sellers, creative director and partner at 2×4, “many would say one of America’s distinctive qualities is optimism—an endless appetite for openness, possibility, and potential. I would say that American identity is currently challenged. We wanted to capture that paradox in The Diner’s identity.”
“I couldn’t be more excited to be partnering with David Rockwell and 2×4,” says Surface editorinchief Spencer Bailey. “Bringing this powerhouse team to the international stage during the world’s largest design and furniture fair is the perfect way to celebrate Surface’s 25th
anniversary.”
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Court Must Dismiss Police Lawsuits Against Marilyn Mosby
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He argues that prosecutors "acting within the scope of their duties are immune from civil suits."
Benjamin L. Crump
Lawsuits filed by Baltimore police officers against Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby must be dismissed, according to the law. The United States Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors acting within the scope of their duties in pursuing criminal prosecution are immune from civil suits.
The role of a prosecutor in a criminal case is to seek justice and represent the People of a given jurisdiction against a person charged with committing a criminal offense. This is exactly what Marilyn Mosby did when the officers involved in Freddie Gray’s death, which the medical examiner ruled a homicide, were indicted by a grand jury.
In criminal cases, particularly felonies, facts are presented to a grand jury to determine if there is probable cause to proceed with criminal charges. If the grand jury feels that there is enough probable cause to proceed, they return an indictment. In the case against the officers, a grand jury felt that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute in the death of Freddie Gray. At that time, the case goes through a process leading up to trial.
During a trial, the prosecutor has the burden of proving that the defendant is, in fact, guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The first officer tried for the death of Freddie Gray was William Porter. Porter was tried in front of a jury and at the end, the jury could not return a verdict. There were some jurors who felt that Porter was guilty and some who felt that he was not guilty.
This fact was overshadowed when the remaining officers elected to have their case heard by Judge Barry Williams, who determined that they were not guilty. Based upon proof presented at the jury trial, some jurors felt that William Porter was guilty, which indicates that Mosby did the right thing in pursing and prosecuting the officers based upon probable cause. One must remember that there are different standards of proof in proceeding with a case versus finding a person guilty.
A single person, in this case the judge who presided over the bench trial, cannot be the determining factor when deciding if a prosecutor abused her power. Mrs. Mosby followed the laws and rules of criminal procedure, she did nothing wrong. We cannot allow people to begin filing civil suits against prosecutors because a defendant is found not guilty. There are men and women found not guilty in trials all the time and it has always been maintained that absent some showing of blatant misconduct, the prosecutor is immune from such civil suits and bar complaints…this case is no different.
If we begin to allow people to bring such suits against prosecutors, then everyone who is ultimately found not guilty or later exonerated after a criminal conviction must be allowed to bring civil suits or bar complaints against the prosecutors in their cases. Under the logic of the officers who seek to sue Mrs. Mosby or have her disbarred, O.J. Simpson, Casey Anthony, and Michael Jackson should have been able to sue and seek disbarment of the prosecutors who pursued their cases.
Mosby’s office did what a prosecutor’s office is supposed to do – there was an investigation followed by a presentation to the grand jury, which returned an indictment, and the case was put before a trier of fact. What America has become used to are prosecutors becoming the trier of fact. We saw this in Cleveland, with Timothy McGinty, and Chicago, with Anita Alvarez.
Prosecutors have never been the trier of fact under the rules of criminal procedure. Their role is to present evidence to the people charged with determining what’s true or not and if the facts fit the elements of the crime charged. When a prosecutor follows the role placed upon them by the criminal justice system, they cannot be subjected to disbarment or civil suits…especially in the absence of gross misconduct, which was not present here.
Mosby should be commended for taking the difficult road and pursing charges against the officers involved in the night Freddie Gray died. It is time for Baltimore police and its union to move forward and work with Mosby in the pursuit of law and order to keep the citizens of Baltimore safe.
Benjamin L. Crump, former president of the National Bar Association, is the attorney for the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown and represents victims of former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, who was convicted of rape charges for preying on African-American women in his capacity as a police officer.
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101 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
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1. Patrick Warren Sr.
Source:Patrick Warren Jr. 1 of 101
2. Carl Dorsey III, 39
Man shot to death in Police involved shooting in Newark is identified as 39 year old Carl Dorsey III. https://t.co/hdtmb6w0Il
— The Tornado News (@TheTornadoNews) January 6, 2021
3. Dolal Idd, 23
Source:GoFundMe 3 of 101
4. Andre' Hill, 47
An attorney who has represented the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor says he is now working for the family of Andre' Hill, the man killed by a Columbus police officer early Tuesday.https://t.co/9yXaqYKHfu
— NBC4 Columbus (@nbc4i) December 24, 2020
5. Joshua Feast
Joshua Feast was fatally shot in the BACK by La Marque PD officer Jose Santos as he was running away, posing no threat. Witnesses report Santos refused to render aid to Joshua after shooting him AND then kicked his body, already debilitated by the bullet. #JusticeForJoshuaFeast pic.twitter.com/zO46PCsGzO
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) December 12, 2020
6. Maurice Gordon
Source:Mercury LLC 6 of 101
7. Casey Goodson Jr.
Source:Walton + Brown, LLP 7 of 101
8. Rodney Applewhite
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9. A.J. Crooms
A Florida sheriff's officer shot and killed two Black teens, A.J. Crooms and Sincere Pierce.
Here's what we know so far: pic.twitter.com/A8FRNS93L6
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 19, 2020
10. Sincere Pierce
MOTHER SPEAKS: Cynthia Green of #Cocoa speaks out about her son 18 yr old Sincere Pierce, shot and killed in deputy involved double shooting last Friday. Says she isn’t getting answers and still hasn’t seen her son’s body. @MyNews13 #News13Brevard pic.twitter.com/hYFxZEOqz6
— Greg Pallone (@gpallone13) November 17, 2020
11. Walter Wallace Jr.
Then they murdered Walter Wallace JR. #justiceforwalterwallace pic.twitter.com/JdCBgmMVl3
— BLM Philly (@BLMPhilly) November 13, 2020
12. Marcellis Stinnette, teen killed by police in Waukegan, Illinois
Source:Twitter 12 of 101
13. Jonathan Price
The Texas police officer who fatally shot Jonathan Price has been arrested and charged with murder. His bail has been set at 1 million dollars. I'm glad. RIP Jonathan, rest in power. pic.twitter.com/Mw5GMQX0Eb
— ~𝓣𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓬𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓱~ (@TeahCartel) October 6, 2020
14. Deon Kay
Say his name #deonkay
He just turned 18 and @DCPoliceDept murdered him pic.twitter.com/NjyGxYB8ar
— All Out DC (@All_Out_DC) September 3, 2020
15. Daniel Prude
The killing of Daniel Prude by Rochester police officers is unacceptable, and we need real answers for why this happened and why it took so long to come out.
Trained medical professionals should respond to mental health crises, not armed officers. pic.twitter.com/EPhH9inn1x
— Jeremy Cooney (@JeremyCooneyROC) September 2, 2020
16. Damian Daniels
Yesterday in SA cops killed Sergeant Damian Lamar Daniels in front of his home. His family asked the Red Cross to get him to the VA.
He had a legal gun on his hip that he never removed. He didn’t want to go and he struggled when they tried to force him.
So they killed him. pic.twitter.com/q6U7OSXb6D
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) August 27, 2020
17. Dijon Kizzee
This is #DijonKizzee, 29 yrs old and shot and killed by LA Sheriffs after being stopped for a bike violation. Cops handcuffed his lifeless body. While police investigations can drag on for months/years, cops have already claimed he ran away, and dropped clothes and a gun. #BLM pic.twitter.com/pM6mQfWLeQ
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) September 1, 2020
18. Trayford Pellerin
Source:GoFundMe 18 of 101
19. David McAtee
in an attempt to disperse crowds, #DavidMcAtee, a louisville bbq chef known for serving cops free meals, was shot and killed by the police last night. he was unarmed. not only were the officers’ bodycams off, but they also left his body on the street for 12 hours.
say his name. pic.twitter.com/kqOPku8iuQ
— adaliah 🇹🇬 (@adxlls) June 2, 2020
20. Natosha “Tony” McDade
21. George Floyd
This is #GeorgeFloyd speaking to the youth before he died. pic.twitter.com/sMV8YOoTlQ
— Dr Boyce Watkins (@drboycewatkins1) May 27, 2020
22. Yassin Mohamed
The GBI is investigating an OIS involving the Evans County Sheriff's Office and Yassin Mohamed. Mohamed is deceased. https://t.co/KwJi3e1YDc pic.twitter.com/2LQNnEhWOE
— GA Bureau of Investigation (@GBI_GA) May 9, 2020
23. Finan H. Berhe
Montgomery County Police Tweet Video Of Cop Shooting Finan H. Berhe In Maryland https://t.co/HzNV24ZpZB
— JMcCorrySpeaks (@JMcCorrySpeaks) May 9, 2020
24. Sean Reed
25. Steven Demarco Taylor
Source:S. Lee Merritt 25 of 101
26. Ariane McCree
Source:The Herald/YouTube 26 of 101
27. Terrance Franklin
The City of Minneapolis has reached a $795,000 settlement with the family of Terrance Franklin, fatally shot by officers in 2013.https://t.co/ewKclYB2Pg pic.twitter.com/JzMIl7USoh
— KARE 11 (@kare11) February 14, 2020
28. Miles Hall
Source:KRON4 28 of 101
29. Darius Tarver
30. William Green
They murdered my cousin. How do you have someone in handcuffs and in a seat belt and shoot them multilpe times.All cops aren't bad but those were. I will fight with the last breath in me for justice. William Green was a family man, a working man. Funny. Loving. Love and miss you. pic.twitter.com/PhM3a6C7uj
— Liv 👸🏾 (@liv__03) January 28, 2020
31. Samuel David Mallard, 19
This is a 2019 mugshot of the murder suspect Cobb police shot & killed today. Samuel Mallard, 19, was previously arrested for impersonating officers a half dozen times. In the 2020 case, the GBI says he’s involved in a murder/robbery. CCPD says there are other suspects. @wsbtv https://t.co/7EfuVQLmNB pic.twitter.com/ttWg5HjFkj
— Chris Jose (@ChrisJoseWSB) January 17, 2020
32. Kwame "KK" Jones, 17
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33. De’von Bailey, 19
Grand jury rules fatal officers' shooting of Devon Bailey was justified. https://t.co/MHXYQn87aH
— Scott Kilbury (@SKilburyFOX21) November 14, 2019
34. Christopher Whitfield, 31
Cop Shoots, Kills Mentally Ill Black Man #ChristopherWhitfield As He Ran Away With Foodhttps://t.co/40a5i5QnEZ pic.twitter.com/nqsIRK6JZe
— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) October 16, 2019
35. Anthony Hill, 26
Former Officer Robert Olsen killed Anthony Hill over four years ago and was finally convicted (not of murder). Will get get the Amber Guyger treatment? #AnthonyHillhttps://t.co/HZVf3tOEOL
— NewsOne (@newsone) October 25, 2019
36. De'Von Bailey, 19
37. Eric Logan, 54
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SOUTH BEND:
Two lawyers representing the estate of 54-year-old Eric Logan, who was shot and killed by a South Bend police officer, have sued that officer, Sgt. Ryan O'Neill and Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
The suit was filed in federal court today.
(READ THREAD) pic.twitter.com/frOpKFQIAV
— Joshua Short (@JoshuaShortWNDU) June 27, 2019
38. Jamarion Robinson, 26
Please join the family of Jamarion Robinson and community organizations on 8/5 to demand #justiceforjam #justiceforjamarion #76shots pic.twitter.com/wpVAoqmiQA
— Tiff Roberts (@shedefendsit) July 27, 2017
39. Gregory Hill Jr., 30
Gregory Hill, Jr. - the family of Greg Hill grants permission to use these photos to honor Greg or tell his story. pic.twitter.com/uhn1RbEQBv
— John M. Phillips (@JohnPhillips) June 1, 2018
40. JaQuavion Slaton, 20
This is Jaquavion Slaton, the 20-year-old who was was shot & killed by Fort Worth Police on Sunday. Community demanding release of body camera video, but FWPD hasn’t said when/if that will happen. #WFAA pic.twitter.com/iakQyWrRCl
— Teresa Woodard (@twoodard8) June 10, 2019
41. Ryan Twyman, 24
A post shared by The Game (@losangelesconfidential)
42. Brandon Webber, 20
When they see us, they kill us...
Brandon Webber, father of 3, shot by U. S. Marshalls 16-20 times in Memphis.
No one deserves to be shot and killed like this.
I could say so much but I’m really at a loss for words. pic.twitter.com/9EFhUplHDw
— Jeneisha C. Harris (@JeneishaCHarris) June 13, 2019
43. Jimmy Atchison, 21
A post shared by Attorney Gerald A. Griggs (@attorneygriggs)
44. Willie McCoy, 20
One of six officers who fired at Willie McCoy had killed unarmed man in 2018 || Via: Guardian https://t.co/CjrSIa8r1Z
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) February 23, 2019
45. Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21
46. D’ettrick Griffin, 18
Family of D’Ettrick Griffin, man fatally shot by police while trying to steal an unmarked cruiser, is suing City of Atlanta and officer involved https://t.co/4oBbxFAvoF pic.twitter.com/0KMeVwST9I
— CBS46 (@cbs46) February 8, 2019
47. Jemel Roberson, 26
Security guard Jemel Roberson was holding down a shooting suspect when police burst in and shot Roberson instead. pic.twitter.com/zNsYvQMRg8
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) November 14, 2018
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48. DeAndre Ballard, 23
#NCCU remembers Fallen Eagle, Mr. DeAndre Ballard. A vigil will be held on Sun., 9/23, 11 a.m., in the A.E. Student Union lobby. https://t.co/4rnPAX1wlG #SoarInPeace pic.twitter.com/RZZxKJaivh
— N.C. Central University (@NCCU) September 21, 2018
49. Botham Shem Jean, 26
The young man who was killed by a Dallas police officer in his own apartment this morning has been identified as 26-year-old Botham Jean. He worked at the PwC firm in Downtown Dallas. https://t.co/oyjHMdMXVv pic.twitter.com/uSvJWJ062e
— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) September 7, 2018
50. Antwon Rose Jr., 17
51. Robert Lawrence White, 41
52. Anthony Lamar Smith, 24
Source:Getty 52 of 101
53. Ramarley Graham, 18
54. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31
55. Trayvon Martin, 17
56. Wendell Allen, 20
57. Kendrec McDade, 19
58. Larry Jackson Jr., 32
59. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
60. Jordan Baker, 26
61. Victor White lll, 22
62. Dontre Hamilton, 31
63. Eric Garner, 43
64. John Crawford lll, 22
65. Michael Brown, 18
66. Ezell Ford, 25
67. Dante Parker, 36
68. Kajieme Powell, 25
69. Laquan McDonald, 17
70. Akai Gurley, 28
71. Tamir Rice, 12
72. Rumain Brisbon, 34
73. Jerame Reid, 36
74. Charly Keunang, 43
75. Tony Robinson, 19
76. Walter Scott, 50
77. Freddie Gray, 25
78. Brendon Glenn, 29
79. Samuel DuBose, 43
80. Christian Taylor, 19
81. Jamar Clark, 24
82. Mario Woods, 26
83. Quintonio LeGrier, 19
84. Gregory Gunn, 58
85. Akiel Denkins, 24
86. Alton Sterling, 37
87. Philando Castile, 32
88. Terrence Sterling, 31
89. Terence Crutcher, 40
90. Keith Lamont Scott, 43
91. Alfred Olango, 38
92. Jordan Edwards, 15
93. Stephon Clark, 22
Please, do not forget #BlackLivesMatter #StephonClark pic.twitter.com/474DSVBGLm
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) March 27, 2018
94. Danny Ray Thomas, 34
A post shared by Hood Digest (@hood_digest)
95. DeJuan Guillory, 27
DeJuan Guillory #TakeAKnee4Me pic.twitter.com/SrSaweU6dY
— Faces Of Injustice (@takeaknee4me) October 12, 2017
96. Patrick Harmon, 50
Patrick Harmon was shot and killed by police in Salt Lake City, Utah. The district attorney says the shooting was "legally justified." pic.twitter.com/zYBOwlTzRb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 7, 2017
97. Jonathan Hart, 21
Friends and family of Jonathan Heart aka Sky Young, a young #homeless man killed last Sunday at a Walgreens in #Hollywood for allegedly shoplifting, gather tonight to remember the 20-year-old. pic.twitter.com/uiMRiFnutq
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) December 9, 2018
98. Maurice Granton, 24
Dash cam footage of police killing Maurice Granton Jr. has been released. His family says it proves that he was unarmed pic.twitter.com/YLAM7my1ny
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 26, 2018
99. Julius Johnson, 23
A post shared by yasb∞gie (@yasboogie)
100. Jamee Johnson, 22
Source:S. Lee Merritt 100 of 101
101. Michael Dean, 28
Continue reading 101 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
UPDATED: 3:30 p.m. ET, Jan. 13, 2021 -- Police shooting and killing Black males is all but a centuries-old American tradition among law enforcement in the U.S. But the fact that this apparent rite of police passage is still thriving in 2021 and only seems to be gaining momentum instead of slowing should give any American citizen pause as an increasing number of Black people -- especially males both young and old -- continue to be added to a growing list of victims with what seems like a new shooting every week. Patrick Warren Sr. was killed on Jan. 10 after an officer responded to his family's attempt to contact mental health professionals when they noticed his behavior changing at their home in Killeen, Texas. But it was unclear why the Killeen Police Department officer felt the need to not only Taser Warren -- a 52-year-old unarmed man -- but also actually shoot him to death. Scroll down to read more about Warren. https://twitter.com/SirOlSkool/status/1349411070964850693?s=20 A 39-year-old man named Carl Dorsey III was fatally shot in South Orange, New Jersey on New Year's Day, according to RLS Media. Police claim they were responding to a call when an officer shot and killed Dorsey with a 9mm gun during a confrontation. A gun was recovered at the scene while another officer was hospitalized with injuries due to the incident. Little information is known about what led to the shooting, but the Attorney General's office has launched an investigation. https://twitter.com/TheTornadoNews/status/1346624067886067713?s=20 Minneapolis police released bodycam footage along with the name of a shooting victim, identified as 23-year-old Dolal Idd. Idd, a Black male, was the first police involved death in the city since George Floyd. https://twitter.com/PaulBlume_FOX9/status/1344701216199225347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1344701216199225347%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsone.com%2F4070328%2Fminneapolis-cops-involved-in-first-police-killing-since-george-floyd%2F Police claim Idd was pulled over as a felony suspect during a traffic stop on Wednesday. He died of multiple gunshot wounds after police say he fired at officers. His manner of death is homicide, according to a news release obtained by CNN. Idd's death stirred up community concern due to the ongoing deaths of Black people at the hands of police, along with his family disputing the police's account of events. 47-year-old Andre' Hill was shot and killed by Columbus, Ohio police following the murder of Casey Goodson Jr. Hill was holding a cell phone, not a weapon, when his life was tragically taken. https://twitter.com/nbc4i/status/1341952374156496901?s=20 Prior to that, police in southeastern Texas killed Joshua Feast by shooting the 22-year-old Black man in the back while he ran away, posing no mortal threat to law enforcement. https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1337573103300472832?s=20 Less than a week earlier, police in Ohio killed Casey Goodson Jr. by shooting him in the back after apparently mistaking the Subway sandwiches he was holding for a gun. Whether the shootings were justified or not, the same use of lethal force against Black suspects is rarely seen with white people suspected of doing the same or worse. Case in point: A young Black man named Rodney Applewhite who was looking forward to meeting up with his family in Arizona, was shot and killed by New Mexico State Police en route to their annual Thanksgiving celebration on Nov. 19, according to Searchlight NM. However, Applewhite's family say they have been shut out of receiving information regarding his death, sans a sparse press release by the the New Mexico Department of Public Safety describing the incident. According to police, authorities attempted to pull him over during a traffic stop, to which Applewhite fled. According to authorities Applewhite, 25, attempted to disarm an officer during detainment and was fatally shot. https://twitter.com/DillonBergin/status/1331668726857416704?s=20 On Nov. 13 in Cocoa, Florida officers with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office opened fire at close range at a vehicle that did not appear to be directly threatening the lives of the officers involved. The car was being driven by Sincere Pierce, 18, and had A.J. Crooms, 16, inside as a passenger. Both teenagers died. Dashcam footage suggested there was no need for lethal force. The families of Pieces and Crooms have complained police haven't given them any information about the shooting. https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1329156935753592833?s=20 Marcellis Stinnette, 19, was killed on Oct. 3 when police in Waukegan, Illinois, shot at a car he was a passenger in. Police claimed they were forced to shoot in self-defense because the car reversed toward the officer who shot them. However, witnesses said the police officer hit them with his car before he opened fire. Prior to that, officers in Washington, D.C., killed Deon Kay,18, by shooting him in the back. The Metropolitan Police Department defended the officers involved by saying in a press release that "one of the [two] suspects brandished a firearm" while fleeing. (A little more than a week earlier, Kyle Rittenhouse, a white 17-year-old, illegally armed himself with an assault rifle, brandished it in front of police and lived to tell about it without sustaining any injury.) Protests quickly ensued and the Washington Post reported that some community residents "questioned the police account." https://twitter.com/berniebromanny/status/1301330337524592641?s=20 Kay's killing came one day after the Democrat & Chronicle reported that police in Rochester, New York, suffocated a 41-year-old Black man to death while he was in mental distress months ago. Daniel Prude was "lynched" by police, his brother said about the March 23 incident when cops tried to restrain the naked man who was suspected of being under the influence of drugs. Video of the killing was made public by lawyers representing Prude's family, which has called for the officers involved to be arrested and charged with murder. The video is extremely graphic and should be viewed with disrection. https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1301466316352761856?s=20 Similarly, police in Texas on Aug. 25 killed Damian Daniels, a military veteran who was shot twice in the chest in front of his newly purchased home after cops were dispatched there to perform a wellness check last week on someone they knew suffered from mental illness. The lawyer representing his family said Daniels was a combat veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was previously “the subject of four mental health-related calls” without incident. https://twitter.com/MeritLaw/status/1300772683769171971?s=20 All of the above incidents were preventable, but perhaps none more so than the shooting of Dijon Kizzee, who police targeted for an unspecified "vehicle code violation" while he was riding his bike Monday in Los Angeles. When he fled on foot, police shot him multiple times in the back under the purported guise that Kizzee had a gun. However, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who is representing Kizzee's family, tweeted a video of the shooting that threw into question the police's account. https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1301238367821205505?s=20 Kizzee's killing came about a week after the death of Trayford Pellerin in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Aug. 21. The 31-year-old was shot and killed as he tried to enter. convenience store, where cops responded to reports of a man with a knife. While details were still being sorted out, it's tough to imagine multiple police officers armed with both lethal and nonlethal weapons who have been trained to de-escalate situations like these legitimately fearing for their lives in the face of a man with a knife. [caption id="attachment_4002256" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Trayford Pellerin, at right. | Source: Treneca Pellerin / GoFundMe[/caption] Pellerin was killed just two days before police in Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, in his back multiple times. Amazingly, Blake -- who was unarmed when he was shot -- survived his shooting. Those two shootings followed the deadly police violence against Black people like David McAtee, who was killed while demonstrating after the in-custody killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. McAtee, also unarmed at the time of his death, was a businessman in Louisville, Kentucky, where police had recently killed Breonna Taylor in her own home. McAtee was killed when police and the National Guard recklessly returned fire from people shooting at them, hitting McAtee fatally. It was the latest botched response for a police department buried in scandal. [caption id="attachment_3952732" align="alignnone" width="622"] Source: Twitter[/caption] McAtee's death came days after Floyd was purportedly suspected of forgery, a nonviolent crime that certainly didn't warrant Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin handcuffing him and kneeling on the 46-year-old Black man's neck until he died. On May 6, police in Indianapolis shot and killed Sean Reed, a 21-year-old U.S. military veteran who was unarmed. Unbeknownst to the cops, Reed was live-streaming the episode on Facebook, a circumstance that allowed the police to be recorded joking about the shooting. https://twitter.com/heyarielouise/status/1258190713210036224?s=20 Some of the other victims' names include but certainly aren't limited to: Tamir Rice; Botham Shem Jean; E.J. Bradford; and Michael Brown. But two of the most recent names that can tragically be included in this deadly equation are Michael Dean, a 28-year-old father who police shot in the head on Dec. 3, 2019, and Jamee Johnson, a 22-year-old HBCU student who police shot to death after a questionable traffic stop on Dec. 14, 2019. One of the most distressing parts of this seemingly nonstop string of police killings of Black people is the fact that more times than not, the officer involved in the shooting can hide behind the claim that they feared for their lives -- even if the victim was shot in the back, as has become the case for so many deadly episodes involving law enforcement. In a handful of those cases -- such as Antwon Rose, a 13-year-old boy killed in Pittsburgh, and Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old killed in Sacramento, both of whom were unarmed -- the officers either avoided being criminally charged altogether or were acquitted despite damning evidence that the cops' lives were not threatened and there was no cause for them to resort to lethal force or any violence for that matter. Crump, who has been retained in so many of these cases, described the above scenarios in his new book, "Open Season," as the "genocide" of Black people. As NewsOne continues covering these shootings that so often go ignored by mainstream media, the below running list (in no certain order) of Black men and boys who have been shot and killed by police under suspicious circumstances can serve as a tragic reminder of the dangers Black and brown citizens face upon being born into a world of hate that has branded them as suspects since birth.
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100 Mile House South Cariboo 2017 Official Visitor Guide
Frog parasite presentation hosted at Scout Island
Public invited to Williams Lake presentation on frog deformities
Indian Hacker
Nov. 7, 2012 11:00 a.m.
Folks are invited to a Williams Lake presentation about increasing occurrences of a parasite that results in missing limbs and other deformities that disable young frogs
The next host in the life cycle of a parasite that’s spreading into Canada is resulting in missing limbs and other deformities in frogs and other amphibians.
These extra or twisted limbs and skin webbing deformities disable young frogs so they are not adept at escaping predators such as birds.
Folks are invited to come out and hear about the biology of this phenomenon, and how it threatens the survival of amphibian populations.
A free presentation will be held in Williams Lake at the Scout Island Nature House on Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by the Williams Lake Field Naturalists.
Scout Island Nature Centre co-ordinator Jenny Noble says 100 Mile House residents frequently travel northward for its speakers and film events, and encourages more to give it a whirl.
The upcoming presentation about frog parasites will feature guest speaker Corey Roberts-Reynolds, a Master’s student in Environmental Studies at Thompson Rivers University.
Noble says over the past two years, the focus of Roberts-Reynolds’ work has been studying the Pacific Tree Frog and the Spotted Frog at Isobel Lake near Kamloops.
His newly-published paper describes the first time this parasite has been found in Canadian amphibians and, more importantly, the first time it has caused high levels of deformities north of the border.
Roberts-Reynolds says the problem hasn’t yet been confirmed in the Cariboo, but notes that nobody has looked for it.
“I plan on making a thorough search this summer. This parasite is distributed in bird feces, and many bird migration routes pass through the Cariboo, so it would be strange if it wasn’t there.”
Scout Island Nature Centre is located on the west end of Williams Lake at 1305 A Borland Rd. off South Mackenzie Avenue. It is a nature sanctuary and park area comprising two islands connected to the mainland by a vehicle causeway.
The Nature House is just to the right at the end of the causeway, and is closed to the public except for nature programs such as this, which offer a chance to visit this unique facility.
There is generally a family event the last Saturday of each month, or you can book a program for your class or community group by calling 1-250-398-8532 or e-mailing scoutisland@midbc.com.
Visit the website at www.scoutislandnaturecentre.ca.
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Archivo Simón Ruiz: European commerce in the Modern Ages
Simón Ruiz set up in business in Medina del campo around 1550 as a cloth merchant, dealing in the wholesale trade of goods imported from Nantes and above all Brittany, amassing a considerable fortune which allowed him to embark on a second professional career in which, while continuing his trade in goods, he was also involved in major financial dealings, with interests throughout Europe and the Americas, including even lending money to the Crown. From 1591 onwards, he focused almost exclusively on the construction of a major hospital, known as the 'Inmaculada Concepción y San Diego de Alcalá', his final work of patronage. Classified as a General Hospital, it was built between 1592 and 1619 to a design by Friar Juan de Tolosa, its layout revealing the clear influence of the classicist models of the Italian trattatista tradition, the connection with the architectural archetypes of the Counterreformation (above all the so-called "Jesuit style"), and the imposing nearby presence of El Escorial.
The Simón Ruiz Archive was preserved at the aforementioned General Hospital until 1947, when it was transferred to the Provincial Historical and University Archive of Valladolid, where its holdings were inventoried over the following decades, through outstanding registration and identification efforts by reputed archivists. On 27 September 2013, the Board of Trustees of the Simón Ruiz Foundation, the institution that owns the archive, agreed to bring together its still scattered historical, artistic and documented heritage at one site in Medina del Campo, which would hold the entire legacy of the founder at the headquarters of the Trade Fair Museum Foundation, where it is now open to researchers and those with an interest in the history of trade in general. Between 2015 and 2018, the holdings of the archive were digitised in their entirety thanks to an agreement signed with the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, in order furthermore to create a backup copy of the whole collection, allowing it to be consulted online in the near future.
"Listini" or currency exchange in the Lyon and Piaçenza trade
Lyon (feria de agosto de 1580) y Piaçenza (feria de Todos los Santos de 1580)
Archivo Simón Ruiz. ASR, CC, C 203, 282 y 287
https://www.museoferias.net/listini-o-cotizaciones-de-los-cambios-de-moneda/
The figures speak for themselves in terms of the quantity and quality of this set of documents, which unquestionably provides an insight into many of the key aspects of trade, banking and the changes that occurred during the era. Giving some indication, as regards commercial and financial documentation, we set out below the following figures drawn from the inventory, which is currently in a process of continuous review:
· 175 accounting books (1551-1617). General or trade fair ledgers, with their corresponding alphabetical lists; daybooks (or "manuals") of both kinds; trade fair notebooks, drafts… embellished with parchment portfolio bindings.
· 58,000 letters (approx.) exchanged between 1554 and 1625 with cities in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Flanders… and even the New World (23,366 have pre-philatelic postmarks). In terms of approximate figures, the most significant volumes of mail were exchanged with the Spanish cities of Valladolid (15,000), Madrid (10,000), Burgos (4,000), Seville and the Americas (3,400), Bilbao (3,200), Toledo (2,000), Salamanca (1,000), etc., and in Europe: Lisbon (6,000), Antwerp (4,000), Lyon (3,000), Florence (1,300), Rome and Nantes (1,200), Elvas (1,000), Genoa (650), Rouen (600), Paris and Porto (500), Piacenza (450), Cologne, Milan, Venice and Malta (100), etc.
· The number of bills of exchange preserved is likewise outstanding: some 23,000 original bills issued between 1553 and 1606 at 45 different financial centres around Europe. Of particular note in terms of volume (alongside Medina del Campo), are those from Antwerp, Lyon, Lisbon, Piacenza, Florence, Rome and Rouen.
· Meanwhile, around 20,000 commercial documents (approx.) are also preserved: letters of payment, powers of attorney, debentures, maritime insurance policies, bills of lading, customs notes, records of shipwrecks; balance sheets, promissory notes, invoices, confirmations, receipts, currency exchange "listini", etc.
Letter sending by Fernando de Morales from Lisboa to Simón Ruiz from Medina del Campo notifying the arrival of oriental goods
Lisboa, 19 March 1591
Archivo Simón Ruiz. ASR, C, 152-77
https://www.museoferias.net/documentos-archivo-simon-ruiz-9/
The more than 58,000 letters sent from Europe's main economic centres make this archive the most important set of documents in Spain for the study of European commerce in the second half of the 16th century. Simón Ruiz exchanged correspondence with countless people: from kings and princes to servants, from apostolic nuncios and prelates to friars and nuns, from rich bankers with international influence, to humble rural tradesmen. But businessmen are central to the bulk of his correspondence: traders, financial agents, commercial correspondents and the partners in his company. His letters speak not only of the course of his dealings, but also provide a vast quantity of information about the people, political circumstances and geostrategic situations of the day. Although most of them are connected with commercial matters, on occasion there are references to strictly personal news. Hence the interest in preserving and properly ordering them, a task that began in the 1950s and was not completed until 1995: boxes ordered chronologically, by nation, and within each by town and by correspondent in alphabetical order, and date of sending. The task of classification was to a great extent facilitated by the way in which Simón Ruiz himself had recorded his correspondence, since on the back of each letter he noted down the place of origin, sender, date of sending, date of receipt and date of reply, if any. On occasion this is immediately followed by a brief summary of the main matter addressed.
Letter sending by Fernando de Frías Ceballos about flemish tapestry
Amberes, 27 de febrero de 1565
Archivo Simón Ruiz, ASR, C, caja 3-196
What the most of the letters have in common is that they begin with a cross and a greeting, before then referring to the last letter received and a summary of the content of the letter sent previously, in case it had not reached its destination. He then embarks on the core substance of the missive, which typically contains plenty of news and incidents. At the end, some favour is requested, along with instructions to be given by Simón Ruiz as to how to proceed with regard to the details of the matters addressed, followed by the signature and mark of the sender. Some of them are encrypted, and their contents have not yet been deciphered. One of the most interesting aspects of this collection of correspondence, beyond its commercial or financial content, concerns the history of the postal system. In this regard, a project was begun more than a decade ago under the leadership of Fernando Alonso García, drawing as its source of documents on more than 24,000 letters enclosed with postal addresses, belonging to the correspondence preserved in the archive. They cover a chronological period running from 1553 to 1630, and come from fourteen different countries.
Letter sending by Juan de Cuéllar about flemish tapestry
Amberes, 8 de abril de 1573
Archivo Simón Ruiz, ASR, C, caja 20-87
Other interesting kind of documents were the bills of lading: commercial instrument dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries, when the Italian city states used documents allowing transactions to be performed for the sale and purchase of goods without the dangers inherent in carrying money as cash. We are aware of their existence from commercial correspondence, accounting books and the copies that were preserved for inclusion in a number of lawsuits, although the original ancient documents are very rarely to be found. In the 16th century the nature of the bill of exchange began to shift from being a means of payment in commercial operations to serving as a financial instrument, with trade fairs being the main hub giving rise to credit and offsetting transactions. It is here that the General Trade Fairs of Medina del Campo became pre-eminent, as the first in Europe where modern bills were traded on a regular basis and their use became widespread, with close coordination being maintained with the trade fairs held at Epiphany, Easter, August and All Saints in Lyon and Besançon, and the Easter Fair in Antwerp. Payment by bill of exchange involves two payments, as explained by Raymond de Roover: "an advance of funds where the bill is issued, and a reimbursement where it is payable", which in general terms requires the involvement of four people (although not all four would necessarily be involved), tow at the place of issue: the "drawer" performs the "exchange", in other words hands money over to the "issuer", who issues the bill of exchange to the destination venue, made out to the "drawee", who is responsible for making the payment to the "payee".
Bills of lading:
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Archivo Simón Ruiz. ASR, CC, C 203-364
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When most people who are not car enthusiasts think of wagons, the vision of a long, wood-paneled family mobile most likely pops into their heads. However, what auto lovers have known for ages is that the sport wagon has replaced the station wagon with sleek, fast and tech-savvy offerings — and they’re not just for families any longer. Manufacturers are beginning to satisfy the sport wagon thirst with a variety of offerings for different lifestyles and finance levels.
Face it: The SUV has officially been taken over by soccer moms, soccer dads and limo drivers. They are no longer cool. If you need to lug around a lot of stuff or you just want a different, yet cool look for your next vehicle, these are the sport wagons you should take a look at.
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The Golf’s expansion into the wagon (or wagen) world falls right in line with the sporty and fuel-efficient line. The Sportwagen shares the same MQB chassis as the rest of the Mark 7 Golf lineup but it was designed as such from top to bottom as a wagen. The versatility of the Sportwagen is high level, as it packs the storage space of an SUV (66.5 cubic feet with seats folded) and the fuel economy of a small car.
The 1.8T model with manual transmission has an EPA-estimated highway fuel economy of 36 mpg and the TDI Clean Diesel model manual boasts 43 mpg (highway). The Golf Sportwagen is also bigger, lighter and sportier than the now defunct Jetta Sportwagen that it replaces. VW offers three different trims (S, SE, SEL). Of course, VW offers each trim level in a clean TDI diesel version as well.
The TSI’s 170hp gas-burning engine is noticeably punchier than the TDI’s 150hp engine. Word to the wise, you will get the most fun driving experience with a manual but VW does offer a dual-clutch DSG automatic transmission for the TDI versions. Expect all models to start popping up in VW dealerships in April of this year.
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Whether the X6 M is considered an SUV, a wagon or a Sports Activity Coup, as BMW likes to call it, entirely depends on your perspective. For all intents and purposes, it appears to be a hybrid of all three, but for the purposes of this piece, we’ll call it a super sport wagon. The latest M version of the X6 debuted at the LA Auto Show this year and it is just as beautiful and fast as its first generation predecessor (which began to roll out in 2009).
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2019-2020 waterfowl, snipe hunting regulations available online
PHOENIX — Arizona’s second general waterfowl season is about to get underway.
The general waterfowl and snipe seasons in the “Desert Zone” (Game Management Units 10 and 12B through 46B, and those portions of Units 6 and 8 within Yavapai County) begin Friday, Oct. 18, and run through Jan. 26, 2020.
Meanwhile, the general waterfowl and snipe seasons in the “Mountain Zone” (Game Management Units 1-5, 7, 9, 11M, 12A, and those portions of Units 6 and 8 within Coconino County) continue through Jan. 12, 2020.
The following are legal wildlife in both Mountain and Desert zones: ducks, including mergansers, coots and common moorhens (gallinules); white geese (snow, blue and Ross’); and dark geese (Canada and white-fronted).
Scaup can be harvested in the Mountain Zone beginning Saturday, Oct. 19, through Jan. 12, 2020, and in the Desert Zone from Nov. 2, 2019 through Jan. 26, 2020.
All waterfowl hunters 10 and older must possess a valid Arizona hunting license, and those 16 and older must also possess a federal migratory bird stamp (i.e. federal duck stamp). In addition, waterfowl hunters 18 or older must have a state migratory bird stamp (this stamp is included in the purchase of a youth combination hunt and fish license).
Need a license? Visit www.azgfd.gov/license/. Keep in mind that a combination hunt and fish license is only $20 more (for state residents) than the price of an individual hunting or fishing license. As a reminder, a youth combination hunt and fish license (ages 10 to 17) is only $5 and includes the privileges associated with the state migratory bird stamp.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department has posted the 2019-2020 Arizona Waterfowl and Snipe Regulations at www.azgfd.gov/Hunting/Regulations/. For more information about waterfowl hunting, visit www.azgfd.gov/hunting/species/waterfowl/.
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SPOILER ALERT: BURN NOTICE FINALE MON 30 JUNE AT 9PM ON FOX TV UK
Burn Notice © 2013 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Photographs © 2013 NBC Universal Entertainment Cable Group. All rights reserved.
The time has come to say goodbye to Michael Westen and his hectic life as a burnt CIA agent. This season we’ve seen Michael embroiled in a deep undercover operation for the CIA that has tested his morals and his sanity. As Michael succeeded with his cover, his attachment to his former self became much weaker. Now he reaches a critical juncture, he must decide once and for all which side he’s on. His decision has definitive consequences and soon Michael and the team find themselves hunted by two equally dangerous adversaries as the series reaches its explosive conclusion. It’s big, it’s bold and trust us there won’t be a dry eye in the house as one beloved character sacrifices themselves. This is not one to miss.
Warning this clip contains spoilers- Burn Notice the final ever episode this Monday at 9pm on FOX.
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Kellogg’s venture capital arm to invest ‘very broadly’ in food categories
By Douglas Yu contact
13-Nov-2017 - Last updated on 10-Nov-2017 at 10:29 GMT
Related tags: Venture capital, Startup company
Kellogg’s venture capital fund, eighteen94 Capital, is planning to invest in various food categories around sustainability and functional ingredients next year.
Speaking at a Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network’s innovation breakfast session, managing director of eighteen94, Simon Burton, said the team is looking “very broadly” for investment opportunities, hoping to gain mutual benefits between food entrepreneurs and Kellogg.
Eighteen94, along with Conagra Brands, are the latest investors behind Chicago-based food incubator The Hatchery. It also funded the Colorado-based MycoTechnology this year, which produces a “bitter blocker” that takes bitterness out of food and beverages, as well as a protein additive made from fermented mushrooms.
However, unlike The Hatchery, which primarily focuses on startups looking for space to begin their production and build their brands, eighteen94 funds companies “that are probably a little further along in continuing their establishment ... larger companies with a revenue base between $5m to $10m,” said Burton.
“If there is a way we can see return from our investment, then we’re looking for some strategic benefits for us and entrepreneurs,” he added.
“By having return being our first measure, many entrepreneurs may wonder if it’s worth doing business with a big corporate’s venture capital. We align ourselves as much as possible with the entrepreneurs and the growth of their companies.”
He said the strategic benefits for Kellogg could be centered around knowledge transfer.
“A lot of the companies we talk to play in places we don’t play or we really don’t have the right to play, given our current business. We may get a commercial arrangement; distribute products we may use; or a business we eventually would like to own… It’s a long way out.”
Commenting on snack trends, Burton said the category has been driven by convenience and new flavors.
"Obviously, different ingredients have their unique benefits, so I think we will see energy ingredients as it relates to protein in the snack space continue to increase.
“On top of that, the functional benefits are how snack businesses can differentiate themselves,” he said.
Eighteen94 said it will continue identifying disruptions in the food industry in 2018.
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Charity Coleman
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Andrew LaMar Hopkins
Maximalist splendor was in full effect across the thirty-two paintings in Andrew LaMar Hopkins’s solo exhibition here, “Créolité,” which was organized by art historian and curator Alison M. Gingeras. Hopkins, who lives in Alabama, creates fictionalized tableaux of America’s antebellum years that “[celebrate] the cultural mixing of European, African, and mixed-race peoples’ lives and material cultures . . . based on the histories of Creoles living in the South,” per the show’s press release. His works, set primarily in New Orleans, do not deny the reality of white supremacy or chattel slavery,
Zach Bruder
Zach Bruder’s thirteen acrylic-and-Flashe paintings formed a phantasmagoric time capsule of human endeavor, riddled with rupture. No matter how tidy or idealized, Bruder’s places are more haunting than they are enlivened, as in the truncated colonial home of Decorum (all works cited, 2020), its dark innards at odds with the affable peachy hue of its exterior. In each of the canvas’s four corners is a clock that features a well-heeled old-timey man captured midstride and looking purposeful. Not a leaf is amiss outdoors, and a brick wall behind the dwelling furthers a sense of stringency. Coffer
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Michelangelo Lovelace
The vulnerable are vital across twenty-two drawings by Cleveland-based artist Michelangelo Lovelace, who has worked as a nursing-home aide for more than three decades while maintaining a dedicated studio practice. The works in this online presentation for Fort Gansevoort, made between 1993 and 2008, felt especially resonant when viewed during the pandemic, which has disproportionately affected people of color and the elderly. The artist reminds us that our responsibility to one another has never been more urgent.
Lovelace’s portraits, mostly done in either ink or marker on paper, bring warmth
“EPHEMERAMA: Hollywood”
“EPHEMERAMA: Hollywood” presents a collection of anonymous amateur drawings of women from the first half of the twentieth century—an archive of unsolved mysteries from an estate-liquidation sale in Southern California. They are unsigned and undated (although the names of legendary actresses, such as Lucille Ball, Yvonne De Carlo, and Vivien Leigh, are written on some). Forty-seven of these headshot-like portraits, from a set of more than one hundred, are exhibited by Shelter online. Researchers at the gallery have begun the process of trying to identify each face. They have located some source
print July/August 2020
The paintings and drawings of “In Waves,” Benjamin Degen’s solo exhibition at Susan Inglett Gallery, are affecting reminders of those commonplace pleasures that we frequently take for granted but that are always deserving of reverence, especially in light of our alienating present: intimacy and human touch. Whether he is depicting two people watching a sunset, or bare feet stepping between seashells, Degen’s mark-making vibrates with an ardor that transforms quotidian experiences into extraordinary events. This is the fleeting stuff that life is made of, the gossamer threads that connect us to
print May/June 2020
Becky Suss
In a series of new oil paintings at Jack Shainman Gallery, Becky Suss furthers her search for lost time by excavating children’s literature, interior decoration, the chimera of memory, and fictional homes. The show’s title originated in the writings of Lucy Sprague Mitchell, a pioneer of early education, whose Here and Now Story Book (1921) promoted child-centered learning. Suss created fantasias of preservation, laboring to remake domiciles that echoed with the question Is anyone home? The answer was mostly no, but this body of work was concerned with lives lived, from the cradle to the grave.
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Josep Grau-Garriga
Llum de febrer (February Light), 1978–81, was the centerpiece of this exhibition by the Catalan artist Josep Grau-Garriga (1929–2011) at Salon 94’s Bowery location. The tapestry, which took Grau-Garriga four years to complete, takes care with its undoing. More than twenty feet in length and majestically suspended from the ceiling, it cast a soft shadow on the wall; the result was an arresting spectacle, a secular reredos softly aglow in pink, cherry red, and earth tones. True to its name, the work deferred to space and air on powerful trapezes of string and fiber that swung across textural
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Sculptor Katsura Funakoshi’s exhibition at Van Doren Waxter, “A Tower in the Night Forest,” collected five humanoid forms fashioned from camphorwood, arranged like mannequins in a showroom. Each sculpture evinced an almost sentient presence that was just as much about absence. At approximately forty-two inches tall and mounted on pedestals that were roughly three feet high, these avatars were/are postlife, vaguely afterlife, and utterly deathless.
Somewhat resemblant of carved religious icons, they conjure the accidental melancholy of wooden millinery heads and seemingly wait for something to
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Paul P.
Paul P.’s “Slim Volume” at Queer Thoughts was finely tailored, with an insistence upon grace. The show’s oil paintings, illustrations, two collages, and lone sculpture did not overwhelm the tiny exhibition space, thanks to the careful curatorial consideration of emptiness
and selectivity.
Histories are retold by Paul P. via slow processes and deliberate finesse. The Canadian artist has been working steadily with portraiture for at least ten years, repurposing images of men sourced from the archives of gay magazines. The artist photocopies decades-old photographs and reconstructs them as oil
Penny Davenport
Penny Davenport maps nebulous environments of waves, hills, curtains, rippling mountains, clouds, starscapes, and muted rainbows; the enigmatic denizens of these realms are sundry. “Silent Ancestors,” her solo exhibition at Fortnight Institute, spanned ten years of drawings in media such as ink, pencil, watercolor, and oil pastel. The works were unframed, inviting close inspection, and arranged in single rows along the length of two walls. Displayed in a vitrine were several pieces (some of which were treated with wax) that resembled antiquated, yellowy vellum.
The artist’s hand is apparent
print November 2019
Berta Fischer’s show at the James Fuentes gallery felt like the happy wreckage of a good party. The Berlin-based artist’s polychromatic acrylic-glass and neon-and-rope sculptures summoned a never-ending celebration for the sheer fun of it: an invitation to enjoy light and prismatic trickery in gestural forms that (un)furled and posed seemingly at whim. The effect was carefree but not careless—each thermoformed piece was expertly manipulated into a dynamic biomorph or watery, melty planes. Fluidity was achieved with rigor.
Petutula, 2019, was the host with the most, constructed of fraternal twin
print October 2019
“L’IM_MAGE_N”
“L’IM_MAGE_N,” curated by artist Timothy Hull, was a strong grouping of six coolly sovereign works. The show’s title—“a play on the word image” (limn, mage, imagine, etc.)—parses the mutable alchemy of artmaking and its many registers, touching on, to paraphrase the curator’s words, artistic wizardry and “the sacredness of the object.” And why not? Life has been fraught with political chaos and crucial eclipses the past few years—let us look beyond the dark firmament and embrace mutation.
Mathew Cerletty’s painting, Neocon, 2005, almost read as an anodyne portrait of a striking man. But up close
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers release first photos of Tom Brady in new uniforms
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz / USA TODAY
When Tom Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it was difficult for many people to fathom the three-time MVP and six-time Super Bowl champion in a uniform other than the New England Patriots one the quarterback had known for his entire career.
Now fans won't have to imagine the sight anymore.
On Tuesday, the Buccaneers released the first photos of Brady in the team's uniforms, which were redesigned this offseason. When Tampa Bay first shared its new look in April, Brady was not among the players who modeled the outfits, as he had only joined the organization weeks earlier in a landmark NFL free agency decision.
*NOT* a jersey swap
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— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers)June 16, 2020
Though Brady has now been with the Buccaneers for three months, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted his acclimation period with the team. With the NFL still conducting its offseason in a virtual manner and not holding in-person organized team activities or minicamps, Brady gathered teammates in May for a workout at a local high school. He wore a bright orange practice jersey during the session.
On Monday, Buccaneers coaches returned to the team's facility for the first time since the NFL shut down locations in mid-March. Players are still not permitted to enter facilities unless are rehabilitating injuries.
Follow Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz on Twitter @MikeMSchwartz.
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Michelle Forsyth ‘Letters to Kevin’ — Jan 2013
works by Michelle Forsyth now available for online sale on Artspace
Auxiliary Projects is proud to present its second exhibition, Michelle Forsyth’s “Letters to Kevin,” opening on January 11, 2012. “Letters to Kevin” is a solo exhibition of drawings, paintings, and sculpture by the native Canadian.
For the past eight years, Michelle Forsyth’s work has been inspired by historical events, specifically the balance between public and private memories of collective tragedies and traumas. For “Letters to Kevin,” the artist has brought painting to bear on source material much closer to home while still in pursuit of the documentary mark. In this exhibition, Forsyth presents representations and interpretations of plaids inspired by the clothing of her husband. In “Kevin’s Shirt: Arrow (Made in the USA),” the plaid is depicted in three dimensions: crumpled, resting flat. In “Kevin’s Shirt (vintage),” Forsyth recreates the plaid frontally, in the manner of a textile study. In both cases the pattern is rendered realistically but the resulting image, like its model, appears abstract. Forsyth’s faithful depictions of existing visual patterns elbow their way into the tradition of abstract painting. The painting’s titles, and the title of the exhibition, lead us part of the way toward the personal narrative that underlies the work, yet the portraits maintain a distance from the man himself. His clothing decisions fill her visual field—color layered upon color, stripe upon stripe, moving through her studio and her home, framing a shared life.
For this exhibition, Forsyth has expanded a continuing body of work entitled “Small Plaids” and will display one hundred five-by-five-inch square watercolor paintings, each representing a distinct plaid pattern in a specific palette. The images, concrete and stable from a distance, up close retain innumerable traces of the artist’s hand. Forsyth’s source plaids are mass-produced and market-tested, yet she recreates their designs and colors with personal diligence and care. In the end however, the new materials assert their qualities and we are confronted with passages of pooling paint, variable transparency, and modulating line quality.Finally, Forysth presents plaid fabric works that she has woven herself. As in “Kevin’s Shirt: Arrow (Made in the USA),” these are presented in crumpled heaps on the gallery floor. “Kevin’s Shirt: Arrow (woven),” ”Kevin’s Shirt: Seven Diamonds (woven),” and “Kevin’s Shirt: Vintage (woven),” reawaken the sculptural aspects of the “originals”, the domestic-inspired shirts depicted lying on flat space. Forsyth explores each constituent thread of the plaids, reverse-engineering from mass-produced shirt to hand-painted pattern to hand-woven textile. Their heaping on the floor creates a folded visual plane, allowing the color and pattern to warp unexpectedly, the fabric collapsing on itself, acted on by gravity.
“It is in these private, performative acts of making that I hide my regrets and my fears, yet find myself slipping into moments of reverie.“— Michelle Forsyth 2012
Born in Vancouver BC in 1972, Michelle Forsyth holds an MFA from Rutgers University and a BFA from the University of Victoria. She currently resides in Toronto, Canada.
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Police appealing for information following two incidents in Kilwinning
APPEAL FOR INFORMATION – KILWINNING, AYRSHIRE
Detectives are appealing for information following two incidents which occurred in the Kilwinning area of Ayrshire on Monday 29 October 2018.
Around 4.20pm a silver car was outside the fire station in Stevenston Road when a black car appeared to deliberately ram into the back of it.
The front seat passenger of the silver car ran off from the scene.
The driver of the black car got out and smashed the window of the silver car before getting back into his vehicle and pursuing the man who had run away.
The man being chased had to jump over a wall to avoid being struck.
The black car collided with the wall before driving off from the scene at speed.
Around 7.05pm police received a report of a number of men targeting a black car, which was within the B&Q car park in Kilwinning Road, Stevenston, with weapons.
The driver of the car managed to make off from the scene.
A black Jaguar was recovered within Eglinton Park in Kilwinning the following day on Tuesday 30 October. It was noticeably damaged.
Detective Constable Jason Buxton from Saltcoats CID said: “The first incident is believed to have been a targeted attack on the front seat passenger of the silver vehicle, the make of which we still need to confirm, and I am appealing for this person to contact the police.
“Stevenston Road will have been busy with motorists at the time and I would ask anyone who witnessed what may have appeared to be a road rage incident to please get in touch. In particular I would urge any motorists with dash-cams to check their footage in case they have captured anything of significance to the investigation.
“At this time it has not been confirmed whether the second incident is definitely linked to the first incident, however this is a line of enquiry we are investigating.
“I would appeal to anyone who was within the B&Q car park around 7pm on Tuesday evening and noticed a group of men causing a disturbance, or anything at all suspicious, to contact the police.
“Anyone with information is asked to call Saltcoats CID via 101, quoting incident number 2799 of Monday 29 October 2018. Alternatively CRIMESTOPPERS can be contacted on 0800 555 111 where details can be given in confidence.”
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Tech Talk: Faster payments on track, EMV card cloning, a fintech milestone, and more!
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Among many other things, the global pandemic has highlighted the need for real-time payments that would provide millions of Americans and small businesses instant access to funds rather than waiting days for checks to clear. The Federal Reserve has released more details about its FedNow interbank 24x7x365 real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service that will enable real-time payments settlement and clearing. The Fed announced its targeted release of the service for 2023 or 2024 with earlier pilot programs planned and a phased approached to incorporating additional features and functionality to the RTGS. Get all the details at Federal Reserve.
In a consent order issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the regulator dealt Capital One Financial Corporation a hefty penalty for last year’s massive data breach involving more than 106 million accounts. The OCC based its action on the bank's "failure to establish effective risk assessment processes prior to migrating significant information technology operations to the public cloud environment and the bank's failure to correct the deficiencies in a timely manner." In addition to an $80 million penalty, the OCC and the Federal Reserve have issued cease and desist orders against the bank. Banking Dive has the details.
While EMV technology was deployed to make it harder, if not impossible, for card data thieves to create cloned payment cards, there are still many companies that have not implemented EMV card readers. This has forced card issuers to encode the data needed to make payments on both the magnetic stripe and the EMV chip and is providing criminals with EMV-bypass cloning opportunities. Cybersecurity firm Gemini Advisory reports two recent security incidents that involved hackers stealing data from cards that were compromised during EMV transactions. Security Week has the details.
In a major milestone for fintechs, U.S.-based mobile banking startup Varo has become the first fintech to be granted full regulatory approval and a national bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The banking charter will enable the fintech to branch out to credit cards, loans, and savings products. Varo's over 2 million accounts, currently held by The Bancorp Bank, will transition to the newly chartered Varo Bank in a phased process. Tech Crunch has the details.
To expand their customer base and provide consumers with innovative tools, banks are increasingly finding the value in partnering with fintech firms. In many cases, those banks operate in the background with little or no brand visibility. Tech giant Google is teaming up with banks on the co-branded, FDIC-insured digital savings and checking accounts that will be offered via Google Pay and built on top of the banks' existing infrastructure. So far, eight U.S. banks are on board to launch the digital bank accounts, reports Finextra.
Google is launching checking accounts amid heavy competition from challenger banks. Mobile-only bank Current is launching a rewarding new program that will allow its checking account customers to earn up to 15x points on everyday debit card purchases. The users' points can accumulate to certain thresholds and then be redeemed for cash at a rate of 100 points per dollar. Current is the first neobank to roll out a points-based rewards program in the U.S., reports TechCrunch.
Retailers and other small and medium-sized businesses have been deeply impacted by the global pandemic. To support these businesses with the cash flow they need as businesses reopen, Lightspeed Payments has partnered with payment processor Stripe to launch Lightspeed Capital. To help fund their recovery and growth during and after the COVID crisis, U.S.-based merchants who use Lightspeed Payments can qualify for up to $50,000 of financing from Lightspeed Capital. PYMNTS.com has the details.
The rapid transition to operating businesses at a distance, remote working, and the deployment of digital services to meet corporate and consumers' needs during the COVID crisis has created challenges for all sectors, including the payments industry. Global payments industry group P20 has released a series of best practices and action steps for payment firms as they navigate the post-Covid-19 environment. Finextra has the details and a download to the full report.
The banking industry has experienced a remarkable transformation from the days of brick-and-mortar branches and basic ATM services to the wide range of digital services that are now (literally) at consumers' fingertips. Financial providers are exploring sound and voice technology to bring a new level of speed, convenience, and "personality" to customers' banking experience. Integrating voice and sound technology across mobile and digital channels may become a key factor in forging more sound (pun intended) consumer connections, reports PaymentsSource.
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How to watch the Tour de France 2019 live on TV
Our complete guide to this year's Tour de France coverage
By Mildred Locke
As we approach the penultimate stage of the 2019 Tour de France there’s plenty of action still to come. Here, we’re bringing you our complete guide to where you can watch or stream all 21 stages of the 2019 tour live on television or via highlights.
Read on to find out how to keep up to date with and watch the Tour de France 2019 live from 6–28 July, as well as complete listings for UK viewers.
Below, you’ll find all the info on how to follow the action live on TV, stream it via the internet or catch up via highlights programmes, but also be sure to check back on BikeRadar‘s dedicated Tour de France hub regularly as we follow the Tour and bring you the latest updates on the bikes and gear from the world’s biggest race.
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The 2019 Tour de France
The 2019 Tour de France starts in Brussels on the 6 July and will cover 3,460km of riding in 21 stages, ending in Paris on 28 July.
The 106th edition of the race is definitely for the climbers. It includes seven mountain stages with five summit finishes (La Planche des Belles Filles, Tourmalet, Foix Prat d’Albis, Tignes, Val Thorens) and five hilly stages, as well as an individual time trial, team time trial, and seven flat stages for the sprinters.
This year’s Grand Départ will see the Tour start in Brussels for the first time since 1958, with a 192km flat route in honour of the country’s sprinting prowess. The first week will end on the steep and partly unpaved summit of La Planche des Belles Filles, before continuing into the Pyrenees in the second week, and the Alps in the third.
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How can I watch the Tour de France 2019 live in the UK?
ITV4 will be screening daily live coverage and extended highlights each evening in the UK from 7pm to 8pm BST and from 9pm to 10pm BST on the final day, which will be broadcast on ITV.
Eurosport will also be covering the Tour de France 2019 live. The self-proclaimed ‘Home of Cycling’ has extended cycling coverage of other races too, so you’ll be able to watch La Vuelta at the end of August along with several other UCI World Tour events.
Amazon Prime subscribers can sign-up to Eurosport Player through Amazon Channels for £6.99 per month (with a 7-day free trial). Amazon Prime is £7.99 per month but can be accessed with a 30-day free trial.
If you want to access Eurosport Player direct it’s £6.99 per month or £39.99 a year, with a 7-day trial period.
Alternatively, if you want a bit more versatility, you might consider subscribing to the TVPlayer Premium package for just £6.99 per month, which gives you access to the Eurosport 1 and 2 channels along with several others — in case you ever get tired of cycling!
How can I watch the Tour de France 2019 live in the US?
You can subscribe to the NBC Sports Gold package as a standalone online streaming service for a $49.99 subscription, which auto-renews in June each year. Prior to 10 June 2019, the subscription is reduced to $19.99. This will also get you access to a range of other cycling events throughout the subscription period.
The NBC Sport Gold package does appear to offer some additional versatility if you only want to watch cycling, with access to the app which provides coverage from the very beginning of every stage, live tracking and stats for riders and on-demand stage recaps and replays.
How can I watch the Tour de France 2019 live in Australia?
In Australia, the Tour de France is broadcast on SBS. You can also watch through the SBS online viewer here.
How can I follow the Tour de France 2019 if I can’t watch live coverage?
You can follow the official Tour de France tracker, or if you’re already using the Tour Tracker app, they will be covering the Tour de France as well, as will the Cyclingoo app.
Eurosport, ITV, NBC and SBS will all have evening highlights of each day’s stage racing too.
Tour de France 2019 TV schedule: stage by stage
Below are the key stage details and timings for the race (UK viewers only), otherwise you can get the full breakdown of the route in our in-depth stage analysis.
Stage 1: Bruxelles – Brussel, 192 km, Saturday 6 July
Eurosport live coverage: 10:30am
Eurosport highlights: 8:00pm
ITV4 live coverage: 10:45 – 16:30
ITV4 highlights: 7:00pm
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Stage 2: Bruxelles Palais Royal – Brussel Atomium, 27 km TTT, Sunday 7 July
Eurosport live coverage: 1:00pm
Eurosport highlights: 8:pm
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Stage 3: Binche — Épernay, 214 km, Monday 8 July
Stage 4: Reims – Nancy, 195 km, Tuesday 9 July
Stage 5: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges – Colmar, 169 km, Wednesday 10 July
Stage 6: Mulhouse – La Planche des Belles Filles, 157 km, Thursday 11 July
Stage 7: Belfort – Chalon-sur-Saône, 230 km, Friday 12 July
Stage 8: Mâcon – Saint-Étienne, 199 km, Saturday 13 July
Stage 9: Saint-Étienne – Brioude, 170 km, Sunday 14 July
Stage 10: Saint-Flour – Albi, 218 km, Monday 15 July
Rest day 1: Tuesday 16 July
Stage 11: Albi – Toulouse, 167 km, Wednesday 17 July
Eurosport live coverage: 12:15pm
Stage 12: Toulouse – Bagnères-de-Bigorre, 202 km, Thursday 18 July
Stage 13: Pau > Pau, 27 km ITT, Friday 19 July
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Stage 14: Tarbes – Tourmalet Barèges, 117 km, Saturday 20 July
Stage 15: Limoux – Foix Prat d’Albis, 185 km, Sunday 21 July
Rest day 2: Monday 22 July
Stage 16: Nîmes > Nîmes, 177 km, Tuesday 23 July
Stage 17: Pont du Gard – Gap, 206 km, Wednesday 24 July
Stage 18: Embrun – Valloire, 207 km, Thursday 25 July
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duration 9 October 2014
image copyrightB.Seymour/Return to Antikythera 2014
image captionA diver recovers a ceramic table jug and a bronze rigging ring
An international expedition says it has made further, remarkable finds at the site of the Antikythera shipwreck.
The vessel, which dates from 70-60BC, was famously first identified by Greek sponge divers more than 100 years ago.
Its greatest treasure is the remains of a geared "computer" that was used to calculate the positions of astronomical objects.
The new archaeological investigations have retrieved tableware, ship components, and a giant bronze spear.
This weapon was probably attached to a warrior statue, the dive team believes.
image captionThe spear probably belonged to a giant statue
Previous expeditions have found several such statues made of bronze and marble.
The new excavation effort, which ran from 15 September to 7 October, was led by the Hellenic Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, Greece, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, US.
The wreck is in 55m of water and requires divers use rebreathers. Even so, their time on the bottom is limited to just three hours.
As a consequence, the expedition witnessed the first use of a new robotic Iron Man-like diving apparatus called the Exosuit. This enables its occupants to stay down for up to 50 hours, if necessary.
The team plans to return next year. It is believed many more treasures await discovery.
There has been speculation that the vessel, which was probably travelling from the coast of Asia Minor to Rome when lost, was carrying a soon-to-be-married woman and her dowry.
WHOI marine archaeologist Brendan Foley recently told the BBC that he hoped to find additional parts to the Antikythera Mechanism, or other automata.
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The Jade Buddha of Universal Peace’s 15 year worldwide journey came to an end in Bendigo this week. Fate and destiny played a role in bringing the Jade Buddha to Bendigo. First, it started life as an 18-tonne boulder called “Polar Pride” that was discovered in Canada in 2000. Then after being purchased by the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, it was cut down with diamond saws and shaped with diamond chisels in Thailand during a period of five years. The now four-tonne Jade Buddha then went on a worldwide tour to 135 cities in 21 countries before arriving home in Bendigo this week. Great Stupa chairman Ian Green said it had been a phenomenal journey. “To see it completed and in the place designed to have it on display, it's like a dream,” he said. “I never thought we'd get such a beautiful Buddha. This weekend will be such a joyous occasion.” This weekend marks the Stupa’s annual Illumina8 Festival with thousands of people expected to visit the Myers Flat monastery. Thousands more will come to view the Jade Buddha. Sitting wisely in the main room of the Great Stupa, the Jade Buddha is an impressive but tranquil display. It sits on an alabaster plinth and its specially made pallet and is decorated with endless amounts of fresh flowers. It is amazing to think a four-tonne statue started life as something four times its size in Canada. Even more incredible is that it has finished up in Bendigo. Some would attribute it to luck. “It depends what you mean by luck. According to Buddhism, luck and coincidence doesn't really happen, it’s all about karma,” Mr Green said. “I think it was the right time and place and that the cause and conditions came together.” Mr Green heard about the 18-tonne boulder of jade in 2003 from an American jeweller he knew. “He rang and said I had to come see it. It was the largest boulder of gem-quality jade ever discovered,” he said. “This guy said we should make it into a Buddha. By coincidence I was in Santa Cruz, so I went and met him and chatted and I got very interested. We then went to Canada to look at this big boulder.” Coincidence also played a role when Mr Green’s Buddhist teacher called him and told him about a vision he had seen of a boulder becoming a Buddha and shining a light around the world. “He rang me enthusiastically saying must make it a holy object and offer it to world. I was thinking ‘I’m already building a stupa, do I need another big project?’,” Mr Green said. “We had to raise money to buy it. The miners were asking one million dollars US. We bought it over a five-year period and raised the money.” The miners reluctantly agreed to the five-year payment plan and then the carving began. For Mr Green there was also a touch of destiny in purchasing the boulder. “About three weeks after signing the contracts, the miner called me and said as soon as we signed, he had offers for much more,” Mr Green said. “This big burly miner said ‘this thing is destined to be a Buddha in Australia’. “It was incredible. He said it was so unique it had to be a monumental piece but couldn't find (the right buyer) until we happened to come along and the conditions came together.” A team of experts in Thailand designed and carved the Jade Buddha. “It was an 18-tonne boulder of jade. From there it was cut roughly by diamond saws, then diamond chisels,” Mr Green said. “It's incredibly tough. Diamond is the hardest (mineral) – it’s about 10 on the hardness scale – jade is about eight but jade is much tougher. A diamond will shatter but jade won’t.” The Jade Buddha was completed in 2009. It then embarked on an almost decade-long world tour. Initially the tour was set to be six months long but the Buddha’s popularity extended it. “It’s has been on a world tour for nearly 10 years,” Mr Green said. “It made a very quick tour to Australia in 2009 when it went to to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. It was just a couple of weeks in each place because we had to get it to America. “The whole thing has been a 15 year program that is now finishing.” The Jade Buddha’s return to Australia has seen it come straight to Bendigo. “A lot of places in Australia wanted to have it,” Mr Green said. “But we wanted to bring it home to Bendigo because it has been travelling for so long and it will bring people to the Stupa as well.” Mr Green said a series of incredibly complicated logistics were required to move the four-tonne monument into its new home. Needed was a specially built shipping container that could also be loaded onto a truck to help ship the Buddha from country to country. A crane and forklift were then required to move the Jade Buddha into the Great Stupa. “The forklift needed to be a minimum six tonnes and there’s only one in Bendigo. It was put down (into place) with a crane,” Mr Green said. “When it is up like this, my heart is in my mouth. “To see him settle down in position, wow. I was literally in tears. It was an incredible moment to see him safely settled in his home.” Joining the Jade Buddha on display is a smaller statue from the same boulder of a Jade Tara, which is the female embodiment of Buddha. “She was made from an off cut of the boulder and is always seen in a dancing posture left foot up, right foot down,” Mr Green said. “We happened to have a big chunk of green, nephrite jade and thought ‘we have to do a green Tara’. “It has been travelling with the Buddha and on display with him. It is a real bonus.” The arrival of the Jade Buddha of Universal Peace coincides with the Great Stupa’s Illumin8 Festival in Myers Flat. The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion will light up this weekend for its annual festival. Thousands of people are expected will visit the Stupa to celebrate peace, marvel at the light installations and see the newly arrived Jade Buddha. Great Stupa chairman Ian Green said the Jade Buddha’s arrival was well timed. “It was just timed it so it would all come together with the Illumin8 Festival,” he said. “The festival is not only celebrating the Jade Buddha but Buddha's birthday and a lot of other things.”
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May 18 2018 - 4:00PM
From boulder to Buddha: Jade Buddha arrives home at Great Stupa
Chris Pedler
The Jade Buddha of Universal Peace’s 15 year worldwide journey came to an end in Bendigo this week.
Fate and destiny played a role in bringing the Jade Buddha to Bendigo.
First, it started life as an 18-tonne boulder called “Polar Pride” that was discovered in Canada in 2000.
Then after being purchased by the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, it was cut down with diamond saws and shaped with diamond chisels in Thailand during a period of five years.
The now four-tonne Jade Buddha then went on a worldwide tour to 135 cities in 21 countries before arriving home in Bendigo this week.
Great Stupa chairman Ian Green said it had been a phenomenal journey.
“To see it completed and in the place designed to have it on display, it's like a dream,” he said.
“I never thought we'd get such a beautiful Buddha. This weekend will be such a joyous occasion.”
This weekend marks the Stupa’s annual Illumina8 Festival with thousands of people expected to visit the Myers Flat monastery.
Thousands more will come to view the Jade Buddha.
Sitting wisely in the main room of the Great Stupa, the Jade Buddha is an impressive but tranquil display.
It sits on an alabaster plinth and its specially made pallet and is decorated with endless amounts of fresh flowers.
It is amazing to think a four-tonne statue started life as something four times its size in Canada.
Even more incredible is that it has finished up in Bendigo. Some would attribute it to luck.
“It depends what you mean by luck. According to Buddhism, luck and coincidence doesn't really happen, it’s all about karma,” Mr Green said.
“I think it was the right time and place and that the cause and conditions came together.”
Mr Green heard about the 18-tonne boulder of jade in 2003 from an American jeweller he knew.
“He rang and said I had to come see it. It was the largest boulder of gem-quality jade ever discovered,” he said.
“This guy said we should make it into a Buddha. By coincidence I was in Santa Cruz, so I went and met him and chatted and I got very interested. We then went to Canada to look at this big boulder.”
The Jade Buddha of Universal Peace’s 15 year worldwide journey came to an end in Bendigo this week. Fate and destiny played a role in bringing the Jade B...
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Coincidence also played a role when Mr Green’s Buddhist teacher called him and told him about a vision he had seen of a boulder becoming a Buddha and shining a light around the world.
“He rang me enthusiastically saying must make it a holy object and offer it to world. I was thinking ‘I’m already building a stupa, do I need another big project?’,” Mr Green said.
“We had to raise money to buy it. The miners were asking one million dollars US. We bought it over a five-year period and raised the money.”
The miners reluctantly agreed to the five-year payment plan and then the carving began.
For Mr Green there was also a touch of destiny in purchasing the boulder.
“About three weeks after signing the contracts, the miner called me and said as soon as we signed, he had offers for much more,” Mr Green said.
“This big burly miner said ‘this thing is destined to be a Buddha in Australia’.
“It was incredible. He said it was so unique it had to be a monumental piece but couldn't find (the right buyer) until we happened to come along and the conditions came together.”
A team of experts in Thailand designed and carved the Jade Buddha.
“It was an 18-tonne boulder of jade. From there it was cut roughly by diamond saws, then diamond chisels,” Mr Green said.
“It's incredibly tough. Diamond is the hardest (mineral) – it’s about 10 on the hardness scale – jade is about eight but jade is much tougher. A diamond will shatter but jade won’t.”
To see it completed and in the place designed to have it on display, it's like a dream. I never thought we'd get such a beautiful Buddha... This weekend will be such a joyous occasion.
Ian Green
The Jade Buddha was completed in 2009. It then embarked on an almost decade-long world tour.
Initially the tour was set to be six months long but the Buddha’s popularity extended it.
“It’s has been on a world tour for nearly 10 years,” Mr Green said.
“It made a very quick tour to Australia in 2009 when it went to to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. It was just a couple of weeks in each place because we had to get it to America.
“The whole thing has been a 15 year program that is now finishing.”
The Jade Buddha’s return to Australia has seen it come straight to Bendigo.
“A lot of places in Australia wanted to have it,” Mr Green said.
“But we wanted to bring it home to Bendigo because it has been travelling for so long and it will bring people to the Stupa as well.”
Mr Green said a series of incredibly complicated logistics were required to move the four-tonne monument into its new home.
Needed was a specially built shipping container that could also be loaded onto a truck to help ship the Buddha from country to country.
A crane and forklift were then required to move the Jade Buddha into the Great Stupa.
“The forklift needed to be a minimum six tonnes and there’s only one in Bendigo. It was put down (into place) with a crane,” Mr Green said.
“When it is up like this, my heart is in my mouth.
“To see him settle down in position, wow. I was literally in tears. It was an incredible moment to see him safely settled in his home.”
Tara joins Jade Buddha at Stupa
Joining the Jade Buddha on display is a smaller statue from the same boulder of a Jade Tara, which is the female embodiment of Buddha.
The new Jade Tara at the Great Stupa. Tiffany Ho gets ready for the weekend.
“She was made from an off cut of the boulder and is always seen in a dancing posture left foot up, right foot down,” Mr Green said.
“We happened to have a big chunk of green, nephrite jade and thought ‘we have to do a green Tara’.
“It has been travelling with the Buddha and on display with him. It is a real bonus.”
Great Stupa ready to illuminate the night
The arrival of the Jade Buddha of Universal Peace coincides with the Great Stupa’s Illumin8 Festival in Myers Flat.
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion will light up this weekend for its annual festival.
Thousands of people are expected will visit the Stupa to celebrate peace, marvel at the light installations and see the newly arrived Jade Buddha.
Great Stupa chairman Ian Green said the Jade Buddha’s arrival was well timed.
“It was just timed it so it would all come together with the Illumin8 Festival,” he said.
“The festival is not only celebrating the Jade Buddha but Buddha's birthday and a lot of other things.”
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Parimatch Ceo On Esports And Mobile Gamings Future
Wed, Apr 3, 2019 | 12:34 pm by April Bergman
Last Updated Wed, Dec 16, 2020 | 8:08 pm
PariMatch CEO Sergey Portnov is an insightful leader in the esports industry. The London-based graduate of the University of Salford has 22 years of executive experience in the international gambling industry, but the last few years have been about remaking a company from the ground up.
In his long and successful career, Portnov’s motto has been: “People are the main fund and driver to the company’s success.”
Gambling Insider sat down in an exclusive interview with Sergey Portnov. In the talk, he discussed moving from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region to a wider portfolio. He also discussed the switch from offline gambling to online gambling and what challenges it has posed.
Portnov, who joined Parimatch in 2011, adapted to much different jurisdictions and demographics. He went from the relatively staid and stable land-based casino industry to the ever-evolving online and mobile gaming niche. He knows the gaming landscape.
Sergey Portnov does not hold back his opinions. During his interview in Central London, he talked about the company’s journey from offline to online, and the challenges in the CIS region. He even discussed MMA betting. The Ukrainian knew that making changes would be a risk.
Sergey Portnov on Experimentation
When asked about moving into the online and mobile gaming industry, Portnov said, “You have a chance to experiment; I’m an entrepreneur, which means I have commercial sense and an appetite for risk Online is a good match for this.”
“Once I entered the company, I brought in people who are like me and we started identifying the assets in the company which we can enhance by moving it online. At that point, the online sphere in 2011 required trust. Nowadays, you trust online more than retail because of the power of online brands, such as Amazon and Ebay.”
Portnov said life at Parimatch is not as simple as 9 to 5, but is a much bigger commitment than that. Making changes and having a constantly moving company does not allow you to just shut it all off at the end of the day. but instead requires round the clock attention.
PariMatch’s Corporate Culture
According to Portnov, Parimatch is a culture that you join, not just a job, and you have to be fully committed to it. It is not on one person to put in the time — it is everyone. Portnov said that this hardworking and full time involvement is not taken lightly. It is fully supported with proper pay and constant “emotional motivation”, so as to not result in burned out employees and management.
The Ukrainian CEO sounds like a workaholic. He said, “Here [at PariMatch], I’m implying you do not distinguish between life and work. In the UK, I know people who work in the gambling industry; CEOs of big gambling firms or marketing managers in solid companies have this mindset of 9am-6pm and we’ll figure it out tomorrow. This approach is only viable if the company is fully stable and tomorrow is predictable.”
“When you know that the parameters constantly change, it requires 24/7 vigilance. Always be alert; there is no way to delegate tasks. You have to work extra. Management at Parimatch works weekends, when our best meetings are. Everyone works, works, works and hardly has holidays. But it’s a culture. If someone introduced this in the UK, people would leave the company. If you make a sudden shift, there will be a crisis.”
Parimatch Gaming Platform the Key Challenge
Changing systems entirely is bound to bring issues. Portnov explains it as changing from a train into a boat. That analogy could not be clearer as to the challenge they hit and are continuing to deal with. They have essentially taken one thing and built it into a completely different entity.
Portnov said this was their most difficult task to overcome and as the company continues to shift, this challenge will most likely stay with them. He added, “There were multiple challenges. The key challenge was and still is the platform. Once you start thinking digital, it means you need to take a completely different angle with your IT.”
“It [the gaming platform] needs to be scalable, agile and stable. We were running on a legacy platform which was built for retail needs. Essentially, as our train moved, we needed to rebuild it into a boat. We had to do this on the move, which makes it 10 times harder. Now, we’re on a boat but, trust me, half the boat is still a train. The process of cutting out ‘legacy’ and replacing it with something new was by far the biggest challenge.”
Differences in Generations
The generational divide remains an issue. Whereas young people these days have grown up with technology at their fingertips day and night, the older generation have a huge gap when it comes to understanding technology. According to Portnov, this posed a big problem when it came to staffing and developing their new found system.
A change in personnel and a change in mindset was needed. Portnov said, “The second challenge was the people running the business being retail-oriented. Changing the mindset of people is the most difficult thing you can do. If someone is young, it’s possible. But if people are 45 or 50 and you have to say please stop dealing with the past and think of the future, it’s hard. We spent a year or two trying to rebuild the business mindset. Unfortunately, we wasted our time; we should have agreed to split with some top managers, which is what eventually happened.”
“A new breed of people came in and replaced the existing team on all levels of management. The challenge was agreeing [to] a split in the nicest possible way. These people were at the company for several years but were unfit to run the company and continue growth anymore. Emotionally, this was the toughest challenge; business-wise, it was the biggest challenge.”
Betting on Esports
Their biggest risk, according to Portnov, might be betting on esports to makes big moves in the future. Age is not only playing a part behind the scenes of the company, but really into the future of it as well.
Parimatch is putting a lot into esports and — though it is not close to being a bigger market than live football betting itself — Portnov hopes that as the new technology-loving generation grows in wealth and demographic dominance, their love for gaming and esports grows with them.
The Ukrainian esports executive said, “Now, it’s in the top six sports and is 5% of our turnover. I believe next year it could be 8%. In five years, it could easily be 20%. Will it beat football? In 10 years, if I had to bet blindly, I would say if esports progresses and becomes even more immersive for players and spectators – like in the film Ready Player One – young audiences will always favor it over traditional sports when they are old enough to bet. Today, youngsters prefer esports to football. So, in 10 years’ time, it has a chance to beat football.”
“Basically, we’re betting on the prediction that young people will not jump into traditional sports. It’s a static whale; it’s huge but do they innovate? What do clubs currently do to attract youngsters? Esports invests a lot digitally and football cannot compete in the online world; only in the physical world.”
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Czech Action Art: Happenings, Actions, Events, Land Art, Body Art and Performance Art Behind the Iron Curtain
by Pavlína Morganová
translated by Daniel Morgan
Karolinum Press, 2014
Paper: 978-80-246-2317-7
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Czech action art—a medium similar to performance art that does not require an audience—emerged out of the political and social turmoil of the 1960s. This movement has received little critical attention, however, as the Iron Curtain prevented its dissemination to an international audience. Here theorist and art historian Pavlína Morganová gives this art scene its due, chronicling its inception and tracing its evolution through to the present.
Morganová explains the various forms of action art, from the “actions” and “happenings” of the 1960s; to the actions of land art that encompass stones, trees, water, or fire; to recent displays of body art; to the actions of the latest generation of artists, who are using the principles of action art in contemporary postconceptual and participative art. Along the way, she introduces the most prominent Czech artists of each specific niche, including Milan Knížák, Zorka Ságlová, Ivan Kafka, Petr Štembera, Karel Miler, Jirí Kovanda, and Katerina Šedá, and demonstrates not only the changes in the art forms themselves but also the shifting roles of artists and spectators after World War II.
With over one hundred illustrations, Czech Action Art introduces this heretofore overlooked but fascinating art form to a global readership.
Pavlína Morganová is director of the Research Center at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and a lecturer in art history at the Anglo-American University in Prague. Daniel Morgan has been translating from Czech for fifteen years.
“The fact that this pioneering study breaks new ground is just one of its many merits. Morganová presents a nuanced overview of the genre of action art and its particular manifestations in the Czech lands. Her analysis combines local and global art historical and sociopolitical contextualization.”
— Amy Bryzgel, University of Aberdeen
Czech Action Art
The Artwork and Its Context – A Historical Framework
The Victory of the Idea over Matter – A Question of Documentation
Czech Performance Art from Futurism to the Present
1. A Breakthrough to the Everyday
Milan Knížák’s Aktual
Czech Collective Actions
2. A Return to Nature
A Transformed Landscape
Nature and the Body
3. An Experience of the Body
The Prague Body-Art Troika
Performance Art of the 1970s and 80s
Post-1989 Czech Action Art
List of Actions
Czech Action Art 1960-1989
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No, Gender Equity Didn’t Kill the Tour of California
America’s biggest race had lots of issues, but a state law on equal pay wasn’t one of them.
By Joe Lindsey
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UPDATE: This story has been edited after initial publication to add a brief statement from an AEG spokesperson about the effect of AB 467 on the race.
No sooner had the shock of the announcement that the Amgen Tour of California (TOC) wouldn’t run in 2020 worn off than the search for a culprit began.
Maybe it was Peter Sagan’s announcement that he was taking his talents to the Giro d’Italia for the first time in 2020 instead of racing the TOC, which he’d graced with his presence in 10 straight editions. Did the loss of its biggest star doom America's only WorldTour event? (Likely the reverse: Sagan knew ahead of time and chose the Giro because of that.)
But blame quickly landed on a more reliable villain.
In September, California state lawmakers passed AB 467, the so-called “Equal Pay for Equal Play” act, which directed the state to require any sporting competition that ran on a state permit to offer equal prize money to women and men.
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The TOC has run a women’s edition the past five years, but the women race three days to the men’s seven. So, the thinking went, the cost of raising the women’s event to be at the same level with the men’s was so prohibitive that the race promoter, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), simply decided to can both of them—or, as the press release phrased it, “put the race on hiatus for the 2020 season.”
AEG’s statement didn’t exactly help dispel the notion; race president Kristin Klein cited changing business fundamentals as the reason for the suspension. “This new reality has forced us to re-evaluate our options,” Klein said in part. It’s easy to link “new reality” to AB 467.
That’s a fantastically convenient through line if you’re looking for a simple explanation except, well, there isn’t one. And the claim that gender equity somehow killed the TOC is, to put it mildly, specious misogynist bullshit.
It ignores several inconvenient facts. First, the TOC increased the prize purse of the women’s race to parity with the men before the 2018 race (almost $105,000 over three days of racing), well before AB 467 was even introduced. Ah, but what about the difference in race days, you might ask?
Well, in the second case, it’s not clear that the Equal Pay for Equal Play act requires that kind of parity. AB 467, according to its own sponsor, Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner Horvath, was primarily designed to address one aspect of gender inequity in sports: equal pay. The act only provides for equal pay for events run under state permit; it doesn’t say anything about event length.
This, incidentally, was a criticism of some of the bill’s initial advocates, including Kathryn Bertine, the pro racer, filmmaker, and activist who helped push for AB 467’s passage. In April, Bertine, through her Homestretch Foundation, wrote an “oppose unless amended” letter that asked for the bill to clearly mandate equal competition time. But that language never made it into the final bill, and Bertine told me she accepts that it simply wasn’t realistic to expect any single bill to solve all of the equity disparities in women’s sports. (Future bills might address equal paying time.)
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In fact, the bill’s language is vague enough that it isn’t even clear if the TOC has to run a women’s event at all. This was another source of tension between lawmakers and activists during the bill’s progression (would it have required women-only events to add men’s fields?), and one that’s not clearly solved by the final text of the law. If increasing the women’s TOC to full parity put the race in such financial jeopardy, then the cleanest—albeit most cold-blooded—response would’ve been to simply cut the women’s event entirely and continue with just the men’s instead of putting both on hiatus.
Despite that possible consequence, AB 467 passed every committee and floor vote in both chambers unanimously. There was, ultimately, no recorded opposition to the measure, and Bertine told me that in the months she advocated for the bill, no one, including from AEG, ever expressed any concern to her that it might end the race.
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Finally, the women-killed-the-TOC narrative ignores the biggest issue of all: the TOC wasn’t profitable and never had been, even before starting a women’s race.
AEG is a massive company with tons of experience in sports and event promotion—its properties range from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Coachella music festival—but for the TOC, it combined its own high-cost approach with a basic economic structure from European stage racing, which relies heavily on a few rainmaker-size sources of revenue: corporate sponsorships; package bids from host towns; and media rights.
That model has never been a long-term success in the United States; every big-time stage race this country has ever seen has gone from birth to death in under 15 years, making the Tour of Utah, after nine straight editions, the new granddaddy of major U.S. races (the 33-year old Tour of the Gila is also UCI-ranked, but is mostly contested by North American Continental-level teams).
AEG did bonkers in the sponsorship biz; the long-running title sponsorship with Amgen was renewed in 2018 and showed no signs of real age. But broadcast coverage wasn’t a revenue stream: AEG paid both to produce the coverage and for the broadcast time on outlets like NBC Sports.
Host towns are their own issue. To run a stage race, you need to find cities and towns a certain distance apart with reasonably interesting ways of riding between them, and they have to be big enough to make the six-figure bids that include stuff like hundreds of comped hotel rooms. Why did the TOC visit Santa Clarita, an antiseptic boomburb north of Los Angeles, in all but four of its 15 editions? Because it was one of the only towns that reliably bid on the opportunity. Sure, a Yosemite stage would’ve been amazing; but who’d pay to host it?
On top of that, the TOC faced some special circumstances. California is the most populous state in the U.S., and it’s car-centric, with very little mass transit. Closing roads for races (especially in urban downtowns) was expensive. Permits were expensive. Hiring California State Patrol for required escorts on state highways, and local law enforcement for other roads, was expensive.
And, AEG prided itself on running a top-flight operation. Racers loved the TOC because it was well-run; it was the first race to bring in a chef—Biju Thomas, who co-authored The Feed Zone cookbook—to organize and cater team meals for all racers. Riders from small, Continental teams raved about the first-class treatment. But that was pricier than just letting hotel kitchens handle it.
That doesn’t mean the TOC was faultless. The 2010 move from February to May always puzzled me: temporally in the heart of the international calendar but geographically isolated. It often attracted top sprinters, but marquee stage racers largely stayed in Europe rather than cross nine time zones for a lone week of racing. August—near other UCI-ranked North American events with WorldTour fields—might have been a better fit.
And there were some puzzling own goals on race routes: a 2012 Bakersfield time trial held away from town near oil and gas fields, not exactly a picturesque Visit California ad; the 2013 summit finish on the Palm Springs tramway road, a treeless, airless climb in triple-digit heat that saw Pieter Serry taken from the line in an ambulance; or the debacle of the snowed-out start at Lake Tahoe in 2011, a meteorological gamble (6,200-foot Tahoe averages 11 inches of snow in May) that crapped out.
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Some of the issues are the organization’s own making—do you need 70-odd full-time staff?— and some are rooted in a business model that looks increasingly wobbly even in Europe: old-line races like Criterium Internationale and Midi Libre sputtered and died, while most of the new events on the calendar are in new-money markets like China or the Middle East. The same week as AEG’s hiatus announcement, ASO said it would promote a five-day stage race in 2020 in Saudi Arabia.
But what the internal and external issues share is that they’re complex and overlapping. There’s not a neat narrative that fits in 280 characters, a convenient culprit on whom to pin the blame. That’s the vacuum the gender-equity story fills.
The problem is that there’s just enough gray area to make the argument plausible. Does AB 467 require the TOC to run equal-length men’s and women’s races? Likely not, but it’s hard to be sure. Boerner Horvath’s office promised to respond to questions from Bicycling about AB 467’s language and intent, but had not called back before publication. And if the men’s race lost money, so did the women’s. A looming UCI requirement for 2020 that promoters offer live broadcast or streaming coverage of Women’s WorldTour events was another possible point of financial stress.
The TOC’s own press release, with its vague references to “new realities,” left fertile ground for the imagination even as another section of the announcement mentioned that the problems had been growing for years. It also didn’t help that both Klein and the race’s communications director, Michael Roth, were out of office immediately after the announcement and were unavailable for comment about whether AB 467 played a role.
After this story published, an AEG spokesperson contacted Bicycling with a brief statement that AB 467 had "no effect" on the organization's decision to put the race on hiatus. Further, the spokesperson added, had AEG gone ahead and run the race as planned, the organizers believed that the 2020 edition "would have been in full compliance" with the new law.
What if it did, I asked Bertine. What if AB 467 inadvertently caused the demise of both events? “I certainly hope not,” she said. “But if AEG is deciding to fold the race because they don’t want to put the work in to creating an equal playing field, we have to say good riddance to such thinking, and move on and build a race that does.”
The TOC is careful not to say the race is done. It may be; it’s relatively rare for events to come back after a year off.
But it’s also not impossible for it to rise again, and maybe, with a fresh, lower-cost approach that doesn’t draft off a sclerotic business model, organizers can create something new—the race the TOC always could have been. Maybe the new race would have women and men racing on the same courses on the same days. Maybe, this time, women will be involved equally from the start.
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The Cruelest Climbs
Frankie Andreu shares what it’s like to tackle the Tour's storied ascents
By frankie andreu
Edvald Boasson Hagen gets a boost from Norwegian cycling fans in the Pyrenees during the 2012 Tour de France. (James Startt)
Each Tour de France takes a circuitous route that alternates between clockwise and counterclockwise each year. Whatever the direction, the route always visits the Alps and the Pyrenees, which include some of the most challenging ascents in the world. This year the Tour will hit the Pyrenees first, on Stage 8 from Castres to Ax-3 Domaines. It will be the first showdown for the riders fighting for the General Classification, a chance to shake up the white-jersey competition, and an opportunity for riders to test their climbing legs before the Tour’s mountainous third week.
The Pyrenees are known for their scorching temperatures and steep grades. The pace is slow, sometimes excruciating slow. Because most of the route is chip seal—a layer of tar with rocks thrown over it—the roads can be excruciatingly slow compared to the smooth blacktop commonly found in the Alps. Between the slow pace, lack of wind, and relentless sun, it feels like riding in a sauna—with a blow dryer on you.
It gets worse: When chip-seal roads get hot, they start to melt and disintegrate. Bike tires literally stick to the road—with every pedal stroke, you hear the noise of sticky tires peeling off the tar. No one is immune to the problem. Also, the pebbles that form the road start to detach and ricochet all over the place. Wearing glasses has never been so important: The wheel of the rider in front of you becomes a pitching machine, sending pebbles flying toward your face. And yes, it hurts.
The other challenge of the Pyrenees is hydration. The roads are narrow, steep, and bumpy, which makes for many gaps in the peloton on long climbs. It also makes it difficult for team cars to pass and provide assistance. I can remember many times racing the first part of a climb, getting dropped, and then spending the remaining part of the climb solely looking for spectators with drinks—a jug with water, a bottle of Evian, or even a Coke. I’d grab anything, then assess the situation and decide what do with my prize. Rule number one: If the bottle is open, you can’t drink it. Perhaps some idiot just dipped a bottle in the sink of his camping car, or put a bottle in a stream right next to a bunch of cows. You don’t want to get sick, you just want to cool off. But that water doesn’t go to waste: Riders dump it over their heads, legs, and body to help cool off. Rule number two: You have to share with anyone riding beside you. Partly this rule is to help anyone stuck riding in the middle of the peloton. Only so many guys can be on the outside of the pack on the edge of the road where you can grab something from a fan.
Finally, the worst part of the Pyrenees is probably the mountaintop finishes. To leave the summit after the stage, you usually have to descend the same small road you climbed up. But it’s crowded up there: The Basque fans are crazy about the Tour and they come out in droves in this area along with thousands of other spectators. After the race it can be difficult to get off the mountain and back to the hotel to get food and a massage. Sometimes the descent can take longer than the time it took to race up the climb.
Stage 8 will be fruitful for some and challenging for some. It will be our first glimpse of who this year’s winner of the Tour might be. For some riders it will be their first chance to ride the Pyrenees and learn why the Tour de France never, ever, leaves these glorious mountains out of the race.
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Home News Local Honouring Dr Katzen: A life well lived
Honouring Dr Katzen: A life well lived
Dr Enver Katzen
Dr Enver Katzen was not only a medical doctor who helped many patients over theyears, but also a father figure, an inspiration and a caring soul who touched the lives of everyone on his path.
His son, Lyle Katzen, told Bloemfontein Courant in an exclusive interview that the family will not have a “memorial service/funeral” but rather a celebration of a life well lived and to the fullest. “We want to celebrate his life; he lived a full and amazing life and left no stone unturned,” said Katzen.
Tributes have been pouring in for Dr Katzen, who lost his battle to complications after contracting Covid-19. His consultation rooms were situated in Sonneblom Street in Heidedal where he was well-known for his warm and charming smile that made any patient feel a little better.
He was a family man who loved his family unconditionally. “We felt loved unconditionally and we knew that we could rely on him, no matter what. We are a very affectionate family and always made fun of how we still used to kiss our dad despite our age,” said Katzen.
Dedicated to serving his patients, it was only recently when he stopped working on Sundays and loved watching sports, he was a great Springbok supporter. Dr Katzen also had a fond love for news, both locally and internationally, and never skipped a day without reading a newspaper.
Born on 25 January 1962 in Middelburg in the Eastern Cape, he attended Uitenhage High School and then went on to obtain his MBChB degree from the University of Stellenbosch.
A private memorial service will be held for the immediate family on 19 September at 13:00, which will be available via live stream. There will also be a public drive-by memorial taking place in Heidedal afterwards.
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2nd Temple Judaism
Chronicles of Time
30. Sabbath Rest
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.
Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, right?
Actually...that's a presupposition.
(Sneaky little devils, aren't they?)
The Bible never says Adam and Eve lived there. It never says the garden belonged to them. In fact, it says the garden belonged to God and that Adam worked there.
You were in Eden, the garden of God...—Ezekiel 28:13a
The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it...no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty...all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God." —Ezekiel 31:8-9.
When God "rested" on the Seventh day, he was actually moving in, i.e. setting up residence in Eden, and making it His "dwelling place." [1]
Note that the Bible uses dwelling and resting synonymously when it comes to God.
Let us go to the sanctuary of the Lord; let us worship at the footstool of his throne. Arise, O Lord, and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol of your power...For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home.“This is my resting place forever,” he said. “I will live here, for this is the home I desired. —Psalm 132:7-8 & 13-14
Genesis 1 is not a house story (with a focus on building), it's a home story (with a focus on moving [2]
in). Day 6 isn't the climax with a random God-rested-even-though-he-doesn't-get-tired Day 7 tacked on so we can have seven days in a week. Day 7 is the climax to a God-wishes-to-dwell-with-mankind love story that often gets missed in the heated debates over science and semantics.
So Adam was God's gardener?
Yes. And no.
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. —Genesis 2:15
The words translated "till" and "keep" are terms used in the book of Numbers to describe the duties of the priests.[3] Check out Num 3:7-8, 8:26, 18:5-6.
So what was Eve's job?
While we don't know her specific duties, we do know she was Adam's helpmate. The Hebrew word is ezer, and lest anyone thinks that means one who is inferior, the only other time the word is used, it is describing God. That's right. The other 20x the word is used in the entire Old Testemnt is to describe God as the ezer of mankind. Obviously, God is not inferior to humans. Hebrew scholar Robert Alter says it is best translated "sustainer beside him."
Swordcraft Tip: In the margin of Gen 2:2, write "Eden = God's garden" and "Ez 28:13, 31:8-9." Underline, highlight, or circle the verbs in Gen 2:15 (usually translated work/tend and watch/keep") and write in the margin "priestly terms" c.f. Num 3:7-8, 8:26, 18:5-6. In the margin of Gen 2:18, write "God as helper (ezer): Deut. 33:26, 29; Psalm 33:20, etc."
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[1] Walton, John. (2015.) The Lost World of Adam and Eve.
30. Eve: Mother of all Living
Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
According to an article in NewScientist (as well as many other researchers in human genetics), scientists can "trace back the DNA in the maternally inherited mitochondria within our cells" to what they call a "theoretical" common ancestor. They call her “mitochondrial Eve.”
Naturally, the ASA claim mitochondrial Eve lived "between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago" and that she was "was not the first human" but that "every other female lineage eventually had no female offspring, failing to pass on their mitochondrial DNA."
In other words, EVERY single other woman was a #boymom and they and their descendants all became extinct, because everyone living today, male and female, can be traced back to "mitochondrial Eve."
Okay. Sure.
And in contrast to the Sumerian and other ancient legends where the gods created multiple humans, the Jewish record just happened to have a "myth" that lined up with the science that all humans came from one woman.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
SwordCraft Tip: If you have wide-margins, beside Genesis 3:20, write in your designated supernatural warfare color, "Maternally-inherited mitochondria DNA confirms all living people came from one woman."
Had you ever heard of "mitochondrial Eve?" Do you find it exciting that science is continually discovering confirmation of the Bible (even though the ASA won't admit it)?
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29. Adam: Son of God
"...Adam, the son of God."
In Jesus' genealogy (in Luke 3), Adam is said to be the son of God.
This title is also applied to angels—Gen 6:2,4; Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7; and Deut 32:8 (in the Septuagint and Dead Sea version).
In the novel, Primoridum, it is this title being given to Adam upon his creation that fuels Lucifer's motivation to revolt against God.
Note that in Judaism, the title "son of God" is never a title of deity. However, it is eventually a title that applies not just to Adam but the line of Jewish kings, from whom the Messiah, the son of God would come. And it is a title given to all New Testaments believers (1 John 3:1-2).
Yet in Greek mythology, a son of God was divine, or at lest part divine (usually the offspring of a god with a mortal).
In 1 John 3:1-2, Christians are called "sons of God." If you are a Christian, what do you think of having a title that once belonged only to angels? Share you answers @ the Blogging His Story Facebook page!
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Talent Shortage in Facilities Management
According to the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), the Facilities Management Industry is suffering from a shortage of talent and is not replacing the number of retiring professionals.
Our industry is at risk of stagnation. In fact, from a 30% sample of IFMA's 24,000 members, the average member's age is 50+. However, this is not a surprise to the industry. Governing bodies such as IWFM, IFMA, and RICS are taking active steps to tackle the issue head-on.
The benefits of fresh talent:
A willingness to learn:
The talent coming from outside the industry will have no preconceived ideas about the industry. They will offer a fresh approach and thought process, which will benefit the role structure, culture and performance of any business. From an employer’s perspective, you have a fantastic opportunity to mould these professionals into the perfect employee.
Open to change:
The world of Facilities Management is changing. The internet of things is a topic that we have spoken about in a previous article and is a topic professionals will need to get their heads around. IoT will place technology at the forefront of a building's operation and will require a savvy individual to oversee and analyse the data which is being pulled. Fresh talent outside of the industry will have no set way of operating and will be more likely to embrace these changes with little hesitation.
Avenues for accessing talent:
The Armed Forces:
Anyone from a military background would have found themselves in a regimented environment. It's fast-paced and desires only the strongest of characters. You will be to have the following characteristics
People management capabilities
Be assertive in problematic situations
General Problem solver
Apply teamwork and communicate effectively
Build rapport
Be decisive
An individual will join the forces and become rooted. It's a humbling experience that gives the individual a 'can do' attitude. This works perfectly in the business world.
From the Armed Forces into Facilities Management:
Some examples of roles in the Forces that can be easily integrated into the FM industry:
Chef: Men and women in the forces will leave with a strong catering background. They will have experience catering for thousands and will easily transfer into roles in the catering, events, food safety and culinary sectors.
Infantry: Individuals in the Special Forces develop a mind for seeking and defusing dangerous situations – using wits and a level head to overcome high-intensity circumstances to resolve problems. The perfect skill set to transfer into a security role in FM.
Engineers and Technicians: The military provides opportunities to train and develop individuals from entry level in a multitude of trades, skills and formal qualifications ranging from carpenters, ME engineers to IT and communications professionals, all of which are so relevant in the FM industry.
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They connect with and support professionals that want to make a difference to the profession.
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Is a platform for aspiring FM professionals to connect with their peers in the workplace industry. The EMWL hosts a prestigious Young Leader of the Year award to showcase young talent who have made a significant impact early in their careers.
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Alexandria Bellefleur
NarratorLauren Sweet
NovelsRomanceHumoristic NovelsRomanceRomanceComedy & HumorHumoristic Novels
”I was hooked from the very first page!” – Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of In a Holidaze
"This book is a delight." – New York Times Book Review
Featured on Shondaland, Oprah Mag, Bustle, The New York Times Book Review, Buzzfeed, POPSUGAR, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post, NPR, Culturess, Vulture, and more. Named one of the Best Romances of 2020 by Washington Post and Buzzfeed!
With nods to Bridget Jones and Pride & Prejudice, this debut is a delightful #ownvoices queer rom-com about a free-spirited social media astrologer who agrees to fake a relationship with an uptight actuary until New Year’s Eve—with results not even the stars could predict!
Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy... a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle. When Darcy’s brother—and Elle's new business partner—expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. Was Darcy on the same date? Because... awkward.
Darcy begs Elle to play along and she agrees to pretend they’re dating. But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family during the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year’s Eve. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a faux relationship. But maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars?
"Everything I want from a rom-com: fun, whimsical, sexy." – Talia Hibbert, USA Today bestselling author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Published10/11/2020
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Booker Introduces Bill to Boost Safety and Protect Meatpacking Workers From COVID-19
The Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act will suspend and prohibit USDA “line speed waivers” that endanger workers at meatpacking plants
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act to protect worker, consumer, and animal safety by suspending all current and future USDA waivers and regulations that allow companies to increase production line speeds at meatpacking plants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reps. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), and Bennie Thompson (MS-2) have introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
Across the country, many meat processing plants have become COVID-19 hotspots. To date, more than 30,000 meatpacking workers have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 168 have died, according to the Food and Environment Reporting Network.
“Since mid-March, outbreaks of COVID-19 have continued to surge in meatpacking plants across the country, infecting tens of thousands of workers and tragically killing more than 168. The majority of these workers are from immigrant communities and communities of color,” said Senator Booker. “The situation has only worsened since the USDA has approved nearly 20 requests from meatpacking plants to exceed regulatory limits on line speeds despite the risks posed to workers, consumers, and animal welfare. The USDA should be in the business of prioritizing worker and consumer safety over the profits of large multinational meatpacking corporations, not the other way around. The Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act will rein in the USDA’s reckless oversight by limiting its ability to grant dangerous line speed waivers.”
“The meat and poultry processing industry has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with infection hotspots appearing in plants across the country,” said Rep. Fudge. “Fast line speeds make the dangerous conditions workers at these plants already face even worse by packing them closer together and placing them at greater risk of contracting or spreading the virus. Waiving limits on processing speeds also threatens the safety of our food supply. As COVID-19 cases continue to soar at processing plants, we must prioritize worker, food, and animal safety over increased production and profits.”
“For years, USDA has been complicit in the consolidation of the meat processing industry by gifting linespeed waivers to corporate meatpackers at the expense of worker safety, the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers, and the safety of the nation’s meat supply,” said Rep. DeLauro. “The high-profile COVID-19 outbreaks at meat packing plants have raised questions of the safety of the conditions inside these plants. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, these workers experienced injuries at a higher rate than comparable occupations. And now, faster linespeeds make it impossible for workers to practice social distancing and to comply with safety guidelines. That is why I am proud to join the leadership shown by Rep. Fudge in introducing this legislation that will reign in these reckless line speed waivers for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.”
"It is imperative that we ensure worker safety on slaughter lines," said Rep. Thompson. "Safety cannot be exchanged for high production. During this unprecedented time of COVID-19, we should take the necessary precautions to ensure employees are safe while working at meat and poultry establishments."
In October 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a final rule, which was implemented in December 2019, establishing the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System, which removes federal limits on the speed of production lines. Meanwhile, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued nearly 20 waivers for meat and poultry processing plants to increase the speed of their production lines since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration, the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act would:
Suspend all active waivers issued by USDA related to line speeds at meat and poultry establishments and suspend USDA’s authority to issue new waivers in this area;
Suspend implementation of, and conversion to, the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System established under USDA’s final rule published on Oct. 1, 2019 titled, Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection; and
Prohibit USDA from using federal funds to develop, proposed, finalize, issue, amend, or implement any policy, regulation, directive, constituent update, or any other agency program that would increase line speeds at meat and poultry establishments.
Additionally, the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act would:
Ensure the provisions of the bill are in addition to, not in lieu of, any State laws or regulations designed to further protect worker safety or animal welfare beyond what this bill provides;
Require Government Accountability Office to review the effectiveness of various actions taken by USDA, the Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and meat and poultry establishments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to protect animal, food, and worker safety; and
Require USDA, DOL, and HHS to issue a report to Congress by December 31, 2020, including their respective actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to protect animal, food, and worker safety.
In addition to Booker, the bill is cosponsored by Senators Feinstein (D-CA), Warren (D-MA), Sanders (I-VT), Merkley (D-OR), Blumenthal (D-CT) and Harris (D-CA).
The Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act is endorsed by the following organizations: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Animal Equality, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, Farm Sanctuary, Food and Water Watch, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Humane Society Legal Fund (HSLF), Mercy for Animals, National Employment Law Project (NELP), Oxfam America, and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW).
“America's meatpacking workers have been on the frontlines of this pandemic since day one, putting themselves in harm's way to make sure our families have the food we need. As COVID-19 continues to put our country's meatpacking workers at risk, we must take action to reduce line speeds in these plants to ensure workers can maintain social distancing and stay safe on the job," said United Food and Commercial Workers International President Marc Perrone. “This bill is a critical step to reining in the dangerously fast line speeds at so many meatpacking plants and will put the safety of workers and our country's food supply first. Congress must pass this vital legislation immediately."
“Faster slaughter speeds put animals at greater risk of being conscious as they are slaughtered, making it nearly impossible for plants to avoid horrific animal pain and suffering. These increased speeds also jeopardize worker and consumer health—all in the callous interest of profit at any cost,” said Matt Bershadker, ASPCA President and CEO. “By prohibiting extremely irresponsible speeds and requiring an official review of the USDA and Labor Department’s pandemic responses, the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act would better protect animals, workers, and the safety of our food system. We thank Representatives Fudge, DeLauro and Thompson for introducing the bill and urge Congress to pass it.”
"We are grateful for Representatives Marcia Fudge, Rosa DeLauro, and Bennie Thompson's leadership in pushing this important food and worker safety bill forward. It is unconscionable that the USDA has prioritized the profits of huge multinational corporations over the health and safety of meat plant workers, the general public and even its own inspectors amidst this widening pandemic. We will be organizing across the country to help make this critical bill a law,” said Tony Corbo, Senior Government Affairs Representative, Food & Water Action.
The bill text for the Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act is available here.
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Supreme Court insights, and beyond
By Kevin Lewis Globe Correspondent,March 5, 2017, 12:00 a.m.
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Win McNamee/Getty Images/Getty
Just when you thought Supreme Court nomination battles couldn’t get any more consequential, a new study finds that justices sway each other more than you might think — so much so that “the indirect effect of a justice’s vote on the outcome through the votes of their peers is several times larger than the direct mechanical effect of the justice’s own vote.” For example, relative to current nominee Neil Gorsuch (who is ideologically similar to Justice Antonin Scalia), blocked nominee Merrick Garland would have made “each other justice 5.1 percent more likely to vote liberal on a given case.” This effect appears to be less pronounced in the most politically charged cases.
Holden, R. et al., “Peer Effects on the United States Supreme Court,” Harvard University (February 2017).
Bienvenidos, this sales tax is for you
An analysis of state and local taxes found that they became more regressive, and placed a larger absolute tax burden on low-income residents, when the percentage of Latinos in the state increased, even controlling for other factors. This was not the case for African-Americans. Likewise, in a survey experiment, whites who were asked to imagine that their county experienced an influx of low-income minorities, particularly Latinos, became less supportive of raising taxes — and men became less supportive of progressive taxes — than when the hypothetical newcomers were white .
O’Brien, R., “Redistribution and the New Fiscal Sociology: Race and the Progressivity of State and Local Taxes,” American Journal of Sociology (January 2017).
Cheat with flair
In experiments, people judged behavior such as cheating, stealing, and hacking to be less immoral if done more imaginatively. In an experiment with groups of MBA students, one member of the group was in cahoots with the researchers and tried to induce other members of the group to cheat on a task. The planted ring-leader was more successful — and judged to be less immoral — when the cheating technique he or she suggested was more creative.
Wiltermuth, S. et al., “Creativity in Unethical Behavior Attenuates Condemnation and Breeds Social contagion When Transgressions Seem to Create Little Harm,” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (March 2017).
Pro-Trump but anti-Sadiq
On the Illinois Republican presidential primary ballot, voters indicate their preference by selecting the names of delegates pledged to their favorite candidate. Data from recent Illinois primaries suggest that “delegates receive approximately 10 percent fewer votes when their names indicate they are not white.” (Among would-be Donald Trump delegates, for instance, Doug Hartmann far outpolled Raja Sadiq.) This effect was strongest for Trump, Rand Paul in 2016, and Ron Paul in 2012, and weakest for minority candidates like Ben Carson and Marco Rubio. The effect was also stronger where whites had lower income per capita.
Soltas, E. & Broockman , D., “Taste-Based Discrimination Against Nonwhite Political Candidates: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,” Stanford University (February 2017).
Terminating the bail hearing
Lest you think that only blue-collar and clerical work can be automated, a new study suggests that we can and should take judges out of bail hearings. Researchers trained artificial intelligence with data on defendant rap sheets and post-bail offenses. The computer significantly outperformed the judges in making bail decisions: It could reduce post-bail offenses while maintaining the current release rate, or free more people while maintaining the current post-bail offense rate — all while reducing racial disparities.
Kleinberg, J. et al., “Human Decisions and Machine Predictions,” National Bureau of Economic Research (February 2017).
Kevin Lewis is an Ideas columnist. He can be reached at kevin.lewis.ideas@gmail.com.
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Double Standards: Who gains what with Internet.org?
Ashok Lalla, global head – digital marketing, Infosys and Lloyd Mathias, CMO, HP, reflect on the real winners of Internet.org.
At MWC, partner service providers claimed that they had seen rise in data use post Internet.org. Do you see this happening in India?
Ashok Lalla, global head – digital marketing, Infosys (AL): Initially, that may be the case - as in most things that induce trial thanks to being free to use. Whether this early trial translates into sustained data use is to be seen. Also, if this usage crosses a certain threshold, it’s not clear how the carriers will address this. Would usage continue to be free, or would there be a move to stimulate shifts to paid usage (to a wider selection of sites) for say the heavy ‘power’ users of Internet.org, is something to be seen.
Lloyd Mathias, CMO, HP (LM): Increased internet penetration will certainly see a rise in data use. This will grow in India as well.
Others like Sunil Mittal have opposed the notion that a CSP should partner for free. Is there merit in his argument? Does it benefit Facebook more than anyone else?
AL: The basis of the current selection of sites on offer via Internet.org in India is not clear. From early reports, it does seem that folks believe that Facebook stands to gain from usage of Internet.org. For instance, e-mail is not offered via this platform and the argument for this is that Facebook Messenger would suffice to help people connect to others. That strengthens the voices that say that Facebook is looking for gain for itself.
LM: The spread of the internet is a positive development in a knowledge economy; it is important for more people to access the internet. This will lead to increased participation
Google is on the platform in one market. Will such large players and apps make the platform’s mission more credible?
AL: The availability of a wide selection of sites will certainly help drive adoption. It’s less about credibility of the sites and more about choice of sites a user has that will drive its popularity.
LM: Yes, large players will need to come together to increase internet penetration. It takes the participation of large platforms or apps to makes things interesting. The moment the larger players get in, the platform gets richer and more relevant to the consumer.
Do you foresee ‘internet for everyone’ in India?
AL: Cost of internet access is not the only deterrent to the growth in the numbers of internet users in India, Literacy too plays a role, and mere access to sites that people cannot understand will do little. Also, lack of relevant vernacular content is also one of the reasons for the lower adoption of internet amongst masses of mobile phone users.
This itself has given rise to innovations such as missed-call marketing and call backs that are in local languages and remove the necessity to read content.
LM: Yes. It’ll happen as part of the ‘Digital India’ Mission and the spread of the so-called NOFN (National Optic Fibre Network), which is predicated on the fact that we need to get more people into the fold of the internet. It’s already a current movement outside of Internet.org.I think that in India it’s only a matter of time since we’ve seen the jump in internet proliferation from under 30 million to 300 million in three years.
What does the consumer gain? How can it be ensured that existing web users cannot avail of the service?
AL: Currently in India, the access is only via Reliance Communications so not really everyone can use the service. If free access to the internet (albeit to a small selection of sites) is what a consumer wants, then this could be a ‘gain’.
Limiting people with existing data plans from accessing Internet.org is how one would prevent the shift of paid users to the platform. Then again, since only a few sites can be accessed currently on the platform, shifting to it for existing web users who pay for data access is hardly likely to be a very attractive proposition.
LM: It’s very difficult. I assume that each person would have his own requirement and therefore choose a service appropriate to him. I understand that it’s more along the lines of connecting the unconnected, so I know the penetration is going to focus on the lesser connected areas. Having said that, it may be difficult to also segregate users who may be able to pay for the service.
Should the government support it?
AL: If essential services can be provided to the larger population through the platform, as well as government outreach programmes related to its ‘Digital India’ mission and in key areas such as healthcare, education, employment generation, then certainly wider access to these sites through something like Internet.org is likely to get support even from the government.
LM: Most certainly. The spread of the internet is actually a key element to the country’s ‘Digital India’ plan.
How can it support the platform beyond essential services information?
AL: The government seems happy to support private-public initiatives but really the benefits of these must be widespread and should in some way align with its own programmes in order for it to support the initiatives. Else, it will be up to the private sector to evolve its own user acquisition and adoption strategies.
LM: As I mentioned, it already factors into the larger mission of what the government is talking about in India. So, I think the government should lend its support.
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By Izer Derek / January 6, 2021
American garbage truck company, Republic Services, ordered an electric trash bin with 2,500 batteries capacity from Nikola in August, and an additional 2,500 vehicles could have been made available as an option on order. In August, autopro.hu also reported that Nikola’s shares have skyrocketed on the stock exchange.
Recently, however, Nicola announced that there would be nothing outside of the deal. According to the justification, the two companies reviewed their plans and concluded that the delivery of the vehicles would take much longer than originally planned and that the costs would be very high. Mark Russell, CEO of Nicola, said it was the right decision for both parties, but Nicola continues to work on developing environmentally friendly commercial vehicles.
It was a difficult year for Nicola
As is known, the year 2020 for Nicolas was largely determined by the scandal that broke out in the fall. It turns out the company was tampering with a video that in principle showed a hydrogen cell electric truck in motion. In fact, Nicola Wan rolled down a cliff in the shot.
The scandal left the company’s founder, Trevor Milton, and Nicola in big trouble, and Bosch and General Motors also revised their agreements with the company. In the end, although none of the large companies backed away from Nikola, the terms of cooperation were changed.
In 2021, a new model may come
Nikola is set to unveil a truck bearing the Tre name in the US this year, according to elective.com reports.
The Nikola Tree is a battery-powered electric truck, and a hydrogen cell version could start production in 2023. However, in 2021, the first commercially available hydrogen filling station may be introduced in Nicola.
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CBK says economy to ride out political uncertainty
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Central Bank of Kenya Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge says that save for speed bumps due to depressed spending and production the economy will ride out the current political uncertainty/MOSES MUOKI
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 19 – The economy is unlikely to suffer adverse effects due to the political uncertainty over the repeat of the presidential elections.
Central Bank of Kenya Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge says that save for speed bumps due to depressed spending and production; the growth numbers remain consistent with a growth projection of 5.7pc in 2017.
“Strong growths were reported in manufacturing, wholesale and trade, accommodation and restaurants, transport, ICT…all these accounting for nearly a third of the GDP i.e a very strong services sector. That is really the story from the numbers in Q1,” said Dr. Njoroge.
Other sectors have shown resilience with tourism particularly exhibiting strong growth.
“Tourist arrivals in Jomo Kenyatta international airport are close to 2013 levels with July arrivals almost at 100,000. But what is interesting is that even as we have recovered substantially in Nairobi (due to business travelers and conferences), arrivals in Mombasa remain depressed,” adds Dr. Njoroge.
He, however, says the drought has been the more significant risk impacting on agricultural sector which contracted to 1.1 percent in quarter one of 2017, ultimately restricting Q1 growth to 4.7 percent.
Quarter two numbers are expected to be released at the end of September which will paint a clearer picture on the impact of the August polls on the economy.
But the Governor remains optimistic on the basis of improved rains across the country though he admits election-based inflation exerted more pressure on
“The political noise level increases then consumers will delay their decisions and this will ultimately have a knock-on effect on the economy,” says Dr. Njoroge.
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FMLA calendars are muddied by expiring COVID relief
FMLA calendar choices may be more complex for employers to make than ever before. With the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) set to expire, employers can’t just roll back their leave policies to 2019. Calendar options under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) were devised long before COVID and the FFCRA. Lawmakers designed them to provide employers with flexibility when scheduling leave. Employers may choose:
A calendar year;
A leave year such as a fiscal year;
A year mandated by state law;
A year starting on the anniversary of the employee’s date of hire; or
A rolling period, starting on the date the employee first took FMLA leave.
Generally, employers make the choice of FMLA year once and are done. FMLA regulations allow employers to change their choice but may not do so with the intent of depriving an employee or employees of their FMLA rights. Changes in the FMLA calendar cannot deprive an employee of leave already earned. However, COVID has brought new considerations based on which time of FMLA calendar your organization uses. In addition, there are other laws and regulations that interact with FMLA and the expiring FFCRA.
Additional Resources: Refresh yourself on FMLA and FFCRA basics
Expect complications as we fall off the FFCRA cliff
The FFCRA expanded employer eligibility and the reasons for taking leave. The Act added two weeks of emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) for workers undergoing COVID testing or quarantine. It also temporarily allowed paid leave for workers with childcare responsibilities. EPSL and leave for childcare expire at the end of the year unless Congress extends them.
March 2020 Department of Labor (DOL) guidance explained how to integrate previous employer leave policies with FFCRA leave. All examples considered how the EPSL and Emergency FMLA interacted with employer leave policies prior to the FFCRA. However, the guidance is silent on how employers should proceed after the FFCRA expires.
Similarly, the guidance failed to address how FMLA calendar years affected FFCRA leave. The guidance appears to assume the period from April 1- December 31, 2020 falls within the same FMLA year for all employers. However, that may not be true for all employers. Some businesses may face lawsuits based on this miscalculation.
Using the Calendar Year for FMLA leave
Employees on a calendar year schedule will have a fresh set of FMLA leave available on January 1, 2021. That means 12 weeks of unpaid leave for:
the birth, adoption or foster care of a child;
caring for a child, spouse or parent with a serious health condition; or
for the employee’s own serious health condition.
Covered employees will also be eligible for 26-weeks of Military Caregiver leave.
Employees who had taken leave for childcare will not be eligible to continue that leave after January 1. Employees who were on the payroll for 30 days were eligible for paid leave under the FFCRA. Only employees who have been with the company for a year may take job-protected FMLA leave. Similarly, the FMLA covers employers with at least 50 employees within a 75-mile radius. The FFCRA covered smaller employers but allowed employers with fewer than 50 employees to opt-out under certain circumstances.
Fiscal or state-mandated FMLA calendar year
Employers on a fiscal or state-law-mandated year face a different challenge when setting leave schedules. Their FMLA year will begin under the FFCRA and end under the traditional FMLA. That means two sets of eligible employees, qualifying reasons for leave, and paid leave rules.
Consider a business that follows the federal fiscal year. Starting October 1, 2020 employees employed for at least 30 days were eligible for a full complement of FFCRA leave. As of January 1, 2021, FFCRA eligibility disappears. Employees taking childcare leave are no longer covered.
The March 2020 FFCRA guidance stated that employees could only use their remaining FMLA leave for emergency FMLA leave. For example, an employee who used six weeks of FMLA leave prior to April 1 only had six weeks of emergency FMLA leave left.
On the federal fiscal FMLA year, that same employee became eligible for twelve weeks of leave starting October 1. From October 1 to December 31, that employee could take either FFCRA or traditional FMLA leave.
Applying the same logic to the post FFCRA period we get this scenario. An employee used six weeks of leave for childcare in the last quarter of 2020. That employee would have six weeks of leave to use during the remainder of the FMLA year. The employee could only take leave in 2021 if:
she had been employed with the company for one year; and
the leave was for a traditional FMLA reason.
Again, the DOL has not addressed this issue and employers should consult with counsel before disapproving any leave.
Employee hire date FMLA year
All the same considerations involved in the fiscal or state-mandated year scenario apply the employee hire date FMLA year. However, here each employee operates on a unique schedule. Each employee would have entered the FFCRA period at a different point in their FMLA year. Similarly, they will all exit it the same way.
The Rolling FMLA calendar year
FMLA regulations permit employers to start each employee’s FMLA year from the beginning of FMLA leave. Again, each employee will operate on a different year. This method is generally seen as advantageous to employers because it prevents piecing leave from two years together.
The FFCRA, however, raises some questions the DOL has not answered. Specifically, does taking EPSL trigger the beginning of an FMLA year? For example, say an employee lived in a locale previously under lockdown for two weeks. She took EPSL during that period and returned to work when the lockdown ended. If EPSL is treated the same as traditional FMLA leave, then her FMLA year began with the lockdown. Further, that two weeks counts against her 12-week entitlement.
Sticking with our scenario, assume this employee gets pregnant and is due in early 2021. She might argue her FMLA year should begin with her first day of maternity leave instead of her EPSL start date. If she is correct, she has twelve weeks of leave, not ten.
Alternatively, let’s assume her quarantined started May 1, 2020. She begins her maternity leave April 3, 2021. If her FMLA year started May 1, 2020, the first four weeks of her maternity leave would fall within the 2020-2021 year. She could then take up to twelve weeks after May 1, 2021 because it is a new year. In this case, the EPSL actually got her sixteen weeks of continuous maternity leave.
Again, this is all uncharted territory. Look for additional guidance from the DOL and consult with counsel on all FMLA leave decisions.
Interaction with other laws
Any discussion of FMLA leave must include employer options when leave is exhausted. Employers may not terminate employees following their FMLA without considering their rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The employer must determine whether the employee’s condition is a disability under the ADA. This is not the same as the FMLA’s serious health condition, but often they overlap. If the employee meets the ADA’s definition of disabled, then the employer must analyze whether additional time off is a reasonable accommodation. The employer must document that analysis especially if it terminates the employee. The courts will want to see it. No document analysis equals ADA violation.
Armed Force members and their families have rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA). Employers must count time spent on active duty toward the calendar and hour requirements for coverage under the FMLA. Reservists who return, for example, after a six-month active tour of duty should be treated as if they had worked those six months for the company: They would be eligible for FMLA leave if that time put them over the 12-month, 1,250-hour requirement for eligibility.
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UK ABWR Completed GDA Assessment
15th December 2017 Debbie Jones Featured, News
Hitachi-GE’s UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor design approved for construction in the UK.
Horizon Nuclear Power plans to build two 1300MWe ABWRs at the Wylfa Newydd site on Anglesey by the mid-2020s; followed by two at Oldbury-Upon-Severn, South Gloucestershire.
The UK Advance Boiling Water Reactor (UK ABWR) provided by Hitachi-GE has now completed the generic design assessment (GDA) – an assessment conducted by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales. GDA is a joint process undertaken by the ONR and the Environment Agency. The regulators get involved with nuclear reactor design companies at the earliest stage where they can have the most influence. The process focuses purely on the reactor design and does not consider any site specific issues. The regulators will only conduct GDA on a new power station design following a request from the government.
Hitachi-GE’s UK ABWR began the Generic Design Assessment in April 2013. The process has entailed detailed assessments and submissions across 20 topic workstreams.
The UK ABWR achieved a Design Acceptance Confirmation (DAC) and Statement of Design Acceptability (SoDA) on the 14th December 2017. This means that the regulators are satisfied that the UK ABWR meets regulatory expectations on safety, security and environmental protection at this stage of the regulatory process.
Each build will still require a site-specific licence. Horizon expects to obtain all necessary licences for Wylfa Newydd by the end of 2018.
The Design Acceptance Certificate (DAC) for the UK ABWR is signed by ONR’s Mark Foy (Image: Hitachi-GE)
ONR chief nuclear inspector Mark Foy commented: “The completion of the generic design assessment of the UK ABWR is a significant step in our regulation of the overall process to construct this type of reactor in the UK, ensuring that the generic design meets the highest standards of safety that we expect in this country. We’re already working on our assessment of Horizon’s site licence application and on the development of the site specific safety case to progress, in due course, the construction and operation of these reactors at Wylfa Newydd.”
Jo Nettleton, deputy director for radioactive substances and installations regulation at the Environment Agency, said: “We’ve concluded that the generic design of the UK ABWR should be capable of meeting the high standards of environmental protection and waste management that we require in the UK. We only came to this conclusion after carefully reviewing the submissions provided by GE-Hitachi and their responses to the questions and issues we raised. We’ve also carefully considered all the comments we received from people during our public consultation and we’re grateful for all who took part for taking time to respond.”
Horizon CEO Duncan Hawthorne welcomed the completion of GDA. He said, “This is a huge milestone for Horizon and a major leap forward for us in bringing much-needed new nuclear power to the UK.” Hawthorne added, “It’s testament to the strength of the combined team, and the proven nature of the technology, that the GDA process has been completed and delivered on time.”
Tadashi Kume, president & representative director of Hitachi-GE, said: “Meeting the famously high standards of the UK regulators and completing GDA within our five year target further demonstrates the strength of this project, and capability of the team delivering it. GDA is a thorough and rigorous assessment, and receiving approval on schedule is a credit to the outstanding design of the UK ABWR.”
Bill Lee, Sêr Cymru Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Bangor University said: “This is really good news and emphasises the need for the UK in general, and N Wales in particular, to provide technical education and leading research into the Boiling Water Reactor since this is a new reactor design for the UK”.
The ABWR design has already received regulatory approvals in the USA and Japan. Four units have been built in Japan, and the ABWR is under construction at Shimane and Ohma sites in Japan.
How two UK ABWR units could appear at Wylfa Newydd (Image: Horizon)
Horizon Nuclear Power hopes to build two ABWR units at Wylfa Newydd site on the island of Anglesey in North Wales and start them up in around 2025. The units would be the first commercial boiling water reactors in the UK. Horizon estimates that around 60 per cent by value of the first reactor will be sourced in the UK, with more local input into later plant. Hitachi-GE has signed agreements with Rolls-Royce and Babcock International to plan and deliver the programme, and will establish an assembly facility for its modular construction technology in the UK.
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The three students in front of the British Embassy, Tokyo, Japan.
Three students from UK joined Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd (HGNE) over the summer for a 2.5 months internship at Hitachi-works, Hitachi City, Japan. The three interns were a BSc student, MSc student and a PhD student from the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol and Imperial all studying nuclear engineering related courses.
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Memorandum of Understanding between Bangor University, Imperial College London and Hitachi-GE.
26th October 2016 Debbie Jones News
Professor John G. Hughes (Vice-Chancellor of Bangor University), Kumiaki Moryia (Corporate Chief Engineer at Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd.), Dr Michael Bluck, (Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London).
Bangor University, Imperial College London and Hitachi-GE signed a memorandum of understanding on October 26th 2016 with the aim of building on a previously signed memorandum between Imperial and Bangor. This new memorandum highlighted the role of Hitachi-GE within the BWR Research Hub and Network who will make a reasonable effort to provide effective guidance, provide access to a number of its leading technical experts who will draw on Hitachi-GE’s amassed corporate understanding of BWR systems and associated technical matters, with the overall aim of the hub to advance cooperation and provide a structured forum for interaction. » Read more
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Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Imperial College and Bangor University
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Bangor (Prof. David Shepherd, Pro-Vice Chancellor:Research and Enterprise) and Imperial (Prof. Jeff Magee, Dean of Faculty of Engineering) sign Memorandum of Understanding
Imperial College London and Bangor University signed a memorandum of understanding on the 17th June 2016 with the aim of furthering cooperation between the two universities in the field of Nuclear Engineering.
As a result of this agreement, Imperial will provide its long-standing experience in the field to help Bangor develop an academic programme of Nuclear research and teaching. This is in anticipation of nuclear new-build close to Bangor in the form of Horizon Nuclear Power’s Wylfa Newydd project. This will allow Bangor University to provide high quality training in conjunction with well informed and independent nuclear advice during the renewal of nuclear power in the region. » Read more
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Rainbow Hotel Casino
It’s not the newest or the biggest casino in Vicksburg. Miss., but the Rainbow has carved out a loyal following by delivering its own brand of fun and value in a friendly, down-home atmosphere.
“People aren’t intimidated by Rainbow,” says General Manager Vivi Piskowitz. “It’s a friendly, family-type casino. A lot of us have been here for 15 years, and a lot of our customers have been around that long, and they’re just comfortable.”
When the Rainbow first opened on July 16, 1994, locals traveled from a 100-mile radius to play the 573 slots and 28 table games. But they came back, Piskowitz says, because of the people and the value and entertainment they receive for their gaming dollar.
“We maintain our good, low prices. They know they can come get a quality meal here. It’s good home cooking. They know when they come and play that we give them good return on their money, whether it’s points or direct-mail response or promotions. We’re always making sure we have the best prices or the best games or the best pay-back or the best point structure. We give them more time on device.”
Rainbow also has a strong video poker following. “I think our reputation for that has grown,” says Piskowitz. “People from all over the state know us for that.”
And those core drivers haven’t changed, even as the property has improved over the years with a greater variety of games - more than 800 video and reel-spinning slots and seven table games - and more casual dining options and special events and activities.
The property originally was operated by Rainbow City Casino Partnership, a subsidiary of Alliance Gaming, which later acquired slot maker Bally Gaming International and in 2006 changed its name to Bally Technologies. The Rainbow has undergone numerous expansions and improvements since. Among the more significant was the addition of an 89-room hotel owned and operated by AmeriHost Inns. Most recently, the Rainbow added the 12,500-square-foot upscale Riverview Buffet and two meeting rooms.
For Bally, ownership provides unique benefits.
“The casino is quite possibly one of the best returns on invested capital ever in a casino, and it is a good revenue-generating business for Bally Technologies as a corporate entity,” says Alex Dungan, Bally vice president of casino operations.
It also serves as a platform for Bally to refine new products and compare their performance to those of other manufacturers.
“While Vicksburg is a unique market when you compare it to markets throughout the world, it does give us a good statistical representation of how we, as Bally game providers, perform against our competitive set,” says Dungan.
Bally’s systems products also are deployed on the floor, including SDS and iView, and that gives the company an additional opportunity to learn, Dungan says. “It lets us work out the kinks before we go out to the rest of the customers in the world.”
Last October, when the Riverwalk Casino Hotel opened up right next door it took a bite out of Rainbow’s market, but it also has begun to create some critical mass for both properties.
“It’s really been good for us,” Piskowitz says. “It’s helped to get more people down here, and we’re sort of feeding off each other in our promotions, and we have a lot of overflow. People walk back and forth - they park once and go twice.”
The neighbor also keeps Rainbow on its toes.
“We’ve tried to spend money getting our floor freshened up, getting new games in, getting new carpet and new ceiling tile and painting,” Piskowitz says. “We’re trying to get back to our main theme as Rainbow as a colorful place. We’re adding a lot of color, and we’ve added a lot of meeting space so we can accommodate bigger groups.”
It’s paying off, she says, as more events, such as family reunions, wedding receptions and class reunions are being booked.
Rainbow and Riverwalk are exploring ways to generate even more synergy by pooling resources for joint events. “We’ve talked with their people, and that is out there in the future, to have products and promotions and events together,” Piskowitz says. “We have twice the hotel space now, twice the space for meetings and twice the space for meals to provide for people so we can have bigger events here.”
And having a strong sense of identity and an understanding of its players continues to serve Rainbow well.
“We do what we do best and do it very profitably,” Piskowitz says. “And we also are stand-alone, so we’re not controlled by some corporate marketing function off somewhere that doesn’t really understand our area and our people, and we have the flexibility to change what we do on a day’s notice if we have to. We might just decide to have a tournament and send out some invitations to a few people or have a little party for somebody. We can do a lot more of those things spontaneously.”
Rainbow Facts
• Located on 57 acres along the Mississippi River, two miles south of Interstate 20 in Vicksburg, Miss.
• More than 800 video and reel-spinning slot machines and seven table games
• 340 employees
• Opened July 16, 1994
• Dining amenities include the Riverview Buffet, featuring popular Southern and traditional favorites and international cuisine, and the blues-themed Crossroads Deli, offering hamburgers and specialty sandwiches
• The Rainbow Hotel, operated by Amerihost Inns, offers 89 rooms, including suites, king and double-occupancies
• Meeting space includes the 125-seat River Room and the 1,000-seat Rainbow Event Center
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Manchester United To Make Late Move For Bayern Munich Boss Pep Guardiola
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Premier League champions Manchester United are set to make a last-gasp move for unsettled Bayern Munich head coach Pep Guardiola after the Catalan’s recent managerial ultimatum to the Bavarian giants, according to reports in the Daily Mirror.
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The 43-year-old issues a sack me or back me plea to the Bundesliga champions on Friday in the wake of the club’s elimination from the Uefa Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid at the semi-final stage on Tuesday night.
The European champions were surprisingly thrashed 4-0 by Los Blancos at the Allianz Arena in their second-leg clash to exit Europe’s premier club competition 5-0 on aggregate, a result which saw the former FC Barcelona trainer come in for heavy criticism for the style of play Bayern have adopted so far in this campaign, and in particular from a number of ex-Munich players.
And now following Guardiola’s ultimatum to his bosses in Bavaria, reports are beginning to surface in the UK claiming that the Red Devils are set to switch their managerial focus away from red-hot favourite Louis van Gaal towards the Bayern boss in the hope that they may be able to persuade him to move to Old Trafford this summer.
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Man United star Michael Carrick set for spell on sidelines with possible ankle ligament injury
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Manchester United could be without veteran midfielder Michael Carrick for some time after sustaining an ankle injury during England’s 2-0 defeat to Spain on Friday night, the Metro reports.
Carrick started the game in Alicante, but was stretchered off during the final minute after he landed awkwardly and twisted his right ankle (via Metro).
The 34-year-old was later pictured wearing a protective boot, and will now have a scan on Saturday in order to determine the severity of the damage, though England boss Roy Hodgson admitted that he is fearing the worst.
“Michael Carrick doesn’t look good,” Hodgson told the BBC.
“He’s got a severely twisted ankle which normally means ligament damage.
“We won’t know that of course until he’s had an X-ray or a scan tomorrow, but it doesn’t look good.”
Hodgson recalled Carrick to the Three Lions squad after the World Cup, but so far injuries have restricted him to just two starts.
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Henry wants Monaco to rival Milan for disillusioned Chelsea superstar in winter transfer window
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AS Monaco boss Thierry Henry hopes he can lure Cesc Fabregas to the club in January, with AC Milan also interested in the Chelsea midfielder.
The Spaniard has fallen out of favour at Stamford Bridge since the arrival of Italian tactician Maurizio Sarri as manager, featuring in just 12 matches across all competitions and only four times in the Premier League this term.
According to the Evening Standard, despite his lack of playing time, Sarri has already expressed his desire to extend the 31-year-old’s contract by another year, as his current deal runs out at the end of the season.
However, Fabregas is not content with a bit-part role for the Blues and would prefer to secure regular playing time elsewhere, with Milan and Monaco lining up bids for his services in the new year – as per ES.
ES reports that Monaco head coach Henry believes he has the edge in the race to sign the disillusioned Chelsea superstar, having built up a rapport with him as an Arsenal player when they were both on the books at the club between 2003 and 2007.
Fabregas has fallen out of favour at Chelsea
Fabregas recent told ES that he expects to stay at Stamford Bridge until the end of the current campaign, although he is aware that he may receive several offers from top European clubs next month.
The former Arsenal playmaker could leave for a cut-price fee during the winter transfer window or for nothing in the summer and Chelsea would surely prefer the former, as they aim to finance a few incomings in the market themselves.
Monaco have struggled in Ligue 1 this season and are facing a difficult task to remain in the French top flight over the next six months, having slipped into the relegation zone.
Henry is trying to mastermind a revival and Fabregas could provide him with a significant amount of extra quality in the middle of the park, but he could also be equally effective at Milan should he opt for a Serie A switch.
This particular story is definitely one to keep an eye on in the coming weeks, with Fabregas far too good a player to remain sitting on the bench at Chelsea for much longer.
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Martin Gitonga going through a dialysis session in Nairobi hospital/FELIX MAGARA
Silent killers plague Martin at only 34
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 6 – Martin Gitonga’s life has been on a wild roller coaster since August this year when he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a fancy word used by doctors to describe an enlarged heart.
His kidneys have also failed and he has to rely on three sessions of dialysis per week to clean his body system.
He is only 34-years-old.
“It is very difficult for me and my family because I used to live a normal life and then suddenly moved from working kidneys to being confined to a machine. It is very difficult to explain but the first time was traumatic,” he says.
“It is very hard watching him go through it and not getting the answers he needs. The disease has a downing effect because it impacts on quality of life. Your life is pretty much taken up by dialysis,” his 32-year-old wife Daphine Gitonga tells me.
Martin always liked his food fast, oily, and salty and weighed a strong 116 kilograms before his diagnosis.
And like a thief in the night, high blood pressure crept in, sometimes reaching highs of 162/100.
But Martin had no idea that he was buying a one way ticket to an early grave.
“High blood pressure is what drives the underlying structural damage to the kidneys so that they do not function as well as they are supposed to,” says Charles Kariuki, an Interventional Cardiologist in charge of Martin’s case.
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“The chemicals that they are supposed to be removing from the system accumulate and they cause further harm which may include heart damage when calcium is deposited to the heart,” he explains.
“The heart will then begin to compensate for some of the structural changes; it can thicken its muscle or it can dilate leading to further kidney damage,” he adds.
Martin’s lack of knowledge was like driving on a flat tyre.
Maybe things would be different if he kept off sodium, lead a low-cholesterol, high-fibre diet, took more natural juices and antioxidants like strawberries, drank a lot of water and also consumed proper proteins like fish, chicken and salmon.
High cholesterol levels deposit fats in blood vessels choking them and starving major body organs.
“You could have a parent with a 10-year-old child going into a fast food outlet to buy them pizza, fries and oily chicken while she says she cannot eat them because of the doctor’s orders. But then that child should adopt the same diet as their parents to prevent these diseases in the future,” argues Kariuki.
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The body of Nyamira Governor, the late John Nyagarama was airlifted to his home in Tente in a police chopper.
Top leaders expected at Nyagarama’s State funeral in Nyamira
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 24 – Top leaders were expected at the burial of the late John Nyagarama, the Nyamira Governor who succumbed to COVID-19 last week.
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga, Governors and a host of Cabinet Secretaries and other government officials were expected to attend the funeral at the Governor’s Tente home.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi said Nyagarama will be accorded a state funeral.
Nyagarama, 74, succumbed to COVID-19 at the Nairobi Hospital where he had been hospitalised for a month.
Nyagarama’s body was airlifted from Nairobi to his Borabu home for viewing ahead of a funeral ceremony at Nyamira Primary School grounds.
On Wednesday, an interdenominational prayer service was held at Nyamira Primary School.
Nyamira County Assembly Speaker Moffat Teya said the late Nyagarama had reconciled with the Assembly two months before his death.
Teya said by the time the Governor died, he had brokered a deal to strengthen their working relations.
“We had agreed on various issues that we were going to work out for the good of Nyamira residents and even as he died, we had put it on us as the Assembly to assist the Governor to deliver on the promises he had made to the people,” Teya said.
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CAS bans Russian doping ‘mastermind’ – Russia
A report by a WADA independent commission published in November said the former head of Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory had admitted to “intentionally destroying” 1,417 test samples ahead of an audit
Moscow, Russia, Mar 13 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued a life ban against doctor Sergei Portugalov, the alleged mastermind of doping in Russian track and field, Russia’s athletics federation said Monday.
“The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne has ruled on a life ban for Sergei Portugalov,” the federation said in a statement.
Portugal was found “guilty of violating several articles” of IAAF Anti-Doping Regulations, including the possession and dissemination of prohibited substances, it added.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommended in a 2015 report that Portugalov take no part in any state sports programme after he was found to have supplied athletes with banned performance-enhancing drugs.
CAS did not immediately confirm the ban.
WADA said Portugalov, who had served as the head of the Russian athletics federation’s medical commission, was “very active in the conspiracy to cover up athletes’ positive tests in exchange for a percentage of their winnings.”
The agency said that Portugalov administered the doping programmes and “even injected athletes himself.”
Russia has been barred from international track and field competition, including the Rio Olympics, since November 2015 following the damning report presenting evidence of state-sponsored doping in the sport.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world governing body of athletics, last month cleared three Russians – pole vaulter Anzhelika Sidorova, sprinter Kristina Sivkova and Aleksei Sokirskii – to compete internationally under a neutral flag.
The IAAF said that the trio had met the “exceptional eligibility criteria” it had established for Russians to compete on the international stage.
Russian authorities have recognised the existence of doping in sport but vehemently deny any state complicity in athletes’ use of performance enhancing drugs.
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Beauty And The Beast Back On Screen
The popular childhood fairytale, Beauty and The Beast will be brought to life by Disney Theatres. With the same loveable characters and the heartwarming storyline, this fairytale is bound to bring even the coldest of hearts enveloped in warmth. The trailer finally premiered for the remake of any 90s baby most beloved stories.
So happy to show all of you the new teaser poster for Beauty and the Beast! I hope you like it. Love Emma x @beourguest @thatdanstevens pic.twitter.com/tvlNKRTruX
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) November 10, 2016
With an incredible lineup including Emma Watson from the Harry Potter series plays Belle, the Beauty. Luke Evans plays Gaston and Dan Evans from Downtown Abbey plays the endearing Beast The extensive cast that brings this classic to the screen is made up of Hollywood’s best with only award-winning actors making the cut. The story tells of a young girl who takes the place of her father as a prisoner in the Beast’s castle. The relationship between Belle and the Beast soon evolves from captor and prisoner to a fond friendship and eventually love. Disney lovers are assured of a renewal of a classic that lives up to expectations.
The romantic tale is set to available to the public in March 2017.
In this article:Beauty And The Beast, Disney, Movie Trailer
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Bill Would Require "Yes Means Yes" Policies on College Campuses
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 | Sacramento, CA
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The focus of sexual assault policies at California universities and colleges would have to shift if a bill pending in the legislature becomes law.
The “yes means yes” legislation would require any college or university that receives state funds for financial aid to modify its sexual assault polices. The policies would have to be “victim-centered.” They would also have to include an “affirmative consent standard”, which must be ongoing during sexual activity and can be revoked at any time.
Democratic Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson co-authored the bill. She says statistics show one in five college students is the victim of sexual assault.
“20 percent of students experience sexual assault during their time in college," she says. "College, where we believe our best and our brightest are going to get the education they need to be the leaders of our state and our nation and our future.”
But critics of the bill say some provisions would be difficult to enforce and the measure could lead to false assault allegations. The bill is being considering by the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
McGeorge Symposium Sex Crimes
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law is hosting a symposium Nov. 6 on emerging issues of consent and how criminal codes should define rape and other sex crimes. Law professors Michael Vitiello and Raquel Aldana talk about these issues.
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As The Pandemic Rages On, California Lawmakers Return To The Capitol With Urgent To-Do List
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Keyword: Bibliographies
A CANADIAN INDIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1960-1970.
By: Abler, Thomas S., Weaver, Sally M. With Claire C. Veillette and Iris V. Yuzdepski. Case Law Digest prepared by Douglas E. Sanders with Paul C. Taylor.
Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1974
732 pp, 9 1/4" H. "This bibliography lists and annotates material published between 1960 and 1970 of interest to the serious student of the Indians and Metis in Canada. A team of researchers worked through books, monographs, journals, theses, unpublished papers and reports, publications by Indians, and federal and provincial government documents to generate over three throusand entries covering a multi-disciplinary range of aspects of current society and culture. Some aspects such as physical anthropology, biomedicine, archaeology, and linguistics had to be excluded, however. Both ...
NAVAL & MARITIME HISTORY: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. THIRD EDITION, SECOND SUPPLEMENT, 1966-68.
By: Albion, Robert Greenhalgh.
Publisher: Mystic, Connecticut, Frank C. Munson Memorial Institute of American Maritime History / Marine Historical Asociation: 1968
Binding: Stapled in Wraps
60 pp, 10" H. Chapter headings: Reference Works; Merchantmen and Warships; Captains and Crews; Maritime Science, Exploration and Expansion; Commerce and Shipping (including: Fishing and Whaling; Yachting and Small Boat Cruising); Navies; Naval History by Chronological Periods; Special Topics (including: Ports and Port Functions; Passengers and Immigration; Maritime and International Law; Privateering, Piracy and Buccaneering; Marine Distasters; Safety Measures and Salvage); Author Index; Subject Index. Interior - tiny very light stain at top inside of front cover and at top of first page...
PRICE GUIDE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECKLIST FOR CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR THE YEARS 1880-1960.
By: Baumgarten, E. Lee, compiler.
Publisher: Martinsburg, WV, E.Lee baumgarten Books: 1996
8 pp "Introduction", followed by three separately paged sections - 145 pp "Author-Sorted Index / 145 pp "Illustrator- Sorted Index" / 63 pp "Title Cross-Reference". Teal cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and borders on front cover, 11 1/4" H. "The data file for the 1996 edition contains exactly 10,405 records, indexed 3 ways to provide you with an easy method for locating any given book." Although the price guide aspect is out-of-date, the bibligraphical information remains very useful for collectors/booksellers. Light wrinkling at t...
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. VOLUME ONE (1): HENRY ADAMS TO DONN BYRNE.
By: Blanck, Jacob, compiler.
Publisher: New Haven, Yale University Press: 1977
Edition: Fifth Printing
(liv), 474 pp, 10 1/4" H. Black cloth with red title block/gilt lettering and crest on spine. B&w illustrations. Plain brown paper dust jacket with two cut-outs revealing title and volume number. Contents: Genesis and Scope of the Bibliography; Plan of the Bibliography; Form of Entry; Binding; Publication Notes; Comment on Locations; Definitions of Terms; A Personal Note; Acknowledge-ments; General References; Principal Periodicals Consulted; Location Symbols; Bibliography of American Literature; Initials, Pseudonyms, and Anonyms. One slight sorner bump, very light wrinkling at bottom...
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. VOLUME THREE (3): EDWARD EGGLESTON TO BRET HARTE.
Edition: Fourth Printing
(xxiv), 482 pp, 10 1/4" H. Black cloth with red title block/gilt lettering and crest on spine. B&w illustrations. Plain brown paper dust jacket with two cut-outs revealing title and volume number. Contents: Authors in Volume Three; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; General References; Principal Periodicals Consulted; Location Symbols; Bibliography of American Literature; Initials, Pseudonyms, and Anonyms. Very light wrinkling at top of spine, light bump at bottom of spine, three very small corner bumps, small tear and tiny chip at bottom edge of first three page leaves - archivally tap...
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. VOLUME FOUR (4): NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TO JOSEPH HOLT INGRAHAM.
Condition: Very Good+
(xxiv), 495 pp, 10 1/4" H. Black cloth with red title block/gilt lettering and crest on spine. B&w illustrations. Plain brown paper dust jacket with two cut-outs revealing title and volume number. Contents: Authors in Volume Four; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; General References; Principal Periodicals Consulted; Location Symbols; Bibliography of American Literature; Initials, Pseudonyms, and Anonyms. Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight tiny bump at top corner of boards. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling, tiny edge tear on title cut-out archivally taped.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. VOLUME FIVE (5): WASHINGTON IRVING TO HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.
(xxvi), 643 pp, 10 1/4" H. Black cloth with red title block/gilt lettering and crest on spine. B&w illustrations. Contents: Authors in Volume Five; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; General References; Principal Periodicals Consulted; Location Symbols; Bibliography of American Literature; Initials, Pseudonyms, and Anonyms. Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine.
CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A PRICED CHECKLIST WITH ADVICE. THIRD EDITION.
By: Broadfoot, Tom. Compilers: Janet Hewett, Julia Nichols, Jocelyn Pinson.
Publisher: Wilmington, North Carolina, Broadfoot: 1992
Edition: Reprint of 1990 third edition.
560 pp, small 4to (10 3/16" H) - red spine with black title block and gold lettering, gray boards with gold lettering and black illustration. Contents: Acknowledgement With List of Civil War Dealers; What's In This Guide: How To Use This Guide; Prices; Book Condition; The Civil War Market; Factors Affecting Civil War Book Prices; Reference Works; Book Trade Abbreviations and Terms; Where To Buy Civil War Books; Where To Sell Civil War Books; Civil War Books As An Investment; Advice to Wives and "Significant Others"; Care Of Books; Appraisals - Insurance - Estates - Gifts; General B...
JOHN O'HARA: A CHECKLIST. WITH A PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED SPEECH BY JOHN O'HARA.
By: Bruccoli, Matthew J., compiler. (John O'Hara.)
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1972
136 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w reproductions. "From the publication of 'Appointment in Samarra' (1934), John O'Hara enjoyed popular acclaim as a novelist and then as a short-story writer, but the close study of his work in literature courses is yet to come. This checklist will facilitate the efforts of scholars and students to make a more serious assessment of his impact on American writing. Not only does Matthew J. Bruccoli list all the books, stories, and articles by O'Hara published in the English language; he also includes public statements, printed letters, and interviews. Detailed bibli...
THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LITERATURE BY AND ABOUT NEGRO AMERICANS.
By: Chapman, Abraham.
Publisher: Oshkosh, Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English, Wisconsin State University: 1966
Condition: Good+
135 pp, 9" H. Contents: The Negro in American Literature; A Bibliography of Literature By and About Negro Americans - Bibliographies; Periodicals and Journals; Anthologies; Fiction; Poetry; Drama; Criticism, Literary and Cultural History, Scholarship; Essays and Miscellaneous Prose; Autobiographies; Biographies; Music, Spirituals, Blues, and Jazz; Folklore; Art; Education; Background and Reference Works; History; Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Political Economy; Civil Rights, Politics, and Nationalism; Press and Journalism; Religion. Interior - previous owner's name, faint eras...
BRITISH COLUMBIA IN BOOKS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
By: Cuddy, Mary Lou and Scott, James J.
Publisher: J.J. Douglas, Vancouver, 1974, Ist edition.:
144 pp, 4to (11" H), soft cover. B&w illus. "An immense body of writing exists about the province of British Columbia, but it is scattered and often difficult if not impossible to locate. To codify it all into a single, useful bibliography, (the authors) began this 'labour of love'...Here is their finished compilation; but far from being a cold, factual listing of titles, it is an informal, pleasantly readable, annotated bibliography of books and pamphlets currently in print. The close to 1,000 entries are arranged alphabetically by author and supplemented with a title and selected...
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY AUTHORS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FIRST PRINTINGS OF THEIR FICTION AND SELECTED NONFICTION.
By: Currey, L.W. With David G. Hartwell.
Publisher: Boston, G.K. Hall: 1979
571 pp, 10 1/4" H. Brick-coloured cloth printed in black with gold lines. No dust jacket - as issued. Contents: Pseudonyms; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Listings in Alphabetical Order. Dampness mark at bottom corner of approx. pages 450 to end of book, small bump at top corner of both boards, 2" light scratch on front board, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light edge wear, small light liquid stain on top of text block and at bottom corner of fore-edge of text block, very light browning to top of text block.
A DESCRIPTIVE CHECK LIST TOGETHER WITH SHORT TITLE INDEX DESCRIBING ALMOST 7500 ITEMS OF WESTERN AMERICANA COMPRISING BOOKS, MAPS AND PAMPHLETS OF THE IMPORTANT LIBRARY (IN FOUR PARTS) FORMED BY GEORGE S. SOLIDAY.
By: Decker, Peter, compiler. (George W. Soliday.)
Publisher: New York, Antiquarian Press: 1960
Edition: Limited Edition
One of an edition limited to 550 copies, this copy unnumbered. Dark green cloth with gold lettering on spine, 9 3/4" H. B&w frontispiece. Foreword and brief biographical sketch of Mr. Soliday by Peter Decker. The remainder of the book consists of four parts and an index, each individually paginated, (169 pp, 165 pp, 117 pp, 128 pp, 103 pp). Light wrinkling at top/bottom of hinges, small bump at bottom of rear board near hinge, very light edge wear, faint scratches on rear board, faint rub line on front board, soft crease across spine - near bottom.
NORTHROP FRYE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES.
By: Denham, Robert D. (Northrop Frye.)
449 pp, 9 1/4" H. "Northrop Frye was one of the most influential critics of the twentieth century. His output was prodigious: his publications include thirty-eight books and monographs, nearly 300 essays and articles, and some 15 reviews and miscellaneous pieces. His reputation is international: he has been the subject of numerous books, a forthcoming biography, and thirty doctoral dissertations from universities as far-flung as Freiburg, Oxford, and Texas. With this bibliography, the massive body of work by and about Frye is now made readily accessible for the first time. More th...
INVENTAIRE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES LIVRES, BROCHURES, JOURNAUX ET REVUES PUBLIES EN LANGUE FRANCAISE DANS LA PROVINCE DE QUEBEC, DEPUIS L'ETABLISSEMENT DE L'IMPRIMERIE AU CANADA JUSQU'A NOS JOURS. TOME I, II, III, IV & PREMIER SUPPLEMENT. IN 2 VOLUMES.
By: Dionne, N.-E.
Publisher: New York, Burt Franklin: 1969
175 pp, 155 pp, 228 pp, 124 pp, 76 pp, - 4 volumes plus supplement bound in 2 volumes, Red cloth with gold lettering/bandind on spine. Burt Franklin Bibliography & Reference Series 289. Faint erased pencil marks at top of both front free endpapers, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor edge wear plus two tiny edge dents and one tiny edge scuff on vol. II, small light sticker mark on front board of vol. II, light rubbing/soiling - mainly on rear board of vol. I
THE CANADIAN ARMY 1855-1965. LINEAGES - REGIMENTAL HISTORIES.
By: Dornbusch, C.E., compiler.
Publisher: Corwallville, New York, Hope Farm Press, Cornwallville: 1966
179 pp, 10 3/4" H. "(O)utlines the histories of the Canadian Regiments in the dates of organization, change of designation, amalgamation, disbanding and conversion. The Regiments of The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, Cavalry and The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps are included in the Guide. Regiments of the Royal Regiments of Canadian Artillery are included in the Guide only when they were organized as Infantry Regiments and later converted to artillery. The arrangement of the Guide is alphabetical by the designation of the Regiment. The Guide for a Regiment is followed by a listing of...
THE NEW ZEALAND ARMY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Publisher: Hope Farm Press, Corwallville, N.Y., 1961, from an edition of 300 copies.:
116 pp, 9" H, soft cover. Contents: The New Zealand Army - Reference works, General works; Conscription; Defence of New Zealand; Manuals for training; Medals; Military cemeteries and memorials; Periodicals; Regimental histories; Veterans; The Maor i wars - Participation of the British army; South African war - The Contingents; World War I; World War II; Korean Conflict; Reference works; Index. Interior - soft bump/curl to top corner of textblock, slight curl to bottom corner of las t f e w p a g e s. Exterior - a few small light stains, light browning, light rubbing, hand-written tit...
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY.
By: Ferguson, Eugene S.
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Society for the History of Technology / M.I.T. Press: 1968
347 pp, 9 1/4" H. "A personal, readable, and thorough book, (it) presents annotated entries giving both the strong points and short-comings of the works listed. Mr. Ferguson's extensive work can well be expected to emerge as the major source book on its subject for many years to come." Section headings: General Works; General Bibliographies and Library Lists; Directories of Technical, Academic, and Business Organizations; Early Source Books and Manuscripts; Encyclopaedias, Compendia, and Dictionaries of Technology; Biography; Government Publications and Records; Manuscripts; Ill...
THE YEAR'S WORK IN MUSIC. 1948-49.
By: Frank, Alan, introduction. (John Denison, A. Hyatt King, Hubert Foss, Lionel R. McColvin, Philip Hope-Wallace, Scott Goddard, Humphrey Searle, Alec Robertson.)
Publisher: British Council / Longmans, Green, London, 1949.:
80 pp + ads, 9 1/4" H, soft cover. Colour frontispiece, b&w photographs. Contents: Introduction; Musical Life Outside London; Musical Research: Background and Sources; The Robert Mayer Concerts for Children; Music and the Public Library; Opera; N ew Music Performed: I - British Works, II - Works from Abroad; Gramaphone Recordings of British Music; Bibliography of Published Music and Musical Literature; Selected List of Recordings of British Music; Index. Interior - faint small sti c k e r m a r k at top of first page, one or two pages with tiny foxing mark at top edge, otherwise clea...
RESOURCE GUIDE FOR THE WAR OF 1812.
By: Fredricksen, John C., compiler.
Publisher: Self-published: 1979
156 pp, 8 1/2" H. "Bibliography of 1,674 books, pamphlets, and articles; indexed into 13 categories for ease of use." Contents: Preface; General Texts; West and Northwest Frontiers; Lake Erie; Niagara Frontier and Lake Ontario; The St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain; The Atlantic Seaboard; Chesapeake Bay; The South; The War at Sea; Politics and Peace; Military and Biographical; Indians; Prisoners of War; Manuscripts in the United States; Manuscripts in Canada; Service of United States Regiments; Service of British and Canadian Regiments; Chronology of War on Land and Sea. Interior -...
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Mercedes-Benz launches direct-to-buyer EQC sales model
Fixed pricing, online retail option, reduced dealership role all part of EQ-specific sales strategy
Mercedes-Benz is going to sell the EQC electric car in Australia in a new way — one that reduces the role of conventional dealerships but claims to address buyer concerns.
It's also the latest brand to offer online sales for specialist models, something the likes of Toyota, Subaru and Genesis have previously tried, and in some cases continue to offer.
The model is to be exclusive to the EQC and the six other ‘EQ’ electric Mercedes models due here by the end of 2023. For now nine Mercedes-Benz dealers are signed up, in Sydney, Parramatta, Melbourne, Waverley, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth, and Canberra.
So how does it work? In essence you’ll buy your EQC direct from Mercedes-Benz, not the franchise dealer who actually delivers it. These dealers will instead focus on marketing, handing-off, and servicing the cars rather than actually selling their own paid-for floor stock.
Mercedes has trialled this model in Sweden, but Australia is still among the earliest adopters of the global template.
The current industry model sees car companies sell their products to separately-run franchise dealers on lines of credit. These dealers juggle their inventory, battle to offer the best quote, and make a profit of varying amounts, sometimes augmented by bonuses from the factory.
This means the dealership you buy a car from is generally not affiliated with the car maker in any way beyond a non-exclusive agreement to sell and service its product. That’s despite being the obvious face of a car brand for most people.
But with the EQ models, Mercedes-Benz Australia will never sell any stock to dealers and thus oblige the network to lure and keep customers. Instead, it will retain ownership of stock and sell them directly to buyers, merely providing dealers with demos for test drives and displays.
Dealerships will therefore become EQC delivery agents tasked with showing prospective buyers the car, answering their questions, and then helping them with the Mercedes digital showroom. Their sales commissions will then come from Benz, not from a sales contract with the buyer.
The digital showroom lets you check the national inventory rather than leaning on the dealer to hunt stock at other sites or foisting their own particular items on you, and is a one-stop shop for the car proper, its optional extras, and in-house finance should you want it.
If the car you want is in the inventory, Mercedes will fund its transport to your nearest partner dealer, which delivers the car. Or you can order a car online to be made in Germany and shipped.
It also means a fixed vehicle price irrespective of which dealer you select as your pickup point, spelling an end to the polarising practise of haggling, and allows people to buy an EQC online at home on the couch, in trackies, before or after a dealer drive if they wish.
“A purely online channel is not a replacement for the relationship a customer and dealer can have. But in this day and age we have to have an option for those who want to do the whole transaction online,” Mercedes-Benz Australia managing director Horst von Sanden told us.
While Mercedes-Benz concedes not all dealers on its council are over-the-moon, it says the old model needs a freshen-up because customers want new ways to buy cars, often ways that involve less high-pressure face time with sales staff.
“Customer’s expectations are changing. They’re more time-poor, want more transparency, and want more convenience and control ... People go in and hear about different pricing, options, based on the stock a dealer has. This is a simplification of this process,” said the automaker's director and customer management Jason Nomikos.
The model is different to Genesis, which plans to operate own stores with fixed pricing and online purchases enabled, because franchise dealers remain a delivery point under the Mercedes plan. In this way it’s also different to Tesla.
The new business model applies solely to sales of the supply-constrained EQC for now, officially on sale from December 9. For all other vehicles in the Mercedes-Benz passenger car range, existing sales and pricing arrangements remain in place.
“The nine EQ agents we have chosen to launch the EQC will focus even more strongly on conveying the emotions of the brand,” said von Sanden.
“We consider the new business model to be an opportunity for our authorised retailers to be able to help shape the future challenges within the automotive industry. It will allow us to offer our customers an improved experience and gives us the possibility to better recognise the customer’s needs and respond faster to them.”
Industry followers may recall the global head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Ola Källenius, recently reaffirmed the company’s projection that up to one-in-four of its sales by 2025 could be completed to some degree online, outside the conventional dealer model.
It’s worth pointing out Mercedes was one of the first brands in Australia to experiment with online retail alongside Subaru’s importer Inchcape. It offered its Smart city cars online in 2013, though swiftly discontinued the brand locally due to lack of demand. Other recent examples include Toyota's Supra sales model.
MORE: Mercedes-Benz news, reviews, comparisons and videos
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The JuJu Smith-Schuster experience is on point in London
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English breakfast is “fire,” the fish and chips are “not good” and the interest in football is “so cool.”
Those are among JuJu Smith-Schuster’s hot takes from London, where he’s appearing this week as an ambassador for NFL Academy at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The league plays a minimum of two games per year in Tottenham, and Smith-Schuster and a handful of NFL players are coaching and teaching hundreds of teenagers who want to learn the game through intensive training.nfl nike jerseys for cheap
Turns out Smith-Schuster’s marketability and branding in the states carries overseas.
“I was surprised how many guys know me,” said Smith-Schuster about spending time in the city. “In the states people come up to me and show some love. But here, when I walk down the streets of the U.K. and they come up to me … It happened four, five, six times the first day here. They show so much love. It’s awesome.”
As Smith-Schuster has developed into a Pro Bowl receiver in two NFL seasons, his profile off the field has grown. He’s among the most active players on social media, his JuJu TV channel on YouTube has nearly 800,000 subscribers, and he’s turned a love for video games into marketing deals.china nike nfl jerseys cheap
“I want (the students) to see a guy who is super authentic, pretty much who gives back to the community and can help out a lot,” Smith-Schuster said. “To be out here with the kids and show them I care so much. They want to learn. I am able to show them I care about them and American football.”
Smith-Schuster said he spotted Big Ben in London and will snap a picture to show his Big Ben, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. But first he imparted his football wisdom to a large group. Smith-Schuster estimated more than 1,000 locals showed up to the Academy event.
“When they told me about this, I accepted right away,” Smith-Schuster said. “Giving back to the community, especially the young kids out here starting American football and teaching them at the NFL Academy and what (the game is) all about and being a part of it, it’s amazing.”
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Marvel will Release the First Comic of Ultraman this September
By Isny Dewi R
Marvel will release The Rise of Ultraman # 1 comic this September.
Photo source: www.marvel.com
Marvel Comics recently shared the initial picture of Ultraman's first comic in collaboration with Tsuburaya Productions through Marvel official website. The picture is in the form of a cover along with the opening page of the comic titled The Rise of Ultraman # 1. In addition, Marvel also announced that the comic will be released on 9 September.
“Across the globe, Ultraman is as iconic and well-recognized a character as Spider-Man or Iron Man, so when the opportunity arose for us to introduce his mythos to a new generation, as seen through the Marvel lens, we didn’t take that responsibility lightly,” Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort said in a statement.
“For fans of the classic 1966 series, there’ll be plenty of Easter eggs that you’ll recognize. But for those who’ve never experienced an Ultraman story before, this series will start at square one – launching an epic showdown fit for the modern age,” he continued, quoted from ComicBook.
In this comic, Marvel brings together storytelling masters Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Winter Soldier), and Mat Groom (Self / Made); together with superstar artists Francesco Manna (Avengers, Fantastic Four), Michael Cho (Captain America), and Gurihiru (The Unstoppable Wasp) to reimagine the thrilling beginnings of the Ultraman phenomenon.
"With release of Marvel’s The Rise of Ultraman series, Tsuburaya Productions and our partners at Marvel Comics are taking Ultraman a massive step forward onto the global stage," Tsuburaya CEO, Takayuki Tsukagoshi said.
He added that Marvel’s rendering of the Ultraman story has been faithfully created with the highest level of respect, quality and creativity resulting in a storyline that expands the Ultraman universe.
The Ultraman character first appeared in July 1966 through a television series. The character was told is a human who came from another planet. He comes to the Earth to hunt a monster named Bemular. Using special things, Ultraman can transform himself into a giant for three minutes.
When he becomes an Ultraman, he wear a silver costume with a few red lines. On Ultraman's chest there’s a small light that would blink and sound to indicate that his three-minute duration as a giant will be exhausted.
The Ultraman character itself has become part of Japanese pop culture and continues to develop from time to time.
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ATJL1 - US Kids World Championship Qualifier (Chester Golf Club - Chester, NS)
How the CJGA Selection Process Works
The CJGA Team Canada Selection Committee will determine the juniors who represent CJGA Team Canada by the following process:
All results from the designated qualifiers are merged into one field for Team West (BCJL2 & AJL2) and one field for Team East (OJL5 & ATJL1) in each age category
Scores will then be adjusted based on the difficulty of weather conditions, course conditions, and course rating
The adjusted scores will then be sorted by the committee
Juniors with serious code of conduct violations will be removed from the list
The juniors with the lowest adjusted scores in each age category will then be selected to represent CJGA Team Canada
*Note: The CJGA reserves the right to select team members outside of qualifying requirements
US Kids Qualifying Rules & Regulations
1. Every qualified individual must have met the scoring requirements shown on the U.S. Kids Golf website in order to compete in a Championship event - Click Here for More Information on Scoring Requirements.
2. In order to participate in the “Kids” World Championship, player must have turned 5 years old prior to July 31st, 2019.
3. A player does not have to qualify in his or her country of residence or origin. Therefore, all international qualifying events are open in regards to USKG events.
4. Countries and qualifying regions will NOT be granted additional spots at this time, but individual players will have the ability to apply via resume:
(a) European Championship – Players have the ability to send their personal applications by email to tournaments@uskidsgolf.com anytime after registration opens. Players will be accepted or denied shortly after receiving his or her competition record.
(b) Teen World Championship & “Kids” World Championship - Applications for the World Championships will NOT be accepted by players in a country or region that currently holds an official U.S. Kids Golf Qualifier, unless “extenuating circumstances” apply. USKG will determine if a player from an international country is eligible for acceptance based on an application. Therefore, players who would like to apply may visit the World Championship website. Of course, players from countries WITHOUT a qualifier have the ability to apply anytime after registration opens.
A player’s age group for the World Championship is determined by his or her age on July 31st, 2019. In order to participate, a player must have turned 5 years old prior to these dates.
6. All qualifying individuals MUST register for the USKG Club in order to sign up and participate in the event. Also, every participant must register using his or her own family information. Please remember that the information entered into the USKG Club will be the information posted on the scoreboard during events.
7. If a player from an international country has already qualified through previous European Championships or World Championships, then his or her spot in the event DOES NOT count against the total number of spots available per age group. If a previously qualified player participates in a country’s official qualifier and finishers ahead of unqualified players, then his or her invitation will pass down to the next best participant, as long as this person has met the USKG Scoring Requirement…See website link in Rule #1.
8. Invitations are on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis. Therefore, players are encouraged to register as soon as possible.
9. The Sibling Policy does not apply to qualifiers.
10. US KIDS Sibling Policy - In order to qualify under the sibling exemption, the sibling must have eligible USKG Priority Status that does not expire prior to the desired event. For players that meet these requirements, they must send an email to tournaments@uskidsgolf.com requesting a sibling exemption. We will verify and approve based upon availability. There will be no exceptions to this policy.
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The US Kids Golf World Championship is truly unique with a total field size exceeding 1000 golfers for the last four years. The event has most US states and over 20 countries from around the world represented. The five-day tournament format includes: opening and closing ceremonies, practice rounds, a three-day tournament as well as other activities
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Heritage Le Telfair Golf and Spa Resort
Luxury Mauritius hotels : The Heritage Le Telfair Golf & Spa Resort, a member of "Small Luxury Hotels of the World" carries its guests back in time to the Domaine de Bel Ombre of yesteryear for a truly memorable stay.
The Heritage Le Telfair Golf & Spa Resort is an invitation to wander along the alleys of time, back to when Mauritius was a strategic stopover along the Sugar and Spice Routes. Ideal for couples, families or groups of friends, the 5 star accommodation is designed with the character of former plantation houses, looking almost like a replica of an ancient painting.
Nestling between the ocean and the foothills of a mountain range, in a rolling landscape crossed by peaceful rivers, this world-renowned luxury property is a tribute to the Irish botanist and naturalist, Charles Edward Telfair. The latter and his wife, Annabella – whose name has been given to the hotel’s main restaurantplayed an instrumental role in the development of the Domaine de Bel Ombre, where they lived in the 19th century.
WIDE CHOICE OF LUXURY ROOMS
Divided into pavilions nestled among lush tropical gardens, the 158 luxurious rooms and suites of the Heritage Le Telfair Golf & Spa Resort harmoniously combine ample space with optimum comfort accommodation.
The rooms and suites of this 5 star accommodation in Mauritius are inspired by the architecture typical of colonial sugar plantation houses, whose influence is reflected even in the furniture and decor. You will be charmed by the French windows that open onto a veranda or a balcony for splendid views of the lagoon or the river.
Heritage Le Telfair is nestled at the heart of the ‘Domaine de Bel Ombre’ on the unspoiled South coast of Mauritius. Named after a famous naturalist, Charles Telfair, who lived in the area in the 19th century, this elegant and refined hotel invites its guests to stay in a setting inspired by the Mauritian Colonial architecture and style of the time.
The sublime 5-star establishment, infused with the charm and style of the colonial sugar plantation past, opens out onto a magnificent tropical garden through which the Citronniers River flows. Escaping back through time, Heritage Le Telfair immerses its guests in a very special atmosphere, embodying the charm and romanticism of yesteryear…
Accommodation; 158 rooms and suites have beautiful sea views or river views with floor to ceiling French windows, private balconies or verandas. Each room is equipped with: a ceiling fan, individually controlled A/C, electronic room safe, interactive flat screen TV with satellite channels, IDD telephone, data port, mini-bar with tea and coffee making facilities and dressing table. The ‘en-suite’ spacious bathroom has a bath tub, hair-dryer, a walk-in shower, separate toilet and spacious dressing facilities and bathrobes. Butler service 24 hours a day, an I-Pod docking station and an expresso machine are also available for the residents of a suite.
Facilities; A wonderful selection of 12 restaurants allowing its guests to discover an infinite range of flavours. The interactive cuisine concept is available across the whole of the resort. A swimming pool, tennis courts, golf course, kids club, water sports including wind surfing, kayaking, pedal boats and hobie cats. Land sports include tennis, volley ball, badminton, darts, soccer and snooker. Gym with Yoga, Thai Chi and Aerobics. Seven Colours Spa with 9 treatment rooms, Compilmentary Golf at the 18 hole championship and 9 hole par 3 course, Kids and teen facilities. Free babysitting corner from Feb arrivals 0-2 Years from 0830 – 1630 daily. Free wifi in rooms
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The relationship between external and internal security
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The relationship between external and internal security is increasingly being recognised. What does the intertwined nature of external and internal security mean for Dutch security policy? What are the most relevant risks and threats, now and in the future? What capabilities are required in civilian and military terms and in terms of the coordination of these capabilities? What effect is the steadily increasing Europeanisation of internal security having on these national policy components?
These questions are being addressed in this study. It concentrates on four specific policy areas in which external and internal security overlap, namely immigration, terrorism, cross-border crime and cybercrime. In addition, specific attention is devoted to four partner countries (Belgium, Germany, France and the United Kingdom) in order to make comparisons with the situation in the Netherlands.
This study has already been published in Dutch as part of the larger Clingendael Strategic Monitor 2014 (Een wankele wereldorde: Clingendael Strategische Monitor 2014, edited by Jan Rood) in the context of the Clingendael Strategic Monitor Project. A Clingendael Monitor is published yearly and is commissioned by the Dutch government.
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In this ‘Kinky’ stopover, it’s whatever Lola wants…
By Barry Reszel
The most famous stage boots since Nancy Sinatra’s have barely the time to be taken off for a foot rub as Broadway in Chicago’s Kinky Boots national tour steams the windows of the Oriental Theatre, just through September 4.
So, ladies, gentlemen and those who have yet to make up their minds, if there’s some space on the Labor Day weekend calendar and you’ve somehow missed the Chicago pre-Broadway premiere and subsequent tour stop last year, it’s time to see what the fuss is all about.
J. Harrison Ghee and Adam Kaplan
Because this is a production that demands, “Everybody say, Yeah!” And by “Everybody,” it means EveryBody.
For those still maintaining their Kinky Boots virginity and as a reminder to Kinky veterans, the Harvey Fierstein book with Cyndi Lauper‘s music and lyrics took 2013 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score (Lauper), Best Choreography (Jerry Mitchell), Best Actor (Billy Porter), Best Orchestrations (Stephen Oremus) and Best Sound Design (John Shivers). It’s a quirky story of a young, professional Englishman in a working-class town, Charlie Price, (played in this production by handsome Adam Kaplan) who inherits his father’s nearly bankrupt shoe factory along with the next-generation guilt to keep the business solvent. So he eschews his self-centered, London-focused fiancée and prays for a miracle to save the family business and livelihood of its workers.
Enter Simon/Lola, a cross-dressing entertainer originated by Billy Porter, now portrayed on tour by the unbelievable talents embodied in J. Harrison Ghee. The chance meeting of the two inspires Charlie to make stiletto-heeled boots to sustain the weight of a man. More importantly, it inspires the two men to break free of their father’s desires, live their lives authentically and send home the message that all should accept others for who they are.
The ultimate performance take-away from this tour stop belongs to Ghee. In the demanding dual role of flamboyant Lola and self-esteem challenged Simon, Ghee seamlessly transitions between the two. And as the tallest member of the cast before donning Lola’s stilettos, Ghee stands out in every way.
J. Harrison Ghee
That includes his delicious singing voice equally suited for the belts of “The Land of Lola” and “Sex is in the Heel,” along with the tenderness needed for ballads “Not My Father’s Son” and “Hold Me in Your Heart.”
Perhaps Ghee’s own experience working drag shows in Tokyo and New York, and the fact he didn’t tell his father about them until he was cast in the Kinky Boots tour, offers some insight into his flawless performance. But unlike Lola, who’s “reconciliation” with a disapproving father comes basically too late, Ghee’s communication with his North Carolina pastor/dad positively reflects the message of this musical.
“Sometimes I joke with people that Cyndi Lauper must have been in my living room and [known] my life,” Ghee said in an interview last year. “Some of her lyrics hit very close to home.
“My dad got to see me be Lola in North Carolina, and we sat down the day before the show and we talked about the drag. And he now understands it’s part of my job and what I do, but it doesn’t define me. He understands my stance on drag, and now he respects it and is very supportive of me.”
An added highlight of this Chicago stop is the fine work of Tiffany Engen portraying Lauren, a factory worker and ultimate love interest to Charlie. She makes an almost stereotypical role wholly her own, and both Engen’s vocal prowess and comedic timing in “The History of Wrong Guys” turn the song into an undeniably luminous piece of this production.
Tiffany Engen
To be sure, this Kinky Boots is a first-rate production of a funny, soulful, insightful musical that not only entertains but encourages patrons to introspect. And for those who don’t want to think too deeply, the finale, “Raise You Up/Just Be” offers this Spark Notes approach to a 12-step program for all:
One: Pursue the truth.
Two: Learn something new.
Three: Accept yourself and you’ll accept others, too.
Four: Let love shine.
Five: Let pride be your guide.
Six: Change the world when you change your mind.
Just be who you wanna be.
And to that, EveryBody, say Yeah!
Broadway in Chicago’s “Kinky Boots” runs through Sept. 4 at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph Street, Chicago. Tickets ($25 – $98) and more information are available online here.
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New Zealanders’ 10 favourite movies of all time
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New Zealanders’ favourite home-grown movie is a 1994 melodrama about domestic violence, Once Were Warriors.
In a poll of 500 moviegoers, critics and people working in the New Zealand film industry, Fairfax Media revealed Kiwis’ all-time top 10 feature films.
Those surveyed named about 170 films, made between 1927 and 2013, covering all movie genres.
One surprise was the absence from the top 10 of Sir Peter Jackson’s biggest movies, with only one (Heavenly Creatures) featuring. However, 10 more Jackson movies featured in the list’s top 50.
All the titles in the top 10 were made between 1981 and 2010.
The 10 favourite Kiwi films of all time:
1. Once Were Warriors
2. Boy
3. Whale Rider
4. Goodbye Pork Pie
5. Heavenly Creatures
6. The Piano
7. In My Father’s Den
8. Utu
9. Smash Palace
10. The Quiet Earth
Source: Stuff, January 2014.
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Archbishop of Cape Town uses Christmas sermon to call for removal of corrupt President
by Anli Serfontein
Making a point: the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Thabo Makgoba
THE Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, is standing by his Christmas Eve sermon that called for the swift removal of the South African President, Jacob Zuma, who is accused of widespread corruption.
“I was preaching the word of God with all humility and confidence ‘that those who have ears will hear’,” Archbishop Makgoba said on Tuesday. “It would seem most have heard.”
Preaching at midnight mass in St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, the Archbishop referred to the newly elected leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also Deputy President, and has promised that his party will be more accountable and will act against corruption.
The inference to be drawn was that Mr Ramaphosa must act against President Zuma, he said. “He knows, and we know, that President Zuma and his cohorts of corruption have been behaving as if they own the South African Treasury. But they don’t: the resources of the Treasury are the common property of all South Africans, to be deployed for the common good, not for the interests of a few.
“I want to say from this pulpit: Shame on Mr Zuma for allowing people with dirty feet to walk through his mind and heart. And shame on his fellow leaders in the ANC for allowing him to get away with it until now.”
Any act of corruption, the Archbishop said, “no matter by whom it is carried out, is an act of theft from the poor”. And he went on: “If Mr Ramaphosa wants the ANC to get a new lease of life, he and the new leadership will need to cut the umbilical cord which ties them to the Zuma era, quickly and decisively. . . I cannot see how two centres of power — one centred on the party and the other on the state — can collaborate when their values seem diametrically opposed to one another. I cannot see how the ANC will make a clean break with the past and set us on a new course unless the new leaders elected at NASREC [the National Recreation Center in Johannesburg] last week, supported by their MPs in Parliament, act boldly and quickly to replace Mr Zuma as President of the country, and to follow that up with a carefully targeted Cabinet reshuffle.”
PANewly elected: the leader of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa
In 2016, President Zuma had called on church leaders to stay out of politics. This view was reflected by many on social media. Writing on the Black Opinion website, in a post headlined “Archbishop Thabo Makgoba must go”, the Revd Maieane Khaketla, a Lesotho Anglican priest who was suspended by his bishop in 2011, wrote: “I hung my head in shame and utter disgust as I watched the ‘sermon’ delivered by the Archbishop of Cape Town.”
Another Zuma supporter, Mzwanele Manyi, urged the Archbishop to back off: “I would like to believe that many of the [ANC] voting delegates are members of your Church and have benefited from your preachings BEFORE even going to the Conference. Your call is not new. Am appealing for your respect of the Conference Resolutions which are always crystal clear.” And in a later tweet: “May I suggest you take a step back and allow UNITY to set in.”
But the director of the Jesuit Institute in South Africa, Fr Russel Pollitt, posted on Twitter: “Archbishop Makgoba’s Christmas sermon is in line with a good and venerable tradition.” Another Twitter user, Tinyiko Mpenyana, wrote: “During apartheid it was acceptable for church leaders to be involved in politics & to provide shelter to activists. Now the same people who used the Church to protect them then, thinks the Church should look the other side when they busy having curry & stealing from the poor.”
Writing in Spotlight Africa, a Jesuit publication, Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya argued that the tradition of speaking truth to power is deeply rooted in biblical narratives. He concluded: “So, go ahead and criticise Makgoba if you believe he is wrong. But if your basis for rejecting what he says is that he should stick to church business, then you probably have no idea what business the Church has been in for thousands of years.”
Speaking on Tuesday, Archbishop Makgoba said: “I pray, and will continue to pray, for all, and those in government. We must focus on the new struggle for equality of opportunity, equality of equality, without fear or favour. The national development plan, which is biblical in its focus, and our constitution, demand the call I made.”
As chairman of the National Church Leaders forum, and in consultation with the Southern African Anglican Synod of Bishops, and interfaith bodies, he would continue to engage with Mr Ramaphosa and his team. “I will not be a lone voice, but will seek to work with my colleagues to remind Cyril Ramaphosa of his words.”
In his sermon, the Archbishop also challenged the cathedral congregation to play a more active part in politics. “After our liberation, too many of us folded our arms and waited for the government to fulfil our dreams.” He urged people to join the debate about Mr Ramaphosa’s pledge to speed up the expropriation of land without compensation.
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Tom Cruise Attached To Sci-Fi Drama Our Name Is Adam
Published: Oct. 16. 2012 7:16 PM
Tom Cruise seems to be on a bit of a sci-fi kick of late, having recently finished production on Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion and just recently starting work on Doug Liman’s All You Need Is Kill, but he’s already prepared to add another title to his genre collection. The Minority Report star is currently attached to star in Our Name Is Adam a new project based on an original script by T.S. Nowlin. Mary Parent, who is currently producing Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim is signed on as well.
Variety says that the plot is currently being kept a secret. Nowlin wrote the script on spec and currently has no produced credits, but is known for writing the script for Agent 13. That script has Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt set to direct and Charlize Theron on to star.
With the rate that Cruise is picking up projects it’s worth questioning if he’ll ever have time to make all of them. In addition to the two aforementioned sci-fi movies, the Academy Award nominated actor is slated for a Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol sequel, a remake of The Magnificent Seven, and the Van Helsing reboot. He will next be seen starring as the titular character in Christopher McQuarrie’s Jack Reacher, an adaptation of the book “One Shot” by Lee Childs. That film is being distributed by Paramount Pictures and will be in theaters on Christmas Day. Read more about the movie in our Blend Film Database.
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Military scams – $405m lost to scams targeting military and veterans since 2012
@pabischoff November 13, 2019
Since 2012, scams that specifically targeted military personnel or veterans affected nearly 1 million people. The damages resulting from these crimes amounted to nearly $405 million.
Comparitech researchers analyzed military and veteran scam data from various sources, including individual reports through the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, as well as reports from a range of military news outlets.
Number of scams and $ amount lost by branch (since 2012)
Army – 566,738 people affected, $142,442,380 lost
Navy – 143,718 people affected, $62,542,897 lost
Air Force – 110,448 people affected, $44,257,654 lost
Marine Corps – 57,204 people affected, $24,976,528 lost
Coast Guard – 10,817 people affected, $4,772,422 lost
The remainder of scams/reports noted couldn’t be allocated to a specific force as they targeted more than one or all. It should also be noted that the Army is the largest force, followed by the Navy, with the Coast Guard being the smallest.
The Army received nearly 64% of all the reports and accounted for 51% of the total amount lost. Some of the largest amounts lost by Army members were through impostor scams reported to the FTC. For example, in 2018, 17,172 reports of impostor scams cost a total of $16,177,200.
Number of scams and $ amount lost by military status (since 2012)
# of People Affected
$ Amount Lost
Active Duty Service Member 152,614 124,398,712
Air Force 8,654 3,452,117
Army 30,343 14,871,099
Coast Guard 851 372,092
Marine Corps 4,580 2,191,911
Navy 16,058 9,596,751
Dependent Child/Other - Service Member 18,261 6,759,379
Army 8,656 3,257,978
Marine Corps 1,740 660,401
Navy 4,073 1,495,675
Dependent Spouse - Service Member 73,803 30,342,720
Air Force 13,677 5,274,509
Coast Guard 1,327 563,562
Inactive Reserve/National Guard 33,536 13,881,657
Army 15,842 6,730,547
Military Retiree/Veteran 428,031 218,409,326
Air Force 78,456 31,875,936
Army 201,999 91,713,784
Coast Guard 7,704 3,451,232
Marine Corps 40,681 17,822,744
Navy 98,980 41,584,508
Veterans are the most heavily targeted when it comes to scams by military status, accounting for over 60 percent of the reports and over 55 percent of the total amount lost.
Number of scams and $ amount lost by state (since 2012)
Virginia saw the largest number of reports with 70,047. The vast majority of these (70,000) came from a retailer who allegedly “tricked” service members into paying $5 for legal protections (something they would have already had).
The state hit by the biggest financial loss was California – $97,079,975. $92 million of this was the result of a scheme set up by Rome Finance, who promised service members instant finance on expensive electronics but masked the charges and withheld this important information on monthly bills.
Top scam types by numbers reported and $ amount lost (since 2012)
Most reported scams:
Employment scam – 275,114
Identity theft – 215,071
Impostor scams – 164,917
Advanced payment for credit services – 71,880
Banks and lenders – 55,431
Scams with the largest $ amount lost:
Banks and lenders – $111,709,530
Impostor scams – $99,968,283
Benefits – $28,700,000
Debt collection – $25,882,222
Prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries – $25,353,662
Biggest years for scams
2012 55,721 17,020,147
2014 170,217 123,286,401
2015 100,163 32,805,217
2019 8,961 27,311,070
Totals: 996,700 405,388,049
2018 was the biggest year for the number of reported scams with 389,308 in total. 275,000 of these reports stemmed from several phony websites that were set up to “help” kids who wanted to get into the military. However, instead of providing unbiased information, these sites profited from recommendations to for-profit schools that then targeted them to try and get them to enroll.
The biggest loss came in 2014 when soldiers were fleeced for $124,935,715. This was largely a result of the Rome Finance scam that cost soldiers $92 million.
Common scams that target military service members and veterans
Scams targeting the military vary widely. We’ll review how some of the more common types of scams work and give some real examples of each. Note that a scam might not neatly fit into one category and could overlap with other types of scams.
Impostor scams
Impostor scams are the fourth-most reported type of scam and account for the second-most money lost. The impostor can take on a range of roles, from a prospective romantic partner to an official from the Department of Defense.
Romance scams often target deployed members of the military who can’t physically meet potential partners. The scammer will usually pretend to be a woman who gains the soldier’s trust and later asks for money.
Scammers pose as authority figures in the soldier’s military branch or the Department of Defense or Veterans Affairs. They might phish for information that can be used in identity theft or demand some sort of payment.
Affiliation scammers create fake companies and charities that claim to help service members or veterans. They might run ads to lure victims, promising steep discounts or other favorable terms for the military. This is ultimately a bait-and-switch in which the victim ends up being scammed out of money or information. These companies might advertise in military newspapers or magazines, use pictures of service members, use military-sounding names and symbols, and even hire salespeople with military backgrounds.
Employment scams
Employment scams usually target military veterans seeking a job after their careers as soldiers have come to an end.
Scammers will contact veterans looking for jobs to offer them employment, often in a work-from-home environment. Scammers cite the victim’s military career as one of the reasons they were selected. They may even conduct interviews over Skype or Google Hangouts. The scammers often claim to have seen their resume on a legitimate job site like Indeed or ZipRecruiter.
The newly hired victim is then instructed to purchase some necessary work equipment from a third party. The „employer“ sends a check to cover the costs. The reality is that scammers run the website where the equipment is purchased. The victim pays for equipment that they never receive, and the check sent to cover the costs bounces.
Another version of this scam hires veterans to receive items purchased with stolen credit cards and re-ship them. The victim might not be aware the items are stolen or what they’re doing is illegal.
Advance fee scams
Advance fee scams trick victims into paying money to someone in anticipation of receiving something of greater value. The victim actually receives little or nothing in return.
Advance fee scams are common everywhere, the most prominent example being the famous „Nigerian Prince“ scam. However, these scams can be tailored specifically for members of the military.
In one case, a scammer posing as a VA official contacted service members who had signed up for a veteran retraining program (VRAP). The scammer promised a large sum of money would be deposited into the victim’s account once they had paid a smaller service fee. In fact, the service fee was pocketed by the scammer and the victim never received anything.
Identity theft takes many forms. Some of the more common crimes include stealing a service member’s benefits or committing tax fraud in their name.
There are numerous reports of family members and significant others collecting money intended for a deceased service member. These include retirement benefits and pensions.
Tax fraudsters file tax returns under soldiers‘ names, claiming returns that are far and above what they should be receiving. Once the victim receives their tax return, scammers contact them claiming to be working on behalf of the IRS. They instruct the victim to pay back a portion of the return to a fraudulent account. The victim then gets in trouble with the IRS for filing a false tax return, and the scammer receives the refunded amount.
Service members‘ social media profiles are often cloned to be used in romance scams. Fraudsters copy photos and information from active duty military personnel’s social media profiles to create fake profiles on dating apps and social networks. Military profiles are particularly useful for romance scams because deployment provides a convenient excuse for the scammer to never meet in person.
Bank and lender scams
The biggest scam targeting the military came in 2014 when Rome Finance lured service members by promising instant financing on expensive electronics. Rome used hidden charges, inflated prices in marketing materials, and withheld important fee information on monthly bills. In total, members of the military were fleeced for $92 million.
Similar scams promise favorable interest refinancing, easy-to-get loans, and worry-free investments. The information that victims give up in these scams can not only lead to stolen funds, but stolen identities, as they often include „credit checks“ that require Social Security numbers and other vital details.
Charity scams were only included if we knew it directly impacted an active-duty member or veteran. Other charity scams collect monies for veterans etc. but these have an impact on civilians too, so these haven’t been included as we don’t have any clear figures.
There may be some overlap in certain reports to the BBB and the Consumer Sentinel Network, but these are a relatively insignificant exception (a handful of single cases that may have been reported by consumers to both entities).
Where there was a report but no figures for the number of people affected, we gave the report a 1 (for the number of people affected) so as to account for the added report within the study.
A scam was assigned to a particular state if we had this information (i.e. the company involved was based here, the force camp was located there, or the information was provided by the consumer affected). Where a case couldn’t be allocated to a specific state (i.e. all of the data provided by the FTC reports), this detail was omitted.
To calculate the monetary loss for the FTC reports, we used the percentage of complaints received per force along with the median amount paid per scam. We also applied the percentages provided to ascertain the number of reports per military status. Often, these percentages needed rounding up/down to provide a whole number. DoD civilians (and dependents of DoD civilians) were removed from the reports from 2012 to 2016 (they aren’t included in the FTC’s 2017 and 2018 reports.
A list of all of the sources and individual figures can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Mgr9lK_k0GgMhM50bBb5WuV8y8uSP0HfVMpzSA3x58k/edit?usp=sharing
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The duo’s proposal “closes a loophole in Proposition 64, the recreational marijuana initiative, which makes it illegal to have an open container of pot in a vehicle but fails to specifically address the use of marijuana products while behind the wheel,” says a statement from Sen. Jerry Hill, one of the legislators behind the bill.
He says Senate Bill 65, co-authored with Assemblymember Evan Low, will fix the situation so that California doesn’t turn into a giant Cheech & Chong scene. The politicians say 64, passed by voters in November, doesn’t give cops any tools to cite or arrest drivers who are actually spotted using weed while driving.
However, they do acknowledge that California DUI law does prohibit driving while under the influence of any drugs, and that field testing and drug recognition officers can add up to bad news for anyone caught with a pipe in one hand and a steering wheel in the other. “The new legislation would make it an infraction for anyone to smoke or consume marijuana in any form while driving a vehicle or piloting a vessel or aircraft,” reads Hill’s statement.
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By Henry Getley
IN the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said: ‘Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.’
Not any more they shan’t. Not in Lockdown Britain, it seems. Instead, they that mourn look more likely to be confronted than comforted.
I’m not religious these days, but the latest story of coronavirus jobsworthery at a funeral service left me fuming.
As minister Alison Davies stood at her lectern in the council-run Coychurch Crematorium, in Bridgend, South Wales, leading the mourners in saying the Lord’s Prayer, a chapel official stepped across and told her she had breached the rules.
Apparently if more than one person prays, it counts as ‘chanting’, which is not allowed because it could spread infection.
‘I was quite flabbergasted,’ said Mrs Davies, who was left in tears. ‘There was no way we were chanting or shouting, the congregation were mumbling the Lord’s Prayer really. They were socially distanced and wearing masks.’
The funeral was that of 94-year-old grandmother whose family had requested the prayer at the end of the service. They too were said to be upset by the intervention.
The incident follows one at a crematorium in Milton Keynes, where a man attending his father’s funeral moved his chair next to that of his heartbroken mother so he could comfort her – and was told by an official to move away from her to maintain social distancing.
Of course, as usually happens after council jobsworth cases are publicised, apologies were made, with hints that perhaps the mark had been overstepped.
And I suppose that in the end, you can’t blame employees for ‘only doing their job’ when they’re under strict orders from their bosses to make sure the rules are enforced to the letter. But at funerals? Come on, everyone – show a bit of common sense and compassion.
Hopefully, both upsetting episodes were met with Christian forgiveness. But it’s a good job there were no jobsworths on patrol 2,000 years ago in Galilee, when Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. Good luck with trying to get a Biblical multitude to socially distance.
And what about Jesus’s feeding of the 5,000? That would have had the officials frantically checking their rulebooks. Do five loaves and two fishes constitute a ‘substantial meal’?
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