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Second wave fears impact pound
By Erin Harding June 25th, 2020
Negative rhetoric surrounding Brexit negotiations and fears of a second wave, provoked by a letter from top medics, weakened the pound yesterday. This morning, sterling is up slightly against the euro and the dollar but retains a softer tone as the stock markets fell overnight.
The US announced that it would impose more tariffs on EU goods, causing the euro to weaken briefly yesterday. The dollar strengthened, benefitting from its safe-haven status as some US states reported an increase in coronavirus infections.
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GBP: Sterling moves with the stock markets
The pound is, once again, moving in tandem with the stock markets, which fell overnight due to fears of a second coronavirus wave. However, sterling is slightly stronger against the euro and dollar this morning. Talk of a renewed shut down in the US due to an increase in infections has created negative market sentiment.
Despite performing well at the beginning of the day due to positive economic data, the pound weakened yesterday afternoon against both the euro and the dollar. This was due to Brexit news and fears of a second coronavirus wave.
EU’s chief negotiator said on Wednesday that agreeing on a Brexit trade deal by the end of this year was possible, but Britain needs to give clear signals it is ready to work towards one. Negotiations are due to continue in July, however, sticking points remain on both sides.
After Boris Johnson announced the easing of lockdown restrictions at the beginning of the week, top medics signed an open letter on Wednesday in the well-regarded British Medical Journal warning of the risk of a second wave.
EUR: US imposes more tariffs on EU goods
The euro took a brief knock yesterday as President Trump announced that the US would be placing more tariffs on EU goods. The US said it is considering placing tariffs on $3.1BN worth of exports from the European Union – including the UK.
This is part of an ongoing dispute between the two nations, which resulted in the WTO allowing the US to impose tariffs on the EU last year. It could pave the way for an ongoing tit-for-tat trade war, similar to the US-China dispute.
The German consumer confidence index was released this morning, coming in at -9.6. This beat expectations of -12 and showed that both economic and income expectations improved, as well as propensity to buy, following the gradual lifting of restrictions.
USD: US states report rising infection rates
The dollar strengthened yesterday as fears mounted over the possibility of a second wave. Several US states have rising infection rates, with Arizona, California, Mississippi and Nevada reporting record numbers of new cases of COVID-19.
Typically, the US’ currency rises in times of crisis due to its status as a ‘safe-haven’ asset.
Concerns about an increase in tariffs also boosted demand for the greenback. The US announced that it would be introducing more tariffs on European products as part of the ongoing Airbus dispute. The US also said that it would review existing tariffs.
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Private firefighters' role growing in state
Government agencies increasingly contracting with companies to battle wildfires
John Coté, Chronicle Staff Writer
July 27, 2008 Updated: Feb. 11, 2012 3:12 a.m.
1of6Members of the Firestorm crew stand on the side of Shasta Bally at 6000 feet in the smoke-filled air in Whiskeytown, Calif., on Friday July 18, 2008. Photo by Kurt Rogers / The ChronicleKurt Rogers/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of6Josiah Campbell, 24, of Weaverville stands on top of the 6100-feet Shasta Bally, where the Firestorm crew has set up a command post in Whiskeytown, Calif., on July 18, 2008. Josiah radios the rest of the crew to find their location on the mountain. Photo by Kurt Rogers / The ChronicleKurt Rogers/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
3of6Josiah Campbell, 24, of Weaverville catches up with his crew who are working a previously burned area looking for hot spots in Whiskeytown, Calif., on July 18, 2008. Photo by Kurt Rogers / The ChronicleKurt Rogers/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
4of6Josiah Campbell takes a break from climbing down the mountain in an effort to catch up with his Firestorm crew working the burnt area of Shasta Bally on Friday, July 18 2008 in Whiskeytown, Calif. Photo by Kurt Rogers / The Chronicle.Kurt Rogers/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
5of6Members of the Firestorm crew take a short break on a rock outcropping on the side of Shasta Bally on Friday, July 18, 2008 in Whiskeytown, Calif. Photo by Kurt Rogers / The Chronicle.Kurt Rogers/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
6of6Joshua Bradley (left) and Josiah Campbell survey a mountainside for hot spots on Friday , July 18, 2008 in Whiskeytown, Calif. Photo by Kurt Rogers / The ChronicleKurt Rogers/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Residents in Piedmont can have a private fire protection company try to save their homes from a wildfire, a luxury not offered to residents living blocks away in a less affluent ZIP code in Oakland.
In Ukiah, Mendocino Redwood Co. hired more than 100 firefighters from an Oregon firm and rented a water-dumping helicopter to battle 31 wildfires that threatened its 229,000 acres of timber in June while state fire crews were engaged elsewhere.
Across California, many of the bulldozers used to cut firebreaks are from private contractors, as are some of the aircraft used to drop retardant. Hundreds of private firefighters work alongside counterparts from government agencies, cutting fire breaks, setting backfires and mopping up.
Increasingly, the job of fighting fires and protecting homes is being done not by the government, but by private companies.
"We call it the fire industrial complex," said Timothy Ingalsbee, a former U.S. Forest Service firefighter and now executive director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology, a nonprofit in Eugene, Ore., dedicated to environmentally sound fire management. "It's big business, and business is booming."
Critics say contracting out traditionally public functions - a practice that in the Iraq war has led to privately organized security details and troop support services - shifts accountability, can be more expensive and erodes people's confidence in government.
"What's worrying about private firefighters is that there are growing portions of the economy that are banking on, gambling on, that there are going to be more and more natural disasters," said Naomi Klein, author of the book "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." "People are going to forget the point that's actually involved here - solving the problems like Category 5 hurricanes and wildfires."
Big help for government
Backers counter that private contractors beef up state resources and are invaluable during an emergency - such as the 2,093 wildfires that have ravaged California since June 20 - without requiring the government to keep more full-time firefighters and equipment at taxpayers' expense.
"There's a value to that," said Deborah Miley, executive director of a private firefighting industry group, the National Wildfire Suppression Association. "We accept the risk. We accept the liability for the equipment. We take on the costs of the training."
The U.S. Forest Service spent $127 million on private contractors to fight California wildfires in fiscal 2007, said John Heil, a spokesman who described contractors as "a valuable part of the team." Private companies were used to provide everything from aircraft to water trucks to catering and portable hand-washing stations at base camps.
Miley's group represents companies that employ more than 10,000 firefighters. She estimates that 40 percent of the personnel and equipment used to put out wildfires across the country comes from private contractors.
In 2005, the insurance company AIG began offering wildfire protection services free to some customers who pay $10,000 in annual premiums or have homes valued at more than $1 million. Enrollment in the program more than doubled in the past year to 3,200 homes, AIG spokesman Peter Tulupman said.
Two other insurers, Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. and the Chubb Group, have started similar services.
"Wealthy people like to live in very attractive areas, and these beautiful areas are prone to natural catastrophes," Tulupman said.
AIG offers the fire protection service in 200 upscale ZIP codes in Colorado and California, including Atherton, Woodside and the Berkeley hills. It covers the 94611 ZIP code for Piedmont, but not the adjacent 94602 ZIP code.
"We cater to a very small, exclusive clientele," Tulupman said. "We're not a mass-market insurer."
AIG Private Client Group contracts with an outfit to send crews to clients' homes at the beginning of the fire season to spray perimeter vegetation with a fire retardant. If a fire approaches, a crew is dispatched to apply retardant to the house and landscaping, but it does not remain to battle the blaze, Tulupman said.
"It's not a private firefighting service by any means," he said. "If a house is on fire, we're not going to put it out. It's a preventative measure."
Communication concerns
Some fire officials worry, though, that those private crews will get in firefighters' way or be cut off in a swift-moving blaze and need rescuing.
"Communication is a huge issue for us," said Janet Upton, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. "If you're not communicating with the division on either side of you and the other resources on the fire, that could pose a very serious threat."
That's not a problem for the AIG contract crews, who check in with the incident commander before entering a fire zone, said Sam DiGiovanna, a retired Monrovia (Los Angeles County) fire chief who oversees them.
"If it's too dangerous, we'll abide by the incident commander's rules," DiGiovanna said. "I've heard of some loose-cannon-type companies that just barrel through. We don't do that."
Others are concerned about the contract fire crews' training and cost.
"Part of the growth is the conservative ideology that says private industry can do better than public agencies. That's purely ideology," said Ingalsbee, the director of the fire management nonprofit. "It was sold to the taxpayers that this would be cheaper and efficient, that you only use the crews when they're needed. But some of them come at pretty exorbitant rates."
Problems in '02
He pointed to an April 2004 federal report on the 2002 Biscuit Fire in Oregon and Northern California, which burned 500,000 acres and cost more than $150 million to extinguish. The report said, "Poorly trained and inexperienced contracted crews presented significant operational concerns."
Some crew and squad bosses could not communicate in English with government supervisors, and managers had to change firefighting tactics because it was unsafe to use some of the contract crews for aggressive operations, said the report by the agency now called the Government Accountability Office.
The industry has since improved training, including an English-language evaluation for crew bosses, Miley said.
Mike Jani, president of Mendocino Redwood Co., had only praise for contract crews he hired to defend the company's stands of redwoods and Douglas fir after lightning strikes in late June started hundreds of blazes statewide and taxed state firefighting resources.
"Fantastic group. I mean really, really good," Jani said. "This was a fire experience unlike California had ever faced before, and it necessitated us calling them. We would always prefer to go through Cal Fire."
Tony Leonardini, a St. Helena firefighter, praised a contract crew from Washington he encountered while fighting the Sugarloaf Fire west of Boonville, part of the Mendocino Lightning Complex of fires that broke out June 20 and burned 53,300 acres.
"They were good," Leonardini said. "Obviously they were trained. They had great equipment."
Josiah Campbell, a 24-year-old hand crew boss for Firestorm Wildland Fire Suppression in Chico, has fought wildfires from California to Florida for the company since he finished high school. In a fire-resistant shirt and cargo pants, both layered with ash and dirt on his 26th day on a fire line in Shasta County, Campbell looked indistinguishable from a government firefighter.
"The big difference is the paperwork. Usually we have less," Campbell said. "We're all out there doing the same job, the same piece of line."
But insulating the wealthy from reliance on public fire protection could undercut the system as a whole, similar to disputes over funding public education and health care, Klein said.
"When (wealthy) people opt out of the public system and opt for private schools and private health care, they lose interest in maintaining the integrity of the public system," the author said, "and it starts to erode."
Jim Wills, founder of Firestorm Wildland Fire Suppression, which contracts crews with the U.S. Forest Service and is Chubb's local contractor for home protection, said those fears are unfounded.
"We hope to be part of the solution," Wills said. "We're not the enemy. We're here to help."
In Bay Area section
Fire explodes in size: A blaze burning about 30 miles west of Yosemite Valley jumped from 1,000 to 16,000 acres. B3
Forest Service fiscal-year costs for contractors fighting California wildfires:
-- 2007: $127 million
-- So far in 2008: $75 million
Cal Fire estimates for payments to contractors and local fire agencies:
Sources: U.S. Forest Service, state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
John Coté
John Coté has worked at The San Francisco Chronicle as a reporter since 2006, covering criminal and civil trials, breaking news and other topics on the Peninsula before joining the San Francisco City Hall team in 2008. He has covered two San Francisco mayors, city and statewide political campaigns, and the intersection of professional sports and public policy.
He's written extensively about San Francisco hosting the America's Cup, the city losing its professional football team to a new stadium in Santa Clara, and efforts to build a new arena in San Francisco for the Golden State Warriors. He has also covered land use, the failed attempt to remove San Francisco's elected sheriff for official misconduct and efforts to revitalize the long-downtrodden Mid-Market area. Before joining The Chronicle, he worked at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the Modesto Bee, where he covered the Scott Peterson case. Currently, he covers the mayor of San Francisco and City Hall.
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Home FGV FGV eyes RM4.3bil to end Felda lease
FGV eyes RM4.3bil to end Felda lease
Higher income: A Felda estate.The termination of the LLA is a move by Felda to increase its earnings from plantation lands.
PETALING JAYA: FGV Holdings Bhd is expecting a compensation of between RM3.5bil and RM4.3bil from the termination of the land lease agreement (LLA) for 350,733ha of estates owned by the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda).
The compensation amount is based on an internal assessment, which will vary depending on FGV’s financial performance for 2020 and 2021, in addition to other various factors.
In a statement yesterday, FGV said it had yet to receive a written notice from Felda regarding the termination of the LLA.
“Once FGV receives an official notice from Felda as required under the LLA, FGV will follow the procedures outlined in the LLA to start the process of termination and determine the compensation due to FGV, which will take 18 months to complete, ” it said.
The Felda-owned estates were leased to FGV for 99 years, beginning Nov 1,2011.
The termination of the LLA is a move by Felda to increase its earnings from plantation lands.
Under the LLA terms, FGV is to pay Felda RM248mil (based on the hectarage) plus 15% of the operating profit from the LLA land on an annual basis.
From 2012 until 2019, FGV paid Felda a cumulative sum of RM1.96bil in fixed lease payments due to adjustments in hectarage leased, while the profit shared with Felda amounted to a total of RM476.2mil.
FGV noted that its plantation supply chain remains intact, as the estates under the LLA make up only 30% of the fresh fruit bunches (FFB) processed at FGV’s 68 palm oil mills.
“Due to the proximity of the palm oil mill to the LLA estates, we do not foresee any changes to the current FFB supply arrangement.
“The rest of FGV’s plantation integrated value chain in the midstream and downstream businesses will remain uninterrupted by the LLA termination exercise, ” said FGV.
In addition, FGV said its businesses and operations are prepared for the eventuality of the LLA termination.
As such, FGV’s overall long-term strategy to further grow and strengthen its high value-add business activities, focusing on food and branded consumer products, remain intact and will potentially be expedited to provide higher returns to shareholders as the result of the LLA termination.
On Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the proposal to terminate Felda’s LLA with FGV as well as the issuance of a RM9.9bil sukuk by Felda.
In a statement by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, the other proposals to ensure Felda’s recovery also included debt restructuring with financial institutions and increasing the self-reliance of settlers.
The proposals, which are expected to turn Felda’s cash flow positive, were recommended based on the findings of a special task force led by Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar tabled during a Cabinet meeting on Oct 14.
As at Aug 28,2020, Felda’s shareholdings in FGV was 21.24% while Felda Asset Holdings Company Sdn Bhd (FAHC) had an equity of 12.42%.
https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2020/10/30/fgv-eyes-rm43bil-to-end-felda-lease
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George Ibberson
Famous Sheffield Pocket Knife maker and owner of the Stradivarius and Doublesharp ## trademarks.
Ibberson's Origins
Ibberson is a famous and popular name in the Sheffield cutlery industry. From the mid-17th century to the beginning of the 19th century, there were just under a hundred Sheffield cutlers named Ibberson (or Ibbotson). A cutler named William Ibberson operated in the Stannington area to the north west of Sheffield as long ago as 1666, but it has been claimed that the origins of the George Ibberson company can be traced back to a Joseph Ibberson who made cutlery in 1700.
Little Mesters
This was a period when the concept of a firm as we know it now was unknown to the Sheffield cutlery industry. Instead, there existed a large number of self employed cutlers operating as individuals. These skilled, specialised craftsmen are often referred to as “Little Mesters” and would go on to feature heavily throughout the industry’s history.
Records show that in the mid-1700’s there was a Joseph Ibberson and son making cutlery on Sheffield’s Norfolk Street. In 1759 Joseph became Master Cutler. As part of his responsibilities as Master Cutler, Joseph was put in charge of a ‘steel making adventure’ which aimed to create cast crucible cheaper steel for the cutlery industry using new processes invented by Benjamin Huntsman. In addition to his business, Joseph also ran the tilt hammers at The Wicker in Sheffield.
Ibberson's Expansion
It is not clear when the company George Ibberson came into being, but with industrialisation and expanding global markets, what started out as a small-scale affair developed into a profitable cutlery empire. Ibberson became famous for producing the finest Pocket Knives featuring exotic handle materials like ivory, pearl and tortoiseshell. They also produced a wide range of cutlery, razors, scissors and sports knives.
In 1873, the company registered its world famous Stradivarius Violin trademark with The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire. This mark, along with Ibberson’s other great trademark, Doublesharp ##, would go on to gain legendary status amongst knife enthusiasts the world over.
Ibberson in the 1900's
A second Ibberson, William (“Billy”), became Master Cutler in 1954. An influential businessman, he was involved in the formation of Sheffield’s Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet where a tilt hammer, just like the one his forefather, Joseph would have ran at The Wicker, can be seen in operation. When Billy was Master Cutler, The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visited The Cutlers Hall. He gave them a pair of presentation Pocket Knives. As is customary, Billy received a penny from the Royal couple for each in return.In August 1913, it is widely reputed that the first stainless steel was developed in Sheffield by Harry Brearley, then a lead researcher at the city’s Brown Firth Laboratories. In early 1914 Ibberson made knife blades from stainless steel. Interestingly, whilst Ibberson confirmed the materials rust resisting qualities, they dismissed the material as being too hard to work and grind to be suitable for cutlery. A film titled “Made in Sheffield” made by Billy Ibberson while he was Master Cutler can be seen online at the Yorkshire Film Archive.
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The Light on the Coast
Tomales Regional History Center has just published The Light on the Coast: 65 Years of News Big and Small as Reported in The Point Reyes Light. The book, which I wrote with Jacoba Charles, is the post-World War II history of West Marin's lively little towns and their Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly newspaper. Click here to read about it.
David V. Mitchell
Welcome to the blog of David Mitchell, editor & publisher emeritus of The Point Reyes Light. In 1979, The Light won the Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service for an exposé largely written by him of the increasingly violent Synanon cult. Mitchell retired in November 2005 after 35 years of newspapering, 27 of those at The Light.
During his newspaper career, he also worked for the old San Francisco Examiner, Sonora’s Daily Union Democrat in the Sierra Nevada, and Council Bluff’s daily newspaper, The Nonpareil. In addition, he edited the weekly Sebastopol (California) Times. Mitchell holds a master’s degree in Communications and a bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University. He was born on Nov. 23, 1943, and lives in Point Reyes Station on the rural coast north of San Francisco.
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“What I wouldn’t give for a slow down,” sings Tim McGraw in the first verse of his new single, “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s.” “‘Cause where I come from only the horses run.”
Tim McGraw Turns On the ‘City Lights’
The ballad, written by Jeffrey Steele, Tom Douglas and Jaron Johnston, reminisces about a more carefree, simpler life, without the worries of the fast-paced real world. McGraw and powerhouse vocalist wife Faith Hill debuted the tune as a duet on the ACM Awards back in April.
“The moment I heard this song I knew it was something I wanted to record,” says McGraw. “I love singing with Faith, and the warmth and beauty of her vocal really made this song what it is.”
For the song’s video (above), the couple is seen in two scenes that mimic the very different facets of their own lives: It opens with McGraw sporting a tuxedo and Hill in a floor-length, beaded gown, singing at the ACM Awards. Cut to scenes on their farm just outside of Nashville, where, clad in jeans and casual shirts, the McGraws roam the property hand-in-hand and make homemade bread inside their farmhouse.
“Meanwhile Back at Mama’s” will appear on McGraw’s upcoming Sundown Heaven Town album, set for release September 16th.
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Brother Jack McDuff: Tobacco Road
Atlantic SD 1472
Format: 1LP 180g 33rpm / gatefold sleeve
Original label: Atlantic
Status: in stock, to be deleted
"Tobacco Road" - Brother Jack McDuff (org); Lonnie Simmons (bs); Red Holloway (ts); John Watson (tb); Fred Berry, King Kolax (tp); Bobby Christian (vib, perc); Roland Faulkner (g); Loyal J. Gresham (b); Robert Guthrie, Joe Dukes (dr); a.o.
»Imitation, assimilation, innovation.« With these three words the great Clark Terry summed up the art of leaning musical improvisation. Salvador Dalí, the artist who melted time in his colourful and bizarre works, stated radically that a person who didn’t want to copy others would never manage to accomplish anything at all. Brother Jack McDuff did plenty of copying and refined the good old standards on his "Tobacco Road" and made them blossom anew. Jack taught himself to play the organ and went on to transform the popular melody "Alexander’s Ragtime Band" into what one might call roughened up ball house jazz, were it not for the contrary saxophone, which soars over rasping organ clusters. For Brother Jack such spiritual sounds as in "And The Angels Sing" and his somewhat slanted version of the musing, dreamy "Wade In The Water" were an absolute must. It really rocks in "Can’t Get Satisfied", a gospel-like and delicately instrumentalised version of the blues evergreen. The organ does not necessarily always have the last word in this colourful mixture, but it is always very present as regards the sound and the distribution of the parts. And just once does McDuff let the instrument sing out on its glassy top register in "The Shadow Of Your Smile".
Recording: August 1966 at Chess Studios, Chicago
Production: Lew Futterman
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Merger and Acquisition deals in Nigeria: The ABCs
Conceptualising mergers and acquisition in Nigeria.
Osato Guobadia
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Remember when Access Bank bought Intercontinental Bank in 2013? That was a merger. The combination between Exxon and Mobil in 1998 to form ExxonMobil was also a merger. In each of these examples, the two companies combined to become one entity. But, when Stripe paid $200 million for Paystack last year, that was an acquisition. Both entities remained after the investment.
The difference is that now, Stripe owns Paystack. Another example would be how Canal+ acquired ROK film studios from Irokotv two years ago. That was an acquisition. Both Canal+ and Rok studios remained separate entities. In a nutshell, that's the difference between mergers and acquisitions. But both mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involve one company buying ownership in another company.
Globally, the number of M&As have been on the decline since they peaked in 2017 with 52,740 deals. In Nigeria, there has also been a decline. The number of M&A
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We were hosted by Centurion Corporation Limited to attend the completion ceremony of their Westlite Bukit Minyak facility – Penang’s maiden worker dormitory facility – on 29 January 2019. Westlite Bukit Minyak is the first of eight Centralised Accomondation Transit (CAT), also known as Purpose-Built Workers Accommodations (PBWA), to be built in Penang. We also visited the two industrial parks in Batu Kawan, which is home to the manufacturing arms of several MNCs in the medical devices, automobile and electronics and engineering (E&E) sectors.
Centurion Corporation Limited (Centurion) owns, develops and manages purpose-built worker accommodations in Singapore and Malaysia, and student accommodations in Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom and the United States. Initially listed on the SGX Mainboard in 1995 as an audio cassette tape and optical disc manufacturer, the company pivoted into the accommodation business via a reverse takeover in 2011. Worker and student accommodations account for c.73% and c.26% of their revenue respectively, with c.71% of revenue stemming from Singapore.
Site Visit Highlights
Government support and policies in favour of worker dormitories
Seven more CATs to be built – two on Penang Island and five on the mainland. Currently six projects have been approved and one still under review.
The Malaysia Government is drafting an amendment to the Employment Act 1955 (Act 265) to require employers to provide adequate housing for foreign workers in all sectors, as well as amendments to the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 to outlaw the rental of low-cost (LC) and low-medium cost (LMC) units to foreign workers.
Established track record in Malaysia
Centurion has 15 years of experience building and operating PBWAs, and currently manages 11 PBWAs totalling 56,400 beds across Singapore (26,100) and Malaysia (30,300).
Westlite Bukit Minyak is the seventh PBWA in Malaysia. The other six PBWAs are located in Johor.
Captive demand from medical device, automobile and E&E manufacturers
Workforce of 97,000 registered foreign workers in Penang currently housed in LC and LMC residential accommodations meant for Malaysians, with c.20 workers sharing one unit
Impending amendments to laws that mandate housing of foreign workers in dormitories, low supply of completed dormitories, and new factories under construction will drive demand for worker accommodations.
Bukit Minyak CAT aims to target companies located in the Batu Kawan Industrial Park such as Flextron, Inari, Western Digital, Ibiden and Hotayi.
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The Singapore PBWA market is an oligopolistic one shared by Centurion, MES, Averic and Capital Development. Figure 1 breaks down the number of beds owned by each developer-operator.
Revenue by Sector
The Singapore workers’ accommodation segment is the most profitable segment accounting for c71% of the group’s revenue in FY17. However the closure of the 8,600-bed Westlite Tuas PBWA in January 2018 reduced revenue by c.S$22.5mn and significantly decreased the proportion of revenue sourced from Singapore.
Purpose-Built Worker Accommodations (PBWA) Segment
New land up for tender in Singapore is on much shorter leases (3+3+3years) compared to the other assets in Centurion’s portfolio (shortest lease in portfolio is 18 years), offering a much shorter-lived revenue stream. Of the 220,000 beds in Singapore, c.49% (107,000 beds) have long-term leases between 30-60 years, with the remaining supply having 3+3+3 year leases.
The workers’ accommodation segment in Malaysia, on the other hand, offers lower margins but is comparably a more attractive market to expand in with the recent government support for worker’s accommodations in Penang.
Purpose-Built Student Accommodations (PBSA) Segment
Centurion’s student accommodations portfolio comprises c.5,400 beds and a pipeline of c.400 beds spanning Australia, United Kingdom, United States and recently acquired an asset in Korea.
Track record in Malaysia to put Centurion in good standing
Centurion won the tender to build a worker’s accommodation facility in Juru, Penang. This 6,100-bed project is currently in its town planning stage and is expected to be completed by early 2021. It aims to service companies in the Prai Industrial Park.
With six other sites up for tender, the company’s experience and track record in operating PBWAs in Singapore and Malaysia will give them a first mover advantage in Penang’s CAT rollout.
Figure 1: Worker accommodation operators in Singapore
Figure 2: Revenue by business segment
Figure 3: Revenue by Geography
Figure 4: Accommodation growth profile
Westlite Bukit Minyak CAT
Bukit Minyak CAT is the very first PBWA in Penang, and Centurion’s seventh workers accommodation in Malaysia, with the other six located in Johor. This asset was built on privately-sourced freehold land acquired in 2014. The facility has a gross floor area (GFA) of 17,900sqm and comprises of three 11-story block of dormitories totalling c.6,600 beds. The facility includes a supermarket, barber, gym and sports facilities, recreational facilities as well as a laundry room. This facility costs RM72.3mn (S$23.8mn) and is located near major highways leading to Bukit Minyak Industrial Park, the Science Park, and the Batu Kawan Industrial Park. Bukit Minyak CAT is expected to receive its first residence in mid-Feb 2019. Current committed occupancy stands at 30% and is expected to ramp up to 60% by end-June 2019.
Average rent per bed in Penang is RM130 per month, translating to c.RM10.3mn (S$3.2mn) yearly revenue, assuming 95% occupancy. For context, the revenue for 9 months-ended September 2018 was S$88.7mn (post Westlite Tuas closure).
Figure 5: Map of CATs in Malaysia
Images from our site visit
Figure 6: Two eleven-story blocks at Bukit Minyak CAT
Figure 7: First floor corridor outside dormitory units
Figure 8: Kitchen and cooking areas in each unit
Figure 9: Shared space within three-room unit
Figure 10: Six-bed room with person lockers
Figure 11: Lift facilities in each block
Figure 12: Recreational area – games corner
Figure 13: Gym room
Figure 14: Laundry, quarantine, reading rooms and sickbays
Figure 15: Security room
Figure 16: Factories in Bayan Lepas Industrial Park – Inari
Figure 17: Factories in Batu Kawan Industrial Park – Hotayi
Figure 18: Factories in Batu Kawan Industrial Park – Honda
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Natalie covers the REITs and Property sector. Previously a business analyst with a management consultancy, she handled feasibility studies and business optimisation and restructuring projects. She has worked with companies from varied industries including logistics, FinTech, EduTech, gaming, F&B and retail. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Banking & Finance from the University of London.
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Masked Country Crooner Orville Peck to Release Pony, His Sub Pop Debut, on March 22nd
Masked country crooner Orville Peck will release Pony, his full-length debut, on CD/LP/DL March 22nd worldwide through Sub Pop, with the exception of Canada where the album will be released by Royal Mountain Records.
Pony, which features the lead single and official video for “Dead of Night,” along with the highlights “Turn to Hate,” “Buffalo Run,” and the previously released “Big Sky,” was produced by Orville Peck, recorded and mixed by Jordan Koop at The Noise Floor on Gabriola Island, British Columbia and mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering in Montreal, Quebec.
“Dead of Night” is a torch song about two hustlers traveling through Nevada desert. Young drifters whose whirlwind romance takes us on a dusty trail of memories - racing down canyon highways, hitchhiking through casino towns and ending ultimately in tragedy. Orville recalls the adventures of his young love as he watches the boys silently pass him on the strip, haunted by the happy memories of his past.
The “Dead of Night” video follows Orville and his posse of companions - a washed up gambler, a Cubano boxer, a Senegalese cowgirl, and a Wild West club kid (Played by Hopper Penn, Alex Cammen, Magné Ndiaye and Dez Sam, respectively). “Dead of Night” was directed by Michael Maxxis, and shot on location in Nevada at the legendary Chicken Ranch brothel (the real-life inspiration for The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas), and features many of the ladies who work there.
Orville Peck’s previously announced late winter and spring international tour schedule for 2019 has been extended through May 19th. The newly added headlining North American shows (April 11th-May 3rd, May 8th, and May 13th-19th) will have Orville and his band making new stops in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Richmond, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. Additional highlights include: London residency shows February 28th-March 2nd; A free show in Paris, France on March 5th; Halden, Germany on March 5th; Berlin, Germany on March 6th; and support dates with Lord Huron May 6th-7th and May 9th-12th.
Feb. 28 - London, UK - Islington
Mar. 01 - London, UK - Servant Jazz Quarters
Mar. 02 - London, UK - The Shacklewell Arms
Mar. 04 - Paris, FR - Supersonic (Free Show)
Mar. 05 - Haldern, DE - Pop Bar
Mar. 06 - Berlin, DE - Auster-Club
Apr. 11 - Ottawa, ON - The Dominion Tavern
Apr. 12 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rosa
Apr. 13 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
Apr. 25 - Philadelphia, PA - The Boot & Saddle
Apr. 26 - Brooklyn, NY - Zone One @ Elsewhere
Apr. 27 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
Apr. 28 - Richmond, VA - The Camel
Apr. 30 - Pittsburg, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
May 01 - Lakewood, OH - Mahall’s
May 02 - Detroit, MI - Lager House
May 03 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
May 06 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note*
May 07 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Criterion*
May 08 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk
May 09 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace*
May 10 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre*
May 11 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre*
May 12 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren*
May 13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Moroccan Lounge
May 15 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord
May 17 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
May 18 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
May 19 - Vancouver, BC - The Wise Hall
* w/ Lord Huron
Pony is now available for preorder through Sub Pop Mega Mart and Royal Mountain Records. US preorders of the LP through megamart.subpop.com and select independent retailers will receive the limited Loser edition on yellow with orange swirl vinyl (while supplies last). A new t-shirt design will also be available. Additionally, European and UK LP preorders of Pony through select independent retailers will receive the limited Loser edition on Gold vinyl (while supplies last).
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BOCCIM and ASCCI shape business environment in the region
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The Botswana Confederation of Commerce and Manpower (BOCCIM) Chief Executive Officer, Maria Machailo-Ellis, says there is need to plan for better involvement of the private sector with focus on efficient advocacy that will lead to improved business and investment climate in SADC.
Speaking at the Association of SADC Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCCI) strategic plan workshop in Gaborone on Friday, Machailo-Ellis said Africa as a region is increasingly focusing on regional integration and on strategy for achieving sustainable economic growth. She observed that regional integration will also ensure that poverty alleviation, enhanced movement of goods and services, infrastructure development and promotion of peace between the regions will be achieved.
“There is need to discuss the activities required to deliver the strategic objectives, as well as the implementation plan for the fund mobilization strategy,” she said.
Furthermore, she said there is need to enhance the private sector’s role in the regional integration agenda. She stated that the structures, such as chambers of commerce, are instrumental in shaping the business environment in the region.
Machailo-Ellis said sustainability of various capacity development efforts remains a key issue. She said that there is need to revisit each country’s private sector to shape the country’s path of economic development in order to be ranked best in the business community.
“In Botswana here, BOCCIM will continue to play its role of changing environment and carry on with being the voice of all businesses in Botswana,” she explained.
For this part, European Union (EU) representative to Botswana, Jochen Pottgen, said EU has consistently sought to promote regional integration notably as a means of overcoming the drawbacks of small and fragmented markets, to make countries more attractive to Foreign Direct Investment and to spur economic growth. He revealed that some of the packages initiated by the EU to promote trade for small operators in developing countries include extension of practical information on trade policies and market information as a complement to the EU held desk.
“While progress has been made, the private sector remains weak and divided at regional and national level,” said Pottegen.
According to Pottegen, the EU private sector is keen to establish strong links with SADC private sector. He said what is required is strong leadership with a clear vision, adding that ensuring verifiable standards for food and other agricultural products will also promote increased food security and enhance the ability of the region to compete in international markets.
ASCCI is a regional private sector apex organization that brings together SADC National Chambers of Commerce and Industry from all the SADC member states and was established in 1985. The work meeting involved the key organizations such as SADC secretariat, EU Delegation, CDE, GIZ, and International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).
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One of Amazon’s tentpole Prime Online video shows is lastly shut to resuming — while you are going to have to be client if you want to see all of it. The services has disclosed that the 2nd season of The Boys will premiere on September 4th, but only the initially a few episodes. The remaining 5 will arrive weekly. The present creators want viewers to “absorb” what comes about in the tale, government producer Eric Kripke explained in a livestream (under). Of program, this also would make it complicated to rush as a result of the exhibit on a no cost trial — anything Disney+ was keenly conscious of when it strung out The Mandalorian (and later on ended free trials entirely).
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Sony Xperia 10 II announced with 6-inch FHD+ display
Along with the launch of the Sony Xperia 1 II, Sony has also revealed the Xperia 10 II and Xperia Pro smartphones. The pricing details of the Sony smartphone are yet to be revealed. The smartphone comes in two color options of Black and White.
Sony Xperia 10 II specifications
The Sony Xperia 10 II sports a 6 inch Full HD+ OLED display with an aspect ratio of 21:9. It also comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Protection. The smartphone is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 Processor along with the 128GB of internal storage and 4GB RAM with expandable storage of 512GB via MicroSD card.
In the photography department, the Sony Xperia 10 II is loaded with a triple camera setup with a combination of 12MP primary lens, with LED flash, the aperture of f/2.0, an 8MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, and an 8MP 120 ultra-wide-angle lens with an aperture of f/2.2. For the selfies and video calling, there is an 8MP selfie shooter with an aperture of f/2.0.
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The Xperia 10 II is loaded with the 3600mAh battery with Adaptive Charging, 18W fast charging support. The smartphone comes with a 3.5mm audio jack along with the Hi-Res Audio, DSEE HX, and LDAC. The phone runs on Android 10. The smartphone measurements are 157 x 69 x 8.2 mm and weigh around 151 grams. The device is also dust and IP65/68 waterproof, and it has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.
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Moscow, Russian Federation (01 March 2017) — Public Joint Stock Company “MegaFon” (LSE: MFON), a leading Russian telecommunications operator (“MegaFon” or the “Company”), announces the completion of the acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of a 100% interest in JSC “SMARTS-Ulyanovsk”, a 100% interest in JSC “SMARTS-Saransk” and a 100% interest in JSC “SMARTS-Penza” (the “Companies”) from the regional mobile operator JSC “SMARTS”.
Each of the Companies owns 14.8 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band. The Acquisition of the Companies will strengthen MegaFon’s position in the 1,800 MHz spectrum band in the Republic of Mordovia and the Ulyanovsk and Penza regions of Russia.
Mr. Sergey Soldatenkov, CEO of MegaFon, commented:
“This Acquisition will provide for more efficient, fast and cost-effective LTE 1800 development, in particular due to limited opportunities in the re-farming of the 1800 MHz frequencies for LTE networks. In addition to a number of long-term strategic benefits, this purchase will also improve our portfolio of frequencies in 1,800 MHz spectrum band in the Volga Region and provide for an improved coverage and service quality”.
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Formerly a cinema until the 1980s, it was completely renovated in 1998 to create two theaters. The St-Denis Theater is one of the most important venues in Montreal.
It presents famous artists, shows from all sources and of all kinds such humor, song, musical etc and The Theater St-Denis 1 has 2218 seats.
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Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang - AMA's 2014
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang – AMA’s 2014 Content is still king. With Dalian Wanda Group’s $3.5 billion acquisition of Legendary Entertainment in January, this year’s media and entertainment M&A activity kicked off with a bang that hasn’t slowed down. Comcast’s $3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks Animation just three months later continued the trend of content consolidation and IP aggregation. Both transactions have […]
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Content is still king. With Dalian Wanda Group’s $3.5 billion acquisition of Legendary Entertainment in January, this year’s media and entertainment M&A activity kicked off with a bang that hasn’t slowed down.
Comcast’s $3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks Animation just three months later continued the trend of content consolidation and IP aggregation. Both transactions have varying motivations, but the common denominator is access to franchises and content that can be leveraged across the parent companies’ various business units.
Content and digital transformation strategies have driven M&A activity so far in 2016, with no signs of slowing down — and thus providing clues about where we’ll see activity during the rest of the year.
One major trend that continues is Chinese investment flowing into the United States. Almost 50 percent of all U.S.-targeted M&A transactions from foreign investors came from China in Q1, and media and entertainment is a significant driver of that figure. In addition to acquisitions, there were a number of investments in U.S. film studios, including Film Carnival’s $500 million investment in Dick Cook Studios and Perfect World Pictures’ $500 million investment in Universal Pictures’ upcoming film slate.
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China’s continued interest in gaining insight into how Hollywood works is paying off for both sides of these deals. This insight will continue to help them ramp up their own production capabilities and speed up their ability to compete with the current global content creators. As a result, Chinese investment and M&A in U.S. media and entertainment should continue throughout 2016.
Wanda’s massive Legendary transaction allows it to vertically integrate content production with its exhibition business. Its announced acquisition of Carmike Cinemas in March for $1.1 billion added more theatres to its current count, which already includes other global exhibitors. This news came days after Wanda announced plans for a $3.3 billion theme park outside Paris. When viewed as a whole, this ecosystem of content and distribution outlets positions Wanda as a global media and entertainment leader for the foreseeable future.
In China, Wanda also holds a trump card over the other major studios in that it is a Chinese-owned/operated business, allowing it to navigate and potentially circumnavigate the Chinese theatrical quota system. Wanda’s ability to leverage its insider position with future Legendary productions, as well as its own forthcoming Wanda Studios at Qingdao, should give Wanda a significant market share in the theatrical film industry going forward.
Comcast’s acquisition of DreamWorks Animation gives it a wealth of content that it can use across its numerous lines of business, including its cable subscription service (Xfinity), theme parks (Universal Parks and Resorts), cable networks (USA, Syfy, Sprout), digital platforms (Watchable, Seeso) and production companies (Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment).
As the digital ecosystem expands, traditional studios are seeing an opportunity to diversify their tech and content strategies.
The potential overlap in animation capabilities with Illumination Entertainment is complicated, but could help Universal compete against Disney’s formidable one-two punch of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios (if managed correctly). Comcast and NBCU also now have access to AwesomenessTV’s target demographic, production capabilities and original IP. The key to this transaction will be the extent to which they successfully integrate their content cross-platform.
Content strategy factored heavily in Warner Bros.’ move to acquire Korean Drama SVOD service DramaFever for an undisclosed sum, which will help the studio broaden its digital presence. Korean dramas are big business around the world, and WB has made a bet on proven content to widen its market reach. FuboTV, a soccer-focused SVOD service, raised $15 million led by 21st Century Fox, and Turner led a $15 million round in Mashable. As the digital ecosystem expands, traditional studios are seeing an opportunity to diversify their tech and content strategies.
Virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) investment has ramped up in “the year of VR,” taking in $1.1 billion through February alone. Most of that investment was Magic Leap’s Series C round of funding at almost $800 million, but other companies involved included MindMaze with a $100 million round and Wevr with a $25 million round. While consumer products are still in the early phases, the overall excitement and wide-ranging applications for VR and AR are driving investment for those who want to get involved early.
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Following Baobab Studios’ $6 million round in December, Penrose Studios raised $8.5 million in March, highlighting a competitive race to become the go-to VR content creator for immersive animated content. Comcast Ventures recently led a $6.8 million investment in Felix & Paul Studios, producers of cinematic VR experiences. Investors see this industry as a tremendous growth opportunity, with projected industry potential revenue of $120 billion by 2020, according to Digi-Capital. It doesn’t appear that investment and M&A will slow down anytime soon.
Live streaming has had activity as well, with IBM’s purchase of UStream for a reported $130 million being the biggest transaction of 2016 so far. Twitter made a strategic decision to purchase the live-streaming digital rights for 10 Thursday Night Football games this year. The $10 million price tag was especially low, considering Yahoo paid a reported $15-$20 million for the rights to live-stream one game last year. This gives Twitter a way to flaunt its Periscope functionality, potentially acquire users, increase engagement and recoup some of its investment with a limited amount of ad inventory that it will retain.
The NFL gets to broaden its distribution, experiment with alternative revenue streams, target a younger demographic and, ultimately, create more competition for the NFL’s overall rights when they expire in 2022. It is very possible that the future of NFL broadcasts may lie with a digital-first platform like Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Google or Twitter, each of whom has deep enough pockets to bid for the opportunity to capture the most valuable must-see live content in the United States. Expect the other professional sports leagues to watch this development closely.
The rest of 2016 should continue to see plenty of activity across the media and entertainment space as companies brace for the future of mobile and digital consumption trends.
Based on activity in 2016 thus far, it’s clear we haven’t seen the end of key transactions. Paramount Pictures is looking for a strategic investor to build out its international and digital capabilities, which would provide key content and IP access to the investor (although this process has become very muddled recently). Yahoo is fielding multibillion-dollar offers for its core business, and Anonymous Content, creators of Oscar darlings Spotlight and The Revenant, as well as TV hits True Detective and Mr. Robot, is reportedly looking for a minority investor.
Another area that could see more investment is the e-sports industry. It is expected to be a $1.1 billion industry by 2019, and traditional sports insiders are paying attention. Former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Rick Fox bought his own e-sports team for a reported $1 million in December, while former and current athletes Shaquille O’Neal, Alex Rodriguez and Jimmy Rollins have recently invested an undisclosed sum in e-sports team NRG. FaceIt, an online e-sports platform, raised $15 million in January. Brands and advertisers are beginning to spend money in e-sports as they take advantage of the massive viewership opportunities for targeted demographics.
The rest of 2016 should continue to see plenty of activity across the media and entertainment space as companies brace for the future of mobile and digital consumption trends. Consolidation of content and the need for diversification in the digital environment will fuel interest from traditional players like telcos and major studios. Investment from China does not appear to be slowing anytime soon, so expect those eye-popping headlines to continue throughout 2016 as it plays the long game.
VR will begin to consolidate around content and tech, allowing leaders in both areas to emerge by the end of the year. As e-sports continues to gain traction via mainstream coverage and traditional advertising opportunities, it won’t be long before we see e-sports live events vying for the same eyeballs as the current pro sports leagues and attracting additional investment dollars along with them.
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Thunderstruck: Gauteng motorists warned of wet weather this week
Gauteng traffic police have urged road users to drive with caution as rainy conditions are expected in the province throughout the week.
The province saw heavy rainfall over the weekend which led to major routes being flooded, inaccessible and unsafe to drive on, Gauteng traffic police said in a statement on Sunday.
"The heavy rainfall that Gauteng experienced also led to destruction of properties and vehicles, notably in Sharpeville, Sedibeng district, where a roof of Global filling station collapsed," traffic police spokesperson Sello Maremane said.
While the heavy rains are not expected to continue into the new week, South African Weather Service forecaster Luthando Masimini said general showers and isolated thundershowers have been forecast for Monday.
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He added that more rain is expected throughout the week, but the chances of precipitation will decease daily.
Maremane called on motorists to exercise caution while driving during rainy conditions.
"Motorists are advised to maintain a safe following distance at all times. If visibility is hampered due to heavy rainfall, motorists are advised to switch on their head lamps and hazards," Maremane said.
"It is important that wiper blades are in good working condition before undertaking a trip. There is also a need to adhere to the prescribed speed limit at all times and continue avoiding heavily flooded areas by making use of alternative roads."
Maremane said traffic police in the province would be on high alert this week, specifically focussing on low-lying areas.
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The Sad and Infuriating Mike Daisey Case
So many excellent things have been written about Mike Daisey's made-up reports while I have been hors d'Internet that my task now is easier and harder. Easier: just alluding to others who have made points I don't need to. Harder: refining what else there is so say.
On the "excellent" side: the PDF of This American Life's "retraction" show is absolutely riveting, even without hearing the real voices involved. I have intentionally not yet listened to the show, so as to judge from the words themselves. On that basis, it appears to me that Daisey has destroyed himself. (His "I stand by my work" statement on his site will not help him, in my view. The site is also the source of this photo of him.) I agree with Felix Salmon about the temptations and wrongness of "fabulous journalism." Credit again goes to Marketplace's Rob Schmitz for actually doing something about the unease many people with China experience, including me, felt when first hearing Daisey's monologue. Evan Osnos, of the New Yorker, gives the same list I would have given of the "tells" in what Daisey said:
Several places in the narrative sounded fishy to anyone who has spent much time here: 1) the gun-toting guards (maybe, but not at the factories I've seen; in China, guns usually belong to soldiers or armored-car drivers); 2) driving down a highway exit that ended with rebar jutting out into thin air (local taxi drivers usually know which exits aren't finished); 3) meeting workers who said they were twelve and thirteen years old (even if they were underage, they were probably too smart to blab about it in front of the gun-toting guards); [JF note: yes, this one especially] 4) workers who were such innocents that they'd never considered what they would change about the factories until Daisey asked them (where do I start?); and, perhaps most of all, 5) his description of going to the factory gates and talking to workers as a radical innovation in journalism. When he told journalists in Hong Kong about his plan, he said in his piece, they replied: "That's not really how we usually do things in China."
That was a howler. Going to the factory gates is exactly what reporters do in China.
Here is a picture I took at one of the Foxconn gates in Shenzhen when I made my own "this is what reporters do" trip there in 2007. Notice the guns the guards are carrying? Oh, wait, they're not carrying any.
When I heard Daisey's Shenzhen riff on C-Span late last year, I wrote to a longtime friend who is also a friend and supporter of Daisey's and had been trying to get us together. I said: This doesn't sound right. I also said that I was bleakly amused by Daisey's presenting the far-off exotic territory of "Shenzhen, China" as some super-secretive realm that he alone had thought to unveil. I pointed out that I had done a gigantic cover story and on-line slide show about this unknown land back in 2007, plus later in a book and a video series; that the Wall Street Journal had done hundreds of stories with Shenzhen datelines before and since; that there had been countless books, picture shows, news features, etc, about the Shenzhen phenomenon; that "Foxconn" was hardly an unknown enterprise; etc.
What I didn't do was push the point any further. Evan Osnos very well explains one reason why many reporters (other than Schmitz) failed to do so: the suspicion that in a place as big, chaotic, contradictory, and surprising as today's China, Daisey could indeed have come across circumstances others had not discovered, or had stopped noticing. I also made a perhaps-craven "life is too short" calculation: I would spend my time trying to explain the China story the way I could, rather than devoting the time to picking apart an account I thought was wrong.
And, finally -- like Osnos, like Schmitz, like everyone else who has seen Chinese factories -- I knew that the main point of Daisey's monologue, that they were dirty and harsh and could be dangerous, was true and worth highlighting. Even if the way he made that point was exaggerated and fictitious and ultimately self-defeating.
What is left to say now? I'll suggest this:
1) Daisey's downfall is the sadder and more infuriating because it was so completely unnecessary and avoidable. If he had even once said that he was presenting a polemic, a metaphor, a dramatization, an "inspired by real events" monologue rather than real "facts," no one could ever have complained. Do we care whether Harriet Beecher Stowe ever saw runaway slaves jumping on ice floes as they fled across a river? (Stowe described Uncle Tom's Cabin as a "series of sketches" conveying the cruelty of slavery.) Do we care whether Upton Sinclair had actually seen the packinghouse cruelties he described in The Jungle? Whether any family exactly like the Joads was known to John Steinbeck -- or exactly like George Bailey's or Mr. Potter to Frank Capra for It's a Wonderful Life? Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist? You get the point. Mike Daisey could have had 98% of the intellectual/social impact of his monologue, and zero % of the dishonesty and now disgrace, if he had described it as an attempt to convey the truth of a situation through imagined details.
2) Daisey's lying will hurt the Western press and international worker-rights groups. When they get all huffy, Chinese nationalists love to present the Western press as being irremediably biased against Chinese achievements and ambitions, and willing to pass along the most outrageous slanders about China without checking them for accuracy or even plausibility. A site called Anti-CNN is a well-known outlet for such views. This is a constant nuisance when you try to write critical assessments. Worse, it gives ammo to those inside China who want to pooh-pooh complaints about safety, pollution, working conditions, and so on. Daisey is everything they warned against, come to life.
3) The Apple obsession is weirdly narcissistic. For Americans, the conditions in Apple supply-chain factories are vivid and symbolic, because of the amazing human connection they create. Today I open a box containing an elegant new Steve Jobs-inspired, Jony Ive-designed iPad or other icon. A week ago, who knows what hellish conditions were giving birth to this very machine? Dramatic connections like that are important -- and the leverage they create, across borders of nation and language and class, can make a difference. Orville Schell has explained how Wal-Mart has become an important force for environmental improvement in China. International firms like Apple can and should become a force for workplace and environmental improvement in China -- showing the way, as Wal-Mart is, for domestic Chinese firms. Of course, it's not just "firms like Apple" that should do this. Especially Apple should, given its prestige and iconography. (Just as "especially Google" had an obligation to stand up to Chinese censorship.) Steve Jobs was renowned for emphasizing "purity" of design. That concept should spread to his supply chain as well.
But Apple is not the main worker-safety problem in China. Nor even Foxconn. Not even close. Internationally owned factories are at the better end of the Chinese spectrum in wages, working conditions, safety, and (usually) environmental policies. Foxconn's wages are higher, and its accident rate is lower, than for Chinese-based factories as a whole -- and Chinese manufacturing overall is much safer than the Chinese mining or metals industries. (Back in 2007, I saw an item in a Chinese paper saying that 32 metal workers had been horrifically boiled to death, when a giant ladle full of molten steel slipped off its hoist and spilled onto them. The episode got almost no international attention.) Pressure on the Apple supply chain is sensible and valuable if it always presented as a lever for raising Chinese safety and environmental standards generally -- and as an ever-ascending standard that the rest of them should meet.
4) Go read that This American Life transcript again. It is superb in its unraveling of Daisey's inventions; in its exploration and explanation of "real" journalistic values and the difference between fact and metaphor; and in its ending with a re-introduction of the real problems of workplace safety in China. It is full of passages like this, between Daisey and Ira Glass, after Glass has pointed out that some of Daisey's monologue flat isn't true:
Mike Daisey: Yeah. We have different worldviews on some of these things. I agree with you truth is really important.
Ira Glass: I know but I feel like I have the normal worldview. The normal worldview is somebody stands on stage and says 'this happened to me,' I think it happened to them, unless it's clearly labeled as 'here's a work of fiction.'
"I feel like I have the normal worldview" is a line that will live, or deserves to.
Several readers have just sent in interesting observations about Daisey, journalism, and "truth" -- including some more sympathetic to Daisey. This is too long already, so I will save those for tomorrow.
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Making Ford Matter
Ford: Unlearn (PR & Influence)
Who doesn’t know Ford? From its founding in 1903 it has grown over its 100+ years to become a household name for reliable, solid and affordable cars. In this era of Gen Z, hyper mobility, innovation and technology, this ‘solid’ reputation was holding the brand back. So how could Ford, reach new audiences, make them sit up and think differently about the brand?
Education experts estimate that up to 40% of what students are learning will be obsolete a decade from now. The rules are changing fast, letting go of old rules and learning new ones is increasingly important.
We found a partner that perfectly embodies a passion for breaking down barriers and new, fresh thinking: Colin Furze a Lincolnshire plumber, a British Inventor and YouTube star with 2 million followers. He asked his followers what they most wanted to see become a reality for everyday? This action fired up imaginations and generated 10,000 suggestions in less than 24 hours. Colin created a series of Unlearn Mobility videos that explored and refined many of the outrageous suggestions his community offered. Trying new things was leading to some interesting results.
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Johns Hopkins researchers set medical drone delivery record
By Alex Beall | September 14, 2017
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine
With a 3-hour, 161-mile flight across the Arizona desert, researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine completed a record-distance medical drone delivery.
During the flight, the drone’s payload system maintained the temperature of the human blood samples stored in a temperature-controlled chamber onboard, keeping them viable for lab analysis, according to the findings published in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology.
“We expect that in many cases, drone transport will be the quickest, safest and most efficient option to deliver some biological samples to a laboratory from rural or urban settings,” Dr. Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology and the paper’s senior author, said in a press release. “Drones can operate where there are no roads and overcome conditions that disable wheeled vehicles, traffic and other logistical inefficiencies that are the enemy of improved, timely patient diagnoses and care. Drones are likely to be the 21st century’s best medical sample delivery system.”
To test the flight, researchers took pairs of 84 blood samples to an airfield in Arizona, where one sample of each pair was loaded onto the drone, which also completed its flight at the airfield, and the other was stored in a car with active cooling.
After the flight, the samples were compared using common chemistry and hematology tests, which revealed the pairs still had similar sodium levels and red blood cell, white blood cell and platelet counts. The sets had small differences in glucose and potassium levels, but this was because the samples in the car were kept at a slightly warmer temperature and so experienced some chemical degradation.
Past tests conducted by Johns Hopkins on delivery flights up to 20 miles found that no flown samples were negatively affected.
“Getting diagnostic results far more quickly under difficult conditions will almost certainly improve care and save more lives,” Amukele said.
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Lucious (Terrence Howard) found himself in the clutches of Claudia (Demi Moore) during the spring premiere of "Empire."
“Empire” Spring Premiere
HOLLYWOOD—I seriously hate when shows go on such a long hiatus that you barely remember what transpired. That is how I felt with the return of the FOX hit series “Empire.” I was in such disarray that the show was returning that I had to re-watch the mid-season finale as a reminder. So what did I learn? Well, the Lyon clan was able to dismantle Diana Dubois and her treacherous family, Lucious learned that Andre set the bomb in his car in Las Vegas, and crazy Claudia drugged Lucious, kidnapped him and chained him in a cabin.
So the premiere episode, ‘Birds in a Cage,’ Jamal was grappling with fatally shooting Angelo, just as Cookie did her best to reassure her son and not feel guilty about doing what he needed to do to survive. Cookie’s day only got worse as she was certain Lucious was in danger. Porsha learned that Becky might be pregnant! So the question is who is the baby daddy? Its suffice to say, Becky was not happy to become a mother. Hakeem and Tori performed, just as it became apparent that Lucious’ absence was on everyone’s mind. Thirsty and Cookie had a conversation with Claudia’s doctor, where they learned Claudia is not mentally stable and culpable in Lucious disappearance.
Lucious was fighting tooth and nail to unleash himself from Claudia’s torture; I mean this woman took all of his music and blasted it to gargantuan heights. At first I thought Claudia was just obsessed with Lucious, but it’s pretty clear she is about helping her patients get back to their normal selves, even if it means doing things that some would argue unorthodox. Cookie took off to the road on a hunch of where she thought Claudia might be holding her lover, just as Jamal and Hakeem paid Andre a visit.
For three brothers who have been at one another’s throats since the dawn of time, it was nice to see the brothers bond during their time of need. Jamal was fractured; Andre’s guilt over Lucious’ car bombing is eating him alive. We already know that Andre confesses the truth to his father, based on the countless teasers we’ve seen. Lucious managed to get one on Claudia, but Cookie’s arrival put a hiccup on things. Lucious was tasked with getting rid of the one woman who knows him best, but Cookie is no idiot and instantly realized something was not right.
Cookie found a way to sleuth her way back to the cabin and to throw Claudia off her game. Cookie declared Lucious to be hers, which only infuriated Claudia that much more. The one thing you can always count on Cookie to deliver are those sensational one liners that are not only memorable, but stingers to the core. Cookie and Lucious put on a show to force Claudia to think they weren’t aligned, when in actuality it was a complete ploy to rattle Claudia.
Cookie’s time in jail became a moment of contention as more fighting between the lovers emerged. Cookie made a bold threat to Claudia, which led to her holding a knife to her throat. Claudia’s doctor arrived throwing another thorn into the mix. Lucious had the opportunity to take out Claudia, but he chose otherwise, just as the police carted the crazy doc off. Hmm, I’m suspecting we’ll see Claudia again in the near future. What she has planned for Cookie and Lucious concerns me dearly America!
It became apparent that if Andre doesn’t spill the beans to his father, it will lead to him having another psychotic break. I was really concerned about the rest of season four of “Empire,” but my instinct tells me audiences will be in for one hell of a reminder of a season. “Empire” airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on FOX.
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Bradford City flops get silent treatment
Peter Jackson has not had any inquiries yet about his players
City have not received a single inquiry for any of their under-achieving players.
Peter Jackson is ready to plot his own “uprising” after the club’s lowest finish in 45 years and has been busy sounding out potential targets.
The interim boss, who declined to comment on City’s interest in League Two top scorer Clayton Donaldson, wants to start all over with the squad who failed dismally last term.
Ten players were shown the door when their contracts were up and Jackson has put the remaining 13 senior pros in the shop window. But so far there have been no takers.
Jackson said: “I have indicated that everybody here now has their price but I’ve not had a call about anyone.
“It’s still early days and somebody may come in tomorrow and bid for X. If it’s money we can’t turn down, then he goes and we use that to rebuild because it needs turning round."
Jackson added:“It’s time for an uprising and hopefully next year we can do a lot better than in the previous four or five.”
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Wish they were here
With visitor numbers plummeting, Ireland needs to repackage itself, but should it still be targeting the UK or looking to new tourist markets?
Brian Carey and Aine Coffey
Sunday January 16 2011, 1.00am, The Sunday Times
In the dark days of December 2009, the marketing brains at Tourism Ireland, the state tourism promotion body, came up with a smart idea.
Tapping into the final stages of The X Factor, the UK television talent programme, the agency hired the Grimes twins, John and Edward, to push Ireland as a tourist destination. In a radio campaign, the agency officially apologised to Britain for Jedward and in return offered the British nation a great value break in Ireland as compensation.
The laugh-out-loud ad won a prestigious Sony radio ad award. Alas, it did precious little to reverse the worrying trend in Irish tourism. Put simply, the Brits are not coming. Jedward failed to stop the rot.
According to Tourism Ireland, British visitor numbers are
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Explained: Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘undermine’ EU withdrawal agreement - despite risk to Brexit talks
Bill to be tabled on Wednesday seeks to row back on treaty signed in January
by Joe Evans
Bill to be tabled on Wednesday seeks to row back on treaty signed in January
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As time ticks down in the negotiations between Britain and the European Union, Boris Johnson may be about to throw a major spanner in the works by seeking to override parts of the Brexit withdrawal deal.
Parts of the UK Internal Markets Bill - due to be published this Wednesday - will “eliminate the legal force of parts of the withdrawal agreement”, according to the Financial Times (FT), citing three people familiar with the plans.
The newspaper’s public policy editor Peter Foster suggests that the move could put Brexit talks at risk - and that the government is “increasingly resigned to a ‘no deal’” exit.
What is in the bill?
Outlined in a white paper in July, the UK Internal Market Bill is intended to secure the “seamless functioning” of trade between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland after the transition period ends on 31 December.
However, sources say that “some clauses in the Bill will effectively override parts of the so-called Northern Ireland protocol, which was signed alongside the withdrawal agreement in October”, the FT reports.
The Bill will also seek to dilute “the ability of the protocol to intrude on UK state-aid policy”, the paper adds.
Under the existing withdrawal agreement, the UK must tell Brussels about any state-aid decisions that would impact Northern Ireland’s goods market, as part of efforts to maintain a level-playing field among British and European businesses.
But clauses in the new Bill will reportedly “force the UK courts to follow the new UK law rather than the EU deal”.
What is Johnson planning?
The prime minister is widely expected to put an ultimatum to European negotiators this week, insisting that a deal must be secured by 15 October or Britain will walk away from the table.
But Downing Street’s bid to “unpick parts of the withdrawal agreement” threatens the collapse of the “crunch talks”, says The Guardian.
As The Irish Times notes, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned last week that “a precise implementation of the withdrawal agreement” was the only grounding on which the bloc would agree to a deal.
However, a government source told The Guardian that the controversial sections of the Internal Market Bill were “part of the preparation for a no-deal exit that would present a number of new barriers to trade from Northern Ireland – and accepted that the move was likely to blow up at the negotiations”.
And the reaction?
The FT’s Foster tweets that the Bill “risks calling into question the reputation of the UK as a country that negotiates in good faith”.
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Instant Opinion: Boris Johnson considers ‘no-deal as better than surrender’
Many Whitehall officials are “deeply uncomfortable” with the plan, he says, adding that the Foreign Office is the “not sure how it can criticise China for not meeting international obligation if [the] UK is paring back obligations of a Treaty it signed less than a year ago”.
Labour has also been quick to denounce the Bill. Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Louise Haigh warned that the PM is “threatening to renege on the UK’s legal obligations” with what amounts to “an act of immense bad faith: one that would be viewed dimly by future trading partners and allies around the world”.
Ireland’s foreign affairs minister, Simon Covney, who helped negotiate the original withdrawal agreement, tweeted that any efforts to change it would be “a very unwise way to proceed”.
Meanwhile, a source “familiar with the matter” told the FT that the move was “a very blunt instrument”.
“The Bill will explicitly say the government reserves the right to set its own regime, directly setting up UK law in opposition with obligations under the withdrawal agreement, and in full cognisance that this will breach international law,” the insider said.
However, Environment Secretary George Eustice this morning claimed that any efforts to remove legal obligations relating to Northern Ireland were just a tidying of “loose ends”. Speaking to Times Radio, Eustice said: “It’s always been the case that at the end [of negotiations] there could still be one or two loose ends.
“The government at that point has got a responsibility to offer some legal certainty to businesses.”
Johnson is expected to lay out his final timetable for negotiations today, setting the stopwatch to run out in less than 40 days.
The Bill “is not likely to go down well with the EU”, but Brexiteers will be pleased, as it means that “in a ‘no deal’ scenario”, the UK “seeks untrammeled sovereignty”, says Foster.
Environment Secretary Eustice this morning refused to comment on claims made in The Times by The Spectator’s political editor James Forsyth that Downing Street puts the chances of getting a trade deal with the EU at just 30% to 40%.
But sources close to the negotiations told The Guardian that “fresh faces and interventions by member states are now needed to break the impasse after days of recriminations”.
In other words, the stage appears to be set for a no-deal exit on 31 December.
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Share this Story: 10 next-generation games to keep your PS5 or XSX humming this holiday
From Assassin's Creed Valhalla to Sackboy: A Big Adventure, each game on this list gets Post Arcade's stamp of approval for player satisfaction
Nov 24, 2020 • November 24, 2020 • 14 minute read
Demon's Souls, a remake of a ten-year-old cult classic action RPG, might be the best launch game for PlayStation 5. Photo by SIE
So you were lucky (or persistent) enough to snag one of this fall’s hard-to-find next-generation game consoles, the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital, Xbox Series X, or Xbox Series S. (You can check out our thoughts on the new consoles here and here.)
But that’s only half the battle. The next phase of the fight is finding some worthwhile games to play. And with this generation’s bump in price — many new games now cost $90 — you’ll want to be judicious in how you spend your gaming greenbacks.
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That’s where we come in. Post Arcade has been playing games on Microsoft’s and Sony’s new machines for several weeks, and we have recommendations. The ten games below all earn our stamp of approval. We’ve come up with options for just about everyone, including families, fans of action and adventure, RPG lovers, puzzle enthusiasts and gearheads. Keep scrolling and you’re bound to find something worth your time and money.
Tetris Effect: Connected Photo by Enhance
Platform: Xbox Series X|S (reviewed), Xbox One
Developer:Resonair, Monstars
Publisher:Enhance
Release Date:November 10, 2020
ESRB:E
Tetris Effect, which launched for PlayStation 4 with support for PlayStation VR back in 2018, dragged the decades-old puzzler kicking and screaming into the modern era, updating graphics, effects, music and modes to create a dynamic conundrum for just about every mood, from chill to frantic.
This new Xbox edition keeps everything that made the original one of the best puzzlers in years (except the VR part, which it turns out is pretty unnecessary) and adds a heaping helping of multiplayer to the mix.
Playing online or in the company of family and friends (the latter in happier, non-pandemic times that await us in the future, of course), multiplayer includes a pair of innovative modes that see groups of three people working together to battle a “boss” — either human or AI — by clearing lines and eventually fusing their matrices together so that all three can drop blocks across an expanded grid.
It also includes a variety of one-on-one matches, including a classic mode that eliminates contemporary Tetris features, such as the ability to drop blocks instantly, hold pieces and continue spinning tetrominos once they’ve landed — an ideal way, we found, to put parents back on even footing with their speed-gaming offspring.
All this, plus some truly hypnotic 4K graphics and terrific music, including a beautiful reimagining of the original Tetris theme. It’s a must for puzzle fans.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Photo by Activision
Platform: PlayStation 5 (reviewed), PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC
Developer:Treyarch, Raven Software
Publisher:Activision
ESRB:M
Confession: I’m the weirdo who plays Call of Duty mostly for its short but usually spectacular solo campaigns, and this one doesn’t disappoint.
Set in an impeccable rendering of the early 1980s, when tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union were at their peak, the 2020 entry in Activision’s perennially popular war shooter series embraces its titular descriptors, sending a group of international spies on a series of patently illegal operations with the blessing of none other than that of the Gipper himself.
You can even tailor the game’s protagonist to have a variety of questionable traits — including violent tendencies and unpredictable behaviour — which will impact the story in subtle ways.
The action is a bit less focused on big battles than other Call of Duty games, with elements of stealth and even lockpicking thrown into the mix. But it’s still just as unflinching — and often as controversial — as you’d expect, with scenes that allow players to do things like choose whether or not to murder dodgy folks rather than capture or release them.
Online play, meanwhile, is as slick as ever, supporting cross-platform play and rewarding players who put in the time to learn the maps, develop class loadouts that play to their strengths, and work in cooperation with teammates when called for. Expect more chaotic combat with match support for 12-on-12 and a new Fireteam mode that allows up to 40 to take to the field together.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War does very more-of-the-same in places — it’s the franchise’s 17th instalment, after all — but when a formula has been so fine-tuned, it’s hard to expect the developers to monkey around with it too much.
Watch Dogs: Legion Photo by Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox Series X|S (reviewed), Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Windows PC
Developer:Ubisoft Toronto
Release Date:October 29, 2020
Watch Dogs: Legion delivers an uncanny vision of a near-future London in which shadowy entities have implemented familiar technologies to watch and control the population. Ubisoft’s writers use this setting as a platform to take a firmly progressive stance on political matters ranging from privacy to immigration.
This milieu plays into the game’s most daringly original mechanic, which is that you can play as pretty much anyone you see in the city. There’s not one central protagonist, but instead the population of an entire city fed up with the thumb under which they all live. All you need do to recruit someone is walk up to them and start a conversation. Once you’ve helped them with a problem, they’ll join the resistance and become a playable character — often with their own unique skills and gear, depending on their career and knowledge.
It’s a neat idea that opens up interesting options in how you go about missions. For example, a recruited construction worker can blend in with people on a construction site rather than going in guns blazing. Plus, you get the sense that the whole city is alive with individuals of endless diversity, and each seems to have their own little story.
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The problem, unfortunately, is that something feels missing without a true hero character with a deep backstory and lots of personal demons and vendettas to drive the narrative forward. The only real constant is a snarky AI that helps all resistance members and acts as a sort of guide and conscience.
Playing (pre-release) on Xbox One we experienced a chuggy frame rate and several crashes, but our experience on Xbox Series X has been smooth as butter. More than that, London rendered on next-generation consoles is pretty as a picture, with beautiful lighting effects that include puddles on its wet roads that perfect reflect the city and its gorgeously overcast sky.
Demon’s Souls Photo by SIE
Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Windows PC
Developer:Bluepoint
Publisher:SIE
With its ingeniously labyrinthine environments, extraordinarily challenging stamina-based battles and sadistic punishments for dying, From Software’s Demon’s Souls for PlayStation 3 was a decidedly love-it-or-lump-it affair. But it turned out there were enough who loved it that it would become the first game in an entirely new subgenre of action role-playing games in which players willingly and masochistically subject themselves to incredibly tough combat while chasing a rarified sense of satisfaction.
Now, more than a decade later, the original game has returned, completely remade to make the most of Sony’s next-generation hardware.
Yes, it’s pretty. The medieval-inspired fantasy world is beautifully rendered in 4K with jaw-dropping vistas and delectable little details. And yes, the developers have found fun ways to make use of PlayStation 5 tech, such as using 3D Audio to give us a better sense of where off-screen monsters lie in wait, and leveraging the DualSense controller’s sophisticated haptic feedback to make us feel every clink and clank of metal meeting metal.
But the real draw here remains, as it ever was (or wasn’t depending on your gaming proclivities), the tense, gritty, nerve-wracking combat. Slowly making your way through a castle, a hollowed out mountain, or a twisty maze of high cliff paths, terrified of what might be around the next bend and all that you might lose should it kill you, is as compelling now as it was 11 years ago. The controls are tight and empowering and enemies tough but fair. The key, as always, is to have patience and learn from your mistakes.
Demon’s Souls isn’t likely to convert many new players to this kind of game design, but fans of gruelling but gratifying game experiences are in for a treat.
Sackboy: A Big Adventure Photo by SIE
Platform: PlayStation 5 (reviewed), PlayStation 4
Developer:Sumo Digital
If you’re among the many gamers who spent more time just enjoying the creative level design and unabashedly upbeat vibe of the LittleBigPlanet games rather than actively creating and sharing content using its game editing modules, then Sackboy: A Big Adventure is tailor made for your tastes. It drops all the make-your-own-game stuff and simply offers, as it name suggests, a great big platforming adventure in a fully 3D world — a first for the series.
It’s easy to get distracted with all the fun PlayStation 5 wizzbangery Sony injected into this one. You can use the system’s new Activity Cards to check your progress on specific levels and jump straight into them from the Home screen, as well as access tidbits of help throughout the game. And there’s no question it looks great, loaded with textures for objects like sponges and cloth that look so real and detailed you’ll want to reach into the screen and run your hand across them.
But these next-gen bonuses eventually fade into the background, leaving us to focus on the game itself, which — happily — is a lot of fun.
It doesn’t take a lot of risks. You’ll run around a little hub world choosing visiting shops and choosing levels filled with various running and jumping challenges, plus some signature Sackboy moves involving tugging, pushing and hanging onto stuff. But it’s well executed and wonderfully easy to just sit down and play for 20 minutes here or there.
Plus, the action is set to a buoyant soundtrack filled with music that perfectly matches the family-friendly hijinks. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself humming these tunes long after you stop playing.
Dirt 5 Photo by Codemasters
Platform: Xbox Series X|S (reviewed), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Windows PC
2020 marks the first time in a decade that Microsoft’s popular series of Forza racing games has taken a year off (strange timing, given the launch of Xbox Series X|S), leaving a car-sized hole in the game release calendars of driving aficionados.
Happily, gearheads can still quench their lust for dust this fall with Codemasters’ Dirt 5, a straightforward arcade-style racer that looks lovely running on next-generation hardware.
Car games have always been used as platforms to show off the potential of new consoles and this one is no different, delivering photorealistic rides with sophisticated lighting effects that include near-perfect reflections of the gorgeously muddy, hilly, icy environments through which the game’s rally cars can be found careening at break-neck speeds.
Indeed, it’s the thrilling sense of velocity paired with an accessible interface — this is a game in which, with the right assists turned on, drifting almost takes of itself — that makes it so easy to move from one race to the next through an otherwise pretty basic career mode. It just makes driving feel fun.
There are also other ways to play beyond the career mode, including local and online multiplayer, a trick-based Gymkhana mode, and the ability to create and share your own short tracks.
It may not be as deep or sophisticated as many other modern racers, but Dirt 5 is nonetheless an entertaining outlet for engine revving on Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Photo by Ubisoft
Developer:Ubisoft Montreal
When we look back on the launch of this generation of consoles, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla –— perhaps the most ballyhooed third-party game made for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S — is bound to hold a prominent place in many gamers’ memories, if for no other reason than that they’re likely to spend somewhere north of 60 hours working through its huge story.
Set in the 9th century and focused on the notoriously aggressive Viking expansion tactics of the era, it provides us with an enormous, sumptuous world filled with fascinating historical personalities, locations and political turmoil. In turns educational and entertaining, exploring England as an invader and doing things like discovering the legacy of famed Viking warrior Ragnar Lothbrok is rarely anything short of exhilarating.
Players take on the role of a young Viking named Eivor — whose gender identity can be chosen by the player — intent on serving revenge to those who killed their parents. But the plot grows far beyond these humble beginnings as our hero — who, as customary for the series, is actually just a construct of memories accessed by a modern-day protagonist using a fictional device called the Animus — gradually becomes aware of the ancient and complicated conflict between the ideologies of control and freedom that has driven Assassin’s Creed lore since its inception.
It doesn’t take any particularly daring risks compared to its two most recent predecessors, Assassin’s Creed Origins and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but it does refine the formula established by those games. Combat is quicker and more brutal, befitting the types of warriors involved, but still offers options for tactical planning as well as some exquisitely animated choreography.
The franchise’s famous environment traversal mechanics — essentially parkour — are similarly streamlined yet no less satisfying, thanks largely to the undeniable compulsion the game instills in players to keep moving to see what lies beyond the next ridge or river. Exploration is a driving force.
And, of course, it looks phenomenal and runs smooth as an oil slick on next-generation hardware. Players looking for a substantial game that shows off the graphical capabilities of their new systems that will keep them busy well into next year won’t be disappointed in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Photo by Sega
Platform:Xbox Series X|S (reviewed), Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Windows PC
Developer:Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Quick Yakuza primer: Sega’s epic crime syndicate series focuses on flashy gangsters involved in violent antics within Japan’s seedy underworld, featuring action-packed brawls, loads of side quests and mini-games, and limited sandbox design. Characters are known (and oddly beloved) for their corny dialog, yet most entries somehow still manage to tell propulsive and memorable stories led by an antihero worth rooting for.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the eighth game in the series, embraces most of these elements — particularly in some of its sillier character exchanges and broad range of mini-games — but takes a big detour when it comes to combat, which is now turn-based rather than real-time.
Players take on the role of new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga, a gangster who finds himself embroiled in a somewhat melodramatic series of illicit events involving the Arakawa crime family. We control Ichiban — and several of his associates — in tactical brawls, where the action pauses between moves, allowing players to select character-specific attacks in a manner similar to traditional turn-based role-playing games. Most fights aren’t particularly long or overly complicated, but they often take a bit of tactical thinking. More importantly, they represent a breath of fresh air in a series that’s been growing a bit long in the tooth.
It helps, too, that the whole game has been optimized for Xbox Series X|S. Building architecture and city streets aren’t as impressive as in some other next-generation launch games, but character models are mesmerizing, detailed all the way down to the stitching patterns on clothes.
This one definitely won’t be for all tastes, but players with a penchant for Japanese culture and a love of tactical combat are bound to find a little slice of criminal soap opera heaven in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Godfall Photo by Gearbox
Platform: PlayStation 5 (reviewed), Windows PC
Developer:Counterplay Games
Publisher:Gearbox Publishing
Our recommendation of Godfall comes with more caveats than other games on this list, but a specific subset of players is bound to have a great time with Gearbox’s quirky “looter-slasher.”
It’s set in a flamboyant fantasy world reminiscent of Asgard as presented in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, filled with impossibly shiny alien metals and too-bright colours that, if nothing else, show off the impressive processing prowess of the PlayStation 5. And its characters, a collection of superhuman warrior avatars battling mythical monsters in an attempt keep a man named Macros from acquiring the power of a god, are majestic in their madly elaborate suits of plated mail.
Members of Godfall‘s development team have a history with Bungie working on the Destiny games, and it can be felt in the combat and design. Players may be using swords and shields instead of rifles and rocket launchers, but they’ll quickly fall into the familiar routine of fighting small groups of enemies en route to big boss encounters, collecting a never-ending stream of weapons and gear ranked by rarity and completing random objective quests while grinding to gain experience, resources and, of course, more loot.
It grows repetitive, but the dodging, blocking, parrying, slashing combat — while a bit overly complicated at times — should prove challenging and gratifying enough to keep fans of this sort of game moving forward. The slightly gaudy next-gen visual spectacle is just gravy.
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Photo by Insomniac Games
Developer:Insomniac Games
If there’s an essential PlayStation 5 launch game, this is it. Not just because it was built to show off the console’s advanced graphics, 3D audio, and new DualSense controller features, but because it’s a lot of fun and tells a great story, to boot.
It marries the world of Sony’s hit PlayStation 4 game Marvel’s Spider-Man with that of the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, introducing us to a broad cast of interesting, likeable characters as our titular hero takes on the task of protecting Manhattan while “the other Spider-Man” goes on a European vacation. It’s jam-packed with funny, heartwarming, wholesome scenes and dialogue.
And it’s a pleasure to play. Swiftly and effortlessly swinging through corridors of New York skyscrapers is exhilarating, and the combat choreography is stunningly cinematic. If it weren’t for the repetitive nature of some side activities — such as tracking down loot stashes and saving civilians — it would earn must-have status.
As is, it’s still the best game to show off PlayStation 5’s potential to players of all ages — especially if you want to have a terrific time in the process.
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Rhodium, a Rare Platinum Group Metal, and Its Applications
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Rhodium is a rare platinum group metal (PGM) that is chemically stable at high temperatures, resistant to corrosion and mainly used in the production of automobile catalytic converters.
Atomic Symbol: Rh
Atomic Number: 45
Element Category: Transition metal
Density: 12.41 g/cm³
Melting Point: 3567°F (1964°C)
Boiling Point: 6683°F (3695°C)
Moh's Hardness: 6.0
Rhodium is a hard, silver-colored metal that is very stable and has a high melting point. Rhodium metal is resistant to corrosion and, as a PGM, it shares the group’s exceptional catalytic properties.
The metal has a high reflectance, is hard and durable, and has both a low electrical resistance as well as a low and stable contact resistance.
In 1803, William Hyde Wollaston was able to isolate palladium from other PGMs and, consequently, in 1804, he isolated rhodium from the reaction products.
Wollaston dissolved platinum ore in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids) before adding ammonium chloride and iron to obtain palladium. He then found that rhodium could be drawn from the chloride salts that remained.
Wollaston applied aqua regia then a reduction process with hydrogen gas to obtain rhodium metal. The remaining metal showed a pink hue and was named after the Greek word "rodon", meaning 'rose'.
Rhodium is extracted as a byproduct of platinum and nickel mining. Owing to its rarity and the complex and expensive process required to isolate the metal, there are very few naturally occurring ore bodies that provide economical sources of rhodium.
Like most PGMs, rhodium production is focused around the Bushveld complex in South Africa. The country accounts for over 80 percent of the world's rhodium production, while other sources include the Sudbury basin in Canada and the Norilsk Complex in Russia.
PMGs are found in various minerals, including dunite, chromite, and norite.
The first step in extracting rhodium from the ore is precipitating precious metals such as gold, silver, palladium, and platinum. The remaining ore is treated with sodium bisulfate NaHSO4 and melted, resulting in rhodium (III) sulfate, Rh2(SO4)3.
Rhodium hydroxide is then precipitated out using sodium hydroxide, while hydrochloric acid is added to produce H3RhCl6. This compound is treated with ammonium chloride and sodium nitrite to form a precipitate of rhodium.
The precipitate is dissolved in hydrochloric acid, and the solution is heated until residual contaminants are burnt off, leaving behind the pure rhodium metal.
According to Impala Platinum, global production of rhodium is limited to only about 1 million troy ounces annually (or roughly 28 metric tons) annually, whereas, in comparison, 207 metric tons of palladium were produced in 2011.
About one-quarter of rhodium production comes from secondary sources, mainly recycled catalytic converters, while the remainder is extracted from ore. Large rhodium producers include Anglo Platinum, Norilsk Nickel, and Impala Platinum.
According to the US Geological Survey, autocatalysts accounted for 77 percent of all rhodium demand in 2010. Three-way catalytic converters for gasoline engines use rhodium to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxide to nitrogen.
Roughly 5 percent to 7 percent of global rhodium consumption is used by the chemical sector. Rhodium and platinum-rhodium catalysts are used in the production of oxo-alcohol manufacturing as well as to produce nitric oxide, a raw material for fertilizers, explosives, and nitric acid.
Glass production accounts for a further 3 percent to 6 percent of rhodium consumption each year. Because of their high melting points, strength and resistance to corrosion, rhodium, and platinum can be alloyed to form vessels that hold and shape molten glass. Also of importance is that alloys containing rhodium do not react with, or oxidize, the glass at high temperatures. Other rhodium uses in glass production include:
To form bushings, which are used to produce glass fiber by drawing molten glass through holes (see photo).
In the production of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) because of the higher temperatures required to melt raw materials and the quality of glass required.
In the production of screen glass for cathode ray tube (CRT) displays.
Other uses for rhodium:
As a finish for jewelry (electroplating white gold)
As a finish for mirrors
In optical instruments
In electrical connections
In alloys for aircraft turbine engines and spark plugs
In nuclear reactors as a detector of neutron flux levels
In thermocouples
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'Lincoln Rhyme' Cast on the 'True & Faithful' Adaptation of 'Bone Collector' (VIDEO)
Meredith Jacobs January 16, 2020, 3:30 pm
If you're familiar with Jeffery Deaver's novel and its subsequent sequels, you'll likely recognize many aspects of the new NBC drama, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector.
"It's a true and faithful adaptation," series star Russell Hornsby said when he, Arielle Kebbel, and Michael Imperioli sat down with TV Insider's Jim Halterman.
Russell Hornsby on Lincoln Rhyme & Amelia's Alliance in the 'Hunt for the Bone Collector'
'There's a symbiotic relationship between these two,' the star says.
"The beauty of having all 14 novels at our disposal is that you have a wonderful road map," Hornsby continued. "We follow the yellow brick road, but also you're able to take detours." For example, while serial killers are represented as men, they can change that up and "adapt for audiences for 2020 and beyond," the star explained.
While the focus is on hunting for the Bone Collector, each episode will have "very unique and specific" cases that require Lincoln (Hornsby) and the team to investigate, Imperioli previewed.
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In addition to their crime-solving, we will also learn about their personal lives. For example, Kebbel noted that the pilot revealed Amelia's backstory when it came to her younger sister. And sometimes work may get personal as well, with Imperioli teasing "certain cases that are touchstones and push buttons" for all the characters.
Watch the video above for more about the NBC drama and its characters.
'Lincoln Rhyme' Cast & EPs Preview the 'Hunt for the Bone Collector'
'There will be a satisfying payoff to the Bone Collector story at the end of the first season,' exec producer Peter Traugott promises.
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, Fridays, 8/7c, NBC
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‘Cowboys for Trump’ Leader Arrested by FBI for Capitol Riot
'YOU WANNA FIGHT?'
Couy Griffin, an elected New Mexico county commissioner, told Inside Edition “there will never be a Biden presidency” and then claimed he will bring guns to D.C. this week.
Playboy to Drop Lohan Spread Early
Updated Apr. 24, 2017 12:53PM ET / Published Dec. 09, 2011 8:42PM ET
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In an attempt to keep the Internet from ruining sales of its upcoming Lindsay Lohan cover issue, Playboy will release the magazine earlier than expected. Hugh Hefner confirmed via Twitter, “Because of the interest and the Internet leak, we’re releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early.” And for good measure he added, “The Lindsay Lohan issue of Playboy is going to be a true Collector’s Edition,” noting that the flailing actress’s name “was the top search name on the Internet yesterday. Her issue goes on sale late next week. Hot. Hot. Hot.” Lohan will reportedly receive $1 million for the photos and interview featured in the highly anticipated issue.
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Israel-China Relations: Staring Into the Abyss of US-Chinese Decoupling
By James M. Dorsey, June 9, 2020 in Global HotSpots
Israel will have to walk a fine line between accommodating the U.S. and maintaining freedom of relations with China.
Germany’s Special Responsibility for Hong Kong
By Johannes Vogel, June 8, 2020 in Future of Asia
Why we must defend Hong Kong’s freedom like West Berlin’s in its day.
Hong Kong and Beijing: A Tale of Two Cities
By Philip Bowring, May 28, 2020 in Future of Asia
The current protests show that Hong Kongers aren’t just interested in money, and mainland elites worry that Hong Kong won’t remain a separate territory where they can safely store their money.
The Globalist Chartroom: Peak China
By The Globalist, May 22, 2020 in Future of Asia
A collection of charts, graphs and maps exploring what China leads the world in.
Two Sessions – One Outcome?
By Tom Clifford, May 20, 2020 in Future of Asia
For the first time since Mao passed away in 1976, China does not expect tomorrow to be better than today.
COVID 19 Today and China’s Great Famine
By César Chelala and Stephan Richter, May 16, 2020 in Global Pairings
Are there any lessons to be learned from China 60 years ago for today’s world, which is facing the worst pandemic of the past 100 years?
Trump Threatens China
By Holger Schmieding, May 5, 2020 in EconoMatters
Will Trump unleash a new trade war that could seriously impede the post-corona recovery?
After COVID 19: Asian Countries and Investing in the US
By Shihoko Goto, April 27, 2020 in EconoMatters, Future of Asia
COVID 19 will change trade relations among Asian countries themselves, as well as between the U.S. and Asia.
Time for China and the WHO to Fess Up
By John West, April 20, 2020 in Global Pairings
The Australian government’s proposal for an independent international enquiry on the COVID 19 crisis is a much-needed constructive initiative.
China’s Global Role: The 2010 Perspective
By Stephen S. Roach, April 14, 2020 in Globalist Analysis
Why does China have to step up and take the helm of global economic reform?
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1846 manslaughter conviction after pub brawl
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St Helier was a busy port in the mid-19th century. The Chronique de Jersey provides a good record of ship movements, and also of the troubles the crews go into when tavern brawls got out of hand.
On Wednesday 17 December 1845 the newspaper reported that 23 ships had entered port and 16 had left the previous week. They came and went to a surprising variety of ports, including Guernsey, Southampton, London, Hartlepool, Newcastle and Liverpool; St Malo, Granville and St Brieuc, in France, and such overseas ports as Lisbon and Havana.
This could be a headache for Constable of St Helier Pierre Le Sueur and his Centeniers, who were kept busy removing drunks from the streets, breaking up tavern brawls and investigating more serious crimes when arguments between sailors turned to violence.
Among the arrivals on the 12th had been the Comus, a coal ship from Hartlepool, skippered by Capt Gotterel with John Noon as mate. As soon as the crew were allowed ashore they began drinking.
William Le Gros' inn in Mulcaster Street was a favourite tavern close to the piers and on the night of 13 December 13 it was packed with seamen including Noon, who had booked a room for the night with friend Thomas Hodge, a crewman from the schooner Syren.
But by 11 o'clock that night Hodge was found lying dead on the floor by Constable’s Officer Jean Du Parcq, and a fight was still in progress.
The Constable was called, along with Henry Luce Manuel, another Constable's Officer, and they questioned everybody present. Most were sailors from the Syren, who had been sitting at the same table, drinking, laughing and joking when the mistress of the house took exception to their language.
Noon, well the worse for wear for drink, refused to be quiet and the landlord ordered him out. He refused and while Hodge was trying to manhandle him outside, he was stabbed in the thigh with a knife.
Severed artery
Hodge fell to the floor holding a large gash in his leg which was bleeding profusely. This is when the brawl started, allowing Noon to escape before the police arrived. A doctor was called for but Hodge had already bled to death from a severed artery.
Constable Le Sueur, Centenier George Le Cronier and Constable's Office Manuel went to the Comus and Le Cronier found Noon asleep, although he denied that he was the wanted man and then escaped again during the confusion which followed. After another scuffle he was detained and taken to prison.
He refused to confirm that he had been at the tavern with Hodge and became violent, breaking the furniture in his cell. Constable Le Sueur decided that he had sufficient eye-witness statements to charge Noon with murder and he was brought before the Royal Court two days later.
First court hearing
Defended by Advocate Francois Godfray Noon appeared before Bailiff Jean de Veulle and entered a plea of ‘not guilty’.
Constable Le Sueur presented the case and said that the accused's hat had been found in Le Gros' inn and identified by several of the seamen present that night.
Capt gave evidence that, when he had last seen Noon, he had been perfectly sober. This was at 7 o'clock on the evening of the fight.
Other witnesses were called who identified Noon and the bloodstained clothes of Thomas Hodge, which were exhibited to the Court.
Advocate Godfray asked for more time to prepare his case, to which the Court agreed, despite the opposition of the Attorney-General.
Grande Enquete
As was common at the time, a second trial was followed by the ultimate hearing before a Grande Enquete on 10 February 1846, presided over by Lieut-Bailiff Edward Leonard Bisson, with fellow Jurats Philippe Winter Nicolle, Charles Bertram, Jean Le Couteur, Philippe Picot, Jean Pelgue, Philippe be Gallais and Francois Arthur.
The jury comprised Jean Chevalier, Richard Du Parcq, Thomas Sorel, Jean Binet, Henry Mahy, Philippe Fauvel, Daniel Trachy, Jean Alexandre, Jean Marett, Charles Le Gallais, George Coutanche, Thomas Monamie and James Dumaresq.
Noon admitted stabbing Hodge but said that he did not mean to kill him, and the Court found him guilty of manslaughter rather than murder, undoubtedly sparing his life. The Court decided to petition the Queen for a sentence of transportation for a period of at least seven years, with all his property confiscated.
Queen's decision
The records of the Privy Council that only a fortnight later, in the presence of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, the Court’s findings were upheld and the Queen ordered:
"John Noon to be transported out of the Island of Jersey to Van Diemen's land, or some one or other of the Islands adjacent thereto, for the term of seven years. The period of his transportation to commence from the 10th day of February 1846."
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45,000 barrels of bourbon lost in fire at Jim Beam facility
Two barrel houses at the Jim Beam aging facility in Versailles, Kentucky caught fire Tuesday night, resulting in a loss of 45,000 barrels of "relatively young whiskey." No injuries have been reported.
"We are thankful that no one was injured in this incident, and we are grateful to the courageous firefighters from multiple jurisdictions who brought the fire under control and prevented it from spreading," the company said in a statement according to NBC affiliate LEX 18. "Initial reports suggest the fire resulted from a lightning strike, and we will work with local authorities to confirm the cause and to remediate the impacts."
8+ hours later, the fire continues to burn at this Jim Beam property in Woodford County. Emergency Management officials tell me they expect it to last for several more hours.@LEX18Newspic.twitter.com/RHqJrQ36xd
— Alex Valverde (@AlexValverdeTV)July 3, 2019
The presence of wood and alcohol made the blaze more difficult to fight. Forty firefighters from five county fire departments were needed on the scene.
Officials told LEX 18 that lightening may have caused the fire, though it remains unconfirmed.
The fire won't affect the availability of Jim Beam across the U.S., Beam Suntory officials told LEX 18.
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Just 6 qualifiers thus far for general election
Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 11:43 am
By David Knox
Only six candidates have returned the required paperwork thus far for the Moore County general election, which includes races for Metro Council seats, which will be Thursday, Aug. 6. Nineteen individuals picked up petitions, but just the six have qualified so far as of Monday afternoon, according to Election Administrator James Sanders.
Deadline to file is two weeks away.
Council spots will be contested in districts 1, 3 and 4. Currently serving in District 1 are Sandy Lewis, Sunny Rae Moorehead and Amy Cashion. Serving in District 3 are Gordon Millsaps, Houston Lindsey and Keith Moses. Serving in District 4 are David Boyce, Arvis Bobo and Shawn Adams. At Monday night’s council meeting, Adams’ resignation was announced.
School board members will be elected from districts 2, 4 and 5. Current school board members from those districts are Chris Roberts (District 2), Ronnie Smith (4) and Lorrie McKenzie (5).
Also on the ballot will be assessor of property, road superintendent and urban service district.
Those qualified so far are: Christopher P. Bateman (for Superintendent of Roads), Peggy S. Blackburn (for 4th District Metro Council); Nathan E. Buchanan (4th District Metro Council); incumbent Wayne Darin Harrison (Assessor of Property); Greg A. Thompson (2nd District School Board) and Tanya S. Vann (5th District School Board).
You must have signatures of at least 25 registered voters on a petition to file to run, although Sanders said he prefers 40-50 to make sure the names are good, registered voters.
Deadline to file to run in the general election is noon on Thursday, April 2.
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NORTHERN IRELAND DESTINATION GUIDE
As the world leader in travel experiences since 1947, we connect you to the real Northern Ireland in a way like no other. Carved out on the edge of the North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Ireland is a divine slice of the Emerald Isle. From the captivating cliffs of Donegal, to the monumental steps of the Giant’s Causeway, the beauty of Northern Ireland is truly staggering. After Ireland was split in two in 1921, the northern partition became part of the United Kingdom, and our Northern Ireland tours will help you gain a deeper understanding of the region. The dramatic landscapes are dotted with gorgeous villages, where ancient castles and fortifications stand in near perfect condition. The urban showpiece is the capital of Belfast, with a twinkling waterfront, regal Victorian architecture and affable locals with a quick-witted sense of humor. Our trips to Belfast will take you from the thrilling museum in the Titanic Quarter, where the ill-fated ship set sail, to the top of Cave Hill with sweeping views over the city. Travel with us and unlock the infinite possibilities thanks to our exclusive Trafalgar Highlights.
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From the captivating cliffs of Donegal, to the monumental steps of the Giant’s Causeway, the beauty of Northern Ireland is truly staggering. Join your expert Trafalgar Travel Director and explore the dramatic landscapes, gorgeous villages and ancient castles of this divine slice of the Emerald Isle.
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See the City Hall in Belfast
Originally built to celebrate Belfast’s new status as a city, the City Hall is one of the most beloved Belfast tourist attractions. We’ll show you around this grand monument to history, or you can relax on the grassy grounds, with the Belfast Wheel in the background.
Walk on the Derry City Walls
We’ll take you on a journey through history to the Derry City Walls, one of the most historically important places to visit in Northern Ireland. Surrounding the old city center of Derry, the city walls are a 17th-century fortification with panoramic views of the region. Incredibly, most of the original structure is still standing.
Feel the Irish Spirit at St George's Market
Completed in 1896, St George’s Market is the last surviving Victorian market in Belfast and one of the oldest Belfast attractions. There are markets every Friday and Sunday and you can explore local produce, secondhand treasures, traditional arts and crafts, Irish homewares, and live music in this beautiful building.
Explore the town of Donegal
With its wild mountains, sandy beaches and glittering lakes, Donegal is one of the most remarkable places in Europe. The scenic highlight of any Northern Ireland travel experience, we’ll take you through pretty Donegal Town, with a serene harbour, the 15th-century Donegal Abbey and the ancient Donegal Castle.
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Take a drive with Trafalgar up the gorgeous Antrim coastal road to the Giant’s Causeway, where you can see the natural spectacle of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. It’s one of the most iconic things to do in Northern Ireland, and your trip will also ‘Make a Difference' by helping to preserve this natural wonder.
Our Belfast tours take in the best museums and galleries in Northern Ireland. See an ancient Egyptian mummy at the Botanic gardens and discover the vivid history of the Titanic.
Located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, the Ulster Museum is a vast display of fine art, botany, geology, culture and local and European history. It’s the largest museum in Northern Ireland with everything from dinosaur skeletons to an ancient Egyptian mummy.
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With a hearty cuisine filled with delicious breads, meats, pancakes and potatoes in every form, you’ll need to bring your appetite for a tour of Northern Ireland.
Although the Republic of Ireland (the southern partition of Ireland) uses the Euro, Northern Ireland uses the Pound sterling, so you’ll need to change currencies at the border.
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Dimensions of Diversity - Passion for Helping People Turns to PRIDE
Christin Anniannis, Trane Technologies Health & Safety leader, shares her dimensions of diversity
Christin Anniannis is passionate about helping people. As Director of Health & Safety at Trane Technologies, she was part of the team who spearheading the efforts to keep our people safe amid the Coronavirus pandemic. And for 10 years before that, she’d been working to make sure team members in our manufacturing plants return home safely each day.
Her passion for helping people also includes creating an inclusive culture at work—so people feel safe to show up with their whole, authentic selves. For Christin, that required some courage and the decision to step outside her comfort zone. It started when she was approached to join the steering committee of PRIDE, our Employee Resource Group (ERG) for people who identify as LGBTQ and their allies.
“I came up through other manufacturing companies and experienced the struggle of feeling like I couldn’t be my authentic self at work,” Christin said. “I spent those early years worrying that, if I openly identified as a lesbian, the work I did to promote safety and well-being would get lost.
“Identifying as LGBTQ is just a small part of who we are, yet some of us fear that’s the only part people will identify with. I don’t want people to struggle with this like I did early in my career—and at Trane Technologies, I’m proud to say that they don’t have to.”
A great journey
In case you’re still wondering, Christin did join the PRIDE ERG steering committee, and in 2017 she became co-chair.
And what has it been like?
“I’ve found that the more you share your authentic self, the more comfortable you get and the more open you can be,” she said. “Things just start to flow.”
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We looked into the state of email threats and security in 2017 to provide a clearer picture of what organizations are up against — and what can protect them.
Email is a perennial tool for businesses, enabling effective communication between colleagues, clients, and vendors. Due to its functionality and the overall system that it runs on, it can serve as a pipeline for important elements that fuel the engine of a business operation. To no one’s surprise, it has also become cybercriminals’ bait for their malicious quests.
Email remains a common infection vector for malware and other threats: In 2017, data from Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ security infrastructure revealed that 94 percent of ransomware threats were found in email, while business email compromise (BEC) scams showed a 106 percent increase from the first half of the year to the second. Over the years, organizations worldwide have suffered through hefty payouts, paralyzed systems, and damaged reputations simply because of a malicious Microsoft Word document or PDF attachment.
The Trend Micro™ Cloud App Security™ solution is an API-based service protecting the Microsoft® Office 365™ Exchange™ Online, OneDrive® for Business, and SharePoint® Online platforms. It acts as a second layer of protection after email and files have passed through Office 365 scanning. It aims to counter the proliferation of email threats by using machine learning and sandbox malware analysis for ransomware, BEC, and other advanced threats. Cloud App Security can detect both known and unknown email threats that attempt to infiltrate cloud services.
Cloud App Security detected 65,000 known Trojans, worms, viruses, and backdoors for the whole of 2017. With its improved classification engine in Q2, Cloud App Security managed to detect over 50,000 ransomware and 3,000 BEC threats in the last three quarters of 2017. More than 260,000 unknown email threats were also blocked by the pre-execution machine learning and sandbox engines. In the same period, 2.8 million known malicious links as well as over 190,000 phishing emails were blocked. Not counting Office 365 threat scans using its own built-in security, Cloud App Security was able to detect and block 3.4 million high-risk email threats.
We, along with businesses and the rest of the security industry, continue to up the ante in our battle against email threats. However, cybercriminals also adapt and change their methods to continue targeting users. We looked into the state of email threats and security in 2017 to provide a clearer picture of what organizations are up against — and what can protect them.
Email-borne ransomware were advanced and pervasive.
Ransomware continued to proliferate in 2017, and Locky took the spotlight with its massive spam campaigns. Locky was first detected in 2016 and has since continued to spread through different methods, particularly spam email. Kentucky-based Methodist Hospital was targeted with digital extortion via a malicious email carrying the Locky ransomware. In 2017, Locky became the most widely distributed email-borne ransomware. A large spam campaign, detected distributing Locky alongside another ransomware called FakeGlobe, launched millions of attacks in a single day. Notably, one of the latest Locky variants used Word documents with malicious macro, but coded to run and download the ransomware after the user closes the file.
The email-abusing Cerber ransomware, which was tagged as the most prolific ransomware family in the threat landscape, was notable for its evolution. At its peak in 2017, it attempted to counter the security industry’s adoption of machine learning solutions. This Cerber variant was distributed via emails that claimed to be from utility companies. To infect the system, the emails contained a link to a self-extracting archive, and the operators behind Cerber intended to trick users to download and open it. The following flowchart illustrates what happens after.
In our coverage of unique Cerber samples, we found that the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, and Australia were the most affected.
Meanwhile, a ransomware variant sporting new behaviors was also discovered in late 2017. Samples of qkG were found infecting the Microsoft Word Normal template (normal.dot template) on which all new, blank Word documents are based. qkG stands out as the first ransomware to scramble one file (and file type) and one of the rare file-encrypting malware written completely in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros. It also uncommonly employs malicious macro codes, unlike the usual families that use macros mainly to download the ransomware.
In addition to the abovementioned ransomware threats, other email-borne malware families pose new threats. For example, the banking Trojan TrickBot, an iteration of the older malware DYRE/Dyreza, is equipped with new capabilities designed to steal data saved by Microsoft Outlook® by opening relevant registry keys.
The abuse of email services is also common to hacking groups like Pawn Storm, which continues to use email in its relentless campaign to target not just businesses but also governments. In the second half of 2017, Pawn Storm launched credential phishing and spear-phishing attacks against several organizations by exploiting the preview pane of Outlook Web Access (OWA).
BEC attacks were crafty and costly.
In hindsight, it may seem easy to spot maliciously decorated emails using bare observations that don’t require complex security solutions. The truth, however, is that businesses can still be misled when tricked with sophisticated BEC scams.
BEC scams have proven to be so vicious that even software and technology companies were not spared. In early 2017, social engineering tactics were launched against Google and Facebook. The two tech titans had been reportedly defrauded of over $100 million by a man who allegedly used falsified invoices and convinced both companies that he was a member of a partner manufacturing company. Fortunately, most of the losses for both companies were recouped after the incident.
We predict that BEC incidents are on track to multiply this year, with global losses expected to reach $9 billion. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that BEC scams have now been reported in over a hundred countries, showing a 2,370 percent increase in identified exposed losses between January 2015 and December 2016.
Using state-of-the-art protection against email threats.
Given that email is still the most common infection vector for malware threats, organizations need multiple layers of protection to combat email-borne threats that continue to evolve and spread.
Last year, we became the first email security vendor to use machine learning-based antimalware in our security products. The pre-execution machine learning finds unknown malware before sandbox analysis for added protection and a quicker decision on suspicious files. Integrated into Cloud App Security, the advanced security technology protects Office 365 users.
Cloud App Security has a document exploit detection engine that discovers malware hidden in Microsoft Office files, and an artificial intelligence feature that checks email behavior and intention to identify BEC scams. It detects incoming and internal phishing attacks by using extensive threat intelligence from Smart Protection Network to find and block links hidden in the message body and email attachments that lead to malware. Cloud App Security scans internal email and file sharing services to detect attacks already in progress and discovers criminal attempts to infiltrate organizations from compromised accounts or devices. In addition, it discovers unknown malware using pattern-less technologies by utilizing behavior analysis with sandbox technology and shares intelligence learned during analysis with other security layers.
Building a culture of security to counter email threats.
Ransomware, BEC, and other threats will only continue to abuse email as it has proven to be one of the most easily utilized platforms to gain a foothold in an organization. Aside from using multilayered email security solutions, the workforce is key to keeping an organization safe from cybercriminals. Building a culture of security to combat email threats is imperative in protecting businesses’ most important communication tool.
Using a multilayered identification process for transferring funds can mitigate BEC scams. IT professionals and organization employees should be trained to look out for BEC indicators and practice proper email protocols such as inspecting inbound and outbound messages. Stopping email-borne ransomware from infecting endpoints and systems is also possible by adopting best practices against socially-engineered spam emails.
Moreover, cybercriminals will use different kinds of social engineering tactics to coerce potential victims into downloading files or giving out sensitive information, so it is important to educate employees on how to avoid phishing attacks. Simple steps, such as bookmarking trusted websites and never clicking on links accompanied by suspicious promises, go a long way.
Network administrators should ensure that antispam filters, including policy management and threat detection level thresholds, are properly configured. IT professionals should adopt security measures such as Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Sender ID, DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) to prevent the spoofing of the company domain.
If cybercriminals have already successfully infiltrated the organization’s network, there are recovery steps that can be followed. No matter how well-implemented the company’s security policies are, there can be occasional or accidental gaps. Recoveries for such attacks depend on the scenario and on the threat’s payload. For phishing attacks, a password reset followed by proactive email deletion should be the priority. Network administrators should also notify users in advance not to click on unverified email links or executable files.
Email threats are advanced, pervasive, and costly, but with the combination of workforce cybersecurity awareness and solutions like Trend Micro Cloud App Security, they can be stopped before causing havoc.
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161. Deep Friction Massage Versus Steroid Injection in the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis. Full Text available with Trip Pro
Deep Friction Massage Versus Steroid Injection in the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis. The aim of the study was to determine the efficacy of deep friction massage in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis by comparing outcomes with a control group treated with splinting and therapy and with an experimental group receiving a local steroid injection.A randomized clinical trial was conducted to compare outcomes after recruitment of consecutive patients presenting with lateral epicondylitis (...) . Patients were randomized to receive one of 3 treatments: group 1: splinting and stretching, group 2: a cortisone injection, or group 3: a lidocaine injection with deep friction massage. Pretreatment and posttreatment parameters of visual analog scale (VAS) pain ratings, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) scores, and grip strength were measured.Outcomes were measured at early follow-up (6-12 weeks) and at 6-month follow-up. There was a significant improvement in VAS pain score in all
2018 Hand (New York, N.Y.) Controlled trial quality: uncertain
162. Effects of feet reflexology versus segmental massage in reducing pain and its intensity, frequency and duration of the attacks in females with migraine: a pilot study. (Abstract)
Effects of feet reflexology versus segmental massage in reducing pain and its intensity, frequency and duration of the attacks in females with migraine: a pilot study. To evaluate the effects of feet reflexology versus segmental massage in reducing pain and its intensity, frequency and duration of the attacks in females suffering from migraine.Forty eight females aged 33-58, suffering from migraine for 2 to 10 years were included in this study from November 2013 to November 2015. The study (...) protocol was carried out in Department of Chronic Diseases at the Regional Hospital in Zywiec. In the reflexology group (RG) the patients received a series of 10 treatments 2 times per week; in the segmental massage group (SMG) the patients received a series of 15 treatments 3 times per week. Pain during migraine attacks was assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS), and headache features such as intensity (IA), frequency (FA) and duration (DA) of attacks were assessed before the treatment, just
2018 Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan Controlled trial quality: uncertain
163. Short-Term Effects of Rolling Massage on Energy Cost of Running and Power of the Lower Limbs. (Abstract)
Short-Term Effects of Rolling Massage on Energy Cost of Running and Power of the Lower Limbs. Self-myofascial release (SMFR) is a type of self-massage that is becoming popular among athletes. However, SMFR's effects on running performance have not yet been investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of SMFR on the cost of running (Cr). In addition, the authors evaluated the effects of SMFR on lower-limb muscle power.Cr and lower-limb muscle power during squat jump (SJ
2018 International journal of sports physiology and performance Controlled trial quality: uncertain
164. The Effects of Traditional Massage on Spasticity and Activity of Children(2 to 10 Years) With Cerebral Palsy
The Effects of Traditional Massage on Spasticity and Activity of Children(2 to 10 Years) With Cerebral Palsy The Effects of Traditional Massage on Spasticity and Activity of Children(2 to 10 Years) With Cerebral Palsy - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov Hide glossary Glossary Study record managers: refer to the if submitting registration or results information. Search for terms x × Study Record Detail Saved Studies Save this study Warning You have reached the maximum number of saved studies (...) (100). Please remove one or more studies before adding more. The Effects of Traditional Massage on Spasticity and Activity of Children(2 to 10 Years) With Cerebral Palsy The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our for details. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier
2018 Clinical Trials
165. The Effectiveness of Short-term Massage Versus Trabert Current Therapy in Patients With Low Back Pain
The Effectiveness of Short-term Massage Versus Trabert Current Therapy in Patients With Low Back Pain The Effectiveness of Short-term Massage Versus Trabert Current Therapy in Patients With Low Back Pain - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov Hide glossary Glossary Study record managers: refer to the if submitting registration or results information. Search for terms x × Study Record Detail Saved Studies Save this study Warning You have reached the maximum number of saved studies (100). Please (...) remove one or more studies before adding more. The Effectiveness of Short-term Massage Versus Trabert Current Therapy in Patients With Low Back Pain The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our for details. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03772093 Recruitment Status : Completed First Posted : December 11, 2018 Last Update Posted : December 11
166. Massage for simple obesity: a systematic review protocol
Massage for simple obesity: a systematic review protocol Print | PDF PROSPERO This information has been provided by the named contact for this review. CRD has accepted this information in good faith and registered the review in PROSPERO. The registrant confirms that the information supplied for this submission is accurate and complete. CRD bears no responsibility or liability for the content of this registration record, any associated files or external websites. Email salutation (e.g. "Dr Smith
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167. Massage for anorexia nervosa in children: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Massage for anorexia nervosa in children: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials Print | PDF PROSPERO This information has been provided by the named contact for this review. CRD has accepted this information in good faith and registered the review in PROSPERO. The registrant confirms that the information supplied for this submission is accurate and complete. CRD bears no responsibility or liability for the content of this registration record, any associated files or external
168. Rhythmical massage improves autonomic nervous system function: a single-blind randomised controlled trial. Full Text available with Trip Pro
Rhythmical massage improves autonomic nervous system function: a single-blind randomised controlled trial. Rhythmical massage therapy (RMT) is a massage technique used in anthroposophic medicine.The authors aimed to investigate the physiological action of RMT on the cardiovascular system by analysing heart rate variability (HRV).This study was a randomised, controlled and single-blinded trial, involving 44 healthy women (mean age: (26.20 ± 4.71) years). The subjects were randomised to one (...) of three arms: RMT with aromatic oil (RA), RMT without aromatic oil (RM) or standardised sham massage (SM). In the study the subjects were exposed to a standardised stress situation followed by one of the study techniques and Holter electrocardiograms (ECGs) were recorded for 24 h.HRV parameters were calculated from linear (time and frequency domain) and nonlinear dynamics (symbolic dynamics, Poincare plot analysis) of the 24-h Holter ECG records.Short- and long-term effects of massage on autonomic
2018 Journal of integrative medicine Controlled trial quality: uncertain
169. Effect of aromatherapy massage on anxiety, depression, and physiologic parameters in older patients with the acute coronary syndrome: A randomized clinical trial. Full Text available with Trip Pro
Effect of aromatherapy massage on anxiety, depression, and physiologic parameters in older patients with the acute coronary syndrome: A randomized clinical trial. This study aimed to investigate the effect of aromatherapy massage on anxiety, depression, and physiologic parameters in older patients with acute coronary syndrome.This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 90 older women with acute coronary syndrome. The participants were randomly assigned into the intervention and control (...) of physiological parameters revealed a statistically significant reduction (P < .05) in systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, and heart rate. However, no significant difference was observed in the respiratory rate.Aromatherapy massage can be considered by clinical nurses an efficient therapy for alleviating psychological and physiological responses among older women suffering from acute coronary syndrome.© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
2018 International journal of nursing practice Controlled trial quality: uncertain
170. The effect of rolling massage on the excitability of the corticospinal pathway. Full Text available with Trip Pro
The effect of rolling massage on the excitability of the corticospinal pathway. The aim of the present study was to investigate the alterations of corticospinal excitability (motor evoked potential, MEP) and inhibition (silent period, SP) following rolling massage of the quadriceps muscles. Transcranial magnetic and femoral nerve electrical stimuli were used to elicit MEPs and compound muscle action potential (Mmax) in the vastus lateralis and vastus medialis muscles prior to and following (...) either (i) 4 sets of 90-s rolling massage (ROLLING) or (ii) rest (CONTROL). One series of neuromuscular evaluations, performed after each set of ROLLING or CONTROL, included 3 MEPs and 1 Mmax elicited every 4 s during 15-s submaximal contractions at 10% (experiment 1, n = 16) and 50% (experiment 2, n = 10) of maximal voluntary knee extensions (MVC). The MEP/Mmax ratio and electromyographic activity recorded from vastus lateralis at 10% MVC demonstrated significantly lower values during ROLLING than
2018 Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme Controlled trial quality: uncertain
171. Effects of point massage of liver and stomach channel combined with pith and trotter soup on postpartum lactation start time. (Abstract)
Effects of point massage of liver and stomach channel combined with pith and trotter soup on postpartum lactation start time. Delay in lactation initiation causes maternal anxiety and subsequent adverse impact on maternal exclusive breast feeding. It is important to explore a safe and convenient way to promote lactation initiation. The feasibility of point massage of liver and stomach channel combined with pith and trotter soup on prevention of delayed lactation initiation was investigated (...) in the present study. 320 women were enrolled and randomly divided into four groups, control group (80 women), point massage group (80 women), pith and trotter soup group (80 women), and massage + soup group (80 women) to compare the lactation initiation time. We found that women in point massage group, pith and trotter soup group and massage + soup group had earlier initiation of lactation compared with control group. Women in massage + soup group had the earliest initiation time of lactation. There were
2018 Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Controlled trial quality: uncertain
172. The effect of a short course of moderate pressure sunflower oil massage on the weight gain velocity and length of NICU stay in preterm infants. (Abstract)
The effect of a short course of moderate pressure sunflower oil massage on the weight gain velocity and length of NICU stay in preterm infants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of five-day course of sunflower oil massage with moderate pressure on the weight gain and length of NICU stay in preterm infants.Forty-four healthy preterm infants with a corrected gestational age of 30-36 weeks at the time of the study, were randomly assigned to the study group receiving body massage (...) with sunflower oil and the control group receiving only routine NICU care. The massage was performed three times per day, each session including three consecutive five-minute stages, for five days. The primary outcome was to evaluate the efficacy of a short course of moderate pressure sunflower oil massage on the weight gain velocity. The secondary outcome was to compare the length of NICU stay between the two groups.During the study period, the increase in the average daily and fifth-day weight gain
173. Effects of Self-Knee Massage With Ginger Oil in Patients With Osteoarthritis: An Experimental Study. (Abstract)
Effects of Self-Knee Massage With Ginger Oil in Patients With Osteoarthritis: An Experimental Study. The purpose of our study was to assess the effects of self-knee massage with ginger oil on pain and daily living activities in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Participants (N = 68) were asked about their sociodemographic characteristics, pain level in the last week using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and functionality in activities of daily living with the Western Ontario and McMaster (...) Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Standard treatment prescribed by a physician was given to the patients with osteoarthritis. In addition to the standard treatment, self-knee massage with ginger oil twice a week was recommended to the intervention group (n = 34). At the end of the first and fifth week, participants in both groups were assessed regarding pain and functional state.The mean VAS Pain scores of the intervention group were significantly lower at the end of the first and fifth weeks (p
2018 Research and Theory for Nursing Practice Controlled trial quality: uncertain
174. A comparison of the effects of exercises plus connective tissue massage to exercises alone in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. (Abstract)
A comparison of the effects of exercises plus connective tissue massage to exercises alone in women with fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of a 6-week combined exercise program with and without connective tissue massage (CTM) on pain, fatigue, sleep problem, health status, and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Patients were randomly allocated into Exercise (n = 20) and Exercise + CTM (n = 20) groups
2018 Rheumatology international Controlled trial quality: uncertain
175. [Application of acupoint massage in postpartum hypogalactia in puerpera]. (Abstract)
[Application of acupoint massage in postpartum hypogalactia in puerpera]. To evaluate the effects of acupoint massage for postpartum hypogalactia in puerpera.A total of 60 puerpera of cesarean section were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each one. In the observation group, 2 cases were dropped out. Finally, there were 28 cases in the observation group and 30 cases in the control group. In the control group, the routine nursing after operation in obstetrics (...) department was given, guiding maternal breastfeeding and postpartum health education. In the observation group, on the basis of the treatment as the control group, the corresponding acupoints were selected from the breast related meridians for massage. Acupoint massage was given since the 3rd day after operation, 8:00 am to 9:00 am, once a day, 1 min at one acupoint, continuously for 5 days. The lactation volume, breast filling, galactostasis and milk viscosity were compared in the parturient of the two
176. The role of massage in reducing the risk of burnout in employees of large corporations. (Abstract)
The role of massage in reducing the risk of burnout in employees of large corporations. 29122258 2018 07 23 2018 12 02 1873-6947 29 2017 Nov Complementary therapies in clinical practice Complement Ther Clin Pract The role of massage in reducing the risk of burnout in employees of large corporations. 185-188 S1744-3881(17)30227-X 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.09.013 Jaworska-Burzyńska Lilianna L Department of Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education, Wroclaw, Poland. Sekułowicz Małgorzata M (...) 30 England Complement Ther Clin Pract 101225531 1744-3881 N Adult Anxiety therapy Burnout, Professional therapy Commerce Female Humans Male Massage Middle Aged Occupational Diseases therapy Occupational Stress therapy Occupations Young Adult 2017 06 01 2017 09 22 2017 09 29 2017 11 11 6 0 2017 11 11 6 0 2018 7 24 6 0 ppublish 29122258 S1744-3881(17)30227-X 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.09.013
2018 Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice Controlled trial quality: uncertain
177. The Effects of Massage by Mothers on Mother-Infant Attachment. (Abstract)
The Effects of Massage by Mothers on Mother-Infant Attachment. Context • Transferring a newborn to the intensive care unit due to a premature birth is a major obstacle in the establishment of emotional attachment between a mother and her child. Researchers believe that the formation and continuation of such an attachment have a profound effect on the child's mental development and behavior in the coming years of life. Not all studies have agreed, however, that skin contact alone (...) , such as massage provides, can improve attachment. Objective • The aim of this study was to determine the effects on maternal attachment behaviors of infants hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of massage provided by mothers for their premature neonates. Design • The research team designed a randomized, controlled trial. Setting • The study took place at the Hazrat Ali Asghar Hospital of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran). Participants • Participants were 40 mothers and 40
178. Pediatric massage therapy for restoring pediatric lung function from COVID-19: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
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179. Massage therapy for pulmonary function in patients recovering from COVID-19: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Massage therapy for pulmonary function in patients recovering from COVID-19: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis Print | PDF PROSPERO This information has been provided by the named contact for this review. CRD has accepted this information in good faith and registered the review in PROSPERO. The registrant confirms that the information supplied for this submission is accurate and complete. CRD bears no responsibility or liability for the content of this registration record
180. Tuina (massage) therapy for diarrhea in COVID-19: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
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CASE STUDY: Goodenough College's unique student engagement resources
July 2017 - Goodenough College is an independent educational charity situated in one of central London's most beautiful garden squares. Its mission is 'to develop future leaders by providing a welcoming residential community for outstanding international postgraduate students and their families, irrespective of background, where mutual understanding and respect are fostered and intellectual, cultural and social interactions are nurtured'.
The College provides a safe and caring community that allows over 700 residents (known as Members) and their families from more than 80 countries to expand their horizons academically, socially and culturally.
The starting point
Goodenough’s college intranet “The Square” contained two useful features - on online user directory and student user profiles. The Directory helped students locate like-minded people across the College, by showing their photo, summary academic profile (i.e. their course, where they were studying), and their interests including which clubs and societies they had joined.
As the College migrated to their new MSL System for membership management, it was decided that these two resources should be re-designed within the new platform to maintain continuity and to build on their success.
Re-building “The Square”
The Square’s re-design was championed by Goodenough College’s Dean, Registrar, Ents (Events) Manager and two representatives from the Members’ Council, which is the main student representative body at the College.
Working with MSL - who had already impressed the Square Working Group by providing so much functionality “out of the box” and demonstrating an understanding of the College’s specialised requirements - the built-in widget framework and template engine made it easy to replicate the look and feel and theme of the old Square intranet, while bringing it into the 21st century.
Student engagement functionality
For the re-launch of the Square, the focus was on core functionality: club and society memberships; e-tickets; news; events; and promoting the food and drink offering across the café, dining hall and student bar.
The Directory’s requirements were quite bespoke, but happily MSL were able to review those requirements, provide a quote and a timescale for development. The Square Working Group was given the opportunity to provide feedback on the test (UAT) system and the Directory went live just a few months after the launch of the main site.
The search interface is intentionally really simple: users can search by any combination of name, year of entry, degree, subject or place of study. Members find this particularly useful during the first six weeks of term, when they are getting to know their fellow residents and building new social networks around the College.
The ability to browse profiles, find out which clubs and societies fellow students belong to and send them a group email has been made far easier than was previously been in place on the old Directory. This works especially well in the College’s environment. Goodenough College is a small, independent Educational Charity, with around 700 full time international postgraduate students, located across two, tight-knit halls. As there is already a strong degree of trust between members, the majority of students are happy to share their details online. However, a simple opt out feature for members who do not wish to be contacted via the Directory is provided.
Member benefits of The Square
The Directory and Profiles combine the social network elements of Facebook with the professional profile features of LinkedIn. Students are happy to share details on The Square, as it is a closed, trusted network. These new features have successfully driven traffic to the site and encouraged students to network with like-minded individuals in a safe and familiar environment.
The Directory - used in conjunction with the MSL App and the new room sub-letting feature - help improve student engagement. Google Analytics statistics demonstrate that students are spending longer on the intranet and responding to more ‘calls to action’ by joining clubs and societies, signing up to events and buying tickets online.
The online community helps to reinforce the good will which already exists amongst members, who regularly dine in together at the Great Hall, hang out at the GBar and organise food tasting events in the common kitchens.
The group message feature enables new Clubs and Societies, like Horse Riding and Art Club, to develop organically and to identify new potential memberships.
The College has incorporated some of the UI features of Facebook – like the AJAX quick search – to make it easy to find people, news stories and events, by entering a single search term.
Caroline Persaud, Registrar of Goodenough College commented: “Adopting MSL for our student intranet has been pain free. We were aware of the system limitations but assured at initial discussions that MSL could build bespoke elements for us. These bespoke elements have been delivered on time and MSL’s test systems were, in fact, almost finished versions. Although the directory search and user profiles are bespoke to us I am sure they would be of use to many other membership based organisations using the system.”
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Our inpatient service now have a new home! Adults who need hospital care will be cared for in our brand new Family Medicine wing at Hillsborough Hospital.
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SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Mobility and Public Transit 2020
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
For additional information, please visit the SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants website for:
SSHRC and Infrastructure Canada (INFC) have launched this Knowledge Synthesis Grants (KSG) competition to mobilize social sciences and humanities research to examine and synthesize existing knowledge on mobility and public transit issues. Grant holders will identify research gaps and opportunities and their work will inform and guide policy-makers and service providers responsible for public transit at the community level.
Public transit represents the largest funding area under INFC’s Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. It also represents a key piece of Canada’s core public infrastructure, one that has immediate implications for the social, environmental, and economic well-being of urban and rural communities. This Knowledge Synthesis Grants funding opportunity will identify critical gaps in existing knowledge to guide future research related to urban and rural mobility issues in Canada. By identifying best practices, lessons learned and indicators of success, the resulting syntheses may inform the development of effective tools, robust policies and sustainable practices that support the transit needs of urban and rural communities.
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Applicants who have received a SSHRC grant of any type but have failed to submit an achievement report by the deadline specified in their Notice of Award are not eligible to apply for another SSHRC grant until they have submitted the report.
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Exclusive: Army surrenders to 'coward' GI
MARK BENJAMIN and DAN OLMSTED, United Press International
WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- The Army has dropped all legal action against a soldier who was charged with cowardice in Iraq, apparently because an Army malaria drug made him sick.
The case of Staff Sgt. Georg-Andreas Pogany drew national attention last year because he was the first soldier charged with cowardice -- an offense punishable by death -- since the Vietnam era. Pogany countered that his only offense was asking for help after suffering a panic attack caused by mefloquine, an anti-malaria drug that lists "panic attacks" as a side effect.
"There are currently no disciplinary charges pending against Staff Sgt. Pogany," Special Operations spokesman Blake Waltman told United Press International Thursday.
"Additional information became available over time that indicates that Staff Sgt. Pogany may have medical problems that require treatment. Our primary concern is the health of Staff Sgt. Pogany."
A number of soldiers at Fort Carson in Colorado, where Pogany is based, have also claimed the drug caused severe mental and physical problems -- including suicidal feelings and homicidal rage.
Fort Carson did not return calls seeking comment. Pogany had no immediate comment.
Pogany fought the cowardice charge, which later was downgraded to dereliction of duty. Last month a Navy doctor diagnosed Pogany with brain-stem and vestibular problems likely caused by the drug, which is also known as Lariam. He received treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and returned to Fort Carson last Saturday.
Thursday he met with military officials who told him the charges were being dropped because of evidence he had a medical problem, although they refused to identify the problem. Waltman, at Special Operations, said he did not know what medical problem was involved.
Pogany was attached to 10th Special Forces in Iraq when he suffered a panic attack last year after seeing a dead body. For months Pogany was caught in legal and medical limbo, waiting for the Army to pursue charges against him and evaluate a list of mental and physical symptoms that started when he took mefloquine in Iraq.
Pogany's tests last month by a Navy doctor at the Pentagon's Spatial Orientation Center in San Diego showed eye and ear abnormalities and balance problems consistent with reported side effects of the drug, his medical records state. He is one of 11 service members diagnosed in the past few weeks with damage to the brainstem and vestibular, or balance, system after being given the drug while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Last summer the Food and Drug Administration took aggressive steps to make sure patients taking mefloquine are warned in writing of the possible side effects, including anxiety, hallucinations, paranoia and suicidal thoughts.
While the military is required by law to record the use of mefloquine in soldiers' medical records, none of the soldiers diagnosed at the San Diego center had the drug included in their records, according to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
The Army developed mefloquine in the 1970s and it was cleared for use in the United States in 1989, It has been taken by 5 million Americans. Two years ago, UPI reported that mounting evidence suggests it has caused mental problems so severe that in a number of cases it has led to suicide.
Pogany, 33, said he had just taken his third weekly pill when he suffered the attack after seeing the body of a mangled Iraqi. He raised the issue of mefloquine after news outlets including UPI asked if he had taken it.
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How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter
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Welcome to the world of Ann Coulter. With her monumental bestsellers Treason, Slander, and High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Coulter has become the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual in years—and certainly the most controversial. Now, in How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), which is sure to ignite impassioned debate, she offers her most comprehensive analysis of the American political scene to date. With incisive reasoning, refreshing candor, and razor-sharp wit, she reveals just why liberals have got it so wrong. In this powerful and entertaining book, which draws on her weekly columns, Coulter ranges far and wide. No subject is off-limits, and no comment is left unsaid. After all, she writes, “Nothing too extreme can be said about liberals because it’s all true.” How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) offers Coulter’s unvarnished take on: •The essence of being a liberal: “The absolute conviction that there is one set of rules for you, and another, completely different set of rules for everyone else.” •John Kerry: “A reporter asked Kerry, ‘Are you for or against gay marriage?’ As usual, his answer was, ‘Yes.’ ” •Her 9/11 comments: “I am often asked if I still think we should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity. The answer is: Now more than ever!” •The state of the Democratic Party: “Teddy Kennedy crawls out of Boston Harbor with a quart of Scotch in one pocket and a pair of pantyhose in the other, and Democrats hail him as their party’s spiritual leader.” •Her philosophy for arguing with liberals: “Tough love, except I don’t love them. My ‘tough love’ approach is much like the Democrats’ ‘middle-class tax cuts’—everything but the last word.” •The “Treason Lobby”: “Want to make liberals angry? Defend the United States.” In this full-on Coulterpalooza, you’ll find the real, uncensored Ann Coulter. A special concluding chapter even includes the pieces that squeamish editors refused to publish—“what you could have read if you lived in a free country,” says Coulter. How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) is a stunning reminder of why Ann Coulter’s commentary has achieved must-read status. “A fluent polemicist with a gift for Menckenesque invective...and she can harness such language to subtle, syllogistic argument.”--Washington Post Book World “Ann Coulter is a trailblazer.”--Los Angeles Times Book Review “She can zing one-liners faster than Zeus can throw lightning bolts.”--Kansas City Star “You know those pundits who bore you to tears trying to balance everyone’s point of view? Coulter isn’t one.”--People “A great deal of research supports Ms. Coulter’s wisecracks.”--New York Times “The conservative movement has found its diva.”--Bill Maher “Ann Coulter is a pundit extraordinaire.”--Rush Limbaugh Also available as a Random House AudioBook and as an e-Book
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The Collector Series Plastic Chess set has been crafted to replicate the design and proportions of the original Staunton pattern Chessmen, registered by Nathaniel Cooke in March of 1849 and first manufactured by Jaques of London in September 1849. The distinctive feature of this set is the the open-mitered Bishop and Knight design, which is modeled after the noble steeds from the Greek Parthenon (Elgin Marbles.)
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RIT researchers use deep learning to help preserve the Seneca language 10/16/2018
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RIT researchers use deep learning to help preserve the Seneca language
Artificial intelligence technology could support other revitalization efforts among Native American communities
IMAGE: LEFT TO RIGHT, RAY PTUCHA, COMPUTER ENGINEERING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ROBBIE JIMERSON, COMPUTER SCIENCE DOCTORAL STUDENT, BOTH FROM RIT, AND EMILY PRUD’HOMMEAUX, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARE LEADING THE NSF… view more
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A new research project at Rochester Institute of Technology will help ensure the endangered language of the Seneca Indian Nation will be preserved. Using deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, RIT researchers are building an automatic speech recognition application to document and transcribe the traditional language of the Seneca people. The work is also intended to be a technological resource to preserve other rare or vanishing languages.
“The motivation for this is personal. The first step in the preservation and revitalization of our language is documentation of it,” said Robert Jimerson (Seneca), a computing and information sciences doctoral student at RIT and member of the research team. He brought together tribal elders and close friends, all speakers of Seneca, to help produce audio and textual documentation of this Native American language spoken fluently by fewer than 50 individuals.
Like all languages, Seneca has different dialects. It also presents unique challenges because of its complex system for building new words, in which a whole sentence can be expressed in a single word.
Jimerson is able to bridge both the technology and the language.
“Under the hood, it is data. With many Native languages, you don’t have that volume of data,” he said, explaining that some languages, while spoken, may not have as many formal linguistical tools–dictionaries, grammatical materials or extensive classes for non-native speakers, similar to those for Spanish or Chinese. “One of the most expensive and time-consuming processes of documenting language is collecting and transcribing it. We are looking at taking deep networks and maybe changing the architecture, making some synthetic data to create more data, but how do you make this work in deep learning? How do you augment data you already have?”
That process of attaining data is being coordinated by a wide-ranging team that includes Jimerson; the project principal investigator Emily Prud’hommeaux, assistant professor of computer science at Boston College and research faculty in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts; Ray Ptucha, assistant professor of computer engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering and an expert in deep learning systems and technologies; and Karen Michaelson, professor of linguistics, the State University of New York at Buffalo. The research team was awarded $181, 682 in funding over four years from the National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Deep learning speech recognition for document Seneca and other acutely under-resourced languages.”
“This is an exciting project because it brings together people from so many disciplines and backgrounds, from engineering and computer science to linguistics and language pedagogy,” said Prud’hommeaux. “In addition to enabling us to develop cutting edge technology, this project supports undergraduate and graduate students and engages members of an indigenous community that few people know is right here in western New York.”
The researchers started the project in late June, bringing together the community members and linguists for data collection–acquiring and translating current and new, original recordings of Seneca conversations then converting data into textual output using deep learning models.
“What you are really trying to do is find that line between the new data you can get and the changing of the architecture of a network,” Jimerson explained.
Since the summer, the team has just over 50 hours of recorded material with people working full time on the translations that include breaking down the language into individual phonetic symbols and using this information to begin training the models.
“We use a process called transfer learning which starts with a model trained with readily available English speech to get the basic, initial training for the system, then we’ll re-train the neural networks and fine tune it toward the Seneca language. We’re getting very good results,” said Ptucha, who is an expert in deep learning systems and technologies. Deep learning technology consists of multiple layers of artificial neurons, organized in an increasingly abstract hierarchy. These architectures have produced state-of-the-art results on all types of pattern recognition problems including image and speech recognition applications.
“No one has really tried this before, training an automated speech recognition model on something as resource-constrained as Seneca. Robbie is the expert in transcribing Seneca and training the others on how to do this. He’s a pretty rare guy, ” said Ptucha,
This current project is a continuation of Jimerson’s work to expand the language resources available to his community. In 2013, while he was a graduate student in RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, he developed an online Seneca language translation dictionary for the Seneca Language Revitalization Program. The project was funded by the Seneca Nation and awarded to RIT’s Future Steward’s Program.
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Supermassive Black Holes Might Really Be 'Traversable' Wormholes, Astrophysicists Suggest
“The wormholes we are considering are traversable wormholes, so theoretically spacecraft can travel through them,” said the lead author of a new study.
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Our universe is astonishingly colossal in scale, which can be a bummer if you are interested in traveling beyond our tiny corner of it. Wormholes, which are speculative bridges between distant locations in space, offer a potential cosmic shortcut to destinations that would be unreachable by other means.
Though wormholes are predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, their existence has yet to be empirically proven. Now, a team led by Mikhail Piotrovich, an astrophysicist at the Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo in Saint Petersburg, Russia, has proposed a new way to search for the hypothetical tunnels: by investigating whether some supermassive black holes are actually entrances to wormholes.
Wormholes at the center of extremely bright galaxies might “radiate with a distinctive spectrum” that could be observationally detected, according to the team’s forthcoming study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Capturing this signature would not only provide evidence for the existence of wormholes, it would open up an entirely new avenue of potential spaceflight—and even time travel.
“A very interesting and unusual consequence of the existence of wormholes of this type is the fact that such wormholes are natural time machines,” Piotrovich said in an email.
“The wormholes we are considering are traversable wormholes, so theoretically spacecraft can travel through them,” he added. “But of course, it should be understood that we know very little about the internal structure of wormholes and moreover, we do not even know for sure whether they exist at all.”
Some galaxies contain luminous cores called active galactic nuclei (AGN) that blast out massive twin jets, made of energized matter, that travel close to the speed of light. Scientists think AGN are fueled by tidal interactions between supermassive black holes and “accretion disks” that form from the gas, dust, and stars falling into them.
Piotrovich and his colleagues suggest that AGN are “wormhole mouths” rather than supermassive black holes. If this were true, it would mean that these galactic cores might be linked to each other across space and time, which could cause matter to fall in through both mouths of a linked AGN pair.
If two gulps of matter from either end of the mouths were to collide inside the wormhole “throat,” it would release a truly mind-boggling amount of energy and radiation. The wormhole would belch plasma out of both mouths that could reach temperatures of about 10 trillion°C. It would also emit high-energy gamma rays that could be distinguished from the light of the accretion disk.
“Accretion disks of AGN don’t emit gamma radiation, because their temperature is too low for that,” said Piotrovich. “Secondly, jets have a very specific radiation pattern, i.e. most of the gamma radiation is directed along the direction of the jet.”
The notion that AGN might be wormholes dates back to 2005, but the new study is the first to propose this novel way of possibly detecting the fabled tunnels. Observatories such as NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope might be able to pick up gamma rays from crashes inside wormholes, if they exist.
The nearest AGN are millions of light years from the Milky Way, so it’s not as if we could hop in a spaceship and visit one if we suspected it was a secret wormhole. Moreover, a wormhole that was initially put on the map due to violent plasma outbursts might not be a place any human would particularly want to enter, even in the most robust spaceship.
That said, finding evidence for wormholes—even from afar—would be an amazing breakthrough in our understanding of the universe, and would validate the futuristic dreams of science fiction enthusiasts around the world.
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LOCATION & LOCAL INFO
Most people have GPS Coordinates these days, but sometimes in the West it is not so accurate.
Here are driving directions depending on which direction you are coming into Torrey.
We are located just off of Highway 24 on the west end of Torrey at 118 (South) on River Drive (520 West).
Driving from the East via Highway 24
Coming from the East on Highway 24, turn left on 520 West River Drive.
Go about 1/2 mile and enter through the second gate on the right.
Driving from the West via Highway 24
Coming from the West on Highway 24, it is the very first right hand turn, 520 West River Drive,
just after Cafe Diablo on your right. Go about 1/2 mile and enter through the second gate on the right.
Driving From the South via Highway 12
At the junction of highway 12 and 24 turn left on Highway 24. Then on the west end of town, turn left on 520 West River Drive.
Highway 24 is only about a block away, but there is peace and quite at the cabin on 5 acres with lots of native trees and plants.
It is only a mile to the center of Torrey. The Chuck Wagon General Store is in the center of town and offers all kinds of food including almost anything you might have forgotten. They also have a Deli with a few booths where you can enjoy breakfast or lunch. The town of Loa is approximately 14 miles West of the cabin and has a larger grocery store called Royals Market.
Loa is the county seat of Wayne county and also has several auto repair and parts stores. A map with detailed information about all the different businesses and services is available in the cabin.
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Traditional leaders to help with drought relief
Written by Amukelani chauke
The National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) has embarked on a massive campaign to help communities affected by drought cope with water shortages.
The House’s executive committee members have also called on communities to pray and hold rain-making rituals in their respective areas as dam levels continue to drop in our water-scarce country.
In an interview with Vuk’uzenzele, Inkosi Sipho Mahlangu, the Deputy Chairperson of the NHTL, said after traditional leaders attended a Ministers and Members of Executive Council (MINMEC) meeting in November last year, they resolved to go back to their communities to play their role in mitigating the effects of the drought.
“We called on all executive committee members from the different provinces to come and deal with this issue of drought. One of the resolutions taken at that meeting was that we need to have prayer sessions.
“We need to call on people to come and pray for rain. We also agreed that people who have rain-making powers should conduct these rituals in different communities, which has been done.
“There are also other traditional leaders like Queen Modjadji who also have powers and who have been hard at work to make sure that we receive rain.”
He added that one of the interventions would be to encourage people to sell some of their livestock.
“They should focus on quality rather than quantity. We know most Africans believe that if they have many cows, it shows they have wealth. But you find that because of drought, those cows weigh as much as a goat.”
Inkosi Mahlangu said rural communities relied heavily on agriculture as a cornerstone of their economy. He said due to this, they were the most affected by the nationwide water shortages.
As water shortages gripped the country late last year, the Department of Water and Sanitation announced that it would deploy water tanks to affected communities and drill boreholes where possible.
At the time, the department was monitoring six provinces with regard water shortages, namely Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West, Free State and the Western Cape. Five provinces - Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, North West and the Free State – have since been declared drought disaster areas. Some parts of the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape are also severely affected.
“Drought affects mainly agriculture. People have not been able to plant and rural people usually don’t bank their money, they usually [invest their wealth through buying livestock] so now you have livestock that is dying because of drought. You have areas that are overgrazed and once there is overgrazing, there tends to be soil erosion,” he said.
Inkosi Mahlangu added that communities have also experienced water shortages; people have been drinking with animals, but even those water sources are now becoming depleted.
He said food was becoming more expensive because most rural communities consume pap.
Amakhosi, Black Lawyers Association to work together on land claims
Meanwhile, Inkosi Mahlangu said all traditional leaders across all provinces where they are represented have agreed to a two-way approach to land claims.
This comes after President Jacob Zuma advised traditional leaders last year to work together to help communities with land claims instead of citizens focusing on their separate individual claims.
Addressing the NHTL last year, the President said Amakhosi would be doing a greater service to citizens if they assembled all claims, identified one legal team and a team of experts to research land that was dispossessed as far back as and before the 1913 land act was passed.
Inkosi Mahlangu said they had heeded the President’s call and had engaged the Black Lawyers Association to assist them with claims.
He said they had signed a memorandum of understanding with the attorneys and are currently ironing out the terms of reference on approaching land claims.
“The second part of our two-pronged approach is to have a land summit where all traditional leaders will be invited and we come up with one united strategy.
“We agreed that either we would put in a single claim or … look at different provinces putting in a claim each per province…”
About the NHTL
The NHTL is made up of representatives from the Provincial Houses of Traditional Leaders of South Africa. It was established to:
Represent traditional leadership and their communities;
Advance the aspirations of the traditional leadership and their communities at national level;
Advance the wishes of provincial houses, traditional leadership and their communities at national government level; and
Influence government legislative processes at national level.
Seat of the House
The administrative head office of the NHTL is in Pretoria, where the head office of the Department of Traditional Affairs is located. Ordinary meetings/sittings are held in Parliament or the administrative seat. The executive committee of the House decides where special sittings/meetings are to be held, when and for what reason.
Presiding officers
The chairperson and the deputy chairperson of the NHTL are elected by the majority of members. The President of the Republic of South Africa or his/her delegate must preside over the election of the chairperson and deputy chairperson.
Mandate of the House
The NHTL must fulfill the following:
The House must cooperate with Provincial Houses of Traditional Leaders to:
Promote the role of traditional leadership within the Constitutional dispensation;
Nation building;
Peace, stability and cohesiveness of communities;
Preservation of the culture and traditions of communities;
Consider Parliamentary Bills referred to it by the secretary; and
Advise the national government and make recommendations on any matter that the government may require.
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Tuesdays at Museo del Gioiello
Second appointment tomorrow for the project launched by Alba Cappellieri and Italian Exhibition Group, "Tuesdays at the Museo del Gioiello", with the curator of the Future Room Olga Noronha, at 5 pm
Monday, 04 May 2020, by Federica Frosini
A new weekly appointment with the curators of the Museo del Gioiello (Jewelry Museum) in Vicenza, who will meet the public every Tuesday afternoon at 5pm with video sessions, to reveal the small masterpieces selected in each room. They are virtual visits, dialogues with the curators, to "live" all the jewels exhibited at the museum, thanks to the initiative put in place by Alba Cappellieri, professor of jewelry design at the Polytechnic of Milan and director of the Vicenza Museum of Jewelry, together with Vicenzaoro team. Every Tuesday, at 5 pm, it will be possible to connect with the curators of the individual rooms that make up the museum, who will talk about wealth, stories, curiosities. A curator a week will reveal the hidden world behind the new macro themes that make up the museum's rooms: magic, future, fashion, symbol, function, beauty, art, design and icons. The 'Tuesdays at the Jewelry Museum' project was first launched on Tuesday 28 April, with the webinar of the curator Cristina Boschetti of the Magic room. While tomorrow it will be the turn of the designer Olga Noronha, curator of the Futuro room, to virtually lead the public through the futuristic works selected for the museum, revealing languages, curiosities and provoking with an aesthetic of great rupture. Waiting for tomorrow's meeting, you can listen to Cristina Boschetti's speech last week:
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Gov. DeSantis to sign executive order prioritizing people 65 and up for COVID-19 vaccine
by: WFLA 8 On Your Side Staff, Justin Schecker
Posted: Dec 23, 2020 / 12:34 PM EST / Updated: Dec 24, 2020 / 05:22 AM EST
TAMPA (WFLA) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says he will sign an executive order that prioritizes people aged 65 and older to receive the COVID vaccine next in the state.
Gov. DeSantis announced that he would be signing the executive order during a press conference at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola on Wednesday.
The governor said that after hospital workers and those in long-term care facilities have been vaccinated, the 65 and up population in the state of Florida will be the next priority for the vaccine.
He also said county health departments will soon be receiving small amounts of the vaccine for long-term care facilities.
“We’re going where the risk is greatest,” the governor said of the decision to prioritize people in the age group.
USF College of Public Health Associate Professor of Epidemiology Jason Salemi told 8 On Your Side he’s observed an uptick in Floridians older than 65-years-old testing positive for coronavirus.
“We have exceeded now the number of daily cases we’re experiencing relative to the summer surge and I think that’s why we continue to see hospitalizations going up,” Salemi said.
Salemi said he can understand the governor’s approach for putting the state’s senior population next in line for vaccine distribution.
“I would certainty understand why the governor wants to focus on our most vulnerable population in terms of severe illness and death,” he said.
Salemi also explained the argument for prioritizing younger essential workers while vaccine supply is still limited.
“If you focus on the essential workers you have the best opportunity to stop transmission of the virus and that community spread that’s ran so rampant,” he said.
Gov. DeSantis believes close to 70,000 shots have been administered in the state in the past week.
“We’re going to be getting hundreds of thousands of doses of this every week,” DeSantis said.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is likely to arrive in the state by February, the governor believes.
Currently, there is no plan for the vaccine to be mandated in the state.
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News • Health / September 17, 2020
Infection Rates Soar In College Towns As Students Return
Masked students cross an intersection on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. College towns across the U.S. have emerged as coronavirus hot spots in recent weeks as schools struggle to contain the virus.
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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Just two weeks after students started returning to Ball State University last month, the surrounding county had become Indiana’s coronavirus epicenter.
Out of nearly 600 students tested for the virus, more than half have been positive. Dozens of infections have been blamed on off-campus parties, prompting university officials to admonish students.
University President Geoffrey Mearns wrote that the cases apparently were tied not to classrooms or dormitories but to “poor personal choices some students are making, primarily off campus.”
"The actions of these students are putting our planned on-campus instruction and activities at risk,” he said.
Similar examples abound in other college towns across the nation. Among the 50 large U.S. counties with the highest percentages of student residents, 20 have consistently reported higher rates of new virus cases than their states have since Sept. 1, according to an Associated Press analysis.
On average, infection rates in those 20 counties have been more than three times higher than their states’ overall rates.
At James Madison University in Virginia, which recently sent students home through September amid a surge in cases, the county is averaging a weekly infection rate of nearly 90 cases per 100,000 people, or more than eight times the statewide average.
Health officials fear that surges among college students will spread to more vulnerable people — older ones and those with underlying health problems — and trigger a new wave of cases and hospitalizations. Some worry that colleges could overwhelm hospitals already bracing for increasing cases of COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter.
“There’s this waiting game. Does it stay on college campuses or will it escape?” said Dr. Jeff Pothof, chief quality officer at the University of Wisconsin medical center in Madison, where cases among college students have been climbing.
While universities have emerged as hot spots in nearly every state, many of the worst outbreaks have been scattered across the South and Midwest. Of the 50 college counties analyzed by the AP, James Madison’s had the highest infection rate, followed by counties that are home to the University of Georgia, Florida State and Indiana University in Bloomington.
In the 10 counties with the highest infection rates, colleges have reported at least 15,000 cases among students and employees in recent weeks, though testing and reporting practices vary significantly and the actual number is probably much higher.
For many colleges, the return to campus was a carefully orchestrated process that took months to plan and millions of dollars to pull off. But as safe as they’ve made their campuses, many colleges have struggled to curb off-campus gatherings that have been tied to thousands of infections.
Parties were blamed for dozens of cases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which brought students back in early August only to send them home weeks later.
Other schools have cracked down on parties and disciplined students. The University of Missouri in Columbia announced this week that it expelled two students and suspended three others for violating rules meant to slow the virus’s spread.
The outbreaks are increasingly straining relations between universities and their towns.
Amid a spike in cases at the University of Colorado at Boulder, county health authorities Tuesday urged all students to quarantine for two weeks. Students and others at the university have accounted for 76% of the county's 663 positive cases over the past two weeks, officials said.
“More stringent and mandatory restrictions will be imposed if students do not comply and break the transmission cycle,” Jeffrey Zayach, executive director of Boulder County Public Health, warned in a letter to students.
In a letter to students, the school's chancellor, Philip DiStefano, warned that the quarantine will be strictly enforced and that students who violate it could face suspension or other discipline. Already, DiStefano said, more than 400 students face university discipline for violating public health orders.
At Miami University in Ohio, county health authorities ordered all of the school's athletes to isolate for 14 days last month after 27 tested positive for the virus. Last week, local police cited six men at an off-campus house party that included several students who had recently tested positive.
As cases increase at Boston College and the campus runs out of quarantine space, the mayor of nearby Newton is asking the school not to use any of the town's hotels or other property to isolate students.
Some cities have tightened rules at bars to discourage students from gathering. As cases surged at Illinois State, the town’s mayor issued an order requiring all bar customers to be seated to be served. He also limited gatherings near campus to no more than 10 people.
Still, residents and officials in many college towns are rooting for universities to work through outbreaks and avoid campus closings that could further hurt the local economy.
Fred Pryce, who manages a series of stores in a strip mall near Ball State, said sending students home would hurt the area’s businesses “big time.”
“That’s 20,000-plus potential patrons that will vanish,” Pryce said. “There are ways to keep students in Muncie safely while they do their classes.”
Ball State, roughly 60 miles from Indianapolis, has about 22,000 students on a campus of red brick buildings and sleek, modern dorms in Muncie, where the university is the city's second-largest employer after Ball Memorial Hospital.
On campus last week, sophomore La’Tricia Williams, wearing a mask, said she was glad to be back instead of sitting on the couch with her laptop at her family's home, taking online classes.
“But I get that it comes with some risk," she said. “You can give students a whole bunch of rules for what they should and shouldn’t do while they’re back at the school, but they’re not going to stop doing certain things here or going out into the community.”
Caleb Henry, a Ball State junior who lives off campus, said that he and other students have been frequenting local bars and meeting at friends' houses but that he and most others are behaving responsibly, with masks and social distancing. He said students are being vilified unfairly.
“Everyone seems to be getting upset at college kids right now, accusing us of spreading the virus and making us out to be these highly infectious creatures that need to be sent home,” Henry said. “What about all the other people around town going to bars ... having parties, weddings, whatever? We're only doing the same things they are.”
As cases mounted at Ball State last month, the school tried to ban students from visiting dorms other than their own, but officials reversed the rule after a backlash from students. Even so, officials say infection rates have started to subside, and the school has no plans to suspend campus instruction.
While some colleges have sent students home amid outbreaks, many others are digging in. Some have moved classes online but urged students to stay where they are until cases drop. Among them is the University of Notre Dame, which paused in-person classes Aug. 18 and moved them online amid a surge that saw as many as 89 new cases per day. Weeks later, after a sharp decrease in infections, classes have started to resume on campus.
Other schools are hoping to replicate that success, including the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin and West Virginia University, which recently shifted classes online as the virus spread.
In a recent call with governors, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, cautioned against sending students home, saying that could spark outbreaks elsewhere.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has also endorsed Notre Dame's approach, saying colleges that “work through it” and find ways to isolate infected students are more likely to “end up in the best place.”
In a letter to students at Ball State this week, the university president thanked students for helping reduce virus rates. Still, he warned: "This data is not a cause for celebration. Rather, this data is a call for continued action.”
Casey Smith is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Hwang reported from Atlanta and Binkley reported from Boston.
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Health / January 16, 2021
Updates On COVID-19 In Indiana: 3,228 Cases, 24 Deaths Added To State's Totals
The Indiana Department of Health added 3,973 confirmed COVID-19 cases to the state's total Saturday, raising it to 587,049. The new cases were recorded Jan. 15. It also added 41 COVID-19 deaths to the state's total, bringing it to 8,913. The deaths occurred between Jan. 5-15.
Agencies Working To Get COVID-19 Vaccine To Homebound Seniors
As Indiana works to make sure older adults get the COVID-19 vaccination, local agencies on aging are helping register seniors and get the word out about mobile vaccination offerings.
Talk To Children About Mental Health And Suicide, Experts Say
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on Americans' mental health. Hotline calls have increased. And doctors have seen an increase in depression like symptoms in patients -- even children. Health professionals are encouraging adults to talk to children about mental health and suicide.
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Edison Lee Garland
March 18, 1963 ~ November 2, 2019 (age 56)
Edison Lee Garland, age 56, of McKeesport, formerly of S. Boston VA, died November 2, 2019, at UPMC McKeesport. Born March 18, 1963, in S. Boston, VA, he was the son of Barbara (Garland) and Brady Brown.
His family and friends will deeply miss Edison.
In addition to his mother and step-father, Edison is also survived by his sister, Ann Johnson of S. Boston, VA; aunts, Diane Clark, Carolyn Clark, Debra Lovelace, Peggy Collazo and Cheryl Garland; also many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Arrangements were entrusted to Willig Funeral Home & Crematory, 220 9th St., McKeesport, PA 15132.
Family and friends will be received at the Jeffress Funeral Home, 2000 N Main St., S. Boston, VA 24592, on Friday, November 22, 2019, from Noon until the time of prayers at 1 p.m. Burial will follow in Rose Garden Cemetery of S. Boston, VA.
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25 of the Best Sneaker Releases of 2017
Roger Krastz
Jordan Brand x Off-White
For sneakerheads, 2017 has been a solid year full of dope new sneaker iterations, limited-edition collabs, high-end drops and re-releases. From Nike and Off-White's widely popular "The Ten" collection to Kanye West's introduction of the Adidas Yeezy Wave Runner 700 silhouette, the year has seen the release of a number of highly coveted sneakers in a slew of styles and colorways.
With known footwear companies like Jordan Brand, Nike, Adidas and Puma continuing their success in today's sneaker game, high-end label brands like Balenciaga, Gucci and Raf Simmons also capitalized off the sneaker craze. With the creation of innovative everyday lifestyle silhouettes that fit in with current trends, the sneaker business was at an all-time high in 2017 and only seems to get bigger with every year that passes.
Highlighted by a number of stand out releases, this year's most sought-after kicks include—the Off-White Air Jordan 1 Retro, Vans' Fear of God Era 95 DX, the Nike Air Max 97 Silver Bullet iteration, Balenciaga Speed Trainers, Gucci Ace Low Tops, Nike Air VaporMaxs and Nike Atmos Air Max 1.
The sneaker game was so crazy that even some of today's hottest rappers were responsible for major releases. Hip-hop superstar Future—with the help of Reebok—had sneakerheads going crazy this fall when he debuted his first signature shoe, the Furykaze. Kanye continued his fruitful partnership with the Three Stripes launching a number of Yeezy Boost 350 V2 iterations, including the widely popular Zebra model. Tyler, The Creator continued to thrive in the sneaker game as he transitioned his Golf Wang label from Vans to Converse in an unexpected move that made a number of headlines.
Now, with 2018 just around the corner, XXL rounds up the 25 best sneaker drops of the year, in no particular order. Check out the selections in the gallery below, and keep it locked with XXL for more info on future sneaker drops.
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Flavia Pennetta retires after US Open title win
Italy’s Flavia Pennetta became a shock grand slam champion by winning the US Open title and then revealed another surprise by announcing her retirement from tennis.
Flavia Pennetta moments after winning the 2015 US Open, announces that she’s retiring from tennis.
Pennetta was rated 150/1 to triumph at Flushing Meadows before the tournament began but became the oldest female in the Open era to win a first grand slam after overcoming fellow Italian Roberta Vinci 7-6 (7/4) 6-2.
Vinci’s challenge was even more of a surprise, having knocked out top seed Serena Williams in the last four on Friday, but the world number 43 failed to repeat her heroics in what was the Open era’s first all-Italian major final.
Pennetta, aged 33, flung her racket into the air after sealing victory in one hour and 33 minutes, before embracing her compatriot with an affectionate hug at the net.
The champion addressed a jubilant crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium but as the interview concluded, she asked to take the microphone for one more announcement.
“I am going to retire from tennis,” world number 26 Pennetta said.
“This is what all players want to do, go out taking a big trophy home.
“This is my last match at the US Open and I couldn’t finish in a better way.”
It was a suitably unpredictable finish to a baffling tournament that had just witnessed a final contested between two players with a combined ranking of 69, age of 65, and who had never before made a grand slam final between them.
It is only the seventh time a female player from outside the top 25 has won a major title and Pennetta’s success in her 49th grand slam is the longest a woman has ever had to wait to achieve the feat.
“I am really happy, I have to say before this tournament I never think to be so far, I never think to be champion,” Pennetta said.
“That’s why it’s amazing, this is coming as a big surprise for me. It’s a dream come true.”
Only two weeks ago, Pennetta and Vinci, girls doubles winners together at the 1999 French Open, were having dinner in New York, oblivious to the extraordinary tournament about to unfold and which will surely define both their careers.
Vinci admitted her shock win over Williams, which ended the American’s hopes of a first calendar grand slam since 1988, had been the greatest day of her life and perhaps it was too much to expect the 32-year-old to recover her poise less than 24 hours later.
Pennetta’s run to the final was less mind-boggling – she reached the semi-finals here in 2013 – but no less impressive, given she had to beat Samantha Stosur, Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep along the way.
Both players started nervously, chipping shots safely down the middle of the court but Pennetta was the more consistent and after a lengthy game, she converted her seventh break point to lead 3-2.
Vinci had unsettled Williams with her change of pace, variety and wily slice backhand, which she relied on again to great effect, breaking back for 4-4 when a Pennetta backhand hit the net.
Neither player were forceful enough to make another breakthrough and the set drifted into a tie-break, where Pennetta made her extra quality from the baseline count.
A loose Vinci forehand long gifted away the first mini-break and Pennetta capitalised, serving out with ease to clinch the opening frame.
Vinci took a toilet break but could not halt the momentum in the second set, as her opponent, now hitting more freely, cruised into a 4-0 lead.
A break back and hold reduced the deficit and gave Vinci temporary hope, but Pennetta was not about to let this opportunity slip as a forehand winner confirmed victory and sealed her most unpredictable of triumphs.
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A vignette in the conservatory refers to Salvador Dalí's fascination with comedic sex symbol Mae West. Dalí designed the "Mae West sofa," based on the screen legend's lips. The original is in the Dalí Theatre and Museum in Spain.
Stranger and stranger in paradise
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Visitors should pay close attention as they enter the welcome center, because close attention is being paid on them. (Klint Lowry)
Cactus growing out of a piano standing in a koi pond emulates Dalí's use of juxtaposition in his images. (Klint Lowry)
A "living mustache" hovers in the conservatory above rows of plants planted to create a one-point perspective. (Courtesy photo)
As visitors move from one large vignette to another, they should keep an eye out for smaller touches added to create a Dalí dreamsape. (Klint Lowry)
"Rosa Floridali," is part of the rarely displayed"Floridali" set of lithographs created by Dalí in 1968 and on loan from The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg for the "Gardens of the MInd" exhibition. (Courtesy photo)
Dalí often used eyes as a symbol of perception. (Klint Lowry)
Dalí was fascinated with "Divine Geometry," especially spirals. (Klint Lowry)
Giant butterfly wings and palm leaf ribs form an elephant in a fig tree.(Klint Lowry)
"Hatched" trees are indicative of Dalí's surrealism, with the egg motif a favorite symbol of his, representing life and renewal. (Klint Lowry)
The Wall of Eyes looks out over the conservatory. (Courtesy photo)
Butterflies as leaves is straight from Dalí's imagery. (Klint Lowry)
Selby Gardens built a butterfly house and filled it with native Florida species for the Dalí exhibit. (Klint Lowry)
"Lys" is part of the rarely displayed Floridali collection of lithographs on loan from the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg. (Courtesy photo)
A boat filled with cactus perched in a tree is very Dalí in itself. The added touch is in the name "Gala," the name of Dali's wife. (Klint Lowry)
The staff at Selby Gardens set out transform the greenhouse and gardens into "a Dalí dreamscape." (Klint Lowry)
Two eggs and a twig mustache invite visitors into the Museum of Botany and the Arts. (Klint Lowry)
An "ethereal piano" blends in with the hanging plants in the conservatory. (Courtesy photo)
An olive tree growing from the skeletal remains of a boat is a re-creation of a bit of landscaping Dalí had at his home. A photo of it can be seen in the Museum of Botany and the Arts.
Greenhouse manager Angel Lara describes a vignette that incorporates photographic images of Dalí's home in coastal Spain.
Crutches supporting trees were common in Dalí paintings, and there are few life-size re-creations i the exhibit.
Dalí exhibit at Selby Gardens brings surrealism to the natural world
by: Klint Lowry Arts + Entertainment Editor
For those with even a casual interest in art, the name Salvador Dalí is synonymous with surrealism, and for almost everyone the name is sure to conjure up two images: the second being of the Dalí himself, who loved to publicly present himself as the wild-eyed mad genius with the cartoonishly oversized waxed mustache.
We’ll get the the first image in a second.
But there was much more to the genius than immediately meets the eye, says Dr. Carol Ockman, curator of “Salvador Dalí: Gardens of the Mind,” the fourth annual exhibition in the Jean & Alfred Goldstein Exhibition Series at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
“Salvador Dalí: Gardens of the Mind”
When: Through June 28
Where: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Tickets: Free with admission
Info: Visit selby.org
This may be the most ambitious entry in series yet, and if it is, it’s because Salvador Dalí’s work is so well-suited for the setting.
“The natural world fascinated Salvador Dalí,” Ockman says, “but not many people focus on that aspect of his work.”
This may be the first time Dalí was presented in a Botanical garden setting, Ockman adds, and the “living museum” of Selby Gardens is a magnificent setting to do so.
Symbols in nature
Although Salvador Dalí is known as a surrealist, so much of his work is rooted in his deep interest in nature. Several of his favorite motifs Visitors will notice several of Dalí's favorite design elements:
Spirals, reflecting Dalí’s interest in what is known “Divine Geometry”
Eggs, symbolizing hope, love, birth and conception
Eyes, symbolizing ways of seeing and perception
Boats, symbolizing water, life and Dalí’s home in Spain.
Crutches, representing weakness and challenge
Butterflies, symbolizing metamorphosis, transformation
A butterfly house was erected and filled with Florida-native species for the exhibition.
There are also a few playful, botanical nods to Dalí’s trademark mustache.
“What we want you to feel like when you're going through the conservatory and in the gardens, we want you to feel like you're entering Dalí's imagination,” she says, “you're entering a Dalí dreamscape at every turn.”
The exhibition uses several motifs that that run through Dalí’s work. Which bring us to that first image everyone associates with Dalí: There isn’t a melting clock to be found.
Instead, the exhibition combines Dalí’s frequent use of botanical imagery with motifs and principals he applied throughout his career: juxtaposition, perspective and patterns.
The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg is co-curator for the exhibition. Its curator of education, Peter Tush, was a valuable contributor to the design of the exhibition, says Selby Gardens Horticulture Director Mike McLaughlin.
“He helped us refine our designs, make sure they were truly Dalí,” McLaughlin says. “And that was one of the challenges we have in designing an exhibit like this, because we could do something surreal or even bizarre. So we needed both Carol and the curators at the Dalí museum to help us define that.”
Visitors can ground their dreamscape stroll in reality in the Museum of Botany & the Arts, where a collection of photographs by Clyde Butcher shows Dali’s beloved home in Spain. As the grand finale to the Dalí exhibition is the rarely displayed lithographic series “Floridalí,” on loan from The Dalí Museum.
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Serpent Squad
Role: Organisation or team
This briskly walks you through the various versions of the Serpent Squad, with a quick recap of what they did.
From there you can use this article as a home base to check the profiles for the individual members.
“Serpent Squad” is the name used by a loose series of villainous teams. Most members have identities patterned after serpentine-ish animals.
Most versions of the Squad have sported small rosters, and were assembled for relatively short spans. Their most consistent enemy has been Captain America (Steve Rogers).
Serpent Society
An alumni of the third Serpent Squad decided to scale the concept up. This is what became the Serpent Society.
The Society is distinct from the different Serpent Squads. It was also a far more structured enterprise with a much larger roster.
First Serpent Squad
It was created in 1973 by three minor costumed criminals. They went after Captain America (Steve Rogers).
Cobra (Klaus Voorhees).
Eel (Leopold Stryke).
Viper (Jordan Dixon).
In practice, there was no leader. Whoever spoke last and the loudest usually decided upon their next move.
Cobra freed the other two from prison, to form a Serpent Squad under his command. Voorhees had previously worked with Mr. Hydre (Calvin Zabo), but now wanted new partners.
Viper and Eel craved revenge against Cap and the Falcon (Sam Wilson). The original idea was to run a PR campaign to ruin Cap’s rep. But they just ended up attacking the heroes.
The first direct assault failed. But they could flee, and Cap suffered burns to his hands during the fight. The second ambush failed, the villainous trio was captured, and the Serpent Squad split.
Second Serpent Squad
It was created in 1974 by the former Madame Hydra (Ophelia Sarkissian). It was run as a terrorist commando for Sarkissian to rebuild her power base.
Princess Python (Zelda Dubois).
Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian) — leader.
In 1974, Madame Hydra returned from being banished in Limbo . Hydra had been destroyed, so she hid and worked on building up a new force.
She liked the idea of a Serpent Squad. She thus recruited Princess Python as her first operative. Python stormed a prison to free Cobra and Eel. Meanwhile, Madame Hydra secretly murdered the Viper to claim his identity. She said that he had been killed by the cops.
The newly-minted Viper also struck an alliance with renegade Atlantean warlord Krang. Krang had just found an evil mystical artefact, the Serpent Crown, and the Viper knew what to do with it. She and her Squad kidnapped Hugh Jones, the CEO of the Roxxon Oil giant corporation.
Under the Crown’s control, Jones used Roxxon equipment to start raising sunken Lemuria. But Nomad (Steve Rogers) intervened, defeating the Squad. Viper and Cobra managed to flee with the Crown.
Rogers caught up with the pair as they were having a major shootout with the Seattle police. The Viper ended up shooting the terrified Cobra as he tried to flee, and the Crown was seemingly lost in a sewer.
Third Serpent Squad
Enhanced-to-order mercenaries, first deployed in 1980. They’re both a hit team and deep sea exploration experts.
Anaconda (Blanche Sitznski).
Black Mamba (Tanya Sealy).
Death Adder (Roland Burroughs).
Sidewinder (Seth Voelker) — leader.
Hugh Jones remained under the Crown’s control. He had Roxxon launch a years-long project to increase the Crown’s power. A key part was bringing the Crown of a parallel Earth to Earth-616 .
The Crown also had Roxxon turn mercenaries into serpent-themed supervillains. These were eventually deployed as the third Serpent Squad. At least one subject, Bushmaster (Quincy McIver) was still being enhanced and couldn’t join in time.
The Squad recovered the second Crown from the Pacific Ocean’s floor. They then clashed with the Thing (Benjamin J. Grimm), Stingray (Walter Newell) and Triton of Attilan. The Squad gave a solid account of themselves, but were defeated.
However, Sidewinder teleported away and delivered the Crown to Mr. Jones.
Anaconda, Black Mamba and Death Adder carried on as a mercenary team. But in 1982, they underperformed against Iron Man (Tony Stark) and were arrested.
However, Sidewinder soon made them a generous offer. And thus was the Serpent Society born.
Fourth Serpent Squad
Supervillain team doing forceful, direct heists. These appeared in 1988. They didn’t call themselves the Serpent Squad – the press did.
Black Racer (Ariana Saddiqi).
Copperhead (David Lawfers) — leader.
Fer-de-Lance (Teresa Vasquez).
Puff Adder (Gordon Fraley).
This team robbed casinos in Las Vegas. They did a good job of it, their professionalism compensating for their low-powered abilities.
Sidewinder soon invited these new-fang(l)ed snake-themed criminals to join the Serpent Society. This was the plan all along. The new guys were all infiltrators paid by the Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian).
Like she had previously taken over the Serpent Squad, she sought to take over the Serpent Society. But the plan failed, largely due to Captain America.
The Serpents decided to pull the scales over their differences. The fourth Serpent Squad’s members thus continued to work with the Society.
Fifth Serpent Squad
A terrorist hit squad, first seen in 2007. They worked for the Red Skull (Johann Shmidt/Aleksander Lukin).
Sin (Sinthea Shmidt) — original leader.
King Cobra (Piet Voorhees) — second leader.
Eel (Edward Lavell).
Viper (Leon Murtaugh).
This was a new version of the original, assembled by the Red Skull to back his daughter up. It had both the Eel and the Cobra’s longtime successors, and a new Viper. The later was recruited and equipped to revive that identity.
This commando conducted terror strikes. Psychological sabotage of S.H.I.E.L.D. by Dr. Faustus then allowed them to free Crossbones (Brock Rumlow). However, during a raid into the White House, they ran into Captain America (James Barnes). The Squad was defeated, though Cobra could evacuate the wounded Sin.
In 2012, the Squad re-formed minus Shmidt, under Voorhees’ leadership. Their clients were Baron Helmut Zemo, and Queen Hydra.
They were issued madbombs to start large riots through New York City. They also seized the opportunity to rob a bank, but were stopped by Captain America (Steve Rogers) and Sharon Carter.
Source of Character: Marvel Comics.
Helper(s): Darci.
Writeup completed on the 25th of January, 2019.
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Stock Sales Followed Leak Of FDA Rejection of Erbitux
By Geeta Anand and Chris AdamsStaff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- ImClone Systems officials learned the Food and Drug Administration might turn away the company's application for its promising and financially vital cancer drug Erbitux three days before the agency on Dec. 28 formally told the company the news, people close to the situation said.
Between the time Harlan Waksal, then chief operating officer, learned of the possible FDA action and the time the agency actually notified the company of its action, several Waksal family members and a close friend of the former chief executive, Samuel Waksal, sold ImClone stock, these people say. That close friend, celebrity entrepreneur Martha Stewart, left a message for Samuel Waksal the day she sold her shares, although Ms. Stewart's representatives say the call came after she ordered the trade be made.
The New York biotech concern has been at the center of controversy since late December, when the FDA refused to consider its application for Erbitux because the company hadn't established the drug's effectiveness, and its stock price plunged. ImClone plans to resubmit the application with new data.
These events are likely to come under scrutiny this week at a hearing Thursday before the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee. The FDA has asked if it could keep testimony closed to the public, concerned that its officials could be found liable for revealing proprietary information in public testimony.
Typically, the FDA tightly guards the corporate secrets it gathers. In a letter to the Commerce Committee last week the agency said that nothing in relevant law authorizes FDA employees to disclose confidential information in open session, although the agency says it has cooperated fully with supplying information to subcommittee members. It asked that the hearing be conducted in executive session, or that the subcommittee obtain a waiver from ImClone allowing open testimony. An ImClone spokesman was unaware of the issue Sunday night and couldn't immediately say whether the company would issue a waiver.
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Celebrating Wyoming Suffrage And Beyond
Equality State Policy Center Will Focus On Importance Of Women Voting In Live Event
Credit Equality State Policy Center
The Equality State Policy Center, a nonpartisan advocacy group, is holding a live event to discuss the power of women voting. It will host Wyoming women political leaders on Thursday, July 16.
The Center is taking July to focus on women's leadership and the complicated history of women's suffrage in Wyoming.
Jen Simon, the group's senior policy advisor, said women's suffrage didn't grant everyone the right to vote so this panel hopes to talk about the barriers to universal female suffrage in history and the ones that still exist.
"They can also speak to the fact that when we address them, enact systems that make it possible for more people to vote and have access to voting, and the more people who do show up to vote, and more voter turnout really is better for democracy," said Simon
Simon said Colorado is a good example of how high voter turnout, high engagement, and low barriers to voting can lead to more diverse leadership.
"We want to talk about where we've been, where we are, where we're going, and ways to ensure that our elected leadership better reflects and represents the people of the Equality State," said Simon.
The panelists include the founder of a national nonpartisan women's representation organization, an expert on election administration and policy, Wyoming representative Andi Clifford and Marguerite Herman with the League of Women Voters of Wyoming. The event will take place Thursday at 5 p.m. on Zoom.
Have a question about this story? Contact the reporter, Kamila Kudelska, at kkudelsk@uwyo.edu.
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24/7 Hotline Established To Provide Voter Information And Report Voting Rights Violations
By Maggie Mullen • Nov 5, 2018
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If you're confused about where to vote, or what you need to bring with you to the polls, there's now a 24/7 hotline addressing those concerns. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Wyoming and the Equality State Policy Center established the hotline.
"How Proud You Must Be": New History Recognizes Wyoming's Suffrage Firsts
By Melodie Edwards • Jun 8, 2020
There's an ongoing debate in the American West about which state granted women the right to vote first. Wyoming ratified the decision first in 1869 but didn't vote until the fall of the next year; but Utah women actually went to the polls seven months earlier than that.
Either way, it was Western states that made the leap, and a new book called No Place For A Woman: The Struggle for Suffrage in the Wild West explores what it was about Western women that made them such suffragists.
Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards interviewed author Chris Enss.
Two Women Lead University Of Wyoming's Student Government
By Maggie Mullen • Jun 8, 2020
The University of Wyoming's student government, also known as ASUW, has historically been male-dominated. This year, two women were elected to President and Vice President. That may be for the first time ever. But there's no way to know, since ASUW records don't always account for gender. Wyoming Public Radio's Maggie Mullen spoke with President Riley Talamantes and Vice President Courtney Titus about what it was like to be one of the few, if only, two-women tickets to win the election.
Wyoming: First In Women's Suffrage, Last In Female Representation
By Bob Beck • Jun 5, 2020
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In Wyoming history, only 119 women have won legislative races. Since about half of the state is made up of women, it means they seriously lack representation. It's an issue that has been discussed for years, though little gets done.
Voting Rights Don't Always Mean Voting Access—How Does Wyoming Measure Up?
By Erin Jones • Jun 5, 2020
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The legal right to vote doesn't always translate to the ability to vote.
There can be barriers to the polls, says Susan Simpson, the president of the League of Women Voters of Wyoming. That's a nonpartisan organization that provides information on political candidates and works for higher participation in the political process. Simpson talked with Wyoming Public Radio's Erin Jones about how Wyoming measures up when it comes to voting access.
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Why is gold considered so precious and why does it have such high prices?
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As far back as man has been known to exist, he has considered gold precious. It was probably the first metal known to man.
One reason primitive man was drawn to gold was that it can be found in the free state, which means pure gold can be found in small lumps (called “nuggets”) uncombined with other metals or rocks. Since it has a bright yellow color and a shiny appearance, even the earliest man liked to possess it and make ornaments out of it.
The value of gold increased when people realized that it is the most easily worked of all metals. A nugget of gold is easily hammered thin and is flexible enough to bend without breaking. This means that early man could fashion gold into any shape he wished. At one time, for instance, it was used for hoops to bind the hair. Out of this came the idea of crowns and coronets made of gold.
The supply of gold that can be obtained easily from the earth is very limited. Soon people who couldn't find their own gold offered to exchange other things in return for some gold. That's how gold came to be a medium of exchange. While other commodities were perishable, gold was not, so it became a means of storing value for the future, and a measure of value, as well.
Centuries later, gold was made into coins as a convenient way of indicating the weight and fineness of the metal, and thus its value. Later on, bankers would keep the gold itself in their vaults for safety's sake, and give a written pledge to deliver the gold on demand. From this practice, governments began to issue currency, or money, that was also simply a pledge to deliver a certain amount of gold on demand.
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Profile: Debra Homan Eschmeyer
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BSBA in marketing; Bachelor of Arts in international affairs, 2002
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Farm Girl | The youngest of seven children, Eschmeyer milked cows, weeded gardens and prepared meals for the family. No soccer camp or swim time for the Homan children. She resented it at the time, but now that she’s an adult, she understands the demands of a large family dairy farm.
Pea Pod Moment | “I remember lying under the pea vines, plucking the pods and popping the peas in my mouth and loving every minute of it. I did not like the days I had to go out and weed, but now I appreciate that I was outside doing something and I realized how much I loved farming.”
Farm Boy | The storybook version of her life continued when, in 2002, she married Jeff Eschmeyer, her high school sweetheart, who grew up on his own family farm just two miles down the road. They had been pals since kindergarten.
Peas and Carrots | She eventually discovered that her degrees dovetailed nicely with her knowledge of farming. This became the basis for a career focused on food systems and child nutrition. But first, she and Jeff wanted to join the Peace Corps. Just days before leaving for Ecuador, Jeff was diagnosed with diabetes, and they didn’t get to go.
Farm Policy | With the spark for public service ignited, they moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked for nonprofit agencies dealing with federal farm policy, child nutrition and the impact of public policy on farmers and healthy food. “It taught me about all the different players involved. Did you know there’s a lobby for lentils?”
Glorious Food | A position with the National Farm to School Network led her to co-found a nonprofit, FoodCorps, which works with schools on nutrition education, growing gardens and bringing high-quality food into school cafeterias.
Eat Fresh | “When kids grow food in the garden and then try it and realize it actually tastes good, they feel better because it’s good for them. It’s that simple and it leads to higher academic achievement and a happier, healthy life.”
Back On the Farm | “I remember a professor saying you can’t take the country out of the girl. I thought he was crazy.”
Certified Organic | Their farm earned its organic certification last year and now grows everything from “asparagus to zucchini,” which they sell to local farmers’ markets, restaurants and a grocery.
Good Food | “For an organization based on helping improve diet and nutrition, it is fitting I live on a farm that measures success by our nutrition per acre. I dream that everyone can have healthy food. It’s the issue that both sides of the political table can agree on.”
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The new system of government and economics for western Europe was feudalism, also known as manorialism. The feudal system arose in the 8th century in the Frankish kingdom as a way to protect against foreign invasions, especially invasions by Vikings (“Danes”) from Scandinavia.
Manorialism — the organization of peasants into villages that owed rent and labor services to the nobles; and feudalism — the political structure whereby knights and lower-status nobles owed military service to their overlords, in return for the right to rent from lands and manors – were two of the ways society was organized in the High ...
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Dec 08, 2009 · Manorialism is a brilliant test for the inexperienced player, which I like and congratulate the designer of. Taking away food production from all of your farms is bad (TM) and should not ever be used unless your cities can all get food surpluses from seafood resources, which on the current RFCE map is a highly unlikely situation.
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Balancing these advantages, there were obligations, or disadvantages, for the various groups of a feudalistic society. As a result of the king’s gifts to the barons, in many areas they would have had a higher profile than the monarch himself, and it was the baron that the common people would support.
Feudal And Manorialism In The Middle Ages 1247 Words | 5 Pages. Survival is key to all civilizations. Certainly this was the case during the Middle Ages. Despite this fundamental fact, the Middle Ages witnessed the creation of Feudalism and Manorialism witnessing the proliferation of power from the Church.
Feudalism was a social, political, and economic system that dominated all aspects of medieval life. The economic portion of feudalism was centered around the lord's estates or manor, and is called manorialism. A lord's manor would include peasant villages, a church, farm land, a mill, and the lord's castle or manor house.
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Manorialism, also known as the Manorial System, may be defined as the system in Medieval Europe where rural society was arranged around a manor house or castle on an estate. The smallest units of these estates were also called manors. Within the estates, free and unfree labourers (serfs or villeins) worked the land of the landowner (or its tenant) in return for protection and the right to work ...
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Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar set to release on March 1, 2019
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Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra starrer Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar is set to release on March 1, 2019. The Dibakar Banerjee thriller will see Arjun play the role of a Haryanvi cop, while Parineeti essays the role of an ambitious girl from the corporate world whose lives suddenly intertwine.
Dibakar says, “I feel this is my first film all over again, at least in terms of the excitement with the material. Sandeep and Pinky bring to screen the two Indias that are forever clashing. I want the audience not to lose a second of that. We finished the shoot one month late because of the intense weather conditions on the Indo-Nepal border. I don't want Sandeep and Pinky to be shortchanged on edit time. YRF agreed with my request and so we are pressing on together to the new date. 2019 is when India chooses its future. I'm looking forward to release in that year and choose mine.”
Rohan Malhotra, VP - Distribution at YRF adds, “Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar will now release on March 1, 2019. Arjun and Parineeti have Namaste England releasing on Dussehra this year and the makers had announced this date a while back. It would have been unfair for us to request them to shift their film. Also, we wanted to have a gap between these two films as it features the same star cast and given the extremely busy release calendar of this year, we feel March 1 is the best date for our movie to open.”
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