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Great Dane Service Dog Project
Published in the Boston Globe, March 2014.
Stanley frequents Nashoba Brook Bakery in Concord, but not for the pastries and sandwiches. This 165-pound, 5-foot-long Great Dane, with yardstick-size legs and a nose waist-high to an average human, is on the job. Stanley accompanies his companion Becky Spencer everywhere, even just for a cup of Joe. And he wears a sign on his harness: “I’m working. Stop. Do Not Distract.”
Spencer, 39, is an Army National Guard veteran with two decades of service despite multiple injuries exacerbated in a Humvee accident in Iraq. Her complex medical conditions can trigger seizures, spills, or emotional distress. Stanley is her service dog. The colossal canine — and others like Stanley — fulfill a specific task: aiding humans with stability and balance issues.
Some 60 Great Danes like Stanley perform jobs such as these, thanks to the Great Dane Service Dog Project. SDP breeds, raises, trains, and donates the dogs, with priority to veterans and their families, but also to others dealing with Parkinson’s disease, Friedreich’s ataxia, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury.
Carlene White, president and head dog trainer, founded the nonprofit in 2003 on her private 12-acre Ipswich farm. SDP is the only accredited member of Assistance Dogs International to train Great Danes.
Some 40 dogs, from pups to seniors, live on the farm in the main house and four barns with dozens of heated kennels, cared for by five part-time staff members and more than 45 active volunteers. They place 12-25 dogs per year.
In a prior life, White, 76, ran Animal Episodes for 30 years, providing trained animal “actors” of all kinds for print ads, television, and movies in Massachusetts, including “The Witches of Eastwick” and “Good Will Hunting.” But life changed soon after her male Great Dane jumped a new USDA-required fence on her property — fathering 23 pups with three of her female Great Danes.
“When you have too many lemons, you make lemonade,” she says.
She gave one pup to her father, who had Parkinson’s, and another to a friend with multiple sclerosis. The dogs, who love to lean against humans, provided a natural support for those unstable on their feet. The Danes are also intelligent, friendly, and patient and require limited exercise, she says.
She began training them to match their gait to a handler’s unsteady pace and soon consulted with staff at ADI, who affirmed White’s early training efforts. They suggested the Danes would be good for “guys coming back from the war,” she recalls.
She founded SDP, despite naysayers who believed Great Danes were not suitable as service dogs. The spunky White gloats when saying she proved them wrong, including debunking the stereotype about the breed’s short life span. Some live past age 10, and “my first stud lived to 14,” she says.
Bud Wilbur, 44, of Sterling, and his wife, Stephanie, attribute his return to society to his 135-pound, 4-year-old buddy, Indy. A Gulf War Marine veteran with progressive medical issues, Wilbur says he “soldiered on,” thrusting himself into work as a software engineer — putting in 80-hour weeks. At home with his wife and two sons, however, he “closed off to society in what we call ‘bunkering down,’ ” he says. “I had a hard time with any kind of crowds.”
This lasted more than a decade. No going to restaurants, stores, movies. Eventually, his condition affected his memory and he stopped working. Finally, Wilbur also faced up to his PTSD. “It’s hard to admit,” he says.
Then, hesitantly, after volunteering with service dogs, he pursued one. When SDP matches dogs to recipients, the pair bond for a few days one-on-one in a guest house on SDP’s grounds, and take excursions with trainers.
“One of the first places they took us was a hospital. It was a hard place for me to be,” he says. “Turns out, Indy wasn’t too keen on it either — I sat down and Indy jumped into my lap. It was perfect. She helped me relax.”
Since then, Indy is always by his side. She learned to help Wilbur with specific balance issues, as his feet “just go and I’m going down,” he says. He grabs her harness and “ends up on my knee, but it’s not as bad as a face plant. Things are not easy, but with Indy they’re possible,” he says.
Stephanie is also grateful for Indy. “She has opened up a world for us which other people take for granted,” she wrote in an e-mail. “The whole family was virtually isolated. Our situation was difficult to explain and very difficult to deal with. Now because of Indy, we go out to eat in some restaurants, go to movies and even the grocery store and mall on occasion. She has given us wings.”
One teenage recipient, Jocelyn Rodgers of Rochester, N.H., has Friedreich’s ataxia and weighed under 60 pounds when she met the folks at SDP. She was tired of having to hold her father’s hand to steady herself, even when out with friends, recalls White, who brought the girl and a dog to a local mall to try things out. “She walked by herself for the first time in three years.”
Jocelyn, 14, now brings her service dog, Teal, everywhere — including to school.
“The dogs are like a sturdy walker — the walkers can go up and over if a person falls backward, but you just hang on to a 140-pound dog and don’t go anywhere,” says White.
Becky Spencer credits 2½-year-old Stanley with saving her life. After Spencer was hospitalized and became depressed, her doctor suggested a service dog to assist with her frequent falls. Canes and walkers somewhat helped her balance issues, but in some ways they exacerbated her problems.
People would stare at her and “they would say, ‘You look normal, why do you need a cane?’,” she recalls while sitting in the rear of Nashoba Brook Bakery, Stanley resting at her feet, his massive body wedged between a chair and a coffee table. Occasionally, he rises and plants his hind quarters on her lap, his front paws resting on the rug, like a comical lapdog. Spencer believes he knows she needs calming at those moments.
“It’s tough being a strong female. I used to do triathlons. Now I feel broken every day. But with Stanley, I’m just a girl out with a really big dog. He takes the focus off of my disabilities.”
For more details e-mail info@servicedogproject.org. Watch the pups and activity on the farm 24/7 on one of four cameras at www.explore.org. Click on Indoor Puppy Room/Great Dane Service Puppies.
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Green Mountain Power Corp,Using an innovative approach, Green Mountain Power has been able to cut electricity costs by 16.5 percent at its Colchester facility over the past year and a half — saving energy and ultimately saving customers money. GMP worked with Shelburne-based Kilawatt Technologies on the project.According to Rebecca Towne, Administration Manager, most of the savings resulted from fine-tuning and synchronizing the building’s existing heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. No new capital investment was required.”When we started working with Kilawatt Technologies, we already had extremely efficient heating and cooling equipment in place. However, electricity use — especially in the Information Technology data room — continued to increase,” said Towne. “Kilawatt Technologies helped us make better use of the building automation system that regulates temperature and airflow, and identified other opportunities for significant energy savings.””Reducing power use in our IT room is crucial as we have continually increasing IT needs,” Towne said. “It’s one way we can promote Green IT concepts, and use our equipment as efficiently as possible.”Some examples of the changes implemented included using long term data trending to develop sophisticated control algorithms that take advantage of the building’s energy momentum to simply relocating thermostats in the IT room away from the hot exhaust at the back of the servers. The company also increased use of a fan that pulls in outside air to help keep the equipment cool.Changes have also been made in GMP’s 1,320 square foot control room. “We haven’t run the compressors that operate the heating and cooling system in over two months,” said Pete Sheil, Building Services Worker. “We’re keeping the space at a comfortable temperature just by using fans to mix cold outside air with the heat produced by the computers and the staff. An additional benefit of this new approach is that we’re continually bringing more fresh air into the building, which contributes to employee comfort, alertness and productivity, especially in closed areas such as conference rooms.”Gregory Johnson, VP of Business Development at Kilawatt Technologies, said, “Including their reduction in natural gas use, our data driven energy management program has helped Green Mountain Power reduce overall energy consumption by 20.5 percent at its Colchester headquarters. We applaud Green Mountain Power’s leadership in achieving these significant energy and greenhouse gas emissions reductions and saving its customers money. We’re starting to work with Green Mountain Power at its Montpelier facility and expect to see even more significant reductions. We encourage other Vermont companies to undertake similar efforts.”Electricity savings in Colchester to date have exceeded 140,000 kilowatt hours or enough to power 19 average size Vermont homes for a year. “This is part of Green Mountain Power’s on-going commitment to energy conservation,” said Towne. “It’s an approach that saves money for our customers and benefits the environment.” read more
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Immobile is the top scorer in Serie A this season with 27 goals – six more than his nearest rival for the ‘Capocannoniere’ award, Cristiano Ronaldo. The 30-year-old has a phenomenal record for Lazio since joining them in 2016. So far, he has scored 116 goals in 167 appearances for the Rome-based side. This season, he has reached 30 goals in all competitions for the second time in his career. And that form has led to belief he could fill a “chasm” in Manchester United’s lineup. That’s according to Calciomercato.it, who claim that United are considering Immobile as a potential strike target. The Red Devils failed to replace Romelu Lukaku last summer, and could be looking for a new striker. Marcus Rashford has stepped up this season, while Odion Ighalo recently extended his loan until January 2021. However, Calciomercato believe that United could still try to add another option at centre-forward in the shape of Immobile.Advertisement Manchester United are interested in signing Ciro Immobile, but face a battle to convince the Lazio striker, according to reports in Italy. It may not be easy to prise him away from Lazio, however. The Italy international remains under contract until 2023 and is keen to stay in the capital, where he has found the most regularity of his career. The possible price tag of €50m would also raise doubts about the chances of the deal going through. No talks have begun between the two clubs yet, despite the real “appreciation”, the report adds. United are not the only club interested in Immobile, however. TEAMtalk revealed in April that Carlo Ancelotti is eager to take him to Everton, and would be willing to give up Moise Kean in a swap deal. read also:Serie A: Immobile nets hat-trick as Lazio thrash Sampdoria to keep title chase alive Kean is understood not to be part of Ancelotti’s plans, just one year after he was signed from Juventus. A return to Serie A could be on the cards for the youngster, with Lazio’s rivals Roma also interested. Inserting Kean into a potential bid for Immobile would help make Everton’s interest more affordable. However, they will face the same problems as United in trying to convince the player. FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail分享 Loading… Promoted ContentContemplate Life At These 10 Stargazing LocationsBest & Worst Celebrity Endorsed Games Ever Made18 Beautiful Cities That Are Tourist MagnetsBirds Enjoy Living In A Gallery Space Created For Them7 Reasons It’s Better To Be A VeganYou’ve Only Seen Such Colorful Hairdos In A Handful Of AnimeThe Very Last Bitcoin Will Be Mined Around 2140. Read MoreCan Playing Too Many Video Games Hurt Your Body?5 Of The World’s Most Unique Theme ParksTop 10 Most Romantic Nations In The WorldMind-Bending Technology That Was Predicted Before It Appeared6 Extreme Facts About Hurricanes read more
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Oscars 2014 Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong'o Wins Best Supporting Actress at 2014 Academy Awards
The 12 Years a Slave star took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, beating out big names, , June Squibb and Sally Hawkins, for her portrayal of Patsey, a favored but abused slave in the Steve McQueen-directed drama.
"Yes! Thank you to the academy for this incredible recognition. It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's. And so I want to salute the spirit of Patsey for her guidance, and for Solomon, thank you for telling her story and your own, " the actress said.
"Steve McQueen, you charge everything that you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Thank you so much for putting me in this position, " Nyong'o continued as she began to get emotional.
"This has been the joy of my life. I'm certain that the dead are standing about you and watching and they're grateful and so am I. Chiwetel, thank you for your fearlessness and how deeply you went into telling Solomon's story., thank you so much, you were my rock...I want to thank my family for your training and the Yale school of drama. My friends. My brother Junior sitting by my side."
The list of thank-yous continued, although Lupita noticeably left out costar and producer (gasp!), but clearly emotions were running high, so we're sure it was an accident.
Nyong'o concluded, "When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child that no matter where you're from, your dreams are valid."
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Russian Troops Doing Major Military Drills In Syria And Are Prepared To Destroy The Last Jihadist Rebel Stronghold
By Ted on September 9, 2018 in Featured, General
By Theodore Shoebat
Russian troops are doing major military drills in Syria and are prepared to destroy the last jihadist rebel stronghold in Syria.
As we read from RT
Russia has staged large-scale military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea near Syria, involving both its Navy and Air Force. The drills were held amid ongoing escalation around Idlib, and US threats to strike Syria.
Footage released by Russia’s Defense Ministry shows Marine Special Forces equipped with state-of-the-art gear landing on the shores of Syria’s Latakia province. The Marines used helicopters, fast-attack craft and armored vehicles while landing from major amphibious ships under the cover of dozens of Russian combat aircraft.
The spectacular display was just part of a week-long exercise, which is said to be the first of its kind in this part of the Mediterranean. Apart from the naval infantry training, in which the Marines not only honed their amphibious skills but also practiced protecting Russian Navy ships from sabotage activities, the war games also involved maritime live-fire drills.
More than two dozen battleships, including the ‘Marshal Ustinov’ cruiser and three of Russia’s newest frigates, launched anti-ship missiles and fired high-caliber guns. The drills also saw Russian strategic Tu-160 Blackjack bombers and long-range Tu-142 Bear submarine hunters train simulated missile launches.
Held between September 1 and September 8, the drills also involve establishing a foothold on the territory controlled by a simulated enemy. In total, 26 vessels from all Russian fleets, including two submarines, as well as 34 aircraft, took part in the war games.
Earlier, the Kremlin spokesman explained that the drills were partly linked to the situation in Syria’s Idlib province. Idlib is “a hotbed of terrorism and nothing good may come from it, unless action is taken,” Dmitry Peskov said ahead of the drills in late August, adding that some “additional safety measures” are “justified.”
The exercise comes amid high tension in the region as Moscow says the US is deploying additional military assets towards Syria for a potential missile attack against Syrian government forces. More than a week ago, the missile destroyer USS ‘Ross’ was deployed to the Mediterranean, carrying 28 Tomahawk cruise missiles. It came after a similar maneuver by USS ‘The Sullivans’ to the Persian Gulf and the relocation of a B-1B Lancer strategic bomber to an airbase in Qatar. The Russian Defense Ministry said the preparations are “the latest evidence of the US intention” to strike after what it says will be a false-flag chemical attack in Syria.
The Pentagon has already compiled a list of preliminary targets in Syria, which the US military is planning to hit in case of a “chemical weapons attack.” It has also “routinely” briefed the US President Donald Trump on “military options” in case of such an incident.
The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly warned that the militants in Idlib have been preparing a false-flag attack using chemical weapons to justify the US strike against the forces loyal to the Syrian government. On Saturday, the ministry’s spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that these preparations had entered their “final stage.”
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Hello, London
Sure, we might never see B16 captured using a computer... but tonight, a major victory for technology's progress in the church: a shot of Il Papa with a printer.
After an exuberant day in Scotland that elegantly mixed church and state -- before crowd-estimates of some 70,000 for the Glasgow Mass and over 120,000 flocking to see the Popemobile down Edinburgh's Royal Mile -- the Pope arrived in England after 9pm local time, heading immediately from Heathrow Airport to his residence for the next three nights: the Nunciature (Vatican embassy) to the Court of St James, located in London's Wimbledon section, literally a backhand away from tennis' most sacred turf, the All-England Club. (The visitor's shown above at a window of his temporary digs, greeting the onlookers who showed up.)
Tomorrow's program takes place in two parts -- first, a morning sprint beginning at 10am with the "world of Catholic education" in Britain, followed by a meeting with religious leaders, both of which will include speeches.
The afternoon, however, brings the day's three-part centrepiece: Benedict's 4pm trek to Lambeth Palace to visit with the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams; the much-anticipated Westminster Hall speech an hour later, then the 6pm Evensong alongside the Anglican primate in Westminster Abbey. All three events will see further PopeTalks -- a total haul that, with five "full" discourses in all, comprises this visit's most prolific day as words go.
All times above are UK local (five hours ahead of the East, eight of the West); here's your livestream, and don't forget the Visit Missal -- which includes the prayer-texts to be used at the education meeting, in a brief rite at Lambeth and, above all, at the Abbey Vespers.
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O Christmas Tree
This holiday season brings to mind holidays of the past, particularly those I celebrated while serving in the military.
I graduated from high school at mid-term and enlisted in the Marine Corps infantry in February of 1975. I finished boot camp and infantry school in time to be on Okinawa by September, just after my 18th birthday. I had never been away from home during the holidays, but obviously, I would be away from home for this one.
We generally spent three to five days a week in the field. Vietnam was over, but not long over. Marines who conducted the mission to rescue the crew of the SS Mayaguez in Cambodia returned to Okinawa shortly after I arrived on the island. There was still plenty of reason to train, but this Christmas training was also a good way to think of something other than being away from family and friends during the holidays.
That is the reason I spent my first Christmas Eve in the Marine Corps in the field as a lance corporal firing 81mm mortars. We had a night shoot scheduled that evening. We'd finish the shoot, sleep in the field that night, then return to Camp Schwab in the morning for a Christmas meal in the mess hall.
The night shoot was fairly routine, but we needed to stay focused to continue to improve. In combat training, as it is in combat, everything done at night is much more deliberately performed since normal daytime visual cues are diminished. You can take nothing for granted.
With an 81mm mortar, you don't normally have the opportunity to see your target, so you set stakes - aiming stakes - out in front of the mortar positions, all on a base heading or direction from each gun. At night, we attached unidirectional lights to the stakes so we could see them from the guns. Others in a fire direction center had targets plotted on maps and plotting boards and they called gun sight settings down to the gun squad leader via wired land lines. The squad leader called out the settings to the gun crew in the gun pit and gunners applied the settings to the sights and manipulated the mortars to align them with the aiming stakes with the new settings. The ammo men passed the ammo forward and handed it - one round at a time - to the assistant gunner who dropped each round down the mortar tube, again, one round at a time. Once the round hit the bottom of the tube, it struck the firing pin which ignited the propellant that launched the round down range.
When we fired at night, we generally fired a number of illumination rounds to light up the target area. These were shells that burst in the air to release a bright phosphorous ball suspended from a parachute. If all eight mortars in the platoon fired illumination rounds at once, it could light up a huge swath of land.
So, that night, had engaged a number of targets and finally exhausted all of our high explosive ammunition. We still had a few illumination rounds left, but our platoon leaders had a plan for them. With eight guns on line, they gave instructions for the two middle guns to fire illumination rounds. A few seconds later all eight guns each fired a round, then a few seconds later the two guns next to the outside most guns fired. A few seconds later the next two interior guns fired, then the next two fired, continuing until all pairs of guns working to the middle of the gun line had fired a round. Finally, one of the two middle guns traversed slightly to the middle and fired one more round.
As the illumination rounds burst over that dark windless Christmas Eve night, two then eight then two at a time, we saw that we had created a phosphorous Christmas tree dangling several seconds from parachutes. Five dozen Marines in the field that night admired the display in silence until the light was extinguished and the parachutes settled to the ground.
It doesn't seem like much, but it is was kind of neat to us. That was a nice Christmas.
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David Stuttard (ed.), Looking at Medea: Essays and a Translation of Euripides' Tragedy. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014. Pp. xi, 219. ISBN 9781472530516. $32.95 (pb).
Reviewed by N.J. Sewell-Rutter, Oxford Tutorial College (neil.sewell-rutter@otc.ac.uk)
David Stuttard's Looking at Medea presents twelve essays on Euripides' tragedy, newly commissioned from a variety of respected scholars, together with an editor's introduction and Stuttard's own translation of the text, which is modestly printed last.
Edited volumes intended as companions frequently imply rather than expressly limit their audience. Stuttard states his intention to 'cover a wide range of issues' and allow his contributors the latitude to present a 'diversity of views' at the cost of an occasional 'small degree of overlap' (Foreword, x). The volume as a whole assumes no knowledge of Greek and little or no prior knowledge of Attic tragedy in its readership. Endnotes are kept to a minimum, and the bibliography (205–11) heavily emphasises the last thirty years of work on the play. Reflective theatre professionals with minimal classical training are a large part of the implied audience, and the essays and translation could certainly be used, among other things, as the basis for an informed and successful English language production of Medea.
The editor's introduction emphasises the play's context both within the dramatic festivals and on the cusp of the Peloponnesian War. Stuttard does not introduce interpretative issues himself or situate the individual contributions within wider scholarly debates, conformably to his editorial principle of lightness of touch. One might take issue in an otherwise informative and helpful introduction with the argument on p. 4 that the 'Athenians' shamefully misogynistic view of women, especially clever women' is a clincher for an all-male audience at the Dionysia. This begs more than one question. Is a volume of essays on Euripides' Medea best introduced with a paragraph on monolithic and reprehensible Athenian misogyny?
Stuttard's translation, first written in 1996 and scrutinised by Kenneth Dover (x–xi), published here with minor revisions, succeeds admirably in its stated aims of accuracy and friendliness to the performer. I have detected no serious mistranslations. Some indications of Greek line numbering, either bracketed within the translation or given as ranges in page headers or footers, would be useful for reference and comparison and would not detract seriously from the translation's accessibility.
The translation's one fault is that it gives little indication that high poetry is being translated: the register is dramatic but largely prosaic. An example of Stuttard at his best is to be found at the start of the First Episode (173–4) when Medea laments the lot of women to the Chorus: the translation of her rhesis evokes impressively the reasoning of this persuasive speech and the passion underlying its gnomic rationality. Medea's qualms about murdering her children (193) are also very successfully captured. But the translator is too free with colloquial contractions, of which there are three examples in the first two paragraphs (169), including the unlovely 'Argo'd' for 'Argo had' in the first sentence. There is another jarring over-colloquialism at the end of the second episode (183, lines 625–6, translating in 626 the reading of the codices, not Dodds's emendation), when Medea says: 'And maybe, if my words find favour with the gods, in marrying her you'll lose all chance you ever had of marriage.' Does this sentence translate poetry or prose? However, one of the strengths of this volume as a whole is that it makes the drama vivid, and Stuttard's choice of register furthers accessibility.
1. Griffin emphasises Euripides' modifications of the Medea myth, tracing the darkening of an originally 'romantic' and 'upbeat' (13) love story into one of horrific infanticide. He is the first of several contributors to note the crucial point that the children's death at the hands of their mother, not the Corinthians, may well be original to Euripides. His 'little polemical point' (17) that the play need not be a warning to the Athenians about contemporary Corinthian hostility is a salutary reminder that Medea is not necessarily a political work.
2. McCallum-Barry treats earlier and contemporary versions of the Medea myth, and ventures 'a little after' Euripides' production of 431. Like Griffin, she correctly sees the infanticide as one of Euripides' 'startling innovations', possibly 'unwelcome' and 'unsettling' to his audience (34). The play is of course unsettling, but Euripides was repeatedly granted choruses throughout his career, however subversive his oeuvre, and in the dangerous public life of Athens he never incurred a fine like Phrynichus (Hdt. 6.21.2, mentioned in Stuttard's introduction, 5).
3. Karamanou persuasively argues that all three tragedies in the tetralogy of 431, Medea, Philoctetes and Dictys, explore marginalisation and otherness: the entire production, not only Medea, evokes sympathy for the vulnerable and comparatively defenceless. She applies Aristotle's criteria for sympathy and identification, citing Poetics 1453a4-6 (44), but does not actually cite his judgement that Euripides is 'the most tragic' (1453a30) of the poets, which supports her case. She handles the fragments deftly and soundly and concludes, perhaps diffidently, that tragedy appeals both to emotion and intellect and that staging is integral to the impact of drama.
4. Wyles' consideration of the original performance's staging is one of the most useful contributions for the volume's implied audience of theatre practitioners. She emphasises striking and disquieting theatrical elements in Medea — cries off in the parodos, Medea costumed as a barbarian, serpents in the exodos that evoke, appropriate and question Athenian iconography, and theatrical allusions to extant Aeschylean and Sophoclean plays. Not only Euripides' modifications of the myth but elements of his production were bold and uncomfortable.
5. Ruffell helpfully views the play and its interpretation through the eyes of the Nurse, an unnamed and therefore unheroic character whose sympathies are at the 'moral centre' of the play (81). He is right to point out that the character is never expressly called a nurse and that, never addressing Medea as 'child' (73), she is not certainly Medea's own nurse. He is also right to see the Nurse's loyalties as multiple (81): she is concerned not only for Medea but for her impact on other characters. It would be worth saying to this volume's audience, if Ruffell would have the Nurse back on stage after l. 214 (80), that the text does not explicitly cue her return, long taken as a principle of tragic staging.1
6. Morwood retracts his earlier view2 of Jason as 'the villain of the piece' (83). This is a commendable though excessively moderate palinode, taking into account hints that Jason, though of course lacking in empathy and tact and not admirable, is a more sympathetic character in places than the author had previously acknowledged. Morwood concedes (87) that though Jason has perjured his oath, we perhaps feel 'a glimmer of genuine audience sympathy' for him in the exodos in the midst of his 'shipwreck'. This does not go far enough. We feel more than 'a glimmer of sympathy' for Priam at Iliad 24.486-506, the canonical address of bereaved father to killer of sons, when he dares, more than ever any mortal on earth, to reach his hand to the lips of the man who killed his child. Jason's words (in Stuttard's translation, 'I wish that I had never fathered sons to see them so destroyed, and you their murderer', 202) have a characteristic Euripidean spareness, but that does not diminish their pathos.
7. Rutherford lucidly reminds us that Medea, who must as a matter of staging appear ex machina in the Exodos (90), is a mortal who has just taken a terrible revenge and has no divine or otherwise authoritative perspective on the action to impart. She is no Artemis in the exodos of Hippolytus giving a comforting aetiology (91–2); and may be more barbarian in costume when she last enters in conformity with her visually striking serpent-borne chariot. This leaves the end of the play 'disturbing in the extreme' (97).
8. Mills reminds the reader that Euripides was not constrained in his choice of the gender and identity of his Chorus (101–2). This is not said often enough by interpreters of tragedy in general, and is particularly useful for the volume's target audience. Corinthian women are best placed to 'follow their mistress's lead' in seeking redress for very womanhood (109), but Mills, arguing for the complicity of the chorus, relies excessively on their passivity and understates their horror at the proposed infanticide and open opposition to it, already noted in Griffin's paper (16). 'Do not do it' (line 813) is unambiguous. So is: 'You will be a most wretched woman if you do.' (line 818; see also 856–65). It is of course the exception for a tragic chorus to act in any concrete way, as the Erinyes do in Aeschylus' Eumenides, prosecuting Orestes. No character in Medea stands in Medea's way at all effectively, not even Creon, and it is asking too much to expect a chorus of townswomen to mount any real opposition.
9. Roisman. Starting from the disproportion of Medea's vengeance, which she infelicitously calls a 'dys-fit' (111), Roisman contrasts Euripides' relatively human and identifiable Medea with Seneca's more straightforwardly villainous character. She concludes that in Euripides, Medea is not simply a 'barbaric foreigner and supernatural witch' (121) and that any outrage evoked by her actions is a response to their horrific magnitude, not her vengeful impulse. Roisman's careful insistence that Medea in Euripides is human, not a monster, is welcome.
10. Cairns. A paper on 'Feminism or Misogyny' is an essential contribution to an introductory volume on Medea. Cairns concludes that Medea 'revels in' Athenian male stereotypes rather than 'subverting them' (137). Some will take issue with Cairns when he cites 'Medea's emphasis on sex' (135), mentioned as one of several female stereotypes Euripides confirms. Throughout the play she subordinates integrity to persuasion: does she really 'endorse' (136) the male judgement that the issue is one of sexual jealousy at lines 263-66 (134) or does she conform to the perspectives of male characters she seeks to persuade? In the parodos (172, lines 160–3), she attributes her sufferings first of all to oath-breaking and injustice, not to sexual rejection: she first invokes Themis.
11. Hall on the divine in Medea notes, like Rutherford, Aristotle's disquiet at the mortal Medea appearing ex machina in the Exodos (139–40). Hall uses the play's modern reception to illuminate the anomalous status of Medea, whose quasi-divinity has been sometimes emphasised, sometimes downplayed. Above all Hall's Medea leaves perspectives on the divine open, not settled (141), in a play underpinned by an 'awesome, unknowable religious element' (154).
12. Smit considers some twentieth-century presentations of Medea as black. The Colchians were not. But a modern strategy has been to emphasise her barbarian ethnicity starkly, an obvious tactic but, as Smit shows, not necessarily a cheap simplification, given the variety of contemporary theoretical approaches to ethnicity. Several contributors mention the issue of Medea's barbarian costume in the production of 431. A contribution on the recent tendency to focus Medea's disturbing otherness through contemporary anxieties about skin colour is a fitting conclusion to a collection that never underplays the innovations and challenges of Euripides' text and production.
In conclusion, Looking at Medea presents an accurate and performable translation together with twelve useful and sometimes illuminating interpretative perspectives on the play. Euripides' Medea emerges by consensus of the contributors as a bold and innovative work of art that is and was profoundly disturbing.
1. So, canonically, O. Taplin, The Stagecraft of Aeschylus: the Dramatic Use of Exits and Entrances in Greek Tragedy (Oxford, 1977).
2. J. Morwood, The Plays of Euripides (London, 2002).
"Smit considers some twentieth-century presentations of Medea as black. The Colchians were not." This comment about the Colchians is utterly false. Herodotus explicitly describes the Colchians as Black (2.104) and Pindar calls them Black-faced (Pyth. 2.210-15). Furthermore, Frank Snowden pointed out an example of a Black Medea in a visual medium. I do not understand why Classical scholars are so adverse to Blacks existing outside of Aithiopia when Greco-Roman material demonstrates that they did.
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Peculiar Velocities (BAF002) © 2020 Han-earl Park
November 17, 2020: Eris 136199’s latest album is out now (compact disc and digital download)! Eris 136199 is the chaotic snap’n’pop of Han-earl Park’s cyborg virtuosity, the symphonies of power and weight of Catherine Sikora’s tenor madness, and the heavy rock-ASMR experimentalism of Nick Didkovsky glitchy guitar.
Peculiar Velocities is Eris 136199’s first studio album, and captures the trio during their 2019 European tour; between the first date at The Vortex (London) and their performance at Jazz em Agosto (Lisbon).
[Get the CD/download (Bandcamp)…]
Surprises abound on this disc from the collision of three seemingly incompatible notions of time and rhythm in [the title track] ‘Peculiar Velocities’; to ‘Sleeping Dragon’ which insistently claims to be one thing but reveals itself to be something else; to the aural love letter to No Wave that is ‘D-Loop’….
Moments of absolute clarity, where two of us may deliberately hit exactly the same notes, are juxtaposed by equally comfortable bursts of raging chaos and easy silences.
— From the liner notes‡
Formed in New York in 2012, Eris 136199 is the chaotic-slamming one-person rhythm section of Han-earl Park (Sirene 1009), the deep melodic intelligence and big-tenor sound of Catherine Sikora (Clockwork Mercury), and the anthems of glitch, experimentalism and riffage of Nick Didkovsky (Doctor Nerve). Recorded during the trio’s 2019 European tour, Peculiar Velocities (BAF002) is Eris 136199’s third CD, and first studio album. The album is the follow-up to the eponymous Eris 136199 (BAF001, 2018) described as “like letting an insane brain surgeon in through your ear” (aJazzNoise, Best of 2018), and Anomic Aphasia (SLAMCD 559, 2015) which was described as “a beautiful noise” (KFJC 89.7 FM).
Recorded with a lean, efficient boldness by Sean Woodlock, and mastered by Richard Scott, the album captures music that leaps from wispy, delicate webs to massive weather-beaten mountains. Recorded over just three hours in a single live room, Peculiar Velocities catches Eris 136199 between the first date of the tour at The Vortex (London) and their performance at Jazz em Agosto (Lisbon).
Photo © Jazz em Agosto / Petra Cvelbar
Insectoid ASMR glitches to powerful ballads of weight and light; gentle, languorous shimmers to startling No Wave noise; raspy double-guitar hockets to gutted, dismantled chorales.
Han-earl Park is the instigator and mastermind behind Eris 136199, as well as groups including Sirene 1009 with Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders and rit. (f.k.a. Caroline Pugh), and co-conspirator in projects with Richard Barrett and others. Park is the constructor of the machine improviser io 0.0.1 beta++, and of Metis 9, a playbook of improvisative tactics. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Josh Sinton, Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, Ingrid Laubrock, Gino Robair, Tim Perkis, Andrew Drury, Pat Thomas and Franziska Schroeder. His ensembles have performed at festivals including Freedom of the City (London), Brilliant Corners (Belfast), ISIM (New York), CEAIT (Los Angeles) and Sonic Acts (Amsterdam).
Saxophonist, improviser and composer Catherine Sikora, known for her big sound and lyrical melodic work, works as a solo performer and with Eric Mingus, Enrique Haneine, Brian Chase, Han-earl Park, Ethan Winogrand, Christopher Culpo and Ross Hammond. In recent years Sikora has toured in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia. She was a featured soloist in Eric Mingus’ radical reimagining of Tommy by the Who (Adelaide Festival 2015), and was artist in residence at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris in 2014 and in 2020.
Guitarist, composer, and computer music programmer Nick Didkovsky has composed music for Kathleen Supové, ETHEL, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Meridian Arts Ensemble, New Century Players, ARTE Quartett, as part of the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, and his own bands Doctor Nerve, Vomit Fist, Häßliche Luftmasken, and others. His compositions and guitar performances appear on more than 50 records. For over 30 years, his avant-metal big band Doctor Nerve has fueled Didkovsky’s intricate compositions with the energy of rock, punching holes through the walls between heavy metal, contemporary music, and improvisation, and performing at festivals including Moers, FIMAV, and the Whitney Museum’s ‘Whitney Live.’ With computer music pioneer Phil Burk, Didkovsky developed the computer music language Java Music Specification Language (JMSL).
‡ Liner notes only available with the CD.
Han-earl Park (guitar), Catherine Sikora (saxophone), and Nick Didkovsky (guitar).
Ballad of Tensegrity I (≥ 5:12), Ballad of Tensegrity II (2:28), Peculiar Velocities I (3:46), Peculiar Velocities II (3:36), Sleeping Dragon (5:22), D-Loop I (≥ 6:16), D-Loop II (5:13), Polytely I (≥ 5:01), Polytely II: Breakdown (5:33), Anagnorisis I (2:09), Anagnorisis II (2:19). Total duration ≥ 46:54.
recording details
Music by Han-earl Park, Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky.
Recorded August 9, 2019, Hackney Road Studios, London.
Recorded by Sean Woodlock. Mixed by Han-earl Park.
Mastered by Richard Scott.
Design and artwork by Han-earl Park.
Thanks to Sean and Richard; to Colin Webster, Ingrid Laubrock, Alex Hawkins, Charles Hayward and Melanie L Marshall; to Rui Neves, João Brilhante, Inês Nunes and everyone at Jazz em Agosto/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Kathianne Hingwan, Kim Macari, Ali Ward and everyone at The Vortex; Matthew Nolan at Note Productions; Aoife Concannon, Adam Nolan, Kenneth Killeen and Caitríona O’Mahony at Improvised Music Company; to Lee Paterson; to Laurent Carrier and everyone at Colore; to Paul Acquaro of Free Jazz; Mike Borella of Avant Music News; Dave Foxall of aJazzNoise ; and Tim Owen of _____on Sound.
A big thanks to the backers of our Kickstarter project for their awe-inspiring generosity; helping bring this music to you! A massive thanks to Phillip A., Bruno Bissonnette, Mike Borella, Colin Cahill, Jeremy Clarke, Gary Couse, Nicholas Croft, Don Davis, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Tom Duff, Erik Ellestad, Lee Rice Epstein, Goldi, Owen Green, Rich Hollis, Martin Hoogeboom, Terry Kattleman, Gary W. Kennedy, Liam, Bartholomew R. Mallio, walt mattes, Andrew McKenzie, Rob Miller, Eric Mingus, John Minnock, david m morris, Neil, Matthew Nolan, Michael Rogers, Steffen Schindler, Ken Shimamoto, Craig Sines, j. sinton, Marte van der Loop, Tom Ward, Bernd Wimmer, aJazzNoise, and the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music, and to our anonymous backers.
© + ℗ 2020 Han-earl Park.
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Eris 136199 (BAF001) [details…]
Personnel: Han-earl Park (guitar), Catherine Sikora (saxophone) and Nick Didkovsky (guitar).
Track listing: Therianthropy I (≥ 3:43), Therianthropy II (8:56), Therianthropy III (3:55), Therianthropy IV (6:30), Adaptive Radiation I (6:44), Adaptive Radiation II (8:48), Adaptive Radiation III (5:54), Universal Greebly (10:58), Hypnagogia I (8:03), Hypnagogia II (4:45). Total duration ≥ 68:25.
Personnel: Han-earl Park (guitar), Catherine Sikora (tenor and soprano saxophones), Nick Didkovsky (guitar; tracks 1 and 5), and Josh Sinton (baritone saxophone and bass clarinet; tracks 2–4).
Track listing: Monopod (27:19), Pleonasm (Metis 9) (17:08), Flying Rods (Metis 9) (7:41), Hydraphon (7:34), StopCock (10:54). Total duration: 70:33.
© 2015 Han-earl Park. ℗ 2015 SLAM Productions.
11-17-20: released!
12-04-20: added the hoodie.
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Thanks: Eris 136199 (London, Lisbon and Dublin, August 2019)
First, my thanks as always to those who came to listen and witness musicking in real-time collisions. It was great to see so many old friends and new faces; to hear from so many of how you made your way into this music. My heartfelt thanks to you for embarking on the journey with us!
I am so very grateful to all our hosts: a big, big, big thanks to Jazz em Agosto for making all this possible. My deepest gratitude to Rui Neves for first inviting this unruly trio to perform at the festival, and to his unerring belief in the necessity of difficult music. Thanks also to the super-professional sound and stage team; to Petra Cvelbar for the awesome photography; to João Brilhante for all the media work; and to the unshakable patience and enthusiasm of Inês Nunes who got this trio from A-to-B and back again (I expect big things in all your future endeavors).
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Warmest thanks everyone at The Vortex for their generosity and enthusiasm—what a true community! In particular, thanks to the amazing Kathianne Hingwan for her kindness and generosity, to Kim Macari for the invitation to perform, and to our fantastic sound engineer Ali Ward for the faster-than-light energy. (And of course Nutmeg for greeting the band!)
Thanks to everyone behind the scenes at the Dublin event: to Note Productions (to Matthew Nolan for putting together the program), and to Improvise Music Company (to Aoife Concannon, Adam Nolan, Kenneth Killeen, and, in particular for the Question & Answer, to Caitríona O’Mahony). Thanks also to Zeropunkt (Fergus Cullen, Jamie Davis and Damien Lennon) for graciously sharing the stage with us.
Kudos, Sean Woodlock, mastermind behind Hackney Road Studios for the smoothest, quickest, most professional of setups, and for creating the most musically, technically, logistically and acoustically satisfying studio recording experience I’ve ever had. Truly, if anyone needs a recording, hit Sean up. (And thanks to Colin Webster for recommending the studio.)
Thanks to Laurent Carrier and everyone Colore for handling all the paperwork, and to the tireless Lee Paterson who helped negotiate the details, and guided this musician carefully through the whole paperwork process. You were just above-and-beyond, Lee! (And thanks to Ingrid Laubrock for introducing me to Lee, and to Alex Hawkins and Charles Hayward for BTS consultations.)
Kudos to Paul Acquaro and everyone at Free Jazz, to Mike Borella at Avant Music News, to Dave Foxall at a Jazz Noise, and Tim Owen of _____on Sound for their continued support, and help getting the word out about our music and these performances.
Last, but certainly not least, thanks go to my travel companions, both in musical and geographical space (and in hypothetical lived simulations and dream states). A big thanks to Catherine for the big note, the moments of harmonic serendipity, and the unexpectedly expected interjections; and to Nick for the super-critical noise, the human-controlled virtual reverb chamber, and for the dreamy soundscapes (or is that the sound dreamscapes). Thank you both for observing and noting the synchronicity in our travels (of foxes, of tango, of almost forgotten ancestors, of frozen assets). As we discussed on multiple occasions on the tour, the ensemble is the composition, and it was a pleasure to study this composition more fully with each performance: experiencing the music of changes from energetic play of weight and light (Vortex, London), high-risk explorations of the outer reaches of idiom (Hackney Road, London), games of serendipity and of disjunction (Lisbon), and music of counterpoint and real harmony (Dublin).
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About DKT Ethiopia
Updated 20-9-18
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Political Pundits The Prophets Of Babylon?
Author Topic: Political Pundits The Prophets Of Babylon? (Read 70 times)
Defying the facts, Coulter, York, Limbaugh revived Wash. Times' baseless conclusion that Plame's neighbors knew her covert status
In response to news of recent FBI interviews further confirming that neighbors of former clandestine CIA operative Valerie Plame did not know of her employment with the agency before syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak's July 14, 2003, column identified her, several conservative commentators revived a Washington Times editorial's baseless conclusion that Plame's neighbors did, in fact, know of her covert status.
For example, on the October 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of Plame: "[E]verybody in her neighborhood knew who she was." Similarly, in separate appearances on the October 26 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter and National Review White House correspondent Byron York echoed the false claim. Coulter declared that "everyone in Washington knew she [Plame] was a CIA agent," then stated that any neighbor of Plame's who claimed that they didn't know is lying and should face "prosecution":
COULTER:
ne prosecution that I think does need to be brought is the neighbors of Valerie Plame ... who claim that they told investigators yesterday that they didn't know she was a member of the CIA. That's a lie, and it's a crime to lie to federal investigators.
York deceptively stated that "there had been talk" that Plame's neighbors knew she worked for the CIA, but he failed to reveal that the two neighbors with whom he had spoken told him that they had not in fact known of Plame's CIA affiliation:
YORK: [T]he whole question was -- early on in this thing was -- did anybody else know that she worked for the CIA? And there had been talk that her friends and neighbors did. And I did meet two of the neighbors this evening, and I said -- well, the FBI agents were re-interviewing you, right? And they said no. When they came on Monday, it was the first time they'd ever been contacted by anybody from Fitzgerald's office.
It was only in an entry York posted later that evening on National Review Online's group weblog, The Corner, that he acknowledged that "both men said they did not know that Mrs. Wilson worked for the CIA" -- a statement he did not make on Hannity & Colmes.
Coulter, York, and Limbaugh's suggestion that many of Plame's neighbors were aware of her covert status apparently originated in a July 15 article -- and two subsequent editorials -- in The Washington Times, although Limbaugh was the only one to cite the Times directly. As Media Matters for America noted at the time, the only neighbor mentioned by name in the Times report, David Tillotson, told the newspaper that he "absolutely didn't know" she worked for the CIA, which corroborated the assessment of other neighbors who were mentioned by name elsewhere.
However, the article also cited Fred Rustmann, a former supervisor of Plame's at the CIA who claimed that "[h]er neighbors knew" of her CIA employment. Yet even though Rustmann was not Plame's neighbor and had supervised her for only one year at the beginning of her career, a July 19 Times editorial used his account to baselessly conclude that "most of Plame's neighbors in Northwest Washington said they knew she worked for the CIA." The claim was then repeated in a July 26 Times editorial, which stated that "numerous neighbors were aware that she worked for the agency."
— A.S.
Posted to the web on Thursday October 27, 2005 at 3:44 PM EST
Now what we call spin, God calls Lying. What will it take for America on Both sides to wake up to the truth. We live in a spiritual matrix. thoughts?
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His Royal Highness
i think you betta recognize...
Re: Political Pundits The Prophets Of Babylon?
Your country will never wake up, it is full of fuckin retards.
Americans make those North Korean automic robots look like sensible people.
"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
- Lewis Carroll
the masses as a whole may not but I do think that GOD can reach the many.
God only reaches America in the form of hijacked airliners
Sorry but the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob does not need to get on plane and crash it to make a point.
Sure he does, even God gotta have a little creativity once in a while
shit, u can do that whole fire from the sky, covering world in water thing for soooo long, then it gets predictable
U ever seen God in the form of Avian Flu...that shit is no joke
while you are clever I will only say that I disagree. God Bless.
^ This Man never lies
J Bananas
whats the matter? jealous cuz camels dont run wild thru our streets and we dont blow eachothers families up over two miles of land?
Quote from: J bananas on October 28, 2005, 09:51:18 AM
Last time a camel was in toronto, Jay Z was chillin at Carabana
no i didnt mean u were from arabia, but why the fuck does America catch so much shit for being retarded when we are one of the most advanced nations in the world
nevermind, answered my own question.
some one finally changed their lightbulb upstairs
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‘Batman v Superman’ Producer Says Batfleck Will Be in His 40s, Not His 50s
bill-swift - August 12, 2014
Last Monday, a photo of a gray-haired Ben Affleck on the set of Batman v Superman emerged. Then some sort of inside source talked about a batcave with a tattered Robin outfit and claimed this version of Batman has been fightin' crime for 30 years, putting him in his mid 50s. All of that jibed with what director Zach Snyder had previous said about the character—that he'd be older and more grizzled—and everyone immediately started speculating that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice would draw heavily from Frank Miller's seminal The Dark Knight Returns comic book miniseries.
Well I hate to rain on the nerd parade, but it turns out the film isn't going to follow The Dark Knight Returns quite as closely as some were starting to believe. Sure, Batman will still be older. But rather than a Batman who comes out of retirement in his 50s to fight crime again, in Batman v Superman we're getting a Batman who's about a decade younger than Miller's Dark Knight. And this comes straight from the mouth of film producer Michael Uslan in a recent interview with Asbury Park Press.
So, this [controversial superhero casting] has happened time and again, and it happened with Affleck. To go back to the original thought of Bruce Wayne in his mid-40s, I think he's going to be extraordinary.
The lesson here? Everyone just chill out with the speculation. They'll eventually finish the movie, and then we can all watch it and explain how terrible it is in 2,000-world essays, just like we always do.
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The Prominent Sants (Saints)
1. Gopalanand Swami 10. Gunatitanand Swami
2. Muktanand Swami 11. Devanand Swami
3. Brahmanand Swami 12. Vyapakanand Swami
4. Nityanand Swami 13. Swarupanand Swami
5. Shukanand Swami 14. Sachchidanand Swami
6. Nishkulanand Swami 15. Achyutdasji
7. Shatanand Swami 16. Adwaittanand Swami
8. Akhandanand Swami 17. Bhumanand Swami
9. Premanand Swami 18. Mukundanand Varni
Gopalanand Swami, the Yoga Murti
Samvat Year 1837-1908 (1781-1852 AD)
While returning to Akshardham, Lord had put the hands of both the Acharyas in the hands of Gopalanand Swami, made him the chief and had given the charge of the whole Sampraday. He had also shown too much divinity like, Tele-vision, Tele-hearing, Omni-science, control over the Kala (age), the Maya (divine power)the whole universe, the rain etc. By only a glance, he had put many vicious, sinful, devilish people into Samadhi and changed them into virtuous moral pious devotees of God Supreme. Lord made him the Chief of all and said, "All should obey him .If anybody does not obey him should not be known as my follower."
Swami’s Yougik talent
Hemraj Shah of Sundariyana was a great Nadi Vaidya i.e. very expert to know the disease by the pulse only. He was chief in his caste, a learned and a staunch devotee of Lord Shree Krishna. He was very kind to all. He would serve all the ailing without any distinction, whether rich or poor, by caste higher or lower. His sons were divotees of Lord Swaminarayan. He disliked it.
Once Gopalanand Swami called him on the pretext of his illness, gave his hand in his hand and asked to diagnose the disease. Swamiji stopped completely, the beating of his pulse. He examined the whole body, but it was just like a dead body. While He was speaking with him very actively. Hemraj Shah was very much puzzled. He had heard such type of divinity for Lord Shree Krishna only. He bowed at his feet and said, "You are Almighty Lord Shree Krishna. "Swamiji said, "I am only a devotee. Lord Swaminarayan is the Almighty God Supreme. Hemraj Shah then became a staunch devotee of Lord Swaminarayan.
Swami’s control over the whole Universe
Krishnaram Shastri was a famous astronomer in the assembly of Gaikwad Vadodara State since, he was devotee of Lord Swaminarayan, other members envied him.
Once, it was to happen a lunar eclipse. Due to some counting mistake, Krishnaram declared, "There will be no eclipse. "The others said. "It will surely occur."Once if a mistake is occurred, man may commit the same mistakes there. It cannot be rectified. Both sides were firm. They came on betting. The Pandits asked, "Are you betting your head if eclipse takes ?"Krishnaram replied, "Yes."
After reaching home, he counted calmly and knew that it was sure to happen. He was very gloomy. Gopalanand Swami called him and said, "Never to bet of any sort. I will change the rotation, position and speed of moon and the earth to save you. Go to the assembly and declare firmly, "The eclipse is not to happen at all." All the Pandits came to Gopalanand Swami said, "It is in the hand of Krishnaram to allow to happen eclipse or not, since he denies it would not happen."
Really the eclipse did not happen. To save a staunch devotee of Lord Gopalanand Swami changed the rotation of the moon and the earth.
Absolute celibacy by grace
Once Gopalanand Swami was coming from Gadhada to Vadtal. He was ill and very much tired. A young Saint served him for the whole night. Early morning, Swami saw him serving. Swami asked him, "Have you taken rest or not ?". He said "You are old, ill and tired. I am young. It doesn’t harm if I don’t rest. I must serve you." Gopalanand Swami was very much pleased. He told him to ask any desired boon from him. The young Saint said, "I observe penance, fasts and try my utmost even then, I can’t get rid of the lust or Passion from the inner body. "Swami said, "Since now you will be the absolute celibate. The lust or the passion in your sensorial body will be completely burnt away."
Thorough knowledge of Gopalanand Swami’s grace
A student named Tryambaknath was studying the scriptures from a Shastri. Since he could not remember and could not catch up the lesson Shastri drove him away. He requested too much, yet, Shastri did not take him in the class.
Tryambaknath was a devotee of Lord and disciple of Gopalanand Swami. He went to Swami and moaned. Any how, he wanted to learn. Swami asked him, "Will you take the side firmly of Swaminarayan if you get a seat in the assembly of the Gaikwad Vadodara State ?"He said, to ask you any of the hardest questions from Vedas or any other scriptures. Tryambaknath went to the tutor. The tutor insulted him and tried to drive him away, still he insisted him to ask a question from scriptures. The tutor asked a mysterious question from Magh Kavya. Tryambaknath gave its five different meanings. The tutor was astonished. He said, "Now you are my Guru."
Without any study, he became a great scholar with profound knowledge in every subject.
Narsiram of Manasa became an absolute celibate by the grace of Gopalanand Swami. Abhaysingh Darbar was passing his time in hunting was changed into pious staunch devotee, who used to meditate six hours at a squat.
Divinity invested by Gopalanand Swami Hanumanji at Sarangpur
Lord had celebrated many festivals at Sarangpur, so it became a holy place. Amarakhachar and Vaghakhachar of Sarangpur could not serve the pilgrims fairly.
Gopalanand Swami asked Kanji Mistry to prepare an artistic idol of Hanumanji. It was got installed by Acharya Raghuvirji, in V. S. 1895 i.e. 1849 A. D., Gopalanand Swami invested a good deal of divinity in that idol which we can see even to day.
Whosoever bewitched or haunted by any evil spirit like devil, demon, witch, ghost etc., goes there, the worshipper takes water and dips the stick of Gopalanand Swami in it and sprinkles water on the bewitched with charms of Hanumanji. Whoever and however obstinate evil spirit may be but it runs away crying loudly as burning, going ,won’t come again etc.
Even today people from whole India come there with agonies and miseries, but they go happily got rid of all sorts of the evil spirits and miseries. It has become a famous place to get rid of all sorts of evil spirits. It is the greatness of Gopalanand Swami to invest good deal of divinity in an idol for the welfare of the people.
By whose words people were getting Samadhi and in that they had the vision of Almighty God. The vicious, devils and sinful people were changed into virtuous, pious, devotees. The people got profound thorough knowledge without any efforts. The rotation and the direction of the moon and the earth were changed. Gopalanand Swami who has shown such types of innumerable miracles, can’t be even imagined of his greatness.
Gopalanand Swami has composed many scriptures and commentaries over Bhagavat Geeta, Shreemad Bhagavat etc.
Muktanand Swami, the mother of Communion
Muktanand Swami was an ideal Saint with austere penance and non-attachment to worldly objects. Eventhough he was very old, he used to dance in front of Lord Swaminarayan tying the rattles on his feet, while Lord honored him as His Guru.
Muktanand Swami had deep affection like a mother towards all the people. Enduring all sorts of pains and sufferings, he used to lead all the people into devotion of God Supreme by endearing sermons with deep love. Since he cared everybody like a mother, he was known as the mother of communion.
He decreased his austerity to give courage to others
Once Muktanand Swami had been for preaching with sixty Saints. They did not get bhiksha for four consecutive days. On the fifth day, a devout fellow offered them food. Since ghee, oil, milk, sugar and the tasty food was restricted for the saints, Swami told him to prepare only khichdi i.e. mixing of rice and dal. The devout fellow put some ghee in it while cooking. While eating, it smelt. Many Saints got up. Swami asked them all to eat and said, "If Lord rebukes me, I’ll hear it or if he gives any atonement to expiate I’ll do it."Yet some of them did not eat. They complained against Muktanand Swami for transgressing His order.
Lord asked Swami, "Why did you transgress my order? "Swami said, "All the sixty saints had four consecutive fasts, if they don’t eat, it would be the fifth day and the next day was Ekadashi fast day. So then they had to fast for six consecutive days. Now if we don’t eat, the food prepared for sixty would have been wasted, and the poor fellow might feel ill, might fall down from the salvation. It would be better to expiate myself only, instead all to suffer.
Lord was very much pleased and embraced him
Once the construction work of the grand temple at Vadtal was in full swing. The saints were working hard for the whole day. At night, they had to study. It was order for the saints to eat once only at noon everyday. Since they were working hard, they fill hungry, so the young saints used to go to cook and ask for remaining food of previous day in the morning. The cook gave them loaves etc.
A morning some saints were eating. Muktanand Swami happened to pass from there. The young saints saw him. They were ashamed and tried to hide them. Swami directly went to the cook and asked for some food. The young saints who had remained yet brought and gave him. He took only a peace and asked the cook to give them daily. He was very strict in his own observance, yet he took a peace here. Lord was pleased.
Once two hundred Khaki Vairagis equipped with all the destructive weapons came to Gadhada to kill Lord Swaminarayan and His saints. Lord heard it. He asked Muktanand Swami to save from them. Swami took some Saints and went towards them. Seeing them, he said, "Oh, look at those muktas of Vaikunth the released attendants of Lord Laxminarayan. It is our great luck to see them. It is their grace that they have revealed us."So saying, started prostrating them. Other followed him. Seeing, this, their anger and energy both deceased. They bowed down at Muktanand Swami feet and said, "We are the attendant of the Yama Raja i.e., the God of the death. You are the real attendants of Vaikunth.
Muktanand Swami fed them well and preached them the reality of human life. Many of them left all the vices and became the followers.
The Marvelous dancing of Muktanand Swami
Once a music party of Gwalior came to Gadhada and asked Lord to arrange a competition with the Saints of Lord and asked a good reward if they win. Lord got the courtyard swept and the kum-kum was sprinkled over it. Lord asked Muktanand Swami to start. Muktanand Swami tied rattles on his feet and took Kadtal in his hands. He bowed to Lord and started. He took his one leg lifted up stood on the front part of his sole and began to hop backward along with his music, song and dance. All were attracted too much and were engrossed in his every activity of all the three. After half an hour, he completed. The musicians of Gwalior were impressed too much. They praised loudly. Lord asked them to get up and to see the footprints of Muktanand Swami. They were very much astonished to see an artistic picture of an elephant depicted by his footprints as if drawn by an artist.
The musicians of Gwalior bowed down to Lord and said, "It is our great luck that we got a chance to see such marvelous combination of song, music dance and an artistic drawing.
Muktanand Swami was a born poet. Over and above his poetical genius he was an efficient stronger and a musician as well as a proficient dancer.
Muktanand Swami has composed many prayers, hymns of Lord’s glory and his divine activities and the songs on mystic preaching on various subjects. They are compiled and published as Muktanand Kavya.
Brahmanand Swami. A Jocular born Poet
Brahmanand Swami was an expert and efficient in every subject and in every field. He was a born poet who could compose poems and hymns extemporaneously. He was an expert architect. He has constructed three grand temples at Vadtal, Junagadh and Muli. They are the models of his well designed architecture.
He was a very famous poet and highly respected by the great kings. Even after his renunciation, the King of Vadodara, Bhavnagar and Junagadh had offered estates of good income, but he refused.
Brahmanand Swami was every laughing, jolly, jocular Saint. He treated friendly with Lord in speech but he was an ardent staunch single--minded devotee, with very austere observance. Lord might be angry, sorrowful or serious, he would make Him laugh by any means.
Lord Swaminarayan used to keep a rosary made from betel-nut. If anybody dozed he would throw it on him to wake him up. Once Brahmanand Swami was dozing. Lord threw the betel-nut rosary . He got up and said, that he was not dozing but was composing a hymn of His glory and was engrossed in it. Lord asked him to sing it. Brahmanand Swami said,"I will sing first and you all follow me."He started a hymn describing Lord’s dressing, His highness and His glorious activities. He was sitting as well as composing extemporaneously the further line. Thus he sang continuously for half an hour. Lord was very much pleased.
Effect of his devoted celibacy
Brahmanand Swami had been to Dharangadhra for the contribution of the temple at Muli. People used to call him at their houses to give their contribution.
An envious jealous fellow came with a ruffian passionate horse and asked Swami, "Please chasten it by riding on it and I will give you my contribution."He thought, "Swami is fatty. If he sits on him, the horse will definitely fall him down and will break his bones, and won be able to collect any more."Brahmanand Swami through his intuitive power knew his malicious intention. He petted the horse and said, the horse is chastened now. Only by the touch of Brahmanand Swami the ruffian passionate horse became mild and passionless. He was surrounded by mares but did not lift his sight upward. Seeing this, the malicious fellow bowed at his feet and begged for pardon.
If only by touch a ruffian and passionate animal is changed into mild and passionless, what a high stage of devoted celibacy must be of Brahmanand Swami ? One can’t even imagine for it.
Brahmanand Swami has composed too many hymns describing the divine glory and the divine activities of Lord. Also he has composed many mysterious hymns, on various subjects. Lord has announced "I shall give my divine vision to one who recites ardently 100 hymns daily composed by Brahmanand Swami."His hymns are published in a great volume named Brahmanand Kavya. Some of them are relayed on radio.
Nityanand Swami. The ever victorious Pandit
Dinmani Sharma was an owner of a great state of Datia near Gwalior. To have a divine vision of Almighty God, he left home. Seeing Lord, he renounced, initiated at Meghpur and was renamed as Nityanand Swami.
Nityanand Swami was a great scholar in every scripture having thorough profound spiritual knowledge, All Vedas and scriptures were at the tip of his tongue. Nobody could debate with him. to declare Swaminarayan sect as Anti-veda, all other sects tried their utmost, but Nityanand Swami reached everywhere and defeated them all.
Nityanand Swami has composed a scripture named Hari--Digvijay describing the glory of Lord, His activities and His victories everywhere. He has given deep and thorough knowledge of Atma, Parmatma and the Maya with detail in it.
The Gujarati translation of Shikshapatri done by Nityanand Swami is authenticated by Lord, is studied and worshipped by all. He has also composed many other scriptures.
Shukanand Swami, the Private Secretary of Lord
Vikram Samvat 1855-1925 (1799-1869 AD)
Shukanand Swami (Shuk Muni) was a Private Secretary of Lord. He used to write for Lord whatever He wished. The extracts from the scriptures taken out by Lord were all written with hand and were compiled by him.
Shuk Muni was very humble and obedient. Once he wrote walking up the whole night. In the morning, Lord tore it off without looking into it. He did not feel at all as why it was torn. He started writing again. Lord was pleased very much.
Nishkulanand Swami. An ideal non-attachment
Nishkulanand Swami was an ideal example of penance, renunciation, and non-attachment, to the worldly objects. His hymns and kirtans describing the perishability of the worldly objects, the inescapable severe pains and the sufferings therein, having no means to get rid of them are impressive that even a cruel, a vicious or a sinful would also be declined to devotion of God.
He has composed a scripture named "Bhakta Chintamani", describing the life history of Lord along with His sermons, His theory, the obstacles faced by Him and His glorious activities.
He has also composed twenty two other very impressive scriptures on various subjects. They are complied as Nishkulanand Kavya. Many have obtained Ph. D. over them. Many of his hymns are relayed on the radio.
Nishkulanand Swami. The heavy hearted obedient Servant.
Lalji Sutar of Shekhpat had been with lord as a guide while going to Kaccha. On the way at Adhoi, he was initiated as Saint, named Nishkulanand Swami, and asked to beg bhiksha from his wife.
When Lord wished to leave this World, He informed three days in advance to Nishkulanand Swami, and asked to prepare a palanquin for His bier. Swami prepared it during night only. When Lord left the human body, all Saints asked him to prepare a palanquin. He said, "It is ready."He brought it. All asked him, "When Lord was alive, how did you prepare it? "He replied,"I am a heavy hearted obedient servant. Any damn or any hard order may be, I must obey it."
Sidhamukta Santdasji, - Shatanand Swami
Santdasji ( Shatanand Swami) was a staunch devotee having Akhand samadhi i.e. uninterrupted stage of Samadhi i.e. trance. He used to see Lord in divine perceptible human from in every work and in every stage, even in deep sleep. Many a times, he remained in Samadhi for more then six months.
Finally Lord kept him at Gadhada, gave him intuitive power and asked him to compose Satsangi Jivan, a huge divine scripture describing the history of Swaminarayan Sampraday, Lord’s glory, His theory, His activities and the knowledge and sermons given by Him.
Shatanand Swami has written commentary over Shikshapatri and translation of Vachanamrut, Hari Vakya Sudha Sindhu and many other scriptures in Sanskrit.
Akhandanand Swami, An ideal patience
Akhandanand Swami (senior] was and ardent staunch devotee with extreme patience. Once he was passing through a forest with his disciples. They saw four tigers coming towards them. The disciples hurried to climb up the trees. Akhandanand Swami said, "The death is destined according to one’s own previous actions. It is sure to come. Nobody can escape from it. You may die by falling from the tree or even by stumbling. One should not fear from death. "The disciples climbed up the tree. The tigers came nearer. One of them ran forward and lifted his paw to kill him. Almighty God gave them the knowledge of the greatness of Swami. The tiger was standing with his paw lifted up as if spell-bound. Akhandanand Swami holding up his paw said, "It is your food. Eat it."To their surprise, all the tigers prostrated, circumambulated and went away.
Premanand Swami -Prem Sakhi -An idol of Love
Lord Swaminarayan has praised Premanand Swami as an idol of love. He was a born poet, a great songster, as well as a proficient musician. His hymns, songs of Lords glory and the hymns describing Lord’s daily activities are full of deep love. They are so effective and impressive that one who hears inclines to deep love towards Lord. While singing be used to be engrossed deeply and would make the whole atmosphere devout and full of affection towards God Supreme.
Once a music party came from Lucknow and proposed a competition with the Saints of Lord. Lord asked Premanand Swami to begin first. It was evening. Premanand Swami started Bhairav Rag which is sung in the morning only. Hearing it, the musicians of Lucknow laughed at him for his ignorance, saying, "He has no knowledge of what to sing, and when to sing."
Premanand Swami was deeply engrossed in the love towards Lord and the effective wordings of prayer. By its effect, the whole atmosphere was changed into morning. The birds started their morning songs. The eastward sky became red as if it is day-break. The music party of Lucknow forgot the time. They were also engrossed in the song of morning prayer. As soon as Swami stopped his prayer, the atmosphere was changed into its originality.
The musicians of Lucknow were very much impressed, bowed down to Lord and went away. Premanand Swami’s hymns are daily sung by all the devotees as daily routine. His hymns are collected and published as the "Premanand Kavya ". Many of his hymns are relayed on radio also.
Gunatitanand Swami
Samvat 1841 appeared with an extraordinary significance. Devils on one hand were insulting religious rituals, saints were bravely facing them on other. Moon with full shining in the month of Asho was staring at a small village named Bhadara. The wicked hearts were instinctively afraid of any unknown spirit. Krishna's Rasa-lila was being contemplating by sages. Today's Sharad Purnima traced remarkable moment in the world history by giving birth to an uncommon personality. Since his very infant age he was esteemed with reverence.
Named as Mulji, he habituated to play with divinity. To sing transcendental glory of God was his natural crying. His father known as Bholanath and mother as Sakarba felt their very beings as beatific and sublimed to have such scion. None can restrain from his impact if once comes in touch with him. People with a glance at his divine fun, exceedingly be bewildered about his glorious and competent allure. Not only human being but Indra (The king of heaven) Brahma (The creator God) and such others demigods were too included in his seers. They often stiffened to have his spiritual vision. We know very well that it is arduous for us to talk or to take appointment to meet Prime Minister, actors and dancers. Then you can infer stiffness felt in divine vision.
After he got initiation from lord Swaminarayan once it so happened. He was an executive president of Junagadh Temple. In early morning Bhagvandas, a saint came to Junagadh from ''Maliya'' a village. As he swiftly entered the dormitory of saints, swamiji engrossed in the meditation of Shrihari magnetized his inclination. Bhagvandas swami courteously prostrated to swami and got his seat nearby him. After a few hours swami opened his eyes when he had received sufficient bliss by meditation and asked Bhagvandas swami with sweetheart the purpose of arrival in that unexpected time.
Little hesitated Bhagvandasji appealed however in interrupted yet in moderate speech to swami , Oh!swami No article causes me to come here. Always I feel myself happy since when I have sheltered to Lord Swaminarayan, yet certain urge led me here forcefully. Even having asserted still, he rendered speechless, so swamiji enjoined to tell problem whatever might be. Eventually he intermittently expressed the situation. "Last night Brahma came to me " after having repose he continued "and urged with unassuming phonation". Further on he added to get permission from you since he wants to see you, said swami. When I advised him to go straight to you he described his inability in doing so. I am sorry! Swamiji ! told Brahma for this and entreated me to provide it. On his behalf I am politely pleading you "Please you should content his eye-eager". For so long swamiji absorbed in contemplation just as he was referring to Supreme God on this case. Swami then asked Bhagavandas where he is. Indicating with his finger he mentioned the place outside the temple where he was awaiting. Melt hearted Swami kindly consented to let him to come to him. Swamiji himself came out and graced Brahma with his simple but sublime vision. As soon as Brahma saw swami, he experienced abnormal and ineffable gladness. He began to pray swami with unpretentious terms as a poet describes the King. That every moment of his life, He felt, is succeeded at that time. Shower your grace and mercy upon us O! Swami! Said Brahma and disappeared soon. After his departure swami rebuked Bhagvan das with scolding voice not to let such impious people visit me thenceforth. Such a pity soul doesn't deserve to meet us. Again you should not bring such man to me. Because the people, like Brahma, Indra and so on are indecent and irreverent ascertained Swami. Secret of this incident is very tangled and intractable. Gunatitanand swami reluctantly agreed to give darshan to the Brahma because of the appeal of Bhagavandas. Supposing Brahma himself had been urged swami directly, swami would have been prohibited him.
Such great personality he was!! Mere his name was so meaningful that it has a boundless significance epistemologically. Guna means the three types of product of nature namely 1 Satva 2 Rajas 3 Tamas. The term Atit signifies the aloofness from that early-mentioned earthly virtues of Maya.The rest means the bliss. Thus these three terms merged together constitute the meaning of word Gunatitanand. At a conclusion simply a person who feels joy to be beyond these three qualities of Maya is called Gunatitanand.
In Dabhan during the great sacrificial charity he was initiated by lord and given with this unique name of Gunatitanand swami. After words he was also appointed at the president ship of Junagadh temple where he spent about forty years and extremely propagated satsang in that region. In the samvat 1923 swamiji desired to leave this mundane world, in Gondal. And there he left his corporeal body. Before this however swamiji intended to his body for divine abode. Shriji Maharaj ordained to distribute spirituality in society. Of course by the grace of god he was bestowed with age of many years when his age was really finished. His work is very very remarkable in the spreading of satsang.
Devanand Swami
Lord Swaminarayan had been to village Barol. An old woman offered Him food. He was served Khichdi. The plate was then filled up with ghee. Since He was called as Almighty God, a good deal of people came to see Him. To disperse them, Lord started to act like a fool. He started to lick up the flow of ghee from his elbow. Thinking Him a fool, people went away, while a boy of about six years came forward and said, "You are Almighty God Supreme."Lord asked,"How do you say ? "He replied, "Nobody’s tongue can reach up to elbow. Yours is reaching so you are Almighty God. He renounced and became Devanand Swami. He was also a born poet.
His hymns and songs describing the effect of the vices and bad habits, the inescapable cycle of death and birth, the unbearable pains to be suffered there in, the very scarce availability of human life and its duty are very effective.
He has served his last twenty two years as the chief of the temple of Muli.
Vyapakanand Swami
Vyapakanand Swami was an ardent staunch devotee of Lord Swaminarayan having Akhand Samadhi, i.e. uninterrupted stage of trance or meditation. He used to see Lord in divine perceptible human from in every stage and in every work, even in deep sleep.
While preaching once, he had been to Lucknow. Vaniram was a God fearing straight forward Diwan of the Navab of Lucknow. Other Muslims Officers envied him. They put some false allegations against him, and declared him guilty. Navab ordered that Vaniram should either pay a penalty of rupees one lakh or to embrace Islam within a period of one month.
Vaniram could not manage such huge sum. He was a devotee of Lord Shiva. Since, he was under pressure to become Muslim, he decided to better end up his life. He went to a Shivalaya away from city with a dagger in his hand. Luckily, by the same time Vyapakanand Swami reached there. Vaniram saw him, reverently bowed at his feet and explained everything to Swamiji.
Vyapakanand Swami said, "Human life is very precious. Once if it is lost uselessly, one can’t get it again after a lapse of crores and crores of years. By human life one can worship God and can get ultimate salvation. It should not be thrown away by suicide under any circumstances. Suicide is an unpardonable sin.
Further said, Almighty God has manifested Himself as Lord Swaminarayan for the redemption of innumerable souls. He has freed innumerable brutal, sinful, vicious, hearts from all the vices and made them idle ardent devotees. You become his devotee, worship Him ardently with the strict observance of his five vows.
To abstain from:
Drinking wine, liquor any intoxicating drug in any form
Meat-eating in any form in any case
An act of stealing
Partaking food and drinks from improper persons and improper sources
If you observe and follow these five vows thoroughly and worship Him heartily. He will definitely save you in every respect. Be care free and worship Him ardently."So saying, Swamiji left the place.
The very third day, Lord Swaminarayan went to the Nagar Sheth of Lucknow in a guise of a merchant named Purshottam Sheth with a chariot full of gold coins paid him the penalty on behalf of Vaniram and took the receipt of it.
The Nagar Sheth handed it over to the Navab and told him everything. Vaniram was released. Hearing this, Vaniram shed tears of gratitude, realizing that it was none but Lord Swaminarayan Himself, who had played the divine role.
Vaniram told everything to the Navab who realized the result of hearty devotion of Vaniram and the Supremacy of Lord Swaminarayan. He also became a follower devotee of the Lord.
When Lord Swaminarayan’s elder and younger brothers Rampratapji and Iccharamji were going from Ayodhya to Gadhada, they passed through Lucknow. Vaniram knew this. He informed Nawab who highly reverently respected them in his Royal Court.
Swarupanand Swami. Ever engrossed in Samadhi
Swarupanand Swami was an ardent staunch devotee of Lord having uninterrupted stage of samadhi i.e., trance or meditation. He used to see Lord in perceptible human from in every stage and in every work, even in deep sleep. Mostly, he did not have consciousness of his own. In Satsangi Jivan a dialogue of Suvrat Muni and the King Pratapsingh is given. This Suvrat Muni and Swarupanand Swami were one and the same. He used to see and hear Lord even if he might be at a far distance.
Once, he came to Lord. Lord asked him, "How is the communion, and how far it has been spread up ?"He replied, "I have seen only one man that too under the neem tree. "Somebody doubted. When he has not seen the people, to whom he might have preached ?"Lord said, "You preach the people, they follow it, observe it and pray God accordingly then only people may get salvation, but for him people may get salvation only by seeing him lovingly because he is ever engrossed in God Supreme. "His vision is like that of the God.
People doubted, "If he is ever engrossed, in God, how he must be doing his daily routine work ? "Lord asked him to clear the doubt. Swami replied, "If a man takes an arrow to shoot, and a lemon is attached on its point. Wherever he aims, he can see the lemon, while the aim remains covered. It may strike or not but lemon is seen continuously. Similarly, my main aim is the divine from of Lord. The bodily routine work is less important. It is done, but uncertainly."
Lord praised him as of a very high stage known as Brahmaswarup.
Sachchidanand Swami, Excessive mad love
Sachchidanand Swami an ardent staunch devotee having excessive mad love. He also used to see and hear Lord in any stage and in any work. If he could not see Lord, he used to become mad. Then he used to wander everywhere asking the whereabouts of Lord, to animals, trees etc. People used to tie him and shut him in a house. Even then, he used to get out freely. He had no bondage of anything. He used to pass through solid walls also.
Lord was at Dharampur near Valsad. Ladha Thakkar once asked him for food. Swami replied, "I had been to Dharampur in Samadhi. Lord fed me too much. "Ladha said,"It is 450 kms. away from here"You are boasting in the name of Samadhi. Sachchidanand Swami said, "You won’t trust me , see this."So saying he vomited and showed him Biranj, Dudhpak etc. fed by Lord in Samaghi.
He could not see anybody suffering or ailing. In the case of drought, people used to go to him for rain. Only by a shout in the name of Indra, it would start raining heavily. He is famous in the Sampraday as the Aishvayra Murti, the master of the powers.
Jiva Khachar of Gadhda once doubted and commented upon the incident of Durvasa who ate up the one thousand dishes of food. After some days, there was a festival at Gadhda. Jiva Khachar prepared sweets to feed all the Saints. Since Sachchidanand Swami was staying and working at Radha Baug, Lord asked Jiva Khachar to feed him first and to let him go. Jiva Khachar took him to the room where the sweets were kept. He opened and asked Swami to eat as much as he could. Swami opened his mouth and the sweets started to go gradually in it. After some time, the room was empty. Jiva Khachar was very much surprised. Both came to Lord. Lord asked Jiva Khachar, "Have you fed him ?"Sachchidanand Swami replied, "I am yet hungry."Lord told Jiva Khachar, "Not to doubt in the scriptures written by the great people. "Jiva Khachar fell at His feet, He had to prepare sweets again for all.
Sachchidanand Swami, An ideal love
Once Lord asked Sachchidanand Swami, "How is your love towards me ?"Swami replied, "I have known you as the cause of all the causes, Parabrahma Parabrahma, the Almighty God Supreme. So without any cause or without any fault of mine, if you give a big hammer in the hand of any of these devotees and ask them to crush my knees and ankles with it, afterwards you don’t give or don’t allow to give any medical treatment even then I won’t feel ill of you or any of the devotee who would have crushed my knees and ankles. I won’t even leave this courtyard and go elsewhere to beg. I would remain here only and would collect the offal thrown away in the dunghill or dustbin to eat. Why so ? I know. There are no such type of devotees or saints anywhere. There is no God Supreme except you. There is no source of ultimate redemption anywhere else."
Give me your the most cherished. Achyutdasji.
The great three Saints Swarupanand Swami, Santdasji and Vyapakanand Swami all were having Akhand Samadhi i.e. uninterrupted stage of samadhi, used to see Lord in every work and in every stage.
Once, they happened to pass from a village Dhufai. A boy aged seven to eight years saw them, bowed them and asked, "It is noon. Will you please take some food ?"They said, "Yes. "The boy gave them rice and dal and asked them to cook as his parents had gone for work. The Saints prepared Khichdi, offered to Lord with butter milk and ate. They gave to the boy also, and the rest they kept for his parents.
The parents were not at home, even then, the boy showed politeness, mercy and offered alms to the hungry. Seeing this, the Great Saints were very much pleased. They asked him, "Boy, we are pleased with your politeness, mercy and your devout behavior. You may ask anything you like from us."The boy replied, "Please give me the most cherished to you. "They said, "Almighty God Supreme is the most cherished for us, we will give you. "Since then, the boy also became a great saint of the same high rank. He also used to see and hear Lord in every work and in every stage, even though Lord might be hundreds of miles away.
The boy renounced home, became a saint named Achyutdasji. He used to work in the garden of Bhuj temple but did not go to temple. Once, Pujari, the worshipper asked him, "Why are you not coming in the temple to see God ?"He replied, "I can see everything from here."He described everything adored by him.
Once he had been to Ahmedabad. He used to sit and meditate at his encampment. Hearing him as a great Saint, the Pujari, the worshipper went to see him and asked, "Why don’t you come to the temple ?"He replied, "I can see from here. Due to darkness you have dressed Lord reversibly. Please check it. "The worshipper went to the temple and checked. They were reverse. He was surprised.
Achyutdasji remained for many years as the chief of the Bhuj temple.
How great must be the three Saints by whose grace Achyutdasji reached to such a high stage.
Adwaitanand Swami. Magniram Deviwala
A devout Brahmin of Tamilnadu named Magniram worshipped Goddess Sharda with austere penance. The Goddess Sharda was pleased. She asked him for required boon. He said, "Please get me the vision of Almighty God in human form. "Goddess Sharda said, "It is not in my hand, but I bless you. You try hard and you will be able to see Him in human form."
Afterwards, he went to Jagannathpuri. There were too many Khakis and Vairagis adapt in evil charms, and evil spirits. By their association he also became adapt in evil charms and evil spirits. Then he used to wander as head of a big group. Wherever he went he used to harass and snatch money and other rich amenities from the public, by the threat of evil spirits.
Hearing the reputation of Lord Swaminarayan, he want to Him at Mangrol in Saurashtra, and asked for 5000 rupees. Lord said, "This is an alms-house, take food if you want or go away. "He gave threatening of evil spirits. Lord said, "A lion will never be frightened by a fox. Go away. Lord insulted him and drove him away."
Magniram, who was then famous as Magniram Deviwala, went to his encampment, invoked the evil spirits, sent them to kill Lord Swaminarayan. They went back and beet him. Finally, he invoked Sharda Goddess and asked her to throw away Swaminarayan in the sea with His Ashram. Sharda said, "Remember, when I was pleased first, you had asked the divine vision of Almighty God Supreme. You have been misled by evil association. Lord Swaminarayan is Almighty God Supreme. I pray Him. If you want your salvation, you also worship Him."
Early in the morning Magniram went to the Ashram, swept the court yard utensils etc. and in early assembly with folded hands asked Lord to forgive him. Lord got him insulted frequently. He went again and again and begged for pardon. He asked Lord to forgive him and to take him as His Saint devotee. Lord asked him to make a bundle of the shoes of the devotees, to take it on his head and to take rounds around the gathering. He did everything, leaving up pride, ego, self respect etc.
Lord Swaminarayan then initiated him as tyagi Saint and named him as Adwaitanand Swami. He became a great saint, yet he was famous by his old name Magniram Deviwala.
Bhumanand Swami
In the initial stages of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya Shreeji Maharaj’s divine message was spread by the aid of the great Paramhansa’s. The Paramhansa’s travelled from village to village tirelessly to impart the divine message. These Saints were not ordinary, they staunchly observed Maharaj’s niyams. Many of the great Paramhansas excelled in the fields of art and music and they composed many kirtans full of divinity, what makes these kirtans even great is that they were sung before Shree Hari Himself. Even now when these kirtans are sung, the words still arouse the same feeling of bhakti. In this article we shall look into the inspiration behind one such great kirtan composed by Sadguru Bhumanand Swami.
Before Sadguru Bhumanand Swami became a saint he was know as Rupjibhai.
Rupjibhai lived in Vadhvan, he was a sincere and devoted man. He was also a great poet and composed many kirtans which were full of bhakti (devotion). However his verses always carried a tinge of loneliness.
For many years Rupjibhai had secretly wished to meet God, but that wish had not yet been fulfilled.
Once one of his friends, Dhanbhai, said "Rupji, everyone knows of your devotion and your kirtans , but you know its all worthless until you find God." Dhanabhai knew of
Rupjibhai’s secret desire and he wanted to tease him a little. "Don’t misunderstand me
Rupji but you are wasting your time singing front of that picture! Why don’t you go and see God Himself?"
"Have you gone mad? Why do you say such things?" replied Rupjibhai.
"Well its true, if you want to see God then you have to go an meet Him."
"Oh you make it sound so simple, as if God is in the next village!"
"Very well, don’t listen to me. I just thought that you may be interested in going to Gadhadha, you may find him there."
Rupjibhai came to Gadhadha. Making his way through the crowd , Rupjibhai tried to find his way to Dada Khachar’s darbar. Alone and tired, he wondered if God was really going to be here. Just then he saw a figure on a horse, the figure was Shreeji Maharaj. Rupjibhai later wrote the following kirtan describing this scene:
SARVE SAKHI, JIVAN JOVAANE CHAALO RE…
Come friends, let us go and see Him, He who is the love of my life…
Sheriyumaa aave latakanto laalo re…
There He is coming through the narrow lane, smiling and waving…
ENI SHOBHAA MUKHE VARNVI NE JAAIY RE , JENE NIGAM NETINETI KAHI GAAY RE…
The Vedas say He is indescribable, how the can we describe his beauty using mere words?
ROZE GHODI RAAJESHWAR BIRAJERE, CHAABI JOI KOTIKA KANDARP LAAJE RE…
Infinite devtas of love become totally smitten when they see him riding his horse, Roza…
MAALYA AAVE MAHAMUNIMAA VRUNDH RE, TEMAA SHOBHE TAARE VINTYO JEM CHANDRA RE…
He is surrounded by His sadhus, shining brightly like the moon surrounded by the stars…
SHUK SANAKADIK UTTAM YASH GAAVE RE, NRUTYA KARI NAARADA VINAA VAJAAVE RE…
These sadhus are as great as Shuk and the Sanaks, yet they are dancing and singing His praises…
NIJ SAKHAA CHAMA KARE LAI HAAT RE, AA JO AAVYA BHUMANAND NAA NAATH RE…
His servant is walking next to him waving a fan. Here he comes, Bhumanand’s Lord is coming here…
Rupjibhai followed the procession to Laxmi Vadi, where Maharaj called him and said,
"Rupjibhai, how much longer will you hide in your small corner? Come out and let people know your greatness."
Thus Rupjibhai went onto become Sadguru Bhumanand Swami.
The mere sight of the Lord in Gadhada inspired Bhumanand Swami to write the above verse. From this incident we can only imagine how great the beautiful darshan of Shreeji Maharaj indeed it must have been truly divine!!
Mulji Brahmachari -Mukundanand Varni Lord’s ever ready attendant
Mulji Brahmachari (Mukundanand Varni) was Lord’s ever ready attendant. He used to remain always with Him, as if the shadow of the body, for His immediate service. While serving Lord, he did not care for his own body. Once he was sitting on the back side gallery of the Vadtal temple. Lord was sitting on the ground downward. Lord asked for water. Mulji Brahmachari jumped down and gave water. Lord asked, "Why did you jump from so high? You would have broken your bones."He replied, "It would be late in your service if I climb down the steps."
Once Mulji Brahmachari (Mukundanand Varni) was dozing. Lord threw the betel-nut rosary. He woke up lifted up Lord and started running with Him. Lord asked him, "What is this ? .What are you doing ? "He is replied, "I was sleeping. I got a dream. You were in a house. Suddenly, it got fire. So I picked you up and ran outside. Thus, he was selving Lord in dreams also.
Once, Lord drove him away from His service without any fault and was ordered many strict restrictions, even then he did not feel ill at all. Similarly, Lord tested him very often, yet, he was firm and innocent in his love and service. So, Lord took him back in His service and kept him always with Him.
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Home Business European Union: electric fishing in the EU should be banned
European Union: electric fishing in the EU should be banned
The environmentalists criticized electro-fishing to 1 in the EU. July 2021 will be banned. The negotiators of the European Parliament and the EU member States agreed, as the EU informed the Commission. The individual EU member States may prohibit the controversial method of fishing in their territorial waters earlier. In brief, the agreement will be presented to the plenary of the European Parliament for a vote. Without the approval of the members, the amendment cannot enter into force.
to drive The electro-fishing scarecrows, electrodes attached to the trawls on the sea bottom-living flatfish such as plaice and sole, and crabs in the nets. In principle, this method is prohibited in the EU, but the EU has approved in the year 2007, some exceptions, especially for research purposes. Since then, the electro-fishing is allowed in the southern part of the North sea, however, only five percent of the fishing fleet of the EU state.
According to the EU Commission currently use around 80 Dutch fishing vessels with the electrode-equipped networks. Overall, this was a 0.1 of a percentage of the 85,000 vessels of a fleet in the EU.
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58002 KAIMAKTSALAN , EDESSA , GREECE
Tel.: +30 23810 32000-3, 52012
Mountain: Voras
The ski center begins at 2040 m. Shelter's central building: 2040 m. Highest peak: 2524 m. Highest lift: 2480 m. Ski Center altitude difference: 2030 m.-2480 m. Greatest lift altitude difference: 290 m. Greatest slope altitude difference: 440 m.
Voras Mountain is located at the frontiers with F.Y.R.O.M. and its crest-ridge is the limit line of the two countries. It is the third highest mountain in Greece after Olympos (2917 m.) and Smolikas (2637 m.), with an altitude of 2524 m., on the peak of which stands Kaimaktsalan Ski Center. The view from the mountain is amazing, since one can see with the naked eye as far as Thermaikos Gulf, the peak of Olympos Mountain and, of course, the 3-5 Pigadia Ski Center in Naoussa, which is across from the peak.
Denomination Origin The word "Kaimaktsalan" has Turkish origins and means in literal translation the cream-crust thief. The reason why this denomination was given is not certain (there are a lot of explanations).
Slopes Total slopes length: 14500 m. Total ski paths length: 4200 m. Total marked slopes: 13 slopes & 2 baby slopes & 1 snowboard slope The unlimited tracks of virgin snow increase the level of difficulty.
More specifically:
4 blue: o Νο 7, 1000 m. in length. It is served by a METERIZI lift. o Νο 2, 1200 m. in length. It is served by a SARANTOVRISSI 2 lift. o Νο 9, 900 m. in length. It is served by a SARANTOVRISSI lift. For beginners. o Νο 2, 2200 m. in length. It is served by a SARANTOVRISSI 1 lift, which is the longest.
6 red: o Νο 8, 700 m. in length. It is served by a METERIZI lift. o Νο 10, 700 m. in length. It is served by a SARANTIVRISSI 2 lift. For medium-level skiers. o Νο 3, 2000 m. in length. It is served by a SARANTOVRISSI 1 lift. For advanced-level skiers. o Νο 4, 1800 m. in length. It is served by a SARANTOVRISSI 1 lift. For advanced-level skiers. o Νο 5, 1200 m. in length. It is served by a KREMASSI lift. For the experts of the sport. o Νο 6, 1000 m. in length. It is served by a KREMASSI lift. It is the best slope of the ski center for ski experts.
3 Lang-Lauf slopes: o R1 - it is used for group training and for games. o R2 - it is also used for games and group training. It is served by a SARANTOVRISSI 1 lift. o R3
5 ski paths: o Path Μ1 (of a METERIZIΙ lift) o Path S2 (of a SARANTOVRISSI 2 lift) o Path S1 (of a SARANTOVRISSI lift) o Path S2 (of a SARANTOVRISSI 1lift) o Path Κ1 (of a KREMASSI lift)
Snowboard slope or fun park with blocks for jumping.
1 two-seat aerial lift (Sarantovrissi 1), with a capacity of 1200 persons/hour
2 sliding one-seat lifts Sarantovrissi 2 and Meterizi, with a capacity of 900 and 500 persons per hour respectively)
1 sliding two-seat lift (Kremassi, with a capacity of 951 persons/hour)
2 beginner's lifts or baby-lifts. Both of them are exactly in front of the central chalet. The first one serves the needs of those who would like to learn skiing by themselves, as well as children who have just started skiing. The second one serves the needs of ski and snowboard schools.Other facilities/services
The Main Shelter: It is on the foot of the ski center (at 2050 m.). Lately renovated (12/04), it can accommodate up to 20 persons in its 7 luxurious rooms and can give assistance to about 2500 persons for a coffee, a soft drink or meal. In the central building there is also a restaurant, 2 bars, fast food, Internet cafe, playgrounds and a mini market. Through its large lounges you can view the slopes. There is also accessibility and lavatories for the handicapped.
Snow bar (cafe-bar): It is on the foot of the main lift, with a magic view of the slopes, fireplace, good music, cafe, soft drinks and snacks
Ski, snowboard & snowmobile equipment rent shop
Snow Tubing Park: It refers to a special shaped domain in which young and elders can have fun without demanding any special clothing, ski, snowboard or any other sport knowledge. It contains its own sliding lift (baby-lift type) 120 m. in length, special automatic system, and elevated start for special shaped slope. The park operates every Saturday, Sunday and on Holidays from the opening of the ski center till the end of the winter period.
Speed Trap: In the location Sarantovrissi, within the ski center, from the beginning of the winter season 2004-2005, functions the first Speed Trap in Greece. The Speed Trap is set in a special shaped slope at an altitude of 1200 m., near the main slope of the Ski center. With Speed Trap every skier can "trap speed". The skier traverses a 150 m. in length slope. At this slope terminal there is a special marked domain in which the skier can see to the scoreboard the highest speed he reached.
Snow rafting: From the 2004-2005 winter season the center snow rafting, which gives the visitor the possibility to descend the slope in a big rubber boat accompanied by a trainer.
Transportation vehicle to the peak point: The visitor has the possibility to reach the peak point (2524 m.) with a special vehicle, visit the unique Profitis Ilias Chapel for its view, take a photo or play snowball.
Accessibility/Road network
In 1996 the network road was asphalted whereas in 2002 the second network road from the side of Kerassies municipality department to the municipality of Edessa was opened.
Operation period The ski resort is open all week long from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Useful notes
The ski center was put in trial operation in 1994. It officially started to operate after the assignment of its running to a private corporation in 1995.The first lift (Meterizi) that was constructed is the highest in Greece and reaches 2480 m., where its arrival station is situated.Facilities/services in the surrounding area
In the surrounding area there are traditional settlements with argotouristic guesthouses and small hotels to accommodate the region's visitors.
Sites/activities in the surrounding area
At the peak point of the Kaimaktsalan/Voras mountain and within the border lines there is the Profitis Ilias Chapel, which is a monument of the 1st World War, It was constructed in Catholic style and has in its basement a a cenotaph of the victims that fell in the battles that took place on its slope. Its largest part was proposed to be included in the region of Nature 2000. At the foot of the mountain is the lake of Vegoritis, one of the largest lakes in dimension and in depth in Greece that is extended into the geographic borders of three prefectures (Pella, Florina, Kozani) and is protected by the Ramshar treaty. Also considerated as sights are: the airport of Zervi that serves the gliding planes and flying and parachuting schools, the spa baths of Loutraki, Aridea, known as Pozar in which there are pools with spa spring water (with 37 degree temperature), water land Agra-Nissi-Vryta with a variety of bird traps and, of course, the town of Edessa with its waterfalls, the traditional neighborhood of Varossi, the birdseed industry, the mill turnstile, the aquarium of fresh water, the ancient town in Logo, etc.
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The Rah's Debut Album - When Does It Become Real?
A project in Prestonpans, UK by The Rah's
Funding Successful
The final push to the release of The Rah's 12 track debut album.
Backers: 133
Dates: Oct 22nd -> Dec 21st (61 days)
Project By: The Rah's
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BIG NEWS!!
December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
2020 has been a strange year for everyone, no live music, no going out to see bands or artists with your cronies, everything is on hold. Due to these circumstances we were unable to release our debut album when we had planned to. But things are... (Read More)
Add ons now available!!
£4,713 pledged of £5,000 goal 119 Backers 11 Days to go £287 to go until we hit our £5k goal! Once again, thank you! After sorting things out with Kickstarter we are now able to offer add ons with your chosen pledge e.g if you pledge £55 for... (Read More)
12 Days to go..
December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
£4,673 pledged of £5,000 goal 118 Backers 12 Days to go £327 to go until we hit our £5k goal! Your support so far has been incredible. To those who have pledged already, we thank you. To those who are yet to do so, check out the link below and... (Read More)
1st December Update
December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Good evening, Just another update to keep you up to date with our progress so far. £4,439 pledged of £5,000 goal 111 backers 19 days to go. We are well on our way to achieving our goal of £5000. Massive thank you for all the support so far! Keep... (Read More)
27 Days To Go, Big Push
November 24th - via: kickstarter.com
UPDATE! £3904 Pledged of our £5000 goal, 99 backers so far, 27 days to go. Pledge £20+ and get your name on the back of our debut LP. Here’s all the rewards on offer, this is only one t-shirt design, other designs will be available closer to the... (Read More)
Pledge £20+ and get your name on the back of our debut LP! These are samples only and may vary. A basic logo t-shirt may also be available. (Read More)
The Least We Can Do...
41 days till the deadline. 55% funded, we are not far away! Just to make you all aware the the funds won't leave your account till the 21st December, only if the campaign is successful obviously. Can't thank everyone enough for backing this project... (Read More)
The Half Way Point!
November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
LEGENDS Well troops, We can't thank you enough for backing our debut album campaign, especially during these challenging times. We have reached the half way point (47% of the way to be precise) to our goal of £5,000. We plan to release the album... (Read More)
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DYLJ provides food assistance to students struggling amid COVID-19 pandemic
With many university students having financial difficulties due to the coronavirus crisis, the Democratic Youth League of Japan (DYLJ) had launched an effort to provide food assistance to these students. So far, 31 DYLJ prefectural bodies engaged in this activity which also provides students with a good opportunity for socialization. In some prefectures, this activity led to petitioning local authorities to improve their support for coronavirus-affected students.
DYLJ members distributed food donated by local residents to students 213 times at 77 universities and colleges across the country including 37 times in Kochi Prefecture. In Osaka, the DYLJ effort was covered by a local TV news program, attracting public attention.
The quasi-food bank projects by DYLJ locals are often staffed by students who learned of the project on social media or who received food from the project beforehand. One of them, a senior at a Tokyo university said, “Due to the campus closure, freshmen are having difficulties making friends and obtaining information concerning support programs through the university and the government. I think I can give some advice to them if they come to our food pantry.”
Students who receive food often tell DYLJ members how difficult their situation is and what troubles they face amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on these testimonies, the DYLJ is making petitions to universities and local governments for assistance.
For example, the DYLJ Saitama Prefectural Committee visited the Saitama City government office and the Education Ministry on August 25 and 27 respectively to call for a compensation program and a counseling service for students who lost their part-time jobs.
In Miyazaki Prefecture, the DYLJ local on September 11 submitted to the prefectural assembly a written request demanding that the prefecture urge the national government to introduce measures to halve university tuition fees and expand the scope of the existing subsidy program for students.
The DYLJ in Hokkaido on September 24 requested the Ebetsu City government to provide financial support to a wider range of students and extend the application period for the support. In response, the city promised to postpone the application deadline by a month.
DYLJ Chair Koyama Minoru on September 22 at a DYLJ Central Committee meeting said, “The coronavirus crisis has driven young people into a corner, but at the same time, it has created a new trend in which more young people stand up for a better society.” Koyama called on DYLJ members to work to demand better government policies together with young people seeking a new society.
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Behavioural Ecology in the Lingle Lab
Prairie Field Course
Field course photos
Whether a prey animal hides, flees or counterattacks when faced with an approaching predator influences myriad aspects of its behaviour, ecology and even psychology. It therefore is not surprising that our early observations of coyotes hunting mule deer and white-tailed deer led my students and me in these different directions.
Ecology: Prey behaviour and predator-prey relationships.
We still conduct work on the influence of prey behaviour and predator-prey relationships, relying on exceptional observation conditions at our main study site on the prairie grasslands of southern Alberta.
Behaviour: Inter-species hybridization and transmission of disease:
We are beginning a new project that investigates conditions that facilitates or prevents hybridization between white-tailed deer and mule deer, two species that are able to interbreed and produce fertile hybrid. When conducting this work, we plan to conduct detailed observations of mating tactics and other social interactions that may help to understand variation in the transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal prion disease spreading across North American deer.
Psychology: Evolutionary continuity in infant cries and caregiver responses.
Another major focus of the lab is the evolutionary continuity in newborn cries and adult responses to these cries. Our discovery that deer mothers respond to newborn cries of diverse species of mammals suggests suggest that a response to infant cues of a different species is not uniquely human, but may instead be the result of sensory mechanisms shared across mammals through tens or hundreds of millions of years of evolution.
Dr. Susan Lingle
The University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9 Canada
Email: lingle.uw@gmail.com
For updates, see our facebook page:
www.facebook.com/LingleLab
Twitter: team mule deer @linglelab
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47 GNU/Linux Distributions For Your Desktop, Old Computer, Hobbies Or Raspberry Pi
by Sohail December 12, 2019 December 12, 2019 0
The world of GNU/Linux distributions is a world full of open source and mostly free operating systems, all of them based on the same core. If you are thinking about giving some of them a chance, here are 47 GNU / Linux distributions series so you can find the one that best suits what you are looking for.
We will start with the best and simplest to start and take the first steps in GNU / Linux, and then we will continue with some a little more advanced. Once covered these two, we will talk about the best to take care of your privacy, cultivate your hobbies and even to get the most out of a Raspberry Pi. Let’s focus on the desktop, so it will be the most popular operating system based on the Linux kernel: the Android.
To start in GNU/Linux
For more advanced users
To take care of privacy
For old computers
Specific for hobbies
Designed for your Raspberry Pi
Debian : Debian is one of the most important distributions of the Linux ecosystem, which stands out for its stability. So much so that there are many other distros like Ubuntu that are based on it. It stands out for its .deb parcel system and its APT package management.
Ubuntu : For years is one of the great references for first-time users. It is based on Debian and seeks simplicity above all else. After years of controversy, Canonical has decided to reuse a Gnome-based interface in its latest versions but maintains its characteristic sidebar and its ease so that anyone can use it without major problems.
Linux Mint : Based on Debian and Ubuntu, is another of the best known and recommended distributions for first-time users. Your Cinnamon desktop environment has similarities in common with Windows as the design of your start menu, so it may be even easier to adapt to them.
Elementary OS : Of all distributions based on Ubuntu, this one of the most focused on the visual aspect, which irremediably reminds macOS. It is a distro that is receiving updates calmly and without haste, looking for the greatest possible stability, and that includes its own application store to control its security.
Zorin OS : Another distribution based on Ubuntu that seeks to attract users who want to migrate from Windows thanks to a familiar interface and the situation of its start menu. It has two versions, one free with the essential, and another better equipped with software whose license costs 14 euros.
Mageia : Born as a fork of the missing Mandriva Linux, it is a stable, simple and compatible distribution with the Red Hat RPM packages, which also ensures that no large company is behind its development.
Antergos : Possibly the best known multilingual distribution in the world, which is based on Arch and seeks above all to offer a simple and attractive desktop environment. Saving the differences, it could be seen as a mixture between the philosophies of elementary OS and Manjaro.
Solus OS : A distribution designed to get the most out of modern computers with its Budgie desktop environment, although it also has a version for more modest equipment. This distro seeks to offer a modern and attractive design above all.
MX Linux : A distribution created cooperatively between the communities of antiX and the old MEPIS. It is a distro based on Debian and intended to try to offer maximum stability while maintaining simplicity and ease of use as much as possible.
Peppermint OS : Distribution based on Lubuntu, an Ubuntu derivative, with the LXDE desktop environment. It is characterized mainly by being web-oriented and prepared to use web apps as if they were native applications, something very similar to what we can see in projects like Chrome OS.
Deepin : Another distro that focuses mostly on design. It is based on Debian, has its own desktop environment based on QT5 and has several native tools of its own.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux : This is a commercial distribution of GNU / Linux developed by Red Hat. With more than 25 years of history, it shows that millions of dollars in profits can be generated with Linux, offering a payment operating system that stands out instability and flexibility.
Arch Linux : Another of the great heavyweights in the world of GNU / Linux distributions. It is a modular distro in which you must start installing from scratch all the components you want to add, which makes it an alternative especially focused on the most advanced users. It is a rolling release, so instead of different versions, all its components are updated on the fly.
openSUSE : Another popular and classic distribution that is available in two flavors. On the one hand, you have the Tumbleweed version, a rolling release that is continually updated on itself destined for developers, and on the other side the Leap version in which launches of different versions are made more stable for the users on foot.
Gentoo : Another veteran distro with more than a decade behind him, and aimed above all at the most advanced users. This distribution focuses on the power of use and maximum customization, and in turn, can be extremely difficult to use.
CentOS : This is a distribution derived from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) code, only it is maintained by the community and is completely free. In fact, there is Red Hat staff in its board of directors after both distros joined forces a few years ago.
Manjaro : As Arch Linux is a distro for advanced users, Manjaro is an attempt to make it closer to the user. It is a distro based on Arch Linux that is already mounted and with its main components pre-installed, so without being as simple as Ubuntu itself, it is easier to use than its parent distro.
Sabayon : And if Arch Linux has Manjaro or Antergos, Gentoo has Sabayon as a “ready to work” version, and destined to offer its power in a more friendly and simple environment for the users on foot.
Fedora : Free distribution created and maintained by the Red Hat company that uses the RPM package system (Red Hat Package Manager). It is not as stable as its older sister, but Fedora is a good free alternative for the users on foot.
Tails : A distribution recommended by Edward Snowden himself and based on Debian. It is small and light, so you can run it even from a USB or DVD on any computer, and connects to the internet through the TOR network using your browser to leave no trace.
Kali Linux : Based on Debian and with a customized kernel with security patches and support for ARM architecture, Kali Linux is a distro founded for general information security and auditing. And with audit and security, they mean that it also has a large collection of attack and defense tools.
BlackArch Linux : The dark side of Arch Linux, a distro born as an Arch expansion but that has evolved to become an “audit and penetration test” tool, which is why it offers an impressive amount of hacking tools.
ArchStrike : Formerly known as Arch Assault, is another distribution based on Arch Linux aimed at the world of hacking and security tests.
Puppy Linux: A distribution designed to work fast on computers with few resources. It occupies only 100 MB, which allows you to take it almost on any CD or USB and load it directly from there, a process that takes only 30 or 40 seconds.
Lubuntu: This is a version of Ubuntu that has been adapted to be lighter and can be used on computers with only 128 MB of RAM and old processors. Use the LXDE desktop system and the Openbox window manager.
Damn Small Linux: Devilishly small, is a distribution that occupies just 50 MB with 128 MB of RAM to run without problems. That allows it to be used on older computers, such as the first-generation Pentium or even the i486.
SliTaz: SliTaz GNU / Linux is a free operating system that works directly in the computer’s memory, from removable devices such as CDs or USB drives, although it is also installable. It is designed to run on hardware with 128 MB of RAM, which makes it an ideal choice for low-power equipment.
LXLE: Based on the most stable LTS versions of Lubuntu, it is a distro that bases its lightness on the start processing and the LXDE desktop environment. It offers several profiles that will mold the distro to look like Windows XP, Vista, and 7 Starter / Basic.
Bodhi Linux: This is a distribution that applies the philosophy of providing a minimum base on which users can assemble their operating system by installing the applications they want. It is based on Ubuntu and uses the Moksha window manager, its own manager based on Enlightenment 17. It only needs a 500 MHz processor, 5 GB of hard disk and 256 GB of RAM to work.
Q4OS: A distribution that practically clones the aspect of Windows 7 and previous versions so that users do not have adaptation problems. They say they want to stand out for stability and performance, and for being able to use both new and old computers because of their few hardware requirements.
Linux Lite: It does not work for computers as old as some alternatives in this list, but this featherweight can be used in 1 GHz computers and 768 MB of RAM. Based on Ubuntu, it combines a careful design with well-known applications for Windows users, such as Skype, Steam, Kodi or Spotify.
Distro Astro: A distro based on Ubuntu with the MATE desktop environment and a collection of preinstalled applications designed for lovers of astronomy. Unfortunately, since the release of version 3.0, it seems quite abandoned.
Astronomy Linux 16.04: We could consider it as a kind of successor to Distro Astro. Based on 16.04 LTS, Astronomy Linux is a distribution designed for lovers of astronomy, for which it includes pre-installed several applications related to this subject.
SteamOS: The distribution based on Debian created by Valve, the same people responsible for the popular Steam platform. Your goal is to offer an open source alternative to Windows to play your favorite games on your computer. For this, this operating system is a kind of media center with Steam’s Big Picture mode.
Fedora Games Spin: SteamOS may be the most popular gaming distro, but this alternative focuses on native GNU / Linux games and preinstalls SuperTuxKart, The Battle for Wesnoth or Freeciv among many others. Of course, neither Steam nor Wine nor PlayOnLinux comes pre-installed, so you have to do it by hand.
Ubuntu Studio: A variant of Ubuntu loaded with a collection of open source applications for multimedia creation, and aimed at audio, video and graphic design enthusiasts.
Scientific Linux: This is a binary-level clone of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution, and is developed and maintained by the CERN and Fermilab physics laboratories with the aim of having a specific operating system for scientific computing.
CEELD: Distro based on OpenSUSE that uses the KDE environment and is especially aimed at electronic engineers and students of this career, allowing them to design or simulate electronic circuits. However, after the closing of Suse Studio, its development is stopped while the creator learns kiwi.
OpenELEC: Small Linux distribution created from scratch to convert a computer into a multimedia center based on Kodi. It occupies barely 150 megabytes of internal storage, and has support for a wide assortment of graphics cards, although it also works on less powerful computers.
Raspbian: It is the official distribution of Raspberry Pi, based on Debian and adapted with all the necessary packages so that everything works without problems in the MicroPC.
Ubuntu “Snappy” Core: Ubuntu Core is the smallest and lightest version ever developed by Ubuntu, maintained by Canonical itself and aimed at the IoT world. However, you can also use it on your Raspberry.
Ubuntu MATE for Raspberry Pi 2 and 3: It is one of the most popular Ubuntu-derived distributions, and it makes use of the MATE desktop environment. It has a version especially aimed at Raspberry, which differs from Ubuntu CORE in that it is based on the full version of Ubuntu.
LibreELEC: An independent distribution, although derived from OpenELEC to offer an operating system based on the Kodi multimedia center and designed especially for Raspberry Pi. Even so, it also supports any other x86 computer, being a good alternative for any microPC.
OSMC: A distribution based on Debian and Raspbian that also seeks to easily convert your Raspberry Pi into a multimedia center. It does so, like LibreELEC, through the Kodi application.
Pi MusicBox: The application with which to convert your Raspberry in a multimedia center destined for music. It has support for Spotify, Google Music, SoundCloud, Webradio, Podcasts, and other services in the cloud, as well as support for devices compatible with DLNA and AirPlay.
Backfoot: A distribution that links Raspbian with Emulation Station and RetroArch to turn your Pie into a retro video game console in which you can install dozens of emulators to play the ROMs of your favorite consoles.
Glad you finally reach here… As we have seen so far, Debian and Ubuntu based distros are the most populous in this but For many, there is no doubt that Arch Linux is still one of the best distributions, and alternatives such as Manjaro show that it is possible to offer an Arch-based distro that is novice proof. However, among the distros that use Arch as a base, the one that caught my attention this year was Archlabs Minimo, a distro focused on minimalism.
Unlike all the others on this list, it is not intended for all types of users, nor for beginners, but it has its audience. Lovers of minimalist window managers like Openbox will appreciate it, as well as being extremely light and customizable. Enter this list perhaps as the “hipster wildcard” , and I recommend it to the more adventurous.
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Billionaires' Homes
The living places like big and expensive houses in terms of their position, designs and decorations of course mean something significant for showing economic grandeur of billionaire. In a statistics, the Forbes, an Americana bi-weekly published magazine, shows that there are at least 964 families around the world who deserve several billions of dollars and lavish houses as well where 36 Indian names were placed in the club of world's richest people.
Deluxe homes owned by billionaires
The rich people, to illustrate, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Lakshmi Mittal, Paul Allen, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, David Koch, Sumner Redstone, Michael Bloomberg, Steven Jobs, Craig McCaw own the most luxurious houses. The dwelling places blends different sizes and colors that are large, splendid and lavish covered in limestone and marble holding gigantic rooms and staircase while sometimes billionaire's own taste and interest reflect instead of keeping to a majestic.
Holding exaggerated 17,000 square-foot and seven bedrooms, in-house night club as well as gold-plated indoor pool, the world's top most billionaire- Buffett's low-key suburban house named Palladio really bears an exceptional look.
Bill Gates being topped the first position among 400 billionaires estimated by the Forbes magazine, owns a high tech house, 66,000-squre feet, placed on the Lake Washington near the Seattle town, which price is hardly possible to know includes a 60-foot swimming pool along with an sunken music system, a 1,000-square-foot dining place and a library contained two furtive bookcase doors.
In 2001, Oprah Winfrey spent $50 million for his Georgian-style house named ‘Promised Land' that hold 23000 square feet. And for saving from such unavoidable circumstances, there are some strict prohibitions to enter the house for the general people and the cameras.
While the Microsoft boss Bill Gates' Medina consists of 1000 square feet dining room, Donald Trump is well known for his $125 million Palm Beach Fla property that contains 62, 000 square feet and Mar-A-Lago estate, Paul Allen is for his Mercer Island, waterfront property.
Not only pricy but designs also
The richest peoples' houses are not only beautiful in the view of cost but for the uncommon as well as eye catching designs also. The chairperson and chief executive of Oracle Larry Ellison, ninth richest people in the United States, owns that kind of living place. Ellison's house called imperial villa is build just keeping pace with Japanese style included more than 500 mature maple, cheery, ginkgo trees. It costs $100 million to construct.
At the same time, many billionaires pay for their vacation homes sized in larger and of course more expensive ones. The American celebrity Oprah Winfrey, to illustrate, spent $50 million for her Montecito home placed at Southern California. For passing the summer vacation, Steven Spielberg, American film director, bought a home in the Hampton that is valued $25 million.
The billionaires’ houses usually contain bedrooms, fireplaces and other necessary things in their interior decoration. Some homes are found even having a dozen bedrooms. Most of the houses are decorated with expensive materials like limestone, granite, sandstone, marble etc. But the interesting thing is that sometimes billionaire’s own taste and interest reflect in their homes instead of keeping them to a majestic. It is often seen that the houses are sided in vinyl or aluminum as well. We see that crystal chandeliers were used inside Mukesh Ambani's billionaire home that is also called the most expensive house in the world.
While place is not important
This is not such a significant thing where the billionaire's houses are situated as they choose the places to build their houses where they come up age. For example, the Dell's big boss Michael Dell's main residence is placed in Texas, Austin, the founder of Nike Philip Knight's residence is situated in Hillsboro, Ore known as a rural zone beyond the border of Portland.
How much worthy the houses
The Palm Beach estate of Kluge having 21,000 more square feet that embellished with statues as well as reflecting pools is worth of higher than $23 million.
You can get an idea just seeing the scenario of taxes or charges paid by the billionaires. While Microsoft leader Bill gates was given a tax paper amount of $1.1 million last year as his compound was assessed approximately $140 million, the company's fellow billionaire Paul Allen charged with $1 million because of much worthy property estimated at about $120 million.
The prince of Saudia Arabia named Alwaleed bin Talal Alsaud has a palace hold more than 317 rooms adding 400,000 square feet as well as a football ground, eight elevators, 500 television sets that is situated in Riyadh, capital city of Saudia Arabia, cost $130 million to manufacture.
For having a London townhouse, the Indian steel industrialist Lakshmi Mittal, fifth richest person across the world, spent a record breaking price in 2004 for his family home costing $128 million. Holding a palace beauty, it is decorated with such pricy materials like gems.
However, a good number people worth more than billion dollars lead a modestly life while some of them own several homes decorated relatively modest and simple designs.
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Black Lives Matter is also a reckoning for foreign aid and international NGOs
Published: 00:00, Jul 21,2020
A moment from the Black Live Matters movement after the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020; USA. — crimethinc
Talking about racism is not enough. We can’t afford another 50 years of apathy in the international system, writes Degan Ali and Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
THE recent wave of citizen-led uprisings in support of the global Black Lives Matter movement has meant that as Black women with over 50 years of combined experience in the humanitarian and development sectors, we can finally breathe. Our experiences of racism — both individualised and systemic — have been brought into the spotlight. But how can we ensure that the response to this watershed moment ignites a reckoning for our sector, rather than becoming yet another technocratic exercise with more ineffective, top-down monitoring?
Say good riddance to ‘neutrality’
A RECKONING first means letting go of long-held assumptions about humanitarian aid. The aid system has been built on the principle of neutrality which places more value on our ability to deliver services than to save lives and act in solidarity. If we were aid workers during the Rwandan Genocide, for example, our role would have been to observe and negotiate access rather than doing everything possible to intervene and defend people from getting raped and killed. How is that principled?
It’s no coincidence that António Guterres recently forbade UN workers from joining Black Lives Matter protests. Neutrality can no longer justify inaction or grave human rights abuses. As the protests have made clear, silence is agreement. Institutional inaction equates to structural oppression.
Dismantle our failed global governance system
A RECKONING also requires us to settle the history of the foundation of the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions — the IMF, World Bank and World Trade Organisation — that maintain the economic and political hegemony of the US empire and former colonisers. The ultimate barriers to moving our communities from passive ‘recipients’ of aid to equal partners are rooted in failed systems that we need to break down and reconstruct.
Our ability to help our communities is directly impacted by this failed system of global governance and international finance. Humanitarian and development aid cannot be divorced from the politics and power relations of this system, and until we tackle these things we’ll be treading water. Financial, monetary and trade policies among these institutions have entrenched poor countries further into debt, destroyed economies, promoted social unrest and fomented civil war.
Since the founding of the UN, we have been indoctrinated to believe it plays an essential and benevolent role in ensuring global peace, security, and saving lives in communities affected by crisis. But the make-up of the UN, especially the Security Council, is inherently unequal in its structure.
Crimes against humanity go unpunished if the alleged perpetrator has a veto-wielding member’s support (as in Israel and Syria). Sanctions are applied at the behest of the veto powers, devastating the lives of the poorest but yielding no meaningful positive change (as in Iran and Venezuela). UN military interventions represent the interests of the organisation’s founding countries.
Calls to reform institutions that are founded on, and perpetuate, unequal and violent global structures is futile. We should learn from the BLM movement that abolition is not abandonment. Instead, defunding and dissolving these institutions is the most effective step towards building a new system that is truly based on equity and justice. The countries of the Global South can help to create alternative institutions that are based on solidarity, and that benefit all.
Turn international NGOs on their heads
TO ENACT notions of solidarity and truly shift power to local communities, a reckoning requires new board leadership and senior management that represent the communities that INGOs and other aid organisations claim to serve. Funding must be prioritised and disbursed much more widely to those on the frontlines of social justice and movement building.
If the goal of aid is about ending aid, then INGOs should have an exit plan and develop new metrics of success for their organisations that are centred on devolving power, money and voice to local communities, organisations and movements. Are they transferring knowledge and connections to these forces? Are they helping them to reinforce their capacity rather than taking funding, credit and human resources away from them? Are they ceding ‘market share’ to others as opposed to increasing it through the establishment of national entities in middle-income countries of the Global South purely as a fundraising strategy?
The aid system is exceptionally good at monopolising the spotlight that’s generated by crises and overshadowing the bulk of humanitarian and development action that’s undertaken by the communities and grassroots groups that are ‘affected.’ Relationships based on mutual respect with local communities and organisations are essential.
The first step is to immediately cease the marketing of people in the Global South as passive ’beneficiaries’ of aid who need ‘white saviours.’ This narrative is harmful and misleading since it continually feeds and supports a flawed and grossly imbalanced global framework of power and relationships. Reductive and romanticising imagery must stop. Instead, INGOs’ fundraising should be based on amplifying the dynamic work our communities themselves are engaged in.
The BLM movement encourages the naming of Black victims to counter the erasure of their humanity and their obliteration from collective memory. Names matter because they bring personal recognition.
At the professional level and in the context of the aid industry, recognition of local organisations and communities’ leadership is critical since it is part of a core socio-economic valuation process that shapes global perceptions, investment decisions and resource allocation. INGOs must name local organisations as part of a new narrative of cooperation. The power, commitment and resourcefulness of communities and leaders in the Global South should be spotlighted, not hidden in plain sight.
Don’t let money silence us
WITH even more scrutiny being placed on us as leaders of Global South organisations, a reckoning means interrogating how we maintain our integrity.
Thus far demands for change have centred on ensuring more aid dollars reach local communities and organisations directly, without the many layers of intermediaries. While this is an important issue, the situation of our communities will not improve dramatically without addressing the structural sources of economic and political inequalities.
Every person in the aid and development sector must start by questioning our own complicity in unjust systems that lack accountability to communities. As Arundhati Roy states, ‘Charity douses anger with pity…Charity keeps the structures in place.’ We must ensure that our voices are not silenced by money. We cannot be armchair activists and support those on the streets while leading our own, separate, comfortable lives. Accountability to the communities we serve starts with questioning our own complicity in poverty, injustice and disempowerment.
Abandon hollow reforms
A RECKONING requires civil society to turn away from bureaucracy and undertake a revolution in our demands and approaches. Imagine building a movement of solidarity in which NGOs and other civil society groups from the Global North and South used their power to wage strikes against the top policy-makers, donors and international agencies until serious reforms were implemented?
Imagine if we came together to organise a million-person march in New York and across capitals throughout the world during the next UN General Assembly, demanding permanent UN Security Council restructuring including the removal of veto power? Imagine if our silos and parallel movements at last found their common ground in fighting for justice and equality, and jointly fought for structural change that shifted control to communities?
We already have the skeletons of too many global initiatives mounting up in the closet of the international system - from the Millennium Development Goals and the Sendai Framework to the Transformative Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Grand Bargain. They serve to remind us of past, failed efforts at light reform. We don’t have the time or patience for agendas that are little more than fundraising tools.
Talking about racism is not enough. Issuing a statement on how you support BLM is not enough. Half-hearted attempts at localisation are not enough. We can’t afford another 50 years of apathy towards the oppression that’s perpetuated by the aid system.
We need the courage to ensure that this moment of pandemic and uprising becomes a reckoning that moves our communities from passive ‘recipients’ of aid to full and equal actors in movements that can drive the changes that are required for universal justice and shared survival.
openDemocracy.net, July 19. Degan Ali is the executive director of Adeso and founding member/host of the NEAR network. Her work focuses on creating solidarity between global civil society and developing solutions to support a new aid ecosystem. Marie-Rose Romain Murphy, a lifelong advocate for community-led transformational change, is the co-founder and president of ESPWA, Inc. and the Haiti Community Foundation, Haiti’s first community foundation.
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‘AirKraft’ has a new design."WhitePatriots News Opinion
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Contribute! FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementPatriots NewsPatriots First ReadPatriots repaint their team plane to reflect their latest Super Bowl victoryNew White Matthew Slater Jerseys ,40commentsRelated: Bill Belichick’s boat has a new name to commemorate Patriots’ Super Bowl winEDTShareTweetShareSharePatriots repaint their team plane to reflect their latest Super Bowl victoryvia twitter.com/PatriotsIn August 2017, six months after their victory in Super Bowl 51, reports broke that the New England Patriots purchased a pair of airplanes. The first NFL franchise to own its personal planes, New England invested in two Boeing 767s — each worth around $10 million, not counting the styling or retrofitting to turn them both into first-class-only planes — to carry the team to its road games in the future.In October of the same year, the AirKrafts were finally unveiled and have been used by the team ever since. Not even two years after the purchase, however, New England needed to invest in the planes again: following their 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53 Matthew Slater Jerseys 2019 , they needed a new paint job. Today, the new-look vehicles were presented to the world at T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island:The Patriots did not only add a sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy but also a ‘6x Champions’ decal on the side of the plane. As is the case with Bill Belichick’s boat, VIII Rings, however, one has to wonder for how long the new paint-job will be up to date. Needless to say that the Kraft family and the rest of the organization would happily repaint the planes again next spring. After slowly starting into the 2018 regular season, the New England Patriots’ offense has turned the corner over the last three weeks. Thanks in part to the emergence of rookie running back Sony Michel and Julian Edelman and Josh Gordon becoming bigger parts of the passing offense, Tom Brady and his teammates scored an average of 39.7 points over their last three contests – all wins, by the way.This is a noticeable improvement when compared to the 19.0 average the unit had through the first three games this year. One of the key reasons for the team’s recently improved output is its success in the red zone: the Patriots scored touchdowns on 10 of their 14 red area trips over the last three games; they are also 7 of 11 when it comes to converting goal-to-go situations.When looking at the season-long statistics White Devin McCourty Jerseys , New England has now improved to 15 of 22 in the red zone. Furthermore the team scored six field goals, and had one turnover. While not perfect, there is a lot to like about the efficiency deep in the opponent’s territory – and one reason why the Patriots have had plenty of success inside the opponents’ 20-yard line is a player that has seen a limited number of passes thrown his way in the red area this season.Rob Gronkowski, he of 56 red area scores to his name in his career, was the target of just two passes counted as red area throws: he caught a 21-yard touchdown in week one (a penalty had pushed New England back, but it still counts as a red zone trip), was the target of an incompletion in week four, and saw a pass knocked out of his hands for an interception in week five.When compared to the Patriots’ other receiving options Devin McCourty Jerseys 2019 , Gronkowski is having a quiet season so far in terms of red zone usage. Overall, four players have seen more than his three targets in this part of the field:All four players have proven to be valid red zone threats but it is still noteworthy to see them receive at time noticeably more targets than a 6’6, 265 lbs tight end who is one of the best red zone receivers of his era. That being said, Gronkowski is still having an impact on New England’s red zone offense simply because of his presence: having him on the field forces defenses to account for him, often with more than just one player.This, in turn, frees things up elsewhere and allows players like James White to take advantage. While it would be nice to see Gronkowski get more red zone targets – effectively speaking he was thrown just one pass inside the 20, the same number as fullback James Develin – he still plays a big role. This role does not come up on the stat sheet White Isaiah Wynn Jerseys , sure, but it is important nevertheless. It also could change again in the future.With James White, Julian Edelman, and Josh Gordon all available now, defenses are faced with a “pick your poison” situation. Should they continue focusing on Gronkowski? Or should they try to stop one of the other players that have seen more red zone targets than him? This decision opposing coordinators will have to make could again create more opportunities for the NFL’s best tight end.And of course for James Develin as well.For the sake of completeness, here is the full table of the Patriots’ red zone targets through six weeks:
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Open Postcode Ireland >
The OpenPostcode is an opensource proposal for a compressed geolocation postcode. Settings for Ireland are scaled to an Irish GPS Box, including the whole island from 55.5N 10.8W to 51.3N 5.4W. Its format can be described as any number of characters from an alphanumeric alphabet. Each character encoding a longitude and latitude in a base calculated from the integer component of the square-root of the number of available characters. For Ireland the alphabet is "6789B5NPQC4MXRD3LWTF2KJHG" (which avoids accidental words by removing vowels and "Y", the numbers 1 and 0 and letter "V" which can be confused with vowels, and the letters "S" and "Z" which can easily be confused with numbers - 25 characters of which each character is both a longitude and latitude encoding of base 5 (both numbers can happily coexist in a single character) and so describes a grid of 5 by 5 about the country in one character with each additional character added subdividing by a further 25. For Ireland, in particular, the grid is described as a spiral of its 25 characters starting with 2 in the bottom left and continuing clockwise to X in the middle. Thus X will always be the centre, and all codes beginning with "B" are firmly to-right, within the UK postcode area BT, to avoid any possible confusion. At eight characters the code in Ireland defines an area well inside a square meter throughout the country. The code is by design extensible and describes an ever increasing precision around a position with each additional character - open to a variety of independent applications and formats. After a defined separator (a forward slash), an optional checksum character from an alphabet of suitable characters ("0123456789ACDEFGHJKLMNPQRTUVWXY" giving 31 characters, avoiding "B", "I", "O", "S", and "Z") is calculated as, e.g. modulus 31 of the sum of an ordered weighting (leftmost multiplied by 1, next by 2, etc.) of character values and the integer of the parameters west*north-wide*high (which amounts to zero in the Irish calculation and so can be ignored).
(OPC Version 4, June 2015)
Some examples in the documentation here are still using version 3 so are incompatible with the updated demo map and app. The algorithm is the same but uses the alphabet "6789B5NPQC4MXRD3LWTF2KJHG".
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LOUISE DULCKEN (1811-1850) Autograph Letter Signed
Name: LOUISE DULCKEN (1811-1850) Autograph Letter Signed
LOUISE DULCKEN autograph letter Signed.
German pianist and teacher.
ALS. 3pp. 80 U.P. June 16th 1848. To Lady Harriet [Clive, wife of Sir Robert Clive].
"Many thanks for your very kind note, and I shall be happy to see Lady Leighton on Friday at 2 o'clock, and besides your Ladyship's own kind recommendation which is enough in itself, I could refer Lady Leighton to many other Ladies whose daughters have attended my Academy and who I think have been well satisfied with the progress made, as many have continued for 4 seasons. Should Lady Leighton wish to hear the little people I should beg her to come at 10 in the morning as the less advanced classes play then. Once again dearest Lady Harriet a thousand thanks for all your kind thoughts of me... [etc]". With a post script: "Could Miss Mary come to me at half past 3 instead of 5 tomorrow. If she could I can give her a longer lesson".
With Lady Harriet Clive's autograph note on the verso "I enclose Mad[am]e Dulcken's kind note. Yrs in haste, H. Clive".
8vo. Approx 7 x 4.5 inches. Mounting traces to two corners on verso of last leaf, else fine.
Louise Dulcken was the younger sister of the great Leipzig violinist Ferdinand David. She showed exceptional talent from an early age and studied under F.W. Grund at Hamburg. She made her first public appearance at age 10 and had successful European tours. She settled in London and for many years was a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic. Louise Dulcken gave the first English performance of Chopin's 2nd Piano Concerto in 1843. Her musical soirees became popular events and her annual concert was high on the social calendar. She was a renowned wit, as well as a virtuoso musician, and her weekly receptions were gathering places for artists, musicians and literary figures. She established an academy and the young Queen Victoria was among her many pupils. Lady Harriet Clive (1797-1869) was the wife of Sir Robert Clive (1789-1854) and, on his death, became Baroness Windsor in her own right. Autograph letters of Louise Dulcken are somewhat uncommon.
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LUIGI ARDITI (1822-1903) Autograph Musical Quotation on Photograph
Name: LUIGI ARDITI (1822-1903) Autograph Musical Quotation on Photograph
LUIGI ARDITI Autograph Musical Quotation.
Italian violinist, composer and conductor.
Carte de Visite photograph by Bassano with fine autograph musical quotation of three bars from 'Il Bacio', with vocal score below, inscribed to Madame Tolmé, London 16th May 1863 and signed by Luigi Arditi.
The photograph measures approx. 4 x 2.5 inches (including the original photographer's mount) and shows Luigi Arditi full length, dressed in a very dapper frock-coat and with one hand resting n the back of a chair. There is a narrow mounting strip at foot of verso but all else is in fine condition.
'Il Bacio' (The Kiss) is a vocal waltz or song and was one of Arditi's most successful compositions. It remained very popular well into the 20th century and was recorded by Adelina Patti in 1906.
Provenance: From a 19th century album composed by the Blyth family. Edward Kell Blyth was a London solicitor who had connections with women's education and employment movements. The family appear to have been related by marriage to the Tolmé family and there was a Thomas Tolmé Blyth, who also practiced as a solicitor.
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Hacking Accounts
When criminals hack a Facebook account, they typically use one of several available “brute force” tools, Grayson Milbourne, Webroot’s Manager of Threat Research for North America, told 24/7 Wall St. in an interview. These tools cycle through a common password dictionary, and try commonly used names and dates, opposite hundreds of thousands of different email IDs.
Once hacked, an account can be commandeered and used as a platform to deliver spam, or — more commonly — sold. Clandestine hacker forums are crawling with ads offering Facebook account IDs and passwords in exchange for money. In the cyber world, information is a valuable thing.
Commandeering Accounts
A more direct form of identity theft, commandeering occurs when the criminal logs on to an existing user account using an illegally obtained ID and password. Once they are online, they have the victim’s entire friend list at their disposal and a trusted cyber-identity.
The impostor can use this identity for a variety of confidence schemes, including the popular, London scam in which the fraudster claims to be stranded overseas and in need of money to make it home. The London scam has a far-higher success rate on Facebook — and specifically on commandeered accounts — because there is a baseline of trust between the users and those on their friends list.
Profile Cloning
Profile cloning is the act of using unprotected images and information to create a Facebook account with the same name and details of an existing user. The cloner will then send friend requests to all of the victim’s contacts. These contacts will likely accept the cloner as a friend since the request appears to be from someone they’re familiar with. Once accepted, the crook has access to the target’s personal information, which they can use to clone other profiles or to commit fraud.
As Grayson Milbourne puts it, “Exploiting a person’s account and posturing as that person is just another clever mechanism to use to extract information.” Perhaps what’s scariest about this kind of crime is its simplicity. Hacking acumen is unnecessary to clone a profile; the criminal simply needs a registered account.
Cross-Platform Profile Cloning
Cross-platform profile cloning is when the cyber criminal obtains information and images from Facebook and uses them to create false profiles on another social-networking site, or vice versa. The principle is similar to profile cloning, but this kind of fraud can give Facebook users a false sense of security because their profile is often cloned to a social platform that they might not use. The result is that this kind of fraud may also take longer to notice and remedy.
Phishing on Facebook involves a hacker posing as a respected individual or organization and asking for personal data, usually via a wall post or direct message. Once clicked, the link infects the users’ computers with malware or directs them to a website that offers a compelling reason to divulge sensitive information. A classic example would be a site that congratulates the victims for having won $1,000 and prompts them to fill out a form that asks for a credit card and Social Security number.
Such information can be used to perpetrate monetary and identity fraud. Grayson Milbourne of Webroot, also explained that spearphishing is becoming increasingly common, a practice that uses the same basic idea but targets users through their individual interests.
Fake Facebook
A common form of phishing is the fake Facebook scam. The scammers direct users via some sort of clickable enticement, to a spurious Facebook log-in page designed to look like the real thing. When the victims enter their usernames and passwords, they are collected in a database, which the scammer often will sell.
Once scammers have purchased a user’s information, they can take advantage of their assumed identity through apps like Facebook Marketplace and buy and sell a laundry list of goods and services. Posing as a reputable user lets the scammer capitalize on the trust that person has earned by selling fake goods and services or promoting brands they have been paid to advertise.
Affinity Fraud
In cases of affinity fraud, con artists assume the identity of individuals in order to earn the trust of those close to them. The criminal then exploits this trust by stealing money or information. Facebook facilitates this type of fraud because people on the site often end up having a number of “friends” they actually do not know personally and yet implicitly trust by dint of their Facebook connection.
Criminals can infiltrate a person’s group of friends and then offer someone deals or investments that are part of a scheme. People can also assume an identity by infiltrating a person’s account and asking friends for money or sensitive information like a Social Security or credit card number.
Mining Unprotected Info
Few sites provide an easier source of basic personal information than Facebook. While it is possible to keep all personal information on Facebook private, users frequently reveal their emails, phone numbers, addresses, birth dates and other pieces of private data. As security experts and hackers know, this kind of information is often used as passwords or as answers to secret security questions.
While the majority of unprotected information is mined for targeted advertising, it can be a means to more pernicious ends such as profile cloning and, ultimately, identity theft.
Not all spam — the mass sending of advertisements to users’ personal accounts — is against the law. However, the existence of Facebook and other social sites has allowed for a new kind of spam called clickjacking. The process of clickjacking, which is illegal, involves the hacking of a personal account using an advertisement for a viral video or article.
Once the user clicks on this, the program sends an advertisement to the person’s friends through their account without their knowledge. This has become such an issue for the social media giant that earlier this year that the company has teamed up with the U.S. Attorney General to try to combat the issue.
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Googlebomb � Algo
While many have heard of the Googlebomb, it is commonly regarded as a playful Internet prank. Until recently, it was most frequently used as a tool by mischief makers and political protesters to achieve their aims, but is now a growing threat that needs to be terminated once and for all.
Since the beginning of time, people have, and always will express their opinions.(Like this one about the Site Build It Scam bomb). By all means, in a free society, people should be at liberty to do so. Likewise, gossiping or rumor mongering are practices as old as mankind itself. But orchestrated maligning to ruin one for another's gain go much further than idle gossip and oversteps the bounds of freedom of speech. When intentions are vicious and influence sufficiently strong, gossip can deteriorate into outright character assassination.
Smear campaigns were once afflictions plaguing only high-profile individuals. This liability could be considered part of the territory when it comes to fame or celebrity. But celebrities have publicists, and politicos have press agents. The everyday person is ill-equipped to deal with the onslaught of a full-on Internet attack.
What Is a Googlebomb?
A Googlebomb is a manipulation of search engine rankings that uses the textual part of links (called "anchor text"), to drive pages to the top of search engine results. The technique exploits search engine weaknesses to falsify search results and create any effect the perpetrator wishes. It is a purely mechanical contrivance using Google's search technology.
If someone wants to make you look like a criminal, they can. If someone wants to smear your family name, they can. If someone wanted to ruin your child's life and tarnish their future, they could.
The fact that Googlebombs can even occur is unacceptable. That Google allows them to exist is reprehensible. What is most disturbing is that, in reality, manufacturing a Googlebomb is relatively easy. And once it is in place, it is nearly impossible to remove.
The real skill involved in creating a successful Googlebomb is the ability to persude or encite enough passion that the bomb takes on a life of its own. Picture an "angry mob," for example.
It just so happens that highly successful users of the technique are particularly adept at provoking negative emotion. What produces more outrage than injustice and lies? Seldom is it realized that the lies and injustice are dispensed against thetarget of the bomb. Provocateurs can be very convincing.
The Bomb Threats Need Diffusion
With it being so easy to manufacture these destructive Internet campaigns, who is really at risk for the profound, lasting effects of these spiteful search engine manipulations?
The unfortunate, sobering answer is anyone.
No one online is exempt from the whims of pranksters, bullies or anyone with an axe to grind. This is an accomplishment of which Google should be very proud because even teens and children are exposed to potential ruination by mean-spirited peers. And once the bomb plays out, it travels forward indefinitely through time and cyberspace where every published word is an indelible mark.
Google's Inherent Flaw Is That It Doesn't Care About, or Account For the Truth.
Although its recent algorithmic updates (a.k.a., Panda) are asserted to be quality upgrades, it is not uncommon for appalling, perverse smear campaigns to outrank original sites for the same keyword. (citation Rick santorum)
That means that fake results are given more prominence than real results. Are these the type of results Google values?
In the commercial realm, Googlebombs are emerging as a new way to gain market share. Competitors achieve this by exploiting an opponent's keyword (usually, its brand name). Then it calls the product's validity into question and attacks its maker's moral character.
Facts and research are unnecessary. False claims and outright lies are made to appear factual as the emotional frenzy that powers the bomb drives the competing page up the ranks into the prominent position.
Once the competitor is outranking its opponent for that search term, it can intercept traffic and freely siphon market share, choking out would-be customers and sales.
Who Would Use Such Dirty Tricks?
If you think about it, dirty tricks are the hallmark of companies most wouldn't want to do business with. And like phishing and other email fraud, the public should not be freely exposed to them.
Companies like Paypal and Ebay take precautions to keep its users safe from fraudulent schemes. Reports of suspicious activities are gratefully accepted and acted upon by these companies. That's corporate responsibility and taking care of its users.
But when Googlebombs are reported to Google, it does nothing. Yet Google provides all the exploitable tools for free, then pretends it has no responsibility for what is done with them.
Google Continues to Supply Gamers with Free Toys
Google claims it is working hard to overcome gamers and scammers, yet continues to roll out even more features that are easily transformed into commercial weapons. (citation)
Google has been sued for a similar problem with its search tool. This is a very simple game. Merely append the word "scam" to a company name, Google it enough times, and it becomes a permanent suggestion in Google's autocomplete function.
This tactic plants the seed that the company the user is searching for is a scam. If Google suggests that you find "XYZ Company Scam," then XYZ Company most certainly is one. Like the Googlebomb, this is a purely mechanical contrivance.
The only "fact" involved is the keyboard and the ability to type the phrase on it enough times to make the autosuggestion stick.
Additionally, it has been discovered that Google Places can now be gamed quite easily. Google didn't think it through (or didn't care) when it provided the free and open access to report a business closed. Anyone can click a button and report a particular business as "out of business" and Google will accept it as fact. No verification needed. Any business can be dropped and put out of commission with a few clicks of the mouse.
Google Needs Spotlights to See
Google is the master at side-stepping issues and has the ability to appear that it is not responsible for what it creates. Shockingly, the world accepts this. But it's Google's proprietary algorithm that runs its search engine. No one else controls their algorithm that is causing these phenomena, so how is it that Google is not responsible?
It claims that it has solved its Googlebomb algo (algorithm) problem. But there is proof all around that it hasn't.
It also claims it doesn't remove Googlebombs manually, and unless a particular manipulation hits major media coverage, most of the affected businesses or people are left to fend for themselves.
(citation)
Google's advice to the low-profile "commoner" is to contact the owner of the site in question and ask them to remove the offending page. This might work, but when vested interests are at stake, offending site owners scoff.
The Context Doesn't Matter, Googlebombs Need to Stop
Whether it's a so-called "innocent" prank, a political maneuver, commercial sabotage or any other usage, the ability to Googlebomb anyone or anything needs to stop.
The issue at hand is not about freedom of speech, nor is it about censorship. (More on the pros and cons of censorship here.) One can make one's point in other ways without disastrous consequences or injustices on others. Saying what you want to say and the ability to ruin others are two very different things.
No, this issue is about Google's technological vulnerability, complacency and intentional oversight. This is about your safety and the safety of your family and friends. Because when it happens, Google will not listen or help.
You can help shine a light on Google and be heard. Read this proof that there is no true Googlebomb algo and show your support.
It takes just a few minutes and your voice can make all the difference.
Google needs to fix its Googlebomb aglo now, for real, so the Internet can be a safer place and the realm of opportunity for which it has true and infinite potential.
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Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Anatidae, Anseriformes, Eurasia
[order] ANSERIFORMES | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Aythya nyroca | [authority] Guldenstdt, 1770 | [UK] Ferruginous Duck | [FR] Fuligule nyroca | [DE] Moorente | [ES] Porron Pardo | [NL] Witoogeend
Genus Species subspecies Region Range
Aythya nyroca EU w, c
Aythya is a genus of diving ducks. It has twelve described species. Aythya shihuibas was described from the Late Miocene of China. An undescribed prehistoric species is known only from Early Pleistocene fossil remains found at Dursunlu, Turkey; it might however be referrable to a paleosubspecies of an extant species considering its age. The Miocene “Aythya” arvernensis is now placed in Mionetta, while “Aythya” chauvirae seems to contain the remains of 2 species, at least one of which does not seem to be a diving duck.
Male has small white spot on chin, blackish collar and eclipse plumage.
Female duller, browner with inconspicuous small white spots on throat.
Juvenile very similar to female but lacks white undertail-coverts and has silvery brown underparts with blackish barring on breast.
Listen to the sound of Ferruginous Duck
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wingspan min.: 62 cm wingspan max.: 70 cm
fledging min.: 55 days fledging max.: 27 days
eggs max.: 12
Eurasia : West, Central
Concentrated in lowland, continental middle latitudes, extending to high altitudes only sporadically (eg. in Georgia and Armenia). During breeding, prefers fairly shallow expanses of water, rich in submergent and floating vegetation, fringed
by dense stands of emergent plants. Large river deltas often support substantial breeding numbers, as do open floodplains with numerous oxbows and shallow lakes/ponds. In some areas, saline, brackish or alkaline wetlands are commonly utilised
for breeding, for example in Hungary, Romania and Turkey. In central and eastern Europe, extensively managed fishponds are an important breeding habitat, which are similar in character to natural floodplain wetlands. During the non-breeding season habitat choice is similar, though coastal waters, inland seas and large, open lagoons are also frequented.
The species forms monogamous pair bonds of seasonal duration. The nest is usually located on the ground close to water, or above water or on floating rafts of dense reeds and other aquatic vegetation. A single clutch is laid containing 7-10 eggs. Incubation begins from late May to late June in southern Europe, and up to a month later further north. Eggs hatch after 25-
28 days. Only one brood is reared per year. Brood size varies from 3-12 ducklings. Fledging takes 55-60 days.
Green part of aquatic plants and grass , leaves, stems, roots and seeds. Occasionally aquatic invertebrates and insects amphibians and small fish.
Feeds by diving, upending head-dipping and dabbling also filters mud on shore.
Video Ferruginous Duck
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aupxUKdIBRE
copyright: youtube
Given that this species’s range may fluctuate considerably from year to year – particularly in Asia – owing to changing water levels, it is very hard to estimate the global population or trends. There have been rapid declines in Europe, but evidence of declines in the larger Asian populations is sparse, and sometimes contradictory, so it is currently listed as Near Threatened. Evidence of rapid declines in Asia would qualify the species for uplisting to Vulnerable.
Aythya nyroca is a widespread but patchily distributed breeder across much of Europe,
which accounts for less than half of its global breeding range. Its European breeding
population is relatively small (<18,000 pairs), and declined substantially between 1970- 1990. Although the species was stable or increased in many countries during 1990- 2000, several populations-notably key ones in Romania and Croatia-declined, and the species underwent a large decline (>30%) overall.
This diving duck has a wide distribution in the temperate regions of Eurasia, from the Iberian Peninsula and the Baltic coast to Mongolia and south-western China. Its European population, estimated at 10000 individuals, is mainly wintering in the Mediterranean regions and in western sub-Saharan Africa. Its population of the European Union is strongly fragmented or even relict. In 1995 it could be estimated at 340-560 breeding pairs, but everywhere this bird is still declining.
The Ferruginous Duck is a little studied, partial migrant, widely distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa. During the first quarter of the 20th century, it was described as one of the most plentiful Anatidae species over a great part of its range. Since then, it has undergone a large, long-term decline globally. The species is regularly recorded in 77 countries and in at least 26 others as a vagrant. The most important known countries for breeding birds are Romania (5,500-6,500 pairs), Azerbaijan (1,000-3,000 pairs), Croatia (2,000-3,000 pairs) and Kazakhstan (2,000-3,000 pairs). In winter, significant numbers of birds have been counted in Bangladesh (70,000 birds), Turkmenistan (21,000 birds), Mali (up to 14,300 birds), Kazakhstan (10,500 birds), Uzbekistan (>7,000 birds), Sudan (>5,000 birds), Egypt (7,500 birds), and Azerbaijan (1,000-9,000 birds). Simply adding the national population estimates for the 35 countries with data on numbers of breeding pairs resulted in an estimated global breeding population of 14,000-23,000 pairs with a wintering population of 42,000-69,000.
The Ferruginous Duck is thought to breed in 45 countries worldwide. Of the 43 countries with trend data, no estimate of population trend was available for 16 countries. Most (13) of the remaining 27 countries had decreasing numbers of breeding Ferruginous Ducks over the last seven year period and only two (Greece and Italy) had increasing numbers. Six of the 27
countries experienced declines of at least 50%, and seven declines of 20-49%. In eight countries breeding numbers were stable
and in four numbers fluctuated with changes of at least 20%, but with no clear trend since 1995. Trends in wintering numbers are unclear. Of 69 countries thought to hold wintering Ferruginous Ducks, no estimate of population trend was available for 52 countries. Of the 17 countries for which data were available, 10 countries had fluctuating numbers. Of the seven remaining countries, two experienced declines of at least 50%, three declines of 20-49% and two an increase of 20-49%.
Has suffered several reductions in number and in several parts of range has become extremely local. Wintering population in W Palearctic estimated at 50,000 in mid 1980’s, mostly in C Mediterranean area; average of 300 wintering birds in Israel. USSR breeding population evaluated at c. 140,000 pairs in 1970 but had fallen down to c. 5200 pairs in 1984. Winter 1991 census yielded 95 birds in Saudi Arabia, 598 in Iran, 9000 in Azerbaijan and 20,833 in Turkmenistan; in several localities of Pakistan, more than 100 birds counted; largest concentrations, from available data, correspond to Hail Haor, Sylhet, Bangladesh, where up to 4000-5000 birds counted in years with good growth of aquatic vegetation; maximum available figures in India of 630 counted in 17 lakes in Central Rajasthan in Nov 1982, and 670 in Khijadia Lakes, Gujarat recently. Wintering census in tropical Africa yielded maximum of 6450, with estimated 7000-10,000 in W Africa; L Horo, Mali seems to be the most important refuge. Decline is mainly attributed to habitat destruction; however, the species also pays heavy toll to hunting pressure. Urgent need to establish network of appropriate reserves.
Moult movements are poorly understood, but large flocks of moulting individuals gather regularly, often in several larger deltas of eastern Europe (e.g. Volga, Dnestr and Danube). A number of Croatian fishponds support post-breeding flocks of several hundred to thousands of birds. Departure from breeding localities begins in September and peaks in October. The first
birds arrive back in the wintering areas south of the Sahara in late October.
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Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba)
Psittacidae, Psittaciformes, South America
[order] PSITTACIFORMES | [family] Psittacidae | [latin] Guaruba guarouba | [authority] Gmelin, 1788 | [UK] Golden Parakeet | [FR] Conure doree | [DE] Goldsittich | [ES] Aratinga Guaruba | [NL] Goudparkiet | [copyright picture] Birdlife
Monotypic species
The Golden Parakeet, Guaruba guarouba, formerly classified as Aratinga guarouba, is a species of Neotropical parrot. The species is so distinct from Aratinga parakeets that it merits its own genus, Guaruba. It is endemic to the Amazonian basin of Brazil, occurring in northern Maranhao and Para. The nest-site is a cavity in the highest part of an isolated tree 15-30 m tall.
The Golden Parakeet is mainly yellow with green in outer wings and with an all-yellow tail. It has a large horn-coloured beak, pale-pink bare eye-rings, brown irises, and pink legs. Male and female have identical external appearance. Juveniles are duller and have less yellow and more green plumage than the adults. The juvenile’s head and neck are mostly green, the back is green and yellow, the upper side of tail is mostly green, the breast is greenish, the eye-rings are pale-grey, and the legs are brown.
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South America : Northeast Brazil. Guaruba guarouba is endemic to Brazil, where most records come from between the Tocantins, lower Xingu and Tapajos rivers in the Amazon basin of Par. There are additional records from adjacent north Maranhao.
It occurs in humid Atlantic coastal forest and inland transitional forests, and it seems to adapt well to mosaics of forest fragments, pastures and agriculture, and in Goias and Minas Gerais it also uses areas of cerrado.
They roost in small groups (<20 individuals) inside cavities of high and isolated trees in open areas near the continuous forest and the same cavity is also used as nest. Golden Parakeets have unusual sexual behavior, and this is one of the most interesting aspects of its biology. The species remains in large flocks during the reproductive period and this has been related to the presence of multiple pairs nesting communally, with reproductive helpers. or juveniles from different generations of a single leading pair (Reynolds 2003). Extra-pair paternity is recorded in captivity. There is no direct information from field, but parakeets are extremely social in the nest sites, with allopreening involving usually more than two birds. During the reproductive period, pairs can be seen inside the flocks and sometimes separate from the flock in order to copulate. The breeding period is from late November to early April, but some variability in the dates is expected to occur. Golden Parakeets nest in cavities in high and isolated trees in open areas near continuous forest. The nest tree is usually the roost tree. The most frequent nest trees for Golden Parakeet are trees that are dead but still standing. Standing dead trees are abundant in newly deforested areas in the Amazon, and also are easier to excavate by the parakeets. Data on clutch, brood and fledging from field are scarce. Hunters reported from 2 to 9 chicks in nests of large flocks and from 2 to 3 in nests of single pairs. In captivity, large and variable clutch and brood size are reported (up 20 for groups with multiple pairs and from 1 to 4 for single pairs).
Golden Parakeets forage in the canopy of primary or secondary forest and they can spend all the day in the feeding sites, especially during the nonbreeding season. On successive days, a flock uses similar routes between roost and feeding sites. The diet of the Golden Parakeet is varied and comprises several items on primary or secondary forests, including whole fruit (Melastomatacea: Miconia sp,), seeds (Byrsonima sp,), pulp (spp,), bud and flowers (Symphonia sp,), nectar (Leguminoseae), and peel. Also, the species feeds on cultivated plants (e.g. Mangifera indica). Golden Parakeet is not a food specialist parrot.
Video Golden Parakeet
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bN25Bq4klE
copyright: Josep del Hoyo
This species has a very small population which is semi-nomadic along rivers in the Amazon basin, and has suffered from habitat loss and extensive trapping for trade. It is consequently listed as Endangered.
There has been extensive and continuing clearance and fragmentation of suitable habitat for coffee, soybean and sugarcane plantations in Sao Paulo, and cattle-ranching in Goias and Minas Gerais. Trapping for trade has probably had a significant impact since it was relatively common in illegal Brazilian markets in the mid-1980s, and imported in hundreds into West Germany in the early 1980s. However, the precise effect is obfuscated by high numbers of captive-bred birds, which presumably reduce pressure on remaining wild populations. There are no records of persecution in response to crop degradation.
It is apparently nomadic in lowland humid forest.
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A Town Called Sychar
The following story is inspired by Pastor Teber Hill whose legacy I hope to appreciate in some, small way today along with our Gospel lesson from John the 4th Chapter. This story is a retelling of how the story of the Woman at the Well in the town of Sychar might look if it were to take place today.
I want to tell you the story of a church not unlike one that you know that sat in a small, sleepy Minnesota town named Sundsvold.
A woman named Shelley had recently moved to town. Shelley was a single mom with an 8 year old son named Tucker. Shelley came to Sundsvold as a way to escape her past. Shelley had been previously married to Tucker’s Dad Craig who worked as an over the road truck driver.
Shelley had met Craig in High School and Shelley was really taken in by Craig. Yet once Tucker was born, and being awaken at 3 in the morning became a common occurrence, Craig started to grow distant by spending more time on the road. Craig claimed it was for the money, but Shelley started to suspect something else was at work.
Shelley’s heart was broken as she eventually discovered that Craig was cheating on her when he was away from home. Shelley met other men after Craig left her life, men that she wanted to believe could actually love her, but once these men got what they wanted from Shelley then the phone calls stopped coming, and the men would quietly drift from Shelley and Tucker’s life.
Shelley was not raised in a real religious home. Her parents weren’t into what they deemed to be “god-stuff”. Shelley had only been to the occasional church service with her grandparents on Christmas or Easter.
Yet when Shelley moved to Sundsvold, Shelley wanted a fresh start for herself and Tucker. Shelley was fearful for Tucker’s future. Shelley dreaded more than anything that Tucker would end up like her in life.
Right down the block from where Shelley lived was Saint Martin’s Lutheran Church. Shelley didn’t know the difference between a Lutheran, a Methodist, a Baptist, or a Catholic.
Shelley saw that there seemed to be a lot of kids around Saint Martin’s Sunday school every week. So Shelley decided that she wanted Tucker to join Saint Martin’s Sunday school program. Shelley decided that she should also get involved down at Saint Martin’s.
Shelley was nervous about all this to be sure. Shelley didn’t really think that she would fit in. Most of the people who Shelley knew well weren’t really all that religious. All Shelley remembered from the few church services that she did attend was not being quite sure when to stand up and sit down.
Shelley decided that she wanted to put herself out there. Shelley didn’t know how the church crowd would respond to her as a single mom. Shelley ultimately decided to show up at Saint Martin’s because through all the issues in her life the pain, the trouble, the mistakes, and the heartache what she had been doing wasn’t working. Shelley was started to be convinced that nobody in the world really knew her, that anybody possessed the ability to really understand what Shelley was struggling with on a day to day basis.
So as Shelley stopped by Saint Martin’s one day, she saw a sign that read “Sunday School Teachers Needed”.
Shelley had never attended Sunday school as a child, she really had very little idea what Tucker might be learning, so Shelley figured if she signed up to teach Sunday school it could be beneficial for both her and Tucker.
Saint Martin’s Board of Education sat down one day to plan the upcoming school year. The Board was made up mostly of young mothers full of energy and new ideas. These woman had husbands with good jobs and well-behaved, honor roll students for kids. These were the type of young mothers that any church would love to have involved.
The one exception to the Board was an old lady named Emily who sat alone and quietly in the corner. Emily had been on the Board of Education for years and years. She had been the Sunday School Superintendent of Saint Martin’s for decades. Everyone would have just preferred that Emily stepped down from the board years ago. Emily would often be forgetful with projects, and was starting to have a struggle taking care of even herself.
Emily knew the scriptures like the back of her hands, yet the other women on the Board thought that Emily was incapable of understanding how today’s kids learn with all their tech gadgets as they thought Emily to be living in the past.
As the Board of Education met that August night they looked down at the names of signed up teachers where they saw Shelley’s. No one in the room really knew Shelley all that well. They had seen Shelley around town. Shelley on account of her youth and good looks seemed to be popular with the men around Sundsvold. Yet seeing Shelley around you would think she was anything but polished. Shelley’s breath would smell of cigarettes. Shelley’s wardrobe wasn’t always stylish or neat. Shelley’s job working as an aide down at the local nursing home barely allowed her to live check to check with Tucker.
The women on the Board of Education didn’t know if Shelley teaching would be a good idea. They feared what the people of Sundsvold would think about Saint Martin’s if they knew that this Shelley lady was teaching, only for Shelley to stumble home from the Bar some night with a sleazy gentleman.
Emily had tended not to say much at these meetings, as she felt her input would often go ignored. Yet as the Board of Education was discussing how they could allow Shelley to teach, Emily felt compelled to speak up.
Emily didn’t have any idea who this Shelley woman was that the women were describing, yet Emily knew that Jesus’ whole ministry was centered on reaching outsiders.
Jesus’ whole ministry was based on going outside the bounds of the type of people who were going to make good Sunday school teachers. Jesus reached out to sinful women like the woman caught in adultery in John 8, he reached out to the lepers that had been cut off from society, and he reached out to the Tax Collectors like Zaccaheaus who were hated by society.
Emily did not want to condemn Shelley, because she knew that Jesus had a very similar encounter in the Christian Gospels with a Woman at the Well in a town called Sychar.
The thing that really stood out to Emily about the story of Jesus and the Woman at the Well from the town of Sychar was that Jesus loved that woman in the midst of her great sinfulness and made her the biggest priority of his outreach once he encountered her.
Emily then asked the Board of Ed. what Jesus might do if she came across this Shelley?
Emily pointed out that Jesus would seek to free her, forgive her, and ultimately change her existence. Jesus would have offered Shelley living water from which she could receive nowhere else.
Emily knew and admitted that there were probably things in Shelley’s past that could have justified her fellow board members in being harsh with Shelley, yet she knew this wouldn’t have been Jesus’ approach.
Emily knew that what they were going to discuss that night at the Board of Education was much more important then what other people might think of Saint Martin’s Lutheran Church, Emily was rather fighting for the soul and character of Saint Martin’s which was the soul of the Gospel.
Emily pointed out at that meeting that:
A church that doesn’t risk being embarrassed really isn’t much of a church at all. How she would rather that Saint Martin’s gets burned by being too gracious to those in the community, to be the type of church that gives out money even when they know they might not be paid back, rather then the type of church who is completely jaded by the possibility of God’s grace coming through to other people.
Taking in Shelley as a Sunday School Teacher could lead to a Scandal, no different then Jesus asking a Samaritan woman for a drink could lead to a scandal.
Yet Jesus had been a much higher priority then caring what people might say as he interacted with the Jews’ natural enemies. Jesus instead cared about offering living water to the most hurting of individuals.
Shelley was going to be wanted by Saint Martin’s because Jesus would have reached out to Shelley were she was at this point in her life, not where the religious crowd thought she should be. Jesus would have promised to Shelley the type of water that would leave her never thirsty again.
The reason why the story of the woman at the well in the town called Sychar was so important to Emily is because the Sychar Woman’s story is the story of most of us. The reason this story of the woman at the well is included in John’s Gospel is because John knew that living water could be offered in not only the midst of the Woman at the Well’s pain, not only in the midst of Shelley’s pain, but rather all of our pain.
As the rest of the woman on the Board of Education heard Emily speak they knew that Emily had won the argument. As they heard Emily speak, they were reminded about all of the things in their own life that they feared being exposed in the light of the day. They then understood that Shelley was really no different from any of them.
Shelley ended up teaching Sunday school that year and the year after then the year after that. Shelley and Tucker would start attending church more frequently, and eventually get baptized together. Shelley came to believe that the “living water” of forgiveness of which Jesus spoke was really for her.
The women who were initially skeptical of having Shelley teach Sunday school were changed overtime in their perspective. Shelley was outgoing, funny, and the kids loved having her as their teacher. Shelley was eventually taken in by Saint Martin’s as one of their own. This meant the world to Shelley. Shelley would come to become as valuable as any member of Saint Martin’s Lutheran Church.
Shelley ran in a different circle then the typical church crowd. Shelley started talking to her co-workers about her faith and what a change it led to in her life. Shelley had morphed from someone who knew very little about the church to its most effective evangelist. What made Shelley so effective was that she had come to Saint Martin’s from within the midst of a deep burden helping her relate to others that were going through their own issues.
As Shelley became more involved in Saint Martin’s, she started reaching out to other people in the pews. People who were going through more in their life then they care to admit to their fellow church members or their Pastor. People would open up to Shelley like nobody else, because Shelley got those people because she had been where they were.
Shelley had no religious training. Shelley’s life had been transformed. The Living Water that she had received from Saint Martin’s had opened her eyes, and began to heal her wounds.
Shelley had only walked through Saint Martin’s doors because her life up to that point had been so screwed up; she wanted something better for Tucker.
Yet in the midst of all the brokenness of the Board of Education, Shelley had received grace. Shelley had received this word of grace at the very moment when she most needed it. This led to Shelley having an enthusiasm about her faith that was so rare it almost became contagious. Many people would come to believe because of Shelley.
As for Emily, she would not be long for this world. Emily worried greatly about the future of Saint Martin’s Lutheran Church. Perhaps that was why she spoke so forcefully in Shelley’s defense. Emily and Shelley had never met before that Board of Education meeting. Yet they soon met and became fast friends. Shelley looking up to Emily’s grace, and knowledge and Emily being taken in by Shelley’s youthful energy and empathy. Saint Martin’s was richly blessed because God had led both Emily and Shelley into their midst.
Perhaps you know a town like Sundsvold. Perhaps you know a church like Saint Martin’s. Perhaps you know a lady like Shelley. Yet what you don’t know is where living water might spring, just as it sprung up for the Woman at the Well of Sychar. Amen
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The Full Trailer of 'Kahit Puso'y Masugatan!'
8:18 PM by Rocky ChuaNo comments
ABS-CBN now offers another much-anticipating drama series on Primetime. This is "Kahit Puso'y Masugatan" which brings together four of the brightest stars of the country.
Jake Cuenca, Andi Eigenmann, Gabby Concepcion, and Iza Calzado play the roles of four people with conflicting characters. The story revolves around love, friendship, and betrayal.
Here is the full trailer of the said TV series. Let's all watch this:
This teleserye is the Primetime comeback of Jake and Andi. This also marks the comeback of Gabby in the Kapamilya network. Meanwhile, this is Iza's very first teleserye in ABS-CBN.
"Kahit Puso'y Masugatan" also stars Jaclyn Jose, Kit Thompson and Cris Villanueva with the special participation of Mylene Dizon, Assunta De Rossi, Tricia Santos and Enrique Gil. This is under the direction of Wenn V. Deramas.
What can you say about this new Primetime TV series? Will it be as exciting as today's phenomenal hit "Walang Hanggan"?! We'll see! Good luck.(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)
Tagged: 2012 new TV series, ABS-CBN, Andi Eigenmann, drama series, Gabby Concepcion, Iza Calzado, jake cuenca, Primetime, Primetime Bida
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Game 99, Mariners at Redsox
marc w · July 22, 2011 at 1:32 pm · Filed Under Mariners
King Felix vs. John Lackey, 4:10 PDT.
After being swept aside by the 4th place team in the AL East, the M’s arrive in Boston to face a team with a wOBA of .354. The only Mariners with a wOBA that high are Dustin Ackley and Doug Fister.
As you all know, the M’s have lost 12 in a row, and I’m sure reactions to the streak differ from fan to fan. Jeff Sullivan says that losing 12 in a row has made each successive game more captivating – that a win wouldn’t just be a meaningless win in a lost season, it would feel like an accomplishment. Others may be secretly (or not so secretly) hoping that the streak continues; if the team isn’t going to win, the least it can do is lose grandly. While it might be hard for some to justify rooting against the Mariners, the line-ups they’ve trotted out must give even the die-hards pause. I’m not big on “true fan” debates; the pointless and often heated arguments wherein one group of baseball fans spews venom on another for enjoying the game in all the wrong ways. If you’re still here after the past two years, you’re a fan. If you think an epic losing streak is more likely to produce meaningful change in the future, great. If you want Felix to destroy and demoralize the Red Sox hitters because he’s Felix and they’re the Red Sox, yeah, that’d be nice too.
The M’s may find themselves in what’s going to have to pass as a decent match-up. No, I know, the Mariners are still playing, so I’m not going to push this too far, but the Red Sox are starting John Lackey, owner of a 4.71 FIP on the year and an RA near 7. Lackey’s fastball has gone from a solid pitch to a liability. He’s walking more lefties, and his walk rate against righties is a bit misleading: he’s already tied his career high in hit-by-pitches, with 9 of 12 coming against righties. That pushes his walk rate vs. righties from around 7.3% to 10.6%.
He’s using his slider more this year, and while it’s not as effective as it once was, it’s still been his best pitch in terms of generating whiffs. When the M’s faced him in late April, they ran out a lefty-heavy line-up, but he handled it fairly well, yielding 2 runs in 6 innings. In that contest, he threw a blizzard of curves to the M’s lefties, and while he gave up walks, that was about all he gave up. Of course, there’s not a lot whole lot to glean from a game in which Lackey faced Mike Saunders, Milton Bradley, Ryan Langerhans and Jack Wilson. Guys like Carp and Ackley can probably expect a steady diet of curves and change-ups, and the right handers will see quite a few sliders.
But if they can be patient, they’ll see Lackey’s fastball, which now has so little arm-side run that the Pitch FX algorithm classifies it as a cutter. Now, maybe it is and maybe it isn’t, but you’d think if he was intentionally throwing his FB this way he’d just, you know, stop. In the end, it doesn’t really matter. Whatever you call it, the 90mph thing that he throws hasn’t been good, and the M’s (especially the lefties) need to jump on it. Justin Smoak, if you’re still in there somewhere, give me a sign. Blink twice if you can understand me.
The line-up:
1: Ichiro?
2: Ryan
3: Ackley
4: Olivo
5: Kennedy
6: Smoak
7: Carp (LF)
8: Cust (DH)
9: Halman (CF)
77 Responses to “Game 99, Mariners at Redsox”
Ichirolling51 on July 22nd, 2011 6:38 pm
The sad thing is, I actually spent $200 on Extra Innings so I could watch this team.
Breadbaker on July 22nd, 2011 6:39 pm
Olivo is leading by example. Is anyone following?
After what we as fans have put up with lately, we deserve the #1 pick.
Baseball needs a draft lottery, and pick trading as well.
henryv on July 22nd, 2011 6:42 pm
No, baseball needs a promotion/religation system like the EPL. That way the M’s can play with similar caliber organizations down at AAA or AA.
Swungonandbelted on July 22nd, 2011 6:45 pm
CARP!!!!!!!
The Fish delivers!
Ibuprofen on July 22nd, 2011 6:45 pm
CARP!
lalo on July 22nd, 2011 6:46 pm
I like Mike Carp, he just earned playing time for the rest of the season…
he just earned playing time for the rest of the season…
Haven’t we already learned that playing time is earned in batting practice, not during games?
Sports on a Schtick on July 22nd, 2011 6:47 pm
LOL, that would be hilarious.
The 2012 draft isn’t even looking that great.
Ahahaha Carp
What is an EPL?
SonOfZavaras on July 22nd, 2011 6:48 pm
Crikey. I thought Cust had gotten all of that.
English Premier League (soccer)…worst team to finish the season gets relegated down to the league below it, and another team gets promoted to the EPL…
English Premier League. Technically, that’s just the top of the English soccer food chain and promotion/relegation predates the establishment of the EPL.
Outside of the World Cup, who cares about soccer?
At least we got a Fish Bomb, finally. I think I’m officially rooting for Carp.
It’s gotta be tough living with a last name like that, where one typing mistake and you become “excrement”.
Would they accept travel in bus around the country? Because there aren´t airplanes in second division in Barclays League
bostock4ever on July 22nd, 2011 6:59 pm
Welcome back Josh Lueke
He touched 97, good splitter, good location, good sign…
Lueke was impressive. And who would have though that we would have scored 4+ runs in 4 straight games, and yet lost all 4? I get so damn jelous whenever I see another team hit well against us. And looking at the Red Sox lineup just screams for a salary cap.
On a side not, what’s Brandon League doing these days?
Sigh. Thirteen.
Blake Beavan, you have any stopper fluid in you?
UnderTheClouds on July 22nd, 2011 7:14 pm
I wonder if in future years, M’s fans will just refer to this as “The Streak?”
Losing is bad enough, but losing notoriously is what really stinks. I gotta hear announcers gloat about it in disbelief while watching other games. At this point, I’d be so, so happy for a quiet, under-the-radar, build-for-the-future season.
henryv on July 23rd, 2011 12:08 am
The country practically isn’t big enough for a whole airport anyways.
Seriously, though, very few teams in the EPL actually fly. Portsmouth to Sunderland might be flight-worthy, but that is still WAY less miles than Seattle to Oakland.
I bet you it would take you just as long to jump on a bus and go nearly anywhere as compared to security and all the BS associated with getting on a plane.
Saving himself for his appearances in the NL central or AL east?
regnaD kciN on July 23rd, 2011 1:43 am
And Portsmouth isn’t even in the EPL anymore…they got Marinered relegated to the second division before last season.
Jordan on July 23rd, 2011 11:09 am
Well, apparently 67,052 cared enough to watch ManU defeat the Sounder’s C squad 7-0. But, you’re right no one cares.
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The Official ZeroToHundred McLaren P1 Thread
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The McLaren P1™ was unveiled to the world as a design study at the Paris Motor Show in September 2012, and was met with the glare of a thousand camera flashes. Since then, development of the technology beneath the carbon fibre skin has continued at great pace. The team at McLaren Automotive has continued the relentless testing programme for the car. The goal being: to produce the best driver's car in the world on road and track.
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McLaren Automotive has taken the opportunity to give a glimpse of the, so far unseen, interior. The latest insight confirms that the McLaren P1™ will adopt a race-inspired digital dash readout, and gives further information relating to the levels of performance that can be expected with a highly-focused 'Race' mode.
Flame On!! A McLaren P1 XP Prototype being pushed to the absolute outer limits during pre-production track testing.
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Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!! And may the flames of your loves and romances burn as hotly, brightly and passionately as the flames of the P1..
-IPAS (Instant Power Assist System) and DRS (Drag Reduction System) offer instant boost of power and straight-line speed
-916PS (903 bhp) and 900Nm, with emissions of less than 200g/km
-Substantially revised 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine coupled to low-weight, highly efficient electric motor ensures instant torque for optimised throttle response
-Full E-mode offers in excess of 10km emission-free driving
With just over two weeks until we show the world the McLaren P1™ at the International Motor Show in Geneva, we’re excited to share with you the first details on the car’s dual powerplant system.
The McLaren P1™ will have the combined force of two highly-efficient powerplants, offering the optimum mix of superb throttle response, day-to-day drivability and top speed. A mid-mounted 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine and a highly effective electric motor give a combined output of 916PS (903 Bhp) and a maximum torque figure of 900Nm (664 Ib/Ft), ensuring instantaneous throttle response through the rev range, more akin to a naturally aspirated engine. Emissions of less than 200g/km on the combined cycle are reduced to zero in full electric drive mode, while the Formula 1-derived DRS and IPAS technologies offer an increase in straight-line speed and an instant boost of power.
The 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine in the McLaren P1™ is a new version of the familiar M838T unit, that has been significantly upgraded to optimise cooling and durability under the higher loads. The engine block has a unique casting to incorporate the electric motor. The petrol engine produces 737PS (727 Bhp) at 7,500rpm, and 720Nm (531 Ib/Ft) of torque from 4,000rpm. To optimise efficiency of the petrol engine, extensive testing and development work has always been carried out with McLaren Automotive technology partner Mobil 1 on lubrication and hydraulic fluids.
The lightweight electric motor, developed by the McLaren Electronics arm of the Group, produces 179PS (177 Bhp), and is unique to the McLaren P1™. The motor produces maximum torque of 260Nm (192 Ib/Ft) instantly from a standstill, greatly increasing the throttle response of the McLaren P1™, and peak combined torque of 900Nm (664 Ib/Ft) is delivered from just 4,000 rpm. In addition to this, the McLaren-developed ‘boost’ system, IPAS, provides up to 179PS instantly. The instant response of the electric motor provides a sharper throttle response more associated with a normally aspirated engine, and the significantly enhanced air-charging system enables the McLaren P1™ to have more top-end power – the perfect combination for high performance.
The electric motor is mounted directly onto the engine, and all drive is channelled through the dual-clutch seven-speed gearbox to drive the rear wheels. Thus, the electric motor and 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine work seamlessly together, providing more than just added ultimate power and torque.
A further benefit is that the e-motor can provide faster upshifts. This is achieved through the application of instant negative torque at the point of shift, making the engine revs drop as quickly and efficiently as possible to the required engine speed for the upshift.
In addition to the obsessive weight-saving measures demonstrated throughout the McLaren P1™, so too is the optimisation of usable energy. When off-throttle the electric motor provides additional drag torque, recovering energy to the battery that would otherwise be lost to the brakes.
E-mode
The McLaren P1™can be driven in a variety of modes, powered by the engine and electric motor together, or solely by the electric motor. In E-mode, the McLaren P1™ can travel more than 10km with electric-only power – enough for most city journeys.
DRS and IPAS optimise performance and throttle response
The power available via the petrol engine and electric motor is further enhanced on the McLaren P1™ through two steering wheel-mounted buttons; The Drag Reduction System (DRS) used on the McLaren P1™ is a technology similar to that employed on Formula 1 cars. Speed is increased by reducing the amount of drag on the rear wing by 23 per cent.
Instant Power Assist System (IPAS) is designed to deliver power rapidly for high performance acceleration, providing up to 179PS of instant additional power. This is achieved through a groundbreaking, lightweight battery pack.
We look forward to sharing further details of the McLaren P1™ in the next two weeks, before the production-ready car makes its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month.
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Neighbor No.9 (2020) - Short Horror Film Review
Neighbor No.9 is a short German language, Austrian horror film that comes from Wilhelm Müller, who describes himself as a hobby film maker. From his back catalogue it seems he specialises in exploitation films, having had his shorts featured in a variety of anthologies such as Tony Newton's Faces of Fear, Gore Grind, Gore Theatre 2, Grindsploitation 8, and in Shane Ryan's Faces of Snuff and the upcoming Ted Bundy Had a Son. The type of films in these types of collections are not something I personally find appealing at all. I find them downright nasty and a bit pointless, but I guess that is the point, to show the depths of human depravity.
Stefan Schanda plays the titular 'neighbor no.9', a heavily tattooed deviant who lives in a run down attic apartment, the walls adorned with cut outs of naked females, the man himself definitely a bit perverse, as can be seen with the introduction to him laying in bed making love to a pig's head. One day while out shopping he encounters a young woman (Mulier Sine Nomine) whose car has broken down and who says she is an influencer on her way to an important photo shoot. The man however has different plans for her...
Before even watching this I had a good idea where it would end up, and I was correct in my assumptions. This is exploitation and so nothing but bad things were going to happen here. I will say that I thought the design of the man's apartment was very fitting. Nearly the first five minutes of the short has the camera travelling around his flat, taking in all the detail of his own drawings and the posters and cutouts on his walls. This was good set design and really seemed to go with what we are shown of this character. The rest of the movie goes by at a much quicker pace with the body horror starting around ten minutes into this twenty one minute film.
Being presented as an actual short film rather than as a found footage style horror meant there was more time for things to occur, it was all as nasty as expected, with dismemberment, torture, and a knife stuck where a knife really shouldn't ever be (brought to mind the opening of the darn awful Headless). The special effects were not the worst out there, sure some parts looked a bit fake, but there is editing that switches up the real actress and the prop that is done well enough to create an illusion. These types of films often feel a bit aimless, but I admit the end of this was darkly suggestive. Did I enjoy Neighbor No.9? Not really, but then it isn't my thing. If this is your type of film then you will probably get some enjoyment out of this, it is competently made and well put together. Neighbor No.9 is due to come out on DVD in the future.
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DA2: Questing Alongside Felicia Day
Dragon Age II continues to deliver seemingly rushed content with the latest DLC entitled Mark of the Assassin. This is an ongoing theme from the critically acclaimed Dragon Age II series. Even the developers have noted that some of the landscape art and content was reused a bit much in the Dragon Age sequel, but unfortunately this was not fixed in the last round of updates where most of our adventure takes place in the forest outside of Kirkwall.
That isn’t to say Mark of the Assassin isn’t worth playing. The fourth of many DLC packages to be available for Dragon Age II, Mark of the Assassin puts you alongside the Queen of Geeks, Felicia Day. If you like millions have a small crush on this gaming hottie, the idea of playing alongside her in a roleplaying game, even if only for a few hours, is worth it.
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They were wrong. The end of the world was August 23, 2029, when the asteroid hit. The brilliant minds of our time came up with the Ark, vessels buried deep underground. It was supposed to be our salvation. It was our salvation, but not as it was intended.
In id Software’s new first-person shooter Rage, you take on the role of an Ark survivor that awakens in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by humans, mutants, and a lot of devastation. Much to every fanboi’s dismay, Rage is a cross between Fallout 3 and Borderlands with id Software’s own twist and brilliant first-person shooter game play.
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Sunset Over Hope Valley: Not As it Seems
On March 23, 2020 April 6, 2020 By 18cinemalane
Before I start this When Calls the Heart re-cap, I’d like to remind everyone that Thursday, March 26th, is the last day to cast your vote for the Best Actress of the 2nd Annual Gold Sally Awards! The next poll will be posted on the 27th! Here is the link to the poll:
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Taking things at face value is something that we’ve all done at least once in our lives. We judge a book by its cover, believe something for what it is, or quickly take someone else’s word. However, not everything is what it seems. False information may be passed along, providing opportunities for research and facts to come into play. Gossip and rumors can spread from ear to ear, but, more often than not, truth will prevail. Upon a second glance, looks can be deceiving. This episode of When Calls the Heart perfectly exemplifies everything I’ve just said. Several situations occur in Hope Valley that are easy to observe at face value. However, as you’ll read in this re-cap, the situations are not as they seem.
Just a reminder: If you did not see this episode of When Calls the Heart, there may be spoilers within this re-cap.
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Name: An Unexpected Gift
Major Stories:
At the beginning of the episode, Elizabeth discovers that a lot of Jack’s clothing doesn’t fit him anymore. When Rosemary comes by to collect the clothes for a fellow neighbor, she sees how disappointed Elizabeth is. In an effort to cheer her up, Rosemary decides to give Elizabeth a bouquet of flowers. The next day, when Rosemary arrives to give Elizabeth the flowers, she discovers that Elizabeth is not home. So, Rosemary places the flowers on the doorstep with no attached card. Elizabeth is pleasantly surprised to find the flowers. When Bill pays her a visit and notices the flowers, he suspects that Nathan or Lucas is the culprit. Elizabeth, however, doesn’t make a big deal about the gesture. In his spare time, Bill tells Nathan and Lucas about the flowers, hoping one of them will reveal their secret. Both Nathan and Lucas are caught off guard, as none of them gave Elizabeth the flowers. In town, where Molly and Elizabeth have a conversation about the flowers, Ally overhears what they are saying. She also wonders if Nathan truly gave the gift. At Clara’s Bachelorette party, Elizabeth spends time with both Nathan and Lucas. She tries to figure out which man is responsible for the flowers. To Elizabeth’s disappointment, none of them seem to have given the bouquet. After the party, Rosemary reveals the she was the one who gave Elizabeth the flowers in an attempt to make her feel better about Jack growing up. Elizabeth is relived by this because she’s afraid of the idea of Nathan or Lucas falling in love with her being real. Rosemary tells her that it’s ok to open up her heart again. At the end of the episode, both Nathan and Lucas give Elizabeth a bouquet of flowers.
Throughout the episode, Rosemary is busy planning Clara’s Bachelorette party and creating Clara’s wedding dress. Her to-do list causes Lee to rethink his ideas for Jesse’s Bachelor party. Later that day, he meets with the guests to determine what will work. During the meeting, Lucas shares that he let the guests of the Bachelorette party reserve half the saloon. He also says the saloon’s chef will make the food for the aforementioned party. Because of this, Bill volunteers to make the food, with the help of Nathan. On the day of the Bachelor party, Jesse reveals that he’s nervous about getting married. He says that he’s afraid he won’t be a good enough husband to Clara. Lee comforts Jesse by sharing his past insecurities and reminding Jesse that his love for Clara is all that matters. At the party, the men discover that they’re not having as good of a time as they thought. Mike suggests that both parties should combine to become one big party. Every guest ends up taking this suggestion. As a result, everyone has a better experience because they’re spending time together. Lee also admits that Rosemary is more talented when it comes to planning events.
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Minor Stories:
Before she left for medical school, Faith hired Molly as the Infirmary’s secretary. This decision was made in an effort to help Carson with day-to-day duties. While Faith had good intentions, they lead to undesirable results. Molly creates appointment schedules without informing Carson, she diagnoses patients with no medical context, and she assumes the worst with her own health. All of this becomes too overwhelming for Carson. One day, he tells Molly not to diagnose patients without his knowledge. At first, it seems like Molly understands what Carson is saying. But, at Jesse and Clara’s party, Carson realizes that Mollie’s feelings are hurt. Florence tells Carson that Molly’s secretary job is the first full-time job she’s had in a long time. This fact makes Carson see how important this job is to Molly. When talking with Carson, at the party, Molly shares her medical concerns. Carson tells her that, sometimes, people can get carried away with certain medical terms and conditions. He also admits that he should have taken a gentler approach to the situation. As Molly continues to work at the Infirmary, it seems like she and Carson have gained a better understanding of each other.
Because she misses her ride to the city, Fiona asks Henry if she can borrow his car. She tells him she needs to go to Benson Hills to pick up parts for Bill’s phone. After getting his permission, Fiona is on her way to the city. Just as she’s about to leave, Rosemary asks her if they can carpool to Benson Hills. Rosemary says that she also has to go to the city so she can pick up material for Clara’s dress. After agreeing to take her, Fiona and Rosemary start their journey to Benson Hills. Later in the episode, Fiona and Rosemary are on their way back home. However, their trip is interrupted when they experience car trouble. While figuring out what to do, Rosemary recruits the help of a nearby neighbor. When the neighbor arrives, he helps Fiona take the car to Kevin, while Rosemary takes the dress material and heads to the dress shop. Back in Hope Valley, Kevin tries to help Fiona fix Henry’s car. However, his vehicle knowledge is very limited. Later that night, they arrive at Jesse and Clara’s party. While there, Henry asks Fiona where his car is. She tells him that it got dirty on the way home, so she wanted to clean it before giving it back to him. Henry tells her that he needs the car tomorrow in order to go to a meeting. The next day, when returning the car to Henry, Kevin and Fiona confess that the car is broken due to yesterday’s events. After dealing with the brakes, Henry reveals that the car isn’t broken, but sometimes experiences brake related issues.
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Some thoughts to consider:
In this episode, Clara’s dress isn’t revealed to the audience. Even in the commercial for the next episode, only a part of her dress is shown. I like how the show’s creative team is intentionally waiting until the wedding to show Clara’s dress. It creates a shared experience for the audience and the characters, as most of the characters are going to see the dress for the first time at the wedding. It also reminds me of Marrying Father Christmas, when Miranda’s dress wasn’t revealed until the wedding ceremony.
Speaking of the commercial for the next episode, the footage made it look like Jesse and Clara’s wedding will take place indoors. If this is the case, I would be disappointed. Hearties have never seen an outdoor wedding on the show before, so this would be When Calls the Heart history in the making. If the wedding takes place indoors and if the writers knew that was going to happen that far in advance, then why didn’t Jesse and Clara receive a Christmas wedding in the first place?
I know that a lot of fans are invested in the love triangle that is taking place on the show. However, I’m personally not a fan of it. In stories, I find love triangles to be a waste of time and creative energy. Nathan and Lucas trying to win over Elizabeth’s heart has gone on for too long, lasting a season and a half. Honestly, I hope this gets resolved soon so the writers can move on to a different story.
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What did you think of this of this episode? Can you believe we’re already halfway through season seven? Share your thoughts in the comment section!
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Fiesta Ownership Experience
New levels of fuel economy and efficiency, one of the top contributors of cost-of-ownership
Intelligent approach to manufacturing to minimise repair costs and lower insurance ratings
New electrical architecture for reduced complexity and simpler maintenance
Tested to exacting standards for durability and reliability
October 2008 – In the new Fiesta, Ford has delivered a contemporary small car, designed and engineered to appeal to a discerning and demanding generation of customers. However, doing so could not be at the expense of affordability and durability in the ownership experience. So while the Fiesta incorporates the latest in design, engineering and manufacturing techniques, extensive thought and effort has ensured it still stands for value for money and reliability.
Keeping a Lid on Cost
Helping owners minimise running costs was a key development objective for the new Fiesta. Beyond the cost of the vehicle itself, fuel costs and insurance premiums are the biggest cost factors for a small-car owner. The new Fiesta has been engineered to help its owner keep these budget items under control.
The Fiesta’s body shape has fought size and weight gains common in the small car segment. It features extensive use of high-strength and ultra-high-strength steels to achieve a robust protective body structure that is actually lighter than the previous generation Fiesta.
This weight loss, combined with efficient new calibrations in the new Fiesta engine range, has delivered tangible fuel economy improvements for Fiesta customers.
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Insurance is another significant element of ownership costs. The Fiesta has been engineered with an objective of keeping premiums low for customers.
Several aspects of the new Fiesta’s fundamental structure are designed with low repair and ownership costs in mind. Central to Ford’s philosophy is to ensure that the cost of low-speed crashes is minimised. The Fiesta features the use of bake-hardened steel on its front wing shapes, which offers better resistance to the dings and dents of daily driving, such as when parking in tight spaces.
The Fiesta’s headlamps and tail lamps are optimised for crash resistance, positioned high, away from potential impact. The headlamp unit features its own front crush zone designed to prevent more costly structural damage to the front-end structure.
The front bumper features a robust and strong horizontal beam of dual-phase steel to resist and control crash energy. It is backed by specially shaped ‘crash cans’ designed to collapse predictably in an impact. These crash cans are termed ‘sacrificial parts’, whose mission is to prevent more extensive damage and higher repair costs. Similar crash cans are found on the Fiesta’s rear bumper beam.
At both front and rear, these elements are hidden beneath shaped bumper covers painted in body colour. The front bumper instillation incorporated fog lamps when specified and a specially designed insert for the large, trapezoidal lower grille, plus pedestrian protection and aerodynamic features.
At the rear, the bumper assembly incorporates a snap-out integral tow-eye cover in its design.
Modern Electrical Nerve System
In electrical terms, the Fiesta is a highly ‘multiplexed’ vehicle, meaning its electrical systems carry multiple signals for different functions. Multiplexing greatly reduces the complexity and weight of the vehicle’s wiring, without reducing its many features.
The Fiesta’s electrical structure incorporates three CAN-Bus networks:
High-speed underbody CAN-Bus for the communication and control of key systems, such as the powertrain control module, ABS and EBD systems, Electric Power Assist Steering (EPAS), transmission control module and the restraints control module of Fiesta’s Intelligent Protection System
Medium-speed for CAN-Bus for key upper body systems, such as its body control module and temperature control system
Dedicated multimedia bus for audio features and Fiesta’s multi-functional Human Machine Interface
Linked to these three key CAN-Bus networks are several LIN (Local Information Network) connections which allow the optimisation of feature functionality. For example, the switches to control the radio are LIN-communicated to the audio head unit.
The electrical system features an integrated connection for vehicle diagnostics, which assists service technicians in the field.
Another major feature of the Fiesta’s electrical system is its introduction of a Central Cat Configuration (CCC) feature. This system stores all market-related vehicle specifications and broadcasts them to the rest of the vehicle. This instrument cluster acts as the CCC master module, which helps in assembly to ensure the vehicle is built to the correct specification and in service to maintain the vehicle.
The instrument cluster also controls another clever electrical feature known as ‘load management’. Load management ensures that power is used smartly by analysing the electrical load required and deciding how it can be accommodated, based on the state of the battery and general charging information.
Built Small – Built Tough
For most customers, a car’s ownership experience is defined by its reliability. So when it came to testing the Fiesta’s durability, no compromises were made. Although Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) helped reduce the development time and the number of prototype vehicles required, the work of Ford durability engineers is ever more extensive.
The new Fiesta has been engineered and tested for a life of at least 240,000 kilometres or 10 years. To reach such standards, the Fiesta’s durability has been assessed at each stage in its development, including CAE, component, system and vehicle levels, with a total of 3.5 million kilometres of on-road testing. Specific durability testing actions included:
More than 550 component and system level lab tests to verify durability, functionality, serviceability and degradation over a vehicle’s lifetime.
Doors, tailgate and bonnet life tests, with more than 300,000 operations in real world environmental conditions, including dirt, dust, salt, humidity and temperatures ranging from – 40 degrees Celsius to +80 degrees Celsius
41 prototype test vehicles on public roads, in a variety of driving cycles, accumulating up to 45,000 kilometres per vehicle every eight weeks
As with many larger cars, the Fiesta’s durability testing has extended beyond the hands of its own engineers. As soon as they were available, production-quality test vehicles were placed with real high-mileage customers, such as nurses, delivery drivers and the Red Cross, allowing reliability to be closely monitored, even at distances beyond the standard warranty period. In total, 20 production-level vehicles were placed with test customers, each accumulating up to 100,000 kilometres per year.
The result is a new Fiesta which can boast reliability credentials as robust as much larger vehicles. Combined with the intelligent application of new technologies and a razor-sharp focus on reducing weight, it creates a new Fiesta as affordable as it is attractive.
Big-Car Manufacturing Techniques
The Fiesta is manufactured with sophisticated techniques more commonly found in big-car production. High-intensity lights and cameras are used by robotic assembly technology to position glass and doors on vehicles with meticulous accuracy.
Robotic systems ensure that the new Fiesta glass closures are installed accurately, which helps ensure high levels of quality and reduces the potential for squeaks, rattles and wind noise issues for the customer.
The Fiesta introduces bar-coded windows to facilitate this high-tech process. A robotic camera selects the right piece of glass through the use of these barcodes. It then applies adhesive to the glass and brings it into position on the car body on the assembly line.
To aid in the final placement of the glass, high intensity lamps light the body surface and an array of cameras guides the glass perfectly into position. All of the glass is fully encapsulated.
Similarly, robotic positioning of full instrument panel assemblies is part of the production process. Instrument panel assemblies are increasingly complex and unwieldy. Automating this installation is another key measure to avoid squeaks and rattles – reinforcing the perceived quality of the car’s materials.
The new Fiesta’s architecture features rigid front and rear subframes which incorporate powertrain and chassis systems. Built-up front subframes are ‘married’ to the Fiesta body structure in an automated system, which precisely positions the subsystem and fastens it rigidly to the body via robot-installed stretcher bolts.
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Meteor Impact Theory Takes a Hit
A second team of scientists says it cannot find evidence to support the hypothesis that a meteorite slammed into Earth 250 million years ago, wiping out the majority of life. But proponents of the impact theory aren't budging. By Amit Asaravala.
[Full article @ Wired]
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It makes sence. I mean you would think a meter big enough to do that knd of damage would leave a serious mark. All in all the evidences of large metors hitting none of them have ever been near enough the size to kill of an entire worlds population. One of the largests easy to see holes left by a meteor, would be the Gulf of Mexico. We see how large that hole is and all the research I have ever read, said that it was only a 1/4 or less the size of the supposed one that caused the great Death. Even if it were at the bottem of the ocean with the sonar and topagraphic satelite images of the ocean floor we would be able to see if there was an indination anywhere on earth like the one that would be required for that large an item.
Add that to the fact that no sciences has ever found sugnificate data in the fossile record to support such a claim. Had the earth been under a blanket of darkness for the amount of time that, there would be a sugnificate layer of chemeicals in the fossile record. There isn't. The grand canyon is the easiest place to get a good look at the earths layers (aka fossil record). in those layers there is proff of the ice agres, proff of a great flood, proff of changing climates, but no where on earth has a sciencetist ever found enough sediment that would coinside with the "blanks of smut" that should have covered the earth. there have been small pockets here and there. But they didn't match in age or thickness of layer or chemical compond.
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Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 review: A year later, the Active 2 is the smartwatch it promised it could be
It took a year, but Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 finally gets its long-awaited electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), just like the Apple Watch ($399 at Apple), the Fitbit Sense and Samsung’s latest Galaxy Watch 3. The $249 (£249, AU$549) Galaxy Watch Active 2 launched in 2019 but its flagship health feature wasn’t turned on yet. Now the ECG app has received FDA clearance in the US and you can expect it to roll out soon in the new Samsung Health Monitor app. I’ll update this review, originally published in September 2019, once I’ve had a chance to test the ECG.
The Active 2 has a bright, circular AMOLED touchscreen, comes in two sizes (40mm and 44mm) and has a Bluetooth or LTE option. It has improved heart-rate tracking over the original Galaxy Watch Active ($160 at Amazon) and is compatible with Android and iOS, although you don’t get all the features if you pair with an iPhone. The watch also has built-in GPS, so you won’t need to take your phone with you on runs to track distance and route details.
I’ve been wearing the smaller 40mm Bluetooth Active 2 to track my workouts and my sleep, and I’ve been impressed with the results. If you’ve just bought the original Galaxy Watch Active, there isn’t enough here to warrant an upgrade. But for anyone new to the world of Samsung smartwatches or coming from the first Galaxy Watch ($219 at Amazon) and looking for a slimmer alternative, it has plenty to offer. Thanks to the new aluminum and stainless-steel finishes, plus additional health-tracking features, the Active 2 is much more comparable to the Apple Watch Series 6 than earlier Samsung watches.
The bezel is back
The original Galaxy Watch, released in 2018, had a physical rotating bezel you could turn to change settings. I found it highly addictive because it gave a satisfying “click” when you turned it and it was a faster way to navigate than relying on the touchscreen alone. This year’s Galaxy Watch Active lost the bezel and you had to use the screen and buttons instead.
Samsung must have listened to my cries, as the Active 2 gives you the best of both worlds. Instead of a physical dial, you run your finger around the edge of the screen to scroll through menus with the touch bezel. Haptic feedback makes it (almost) feel like a real dial, although sometimes it took me an extra try or two to get it to register my touch. The Active 2 I received for review didn’t come with the touch bezel activated, so you may need to go into the settings, find the advanced section and switch it on.
The touch bezel lets you run your finger over the edge of the screen to simulate turning a wheel.
After a few days of wear, I’m impressed with how Samsung has improved the fit and feel of the watch over previous generations. The 40mm version fits nicely on my smaller wrist and the metal finish looks premium compared with the first Galaxy Watch Active. The aluminum version is available in black, silver or pink gold with a synthetic rubber strap, while the stainless-steel version comes in a silver, black or gold finish, with a leather band. The LTE version is only available in stainless steel.
The color AMOLED screen is bright and easy to see in direct sun, as long as you have the brightness cranked up to its maximum. And now the Active 2 uses Gorilla Glass DX Plus instead of Gorilla Glass 3, which means it should stand up to more bumps and scratches than its predecessor. It’s rated IP68 or 5ATM for water resistance, the same as before.
The aluminum finish on the 40mm watch.
Fitness tracking adds finesse, ECG is TBD
If you’ve used any previous Galaxy Watch there will be no surprises here when it comes to fitness tracking. You can still track over 39 workouts and see the breakdown of your data in the Samsung Health app or directly on the watch face itself. I still don’t think the Samsung Health app presents your data as nicely as competitors like Fitbit do (it’s just so much easier to visually interpret your workout data in the Fitbit app, for example).
The Active 2 gets an updated running coach, which gives you audio and visual cues through seven different running programs, from light jogging to endurance running.
It sounds great in theory. But on my run I was surprised at how well it worked, as long as you can get past hearing the robotic Bixby voice. Connect some Bluetooth earbuds and you’ll be able to hear the guide in your ear, alongside any music you might have playing, or you can use the watch speaker to hear the prompts.
The coach tells you to speed up or slow down based on your current pace and it even gives you semimotivational comments ranging from, “How are you feeling?” to, “Try to smile if you can,” which was equally infuriating and hilarious during the home stretch of my run.
Would I use it more than once or twice? Probably not in its current state. What I liked most was being able to hear my average heart rate and my pace after every mile, but I would want to be able to change the voice and customize the prompts it gave me to make it really helpful.
While the running coach may be a take-it-or-leave-it feature, I found the most useful fitness feature was actually the improved heart rate monitor. With a total of eight LEDs on the back to measure your pulse, the heart rate monitor is now more accurate during workouts than the original Galaxy Watch Active, which only had four LEDs. I’m a big fan of monitoring my heart rate during cardio-based exercises such as spin class or running and found the readings on the Active 2 updated much faster during a workout than the previous version. I haven’t yet tested the watch against a chest strap monitor to compare results.
As of September 2020, the Galaxy Watch Active 2 has received an update to give it some of the same features as the newer Galaxy Watch 3: advanced running metrics, a measure of VO2 max and trip detection.
The back of the Galaxy Watch Active 2.
On top of the existing exercises the previous watch could autodetect, like running and cycling, the Active 2 adds swimming to the mix, bringing the total number of workouts it can autodetect to seven. Like the first Active, it does stress tracking and sleep tracking. The Active 2 also now has menstrual tracking and you can log your cycle from the Samsung Health app. And to help motivate you to meet your exercise goals each day, the Active 2 encourages you to close each segment of a heart graphic, like the ring-based system used on the Apple Watch.
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BioSkryb’s Novel PTA Technology Will Be Commercially Available for the First Time at ASHG 2020
DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioSkryb, Inc., a developer of genomic amplification technologies, today announced the commercial launch of ResolveDNATM products to accurately and uniformly reproduce genomes of single cells. The ResolveDNA product line incorporates novel primary template-directed amplification (PTA) technology, which captures more than 95% of the genomes of single cells to provide high-quality, scalable analysis of single-cell genomic heterogeneity. This proprietary technology will enable new insights into human disease at the cellular level. To hear more about the now commercially available ResolveDNA suite of products, visit BioSkryb’s virtual booth at ASHG 2020.
BioSkryb also announced a scientific poster presentation demonstrating the use of PTA technology to study genetic variants that drive therapeutic resistance. The poster, which received a Reviewer’s Choice award, is entitled, “Primary template-directed amplification for single-cell elucidation of targeted therapy resistance mechanisms in acute myeloid leukemia and triple-negative breast cancer,” and is available for viewing at ASHG 2020 (Session 202: Cancer, Abstract 2406).
“Single-cell approaches are imperative to understanding, diagnosing, and treating human diseases involving genomic heterogeneity, like cancer,” said Jay West, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of BioSkryb. “With our ResolveDNA products, researchers can accurately and efficiently decipher genetic diversity at the cellular level to make transformative discoveries that improve human health.”
Whole genome amplification (WGA) is required for low-input DNA and single-cell analysis, but current WGA technologies only cover a fraction of the genome and have a limited capacity to detect genetic variation in each cell. BioSkryb’s novel PTA technology accurately calls variants in genomes and reproducibly captures more than 95% of the genomes of single cells in a more consistent and accurate manner than existing approaches.
Susan Nichols, CEO of Falcon Therapeutics said, “The BioSkryb team was a great partner in assisting us with single-cell sequencing and analysis. They were responsive to our unique needs and we felt confident in the high quality of the sequencing data and analysis that we received. The results and insights their technology provided far exceeded our expectations, and BioSkryb’s commitment to supporting us in our fight against cancer using cell and gene therapies was present every step of the way.”
ResolveDNA™ kits form the core of whole genome sequencing workflows, enabling single-nucleotide variant (SNV) and copy number variant (CNV) analysis in application areas such as cancer genomics, cardiology, neurology, immunology, toxicology, and preimplantation genetic testing. The kits contain all the enzymes and reagents needed for versatile and scalable whole genome amplification from single cells or ultra-low DNA inputs.
BioSkryb offers an end-to-end workflow solution, including TrailBlazer™, a cloud-based bioinformatics platform that allows users to explore single-cell human genomic datasets generated with ResolveDNA™ products. TrailBlazer access is included with the purchase of a kit or the use of BioSkryb custom services.
About BioSkryb
BioSkryb is a venture-backed developer of genomic amplification technologies based in Durham, North Carolina. Their proprietary Primary Template-directed Amplification (PTA) system delivers reproducible, high coverage breadth, and uniformity for various low or ultra-low input sequencing applications. BioSkryb’s solutions support sequencing library generation produced from limiting samples that have undergone whole genome amplification, resulting in the highest quality genetic analyses available today. For more information, please visit: https://www.bioskryb.com/.
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Serge Attukwei Clottey
Serge Attukwei Clottey (b. 1985) is known for work that examines the powerful agency of everyday objects. Working across installation, performance, photography and sculpture, Clottey explores personal and political narratives rooted in histories of trade and migration. Based in Accra and working internationally, Clottey refers to his work as “Afrogallonism”, a concept that confronts the question of material culture through the utilisation of yellow gallon containers. Cutting, drilling, stitching and melting found materials, Clottey’s sculptural installations are bold assemblages that act as a means of inquiry into the languages of form and abstraction.
In his most recent series of wall pieces, he utilises flattened Kuffuor gallon, jute sacks, discarded car tires and wood pieces to form abstract formations onto which he inscribes patterns and text. In doing so, the artist elevates the material into a powerful symbol of Ghana’s informal economic system of trade and re-use. While some surfaces resemble local textile traditions such as ‘Kente’, a key reference in west African Modernism throughout the 20th century, others refer to barcodes and feature Chinese characters in reference to the emergence of new power structures in Ghana. In Clottey’s drawings (*Sex and Politics* Series, 2016 - ongoing) the artist explores a formalist approach, depicting disjointed figures and faces, not unlike the visions of nude women under Cubism, a European movement which drew heavily from traditional African tribal sculpture.
At the centre of Clottey’s engaged dialogue with Ghana’s cultural history is the notion of performance as a daily activity. Through his notable work, *My Mother’s Wardrobe*, presented at Gallery 1957, Clottey used performance to explore traditional gender roles along with notions of family, ancestry and spirituality. In a personal work inspired by the aftermath of the death of his mother, the artist staged a performance exploring the concept of material possessions honouring women as the collectors and custodians of cloth that serves as signifiers of history and memory. Clottey’s work sits at the intersection of making and action, drawing heavily on the artist’s immediate and ever-changing environment.
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There are five species of tapir, and they are all relatively similar in size. In fact, they sometimes run to the water to escape predators. True Facts About The Tapir. it appears to be a cross between a pig and an anteater. Attempted child kidnapping. The Tapir takes a break from clipping coupons to reveal only the truest of facts with Ze Frank. by ze frank. They use high pitched squeaks and whistles. And Tapir said thanks, but no thanks to all of the animals and closed her door. CONCRETE from 45m! Adaptable to different habitats, tapirs may be found in swamps, forests, savanna, and rainforests. They are herbivores and in the wild, their average lifespan is about 25 to 30 years. There are four types of tapirs: the mountain tapir, the lowland tapir, Bairdiiâs Tapir and the Malayan tapir. He bought Anne Frank's book to see if he was mentioned. 20 Interesting Facts about Tapir would amaze to know. The Tapir is a very interesting looking creature that somewhat resembles a pig. 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Their coats are short and range in color from reddish-brown, to grey, to nearly black, with the notable exceptions of the Malayan tapir, which has a white, saddle-shaped marking on its back, and the mountain tapir, which has longer, woolly fur. Coat: Their coats are short and the color variation ranges from reddish brown, gray to black. Image source: flickr.com / CC BY 2.0. See more. Attempted child kidnapping. A whiteboard war breaks out between animator and animation in Jonny Lawrence's Street Fighter-inspired stop-motion short. True Facts About The Tapir. Gestation Period and Litter Size: According to IUCN Species Survival Commission, tapirs’ gestation period is very long, say about 13 months. Tapirs are found in two parts of the world. Habitat: Amongst five of their species, four inhabit jungles and forest regions of Central and South America and the fifth one that is the Malayan tapir is native to Asia. Baby tapir’s Coat: Baby tapirs have brown and beige striped coats that help them to camouflage from predators. They mostly swim with their head out of the water and their swimming resembles the running or dog-paddling. Loading... more; Woman Talks Herself Off Plane and into Jail. They are actually related to horses and rhinoceroses. Someone is in big trouble. Life expectancy: Tapirs can live up to 25 – 30 years or more. Itâs actually pretty amazing that tapirs are still around at ⦠Tapirs even lived in Southern California about 10,000 years ago. Dust devil stuns visitors at Nevada tourist attraction. Toe numbers: This is also very unusual and amazing as they have four toes on their front feet and only three toes are there on their back feet. The calfâs eyes are open, and it can stand one or two hours after birth. In Indonesia, the word âbadakâ refers to both rhinos and tapirs. The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) lives in densely forested areas of south-east Asia, from Burma to Malaysia and Sumatra. They range from 29 to 42 inches (74 to 107 centimeters) from foot to shoulder and weigh a hefty 500 to 800 lbs. The numbers of tapirs are declining drastically all over the world due to hunting, habitat destruction and fragmentation, encroachment into the protected parks by the farmers. The calves grow till their 18 months of age and they start to mate at 2 to 4 years. Meanwhile, the Asian tapir is the most evolutionarily distinct tapir in the world. A young Elvis Presley was once told: "Stick to driving a truck because you'll never make it ⦠The amazing fact is that a group of tapirs is called “Candle”. True Facts About The Tarsier. Candle: No, no we are not talking about anything related to fire or candle-lit dinner. This mammal has a prehensile snout that is able to use to pick things up with. In fact, they sometimes run to the water to escape predators. Tapirs protection status is endangered. Complete Full Transcript, Dialogue, Remarks, Saying, Quotes, Words And Text. Tapirs are nocturnal and crepuscular animals except the Mountain Tapir which is more diurnal, active during the day. The Malayan tapir communicates in several ways. Tapir, (genus Tapirus), any of five species of hoofed mammals, the only extant members of the family Tapiridae (order Perissodactyla), found in tropical forests of Malaysia and the New World.Heavy-bodied and rather short-legged, tapirs are 1.3 to 2.5 metres (about 4 to 8 feet) long and reach about 1 metre at the shoulder. Types of Tapirs. Tapirs are pregnant for more than a year. Tapir definition, any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered. 10:02; FE MEDIA; ÐÑÑаÑÐ»Ñ Ð°ÒиÒаÑ: ТаÑÑамаÑÑ Ð°Ð½Ð°ÑÑм-2. There are five species of tapir: the Brazilian tapir, the Malayan tapir, the Baird’s tapir, the kabomani tapir, and the mountain tapir. Apart from mothers and their young offspring, tapirs lead almost exclusively solitary lives. eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'tailandfur_com-box-4','ezslot_6',144,'0','0'])); 13. They snort and stamp their feet when they feel threatened and are getting ready to defend themselves. Tapir Facts and Information Introduction to Tapir. Tapirs even lived in Southern California about 10,000 years ago.Baird's tapir is the largest land mammal in Central and South America. They have narrow front and wide back. Fur: The Mountain Tapirs have long, wooly fur. Tapir Facts and Information Introduction to Tapir. They spray urine on plants to communicate to other tapirs that the territory is taken. Loading... Save. Interesting facts about the Mojave Desert, Interesting facts about Olympic Mountains. True Facts About The Tapir. A relative of the rhinoceros, the Brazilian tapir, or lowland tapir, is one of four species of tapir.. Inhabiting the rain forests of South America, Brazilian tapirs live near water and are capable swimmers and divers. Someone is in big trouble. The tapir is a herbivore and spends it’s time browsing for food to eat. They are endangered: All the four species (the Brazilian tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird’s tapir and the mountain tapir) of tapirs are considered as vulnerable all over the world. 14. Although pig-like in appearance, their closest existing relatives are the horses and rhinoceroses. Pigâs advice, on the other hand, should probably be ignored by the Tapir. Food Habit: Tapirs are herbivores and their diet includes branches, twigs, buds, seeds, shoots, leaves to berries, fruits and aquatic plants.eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'tailandfur_com-banner-1','ezslot_7',147,'0','0'])); 18. Angler Fish. Tapirs can run fairly quickly with the top speed of 48 kilometers (30 miles) per hour. Adult tapirs are large enough to have few natural predators, and the thick skin on the backs of their necks helps to protect them from threats such as jaguars, pumas, crocodiles, anacondas, and tigers. What do you mean by legal? In Thailand, âP’som-settâ is the name for tapir and it means “mixture is finished.” This refers to the belief that the tapir was created from leftover parts of other animals. And their weights range between 150-300 kg. BuzzFeed EVP Video. They can also run and swim. Sign in to YouTube. eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'tailandfur_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_1',142,'0','0'])); 3. Those crazy Tapir's. Special Use of Snout: When threatened, they quickly submerge themselves into rivers and use their snouts like a snorkel. So if you are interested to know about this innocent looking mammal, just go through this article and get amazed. Video / Short Films. Skateboarding girl takes a header. True Facts About The Tapir. In the prehistoric sequences of the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, tapirs appear alongside primitive hominids in Africa. 14:55; How Ridiculous; KÖPER EN SJUK VINTERBIL!! Male tapirs are slightly smaller than females. True Facts About The Tapir by zefrank1. . At a time they give birth to only one baby. tailandfur.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. 02:15; zefrank1; True Facts: Snake and Lizard Tongues. The SS officer who captured Anne Frank and her family became a member of West Germany's intelligence service after WW2. Special likings about habitat region: Tapirs have special likings for areas near good water sources, woods, rainforests, grasslands and mountains. Closest Relatives: Tapirs have been around for millions of years now and their closest living relatives are rhinos and horses. Their offspring are called calves. They are endangered: All the four species (the Brazilian tapir, the Malayan tapir, Bairdâs tapir and ⦠There are four extant (living) species ⦠Maker Vs Marker. 19. So cute... and so about to go extinct. Even though there are differences in habitat and geography, all tapir calves look like brown- and beige-striped watermelons on legs. A young Elvis Presley was once told: "Stick to driving a truck because you'll never ⦠The four species that have been evaluated (the Brazilian, Malayan, Baird’s and mountain tapir) are all classified as endangered or vulnerable. Land Snails. BuzzFeed EVP Video. Hybrid Tapir: It was reported that around 1968, a hybrid tapir was born at the San Francisco Zoo and it was a cross between a Baird’s Tapir and a Lowland Tapir. Tapirs are known to ⦠report. They look all messy. Maker Vs Marker. 10:39; zefrank1; WORLDâS HEAVIEST 4â CUBE Vs. eval(ez_write_tag([[336,280],'tailandfur_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_4',143,'0','0'])); 7. The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is the largest species of tapir; it is from 1.8 and 2.5 meters (5 ft 11 in and 8 ft 2 in) in length; 90 to 110 centimeters (2 ft 11 in to 3 ft 7 in) in shoulder height; and weight between 250 and 320 kilograms (550 and 710 pounds). The list of other fascinating facts about the tapir is as long as its proboscis, the flexible nose-like organ that allows it to grab hard-to-reach foliage. They are becoming rare and The IUCN Red Data Book has listed four of their species as either vulnerable or endangered. Tapirs are excellent swimmers and are mammals. Clickbank Affiliate Scripts. Namely, they are the Brazilian tapir, the Malayan tapir, Baird’s tapir, Kabomani tapir and the mountain tapir.eval(ez_write_tag([[728,90],'tailandfur_com-box-3','ezslot_3',141,'0','0'])); 2. There are only 4 tapir species around the globe, and this animal is the largest of them. Stash For Later REMOVE. The Malayan tapir is classified in the class Mammalia, the order Perissodactyla, and the family Tapiridae. The word tapir, translated from a Brazilian Indian language, means “thick,” referring to the animal’s tough hide. All tapirs have oval, white-tipped ears, rounded, protruding rumps with stubby tails, and splayed, hooved toes, with four toes on the front feet and three on the hind feet, which help them to walk on muddy and soft ground. 1. Hope you all appreciate that.eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'tailandfur_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_8',148,'0','0'])); Kelly Pie is injected with passion and enthusiasm to take out the creativity which is hidden inside her heart and mind as well. report. The numbers of tapirs are declining rapidly. When frightened, tapirs can take to the water and breathe with their snout poked above the surface like a snorkel. 4. 12. Along with writing her thoughts, she always welcomes new thoughts and suggestions!! The Tapir is a very interesting looking creature that somewhat resembles a pig. There are four widely recognized extant species of tapir, all of the family Tapiridae and the genus Tapirus. They look a little like the pigs or the anteaters but are not related to them in any way. It is thought they walk along river bottoms, much like hippos do. View this video on YouTube youtube.com. Quick facts. Malayan tapir (otherwise known as Asian tapir) is the only living species of Old World tapir. Their bodies resemble the shape of the pears. A group of tapirs is called a âcandle.â Pictured: Lowland tapirs. Number of Species: There are five distinct species of Tapirs. Prev Article Next Article . 2:37. True Facts About The Tapir. If you ever wanted to learn about the Tapir then True Facts About The Tapir from zefrank is about as good a video as you can find to learn about this interesting creature. A whiteboard war breaks out between animator and animation in Jonny Lawrence's Street Fighter-inspired stop-motion short. Theyâve been around for 20 million years and have changed very little. Previously: True Facts About The Sea PigNo comments: A relative of the rhinoceros, the Brazilian tapir, or lowland tapir, is one of four species of tapir.. Inhabiting the rain forests of South America, Brazilian tapirs live near water and are capable swimmers and divers. 9. Tapir True Facts If you ever wanted to learn about the Tapir then True Facts About The Tapir from zefrank is about as good a video as you can find to learn about this interesting creature. by ze frank. Malayan tapirs are also known as Asian tapirs. They can also run very fast and the style and speed of their running are just like that of the ponies. Fossils of tapir ancestors have been found on every continent except Antarctica. This mammal has a prehensile snout that is able to use to pick things up with. Theyâve been around for 20 million years and have changed very little. The tapir is a herbivore and spends itâs time browsing for food to eat. So she could watch Leno. Tapirs are surprisingly nimble and are excellent at scrambling up steep riverbanks. Dust devil stuns visitors at Nevada tourist attraction. 17. All tapirs prefer wooded or grassy areas with places to shelter during the day and a lake, river, or pond for taking a nighttime dip. Today this funny looking mammal is endangered all over the world because of the never ending lusts of mankind. True Facts About The Tapir. The tapir gets the always entertaining True Facts treatment. ... Morgan Freeman - True Facts About . The Malayan tapir, also called the Asian tapir, is the largest of the four species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America, and Southeast Asia. 0 True Facts About The Tapir . 8. Tapirs look much like pigs but with trunks. New World Species. The Malayan tapirs have an exceptionally white coat and the mountain tapirs have saddle-shaped marking on back. The kabomani tapir (Tapirus kabomani) is the smallest species of tapir; it is roughly 130 centimeters (51 inches) long; 90 centimeters (35 inches) in shoulder height; and weight about 110 kilograms (240 pounds). Although their sizes vary according to their types, but most of them are about 6.6 ft long. I stumbled across a Tapir at the zoo a few years back displaying his endowment. Tapirs, found in the jungles of ⦠Snout: Snout is one of their distinctive features. . In ⦠View this video on YouTube youtube.com. Are you asking if you can own a Tapir as a pet? How many species of tapir are there, and where do they live? World Tapir Day is held each year on 27 April. 16. Presenting her thoughts and facts in bewildering and astonishing way is her cup of tea. Nästa. The first fossil record of tapirs is found from the Early Oligocene period (65.5 million to 23 million years ago). Excellent Swimmers and Runner: Tapirs are excellent and agile swimmers. A tapir is a large, herbivorous mammal, similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs look something like pigs with trunks, but they are actually related to horses and rhinoceroses.
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Uganda: Marriage and Divorce Bill a Tough Call
Published on 25th March 2013
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This bill touches the nerve center of Uganda's cultural, societal, traditional and religious norms. It is at the centre of who we are. It challenges us to reflect on aspects of our cultural belief psychology that seems to contradict edicts of bellicose modernity and waves of globalization. The foregoing could be why this bill has galvanized wide and keen attention. Make no mistake - majority of both men and women are looking at it with suspicion and sheer reluctance. To promote shared understanding, proponents of this bill will need to democratize information.
I however understand the motivations of its proponents. They rightly argue that justice, fairness and equality – even in the sacred institution of marriage - are universal norms that transcend any culture or tradition. I also agree that sometimes culture and traditions of some societies can be cruel and unacceptable. Take for instance child sacrifice, female genital mutilation, rape, castration, killing of twins, ritual murders, forced circumcision, inheritance traditions that are lopsided against females. Therefore, the argument that a law should be in place to counter some of our cherished – yet cruel traditions are timely and should be supported. However, where the bill, without any foreseen injurious outcomes heavily contradicts cultural and religious norms - it should be harmonized and pushed forward. In spite of its good intentions, I have been scratching my head on how the law will deal with cohabitation and marital rape.
For starters, cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together in an intimate relationship, particularly an emotionally and/or sexually intimate one, on a long-term or permanent basis. Now this bill seeks to enforce rights (property) for cohabiting couples who have lived together for two or more years and wish to part ways. Whereas this could be noble, how will it be determined? You see, when a couple is wed in church, they receive a marriage certificate. There is also a civil route where couples tie note in front of government Registrar of marriages and they also receive a certificate of marriage. With the foregoing actions, the married are entered in the book and their union is on record. So, who will record cohabiting couples? Who will determine that a couple has lived together for two or more years? What will be the point of reference? I think promoters of this important bill should remove this ambiguity. Such a loophole can be exploited by unscrupulous gold diggers (who can be men or women) to cheat and claim undue rights. Take for example a partner who you have dated for a week and shows up with a cartel of hired witnesses claiming that you have been cohabiting for two or more years, and wants an equal share of your property. How will the law deal with this? Should partners who seek to cohabit be registered by Local council one? Should the couple sign agreement at the start of their cohabitation? There is need for answers before we can proceed on this bill that seeks to validate cohabitation.
Whereas there could be many legitimate reasons that explain cohabitation in Uganda or elsewhere in the world, University of Chicago sociologist Linda Waite recently found that "16 percent of cohabiting women reported that arguments with their partners became physical during the past year, while only 5 percent of married women had similar experiences." Most cohabiting couples have a faithful relationship, but Waite's surveys also demonstrated that 20 percent of cohabiting women reported having secondary sex partners, compared to only 4 percent of married women. Could the foregoing resonate for Uganda?
The other issue in the bill generating debate is marital rape. Scientists seem to argue that this is hard to prove. Even legally, who will be the witness? A partner who wants out may use this aspect of the law to secure quick and convenient divorce. This could make the institution of marriage vulnerable. Stories of marital rape are rife. Especially for women who have just given birth-it is pitiful and cruel. A solution must be found. Could non legal solutions be more sustainable? We can think of counseling, spiritual guidance, cultural interventions etc. Many also seem to argue that this law relegates men – as if they are immune to vulnerability. For the bill to move forward – it must also balance the interest of men and women. Will the law provide a silver bullet solution or rather weaken the institution of marriage? Your guess is as good as mine.
Morrison Rwakakamba
Chief Executive Officer, Agency for Transformation
mrwakakamba@gmail.com
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Drug Ad Deception
Category: Stop Crony Healthcare
The drug industry is using deceptive practices to circumvent the law and sell you more drugs. Action Alert!
We’ve all seen the drug TV ads: a couple walking together on a peaceful beach, or playing with the family dog in a sunny meadow—and then we get to the appalling list of side effects that, understandably, turn off many consumers. Drug companies have to include the side effects by law; otherwise, consumers could be duped into buying drugs based on deceptive ads. But the pharmaceutical industry is fighting back, deploying deceptive maneuvers to get around disclosing the dangers of their products. This intentional manipulation of consumers cannot be allowed to continue.
By law, if a specific FDA-approved product is being promoted, the agency requires that risks and side effects of the product be communicated alongside the benefits. These rules can be circumvented, however, if a more general awareness of a condition is being promoted, rather than a specific drug. Drug companies are increasingly looking to use “patient influencers”—people who have sizeable social media followings—to help increase their bottom line. Patient influencers are typically people who have a condition and have developed an online community around that condition—a valuable resource for the drug industry. A company can pay an influencer to post about a condition rather than a drug to skirt the rules about discussing side effects and link to a website with more information. After a few clicks around that site, you’re likely to stumble upon a link to a drug to treat the condition, sold by the company who paid the influencer. The drug industry works with patient influencers in a variety of ways to gain access to the patients in their social media following to sell them drugs without overt drug advertising.
These same principles can be used in new types of ads called “unbranded” drug ads. For example, Mylan, the company that owns the EpiPen, created an ad campaign about the dangers of anaphylaxis; a voice at the end of the ad encourages consumers to ask their doctors about a prescription treatment for severe allergic reactions. This “unbranded” ad is clearly meant to sell more EpiPens (what else would a doctor prescribe for anaphylaxis?), but because the product isn’t mentioned by name, the risks and side effects of the EpiPen do not need to be disclosed.
Similarly, a commercial that aired during the 2016 Super Bowl “raised awareness” about opioid-induced constipation, encouraging consumers to ask their doctor for a prescription. The ad plugged a website that linked to information about Movantik, a drug made by the companies that paid for the ad, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.
The tone of unbranded ads tends to be fearful and ominous, suggesting that if consumers don’t seek a prescription from their doctor, terrible things will happen. Novartis paid for an unbranded drug ad for heart failure depicting a man sitting comfortably in a chair as the room filled with water. As this happens the narrator explains that half of people with heart failure die within five years of being diagnosed.
We can only expect to see more of these ads in the future. The drug industry spent about $171 million on unbranded ads in 2016, which was an increase of 15 percent from the previous year. According to one industry spokesperson, being legally allowed to skip risk disclosures means “you can get more mileage for your dollar in getting the word out.”
The purpose of all this deceptive advertising is to trick consumers into thinking that they are reading a post from a person they trust, while in reality they are being exposed, either directly or indirectly, to drug industry propaganda.
Unbranded ads like this can be difficult for regulators to deal with: when no specific product is mentioned, it is hard to distinguish between an influencer exercising basic freedom of speech and when that influencer is being paid to indirectly help a company sell a drug through their posts. The Federal Trade Commission has attempted to crack down on undisclosed social media celebrity endorsements, but the practice is still rampant.
There is a clear danger here that consumers will be misled into buying products without knowing the dangers or risks of those products. The fix is simple. Congress should step in and ban unbranded drug ads and require that patient influencers disclose when they are being paid to post about a medical condition, just like pharmaceutical companies are required to disclose payments to doctors. When our health is on the line, transparency is key. We cannot let drug companies undermine this basic principle.
Action Alert! Write to Congress and tell them to force patient influencers to disclose when they are being paid to post by a drug company, and to stop drug companies from running deceptive, “unbranded” ads that manipulate consumers. Please send your message immediately.
2 responses to “Drug Ad Deception”
tbran10 says:
Consumer RX Advertising is just the frosting on a corrupt system of medical research which is designed to promote Rx drugs for treating the symptoms of disease states. Most Medical research studies are bias to promote use of more and more Rx drugs rather than find the root causes of diseases. The latest example is the $30 Million VITAL study funded by the taxpayer via NIH and Harvard to promote a Rx form of Fish Oil over the inexpensive supplement form: To learn the truth about it, go to:
https://www.grassrootshealth.net/document/risk-reduction-vitamin-d-omega-3-vital-trial-results-2018/
Only New Zealand and the US allows RX drugs to be advertised to the consumer. 25% of TV stations revenue now comes from these miss leading and over bearing ads to pressure the physician to prescribe these TV promoted drugs.
Write your Congressman!
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Dibaba, James, Ibarguen and Lavillenie among winners at Pre Classic
Posted by Athletics Weekly | May 30, 2015 | 0
A round-up of Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic action
Fans were treated to an action-packed programme which saw some record-breaking performances on Saturday as the Prefontaine Classic meeting resumed in Eugene.
Genzebe Dibaba was among the winners and following her 5000m victory in a time of 14:19.76 for a meeting record and to go fourth on the world outdoor all-time list, the multiple world indoor record-holder received the Maria Mutola outstanding athlete award.
Her largely solo-run time is just 8.61 seconds off the world record held by her sister Tirunesh and places the Ethiopian behind her compatriot Almaz Ayana, who herself only recently ran 14:14.33 at the Shanghai leg of the Diamond League series, on the all-time list. Competing over the distance for the first time, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon clocked 14:31.95 in second for the fastest ever debut over 5000m.
Sprints action was also superb, with six women going sub-10.90 for 100m combining both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ races, with the results led by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Murielle Ahoure with their 10.81 in the Diamond League event. Fraser-Pryce got the win in the ‘A’ race while Ahoure broke the Ivory Coast record with the time, as English Gardner with a 10.84 PB won the ‘B’ from Elaine Thompson with the same time.
Over in the men’s event and Tyson Gay clocked 9.88 for victory from Mike Rodgers with 9.90 as Su Bingtian ran a Chinese record 9.99 in third. Britain’s sub-10 man James Dasaolu was sixth in 10.13. Justin Gatlin won the 200m in a 19.68 world lead to equal his PB as Anaso Jobodwana ran a South African record 20.04 for the runner-up spot.
Kirani James took another 400m victory with ease, the Olympic champion striding away to cross the line in a 43.95 world lead for more than a half a second victory ahead of world champion LaShawn Merritt with 44.51.
Kenya’s world and Commonwealth champion Eunice Sum pipped USA’s Ajee Wilson in the 800m – a world-leading 1:57.82 to 1:57.87. Britain’s 2014 European and Commonwealth silver medallist Lynsey Sharp was seventh in 2:00.61. USA’s 2011 world champion Jenny Simpson clocked 4:00.98 to win the 1500m as Alexa Efraimson broke Mary Cain’s US junior record with 4:03.39 in seventh. World indoor 1500m champion Ayanleh Souleiman retained his Bowerman Mile title in a time of 3:51.10 from Matthew Centrowitz with 3:51.20 as Asbel Kiprop was third in 3:51.25.
France’s European indoor 60m hurdles champion Pascal Martinot-Lagarde got the 110m hurdles win in a 13.06 world lead from USA’s world record-holder and Olympic gold medallist Aries Merritt with 13.12 as world champion David Oliver clocked 13.14 in third.
World pole vault record-holder Renaud Lavillenie moved from seventh to joint second on the outdoor all-time list with his clearance of 6.05m for a Diamond League record. The Frenchman, who withdrew from the Doha Diamond League meeting after injuring his shoulder in a fall after running as part of his club’s 4x100m relay team, went on to attempt 6.16m to break his own world record but he failed all three goes. A meeting record was also broken over in the men’s high jump as world indoor champion Mutaz Essa Barshim cleared 2.41m on his first attempt and then decided to call it a day with victory secured. China’s Zhang Guowei had earlier cleared a PB of 2.38m for the runner-up spot, a height that Barshim chose to pass.
Colombia’s world champion Caterine Ibarguen claimed her 24th successive triple jump victory with her final leap – her 15.18m was wind-assisted but bettered the 15.04m managed by Russia’s Yekaterina Koneva in the second round. Germany’s world champion Christina Obergfoll won the javelin with 63.07m.
Two-time Olympic and three-time world champion Ezekiel Kemboi won the 3000m steeplechase in a sprint finish from his fellow Kenyan Jairus Birech, the Commonwealth silver medallist, 8:01.71 to 8:01.83. Both times bettered the previous meeting record. USA’s Johnny Dutch won the 400m hurdles in 48.20 ahead of his fast-finishing compatriot Bershawn Jackson with 48.22. Michael Tinsley completed a US 1-2-3 with 48.79.
Ahead of the Diamond League action a great head-to-head battle saw Olympic 200m champion Allyson Felix claim 400m victory in 50.05 from Olympic 400m champion Sanya Richards-Ross with 50.29, while world indoor and outdoor gold medallist Mohammed Aman won the 800m in 1:44.92 from Commonwealth champion Nijel Amos with 1:45.06.
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23 December 2012 by Aaron
The Floodgates Open: Out of Order Edition
My work thus far for Out of Order, the hip magazine for college students and twentysomethings founded by Yale’s own Dorian Grinspan (but featuring the work of writers from all over the place).
Robert Adams: The Place We Live
My review of a show featuring photographer Robert Adams at the Yale University Art Gallery (now closed, but appearing in many other cities for the next year or so).
“Adams shoots stunning landscapes, often with miles of visibility, but despite the title of the exhibition, you don’t feel as if you could live there. His houses are mostly abstractions, claustrophobic, while his forests are dense and wild or slashed apart and scattered over barren mountainsides. In one of the many segments of the exhibition, “Summer Nights,” he closes in on suburban life, capturing happy parents and children, as well as cars and stores that provide a sense of plenty rather than imposing themselves on the landscape. But even Adams’ vision of the standard American Dream can feel disconcerting. A tilt-o-whirl spins without a rider in sight, looking very alone in the wide, gray night; tree shadows envelop a house and block out the windows; another home is shot in a cloud of what could be fog or smog. ‘We call that one ‘Murder House’,’ Chuang notes.”
Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Strange to say, I liked this verbal movie most when Chbosky’s voice is stilled. There are a few marvelous depictions of Charlie on drugs, embracing a soft and wobbly world, and when tragedy sharpens his perspective, scowls and bruises speak louder than words. When Charlie falls in love, cinematography and Emma Watson’s eyes do more work than any voiceover possibly could. Unfortunately, the last third of the movie leaves too much unsaid—which seems to be the fault of the source material.”
Review: Calvin Harris, 18 Months
“Harris has a signature sound when you hear his work plastered together.Trouble is, that sound is nothing to write home about—and the further you get from the dance floor, the more certain aspects of his method confound you. Listening to 18 Months alongside his first two albums, I Created Disco (2007) and Ready For the Weekend (2012), you might think they’re in reverse chronological order. His present melodies call to mind Philip Glass getting drunk and discovering Ableton Live, banging out repetitive chord structures while forgetting to add new ideas after the first minute.”
Spin NYC: A Visit to Another World
I lounge awhile in the Big Apple’s fanciest ping-pong club.
“I can’t compete with the stars of my college basement, but my slice is on today, giving me an edge over my girlfriend, who sends balls sailing in every direction. At first, we give in to the urge to run for them, but soon it becomes clear that our bucket will never empty. An employee wanders the floor, using an ingenious basket-on-a-stick device to grab what rolls away, dumping his collection into customers’ buckets from time to time (even in the mid-afternoon, there are a few other players; mostly tourists, I’d guess). I ask Gordon whether anyone’s ever slipped. ‘Not in three years. The balls crush under the pressure before you lose your balance.'”
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September 5, 2020 by Hector Valverde
Courtesy of Disney
By Hector Valverde
Disney’s Mulan from 1998 is arguably the best of its entire animated collection. It’s a beautiful, lovingly animated story told with a powerful message, one only made better by an impeccable soundtrack ranking amongst the studio’s greats. In 2020, it was only a matter of time before the film got adapted into live action. How has it translated? Well, I just burned $30 on premium VOD to be able to tell you you definitely shouldn’t. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Around the web, Art, Featured, Film Tagged With: Abq, abq-live, Albuquerque, art, Disney, film, movie, Mulan, review
August 25, 2020 by Nichole Harwood
By Nichole Harwood
While many of us are currently diving into the massive archive of movies available on Disney+, one author has been spinning her own Disney-inspired tales for the last ten years. Playing on the backstories of some of Disney’s most infamous and iconic witches and hags, Serena Valentino’s Villains novels have probed animations’ darkest minds to great critical acclaim. Valentino’s latest entry, Evil Thing, tackles the cackling dalmatian hunter Cruella De Vil, with a mesmerizing breath of fresh air. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Around the web, Art, Featured Tagged With: Abq, abq-live, Albuquerque, Book, Disney, evil thing, novel, review, villains
Toy Story 4 a New Beginning for a New Generation
September 20, 2019 by Josh Vanlandingham
By Calgary Maez
One of the most beloved Pixar franchises has returned this summer to bring a new adventure for the beloved band of toys. However, the ending of Toy Story 3 raises the question: Was a sequel really necessary?
In many ways, Toy Story 4 feels like a new beginning in the franchise. In the newest installment, Bonnie, the child from the third movie, has the toys she received from Andy, but ultimately she cares the most for the toy she made in school, named Forky. Woody sets out to protect the plastic cutlery so that he can continue to serve his purpose to make Bonnie happy. And that’s really what Toy Story 4 focuses: What is one’s purpose throughout life?
Characters, new and old, come together with empowering, positive messages for children, resonating with parents who grew up watching the original Toy Story.
Pixar is one of the best innovators when it comes to animation. The fabric on the toys have immaculate attention to detail, and there are scenes that look as if they were shot with real cameras and animation added in later. We’ve come a long way with technology and Toy Story 4 is a great achievement in the animated film genre.
However, the film doesn’t really stand out much as a Toy Story film. Yes, the original characters are there and Woody is the obvious star of the film, but they ultimately get left on the back burner with their screen time extremely limited. It was disappointing to see Buzz Lightyear getting that same treatment when him and Woody were such an iconic duo. In previous films, the original toys had a larger role to play by adding more to the story.
The messages and overall plot of Toy Story 4 is great for all families to enjoy. The incredible animation is stunning to look at and the voice acting is spectacular. It would have been nice to see the original toys get more screen time, or even a scene like the first three films where they were getting played with like an over-the-top action movie. While it is a good Toy Story movie, it’s not particularly the most stand out film in the franchise as it feels a little more separated from the rest.
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Filed Under: Around the web, Art, Film, Magazine Tagged With: abq live, action, Adventure, Albuquerque, Disney, film, film review, movie review, New Mexico, Toy Story
Disney will be leaving Netflix.. Sights set on it’s own streaming services
August 9, 2017 by Kori Kobayashi
This may be the hardest break up yet.. Disney has decided to end it’s relationship with Netflix and start it’s own direct to consumer streaming service. Stop. Take a deep, everything will be ok. Nothing will happen over night, but expect some of your favorite Disney titles as well as Pixar titles to go missing towards the end of 2018.
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The upside? The new platform will be the hub for all Disney movies coming up, beginning with big names such “Toy Story 4”, “Frozen 2” and the upcoming live action “Lion King”.
What’s more? The company is also set to launch it’s own ESPN video streaming service in early 2018. The new platform from Disney will feature over 10,000 sporting events each year from MLB, MLS and NHL to both collegiate sorts and tennis Grand Slam tournaments.
How does the Disney Company, one of the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information, plan to do all this?
In short the answer is BAM! Well more specifically BAM Tech, for which Disney now owns a majority ownership worth $1.58 billion. The new acquisition, “represents a big strategic shift for the company..having control of a platform we’ve been very impressed with.. would give us control of our destiny,” said Disney CEO Bob Iger in an interview with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin.
Netflix stock dropped more than 5 percent after the announcement from Disney.
Disney vs. Netflix from CNBC. read the full article here
Filed Under: Around the web, Featured Tagged With: BAM TECH, Disney, entertainment, ESPN, media, netflix, Stock, streaming services
This scoop is a spoon full of sugar
May 22, 2017 by Brianna Mortensen
Local Disney fans may be interested in the latest Albuquerque Little Theatre production. Beloved nanny, ‘Mary Poppins’ will be making an appearance in New Mexico. A cast full of professional performers has been working to reproduce this magical tale, with elaborate musical numbers from the original movie. The first show is at 7:30 pm on May 26, and will run until June 8. Tickets are on sale now. It’s going to be “supercalifragilisticexpealidocious!”
Image by: albuquerquelittletheatre.org
Filed Under: Around the web Tagged With: 505, ABQLive, Albuquerque events, albuquerque little theatre, Disney, local production, mary poppins, musical, spoon full of sugar, supercalifragilisticexpealidociious, Walt Disney
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Joe Morris / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver – Altitude
Altitude by Joe Morris / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver
[AUM073] - CD in 4-panel digipak
Joe Morris: guitar
William Parker: bass (1-2); sintir (3-4)
Gerald Cleaver: drums
Joe Morris, William Parker and Gerald Cleaver are among the most gifted instrumentalists & improvisers in the world today. Altitude documents their first communion together as a trio & they gripped the occasion by creating timeless music rife with invention.
"These gentlemen are playing at the highest level. They establish a rhythmic pattern together, search for a melody together, resolve all open-ended ideas together and move onto the next idea together, all while maintaining an overall vibe that stays with them from start to finish. Moreover, each is playing with the level of confidence only the best can display while playing the long form, never running out of things to express. Improvised music is far from being a spent force within jazz, and it never will be as long as the virtuosos are playing it." –S. Victor Aaron, Something Else!
"With a terrific sense of space and a deft articulation that’s highlighted by his unvarnished, reverb-less clean tone, Morris’ phrasing and the intensities of his attack rarely fail to get my blood circulating along with him. These players exude such organic flow and effervescent energy without indulging in excess — taking care at each moment to craft statements of complex polyphony that pour out with such rapidity — that it’s hard to take it all in. Altitude is state of the art improvising." –Jason Bivins, Dusted
"This borders on mind reading at times as wave upon wave of musical ideas flow forth from the trio. The music has great heart and intellect and the balance between the two gives the music much of its passionate motion. Cooperation is the key to this very successful recording, with three distinctive voices joining as one to create powerful and thrilling sounds." –Tim Niland, Music and More
Altitude was one of two live recordings to be released in July 2012 as part of AUM Fidelity’s 15th anniversary celebrations ( the other being David S. Ware / Planetary Unkown at Jazzfestival Saalfelden ). It documents the first-ever trio performance by these preeminent improvisers which took place during the label's two-week run curating The Stone in 2011.
“It was hot in The Stone on this night,” recalls Morris in the liner notes. “William, Gerald and I soaked through our clothes playing this music, but we didn’t let the heat stop us or even slow us down. We played the long form – soloing, complementing and juxtaposing parts in the most open context that exists in music. There was a great sense of cooperative engagement at play and we let that inform the content. The ideas poured out. Each of us responded to the others with a sincere attempt to honor every sound and every rhythm, and we enjoyed ourselves.” And furthermore, "the long form lets you tell a story, it lets you follow the nodal path in your thought process, it lets you play in layers, it lets you dive into the wave of energy and stay there. And it offers a sense of ritual that describes the present.”
Joe Morris & William Parker were among the very first artists to record for AUM Fidelity. They’ve each created numerous vital albums for the label as leaders, and as collaborators together as well on David S. Ware’s Shakti and Parker’s live orchestral recording, Double Sunrise Over Neptune (which also features Gerald Cleaver!) Parker and Cleaver commune together in & have created three impeccable albums to date with the collective trio Farmers By Nature. One can also check them in rather different though compelling context on Uncle Joe's Spirit House by Parker's Organ Quartet.
[Tracks 1 & 2 = entirety of the first set. Tracks 3 & 4 are excerpts from the second set, and feature Parker on sintir, a bass lute of the Gnawa]
1. Exosphere - 26:21
2. Thermosphere - 25:22
3. Troposphere - 12:04
4. Mesosphere - 08:39
All compositions by Joe Morris, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver
published by RITI pub (ASCAP)
Produced by Steven Joerg & Joe Morris
Recorded by Jimmy Katz live at The Stone, NYC on June 17, 2011
Mixed with and mastered by Petr Cancura
Cover photo by Joe Morris / design by Anne Marcotty
Liner notes by Joe Morris
Thank you again to John Zorn for the opportunity; it was a thrill!
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“THE OVERALL QUALITY WAS HIGH AND THE UPPER END OF THE LIST STRONG. WE COULD HAVE EASILY ADDED MANY MORE TO THE SHORTLIST.” – DAVID VEART, 2019 JUDGING PANEL CONVENER
The 2019 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Research Grants have been awarded. The $5,000 grants support New Zealand writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project.
Giovanna Fenster: Be Reasonable
Gigi Fenster has a Masters and PhD in Creative Writing, and various law degrees. Her first book, The Intentions Book, was a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards and was longlisted for the Commonwealth Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award. Her second book, Feverish was born out of a PhD in which she explored the implications of inducing a fever in oneself. Gigi teaches creative writing and law.
This entry impressed the judges with its originality. “We felt that as research continues the subject may broaden to investigate areas as yet unexplored. A clever concept with contemporary applications.”
Philip Simpson: Remarkable Plants of Aotearoa New Zealand
Philip Simpson is a botanical writer with several successful books on New Zealand plants. His last book was Down the Bay, a natural and cultural history of Abel Tasman National Park. He likes to write about the ecology of plants and places and describe how people have responded to this setting. Philip lives in the valley of his birth, Takaka, and has a rural property with his wife Wendy Parr, overlooking Golden Bay.
The judges said that Philip’s projectwill be another volume in this author’s fascinating exploration of our country’s flora. Philip is described by one of the panel as ‘a botanist story teller’ and another as ‘like being taught by a favourite teacher.’
Ghazaleh Golbakhsh: The Shah of Grey Lynn and Other Stories
Ghazaleh Golbakhsh is an Iranian-New Zealand filmmaker and Fulbright scholar who studied post-graduate screenwriting and directing at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She has an MA in Documentary from the University of Auckland and has written various short films that have screened internationally. She is currently developing her first feature screenplay which focuses on two young Iranian women who grew up in the suburbs of Auckland. Her writing has appeared in publications including OnFilm, The Spinoff and Villainesse.
The judges felt Ghazaleh’s entry was outstanding. It was “a piece of writing that kept enticing you back for yet one more read.”
Joanne Drayton: A Good Listener
Winner of the Stout Fellowship
Joanne Drayton is an acclaimed New York Times bestselling author who has published six books and numerous chapters and articles. She has curated exhibitions and publishes in art history, theory and biography. In 2007, she was awarded a National Library Fellowship; the prestigious Logan Fellowship at the Carey Institute in upstate New York in 2017; and the Michael King Writers Centre/University of Auckland Writer in Residence, 2019.
The judges said Joanne has a deserved reputation and her writing has a wide popular appeal. “A well thought out and engaging proposal for a project of national significance and interest.”
The Stout Fellowship is a six-week fellowship at the Stout Research Centre at Victoria University Wellington.
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NIO Inc.’s loss narrowed for a fourth consecutive quarter, as rising demand for electric SUVs helps the Chinese carmaker revive its fortunes.
The second-quarter net loss shrank to 1.2 billion yuan ($173 million) from 3.3 billion yuan a year earlier, NIO said Tuesday in a statement. The company predicted third-quarter revenue exceeding analysts’ estimates as deliveries rise.
The sleek ES8 and ES6 SUVs are attracting buyers as the coronavirus pandemic eases in China, helping NIO’s stock price to more than triple this year. As the country’s electric-vehicle makers battle for survival, NIO is getting closer to securing a position as a longer-term challenger to Tesla Inc. in the world’s largest EV market.
The company’s stock rose as much as 8.7% to $15.45 in New York before falling 4.3% to $13.60 at 10:46 a.m.
A cash injection from a regional government and a fresh credit facility from local banks helped NIO clear near-term funding hurdles this year. After losses accumulated, the company had said late last year it didn’t have enough money to continue operating for another 12 months unless it raised more funds.
(Related read: Nio says new $989 million investment for product development)
NIO, which had an initial public offering in New York in 2018, also slashed jobs and scaled back marketing expenses to stem losses. Gross margin, or revenue minus production costs, was positive for the first time in the second quarter at 8.4%.
“We expect both vehicle margin and gross margin to exceed 10% in the second half of the year," Chief Executive Officer William Li said on an analyst call.
NIO has delivered 17,702 vehicles so far in 2020, more than doubling from a year ago even as China’s EV market sputtered. Analysts at Morgan Stanley this month raised their 2022 volume forecast for NIO by 20% to 125,000 vehicles, saying the company is now “motoring beyond startup mode."
Yet NIO lags far behind Tesla, whose registrations in China topped 50,000 in the first half. The US giant is also preparing to start producing the Model Y crossover at its Shanghai plant, making competition more intense.
(Also read: Tesla sells more units than next 3 rivals combined)
NIO plans to begin delivering its EC6, a compact SUV coupe and direct competitor to the Model Y, in late September, and its next offering will be a sedan.
More Rivals
Representational photo of electric vehicles charging
More rivals are seeking additional funds as China’s EV market recovers. Li Auto Inc. raised $1.1 billion in late July, followed by Xpeng Motors filing for an IPO this month. WM Motor Technology Co. is weighing an initial stock sale in Shanghai as soon as this year, people familiar with the matter said, and Hozon New Energy Automobile Co. is targeting a listing in the same city possibly next year.
In the analyst call, Li said NIO plans to set up a battery asset-management company as soon as August that will allow customers to buy vehicles separately from the battery, which they will lease from the company. The battery is the most expensive component, so this would lower the purchase price. NIO will have partners in the venture and won’t be the main stakeholder, so it “will not affect much of our balance sheet," Li said.
NIO has 100,000 NEV, or new energy vehicle, credits from last year, which could generate 120 million yuan in revenue based on the current market price. The company is talking to other carmakers and plans to sell some of the credits in the third and fourth quarters, counting them as part of gross margin.
This year, NIO may generate 200,000 credits and plans to sell them in 2021, when it expects the price of credits will rise.
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And here they are: a list of things almost certainly not going to happen in 2015. Feel free to pop down the betting shop as soon as it opens to chuck your savings at the opposite of everything below. Don’t forget to return this time next year to gloat with your millions.
There is more than one UK general election.
After one of the general elections, speaker John Bercow is deposed.
The royal child-beast is of the girl persuasion, and called Elizabeth.
Hillary Clinton confirms she will run for US President.
Kim Jong Un is deposed as leader of North Korea.
The record for the highest temperature in the UK is broken.
Sepp Blatter is not re-elected as president of FIFA.
Chelsea win the English Premier League.
Australia retain the Ashes.
Germany win the women’s football World Cup in Canada.
Oxford wins the University Boat Race, again.
Cyprus comes top of the medal table in the keenly anticipated Games of the Small States of Europe in Reykjavik.
Apple releases a MacBook Air with a retina display.
The Dawn spacecraft discovers ice volcanoes on the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres.
The probe Philae on the surface of comet 67P emerges from hibernation sufficiently to send useful scientific data.
Microsoft buys Fitbit.
Dick Costolo leaves his position as CEO of Twitter.
YouTube users upload over 500 hours of video per minute on average.
Best Actor Oscar: Michael Keaton, Birdman.
Best Actress Oscar: Julianne Moore, Still Alice.
Best Picture Oscar: Birdman.
Best Director Oscar: Richard Linklater, Boyhood.
Best Visual Effects Oscar: Interstellar.
The BBC says BBC 4 will follow BBC 3 and move online.
Dodgy FIFA boss before the other dodgy FIFA boss, João Havelange (98)
Avenger before the other Avengers, actor Patrick Macnee (92)
Dracula, Scaramanga, Saruman, Dooku, actor Christopher Lee (92)
I’ve met him you know, comics elder Stan Lee (92)
President Bush before the other President Bush, George HW Bush (90)
Spock before the other Spock, actor Leonard Nimoy (82)
Run out, umpire Dickie Bird (81)
War criminal, ex-veep Dick Cheney (73)
Floating like an ex-butterfly, stinging like an ex-bee, boxer Muhammad Ali (72)
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Trope, Pages with broken file links, Evil Tropes,
Just for Pun
Food Tropes
Action Adventure Tropes
Evil Gloating
No Mr Bond I Expect You To Dine
No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine
Example as a Thesis
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Doctor Doom does the scene from Empire before it was even cool.
Dr. Evil: Scott, I want you to meet daddy's nemesis, Austin Powers.
Scott Evil: What? Are you feeding him? Why don't you just kill him?
The villain has the hero at his mercy, surrounded by armed goons. Does he just shoot him? Of course not. Does he take the hero prisoner to be strapped into an improbable torture device? No, not that either.
Instead, for a time, he treats the hero as a close friend and guest in his home, giving him a plush bedroom and a fine (if tense) dinner with A Glass of Chianti and Your Favorite From My Own Personal Garden. If the food isn't spiked, the meal ends with a tour of the facility, then a sales pitch on the villain's scheme to remake the world Just Between You and Me. The hero will reply "You're Insane!" -- and that's if he's polite. If he isn't, saying "I'm Not Hungry" dampens the festivities quite early.
This differs from general Affably Evil villainy. Treating the hero as a guest is a demonstration of unassailable power, confidence and civility. It's not quite Go-Karting with Bowser, as it ratchets up the tension with the ever-present threat of unpleasantness should the hero step out of line -- the conflict's not just a game. Nor is this Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?, which requires the villain to be genuinely friendly rather than just faking.
With the loonier sort of antagonist, the hero is forced to play along as the villain thinks the hero is his best friend and insists they act as such.
The hero may be provided with formal dining attire: a tux for the gent and a good-looking, well-fitting dress for the lady, with a bath if needed. This may explicitly be so the villain can ogle her. It will almost certainly be so that the audience can watch her kick his butt in said dress later. If the hero's family are present, this can lead to an amusing case of Did Mom Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?
The paraphrased trope namer is the James Bond villain Goldfinger, who did later feed Bond. These feasts are common in Bond films, which only really subverted it once. (see below)
Compare and contrast Captive Date, where one side of a romantic evening would rather not be there, but isn't allowed to leave.
Examples of No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine include:
In the Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch anime, when Caren enters Gaito's castle, he invites her for dancing and partying with Noel and Coco, the kidnapped princesses she was going to rescue. It's a trap, of course, the real Noel and Coco being stuck in People Jars in his throne room, while these two are actually Mimi and Sheshe. Nice thought, though.
The Manga kind of had this I think, except the real Noel was with them, she winds up being nabbed though just like before.
Gundam Wing uses this in the Endless Waltz OAV's, when Relena is kidnapped and then treated like a queen by Mariemeia Kushrenada and her group.
Well, she WAS "queen of the world"...for about 20 minutes...
In Yami no Matsuei, Muraki kidnaps the shinigami Hisoka, then forces Hisoka's partner Tsuzuki to have dinner with him if he wants to see his partner again.
In the Houshin Engi manga, Choukoumei invites Taikoubou and Suupuushan to dine with him before testing if Taikoubou is worthy of being his rival with a fight against his sisters.
In D Gray Man, Tyki invites Allen and his friends to sit down at the huge table and dine with him. Pity that none of them feel like eating, what with the whole place slowly disintegrating which would eventually lead to them dying.
A variant of this is found in the Full Metal Panic novels. In TSR, when Sousuke goes alone and finds out that Gauron is still alive, he expects Gauron to get his two underlings to kill him (or at least ambush him and do something of that sort). Instead, Gauron is shown to be genuinely delighted to see him, and offers Sousuke something to drink (though it has to be "self service," since... well, he has no arms or legs). Sousuke is shown to be in disbelief about the general friendliness coming from him, and tells him to "get real" when Gauron tells him he missed him. Definitely done for the effect of making Gauron a crazy Stalker with a Crush.
Late in the run of the original Lupin III manga series, Lupin encounters a scientist whose secrets he intends to steal. So, he invites him to dinner to discuss it.
Miaka of Fushigi Yuugi falls victim to this twice. To be fair, she tries not to.
During the rather light first instance, she broke into Kutou Palace with two Seishi to find the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho and Tamahome; she is captured but manages to escape, and Yui lures her ex-best friend to her with food. Miaka tries to talk some sense into her, and the trope turns straight when Miaka sees Tamahome.
The second instance is much darker. The Shinzahou had been stolen, and Miaka takes it upon herself to get it back from Nakago. When she arrives at the Seiryuu camp, she catches a delicious whiff of food and finds Nakago alone inside the tent with the item. He invites her to dinner, and things get worse after the conversation that ensues.
Nakago: You're welcome to join me if you want.
Miaka: Don't make fun of me! Give me back the Shinzahou you stole from us!
(Cut to Miaka eating dinner)
Miaka: ... is what I'd like to say, but my stomach takes over.
Mahou Sensei Negima has Fate sit down for tea with Negi, although this quickly devolves into them berating the others' taste in beverages, until Negi throws the table and sucker punches him.
Warped almost beyond recognition in Umineko no Naku Koro ni. In the second arc's tea party, Beatrice captures Rosa and ties her to a chair before promising to grant anything for Rosa if she'll accept her existence. She then decides on her own that she knows what to grant Rosa and treats her to a lovely banquet... that is made from the remains of her siblings. She actually brags about it being made From Her Own Personal Compressor, among other things.
In One Piece, Sir Crocodile did this to Princess Vivi, exposing his entire plan to depose her father and overthrow her country of Arabasta.
In Monster, the Nazis attempting to use Nina as bait to lure Johan to them first treat her to a nice dinner at one of the members' mansion.
In Until Death Do Us Part, after Orion captures Mamoru, he tells his second-in-command to invite him to dinner. Mamoru spends the time eating up because he didn't know when he'd be able to eat next.
In episode 10 of Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?, the King of Night is preparing food, and when Ayumu and Haruna break into his apartment to try and rescue Yuu, he ends up making them stay for dinner, while also discussing with Ayumu if he likes being immortal.
One episode of Monster Rancher has Gali feeding the heroes food and water. The meal isn't rigged, but he uses the distraction to sucker-punch them.
Subverted somewhat in Watchmen, where the characters encounter Adrian Veidt during dinner. They immediately try to kill him, though. Clever.
And then he catches the reflection of one of them on a bowl, and blocks both of their attacks while sternly saying "Manners." Awesome.
Pictured above is a scene from Fantastic Four #87 (1969) in which Crystal and Sue are trying to escape Doom's castle, only to run right into the dictator's personal dining room. Despite the fact that he was trying to kill them before, he now treats them as honored guests. I guess Even Evil Has Standards.
No, that's more Doom's style in general. He may be a Card-Carrying Villain to the core, but he IS a man of honor.
In Ultimate Spider-Man, the Kingpin does this when Spider-man swings by his building for no reason while contemplating his life. Electra shows up and invites him in... where Kingpin offers him pizza.
Spiderman returns the favor later on showing up an a restaurant where Kingpin is dining, he taunts Kingpin and webs his shoes to the floor, Kingpin threatens to find Peter where he lives and show him what kind of man he is (to which he responds "are you hitting on me?"). While this is normal behavior for the Kingpin, this was a moment of growth for Peter who originally couldn't contain his rage at Kingpin's continued freedom.
James Bond was particularly prone to this; perhaps he just seems a pleasant dinner companion. The Platonic example is Dr. No's dinner with Bond in his eponymous film, but it also happened in Goldfinger, The Man with the Golden Gun (with Britt Ekland provided a bikini rather than evening wear), Live and Let Die, Octopussy and Moonraker as well as the Bond parodies in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Austin Powers.
By Goldfinger, the third Bond movie, it was already enough of a trope to be used in a Mad Magazine parody. 007 naturally has reservations on the quality of the Hollandaise sauce and the choice of wine.
Subverted in The Spy Who Loved Me. The villain invites Bond to join him for dinner so that Bond will be sitting right in the sights of the gun attached to the underside of the table. Bond figures it out, gets clear in time and returns the favour down the firing tube.
Justified in the Dr. No example (at least in the book): No wanted Bond to run a gauntlet in peak shape, which meant making sure that he was well-fed beforehand.
Bond himself is seriously (and understandably) disturbed by this treatment, out-of-nowhere as it is and knowing that nothing good is waiting for him. Sean Connery's Bond takes it in stride in the movie, and by now it's become almost mundane.
Darth Vader: "We would be honored if you would join us." Said after he casually blocks laser blasts with his hand. With after-dinner torture, too!
Robot Chicken had a funny sketch examining how awkward that dinner would be.
Pirates of the Caribbean: In the first film, Barbossa "asks" Elizabeth to have dinner with him. While other villains might do this to take advantage of the heroine, to show that they are civilized, or to just plain gloat, Barbossa is pretty original in that he's so hungry, he just wants to watch someone eat.
Ellen (Sharon Stone) took up Herod's (Gene Hackman's) offer of dinner in The Quick and the Dead. She went, loaded for revenge but got spooked by Herod's Hannibal Lecture and the ultimate ramifications of succeeding.
Parodied in the quote at the top of the page in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
In the first Spy Kids film, the spy parents eventually manage to escape from their cell and make their way to the main room, only to find Floop waiting there with a dinner and holding a timer:
Floop: Fifteen minutes to escape. With your reputations, I was expecting something a little more impressive. Finally, we can eat!
In the film Desire (1936), the Spanish criminals out for the stolen jewel, the American everyman in possession of the jewel, and the redeemed love interest who stole the jewel sit down for a classy meal. Each side suspects that the others know that it knows, so they have a nice chat about whether there has to be a war and if America will have the sense to stay out of it. Everyone's looking for an opportunity to turn it into a showdown.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show has a dining scene among enemies. Let's just say it doesn't end well.
"Not Meat Loaf again!"
In the movie Hannibal, the serial-killing antagonist kidnaps Clarice Starling's antagonistic former boss. After drugging and subduing both the man and Starling, he dresses the woman up in an elegant gown and has a fancy candlelight dinner with both of them. Then again, he's actually removing portions of the man's brain, cooking them right there at the table, and feeding them to him.
Normally this trope requires the protagonist to be captured, but when Landa invites himself into Lapadite's home to share a drink and a smoke and casually chat about missing Jews near the beginning of Inglourious Basterds, his power in occupied France makes the home a prison.
Which is quite similar to one of the first scenes in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Appropriate since the film is, by Word of God, a Spaghetti Western set in German-occupied France.
Likewise, the scene where Landa sits and enjoys a strudel with Shoshonna. Her reaction when he finally leaves tells it all.
Unusual morally-inverted form in the Infernal Affairs films, where top cop Wong has a habit of welcoming gangsters into custody with take-out.
The James Bond Parody If Looks Could Kill has the villain do this. Unlike other examples, he is mostly serious because he does not need the hero dead, simply out of the way.
There's a scene from Snatch that goes like this: protagonist Turkish has screwed up a deal he had with London Gangster Bricktop, which cost Bricktop a lot of money. Turkish runs back to his office, hoping he can get there and take all the money he has in his safe and flee the country. Bricktop and his goons are already there. Rather than killing Turkish, cutting his body up into pieces and heading it to a group of pigs, Bricktop has Turkish make everyone some tea, has a surprisingly civilized conversation where he explains what Turkish has to do to make up for this, and then, just before leaving, forces Turkish to open his safe and give everything inside to Bricktop.
In The Black Hole, Dr. Reinhardt invites the visiting crew of the Palomino to dinner, although it's only a safe bet that he's a Mad Scientist at that point:
Captain Holland: It's only dinner.
V.I.N.CENT: "...said the spider to the fly."
In Halo: First Strike the bridge crew and Spartans of the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice are invited to refreshments by Governor Jiles of an insurgent human community while they discuss receiving repairs for their vessel. Also From My Own Personal Garden as Jiles comments about the asteroid's hydroponic gardens.
Done in some versions of Robin Hood, when Robin's band kidnaps some poor (not in the financial sense) priest or sheriff and forces him to sit down and eat (and sometimes bunk) with them, after which they empty the man's wallet for payment.
Some versions have the sheriff treated as an honoured guest, and given quite a fine time, all things considered.
In Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, the legend of "Oriza" is that Oriza invited her father's murderer into her castle to talk peace over dinner. He's afraid she'll hide a weapon in her clothes, so she suggests that they dine naked (to which he immediately agrees: Oriza is a hottie). Midway through dinner, she throws a sharpened plate at him, severing his head (making this an inversion: she's considered the hero).
Happens in Tim Powers' Dinner at Deviant's Palace, as the title promises.
Napoleon's treatment of Capt. Laurence in the fourth Temeraire book matches this to a T.
As does his treatment of Granby in the fifth, to the point that Laurence lampshades it a bit. Napoleon himself is presented as quite affable, and probably not even evil so much as... determined.
Used in the Ciaphas Cain (HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!)novel Duty Calls, as the antagonist, Radical Inquisitor Killian invites Ciaphas to dine with him and his ally Metheius, partially to boast but also to try to recruit him. Cain is understandably a little discomforted at eating with Killian, but plays along, commenting that Killian is the sort of megalomaniac who seems to need this sort of validation of his cleverness.
Played straight except that the person offering dinner is the protagonist hero in the Honor Harrington novel Honor Among Enemies, where she not only invites captured enemy naval officers to dine with her, but actually involves one of them in a planning session to take out a pirate.
Used by the Macellarius bloodline in a Vampire: The Requiem introduction short story. The Macellarius are designed to be uber-Affably Evil types who are enormously obese vampiric cannibals, gorging themselves on their enemies as they conquer the Requiem. In an odd twist, the Macellarius leader invites two potential converts to dinner, selects one to join the bloodline and has the other killed and eaten as a welcome feast.
In the Corum series by Michael Moorcock, Arioch does this to Corum.
Hideously subverted in A Song of Ice and Fire. Although one of the most basic moral norms in the series' world is the "guest right" -- that no matter how much you want someone dead, if he eats bread and salt at your table, you must not harm him -- there is someone who doesn't care in the slightest about basic morality. Cue the Red Wedding, in which no less than a viewpoint character is murdered by her brother's new father-in-law, immediately after watching her son and all his guard brutally killed.
Another subversion comes from Roose Bolton, who gives a travel-weary Brienne a clean change of clothes, a nice, warm meal, and polite conversation, and then, with just as much politeness, turns her over to a hoard of Complete Monsters to be gang-raped and killed.
The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross has the secret agent protagonist captured by the evil billionaire who's trying to resurrect a shoggoth. The next morning, he and his lovely CIA agent contact are treated to breakfast by the billionaire and his wife. Justified as the billionaire has invoked the tropes of James Bond movies as a geas. He plans to keep the agent locked in the trope of the solitary agent going it alone against the megalomaniac until no one else can possibly intervene, at which point he breaks the geas, kills the agent, and takes over the world before anyone can stop him.
In Ranger's Apprentice, in the fifth book Will stops Skandians from raiding by inviting them to a dinner with the lords and ladies at the castle. Not played straight, but the same tension exists for the situation.
In The Dresden Files novel Death Masks, Harry is captured by the demonic Nicodemus. When he comes to, Nicodemus has set out a full breakfast spread... only Harry's tied up and suspended over a running stream (cutting him off from magical energy). Nicodemus prepares for things like this, and all Harry has to do to join him for breakfast is make a little arrangement.
In Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks, this trope is subverted when the protagonist is sealed in a chamber beneath the ruling council of a society he was visiting as a punishment. The council begin a huge feast and he is slowly drowned in their fecal matter.
Very common in the Alex Rider series.
In Richard Connell's short story, The Most Dangerous Game, General Zaroff treats Rainsford to a glass of champagne and a filet mignon, although this is before he find out the Zaroff is a madman who hunts humans for sport.
A very well justified example in the Replica series. The organization was very nice to Chris when they captured him. Because if they could corrupt him, they'd have an agent close to Amy and Andy. And if he uses the opportunity to escape, they really don't care. He's Not Worth Killing.
A pervasive trope in The Hunger Games trilogy. Meals in the Capitol are so opulent that it would take days to gather the ingredients in Katniss' home district, where starvation is common. The implication is that the Capitol is so overwhelmingly powerful that any rebellion will be easily crushed, possibly by starvation. The delicious meals the Tributes are given are a reminder that they'd better play along.
Older Than Feudalism: Joseph subjects his brothers to something rather like this in the Book of Genesis. Joseph is a good guy who intends his brothers no harm, but the brothers, who had previously sold him into slavery, think this is what happened when they realize who he was. It's also extended in time, with the brothers dining and staying with Joseph twice before he tells them who he is.
Inverted in Doctor Who, "Boom Town," where the hero (The Doctor) invites the villain (Margaret) to dinner, in which she pleads for his mercy.
Said pleading being interrupted somewhat by her attempting to assassinate him three times. He plays it cool, though-- he is The Doctor after all.
Also done in "The End of Time Part One", where minor villain Joshua Naismith captures major villain the Master (being stupid enough to think he can hold an insane genius, and at this point super-powered, Time Lord captive) who he treats to a Christmas dinner of Turkey. Due to the unusual circumstances of the Master's recent resurrection, his intense hunger means he devours the whole turkey in a matter of seconds.
Battlestar Galactica Reimagined:
Leoben's revenge against Starbuck in the third season is quite a prolonged version of this trope.
At four months, that's not even the longest one. That record goes to Cavil holding the newly-resurrected Ellen hostage for eighteen months after Saul killed her.
At the start of the third season of Lost, Ben treats Kate to a pleasant breakfast on the beach, explaining that he wanted to give her something nice as "the next few weeks are going to be very unpleasant."
In the alternate timeline afterlife, Keamy is a loan shark putting the screws to Sayid's brother. At the forced meeting where he threatens Sayid, he offers to cook him up some eggs, any style.
A fun slight variation on this trope also occurs in the season 5 finale, "The Incident," because the episode opens with a seemingly innocuous scene of two men having breakfast together on the beach, and it isn't until the end of the scene that the viewer finds out that the 2 men are actually mortal enemies (or should I say immortal enemies) who have been trying to kill each other for centuries.
Towards the end of the second season of Heroes, Sylar breaks into Dr. Mohinder Suresh's apartment in an attempt to revive their Ho Yay subtext from Season One force the geneticist to find a cure for Sylar's loss of superpowers. Sylar takes Mohinder's adopted daughter hostage and gives Mohinder a suggestive phone call ("Hello, Mohinder..."), voicing vague threats. But when a horrified Mohinder arrives home, Sylar greets him amiably and pleasantly asks Mohinder to sit down and offers him breakfast.
You know what makes the scene even better? Sylar's Beard girlfriend makes the breakfast. It's truly amazing to watch how much chemistry Sylar has with Mohinder instead of with the woman he made out with last episode.
And in season 4, Sylar crashes the Petrelli's Thanksgiving dinner, and while he had sworn to kill Angela, he first comments that he's starving and practically inhales an entire pie. He's about to carry out his threat to kill Angela when Peter intervenes in time.
The title character of The Prisoner dines with his evil captors a LOT. Naturally, it's always Your Favorite.
In the Season 4 finale of Supernatural, the angels kidnap Dean and put him in "Heaven's Waiting Room," as Dean calls it: an ornately decorated Victorian-style room with a couple of bowls of bacon cheeseburgers (one of Dean's favorite foods, though it's never directly stated) so Zachariah can convince him to sit back and let the Apocalypse happen. Castiel eventually rebels and gets Dean out of there.
Also featured in the pre-finale episode of season 5, when Dean meets up with Death in a pizza restaurant. BTW, the pizza there is really delicious! Turns out the character in question has a thing for cheap food.
In Stargate SG-1, the episode "Unnatural Selection," after the Replicators capture SG-1, they allow the team a night's sleep and treat them to a really nice and extremely creepy meal. The Replicators don't hide the fact that they're only keeping SG-1 alive so that they can enjoy mind raping them ("Could there be any other reason we would keep you alive?") so the quality of the meal doesn't make any sense in-story, unless the replicators were basically 'seasoning SG-1's minds' with it; but the trope probably just leaked out of the writers' brains.
Happens twice in Stargate Atlantis. First in the pilot episode when the Wraith Keeper introduces herself to Sumner; she offers him food which he refuses, prompting her to wonder why would he resist his hunger when it's "distasteful". Predictably, the corpse of her previous meal is still sitting at the table. The second time it happens much later in the series when the team sits down to talk with Todd who offers them a fruit bowl, saying that they picked it up on their travels and hoping that they're "as delicious as the farmers who grew them".
During Star Trek: Voyager's "Year of Hell" episodes, the Mad Scientist villain Annorax captures Chakotay and Paris and subjects them to this. In an odd twist, the meal he serves them is made up of the last vestiges of the many civilizations he wiped out.
During the Horatio Hornblower TV movie Loyalty, the traitor invites Hornblower over for dinner after having taken him and a landing party prisoner. He intimates that there is no way he could have caused all the various problems that have been plaguing the British forces in the movie, most notably the French forces finding out key parts of the Brits' plans. Hornblower states that he needs to know who the traitor is, as it would be cruel to let him die not knowing who betrayed him.
The traitor agrees that it would be cruel. And then sends Hornblower back to his cell.
Mari and Takumi get this treatment in Kamen Rider 555 when summoned to Smart Brain to convince them to hand over the Faiz Gear.
In Kamen Rider W, Sonozaki Ryubee thinks it's a great idea to have one last family dinner before he starts the Gaia Impact. This includes Saeko (who recently teamed up with Isaka to betray him and was nearly assassinated by his forces), his alienated wife Shroud (who has been working to destroy him ever since he stole her son), and Philip (half of the Kamen Rider that's been battling his forces all series, who he mindwiped and used as a tool to make Gaia Memories). Oh, and he's going to kill Philip for the Gaia Impact.
How did he even find Shroud?
Inverted on Chuck when Big Bad Alexi Volkoff dines with Chuck at his house.
On Breaking Bad, Gus invites Walt to his house to cook dinner with him.
In Children of the Stones, Rafael Hendrick "invites" Matthew and his father to dinner before trying to brainwash them.
In the 1966 Batman, Mr. Freeze forces Batman and Robin to dine with him before attempting to kill them.
Arguably used in Jonathan Coulton's "Skullcrusher Mountain", though the whole song is rather more I Have You Now, My Pretty:
"Would it kill you to be civil?
I've been patient, I've been gracious
And this mountain is covered with wolves
Hear them howling, my hungry children
Maybe you should stay and have another drink and think about me and you "
Sort of used in Final Fantasy VI. Halfway through the game, Emperor Gesthal invites the party to his castle to have a feast and reassures them that his kingdom is too ravaged from the Espers' attack to fight the party, so he wants to help them calm the Espers. He also tells the party that Kefka will be punished for his crimes. This is just a big fat lie of course since later on, Kefka attacks a village to get more Espers and he meets up with Geshtal on the Floating Continent so they can get more power.
Invoked in Final Fantasy XII when the new emperor of the Archadian Empire takes one of his new subjects out drinking. He's presumed to be a villain by the characters, but really is making a genuine effort to establish a personal relationship with his less than willing citizens.
Spoofed in Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. When you've slogged your way through the Sewer Level and finally make it to the Nosferatu hideout, you make your way up to Gary's room... where you see a bunch of skeletons, dressed in suits, seated at a table with dead rats arranged on it. Gary claims he's having a wrap part for The Misfits... "About forty years late". He may be genuine, or he may be just fucking with your head. Gary's like that.
When Professor Layton and Luke arrive at the big, ominous manor in Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, Anton has dinner and makes idle chit-chat with them before showing them to their rooms. He then ties them up in his basement.
Parodied in the ur-context of a Dr. No spoof in this Irregular Webcomic.
Darths and Droids does this here, with reference to this page.
In The Order of the Stick near the end of the siege of Azure City, Haley and Belkar attempt to retrieve Roy's body from the battlefield but find that he and O-Chul are guests at a tea party hosted by the extremely powerful but childlike Monster in the Darkness. (Yes, Roy is dead. O-Chul is paralyzed. It's that sort of tea party.) Haley and Belkar have to carefully play along through the meal (and Belkar has to cook the meal) before they can attempt to escape.
Played almost perfectly straight when Elan's father invites Elan and Haley to a formal dinner, except for the fact that Elan hasn't realized his dad is a villain yet.
Blade Bunny: When your would-be assassin is a hot chick in a bunnygirl outfit and disarmed to boot you can probably be excused for deciding to indulge in this trope.
In Eight Bit Theater, the warriors think Garland is doing this, when in fact he's an Affably Evil Harmless Villain.
In Exterminatus Now, Silas Morth invites Jamilla to dinner after finding out she's a spy. He even adds complimentary drugs to the wine to make her a more compliant sacrifice.
Subverted in Storm Hawks where the scary mobster who is proud of being a Big Eater offers the captured Big Guy food that is poisonous or rotten and ends up in an eating contest with the equally omnivorous captive.
Dexters Laboratory short "Dial M For Monkey" has the supervillain Simian who invites Monkey to dine with him and proceeds to seduce him to help him destroy the human race.
The protagonists think they're experiencing this trope in Avatar: The Last Airbender when they are arrested in Omashu. King Bumi proclaims their sentence: "THROW THEM... a feast!" It turns out they're actually being tested by Bumi, who is a Trickster Mentor and Aang's childhood friend.
Is this subverted or played straight in The Simpsons when OFF are treated to a meal by aliens who owned a book called How To Cook For / Forty / For Forty Humans?
1973/74 Superfriends episode "Menace of the White Dwarf". Raven does this with Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog after he accidentally captures them, including having his android doubles serve them a meal and showing them around his base.
Word Girl has Tobey, who is determined to take her out for ice-cream if he ever defeats her.
Played with in the Powerpuff Girls episode "Supper Villain." Mr. Smith wishes to melt Professor Utonium's head with a ray-gun, while his wife expects (more like demands) the good Professor (and everyone else) to dine.
This is seen a few times in Phineas and Ferb when Perry the Platypus walks in on Dr. Doofenshmirtz while in the middle of an evil scheme. Sometimes Doof lets Perry sit down and watch his musical numbers and even offered him cake on his birthday.
In episode 15, Doofenshmirtz lets Perry sit in his waiting area and read magazines while waiting for him to finish building his "-Inator".
In A Very Possible Christmas, when Kim Possible, the Possible family and Shego rescue Ron Stoppable and Drakken when they were stranded near the North Pole due to Drakken's latest scheme backfiring, Drakken invites the Possibles to join him for Christmas dinner. Not that he's gloating or anything, but just because it's Christmas.
Jimmy Neutron and Jet Fusion are once offered a meal this way by Professor Calamitous before Beautiful Gorgeous tries to kill them.
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INTENT: ASA Rules are intended:
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To allow natural consequences to prevail for minor deviations from start, stroke, and turn specifications that are disadvantageous to the swimmer and to disqualify swimmers only for acts that are unfairly advantageous or that are otherwise inconsistent with the fair, honest, safe, and respectful environment required of ASA competitions
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The Start — Swimmers must remain behind the designated starting line prior to the starting signal. It shall be cause for disqualification for any part, or all, of a swimmer's body to be within the designated course beyond the starting line during the starting signal.The race shall not be interrupted or discontinued for a false start.
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Pool Competitions
Application for Sanction — In order to host an ASA competition, potential hosts must submit a completed Application for Sanction Form, submit the proposed meet information, and pay any applicable sanction fees.
Membership required — Only ASA member swimmers shall be permitted to compete in ASA sanctioned competitions with strict adherence to meet information, ASA Rules, and sanction guidelines. Competitions shall be conducted in strict conformity to meet information, ASA rules, and sanction guidelines.
Object — The object of each swimming race shall be to determine which competitor completes the designated stroke, the specified number of lengths of the course, the fastest.
Placing — Times shall determine the placing. The swimmer swimming the designated stroke, within the constraints of the rules, the specified number of lengths of the course, with the fastest time shall be declared the winner. All subsequent places shall be determined by relative times. Each swimmer swimming the designated stroke, within the constraints of the rules, the specified number of lengths of the course, with the next fastest time shall be awarded the next subsequent place.
Meet format — Any distance of any stroke (freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke) or combination of strokes may be offered in an ASA sanctioned competition. Meet hosts do not have to be limited to offering events or age groups currently recognized for records.
Strict adherence to meet information and sanction guidelines — Competitions shall be conducted in strict conformity to meet information, ASA rules, and sanction guidelines. Swimmers may not be allowed to compete unless they are ASA members, and have signed all appropriate waivers. Swimmers must compete in designated age groupings as determined by dates of birth relative to event divisions. Swimmers shall not be allowed to interfere in any way with other swimmers.
One swimmer per lane — Each swimmer shall have the full width of an assigned lane, enclosed by two lane lines, in which to complete a race.
Exception:With the swimmers' consent, two or more swimmers may be assigned to one lane, but a time achieved in a lane with more than one swimmer shall be ineligible for records.
Tobacco and alcohol — There shall be no smoking or use of other tobacco or alcohol products in any area used by swimmers during warm-up or during the course of a meet. No tobacco products or alcohol may be sold on site during warm-up or during the course of any competition.
Officials — There shall be one referee, a starter, and any other officials as determined by the referee in conjunction with the meet director. The referee may act as the starter. The referee shall have full authority over the technical conduct of the meet and shall act to ensure a fair and honest competition conducted in strict conformity to the rules.
Allowances for disabilities — The person responsible for overseeing the meet may allow deviations from the rules at his discretion for swimmers with disabilities. Exception: The swimmer may not be provided with any unfair advantage over other swimmers the swimmer would not otherwise have.
End walls — The end walls of the racing course for all events should have solid, non-slip surfaces and should be vertical and parallel to each other. For National Championship events, racing walls must have solid, non-slip surfaces and must be vertical and parallel to each other.
Lane lines — Lane lines with continuous floating markers attached to a line secured at each end of the pool shall separate the lanes. The color or pattern of the floats five meters from the ends of the pool in a 25 meter pool or 50 meter pools and five yards from the ends of the pool in a 25 yard pool should be a distinct from the color or pattern of the other floats. The lane lines for all courses should have distinct color markings 15 meters (49.21 feet) from each end wall. In 50 meter pools, the lane lines should have a distinct color marking at the 25 meter mark. For safety reasons there should be no exposed cable. Take up spools and ratchet mechanisms should be covered.
Starting platforms — The front edge of starting platforms shall be even with the wall on a vertical plane. It may be up to 2 feet six inches (0.76 meters) above the surface of the water. The surface area of starting platforms should be at least 1 foot 8 inches (0.5 meters) x 1 foot 8 inches (0.5 meters). The entire surface shall be covered with non-slip material. Starting platforms shall not slope down to the front edge more than 10¡. Starting platforms should be secured to the deck or bulkhead.
Pace clocks — There shall be at least two pace clocks placed on an uninterrupted line of vision to swimmers in all lanes, preferably at least one on each side at the starting end of the pool. Pace clocks with sweep hands should be at least three feet in diameter. Digital clocks should have number displays at least 6 inches high.
15 meter mark — The competition course shall be equipped with prominently visible markers that clearly establish a distance of 15 meters from each end of the pool.
Backstroke flags — Backstroke flags shall be hung across the pool at the following distances from the starting and turning walls:
courses in meters, the flags shall be hung across the pool at a uniform distance of 5 meters from each end, no less than 5 feet, 11 inches above the surface of the water.
courses in yards, the flags shall be hung across the pool at a uniform distance of 15 feet from each end, no less than 7 feet above the surface of the water.
Lines on the bottom of the pool — A dark colored line on the bottom of the pool should mark the middle of each lane. The line should be between 6 inches and 12 inches wide and run continuously from two meters from each end wall continuously throughout the rest of the length of the pool. At two meters from each wall there should be a line one meter long, of the same width, perpendicular and centered to the line marking the center of the pool.
Crosses on end walls — A dark colored cross the same width as the lines on the bottom of the pool extending at least 1.0 meter below the surface of the water should mark the middle of each lane on the end walls or touch pads.
Temperature — The temperature of the pool water should be between 78 and 80 degrees for competition.
Timing equipment — Each swimmer shall be timed with automatic timing system, semiautomatic timing system, or digital stopwatches. Times shall be recorded to the hundredths of a second for each swim.
Timers — A timer may operate one stop watch or one button for a semiautomatic timing system or one of each.
Official time — The official time shall be recorded from the designated timing system unless the primary system fails, in which case, back-up times shall be used. When there is a discrepancy among times indicated by the timing system in a lane, the official time shall be determined as follows: If two watches or button times are identical, that time shall be the official time. If the times from three buttons or watches all differ, the middle time shall be the official time. If there are times taken from only two buttons or watches and they differ, the average of the two shall be the official time.
Conduct of the Race
Swimmers may not be allowed to compete unless they are ASA members, and have signed all appropriate waivers.
Swimmers must compete in designated age groupings as determined by dates of birth & event divisions.
Swimmers shall not be allowed to interfere in any way with other swimmers.
A swimmer must complete the entire race in the assigned lane.
The swimmer may not use any device to artificially enhance performance during the race. This precludes the use any equipment, including, but not limited to, swim suits, that artificially enhance performance in any way, such as, but not limited to, aiding buoyancy, reducing drag to levels below that of bare skin, effecting muscle compression, or significantly altering the natural contour of the body to effect streamlining.
The swimmer shall not rest on or use for forward propulsion the lane lines, the side walls, or the bottom of the pool during the race.
Suits — A swimmer may wear only one suit. Swim suits shall not cover a man's body higher than the top of the pelvic bone or the belly button and shall not cover any part of the body below the top of the knee. Swim suits shall not cover a woman's body outside the shoulder-joints or above the shoulder-line and shall not cover the any part of the body below mid-thigh. The material of suits may consist only of cotton, lycra, nylon, polyester, and spandex. Any swimmer wishing to compete in a suit constructed of other materials must apply to ASA for permission in writing.
Integrity of results — It is the responsibility the swimmer to see to it that the results reflect a fair and honest competition in strict accordance with ASA rules. As such, the swimmer is responsible for knowing ASA rules and adhering to them.
The start — Swimmers shall start from the starting block, the side of the pool, or from a push from the wall in their assigned lanes.
Swimmers shall not be permitted to start from the starting platforms unless the pool has a minimum depth of 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 meters). In pools where the depth is from 3 feet 6 inches to 4 feet (1.22 meters), swimmers shall not be permitted to start from starting platforms with front edges any more than 18 inches (0.46 meters) above the surface of the water. If depth of the pool is 4 feet or greater, swimmers may start from starting platforms with front edges up to 2 feet six inches (0.76 meters) above the surface of the water.
Upon instruction from the starter (one long whistle or verbal command), swimmers shall take their positions without delay, placing at least one foot at the front of the starting blocks, at the side of the pool, or with at least one hand in contact with the wall in their assigned lanes.
When the starter determines it is fair to give the start command, the starter will give the verbal command, "take your mark(s)," upon which swimmers will assume a ready position without delay. Shortly after all swimmers have assumed a ready position, the starter will give the starting signal (a previously designated whistle, horn, or verbal command.) No swimmer shall move forward after assuming the ready position until the starting signal is given.
False start — After assuming the ready position, any forward movement by the swimmer during the starting signal shall be cause for disqualification. The race shall not be interrupted or discontinued for a false start.
Delay of meet — Any swimmer who delays the start without prior permission from the referee shall be disqualified.
Stroke Rules
In the freestyle events, the swimmer may swim any style. Some part of the swimmer's body must touch the wall in order to complete any length of the pool. The swimmer will have finished the race when some part of his body touches the wall at the finish end completing the specified number of lengths of the pool.
BACKSTROKE
A swimmer may stay completely submerged during turns and for a maximum distance of 15 meters following the start and following each turn. The swimmer's head must break the surface of the water prior to the 15 meter mark.
Once the swimmer has broken the surface of the water, the swimmer must swim on his back, without rolling beyond 90 degrees from horizontal, with some part of his body breaking the surface of the water until the swimmer's head passes the backstroke flags as the swimmer approaches the turn or the finish.
Once the swimmer's head passes the backstroke flags as the swimmer approaches the wall, the swimmer may turn past the vertical to the breast and take one continuous single or double arm pull prior to touching the wall. Some part of the swimmer's body must touch the wall in order to complete any length of the pool.
The swimmer will have finished a backstroke race when some part of his body touches the wall at the finish end completing the specified number of lengths of the pool.
A swimmer may stay completely submerged for a maximum distance of 15 meters following the start and following each turn. The swimmer's head must break the surface of the water prior to the 15 meter mark.
Once the swimmer has broken the surface of the water, the swimmer's body must remain on the breast. The swimmer's arms shall move in the same direction relative to the end-walls and in unison. The arms shall be brought forward with both hands breaking the surface and reentering the water every stroke. The legs shall move in the same direction, and in unison.
Approaching the turn, but not the finish, on the last stroke prior to touching the wall, the swimmer may break stroke in order to take no more than one backward pull. Some part of the swimmer's body must touch the wall in order to complete any length of the pool.
The swimmer must touch the wall with both hands to complete the last length of the pool.
BREASTSTROKE
The swimmer's body must remain on the breast. The swimmer's arms shall move in the same direction relative to the end-walls and in unison, with the elbows remaining below the surface of the water. Some part of the swimmer's head shall break the surface of the water prior to the initiation of any forward movement of the hands. Subsequent to the initiation of each backward movement of the hands, the swimmer must initiate one breaststroke kick prior to the initiation of any subsequent backward motion of the hands. On the breaststroke kick, the legs shall move in the same direction relative to the end-walls and in unison with the feet pointed away from each other during the propulsive portion of the kick.
Exceptions: Following the start and the turns, the swimmer may stay completely submerged while taking no more than one stroke initiated prior to no more than one butterfly kick, which may be followed by no more than one breaststroke kick. Some part of the swimmer's head shall break the surface of the water prior to the initiation of any subsequent forward movement of the hands.
INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
The swimmer shall swim one quarter of the specified number of lengths swimming each stroke according to the rules for that stroke in the following order: butterfly, then backstroke, then breaststroke, then some stroke other than the first three, unless the meet information specifies some other order or combination of strokes or both.
The rules for turns for each stroke shall apply to the transition turn from one stroke to another.
RELAYS — All persons swimming a relay must be registered with the same team. Relay events may consist of any combination of two or more swimmers, each assigned to complete a specified number of lengths of the pool by some particular stroke or strokes. Each swimmer must swim his leg of the relay in strict accordance with ASA competition rules.
Unless otherwise noted in the meet information, a swimmer shall only be permitted to swim one leg of any relay.
Unless otherwise specified in the meet information, a relay shall be swum by four swimmers, each swimmer completing without interruption one-fourth the total number of lengths of the event.
After the first swimmer on the relay, each subsequent swimmer shall, at the start of his leg of the race, maintain contact with the starting block, side of the pool, or the wall until the preceding swimmer completes his leg of the race.
Freestyle Relay — Each swimmer shall swim freestyle in accordance to ASA competition rules.
Medley Relay — One swimmer shall swim backstroke exclusively, one swimmer shall swim breaststroke exclusively, one swimmer shall swim butterfly exclusively, and one swimmer shall swim in some style other than the aforementioned strokes, unless the meet information specifies some other order or combination of strokes or both.
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Morning Links: Swift justice in Highland Park DUI hit-and-run case, and protected bike lanes spread across US
November 6, 2015 / bikinginla / Comments Off on Morning Links: Swift justice in Highland Park DUI hit-and-run case, and protected bike lanes spread across US
That was fast.
Less than five months after 33-year old Jose Luna was killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding in a Highland Park crosswalk, the man responsible has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
Alexis Virto was reportedly driving at least 60 mph on North Figueroa Blvd and never braked before he slammed into Luna, severing his leg and carrying him the length of two football fields on the hood of his car as he fled the scene.
He was found bed with his girlfriend a few hours later, still drunk, with glass from the shattered windshield still in his hair.
Virto accepted a plea deal last month, entering a plea of no contest to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in exchange for prosecutors dropping a host of other charges.
Even if he served his full sentence — which is highly unlikely — the 21-year old driver would be just 30 years old when he gets out.
But he’ll have the rest of his life to live with what he did after getting drunk and getting behind the wheel.
Meanwhile, North Figueroa remains one of the city’s deadliest streets, over a year after CD1 Councilmember Gil Cedillo arbitrarily killed a planned road diet while somehow citing safety as the reason to halt the safety project.
Today’s theme seems to be protected bike lanes.
Columbus, Ohio experiments with protected bike lanes by putting up pop-up lanes.
Indianapolis drivers don’t know what to make of the city’s first parking protected bike lane.
Members of the US Congress are pushing for a protected bike lane leading to the Capitol.
And Baltimore officials say a planned protected bike lane will go forward, despite opposition from local NIMPS (Not In My Parking Space).
UCLA cites 13 improvements that helped the campus jump up to silver-level Bicycle Friendly University status, placing it in the top third of bike-friendly colleges nationwide; however, UC Santa Barbara ranks a notch higher with gold status. Needless to say, USC is nowhere to be found on the list.
The LACBC offers highlights from last week’s successful Firefly Ball.
Pasadena’s Open Road bike shop is a one man operation with no employees to help run the 10,000 square foot store; owner Steve Lubanski’s business model focuses on selling accessories rather than bicycles.
BikeSGV is looking for a full-time Active Transportation Data Coordinator to collect, analyze and report information on bicycling and walking in the San Gabriel Valley.
The Santa Monica Bike Center is selling some of their used bikes, including this nifty kid-friendly ride that transforms into stroller. If only it came in a Corgi-compatible model, and I had an extra grand tucked under the mattress.
El Segundo police are looking for the thief who cut a cable lock to steal an $1,800 bicycle. Anyone who thinks $1,800 is a high-end bike hasn’t priced them lately.
The Orange County Transportation Authority warns that a quarter of Orange County bicycling fatalities occur between 6 pm and 10 pm. Which means that three-quarters don’t.
Irvine-based Pedego introduces their first e-powered mountain bike. Whether it can legally be ridden off-road is highly questionable, though.
Laguna Beach cyclists will take a free tour of local backyard chicken coops with the third annual Tour de Coop.
Lake Forest considers a plan to put bike lanes on Saddleback Ranch Road after residents rose up in protest of earlier plans.
Santa Ana will host it’s second annual ciclovía this Sunday, with a belated Day of the Dead theme.
Thousand Oaks’ first ciclovía drew just 2,000 people, most of whom went home as the day grew on.
A Thousand Oaks driver didn’t bother to stop after hitting a deer, but a cyclist who witnessed it did; rider Todd Banks comforted the badly injured animal until help came, while other riders and motorists stopped to call for help and direct traffic.
A lightless Redding bike rider suffered significant head and leg injuries when he reportedly rode out in front of an 88-year old driver.
The Bike League reports those proposed anti-bike amendments to the federal transportation bill went down in flames.
A loophole in Lance’s lifetime ban means he’ll be eligible to compete in triathlons starting next year. When you look at the photo accompanying that story, just remember you can’t spell Speedo without EPO.
A writer for Health Magazine asks if the un-helmeted people who ride New York’s Citi Bike bikeshare bikes have a death wish. Actually, as of last year, no one had been killed riding a bikeshare bike anywhere in the US. But I guess they don’t have Google at the magazine.
Colorado’s governor touts the benefits of bicycling; the bike-friendly state has the lowest obesity rate in the US.
The Grand Rapids newspaper calls the removal of a bike lane in front of a church attended by a city commissioner an abuse of power, and an exercise in how not to run a city.
Feel free to write your own punch line, as a Massachusetts bike rider somehow mistook a Trump for President campaign sign for a bomb.
If you want to meet actual Cubans instead of tourists, just hop on a bike.
Vancouver unanimously rejects a proposal to license cyclists, which means even the counselor who proposed it ended up voting against it.
Calgary police shoot a hit-and-run suspect who deliberately ran down a cyclist, then circled back and drove at officers when they tried to stop him.
A Canadian researcher says mandatory helmet laws may increase bike helmet use, but they do absolutely nothing to improve safety.
Now that’s more like it. A UK cop is fined and given “management advice” for parking in a bike lane, forcing riders out into rush hour traffic.
Evidently, fleeing the scene after hitting a cyclist isn’t enough to take away a Brit cab driver’s license.
Historical photos show how Amsterdam slowly transformed itself from a car-choked city to a bicyclists’ paradise, suggesting other cities can do it, too. Like Los Angeles, for instance.
Not surprisingly, the director of the Tour de France says the Dutch bill for unpaid expenses from the first two stages of last year’s race is baseless and absurdly high.
Take a bike tour of Croatia to visit island vistas and ancient sites, including the birthplace of Marco Polo.
Bombing down a trail in a state park is one thing; finding a WWII hand grenade on the trail is another. Your next high-end bike could be made of plastic.
And what’s the point of striping a new bike lane if you’re just going to plop a Yield to Bikes sign in the middle of it?
Category: Bikes & the Law, Hit-and-Run, Legal Cases, Morning Links / Tags: Alexis Virto, bicycling, Jose Luna, Los Angeles
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A Lesson in Familial Love
All characters are 18 or older.
“Fuck you, Bobby!” Bethany screamed at her brother.
“Fuck you, too!” He shouted back.
Although they were brother and sister, the pair couldn’t have been any more different. Even though Bethany was now a nineteen year old college freshman, she was still just as stuck up as when she’d been in high school. She had been very popular with her shiny blonde hair, sparkling blue eyes, and perfect 36C chest, and she hadn’t ever forgotten it. She was wearing a simple pair of cut-off short shorts and a black spaghetti strap tank top.
Bobby on the other hand was a typical eighteen year old slacker, a senior in high school. While he always completed his assignments, he did so with very little passion and much preferred to just lay around the house and relax. While Bethany was relatively short, only 5’5′, he towered over her at 5’11”. He had shaggy, unkempt brown hair and hazel eyes. He was clad in a simple white t-shirt and pair of blue jeans.
“Give me my fucking phone, you twat!” Bethany shouted, lunging at her brother.
Bobby simply laughed, holding it high out of her reach, keeping his arm extended straight into the air above his head.
“Ask nicely,” he suggested.
“I swear to God, Bobby, if you don’t give me my phone!” She threatened, still shouting.
The front door swung open suddenly, and in came their mother, Shirley.
Shirley was only in her mid 40s, but in great shape. She had the same blonde hair and blue eyes as her daughter, and was about the same height, but curvier. The major difference though was her breasts, which were substantially bigger 38DD’s. They were barely held back by the floral-pattern sundress she was wearing. Her legs were clad in sheer black stockings, and on her feet were a pair of sensible white two-inch pumps.
“Mom!” Bethany pouted, “Bobby is being a dick! He won’t give me my phone!”
Shirley sighed and rolled her eyes. She tossed her keys on the table and crossed her arms over her chest, staring at her offspring.
“You two still fight like children. Aren’t you ever going to grow up?” She asked with a sigh.
“It’s his fault. He’s such a lazy asshole and he just loves to fuck with me and press my buttons!” Bethany shouted.
“It’s not my fault you get worked up so easily. And if you weren’t being so annoying on this thing I might give it back. All you do is talk about dick with your girlfriends.”
“That is not true! You prick!” Bethany’s cheeks were turning red.
“Enough!” Shirley suddenly shouted. She walked over, her heels clicking on the hardwood floor, and grabbed Bobby’s arm. She yanked it down and pried the phone from his hand.
Bethany smiled triumphantly, holding out her hand while simultaneously sticking her tongue out at her brother. To her surprise though, Shirley slid the phone into her purse.
“No. I’m sick of this. Both of you, upstairs now! Go to my room while I think. I’ll be there shortly. And if I hear a peep out of either one of you, you’ll regret it.”
Bobby and Bethany stared daggers at each other but nevertheless ascended the stairs in silence, making their way to Shirley’s room. Bobby opened the door and feigned a polite curtsy, allowing Bethany to enter first. She rolled her eyes and walked into the bedroom, leaning against the dresser. Bobby sauntered over to the bed and fell back onto it, folding his hands under his head and staring at the ceiling, whistling happily.
Bethany stared at her brother, narrowing her eyes.
“You are so goddamn annoying,” she whispered.
“What was that? I didn’t quite catch it,” he replied with a grin, clearly trying to egg her on.
“Fucking asshole,” Bethany sighed, rolling her eyes once more.
She began to absentmindedly pick at her nails, which were painted a vibrant hot pink. She shook her head, wanting nothing more than to punch her brother in the mouth. Bobby just continued to lay on the bed, whistling jovially just to aggravate Bethany.
Downstairs, Shirley paced back and forth in the living room, thinking. Her children had fought for ages, and she thought maybe once Bethany had started college the battles would wane, but every time she came home for a visit they seemed to pick right back up from where they left off. Bobby absolutely loved to annoy her, but she didn’t make it any better by being extremely combative to anything he said or did.
She was at her wits end. She was tired of the fighting, the constant bickering and yelling. She had had her fill of that with her husband, their father, before eventually getting a divorce several years prior. Thinking back to her husband though, a sudden idea struck her.
She hadn’t been with anyone since her divorce. She hadn’t even gone on a single date. She spent many nights alone locked in her bedroom, quietly self-medicating so that her children wouldn’t hear. For the first time in her life though, she began to think of them as adults.
Though Bobby had a rather shaggy appearance, he was still bedava bahis devilishly handsome, just as his father had been. And Bethany was every frat boys’ dream; long blonde hair, blue eyes, slender figure, perfectly smooth skin and breasts. She stopped pacing and looked down, deep in thought. What she was beginning to consider was wrong, and she knew it. But at the same time, perhaps it was just what her kids needed to start getting along. With a deep breath, she made up her mind and began climbing the stairs.
Upon entering her bedroom, she gave both of her children a firm look and pointed to the foot of the bed.
“Both of you on your feet, right there, now.”
Bethany and Bobby both sighed but did as instructed, moving to stand at the foot of the bed, facing their mother.
“Bethany, take off your brother’s shirt.”
Bethany raised a brow.
“Uh…what?” She asked, disbelieving.
“You heard me. Do it.”
“But mom-“
“But nothing! Do as I say or so help me I’ll take you over my knee just like I did when you were little.”
Bobby was all smiles, trying to hold back his laughter. Bethany clicked her tongue, annoyed, and turned to face her brother. He blew her a teasing smooch and she had to resist the sudden urge to sock him. Retaining her composure for the time being, she grabbed the hem of his t-shirt and yanked it up roughly, throwing it into the corner of the room.
“There,” she said, her voice seething.
“Good. Now Bobby, take off her tank top.”
“What?” Bobby and Bethany asked in unison.
“Do it,” Shirley said firmly, narrowing her eyes menacingly.
Bobby again was smiling, but Bethany looked disgusted. She shook her head in frustration as Bobby slowly slid the garment from her torso, tossing it in the same corner where his shirt now resided, leaving her pert breasts covered by just a black bra.
“Now each others pants,” Shirley continued, licking her lips.
Bobby and Bethany gave each other an unsure look now. This time it was Bobby to question her.
“Uh…mom…where are you going with this?”
“I’m only going to ask you once more,” she replied firmly.
Bobby gulped and turned to his sister. While he’d been enjoying the torment up to this point, this somehow seemed different. Then again, they’d seen each other in their swimwear before, and how different was it really? Bethany rolled her eyes and reached forward, unbuttoning his jeans and tugging them down, leaving him in just a pair of navy blue boxers. He stepped out of his pants and then unbuttoned her short shorts. She wiggled her shapely ass out of them and let them fall to her ankles, revealing a pair of black panties that matched her bra. She stepped out of her shorts and kicked them aside, turning back to face Shirley and crossing her arms over her chest.
“Are we done yet?”
“Kiss your brother,” Shirley demanded simply.
Bethany turned to Bobby and gave him a quick peck on the cheek before returning her gaze to her mother.
“You know what I meant,” Shirley said, a bit of anger creeping into her voice.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Bethany groaned. She turned to Bobby, who looked rather unsure. He seemed to have lost his usual confidence in constantly aggravating her, and appeared altogether nervous at standing in front of his sister and mother in nothing but his underwear.
Bethany took a step closer to Bobby and stood on her tip toes to cover the height disparity, pressing her soft lips to his. He in turn bent his head down, and could taste just a hint of her strawberry lip gloss. The flavor was pleasant but something about the kiss felt so wrong. This was his sister, after all. At the same time though, he felt a twitch in his boxers and his cheeks turned a dark shade of red at the realization that he was, on some level, enjoying this.
Bethany pulled back, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.
“There. We kissed and made up. Can I go now?”
“Oh you haven’t made up yet. You two have years to make up for. The fighting stops today, I’m making damn sure of it.”
Shirley slid the straps of her dress off her shoulders and let it fall to the floor. Bethany and Bobby’s jaws both dropped as they now witnessed their mother standing before them, wearing a simple white lace bra and matching thong, as well as her heels and black thigh high stockings. Bobby felt his cock give another twitch and he shyly folded his hands over his crotch, trying to hide the growing bulge.
“Now I want you to take off each others underwear,” Shirley said in a voice that was becoming sultrier by the second.
“Mom, this is not okay!” Bethany shouted.
Rather than shout back, Shirley calmly walked over to her nightstand and opened the top drawer. From it she pulled a thick, veiny flesh-colored dildo, 12 inches long.
“The next one of you to disobey me will have this inside their ass. All the way inside.” She set the toy on top of the nightstand so that it stood bedava bonus straight up, and gave both of her children a serious look.
Bobby and Bethany looked from the toy to each other, in total disbelief at their mother’s actions.
“I can’t believe this is happening…” Bobby whispered to her.
“Do you think she’d really…” Bethany trailed off, her eyes locking on the toy.
“I don’t want to find out,” Bobby whispered back.
“Let’s just get this over with,” Bethany sighed.
She turned to her brother and grabbed the sides of his boxers, sliding them down his thighs until they fell down the rest of the way on their own. Bobby kicked them to the growing pile of discarded clothing in the corner and folded his hands over his already half-erect member.
“C’mon,” Bethany whispered to him, impatiently waiting for him to finish undressing her. Her eyes darted nervously to the toy looming on the nightstand.
“Alright alright,” he responded sheepishly.
Bobby finally lifted his hands and slid the straps of his sister’s bra down her shoulders. Then he gripped the cups and pulled the entire thing down, revealing her beautiful young breasts. Now that it was around her midsection, he spun it around so that the clasp was in the front, unhooking it and letting it fall away.
He couldn’t help but stare at her exposed chest. Her breasts were so perfectly rounded and perky, and she had bright pink nipples in the centers, not too big, not too small. His cock was now fully erect and he knew there was no way to hide it. He still felt guilty that this was his sister, but what choice did he have?
Bethany noticed he’d gone hard as well. At first she felt disgusted. This was her brother after all. But the more she thought about it, beneath that shaggy exterior was a handsome guy. And she guessed that he had to be about eight inches long. She’d never seen one so big, and she found her mind wandering.
Shirley cleared her throat impatiently. Both of her children gave a jump as they realized they’d been staring at each other. Bethany raised a brow and tilted her head, signaling for her brother to finish undressing her. He obliged without any further hesitation, pulling her panties down her legs. She stepped out of them and then picked them up, as well as her bra, and threw them into the clothes pile in the corner. Again she crossed her arms over her chest, sneering at their mother.
Shirley now saw just how good looking both of her kids were. Bethany was a gorgeous slender blonde with perfect tits, and her son was hung better than their father. She licked her lips excitedly.
“Kiss again. Really get into it this time. I want to see some passion. You’re brother and sister so you need to really love each other.”
Bobby faltered again. As beautiful as Bethany was, he couldn’t get over the fact that this was sister, who up until this point he’d taken every pleasure in tormenting and teasing. Bethany on the other hand was not willing to risk having her ass filled to the brim with a giant dildo.
She practically lunged at Bobby, knocking him back over onto the bed. She lay on top of him and he could feel her breasts pressing against his chest, and was surprised by just how soft they felt. Bethany pressed her lips to his and he parted them without even thinking, allowing her tongue to snake inside. Her shimmery strands of hair tickled his face as Bobby let his sister kiss him deeply.
The shame of this being his sister was rapidly beginning to wane as he realized just how good this all felt. Her soft, supple body pressed against his, perfect breasts pinning him to the bed as her wet, wriggling tongue played with his own, her soft lips locked against his. He could still taste her strawberry lip gloss and he was thoroughly enjoying it.
Bethany was trying to lock the fact that this was her brother out of her brain, but to no avail. She knew this was Bobby, the one she’d argued and fought with for years. But now here she was laying naked on top of him, making out with him as passionately as she would a boyfriend. It felt wrong in so many ways but a small part of it felt right.
Suddenly, Shirley spoke up. She was still watching them intently.
“Bobby, I want you to go down on your sister now. Let her really know how much you love her, how much you’re sorry for always picking on her.”
Bethany finally broke the kiss and smiled sweetly down to her brother, feeling triumphant in the fact that he had to please her first. She rolled off of him and lay on her back invitingly.
Bobby rolled on top of her and finally did what he’d wanted to do since taking her bra off. He cupped both of her breasts, groping and squeezing the soft orbs. He then lowered his head and wrapped his lips around her nipple, suckling on it while keeping her other breast firmly in his hand. Both of her nipples immediately hardened, and she was having trouble coming to terms with how turned on she was as a result.
Bobby kissed across her chest to the deneme bonusu other breast, taking the other nipple between his lips. He gently grazed it with his teeth, while running the other between his thumb and finger, pinching it lightly. Bethany felt herself growing wetter, but she wasn’t the only one.
Shirley watched as her son began fondling and suckling on her daughter’s breasts. She was thoroughly turned on at the sight, and wondered why she hadn’t made them do this a long time ago. Rather than fighting they were loving each other. No yelling, no name-calling, just unadulterated family fun. She realized she was still overdressed for the occasion and reached behind her, unclasping her bra and letting it fall to the floor. She then quickly discarded her panties so that she now stood there feet away from her children in only heels and stockings. She began to grope and fondle her own breasts as she watched Bobby do the same to Bethany’s.
Bobby felt like he could stay between his sister’s breasts for an eternity, but he knew something even better awaited. Because of this he tore himself away from her heaving bosom and slid down her body, coming to rest between her legs. For the first time in his life, he had a prime view of his sister’s pussy. The lips were bright pink and already glistening, with not a single hair anywhere in sight.
He inhaled deeply and a shiver went down his spine. The fragrance was something immensely enjoyable, but it only made him wonder about the taste. Not wasting another second, he lowered his head and pressed his lips to her slit, kissing it softly. He got just the slightest hint of her nectar, a pleasant bittersweet flavor.
He then opened his mouth wide and stuck out his tongue, running it from her hole all the way to her clit. Bethany bit her lip to stifle a moan, but she couldn’t deny how good it felt. Bobby repeated this several times, making her lips wet with a combination of her own fluids and his saliva. He realized that he wanted to get a better taste though, and so he drove his tongue into her hole as deeply as it would go. This time Bethany couldn’t help but let out a quiet little moan.
He immediately got a stronger essence washing over his wriggling muscle. He loved it. She tasted better than anything else he’d ever had in his life. He continued to drive his tongue deeply into her, scooping out her nectar with each pass. He was tongue-fucking his sister so deeply that his nose rested upon her clit, and his warm breath washing over it just gave her another facet of pleasure.
Shirley was soaking wet watching her son eat out her daughter. She kept one hand firmly locked on her breast and thrust the other between her legs. She inserted a finger into her sopping pussy and then placed it on her clit, rubbing it in circles with her moist digit. She leaned against the dresser and moaned.
“I’m gonna cum,” Bethany suddenly whispered. She began fondling her breasts, lifting her head so she could watch her brother eat her out.
This spurned Bobby on. He slowly slid his tongue from her crevice and back up her slit, finally arriving at the sensitive little bud. He wrapped his lips around it and began to suckle, occasionally grazing it with his teeth. Bethany arched her back, shoving her pussy into her brother’s face as her orgasm washed over her.
“Oh god Bobby, you’re good at that,” she said between breaths.
“Mmmm. See there. You’re already giving out compliments rather than insults. Your turn now, Bethany. Show your brother you love him,” Shirley said in a seductive tone, still feverishly rubbing her clit.
Bobby and Bethany quickly traded places. He climbed up and laid down on his back while Bethany slid down the bed and settled between her brother’s legs. He was still rock hard, and she spotted a translucent drop of fluid at the tip. She parted her lips and flicked her tongue across it, gathering up the little bead of precum. As the flavor flowed over her tastebuds she moaned. It was salty but not overly so, and she began to wonder what the real thing tasted like.
She wrapped her lips around his achingly hard shaft and slid them all the way down. Bobby’s eyes widened as he witnessed his sister swallow his cock in one fluid motion. Her mouth was so warm and wet, and he could feel the head at the very back of her throat. She didn’t even gag.
She slowly slid her lips back up until only a few inches remained in between and then descended again. ‘I can’t believe I’m blowing my brother,’ she thought to herself as she began to bob her head faster with every stroke. ‘He’s so big though,’ she reminded herself as well, taking his cock once more into her throat and letting it rest there for a few seconds before coming up for air.
“My baby girl is quite the little cocksucker,” Shirley said with a grin.
Bethany lifted her head to glare at their mother. Saliva was running down the corner of her mouth. “Mom!”
“Oh you know you are. Take it as a compliment.”
Bethany thought to argue but then realized she was right. She did enjoy dick. She just never thought she’d be sucking her brother’s. The situation was what it was however, and so she took his length into her awaiting mouth once again, sliding her soft lips up and down the entire thing as Bobby moaned out loud.
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Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero (eBOOK)
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Overview:Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero - The World Cup Finals, Sweden 1958. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR.In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books alongside the game's greatest players, men like Pele, Di Stefano, Puskas and Maradona. Brazil went on to win the cup, and in Garrincha, a star was born. Garrincha was the unlikeliest of footballers - with a right leg that turned inwards and a left that turned out, he looked as if he could barely walk, but with a ball at his feet he had the poise of an angel. He played for the love of the game, uninterested in money, and ignoring tactical advice. And he was as wild off the pitch as he was mesmerising on it - mischievous, audacious and dripping with sex appeal.It was his affair and subsequent marriage to the singer Elza Soares that caught the imagination of a nation - their mouth-watering combination of soccer and samba made them the toast of 1960s Rio. But by the age of forty-nine, Garrincha was dead, destroyed by the excesses that made him so compelling. 'Funny and moving, zealously researched and lovingly told' Daily Telegraph
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Non-contact ACL injuries in female athletes: an International Olympic Committee current concepts statement
P Renstrom1,
A Ljungqvist2,
E Arendt3,
B Beynnon4,
T Fukubayashi5,
W Garrett6,
T Georgoulis7,
T E Hewett8,
R Johnson4,
T Krosshaug9,
B Mandelbaum10,
L Micheli11,
G Myklebust9,
E Roos12,
H Roos13,
P Schamasch14,
S Shultz15,
S Werner16,
E Wojtys17,
L Engebretsen18
IOC Medical Commission and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
IOC Medical Commission, Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Orthopedics, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Vermont, USA
Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Waseda, Tokyo, Japan
Sports Medicine Centre, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Cincinnati Children’s Sports Medicine Biomechanics Centre, Human Performance Laboratory, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway
Chivas USA and LA Galaxy, Pepperdine University, FIFA Medical Committee, FMARC Member, Malibu, California, USA
Harvard Medical School Division of Sports Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA
Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
IOC Medical and Scientific Department, Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Exercise and Sports Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Medsport, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA
Scientific Activities IOC and Orthopaedic Center, Ullevaal University Hospital and Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Oslo, Norway
Professor Emeritus Per Renström, Flötviksvägen 51, Hässelby, 16572 Sweden; per.renstrom{at}telia.com
The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury remains high in young athletes. Because female athletes have a much higher incidence of ACL injuries in sports such as basketball and team handball than male athletes, the IOC Medical Commission invited a multidisciplinary group of ACL expert clinicians and scientists to (1) review current evidence including data from the new Scandinavian ACL registries; (2) critically evaluate high-quality studies of injury mechanics; (3) consider the key elements of successful prevention programmes; (4) summarise clinical management including surgery and conservative management; and (5) identify areas for further research. Risk factors for female athletes suffering ACL injury include: (1) being in the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle compared with the postovulatory phase; (2) having decreased intercondylar notch width on plain radiography; and (3) developing increased knee abduction moment (a valgus intersegmental torque) during impact on landing. Well-designed injury prevention programmes reduce the risk of ACL for athletes, particularly women. These programmes attempt to alter dynamic loading of the tibiofemoral joint through neuromuscular and proprioceptive training. They emphasise proper landing and cutting techniques. This includes landing softly on the forefoot and rolling back to the rearfoot, engaging knee and hip flexion and, where possible, landing on two feet. Players are trained to avoid excessive dynamic valgus of the knee and to focus on the “knee over toe position” when cutting.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2008.048934
The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury remains high, especially in young athletes aged 14–19 years. In spite of the fact that some successful prevention programmes have been introduced, ACL injury continues to be the largest single problem in orthopaedic sports medicine, with the incidence of non-contact ACL tears being much higher in female athletes in sports such as basketball and team handball than in male athletes.
As ACL injury remains a significant problem, especially in young female athletes, procedures for improved prevention and management are needed. The mechanism of ACL injury is an important focus of discussion, as an ACL tear is more often a non-contact event with a deceleration or a change of direction manoeuvre than a contact or direct blow injury. A prophylactic neuromuscular and proprioceptive training programme may reduce the number of ACL injuries in female athletes.
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge stated in 2001 that “the most important goal of the IOC Medical Commission is to protect the health of the athlete”. The IOC Medical Commission therefore invited a group of physicians, physical therapists, biomechanists and scientists active in ACL research to review current evidence relating to risk factors, prevention programmes and the need for further research concerning non-contact ACL injury in young female athletes.
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURIES
The incidence of ACL injuries in the sporting population has been estimated from a variety of sources including data on surgical reconstructions. Three national ACL surgical registries have been established (Norway 2004, Denmark 2005 and Sweden 2006)1 to gather information on the details of ACL surgery and to monitor the outcomes of this surgery. Information is gathered through a registration form completed by the surgeon postoperatively. From these registries we can estimate an incidence of ACL injury, although this number under-represents the true incidence as non-operative ACL injuries are not captured.
From the Norwegian data, a total of 2793 primary ACL ligament reconstruction operations were registered by 57 hospitals during 18 months. This corresponds to an annual population incidence of primary ACL reconstruction surgeries of 34 per 100 000 citizens (85 per 100 000 citizens in the main at-risk age group of 16–39 years). The number of ACL operations differs between the sexes in the second decade of life, with females having the most ACL reconstructions in the 15–19-year age group (fig 1).1
Figure 1 Distribution of patients in the Norwegian National Knee Ligament Registry by age and sex.
In looking at a possible difference between the sexes, in 2005–6 the Swedish Registry found a higher proportion of both primary ACL reconstructions and revisions in men than in women (59% vs 41% and 55% vs 45%, respectively). In an active German population the overall incidence was 70 per 100 000 citizens in the more physically active proportion of the population.2 In Sweden the incidence of ACL injury in the population aged 10–64 years was 81 per 100 000 citizens.2
ACL injuries: select sports
Looking at the ACL injury rates produced in select sports, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Injury Surveillance System (ISS) provides us with a unique 16-year sample of 15 sports across a college age group (typically 18–23 years).3 The ISS is a collection of data from representative colleges and universities (15% on average) and is not a registry. Approximately 5000 ACL injuries were reported over 16 years, producing an average of 313 injuries per year in the sample. Assuming the sample represents 15% of the total population, this equates to an average of more than 2000 ACL injuries in these 15 activities per year. If the number of reported injuries is considered, American football produced the greatest number of ACL injuries. However, if ACL injuries are ranked as a percentage of ACL injuries on a team compared with all injuries on that team, female sports dominate the list (female football/soccer, female lacrosse, female gymnastics and female basketball; fig 2A). If the ACL injury rate per 1000 exposures is considered, female gymnastics rate first with men’s spring American football second, closely followed by female football/soccer, female basketball and men’s in-season American football (fig 2B).
Figure 2 Occurrence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury expressed as (A) a percentage of all injuries and (B) the rate per 1000 exposures (games and practices combined, 1988–9 through 2003–4).
Taken as a whole, the most common mechanism of ACL injuries for the sports commonly associated with this injury was non-contact in nature. The exceptions were men’s American football, men’s ice hockey and men’s wrestling.
The NCAA data report exposures as one session of sport (either practice or play) and do not record exposure in terms of hours. In this data set, the largest difference in injury rate (injury/athletic exposure ×1000) between the sexes was in football/soccer (females twice that of men) and basketball (females three times that of men). Despite significant changes in the pace of the game of football/soccer and basketball and the improvement in sport-specific skills of females in general, the rate of non-contact ACL injury has remained stable over the 16-year period of NCAA data collection.4
For the age group slightly younger than college level (14–18 years), the rate of non-contact ACL injuries in soccer was twice as high in females as in males. For basketball the rate of injury in the younger female age group is the highest—nearly four times that of males. The ratio of male to female injuries decreases slightly at the college level and approximates 1 at the professional level (table 1).
Table 1 Rate of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries relative to age
There are no consistent data regarding differences between the sexes in the incidence of ACL injuries in recreational skiing, but female competitive alpine skiers have an incidence rate twice that of male competitive alpine racers.5 Other studies have reported that recreational skiers have the highest incidence of injuries while expert skiers have the lowest incidence.6
The best longitudinal data in this sport are from a 34-year case-control study in a single ski area in northern Vermont. During this time there were 6 780 940 skier visits and these were associated with 18 692 injuries, of which 2539 (14%) were ACL tears. Since 1991 there has been a 40% decrease in the rate of ACL injuries, with the incidence at the present time being one ACL injury per 3101 skier visits. Women constituted 40% of the control population but suffered 63% of all ACL injuries. The risk ratio for women sustaining ACL injuries averaged 2.5 times that of men in the time period of this study.5
Several studies have reported the incidence of ACL injuries in team handball. A retrospective study found that the incidence of ACL injury was highest in women playing at the top level (0.82 ACL injuries/1000 playing hours) compared with 0.31 injuries/1000 playing hours in men. The relatively high incidence of ACL injuries in female players—particularly elite players—has been confirmed by later prospective studies.6 7 The highest incidence of ACL injuries occurred in female elite handball in Norway with 2.29 ACL injuries/1000 match hours. The incidence of ACL injury is high in team handball compared with other team sports such as football/soccer, basketball and volleyball. However, a direct comparison between the studies is difficult because different methods were used to collect and analyse the data and the way in which the incidence of ACL injuries was reported was inconsistent. Some report the number of injuries per 1000 playing hours while others report the number of ACL injuries/1000 athlete exposures. Nevertheless, all studies have found that women have a higher incidence of ACL injuries than men.
The incidence rate of ACL injuries in all sports studied appears to be significantly greater during competition than during training and this finding is consistent among sports.6
RISK FACTORS FOR ACL INJURY
The fundamental basis for knee trauma prevention research is that injuries are not random events; instead they occur in patterns that reflect underlying causes. Understanding the underlying causes—or risk factors—for one of the more severe sports-related knee injuries—an ACL disruption—is important for the development of intervention strategies and for identifying those at increased risk of injury. This provides a target group for intervention.
The risk factors for ACL injury have been considered as either internal or external to an individual. External risk factors include type of competition, footwear and surface, and environmental conditions. Internal risk factors include anatomical, hormonal and neuromuscular risk factors.
External risk factors
Competition in games versus practice
Very little is known about the effect of type of competition on the risk of an athlete suffering ACL injury. Myklebust et al8 reported that athletes are at a higher risk of suffering an ACL injury during a game than during practice. This finding introduces the hypothesis that the level of competition, the way in which an athlete competes, or some combination of the two increases an athlete’s risk of suffering an ACL injury.
Footwear and playing surface
Although increasing the coefficient of friction between the sports shoe and playing surface may improve traction and sports performance, it also has the potential to increase the risk of injury to the ACL. Lambson et al9 found that the risk of suffering an ACL injury is greater in football athletes who have boots with a higher number of cleats and an associated higher torsional resistance at the foot-turf interface. Olsen et al10 reported that the risk of suffering an ACL injury is greater in female team handball athletes who compete on artificial floors that have a higher torsional resistance at the foot-floor interface than in those who compete on wood floors. This relationship did not exist for male athletes.
Functional bracing appears to protect the ACL-deficient knee of alpine skiers from repeated injury; however, the effect of these braces on an ACL graft is inconclusive and requires more study. Kocher et al11 studied professional skiers with ACL-deficient knees and found a greater risk of knee injury in those who did not wear a functional brace than in those who did use a brace (risk ratio 6.4). McDevitt et al12 performed a randomised controlled study of the use of functional braces in cadets attending the US military academies who underwent ACL reconstruction. At the 1-year follow-up the use of functional bracing did not affect the rate of ACL graft re-injury. It is important to point out that there were only three injuries among those in the unbraced group and two injuries in the braced group. This was an impressive study that required considerable work, and a larger sample size that produces more re-injuries may carry with it the capability to determine whether or not functional bracing can reduce the likelihood of ACL graft injury.
Meteorological conditions
For sports that are played on natural or artificial turf, the mechanical interface between the foot and playing surface is highly dependent on the meteorological conditions. However, very little is known about the effect of these variables on an athlete’s risk of suffering an ACL injury. Orchard et al13 reported that non-contact ACL injuries sustained during Australian football were more common during periods of low rainfall and high evaporation. This work introduces the hypothesis that meteorological conditions have a direct effect on the mechanical interface (or traction) between the shoe and playing surface, and this in turn has a direct effect on the likelihood of an athlete suffering an ACL injury.
Summary and future directions for external risk factors
The evidence regarding an athlete’s complete external and internal risk factor profile for ACL injury is unclear because most of the investigations have studied isolated variables. Only the investigation by Uhorchack et al14 used a multivariate approach to establish a selection of risk factors that are associated with an athlete’s risk of suffering an ACL tear.
Very little is known about the effect of sport-specific factors (eg, rules, referees, coaching), meteorological conditions (eg, traction at the shoe-surface interface), playing surfaces and protective equipment on the risk of suffering an ACL injury. These potential risk factors merit further investigation.
Little is known about the effect of age, athleticism, skill level, psychological characteristics and prior knee injury as risk factors for ACL injury. For example, almost everything that is known about the incidence rate of ACL injuries in specific sports has come from studies performed in precollegiate (high school) and collegiate athletes. There are very few data on the incidence of ACL disruptions in subjects that are younger or older then this narrow age group and, consequently, the effect of age on the likelihood of suffering an ACL tear is not well understood.
Internal risk factors
Anatomical risk factors
Abnormal posture and lower extremity alignment (eg, hip, knee and ankle) may predispose an individual to ACL injury by contributing to increased ACL strain values; alignment of the entire lower extremity should therefore be considered when assessing risk factors for ACL injury. Unfortunately, very few studies have studied alignment of the entire lower extremity and determined how it is related to the risk of ACL injury. Most of what is known has come from investigations of specific anatomical measures.
Notch size and ACL geometry
The dimensions of the intercondylar notch have been the most discussed anatomical feature in the published literature in relation to acute ACL injuries. Geometric differences in the size and shape of the ACL have not been well characterised. In general, studies on ACL geometry and notch dimensions are difficult to interpret because of the lack of standardised methods to obtain the data. Despite the number of methods for measuring the notch, notch width measurement of bilateral knees with ACL injury is smaller than that of unilateral knees with ACL injury, and notch widths of bilateral and unilateral knees with injury to the ACL is smaller than notch widths of normal controls. This implies a strong association between notch width and ACL injury.15
In trying to understand the relationship between a small notch and the risk of ACL injury, the size of the ACL has been reviewed. Methods to determine both notch size and ACL dimensions include radiographic, MRI and photographic techniques. Despite these differences, recent reports have concluded that the ACL is geometrically smaller in women than in men when normalised by body mass index. The properties of the ACL material may differ between the sexes, and there might be an additional link to the association between notch width/ACL size and ACL injury.
Posterior tibial slope
A highly significant correlation has been reported between the posterior inferior tibial slope and anterior tibial translation.15 It is well known in the veterinary literature that tibial plateau levelling osteotomies are of value for the treatment of cranial cruciate ligament ruptures.16 Although two small studies did not find a relationship between non-contact ACL injuries and the caudal slope of the tibia,15 17 there is new evidence to suggest that more specific measurement of the lateral tibial slope angle by MRI might be of value. One recent case-control study18 suggested that subjects with ACL-deficient knees had a significantly greater slope of the lateral tibial plateau and a lower slope of the medial tibial plateau than a control group. This paper suggests that the tibial slope of the medial and lateral condyle should be compared separately.18 The causal relationship between the posterior slope of the tibial plateau and ACL injury, pivot shift grade, risk of re-injury and potential risk of arthritis remain areas for future research.
Summary and future directions for anatomical risk factors
Although there is good evidence to suggest an association between a smaller width of the intracondylar notch and an increased risk of ACL injury and, on average, females have smaller notches than males, the causal relationship between the two are probably related to a smaller notch housing a smaller ACL.
The internal-external rotatory laxity of the tibia relative to the femur is difficult to measure. There is a spectrum of biological variation and the threshold between normal and pathological behaviour is not known. Its role in ACL injury and its consequences remain unknown.
Anatomical risk factors may not be easy to correct; however, it is important to understand them if we are to be able to identify those at increased risk of an ACL injury.
Hormonal risk factors
Structure and mechanical properties of the ACL
Studies characterising the structure and mechanical properties of the ACL indicate that women have smaller ACLs that may have lower tensile linear stiffness, are characterised by less elongation at failure and lower energy absorption and load at failure than men.19 20 These differences are not explained entirely by dimensional characteristics (ie, difference in size between men and women). This is supported by similar sex differences in the structure and mechanical properties (greater elongation, greater strain and lower stiffness in women) of the medial gastrocnemius21 and patellar22 tendons, which are also not explained entirely by anatomical differences and tendon size.
At the more macroscopic level, women also have greater tibiofemoral joint laxity (ie, anterior knee laxity, genu recurvatum) and lower joint resistance to translation and rotation.23–27 These differences are not limited to the sagittal plane but are also reflected in frontal and transverse plane motion.28–30 Together, these findings indicate that a broad physiological mechanism (eg, hormone control, differences in articular geometry, collagen turnover) may explain these sex differences, which have been implicated in ACL injury.
Although the causes/mechanisms of these sex differences are not well understood, the identification of sex hormone receptors (eg, oestrogen, testosterone, relaxin) on the human ACL31–34 has prompted studies of the potential of sex hormones to affect the structure, metabolism and mechanical properties of the ACL. To date, no specific mechanism has been identified by which hormones influence the biology and physiology of the ACL, but there is enough evidence to suggest that hormones are significant factors in the normal biology and physiology of collagen, muscle and bone.
The conflicting findings to date are in large part due to our poor understanding of this complex system, and unfortunately the various models used to examine these relationships are often not directly comparable. To understand the full effects of hormones on soft tissue and ACL injury, researchers must:
Consider the effects of oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone (at a minimum) on knee injuries in regularly menstruating, physically active women. The relevance of various animal studies (because of their physiological differences, oestrus cycles) are of unknown significance to the human ACL and other soft tissues.15
Account for the individual variability in hormone profiles and thus their effects (eg, injury, laxity and other soft tissue differences). This individual variability is significant and methods (especially sampling techniques) used to examine such parameters of menstrual cycle phase and hormone levels must reflect this complexity. Although the questionnaire-based method of characterising “phasing” of the menstrual cycle is convenient, it does not provide an accurate representation of a female’s hormone milieu.35 Further, studies that examine joint laxity, muscle properties and biomechanics at a single time point per cycle phase are not adequate to identify the parameters of interest, and this approach does not reflect the complexity of the variations in the magnitude, timing and relative phasing of hormone changes across the female menstrual cycle, even among women who have a “normal” 28-day cycle.36 In addition, the effects of hormones are not immediate but occur with a time delay. It is therefore important to capture the hormone profile on days leading up to injury or testing.
Understand how normal training, competition and stress (injury, environment, etc) alter the female hormone milieu and their ultimate effects on musculoskeletal tissue.
Realise that the effects of hormones and their ultimate effects on soft tissue structures are on a continuum. Oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone are present in both men and women, with concentrations of individual hormones varying widely both within and between sexes. Similarly, men and women vary widely in joint behaviour (joint laxity and stiffness) and neuromuscular control. Although women are, on average, more prone to these extremes, men also experience large variations.
It is clear that there are sex differences in muscle performance. It is well accepted that mechanical loading will affect the biology and physiology of tendons and ligaments. However, the extent to which absolute hormone concentrations or variations across the cycle augment or inhibit tissue remodelling in response to mechanical stress is yet to be understood.
ACL injury and the menstrual cycle
There appears to be a consensus emerging from the literature that the likelihood of incurring an ACL injury does not remain constant during the menstrual cycle, with a significantly greater risk during the preovulatory phase than during the postovulatory phase. Initial work by Wojtys et al35 used self-reported menstrual history data to characterise the menstrual status of a subject at the time of injury and demonstrated a significantly greater prevalence of non-contact ACL injuries among women athletes during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle. In a subsequent study by the same group,37 urine levels of oestrogen, progesterone and luteinising hormone metabolites were used to characterise a subject’s menstrual status at the time of injury. This confirmed that significantly more ACL injuries occurred during days 9–14 of a 28-day cycle with fewer injuries than expected during the postovulatory phase (defined as day 15 to the end of the cycle). Arendt et al38 found that female athletes were at increased risk of suffering an ACL injury during the preovulatory phase of their menstrual cycle compared with the postovulatory phase. Slauterbeck et al39 also reported a disproportionally greater number of ACL injuries during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle, with fewer injuries occurring as the cycle progressed. In a study of recreational alpine skiers, serum concentrations of progesterone and oestradiol were used to stage the phase of a skier’s menstrual cycle at the time of ACL injury.40 Skiers in the preovulatory phase of their menstrual cycle were significantly more likely to suffer an ACL tear than those in the postovulatory phase (odds ratio 3.22). A comparison between this investigation and the previous study by Wojtys et al revealed a striking similarity. In the study of recreational alpine skiers, 74% of the women with ACL injuries were in the preovulatory phase of their menstrual cycle and 26% were in the postovulatory phase. Likewise, Wojtys et al37 found that 72.5% of the women not using oral contraception experienced ACL injuries during the preovulatory phase of their menstrual cycle compared with 27.5% during the postovulatory phase. In contrast, Myklebust et al8 studied competitive European team handball players over 3 years and found an increased risk of ACL injury during the week before or just after the onset of menstruation.
The stabilising effect of oral contraceptives on the female hormone profile and our understanding of their ultimate impact (both acute and chronic) on soft tissue behaviour, injury or performance is yet to be defined. It is important to realise that the type (ie, progesterone only versus combined oestrogen and progesterone compounds) and dosage varies widely among oral contraceptives, and both endogenous and exogenous levels must be accounted for. There is no conclusive evidence that oral contraceptives have a protective effect specifically against ACL injury.
Summary of hormonal risk factors
Women have smaller ACLs that may have lower linear stiffness, less elongation at failure and lower energy absorption and load at failure compared with men. Women also have greater joint laxity and decreased muscular stiffness. While the specific causes/mechanisms for these sex differences are not well understood, hormonal involvement is implicated as they extend beyond pure anatomical differences.
Research to date suggests that oestrogen alone is probably not responsible for changes in the structure, metabolism and mechanical properties of the ACL as interactions with cyclic loading and other hormones appear to alter the effects of oestradiol. However, the role of other sex hormones (eg, relaxin, progesterone, testosterone) in the biology and pathology of the ACL are poorly understood.
Although animal studies have improved our understanding of the effects of hormones on the mechanical and metabolic properties of the ACL, their clinical relevance to the human ACL is questionable.
Hormone profiles vary widely among women with regard to the timing, phasing and amplitude of hormone changes across the cycle. This variability suggests that some women may experience greater effects of sex hormones on ligament biology than others, potentially exposing those individuals to greater changes in structural integrity and risk of injury.
There is a paucity of clinical research examining these effects in women who are oligomenorrhoeic or use contraceptive hormones, and who represent a large percentage of the physically active female population.
There appears to be mounting evidence that women are at a significantly greater risk of ACL injury during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle than during the postovulatory phase.
Future basic science studies investigating the effects of hormones on the structure, metabolism and mechanical properties of collagen should examine all relevant hormones at their normal physiological concentrations using models relevant to the physically active female.
It is critical that study designs address the complexity of the female menstrual cycle, including the potential time delay effects and individual variations in hormone profiles. Sampling at multiple time points within a phase is recommended.
Future studies should extend beyond normal menstruating females and examine the effects of hormone variations (amenorrhoea, oligomenorrhoea, oral contraceptive use) on both acute and chronic soft tissue changes and the potential for injury.
Limited evidence suggests that hormones may modify the normal remodelling effects of collagen secondary to mechanical loading. Future studies should examine these effects in combination using models relevant to the physically active female.
Future studies should aim to examine how normal training, competition and stress (injury, environment) alter the female hormone milieu and their ultimate effects on musculoskeletal tissue.
MECHANISMS FOR NON-CONTACT ACL INJURIES
To develop specific methods for preventing sports injuries, it is important to understand the causative event or mechanism of injury, as outlined by Bahr and Krosshaug.41 A number of different methodological approaches have been used to study the mechanisms of injury in sports.42 These include interviews with injured athletes, analysis of video recordings of actual injuries, clinical studies (where the clinical joint damage is studied to understand the mechanism of the injury), in vivo studies (measuring ligament strain or forces to understand ligament loading patterns), cadaver studies, mathematical modelling and simulation of injury situations, or measurements/estimation from “close to injury” situations.
Video analysis is essential as it is usually the only way to obtain kinematic information from the actual event. In rare cases, injuries have even occurred during biomechanical experiments, but for obvious ethical reasons we cannot base our research on this approach. Six studies have used video analysis to study non-contact ACL injury mechanisms in sports (table 2).43–48
Table 2 Use of video analysis to study mechanisms of non-contact ACL injury in sport
These studies were in general agreement that injuries occurred in cutting or landing situations. The knee was reported to be relatively straight at the point of injury. All the studies agreed that knee valgus was seen frequently. Boden et al43 found that the amount of internal/external rotation at the time of rupture was minimal. This agrees with the findings of Olsen et al46 where the amount of internal/external knee rotation was 10° or less in 90% of the cases. However, the interpretation of the findings varied considerably. Olsen et al46 stated that valgus loading in combination with external or internal knee rotation caused the injury and proposed notch impingement as a plausible cause of the excessive ACL loading. Boden et al43 and Teitz,45 on the other hand, hypothesised that a vigorous eccentric quadriceps contraction was the main cause.
Unfortunately, the reported variables among the studies using the visual inspection approach are non-standardised, making it difficult to compare them. Another major limitation of these studies is that all except from one are based on visual inspection. Krosshaug et al49 validated the visual inspection method and found the accuracy and precision among six experienced ACL researchers to be poor. For example, it was found that the true knee flexion angle was generally twice as high as the estimate. When the analysts estimated 30° knee flexion, the true angle was 50–60°. Results from studies based on this method must therefore be interpreted with great caution.
To overcome the inherent difficulties of visual inspection of human motion from video, Krosshaug et al50 developed a novel and versatile technique using model-based image matching from one or more camera views. In this method, 3D models of the surroundings as well as a customised skeleton model are manually matched to the background video footage. This method proved to be much more accurate with a difference in root mean square from traditional marker-based motion analysis of <12° for hip and knee flexion/extension. In a new study, Krosshaug et al48 demonstrated the feasibility of this method to actual injury videos. Detailed time courses for joint kinematics and ground reaction force were obtained for a four-camera basketball video and a three-camera European team handball video. The valgus angle increased abruptly in both cases, from 4° to 15° within 30 ms and from 3° to 16° within 40 ms for the basketball and handball injury, respectively. However, in order to make general statements on typical injury kinematics, a systematic approach to collecting and analysing more injury videos is needed.
Biomechanical studies
Recent studies have consistently shown that the predominant forces that affect strain in the ACL are anterior-directed shear forces applied to the tibia (either from external sources such as an anterior-directed force applied to the back of the lower leg or through internal mechanisms such as contraction of the dominant quadriceps muscles with the knee near extension). Important contributions to ACL strain values come from forces applied in the coronal and transverse planes of the knee. Biomechanical data have come from cadaveric studies of knees, strain gauges placed in vivo at the time of surgery and from analytical modelling. Cadaveric studies show that anterior-directed shear forces create most strain in the ACL with some added increase from varus, valgus and internal rotation moments.51–53 External torque applied to the knee produces relatively low ACL strain values. Valgus torque alone creates ACL strain only after significant injury to the medial collateral ligament. Interestingly, complete injury to the medial collateral ligament was necessary before significant injury to the ACL due to valgus torques applied in isolation.54 These cadaveric studies emphasise the importance of anterior shear forces in ACL injury.
With the knee near full extension, contraction of the quadriceps muscle—and the resulting force developed in the patellar tendon—produces an anterior-directed shear force on the proximal aspect of the tibia that strains the ACL. The ACL strain values are proportional to the magnitude of force in the patellar tendon and the angle of flexion of the knee. The patella tendon forms an angle with the tibia and its geometric orientation is able to produce ACL strain when the knee is near extension. An impulsive load applied to the patellar tendon with the knee in slight flexion has the potential to create an injury to the ACL.55 Application of patellar tendon force alone could cause enough ACL strain to alter it grossly and to increase anterior knee laxity. Application of impulse to a cadaveric knee flexed at 25° increased strain in the ACL. When the impulse was applied 15° out of the knee flexion plane to create a valgus force, the amount of strain was increased.56
In vivo studies have produced similar conclusions. Strain gauges were placed on the ACL after arthroscopic surgery in which the ACL was normal. The gauges were left in place long enough for the subjects to recover and perform rehabilitation exercises with moderate contraction of the leg musculature.57 Strain in the ACL is affected by anterior-directed shear loads applied to the tibia (relative to the femur) and a little by varus/valgus torques. Rehabilitation exercises can also produce significant strain in the ACL. Exercises that include contracfotion of the quadriceps in isolation with the knee near full extension produce high ACL strain values, while co-contraction of the hamstring muscles in combination with contraction of the dominant quadriceps muscles reduces ACL strain values in comparison to contraction of the quadriceps muscle group in isolation. Strain gauges have been implanted in subjects undergoing a high speed stop jump. The ACL was strained before heel strike and reached a maximum value very close to the maximal ground reaction force at landing.58 Cadaveric and in vivo studies have not clearly elucidated the biomechanical factors seen in the motion analysis studies of ACL injury. These studies often show a prominent motion in the coronal plane that involves femoral adduction and internal rotation, knee flexion and valgus, tibial rotation, and foot and ankle valgus. Motion analysis studies show a complex connected combination of movements which appear as an apparent valgus in the coronal plane but probably have only a relatively small contribution from actual medial opening of the knee, which would injure the medial collateral ligament if all the apparent valgus was isolated to coronal plane knee motion.
Kinematic analysis
Kinematic analysis of athletic college students revealed several differences in motion during running, side-step cutting and cross-over cutting. Women landed with less knee flexion and maintained a straighter knee during the entire stance phase. In addition to flexion, women displayed more valgus through the entire stance phase. It should be pointed out that the flexion occurs at the knee itself, while the valgus seen in the coronal plane could not have come entirely from rotation of the tibia around a stationary femur in the coronal plane but includes hip internal and external rotation combined with knee flexion. The muscle firing was assessed by electromyography (EMG). The quadriceps EMG was higher in women, with activation levels nearly twice those of the maximum EMG levels in muscle under maximum loading conditions in a dynamometer. Hamstring activity was less in women and the EMG values were only about half the level of a maximum measured by a dynamometer. ACL injuries appear to occur with hard and awkward landings on the knee when it is positioned near extension. The female knee is in more extension and has higher quadriceps activation at initial contact with the ground. The straighter knee and the higher quadriceps activation can combine to produce more strain in the ACL.59
A kinetic and kinematic analysis was performed for men and women performing a forward jump with a stop on a force plate followed by a jump slightly behind, straight above, or slightly ahead of the initial landing location.60 Inverse dynamics allowed computation of anterior shear forces which would act to produce strain on the ACL. Women had greater anterior-directed shear forces on the tibia for all jump conditions. Maximum ACL strains were observed near the initial contact period.61 Fatigue studies using a similar kinetic analysis showed that fatigue increased anterior-directed shear forces in both men and women.62
A kinematic study of young male and female football/soccer players showed that boys and girls land from a stop jump with a similar amount of knee flexion and valgus at ages 11 and 12. However, women begin to land with straighter knees progressively up to age 16.63
A mechanism seen frequently in ACL injuries involves a hard and awkward landing with the knee near extension (eg, straight). The hard landing implies high forces that are not “dampened” by hip, knee and foot motions. The “awkward’ part of the landing may involve landing outside the anticipated landing manner with higher than usual abduction or valgus moments applied about the hip and knee joints.64
Summary and future directions for mechanisms of ACL injury
Whole body motions related to mechanisms of injury: almost 80% of ACL injuries are non-contact in nature. Injuries often occur when landing from a jump, cutting or decelerating. A combination of anterior tibial translation and lower extremity valgus are probably important components of the mechanism of injury in these athletes.
Likely components to the injury mechanism include: anterior translation, dynamic valgus of the lower extremity with the joint near extension, low flexion probably due to increased quadriceps activity (and this could also include increased gastrocnemius activity), most or all of the force on a single leg or foot with the foot displaced away from the body’s centre of mass and increased trunk motion.
Potential neuromuscular imbalances may be related to components of the injury mechanism: women have more “quadriceps dominant” neuromuscular patterns than men. Hamstring recruitment has been shown to be significantly higher in men than in women. The hamstring to quadriceps peak torque ratio tends to be greater in men than in women.
Because of the likely injury mechanism, it is recommended that athletes avoid knee valgus and land with more knee flexion.
Lower extremity valgus (knee abduction) loading and anterior tibial translation are likely to be involved in the mechanism. Future research should combine several research approaches to validate the findings such as video analysis, clinical studies, laboratory motion analysis, cadaver simulation and mathematical simulation.
EVALUATION OF ACL INJURY
Little is known about differences between the sexes in the evaluation of ACL injury. We therefore suggest that future studies should include large enough sample sizes to allow detection of possible sex differences in the outcomes of interest.
There is a little knowledge about the natural history of an ACL injury. The true incidence is probably not known. With MRI as a diagnostic tool the incidence is 8 per 10 000, which has been verified by register studies.1 65 However, it can be assumed that many patients with ACL injuries are not diagnosed at the time of the injury. A proportion of these athletes will present with knee symptoms or after re-injury. Others will never be diagnosed and are either without symptoms or have adapted to the altered knee function. The proportion of these categories is unknown. In a US community-based cohort there was a prevalence of ACL injuries of 4.8% in individuals aged 50–90 years unselected for problems.65
The course of an ACL injury depends on many different factors such as trauma mechanism, associated injuries, anatomical factors and activity level after the injury. There is no evidence of a sex difference. Independent of treatment, some patients will cope with their desired activity level (“copers”), some will adapt to an activity level adjusted for the knee function (“adaptors”) and others will be unable to cope with being ACL-deficient (“non-copers”). Earlier reports show that each of these groups constitutes about one-third of the population.66 This is supported by a recent study of primarily non-operatively treated ACLs.67
Summary and future directions for evaluation of ACL injury
The diagnosis is made by a history of sudden knee pain during strenuous activity, an inability to continue, a “pop”, haemarthrosis.
The activity level is difficult to determine because there are no solid data on the normal decrease in activity level without injury. In the longer perspective, the level of activity does not seem to be differ with different treatments. The course is determined by whether they are copers, adaptors or non-copers. There is no accurate way to define the categories in the acute phase.
No good data exist on the natural history of untreated lesions combined with a compliant training programme and various levels of post-injury activity levels.
Prospective studies are needed to study the natural history of the cohort, but these are difficult to carry out.
Associated injuries
As evaluated by MRI, an isolated ACL is an infrequent phenomenon although associated ligament injuries may not be very common.65 In the Norwegian National Knee Ligament Registry (NLKR), a total of 2793 primary cruciate ligament reconstruction surgeries were registered by 57 hospitals.1 In 27 cases (1%) a lateral collateral ligament injury was reported, while a medial collateral ligament injury was reported in 129 cases (5%). Non-operative treatment of medial collateral ligament injury is effective if combined with reconstruction of the ACL.68
Knees with acute ACL injuries should be evaluated for meniscus tears as these are identified in approximately 50% of cases.69 Lateral meniscus tears are more frequent in the acute setting while medial meniscus tears are associated with chronic ACL deficiency.70 In the NLKR there were a total of 1287 (47%) associated meniscus tears, 90% of which were treated surgically.1 In a study of ACL injury in 151 patients (36% women), 38% had an associated medial meniscus tear.65 ACL injury is a major long-term risk factor for the development of osteoarthritis, and no currently available treatment has been shown to reduce this risk factor.71 It is not clear if it is the associated meniscus tear at baseline, the development of a secondary meniscus injury, the meniscectomy or all of these that constitute risk factors for the development of osteoarthritis of the knee.72
Articular cartilage lesions were reported in 712 knees (26%) in the NKLR, 59% of which were treated surgically.1 When grading the cartilage lesions according to the International Cartilage Repair Society classification,73 222 (31%) cases were classified as grade 1, 283 (40%) as grade 2, 151 (21%) as grade 3 and 49 (7%) as grade 4 (grading was missing in 7 cases).
MRI is useful in assessing associated injuries such as bone contusions, intra-articular fractures and associated ligament injuries. One recent study has mapped out concomitant fractures and meniscus injuries and traumatic bone marrow lesions in the acute ACL injured knee by MRI and quantitative MRI (qMRI) in 121 subjects (26% women). Most of the ACL injured knees had a cortical depression fracture which was associated with larger volumes of bone marrow lesions.74
Examinations appear to detect differences in end point better than differences in displacement.75 Joint motion varies within a normal population but there is little left-to-right variation in normal subjects. The ACL functions as a primary stabiliser to limit anterior tibial displacement and a secondary stabiliser to restrain tibial motion. The accuracy of diagnostic tests for ACL injury has been questioned. A positive pivot shift test result is best for ruling in an ACL rupture, whereas a negative Lachman test result is best for ruling out an ACL rupture. It is also concluded that, using sensitivity and specificity values only, the Lachman test is better overall for ruling in and ruling out ACL ruptures.76
The first clinical examination after an acute knee trauma has a low diagnostic value. For isolated ACLs, physical examination continues to have high specificity. Instrumented testing devices and stress radiography are used for objective measures but their use seems to be declining. Further assessment with MRI improves the chances of a correct diagnosis of intra-articular pathology and is recommended in the early phase after rotational knee trauma.65 The accuracy of MRI in predicting ACL injuries is 95% or more.
Outcome scores and outcome after ACL injury
During the last decade, consensus has been reached within the field of sports medicine, orthopaedics and general medicine that the primary outcome measure in clinical trials should be patient-relevant. Thus patient-reported outcomes with different focus have been developed, usually categorised as generic, joint-specific or disease-specific. For patients with ACL injury, disease-specific, joint-specific and generic instruments are used. Books and literature reviews outlining and comparing the currently available instruments for patients with knee complaints have been published.77–80
Validity, reliability and responsiveness
The most important property of an outcome measure is the responsiveness. For a measure to show high responsiveness in clinical studies, good validity and reliability are necessary prerequisites. A safe choice is therefore to choose an outcome measure with proven large effect sizes.
Validity is not an absolute or dichotomous property, and validation is a continuously ongoing process. The correlation between knee pathology and the patient’s perception is generally weak,81 indicating that, for patient-relevant outcome measures, the more important aspect is that the measure is validated for patients of similar age, sex and physical activity level rather than the specific knee pathology. A further fact in support of this view is that knee pathologies such as ACL tear, meniscal tear or cartilage injury often coincide and symptoms from specific pathologies cannot be separated.82
Score aggregation and score categorisation
Structural outcomes such as joint laxity and radiographic changes do not correlate well with patient-relevant aspects such as pain and function. Aggregating these outcomes into one total score will jeopardise interpretation of the results, and outcomes on different levels need to be reported separately.
Tapper and Hoover83 introduced a system for evaluation of symptoms and function following meniscectomy in 1969 in which they categorised outcome into four categories: excellent, good, fair and poor. This approach is appealing and the raw scores of established knee scoring scales are frequently categorised into these same four categories using arbitrarily chosen cut-off values. However, categorisation can introduce bias and lack of precision. The Lysholm scoring scale78 is a commonly used knee injury scoring scale which aggregates function and symptoms into one single score from 0 to 100 (worst to best). A cut-off of 84 points is used to categorise a good/excellent outcome. But what does a Lysholm score of 84 really represent? A patient could have a slight limp, some problems with stairs and some pain and be categorised as good/excellent with a total score of 89 out of 100. Alternatively, a patient could experience frequent instability that precludes sports activity, have some pain and yet score 85 and be categorised as having a good/excellent outcome. Most probably the patients themselves would not categorise either of these scenarios as a good/excellent outcome. Categorising the raw scores of rating scales tends to inflate the result, and the interpretation of categorical data depends on the content of the particular rating scale and the relative weight given to each component aggregated into the total score.84 Individuals rated as excellent or good on one scale may therefore be rated as only fair on another scale. Avoidance of data generalisation remains the optimal method for studying the outcome of knee injury.84
Administration mode of questionnaires
Substantial bias may be introduced if the operating surgeon answers the questionnaire.85 This also holds true for “unbiased” observers and applies to orthopaedic conditions other than ACL injury as well.86 87 Patient-relevant questionnaires should thus be self-administered (ie, filled out by the patients themselves in a neutral setting). The administration mode needs to be accounted for when comparing the patient-relevant outcomes between studies and over time within the same group of patients. The awareness of interviewer bias has increased over the years and more recently developed outcome measures are intended for self-administration.
Summary and future directions for outcome scores and outcomes
It is important to evaluate the patient’s perspective of ACL injury.
To minimise bias, patient-administered questionnaires should be used.
Aggregating structural outcomes, symptoms and function into one total score will jeopardise interpretation of the results, and outcomes on different levels need to be reported separately.
Categorising the result of a score into good/excellent, fair and poor should be avoided as this will inflate the results, introduce bias and lacks precision.
ACL injury increases pathological anterior tibial translation and internal tibial rotation. Motion analysis enables detection of subtle kinetic and kinematic changes that may influence the final clinical outcome. There has been a gradual development of functional adaptations that protect the knee joint from excessive anterior translation episodes. Such a mechanism is limited quadriceps function near extension (the quadriceps avoidance pattern) and increased and prolonged hamstring activity.
Another possible mechanism of chondral damage is increased internal tibial rotation which can lead to excessive loads in cartilage areas not commonly loaded and thus contribute to future osteoarthritis. A better understanding of kinetic and kinematic changes and their final effect on the menisci and cartilage may provide useful information in the evaluation of an individual’s natural course.88–90
Summary of motion analysis
ACL injury results in changes in kinematics, kinetics and neuromuscular activity.
Anterior tibial translation, internal rotation of the tibia and quadriceps avoidance are typical features seen following an ACL injury. These changes most probably contribute to the development of osteoarthritis.
MANAGEMENT OF ACL INJURY
All healthcare units that service patients with knee sprains should have the capability to recognise the presence of a torn ACL or should be able rapidly to refer the patient to a clinic that can confirm the diagnosis if it is suspected.65 The treatment goals are to restore knee function, to permit the patient to return to a desired level of activity without experiencing giving way and to minimise the risk of osteoarthritis. Treatment can be either surgical with a reconstruction of the ACL followed by rehabilitation or rehabilitation alone. The literature supports both treatment regimes, but a recent Cochrane review91 considers that good quality randomised trials are required to determine which is the preferred treatment in different situations. The decision regarding the treatment must therefore be individualised, and factors such as occupation, sports activities and associated injuries must be considered. A high activity level, specific demands and repairable meniscus injury are relative indications for subacute ACL reconstruction. If high-risk activities are not anticipated, the primary treatment option for an ACL injury is rehabilitation training for 3–4 months followed by assessment of knee function and quality of life. If re-injury occurs or the patient is not satisfied for any reason, a late reconstruction can be performed.
The major technical principles for an ACL reconstruction have become less controversial in recent years with improved knowledge of the anatomy, biomechanics and the healing process of the ACL following reconstruction. The choice of grafts has received much attention in the literature. In general there is little evidence to suggest significant differences between hamstring and bone-tendon-bone (BTB) grafts regarding short- and mid-term outcome.92 Reports of more degenerative changes in the tibiofemoral joint after ACL reconstruction with BTB grafts need to be verified in randomised clinical trials.93
An increased failure rate in women compared with men has been reported with the hamstring graft.94 In another study with questionable power, greater anterior knee laxity over time was found in women compared with men after reconstruction with the hamstring graft.95 These data may support the use of a BTB graft as the first choice in women but, importantly, it must be pointed out that there is no clear correlation between laxity and functional outcome.96
The double bundle technique for ACL reconstruction may have advantages regarding the long-term results since it seems to have the potential for diminishing rotational laxity.97 This may reduce the risk of later osteoarthritis but no data are available to support this theory. There is currently no convincing evidence that this technique results in better functional results than the single bundle procedures.
It appears that the incidence of ACL injuries among prepubescent children is similar in boys and girls.98 At puberty the incidence in girls becomes higher than in boys and, according to the Scandinavian ACL registries, more ACL reconstructions are performed on girls at this age.99 The principles for treatment of ACL injuries in this age group are not gender-specific.100
The high risk of secondary injuries after the initial injury must be considered and, independent of the treatment choice, these patients must be followed carefully. A specific problem is the potential risk of growth disturbances when reconstruction of the ACL is performed before puberty.101
Rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction
Motion and immediate weight bearing postoperatively have been standard since the 1970s.102 Pain inhibition is a common problem postoperatively (first days) and can result in inability to activate the thigh muscles, primarily the quadriceps, irrespective of the graft used, and the hamstrings when the hamstring graft is used. Electrical muscle stimulation may therefore play an important role in the early phase of rehabilitation after ACL surgery in order to stimulate activation of the muscles and is more effective in women than in men for preventing muscle hypotrophy.103
Failure to regain full knee extension after ACL reconstruction is the most common complication.104 Range of motion exercises with particular attention to regaining complete knee extension are therefore important and should be started during the first postoperative days. Full knee extension is individualised, with some patients having normal hyperextension. Knee extension of the contralateral leg should therefore be examined and the same degree of knee extension should be obtained in the ACL reconstructed knee.
Both closed kinetic chain (CKC) exercises and open kinetic chain (OKC) exercises for the quadriceps muscle should be used in the rehabilitation programme.105 OKC training should, however, be introduced cautiously, starting with a range of motion between 90° and 40° with a 10° increase every week. CKC exercises are recommended from the beginning of rehabilitation. A recent study showed greater anterior knee laxity when OKC quadriceps exercises were introduced 4 weeks after hamstring ACL reconstruction than when OKC exercises were introduced after 12 weeks.106 It is therefore recommended that OKC quadriceps training should not begin within 8 weeks of surgery. The same difference was, however, not found in patients with patellar tendon ACL reconstructions. Strengthening of the hamstrings may be difficult when one or more of the muscle tendons has been removed for the graft. Quadriceps strengthening is as important in patients with hamstring grafts as it is in patients with patellar tendon grafts. More problems were experienced with gaining strength of the hamstring muscles after ACL reconstruction with hamstring grafts than gaining strength of the quadriceps muscle after patellar tendon ACL reconstruction.107
A number of authors have emphasised the importance of neuromuscular training to restore knee joint stability and regain a normal motion pattern.108
When using functional performance tests for evaluation, it has been found that a battery of at least three (or four) different tests should be used.109 Patients should be tested during non-fatigued muscle conditions as well as fatigued conditions.110
There is as yet no evidence that rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction should be different for men and women. However, in 4890 patients with ACL reconstructions, increased laxity after reconstruction with a hamstring graft occurred independent of sex (Werner, unpublished 2008). No significant difference was seen between the sexes in improvement of quadriceps and hamstring muscle torques, one-leg hop test for distance, clinical outcome as evaluated by the Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and activity level as evaluated by the Tegner Activity Scale 6–8 months after reconstruction and rehabilitation. The findings of increased laxity after ACL reconstruction with a hamstring graft may imply that rehabilitation should be slowed down after reconstruction with this graft.
Shelbourne and Gray111 stated that: “It has become almost universally accepted that rehabilitation of the healing ACL graft with rapid return to sports that have the potential to generate high stresses in the graft and knee does not lead any deleterious effects”. Early return to sports in recent years has been advocated because of better surgical techniques and understanding of ACL biomechanics and the healing process.
Most articles published in recent years advocate a return to unrestricted sports 6 months or later following ACL reconstruction. Evidence-based evaluation has not proved that an early (2–4 months) return to sport is safe and efficacious, but it is possible to return to sports early (2–4 months) after ACL reconstruction.112 113 From the perspective of the graft and rehabilitation, it is also possible to do so with acutely injured ACL-deficient knees without surgery.114 115 A few articles have been published that advocate return to sports between 4–6 months. These are case series which are unable to prove that such an early return is more effective or safer than a more conservative rehabilitation.116 117
High-quality evaluations have shown that early weight bearing, early mobilisation, rehabilitation without braces and early CKC exercises are safe.118 Return to sports following ACL reconstruction should be based on regaining function, range of motion, strength and patient’s desire (goal-based, not time-based).112 118 119 However, in the long term, changes in cartilage metabolism noted following ACL reconstruction must also be considered. This is important when discussing the timing of a return to demanding activities after an ACL injury/reconstruction. Cartilage metabolic MRI and synovial fluid studies indicate that ACL-injured joints do not regain their normal glycosaminoglycan (GAG) structure until 2 years after the injury.120–122 A low GAG content in the cartilage matrix is probably a risk factor for osteoarthritis, since the altered structure of the matrix may expose the collagen network and make the matrix more susceptible to the development of osteoarthritis.
Only two of the recently published randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews concerning rehabilitation following ACL reconstruction have dealt with return to sports. In a randomised controlled trial of rehabilitation following ACL reconstruction in soccer athletes, Ekstrand et al119 compared a standard 6-month protocol with an extended 9-month protocol and found no differences in outcomes 1 year after surgery. In another randomised controlled trial, Beynnon et al117 compared a 19-week rehabilitation programme with one that lasted 31 weeks. Exercises were instituted over different time intervals based on the amount of strain produced within the normal ACL. No differences were found in anteroposterior laxity, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) clinical assessment, KOOS, one-leg hop tests, markers of cartilage metabolism or Tegner Activity Scale 2 years after surgery. Both accelerated and non-accelerated rehabilitation produced increases in the synthesis of type II collagen and proteoglycan. Both programmes appeared to affect cartilage metabolism similarly. Changes in cartilage metabolism following ACL reconstruction persist for up to 2 years. This warrants the attention of all clinicians as it may have profound effects on the eventual development of osteoarthritis, no matter what rehabilitation is undertaken.
Long-term studies have shown that about 50% of patients have radiographic osteoarthritis of the knee joint 15 years after an ACL injury, independent of treatment.71 72 However, some studies have shown a much lower prevalence.123 124 The study by Neuman et al123 found no osteoarthritis after non-operative treatment if there was no secondary meniscus injury. All these studies had slow and controlled rehabilitation after the injury or after surgery, which may indicate the relevance of the GAG loss as described by Tiderius et al.122 It therefore seems possible to reduce the risk of osteoarthritis markedly, but it is unclear whether this is compatible with return to high demanding sports activities.
Summary of management
The principles of treatment of ACL injuries in prepubescent children are not sex-specific. A specific problem is the potential risk of growth disturbances when a reconstruction of the ACL is performed before puberty.
The high risk of secondary injuries after the initial injury must be considered and, independent of the treatment choice, these patients must be followed carefully.
High quality evaluations have shown that early weight bearing, early mobilisation, rehabilitation without braces and early CKC exercises are safe.
There is no evidence in the literature that rehabilitation should be different for men and women after ACL reconstruction.
Return to sports following ACL reconstruction should be based on regaining function, range of motion, strength and patient’s desire (goal-based, not time-based).
Long-term studies have shown that about 50% of patients will have radiographic osteoarthritis 15 years after an ACL injury, independent of treatment. Data are available indicating that it is possible to reduce the risk of osteoarthritis markedly. There is no evidence that the method for this reduction could be surgical, except the fact that stabilisation may lower the risk of a secondary meniscus tear. It is unclear whether this is compatible with a return to high demanding sports activities.
Remaining questions
Is it possible to reduce the risk of meniscus tears with specific rehabilitation protocols or is the only way a surgical stabilisation?
Is the subtle increased anterior knee laxity and coupled internal rotation often noted following ACL reconstruction safe for injured/healing articular cartilage?
What is the effect of rehabilitation and return to sport on the meniscus, whether injured or not?
How does the prolonged alteration in cartilage metabolism observed following ACL reconstruction affect the future status of the cartilage surfaces?
How fast can rehabilitation and return to sport be advanced without injuring the healing ACL graft?
What are the effects of body weight and muscle forces on graft healing?
We need more studies with high levels of evidence to answer these questions.
PREVENTION OF ACL INJURY
A growing number of injury prevention programmes targeted at reducing the risk of ligamentous knee injury in general—and ACL injury in particular—have been reported in the literature.125–144 Although a number of risk factors for ACL injury have been proposed, only the biomechanical risk factors have been examined in sufficient depth to support the design and evaluation of preventive interventions.
Most prevention programmes attempt to alter the dynamic loading of the tibiofemoral joint through neuromuscular and proprioceptive training. The studies to date focusing on biomechanical modifications have resulted in the reduction of lower extremity injuries in athletes. However, the studies vary widely both in their approach to injury prevention and the validity of the study design. Most studies to date have been non-randomised and very few have been conducted as randomised controlled trials. Despite this, we now have valuable information to assist us in preventing ACL injuries in female athletes.
Successful programmes share a number of common elements. Most include one or more of the following: traditional stretching, strengthening, awareness of high-risk positions, technique modification, aerobic conditioning, sports-specific agilities, proprioceptive and balance training and plyometrics. The relation of these components to specific risk factors for ACL injury is summarised in table 3.
Table 3 Relation of components of prevention programmes to specific risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
Ettlinger et al125 used a relatively simple approach to prevention of ACL injury in downhill skiers, attempting to modify high-risk behaviour through education and increased awareness. In this prospective non-randomised trial, 4000 on-slope alpine ski instructors and patrollers in 20 ski areas completed training and reporting requirements during the 1993–4 skiing season. The training kit included a 19 min ACL Awareness Training videotape showing 10 recorded ACL injuries sustained by alpine skiers of various levels and various written materials. The videotape used guided discovery, allowing viewers to visualise carefully selected stimuli and incorporate this information into their skiing in order to avoid high-risk behaviour and manage high-risk situations to reduce the risk of ACL injury. Participants also underwent an awareness training session which included proper body positioning, understanding of the phantom foot ACL injury mechanism, and strategies to avoid high-risk positions as well as effective reaction strategies.
The two seasons before the intervention season served as historical controls, during which area employees had sustained an average of 31 serious ACL sprains per season. During the intervention season, employees sustained 16 serious ACL sprains (6 in the untrained group and 10 in the trained group), a reduction of 62% compared with the normalised expected number of ACL injuries in the trained individuals of 26.6 (p<0.005).
Isolated strengthening and conditioning
Cahill and Griffith126 looked at the effect of incorporating weight training into preseason conditioning for high school American football teams. Over the 4 years of the study they noted a reduction in reported knee injuries and knee injuries requiring surgery in the intervention group.
Isolated proprioceptive training
In a study of the effect of isolated proprioceptive training on the risk of ACL injuries in soccer players, Caraffa et al127 conducted a non-randomised prospective study of 600 semi-professional and amateur soccer players in Umbria and Marche in Italy; 20 teams (10 amateur and 10 semi-professional) underwent proprioceptive preseason training in addition to their regular training session (group A) and 20 teams (10 amateur and 10 semi-professional) continued training in their usual fashion (group B). The intervention group (group A) was subjected to a five phase progressive balance training programme consisting of: no balance board; rectangular balance board; round balance board; combination (rectangular/round); and a BAPS board (Camp Jackson, Michigan, USA). The duration/frequency was 20 min/day for 2–6 days/week including a minimum of 3 times per week during the season. The groups were followed for 3 years and all players with a potential knee injury were evaluated; 10 arthroscopically confirmed ACL injuries occurred over the three seasons (0.15 ACL injuries/team/season) in group A compared with 70 such injuries (1.15 ACL injuries/team/season) in group B (p<0.001). Unfortunately, no differentiation was made between contact and non-contact ACL injuries.
Neuromuscular training
Several studies have used a neuromuscular training programme for injury prevention.128 Henning129 implemented a prevention study in two NCAA Division I female basketball programmes over the course of 8 years. He proposed that the increased rate of ACL injury in female athletes was primarily functional and was related to knee position and muscle action during dynamic movement. In knee extension the quadriceps exerts a significant anterior translational force on the tibia, thus imparting a sheer force on the ACL. Conversely, as the knee moves into flexion, the anterior translational force on the tibia is decreased, thereby decreasing the torque on the ACL secondary to the contraction of the hamstrings. To decrease the risk of ACL injury, Henning proposed that the athletes cut, land and decelerate with knee and hip flexion. In addition, he proposed a rounded cut manoeuvre instead of a sharp or more acute angle during the cut cycle. He also proposed that a one-step stop deceleration pattern should be avoided and replaced with a three-step quick stop. This intervention programme was geared at changing player technique—stressing knee flexion upon landing, using accelerated rounded turns and deceleration with a multi-step stop. This protocol was completed on the basketball court without any additional equipment requirements. The intervention group had an 89% reduction in the rate of occurrence of ACL injuries.130 Sadly, Dr Henning’s passing in 1991 prevented the publication of this research. However, it served as the crucial foundation to numerous prevention programmes that followed.
Proprioception and strengthening
Henning’s concept of athletic modulation has been widely accepted. Wedderkopp et al131 tested a programme including functional strengthening and balance training (use of an ankle disc for 10–15 min at all practice sessions). Teams were randomised into two groups with 11 teams in the intervention group (N = 111) and 11 in the control group (N = 126). The group using the ankle disc incurred 14 injuries compared with 66 injuries in the control group (p<0.01). The intervention group had a lower rate of injury during practice (0.34/1000 h vs 1.17/1000 h, p<0.05) and games (4.68/1000 h vs 23.38/1000 h, p<0.01). The intervention group suffered two knee injuries while the control group incurred eight knee injuries. No data specific to ACL injury were provided.
Irmischer et al132 developed the Knee Ligament Injury Prevention (KLIP) programme involving 15 min of strengthening and plyometric activities for female high school soccer, volleyball and basketball players. In the first season of a 2-year non-randomised prospective study, 43 schools participated in the programme (17 basketball (N = 191); 11 soccer (N = 189); 15 volleyball (N = 197)) and 69 schools served as the control group (28 basketball (N = 319); 14 soccer (N = 244); 27 volleyball (N = 299)). The study design included a training session for the coaches and athletic trainers and weekly compliance checks for athlete participation for both games and practices. There were no significant differences between the two groups after one season; three arthroscopically confirmed ACL injuries in the intervention group (incidence rate 0.167) vs four in the control group (incidence rate 0.078). Anecdotally, there were no non-contact ACL injuries in the soccer and volleyball players in the intervention group, with all of the injuries in the intervention group occurring in basketball players. Possible explanations for the lack of impact include the abridged duration of this intervention programme (9 weeks) and the fact that the programme was conducted after training. Neuromuscular fatigue at the end of training may directly affect the biomechanical technique of the athlete and limit any potential protective benefit of ACL injury prevention programmes.
Varied training
Other studies have incorporated additional dimensions of neuromuscular training into ACL prevention programmes. The Cincinnati Sportsmetric includes flexibility, strengthening (through weight training) and plyometric activities over 60–90 min. Hewett et al133 studied the effect of this programme on the incidence of knee injury in high school aged soccer, volleyball and basketball athletes. Forty-three teams (N = 1263 athletes) including 15 female teams (N = 366) implemented the programme; 15 additional female teams (N = 463) served as same-sex untrained controls and 13 male sports teams (N = 434) served as the male control group. Coaches and trainers implemented the programme based on a videotape and manual. The programme was performed 3 days/week on alternate days. Seventy percent of the intervention athletes (248/366) completed the entire 6-week programme and the remainder completed at least 4 weeks of training. The incidence of serious knee injuries (N = 14) in the female control group was 0.43/1000 player exposures compared with 0.12 in the female intervention group (p = 0.05) and 0.09 in the male control group. The intervention group also had a lower rate of non-contact injuries (p = 0.01) and non-contact ACL injuries (p = 0.05). The incidence of non-contact knee injury was 0.35/1000 player exposures in the control group compared with 0 in the intervention group and 0.05 in the male control group.
ACL injuries have also been problematic for European team handball players. Myklebust et al134 conducted a non-randomised prospective study among 900 division I–III competitive female handball players over a 3-year period in Norway. The control group comprised 60 teams (N = 942 players in 1998–9 season), and 58 teams (N = 855 in 1999–2000) and 52 teams (N = 850 in the 2000–1 season) formed the intervention group. The intervention consisted of a 15 min programme focused on landing, cutting and planting technique with 5 min spent on each of three exercise components (floor, balance mat and wobble board). The programme lasted 5–7 weeks with different exercises introduced each week. It was performed three times per week during the first 5–7 weeks and then once a week during the season. A physical therapist was designated to each team to assess compliance during the second intervention season (2000–1). Special equipment included an instructional videotape, a poster delineating the tasks to be completed, six balance mats and six balance boards. Teams were required to conduct a minimum of 15 training sessions over the 5–7-week period with >75% player participation. Only 15 (26%) of the 58 teams from the second season and 15 (29%) of the 52 teams from the third season completed the necessary number of sessions, although compliance was higher among the elite division teams (42% and 50%, respectively). Overall, there were 29 ACL injuries during the control season, 23 injuries during the first intervention season (odds ratio 0.87; CI 0.50 to 1.52; p = 0.62) and 17 injuries during the second intervention season (odds ratio 0.64; CI 0.35 to 1.18; p = 0.15). However, during the second intervention season, 14 ACL injuries (2.2%) occurred in players from the control group compared with 3 (1.1%) in players who completed the intervention (p = 0.31). In the elite division alone, 4 ACL injuries (8.9%) occurred in players from control teams compared with 1 ACL injury (0.6%) in those who completed the intervention (p = 0.0134). Thus, there was a reduction in the total number of non-contact ACL injuries from 18 in the control season to 7 during the second intervention season (p = 0.04). This intervention included elements of plyometric activities, proprioception and agilities, but did not include any elements of strength training. Limitations of the study include non-randomisation of the subjects, insufficient power and control data that were collected during an earlier season. Strengths of the study include measures of compliance by a medical clinician and the use of an educational videotape and poster. The study suggests that the inclusion of a neuromuscular balance-based training programme may impart some protective benefit to the ACL.
Comprehensive training
Olsen et al135 studied a programme designed to prevent lower limb injury in youth team handball. One hundred and twenty European team handball clubs (intervention group: 61 teams, 958 players; control group: 59 teams, 879 players) participated in an 8-month intervention programme that consisted of four sets of exercise lasting 15–20 min. The training consisted of warm-up exercises (jogging, backward running, forward running, sideways running and speed work), technique (plant, cut and jump shot landing), balance (passing, squats, bouncing, perturbation) and strength and power (squats, bounding, jumps, hamstrings). Each club was instructed on how to perform the programme and was issued a training handbook, five wobble boards and five balance mats. The programme focused on proper biomechanics during landing, core stability and feedback on technique between paired team members. The intervention teams consisted of boys and girls aged 16–17 years who completed 15 consecutive training sessions at the start of the season followed by one training session per week for the remainder of the season. Sixty six lower limb injuries (6.9% of players) were reported in the intervention group compared with 115 (13.1%) in the control group (relative risk 0.51; 95% CI 0.36 to 0.73; p<0.001); 19 acute knee injuries (2.0%) occurred in the intervention group compared with 38 (4.3%) in the control group (relative risk 0.45; 95% CI 0.25 to 0.81; p = 0.007); and 3 knee ligament injuries were reported in the intervention group compared with 14 in the control group (relative risk 0.20; 95% CI 0.06 to 0.70, p = 0.01). All 3 knee ligament injuries in the intervention group were ACL injuries while 10 of the 14 reported knee injuries in the control group were ACL injuries; no data were provided on ACL injuries alone. A compliance rate of 87% was reported. The strength of the team handball programme is that it is a warm-up programme which makes it easier to be performed at every training session. This may be essential for long-term success of such a programme. The intervention included strength, flexibility, agility, plyometric and proprioceptive activities to address the deficits most commonly found in female athletes.
Many of these intervention programmes require special equipment, specialised training, or significant time commitment. In 1999 the ACL “PEP Program: Prevent injury and Enhance Performance” was developed in Santa Monica, California. This prevention programme consists of warm-up, stretching, strengthening, plyometrics and sport-specific agilities to address potential deficits in the strength and coordination of the stabilising muscles around the knee joint. It was designed as an alternative warm-up so that the desired activities could be performed on the field during practice without specialised equipment for ease of implementation. The programme consists of an educational videotape/DVD that demonstrates the proper and improper biomechanical technique for each prescribed therapeutic exercise. An entire team can complete the 19 components in less than 20 min.136
An early non-randomised study among highly competitive 14–18-year-old female club soccer players using the programme showed promising results.137 During the first year of the study (2000) 1041 female club soccer players (52 teams) performed the PEP programme and 1902 players (95 teams) served as age- and skill-matched controls. In the intervention group there were 2 ACL tears (0.2 ACL injuries/athletic exposure (AE)) compared with 32 ACL tears (1.7 ACL injuries/AE) in the control group, a decrease of 88% in ACL ligament injury. In year 2 of the study (2001) 4 ACL tears were reported in the intervention group (incidence rate 0.47 injuries/AE) compared with 35 in the control group (incidence rate 1.8 injuries/AE). This corresponds to an overall reduction of 74% in ACL tears in the intervention group compared with an age- and skill-matched control group in year 2. The limitations of this study include non-randomisation of the subjects, no consistent direct oversight of the intervention and compliance measurements that were only completed in a small subset of intervention teams.
The strengths of the PEP Program include the fact that it is an on-field warm-up programme that requires only traditional soccer equipment (cones and soccer ball). It is done 2–3 times a week over the course of the 12-week soccer season and is 20 min in duration. It includes progressive strength, flexibility, agility, plyometric and proprioceptive activities to address the deficits most commonly demonstrated in female athletes. Deceleration patterns are addressed, stressing the multi-step deceleration pattern, and proper landing technique is encouraged with knee and hip flexion while landing on the ball of the foot and avoiding genu valgum by using the abductors and lateral hip musculature. In addition, since the programme is designed as a warm-up, compliance rates are higher and the element of neuromuscular fatigue does not affect the performance of the therapeutic exercises.
This study was followed by a randomised controlled trial using the PEP Program in Division I NCAA women’s soccer teams in the 2002 Fall season.137 Sixty-one teams (N = 1429 athletes) completed the study (35 control teams (N = 854 athletes) and 26 intervention teams (N = 575 athletes)). No significant differences were seen between intervention and control athletes with regard to age, height, weight or history of past ACL injuries. After using the PEP Program during one season there were 7 ACL injuries in the intervention athletes (rate 0.14) and 18 in control athletes (rate 0.25; p = 0.15). No ACL injuries were reported in intervention athletes during practices compared with 6 in control athletes (rate 0.10; p = 0.01). During games the difference between the intervention and control groups was non-significant (7 vs 12; p = 0.76). Non-contact ACL injuries occurred at over three times the rate in control athletes (n = 10; rate 0.14) compared with intervention athletes (n = 2; rate 0.04; p = 0.06). Control athletes with a prior history of ACL injury suffered a recurrence five times more frequently than the intervention group (0.10 vs 0.02; p = 0.06); this difference reached significance when limited to non-contact ACL injuries during the season (0.06 vs 0.00; p<0.05). There was a significant difference in the rate of ACL injuries in the second half of the season (weeks 6–11) between the intervention group (0.00) and the control group (0.18; p<0.05). This supports the notion that it takes approximately 6–8 weeks for a biomechanical intervention programme to impart a neuromuscular effect.
Overall, these studies provide evidence that prevention training programmes can reduce the risk of ACL injury. This has been shown in male and female athletes from various sports and across different age groups. Nevertheless, a number of important issues remain.
Programme specifics
Practically, there is a cost-benefit analysis that needs to be considered before initiating an injury prevention programme on a large scale.
First, what equipment is necessary and at what is its cost? Extensive and more expensive equipment is necessary for programmes such as the Frappier Acceleration Program,138 the Cincinnati Sportsmetric Program133 and the various programmes using some form of balance board.128 129 134 138 139 Other successful programmes such as PEP136 137 and the Henning programme129 can be performed with minimal resources.
Second, what is the minimal time commitment needed to provide adequate protection? What is the minimum duration of an injury prevention programme or does it need to be continued, perhaps at a lesser frequency throughout the course of the season? When initiating a neuromuscular intervention programme, it takes approximately 4–6 weeks to impart a benefit to the athlete. Most of the programmes studied to date have a relatively intense start-up period for 4–6 weeks followed by less frequent and, in some cases, no additional training. Maintenance of the programme in a routine manner as part of a warm-up and ongoing training is crucial to successful reduction of injury.
Timing of intervention
Ideally, these prevention programmes should be introduced as early as possible in the training period. In some sports this would be at the age of 6–10 years.
Effect on performance
One additional advantage of prevention programmes is that, properly executed, they can serve to enhance performance as well as prevent injury. These benefits include increased vertical jump, improved control of dynamic load of the knee, improved balance and increased hamstring strength, power and peak torque.140–146
Summary of prevention programmes
Based on these studies, we know that there can be a quantifiable reduction in the risk of ACL for athletes, particularly women, who complete a well-designed injury prevention programme.
Most of these programmes attempt to alter dynamic loading of the tibiofemoral joint through neuromuscular and proprioceptive training.
An emphasis is placed on proper landing technique; landing softly on the forefoot and rolling back to the rearfoot, engaging knee and hip flexion upon landing. Two-feet landing is encouraged where possible.133
When cutting manoeuvres, athletes should avoid excessive dynamic valgus of the knee upon landing and squatting; they should aim to achieve the “knee over toe position” (fig 3).
Intervention programmes have focused on increasing hamstring, gluteus medius and hip abductor strength, and addressing proper deceleration techniques.
Successful implementation of these programmes requires the collaboration of governing bodies, sports scientists, physicians, coaches, parents and athletes.
Figure 3 Single leg squat. The athlete should maintain a straight line through the hip, knee and toe. She should keep a horizontal orientation of the hips and avoid a pelvic tilt during one-legged squat balance exercises. The athlete should be encouraged to reach deep knee flexion when performing this drill.
Important factors for a successful prevention programme
The programme should include strength and power exercises, neuromuscular training, plyometrics and agility exercises.
Design as a regular warm-up programme increases adherence.
Focus should be on performance of the hip-knee-foot line and “kissing knees” should be avoided (excessive valgus strain).
Maintenance and compliance of prevention programmes before, during and after the sports participation season are essential to minimise injuries.
The drop vertical jump test should be used to identify players at risk (fig 4).
The programme must be well received by coaches and players to be successful.
Evaluation of success or failure of a prevention programme requires large numbers of athletes and injuries.
Figure 4 Drop vertical jump test. To identify athletes at risk of severe knee injuries, the drop vertical jump test as described by Hewett et al148 should be used. The athlete is instructed to “drop off the box and immediately jump as high as you possibly can”. Athletes who land with good valgus knee motion should perform neuromuscular training before sports participation. Training which emphasises the “hip-knee-toe line” position when landing (avoid “kissing knees”) could prevent future ACL injuries. Reproduced with permission from Hewett et al.147
OVERALL SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
There is consensus in the literature that female athletes have a greater risk of incurring an ACL injury than male athletes when they compete in the same sport at the same level of competition. However, most studies have focused on the prevalence of ACL injuries associated with high-risk sports; only a limited number have calculated the incidence of ACL injury based on time at risk and compared male and female athletes competing in similar activities at the same level of competition.
There appears to be mounting evidence that women have a significantly greater risk of ACL injury during the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle than during the postovulatory phase. While it remains unclear whether oestradiol and progesterone act directly on the ACL in women and increase the likelihood that a subject will sustain an injury, other hormones associated with the menstrual cycle may modulate the risk of injury. Alternatively, hormones may act on structures other then the ACL. Athletes with a decreased intercondylar notch width, as measured radiographically on a standard notch view, have an increased risk of incurring a non-contact ACL injury.
Little is known about how lower leg alignment variables are related to the likelihood of suffering a knee ligament injury. Anatomical risk factors may not be easy to correct; however, they are important to understand if subjects at increased risk of incurring an ACL injury are to be identified.
Female athletes who develop an increased knee abduction moment (valgus intersegmental torque) during impact on landing have an increased risk of ACL injury. Female athletes have muscle activation patterns in which the quadriceps predominates and decreased knee stiffness appears to occur. The relative increase in knee stiffness in response to anterior-directed perturbation of the knee is much greater in men than in women. More research is needed into the neuromuscular risk factors related to ACL injury.
Very little is known about the effect of sport-specific factors (such as rules, referees and coaching), meteorological conditions (such as the traction at the shoe-surface interface), playing surfaces and protective equipment on the risk of suffering an ACL injury. These potential risk factors merit further investigation.
Little is known about the effect of age, athleticism, skill level, psychological characteristics and previous knee injury as risk factors for ACL injury.
There is a quantifiable reduction in the risk of ACL in athletes, particularly women, who complete well-designed injury prevention programmes. Proper neuromuscular training can decrease peak landing forces. Training will significantly enhanced hamstring strength and power, and reduce hamstring to quadriceps and side-to-side strength imbalances. It is also important to increase gluteus medius and hip abductor strength and to address proper deceleration techniques. Most of these programmes attempt to alter dynamic loading of the tibiofemoral joint through neuromuscular and proprioceptive training. Emphasis is placed on proper landing technique—landing softly on the forefoot and rolling back to the rearfoot, engaging knee and hip flexion upon landing; two-feet landing instead of one feet should be used if possible. In cutting manoeuvres, excessive dynamic valgus of the knee upon landing and squatting should be avoided, focusing on the “knee over toe position”.
Successful implementation of these programmes requires the collaboration of governing bodies, sport scientists, physicians, coaches, parents and athletes. Everybody can participate in the fight to prevent the ACL injury, especially in young female athletes. Increased and substantial support from the sports medicine community as well as from the sporting world is required to ensure success in this battle so that ACL injuries are eradicated, or at least substantially reduced.
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Pharm Psych Kicks Off BlackOut Business Movement
by Vladimire Herard, M.S. | Dec 20, 2014 | PRESS & NEWSROOM | 0 comments
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BRENTWOOD, TENN., The Pharm Psych Network starts its #BlackOut Business Movement, an endeavor of BlackSpeaks.com, one of its sister sites and the online social enterprise project — all aimed at supporting minority businesses and communities.
The network created BlackOut Business Movement on the BlackSpeaks.com platform to urge more minorities to support minority businesses in the face of a struggling economy and joblessness.
It is inspired by the boycott of major retailers around the country on Black Friday after Thanksgiving Day this year in solidarity with the nationwide protestations in Ferguson, Mo., New York City, Cleveland and other cities.
Visitors — particular minority business owners — to the BlackSpeaks site are asked to list their businesses in the minority business directory online and for non-owners to frequent their businesses. Geography is key as businesses listed should represent every region of the country in terms of location.
Furthermore, patrons are asked to like the movement and BlackSpeaks and follow both on social media.
The PharmPsych network, a medical and educational communications company, includes its anchor site, PharmPsych.net, its medical sites PharmPsych.com, MediPreneur.org and PharmaPreneur.org, BlackSpeaks.com, and its educational sites TutorforGood.org, FelicityMotivational.org and FelicityTutors.com.
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New Bolder Toyota RAV4 Debuts !
By Durban South Toyota / April 7, 2015
Feb 2019 News Flash! The imposing New RAV 2019 arrives this March. Get the full scoop here!
START SPREADING THE NEWS: BE A PART OF IT IN THE NEW RAV4!
New York debut for Toyota’s New RAV4 Hybrid
Hints at revised styling, improved interior quality and new techno features across the range
Toyota wrought a decisive change in the motoring landscape 20 years ago with the launch of the original RAV4, a new kind of recreational vehicle that pioneered today’s valuable and highly popular compact SUV market. Now it has opened a new chapter in RAV4’s enduring success story with the unveiling of the first RAV4 Hybrid at the New York International Auto Show.
The new RAV4 Hybrid AWD represents the next dimension in Toyota’s application of full hybrid technology. Its smooth and efficient powertrain combines a 2.5-litre petrol engine and an electric motor, with an additional motor powering the rear axle to deliver electronic all-wheel drive.
The AWD capability provides greater safety and stability when negotiating low-grip surfaces, It also provides a towing capacity of 1,650kg, with Toyota’s Trailer Sway Control system providing added security and peace of mind.
The unveiling of the hybrid coincides with the announcement of the new RAV4 range which features new exterior styling, improved cabin quality and further deployment of advanced technology and safety features. While the hybrid will not join the local line-up, a select number of upgrades will be incorporated into the South African range within the next year.
RAV4’s new frontal design generates a stronger road presence and includes full LED headlights for the first time. To the side, there is a new rocker panel that creates a more flowing look, and at the rear the combination lamps and bumper have been reworked, adding yet more emphasis to the car’s road stance.
The sensory quality of the cabin has been raised significantly with the adoption of new combination meters, a full colour TFT screen and soft-touch materials throughout.
New technology features include Toyota’s 360-degree Panoramic View Monitor, which gives the driver sight of obstacles that would remain hidden in blind spots when using conventional front and rear cameras, making for safer and easier manoeuvring.
RAV4’s safety specification is significantly improved with the addition of the new Toyota Safety Sense suite of features. In addition to the Pre-Collision System, Lane Departure Alert, Automatic High Beam and Road Sign Assist features that will also be included in the package for new Avensis and Auris, RAV4 will further benefit from Adaptive Cruise Control and two significant enhancements to the basic Pre-Collision System functions.
Firstly, for potential collisions with vehicles, PCS operates at an expanded relative speed range of between 10 km/h and the vehicle’s top speed, and can reduce speed by approximately 40 km/h. Secondly, the system is also able to detect potential collisions with pedestrians, in the event of which automated braking operates at relative speeds of between 10 to 80 km/h, and can reduce vehicle speed by approximately 30 km/h.
SA specifications and further details will be announced closer to the on-sale date.
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Genesen Magnetic Treatment (acupuncture without needles)
The Genesen magnets are very strong magnets amplified using what seems to be wave-guide technology. They were developed by Dr. Chi Kyung Kim in Korea and Dr. Dan originally bought his first Genesen magnets to prove that it did not work. … He was wrong. It works wonderfully and he now uses it extensively.
Laser Acupuncture and Laser Therapy
Lasers have many healing qualities including wound care. Recently Dr. Dan's Picasso laser therapy helped heal three wounds on one patient's leg back to 90% healthy skin — in 28 days — after the patient had tried all other therapies for over 2 years. Dr. Dan can't explain it just yet — but the results are consistent.
Auricular Medicine
Auricular medicine was developed in the 20th century by a group of physicians that was lead by Dr. Paul Nogier and Dr. Rene Bourdiol, MD, in France, and Frank Bahr, MD in Germany. Dr Dan has taken many courses in this technique from the several different, and often conflicting groups that use this type medicine including naturopaths, allopaths, and applied kinesiology practitioners. As is his habit, he has combined these perspectives to incorporate the best into his practice.
Battle Field Acupuncture
Dr. Richard Niemtzow developed Battle Field Acupuncture while he was on active duty with the United States Air Force. It is a modification of the Chinese ear acupuncture micro system and has been helping our troops extensively. Dr. Niemtzow has been so generous to freely share this modality with us all around the world.
Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation was developed by Bill Craig out of University of Texas Southwestern medical school and involves electrical stimulation of sympathetic nerve ganglion at affected dermatonal levels to release endorphins or catecholamines.
Piezoelectric Crystal Stimulation Therapy
A piezoelectric crystal is similar to what is used in an electric guitar pick up to change vibration into electricity. This apparatus works well to decrease micro-spasms in defined muscle groups and increases the flow of chi and the rate of healing.
Anodyne Therapy
Anodyne is a revolutionary therapy used by sports medicine physicians, Navy Seal Teams and wound care physicians. Again, Dr. Dan started to try this technique to prove that it did not work and was again proved wrong. This therapy is especially helpful with nerve problems like neuropathy and accelerates wound healing. It appears to work on the nitric oxide receptors in the blood vessels that are stimulated by the light at a wavelength of around 920nm as shown in invitro labs.
Iontophoresis is very useful with various tendon problems and involves the application of medicines through the skin using electrical currents via pads.
Cupping is an ancient art supported by modern principles. Suction at the surface of the skin disperses lactic acid built up by chronic spasms. Lactic acid is what makes your muscles feel stiff and sore the day after you exercise. This modality often but not always causes marks that look like hickies.
Limited Homeopathic, Herbal, Botanical and Home Remedies
Homeopathic medicine works like vaccinations. Small amounts of the offending substance or something similar is diluted and then ingested to fortify the body’s own protective response.
Ahsi, Myofascial Acupuncture and Trigger Point Therapy
Ahshi, myofascial acupuncture, and trigger point therapy are very closely related in that they help regulate motor points when they get inflamed. Dr. Chan Gunn developed his form of the myofascial acupuncture, and Dr Travell developed trigger point therapy. They are very useful.
Distinct Meridian Therapy
Distinct meridians go directly to the targeted organs to counter imbalances.
Osteopuncture
Osteopuncture stimulates the periosteum electrically to decrease inflammation and increase osteoclast and osteoblast mediated reformation of bone as has been shown in invitro studies repeatedly.
Inverse/Contrary Acupuncture
Inverse/ contrary is very helpful with deep and ambiguous inflammatory processes and has quite a bit in common with 5 element command point therapy and with Aeromedical acupuncture
Five Element Acupuncture
Five Element Acupuncture: This acupuncture took Dr. Dan the longest to learn…he started studying this form in 5th grade and, as a physician has taken numerous courses. The last one lasted a year and a half. Five Element Acupuncture has borrowed many ancient techniques, is very intricate and poetic, but it follows the paradigm of the life cycle. It can be related to the stages of a wave in the ocean or the stages of a tree throughout the year. The five elements flow one into the other as life completes its dance. Particularly useful in 5 element acupuncture is the ability to diagnose electrical blockages between connected meridians using the 12 pulse positions and then to quickly remove those blockages.
Dr. Dan is continually searching for new modalities to add to this list.
He likes to say "If all you have is a hammer — everything looks like a nail". Dr. Dan carries many different tools in his tool belt. You will rarely see him when he isn't wearing it.
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Directions to the Clinic
Gorman is on TX Hwy.6 — about 19 miles southeast of I-20, Exit 340. The clinic is about four blocks southwest of the blinking traffic light on Hwy. 6.
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LOOK: Utah Football Pac-12 Championship Uniforms
Josh Sanchez | Nov 29, 2018 10:34 am | Oct 1, 2020 10:38 am
The Utah football program has unveiled its uniform combination for the upcoming Pac-12 Championship Game against the Washington Huskies on Friday, November 30. The Utes are currently ranked No. 17 in the nation, while the Huskies enter the contest at No. 11.
For the big game, the Utes will be wearing their slick black and red helmets accented with a white facemask that they also wore a week ago.
The helmets are paired with the team’s white road jerseys and red pants.
Utah has consistently pumped out some of the most impressive uniform combinations this season with the help of Under Armour, so it comes as no surprise that they will once again be looking sharp on the field.
Check out additional photos of the uniforms below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqsze-1h7kW/
Utah has also produced a hype video for the big game that will get you pumped up for the Pac-12 clash.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvUK3IhI0d/
Kickoff at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara is set for 8:00 p.m. ET on FOX.
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With more than 900 stores in 28 states, we have grown to become the world's largest independent tire and wheel retailer today. The company was founded in 1960 when founder Bruce T. Halle rented a building on Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor, MI. Although the inventory consisted of only six tires (four of which were retreads) and the showroom was not quite the showroom we see today, faith, vision and hard work were then, and still remain, the foundation on which this company has grown and prospered.
As with any new start up, Bruce Halle's venture faced numerous challenges - perhaps one of the biggest being that he didn't own an air compressor. Having only six tires and a portable air tank, Halle would race back and forth to a nearby gas station, filling the tires with air as he sold them. Out of necessity, he became a master at inventory turn. In addition to being the only salesman, Bruce Halle was the tire technician, accountant, store computer, sign painter and cleaning crew. Day by day, tire by tire, this one-man operation slowly grew into what is now one of the most recognized names in the industry.
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The Tire Service Technician is the backbone of our success and this position is the first step in your journey with America’s Tire. We have a commitment to growing our people and we routinely promote from within.
Be the BEST, work with the BEST. Our positions are highly competitive. The selection process includes interviews, post-offer drug test and background screening.
The starting pay for Tire Service Technicians is negotiable. Hours vary by location.
A Tire Service Technician at America’s Tire performs the following duties, including but not limited to:
Installs new tires and wheels
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Participates in training, follows safety procedures, job duties and company policies
Conducts basic maintenance and cleaning
Provides helpful, friendly and responsive customer service
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Must enjoy and excel in a team environment
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Fixed Costs – the effect of acceptance of a Part 36 offer
by Matthew RosePosted on September 26, 2018 October 12, 2020
The case of Ansell & Evans -v- AT&T (GB) Holdings Ltd (County Court at Oxford 14/12/2017) was an appeal to the County Court in relation to the interpretation and effect of acceptance of a Part 36 offer made in a case to which fixed costs applies.
Further information can be found in Gordon Exall’s blog on this case here
The Claimants had been injured in a car accident and the claim, due to its value, fell within the scope of the RTA protocol (‘the Protocol’). The claims were submitted to the Protocol and the Defendant admitted liability. Subsequently, the Defendant wrote to the Claimants stating that they were concerned that the accident was a low velocity impact and they therefore requested that they have access to the vehicle in order to arrange an inspection “in line with Kearsley -v- Klarfeld…” and that pending such investigations the Defendant “may wish to raise Casey -v- Cartwright”.
Shortly thereafter, the Claimants wrote to the Defendant stating that in light of this request, pursuant to paragraph 7.76 of the Protocol the claim was not suitable for and therefore would no longer continue under the Protocol.
Three months later, the Defendant wrote to the Claimants stating that “LVI is no longer an issue”.
No settlement having been reached, the Claimants issued proceedings under Part 7 and the Defendant thereafter made Part 36 offers, which the Claimant accepted within the relevant period.
The issue between the parties
Following settlement, the Defendant stated that it considered that the Claimants’ conduct in withdrawing the claim from the Portal had been unreasonable, and that the Claimant should be limited to pre-action fixed costs (CPR 45.29B Table 6C).
The Claimants’ position was that:-
Pursuant to CPR 36.20 there was no deemed order for costs (CPR 44.9 applies only to settlement under CPR 36.13);
CPR 36.20(2) provides that where a Part 36 offer is accepted within the relevant period the Claimant is entitled to fixed costs applicable at the date on which the notice of acceptance was served;
The court had no discretion to go behind the self-contained provisions of CPR 36 and make some other order as the court;
Even if the court did have such a discretion, the court should not do so because if the Defendant had wished to raise issues of reasonableness it should not have made an offer pursuant to CPR 36; and
It is incumbent on a defendant to ‘say what it means’ when making offers. The consequences of CPR 36.20 are designed to give certainty in the event that the claim is settled. The consequences of the Defendant’s offer should therefore have been construed contra preferentem in favour of the Claimants.
The Claimants also alleged that, in the alternative, it had not been unreasonable to withdraw the claim from the Portal in light of the Defendant’s statement that it “had LVI concerns”
At first instance, the Court dismissed the Claimants’ application on the basis that it had been unreasonable to withdraw the claim from the Portal. However, the judge did not give any reasons for dismissing the Claimants’ argument that by operation of CPR 36.20 costs payable by the Defendant were fixed to the sums set out in Table 6B for the stage at which the claim settled and that therefore the Court did not have discretion to make an order in a different amount. The judge at first instance refused permission to appeal.
The Claimants made an application for permission to appeal on the grounds that (1) the judge had failed to give reasons for their judgment, (2) that the judge was wrong in law to reject the Claimants’ argument that by operation of CPR 36.20 costs payable by the Defendant were fixed at those set out in Table 6B, and (3) that the judge was wrong in law to conclude that the Claimants’ had acted unreasonably by withdrawing the claim from the Portal.
At the appeal hearing the Court allowed the appeal on the first ground, but dismissed the second and third grounds.
The First ground was a simple question of fact. As to the third, the court held that the letter sent by the Defendant that it “had LVI concerns” was merely an indication that complex issues might be raised, but was not of itself sufficient to give rise to complexity sufficient to justify withdrawal from the Portal.
However, had the Claimants succeeded on the second ground, the reasonableness or otherwise of the Claimants’ conduct would have been irrelevant. Thus it was upon the second ground that the Claimants’ case hinged and therefore the reasons for dismissal require more detailed analysis.
In respect of the second ground, which was that CPR 36.20 provides that where a Part 36 offer is accepted within the relevant period a claimant is entitled to the costs applicable for the stage at which the claim settlement, the judge held that CPR 36.20(1) incorporates CPR 45.29A(1), which therefore incorporates CPR 45.29A(3) which incorporates CPR 45.24 (consequences of failure to comply or electing not to continue with the relevant pre-action protocol). Simply put, the judge found that where a case settles by CPR 36, the court has discretion to award a different amount to that provided for under CPR 36.20 and Table 6C if the court determines that the claimant acted unreasonably.
CPR 36.20(2) provides that where a Part 36 offer is accepted within the relevant period, the claimant is entitled to the fixed costs in Table 6C of Section IIIA of Part 45 for the stage applicable at the date on which notice of acceptance was served on the offeror.
There is no provision within CPR 36.20 which is relevant to these facts. In particular, there is no provision which states that CPR 45 generally shall apply where a Part 36 offer is accepted within the relevant period or which provides for any discretion for the court to award any other amount.
CPR 36.20(1), states “This rule applies where (a) a claim no longer continues under the RTA or EL/PL Protocol pursuant to rule 45.29A(1)”.
So far as it is relevant CPR 45.29A(1) provides that “subject to paragraph (3), this section applies (a) to a claim started under (i) the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents (‘the RTA Protocol’)… where such a claim no longer continue under the relevant Protocol or the Stage 3 Procedure in Practice Direction 8B”
CPR 45.29A(3) provides that “nothing in this section shall prevent the Court making an order under rule 45.24.”
The judge found that because CPR 45.29A(1) states that it is “subject to” CPR 45.29A(3), where the court considered that withdrawal from the portal was unreasonable under CPR 45.24, by virtue of CPR 45.29A(3) the claim had not “continued under the RTA Protocol” for the purpose of CPR 36.20(1). Accordingly, the Court was not bound to allow only those costs within Table 6C.
It is possible to argue that the judge on appeal erred in their finding as set out above.
In this case, it was a simple matter of fact that the claim had not continued under the Protocol under CPR 45.29A(1). CPR 45.29A(3) states that “nothing in this section” shall prevent the court from making an order under CPR 45.24. However, it does not state that a finding under CPR 45.24 that the claim had left the portal unreasonably would mean that section CPR 45.29A(1) did not apply. Furthermore as is clear, CPR 36.20 is not “in this section” (i.e. within CPR 45.29A) and therefore CPR 45.29A(3) is specifically dis-applied.
Claimants should careful to ensure that they do not withdraw a claim from the portal unless the defendant has actually raised a complex issue. Parties should be sure to clarify with their opponent whether there are any issues of conduct prior to the issue of proceedings and in any event before any offer of settlement is made or accepted. It is a common tactic for defendants in particular to only raise issues such as this after settlement has been agreed, as was indeed the position in this case. Written correspondence on the point prior to the acceptance of an offer should at the least give rise to an argument in estoppel should they later try to raise conduct.
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U.S. Army Regional Health Command-Pacific Expands Vocera Technology at Three Facilities
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$2.8 million contract caps record year of federal bookings for Vocera
SAN JOSE, Calif. January 3, 2018 –(BUSINESS WIRE)– Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, announced today that U.S. Army Regional Health Command-Pacific (RHC-P) is expanding Vocera technology at three military facilities. This $2.8 million contract completes a record year of federal bookings across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Veteran Health Administration (VA). This agreement with RHC-P, a U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) region, includes a new deployment of Vocera solutions at Brian Allgood Army Hospital in Korea and a large expansion at Tripler Army Medical Center and Schofield Barracks Health Clinic in Honolulu.
Building out the MEDCOM global vision of standardizing communication with Vocera technology, Tripler is expanding the wearable technology enterprise-wide. The mobile solution is now being deployed across the entire acute care facility, to its outpatient clinics on base, and to the Schofield Barracks Health Clinic. Tripler, the largest medical center in the RHC-P, is one of many DoD facilities around the world where Vocera technology is being expanded or deployed to improve patient care, safety and satisfaction. Brian Allgood Army Hospital joins a growing list of federal organizations transforming the healthcare experience with Vocera technology.
“We are very proud to serve military hospitals and improve the healthcare experience for soldiers, veterans, families and care teams around the world,” said Brent Lang, president and CEO of Vocera. “Our success in the federal government validates the unique advantages of our communication platform and how Vocera solutions can enhance patient care delivery in any healthcare system or mission-critical environment. We expect our momentum within the DoD and VA to continue over time as we add new facilities and cross sell within existing customers.”
No other communication technology comes close to the depth of security credentials needed to support federal healthcare facilities. Vocera recently received a new Authority to Operate (ATO) from the DoD, based on compliance with strict security requirements and risk assessments outlined in the Risk Management Framework (RMF). Additionally, the wearable Vocera Communication Badge meets all federal government requirements, is FIPS 140-2 compliant, and Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certified.
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The mission of Vocera Communications, Inc. is to simplify and improve the lives of healthcare professionals and patients, while enabling hospitals to enhance quality of care and operational efficiency. In 2000, when the company was founded, we began to forever change the way care teams communicate. Today, Vocera continues to offer the leading platform for clinical communication and workflow. More than 1,400 hospitals and health systems around the world have selected our solutions for care teams to text securely using smartphones or make calls with our hands-free, wearable Vocera Badge. Interoperability between Vocera and more than 120 clinical systems helps reduce alarm fatigue, speed up staff response times, and improve patient care, safety and experience. In addition to healthcare, Vocera is at home in luxury hotels, aged care facilities, nuclear facilities, libraries, retail stores and more. Vocera makes a difference in any industry where workers are on the move and need to connect instantly with team members and access resources or information quickly. In 2017, Vocera made the list of Forbes 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America. Learn more at www.vocera.com, and follow @VoceraComm on Twitter.
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8 KL journalists visited a Singapore MP at work. And were shocked at what they saw.
By Chak Onn Lau
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Last week, we were invited by the Singapore gomen to find out how the country works. We visited the various ministries, had great food, and had intimate closed-door sessions with Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Minister, HDB minister, and Commmunications Ministers, visited their National Service training facility, shot rifles and a whole slew of other cool activities.
We’ll admit that one of the activities that was scheduled drew a collective groan from our contingent of Malaysian journalists – an after-hours visit to a Singaporean MP, meeting his constituents on a Monday night. The program is called a Meet-the-People Session or MPS for short, and the MP’s name was Dr Maliki Osman.
Dr. Maliki is the MP for Siglap, a multi-ethnic division of the East Coast GRC that comprises of approximately 50,000 Singaporeans. Hes also a Senior Minister in the Ministry of Defense AND the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and also the Mayor of the South East district.
In our heads, was a guy in a suit, walking around with a plastic smile, shaking hands and exchanging short pleasantries with the people in his community, while he casually asked about the problems in the community, and would address the crowd through a loudspeaker about how he would solve them.
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But we actually got everything in that last paragraph wrong, except maybe the shaking of hands.
Anyone in Dr. Maliki’s constituency can get 15-20 minutes of alone time with him
Our group of 8 Malaysian journalists were led to a a low-key, office-like community centre, at the bottom of a HDB (Singapore Housing and Development Board) complex. After a short briefing from one of the volunteers, our media contingent was asked to wait as Dr. Maliki was in a ‘session’. About 10 minutes later, we were invited into a small room, and introduced to Dr. Maliki. No, he was not wearing either a suit, nor a plastic smile.
Wearing a simple rolled up shirt, Dr. Maliki invited us to take seats on 8 tightly arranged plastic chairs to the left of his desk. He told us that some of the people that live in his constituency would be coming in, and he would take questions after the last 4 people had been dealt with. He also asked us not to share photos or specific information about any of his constituents, because their affairs were meant to be private.
WAIT. THEY GET TO SEE THEIR MP INDIVIDUALLY!?
The first case was a resident complaining about hawkers without permits in her area, showing photos and evidence. Dr. Maliki observed and asked questions, taking notes. He also makes her aware of her rights and the laws governing the incidence. He jotted down little details on a green form, and told her he would ensure that the situation would be looked into.
Another couple was asking about purchasing a HDB flat (they were currently renting). Dr Maliki asked about their jobs. One of them said he had been bankrupt before, which Maliki indicated would make their applications harder to execute. It’s also amazing how little fear the residents had, despite a bunch of journalists sitting right there.
“It’s okay, these are my friends… they are just here to observe the process. None of your personal details will be revealed okay?” – Dr. Maliki
Each case took an average of 10-15 minutes, with no noticeable hurry in Dr. Maliki’s demeanour. He listens intently, asks probing questions, writing notes as he goes along. He then recommends which agency or government department he’ll try to appeal to, but we also noticed him chiding some of the constituents – like making sure a guy who ran a red light knew that this was a very serious offence, and should thus have serious consequences.
“”Next time this one don’t play play okay. Driving like this is dangerous ya” – Dr. Maliki
What also amazes us is the depth of knowledge he has in a variety of subjects, from HDB to commercial to traffic laws.For this particular case of the red light, he took into account that the guy is a delivery driver, and thus his license is his ricebowl. He recommended to the driver to instead focus on appealing the demerit points rather than the monetary fine. Later we asked what the chances are of these appeals actually succeeding.
“If the agency waives every summon then the summon won’t be effective anymore. For these cases, we recommend a waiver of demerit points instead so you won’t lose your license.” – Dr. Maliki
There are some cases that require financial assistance as well, which the party’s policy is always to give a maximum of 3 months worth of either vouchers or cash, and review the case intently after. Dr. Maliki was also confident that at the other end (e.g. the Housing Development Board, or Traffic police) that every one of these cases would be viewed and addressed at least.
“The most common cases are neighbourly disputes. In Singapore land is scarce, and 70% of my constituency is staying on private land, so there’s a lot of competition for parking spaces. For cases like this we use our network of community leaders (volunteers who live in the same neighbourhood) to help resolve these issues.” – Dr. Maliki
He shared with us one case of an old lady who complained that her upstairs neighbour was making a lot of noise. They actually installed a soundmeter overnight at her place, and found out that the sound levels were very low, and thus they suspected dementia or some other mental health condition could be the cause, but it’s remarkable nonetheless how much importance is placed on a meaningful resolution.
“Some people raise their voice at me, but I’ll ask “why are you raising your voice at me? I’m trying to help you”. I also make sure they take some responsibility for their situation.” – Dr. Maliki
It also helps that Dr. Maliki can speak fluent Hokkien and Mandarin, although his Cantonese is admittedly weak.
Every case results in a green form like this, which notes the details of their case from the volunteer, as well as Maliki. It’s useful to also track their case, and see the number of appeals that have been lodged. Some areas use computers to resolve cases, but Dr Maliki finds that handwriting done by his volunteers gives his constituents a more personal feel, and thus a higher chance that they will consider the outcome satisfactory.
“A lot of people say going thru an MP increases your chances. But the value we add is the way we write the letter might make their appeal clearer. I’ll ask about family background, their jobs, and so on., and then appeal perhaps based on him losing his job if he loses his license.
Successful or not, we at least try to explain the scenario and allows them to look at the case in a new light. I’ll say I’ve done this, done this and done this, and usually they accept the resolution. In every case, we try to give them hope. To empathise and to help them find a resolution.” – Dr. Maliki
Now, you might think this is just a ad-hoc kinda thing, because elections are coming, but….
Dr. Maliki does this once a week, and apparently so do all Singaporean MPs… Including the Prime Minister
Dr. Maliki is there at his MPS office every Monday, seeing anywhere between 20-40 constituents at any session. His volunteers pre-screen these cases, but Dr. Maliki claims to write the appeal letters personally to ministries and government agencies.
To be honest, we didn’t believe Dr. Maliki when he said he does it once a week. So we asked all the other Ministers we met on the trip, and you know what? They ALL do it. And it’s not even part of the law. According to two ministers we spoke to, it was a PAP party policy enacted by Lee Kuan Yew himself, in 1963 – to ensure that MPs never lose touch with the people. Here’s Lee Kuan Yew himself at a MPS session in 1963.
Lee Kuan Yew at a Meet the People Session in 1963 – Image from Singapore’s National Archives.
And yes, his son, the current Singapore PM, still does it.
“Eh I heard you damn kheng can kautim my parking fine.”
However, some quick Googling turned up that the origin of the MPS was even BEFORE Lee Kuan Yew… it came from an ANG MOH (Iraqi-JEW!?) – Singapore’s first Chief Minister from colonial days, David Marshall!
“I said to you that if elected, I would dedicate a day in every week to receive the people of Singapore, whether voters or not, whether from Cairnhill or not. Rich or poor, in order to enable me to understand your problems, to receive your advice, and to assist where I can asist. I did not then realise; I did not anticipate, that I would shortly receive the privilege of the responsibility of dedicating 7 days a week to your welfare and probably many nights of that week. But I will still keep faith with you in spire of the onerous nature of the duties of the Chief Minister.” – David Marshall, Marshall of Singapore, A Biography.
And of course, the Opposition need to do it to stay competitive too… so now it’s a uniquely Singaporean thing. There are similar things called “surgeries” in the UK, but it seems that while MPs might be available, Ministers are a bit harder to get hold of. As far as we can tell, these are the only two countries that have something like this.
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On top of the MPS, each MP will also try to knock on the door of every household in their constituency between elections. We don’t have the numbers on how many MPs reliably do this (Dr. Maliki estimates more than half still do), so just to verify that this wasn’t propaganda, we spoke to some of our Singaporean friends about this close relationship with their MPs.
“Aiya. BS one la! Last time I appealed for my mom to waive her parking fine, also didn’t get waived. Useless one la MPS. Waste time.” – Singaporean friend (you know who you are)
From the Singaporeans we spoke to, many seemed surprised that we thought it was a big deal, probably because Singaporeans are an alien species. Some of them had indeed been visited by their MPs at home. Most say it’s an awkward affair, and some people don’t even invite the poor MPs in.
Oh and every other Minister we met on this trip has at least two portfolios, a policy that our government doesn’t allow, is actually mandated by the party. They call it bridging, which allows each minister to not be limited in the scope of one department.
With regards to the MPS sessions, they do occasionally miss a session, especially those working at the Foreign Affairs Ministries travel quite often. Most of the MPs and ministers we met claim to miss less than 10 MPS sessions each year.
“When I travel, our offices continue with the meetings, but I still attend to the letters myself.” – Dr. Maliki
Should we try this in Malaysia then?
World Bank’s rankings of government efficiency
Ok, so this might start sounding a bit like a propaganda piece, and perhaps it is, but only because Singapore put such a convincing argument forward. In Malaysia, one minister hold two positions also got problem, and instead of our MPs reporting shortages to our agencies, we have our agencies reporting about our PMs.
So as far as we can tell, there are no MPs in Malaysia that organise such open sessions with their constituents
OK, so when this article first came out, we started getting messages that some Malaysian MPs do it as well.
from whatsapp. Dun ask who.
And one particular MP did get in touch, Edry Faizal, DUN of Dusun Tua in Hulu Langat. He runs ‘surgeries’ every Wednesday for his constituents, and says that most of his colleagues at DAP do the same 🙂
“I wear only t-shirt sometimes. Whoever comes for surgery needs to fill up a form stating their problem. After meeting them usually for 15 to 20 min, I will inform the party who’s suppose to handle it (mostly councilors) and through the form we keep track on everything. We are still new and improving on our system.” – Edry Faizal, DUN for Dusun Tua
Edry Faizal, Meeting the Peepurrr!
Edry said he picked up the practice from his fellow DUN, Tuan Rajiv, from Bukit Gasing, and that many DAP DUNs had this practice.
“Usually before they meet me I already know whether their problem falls under the purview of councilors, penghulu/Ketua Kampung, MP etc. Many cases involved the local council or gov agencies sometime settled through whatsapp or phone calls. I only issue letters when the case really need serious attention.” – Edry Faizal
To be honest, this was a pleasant surprise for us, that this is happening in Malaysia! Because government agencies and political leaders have… let’s just say a reputation of being inefficient… as pointed out by studies such as this and this, which lead many Malaysians to not even bother trying.
But if there’s one thing we’ve learnt from this article, it’s that politicians aren’t all bad. Some of them are really hard working people, some not as famous as others, trying to make their communities, and the country… a better place.
“It’s tiring but fun. There’s always something new to learn on daily basis and it’s satisfying to be able to assist people in solving their problems.” – Edry Faizal
Of course, being a responsible MP is one thing, what about being a double Minister and a Mayor… How to find the time to do anything!?
Well, Dr. Maliki is also a family man. Kinda.
“Monday mornings I’m at MINDEF (Ministry of Defense) office, afternoon i’m at the Mayor’s office, Tuesday morning i’m at MFA office, Tuesday afternoons I go back to MINDEF’s office, Wednesdays I go back to the Mayor’s office. I may be involved in meetings outside of these portfolios, then they will have to be readjusted.” – Dr. Maliki
To help him manage his various portfolios he has 3 aides, one for each ministry, and one as mayor/MP, but only one of the aides can actually manage his appointments (otherwise it would be chaos). On weekends, he estimates 6 to 7 events that he has to attend. In fact, immediately after our session (which ended around 11ish), he had to go for a wake of a recently deceased volunteer. He tells us once he gets home, he will clear all his emails (a policy) before sleeping hopefully around 2am, and wake up at 6am to do it all over again the next day.
“Yes, I am married, and I have two kids.
My wife acknowledges that I’m married to my job and married to my constituents. My family knows what I’m doing is important, but I do try to bring them along. And now my daughter comes some Mondays to help do the interviews.”
Despite Singaporeans complaining about the minister salaries, Dr Maliki only gets one salary from his 3 government posts. While they remain the highest paid government servants in the world (and some Singaporeans are not happy), none of the 8 Malaysian journalists at the session felt it was excessive after what they had witnessed. In fact, Rahman, the editor of FreeMalaysiaToday asks him if he has time to spend it. Dr. Maliki smiles and replies, “It’s okay la… the family can spend it.”.
Because even his time on weekends is taken up, he keeps in constant touch with his family via WhatsApp. Towards the end of the interview, he also noted some special policies with his wife.
“Each time I go into my car, I will call my wife. Also, every Thursday lunchtime, my calendar is blocked out for two hours with my wife. So we’ll occasionally go to walk about Arab street, near my office.
And without fail sure got someone recognise me there, sees me with my wife, and asks “WAH Doctor… so free ar?”
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Privacy-preserving data publishing: A survey on recent developments (0)
by Fung BCM, K Wang, R Chen, Yu PS
Venue: ACM Computing Surveys
Differential privacy via wavelet transforms
by Xiaokui Xiao, Guozhang Wang, Johannes Gehrke - In ICDE , 2010
"... Abstract — Privacy preserving data publishing has attracted considerable research interest in recent years. Among the existing solutions, ɛ-differential privacy provides one of the strongest privacy guarantees. Existing data publishing methods that achieve ɛ-differential privacy, however, offer litt ..."
Abstract — Privacy preserving data publishing has attracted considerable research interest in recent years. Among the existing solutions, ɛ-differential privacy provides one of the strongest privacy guarantees. Existing data publishing methods that achieve ɛ-differential privacy, however, offer little data utility. In particular, if the output dataset is used to answer count queries, the noise in the query answers can be proportional to the number of tuples in the data, which renders the results useless. In this paper, we develop a data publishing technique that ensures ɛ-differential privacy while providing accurate answers for range-count queries, i.e., count queries where the predicate on each attribute is a range. The core of our solution is a framework that applies wavelet transforms on the data before adding noise to it. We present instantiations of the proposed framework for both ordinal and nominal data, and we provide a theoretical analysis on their privacy and utility guarantees. In an extensive experimental study on both real and synthetic data, we show the effectiveness and efficiency of our solution. I.
...ication prevents inference of private information while retaining statistical characteristics of the data. A plethora of techniques have been proposed for privacy preserving data publishing (see [1], =-=[2]-=- for surveys). Existing solutions make different assumptions about the background knowledge of an adversary who would like to attack the data — i.e., to learn the private information about some indivi...
Differentially Private Data Cubes: Optimizing Noise Sources and Consistency
by Bolin Ding, Marianne Winslett, Jiawei Han Zhenhui Li
"... Data cubes play an essential role in data analysis and decision support. In a data cube, data from a fact table is aggregated on subsets of the table’s dimensions, forming a collection of smaller tables called cuboids. When the fact table includes sensitive data such as salary or diagnosis, publishi ..."
Data cubes play an essential role in data analysis and decision support. In a data cube, data from a fact table is aggregated on subsets of the table’s dimensions, forming a collection of smaller tables called cuboids. When the fact table includes sensitive data such as salary or diagnosis, publishing even a subset of its cuboids may compromise individuals ’ privacy. In this paper, we address this problem using differential privacy (DP), which provides provable privacy guarantees for individuals by adding noise to query answers. We choose an initial subset of cuboids to compute directly from the fact table, injecting DP noise as usual; and then compute the remaining cuboids from the initial set. Given a fixed privacy guarantee, we show that it is NP-hard to choose the initial set of cuboids so that the maximal noise over all published cuboids is minimized, or so that the number of cuboids with noise below a given threshold (precise cuboids) is maximized. We provide an efficient procedure with running time polynomial in the number of cuboids to select the initial set of cuboids, such that the maximal noise in all published cuboids will be within a factor (ln |L | +1) 2 of the optimal, where |L | is the number of cuboids to be published, or the number of precise cuboids will be within a factor (1 − 1/e) of the optimal. We also show how to enforce consistency in the published cuboids while simultaneously improving their utility (reducing error). In an empirical evaluation on real and synthetic data, we report the amounts of error of different publishing algorithms, and show that our approaches outperform baselines significantly.
Differentially Private Data Release through Multidimensional Partitioning
by Yonghui Xiao, Li Xiong, Chun Yuan
"... Abstract. Differential privacy is a strong notion for protecting individual privacy in privacy preserving data analysis or publishing. In this paper, we study the problem of differentially private histogram release based on an interactive differential privacy interface. We propose two multidimension ..."
Abstract. Differential privacy is a strong notion for protecting individual privacy in privacy preserving data analysis or publishing. In this paper, we study the problem of differentially private histogram release based on an interactive differential privacy interface. We propose two multidimensional partitioning strategies including a baseline cell-based partitioning and an innovative kd-tree based partitioning. In addition to providing formal proofs for differential privacy and usefulness guarantees for linear distributive queries, we also present a set of experimental results and demonstrate the feasibility and performance of our method. 1
On the Tradeoff Between Privacy and Utility in Data Publishing
by Tiancheng Li, Ninghui Li
"... In data publishing, anonymization techniques such as generalization and bucketization have been designed to provide privacy protection. In the meanwhile, they reduce the utility of the data. It is important to consider the tradeoff between privacy and utility. In a paper that appeared in KDD 2008, B ..."
In data publishing, anonymization techniques such as generalization and bucketization have been designed to provide privacy protection. In the meanwhile, they reduce the utility of the data. It is important to consider the tradeoff between privacy and utility. In a paper that appeared in KDD 2008, Brickell and Shmatikov proposed an evaluation methodology by comparing privacy gain with utility gain resulted from anonymizing the data, and concluded that “even modest privacy gains require almost complete destruction of the data-mining utility”. This conclusion seems to undermine existing work on data anonymization. In this paper, we analyze the fundamental characteristics of privacy and utility, and show that it is inappropriate to directly compare privacy with utility. We then observe that the privacy-utility tradeoff in data publishing is similar to the risk-return tradeoff in financial investment, and propose an integrated framework for considering privacy-utility tradeoff, borrowing concepts from the Modern Portfolio Theory for financial investment. Finally, we evaluate our methodology on the Adult dataset from the UCI machine learning repository. Our results clarify several common misconceptions about data utility and provide data publishers useful guidelines on choosing the right tradeoff between privacy and utility.
...tility of the anonymized data in terms of data mining workloads, such as classification and aggregate query answering (A comprehensive discussion on the privacy-preserving data publishing is given in =-=[9]-=-). Classification accuracy on the anonymized data has been evaluated in [18, 28, 10, 27, 5]. The main results from these studies are: (1) anonymization algorithms can be tailored to optimize the perfo...
Differentially Private Data Release for Data Mining
by Noman Mohammed, Rui Chen, Benjamin C. M. Fung, Philip S. Yu - Proc. KDD 11 , 2011
"... Privacy-preserving data publishing addresses the problem of disclosing sensitive data when mining for useful infor-mation. Among the existing privacy models, -differential privacy provides one of the strongest privacy guarantees and has no assumptions about an adversary’s background knowledge. Most ..."
Privacy-preserving data publishing addresses the problem of disclosing sensitive data when mining for useful infor-mation. Among the existing privacy models, -differential privacy provides one of the strongest privacy guarantees and has no assumptions about an adversary’s background knowledge. Most of the existing solutions that ensure -differential privacy are based on an interactive model, where the data miner is only allowed to pose aggregate queries to the database. In this paper, we propose the first anonymiza-tion algorithm for the non-interactive setting based on the generalization technique. The proposed solution first prob-abilistically generalizes the raw data and then adds noise to guarantee -differential privacy. As a sample application, we show that the anonymized data can be used effectively to build a decision tree induction classifier. Experimen-tal results demonstrate that the proposed non-interactive anonymization algorithm is scalable and performs better than the existing solutions for classification analysis.
Analyzing multicore dumps to facilitate concurrency bug reproduction
by Dasarath Weeratunge, Xiangyu Zhang, Suresh Jagannathan - In ASPLOS , 2010
"... Debugging concurrent programs is difficult. This is primarily because the inherent non-determinism that arises because of scheduler interleavings makes it hard to easily reproduce bugs that may manifest only under certain interleavings. The problem is exacerbated in multi-core environments where the ..."
Debugging concurrent programs is difficult. This is primarily because the inherent non-determinism that arises because of scheduler interleavings makes it hard to easily reproduce bugs that may manifest only under certain interleavings. The problem is exacerbated in multi-core environments where there are multiple schedulers, one for each core. In this paper, we propose a reproduction technique for concurrent programs that execute on multi-core platforms. Our technique performs a lightweight analysis of a failing execution that occurs in a multi-core environment, and uses the result of the analysis to enable reproduction of the bug in a singlecore system, under the control of a deterministic scheduler. More specifically, our approach automatically identifies the execution point in the re-execution that corresponds to the failure point. It does so by analyzing the failure core dump and leveraging a technique called execution indexing that identifies a related point in the re-execution. By generating a core dump at this point, and comparing the differences betwen the two dumps, we are able to guide a search algorithm to efficiently generate a failure inducing schedule. Our experiments show that our technique is highly effective and has reasonable overhead.
...nt information to identify shared variables that carry different values; the exact values of the shared variables are not important. Furthermore, recent techniques on anonymizing end-user information =-=[10]-=- to protect privacy apply naturally in our setting. In [1], scenarios were observed that concurrent schedules may quickly diverge significantly from sequential schedules. Though such state drifting ma...
Information-theoretic bounds for differentially private mechanisms
by Gilles Barthe, Boris Köpf - In 24rd IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium, CSF 2011. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos
"... Abstract—There are two active and independent lines of research that aim at quantifying the amount of information that is disclosed by computing on confidential data. Each line of research has developed its own notion of confidentiality: on the one hand, differential privacy is the emerging consensu ..."
Abstract—There are two active and independent lines of research that aim at quantifying the amount of information that is disclosed by computing on confidential data. Each line of research has developed its own notion of confidentiality: on the one hand, differential privacy is the emerging consensus guarantee used for privacy-preserving data analysis. On the other hand, information-theoretic notions of leakage are used for characterizing the confidentiality properties of programs in language-based settings. The purpose of this article is to establish formal connections between both notions of confidentiality, and to compare them in terms of the security guarantees they deliver. We obtain the following results. First, we establish upper bounds for the leakage of every ɛ-differentially private mechanism in terms of ɛ and the size of the mechanism’s input domain. We achieve this by identifying and leveraging a connection to coding theory. Second, we construct a class of ɛ-differentially private channels whose leakage grows with the size of their input domains. Using these channels, we show that there cannot be domain-size-independent bounds for the leakage of all ɛ-differentially private mechanisms. Moreover, we perform an empirical evaluation that shows that the leakage of these channels almost matches our theoretical upper bounds, demonstrating the accuracy of these bounds. Finally, we show that the question of providing optimal upper bounds for the leakage of ɛ-differentially private mechanisms in terms of rational functions of ɛ is in fact decidable.
Towards Privacy for Social Networks: A Zero-Knowledge Based Definition of Privacy
by Johannes Gehrke, Edward Lui, Rafael Pass
"... Abstract. We put forward a zero-knowledge based definition of privacy. Our notion is strictly stronger than the notion of differential privacy and is particularly attractive when modeling privacy in social networks. We furthermore demonstrate that it can be meaningfully achieved for tasks such as co ..."
Abstract. We put forward a zero-knowledge based definition of privacy. Our notion is strictly stronger than the notion of differential privacy and is particularly attractive when modeling privacy in social networks. We furthermore demonstrate that it can be meaningfully achieved for tasks such as computing averages, fractions, histograms, and a variety of graph parameters and properties, such as average degree and distance to connectivity. Our results are obtained by establishing a connection between zero-knowledge privacy and sample complexity, and by leveraging recent sublinear time algorithms. 1
...tistical information about the population who have contributed to the data without breaching their individual privacy. Many privacy definitions and schemes have been proposed in the past (see [4] and =-=[11]-=- for surveys). However, many of them have been shown to be insufficient by describing realistic attacks on such schemes (e.g., see [19]). The notion of differential privacy [8, 7], however, has remain...
Trajectory privacy in location-based services and data publication
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"... The ubiquity of mobile devices with global positioning functionality (e.g., GPS and AGPS) and Internet connectivity (e.g., 3G andWi-Fi)hasresultedinwidespread development of location-based services (LBS). Typical examples of LBS include local business search, e-marketing, social networking, and auto ..."
The ubiquity of mobile devices with global positioning functionality (e.g., GPS and AGPS) and Internet connectivity (e.g., 3G andWi-Fi)hasresultedinwidespread development of location-based services (LBS). Typical examples of LBS include local business search, e-marketing, social networking, and automotive traffic monitoring. Although LBS provide valuable services for mobile users, revealing their privatelocations topotentially untrustedLBSservice providers pose privacy concerns. In general, there are two types of LBS, namely, snapshot and continuous LBS. For snapshot LBS, a mobile user only needs to report its current location to a service provider once to get its desired information. On the other hand, a mobile user has to report its location to a service provider in a periodic or on-demand manner to obtain its desired continuous LBS. Protecting user location privacy for continuous LBS is more challenging than snapshot LBS because adversaries may use the spatial and temporal correlations in the user’s location samples to infer the user’s location information with higher certainty. Such user location trajectories are also very important for many applications, e.g., business analysis, city planning, and intelligent transportation. However, publishing such location trajectories to the public or a third party for data analysis could pose serious privacy concerns. Privacy protection in continuous LBS and trajectory data publication has increasingly drawn attention from the research community and industry. In this survey, we give an overview of the state-of-the-art privacy-preserving techniques in these two problems. 1.
...ute in the entire data set is no more than a threshold parameter t [36]. For the details of these and other data privacy principles for data publishing, we refer the reader to the recent survey paper =-=[19]-=-. 2.2 Location Privacy In LBS, mobile users issue location-based queries to LBS service providers to obtain information based on their physical locations. LBS pose new challenges to traditional data p...
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by Pawel Jurczyk, Li Xiong
"... Abstract. There is an increasing need for sharing data repositories containing personal information across multiple distributed and private databases. However, such data sharing is subject to constraints imposed by privacy of individuals or data subjects as well as data confidentiality of institutio ..."
Abstract. There is an increasing need for sharing data repositories containing personal information across multiple distributed and private databases. However, such data sharing is subject to constraints imposed by privacy of individuals or data subjects as well as data confidentiality of institutions or data providers. Concretely, given a query spanning multiple databases, query results should not contain individually identifiable information. In addition, institutions should not reveal their databases to each other apart from the query results. In this paper, we develop a set of decentralized protocols that enable data sharing for horizontally partitioned databases given these constraints. Our approach includes a new notion, l-site-diversity, for data anonymization to ensure anonymity of data providers in addition to that of data subjects, and a distributed anonymization protocol that allows independent data providers to build a virtual anonymized database while maintaining both privacy constraints. 1
...e such as k-anonymity using techniques such as generalization, suppression (removal), permutation and swapping of certain data values so that it does not contain individually identifiable information =-=[1]-=-. There are a number of potential approaches one may apply to enable data anonymization for distributed databases. A naive approach is for each data provider to perform data anonymization independentl...
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Inspired by Chuck Berry
By Jimmy Guterman
(This is one of a series of posts we’re running on what inspires us as facilitators and designers here at Collective Next.)
Chuck Berry is one of the finest rock’n’roll songwriters ever. Here’s how one of his worst songs inspired a classic.
A while back, I accidentally friended on Facebook Bill Wyman, the former bass player for the Rolling Stones, instead of Bill Wyman, the rock critic, the person I meant to connect with. Didn’t seem like good karma to unfriend the guy who played bass on “19th Nervous Breakdown” and several dozen more of the greatest songs in all rock’n’roll so I stuck around. Mostly his Facebook page offered tour dates, although he would occasionally touch on photography, archaeology, his books (did you know he wrote seven?) and setting scores.
Recently on Facebook he turned to a regular topic for him: his assertion that it was he, and not Keith Richards, who wrote the glorious riff of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” He mentioned that the inspiration was “an obscure Chuck Berry single I had called ‘Club Nitty Gritty.’” (He may have mentioned this in Stone Alone, the only one of his books I read, but it was really long and it was only a seven-day-limit library book so I probably read it too quickly and I don’t remember.)
I won’t wade into Wyman’s claim about authorship, but I do want to go on a bit about Chuck Berry’s “Club Nitty Gritty.” There are two reasons it’s obscure (Wyman is surely right about that). One: it’s not very good, a lazy list of dances that could turn Alvin Ailey into a wallflower. Two: it appeared as the last track on what may be Chuck’s worst-ever record without a song about his ding-a-ling on it: Golden Hits, a 1967 collection of mediocre rerecordings of his early triumphs, plus “Club Nitty Gritty” buried at the end as a booby prize. So the song’s not very good and it deserves its rarity status. Only deeply committed Chuck Berry fans, like the Stones, would have heard it. And it does boast a riff that could be an antecedent of the brutal “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” theme. Whoever pulled that riff out of the air took something shapeless and built a universe out of it.
The lessons here? You can find inspiration anywhere, not only in canonical classics but in trash. And pay attention. The next piece of crap you hear may make your career.
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It’s unfortunate that Mr Green India is not open to accepting players. This is a proven brand. Its casino is rightly regarded as one of the leading sites on the web. From slots and roulette to scratch cards and poker, you’ll entertain yourself for hours playing here.
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On Nicolas Provost’s The Invader (2011)
by Gisele Defares
The Invader- dir. Nicolas Provost
The subject of immigration in Europe is always treated with care even in the art form of visual media. Most European film makers dance around the subject. From the opening scene on it is clear that The Invader is not your run-of-the-mill immigrant drama, courtesy of Nicolas Provost , an enigmatic Belgian visual artist and filmmaker. He established his name with a number of short films and video installations (Plot Point , Stardust) where he created his own visual style. In two of his shorts Exoticore and Induction , he collaborated with the imposing Burkinabé actor Issaka Sawadogo, who plays the protagonist Amadou in The Invader.
The Invader revolves around the African immigrant Amadou who is washed up on a beach in southern Europe. His journey leads him to the metropolitan city of Brussels (which stands for Europe) where illegal immigrants, dissolve in the labyrinth of the city, and human dignity seems to have disappeared. His daily life is drained of hope because he’s exploited by traffickers and the hard work takes his toil. Until he meets Agnès (Stefania Rocca) a beautiful businesswoman who can be his golden ticket to a better life.
Provost used his talent for creating subcutaneous tension in his feature film debut. The film presents a wide array of themes such as race, immigration, sexual politics and so on. Provost brings an intelligent and unprejudiced look to find out where the friction stems from. The lead Amadou is no longer the cliché victim of immigration, instead he is a man on a mission. A man who took a live changing step in order to fulfil his dreams and ambitions. The Invader gives us insight in the hopes, dreams and fears of the other. The first twenty minutes of the film highlight the hallucinatory journey of Amadou, and then switches to a stylized thriller in the center of Brussels, mixed with black humor and mafia clichés. Stylistically the film sometimes feels like a trip, as if Amadou walks on the binary between dreams and reality. Each image is accurately shot and there’s even a wink to Michelangelo Antonioni.
Provost keeps all the characters deliberately vague. We meet Amadou without any history – or background information. The film is open to interpretation. Provost plays a game with genre conventions and expectations without losing the core of the plot. The story is carried on the broad shoulders and the physical presence of Sawadogo. Some actors just know how to use their body and with minimal nonverbal communication can give extra cachet to a character, Sawadogo is one of them. His Amadou is not only a victim of Western exploitation, but he is at the same time an opportunistic ‘intruder’. Amadou can be seen as a self-destructive man both physically and psychologically.
Provost kept the atmosphere of underlining threat throughout the film. The Invader is an original and electric story. The polished camera work of cinematographer Frank van den Eeden and his inventive use of Brussels as a cold, concrete metropolitan city, adds color to this grim story. Every day, we walk past people without knowing who they are and what their story is. The open ending of The Invader gives you food for thought – if only for a minute – on immigrant experiences around the world.
Giselle enjoys googling random things like it’s academic research but her grandma Hilda had a premonition of a great future. So, there’s that.
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<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/87340370″>%5Btrailer%5D THE INVADER – Nicolas Provost</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/paraisoproduction”>Paraiso Production</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
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Jie Celadon Rug - 200x300cm
Neri & Hu takes inspiration from the tile patterns of Shanghai streets, a place where life literally happens.
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…Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVIII, No. 126 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, April 6,1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Hijackers capture Kuwaiti airliner NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Arab hijackers yesterday forced a Kuwait Airways jumbo jet to land in north- eastern Iran, threatened to blow it up and demanded that Kuwait release 17 pro-Iranian prisoners. They later re- leased 25 of the 112 passengers. Iran's official Islamic...…
…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, April 6, 1988 Groups debate Michigan waste site LANSING (AP) - The regional radioactive waste dump proposed for Michigan could wind up soliciting business from all over the country, a prominent anti- nuclear activist warned yesterday. Michigan already has been selected as the "host state" for a regional dump to store low-level radioactive wastes generated here and in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, O...…
… Speaker condemns ;Israeli militancy By LAWRENCE ROSENBERG The United States has changed its policy of dealing with conflict be- tween Palestinians and Israelis from a "stand-offish" mediating role to one of increased militancy, said the second speaker a week-long discus- sion series on Palestine and the Middle East. Stephen Green, an a u - thor/researcher and freelance writer who has been published in The Na- tion and The New York Times, spok...…
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…OPINION Page 6 Wednesday, April 6, 1988 The Michigan Daily ed t antMichigan Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan VarianMisrepresents Dept. Vol. XCVIII, No. 126 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Possible scenarios involving U.S. troops:...…
…ARTS The Michigan Daily Wednesday, April 6, 1988 Page7 *Novel ge Lights' o By Lisa Pollak See Michael J. Fox snort coke See Michael J. Fox mourn his bro- ken marriage. See Michael J. Fo snort more coke. See Michael J. Fo mourn his dead mother. See Michae J. Fox snort more coke. That is what the story of Brigh Lights, Big City looks like o screen, in the movie directed by James Bridges, based on the book by Jay McInerney, which looks muck the ...…
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…Softball vs. Detroit (DH) Wednesday, 3 p.m. Varsity Diamond SPORTS Baseball vs. Wayne State (DH) Today, 2 p.m. Ray Fisher Stadium The Michigan Daily Wednesday, April 6, 1988 Page 9 WOMEN'S SOFTBALL SEEKS TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED IN APRIL Blue looks to win clash with By STEVEN COHEN Tomorrow, two up and down women's softball teams will do bat- tle in Ann Arbor as Michigan will face the University of Detroit. Michigan, after going 1-4 last...…
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…Page 10-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, April 6, 1988 Tartars stake M' C pener; win second By MICHAEL SALINSKY Steve Savage single-handedly ended Michigan's 18-game winning streak, pitching Wayne State to a 2- 0 victory over the Wolverines in the second game of yesterday's double- header at Ray Fisher Stadium. Michigan embarrassed the Tartars in the first game, 18-1, behind rookie Jeff Tanderys' three-hit com- plete game. Third baseman Ste...…
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Wedding Destinations
Canadian Rocky Mountains
El Museo Del Tobaco – Santiago, Dominican Republic
Calle del Sol – Santiago, Dominican Republic
Monument to the Heroes – Santiago, Dominican Republic
Victorian and Spanish Colonial Architecture – Santiago, Dominican Republic
Catedral Santiago Apostol – Santiago, Dominican Republic
Santiago de los Caballeros is referred to as La Ciudad Corazón, (Heart City) because it is located at the heart of El Cibao Valley.
Imagine your wedding amidst the colonial architecture and the Dominican culture where time feels to have stood still and for a while you are lost to the Island breezes.
El Museo del Tabaco
Learn about the art of cigar-making—from the cutting of the tobacco leaf to the rolling of the cigar—with a visit to El Museo del Tabaco. Housed in a former Victorian cigar warehouse, museum exhibits include the rustic tools used to shape cigars along with old photos of workers.
Calle del Sol
Explore Calle del Sol. Spend an afternoon hunting for bargains on one of Santiago’s most fascinating streets. The artisan shops of Mercado Modelo offer a variety of rustic handicrafts. Keep an eye out for larimar, a light blue, semi-precious stone found only in the Dominican Republic.
The Monument to the Heroes
Enjoy a Panoramic View. The Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration stands 230 feet (70 meters) tall on a hilltop overlooking the city. Originally constructed by Trujillo to honor himself, and renamed at the fall of his regime, it boasts murals by renowned Spanish artist José Vela Zanetti.
Victorian and Spanish colonial architecture
Go Back in Time. A horse-drawn carriage ride is the perfect way to take in the city’s Victorian and Spanish colonial architecture. Two must-see sights include the Catedral Santiago Apóstol, built in the late nineteenth century, and the Centro de Recreo, formally a gathering place for Santiago’s high society.
Catedral Santiago Apóstol
Santiago’s cathedral, opposite the south side of Parque Duarte, was built between 1868 and 1895 and is a combination of Gothic and neoclassical styles. The cathedral contains the marble tomb of the late-19th- century dictator Ulises Heureaux, an elaborately carved mahogany altar and impressive stained-glass windows by contemporary Dominican artist Dincón Mora.
For non-residents, passports and tourist cards are required upon entry into the Dominican Republic. If you are a citizen of the US, visit travel.state.gov for more information on travel documents needed. For Canadian travelers, visit travel.gc.ca for relevant travel information.
For marriage, couples must present an original passport, copy and translation of original birth certificates, and sworn declaration before a notary public prior to all weddings in the Dominican Republic. Divorce and death decrees are also required if applicable. Check with our Certified Wedding Planner for more details.
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The Trigger: The Journey That Led The World To War In 1914
4th May 2015 /in History Hub, Talks & Audio /by Tim Butcher
Audio from Tim Butcher’s talk at Chalke Valley History Festival on 28th June 2014.
On a summer morning in Sarajevo a 101 years ago, a teenage assassin fired not just the opening shots of the first world war but the starting gun for modern history. Best-selling author Tim Butcher tells the story of Gavrilo Princip, whose killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand proved so catastrophic that his own story has been largely overlooked.
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Home Local News Ata Igala berates INEC over votes buying as Ekiti REC moves to...
Ata Igala berates INEC over votes buying as Ekiti REC moves to fill vacant assembly seat.
The perpetuation of votes buying is an indictment on government, says the Ata Igala, HRM Idakwo Michael Amaboni II.
According to the chairman of Kogi State Traditional Council, the trend is fuelled by widespread poverty in the country.
During an interactive session between the commission and the traditional rulers in the state, the Ata challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that this year’s elections were better than those of 2015.
“Vote buying is as a result of poverty in the country. We are appealing to the government at all levels to address the factors that gave rise to vote-buying, as it is not healthy for the nation’s democracy,” the royal father advised.
Earlier, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. James Apam, had appealed to traditional rulers to use their position to sensitize the electorate on the need to come out and claim their permanent voter’s cards (PVCs).
Apam spoke against the background that 261,917 PVCs were still lying unclaimed less than one month to the general elections.
“The figure is outrageous considering the importance of elections. This is worrisome and the commission is urging the traditional rulers in the state to assist us to talk to the people because their power to elect the candidates of their choice lies with the PVC,” Apam said.
Meanwhile, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Ekiti State, Prof. Abduganiy Raji, yesterday said that he had written the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on the need to conduct by-election into the vacant seat in the House of Assembly.
The seat of Ekiti South-West Constituency II, comprising Igbara Odo and Ogotun towns, became vacant following the death of Michael Adedeji.
Adedeji, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker, who was shot in the head by gunmen at Onigaari, GRA, Ado-Ekiti, on October 26, 2018, died a few days later at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti.
Speaking through the Commission’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Taiwo Gbadegesin, in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, the REC said the electoral umpire under his control “is fully prepared” to conduct a credible election to fill the vacant seat.
Raji told journalists that he had written to the INEC chairman on the vacancy and only awaiting directive to set the machinery in motion for the election.
“We are set for the election and we hope that the by-election will be conducted by this January. We have written to Abuja, I mean to INEC national chairman, and we are expecting them to set the timetable for us to conduct the election,” he added.
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Judge Orders Trial Tied To Discovery Of Missing Idaho Kids’ Bodies
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday there’s enough evidence for a man to go to trial after the bodies of his new wife’s two children were found buried on his Idaho property. The bizarre case involving doomsday beliefs and the deaths of several people linked to the couple has attracted national headlines.
Chad Daybell, 52, has pleaded not guilty to charges related to hiding the remains of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan. Investigators found their bodies during a search in June, months after they were last seen in September.
Daybell last year married Lori Vallow Daybell, who has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to help him keep the bodies of her children hidden. Authorities have yet to file charges related to the deaths of the children.
Chad Daybell is seen during his preliminary hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Tuesday. He and his wife face charges related to the hiding of the remains of his two step-children.
They also have yet to say how or when the children died, but the prosecuting attorney on Tuesday during closing arguments called both deaths homicides based on the condition of the bodies.
The two-day hearing included graphic testimony about unearthing the duct-tape bound body of the boy and the charred and dismembered remains of the girl.
A friend of Lori Daybell, Melanie Gibb, testified how people involved in the case became acquainted through a doomsday belief system that led them to “preparedness” meetings loosely affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
An FBI analyst who reviewed cellphone records testified that on Sept. 9 Chad Daybell sent a text to his then wife, Tammy Daybell, saying he was burning debris and that he had also shot and buried a large raccoon on his property. The analyst said that was notable because Tylee Ryan was last seen alive on Sept. 8 in Yellowstone National Park.
Kay and Larry Woodcock, the grandparents of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow, react after a judge ruled there was enough evidence for Chad Daybell to go to trial.
Prosecutors also said cellphone location records indicated that the day after Joshua “JJ” Vallow was last seen alive in late September, Lori Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, showed up at Chad Daybell’s property just as he had shown up at Tylee Ryan’s grave site the day after she disappeared.
Cox died in December, and the former spouses of both Chad Daybell and Lori Daybell also died last year.
Police started investigating a missing child case last year and eventually arrested Lori Daybell on charges she abandoned her children.
She called Chad Daybell from jail on June 9, the day authorities arrived to search his property with at least five cadaver dogs, according to testimony at Tuesday’s hearing.
“I love you so much,” Chad Daybell said somberly after telling her police were searching the field behind the house.
“I love you,” she responds. “Should I try to call you later?
“I don’t know,” he said. “You can try.”
Lori Vallow Daybell is seen in March during a hearing in Rexburg, Idaho. Authorities have not yet said how her two children died.
Chad Daybell was taken into custody later that day after searchers found one of the bodies.
Investigators said they found the bodies by tracking Cox’s cellphone movements. Police said Cox was involved in the conspiracy to hide the children’s remains. He died of an apparent blood clot in his lung at his Arizona home last December
Court documents in Lori Daybell’s criminal case include claims that the couple believed dark spirits, or “zombies,” would possess people. Gibb said Lori Daybell told her at different times last year that both children had become zombies and that the couple believed the only way to rid a person of a dark spirit was by killing them.
Much of Gibb’s testimony revolving around a phone conversation she recorded with the couple after she became suspicious and confronted them about the missing children and accused them of multiple lies.
Gibb acknowledged to Chad Daybell’s attorney, John Prior, that she initially lied to police about having Joshua “JJ” Vallow with her. She said she was persuaded to lie by Lori Daybell. Gibb said she became concerned that she could be blamed for the children’s disappearance, leading her to call the couple and record the conversation, which she shared with police.
Chad Daybell was arrested in June on suspicion of concealing or destroying evidence after local and federal investigators searched his property.
The strange case also includes the shooting death of Lori Daybell’s estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in suburban Phoenix by Cox. He asserted the shooting was in self-defense. Vallow had been seeking a divorce, saying Lori believed she had become a god-like figure who was responsible for ushering in the biblical end times.
A short time later, she and the children moved to Idaho. Daybell ran a small publishing company there and had written many books about apocalyptic scenarios loosely based on the theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Friends said he claimed to be able to receive visions from “beyond the veil.”
At the time, Chad Daybell was married to Tammy Daybell. She died in October of what her obituary said were natural causes. Authorities grew suspicious when he married Lori Vallow just two weeks later. Police had Tammy’s body exhumed last December in Utah for further investigation; the results of that autopsy have not been released.
Lori Daybell faces a hearing next week on whether the case against her will proceed to trial.
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Richard Barnett, man seen lounging in Nancy Pelosi’s office, swiped letter for Missouri rep
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A man seen in a viral photo lounging at a desk inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s suite of offices amid Wednesday’s chaos at the Capitol allegedly swiped a letter meant for a Missouri congressman.
The man, identified in reports as 60-year-old Richard Barnett, flashed the letter, addressed to Republican Rep. Billy Long, to reporters outside the Capitol building.
In an expletive-laced interview with New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, Barnett, from Arkansas, argued he did not steal the envelope since he left some change on the desk.
“I didn’t steal it. I bled on it because they were macing me and I couldn’t f—ing see,” Barnett said, according to video posted to Twitter by Rosenberg.
“So I figure ‘well, I’m in her office, I got blood in her office, I’ll put a quarter on her desk even though she ain’t f—ing worth it,” he added.
In November, Barnett was interviewed at a pro-Trump rally by KNWA where he backed
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V8 Custom: 1975 Ford Pinto
DailyTurismo Uncategorized Custom, Ford, Pinto, V8 7
The poor Pinto. Always the butt of every other car joke. It was the Pontiac Aztec of the 1970s, the Rodney Dangerfield of the automotive world, the Bill Cosby of date rape jokes…but not today. This Pinto has drank its gallons of milk, eaten its Wheaties, and signed up for CrossFit classes…it’s all grown up now and ready to pummel all challengers (Camaros and Mustangs too!). Find this 1975 Ford Pinto V8 Custom here on eBay
bidding for $8,600 reserve-not-met with a few hours to go, located in Lakeland, FL.
The seller is a regular eBay seller who claims that this car was built into a V8 monster back in 1988, but it sat in a garage for years. It has only recently come out of hiding and has only 800 miles on the odometer since the rebuild.
Gone is the original wheezy 4-banger and in its place is a Ford 302 cubic inch V8 from a 1970 Torino that breathes through a mild cam and a 4-bbl Holley carb. It isn’t the beefiest build in the garage, but it doesn’t need to make much more than 250 horsepower or so to make the little 2200 lb Pinto move like a thoroughbred.
The V8 is mated to a C-4 automatic transmission, which won’t give you the control you might want for a canyon carver…but who are you kidding…this is a 1975 Pinto and better suited to impressing the kids in the high school parking lot.
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Were these built on a shorter version of the Maverick/Mustang/Falcon? I know Mavericks can be built into really quick, nice handling cars just by spending a few evenings with a Mustang Performance Parts catalog. Maybe there is hope for this Pinto, which has already begun the journey.
mrkwong says:
Supposedly there was some Maverick in the floorpan, and it's as wide as a Maverick though considerably shorter. Otherwise, no, I don't think there's any actual suspension parts in common (the rear is similar in design, a generic leaf-spring Hotchkiss; the front is totally different).
The earlier Pintos were quite successful Showroom Stock and sedan-class racers in their own right with the EAO 2-liter SOHC four. Simple cars, durable, could be stripped down to fairly light weight. By the time this thing was built they'd been fattened up with the big bumpers, the heavy 2.3 four or a 2.8 V6 that in that era wore big cast-iron accessory bracketry and, if so equipped, a big nasty reciprocating AC compressor, an 8in rearend out of the Mustang/Maverick parts bin, and so on.
While I'm feeling lugubrious…a '71 Pinto and a '71 Vega are very much a compare-and-contrast exercise. The Pinto was a design phoned-in by its engineers, mechanicals pulled randomly from the Euro Ford parts bin, in concept a crap product but simple (too simple, Ford had been using the fuel tank as the trunk floor for a decade in Falcons, Mustangs, Mavericks, etc. and it finally bit them) and durable.
The Vega was a gorgeous little baby Camaro and almost everything about it was brand-new, from the engine design to the manufacturing process. But the development schedule and the bean-counters got to all the new stuff and none of it worked.
My 1973 Pinto with a few simple mods handled better than my Audi 5000 Quattro that has independent rear suspension. It was a blast to drive the slow 1.6 Kent 4-speed fast.
This heavy V8 maybe not so good.
I use every Pinto opportunity to share this video…watch this Pinto reel in Porsche 914 and even 911's.
youtube.com/watch?v=8YGoKfYYkV4&feature=player_embedded
And yes, I still owe DT my homework. I should have more time as my team heads out for Chinese New Year.
Don't pintos and mustang IIs have the same front suspension, and isn't Mustang II front suspension sort of the SBC of front suspension? Why is it the ubiquitous answer to "what shall we use for the front end of our kit car, hot rod, or motorized outhouse?
Yes, they do, in general terms. The rod guys embraced it because it was about the right width, it (mostly) bolted to a single crossmember that could be removed intact and installed on whatever they wanted to plop it on. It wasn't particularly attractive, and in original configuration had a trailing locating strut-rod for the lower arm that needed a separate bracket.
The aftermarket gradually started replacing the lower arms, then both arms, then the crossmember, so you can buy 'Mustang II IFS' kits from half a dozen different vendors and they share maybe the upper arm.
The Jag XJ front suspension is similar in being a bolt-up unit, in the Jag case both upper and lower arms bolt directly to the crossmember but you need a separate shock mount.
It's quite a bit too wide for the typical '20s-30s rod, and (unlike the Jag IRS that can be narrowed easily) it's impractical to change the width, but it is a reasonably common swap on '50s and bigger '40s hardware.
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This is all I can think of when I see this particular car:
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Home MUSIC BLOGS Confirmed: A Fourth RÜFÜS DU SOL Album is on the Way in 2021
Confirmed: A Fourth RÜFÜS DU SOL Album is on the Way in 2021
Author: Callie Mitchell
Australian powerhouse trio RÜFÜS DU SOL always delivers. With two Grammy nominations, two platinum-certified albums, and a brand new live album and film—Live from Joshua Tree—the trio seems to never slow down. Now, they’ve signed an international neighboring rights deal with Kobalt Music Group and have revealed that the majority of 2020 has been spent in the studio.
According to a press release issued by Kobalt, fans can expect all of that studio work to culminate in a new RÜFÜS DU SOL album in 2021. Representing over 2,000 performers, Kobalt, the largest neighboring rights agent in the world, foresees an exciting new chapter in RÜFÜS DU SOL's storied history. "This is an exciting chapter for RÜFÜS DU SOL, ten years in their star continues to rise on the back of hard work, great songwriting and a loyal fanbase," said Danny Robson, the group's manager. "We’re excited to extend the relationship with the Kobalt team - they have been crushing it as the band’s publisher for a number of years.”
With the release of Live from Joshua Tree, fans were treated to renditions of tracks from the group's Bloom, ATLAS, and SOLACE records against the stunning scenery of California's Joshua Tree National Park. That album and film—combined with the plethora of 2020 releases from the trio—are certainly more than enough to hold RÜFÜS fans over for now, but with the news of a fourth full-length offering, they’ll undoubtedly be eager to know an exact release date. At the time of this article's publishing, that date has yet to be revealed.
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Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the A Model of Global Citizenship: Antecedents and Outcomes article and watch the Globalization at a Crossroads (Links to an external site.) video. Go to the Ashford University Library and locate one additional source on global citizenship that will help support your viewpoint, or you may choose one of the following articles found in the Week 1 Required Resources:
From Globalism to Globalization: The Politics of Resistance
Globalization, Globalism and Cosmopolitanism as an Educational Ideal
Transnationalism and Anti-Globalism
Reflect: Please take some time to reflect on how the concept of global citizenship has shaped your identity and think about how being a global citizen has made you a better person in your community.
Write: Use the Week 1 Example Assignment Guide when addressing the following prompts:
Describe and explain a clear distinction between “globalism” and “globalization” after viewing the video and reading the article.
Describe how being a global citizen in the world of advanced technology can be beneficial to your success in meeting your personal, academic, and professional goals.
Explain why there has been disagreement between theorists about the definition of global citizenship and develop your own definition of global citizenship after reading the article by Reysen and Katzarska-Miller.
Choose two of the six outcomes of global citizenship from the article (i.e., intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping, and the level of responsibility to act for the betterment of this world).
Explain why those two outcomes are the most important in becoming a global citizen compared to the others.
Describe at least two personal examples or events in your life that illustrate the development of global citizenship based on the two outcomes you chose.
Identify two specific general education courses.
Explain how each course influenced you to become a global citizen.
The Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen
Must be 750 to 1,000 words in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style resource. (Links to an external site.)
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Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
Must use at least one credible source in addition to the two required sources (video and article).
The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for an assignment. The Integrating Research (Links to an external site.) tutorial will offer further assistance with including supporting information and reasoning.
Must document in APA style any information used from sources, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s In-Text Citation Guide (Links to an external site.).
Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on the Turnitin report. References list will be excluded from the Turnitin originality score.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
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Rockin’ the Heavens: To Aretha
August 18, 2018 Aretha Franklin, Poetrydixonl2014
Re-Re just entered that pearly gate,
Left us behind like childhood bait.
Trying to figure out who was that?
Sassy, feisty. She left no lines flat.
Here we are pulling up every song,
Wishing she had stayed a tad more long.
Strange. We feel like we know our icons,
Like we’ve partied with them on their lawns.
Their breaths and their cells, we think we own,
But we learn that they are here on loan.
She’s now been welcomed in heaven’s arms,
Belting out tunes. Turning on the charms!
Lynn M. August 18, 2018
August 11, 2018 Inspirationdixonl2014
Having fellowship with a confidant or friend helps to wash away the hurt feelings and creates a vacuum. Then that new space that can be filled with the cool breath of greater understanding.
Once those dark feelings and emotions have been shared with a dear friend, the heaviness begins to dissipate. There is more room for light to pour in because it takes the sunlight of truth to nurture our growth.
Being energized, there is a lightness that frees us to graciously advance forward. We feel strengthened and more able to cope with our missions in life.
We step livelier as we hoist up our crosses and stand firmly to face our battles. And yes, these are our personal battles that no one can fight for us.
Friends and well-wishers can, however, assist us by listening and acting as sounding boards as we wheedle through the stuff, as Alice Walker calls it.
Once we have refilled our cups, we can take a warrior’s poise and get ready to slay the Goliaths that try to block our paths.
The cobwebs of our minds have been swept down and now the daylight of clarity shines in every corner. We continue on and fill up our gratitude pages as we thankfully progress on our journeys.
We see ourselves as overcomers because those grand fellowships serve as mirrors. Our reflections are silently singing that, “Every little thing is going to be alright.”
”Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” Philippians 2:2
The Forgotten Road
August 4, 2018 Book Reviewdixonl2014
Maya Angelou wrote a book called, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now. Well in The Forgotten Road (Richard Paul Evans), Charles James takes a long unexpected journey. He is a highly successful businessman who is presumed to have died in a plane crash. But as fate would have it, he did not board the flight because he ran back to get his bag.
Yet, when he decides to attend his memorial service in disguise, he sees that the place is basically empty. He realizes that it is the perfect time to use this opportunity to take a long walk. He sets out on the old Route 66 and his goal is to end up in California where he hopes to make amends with his former wife, Monica.
Each town teaches him something about the American landscape but more importantly, he has time to take a look within himself. He has a backpack full of cash because he is a multimillionaire so supply is no problem for him. He meets many interesting everyday people along the way and some leave greater imprints than others.
One woman saves his life by giving him a ride in a dangerous area. He rewards her richly. Another man makes him take a deeper look into his spiritual beliefs when he shares his near-death experience. Charles is left plenty of time to ponder his life more deeply and each encounter further pounds into his psyche.
Probably, the most memorable character is Eddie, a Mexican migrant worker. Charles is forced to live and work as a migrant worker after he was is robbed by a motorcycle gang. His soul is opened while living that life for a week. He sees how the workers have to take whatever they are given because they are undocumented and have no other recourse.
Ultimately he is forced to look at his father’s life towards whom he still harbored a strong resentment. His father, also a migrant worker, was harsh and treated Charles as he had been treated by his father. Charles soon realizes that those circumstances helped to shape him into becoming a financial success.
Now, if he would add a dose of humility, kindness and love, he could work towards becoming a whole person. He breaks down and calls his assistant, Amanda because he is out of cash. After she is slowly convinced that it is indeed him, she shows up at his hotel. She tells him that he has changed. She notices a greater calm and peace.
At the end of the book, Charles has only made it halfway across the country. Readers will have to wait for the sequel to see what happens when he gets to California. He fully intends to complete his walk which will end up at Monica’s doorstep at the end of Route 66!
Lynn M. August 4, 2018
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Levitating (The Blessed Madonna remix) (4:05)
Review: The Blessed Madonna has remixed Dua Lipa's 'Levitating' featuring Missy Elliott and Madonna. This is the first track from 'Club Future Nostalgia', an entirely remixed version of Dua Lipa's global #1 album "Future Nostalgia", created in collaboration with The Blessed Madonna.
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Cat: JAKARTA 128. Rel: 14 Dec 17
Casablanca Jungle (5:22)
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Ya Layli (3:32)
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MAN JUMPING
Jumpcuts 2 (Bullion/Reckonwrong/Gengahr/William Doyle mixes) (140 gram vinyl 12")
Cat: ERC 088. Rel: 03 Feb 20
In The Jungle (Bullion remix) (4:59)
Sqeezi (Reckonwrong remix) (4:12)
Down The Locale (Gengahr remix) (5:50)
Walk On, Bye (Bullion remix) (6:42)
Belle Dux On The Beach (William Doyle rework) (6:46)
Review: The second round of Man Jumping remixes on Emotional Rescue sees another strike force of big hitters tackling the illustrious material from an overlooked 80s curio. Bullion steps up first with a typically dynamic, many-sided version of "In The Jungle". Reckonwrong's take on "Sqeezi" channels his twee, off-kilter pop tendencies in brilliant fashion. Gengahr brings a touch of indie urgency to "Down The Locale", while Bullion returns for another fantastic remix on "Walk On, Bye". To close, William Doyle's angular guitar processing and surging, vibrant peaks bring a thrilling new slant to "Belle Dux On The Beach".
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Conexao (heavyweight vinyl 12")
Cat: VST 2166. Rel: 06 Jul 18
Conexao (4:50)
Love Me Right (4:49)
Love Is Stronger Than Pride (3:53)
All The Work (3:52)
Golden (Record Store Day 2018) (12")
Cat: 506055 0030020. Rel: 02 May 18
Golden (radio edit) (3:46)
Golden (Zed Bias remix) (5:50)
Memories (Record Store Day 2020) (gatefold 7")
Memories (3:08)
Memories (Dillon Francis remix) (2:45)
After School EP (blue vinyl 12")
Cat: 007567 8646249. Rel: 18 Dec 20
Notebook (2:27)
Test Me (2:55)
Brain & Heart (3:18)
Numbers (4:42)
Glued (3:13)
Field Trip (3:01)
The Bakery (2:37)
Shameik MOORE/CHRIS PINE/JAKE JOHNSON/JORMA TACCONE
A Very Spidey Christmas (limited numbered 1-sided white vinyl 10" picture disc + postcard)
Cat: MOV 10035. Rel: 08 Dec 20
Shameik Moore - "Joy To The World" (1:38)
Chris Pine - "Spidey-Bells (A Hero's Lament)" (2:39)
Jake Johnson - "Deck The Halls " (2:06)
Chris Pine - "Up On The House Top " (1:43)
Jorma Taccone - "The Night Before Christmas 1967 (Spoken Word) " (2:45)
MORLY
Sleeping In My Own Bed (limited 12")
Cascine US
Cat: CSN 099. Rel: 22 Aug 17
Sleeping In My Own Bed (4:16)
The Wetness (3:28)
Sleeping In My Own Bed (alternate) (4:17)
Giorgio MORODER feat KYLIE MINOGUE
Right Here Right Now (Record Store Day 2020) (limited translucent yellow vinyl 12")
Cat: GFYWAX 003RP. Rel: 01 Dec 20
Right Here Right Now (Kenny Summit club mix) (6:30)
Right Here Right Now (Kenny Summit instrumental) (6:31)
Review: We might be heading though the dying says of 2020 but this year's Record Store Day keeps in kicking. This limited edition 12" is exactly what this vinyl celebration is all about - unusual releases. It has two unreleased Kenny Summit remixes of the huge Giorgio Moroder tune 'Right Here Right Now' featuring vocals from the untouchable global pop starlet that is Aussie fav Kylie Minogue. The first is all big drums, old school disco energy and camp as Christmas vocals with sleek production. If you want it a little more subtle, flip the yellow 12" over for the instrumental on the reverse.
Mae MULLER
No One Else Not Even You (heavyweight translucent orange vinyl 12" + MP3 download code in autographed sleeve)
Cat: 351278 4. Rel: 06 Nov 20
So Annoying (2:53)
Plot Twist (2:25)
HFBD (2:27)
Nails So Long (2:51)
Bad Things (2:54)
Wish U Well (3:33)
Work Like That (2:38)
Kirsty MacCOLL
Electric Landlady (reissue) (180 gram pink vinyl LP)
Cat: DEMREC 275. Rel: 15 Jun 18
Walking Down Madison (6:34)
All I Ever Wanted (3:45)
Children Of The Revolution (3:52)
Halloween (3:39)
My Affair (5:22)
Lying Down (4:40)
He Never Mentioned Love (3:52)
We'll Never Pass This Way Again (4:17)
The Hardest Word (4:27)
Maybe It's Imaginary (2:12)
My Way Home (4:21)
The One & Only (3:41)
Absolutely (40th Anniversary Edition) (reissue) (180 gram vinyl LP)
Baggy Trousers (2:45)
Embarrassement (3:09)
ERNIE (2:09)
Close Escape (3:33)
Not Home Today (2:43)
On The Beat Pete (3:05)
Solid Gone (2:21)
Take It Or Leave It (3:27)
Shadow Of Fear (1:59)
Disappear (2:58)
Overdone (3:45)
In The Rain (2:46)
You Said (2:35)
Return Of The Los Palmas 7 (2:04)
Ray Of Light (heavyweight vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: 9362 468471. Rel: 29 Dec 90
Drowned World/Substitute For Love
Candy Perfume Girl
Sky Fits Heaven
Shanti/Ashtangi
The Power Of Goodbye
To Have & Not To Hold
Mer Girl
Like A Virgin (reissue) (limited 180 gram clear vinyl LP)
Material Girl (4:00)
Angel (3:55)
Like A Virgin (3:37)
Over & Over (4:12)
Love Don't Live Here Anymore (4:49)
Dress You Up (4:01)
Shoo-Bee-Doo (5:16)
Pretender (4:30)
Stay (4:06)
Madame X (gatefold heavyweight vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: 775827 7. Rel: 14 Jun 19
Medellin (feat Maluma) (4:58)
Dark Ballet (4:10)
God Control (6:14)
Future (feat Quavo) (3:52)
Batuka (4:57)
Killers Who Are Partying (5:26)
Crave (feat Swae Lee) (3:24)
Crazy (4:03)
Come Alive (4:01)
Extreme Occident (3:43)
Faz Gostoso (feat Anitta) (4:07)
Bitch I'm Loca (feat Maluma) (2:53)
I Don't Search I Find (4:07)
Looking For Mercy (4:51)
I Rise (3:41)
The Universal: 1985 Radio Broadcast Recording (gatefold clear vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: PARA 291LPLTD. Rel: 20 Mar 20
Holiday (6:13)
Into The Groove (5:16)
Everybody (6:25)
Angel/Gambler (9:05)
Borderline (3:03)
Lucky Star (4:43)
Crazy For You (4:46)
Burning Up (4:44)
How Can It Be True? (B-STOCK) (red vinyl LP)
Roxborough
Cat: ROXMB 043RED (B-STOCK). Rel: 01 Jan 90
How Can It Be True? (red vinyl LP)
Cat: ROXMB 043RED. Rel: 29 Apr 20
Bye Bye Baby (5:03)
I'm Going Bananas (2:45)
La Isla Bonita (4:38)
Justify My Love (7:14)
Everybody Is A Star (8:29)
How Can It Be True? (limited numbered hand-stamped blue vinyl LP)
Cat: ROXMB 043BLUE. Rel: 04 May 20
Something To Remember (180 gram vinyl LP)
Cat: 812279 6396. Rel: 30 Sep 13
I Want You (with Massive Attack)
I'll Remember
You'll See
This Used To Be My Playground
Live To Tell
Love Don't Live Here Anymore (remix)
Something To Remember
I Want You (with Massive Attack - orchestral)
Erotica (remastered) (B-STOCK) (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: 812279 7356 (B-STOCK). Rel: 22 Mar 12
Bye Bye Baby
Deeper & Deeper
Why's It So Hard
In This Life
Did You Do It?
Australia: Sydney Broadcast 1993 Volume One (gatefold heavyweight vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: MIW 001. Rel: 28 Feb 20
The Girlie Theme (1:15)
Erotica (5:27)
Fever (5:01)
Vogue (5:26)
Rain (10:06)
Express Yourself (4:55)
Deeper & Deeper (7:58)
Why's It So Hard (5:25)
In This Life (8:01)
MARIANGELA
Mariangela (LP)
Telephone Explosion Canada
Cat: TER 066. Rel: 12 Mar 20
Honolulu Baby (2:27)
You Are The One (3:39)
Let Me Find A Pathway (3:42)
Memories Of Friends (3:25)
My Dear Life (3:36)
What You're Doing To Me (4:30)
Little Girl It's Time To Be A Woman (3:23)
Rainbow (2:23)
This Is My World (3:08)
Shoo Be Doo (3:23)
Alone With The Day (4:19)
MARINA aka MARINA & THE DIAMONDS
Love & Fear (gatefold black & white vinyl 2xLP)
Cat: 019029 5478728. Rel: 26 Apr 19
Handmade Heaven (Love) (3:30)
Superstar (3:54)
Orange Trees (3:08)
Baby (with clean Bandit) (3:43)
Enjoy Your Life (3:36)
True (3:29)
To Be Human (4:06)
End Of The Earth (3:43)
Believe In Love (Fear) (3:33)
Life Is Strange (3:17)
You (3:31)
Karma (3:27)
Emotional Machine (3:16)
Too Afraid (3:23)
No More Suckers (3:15)
Soft To Be Strong (3:48)
Hands All Over (gatefold 180 gram vinyl LP)
Cat: UMC 4036. Rel: 30 Sep 16
Misery (3:26)
Give A Little More (3:01)
Stutter (3:17)
Don't Know Nothing (3:17)
Never Gonna Leave This Bed (3:18)
I Can't Lie (3:27)
Hands All Over (3:12)
How (3:36)
Get Back In My Life (3:36)
Just A Feeling (3:42)
Runaway (3:00)
Out Of Goodbyes (with Lady Antebellum) (3:16)
Moves Like Jagger (feat Christina Aguilera) (3:22)
Red Pill Blues (gatefold coloured vinyl 2xLP + insert)
Best 4 U (4:09)
What Lovers Do (feat SZA) (3:12)
Wait (3:11)
Lips On You (3:37)
Bet My Heart (3:17)
Help Me Out (feat Julia Michaels) (3:14)
Who I Am (feat Lunchmoney Lewis) (3:03)
Whiskey (feat A$AP Rocky) (3:31)
Girls Like You (3:35)
Closure (11:27)
Denim Jacket (3:54)
Visions (3:49)
Don't Wanna Know (feat Kendrick Lamar) (3:35)
Cold (feat Future) (3:48)
Girls Like You (feat Cardi B) (3:57)
Red Pill Blues (gatefold white vinyl LP)
Interscope US
Cat: B 002674401. Rel: 30 Jan 18
Cry Baby (gatefold LP + booklet)
Atlantic US
Cat: 549986 1. Rel: 14 Jul 16
Cry Baby (3:59)
Dollhouse (3:51)
Sippy Cup (3:14)
Carousel (3:49)
Alphabet Boy (4:12)
Soap (3:30)
Training Wheels (3:25)
Pity Party (3:22)
Tag, You're It (3:09)
Milk & Cookies (3:27)
Pacify Her (3:33)
Mrs Potato Head (3:36)
Mad Hatter (3:20)
Are We An Electric Generation Falling Apart? (gatefold red vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
Clouds Hill Germany
Cat: CH 098LP. Rel: 12 Dec 17
5th Avenue (3:15)
Modern Girl (3:08)
White Socks (3:18)
Kathie (3:28)
Mexico (3:34)
Song For Celine (4:18)
Memos (2:49)
Neon Ghetto (3:06)
Hello My Creator (3:39)
Justify Your Love (4:11)
11 Past The Hour/Slip Of The Tongue (limited numbered red & purple vinyl 2x10" LP (side 2 etched) + MP3 download code in spot-varnished sleeve)
Cat: 748918. Rel: 13 Nov 20
11 Past The Hour (LP1: 11 Past The Hour) (4:01)
Never Look Back (3:29)
Home (LP2: Slip Of The Tongue) (3:15)
GBH (1:46)
Elephant (1:13)
Becoming (1:50)
Liberty Belle (2:00)
Roses (1:44)
The World Is Out (1:14)
Paul McCARTNEY/WINGS
Venus & Mars (gatefold 180 gram audiophile vinyl 2xLP + insert + sticker + MP3 download code)
Cat: 723565 3. Rel: 28 Oct 14
Venus & Mars
Love In Song
You Gave Me The Answer
Magneto & Titanium Man
Venus & Mars (reprise)
Spirits Of Ancient Egypt
Medicine Jar
Call Me Back Again
Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People
Sally G
Walking In The Park With Eloise
Bridge On The River Suite
My Carnival
Going To New Orleans (My Carnival)
Hey Diddle (Ernie Winfrey mix)
Soily (From One Hand Clapping)
Baby Face (From One Hand Clapping)
Lunch Box/Odd Sox
Rock Show (old version)
Letting Go (single edit)
Evann McINTOSH
Mojo (splattered vinyl LP)
Mom & Pop Music US
Cat: LPMP 475. Rel: 13 Aug 20
A Walk Inside My Mind (4:28)
Shut Up!! (2:10)
Animal (3:02)
What Dreams Are Made Of (4:24)
Tmdwiaww (4:58)
Yours (4:47)
No I (3:17)
Do U Mind? (4:33)
Gorilla In A Skillet (3:22)
Cumulonimbus (5:18)
Eggs (2:42)
Wasting Feelings (3:27)
Melanie C (LP + booklet)
Red Girl Media
Cat: RGM 12V. Rel: 28 Sep 20
Who I Am (3:34)
Blame It On Me (3:07)
Good Enough (3:37)
Escape (3:10)
Overload (3:21)
Fearless (feat Nadia Rose) (4:05)
Here I Am (3:28)
Nowhere To Run (3:32)
In & Out Of Love (3:14)
End Of Everything (4:00)
Wonder (LP + insert + MP3 download code)
Cat: 352504 4. Rel: 04 Dec 20
Wonder (2:50)
Higher (2:40)
24 Hours (2:29)
Teach Me How To Love (3:22)
Call My Friends (2:51)
Dream (3:34)
Song For No One (3:09)
305 (3:07)
Always Been You (2:47)
Piece Of You (2:54)
Look Up At The Stars (3:32)
Can't Imagine (2:30)
Shawn Mendes (heavyweight vinyl LP + insert)
Cat: 006025 67569497. Rel: 06 Jul 18
In My Blood (3:28)
Nervous (2:45)
Lost In Japan (3:21)
Where Were You In The Morning? (3:20)
Like To Be You (feat Julia Michaels) (2:40)
Fallin' All In You (3:56)
Particular Taste (2:58)
Why (3:51)
Because I Had You (2:23)
Queen (3:25)
Youth (feat Khalid) (3:12)
Mutual (2:28)
Perfectly Wrong (3:31)
When You're Ready (2:51)
Illuminate (heavyweight vinyl LP + insert)
Ruin (4:02)
Mercy (3:27)
Treat You Better (3:08)
Three Empty Words (3:19)
Don't Be A Fool (3:36)
Like This (3:08)
No Promises (2:45)
Lights On (3:20)
Honest (3:18)
Patience (2:55)
Bad Reputation (3:15)
Understand (5:04)
Mr Bad Guy (Special Edition) (remastered) (180 gram vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
Let's Turn It On (3:43)
Made In Heaven (4:04)
I Was Born To Love You (3:39)
Foolin' Around (3:29)
Your Kind Of Lover (3:30)
Mr Bad Guy (4:09)
Man Made Paradise (4:09)
There Must Be More To Life Than This (2:58)
Living On My Own (3:24)
My Love Is Dangerous (3:42)
Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (3:44)
George MICHAEL/WHAM!
Last Christmas (Soundtrack) (gatefold 180 gram vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: 190759 78831. Rel: 15 Nov 19
Wham! - "Last Christmas" (4:24)
George Michael - "Too Funky" (3:46)
George Michael - "Fantasy" (5:00)
George Michael - "Praying For Time" (4:40)
George Michael - "Faith" (3:08)
George Michael - "Waiting For That Day" (4:47)
George Michael - "Heal The Pain" (4:43)
George Michael - "One More Try" (5:50)
George Michael - "Fastlove" (part 1) (5:28)
Wham! - "Everything She Wants" (5:28)
Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (3:50)
George Michael - "Move On" (4:43)
George Michael - "Freedom! '90" (6:26)
George Michael - "Praying For Time" (live) (5:13)
George Michael - "This Is How (We Want You To Get High)" (extended) (5:44)
Life In Cartoon Motion (180 gram audiophile vinyl LP + insert)
Cat: MOVLP 2082. Rel: 24 Apr 18
Grace Kelly (3:04)
Lollipop (3:04)
My Interpretation (3:35)
Love Today (3:56)
Relax (Take It Easy) (3:45)
Any Other World (5:06)
Billy Brown (3:23)
Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) (4:00)
Stuck In The Middle (4:09)
Happy Ending (4:32)
Track 11 (4:46)
My Name Is Michael Holbrook (heavyweight vinyl LP)
Tiny Love (4:00)
Ice Cream (2:47)
Dear Jealousy (3:44)
Paloma (3:41)
Sanremo (3:16)
Tomorrow (3:44)
Ready To Call This Love (3:48)
Cry (3:29)
Platform Ballerinas (2:46)
I Went To Hell Last Night (3:47)
Blue (3:10)
Stay High (3:30)
Tiny Love (reprise) (4:24)
Orione: Italian Songbook (remastered) (gatefold 180 gram red vinyl 2xLP + poster)
Warner Italy
Cat: 541970 9355. Rel: 01 Dec 20
Va Bene, Va Bene Cosi (5:26)
Oggi Sono Io (3:54)
Portati Via (3:56)
Almeno Tu Nell'universo (4:27)
Io Domani (5:00)
Questa Canzone (3:23)
Che M'importa Del Mondo (3:51)
Una Lunga Storia D'amore (3:47)
Il Cielo In Una Stanza (2:42)
L'importante E Finire (3:20)
Ricominciamo (4:04)
La Sola Ballerina Che Tu Avrai (3:49)
Parlami D'amore Mariu (1:57)
Amara Terra Mia (4:10)
Nel Cielo Dei Bars (3:30)
Cassiopea: Italian Songbook (remastered) (gatefold 180 gram blue vinyl 2xLP + poster)
WEA Germany
Cat: 194398 26361. Rel: 02 Dec 20
Anche Un Uomo (4:49)
La Lontananza (6:10)
Vento Nel Vento (4:30)
Caruso (4:08)
Oro/La Canzone Del Sole (5:54)
I Migliori Anni Della Nostra Vita (5:13)
Canzoni Stonate (4:12)
Fortissimo (4:20)
Malafemmena (3:32)
Volami Nel Cuore (3:31)
Con Te Sara Diverso (4:30)
Compagna Di Viaggio (4:06)
Volevo Scriverti Da Tanto (4:25)
L'uomo Dell'Autunno (4:42)
Un Tempo Piccolo (4:07)
Apart Together (limited gatefold translucent red vinyl LP + 24-page booklet + poster in embossed sleeve)
Summer Romance (4:38)
Apart Together (4:16)
Airport Piano (3:54)
The Absence Of You (4:30)
I Can't Save You (3:40)
Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long (4:52)
Leaving LA (4:58)
I'll Take Lonely Tonight (6:31)
Beautiful Head (3:59)
If This Plane Goes Down (5:09)
Carry You (3:37)
Neon Nights (15th Anniversary Edition) (limited 2xLP + MP3 download code)
Cat: 506055 5212148. Rel: 22 Jun 18
Put The Needle On It (3:22)
Creep (3:29)
I Begin To Wonder (3:39)
Hey ! (So What) (3:30)
For The Record (3:22)
Mighty Fine (3:56)
On The Loop (3:24)
Push (3:20)
Mystified (3:43)
Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling (Al Stone radio edit) (3:31)
Vibe On (3:39)
A Piece Of Time (3:22)
Who Do You Love Now? (3:26)
It Won't Work Out (4:05)
Just Can't Give You Up (3:40)
Come & Get It (radio version) (3:25)
Hide & Seek (3:04)
Goodbye Song (3:51)
Put The Needle On It (Jason Nevin Freak club Creation mix) (8:15)
Begin To Spin Me Around (extended version) (5:12)
Don't Wanna Lose This Groove (extended version) (5:08)
Golden (limited gatefold clear vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: 538360801. Rel: 06 Apr 18
Dancing (2:58)
Stop Me From Falling (3:02)
Golden (3:08)
A Lifetime To Repair (3:19)
Sincerely Yours (3:27)
One Last Kiss (3:45)
Live A Little (3:08)
Shelby '68 (3:33)
Radio On (3:40)
Love (2:53)
Raining Glitter (3:34)
Music's Too Sad Without You (with Jack Savoretti) (4:03)
Step Back In Time (limited mint green vinyl 2xLP + MP3 download code)
Can't Get You Out Of My Head (3:51)
Spinning Around (3:28)
Love At First Sight (3:58)
In Your Eyes (3:19)
Slow (3:18)
All The Lovers (3:19)
I Believe In You (3:21)
In My Arms (3:35)
On A Night Like This (3:32)
Wow (3:15)
Step Back In Time (3:06)
Better The Devil You Know (3:54)
Shocked (3:10)
I Should Be So Lucky (3:26)
Especially For You (with Jason Donovan) (4:01)
Confide In Me (4:28)
Put Yourself In My Place (4:08)
2 Hearts (2:52)
Kids (with Robbie Williams) (4:17)
DISCO (LP + insert)
Magic (4:10)
Miss A Thing (3:54)
Real Groove (3:13)
Monday Blues (3:09)
Supernova (3:17)
Say Something (3:32)
Last Chance (3:02)
I Love It (3:48)
Where Does The DJ Go? (3:00)
Dance Floor Darling (3:13)
Unstoppable (3:33)
Celebrate You (3:41)
Step Back In Time (2xLP + MP3 download code)
MNEK
Language (gatefold heavyweight blue vinyl LP + MP3 download code)
Cat: V 3207. Rel: 07 Sep 18
Background (1:29)
Correct (3:55)
Tongue (3:28)
Gibberish (Interlude) (0:22)
Phone (3:22)
Colour (feat Hailee Steinfeld) (3:39)
Body (3:59)
Honeymoon Phaze (5:36)
Language (1:04)
Hearsay (Interlude) (0:13)
Girlfriend (4:02)
Paradise (4:28)
Crazy World (3:46)
Be (Interlude) (0:24)
Free (3:38)
Touched By You (3:23)
Type: Vinyl
how can it be true?
raw youth collage
red pill blues
11 past the hour/slip of the tongue
a million & one
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European Maritime Defence Project Involving Poland
Image Credit: OBR CTM S.A.
Maksymilian Dura
OBR CTM S.A.
HARMSPRO
OBR CTM S.A. company (Research and Development Center - Center for Maritime Technology) is involved in the European HARMSPRO initiative. The Polish company is making use of its expertise gathered in the domain of systems used for monitoring and protecting harbours and coastal waters and puts it into practical application, within the scope of the aforesaid project driven by EDA.
The goal of the international HARMSPRO project (Harbour & Maritime Surveillance and Protection) is to create a system that would facilitate monitoring and protection of harbour and coastal waters. The project is one of several undertakings of the EU implemented within the framework of PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation).
The assumption is that, via the HARMSPRO project, the member states would obtain new capabilities, allowing them to monitor and protect maritime areas, from coastal waters to harbours. The whole initiative is also going to concern maritime routes and so called “choke points” - straits and channels. All of the above is aimed at ensuring security for marine traffic and structures.
The monitoring capacity is to be provided thanks to an integrated, complex system with an open architecture making it possible to fuse and process the gathered data for the purpose of detecting and identifying the potential threats in the maritime domain. The system would be making use of sensors, surface, submersible and air platforms, coupled with special purpose software suite. The target solution is going to be developed in stationary and portable variants, designed for monitoring harbours, anchorages and coastal waters.
Italy acts as the leading nation of the project, however Poland, and particularly the OBR CTM S.A. company (Research and Development Center - Center for Maritime Technology), may also play a significant role within the initiative. OBR CTM S.A. entity, that is a part of the PGZ Group, is planning to get involved in that project, with all of its know-how and expertise in the area of development, manufacturing, delivery and integration of multi-sensor solutions or elements thereof (with the portable magnetic barrier being a highlight here). Those solutions developed by OBR CTM could be useful to protect critical infrastructure, including harbours, liquefied natural gas and crude oil terminals, passenger terminals, oil platforms and other maritime structures.
Some of the aforesaid solutions have been developed and tested within the framework of the NATO „Defence Against Terrorism Programme of Work” (DAT PoW) project. OBR CTM S.A.’s representatives also note that their involvement in the OCEAN2020 project run by EDA (related to HARMSPRO) may also be useful. The goal of the initiative above is to increase the potential offered by the unmanned air, naval and submersible platforms, within the scope of monitoring and observing the water bodies.
Solutions developed by OBR CTM have already seen some practical application. They have been used to provide security during „The Tall Ships’ Races” events, to offer underwater protection for critical structures, during the EU meetings, and to detect attempts of illegal border crossing.
Thanks to the experience mentioned above, an international conference was organized at the OBR CTM HQ, devoted to the HARMSPRO project. The conference in question was a part of an official visit of the member state delegates organized between 12th and 14th March 2019 by the national coordinator of the project - the Inspectorate of the Polish Navy of the General Command of the Armed Forces.
The meeting involved representatives of the Ministries of Defence of Italy, Poland, Greece, Estonia and science and industry professionals from numerous countries. The event had an open profile for the representatives of institutions and companies that expressed their interest in the project.
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Monday 15 January: Waste crime, bird flu, Countryside Stewardship and air quality
Waste crime crack down
A wide ranging consultation has today been launched to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector, and the fly-tipping of household waste.
Proposals include raising the bar required to hold EA waste permits, and putting a stop to criminals hiding their illegal activities by requiring them to register low-risk waste operations, which are currently exempt from the need to hold a permit.
The consultation also proposes providing local authorities with the option of fining those whose waste ends up fly-tipped or illegally dumped rather than having to pursue them through the courts, and improving awareness amongst householders so people can check on the EA website to see if the recipient of their waste is licensed to take their waste.
The government is clear however that new fixed penalty notices should not be abused simply as a means of raising money. Guidance on how the fines should be applied will therefore be issued to councils.
New power to tackle the serious problem of waste will also be granted to the Environment Agency to lock the gates or block access to problem waste sites to prevent thousands of tonnes of waste illegally building up. The powers will enable the EA to force operators to clear all the waste at a problem waste site, not just the illegal waste.
The story has run widely in today’s media, including Good Morning Britain, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Sun, and Daily Mail.
Environment Minister Therese Coffey said:
Waste crime and fly-tipping blight our communities and spoil our countryside, and we need determined action to tackle it.
These new powers for the Environment Agency will curb the rise of waste sites that continue to operate outside the law.
But we must all take responsibility for our waste to make sure it does not end up in the hands of criminals who will wilfully dump it. Our new consultation looks more widely at the waste sector and we are keen to hear from industry and the public how we can improve performance, tackle illegality and protect our precious environment.
Bird flu in Dorset
There was widespread coverage over the weekend that bird flu has been found in wild 17 birds in Dorset following surveillance by Defra- the first findings this winter. Following the finding Defra have put in place an avian influenza prevention zone in the area.
All of the coverage included the important point that the exact strain of the H5N6 virus found is very similar to the one that has been circulating in Europe and the risk to public health is very low.
The UK Chief Veterinary Officer has also urged bird keepers to maintain high biosecurity standards to protect their birds.
Outlets covering the news included Daily Mail, Dorset Echo, Farming UK and ITV News.
Information on what to do if you are living in the prevention zone, biosecurity advice for all bird keepers and rolling updates on bird flu can be found here.
New and improved Countryside Stewardship Offers open for applications
From today, farmers and land managers can read more about the new CS Offers that are launching in this application round for 2019 agreements, and request an application pack.
There are four new Offers, which are simpler and quicker to apply for, being introduced this year to complement the existing Higher Tier and Mid Tier offers and open up the scheme to more participants.
Unlike existing offers, which are competitive, all landowners who make a valid application for any of the four new packages will be guaranteed funding through the scheme.
The press release, sent out at 9:30am this morning, has also been picked up by Farming UK and Farmers Guardian, with positive reactions online as farmers respond to the news.
The news today follows on from the Secretary of State’s announcement of the streamlined plans in November last year, with detail following as Farming Minister George Eustice visited a farm near York to explain how the new schemes will be simpler and easier for farmers to apply for and implement.
Farming Minister George Eustice said:
We’ve seen farmland birds recover in numbers and biodiversity boosted on farms signed up to Countryside Stewardship agreements, however we have listened to those who said the schemes had become too complicated. The new Countryside Stewardship offers available this year are much simpler to apply for and cover a full range of different farm types, so farmers can deliver environmental benefits wherever and whatever they farm.
My message to farmers who’ve been put off Countryside Stewardship in the last few rounds is to take another look and see what’s on offer this year. We’ve listened to farmers and we’ve simplified the offering to create a universal scheme to appeal to farmers new to stewardship and those coming out of ELS so they can continue the good work on their farms.
London air quality
London mayor Sadiq Khan has today released a press notice highlighting compliance with air quality limits in the city.
This was covered by BBC Online, and says that, for the first time since records began, London is entering the third week of January without broaching air pollution limits.
This is thanks in part to government funding for air quality and cleaner transport, including a comprehensive funding settlement from the government in the 2015 Spending Review, worth more than £5 billion, which includes measures to deliver compliance with air quality limits.
This Government has invested more than £86 million into taking strong action to cut air pollution in London - with more low-carbon and hydrogen buses, more ultra-low emission taxis and more electric charge points.
While we have come a long way since 2010, we recognise there is more to do which is why we have put in place a £3.5 billion plan to improve air quality and reduce harmful emissions and will also end the sale of conventional new diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2040.
Tags: Air quality, Bird flu, Countryside Stewardship, George Eustice, Thérèse Coffey, waste crime
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Lab Burger Update: How Close are we to Scalable, Synthetic, Clean Meat?
Zayan Guedim Apr 14, 2017 at 2:35 pm GMT
Zayan Guedim
Apr 14, 2017 at 2:35 pm GMT
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In a world increasingly exposed to environmental threats and challenges, in-vitro meat seems to be a potential alternative to animal farming. Here’s an update on the matter.
A gastro-technological revolution is looming, with several startups rushing into a race to make the best-tasting synthetic, slaughter-free and affordable meat.
Clean meat and clean energy together could erase the spectre of climate change.Click To Tweet
Perhaps at some point in the (near)future, there won’t be any choice but to grow meat in labs or go vegan, like the surviving humans in Netflix’s Travelers. This SF scenario is not that far-fetched, as the sixth mass extinction is already underway.
Where are all of the Vegetarians now?
According to Wikipedia, India has the most vegetarian population on Earth, as 29-40% of its citizens (~360 million people) do not eat meat. This is most likely because of the Hindu religious tradition, which sees cows as sacred.
Compare India’s numbers to:
USA: 3.3% or 8 million vegetarians.
France: 1.5% or 2 million vegetarians.
Australia: 11.2% or 2 million vegetarians.
Brazil: 7.6% or 15 million vegetarians.
Spain: .5%-4% or 1.78 million vegetarians.
If plant-based synthetic meats were to become scaleable and readily available worldwide, would these vegetarians and vegans be willing to eat it?
Would meat-eaters that chose to consume lab-grown meat exclusively be considered vegetarians?
Lab-Grown Meat: A Shaky Beginning
While Mark Post was behind the media buzz with his “Laburger,” the first lab-grown meat was the creation of two award-winning biological artists, Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr from the University of Western Australia.
Catts and Zurr, following a prototype produced in 2000 that wasn’t tested, grew a semi-living steak from frog skeletal muscle that was served up at the exhibition L’Art Biotech in France.
David Parry | Press Association | European Pressphoto Agency | Nytimes.com
Many companies using different methods have followed since then. These methods respond to issues associated with the environmental impact of the meat industry, animal welfare, and public health risks.
However, lab-grown meats still pose plenty of challenges:
Quality (of taste, texture, and appearance) of lab-grown meat leaves something to be desired.
Quantity-wise, these processes can’t mass-produce meat unless large labs are built. Cells used to culture meat are collected from living animals, and thus animals are still needed in some capacity.
Lastly, synthetic meat production still relies on the use of antibiotics.
Clean Meat Companies Branch out
While they have not yet marketed any product, some companies are laying the groundwork to secure a share of a possible market for clean meat, presented as a panacea to several problems.
Known for its support and lobbying on behalf of clean meat companies, the DC-based Good Food Institute saw its staff grow from two to 15 people with another 17 more positions to fill, among which a positions for a director of international engagement who will oversee the relationships with governments, investors, and activists to develop clean meat industry as a whole.
Good Food Institute’s “clean meat,” sandwich. | GFI.org
GFI is working to expand its activities beyond the United States to create a market for clean meat (plant-based and cell-cultured) and turn meat from a luxury to a mass product. As it is, the firm is already present in Brazil and China.
In Brazil, JBS’s loss is GFI’s gain! Brazilian JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, is facing a tainted meat and corruption scandal, and the whole meat industry in the country is passing through a dire period.
As a result, GFI hired former Whirlpool executive Gustavo Guadagnini as the managing director of its Brazil branch to work towards getting more plant-based alternatives onto the Brazilian market.
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In China, GFI is servicing both the government and private Chinese companies to give clean meat a push onto the ever-expanding marketplace. This is a well-timed move, as the Chinese government called upon its citizens to cut back on meat.
Meat Grown in a Petri Dish as a Staple Food?
But, just how willing is the public to consume in-vitro grown meats (IVM)?
A new study investigated public attitudes towards this question; Matti Wilks and Clive Phillips, respectively a psychologist and a veterinarian, surveyed 673 Americans about their views on IVM.
Their findings, published last February in PLOS One, seem paradoxical as those who already eat less meat are less willing to include in-vitro products into their regular diet, although they are more positive regarding ethical issues.
Between the 31% definitely “no” and the 8.5% definitely “yes”, most respondents would try IVM if it resembled farm meat (taste and look).
A minor proportion (0.1%) even said they are willing to try dog or cat IVM, against 3.1% who have already tested dog/cat farmed meat.
The majority of those tested are not ready to spend more on these products.
While about a quarter of people expressed ethical concerns about this meat, deeming it unnatural (especially those with higher incomes), other groups indicated a more open attitude.
For example, men, liberals, and city residents are more curious than women, conservatives, and rural residents.
As for vegetarians and vegans who are unwilling to eat IVM, more interest is placed in its ethical and environmental advantages.
If the results of this study are any indication, they show that IVM consumption could entice the public, but it wouldn’t replace farmed meat right away, or altogether.
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”While about a quarter of people expressed ethical concerns about this meat, deeming it unnatural” even when most of those people surely don’t stop to consider vaccines and medicaments as unnatural products deserving of ethical concerns.
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OsCo: an Unconventional Distillery
By Edible East Bay | July 19, 2020
Of Makers and Spirits
How an artists’ block in Oakland inspired the creation
of OsCo, an unconventional distillery
By Kathryn Campo Bowen | Photos by Clara Rice
Early March
In a time before quarantine and masks and social distancing, Michael Pierce offered to show me around the block. “Let’s walk next door,” he said after we met outside the production facility of Oakland Spirits Company—colloquially known as OsCo—which Pierce co-founded in 2016 with longtime business partner, Adam Nelson. As Pierce strode down the stretch of 25th Street between Telegraph and Broadway in Oakland, he identified several art galleries and shouted a friendly, expletive-laden greeting to Forage Kitchen co-founder Matt Johansen, who drove past us in a minivan. The car was new, Pierce informed me with a smile, his brashness and the detail denoting a deep intimacy. And it was a kinship that Pierce, energetic and unpretentious and dressed in a green hoodie, extended broadly to OsCo’s neighbors. “This block is a makers’ block,” he said. “We’re all community, art, collaboration.”
Indeed, the block boasted a staggering number of creative industries: In addition to OsCo, 25th Street was home to Pierce and Nelson’s other beverage venture twomile wine, the earlier-mentioned Forage Kitchen (a shared kitchen, food incubator, and café), ten art galleries and workspaces, a recording studio, a film production studio, a catering company, another winery (Tintype), and the cocktail-forward restaurant Friends and Family. The craft cluster grew if you considered the three art venues on 26th Street and two more on 23rd Street.
“There’s an element of co-location,” said Danielle Fox, co-owner of 25th Street’s SLATE ART [a gallery and art consulting business], when asked to explain the confluence of culinary and aesthetic enterprises in such close proximity. “You need a lot of space to do your business. So you’re not going to have prime downtown real estate, you’re going to be somewhere a little out on the fringes, maybe in older industrial buildings.” These areas, she added, can have the benefit of lower rent, at least initially. Over time, physical aggregation yields advantages for businesses, too. “The more people you have together, the bigger the collective draw you have,” Fox said.
For OsCo, location was not happenstance but integral to the distillery’s identity. “We are surrounded by artists,” said Pierce. “All this creativity definitely inspires us.” And that ethos has informed Pierce and Nelson’s unconventional approach to spirits.
“Most of the spirits world, at least three or four years ago, was talking about the past,” Pierce said. “It’s like, ‘my grandpappy’s recipe’ or Prohibition or ‘back in the day, in saloons,’” he joked, rattling off old-timey cocktail tropes. “We wanted to talk about the spirits of our time and make spirits that are relevant, different.” In particular, the duo noted an absence of savory, price-approachable gins and brandies. “We saw behind the bar. There wasn’t much umami and culinary flavors that were represented.”
And so, in February 2016, OsCo debuted its first two gins, the Automatic No. 5 Gin and the Automatic Sea Gin; the latter has remained one of the distillery’s best-selling releases. Distilled through foraged nori from Mendocino, bay sage, and lemongrass, the aptly named Sea Gin goes down crisp and smooth and would be, say, a perfect pairing for sushi.
OsCo gins rely on an array of spices sourced from East Bay Spice Co.
Unorthodox collaborations have also been important for Pierce and Nelson, who have integrated into OsCo’s identity their penchant for contrarian ideas that corporate distilleries might dismiss as distracting. One such partnership came early, in 2017, when OsCo worked with Berkeley’s East Bay Spice Company to launch a spirit inspired by the Indian spice trade. After 22 prototypes, Pierce and Nelson rolled out the Glasshouse Trade Winds Brandy, which is spicy and aromatic thanks to garam masala, cilantro, and Assam tea. In a similar partnership, OsCo released its Automatic Halfshell Oyster Gin in June 2019. Born of cooperation with Hog Island Oyster Company, it’s a dry-style gin that is deliciously different due to its distillation through 240 crushed Sweetwater oysters (shell and meat) sourced from Tomales Bay, with additions of foraged nori and kombu, celery root, tarragon, and lemon peel.
Though unique combinations are at OsCo’s core, the key consideration, Pierce said, is taste. A spirit that is perceived as “adventurous” must blow away a wholesale buyer who has so-called “safer” options (think vanilla vodka). On the production side, there are other challenges. State regulations governing liquor licensing tend toward the obscure and can differ from laws pertaining to wine, even when a spirit is grape based, which all OsCo products have been. Federal regulations also apply, and the resulting patchwork can confound even industry vets like Pierce, a former restaurateur and sommelier, and Nelson, who launched twomile in 2006.
On the subject of making wine, Pierce noted differences with distilling. “It relies on nature. It can hail. It could frost. There could be fires. There’s just so much at stake. It’s a really tough business,” Pierce said of vintning. Distilling, by contrast, is typically faster, less capital-intensive, and offers more control. “It’s the same thing every time,” he continued. “It’s whatever we want it to be.” These factors, in addition to fierce competition from local wineries, have led Pierce and Nelson to focus on spirits in recent years. “The [twomile] brand will be around, but Oakland Spirits Company is where all the upside is,” said Pierce.
Of course, it’s been far from easy for OsCo to crack the spirits market, which has long been dominated by large companies. “We don’t have the million-dollar marketing budgets. We don’t have the supply channel. We don’t have advertisements, the Super Bowl,” Pierce said. Still, he emphasized “what the billion-dollar distilleries can’t buy”: the relationships to Oakland’s bar and creative communities that give OsCo an edge.
Pierce typically rides one of his company’s longboards to get around the warehouse-like distillery.
The next time Pierce and I talked—over email in May—the unprecedented had provided its new backdrop: the novel coronavirus and the tragic human costs of a global pandemic. Economic shocks were reverberating through local businesses as statewide orders limit the operation of bars and restaurants to carry-out and delivery service only. Like many other craft beverage companies, OsCo has suffered, with tasting room and event sales “effectively wiped out,” wrote Pierce. “Any plan for expansion into other markets is now no longer an option,” he continued, in reference to a national distribution plan chartered earlier this year, now set aside. Pierce and Nelson, furthermore, had moved out of the space that, in March, served as the twomile tasting room. “It’s felt like the bottom has dropped out on all of us,” Pierce said of the pandemic’s effect on the 25th Street cluster.
Regarding financial survival, Pierce identified one issue for small distilleries as an inability to capture a reported rise in national alcohol consumption. “That increase is really only benefiting the larger, more established brands; the ones that have a stranglehold on corporate and formula retail shelves,” wrote Pierce. “Craft distilleries—and breweries and wineries—are hurting badly, and when things eventually open back up, the craft-beverage landscape will likely have 30–40% [fewer] participants.”
Early July
Though the future still looks grim in so many ways, Pierce and Nelson have remained hopeful that they could reopen sometime this summer with a debut of a new spirits tasting room in the front 3,500 square feet of the distillery’s production facility at 489 25th Street. Pierce describes a capacious, “feels-like-you’re-outside vibe,” and he says that eventually the tasting room will also serve wine. In the meantime, Nelson and Pierce have launched Sheltering Provisions Express, a wine and spirits home delivery service to bring OsCo and twomile wines to front doors across the Bay Area.
It may not be a cure-all, but it’s certainly a little slice of community, and that is worthy of a toast. ♦
The Gardentini
By Michael Pierce of Oakland Spirits Company (OsCo)
OsCo co-founder Michael Pierce prepares a specialty cocktail.
I’ve been attempting to fill a need created by the abundance of spirits enthusiasts that have been mostly forced to make their own cocktails at home but are super sheepish about how to do it, how it will turn out, if they have the proper tools or additives, etc.
So, every few days, I’ve been creating new easy-to-make cocktails and recipes with typical items folks have in their pantries, fridges, freezers, and gardens, using kitchen items most people have.
We are at the tail end of creating an updated, prettier, more on-brand and usable website. One of the new functions will be a Cocktail Ginerator page where users will check boxes on provisions they have at home (think sesame seeds, dried apricots, orange marmalade, mint, cilantro, citrus, mango sorbet, and so on), and if any of them correlate, a cocktail recipe will pop up.
To that end, I present the Gardentini:
For 2 drinks, put 5 ounces Sea Gin and 5 torn-up nasturtium leaves in a mason jar with a lid. Shake. Let it sit for 24 hours, shaking when you can. Add 1 ounce of Bianco/Blanc Vermouth—we like Carpano Bianco. If you only have dry vermouth (Bianco is a bit sweeter), add 1½ teaspoons of simple syrup, honey syrup, powdered sugar, or sweet white dessert wine. Add a small pinch of salt (just what you can fit between 2 fingers or 5–7 grains) and ice. Stir for 2 minutes, strain into 2 chilled coupes or cocktail glasses, and garnish with a nasturtium flower.
Writer Kathryn Campo Bowen comes from a law and food policy background. Her stories focus on the people, places, and politics that inform the plate. She hails from Miami, Florida; spent years in Rome, Italy; and now calls Berkeley home. Learn more at kathryn-bowen.com.
Clara Rice has been photographing East Bay businesses for most of the ten years she’s been living here, and she’s always excited to discover a new gem. See more of her work at clararice.com.
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11 of the best beaches in India
Charukesi Ramadurai, CNN • Updated 15th April 2019
(CNN) — When dreaming up a tropical getaway in India, the first place that likely comes to mind is Goa -- a former Portuguese colony about an hour's flight south of Mumbai.
But the popular seaside retreat isn't the only sandy shoreline in India that's worth a visit when you travel here.
Each sunny strip offers a different experience, from family-friendly water sports to riotous full moon-style parties, private coves and some of Asia's best diving.
We've combed the coastline to uncover 11 of the best beaches in India:
1. Gokarna, Karnataka
Perhaps the only strip of sand in India with a shot at unseating Goa from its pole position, Gokarna offers the same alluring package of beach escape and spiritualism, all overlooking azure waters.
The area actually has several separate beaches, all with powdery white sands.
Popular with backpackers who enjoy their lively buzz and makeshift cafes, these include coconut tree-lined Kudle and Om, blessed with scenic coves.
A short stroll or boat ride away is the ultra-secluded Half Moon Beach. Farther along is Paradise -- a place of low hammocks over the sand, fresh seafood in beach shacks, and welcoming homestays owned by locals.
2. Tarkarli, Maharashtra
With the beaches of Goa packed throughout the year, the southern coast of Maharashtra -- a few hours' drive to the northwest -- is a great alternative.
In addition to fine white sands, the Tarkarli region is also home to serene backwaters, bustling villages and ancient sea forts.
Travelers can enjoy the quiet life or take advantage of ample water activities like scuba diving, parasailing and snorkeling on the beach.
Just off the coast of Malvan (about 45 minutes northwest of Tarkarli), the Sindhudurg Fort is the area's most beautiful monument, promising expansive Arabian Sea views from atop the 17th-century stone walls.
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3. Kaup, Karnataka
The lighthouse at Kapu offers excellent sunset views.
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Close to the temple town of Udupi, in the southern state of Karnataka, Kaup (known locally as Kapu) is set in the backwaters of the Netravati river.
It's a vision of blues and greens, surrounded by groves of needled casuarina trees.
Along the expanse of gold beach, travelers will find a century-old lighthouse offering excellent sunset views from atop the tower.
When walks on the shore and banana boat rides get boring, we'd recommend a side trip to St Mary's Islands, off the coast.
A national geological monument, the four-island archipelago is famed for its stunning hexagonal basalt lava rock columns -- thought to date back millions of years.
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama is also thought to have landed on the island in the 1490s on his way to Kerala.
4. Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu
Meaning "The Land of the Singing Waves" in the local Tamil language, Tharangambadi was a Danish colony from 1620 to 1845.
Now better known by its Anglicized name of Tranquebar, the quiet town sits on the coast of the Bay of Bengal in southern India.
Apart from an attractive beach, the town is an architecturally fascinating place to visit, filled with old churches and monuments from the time of Danish and, later, British rule.
One of the most impressive buildings in the area is sand-colored Fort Dansborg, overlooking the sea.
Once a hub of commerce and trade, today the imposing building houses a museum dedicated to artifacts from Danish rule.
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5. Radhanagar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Radhanagar is frequently named one of Asia's best beaches.
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Located on Havelock Island -- in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands between India and Thailand -- Radhanagar (known locally as Beach No. 7) is oft listed as one of Asia's best beaches.
Travelers combing the isolated coastline will quickly see the appeal -- picture calm waters and fine sand, fringed by a lush canopy.
Despite the far-flung location, there's actually much to do. Travelers can fill their days with water sports, sunbathing, surfing, fishing, sailing, kayaking and rainforest treks -- to name a few.
Scuba diving is one of the best ways to explore the underwater worlds and colorful coral reefs, with classes for both beginners and experienced divers available.
6. Bekal, Kerala
On the northwestern edge of the Kerala region, in southwestern India, shallow Bekal beach sits beside the stately Bekal Fort, which is shaped like a giant keyhole.
The area shot into the limelight a couple of decades ago after popular Bollywood film "Bombay" featured the 17th-century fort as the backdrop to its main song sequence.
Offering a long stretch of sand, the beach is popular among both locals and visitors for the lush gardens and art installations, including reddish laterite rock sculptures depicting theyyam (a traditional dance).
7. Puri, Odisha
Sunset on Puri beach, known for its party atmosphere.
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The devout visit Puri -- a city south of Kolkata on the eastern coast -- to see the 11th-century Jagannath temple. But the famous Hindu temple isn't the only thing the area is known for.
The main beach draws a crowd looking for a party atmosphere and plentiful bhang -- edible marijuana, which is legal in India.
Travelers who prefer an uninterrupted plot of sand may want to move away from the main beach in favor of quieter shores, such as Balighai and Chandrabhaga to the north.
Puri is also ideally situated for excursions to Konark (about an hour's drive northeast) to see the 13th-century Sun Temple and Raghurajpur heritage crafts village (roughly 20 minutes north) where travelers will admire elaborate pattachitra traditional scroll paintings.
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8. Palolem, Goa
There's a reason nearly three million tourists hit Goa each year.
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Though busy, we'd be remiss if we didn't include Goa -- it's the uncrowned coastal capital of the country, known for its laid-back vibe and pretty beaches.
The state's popularity among both Indian and international tourists has meant a steady increase in visitors over the years.
Savvy Goaphiles, meanwhile, know to skip the crowded northern beaches and head down south towards picturesque Palolem.
Here you're guaranteed a good night's sleep thanks to a ban on live music after 10 p.m.
If they like, night owls can pick up a pair of headphones and dance around at the area's famous "Silent Noise" parties.
Hugged by a coconut-studded palm forest, the area offers an array of relaxing experiences, such as Ayurveda massages and yoga classes right on the shore.
Should you want to get out for a day, popular day excursions include dolphin-sighting tours around the Arabian Sea.
Heading in the opposite direction, travelers can explore various wildlife sanctuaries to potentially spot tigers, leopards, monkeys and deer.
9. Mandarmani, West Bengal
This virgin beach is located in the eastern part of the country, about four hours' south from Kolkata by car.
The sleepy fishing village has turned into a fast-developing resort town, thanks in part to a popular eight-mile-long stretch of sand that's often occupied by little red crabs.
Around the area, travelers can experience postcard-worthy beaches such as Digha and Shankarpur -- known for their spectacular sunrises and calm waters.
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10. Minicoy, Lakshadweep
Despite its misnomer, Lakshadweep (meaning "100,000 islands", but only home to 36) promises spectacular tropical scenery and secluded sands.
Most beaches around the archipelago offer private coves and an assortment of water activities, but Minicoy -- in the southernmost atoll -- scores bonus points with those who are seeking absolute isolation.
Most travelers spend their mornings snorkeling or diving amidst the brilliant coral reefs.
It's easy to explore the tiny 1.8-square-mile island (with roughly 10,000 people).
You can plan a visit to a local village or climb the namesake white lighthouse, which was built by the British in 1885.
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11. Rushikonda, Andhra Pradesh
Rushikonda: A favorite picnic spot.
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Located in eastern India, this clean and secluded beach -- set away from the bustle of Visakhapatnam city in the state of Andhra Pradesh -- is a favorite picnic spot among locals, despite the strong currents.
More adventurous travelers can rent surfboards and kayaks and take to the water, but challenging conditions mean this isn't a place for beginners.
Rushikonda also offers easy access to tourist attractions such as the rocky outcrop known as Dolphin's Nose and the fourth-century Venkateswara Temple -- said to welcome 40 million people annually.
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Great Zimbabwe University Admission Requirements – The Great Zimbabwe University Admissions Entry Requirements for 2021/2022 Intake.
The Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has different Admissions intake annually for various programmes. Hence, February, May and August Intakes, admission application form pdf, admission requirements, courses offered, admission letters, online application portal, student portal, tenders, application fees, portal, transcript, notable alumni, closing date, fees structure will be updated on this page as released by the authority of the Institution for the 2021/2022 academic year.
Potential students may apply to any of the Great Zimbabwe University undergraduates, postgraduate, masters, diploma, doctorate, bachelors, pre-masters, distant education learning, International, Ph.D. programs (Courses) at any time and be admitted subject to fulfilling all Great Zimbabwe University admission entry requirements for the 2021/2022 academic year.
Great Zimbabwe University Admissions Requirements.
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GARY MAGADZIRE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL SCIENCES
Programme Entry Requirements
Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (4 years Conventional/ 3 years Block Release)·Geography and Environmental Science
·Statistics and Operations Research
.Computer Sciences
Normal Entrya) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes including English Language and Mathematics at Grade C or better.
b) At least two (2) ‘A’ level passes in the relevant subjects or their recognised equivalents.
c) For Computer Science and Statistics and Operations Research, at least two (2) ‘A’ level passes including Mathematics or its recognized equivalents.
Special Entry
Candidates who possess a Certificate/Diploma in Education in which Geography, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics or its recognised equivalent is one of the major subjects studied will also be considered.
Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Agriculture (4 years Conventional/ 3 Years Block Release for candidates who are already working in a related area of specialization ) ·Soil and Plant Sciences
.Livestock, Wildlife and Fisheries
Normal Entrya) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes including English Language, Mathematics and any Science Subject at Grade C or better.
b) At least two (2) ‘A’ level passes in any of the following subjects: Agriculture, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography and Mathematics.
a) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes including English Language, Geography and any Science Subject at Grade C or better.
b) For Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Agriculture (Soil and Plant Sciences), candidates should possess a Diploma in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Forestry or any relevant Diploma from a recognised College/ University.
c) For Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Agriculture (Livestock, Wildlife and Fisheries), candidates should possess a Diploma in Agriculture/ Wildlife/ Fisheries/ Animal Health or any relevant Diploma from a recognised College/ University.
Note that for applicants with Diplomas, ‘O’ Level Mathematics is not a requirement
Bachelor of Science Special Honours Degree (1 year Block Release)·Geography and Environmental Science
·Computer Sciences Normal Entrya) A Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant subject or its equivalent with a minimum of a 2.2 degree class.
Certificate in Sugarcane Agriculture (1 year Block Release) Normal EntryPasses with credit in at least five Ordinary Level subjects including English language and any Science subject. Mathematics is an added advantage
At least 25 years of age and proven three (3) years agricultural experience especially in a sugarcane environment or equivalent.
SIMON MUZENDA SCHOOL OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE STUDIES
Diploma in Theology Diploma in Translation and Interpreting
Diploma in Religious Studies and Philosophy (2 Years Block Release) Normal Entrya) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes at Grade C or better including English Language.
b) An ‘A’ level pass will be an added advantage.
Bachelor of Arts Special Honours Degree (1 Year Block Release)Subjects on offer: English and Media Studies, Ndebele, ChiShona, History, Philosophy and Religious Studies, XiChangana, TshiVenda.
Bachelor of Arts Special Honours Degree in Music (11/2 Year Block Release) a) A Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant subject or equivalent with a minimum of a 2.2 degree class pass.
a) A Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant subject or equivalent with a minimum of a 2.2 degree class pass.
Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree Programmes (4 Years Conventional/ Parallel/ 3 years Block Release)·Development Studies
·English & Applied Communication
·History
·Media and Cultural Studies
·Religious Studies & Philosophy
·Religious Studies
·XiChangana
·TshiVenda
·Archaeology, Museums and Heritage Studies
·Musicology and Ethnochoreology Normal Entrya) Applicants should be holders of at least 5 ‘O’ Level passes at Grade C or better including English Language
b) At least 2 ‘A’ Level passes in the relevant Arts subjects.
a) At least 5 0’Level passes at Grade C or better including English Language.
b) Holders of relevant Diplomas and relevant working experience as well as recommendation letter from the employer or other referees will also be considered
Mature Entry
Applicants should have at least 5 ‘O’ level passes or equivalent, including English language, and be at least 25 years of age. In addition, a candidate may be required to undertake an entry examination administered by the School as part of the process of satisfying entry requirements for admission to the programme.
Bachelor of Arts Dual Honours Degree in African Languages and Religious Studies (BA HALRS) (4 year conventional) Normal Entrya) Applicants should have at least 5 ‘O’ level passes or equivalent, including English language, plus at least 2 ‘A’ level passes (inclusive of African languages and Divinity/Religious Studies).
a) Applicants should have at least 5 ‘O’ level passes or equivalent, including English language, and any relevant Certificate/Diploma from a recognized institution. In addition, a pass in any ‘O’ Level African Languages and Religious Studies is a pre-requisite.
Applicants should have at least 5 ‘O’ level passes or equivalent, including English language, and be at least 25 years of age. A pass in an ‘O’ Level African Languages and Religious Studies is a pre-requisite. In addition, a candidate may be required to undertake an entry examination administered by the School as part of the process of satisfying entry requirements for admission to the programme
Bachelor of Arts Dual Honours Degree in African Languages and Media studies (BA HALMS) (4 year conventional) Normal Entrya) Applicants should have at least 5 ‘O’ level passes or equivalent, including English language, plus at least 2 ‘A’ level passes (inclusive of an African language subject/Literature in English).
a) Applicants should have at least 5 ‘O’ level passes or equivalent, including English language, and any relevant Certificate/Diploma from a recognized institution. In addition, a pass in any ‘O’ Level African Language is a pre-requisite.
Applicants should have at least 5 ‘O’ level passes or equivalent, including English language, and be at least 25 years of age. A pass in an ‘O’ Level African Language is a pre-requisite. In addition, a candidate may be required to undertake an entry examination administered by the school as part of the process of satisfying entry requirements for admission to the programme.
Bachelor of Arts Dual Honours Degree in African Languages and Philosophy (BA HALP) (4 Year Conventional)
Normal Entrya) Applicants should have at least 5 ‘O’ level passes or equivalent, including English language, plus at least 2 ‘A’ level passes (inclusive of an African language and any arts subject).
Postgraduate Programmes (11/2 Years Block Release)Master of Arts Degree Programmes
·African Languages
·African History
·Development Studies
·Literary Studies Normal Entrya) Applicants must hold an appropriate Honours Degree with a minimum of a 2.2 degree class.
NB/ Master of Arts in Literary Studies is a Masters Degree by coursework and research, a combination that offers prospective students a unique opportunity to acquire dynamic ways of reading texts across a broad range of canons and endows students with research skills to be innovative future researchers.
Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree Programmes (4 Years Conventional/ Parallel)(3 Years Parallel/ Block Release for candidates who are already working in a related area of specialization))
·Accounting
·Banking and Finance
·Economics
·Economics and Finance
·Information Systems
·Marketing Management
·Business Management
.Office Management
·Risk Management and Insurance
·Transport and Logistics
·Internal Auditing
· Hospitality Tourism and Culture
Bachelor of Commerce Special Honours Degree in Accounting (1 year Block Release) (HARARE COHORT ONLY)
Normal Entrya) Five (5) ‘O’ level passes or equivalent including English Language and Mathematics at grade C or better.
b) 2 ‘A’ level passes including at least one commercial subject or Mathematics.
c) In approved cases, holders of an appropriate Higher National Diploma may qualify for entry into the programmes.
d) For Office Management, a Diploma in Secretarial Studies will also be considered for entry into the programme.
· Applicants for Block Release Programmes must attach Confirmation of Employment letters that include their duties and duration of employment on current job.
·Office Management and Internal Auditing are offered on a block release basis only.
NB. All Block Release Undergraduate Commerce Programmes are only available for the Masvingo Classes.
Normal Entry
a) Applicants must be holders of a first degree with at least a lower second class grade or better in any of the following:
Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting and Information Systems
Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Banking and Finance
b) Any other equivalent degree as approved by the University
c) Holders of Professional Level I Programme of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators may qualify under special entry.
Postgraduate Programmes (11/2 Years Block ReleaseMaster of Commerce Degree in Professional Accounting and Corporate Governance/GRAD ICSA (HARARE COHORT ONLY)
Master of Commerce Degree Programmes
·Finance
·Applied Accounting
·Financial Economics
·Strategic Management
Graduate Business School (2 Years Block Release)
· Master of Business Administration Normal Entrya) Applicants must hold an appropriate Honours Degree with a minimum of a 2.2 degree class pass in any of the following:
. Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Accounting
.Bachelor of Commerce Special Honours Degree in Accounting
b) Any equivalent qualification as approved by the University
a) Applicants must hold an appropriate Honours Degree with a minimum of a 2.2 degree class pass.
b) Applicants who do not meet normal entry requirements, may, subject to the approval of the Senate, be admitted through Special Entry.
NOTE: Master of Commerce Degree Programmes are available for the Harare and Masvingo Classes. Applicants must clearly indicate on the Application Form whether they want to be considered for the Harare Cohort or Masvingo Cohort.
ROBERT GABRIEL MUGABE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Graduate Diploma in Education (GRAD D.E) (11/2 years Block Release)Subjects on offer: English, Art Education, ChiShona, Ndebele, Mathematics, Home Economics, Music, History, Geography, Religious Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Accounts, Economics, Business Studies, Sociology, Computer Studies/Information Technology, Agriculture, TshiVenda, XiChangana, Art and Design, Textiles, Food and Nutrition, Culture and Heritage Studies a) A first degree with teaching subjectsb) At least one (1) year experience in educational work.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Higher and Tertiary Education (1 year Block Release) a) At least five (5) ‘O’ Level passes at Grade C or better or the equivalentb) A first degree or other qualifications acquired by a candidate that may be approved by Senate
Bachelor of Education Honours Primary Degree ( In-Service) 21/2 Years Block ReleaseSubjects on offer: Art Education, English, Environmental Science, Ndebele, ChiShona, Mathematics, Home Economics, Music, Religious Studies, Agriculture , Social Studies, XiChangana/XiTsonga, Tshivenda, Tonga, Kalanga, Nambya, Culture and Heritage Studies and Sign Language. a) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes at Grade C or better including English Language.b)A Certificate or Diploma in Primary Education
c) A minimum of two (2) years post qualification-teaching experience in primary schools.
Bachelor of Education Honours Degree In-Service (21/2 Years Block Release)· Sociology
·Psychology
·Educational Leadership and Management a)At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes at Grade C or better including English Language and Mathematicsb)A Certificate or Diploma in Primary or Secondary Education
c) A minimum of two (2) years post qualification-teaching experience.
Bachelor of Education Honours Degree Secondary ( In-Service) (21/2 Years Block Release)Subjects on offer: English, Art Education, ChiShona, Ndebele, Mathematics, History, Building Technology, Geography, Religious Studies, Biology, Music, Chemistry, XiChangana/XiTsonga, Tshivenda, Tonga, Kalanga, Nambya, Culture and Heritage Studies, Sign Language, Agriculture, Information Technology , Food and Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles,Art and Design and Home Economics, Accounting, Business Studies, Sociology. a)At least 5 ‘O’ level passes with a Grade ‘C’ or better including English Languageb)At least an ‘A’ level subject in the intended area of specialization
c) A teaching Certificate or Diploma at Secondary School level.
Bachelor of Education Honours Degree Secondary In-Service Bridging Programme (1 year block release)
Subjects on offer
Religious Studies, Art and Design, Music, Food and Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles, Agriculture, Accounting, Information Technology, Building Technology. Normal Entrya) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes including English Language at Grade C or better.
b) A Diploma from a recognized institute of higher learning in the subject area to be studied.
c) At least two (2) years teaching experience at secondary school level and should be able to provide proof of such experience in the form of a confirmation letter from the School Head or District Education Officer
NOTE: Candidates who successfully complete the Bridging Programme will be eligible to study for the Bachelor of Education Honours Degree (Secondary In-service) programme whose duration is two and a half years (Block Release)
Bachelor of Education Honours Degree in Special Needs Education (In-Service) (21/2Years Block Release)
a) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes at Grade C or better including English Language or the equivalent.b) Attained a satisfactory standard of performance on any entrance test, which the University may administer for the purpose of entry.
c) An ‘A’ level pass is an added advantage.
d) A teaching Certificate or Diploma at primary or secondary level or a qualification in Special Needs Education/Disability Studies recognized by the University.
e) Completed at least two (2) years of post-training (qualification) educational experience recognized by the University.
Bachelor of Education Honours Degree in Early Childhood Education (In-Service) (21/2Years Block Release) a) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes at Grade C or better including English Language or the equivalent.b) Attained a satisfactory standard of performance on any entrance test, which the University may administer for the purpose of entry.
d) A teaching Certificate or Diploma in education specialising in Infant Education or Early Childhood Development recognized by the University.
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Development) Honours Degree (Pre- Service) (4 Years Conventional)Bachelor of Education Honours Degree (Primary) Pre-Service (4 Years Conventional)
Subjects on offer: Art & Design, Mathematics, Ndebele, Religious and Moral Education, ChiShona, Social Studies, Music, English, Home Economics, Environmental Science and Physical Education.
Bachelor of Education Honours Degree (Secondary) Pre-Service (4 Years Conventional)
Subjects on offer: Shona, Geography, Art & Design, History, English, Religious Studies, Ndebele, Agriculture, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Clothing and Textiles, Food & Nutrition, Music, TshiVenda, XiChangana, Physical Education and Business Studies,
a)At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes with a C or better including English Language and Mathematics
b)At least two (2) ‘A’ level passes
c) For BEd Secondary Pre-Service, at least two ‘A’ level passes in the intended areas of specialization or their equivalent.
d) For BEd Hons ECD and BEd Hons Pre-Service Primary, at least 25 years of age with a minimum of five (5) ‘O’ levels including English Language and Mathematics at Grade C or better.
Postgraduate Programmes (11/2 years Block Release)Master of Science Degree Programmes
·Master of Science Degree Counselling Psychology
·Master of Science Degree Demography and Population Studies
·Master of Science Degree Human Resources Management
·Master of Science Degree in Gender and Policy Studies Normal Entrya) Applicants must hold an appropriate Honours Degree with a minimum of a 2.2 degree class pass.
b) Applications who do not meet normal entry requirements, may, subject to the approval of the Senate, be admitted through Special Entry.
Bachelor of Science Honours Degree Programmes (4 Years Conventional/ 3 years Parallel/ Block Release)
Gender and Social Anthropology
Local Governance Studies
Politics and Public Administration
Peace, Conflict and Governance
Normal Entrya) At least five (5) ‘O’ Level passes including English Language at Grade C or better.
b) For Psychology, at least five (5) ‘O’ Level passes including English Language and Mathematics and any other science subject deemed relevant by the host department.
c) For Urban Planning and Development at least five (5) ‘O’ Level passes including English Language and Mathematics.
d) At least two (2) ‘A’ Level passes.
e) Applicants who do not meet normal entry requirements, may, subject to the approval of the Senate, be admitted through Special Entry (for block release programmes only)
Special Entry (Block Release)
a) At least 5 O’Level passes at Grade C or better including English Language
b) Relevant Diplomas and relevant working experience as well as recommendation letter from the employer or other referees.
c) All programmes are available on Block Release for Masvingo Classes.
d) BSc Honours Gender and Social Anthropology is going to be offered on Block Release for the first (1st) time for Masvingo class.
Bachelor of Science Special Honours Degree in Psychology (1 Year Block Release) Normal Entrya) Applicants must hold an appropriate general degree with a minimum of a 2.2 degree class pass.
Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree (LLB) (5 years Conventional) Normal Entrya) At least five (5) ‘O’ level passes including English Language at Grade B or better.
b) At least three (3) good ‘A’ level passes in Arts and Humanities or their equivalent.
a) Candidates who possess relevant qualifications in the legal field or qualifications with substantial legal content at Diploma level will also be considered or
b) A good first degree
(a) Applicants for normal entry must attach a confidential letter of recommendation from the last high school attended.
(b) Applicants in the special entry category must attach a confidential letter of recommendation from their Head of Organisation.
(c) Applicants must also obtain and attach police clearance.
(d) Shortlisted applicants will be subjected to interviews before admission into the programme.
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The Resources to Empower and Develop You (READY) Center is a consolidated location where formerly incarcerated District of Columbia residents can access services from Community Based Organizations (CBOs), the Department of Corrections (DOC), Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Department of Employment Services (DOES), Department of Human Services (DHS), Department of Behavioral Health (DBH), and The Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA), to ensure successful reintegration into the community.
The READY Center engages participants within 30-days, prior to release from DOC custody, to share information about available services.
Soon-to-be released participants complete interest forms and a screening is conducted to determine their needs.
The READY Center connects participants to District of Columbia Government agencies and CBOs for available resources and services.
We serve District residents released from the Central Detention Facility (DC Jail) and Correctional Treatment Facility (within 24 hours of release or the next business day) and Bureau of Prison (within 45 days of release).
New DC Department of Corrections (DC DOC) In-facility or Institutional and Re-entry Program and Service Requirements and Partnership with Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants (OVSJG)
District of Columbia Voting Rights
See the READY Center Handbill
See the READY Center's Brochure
See the Requirements for READY Center Services
See the e-calender
READY Center Survey
Read video transcript.
Community Based Organizations (CBOs)
Participants can receive resource referrals for clothing, food, educational and work readiness and family reunification programs.
Department of Human Services (DHS)
Participants may apply for Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), employment and educational programs and family support services.
Department of Employment Services (DOES)
Participants can receive information on DOES work readiness programs such as Project Empowerment and Career Connections. Participants will be referred to appropriate programs.
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Participants may apply for identification cards, renewing or replacing a driver’s license and arrange payment plans to resolve any outstanding parking or traffic tickets.
Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)
Provides linkage and referrals for participants, including emergency psychiatric care and residential services.
The Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA)
Provides case management and referrals for resources such as birth certificates, social security cards, ticket adjustments and various training programs.
Office of Victim Service and Justice Grants (OVSJG)
The mission of the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants (OVSJG) is to develop, fund, and coordinate programs that improve public safety; enhance the administration of justice; and create systems of care for crime victims, youth, and their families in the District.
Re-entry Action Network (RAN)
The DC Reentry Action Network (RAN) is the District’s leading voice on reentry issues, and the only coalition exclusively for reentry service providers and their clients
ABOUT LinkU
LinkU is the free online resource and referral guide for DC, Maryland, and Virginia, available for consumers and community-based organizations (CBOs). Start your search by providing your zip code and finding resources for housing, food, health and more.
LinkU Public Site: https://linkudmv.org/ (intended for consumers to search on their own)
Are you a Community Based Organization? As an added benefit, CBOs can become "LinkU staff members", which grants the agency access to additional features.
LinkU Staff features include:
Organizational contact information and service offerings
Referral and outcome tracking tools
The online Needs Assessment Tool
Agency reporting and evaluation
Staff Site: https://staff.linkudmv.org/login (intended for CBOs and case managers working on behalf of consumers)
1901 E Street, SE Washington, DC 20003
Located behind the Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF)
Monday - Friday 9 am to 5 pm
Visits to the READY Center should be made within 24 hours of release or on the following business day.
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59.20 (7) Make annually, on the third 3rd Monday of March, a certified statement, and forward the same statement to each town, city and village clerk in the county, showing the amount of money paid from the county treasury during the year next preceding to each such town, city and village treasurer in the county, specifying . The statement shall specify the date of each payment, the amount thereof and the account upon which the same payment was made; and it. It shall be unlawful for any county treasurer to pay to the treasurer of any town any money in the hands of the treasurer belonging to such the town from the third 3rd Monday of March until ten 10 days after the annual town meeting except upon the written order of the town board.
Note: Replaces language and word form of number with digits consistent with current style.
225,154 Section 154 . 59.21 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended by replacing "one thousand" with “1,000".
Note: Replaces word form of number with digits consistent with current style.
225,155 Section 155 . 59.21 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended by replacing “one thousand" with “1,000" in 2 places.
225,156 Section 156 . 59.23 (6) of the statutes is amended by replacing “three hundred thousand" with “300,000".
225,157 Section 157 . 59.29 (1) of the statutes is amended by replacing “eight dollars" with “$8".
225,158 Section 158 . 59.32 of the statutes is amended by replacing “twenty-five nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars" with “$25 nor more than $250".
225,159 Section 159 . 59.55 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 59.55 (4) (a) and amended to read:
59.55 (4) (a) Whenever The county board of any county may at any meeting, by resolution, authorize a plan for a new and corrected set of tract indices and order new tract indices arranged and compiled according to the plan whenever, in the judgment of the county board of any county, any existing tract index or indices become unfit for use, because of mistake therein or of imperfection any of the following:
2. An imperfection in or insufficiency of the plan, or because of becoming of the existing tract index or indices.
3. The existing tract index or indices having become worn, overcrowded, or unserviceable or unreliable for any reason the.
(b) The county board may at any meeting thereof, by resolution, order a new and corrected set of tract indices arranged and compiled according to such plan as it may authorize, and in that behalf may purchase suitable books for the new tract indices and may receive bids and contract with any competent person to do said work prepare the new tract indices, at a price not exceeding five 5 cents per folio, which shall be paid out of the county treasury on acceptance of said work the new tract indices by the county board.
(c) The person contracting to do said work prepare the new tract indices, and the person's assistants, shall have access to and be entitled to the use of the old tract indices and other records in the register's register of deeds' office and other county records; and when said work is.
(d) When the new tract indices are completed and said new tract indices are approved and adopted by the county board, the old tract indices shall be preserved as provided in s. 59.71 (2). The resolutions of the county board ordering, approving, and adopting such the new tract indices, duly certified by the county clerk, shall be recorded in each volume of such the new tract indices; and thereupon the same the new tract indices shall become and be the only lawful tract indices in the register's register of deeds' office.
Note: Subdivides provision and reorders and replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,160 Section 160 . 59.55 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
59.55 (4) (a) 1. A mistake in the existing tract index or indices.
Note: See the note to the previous section of this bill.
225,161 Section 161 . 59.56 of the statutes is renumbered 59.56 (1) and amended to read:
59.56 (1) In counties this section, “eminent domain proceedings" means the laying out, widening, extending or vacating of any street, alley, water channel, park, highway or other public place by any court, legislature, county board, common council, village board or town board.
(2) When the county board of a county having a population of two hundred and fifty thousand 250,000 or more, according to the last state or United States census, and when the county board has prepared and compiled prepares and compiles in book form an eminent domain record containing an abstract of facts relating to the laying out, widening, extending or vacating any street, alley, water channel, park, highway or other public place by any court, legislature, county board, common council, village board or town board eminent domain proceedings and shall make makes an order that such records with the record, with an index thereto, be thereafter maintained and kept up, and provide provides a suitable book for that purpose, the register of deeds shall thereafter maintain and keep such book in which shall be entered an up the record and index.
(3) The register of deeds shall enter an abstract of all eminent domain proceedings relating to the laying out, widening, extending or vacating any street, alley, water channel, park, highway or other public place by any court, county board, common council, village board or town board. Such in the record maintained under sub. (2). The abstract shall substantially contain the facts as to the filing of a notice of lis pendens, the date of filing, the description, the court in which or the body before whom the proceeding is pending, the result of the proceedings, the action taken and the date thereof and briefly state all of the essential facts of any such the proceeding , and such records shall have a. The index to the record shall be a practical index, with reference to the number and page of the volume where such abstracts are entered respectively
(4) The abstracts and records to be kept by the register of deeds shall be certified by the register to be true and correct and when so certified shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited and shall be received in all courts and places with the same effect as the original proceedings; and the record so prepared and compiled by the county board shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited and shall also be received in all courts and places with the same effect as the original proceedings.
Note: Subdivides provision and reorders and replaces language to improve readability and conformity with current style.
225,162 Section 162 . 59.57 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.57 (10) For recording plats containing from one to fifty 50 lots, twenty-five dollars $25, and for each additional lot, ten 10 cents, except cemetery plats, containing from one to two hundred 200 lots or fractional part thereof, twenty-five dollars $25, and for each additional two hundred 200 lots or fractional part thereof, five dollars $5.
225,163 Section 163 . 59.58 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.58 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), whenever any county adopts a tract index system or any recognized chain of title system, the county board thereof may create a department to be known as an abstract department, either in connection with or independent of the office of the register of deeds, as said the county board deems considers advisable and. The county board may appoint a competent person for a term of two 2 years, who shall be known as the county abstractor, and shall have charge of and operate said the abstract department. The board shall furnish a seal for said the abstractor, who shall place said the seal on each and every abstract issued by the abstractor.
225,164 Section 164 . 59.70 (1) of the statutes is amended by replacing “thirty thousand" with “30,000".
225,165 Section 165. 59.77 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 59.77 (4) (b) 1. and amended to read:
59.77 (4) (b) 1. The county clerk shall deliver such the statement filed under par. (a) to the district attorney, who shall examine the same statement and make a report in writing thereon to the county board, specifying the items in each for which the county is or is not liable, and the extent of its liability if it is liable for a part only of any such item. Such The statement and report shall be laid before the county board by the county clerk and insofar as the items charged therein in the statement are approved by the district attorney such the statement shall be prima facie evidence of the claims of the persons named therein; and the in the statement.
2. The county board shall examine the same and statement, allow such as the fees that are legal, and direct that orders be drawn for the amount allowed to each person named therein. If any person in whose favor any such order is drawn under this paragraph shall not call for the same fees within two 2 years from the time the claim is allowed, the person's right to any compensation for services shall be deemed considered waived and the county board shall cancel such the order.
Note: Subdivides provision and replaces language to improve readability and conformity with current style.
225,166 Section 166 . 59.78 of the statutes is amended by replacing "three hundred thousand" with "300,000".
225,168 Section 168 . 59.81 (4) of the statutes is amended by replacing “five hundred thousand" with “500,000".
59.84 (6) (a) The county executive or county administrator shall review the estimates of expenditures and revenues and shall hold public hearings thereon at which the head or a representative of every county department shall appear and give information with regard to the appropriations requested, including work programs, other justification of expenditures, and such other data as that the county executive or county administrator requests. The county executive or county administrator shall make such changes in the proposed budget as that in the executive's or administrator's discretion may be deemed are considered desirable or proper, and shall, on .
(b) On or before October 1, and after the hearings required under par. (a), the county executive or county administrator shall submit the amended proposed budget to the county board the budget, as amended, after such hearings. Such. The amended proposed budget shall be the executive's or administrator's budget and shall include: (a) a all of the following:
1. A simple, clear, general summary of the detailed contents of the budget; (b) a.
2. A comparative statement by organization unit and principal object of expenditure showing the actual expenditures of the preceding fiscal year, the appropriations and estimated expenditures for the fiscal year currently ending, and the recommended appropriations for the fiscal year next succeeding; and (c) a.
3. A comparative statement of the actual revenues from all sources including property taxes during the preceding fiscal year, the anticipated revenues and the estimated revenues for the fiscal year currently ending, and the anticipated revenues for the fiscal year next succeeding including any surplus from the preceding fiscal year not otherwise appropriated pursuant to sub. (9).
(c) The anticipated revenues for the fiscal year next succeeding shall be equal in amount to the recommended appropriations.
(d) The executive's or administrator's budget shall be accompanied by a message prepared by the county executive or county administrator which shall outline the important features of the budget plan and indicate any major changes in policy or in recommended appropriations or revenues as compared with the fiscal year currently ending, and shall set forth the reasons for such changes.
Note: Subdivides provision and replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
225,170 Section 170 . 59.85 (1) of the statutes is amended by replacing “one thousand dollars" with “$1,000" and by replacing “two" with “2".
225,171 Section 171 . 59.90 (2) of the statutes is amended by replacing “ten" with “10" and by replacing “ten-year" with “10-year".
225,172 Section 172 . 59.90 (3) of the statutes is amended by replacing “fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars" with “$50 nor more than $200".
225,173 Section 173 . 59.965 (2) (d) 7. of the statutes is amended by replacing “submitted by a institution" with “submitted by an institution".
Note: Inserts correct word form.
225,174 Section 174 . 59.97 (15) (im) of the statutes is amended by replacing “s. 252.01 (1)" with “s. 252.01 (1m)".
Note: Corrects cross-reference. Section 252.01 (1) was renumbered s. 252.01 (1m) by 1993 Wis. Act 252.
225,175 Section 175 . 59.997 (1) of the statutes is amended by replacing “two" with “2".
225,176 Section 176 . 59.997 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.997 (6) The county board of supervisors shall cause a copy of the consolidation agreement thereafter to be published in each county as a class 1 notice under ch. 985. The owner-editor or manager of each newspaper publishing the notice shall issue a certificate of the publication to the judge of the circuit court for each affected county, which shall be proof of publication.
Note: Text is moved from sub. (7), reordered and replaced for more logical placement and improved readability and to improve the readability of sub. (7).
225,177 Section 177 . 59.997 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 16, is renumbered 59.997 (7) (a) and amended to read:
59.997 (7) (a) When the publication of the said consolidation agreement in each of the said counties included in the agreement is completed, of which the certificate to the judge of the circuit court of the said counties from the owner-editor or manager of each newspaper publishing the same shall be proof, the judge or judges of the circuit courts of the said those counties shall, by order entered of record in each of such the counties, require the several county clerks of the each of the counties included in the consolidation agreement to submit such the question of the consolidation of the counties to a vote of the qualified electors of such the counties.
(b) The question of the consolidation of the counties shall be submitted to the voters at the next election to be held on the first Tuesday in April, or the next regular election, or at a special election to be held on the day fixed in said the order issued under par. (a), which day shall be the same in each of the counties proposing to consolidate. A copy of said the order shall be filed with the county clerk of each of such the counties. If such the question of consolidation is submitted at a special election, it shall be held not less than thirty 30 days nor more than sixty 60 days from the completion of the consolidation agreement, but not within sixty 60 days of any spring or general election.
225,178 Section 178 . 59.997 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.997 (10) If a majority of the votes cast in each county upon such questions the question of consolidation are in favor of the consolidation of such the counties, the judge or judges of said the circuit court courts for those counties shall enter such that fact of record in each such county. If in any one of such the counties less than a majority of the votes cast upon such the question of consolidation are in favor of the proposed consolidation, said the consolidation shall be declared to have failed for all purposes. If a majority of the votes cast upon such the question of consolidation in any county are opposed to consolidation, the question of consolidation shall not be again submitted to the electors of such that county for a period of two 2 years.
Note: Replaces language to improve readability and conformity with current style.
225,179 Section 179 . 59.997 (15) of the statutes is amended by replacing “two" with “2", in 2 places.
225,180 Section 180 . 60.63 (10m) of the statutes is amended by replacing “s. 252.01 (1)" with “s. 252.01 (1m)".
225,181 Section 181 . 62.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
62.05 (1) Cities shall be divided into four 4 classes for administration and the exercise of corporate powers as follows:
(a) Cities of one hundred and fifty thousand 150,000 population and over shall constitute 1st class cities of the first class.
(b) Cities of thirty-nine thousand 39,000 and less than one hundred and fifty thousand 150,000 population shall constitute 2nd class cities of the second class.
(c) Cities of ten thousand 10,000 and less than thirty-nine thousand 39,000 population shall constitute 3rd class cities of the third class.
(d) Cities of less than ten thousand 10,000 population shall constitute 4th class cities of the fourth class.
Note: Replaces word form of numbers with digits consistent with current style.
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