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Volume 640, August 2020
Extragalactic astronomy
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202037493
2. Observations and ...
Appendix A:
Event Horizon Telescope imaging of the archetypal blazar 3C 279 at an extreme 20 microarcsecond resolution⋆
Jae-Young Kim1, Thomas P. Krichbaum1, Avery E. Broderick2,3,4, Maciek Wielgus5,6, Lindy Blackburn5,6, José L. Gómez7, Michael D. Johnson5,6, Katherine L. Bouman5,6,8, Andrew Chael9,10, Kazunori Akiyama11,12,13,5, Svetlana Jorstad14,15, Alan P. Marscher14, Sara Issaoun16, Michael Janssen16, Chi-kwan Chan17,18, Tuomas Savolainen19,20,1, Dominic W. Pesce5,6, Feryal Özel17, Antxon Alberdi7, Walter Alef1, Keiichi Asada21, Rebecca Azulay22,23,1, Anne-Kathrin Baczko1, David Ball17, Mislav Baloković5,6, John Barrett12, Dan Bintley24, Wilfred Boland25, Geoffrey C. Bower26, Michael Bremer27, Christiaan D. Brinkerink16, Roger Brissenden5,6, Silke Britzen1, Dominique Broguiere27, Thomas Bronzwaer16, Do-Young Byun28,29, John E. Carlstrom30,31,32,33, Shami Chatterjee34, Koushik Chatterjee35, Ming-Tang Chen26, Yongjun Chen (陈永军)36,37, Ilje Cho28,29, Pierre Christian17,6, John E. Conway38, James M. Cordes34, Geoffrey B. Crew12, Yuzhu Cui39,40, Jordy Davelaar16, Mariafelicia De Laurentis41,42,43, Roger Deane44,45, Jessica Dempsey24, Gregory Desvignes46, Jason Dexter47, Sheperd S. Doeleman5,6, Ralph P. Eatough1, Heino Falcke16, Vincent L. Fish12, Ed Fomalont11, Raquel Fraga-Encinas16, Per Friberg24, Christian M. Fromm42, Peter Galison5,48,49, Charles F. Gammie50,51, Roberto García27, Olivier Gentaz27, Boris Georgiev3,4, Ciriaco Goddi16,52, Roman Gold53,42,2, Arturo I. Gómez-Ruiz54, Minfeng Gu (顾敏峰)36,55, Mark Gurwell6, Kazuhiro Hada39,40, Michael H. Hecht12, Ronald Hesper56, Luis C. Ho (何子山)57,58, Paul Ho21, Mareki Honma39,40, Chih-Wei L. Huang21, Lei Huang (黄磊)36,55, David H. Hughes59, Shiro Ikeda13,60,61,62, Makoto Inoue21, David J. James63, Buell T. Jannuzi17, Britton Jeter3,4, Wu Jiang (江悟)36, Alejandra Jimenez-Rosales64, Taehyun Jung28,29, Mansour Karami2,3, Ramesh Karuppusamy1, Tomohisa Kawashima13, Garrett K. Keating6, Mark Kettenis65, Junhan Kim17,8, Jongsoo Kim28, Motoki Kino13,66, Jun Yi Koay21, Patrick M. Koch21, Shoko Koyama21, Michael Kramer1, Carsten Kramer27, Cheng-Yu Kuo67, Tod R. Lauer68, Sang-Sung Lee28, Yan-Rong Li (李彦荣)69, Zhiyuan Li (李志远)70,71, Michael Lindqvist38, Rocco Lico1, Kuo Liu1, Elisabetta Liuzzo72, Wen-Ping Lo21,73, Andrei P. Lobanov1, Laurent Loinard74,75, Colin Lonsdale12, Ru-Sen Lu (路如森)36,37,1, Nicholas R. MacDonald1, Jirong Mao (毛基荣)76,77,78, Sera Markoff35,79, Daniel P. Marrone17, Iván Martí-Vidal22,23, Satoki Matsushita21, Lynn D. Matthews12, Lia Medeiros80,17, Karl M. Menten1, Yosuke Mizuno42, Izumi Mizuno24, James M. Moran5,6, Kotaro Moriyama12,39, Monika Moscibrodzka16, Gibwa Musoke35,16, Cornelia Müller1,16, Hiroshi Nagai13,40, Neil M. Nagar81, Masanori Nakamura21, Ramesh Narayan5,6, Gopal Narayanan82, Iniyan Natarajan45, Roberto Neri27, Chunchong Ni3,4, Aristeidis Noutsos1, Hiroki Okino39,83, Héctor Olivares42, Gisela N. Ortiz-León1, Tomoaki Oyama39, Daniel C. M. Palumbo5,6, Jongho Park21, Nimesh Patel6, Ue-Li Pen2,84,85,86, Vincent Piétu27, Richard Plambeck87, Aleksandar PopStefanija82, Oliver Porth35,42, Ben Prather50, Jorge A. Preciado-López2, Dimitrios Psaltis17, Hung-Yi Pu2, Venkatessh Ramakrishnan81, Ramprasad Rao26, Mark G. Rawlings24, Alexander W. Raymond5,6, Luciano Rezzolla42, Bart Ripperda88,89, Freek Roelofs16, Alan Rogers12, Eduardo Ros1, Mel Rose17, Arash Roshanineshat17, Helge Rottmann1, Alan L. Roy1, Chet Ruszczyk12, Benjamin R. Ryan90,91, Kazi L. J. Rygl72, Salvador Sánchez92, David Sánchez-Arguelles54, Mahito Sasada39,93, F. Peter Schloerb82, Karl-Friedrich Schuster27, Lijing Shao1,58, Zhiqiang Shen (沈志强)36,37, Des Small65, Bong Won Sohn28,29,94, Jason SooHoo12, Fumie Tazaki39, Paul Tiede3,4, Remo P. J. Tilanus16,52,95,17, Michael Titus12, Kenji Toma96,97, Pablo Torne1,92, Tyler Trent17, Efthalia Traianou1, Sascha Trippe98, Shuichiro Tsuda39, Ilse van Bemmel65, Huib Jan van Langevelde65,99, Daniel R. van Rossum16, Jan Wagner1, John Wardle100, Derek Ward-Thompson101, Jonathan Weintroub5,6, Norbert Wex1, Robert Wharton1, George N. Wong50,90, Qingwen Wu (吴庆文)102, Doosoo Yoon35, André Young16, Ken Young6, Ziri Younsi103,42, Feng Yuan (袁峰)36,55,104, Ye-Fei Yuan (袁业飞)105, J. Anton Zensus1, Guangyao Zhao28, Shan-Shan Zhao16,70, Ziyan Zhu49, Juan-Carlos Algaba21,106, Alexander Allardi107, Rodrigo Amestica108, Jadyn Anczarski109, Uwe Bach1, Frederick K. Baganoff110, Christopher Beaudoin12, Bradford A. Benson111,31,30, Ryan Berthold24, Jay M. Blanchard81,65, Ray Blundell6, Sandra Bustamente112, Roger Cappallo12, Edgar Castillo-Domínguez112,113, Chih-Cheng Chang21,114, Shu-Hao Chang21, Song-Chu Chang114, Chung-Chen Chen21, Ryan Chilson26, Tim C. Chuter24, Rodrigo Córdova Rosado5,6, Iain M. Coulson24, Joseph Crowley12, Mark Derome12, Matthew Dexter115, Sven Dornbusch1, Kevin A. Dudevoir12,⋆⋆, Sergio A. Dzib1, Andreas Eckart1,116, Chris Eckert12, Neal R. Erickson82, Wendeline B. Everett117, Aaron Faber118, Joseph R. Farah5,6,119, Vernon Fath82, Thomas W. Folkers17, David C. Forbes17, Robert Freund17, David M. Gale112, Feng Gao36,64, Gertie Geertsema120, David A. Graham1, Christopher H. Greer17, Ronald Grosslein82, Frédéric Gueth27, Daryl Haggard121,122,123, Nils W. Halverson124, Chih-Chiang Han21, Kuo-Chang Han114, Jinchi Hao114, Yutaka Hasegawa125, Jason W. Henning30,126, Antonio Hernández-Gómez1, Rubén Herrero-Illana127,128, Stefan Heyminck1, Akihiko Hirota13,21, James Hoge24, Yau-De Huang21, C. M. Violette Impellizzeri21,11, Homin Jiang21, David John92, Atish Kamble5,6, Ryan Keisler32, Kimihiro Kimura21, Yusuke Kono13, Derek Kubo129, John Kuroda24, Richard Lacasse108, Robert A. Laing130, Erik M. Leitch30, Chao-Te Li21, Lupin C.-C. Lin21,131, Ching-Tang Liu114, Kuan-Yu Liu21, Li-Ming Lu114, Ralph G. Marson132, Pierre L. Martin-Cocher21, Kyle D. Massingill17, Callie Matulonis24, Martin P. McColl17, Stephen R. McWhirter12, Hugo Messias127,133, Zheng Meyer-Zhao21,134, Daniel Michalik135,136, Alfredo Montaña112,113, William Montgomerie24, Matias Mora-Klein108, Dirk Muders1, Andrew Nadolski51, Santiago Navarro92, Joseph Neilsen109, Chi H. Nguyen137, Hiroaki Nishioka21, Timothy Norton6, Michael A. Nowak138, George Nystrom26, Hideo Ogawa125, Peter Oshiro26, Tomoaki Oyama139, Harriet Parsons24, Juan Peñalver92, Neil M. Phillips127,133, Michael Poirier12, Nicolas Pradel21, Rurik A. Primiani140, Philippe A. Raffin26, Alexandra S. Rahlin30,111, George Reiland17, Christopher Risacher27, Ignacio Ruiz92, Alejandro F. Sáez-Madaín108,133, Remi Sassella27, Pim Schellart16,141, Paul Shaw21, Kevin M. Silva24, Hotaka Shiokawa6, David R. Smith142,143, William Snow26, Kamal Souccar82, Don Sousa12, Tirupati K. Sridharan6, Ranjani Srinivasan26, William Stahm24, Antony A. Stark6, Kyle Story144, Sjoerd T. Timmer16, Laura Vertatschitsch6,140, Craig Walther24, Ta-Shun Wei21, Nathan Whitehorn145, Alan R. Whitney12, David P. Woody146, Jan G. A. Wouterloot24, Melvin Wright147, Paul Yamaguchi6, Chen-Yu Yu21, Milagros Zeballos112,148, Shuo Zhang110, Lucy Ziurys17 and The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
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Accepted: 3 March 2020
3C 279 is an archetypal blazar with a prominent radio jet that show broadband flux density variability across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. We use an ultra-high angular resolution technique – global Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) at 1.3 mm (230 GHz) – to resolve the innermost jet of 3C 279 in order to study its fine-scale morphology close to the jet base where highly variable γ-ray emission is thought to originate, according to various models. The source was observed during four days in April 2017 with the Event Horizon Telescope at 230 GHz, including the phased Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), at an angular resolution of ∼20 μas (at a redshift of z = 0.536 this corresponds to ∼0.13 pc ∼ 1700 Schwarzschild radii with a black hole mass MBH = 8 × 108 M⊙). Imaging and model-fitting techniques were applied to the data to parameterize the fine-scale source structure and its variation. We find a multicomponent inner jet morphology with the northernmost component elongated perpendicular to the direction of the jet, as imaged at longer wavelengths. The elongated nuclear structure is consistent on all four observing days and across different imaging methods and model-fitting techniques, and therefore appears robust. Owing to its compactness and brightness, we associate the northern nuclear structure as the VLBI “core”. This morphology can be interpreted as either a broad resolved jet base or a spatially bent jet. We also find significant day-to-day variations in the closure phases, which appear most pronounced on the triangles with the longest baselines. Our analysis shows that this variation is related to a systematic change of the source structure. Two inner jet components move non-radially at apparent speeds of ∼15 c and ∼20 c (∼1.3 and ∼1.7 μas day−1, respectively), which more strongly supports the scenario of traveling shocks or instabilities in a bent, possibly rotating jet. The observed apparent speeds are also coincident with the 3C 279 large-scale jet kinematics observed at longer (cm) wavelengths, suggesting no significant jet acceleration between the 1.3 mm core and the outer jet. The intrinsic brightness temperature of the jet components are ≲1010 K, a magnitude or more lower than typical values seen at ≥7 mm wavelengths. The low brightness temperature and morphological complexity suggest that the core region of 3C 279 becomes optically thin at short (mm) wavelengths.
Key words: galaxies: active / galaxies: jets / galaxies: individual: 3C 279 / techniques: interferometric
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The data are only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/640/A69 and at https://eventhorizontelescope.org/for-astronomers/data
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© J.-Y. Kim et al. 2020
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Relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) are believed to originate from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole (SMBH), which is located at the center of the galaxy. Understanding the detailed physical processes of jet formation, acceleration, collimation, and subsequent propagation has been one of the major quests in modern astrophysics (see, e.g., Boccardi et al. 2017; Blandford et al. 2019 and references therein for recent reviews)
Extensive studies on these topics have been carried out over the last several decades, in particular by using the technique of millimeter-wave (mm) very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), which provides especially high angular resolution and can penetrate regions that are opaque at longer wavelengths. Notably, recent Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations of M 87 at 1.3 mm (230 GHz) have revealed a ring-like structure on event horizon scales surrounding the SMBH, interpreted as the black hole “shadow” (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration 2019a,b,c,d,e,f; hereafter Papers I–VI). Although the EHT results for M 87 provide an important step toward understanding jet formation near a BH and in AGN systems in general, the first EHT images of M 87 do not yet provide a direct connection between the SMBH and the large-scale jet. Therefore, imaging of fine-scale structures of AGN jets close to the SMBHs still remains crucial in order to better understand the accretion and outflow activities. Also, a more comprehensive understanding of AGN jet formation will require systematic studies over a wider range of AGN classes, given intrinsic differences such as luminosity, accretion rate, and environmental effects (e.g., Yuan & Narayan 2014). We also note that M 87 and the Galactic Center SMBH Sagittarius A* are relatively weak sources of γ-ray emission (e.g., Lucchini et al. 2019), while many other AGN produce prominent and variable high-energy emission, often from compact regions in their jets (e.g., Madejski & Sikora 2016). Therefore, studies of the high-power, high-luminosity AGN also provide more clues regarding γ-ray emission mechanisms (see, e.g., Blandford et al. 2019 for a review).
Unfortunately, most high-power AGN are located at much larger luminosity distances than M 87 and Sgr A*. Observing frequencies up to 86 GHz have thus limited us in the past to studying relatively large-scale jet morphology and evolution in many different types of AGN. However, it is only with the EHT at 230 GHz and beyond that the finest details at the base of those
gigantic dynamic structures become accessible. Combined with other VLBI arrays, for example the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) or Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA) at 86 GHz, the EHT can also connect the innermost regions of jets with the downstream sections, revealing detailed profiles of the jet collimation and locations of the collimation profile changes to better constrain jet collimation and propagation theories (e.g., Asada & Nakamura 2012; Hada et al. 2013).
The blazar 3C 279 (1253−055) is one of the sources that provided the first evidence of rapid structure variability (Knight et al. 1971) and apparent superluminal motions in compact AGN jets (Whitney et al. 1971; Cohen et al. 1971). Since the discovery of the apparent superluminal motions, the detailed structure of the radio jet in 3C 279 has been imaged and its properties have been studied by a number of VLBI observations until the present day. The 3C 279 jet consists of a compact core and straight jet extended from subparsec (sub-pc) to kiloparsec (kpc) scales. The compact core has high apparent brightness temperature at centimeter wavelengths (TB, app ≳ 1012 K; see, e.g., Kovalev et al. 2005). Both the core and the extended jet show high fractional linear polarization (≳10%), and strong circular polarization on the order of ∼1% is also detected in the core region at ≤15 GHz (e.g., Homan & Wardle 1999; Homan & Lister 2006; Homan et al. 2009a) and ≤43 GHz (Vitrishchak et al. 2008). The extended jet components show various propagation speeds (bulk Lorentz factor Γ ∼ 10 − 40; e.g., Bloom et al. 2013; Homan et al. 2015; Jorstad et al. 2017), indicating the presence of not only underlying bulk plasma motions, but also patterns associated with propagating shocks or instabilities. Interestingly, the inner jet components of 3C 279 often display various position angles (see, e.g., Homan et al. 2003; Jorstad et al. 2004 and references therein), but later on such components tend to align with the larger-scale jet direction while propagating toward the jet downstream (e.g., Kellermann et al. 2004; Homan et al. 2009b). Based on the small viewing angle of the 3C 279 jet of θ ∼ 2° (Jorstad et al. 2017), the misaligned jet components are often modeled as spatially bent (and perhaps helical) jet structures, in which the jet Lorentz factor is constant along the outflow but the jet viewing angle changes (e.g., Abdo et al. 2010; Aleksić et al. 2014). We also note that jet bending on VLBI scales is common in many blazar jets (e.g., Hong et al. 2004; Lobanov & Roland 2005; Zhao et al. 2011; Perucho et al. 2012; Fromm et al. 2013). For the innermost region of the 3C 279 jet (≲100 μas ∼0.65 pc projected1), earlier pilot VLBI studies at 230 GHz revealed a complex microarcsecond-scale substructure within the nuclear region of the milliarcsecond scale jet (Lu et al. 2013; Wagner et al. 2015). However, the (u, v) coverage, and therefore the imaging fidelity, of these observations was very limited. We also note that 3C 279 is well known for its highly time-variable flux densities, from radio to γ-rays (e.g., Chatterjee et al. 2008; Abdo et al. 2010; Aleksić et al. 2014; Kiehlmann et al. 2016; Rani et al. 2018; Larionov et al. 2020), while the exact locations of the γ-ray emission zones are often controversial (e.g., Patiño-Álvarez et al. 2018, 2019). In particular, 3C 279 shows flux density variations down to minute timescales, which are often difficult to interpret given the size scales and Doppler factors inferred from radio VLBI observations (e.g., Ackermann et al. 2016).
In April 2017, 3C 279 was observed with a significantly expanded EHT array over four nights. The EHT 2017 observations result in new and more detailed maps of the core region of 3C 279, providing an angular resolution of 20 μas, or ∼0.13 pc (corresponding to ∼1700 Rs for a SMBH of mass MBH ∼ 8 × 108 M⊙; Nilsson et al. 2009). This paper presents the main results from the EHT observation in 2017 and their scientific interpretations. In Sect. 2 we briefly describe the observations, imaging procedures, and model-fitting techniques. In Sect. 3 the source images and model-fit parameters are presented. In Sect. 4 we discuss some physical implications of the peculiar compact jet structure, in relation to the observed rapid variation of the source structure and brightness temperature. Section 5 summarizes our results. Throughout this paper we adopt a cosmology with H0 = 67.7 km s−1 Mpc−1, Ωm = 0.307, and ΩΛ = 0.693 (Planck Collaboration XIII 2016)2.
2. Observations and data processing
2.1. Observations and calibration
3C 279 was observed by the EHT on 2017 April 5, 6, 10, and 11. We refer to Papers II and III, and references therein for details of the scheduling, observations, data acquisition, calibration, and data validation. Here we briefly outline the overall procedures. A total of eight stations at six geographic sites participated in the observations: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope (APEX), Large Millimeter Telescope Alfonso Serrano (LMT), IRAM 30 m Telescope (PV), Submillimeter Telescope Observatory (SMT), James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), Submillimeter Array (SMA), and South Pole Telescope (SPT). The signals were recorded at two 2 GHz bands (centered at 227 and 229 GHz), using dual circularly polarized feeds (RCP and LCP). JCMT observed only in one circular polarization. ALMA observed using dual linear feeds. Because of this, the polconvert software (Martí-Vidal et al. 2016) was applied to the correlated data to convert the ALMA visibilities from linear to circular polarization.
The (u, v) coverage is shown in Fig. 1. The high data recording rate of 32 Gbps (corresponding to a total bandwidth of 2 GHz per polarization per sideband) allowed robust fringe detections up to a ∼8.7 Gλ baseline length, including the SPT, which significantly improved the fringe spacing toward 3C 279 in the north–south direction. The correlated data were then calibrated using various radio astronomical packages and validated through a series of quality assurance tests (see Paper III for details). The flux-calibrated visibility amplitude distributions are shown in Fig. 2.
Event Horizon Telescope (u, v) coverage of 3C 279 on (from left to right) 2017 April 5, 6, 10, and 11. The color-coding for the corresponding baselines is shown in the legend. The JCMT and APEX baselines are omitted because they repeat the SMA and ALMA baselines, respectively.
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Flux-calibrated visibility amplitudes of 3C 279 in all epochs. The visibility amplitude distributions are broadly consistent over four days, while the closure phases are not (see Sect. 3).
2.2. Imaging and model-fitting analysis
For imaging, we used frequency-averaged visibility data from the EHT-HOPS pipeline (see Paper III and Blackburn et al. 2019). We note that image reconstruction with 1.3 mm wavelength EHT data is particularly challenging because of the sparse (u, v) coverage, total loss of absolute atmospheric phase, and large gain fluctuations at some stations. In addition, the 2017 EHT observations lack relatively short baselines at ≲1 Gλ to robustly recover extended emission structure on VLBI scale at ≳100 μas (Paper IV). To ensure that the features we identified in our reconstructed images are robust, the source images were generated by both traditional CLEAN and newer regularized maximum likelihood algorithms implemented in the following programs: Difmap (Shepherd et al. 1994), eht-imaging (Chael et al. 2016, 2018), and SMILI (Akiyama et al. 2017a,b). We used imaging pipelines for these three programs (see Paper IV) to generate a total of 12 images of 3C 279 (i.e., one per epoch per imaging method) within a limited field of view of ∼100 μas due to lack of short EHT 2017 baselines (Paper IV). In all methods, emission from the further extended milliarcsecond-scale jet (Fig. 4), which lies beyond the compact EHT field of view, was represented by a single large-scale Gaussian (see Paper IV for details). We then averaged the three pipeline images to obtain a representative image of the source at each epoch. We refer to Paper IV for the details of the imaging pipelines and image averaging procedures. In order to illustrate the EHT angular resolution toward 3C 279, we show in Table 1 the CLEAN beam sizes of the EHT 3C 279 data calculated by Difmap.
CLEAN beam sizes of the EHT toward 3C 279.
In order to parameterize bright and compact features in the source, we also performed Gaussian model-fitting analyses in two distinct ways. The first is the traditional VLBI model-fitting procedure (DIFMAP modelfit, which employs the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm for non-linear fits) to reconstruct a static model with more than six components on each observation day. Related components were then identified and the evolution in their relative positions measured.
The second method utilizes THEMIS, an EHT-specific analysis package, using a parallel-tempered, affine invariant Markov chain Monte Carlo sampler (Broderick et al., in prep., and references therein). In this case, a fully time-variable, ten-component (nine compact and one large-scale) Gaussian component model was reconstructed to naturally facilitate the identification of features in subsequent observations and directly reconstruct their evolution. From this time variable model, component parameters and uncertainties are reconstructed for individual days. Additional descriptions of the underlying model and THEMIS analysis can be found in Appendix A (also see Paper VI for more general details for the EHT model-fitting and model-comparison analysis).
In order to examine the reliability of the converged images and models, we also compared antenna gains reconstructed by amplitude self-calibration with both imaging and model-fitting software. Figure B.1 shows plots of antenna gain corrections for all days across different imaging pipelines and THEMIS for LMT, which has the largest systematic gain uncertainties in the EHT 2017 observation (Papers III–VI). Consistent gain corrections across independent imaging methods and model-fitting analysis suggest that the results are robust against possible biases in each algorithm.
3.1. First 230 GHz images
Figure 3 shows an overview of the 3C 279 jet structure in April 2017 at 43, 86, and 230 GHz, where the 43 and 86 GHz images are from quasi-simultaneous observations by the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR 43 GHz (Jorstad et al. 2017) and the GMVA blazar monitoring programs3, shown here for an illustration of the larger-scale jet structure. In Fig. 4 we show the final EHT 1.3 mm images of 3C 279 on April 5, 6, 10, and 11 obtained as described in Sect. 2.2. The individual source images for all pipelines and epochs are shown in Fig. C.1. The images show two bright and somewhat extended emission regions, separated by ∼100 μas, with complex substructures within each of them. Hereafter we refer to the northern and southern complexes as C0 and C1, respectively. The C0 feature is substantially elongated in the NW-SE direction by ∼30 − 40 μas, as defined by the separation between its subcomponents (see Sect. 3.3). This elongation is perpendicular to the long-term larger-scale jet direction (SW; see, e.g., Jorstad et al. 2017). We find a prominent and rapid change of the brightness in the center of the C0 region over ∼6 days (see also Sect. 3.3).
Illustration of multiwavelength 3C 279 jet structure in April 2017. The observing epochs, arrays, and frequencies are noted at the top of each panel. The color bars show the pixel values in Jy beam−1. The white circles in the bottom left corners indicate the convolving beams. The white rectangles shows the field of view of the next panels at the higher 86 and 230 GHz frequencies. We note that the centers of the images (0,0) correspond to the location of the peak of total intensity. (From left to right) the beam sizes are 150 × 380, 50 × 139, and 20 × 20 μas2. For a spatially resolved emitting region, an intensity of 1 Jy beam−1 in the 43, 86, and 230 GHz images correspond to brightness temperatures of 1.16 × 1010, 2.37 × 1010, and 5.78 × 1010 K, respectively.
EHT images of 3C 279 on each day, generated by three different pipelines, then aligned and averaged. See Paper IV for details on the method. The circular 20 μas restoring beam is shown in the bottom right corner of each panel. The pixel values are in units of Jy beam−1. In each panel, the contour levels are 5%, 12%, 25%, 50%, and 75% of the peak value. The component identification is shown in the April 11 panel and is only for illustration (see Fig. 6).
3.2. Inter-day closure phase variations
We show in Fig. 5 the closure phases of several long EHT triangles for all days. Remarkably, the ALMA-SMA-SMT triangle reveals large inter-day closure phase variations of ∼100° in ∼6 days. Comparable closure phase changes are also seen for other large triangles (Fig. 5). We note that similar inter-day closure phase changes were previously found in 3C 279 at 230 GHz by Lu et al. (2013), but the much higher-sensitivity and longer-baseline data presented here reveal much more dramatic closure phase variations. This strongly implies the presence of inter-day variability of the surface brightness distribution and compact structure in the jet.
Example of the closure phase variation in 3C 279 over four epochs for the large ALMA-SMT-SMA, ALMA-LMT-SMA, and ALMA-LMT-SMT triangles. The points show the data, and their error bars include 1.5% systematic visibility errors (Paper III). The solid lines show the model closure phases corresponding to the images from each pipeline and day, and the dashed lines represent the model closure phases of the average images shown in Fig. 4. Regions constrained by predictions of the three independent image models are shaded.
3.3. Model-fitting results
Values of parameters resulting from the Gaussian model-fitting analysis for all days, such as component flux densities, sizes, and relative positions are provided in Table D.1. Where these are obtained from THEMIS, they are evaluated from the dynamical model at 6 UTC on each observation day. The component kinematics are displayed in Figs. 6 and 7. Visibility amplitudes and closure phases of the self-calibrated data and the Gaussian model-fit are shown in Fig. D.1.
Model-fit component kinematics during April 5–11. Top panel: kinematics for all components. The center positions of different Gaussian components, and their uncertainties are color-coded (see legend). The Gaussian FWHM sizes are shown by dashed gray ellipses. The black cross at (0,0) indicates the kinematic reference (C0-0). Red arrows show the component motions; their lengths are proportional to the apparent velocities. Middle and bottom panel: same as the top panel, but zoomed in to the nuclear (C0) and extended jet regions (C1), respectively. We note that the center (0,0) in all panels is chosen as the center of C0-0, not the peak of total intensity.
Same as Fig. 6, but using C0-1 (top) and C0-2 (bottom) as kinematic references. We note the more complicated motions of other jet features in both panels compared to Fig. 6.
Quantitatively similar results were obtained on each day by both Difmap modelfit and THEMIS analyses; hereafter, we focus on the THEMIS results that naturally identify components across observation epochs. We find that the closure phases, closure amplitudes, and visibilities can be consistently described by a model consisting of the ten Gaussian components, with a reduced χ2 of ∼1.3 for the best-fit models with ∼1.5% systematic errors in the visibility amplitudes (and equivalently ∼2° errors in phases; see Paper III).
Six compact and bright features among the nine evolving components are the most robustly constrained across epochs. The other three extra components are much fainter (e.g., by an order of magnitude), and are located outside the intensity distributions reconstructed by imaging methods (Fig. 4). Therefore, we do not discuss these three components hereafter. Figure 8 summarizes the time evolution over all epochs of the parameters of these features. Three of them – C0-0, C0-1, and C0-2 – belong to the C0 region, while the remainder (labeled C1-0, C1-1, and C1-2) belong to the C1 region (see the rightmost panel of Figs. 4 and 6). We note that there are consistent, outward ∼1.1 − 1.2 μas day−1 proper motions of all C1 components when the C0-0 feature is used as a reference. In contrast, C0-1 moves perpendicular to its center position angle with respect to C0-0 with flux density decrease, and C0-2 moves toward C0-0 with a pronounced increase in its flux density (see Sect. 3.4 for more details).
Model-fit parameters and their time evolution obtained by the THEMIS time-evolving model-fitting (Sect. 2.2). Each row shows a single component. Shaded regions indicate 95% confidence level at each time, the dashed line shows the median value, and the red solid lines indicate the best fit value. Observing epochs are shown by gray vertical bands. The component IDs are shown at the top left corner of the leftmost column. From left: flux density, radial distance with respect to C0-0, RA and Dec offsets with respect to C0-0, core mean FWHM sizes, and apparent brightness temperature.
Using the jet component parameters, we can compute their apparent brightness temperatures in the frame of the observer (thus not redshift or Doppler-boosting corrected), TB, as TB = 1.22 × 1012F/(ν2dmajdmin) K where for each component F is the flux density in Jy, ν is the observing frequency in GHz, and dmaj, min are the major and minor full width at half maximum (FWHM) sizes of the Gaussians in milliarcseconds, respectively. The TB values for all days are shown in Fig. 8 and Table D.1. The apparent brightness temperatures are in the range of TB ∼ 1010 − 11 K. We note that the C0-1 and C0-2 components show particularly large flux and size variations, which essentially lead to rapid changes in the brightness temperature over the one-week observing period.
3.4. Kinematic reference
Because of the nontrivial, complicated motions of C0-1 and C0-2 with respect to C0-0, we also selected C0-1 and C0-2 as alternative kinematic references and recalculated motions in order to see if the complex kinematics could be described more simply (e.g., simple radial outward motion in all components). We find that the component speeds are still comparable with the alternative references (although the directions of the proper motions are even more complicated), for example the C0 subcomponents moving toward the north (i.e., in the opposite direction to the large-scale jet; see Figs. 7, top panel, and 3) and the C1 subcomponents moving toward the east (Fig. 7, bottom panel) if C0-1 is chosen as the reference. Similar complex motions are seen when C0-2 is chosen as the reference. Therefore, choosing C0-0 as the kinematic reference provides a smoother transition of the kinematics from the inner EHT scale to the outer large jet (see Fig. 3), and also helps avoid unnecessary complexity in the interpretation given the limited available data, although this choice alone does not allow us to determine which of the three C0 subcomponents remains more stationary in time (see Sect. 4.3 for more discussions from a physical perspective).
We also note that adopting C0-0 as the kinematic reference helps avoid false identification of the other C0 subcomponents, such as counterjet features. The expected jet-to-counterjet ratio of discrete emission features in 3C 279 can be computed as ((1 + β cos θ)/(1 − β cos θ))m − α, where β is the jet speed in units of c; m = 2 or 3 for a continuous jet or a single component, respectively (see, e.g., Urry & Padovani 1995); and α is the optically thin spectral index (i.e., flux density S ∝ ν+α). If we adopt α = −0.7, θ = 2°, m = 3, and β = βapp/(sin θ + βapp cos θ), where βapp ≳ 10 based on the observations, the expected brightness ratio is ≳1010; however, the observed brightness ratios of the C0 subcomponents are within an order of magnitude (Table D.1). Therefore, we should expect to find no counterjet features situated to the north of the VLBI “core” (see Fig. 7), although emitting features moving in a helically bent jet could perhaps produce this apparent backward motion if the jet is closely aligned to the line of sight (see Sect. 4 for a discussion).
In addition, we further note that the VLBI core is usually defined as the most compact and brightest jet feature in the obtained images, and thus has the highest brightness temperature. It is interesting to note in Fig. 8 that the brightest component is not C0-0, but either C0-1 or C0-2, depending on the observing epochs. With this criterion, C0-1 and C0-2 might be still classified as the VLBI core. However, long-term and high-resolution observations of blazar jets find that compact and bright jet components near the VLBI core often have higher brightness temperatures than the cores determined by the jet kinematics (see, e.g., Lisakov et al. 2017; Bruni et al. 2017; Jorstad et al. 2017). Thus, identifying C0-1 and C0-2 as the potential VLBI core based on the flux density and brightness temperature may not be strongly supported in our observations. Therefore, we adopt C0-0 as the VLBI core of 3C 279 in the following analysis.
4.1. Elongated nuclear structure
The nuclear (C0 region) structure of 3C 279 resolved at the highest 20 μas angular resolution is elongated perpendicular to the large-scale jet. This structure is seen in both independent imaging and model-fitting methods, and can be modeled as three bright features separated by ∼30 − 40 μas. This corresponds to a projected spatial scale of ∼2500 − 3400 Rs for MBH = 8 × 108 M⊙. This morphology has not been commonly seen for 3C 279 by VLBA at 15 and 43 GHz (Jorstad et al. 2017; Lister et al. 2018). If the jet emission represents distribution of underlying synchrotron-emitting plasma, this peculiar structure can be interpreted in various ways. Below we provide four possible interpretations.
Standard jet formation scenarios suggest relativistic jet launching by either angular momentum extraction from the spinning SMBH (Blandford & Znajek 1977) or magneto-centrifugal acceleration by an accretion disk (Blandford & Payne 1982), or by both mechanisms at the same time. In this context, a spatially resolved jet base, similar to the jet base morphology found in several nearby radio galaxies, in particular with limb-brightened jets (e.g., 3C 84; Giovannini et al. 2018, Cygnus A; Boccardi et al. 2016) is also possible. However these are viewed at a much larger angle to the line of sight than for 3C 279 and could provide an edge-on view of the limb-brightened jet base or the disk (thus thin elongated geometry if the accretion flow is not a sphere but has a finite height-to-radius ratio of, e.g., H/R ≲ 1; see, e.g., Yuan & Narayan 2014). However, for 3C 279 a nearly face-on view (θ ∼ 2°) and thus a more rounded, thick emission geometry is expected on the sky for the base of a circular jet or the accretion flow, in contrast to the observed images which show a narrow width along the global direction of the jet4.
Alternatively, the large transverse (to the downstream jet) size of the C0 region could correspond to a linear structure such as a site of large-scale magnetic reconnection, which could provide a long linear string of “plasmoids” (see, e.g., Blandford et al. 2017), or some oblique structure, like a shock or an oblique jet filament (e.g., Marscher & Gear 1985; Hardee 2000). The former explanation would require continuous magnetic reconnections along the jet during the observations. Perhaps the simplest and easiest way for this to happen is if the magnetic field in the jet were in the form of loops that become stretched out by cross-jet velocity gradients. Qualitatively, this would provide elongated loops where oppositely directed field lines are adjacent to each other and could reconnect in various locations. In this case, the predicted polarization electric vector position angle would be perpendicular to the elongated emission structure, which can be tested in the future by EHT linear polarization imaging.
It is also important to mention that the above scenarios do not exclude the possibility that the moving emission features are not necessarily associated with motions of the underlying plasma. This implies that the observed emission could only be patterns on the surface of the jet, such as propagating shocks or instabilities (e.g., Lobanov & Zensus 2001). In this case, the observed bright components might represent only a small fraction of the entire broad jet.
For AGN jets such as 3C 279 seen at small viewing angles, however, it should be noted that a propagating component executing a slight bend in three dimensions can cross the line of sight and change the apparent inner jet position angle by a substantial amount. The observed proper motions in the C0 region suggest that non-ballistic (i.e., curved) trajectories are required for C0-1 and C0-2 if they originated from C0-0. That is, the perpendicular motion of C0-1 compared to its position angle with respect to C0-0 could correspond to ∼90° apparent jet bending. It is also worth noting that the contracting component motions within the C0 region are still present even if C0-1 or C0-2 are used as kinematic reference, which could imply a complex three-dimensional structure of the emitting jet plasma in the C0 region. Therefore, we investigate in Sect. 4.2 the kinematics of the inner 3C 279 jet in more detail and constrain the potential three-dimensional jet geometry.
4.2. Jet kinematics on daily and μas scales
As briefly introduced in Sect. 1, the kinematics of the 3C 279 jet revealed by previous interferometric imaging observations is complicated. Previous studies based on VLBA 15 and 43 GHz observations revealed a wide range of observed apparent speeds and jet bulk Lorentz factors at various locations and epochs (e.g., βapp ranging from a few to ∼20 c and Γ ∼ 10 − 40)5, and changing directions of jet proper motions, which is often accompanied by apparent increase of βapp (see references in Sect. 1). There is evidence obtained from studies of large samples (e.g., Homan et al. 2015) that intrinsic jet acceleration (i.e., increasing Γ) is required to explain these phenomena. However, Homan et al. (2003) and Jorstad et al. (2004) show specifically for 3C 279 that the changing motion vectors and increasing βapp can be nicely explained simply by varying the viewing angle along the outflow, without necessarily changing the intrinsic bulk Lorentz factor. In the light of this, we investigate the kinematics of the C0 and C1 regions, focusing on a similar geometrical model (i.e., bent jet) and using the observed component properties. In the following we assume that the dynamical center of the jet system is C0-0 (see Sect. 3.3).
4.2.1. C0 region
Before describing details, we note that the pure jet bending scenario is physically well motivated because (1) the kinematics of C0 subcomponents clearly exclude simple radial outward motions, (2) the separation between C0-1 and C0-2 is small (∼12 − 17 μas ∼0.08 − 0.11 pc projected) and perhaps too short for a significant jet acceleration or deceleration to occur, and (3) the jet bending model requires less fine-tuning than more complicated scenarios in which, for example, a jet changes both the bulk Lorentz factor and viewing angle. Accordingly, we assume that both C0-1 and C0-2 have the same bulk Lorentz factors but different viewing angles.
Using the special relativity relationships (Footnote 5), we show in Fig. 9 possible combinations of viewing angles and Doppler factors for various values of Lorentz factors in the plane of βapp and δ. By inspecting the plot it is clear that Γ = 20 is needed to explain βapp of both C0-1 and C0-2 using a constant Γ. If we take Γ = 20 as a nominal value, it can be seen that a viewing angle of θ ∼ 2.9° is required for C0-2, while θ can be ∼1.5° or ∼5.5° for C0-1. We can then examine whether the viewing angle should be smaller or larger for C0-1 by assuming that the intrinsic flux densities of C0-1 and C0-2 are identical but observed differently only due to Doppler boosting, and then by computing ratios of the Doppler factors for these components.
Plane of apparent speed (βapp) and Doppler factor (δ). Solid and dashed lines correspond to constant values of bulk Lorenz factors and viewing angles, respectively. The blue and green triangles and red circle show possible values of βapp and δ assuming the same Γ = 20 for C0-1 and C0-2, respectively. The vertical black lines correspond to the βapp values of C0-1 and C0-2. The red and blue shaded areas indicate uncertainties of βapp for C0-1 and C0-2, respectively.
The flux densities of C0-1, SC0 − 1, and C0-2, SC0 − 2 result in a flux density ratio of SC0 − 1/SC0 − 2 ∼ 0.6 − 5.9 (Table D.1). Since the observed flux density ratio is proportional to δm − α, where m = 2 or 3 as defined in Sect. 3.4, the required Doppler factor ratio should be δC0 − 1/δC0 − 2 = (SC0 − 1/SC0 − 2)1/(m − α). Assuming m = 3 and α = −0.7, we obtain δC0 − 1/δC0 − 2 ∼ 0.87 − 1.62. As shown in Fig. 9, θ = 2.9° could explain C0-2 with Γ = 20, and the corresponding Doppler factor is δC0 − 2 ∼ 20. Similarly for C0-1 and Γ = 20, θ = 1.5° and 5.5° result in Doppler factors of δC0 − 1 ∼ 32 and ∼8, respectively. The Doppler factor ratios are then δC0 − 1/δC0 − 2 ∼ 1.6 or ∼0.4 for the larger and smaller values of θ for C0-2, respectively. Both ratios broadly agree with what is required to explain the observed flux density ratio, considering potentially large uncertainties in those numbers due to our assumptions. Therefore, we could conclude that both viewing angles for C0-2 are consistent with observations, although the rapid time variability of C0-1 may prefer the larger Doppler factor and accordingly smaller viewing angle (Fig. 8). It should be noted, however, that these calculations do not exclude higher Lorentz factors for both components, and therefore we constrain Γ ≥ 20 for both C0-1 and C0-2. Table 2 summarizes the possible values of θ, Γ, and δ for C0-1 and C0-2, as estimated based on the above assumptions.
Summary of geometric and dynamical properties of the jet components discussed in Sects. 4.2.1 and 4.2.2.
Importantly, we note that the viewing angles of C0-1 and C0-2 can differ from each other by a few degrees. This amount is similar to the large 3C 279 jet inclination, θ ∼ 2°, which is estimated from long-term VLBA 43 GHz monitoring of the jet kinematics (Jorstad et al. 2017). It appears that these small viewing angle differences could be sufficient to explain the almost 90° position angle offsets of C0-1 and C0-2 relative to the SW-oriented large-scale jet. This means that a deprojection of ∼90° angle difference on the sky to a θ = 2° jet system would correspond to a jet viewing angle change of ∼90° sin(1° −2° ) ∼ 1.6° − 3.1°. This small amount of θ offset is not in contradiction with the estimations of the jet viewing angle differences for C0-1 and C0-2, as shown above.
In contrast to the C0 region, the three subcomponents in C1 have comparable apparent speeds (βapp ∼ 13 − 15), and their position angles with respect to C0-0 are all in a narrow range of ∼ − (173° −178°), which are aligned to the directions of their motion vectors (PA ∼ −(160° −180° )). Therefore, we can reasonably presume that these components share common kinematic and geometric properties.
We could extend the analysis in Sect. 4.2.1 to the C1 region, that is assuming a constant Γ = 20 for all the components to estimate their different viewing angles. We show in Fig. 10 the same βapp and δ plane but for the C1 subcomponents, which is used to constrain reasonable ranges of θ and the corresponding δ. For βapp = 13 − 15, there are two possible sets of parameters, which are (i) θ ∼ 6° −8° and δ ∼ 5 − 7, and (ii) θ ∼ 1.0° −1.5° and δ ∼ 33 − 35. We note that there is a similar ambiguity in determining whether the jet bends closer to or away from the line of sight. Nevertheless, we could consider that weaker time variability of the C1-0 and C1-1 components might prefer smaller Doppler factor values (i.e., larger θ), while C1-2 shows stronger variability and thus could have larger Doppler boosting (i.e., smaller θ).
Same as Fig. 9, but for C1. The vertical solid black lines correspond to βapp values of the C1 subcomponents and the gray shaded area shows their uncertainties. For comparison, the model values for C0 components with Γ = 20 are also shown using the same symbols as in Fig. 9. The ranges of the axes are different from Fig. 9.
Alternatively, dynamical properties of C1 could be better estimated by simply adopting the viewing angle of the larger-scale jet (θ ∼ 2°; Jorstad et al. 2017) because the motions of the C1 subcomponents are nearly parallel to the jet downstream (Fig. 3). Using θ = 2°, we obtain Γ ∼ 16 − 17 and δ ∼ 24 − 25.
Taken all together, the ranges of Lorentz factors for C1 are comparable to those found from the 3C 279 jet on larger scales and at longer wavelengths (≳103 pc or ≳105 Rs projected; Bloom et al. 2013; Lister et al. 2016; Jorstad et al. 2017; Rani et al. 2018), and also those estimated from radio total flux variability (e.g., Hovatta et al. 2009). The values of θ, Γ, and δ for C1 are also summarized in Table 2.
4.3. Physical implications
In conclusion, it appears that the peculiar C0 structure could be described by a jet closely aligned to the line of sight, but bent by small angles, and the projection of the overall bent geometry to the sky. In this perspective, it is also worth noting that in a previous 230 GHz VLBI experiment on 2011 March 29–April 4, a similar nuclear morphology was found in 3C 279 based on a model-fitting approach (Lu et al. 2013). After 2011 December, this structure became resolved by the VLBA at 43 GHz as a bright moving feature situated at a position angle of initially ∼150°, and later at ∼ − 170° relative to the 43 GHz core (Aleksić et al. 2014; Jorstad et al. 2017), confirming the jet bending scenario (the VLBA 7 mm kinematics is shown in Fig. E.1). Notably, the overall situation of the source in 2011 is similar to the jet geometry we discussed in Sect. 4.2.1. This suggests that the inner jet bending may commonly occur in 3C 279. In this respect it is interesting to note that a similar extremely bent jet morphology is sometimes observed in several AGN on small angular scales, especially when the object is in a flaring state at multiple wavelengths (e.g., 1156+295 – Hong et al. 2004; Zhao et al. 2011; PKS 2136+141 – Savolainen et al. 2006; OJ 287 – Agudo et al. 2012; Hodgson et al. 2017; 3C 345 – Lobanov & Roland 2005; CTA 102 – Fromm et al. 2013; Casadio et al. 2015; 0836+710 – Perucho et al. 2012). The flare is often interpreted as the result of an increase in Doppler beaming of the emission due to the jet bending closer to the line of sight.
There are several possible explanations for the physical origin of the jet bending. First, precession of a jet nozzle, which is induced by propagation of perturbations originating from the accretion disk and BH due to the Lense-Thirring effect (Bardeen & Petterson 1975) or even binary black holes, may display somewhat periodic jet wobbling over time. Abraham & Carrara (1998) and more recently Qian et al. (2019) suggest such a physical model for 3C 279 with a precession period of ∼22 yr. However, we note that the similar erratic inner jet position angle in 2011 and 2017 seen by the EHT implies a precession period of ≲6 yr if the jet wobbling is periodic. The mismatching periods would exclude this possibility. Second, it should be noted that the C0-1 component is moving toward C1 and the jet downstream (Fig. 3), and thus the component is being aligned to the larger scale jet during the observing period. The above-mentioned time evolution of the 3C 279 jet structure during 2011 also suggests that the initially bent jet component in the source later aligned with the downstream emission. The jet alignment in a single preferred direction could indicate that the outflow is being actively collimated to a pre-established channel on these small spatial scales, as similarly observed in other sources as well (see discussions in Homan et al. 2015). Third, an internally rotating jet, in which emission regions are located along strong toroidal magnetic field lines, can also reproduce gradual jet bending features in the images (e.g., Molina et al. 2014). Such a scenario is supported by theoretical studies of jet launching and propagation (see, e.g., Tchekhovskoy 2015 and references therein), and also observations of inner jet dynamics in nearby radio galaxies (e.g., Mertens et al. 2016) and smooth variation of linear polarization of many AGN jets in time and space (e.g., Asada et al. 2002; Marscher et al. 2008; Hovatta et al. 2012; Kiehlmann et al. 2016). Whether one of these scenarios is more favored than others is difficult to determine, however. Joint constraints on the model parameters with additional data, for instance with linear polarization time variability information (Nalewajko 2010), should prove fruitful.
We also note that the apparent jet speed and Lorentz factor of C1 are comparable to those in the outer jet (Sect. 4.2.2). This suggests that intrinsic acceleration of the jet (i.e., increasing Γ) would occur upstream of C1. This puts upper limits on the spatial extension of the intrinsic jet acceleration zone of 3C 279 to be within ≲100 μas from the core, C0-0, which is 0.65 pc ∼8500 Rs projected distances (∼19 pc ∼2.4 × 106Rs deprojected with θ = 2°). If the observed motions of C0-1 and C0-2 can be described by similar bulk Lorentz factors as C1, the intrinsic acceleration zone should be located at much more upstream of the jet, that is within ≲30 − 40 μas core separation ∼0.20 − 0.26 pc ∼2600 − 3400 Rs projected distances (∼6 − 7 pc ∼(7.3 − 9.7)×104 Rs deprojected).
4.4. Low brightness temperature at 230 GHz
The innermost jet brightness temperature provides us with insight about the jet plasma acceleration and radiative evolution further downstream (e.g., Readhead 1994; Marscher 1995; Schinzel et al. 2012; Fromm et al. 2013). The observed brightness temperatures of the subnuclear components within C0 are in the range of TB ∼ 1010 − 1011 K (Fig. 8). We note that these measurements are made in the observer’s frame, while the intrinsic brightness temperature of the plasma in the fluid frame, , is lowered by the Doppler factor δ, that is . Considering Doppler factors of δ ∼ 20 or even larger values due to possibly curved jet geometry (Sect. 4.2), an order of magnitude lower intrinsic brightness temperature of K is possible. This is a significantly lower value compared to the long millimeter or centermeter wavelength VLBI core (e.g., TB > 1012 K and K; Kovalev et al. 2005; Jorstad et al. 2017) and also the inverse Compton limit, K (Kellermann & Pauliny-Toth 1969).
It is challenging to make a straightforward interpretation of the low brightness temperature without knowing the level of synchrotron opacity at 230 GHz on 20 μas scales. Nevertheless, we provide two possible implications below.
First, it is worth noting that a trend of decreasing brightness temperature with increasing observing frequencies was previously seen in a number of AGN jet cores in the frequency range of 2 − 86 GHz (e.g., Lee et al. 2016; Nair et al. 2019). This trend is often interpreted as an indication of acceleration of underlying jet outflow, based on the following considerations. In the standard model of relativistic jet (Blandford & Königl 1979), the stationary radio VLBI core structure corresponds to a region with high synchrotron opacity (τ ∼ 1) at the corresponding observing frequency. In multiwavelength VLBI observations, the opacity effect appears as a shift in the apparent core position at different frequencies (i.e., the core located more upstream of the outflow at higher frequencies), which is commonly referred to as a “coreshift” (e.g., Lobanov 1998). In this picture, higher frequency TB measurements reveal physical conditions of the jet closer to its origin, if the core TB represents surface brightness of underlying plasma outflow. In addition, we could further assume that the intrinsic brightness temperature of the plasma underlying the compact core is not frequency-dependent and remains the same over short distances (i.e., the coreshift distances). It then follows that higher TB at lower frequencies could only be explained by higher outflow speed further downstream, and consequent Doppler boosting of the emission to increase the observed TB.
It is tempting to apply this framework to the EHT 230 GHz brightness temperature measurement of 3C 279. The consistent apparent jet speeds of ∼10 − 20 c seen near the EHT core and further downstream in the jet at centimeter wavelengths, however, does not strongly support the jet acceleration scenario. Instead, the brightness temperature can simply decrease with increasing frequency if the observing frequency is higher than the synchrotron self-absorption turn-over frequency (Rybicki & Lightman 1979). The low brightness temperature at 230 GHz can therefore be alternatively understood as a signature of low opacity in the core region at 1.3 mm. The ALMA phased-array data of 3C 279 from our observations show a steep spectral index of α = −(0.6 ± 0.06) at 230 GHz (see Goddi et al. 2019), which supports this conclusion, although the ALMA measurements do not spatially resolve the microarcsecond-scale jet.
If, however, the compact VLBI core region still remains optically thick up to 230 GHz, the observed low TB values could be compared to the energy equipartition brightness temperatures ( K; Readhead 1994), which is significantly higher than derived from the EHT measurements. The lower than the particle-to-magnetic field energy density equipartition would then suggest that the innermost jet of 3C 279 may be magnetically dominated, contrary to previous conclusions that the jet plasma has low magnetization in 3C 279 (see, e.g., discussions in Hayashida et al. 2015; Ackermann et al. 2016). While high particle-to-magnetic energy density ratios are seen in other AGN especially during flaring activities (e.g., Jorstad et al. 2017; Algaba et al. 2018), low brightness temperature associated with potentially magnetically dominated jet is also seen in the nuclear region of other nearby AGN jets, such as M 87 (e.g., see discussions in Kim et al. 2018). According to the standard model of jet launching and propagation, magnetic energy density is expected to be dominant in a jet up to central engine distances of ∼105 Rs (see Boccardi et al. 2017 and references therein). Considering the spatial scales of the EHT observations of 3C 279 (20 μas∼1700 Rs), it is not impossible that the observed innermost 3C 279 jet is indeed magnetic energy dominated. Nevertheless, future spectral decomposition and polarimetric analysis on the 20 μas scale with multifrequency EHT observations should determine the jet core opacity at 230 GHz, in order to provide an unambiguous interpretation of the remarkably low values.
4.5. Connection to γ-ray emission in 3C 279
During the EHT observations in April 2017, 3C 279 was in a highly active and variable state at γ-ray energies (see, e.g., Larionov et al. 2020). Here we briefly discuss possible implications of the innermost 3C 279 jet kinematics revealed by the EHT observations on the γ-ray emission of the source. Generally, the jet speeds measured closest to the jet origin are important in order to understand the origin of γ-ray emission in blazars. One of most plausible scenarios explaining γ-ray emission in blazars is inverse Compton (IC) scattering of seed photons from within or around the relativistic jet, while details of the IC models vary depending on the assumptions of the background photon fields (see, e.g., Madejski & Sikora 2016). Observationally, bright γ-ray flares from blazars are often associated with emergence from the VLBI core of new, compact jet features, which travel toward the jet downstream (e.g., Jorstad & Marscher 2016). This association implies that the IC process may occur near (or even upstream of) the VLBI core. Therefore, observational constraints on the innermost jet speed is crucial for an accurate modeling of the IC process.
The EHT measurements of the proper motion suggest a minimum Lorentz factor of Γ ≳ 20 at core separations ≤100 μas. On the other hand, much higher Lorentz factors of Γ ≳ 100 are derived from the observations of rapid γ-ray flares (Ackermann et al. 2016). To accommodate the lower limit of Γ from the EHT observations with the larger Lorentz factors from the jet kinematics and γ-ray variability, viewing angles smaller than θ < 1° in the region C0-1 and C0-2 may be considered. For such small angles, Doppler factors of ∼100 could be reached, which are sufficient to explain the observed γ-ray variability. On the other hand, we note that the continued VLBA 43 GHz monitoring of the source during 2015−2018 now suggests faster motion and higher Lorentz-factors of Γ ≳ 37 than in the past (Larionov et al. 2020). As the authors note, the local values of Γ can be even larger (e.g., ∼70) if fast “mini-jets” are embedded within the main flow (e.g., Giannios et al. 2009) or if multiple, turbulent emitting zones are present (e.g., Narayan & Piran 2012; Marscher 2014). The latter could increase the local Γ values by factors of a few. Future detailed modeling of the broadband spectral energy distribution during the EHT 2017 campaign will provide more detailed tests of the relation between the jet dynamics and the γ-ray emission in 3C 279.
In this paper, we presented the first 1.3 mm VLBI images of the archetypal blazar 3C 279 at the extreme angular resolution of 20 μas. The sharpest-ever images of 3C 279 obtained at four different epochs within a week reveal (i) peculiar substructures in the millimeter VLBI core, which can be interpreted as a bent jet, or perhaps a linear, knotty structure that could result from large-scale magnetic reconnection or plasma instabilities; (ii) rapid day-to-day closure phase variations pronounced in the longest baselines, which are associated with proper motions of ∼1.1 − 1.7 μas day−1 and rapid flux variability; and (iii) low apparent (TB ≲ 1011 K) and intrinsic brightness temperatures ( K) after correcting for Doppler boosting of at least δ ∼ 10 − 20. This suggests that either the jet core is optically thin at 230 GHz, or that the innermost jet of 3C 279 is dominated by magnetic energy if the synchrotron turn-over frequency were close to 230 GHz.
More details of the source properties, such as the magnetic field configuration and detailed jet energy balance, will be subject to follow-up studies, for example by EHT full-Stokes imaging of the 3C 279 jet (EHT Collaboration et al., in prep.). As mentioned in Sect. 4.5, 3C 279 was also in a highly active and variable state at γ-ray energies during the EHT observations in April 2017. Follow-up work (EHT Collaboration et al., in prep.), combining the results from this paper with other multiwavelength data obtained close in time, will provide a more detailed understanding of the physical processes in the jet, allowing detailed tests of the potential curvature in the innermost jet, and possible jet acceleration and alternative physical scenarios, as discussed in Sects. 4.3 and 4.5.
At the redshift of 3C 279 (z = 0.536, Marziani et al. 1996), 1 mas corresponds to a linear scale of 6.5 pc. An angular separation rate of 1 mas yr−1 therefore corresponds to an apparent speed of βapp ∼ 33 c.
Adopting H0 = 70 km s−1 Mpc−1, Ωm = 0.3, and ΩΛ = 0.7 leads to ∼2% changes in the distances and apparent speeds, which we ignore.
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This holds true, unless the plasma in the jet base moves at highly relativistic speeds. In this case we could effectively observe the jet system in an edge-on view because most of observed radiation would have been emitted perpendicular to the jet in the jet co-moving frame, due to strong relativistic aberration.
Doppler factor δ = (Γ(1 − β cos θ))−1, with the bulk Lorentz factor and the intrinsic speed β = βapp/(sin θ + βapp cos θ).
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This work used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), supported by NSF grant ACI-1548562, and CyVerse, supported by NSF grants DBI-0735191, DBI-1265383, and DBI-1743442. XSEDE Stampede2 resource at TACC was allocated through TG-AST170024 and TG-AST080026N. XSEDE JetStream resource at PTI and TACC was allocated through AST170028. The simulations were performed in part on the SuperMUC cluster at the LRZ in Garching, on the LOEWE cluster in CSC in Frankfurt, and on the HazelHen cluster at the HLRS in Stuttgart. This research was enabled in part by support provided by Compute Ontario (http://computeontario.ca), Calcul Quebec (http://www.calculquebec.ca) and Compute Canada (http://www.computecanada.ca). We thank the staff at the participating observatories, correlation centers, and institutions for their enthusiastic support. This paper makes use of the following ALMA data: ADS/JAO.ALMA#2016.1.01154.V, ADS/JAO.ALMA#2016.1.01176.V. 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The SMT is operated by the Arizona Radio Observatory, a part of the Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona, with financial support of operations from the State of Arizona and financial support for instrumentation development from the NSF. The SPT is supported by the National Science Foundation through grant PLR- 1248097. Partial support is also provided by the NSF Physics Frontier Center grant PHY-1125897 to the Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, the Kavli Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant GBMF 947. The SPT hydrogen maser was provided on loan from the GLT, courtesy of ASIAA. The EHTC has received generous donations of FPGA chips from Xilinx Inc., under the Xilinx University Program. The EHTC has benefited from technology shared under open-source license by the Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER). The EHT project is grateful to T4Science and Microsemi for their assistance with Hydrogen Masers. This research has made use of NASA’s Astrophysics Data System. We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the extended staff of the ALMA, both from the inception of the ALMA Phasing Project through the observational campaigns of 2017 and 2018. We would like to thank A. Deller and W. Brisken for EHT-specific support with the use of DiFX. We acknowledge the significance that Maunakea, where the SMA and JCMT EHT stations are located, has for the indigenous Hawaiian people. This research has made use of data obtained with the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA), which consists of telescopes operated by the MPIfR, IRAM, Onsala, Metsahovi, Yebes, the Korean VLBI Network, the Green Bank Observatory and the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). The VLBA is an instrument of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. 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Using THEMIS, we fit a time variable, ten-component elliptical Gaussian model to the scan-averaged visibility amplitude and closure phase EHT data in both observing bands and across the four observation nights simultaneously using a parallel-tempered, ensemble Markov chain Monte Carlo method. Nine of the components are compact, modeling the structures apparent in the images, and one is large (milliarcsecond scale), representing the extended flux associated with large-scale structures that are detected only by intra-site baselines (ALMA-APEX, JCMT-SMA; see Papers IV and VI).
For THEMIS, all components are characterized by a total flux, size, asymmetry, orientation, position, and their time derivatives (except for orientation). Priors were imposed on the time variability to prevent large changes (e.g., factors of two). A minimum component FWHM of 10 μas was required; the fit quality and parameter estimates are insensitive to decreases in this value. The result of this process is the joint posterior distributions of all of the individual component parameters. The simultaneous fit of the time-variable model produced results consistent with fits on individual days and frequency bands. Of the compact components, only six were robustly recovered on each day individually and simultaneously; we focus on these in Sect. 3.3.
Appendix B: Reconstructed antenna gains from imaging and model-fitting methods
In Fig. B.1 we show the reconstructed antenna gains obtained by using independent images or models from three imaging pipelines and model-fitting analysis. The consistent antenna gains across different methods suggest that the results are robust against possible biases in each analysis.
Fig. B.1.
Inverse of the reconstructed multiplicative LMT antenna gain amplitude from imaging and model-fitting analysis. We note larger dispersion of gain amplitudes on April 6, which reflects greater difficulty in the imaging and model-fitting due to limited number of scans and (u, v) coverage.
Appendix C: Images per day per method
Here we show the 3C 279 images from all days and all the individual methods before averaging.
Fig. C.1.
Same as Fig. 4, but for all imaging methods before the averaging. Each row and column corresponds to different imaging pipelines (eht-imaging, SMILI, and Difmap) and observing epochs (April 05, 06, 10, and 11), respectively. We note that these images are not yet aligned with each other.
Appendix D: Model-fit parameters
In Table D.1 we show the parameters of the Gaussian model-fit components for all epochs. We also show in Fig. D.1 sample
Fig. D.1.
Visibility amplitudes (top) and closure phases (bottom) of the data (gray error bars) and Gaussian models (colored diamonds) for all epochs, for both observing frequency bands (HI and LO), and plotted against the baseline length and quadratic sum of the three baseline lengths in triangles (u1, u2, and u3), respectively. In both panels the bottom subpanels show residuals (i.e., differences between data and model) normalized by the uncertainties of each data point.
Table D.1.
Component parameters from dynamical Gaussian model-fitting of 3C 279 evaluated at 6 UTC on each observation day.
plots of visibility amplitudes and closure phases of the data versus the models for April 11.
Appendix E: Long-term 3C 279 jet component positions from VLBA 43 GHz monitoring
Fig. E.1.
Positions of jet components in 3C 279 between 2007 and 2013 from VLBA 43 GHz monitoring of the source and reported by Jorstad et al. (2017). Upper and lower panels: overall and inner jet component positions, respectively. The color bars denote the observing epoch in decimal year. The dark cross indicates the core component position. Symbol sizes are proportional to the component flux density.
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Smithson Speaks
Leonid Sokov
By Patricia Stewart
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September 3, 2013 2:59pm
Leonid Sokov: Khrushchev, 1983, wood and paint, 32 by 20 by 20 inches; at the Zimmerli Art Museum.
The retrospective of work by Leonid Sokov, at Rutgers University’s Zimmerli, followed an exhibition last year at the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art. The American show was smaller, but thanks to loans from Sokov’s personal collection (not included in Moscow, but about a quarter of the 80-odd works shown here), it sketched not only a more intimate but also a more Russian portrait of the artist.
Sokov (b. 1941) shares bitterly honorable credentials with other Soviet nonconformist artists. Shown in non-official exhibitions, his work was nearly invisible in Moscow. When, in 1976, he applied for an exit visa, he was expelled from the artists union. Without a member’s card, it was impossible to find work; it was illegal even to buy paint.
With Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, Sokov took part in Sots Art, a movement begun in the early 1970s that parodied official Soviet art as a way of exorcizing Russia’s still undead past. The Zimmerli show included Sokov’s grandiose 2005 painting of Stalin. The “Gardener of Human Happiness” stands in the “rolling green open fields” of Russian song, where the “heroes go riding.” Approved portraits made Stalin taller—and much better-looking—than in real life. Here, his mustachioed head is attached to the beautiful body of Michelangelo’s David. Sokov paints in the flashy gestural style associated with official Soviet portraiture. Handling speaks; it testifies against the heroics it was once marshaled to represent. For American viewers, Sots Art requires some decoding; we have not seen enough official portraits of members of the Politburo. Reduced to the images it appropriates, it is in danger of turning into amusing free-market kitsch.
Sokov now lives and works in New York, but, in his sculptures, he still declares himself as Russian. References to folk culture abound. Totemic wooden bears are everywhere—drinking, dancing, trying in agony to fly, buggering the American eagle, enjoying a comradely pissing contest with Comrade Stalin. Considering the angry nationalism promoted in Russia today, Sokov’s carnivalesque sense of Russian identity comes as healing balm.
The sculptures of human and animal clowns may be Sokov’s strongest works. In them, we find a rich, raw, seemingly unfinished quality, which has actually been carefully constructed. Forms are geometric, but broken off with ragged edges. Marks of chain saw and chisel give energy to each surface, but destabilize the relationships between the surfaces as planes. Lines daubed in black paint emphasize volumes while at the same time flattening the carved marks. The every-which-wayness borders on 3-D slapstick. However, the lack of resolution can be experienced as positive, since by conveying such formal potential the pieces suggest hope.
One of Sokov’s influences as a young man was a book on the sculpture of Siberia’s native peoples. He calls it his “textbook” and has kept a copy with him for 40 years. There are visual relationships with his own work. Sokov’s flattened shapes have exaggerated silhouettes, like those of the cookie-dough animals made for Siberia’s Great Bear Festival. For Sokov, it may have been still more helpful, more hopeful, to encounter what his “textbook” described so wonderingly as the shaman’s world of “unbounded thought.” Here was a cultural reality the artist could love and claim: a living Russian past, where the logic of Marxism-Leninism never did dwell.
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James Petrucci
Ojai City Gallery will be showing the work of James Petrucci until Jan. 14
Petrucci is a “painterly artist” who uses abstraction to convey a different type of landscape, an “internal landscape.” Using a contemporary style all his own the relatively young artist has settled in Ojai with his family and says he has “simplified his materials.” But simple they are not, they are intricate and display an intensity of layering and line he is known for. The City of OJai recently purchased his work “Passenger” created with “a refined material palette primarily of charcoal and gesso, with occasional bursts of color in watercolor and oil.” He has explored the body as a container for experiences in his recent paintings. The various works show the variety of experience and emotion possible and how they are interpreted and stored in the body. “Passenger” reflects on the reality that vessels exist in and through time and how we build an ever-changing inner landscape.
There will be a reception for the artist November 21 at City Hall from 5:30 to 6;30.
The public is invited. The work will be on view during regular City Hall hours.
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Brainstorming with the Experts
CONFERENCE CONTEST
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2/28/2019 9:00:00 AM by: Bob Hostetler
Our Faculty Focus today is on Bob Hostetler. He will be teaching two workshops at our conference.
Workshops Presented by Bob:
All The Wrong Moves
Sometimes a writer knows there is something wrong with a chapter (or book), but can’t quite put a finger on it. This session will provide a working list of the most common reasons a page, passage, or chapter isn’t working.
From Pulpit to Print
Preachers, teachers and other Christians engaged in ministry are frequently writing sermons, lessons, etc. This workshop will help such writers convert resources into published material.
Bob Hostetler is a forty-year veteran of Christian publishing. He has been a writer, magazine editor, freelance book editor, and author of fifty books, both fiction and non-fiction. A frequent speaker at retreats seminars, and writers conferences around the world, he has encouraged and coached numerous writers to publishing success. His books have been awarded the ECPA’s Gold Medallion and the Selah Awards Book of the Year, among others. He is also the Executive Editor for The Christian Writers Institute.
Bob is an Ohio native, ordained minister, and Cincinnati Reds fan. He has been married for forty-one years to the lovely Robin, his teenage sweetheart and ministry partner; together they have pastored four churches (though not all at once) and were foster parents to ten teen boys (though not all at once). They make their home in the Cincinnati area. Bob has helped (more or less) to raise two perfect children, Aubrey and Aaron, who have given him and Robin five perfect grandchildren.
About The Steve Laube Agency:
In its fifteen-plus years of existence, The Steve Laube Agency has represented more than 1,500 new books from Christian authors. Currently staffed by four agents (Steve Laube, Tamela Hancock Murray, Dan Balow, and Bob Hostetler), it represents the highest standards and quality in Christian fiction and nonfiction.
While the agency as a whole represents nearly everything, Bob is interested in:
Fiction: contemporary, historical, mystery, romance, suspense, thriller. Selected children’s books.
Nonfiction: Nearly all topics written from a Christian perspective – business and leadership, contemporary issues and current events, Christian living, devotionals, humor, marriage and family, parenting, prayer, spiritual growth, teens/young adult, women’s nonfiction.
As a rule, Bob is not looking for:
Fiction: fantasy, horror, science fiction, speculative fiction (those are Steve’s strange affliction).
Nonfiction: cookbooks and poetry.
Living as an Nonessential Person
1/13/2021 9:00:00 AM by: Bonnie Beardsley
Florida Christian Writers Conference 2020
1/6/2021 9:00:00 AM by: Jeanie Connell
12/25/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Tammy Karasek
A Picture Perfect Christmas
12/24/2020 9:00:00 AM by: David Lang
12/23/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Sally Cressman
Christmas Reflections and the Sands of Time!
12/22/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Dr Andy Opritza
Lowly Shepherd Raises Christmas Comprehension
12/22/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Alice Murray
12/21/2020 1:00:00 PM by: Jeanie Connell
Giant Pizza Pan Under the Tree
12/21/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Bonnie Beardsley
The Bing-Bong Gift
12/20/2020 1:00:00 PM by: Bonita McCoy
Christmas Too Early
12/20/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Pat Butler
The Helpers Who Saved Christmas
12/19/2020 1:00:00 PM by: Kelly Ferguson
A Child’s Voice at Christmas
12/19/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Toni Rypkema
Christmas Came Early Last Year
12/18/2020 1:00:00 PM by: Tina Neeley
Gifts of Belonging
12/18/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Becca Wierwille
My Favorite Christmas Memory
12/17/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Theresa Parker Pierce
Christmas Carols and Peacocks
12/16/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Melissa Henderson
The Go-Kart
12/15/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Crystal Dininger
A Bundle of Love
12/14/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Barbara Latta
Dad’s Presence—the Best Present
12/13/2020 1:00:00 PM by: Teresa K Lasher
The Christmas Pie
12/13/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Brenda Tschetter
Who Could Ask for Anything More?
12/12/2020 1:00:00 PM by: Amy Nicholson
A Fifty-Six-Year-Old Memory
12/12/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Sandra Hastings
A Fisher Family Christmas
12/11/2020 1:00:00 PM by: Mary Whitlow
Christmas Stealth
12/11/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Roberta Sarver
Cool Granny's Wake-up Call
12/10/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Lori Helms
A Non-Traditional Christmas
12/9/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Ellen Fannon
Another Christmas, Another Time
12/8/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Dr Andrew Opritza
12/7/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Britt Mooney
One Christmas Memory
12/5/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Jeanie Connell
12/4/2020 1:00:00 PM by: Eva Marie Everson
The Carol Singer
12/3/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Heidi Dru Kortman DTM
One Night Before Christmas
12/2/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Carolyn Fisher
12/1/2020 3:00:00 PM by: Dr Andrew Opritza
Spotlight on FCWC Faculty 2020!
10/7/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Tammy Karasek
9/30/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Tammy Karasek
Spotlight on FCWC Staff 2020!
Spotlight on FCWC Agents 2020!
9/9/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Tammy Karasek
The Summer of Unpredictability
8/19/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Barbara Latta
Creativity and Intentional Praise
8/12/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Patricia Tiffany Morris
Discovering Intentionality
8/5/2020 9:00:00 AM by: Patricia Tiffany Morris
Cultivating Intentionality
Florida Christian Writers Conference
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Protection from the Storm
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Is My Writing Good Enough?
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The Difference Between a Dream and a Call
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How to Let People Know Your Book Exists
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Never Discredit Anyone (Especially God)
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Write Thoughtfully
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Some Miracles Take Time
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A Tribute to Mary Sue Seymour
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What's in and What's Out in Publishing Workshop
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Your Writers Conference Checklist
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Finding Your Strengths and Weaknesses
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Do Writers Need a Blog or Website?
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Trump impeached after Capitol riot; historic second charge
by: AP
FILE – In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in support of Senate candidates Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue in Dalton, Ga. Trump will travel to Texas on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, to trumpet one of the pillars of his presidency: his campaign against illegal immigration. It’s part of an effort by aides to try to salvage a Trump legacy that will forever be stained by the siege he incited on the U.S. Capitol the week before. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
With the Capitol secured by armed National Guard troops inside and out, the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump. The proceedings moved at lightning speed, with lawmakers voting just one week after violent pro-Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol, egged on by the president’s calls for them to “fight like hell” against the election results.
Ten Republicans fled Trump, joining Democrats who said he needed to be held accountable and warned ominously of a “clear and present danger” if Congress should leave him unchecked before Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration Jan. 20.
Trump is the only U.S. president to be twice impeached.
The Capitol insurrection stunned and angered lawmakers, who were sent scrambling for safety as the mob descended, and it revealed the fragility of the nation’s history of peaceful transfers of power. The riot also forced a reckoning among some Republicans, who have stood by Trump throughout his presidency and largely allowed him to spread false attacks against the integrity of the 2020 election.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invoked Abraham Lincoln and the Bible, imploring lawmakers to uphold their oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign “and domestic.”
She said of Trump: “He must go, he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love.”
Holed up at the White House, watching the proceedings on TV, Trump took no responsibility for the bloody riot seen around the world, but issued a statement urging “NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind” to disrupt Biden’s ascension to the White House.
In the face of the accusations against him and with the FBI warning of more violence, Trump said, “That is not what I stand for, and it is not what America stands for. I call on ALL Americans to help ease tensions and calm tempers.”
Trump was first impeached by the House in 2019 over his dealings with Ukraine, but the Senate voted in 2020 acquit. He is the first to be impeached twice. None has been convicted by the Senate, but Republicans said Wednesday that could change in the rapidly shifting political environment as officeholders, donors, big business and others peel away from the defeated president.
The soonest Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell would start an impeachment trial is next Tuesday, the day before Trump is already set to leave the White House, McConnell’s office said. The legislation is also intended to prevent Trump from ever running again.
McConnell believes Trump committed impeachable offenses and considers the Democrats’ impeachment drive an opportunity to reduce the divisive, chaotic president’s hold on the GOP, a Republican strategist told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
McConnell told major donors over the weekend that he was through with Trump, said the strategist, who demanded anonymity to describe McConnell’s conversations.
In a note to colleagues Wednesday, McConnell said he had “not made a final decision on how I will vote.”
Unlike his first time, Trump faces this impeachment as a weakened leader, having lost his own reelection as well as the Senate Republican majority.
Even Trump ally Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, shifted his position and said Wednesday the president bears responsibility for the horrifying day at the Capitol.
In making a case for the “high crimes and misdemeanors” demanded in the Constitution, the four-page impeachment resolution approved Wednesday relies on Trump’s own incendiary rhetoric and the falsehoods he spread about Biden’s election victory, including at a rally near the White House on the day of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
A Capitol Police officer died from injuries suffered in the riot, and police shot and killed a woman during the siege. Three other people died in what authorities said were medical emergencies. The riot delayed the tally of Electoral College votes that was the last step in finalizing Biden’s victory.
Ten Republican lawmakers, including third-ranking House GOP leader Liz Cheney of Wyoming, voted to impeach Trump, cleaving the Republican leadership, and the party itself.
Cheney, whose father is the former Republican vice president, said of Trump’s actions summoning the mob that “there has never been a greater betrayal by a President” of his office.
Trump was said to be livid with perceived disloyalty from McConnell and Cheney.
With the team around Trump hollowed out and his Twitter account silenced by the social media company, the president was deeply frustrated that he could not hit back, according to White House officials and Republicans close to the West Wing who weren’t authorized to speak publicly about private conversations.
From the White House, Trump leaned on Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to push Republican senators to resist, while chief of staff Mark Meadows called some of his former colleagues on Capitol Hill.
The president’s sturdy popularity with the GOP lawmakers’ constituents still had some sway, and most House Republicans voted not to impeach.
Security was exceptionally tight at the Capitol, with tall fences around the complex. Metal-detector screenings were required for lawmakers entering the House chamber, where a week earlier lawmakers huddled inside as police, guns drawn, barricade the door from rioters.
“We are debating this historic measure at a crime scene,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
During the debate, some Republicans repeated the falsehoods spread by Trump about the election and argued that the president has been treated unfairly by Democrats from the day he took office.
Other Republicans argued the impeachment was a rushed sham and complained about a double standard applied to his supporters but not to the liberal left. Some simply appealed for the nation to move on.
Rep. Tom McClintock of California said, “Every movement has a lunatic fringe.”
Yet Democratic Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo. and others recounted the harrowing day as rioters pounded on the chamber door trying to break in. Some called it a “coup” attempt.
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., contended that Trump was “capable of starting a civil war.”
Conviction and removal of Trump would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate, which will be evenly divided. Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska over the weekend in calling for Trump to “go away as soon as possible.”
Fending off concerns that an impeachment trial would bog down his first days in office, Biden is encouraging senators to divide their time between taking taking up his priorities of confirming his nominees and approving COVID-19 relief while also conducting the trial.
The impeachment bill draws from Trump’s own false statements about his election defeat to Biden. Judges across the country, including some nominated by Trump, have repeatedly dismissed cases challenging the election results, and former Attorney General William Barr, a Trump ally, has said there was no sign of widespread fraud.
The House had first tried to persuade Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke their authority under the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. Pence declined to do so, but the House passed the resolution anyway.
The impeachment bill also details Trump’s pressure on state officials in Georgia to “find” him more votes.
While some have questioned impeaching the president so close to the end of his term, there is precedent. In 1876, during the Ulysses Grant administration, War Secretary William Belknap was impeached by the House the day he resigned, and the Senate convened a trial months later. He was acquitted.
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Adding Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis to Anticoagulation Does Not Improve Outcomes in Proximal DVT
The objective of pharmacomechanical thrombolysis, or the delivery of a fibrinolytic drug into the thrombus with concomitant thrombus aspiration, is to diminish the thrombus burden and reduce the risk of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) in patients with proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT). According to results from a randomized, controlled, phase III trial, though, the additional treatment failed to lower this risk, and increased the odds of experiencing major bleeding, compared with anticoagulation alone.
“Despite the use of anticoagulant therapy, PTS [which is associated with chronic limb pain and major disability] develops within two years in approximately half of patients with proximal DVT,” explained Suresh Vedantham, MD, of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and co-authors. “We hypothesized that pharmacomechanical thrombolysis would reduce this percentage to 20 percent or lower,” but nearly half of patients enrolled in the multicenter, open-label trial still developed PTS within 24 months of DVT.
The ATTRACT (Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis) trial included 692 patients with symptomatic proximal DVT involving the femoral, common femoral, or iliac vein. Patients were excluded if they were symptomatic for >14 days, were at high risk for bleeding, had active cancer, had PTS, or had ipsilateral DVT in the previous two years.
Between December 2009 and December 2014, patients were stratified based on thrombus extent (i.e., whether thrombosis involved the common femoral or iliac vein or not), then randomized 1:1 to receive pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (n=336; median age = 52 years; range = 41-62 years) or no procedural intervention (control; n=355; median age = 53 years; range = 43-62 years).
Participants in both cohorts received initial and long-term anticoagulation consistent with published guidelines (including rivaroxaban when it became available) and received sized-to-fit, knee-high, elastic compression stockings at the 10-day follow-up visit and every six months.
In the pharmacomechanical thrombolysis group, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator <35 mg was administered into the thrombus.
Researchers assessed outcomes at 10 and 30 days, as well as six, 12, 18, and 24 months. They defined the development of PTS (primary endpoint) as a Villalta score ≥5 (score ranges from 0-33, with higher scores indicating more severe PTS) or an ulcer in the leg.
One patient in the pharmacomechanical thrombolysis group was excluded from analysis; five in the control group and 11 in the treatment cohort were excluded within seven days of randomization and were not included in per-protocol analysis.
The treatment cohort received pharmacomechanical thrombolysis a median of one day after randomization (range not provided), and the mean degree of thrombus removal was 76 percent (mean pre-procedure Marder score = 11.4; mean post-procedural Marder score = 2.7; change = –8.7%; 95% CI –8.1 to –9.4; p<0.001).
Over the 24-month period, 47 percent of patients in the treatment cohort (n=157/336) and 48 percent in the control group (n=171/355) developed PTS (risk ratio = 0.96; 95% CI 0.82-1.11; p=0.56). Incidence of PTS was similar among prespecified subgroups, except for a suggestion that patients 65 years and older were less likely to benefit from pharmacomechanical thrombolysis than younger patients (p=0.04).
Although patients in the pharmacomechanical thrombolysis group experienced less-severe PTS and lower venous clinical severity scores than the control group, there were also no between-group differences in change in venous disease-specific quality of life (p=-0.08) or general quality of life (p=0.37).
Six patients (1.7%) in the pharmacomechanical thrombolysis group experienced major bleeding within 10 days of treatment, compared with one patient (0.3%) in the control group (p=0.049). Recurrent venous thromboembolism within 24 months was reported by 42 patients (12%) in the treatment cohort (including 1 fatal pulmonary embolism at 6 months) and 30 patients (8%) in the control cohort (p=0.09).
Fifteen deaths occurred: seven in the pharmacomechanical thrombolysis cohort and eight in the control group, with all occurring at least 10 days after randomization, the researchers observed. “In the pharmacomechanical thrombolysis group, there were [earlier] major bleeds than in the control group, but less major bleeding (with no fatal or intracranial bleeds) occurred in association with the procedure than in past studies of thrombolysis for DVT,” they noted.
There was a “substantial number of missing assessments of PTS,” as well as missed follow-up visits, which the authors noted as limitations of the study. In addition, although many elements of the pharmacomechanical thrombolysis procedure were standardized, variations in how the procedure was performed to accommodate patient-specific differences and physician preferences further limited these findings.
Boston Scientific, Covidien (now Medtronic), and Genentech provided funding for the study.
The corresponding authors report financial support from Cook Medical, Volcano, Bio2 Medical, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Janssen, Portola, Bayer, and BTG/EKOS.
Vedantham S, Goldhaber SZ, Julian JA, et al. Pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis for deep-vein thrombosis. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:2240-52.
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Posted on 12th November 2020 by Andrea Palmer
Starting 1 November 2020 employers will be able to claim 80% of an employee’s usual salary for hours not worked, up to a maximum of £2,500 per month. The scheme will remain open until 31 March 2021.
All employers with a UK bank account and UK PAYE scheme will be able to make a claim for periods from 1 November 2020 subject to meeting qualifying criteria. You do not need to have claimed under the scheme previously.
Unlike the previous scheme, where employers could only claim for the number of employees they had claimed for previous to June, there will no longer be a limit on the number of employees that can be claimed for from 1 November 2020.
Employers can claim for employees who were employed on 30 October 2020, as long as they were detailed on a PAYE RTI submission to HMRC between the 20 March 2020 and 30 October 2020. This may differ where they have re-employed an employee after 23 September 2020. The government will review the scheme in January 2021.
If an employee has been made redundant, or they stopped working for their employer on or after 23 September 2020 they can be re-employed and put on furlough as long as the employee was employed and on their employer’s PAYE payroll on or before 23 September 2020.
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The government is reviewing whether employers should be eligible to claim for employees serving contractual or statutory notice periods and will change the approach for claim periods starting on or after 1 December 2020, with further guidance published in late November.
From December 2020, HMRC will publish employer names of those companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) which have made claims under the scheme for the month of December onwards.
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Development of Human Neuroblastomas in Mouse-Human Neural Crest Chimeras
Malkiel A. Cohen, Shupei Zhang, Satyaki Sengupta, Haiting Ma, Brendan Horton, George W. Bell, Rani E. George, Stefani Spranger, Rudolf Jaenisch
Malkiel A. Cohen
1Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Shupei Zhang
Satyaki Sengupta
2Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Haiting Ma
Brendan Horton
3Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
George W. Bell
Rani E. George
For correspondence: rani_george@dfci.harvard.edu spranger@mit.edu jaenisch@wi.mit.edu
Stefani Spranger
4Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Rudolf Jaenisch
Neuroblastoma (NB), derived from the neural crest (NC), is the most common pediatric extracranial solid tumor. Here we establish a platform that allows studying human NBs in mouse-human NC chimeras. Chimeric mice were produced by injecting human NC cells carrying NB relevant oncogenes in-utero into gastrulating mouse embryos. The mice developed tumors composed of a heterogenous cell population that closely resembled that seen in primary NBs of patients but were significantly different from homogenous tumors formed in xenotransplantation models. The human tumors emerged in immunocompetent hosts and were extensively infiltrated by mouse cytotoxic T cells reflecting a vigorous host anti-tumor immune response. However, the tumors blunted the immune response by inducing infiltration of regulatory T cells and expression of immune checkpoints similar to escape mechanisms seen in human cancer patients. Thus, this experimental platform allows studying human tumor initiation, progression, manifestation and tumor – immune-system interactions in an animal model system.
Based on the discovery of cancer immune checkpoints and the success of checkpoint inhibitors, the new generation of cancer immunotherapies have resulted in remarkable advances in cancer treatment. However, the fraction of patients who respond to immune therapy is generally around 20% for the most common solid tumors (Ribas and Wolchock, 2018) calling for model systems that would facilitate studying the parameters that allow tumors to escape immune inhibition. Human cancers are commonly studied in xenotransplantation models involving the injection of human cancer cells or primary tumors into immunocompromised mice. While these models have yielded a wealth of information on the biology of human cancer as well as on therapeutic strategies, they pose several limitations. Because only end stage tumor cells, often adapted to cell growth in culture, are transplanted into host animals that are immune deficient, these xenotransplantation models do not allow investigating the initiation of the tumor and the anti-tumor immune reaction or tumor immune evasion. An alternative experimental approach for studying the anti-cancer immune response in vivo is tumor induction in transgenic mice. However, species specific differences between human and mouse may make it problematic to relate results obtained in transgenic mouse models to human cancer.
Interspecies chimeras represent a promising experimental system for studying human development and disease and may provide the most physiologically relevant environment to study human disease in an in vivo context by overcoming some of the limitation of conventional xenotransplantation animal models (Wu et al., 2016; Suchy and Nakauchi 2017, Soldner and Jaenisch, 2018). Both, pluripotent and committed stem cells have been used as donor cells to generate interspecies chimeras. Injection of pluripotent rat stem cells (PSCs) into mouse blastocysts resulted in chimeric mice with rat donor cell contributing to all tissues (Kobayashi et al., 2010). In contrast, human PSCs introduced into mouse blastocysts resulted in very low if any functional incorporation of the human donor cells into the host embryo (Gafni et al., 2013, Theunissen et al., 2016, Wu et al., 2017, Yang et al., 2017) with no postnatal chimeras having been generated.
Interspecies postnatal chimeras have been produced by introducing multipotent, lineage-restricted stem cells into post-implantation mouse embryos or neonates. For example, human glial progenitors injected into the neonatal mouse brain integrated into the host brain were shown to enhance synaptic plasticity and learning in the chimeric mice (Han et al., 2013; Windrem et al., 2017). Similarly, hPSCs derived neurons transplanted into Alzheimer’s disease (AD) mouse model display signs of neurodegeneration presented by cell death and classical pathological features typically observed in AD patients (Espuny-Camacho et al., 2017). We have, based on previous in-utero manipulations of mouse embryos (Jaenisch, 1985, Huszar et al., 1991), generated mouse-human neural crest chimeras (Cohen et al., 2016). Neural crest cells (NCCs) are multipotential, emerge from the neural tube at gastrulation and generate a wide variety of lineages including peripheral neurons, enteric neurons, Schwann cells, melanocytes and cells of adrenal medulla (Bronner and LeDouarin, 2012). Neural crest (NC) related deficiencies are the cause of multiple human diseases and the term “neurocristopathies” has been proposed to denote syndromes or tumors involving NCCs. Neural crest derived malignancies include cancers such as melanoma, neuroblastoma and neurofibromatosis (Vega-Lopez et al., 2018) and the use of hPSCs-derived NCCs for modeling human NC diseases is an attractive in vitro experimental approach (Fattahi et al., 2016, Huang et al., 2016). We showed that hPSCs-derived NCC, when injected into the gastrulating mouse embryo, migrated along the dorso-lateral migration route contributing to the pigment system of the mouse, suggesting that this platform may be used to model neurocristopathies in vivo (Cohen et al., 2016).
The goal of this work was to model human neuroblastoma (NB), one of the most common extracranial childhood tumors. NB is an embryonal cancer derived from the developing neural crest, with tumors arising in sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla (Cheung and Dyer, 2013). We have generated hPSCs and hNCCs carrying the Doxycycline (Dox) inducible NB-relevant oncogenes MYCN and ALKF1174 (Berry et al., 2012, Schulte et al., 2013). When the hNCCs were injected into mouse embryos, tumors resembling primary human NBs were formed. Most significantly, the tumors developed in immunocompetent host mice allowing the analysis of human tumor-immune system interaction and immune escape mechanisms in an experimental animal system. We found that the host mounts an anti-tumor immune response that is blunted by tumor induced immune inhibitory mechanisms. This chimeric system facilitates the study of critical interactions between NBs and the immune system, in contrast to conventional xenotransplantation assays that rely on immunocompromised host animals and thus preclude meaningful study of the immune response to cancer development.
Generation of human pluripotent cells carrying conditional oncogenes
Previous data have shown that human NC cells injected into E 8.5 embryos migrate along the dorso-lateral migration route and can contribute to the host pigment system in postnatal mice (Cohen et al., 2016). In these studies, we did not investigate whether the human donor cells can also migrate along the medial NC migration route and contribute to internal structures (Trainor, 2005). To this end, hNCCs were microinjected into E8.5 mouse embryos and the embryos were analyzed 5 to 6 days post-injection (Figure S1 A). eGFP positive cells were found in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and in the Trigeminal ganglion (Figures S1 B-C), and immunostaining for Peripherin, a PNS marker, confirmed proper integration of human cells within the host DRGs (Figure S1 B, right). To assess hNCC contribution into postnatal mice, we individually tested DRGs of NC chimeric mice (confirmed by coat-color contribution) for human contribution by qPCR (Cohen at al., 2016). Human contribution was found in about 10% of tested DRGs of chimeric mice (Figure S1 D), indicating that the hNCCs can contribute, in addition to the pigment lineage, also to the peripheral nervous system. However, we failed to detect human NC donor cells in structures of the autonomic nervous system such as in the intestine or the adrenal gland. Because colonization of these structures would require a long migration of the donor cells through the developing embryo, our failure to detect the presence of donor cells at the autonomic nervous system may have been due to low contribution. As shown below, providing the donor NC cells with a proliferative advantage such as expression of NC-tumor relevant oncogenes enhanced detection of rare donor cells contributing to the autonomic nervous system.
We generated hPSCs, which conditionally overexpress MYCN and ALKF1174L to model human neuroblastoma. MYCN is frequently amplified in high-risk NB and correlates with an aggressive phenotype and poor prognosis (Brodeur et al., 1984, Seeger et al., 1985). Several mutations in the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene are involved in the development of sporadic and familial neuroblastoma (Chen et al., 2008, George et al., 2008, Janoueix-Lerosey et al., 2008, Mossé et al., 2008). One of the common mutations in the ALK gene results in a cytosine-to-adenine change in exon 23 and a phenylalanine-to-leucine substitution (F1174L) within the kinase domain, causing abnormal proliferation of neuroblasts. In mouse model systems overexpression of both Mycn and the AlkF1174L mutation was found to be sufficient to transform mouse NCCs in vitro and to induce NBs in vivo (Berry et al., 2012, Schulte et al., 2013). To conditionally overexpress MYCN and ALKF1174L in human NCCs, we transduced the Dox inducible lentiviral constructs FUW-TetO-ALKF1174L-t2A-tdTomato and FUW-TetO-MYCN-t2A-NeoR (Figure S2 E) into two hPSC lines (WIBER#3 hESCs and AA#1 hiPSCs; Cohen et al., 2016). To facilitate tracing of the cells after injection, we used hiPSCs which harbored eGFP reporter into the AAVS1 locus, and inserted Luciferase and Lacz reporter constructs into the AAVS1 locus of hESCs (Figures S2 A-D; Hockemeyer et al., 2009). Using established protocols, the hPSCs were differentiated into hNCCs (Cohen at al., 2016) and tested for Dox dependent activation of the oncogenes and the effect on hNCCs growth. Addition of Dox to the hNCCs culture medium activated the oncogenes, as indicated by the expression of the tdTomato fluorescence reporter, by RNA and protein expression analyses (Figures 1A-D). Figures 1D-F show that Dox treatment induced the ALK phosphorylation and the down-stream MAPK/ERK signaling pathway, increased cell proliferation and colony formation in soft agar. To test whether oncogene activation would promote tumor formation, the hNCCs were injected into immunocompromised mice. Figure 1G shows that Dox dependent expression of the two oncogenes was sufficient to drive tumor formation in immune compromised mice.
Figure 1. Generating hPSCs Derived Human Neural Crest Prone To Generate NB.
(A) A schematic representation of the experiment. Viral transgenes of FUW-TetO-ALKF1174L-t2A-tdTomato and FUW-TetO-MYCN-t2A-NeoR were introduced to hPSCs for the controlled overexpression of ALKF1174L and MYCN. hPSCs were differentiated into hNCCs and oncogenes were activated by Dox. (B) By Dox administration, hNCCs expresses ALKF1174L along with tdTomato fluorescence protein (Scale bar =50µm). (C, D) Oncogenes activation was monitored by gene expression using qRT-PCR and at the protein level by Western blot. Dox treatment induced the ALK phosphorylation and the down-stream MAPK/ERK signaling pathway (D, Kelly NB cell line served as positive control). (E-G) hNCCs with activated oncogenes show characteristics of oncogenic traits as represented by colony forming assays on soft agar (E, n=28), measuring the hNCCs proliferation (F), and by xenograft formation following injection into immune-compromised NSG mice (G).
Tumor formation in mouse-human neural crest chimeras
To generate mouse-human NC chimeras, the hNCCs were microinjected in-utero into developing mouse embryos at E8.5 as previously described (Jaenisch 1985, Cohen at al., 2016). To activate the oncogenes, Dox was added to the drinking water of the pregnant females at day E9.5-10. (Figure 2A). To trace cell migration, we inspected embryos at 6 days after injection and found eGFP+ donor cell clumps in E-14.5-15.5 injected embryos suggesting cell proliferation of donor cells induced by oncogene activation (Figure S3). We first detected Luciferase activity in injected mice by using non-invasive bioluminescent imaging in 3 to 6 months old mice, consistent with proliferation of the injected oncogenic cells (Figures 2B-C). About 20% of the injected mice developed an abdominal mass, mostly from the retroperitoneal space, a typical location seen in NB patients (The total number of mice injected as embryos = 144; See Figure 2C and Figure S4) with no macroscopic tumors detected in other organs. Tumors designated as CHNB (Chimeric derived Neuroblastoma) were collected between 3 and 15 months of age (Mean = 10.4 ± 3.9 month) and found to express eGFP, confirming human donor cell origin. Moreover, the tumors immunostained for MYCN, and ALK and expressed tdTomato, verifying oncogenes expression in the human tumors (Figures 2 D-G). Also, the human tumors were positive for phosphorylated H2AX (γH2AX), a DNA double-strand break (DSB) marker, indicating genome instability, which is typically associated with malignancy (Figures 2H). Similar to high-grade NB in patients, these CHNBs were highly proliferating as indicated by the expression of the cell cycle marker Ki67 (Figures 2I).
Figure 2. hNCCs Develop Human Tumors in Mouse-Human Neural Crest Chimeras.
(A) A schematic representation of the experiment. E8.5 mouse embryos injected with hNCCs were found to form human tumors originating from donor hNCCs. (B) Non-invasive bioluminescent imaging shows the first indication of human tumor formation at the age of 3 month, and (C) macroscopic growth were first detected at the age of 6 month. (D) Tumors of chimeric mice dissected at P120 exhibit eGFP and tdTomato fluorescence, indicating their origin from donor hNCCs. (E) eGFP expression within tumors was confirmed by IHC (scale bar =100µm). (F-I) The human tumors were found to express MYCN and ALK expression (F-G), and the typical cancer hallmarks γH2AX and Ki67 (H-I), by IF (scale bar =20µm).
Histological examination of haematoxylin-eosin (H&E) stained CHNB tumors revealed typical densely packed primitive neuroblasts with lobular patterns, which is similar to primary tumors from of patients. IHC showed that CHNB human tumors consisted of different cell types expressing a mixture of markers such as Tyrosine Hydroxylase (TH; 46.71 ± 18.29%), Synaptophysin (SYP; 44.45 ± 10.95%), Chromogranin A (CgA; 58.05 ± 16.20%), and Nestin (NES; 37.38 ± 22.69%) in heterogeneous patterns, all of which are typical markers for primary human NBs (Figure 3A, middle and right panels and Figure S5). In contrast, xenograft-tumors derived from hNCCs overexpressing ALKF1174L and MYCN and injected into immunocompromised mice were homogenous and lacked cells expressing the typical NB markers (Figure 1G, Figure 3A left panels, and Figure S5). Gene expression profiling by RNA-Seq revealed a significant correlation in the expression levels of 20 frequently activated NB-associated genes between tumors growing in chimeric mice and their expression seen in human NBs (Figure 3B; p-value=0.011; Harenza et al., 2017). These results demonstrate that hNCCs expressing MYCN and ALKF1174L, when integrated into tissues of the developing mouse embryo, induce the growth of tumors that resemble primary tumors isolated from NB patients but are very different from tumors produced in conventional xenograft models.
Figure 3. Tumor of Mouse-Human Neural Crest Chimeras Present Phenotypes of Human NB in Vivo.
(A) H&E and IHC comparing assay show that human NB tumors of chimeric mice express the typical NB markers Synaptophysin (SYP), Nestin (NES), Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and Chromogranin A (CgA), similarly to their expression found in NB samples of patient. hNCCS, which expressed oncogenes and were subcutaneously injected into immunocompromised mice to form xenograft tumors (left column) did not express these NB markers. (See IHC quantifications in Supplementary Figure 4; scale bars =100µm). (B) RNA-Seq of CHNB tumor samples (n=4) were separated in-silico into human and mouse reads to separate the tumor and hosts’-environment compartments (See material and methods). The analysis of RNA-Seq of the human-gene expression profile revealed that the human tumors in chimeric mice expressed a set of key genes normally associated with NB tumors (ABCC1, BIRC5, CAMTA1, CCND1, DDX1, ENOS, IGF1R, KIF1B, KRAS, MAX, NES, NGFR, NME1, NRAS, PHOX2B, RAF1, SNW1, TH, TP53 and VEGFA) with a significant correlation to expression in NB cell lines (Kelly and SHSY-5Y). linear regression p-value =0.011.
Tumors form in immunocompetent recipient mice
In contrast to conventional xenograft models, the human cells were found to form NBs in immunocompetent hosts with the fraction of NB formation (number of tumors in total number of mice injected as embryos) being similar to the fraction in immunocompromised hosts (Figure S4). Growth of human tumors in immunocompetent mice suggests that the hosts were tolerized to the human cells (Xing and Hogquist, 2012). To test this, we investigated the immune-microenvironment of the human NBs that had developed in the immunocompetent mice. Immuno-histological analysis of NBs growing in adult chimeric mice showed strong infiltration by host (murine) CD3+ and cytotoxic CD8a+ T cells and macrophages consistent with a significant host immune response, and high immune score, similar to patient derived inflamed tumors (Galon et al., 2006; Figure 4A and Figures S6A-C). Because CD8+ cytotoxic T cells are the main effectors in various cancer types triggering tumor cell destruction, we investigated potential mechanisms of immune escape of CHNB tumors. Figure 4C shows that the human NBs recruited regulatory T cells (Tregs) stained for FoxP3 and Il2ra consistent with induction of an anti-tumor immune response (Figure S6D). In addition, the tumors activated immune checkpoint signals as indicated by staining for murine specific Tim-3 in host T cells and human specific PD-L1 (a ligand of PD-1) and CD47 expressed in tumor cells (Figure 4D and Figures S6D-E) suggesting a mechanism for the human tumors to escape immune destruction (Woo et al., 2001, Dong et al., 2002, Jaiswal et al., 2009, Fourcade et al., 2010). Finally, gene expression profiling by RNA-Seq of the host’s murine micro-environment confirmed a gene signature typical for activated T cells and tumor inflammation (Figures 4E-F). In contrast, T cell activation within the tumor microenvironment was not seen in a transgenic mouse model of NB (Berry et al., 2012), which lack the infiltration by immune cells (Figure 4B and Figures S6A-C). Our results suggest that human tumors growing in chimeric mice evade a strong anti-tumor immune response by similar escape mechanisms as seen in primary human tumors.
Figure 4. Characterization of the Immune-Microenvoirment of the NB Chimeric Model.
(A) Host T cell, CTL and macrophage infiltration marked by CD3, CD8a and F4/80 in NB tumors of chimeric mice. (B) No CD3+ T cells infiltrate was observed in a NB mouse model of transgenic mice (Berry et al., 2012). (C) Human NB tumor of chimeric mice shows immune tolerance marked by infiltration of Tregs (staining for FoxP3) activated cells (Il2ra). (D) T cell exhaustion was observed in NB chimeric mice, indicated by the expression of immune checkpoint signals (mouse specific Tim-3, human specific PD-L1 and human specific CD47; IHC scale bars =100µm, IF scale bars =50µm). (E, F) RNA-Seq of CHNB tumor samples were sorted in-silico into human and mouse reads (See material and methods). The RNA-Seq of the murine-genes, representing hosts’ tumor microenvironment, show a gene expression signature typical of immune infiltrates and cancer related inflammation response.
Cytotoxic T cells recognize oncogene-related antigens on human NBs
To investigate the cross talk between immune and tumor cells we isolated T cells from the chimeric mice to test any direct interactions between the host’s immune system and the human tumor cells. Splenocytes of chimeric mice that developed macroscopic CHNB tumors were isolated and co-cultured with the donor hNCCs to test T cell activation as a measure for specific recognitions of the TCR and an inducing epitope/s (Figure 5). Co-cultures with hNCCs that did not express the oncogene did not stimulate T cell proliferation, similar to other human cell controls like human dermal fibroblast (expressing the human leukocyte antigen class I; HLA-I), and MYCN-amplified Kelly NB cells (negative for HLA-I, see Figure S7). In contrast, when the T cells were co-cultured with hNCCs overexpressing MYCN and ALKF1174L T cell proliferation was highly induced (Figures 5 B-C), indicating specific recognition of antigens originating from the CHNB tumors (Passoni et al., 2002, Pistoia et al., 2012). These results suggest that the expression of tumor specific epitopes in NBs promotes immune recognition by the host T cells.
Figure 5. T Cells of NB Chimeric Mice Specifically Recognize Human Cells Originating in Human NB Tumors.
(A) Schematic representation of the experiment. CFSE labeled splenocytes of chimeric mice were co-cultured in vitro in the presence of the hNCCs expressing or not expressing the ALKF1174L and MYCN oncogenes, of human dermal fibroblasts (hDF; for HLA-I control) and of Kelly (NB cell line). T cell proliferation was monitored after 7 days. (B) CD8+ T cells of chimeric mice specifically recognized and proliferated when exposed to oncogene-activated hNCCs, which were used to generate the NB chimeras but much less when stimulated by unrelated human NB cell lines or hNCC not expressing the oncogenes. Anti CD3 and CD28 antibodies were used to stimulate T cell as a positive control (Activated), and non-treated splenocytes as negative controls (NT). (C) Summary of multiple experiments presenting the proliferation CD4+ (right) and CD8+ (left) T cells subpopulations after co-cultures in vitro at different conditions. Proliferation rates were normalized to controls. Data presented as means, error bars represent SD.
The results described in this paper show that the human-mouse chimeric platform described here allows to model human neuroblastoma in an animal system. Oncogene induced tumors were heterogenous consisting of multiple cell types similar to primary patient derived NBs. This is in contrast to tumors induced in xenotransplantation models, which are homogenous and are lacking the expression of NB markers typically seen in patients. The tumors developed in immune-competent mice despite a vigorous host anti-tumor response as indicated by massive tumor infiltration of the tumors by CD8+ cytotoxic T cells. The immune response was blunted by recruitment of Tregs and the activation of check point inhibitors such as mouse Tim-3 and human PD-L1 allowing progressive tumor growth.
A characteristic feature of NB is its clinical heterogeneity, ranging from spontaneous to highly metastatic and poor prognosis disease, characterized by unfavorable biological hallmarks. The mechanisms underlying such disparate behavior are unclear, although recent evidence suggests that host immunity plays an important role in the evolution of NBs during development (Brodeur and Bagatell, 2014). While anti-GD2 antibody therapy has provided some success against NB (Sait and Modak, 2017), this approach and other immune-based strategies remain suboptimal due to toxicity and, more importantly, the rapid emergence of relapse. Previous studies show that MYC plays a key role in suppressing immune surveillance in human leukemias and lymphomas (Casey et al., 2016). Similarly, it was suggested that MYCN is also associated with repressing cellular immunity in NB (Zhang et al., 2017, Wei et al., 2018), and such immune tolerance has emerged as a hallmark for NB prognosis. Current transgenic mouse models for NB offer limited insights into the tumor immune microenvironment. It is possible that the intermediate expression level of MYCN in the chimeric model captures the dynamics of cancer development along with the relevant immune action and the tumor evasion response. Hence, our chimeric model provides a unique system for the study of NB development in the context of the MYCN-controlled immune evasion mechanisms. This may help understanding the mechanisms adopted by NB for immune evasion and will be beneficial for the development of future immunotherapeutic strategies.
Interspecies chimeric mice may develop thymic-tolerance to human donor cells during embryonic development of the chimeric hosts when exposed to the human NC cells. Indeed, in a similarly chimeric system reported by others, induction of central immune tolerance to human donor cells was observed in immunocompetent mice following injection of human colorectal cancer cells into mouse blastocysts (Chen et al., 2015). Further investigation is needed to determine whether this thymic-tolerance is achieved by direct contribution of human cells to the mouse thymic-development or by cross-antigen presentation of human antigens by dendritic cells in the developing thymus of chimeras. While the thymus epithelium was suggested to originate from the NC, there is no clear evidence for the involvement of NC derived cells in the T cell education processes within the thymus (Foster et al., 2008). Hence, the nature of interspecies tolerance in post-implantation chimeric systems remains to be investigated.
Our results show a clear anti-tumor immune response of the host against human NB tumors. This normally involves infiltration of immune cells, activation of IFN-γ signaling and of genes associated with an effective inflammation and immune response (Spranger, 2016). CD8+ T lymphocytes play a key role in immunity to cancer, within their capacity to kill tumor cells upon recognition by T-cell receptor of specific antigenic peptides presented on the surface of target cells. Our data show that the host CD8+ T cells infiltrate the human NB tumors and specifically react against oncogene related antigens, when co-cultured with relevant cells. This may suggest that specific tumor-associated antigens produced by the human donor hNCCs elicit recognition by sub-clones of T cells. A typical productive cytotoxic T cell infiltrate is accompanied by the upregulation of PD-L1 on the cancer cells (Spranger et al., 2013), similarly to our observation in the chimeric model. The immune reaction against CHNBs resembles the characteristic and typical anti-tumor immunity seen in patients with a common tumor-microenvironment signature arguing against xeno-rejection mechanisms being responsible for the immune response.
In summary, the NB-bearing mouse-human chimera platform provides a highly defined model for studying the initiation and progression of NB, as well as its tumor immune-microenvironment and the immune–tumor interactions which govern immune evasion. Importantly, the ability to grow clinically derived human NB tumor cells in immune-competent hosts will facilitate the study of critical interactions between high-risk NB and the immune system. Ultimately, the chimeric model system may prove to be an optimal platform for studying NB pathogenesis and enabling the evaluation of different combinations of anti-oncogenic and immune-based therapies.
M.A.C. and R.J. conceived this study. R.J. performed the initial in-utero injections. M.A.C. designed, preformed and analyzed all experiments. S.Z. assisted in preforming experiments and analyzing data. Sa.S., H.M., B.H., R.E.G. and St.S, provided experimental help, materials and advice. G.B preformed bioinformatic analysis. M.A.C and R.J. wrote the manuscript, with input from Sa.S., R.E.G and St.S.
R.J. is a cofounder of Fate Therapeutics, Fulcrum Therapeutics and Omega Therapeutics.
C57BL/6, NSG, and Wsh/Wsh mice were obtained from the Jackson Laboratory. CD1-Elite mice were obtained from Charles River Laboratories. Mice were maintained in the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research animal facility. All experiments were approved by the Committee on Animal Care (CAC) and the Department of Comparative Medicine (DCM) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and animal procedures were performed following the National Institute of Health (NIH) guidelines.
hPSCs culture and differentiation to hNCCs
The hESC line WIBR#3 (X,X; Lengner et al., 2010) and hiPSC line AA#1 (X,X; Cohen at al., 2016) were cultured as previously described (Lengner et al., 2010). Differentiation to NCCs was performed as previously described (Cohen at al., 2016). Briefly, cells were cultured in KOSR medium (Thermo Fisher Scientific) supplemented with 10 μM SB431542 and 500 nM LDN193189 and 3 μM CHIR99021 (all from Stemgent) for the first 72 hour after plating hESCs/hiPSCs at a density of 2-3 x105 cells per cm2. Subsequently, a gradual switch from KOSR to N2/B27 medium (Thermo Fisher Scientific), supplemented with 3 μM CHIR99021 was used until day 11. At day 12 cell cultures were enriched with hNCCs and cultured in N2B27 supplemented with bFGF and EGF (both 20ng/ml, Peprotech) and 3 μM CHIR99021.
Embryonic hNCCs microinjection
Microinjections of hNCCs were performed as previously described (Cohen at al., 2016). Briefly, pregnant females at E8.5 were anesthetized via an intraperitoneal injection of avertin. Laparotomy was performed and the uterus was exposed and held with forceps during the injection of each embryo. NCCs were drawn into a glass micropipette, and the tip of the glass micropipette was inserted into the distal third of the decidual swelling. Approximately 2-5 x 103 cells (suspended in 0.2-0.8μl of cell culture media) were injected per embryo.
Neural crest cell contribution
Pregnant female mice were sacrificed between E14.5 to E15.5 of gestation following institutional guidelines. Embryos were harvested via dissection from the uterus and the placenta. NCC contribution to the embryos was determined by the presence of a fluorescent protein signal. Embryos containing a fluorescent signal were imaged using a stereomicroscope (Nikon SMZ18).
Oncogene activation
ALKF1174L and MYCN genes were cloned into a lentiviral backbone under the doxyclycline (Dox)-inducible Tet-ON (TetO) promoter. hESCs or hiPSCs carrying the tetracycline transactivator (M2rtTA) were infected with virus encoding ALKF1174L and MYCN transgenes followed by Dox administration to activate the oncogenes (2 µg/ml in culture media; 2 mg/ml in mouse drinking water; MilliporeSigma).
Xenograft assay
1.5×106 hNCCs resuspended in 200 μl Matrigel/DMEM/F12 (50%, v/v) were injected into the flanks of NSG mice. To activate the oncogenes, Dox was administrated in drinking water (2 mg/ml). Only immunocompromised mice, which had been injected with hNCCs overexpressing ALKF1174L and MYCN transgenes and treated with Dox, developed xenograft tumors. Tumors were collected when reached the size of 1 cm2 (Mean = 9.1 ± 2.2 weeks; n=18)
Monitoring tumor growth by optical imaging
For luciferase imaging mice were anesthetized with Isofluorane (1.5-2.0 %) and injected intaperitoneally with D-luciferin (30 mg/ml, Perkin Elmer), 5 µl/gr of body weight, using a 26-gauge needle. Mice were imaged using Caliper IVIS Spectrum.
H&E (Hematoxylin and Eosin) IF (immunofluorescence) and IHC (immunohistochemistry) staining
Cells, tumors or tissues were collected and fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS (MilliporeSigma). Patient derived NB tissue microarray were obtained from US Biomax. For IHC, samples were embedded in paraffin and sectioned into 4μm/slide. Following deparaffinizing in xylene and alcohol gradient, antigen retrieval was performed in sodium citrate buffer. For immunostainings, samples were blocked with 2% BSA and incubated with primary antibodies including Rabbit anti-ALK (1:200, Cell Signaling), Rabbit anti-MYCN (1:50, Cell Signaling), Rabbit anti-CD3 (1:300, Thermo Fisher Scientific), Rabbit anti-CD8a (1:300, Cell Signaling), Rabbit anti-FoxP3 (1:75, R&D systems), Mouse anti-Il2ra (CD25, 1:100, Novus), Rabbit anti-human-PD-L1 (1:300, Cell Signaling), Sheep anti-human-CD47 (1:100, R&D systems), Rat anti-mouse F4/80 (1:100, Thermo Fisher Scientific), Rabbit anti-γH2AX (1:300, Abcam), Rabbit anti-human-Ki67 (1:20, Thermo Fisher Scientific), Rabbit anti-Chromogranin A (1:500, Novus), Rabbit anti-Synaptophysin (1:200, Cell Signaling), Mouse anti-human-Nestin (1:300, Abcam), Rabbit anti-TH (1:500, PelFreez), Rabbit anti-Peripherin (1:500, Abcam), Rabbit anti-human neurofilament (1:100, 160kD, Abcam) and anti-eGFP (1:1000, Aves Labs) overnight at 4°C followed by appropriate secondary antibody incubation for 1-2h (Thermo Fisher Scientific). IF samples were imaged using Zeiss LSM 710 confocal microscope. For H&E staining, deparaffinized sections were stained in hematoxylin, incubated with 1% acid alcohol (1% HCl in 70% EtOH) and ammonia water, and stained with 1% Eosin.
Splenocyte isolation and in vitro co-culture
Splenocytes were collected from the chimeric mice. At a density of 5×106 cells /mL the splenocytes were labeled with CFSE (2μM, Invitrogen) and plated in 96-well U-bottom plates. To activate T cells in vitro, 96-well U-bottom plates were coated with CD3 (1:100, BioLegend) and CD28 (1:100, BioLegend), and incubated at 37°C for 2h. For co-culture, mitotically inactivated (mitomycin-C, 10μg/ml for 2 hours, MilliporeSigma) human dermal fibroblasts (hDF), Kelly cells or hNCCs were plated with the splenocytes in a 1:10 ration. Cultures were maintained at 37°C, 5% CO2 in complete RPMI, supplemented with β-ME (50μM; MilliporeSigma) and HEPES (10mM; Thermo Fisher Scientific). After 7 days of incubation, cells were collected and analyzed by flow cytometer.
Single-cell suspensions were prepared and splenocytes were incubated with APC-conjugated anti-CD4 (0.25μg/106 cells in 100μl volume, BioLegend) and Perp-Cy5.5-conjugated anti-CD8 (1μg/106 cells in 100μl volume, BioLegend) for 30 min on ice. For HLA class I analysis, total cell number was counted, and 2×106 cells were incubated with mouse anti-HLA class I antibody (1:200, BioLegend) for 30min followed by secondary antibody incubation for 30min. Cells were analyzed by flow cytometry on LSRII or LSRFortessa device with BDFacs DIVA software. The data collected was analyzed by Flow Jo software (TreeStar).
Cells and tumor samples were homogenized (QIAshredder), and RNA was extracted (RNeasy, Qiagene). Poly(A) mRNA capture and construction of stranded mRNA-Seq libraries were made using KAPA mRNA HyperPrep Kit according to instructions (Roche Sequencing Solutions). NGS was performed at the Whitehead Genome Technology Core (HiSeq 2500, Illumina). To distinguish reads derived from human and mouse cells, we created a metagenome of human (GRCh38) and mouse (GRCm38) canonical chromosomes and a matching metatranscriptome annotation (GTF) file, containing Ensembl Release 91 gene models. This metagenome was indexed for STAR, using the gtf file with “--sjdbOverhang 39”, and reads were mapped with STAR using default parameters. Gene counts were obtained using featureCounts (with “-s 2”) and subsequently normalized with DESeq2. For comparison with public RNAseq datasets (with gene counts expressed as FPKM), gene counts were obtained with cufflinks, using NCBI RefSeq gene models (downloaded from UCSC Bioinformatics on 4 Oct 2017).
Quantitative Image Analysis
IHC images were processed into separate channels representing nuclei staining (haematoxylin) and IHC staining (DAB) using Fiji. Images were then analyzed using the open-source CellProfiler software (www.cellprofiler.org; Kamentsky et al., 2011) for cell segmentation and staining characterization. Briefly, cell nuclei and IHC staining were segmented based on Gaussian blurred images in both haematoxylin and DAB channels respectively using size and intensity thresholds. Cells were then filtered based on the channels overlapping rate, and those which exhibit over 60% overlapping rates, representing cells expressing the tested markers, were scored and quantified. The software pipeline detection was tested to be highly correlated with visual detection.
Cell were fixed shortly with 2% formaldehyde and 0.5% glutaraldehyde in PBS, and incubated in staining-solution containing 1 mg/ml X-Gal, 5 mM potassium ferricyanide, 5 mM potassium ferrocyanide and 2mM MgCl2, in PBS (All from MilliporeSigma) at 370C, over-night.
Southern Blot
10µg of DNA isolated from hPSCs was digested overnight with the appropriate enzymes and run on a 0.8% agarose gel. DNA was transferred to a nylon membrane (Amersham) and hybridized with 32P-labeled random primer (Stratagene) probes.
Quantification and Statistical Analysis
Statistical parameters including the exact value of n and measures (mean ± SD) and statistical significance are reported in the Figures and/or the Figure Legends. Data are judged to be statistically significant when P < 0.05 by two-tailed Student’s T-Test or by 2-way ANOVA, where appropriate.
Cells were lysed by RIPA buffer with proteinase inhibitor (Invitrogen), and subject to standard immunoblotting analysis. Rabbit anti-ALK (D5F3 and C26G7), anti-p-ALK (Y1604), anti-MYCN and anti-p44/42 MAPK (Erk1/2) antibodies were used (Cell Signaling).
Figure S1. Human NCCs Contribute to PNS Subsets in Interspecies Chimeras After in Utero Injection Into Mouse Embryos.
(A) AAVS1-CAAGS::eGFP hPSC-derived hNCCs contribute to PNS embryonic development as indicated by the detection of eGFP in the embryos. (B) eGFP positive human cells were found in structures resembling dorsal root ganglia (DRG) in an E14.5 mouse embryo (B, Left). Contribution of human cells to DRGs was confirmed by immunofluorescence staining for eGFP (human donor cells) and for Peripherin, a PNS marker (B, right; double positive cells are indicated by arrowheads; scale bar=50µm). (C) Human cells were found to contribute to the trigeminal ganglion of an E13.5 mouse embryo. Contribution of human cells was confirmed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using anti-human specific antibody (C, left; black arrowhead; scale bar=100µm), and anti eGFP antibody (C, right). (D) hNCCs were found to contribute to DRGs of adult chimeric mice. Single DRGs of chimeric mice were collected and analyzed for human contribution by a qPCR assay (Cohen at al., 2016). Three representative chimeric mice present chimeric contribution in 8-15% of tested DRGs. The total number of tested DRGs per mouse is indicated.
Figure S2. Generating Luciferase Expressing Donor hESCs for Non-Invasive in Vivo Imaging.
(A) Targeting strategy to generate donor human cells with the CAGGS-Luciferase-t2A-LacZ cassette integrated to the AAVS1 locus. (B) Southern blots of parental WIBR#3 hESCs (WT) and homozygote-targeted cells (clone #4) with the 5’ internal probe (left panel) and 3’ external probe (right panel). (C) Targeted WIBR#3 clone #4 hESC cultures show Luciferase expression upon Luciferin treatment (left panel), and targeted hESC colonies show LacZ expression, demonstrated by X-gal staining (right panel). (D) Quantification of luminescence activities of targeted cells show a linear correlation of the luminescence levels within a range of cell numbers of hESCs cultures (0-22K cells), demonstrating a highly sensitive assay for detection of human cells (Linear regression p-value <0.0001; Data presented as means of triplicate reads, error bars represent SD). (E) A schematic representation of the FUW-TetO-ALKF1174L-p2A-tdTomato (top) and FUW-TetO-MYCN-p2A-NeoR (bottom) lentiviral backbones made for ALKF1174L and MYCN overexpression. Sanger sequencing confirmed the C to G transition leading to the ALKF1174L specific mutation (arrowhead).
Figure S3. hNCCs Contribute and Proliferate in Internal Structures of Host Embryos.
(A) A schematic representation of the experiment. hPSCs were differentiated into NCCs and were microinjected into E8.5 mouse embryos to generate mouse-human NC chimeric embryos. Oncogene activation was started at E9.5 using Dox. (B-C) Representative embryos, injected with hNCCs and evaluated for human cells at E14.5-15.5. hNCCs contribute to embryonic development and form aggregates, visible by eGFP in the trunk (B) or abdomen (C) area, as an indicator for donor cell proliferations in vivo. (C) Cell aggregates of donor cells were immunostained for human specific markers (upper panel; anti-eGFP in magenta and anti-human neurofilament, hNF, in green) and differentiation marker (lower panel; anti-Peripherin in green and anti-eGFP in red) to confirm their human origin and their differentiation capacity in vivo.
Figure S4. Summary of Human NB Development in Chimeric Mice Injected in Utero With Oncogene Expressing hNCCs.
Out of a total of 144 adult mice which were injected at E8.5, 27 developed human NB tumors. (A) The distribution of chimeric mice which developed tumors was similar when human cells were injected into male (n=56) and female (n=88) hosts, and when injected into immunocompetent (n=108) or immunocompromised (n=36) hosts. (B) hNCCs donor cells derived from two different hPSC lines (hESCs: n=41; hiPSCs: n=103) with different genetic background produced similar rates of NB tumor development.
Figure S5. Tumor of Mouse-Human NC Chimeras Express Markers of NB. Quantifications of IHC Experiments for the Percentage of Positive Cells Expressing the Typical NB Markers
(A) Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), (B) Chromogranin A (CgA), (C) Nestin (NES), and (D) Synaptophysin (SYP), in samples of human NBs from chimeric mice (n=5), subcutaneous xenograft outgrowth of hNCCs (n=4), and NB samples of patients (Data presented as means, error bars represent SD, dots represent fields of view).
Figure S6. NB Tumor of Mouse-Human Neural Crest Chimeras Are Highly Inflamed and Infiltrated by Host T Cells, Tregs and Activate Checkpoint Markers.
Quantifications of IHC experiments for mouse specific CD3 (A) and CD8a (B) by comparing tumors of mouse transgenic models of NB (Berry et al., 2012; n=2) and human NB in chimeric mice (n=6; Tg: transgenic). The rates of infiltrating cells were measured and quantified by image analysis for immune score (Galon et al., 2006; See material and methods). (C) Representative fields of IHC for CD8a following software analysis (Yellow=tissue area, Dark yellow=nuclei, Red=DAB staining of CD8a IHC). (D) Quantifications of IHC experiments for mouse specific Ilr2a, FoxP3 and Tim-3 and (E) human specific PD-L1 (n=5; Data presented as means, error bars represent SD, dots represent fields of view).
Figure S7. The Expression Level of HLA-I in Human Cells. To Measure the Expression Levels of HLA-I, FACS Analysis Was Performed.
(A) A representative FACS assay for hPSC-derived hNCCs using HLA-I antibody (Dark grey) and control antibody (Light grey) show that over 98% of hNCCs express HLA-I, both, with (left panel; +Dox) or without (right panel; No Dox) the over-expression of MYCN and ALKF1174. (B) A representative FACS assay for HLA-I for a panel of human cells demonstrate a graduate expression levels of HLA-I: While Kelly (Blue) and IMR-32 (Brown), both NB cell lines, minimally express HLA-I, the MCF7 (Dark Green; Brest cancer), Colo-829 (Light green; Melanoma), and primary human dermal fibroblasts (hDF, in red) express higher level of HLA-I.
We thank F. Soldner, Y. Stelzer, X.S. Liu for advice; W. Salmon (W. M. Keck Biological Imaging Facility, WI), S. Gupta (Genome core, WI), K. Cormier (Hope Babette Tang Histology Facility, KI, MIT), W. Huang (Animal Imaging & Preclinical Testing Facility, KI, MIT), R. Alagappan, C. Garrett-Engele, S. Markoulaki, R. Flannery and D. Fu for experimental assistance. We thank Robert Weinberg (Whitehead Institute), Jianzhu Chen and Tyler Jacks (The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT) labs for advice and materials. This work was supported by grants from the Emerald Foundation (R.J., M.A.C.), the LEO Foundation (L18015; R.J., M.A.C.), the St. Baldrick’s Foundation (R.E.G., R.J., S.S., M.A.C.) and by the R37HD045022, 1R01-NS088538 and 5R01-MH104610 NIH grants (R.J.).
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Sunna Gunnlaugs – “Long Pair Bond”
This is a reprint of my review of the Sunna Gunnlaugs album Long Pair Bond, which, apparently, I never posted on Bird is the Worm. It was originally pubbed on eMusic.
Bridging the divide between the atmospheric introversion of the Norwegian jazz scene and the boisterous extroversion of the American scene, Sunna Gunnlaugs has recorded an album that will appeal to bounce addicts and shoegazers alike.
Comprised of Gunnlaugs on piano, Porgrimur Jonsson on bass and Scott McLemore on drums, the trio deftly fuses facets of jazz that are not often combined.
The opening track, with its gentle propulsion and innocent charm, is reminiscent of Keith Jarrett’s 1970s American Quartet, as is “Diamonds on the Inside,” with its soul jazz melodies and hard bop flourishes. No less prominent are dream-like tunes “Fyrir Brynhildi” and “Thema.” Both are austere and introspective, and would fit seamlessly into a playlist containing ECM artists Marcin Wasilewski and Bobo Stenson. Most successful, however, are the tunes where two different qualities shine equally bright; “Crab Canon,” opens with an extended bit of fuzzy tension as Gunnlaugs’ keys maintain a deep low hum and Jonsson’s bass rises and falls hypnotically; but when McLemore taps his way in, the trio sheds the tension and replaces it with a happy jaunt more conducive to tapping the foot than solitary thinking.
No less buoyant for its minimalism, no less lively for its melancholia, Gunnlaugs has bonded facets of jazz into a startlingly alluring album.
Released on Gunnlaugs’ label Sunny Sky Records.
You can download a free album track at AllAboutJazz, courtesy of the artist.
Available on eMusic.
“Album review: Sunna Gunnlaugs Long Pair Bond“, reprint courtesy of eMusic.com, Inc.
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Rumors of the Wind (Mound of Gaia Vol. 2)
Anne Stagg
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Published over 2 years ago
Rumors in the Wind
Chapter 1: Rumors of the Wind (Part 1)Chapter 2: The Vault of SorrowChapter 3: Rumors in the Wind
Part Three: Rumors in the Wind
The Wind Court makes its home on the rocky slopes of Mount Ossa. The mountain itself squats in a forest of broad-leafed oaks and scrubby hazel bushes. It ascends to a summit of bare rock that stares north across the Vale of Tempe to Mount Olympus. There is a small house tucked into the northern side of the mountain, where the forest gives way to beech and chestnut trees. The cottage is simple in its lines, unassuming, and oft-overlooked by travelers who are making their way to the Wind Court. The walls are white-washed stone and the roof is shingled with red-clay tiles. A golden trumpet hangs from a nail on the door.
Vera was certain they would find both Iris and Pandora’s jar there and insisted they set out immediately. Evander and Sam had argued they should wait for the dawn; Vera rejected their plan and declared that she was not leaving Iris and one of the most precious treasures in all the worlds in the hands of that idiot for one more second than I’ve got to. I don’t care who she used to serve.
The sun had set and the night sky was washed in stars. Sam shifted to his hound-form as they walked toward the cottage. Every Familiar had an animal-form that complemented the magic of their Votaress. Sam’s was a massive wire-haired wolfhound. He scented the air for danger, then nudged Vera’s hand, letting her know it was safe to knock without triggering a magical trap.
A woman opened the door. She was small, with keen eyes and a mop of tousled black hair piled high on her head. Her mouth dropped open when she saw Vera and she slammed the door shut. Evander’s hand shot out to block it and the wood creaked and splintered against his fist.
“Daemon of Rumor, Messenger of Zeus, it’s good to see you.” Vera used the woman’s old honorifics, hoping to purchase some good will. The woman might have been a kidnapper and a thief, but she had also served Zeus in the days of the Olympians. She had fallen, as had many over the passing millennia. Now she served as Messenger of the Wind Court.
“No one calls me by those names anymore.”
Vera pinched the bridge of her nose and tried again. “We’re here because we want–”
“You might as well come inside,” the woman interrupted and stepped out of the way, “and call me Ossa.”
“Are Iris and the jar safe, Ossa?” Vera demanded.
“Of course. I would have given them back in a few days. It’s not like I was going to open the jar. I just wanted to see if the rumor was true. That is my job, although, Zeus had always bragged he’d given her a box. Imagine my surprise.”
“How did you even know the Mound of Gaia had Pandora’s jar?”
“The wind is full of secrets, but I shouldn’t have to tell you that, should I, dear?”
“Stop being cryptic,” Evander said. “Where’s Iris?”
Ossa rolled her eyes and pointed to an open door. Vera nodded to Sam and he trotted through the darkened doorway. Iris was asleep on a bed. He nuzzled at her elbow and whined, but she did not stir. He tried licking her cheek and she did not flinch. She clasped a clay jar against her breasts. It was a dull thing, plain as dirt, with no outer markings.
Strange, that so small a thing could topple all the worlds, he thought and stared into the space surrounding Iris’ body. He willed his hound-senses to root out the magic that held her captive. There was a simple sleep-charm wound around her body like a cord of living mist, its scent heady and sweet.
Sam returned to his human form, satisfied he had seen all he could, and rejoined Vera, Evander, and Ossa in the other room.
“Ossa’s got Iris in a charmed sleep, but it’s nothing that can’t be reversed,” he said.
“And the jar?” Vera asked.
“It’s a jar,” Ossa huffed a frustrated sigh.
Sam spared Ossa a withering glare before addressing Vera’s question. “She wasn’t lying. It hasn’t been opened,”
“How’d you know it was me?”
“Pandora’s wedding present. Everyone knew about the jar, but no one could remember how they knew, which was strange. Those of us who knew it existed were oath-bound to keep it a secret, but rumors about the damn thing were racing through the Temple like fire.”
“Or poison,” Evander snarled.
Ossa sulked. “This wasn’t even my best work.”
“All I needed was a few minutes without everyone’s panic jangling around in my head. Can I ask what the end game was?”
“I get bored.”
“Then go stir up trouble with the uninitiated,” Sam snapped. “There’s plenty for you to do out there. The entire dimension practically runs on rumor.”
“No,” Vera insisted. “Ossa isn’t going anywhere. There are enough problems on that side of the Passage. We don’t need Ossa stepping in and making things worse.”
Vera fell face-first onto their bed and rolled around on the duvet, relishing the scent of her family. She had missed her pillow and longed for the privacy of the home she shared with Sam and Evander. It had taken days to negotiate with the Wind Court for a safe place to store Pandora’s jar and find a way for Ossa to make up for the chaos she had caused in the Temple. It was good to be back after almost a week away. Time moved differently on either side of the Passage. Although it had taken five days to iron out everything in the Beyond, only three hours had passed in the uninitiated world.
“Roll over,” Evander said and flopped down next to her. Vera propped herself up on her elbows, flashing him a broad smile.
“Do you hear that?” Vera asked.
“I don’t hear anything.”
Sam wandered into the room, fresh from the shower, and snuggled into Evander’s other side. “What are we doing?”
“Vera says she hears something.”
Sam’s brow furrowed and he cocked his head.
Evander laughed. “You make the same face when you’re scenting as a hound.”
“I do not.” He slapped at Evander’s shoulder. “And I don’t hear anything.”
“Exactly. No bells, no chanting, no initiates. Just us.” Vera sighed and flipped onto her back. They were quiet, content to let time pass while they soaked in the freedom of home.
“I have a question,” Sam said, breaking the peace.
“Shoot.” Evander nudged Sam with his shoulder.
“Ossa, she’s a little bit different, isn’t she?” Vera’s eyebrows skated up to her hairline and Sam laughed. “Okay, dumb question, but she said something though, about Vera, remember?”
“Oh yeah, something about Vera knowing all about the voices in the wind,” Evander added, trying to mimic the high pitch of Ossa’s voice.
“Isn’t that a song?” Vera thought back over the conversation with Ossa. She remembered the comment. It had pricked at her, but she had been too relieved to have Iris and the jar back safe to examine it further.
“That’s dust, goofball,” Sam chided. “She was babbling about how the wind had told her about the jar and said something like I shouldn’t have to tell you that, to Vera. What the hell was that about?”
Vera scrubbed at her face with both hands. “Ossa’s pretty much been out of job since monotheism. I wouldn’t worry, she’s just trying to be relevant again.”
Sam shrugged and started to stand. Evander grabbed his wrist and dragged him across his body until he was straddling Evander’s waist. The towel he had slung around his hips was riding loose and low. Evander unwound it and tossed it onto the floor.
“It seems I’m naked,” he said. “How about that?”
“Yeah, how about that?” Vera chuckled. “I think I remember saying something about wanting to watch you ride Evander’s cock before the world went topsy-turvy.”
Evander slid his palms up Sam’s thighs, taking time to run his fingers over his abdomen, watching the muscles dance when Sam shivered.
“What do you think, puppy, shall we give the lady a show?”
Sam closed his eyes and rocked his hips as his shaft started to swell.
“I didn’t hear you, puppy. How about some fun play?” Evander’s chuckle was pure filth and Vera was struck by a flare of heat between her thighs.
“Yes.” Sam ground out when Evander started to circle his dusky nipples with the tips of his fingers, keeping his touch light and frustrating.
“Yes, what?”
“Yes, please.” Sam’s voice shook with desire.
“That’s my good boy. Now, on your stomach,” Evander ordered and stepped out of the room.
Vera, not to be left out, stripped out of her clothes and sat with her back against the headboard. She slipped a hand between her legs and toyed with the slick folds of her sex. Her fingers danced over her clit and she luxuriated in the sweet curl of sensation that raced through her gut.
Sam lay his head next to Vera’s hip and she reached out to stroke his hair. His eyes were glassy and his pupils were blown wide. He was already sinking into the space where he could let his mind go. She thought about how the role of Familiar taxed Sam’s control. Evander was a Guardian. He was their family’s sheltering hand, a stalwart rampart of bone and blood that protected and nurtured them both.
Sam was a protector in his own right. Magic swirled through every fiber of his being; he safeguarded them against psychic attacks, leant energy to Vera when she was flagging, and used his powerful senses to ferret out profane magic. The explosion of rumor within the Temple had taken a toll on Vera. Sam had shielded her from the worst of it while they worked to seek a resolution with the Wind Court. Vera would not have been able to do it without him. If any of them deserved to let go and be pampered, it was Sam.
Evander returned from the bathroom, naked and hard. Vera’s mouth watered. He had a bottle of massage oil in one hand and a bottle of lube in the other. He straddled Sam’s ass and flipped the top on the massage oil. The room was flooded with the scent of sandalwood and sweet jasmine. Evander warmed the oil between his palms and swept his hands over Sam’s back, using broad strokes to massage muscles that had been held tense for days. He worked individual areas, kneading the tension out of Sam’s body. Vera felt her passion cool to a simmer while she watched Evander lavish Sam with attention and love. She ducked her head and pressed a gentle kiss to Sam’s forehead. His lips spread into a beatific smile.
The light from the streetlamps filtered through the curtains, giving their room a muzzy quality, like they were characters in each other’s dreams. Evander reached the globes of Sam’s ass, parting his legs so he could sit between them. He massaged each cheek moving from forceful strokes to a light glissade over Sam’s skin.
“Puppy, are you still with me?” Evander asked, tapping on Sam’s hip.
“Yes, Evy.”
“What’s your color?”
“Green.”
“Good boy, now lift up on your knees for me, love.” Evander lifted Sam’s pelvis so he could slide his knees under his hips. Sam’s back bowed in a gorgeous curve from his ass to where his head lay on the bed, “You’re stunning, did you know that?”
Sam chuckled and shook his head. Evander was having none of his sass. He spanked Sam’s right ass cheek and Sam’s eyes popped open. Vera laughed.
“What was that, puppy? I didn’t hear you.”
“Yes. I know.”
“And how do you know?”
“Because you and Vera tell me every day.”
“That’s right. So. Fucking. Beautiful.” Evander smoothed his hand down Sam’s back, his voice rumbling in his chest. His hands returned to Sam’s ass and he spread his cheeks wide, holding him there, exposed. Sam squirmed beneath Evander’s gaze. Vera’s breath hitched when she saw Evander’s tongue dart out to wet his lips.
“I can see you twitching for me already,” he tightened his grip, digging his fingers into Sam’s ass cheeks, “I could watch you all day, make you present yourself to me while Vera sucked my cock. All the time, I’d know you were dying for me to get my mouth on you, eat you out until you were ready for me. Would you like that?”
Sam whined high in his throat.
“Words, puppy. If you don’t use your words, I’m going to stop and you won’t get anything.” Evander aimed a light smack right on the tender flesh at his center. Vera began to pluck at her own nipples, teasing herself, stoking the fire that burned within her body.
“Yes, Evy, please.”
“What do you want? Tell me what you want?”
“Your tongue. I want your tongue on me,” Sam begged.
Evander wasted no time diving in and licking Sam from his balls to his tailbone. He alternated sucking on Sam’s rim and tracing it with his tongue. Sam panted and moaned, his hips dipping as he sought relief from the sweet ache building in his staff. The wet sounds that Evander made were obscene and the room was thick with the scent of coupling and clean sweat. Vera spread her thighs wider, basking in the gathering storm of lust.
Sam was a babbling mess, bouncing between whispers of yes, and Gaia, and please, to unintelligible shouts. Evander leaned back and Sam made a strangled sound of protest.
“Color, puppy?” Evander took a moment to check in, making sure Sam hadn’t fallen too deep under desire’s spell.
“Fucking Green,” Sam panted. Evander tossed his head back barking a full belly laugh that tickled Vera from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. Evander uncapped the lube and spread it on his fingers. The first two sunk into Sam with no problem and he was quick start rocking back on Evander’s hand. Vera knew he was trying to get Evander to aim for the sensitive knot that held the key to his release, and so did Evander, who pulled his fingers out just enough to make Sam work for his pleasure.
Vera’s channel was throbbing, her fingers drifted over her clit, alternating firm strokes with the pop of a slap, sending a delicious stinging warmth through her core. Evander drew Sam upright, pressing his back against his chest, while he crooked the three fingers he had inside Sam and milked his prostate. Electric surges shook Sam’s body, but Evander had clapped a hand around the base of his shaft to keep him from reaching his climax. There was a straining cadence to Sam’s begging that was beautiful and Vera circled and flicked at her clit chasing the abandon she saw reflected in Sam’s expression.
Sam cried out when Evander withdrew his fingers and flipped them over. He lay flat, his head beside Vera’s with Sam was straddling him and grinding his cock against Evander’s abdomen.
“Puppy,” Evander snapped, pinching the tender spot on the underside of Sam’s ruddy crown, “What did our lovely Vera say she wanted?”
Sam’s mouth worked open and closed as he gasped for air. It was a phenomenal sight. He was ravaged beyond the ability to think clearly. Vera ground her hips up and into her own fingers, and her thighs shook. Her orgasm bloomed deep within her and she allowed it to grow, writhing as it pummeled her senses.
Sam groaned withher, like he was the one experiencing the toe-curling delight that was rushing along her spine. Evander’s eyes were bright with hunger and he gave a quick tug on Sam’s cock to get his attention. “Tell me what this magnificent woman said she wanted to watch?”
“She wanted me to ride your cock.”
“And will we give her what she wants, my sweet boy?”
Sam did not answer with words. He reached behind himself, angling over Evander’s length, and sliding down on him in one movement. Vera used both hands to pet at her womanhood, delighting in the jolts of too much that accompanied the tight little pinches she gave to her clit. Sam’s eyes rolled back in his head. His hips undulated against Evander’s body, circling one way and then another, while he plucked at the taught buds of nipples.
“That’s a good puppy. You’re exquisite like this.” Sam moaned and the flush from his cheeks spread down his throat to his chest. “You love fucking yourself on my cock, don’t you? You like to show off like the little beggar you are. Tell our Vera what you’ll do to get my dick in your ass.”
Sam whimpered, his hips rising a little higher and slapping down against Evander’s pelvis, “Anything. Anything you ask, Evy.”
The tendons in Evander’s neck were tight with strain and he held Sam’s hips in a death grip. It was clear to Vera that he was skirting the borders of his climax, holding himself back until Sam was wild with euphoria. She was captivated by the two of them, locked together, the sheen of sweat glistening off their chests. It was a stunning gift to watch Sam give himself over to Evander with complete trust.
“Next time I’m going to fuck Vera while you watch. I’ll stick a cage around your cock, a plug in that greedy little hole, and make you watch while I take her apart.” Sam’s breath was punched out of his lungs when Evander started fucking up into his ass. Vera was transfixed, her fingers flying over her clit.
“After we finish, I’d shove your face into her pussy and make you lick her clean. You’d love that, your tongue lapping up my seed as it drips out of her. I might even let you come, if you could get her off again.”
Sam keened, but Evander held him still as he fucked Sam’s pliant body, while Vera skirted the precipice of her second orgasm.
“Are you close, puppy?”
Sam was beyond speech. He nodded, his head rolling on his shoulders like a rag doll.
“You can touch yourself, puppy. Show Vera what a good boy you are. Come for her now.” Sam’s hand was on his own cock in an instant, spreading the slick of his own pre-come along his staff, his hand a blur.
“That’s right, come on, come for me now.” Sam sobbed and tipped over the edge, his body straining as his member pulsed with such force that a strip of come landed on Evander’s cheek. Evander followed moments later with a hoarse shout and then Vera tumbled after them, savoring the heat that pulsated deep inside her. She cried out and then sagged against the mattress, allowing the world to slip away.
Evander arranged Vera and Sam side-by-side. Vera surfaced while Evander was running a warm washcloth over Sam’s skin. His movements were gentle and Vera’s heart stuttered in her chest. There is no better place that this, she thought. She laid delicate touches on Sam’s cheeks, his nose, and his mouth, giggling when he captured her fingers with his lips and nibbled on the tips.
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Season of Slow Adventures with Champagne
February 28, 2020 /in TRAVEL-ALL /by May Ng
Belmond announces a new season of ‘slow adventures with Champagne’ on some of its fabled trains and cruises Belmond British Pullman, Belmond Grand Hibernian and Belmond Afloat in France. From a pop-up pub on the rails in Ireland to travelling in the upmost style to some of the UK’s most celebrated events of ‘The Season’ and a 12 Michelin-starred culinary week on Belmond Afloat in France.
THE BEST OF BRITISH – ‘THE SEASON’
Belmond British Pullman toasts the British social season with the launch of four new journeys to some of society’s most prestigious events: Royal Ascot, Guards Polo Club’s Royal Windsor Cup Final, Glyndebourne and ‘Glorious Goodwood’.
The luxury train is set to transport guests in style between London’s Victoria Station in the comfort and luxury of the storied vintage 1920s and 1930s carriages. Delectable cuisine is served by liveried stewards before arriving at the coveted events.
First out of the starting gate in 2020, Belmond British Pullman’s heads to Royal Ascot for the penultimate day of the legendary racing week; on midsummer’s day on 21st June 2020, the train travels to Windsor for the final of the prestigious ‘Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Windsor Cup’ at Guards Polo Club. Belmond British Pullman then gently gallops on to Goodwood Racecourse for ‘Glorious Goodwood’ on 31st July 2020. The final furlong of Belmond’s social season on the rails celebrates 250 years since Beethoven’s birth, at the legendary Glyndebourne Festival for an exceptional performance of Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio.
BESPOKE IRISH HOSPITALITY
Belmond Grand Hibernian, Ireland’s only luxury sleeper train introduces new personalised experiences that takes guests off the rails and into the heart of Ireland’s eclectic and adventurous landscape. Guests can now tailor their experience by choosing from a range of activities whether seeking adventure, getting close to nature or immersing in the rich Celtic culture, myths and legends – from kayaking at sunset on the lake at Killarney, paddle boarding across Clew Bay, kissing the blarney stone at Blarney Castle, horse riding on the beach in Carrowholly or exploring foodie Galway.
New for 2020 – Belmond bring the warmth and craic of traditional hospitality direct to the rails with a ‘pop-up’ pub in the traditional style of a ‘Shebeen – once known as an illicit inn’. Popping up along the route to offer a taste of traditional Ireland, music, Guinness and dancing.
CRUISING ALONG THE ‘MICHELIN’ STARRED WATERWAYS
Belmond Afloat in France announces its most decadent offering to date with the launch of its new “Epicurean Burgundy: A 12-star cruise”. Cruising through Burgundy and Beaujolais, from St-Jean-de-Losne to Lyon, guests are invited to dine at a different Michelin- starred restaurant each day – experiencing a total of 12 stars throughout the week.
The cruise departs on 9th August 2020 for seven days aboard Belmond Napoléon and sees guests experience six different Michelin-starred restaurants throughout the week ranging from one Michelin-starred to those that have been awarded the highest accolade of three. Three-starred Georges Blanc, Eric Pras’ Maison Lameloise and Jean Michel Lorain’s La Côte Saint-Jacques are all stops on this Gastronomic adventure.
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Mar 2, 2019 - Technology
The battle against cashless stores
Erica Pandey, author of @Work
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
Led by big chains like Amazon Go, Sweetgreen, and Shake Shack, U.S. retailers are fast eliminating cash sales. But cities and states across the country are fighting back.
The big picture: They're moving to outlaw cashless stores because, they say, they discriminate against millions of Americans, mostly the poor, elderly and immigrants, who don't use credit cards.
Driving the news: In recent weeks, New Jersey and Philadelphia have passed laws prohibiting cashless stores, and four more cities — Chicago, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. — are contemplating doing so.
The backdrop: As we've reported, the world is racing to speed up checkout — with China far ahead. Over the last two years or so, Chinese tech giants Alibaba and JD.com have wholly eliminated checkout in hundreds of stores. American counterparts Amazon and Walmart, meanwhile, are only starting to debut such technology in a few flagship locations.
But unlike in China, local U.S. movements are working to keep cash alive. The trend was first reported by Tim Carmody's Amazon Chronicles.
The big picture: The U.S. still leans on cash. Around 30% of all U.S. business is still done in cash, not credit cards — some 14 million Americans have no bank account.
And the move to cashless stores — among them, Dos Toros, Bluestone Lane, and Milk Bar — has miffed officials in places like Philadelphia, where city councilman Bill Greenlee says it's fundamentally undemocratic.
"[Killing cash] creates 'us and them' places. I could walk into a coffee shop and pay with my credit card. Someone standing behind me in line with the same amount of money in their pocket, but in cash, cannot buy that product. That seems wrong."
— Philadelphia Councilman Bill Greenlee
What's happening: The anti-cashless laws require all retailers and restaurants to accept cash — with some loopholes.
New York City is watching Philadelphia and New Jersey. There, Councilman Ritchie Torres in December proposed a similar ban, and its supporters believe it will pass within the next six months.
Sweetgreen and Amazon declined to comment. Shake Shack did not respond to an email.
What to watch: "We're not going to see the end of cash anytime soon," says Natalie Bruss of Fifth Wall Ventures.
Instead, Bruss sees a workaround — an open lane in which shoppers can avail of reverse ATMs that accept cash and spit out pre-paid cards. Therefore, such stores won't be cashless.
A startup, Zivelo, led by a former eBay executive, is already adding such lanes at fast food chains and pharmacies around the country.
Go deeper: Amazon wins a cashless ban carveout
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Privacy Policy Overview
What Categories of Information We May Process
How We Collect or Create Information
Purposes for Which We May Process Your Information
Cookies, Similar Technologies and Online Behavioural Advertising
What is the Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Information
What Information We Disclose to Third Parties
International Transfers of Information
Data Minimization
What Can I Do to Control My Information?
How this Privacy Policy May Change
1. Privacy Policy Overview
Summary – Policy OverviewThis Policy explains how we may Process your information. This Policy may be amended or updated from time to time, so please check it regularly for updates. BabyCenter.in is operated by Everyday Health.
Everyday Health, Inc., with its parents, affiliates and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Everyday Health”, “us”, “our” or “we”), owns, operates, or provides access to, several interactive health, wellness, diet and fitness websites, mobile and connected applications, and other online interactive features and services, including, but not limited to, emails, newsletters, chat areas, forums, communities, sweepstakes and contests for consumers (collectively “Services”). This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected about you when you interact with the Services, regardless of how it is collected or stored, and describes, among other things, the types of information collected about you when you interact with the Services, how your information may be used, when your information may be disclosed, how you can control the use and disclosure of your information, and how your information is protected.Except as otherwise noted in this Privacy Policy, Everyday Health is a data controller (as that term is used under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)), which means that we decide how and why the information you provide to us is processed. Please contact us using our DSAR Portal. Contact details are provided in Section 17 below. This Policy may be amended or updated from time to time to reflect changes in our practices with respect to the Processing of your information, or changes in applicable law. We encourage you to read this Policy carefully, and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make.This Privacy Policy covers information collected through the website BabyCenter.in, which is operated by Everyday Health.
2. What Categories of Information We May Process
Summary – Categories of Information We May Process
We may Process: your personal details (e.g., your name); demographic data (e.g., your age); your contact details (e.g., your address); records of your consents; purchase details; details of your employer (where relevant); information about your interactions with our content or advertising; and any views or opinions you provide to us.
We may also Process information about you from your use of our Services (e.g., the type of device you are using, the internet service provider, etc.), including your interactions with content and advertising on the Services.
“Personal Information” means information that is about any individual, or from which any individual is directly or indirectly identifiable.
“Process”, “Processing” or “Processed” means anything that is done with any Personal Information, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
We may Process the following categories of Personal Information about you:
Personal details: your name; username or log in details; password; areas or topics of interest; information provided in response to quizzes or surveys or to use certain health-related programs, such as weight goals and caloric intake; and photograph (if you or another user posts a photo on the Service).
Demographic information: gender; age/date of birth; nationality; salutation; job title, company information, education, work experience and other professional information; and language preferences.
Contact details: postal address; telephone and/or mobile number; email address; and your public social media handles or profile(s).
Consent records: records of any consents you may have given, together with the date and time, means of consent and any related information (e.g., the subject matter of the consent).
Location information: location data that describes the precise geographic location of your device (“Precise Location Data”).
Purchase and payment details: records of purchases and prices; invoice records; payment records; billing address; payment method; cardholder or accountholder name; payment amount; and payment date.
Employer details: where you interact with us in your capacity as an employee, the contact information of your employer (including name, address, telephone number and email address) to the extent relevant.
Views and opinions: any views and opinions that you or other users choose to send to us, or publicly post about us on social media platforms or in the Services, including on forums.
We also collect other kinds of information from you or other sources, which we refer to as “Other Information” in this Policy, which may include but is not limited to:
Information about your use of the Services, such as usage data and statistical information, which may be aggregated.
Browsing history including the websites or other services you visited before and after interacting with the Services.
Searches for and interactions with e-commerce opportunities, such as merchants and offers contained in the Services.
Non-precise information about the approximate physical location (for example, at the city or zip code level) of a user’s computer or device derived from the IP address of such computer or device (“GeoIP Data”).
Device identification (“ID”), which is a distinctive number associated with a smartphone or similar handheld device, but is different than a hardware serial number.
Advertising ID, which is a unique, user-resettable identification number for advertising associated with a device (e.g., iOS uses the Identifier for Advertising (or “IDFA”) and Android uses Google Advertising ID).
Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, which is a unique string of numbers automatically assigned to your device whenever you access the Internet.
Information collected through the use of cookies, eTags, Javascript, pixel tags, device ID tracking, anonymous identifiers and other technologies, including information collected using such methods and technologies about (i) your visits to, and interaction and engagement with, the Services, content and ads on third party websites, applications, platforms and other media channels (“Channels”), and (ii) your interaction with emails including the content and ads therein (collectively, “Online Data”).
Device type, settings and software used.
Log files, which may include IP addresses, browser type, ISP referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamps and/or clickstream data, including any clicks on customised links.
Web Beacons, which are electronic files that allow a website to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies.
Pixel Tags, also known as clear GIFs, beacons, spotlight tags or web bugs, which are a method for passing information from the user’s computer to a third party website.
Local Shared Objects, such as Flash cookies, and Local Storage, such as HTML5.
Mobile analytics to understand the functionality of our mobile applications and software on your phone.
Under certain circumstances and depending on applicable law, some of this Other Information may constitute Personal Information. Personal Information together with Other Information is hereinafter referred to as “User Information”.
3. Sensitive Personal Information
Summary – Sensitive Personal Information
Where we need to Process your Sensitive Personal Information for a legitimate purpose, we do so in accordance with applicable law. The Services are not intended for use by children.
To the extent that information we collect is health data or another special category of personal data subject to GDPR, we ask for your explicit consent to process the data. We obtain this consent separately when you take actions leading to our obtaining the data, for example, when you sign up for a newsletter on our site or agree to allow us to track you. You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing from our newsletters as set out in Section 6 or adjusting your preferences as set out in Section 15.
Children. The Services are not intended for use by children, especially those under 13 (or applicable age in your country) (“Minor(s)”). Minors should not provide any Personal Information or use our public discussion areas, forums or chats. Minors under the age of 18 are not permitted to make purchases through the Services or obtaining coupons or codes from the Services to purchase goods or services on third party websites. If, notwithstanding these prohibitions, your children disclose information about themselves in our public discussion areas, consequences may occur that are not intended for children (for example, they may receive unsolicited messages from other parties). If it is discovered that we have collected Personal Information from a Minor, we will delete that information immediately.
4. How We Collect or Create Information
Summary – Collection and Creation of Information
We may collect or obtain User Information about you: directly from you (e.g., where you contact us); in the course of our relationship with you (e.g., if you make a purchase); when you make your Personal Information public (e.g., if you make a public post about us on social media); when you download, install, or use any of our Services; when you visit our Services; when you register to use any part of the Services; or when you interact with any third party content or advertising on the Services. We may also receive User Information about you from third parties (e.g., social network sites). We may also create User Information about you, such as records of your interactions with us. Everyday Health is not responsible for Personal Information you volunteer about yourself in public areas of the Services. This Policy does not cover the practices of third parties who may provide information about you to Everyday Health.
Collection of User Information: We may collect User Information about you from the following sources:
Data you provide: We may obtain your Personal Information when you provide it to us across our Services (e.g., where you sign up for emails, newsletters or SMS messages; register for site membership or create a profile or account on any part of the Services; enter a sweepstakes, contest, competition or prize draw; participate in surveys and quizzes; perform search queries through the Services; contact us via email, telephone or by any other means; make a purchase; etc.).
Relationship data: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information in the ordinary course of our relationship with you (e.g., if you purchase a service from us).
Data you make public: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information that you clearly choose to make public, including via social media (e.g., we may collect information from your social media profile(s) if you make a public post about us) or through our chats, forums or communities on the Services.
Service data: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information when you visit, download, use or register to use any part of our Service.
Content and advertising information: If you choose to interact with any third party content or advertising on the Services or Channels, we may receive User Information about you from the relevant third party.
Third party information: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information from third parties who provide it to us. This may include offline channels such as through telephone or direct mail efforts; from customers, vendors, suppliers, third parties, commercially available or publicly-available sources (e.g., data brokers, data aggregators, public databases, etc.); third party affiliate network operators; referral sources; and social network sites or services (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). If you use a third party connection or log-in (e.g., Facebook Connect, Twitter, or Google+) to access the Services, create a membership or profile on any part of the Services, access our content or forward our content to another person, platform or service, we may also receive your username or email address for those third party services or other information available about you or collected from you on those services.
Please note that Everyday Health is not responsible for the information you volunteer about yourself in the discussions in certain public areas of the Services, such as forums, blogs, wikis, chat rooms, private messages, message boards or other publicly accessible interaction, or information that you choose to make public in your member profile or other areas of the Services that allow users to upload or post content. We discourage users from posting such Personal Information in this fashion. You can change your publicly available information at any time via your profile page. To request removal of your Personal Information from these areas, please contact us using our DSAR Portal. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your Personal Information, in which case we will let you know we are unable to do so and why.
This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of third parties, including those that may disclose information to Everyday Health.
Creation of User Information. We may also create User Information about you, such as records of your interactions with us and details of your purchase history, for internal administrative purposes and analysis. We may also use User Information you have provided to us with data obtained from third parties to enhance our records or enhance our ability to provide products and services, such as appending additional information to your profile.
5. Purposes for Which We May Process Your Information
Summary – Purposes for Which We May Process Your Information
We may Process User Information for the following purposes: providing the Services to you; communicating with you; providing advertising to you on the Services and Channels; analysing engagement with our audience; observing user engagement and purchase activity across the Service and Channels; offering lead generation services; marketing our services and offerings to current and prospective customers; managing our IT systems; financial management; conducting surveys and quizzes; ensuring the security of our systems; conducting investigations where necessary; compliance with applicable law; and improving our Services.
The purposes for which we may Process User Information, subject to applicable law, include:
Provision of the Services to You: providing the Services to you from Everyday Health or its partners including (i) offering of contests, as well as chat areas, forums and communities, (ii) management of your account, and (iii) customer support and relationship management.
Offering and Improving the Services: operating and managing the Services for you; providing personalised content to you; communicating and interacting with you via the Services; identifying issues with the Services and planning improvements to or creating new Services; and notifying you of changes to any of our Services.
Identification: using information from third parties to verify information about you in order to provide the Services (e.g. verify your mailing address to send you requested products or services.
Surveys and Quizzes: engaging with you for the purposes of obtaining your views on our Services, as well as learning more about your interests, including your interest in third parties and their offerings.
Research: analysing, benchmarking and conducting research based on User Information and your interactions with the Services.
Communications: communicating with you via any means (including via email, telephone, text message, social media, post or in person) regarding content and other information in which you may be interested, subject to ensuring that such communications are provided to you in compliance with applicable law; maintaining and updating your contact information where appropriate; and obtaining your prior, opt-in consent where required. We may provide direct marketing to you as set out in Section 6 below.
Advertising: providing advertising based on your interests and interactions with the Services and Channels, including using User Information to serve you advertisements on the Services and Channels, as well as licensing segments of User Information to third parties. For further information, please see Section 7 below.
Audience Engagement: identification and development of audience engagement, advertising and promotional strategies on various platforms and channels, both within the Service and on Channels.
User Engagement and Purchases: tracking purchase traffic and activity across the Service and on Channels, including review of your browsing history (if available); provision of analytics and measurement of cost of traffic against money being made.
Commerce Offerings: using cookies to track your browsing history and the amount of money spent at a particular third party merchant’s site to offer coupons and other offers that are relevant to your shopping experience.
Lead Generation: producing customer leads that are shared with third party advertisers through marketing campaigns, including but not limited to email marketing and site placements.
Marketing to Customers: We may market to current and prospective customers and their employees who have indicated an interest in doing business with, or have previously conducted business with, Everyday Health in order to further generate and promote our business. Such efforts include sending marketing emails or conducting phone calls to drive the purchase of advertising, marketing our lead generation, job boards, and other business services offered by Everyday Health.
IT Administration: administration of Everyday Health’s information technology systems; network and device administration; network and device security; implementing data security and information systems policies; compliance audits in relation to internal policies; identification and mitigation of fraudulent activity; and compliance with legal requirements.
Security: electronic security measures (including monitoring of login records and access details) to help mitigate the risk of and provide the ability to identify and rectify a security incident.
Financial Management: general business and financial management purposes, including: economic, financial and administrative management; planning and reporting; personnel development; sales; accounting; finance; corporate audit; and compliance with legal requirements
Investigations: detecting, investigating and preventing breaches of policy, and criminal offences, in accordance with applicable law.
Legal Proceedings: establishing, exercising and defending legal rights.
Legal Compliance: Subject to applicable law, we reserve the right to release information concerning any user of Services when we have grounds to believe that the user is in violation of our Terms of Use or other published guidelines or has engaged in (or we have grounds to believe is engaging in) any illegal activity, and to release information in response to court and governmental orders, other requests from government entities, civil subpoenas, discovery requests and otherwise as required by law or regulatory obligations. We also may release information about users when we believe in good faith that such release is in the interest of protecting the rights, property, safety or security of Everyday Health, any of our users or the public, or to respond to an emergency.
6. Direct Marketing
Summary – Direct Marketing
We may Process your User Information to contact you with information regarding services that may be of interest to you. You may unsubscribe for free at any time.
We may Process your User Information to contact you via email, telephone, direct mail, or other methods of communication to provide you with information regarding the Services that may be of interest to you. We may send information to you regarding the Services, upcoming promotions and other information that may be of interest to you, using the contact details that you have provided to us and always in compliance with applicable law.
You may unsubscribe from our newsletter lists at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in every email we send. We will not send you any emails from a list you have selected to be unsubscribed from, but we may continue to contact you to the extent necessary for the purposes of any other Services you have requested or for additional emails you have signed up for.
7. Cookies, Similar Technologies and Online Behavioural Advertising
Summary – Cookies, Similar Technologies and Online Behavioural Advertising
We may Process your User Information by placing or reading Cookies and similar technologies on the Services and Channels. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy. Certain tracking technologies enable us to assign a unique identifier to you, and relate information about your use of the Services to Other Information about you, including your User Information for the purposes of learning more about you so we can provide you with relevant content and advertising. We and our partners also use these technologies to analyse trends; administer the Services; collect and store information such as user settings, anonymous browser identifiers and video viewing history; supplement to our server logs and other methods of traffic and response measurement; track users’ location and movements around the Services; gather demographic information about our user base; and to improve our understanding of traffic on the Services, visitor behaviour, and responses to promotional campaigns.
Everyday Health and/or certain third parties may collect information about you for online behavioural advertising purposes in order for you to receive relevant interest-based advertising on the Services and on other websites, platforms and media channels. We use Online Data as well as other User Information to send you online behavioural ads. Online Data is aggregated with the Other Information and data we collect and/or similar data collected by partners to create groups of users and certain general-interest categories or segments that we have inferred. We use this information to get a more accurate picture of audience interests in order to serve ads we believe are more relevant to your interests.
Everyday Health and its partners may use cookies and other tracking technologies to analyse trends, administer Services, track users’ movements around the Services and on third party sites, devices and applications, and to gather demographic information about our user base. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on the Services. To manage Flash cookies, please click here. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information, including a more in-depth explanation of what cookies are, the different types of cookies used on the Services, and how to change or delete them.
Tracking technologies on the Services may be deployed by Everyday Health and/or by our service providers or partners. Certain tracking technologies enable us to assign a unique identifier to you, and relate information about your use of the Services to other information about you, including your User Information. We may match information collected from you through different means or at different times and use such information along with offline and online information obtained from other sources (including from third parties), including, but not limited to, demographic information and updated contact information, for the purposes of learning more about you so we can provide you with relevant content and advertising.
When you receive email messages or newsletters from us, we may use web beacons, customised links, clear GIFs or similar technologies to determine whether the email has been opened and which links you click in order to provide you with more focused email communications or other information, and/or to aggregate that information with other data we collect to use for some or all of the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.
We and our partners (including but not limited to e-commerce partners, affiliates, and analytics providers) also may use technologies such as pixel tags, e-tags, IP addresses, Local Shared Objects, Local Storage, Flash cookies and HTML5 to analyse trends; administer the Services; collect and store information such as user settings, anonymous browser identifiers and video viewing history; supplement our server logs and other methods of traffic and response measurement; track users’ location and movements around the Services; gather demographic information about our user base; and to improve our understanding of traffic on the Services, visitor behaviour, and responses to promotional campaigns. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these third party companies on an individual and aggregated basis. For example, we may connect information about your IP address to known corporate or User Information and use the associated information related to aggregate content preferences to assist in our efforts to market services to you or the originating corporation(s). Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing Local Storage. To manage Flash Local Shared Objects please click here.
We may use mobile analytics software to collect data and to better understand the functionality of our mobile software, devices and applications on your phone and other devices. This software may record information such as how often you use the application, the events that occur within the application, aggregated usage, performance data, and where the application was downloaded from. We may link this information to User Information.
Everyday Health and/or certain third parties may collect information about you for online behavioural advertising (“OBA”) purposes in order for you to receive relevant interest-based advertising on the Services and on other websites, platforms and media channels. OBA is also referred to as interest-based advertising.
Everyday Health displays ads on both the Services and on the Channels. We may use Online Data as well as other User Information to send you OBA. For example, if you read an article about a particular subject on the Services, we may use cookies from a vendor to later serve you an advertisement for a particular product or service related to the viewed article. These third party vendors may connect information about pages you visit on the Services with information about pages you visit on other Channels and show you advertising based on this combined information. These advertisements may appear when you are visiting a different section of the Services or on another Channel. Likewise, third party vendors may serve you advertisements when you visit the Services based on your interaction with the Services and other Channels.
The specific providers we use for OBA are subject to change. For a list of some of the applicable providers, click here. For information about how to opt out of tracking methods for these entities and others, click here. For more details about OBA and opting out, see Section 15 below.
Online Data is aggregated with the Other Information and data we collect as described in this Privacy Policy and/or similar data collected by partners to create groups of users and certain general-interest categories or segments that we have inferred based on (a) demographic or interest data and GeoIP Data, (b) the pages you view and links you click when viewing an email or using the Services and those of our partners, and/or (c) the search terms you enter when using certain search services. We use this information to get a more accurate picture of audience interests in order to serve ads we believe are more relevant to your interests. We store page views, clicks and search terms used for ad personalisation targeting separately from your Personal Information.
8. What is the Lawful Basis for Processing Personal Information
Summary – Lawful Basis for Processing User Information
We may Process your User Information where: you have given your consent; the Processing is necessary for a contract between you and us; the Processing is required by applicable law; the Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of any individual; or where we have a valid legitimate interest in the Processing.
In Processing your User Information in connection with the purposes set out in this Policy, we may rely on one or more of the following legal bases, depending on the circumstances:
Consent: We may Process your User Information where we have obtained your prior, express consent to the Processing (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way);
Contractual necessity: We may Process your User Information where the Processing is necessary in connection with any contract that you may enter into with us;
Compliance with applicable law: We may Process your User Information where the Processing is required by applicable law;
Vital interests: We may Process your User Information where the Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of any individual; or
Legitimate interests: We may Process your User Information where we have a legitimate interest in carrying out the Processing for the purpose of managing, operating or promoting our business, and that legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms.
9. What Information We Disclose to Third Parties
Summary – Disclosure of User Information to Third Parties
We may disclose your User Information to: legal and regulatory authorities; our external advisors; parties who Process User Information on our behalf (“Processors”); any party as necessary in connection with legal proceedings; any party as necessary for investigating, detecting or preventing criminal offences; any purchaser of our business; and any third party providers of advertising, plugins or content used on the Services.
We may disclose your User Information to other entities within the Company group, for legitimate business purposes (including operating the Services, and providing services to you), in accordance with applicable law. In addition, we may disclose your User Information to:
legal and regulatory authorities, upon request, or for the purposes of reporting any actual or suspected breach of applicable law or regulation;
outside professional advisors (such as accountants, auditors, or lawyers), subject to binding contractual obligations of confidentiality;
third party Processors (such as analytic providers; data centres; etc.), located anywhere in the world, subject to the requirements noted below in this Section 9;
any relevant party, law enforcement agency or court, to the extent necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal rights;
any relevant party for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security;
any relevant third party acquirer(s), in the event that we sell or transfer all or any relevant portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganisation, dissolution or liquidation);
any relevant third party provider, where our Services use third party advertising, plugins or content. If you choose to interact with any such advertising, plugins or content, information about your activities on the Services and Channels to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests may be shared with the relevant third party provider. If you click or tap on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria;
any sponsors of contests, competitions, sweepstakes and prize draws, or content offerings, the registration data for such events is to be used by us as part of User Information, and may be shared with the sponsor and others, subject to this Policy and the sponsor’s privacy policy. We may also share your information with third party vendors involved in the administration of such events. For contests, competitions, sweepstakes and prize draws, please read the official rules or terms and conditions carefully before you submit your information; and
to third parties whose practices are not covered by this Privacy Policy (e.g., third party providers of goods and services, marketing and advertising companies and agencies, content publishers and retailers). Under applicable law, we may share Other Information with other parties who already possess your Personal Information in order to enhance their records about you or enhance their ability to provide products and services.
For some of our Services, we may make some information, such as the name of our users, their mailing address, phone number, email address—and in certain circumstances their employer’s name, company size and other industry data—available on a rental or other basis (e.g., sale) to third party providers of goods and services, for example, when such information is provided in connection with certain content available on our websites. Depending on where you reside, when you register for certain Services, we may share the Personal Information you provide with certain advertisers and sponsors.
Some of the Services may include websites that Everyday Health operates on behalf of third parties (“Licensors”). Where applicable, we may share some or all of your Personal Information with the Licensor; however this privacy policy does not cover the user of your Personal Information by a Licensor. The privacy practices of Everyday Health's Licensors may differ from this policy and we encourage you to contact those third parties directly if you have questions regarding their use of your Personal Information. When you use a co-branded service (a service operated with a partner of Everyday Health), or register or otherwise provide information on a co-branded site, where applicable, we may pass the collected information back to that partner, which may include third party service providers whose services are embedded into and/or appear within the Services.
With respect to surveys and quizzes, in the event that responses are publicly disclosed, users will be notified at the time they take the survey or quiz. Otherwise we will disclose only aggregate information regarding its users’ responses in surveys or quizzes to other participants in the survey. Where surveys or quizzes allow users to submit written comments, and where Everyday Health advises users of the possibility of such disclosure at the time they take the survey or quiz, Everyday Health reserves the right to disclose any information provided by users, provided that no User Information identifying a specific user is disclosed.
Everyday Health and some of our advertisers may use third party advertising service companies to serve advertisements, for OBA or otherwise, and perform related services when you interact with the Services. Often, these third party advertising companies employ cookies and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of website, app and email advertisements and to create a record of interaction with our content that they use in conjunction with their advertising which appears on other sites or applications, or for reporting website traffic, app use, statistics, advertisement data and/or other activities on the Services. We also engage third party providers to assist with the segmentation of this data.
We may also sell or transfer Online Data to certain third parties such as advertisers who will use this data to serve ads that they believe are relevant to your interests, and who agree to maintain the confidentiality of this information. Some of these third parties may combine the Online Data with their own data about you to form a more detailed picture.
We may engage third party providers to assist with the collection, storage and segmentation of Online Data and the providers are required to maintain the confidentiality of this information. These third party providers may collect User Information from our Services for their own purposes, including but not limited to monitoring fraud around the web.
We may also engage third parties for the purpose of recognising our users and delivering interest-based content and advertisements to them. We may share your User Information with our partners such as your name, postal address, email, or other identifier. Our partners may also: (i) collect information directly from your device, such as your IP address, device ID, advertising ID, and information about your browser or operating system; (ii) combine User Information about you received from Everyday Health with information about you from other sites or services; and (iii) place or recognise a unique cookie on your browser.
If we engage a third-party Processor to Process your User Information, the Processor will be subject to binding contractual obligations to: (i) only Process the User Information in accordance with our prior written instructions; and (ii) use measures to protect the confidentiality and security of the User Information; together with any additional requirements under applicable law.
The Services contain links to other sites or partners whose information practices may be different from ours. You should consult the privacy policy of these third parties to learn how your privacy is protected.
10. International Transfers of Information
Summary – International Transfers of Information
We may transfer your Personal Information to recipients in other countries. Where we transfer User Information from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) to a recipient outside the EEA that is not in an adequate jurisdiction, we do so on the basis of standard contractual clauses.
Because of the international nature of our business, we may need to transfer your User Information within the Everyday Health group of companies, and to third parties as noted in Section 9 above, in connection with the purposes set out in this Policy. For this reason, we may transfer your User Information to other countries that may have different laws and data protection compliance requirements to those that apply in the country in which you are located.
Everyday Health, Inc. participates in and has certified its compliance with the E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. Everyday Health is committed to subjecting all Personal Information received from European Union (E.U.) member countries and Switzerland, in reliance on the Privacy Shield Framework, to the Framework’s applicable principles. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, please visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield List. Everyday Health is responsible for the processing of Personal Information it receives under the Privacy Shield Framework and subsequent transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Everyday Health complies with the Privacy Shield principles for all onward transfers of Personal Information from the E.U. and Switzerland, including the onward transfer liability provisions. With respect to Personal Information received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Framework, Everyday Health is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, Everyday Health may be required to disclose Personal Information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. If you are a European individual with a privacy related complaint, concern or question about Everyday Health’s privacy practices, please contact us through our DSAR Portal. Under certain conditions, more fully described on the Privacy Shield website, European individuals may invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.
Where we transfer your Personal Information from the EEA to recipients located outside the EEA who are not in a jurisdiction that has been formally designated by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of protection for Personal Information, we do so on the basis of standard contractual clauses. You may request a copy of the relevant standard contractual clauses using our DSAR Portal.
Everyday Health privacy practices described in this Privacy Policy comply with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (“APEC”) Cross Border Privacy Rules System. To learn more about this program, please click here.
Please note that when you transfer any Personal Information directly to a Company entity established outside the EEA, we are not responsible for that transfer of your Personal Information. We will nevertheless Process your Personal Information, from the point at which we receive the data, in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
Summary – Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your User Information. Please ensure that any Personal Information that you send to us is sent securely.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures designed to protect your User Information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, unauthorised access, and other unlawful or unauthorised forms of Processing, in accordance with applicable law. In certain instances we may use Secure Sockets Layer encryption and/or transfer certain User Information in a non-human readable format to provide protection. However, we cannot guarantee there will not be a breach, and we are not responsible for any breach of security or for the actions of any third parties.
Because the internet is an open system, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will implement reasonable measures to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to us using the internet. Any such transmission is at your own risk and you are responsible for ensuring that any Personal Information that you send to us are sent securely.
12. Data Accuracy
Summary – Data Accuracy
We take every reasonable step to ensure that your User Information is kept accurate and up-to-date and are erased or rectified if we become aware of inaccuracies.
We take every reasonable step to ensure that your User Information that we Process is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date, and any of your User Information that we Process that you inform us is inaccurate (having regard to the purposes for which they are Processed) is erased or rectified.
13. Data Minimization
Summary – Data Minimization
We take every reasonable step to limit the volume of your User Information that we Process to what is necessary.
We take every reasonable step to ensure that your User Information that we Process is limited to the User Information reasonably necessary in connection with the purposes set out in this Policy or as required to provide you services or access to the Services.
Summary – Data Retention
We take every reasonable step to ensure that your User Information is only retained for as long as they are needed. Online Data related to OBA is kept by Everyday Health for not more than 180 days after which it will expire, subject to certain conditions.
We take every reasonable step to ensure that your User Information is only Processed for the minimum period necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. The criteria for determining the duration for which we will keep your User Information are as follows: we will retain copies of your User Information in a form that permits identification only for as long as is necessary in connection with the purposes set out in this Policy, unless applicable law requires a longer retention period. Unless there is a specific legal requirement for us to keep the information, we plan to retain it for no longer than is necessary to fulfil a legitimate business need.
Except as may be set forth in this Privacy Policy, Online Data related to OBA is retained by Everyday Health for not more than 180 days after which it shall expire. However, the 180 day period may commence again if the same user subsequently visits or interacts with an ad, email, the Services or a Channel.
15. What Can I Do to Control My Information?
Summary – What Can I Do to Control My Information?
You can directly take steps to change your preferences for newsletters and online behavioural advertising as outlined in this section.
If you are an EU resident, you may have certain rights including: the right not to provide your Personal Information to us; the right of access to your Personal Information; the right to request rectification of inaccuracies; the right to request the erasure, or restriction of Processing, of your Personal Information; the right to object to the Processing of your Personal Information; the right to have your Personal Information transferred to another controller; the right to withdraw consent; and the right to lodge complaints with supervisory authorities. We may require proof of or need to verify your identity before we can give effect to these rights.
You may directly take steps to change your preferences as follows:
Access to Your Personal Information. Upon request Everyday Health will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. You may access, correct, or request deletion of your personal information by logging into your account or contacting us through our DSAR Portal. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
Your Newsletter and Email Subscriptions. You can opt out or unsubscribe from a newsletter or other email list at any time by following the instructions at the end of the newsletters or emails you receive. Please allow five to ten business days for changes to take effect. On some Services, member service-related communications are an integral part of such Services to which you subscribe and you may continue to receive emails as part of that particular portion of the Services unless you cancel your account, even if you opt out of the newsletters or email list. If you have provided more than one email address to us, you may continue to be contacted unless you request to unsubscribe each email address you have provided.
Push Notifications. We send you push notifications from time-to-time in order to update you about any events or promotions that we may be running. If you no longer wish to receive these types of communications, you may turn them off at the device level. To ensure you receive proper notifications, we will need to collect certain information about your device such as operating system and user identification information.
Location Based Services. You may opt-out of having your Precise Location Data collected by Everyday Health at any time by editing the appropriate setting on your mobile device (which is usually located in the Settings area of your device).
OBA. Everyday Health is a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, LLC, a member of the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) in the U.S., E.U. and Canada and uses third party assurance platforms to comply with the DAA principles. Everyday Health strives to adhere to the self-regulatory organization principles for the DAA (US), the DAAC (Canada) and the EDAA (EU). Online ads on the Services using Online Data are delivered with the DAA Ad Marker Icon, which helps users understand how their data is being used and provides choices for users who want more control. This icon is also on each of our web pages and applications where Online Data is collected that will be used for OBA purposes.
The DAA Ad Marker Icon provides information (and links to other information) on online behavioural ads, who is collecting and using your Online Data, how you can opt out and more. If you would prefer that we not collect Online Data that may be used to help determine which advertisements to serve you, opt out by clicking this icon, which can be found on most of our webpages and mobile applications.
European Union and Switzerland residents should visit the European DAA by clicking here.
Canadian residents should visit the DAA of Canada by clicking here.
U.S. residents and residents of all other countries or territories not listed above can click here for the DAA site to learn more about the use of cookies, your opt-out choices, and more.
Cookies and Pixel Tags. You may stop or restrict cookies and pixel tags on your computer or purge cookies from your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences. However, if you “turn off,” purge, or disable cookies or pixel tags, although you may still use the Services, you may not be able to use all of the features, functions, or services available on the Services.
California Residents. In accordance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act, we may collect Personal Information about your online activities when you use the Services. While we give our users many avenues to opt out of providing Personal Information, we do not respond to Web browsers’ “do not track” signals. California’s “Shine the Light” law, Civil Code Section 1798.83, permits our users who are California residents to periodically request and obtain certain information about any Personal Information disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and wish to make such a request or if you wish for us to refrain from gathering your Personal Information, please submit your request in writing to the contact details set out in Section 17 below.
EU Residents. GDPR provides certain rights for EU residents. You may decline to share certain information with us, in which case we may not be able to provide some of the features and functionality of the Services. These rights include, in accordance with applicable law, the right to object to or request the restriction of processing of your information, and to request access to, rectification, erasure and portability of your own information. Where we process your information on the basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent (noting that such withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of any Processing performed prior to the date on which we receive notice of such withdrawal, and does not prevent the Processing of your Personal Information in reliance upon any other available legal bases). Requests should be submitted by contacting us using the DSAR Portal. If you are an EU resident and have any unresolved privacy concern, you have the right to contact the appropriate EU Supervisory Authority and lodge a complaint.
16. Terms of Use
Summary – Terms of Use
For more information concerning your use of the BabyCenter website and application, please see our Terms of Use.
For more information concerning your use of the BabyCenter website and application, please consult the Terms of use, which is incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you review the Terms of Use regularly, in order to review any changes we might make from time to time.
Summary – Contact Details
You may contact us at the addresses set out below or by emailing privacy-babycenter@everydayhealth.com. For GDPR related inquiries, please use our webform at DSAR Portal.
Attention: Legal Department
345 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
If you are an EU resident, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@everydayhealth.com or submit GDPR related inquiries to our DSAR Portal.
If you have any comments, questions or concerns about any of the information in this Policy, or any other issues relating to the Processing of User Information carried out by us, or on our behalf, please contact:
privacy-babycenter@everydayhealth.com
Our Data Protection Officer may be contacted at dpo@everydayhealth.com. For GDPR related inquiries, please use our webform at DSAR Portal.
If you have an unresolved concern regarding your privacy or our use of data that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) by clicking here.
18. How this Privacy Policy May Change
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, and all changes will be effective at the time we post them. If we believe there is a significant change to this Privacy Policy or our data collection and use practices, we will indicate on our websites that our Privacy Policy has changed prior to the change becoming effective. The then-posted version of the Privacy Policy supersedes all prior versions. Your continued access to or use of any of the Services shall be deemed your acceptance of the Privacy Policy.
We urge you to come back to this web page and review this Privacy Policy regularly so that you remain aware of the terms and conditions that apply to you.
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Meant to be: childhood clues often predict a successful engineering career
Many of today’s engineers did not have opportunities as children to learn about the field. In some cases, they grew up not even knowing that it was a career they could choose until their freshman year of college. But if you look closer, the curiosity was there from the start: building things, taking them apart, a strong interest in how things work, excelling in math and science.
We salute the innovative people who make up our engineering teams at BAE Systems, and commit to providing more opportunities—such as MATHCOUNTS and FIRST Robotics—that help kids gain STEM experience. Not only could it awaken the next generation’s interest in an engineering career, but it can help prepare tomorrow’s workforce to change the world.
In honor of Engineering Week, we asked several of our engineers what clues from their childhood might have predicted their aptitude for engineering. Do any of them sound familiar?
When I was a child, I was very interested in toys that allowed you to construct different objects. One of my favorite set of toys was K’NEX® building sets. I played with those sets from kindergarten to 12th grade. I even used them in one of my senior capstone projects in my engineering magnet program in high school.
Read more about Keith’s story and recent BEYA award.
I built a map of all the bike trails in my hometown of Homer, Alaska, so that I could find the most efficient way to get from school, to the comic book store, to the gas station for snacks, and then home, in order to not raise suspicion. Possibly the most important map I’ve ever made.
My aunt gave me a roller coaster computer game when I was in elementary school and I decided to give it a try. I ended up loving it! I’d sit at the computer for hours coming up with different track configurations to keep the car from flying off the track.
In fourth grade we had to develop a system that would allow a raw egg to survive a drop off the third story fire escape at my school. I spent hours outside of class experimenting with different designs and materials. I probably dropped more than 100 eggs out of the hayloft in my parents’ barn.
It all started when I was a little girl. I was always fascinated with LEGO® bricks, solving puzzles, and of course, my BARBIE® dolls. I always challenged myself by designing and building my BARBIE® doll a house with limited quantities of LEGO® bricks.
A clue from my childhood that I would someday become an engineer was my habit of building everything from parts, including my first bicycle, motorcycle, car, radio, TV, and computer.
I would disassemble every piece of electronic equipment in the house, including televisions, radios, VCR players, amplifiers, and cassette players, either to repair it or just to figure out how it worked.
I was a very curious and creative child, always intrigued to learn about how things worked. A lot of my toys had a common theme of building or problem solving. I helped my parents with work around the house, especially with things like building new furniture. Preparing for the science fair was my favorite time of year.
Any toy that broke down provided the perfect learning opportunity. Take it apart, figure out how it was supposed to work, fix it, and play on. As a matter of fact, the toy did not need to be broken; I had fun taking it apart anyway just to see how it worked!
I got a model rocket kit when I was about 10, and fell in love with the idea of flight and the machines designed to enable it. The challenge of building something to operate as a flight vehicle, first from a kit and then from scratch, eventually led to a career in the Air Force as an engineer.
I was intrigued by our VCR player as a child, so I took it apart, but failed to put it back together in working order. As I progressed through high school, I gravitated towards math and science classes. I took them as electives and also joined the after school engineering program.
As a child I loved learning new things and trying to understand how stuff worked. I read a lot and participated in local math competitions and summer science camps. In high school I had a great chemistry teacher who showed me the impact that chemistry has on our daily lives. I ended up becoming a chemical engineer.
In my last year of elementary school, we had to build a balsa wood model plane. Everyone else started with a kit from a hobby store, but I took a different route. First, I designed the plane on paper, using pictures and other models for reference. Then I got generic pieces of balsa and built my model from scratch.
From the age of five or so, my brothers and I were constantly in our dad’s shop tinkering with different projects. What started with simple things, such as pinewood derby cars and small gifts for Christmas, grew into helping put up additions on our house or completely rebuilding cars.
Through my participation in several Engineering Design Teams and STEM programs in high school, I realized that I liked solving problems and working with others.
Many engineers when they’re younger really excel in math, and when I was a child I had a similar experience. I really enjoyed all the math subjects.
I enjoyed creating with LEGO® bricks, and building things with them other than what was on the box.
Read more about Alywin’s story and recent BEYA award.
For more childhood clues as well as career advice, check out these short videos to get the perspective of several other BAE Systems engineers:
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Teenager Anthony Elanga Eyeing Manchester United First Team
Anthony Elanga is looking follow the likes of Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford in taking the well-trodden path from teenage talent at Manchester United to first-team regular.
An 18-year-old with superb skill, finishing and trickery, the forward’s promising performances saw him named last season’s Jimmy Murphy youth-team player of the year.
Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Phil Neville are previous winners of a hotly contested in-house award that has also been won by current United first-teamers Rashford, Axel Tuanzebe and Greenwood.
Elanga followed the latter in receiving the award and is now looking to join his fellow teenager in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first-team set-up, having got a taste of it in a pre-season friendly at Aston Villa.
“You look at the likes of Mason and Rashy, there is a pathway there,” the teenager told the PA news agency.
It just shows you that if you’re willing to put the work into it and continue to work hard day in, day out in training there’s a pathway for you there.
Obviously we’ve got a manager in Ole trusting the youngsters, so there’s a pathway there and I’ve just got to keep working hard.
In training I’m always working hard and the way that I train is the way that I play.
You can see that in the results and I’m just happy at the moment, I’m enjoying my football.
Elanga has continued to impress since development football’s belated resumption after the first lockdown, helping Neil Wood’s side qualify from their EFL Trophy group with Wednesday’s trip to Morecambe still to come.
The 18-year-old has long been considered a hot prospect at Old Trafford, where he has pushed through the age groups having been spotted by the club shortly after moving to the north-west from Sweden seven years ago.
“I always grew up watching United and when I’d seen that I got scouted I was like, ‘Woah, it’s an opportunity I can’t say no to’,” the Sweden youth international said with a Manchester twang.
“My mum and dad always said just stay focused and don’t let success get to your head, if that makes sense. Don’t get complacent.
“Always look to improve, always look to ask coaches for help, ask them how you’re doing.
“Watch over your clips, analyse your games, analyse your training.
“You can always get better and better. Never get complacent and just stay humble.”
The teenager not only has a striking mindset but an impressive family pedigree, with his father Joseph Elanga part of Cameroon’s 1998 World Cup squad and international team-mate of Samuel Eto’o.
“Obviously my dad used to play with him and always said he was an example to look at, the way he was on the pitch,” the 18-year-old said of the well-travelled former Barcelona and Inter Milan forward.
“We play similar positions – he used to play left striker or right wing – and Thierry Henry used to do the same, so probably the two most people that I used to look up to growing up.
“My dad is the reason why I fell in love with football, really. I remember watching him.
“He was a left-back. He was quick – obviously I’m quicker! – but he was a really good player.
“He was tough – and still is. After games he’ll tell me what I’ve done well and what I can improve on, which is good.
“You need something like that to keep you going because you can’t just relax on one game. You can always get better and better.
“He does talk to me about it because it is important. He always tells me to stay focused and keep my head down.
“If I can continue my head down and keep working hard, there is a pathway there and obviously for the national team if you want to play in the World Cups, play in the Euros and things like that you’ve got to do the same.
“It is an inspiration to have him around.”
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Seventy-five Restaurants Earn New Spot in Michelin Rankings for 2019
Lots of Surprises for Michelin Star Restaurants in France
by Larry Gamache
2019 Michelin Guide for Restaurants in France (photo courtesy Michelin Guides)
The 2019 Michelin Guide for France arrives in mid-February 2019. The complete list of Michelin star restaurants in France was just released. The venerable guide announced a record 75 restaurants arrived on the list of Michelin star Restaurants in France. The Michelin guide lists the best of French culinary stars. These restaurants earned a coveted position in the annual one-, two- or three-star rankings. Most noteworthy, however, may be the one chef on the list who did not seek the recognition.
Gaining a Spot Without Really Trying
Sebastien Bras stunned the culinary world by returning his Michelin stars in 2017. This year he found his restaurant, Le Suquet, back on the list. Free of concern about meeting Michelin’s standards, Bras and his team spent time focused on creating inventive French cuisine. The restaurant, located in Laguiole, has earned two stars in the 2019 guide without even trying.
Bras and Le Suquet team create inventive French cuisine (photo Le Suquet)
Others were surprised to hear what might be bad news.
The restaurant Auberge de L’Ill, which held three stars for more than 50 years, lost one of its stars. Manager Danielle Baumann Haeberlin says it is a “sad day for Alsace.”
Pascal Barbot, whose Parisian restaurant l’Astrance has held three stars for 11 years, dropped down a notch to two stars. Similarly, star chef Marc Veyrat confirmed his restaurant, the Maison des Bois, lost its third star. Veyrat and his team won the third-star just last year. Known for being “modern with extreme creativity,” the restaurant is located in the Paris suburb of Plaisir.
New Entries Enter the Pantheon of Michelin Stars
Norway lobster, orange sauce, saint-georges and flowers of nasturtium (photo Mirazur)
This year’s Michelin guide lists the best of French culinary stars. There is excellent news for lovers of fine dining in France – the 2019 Michelin list includes two new three-star restaurants.
This year, Mirazur, chef Mauro Colagreco’s restaurant on the Riviera, gained a place among three-star Michelin Star Restaurants in France. With breathtaking views of the Mediterranean, the fine-dining destination’s focus on seasonal, locally-sourced tasting menus is driving its growing renown. The restaurant currently occupies the #3 spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
Entering alongside Mirazur with three stars for the first time is Le Clos des Sens in Annecy-Le-Vieux. Sitting on the shore of Lac d’Annecy the contemporary dining room is an invitation to enter a world apart. The restaurant’s menu celebrates the delicate flavours of lake fish.
Women Make Their Presence Known
Even more exciting, there are 11 new additions to the Michelin Star Restaurants in France that are helmed by women. Joining the list this year with two-stars is Paris restaurant La Scène. Helmed by chef Stéphanie Le Quellec the restaurant is located in the five-star Prince de Galles hotel.
Beautiful Scallops prepared by Michelin two-star chef Stéphanie Le Quellec
The remaining 58 new one-star restaurants include Thai restaurant L’Or Q’Idée located in Pontoise, a capital of the French Impressionism. Also, Le Sarkara, in the beautiful ski resort town of Courchevel wins a spot. It becomes the first Michelin-starred restaurant that only offers dessert (to which we say it is about time).
So it looks like another exciting year ahead for food lovers looking to explore all the exciting culinary delights available in France. The country continues to offer up a broad spectrum of dining options to suit every palette and budget. From the restaurants of Paris to the bistros of Provence, enthusiastic diners find there is no shortage of culinary adventures.
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Five Reasons to Leave the House This Weekend
Including Guards at the Taj at Central Square Theater, Kurt Braunohler at Laugh Boston, and more.
By Antonia DeBianchi· 3/29/2018, 1:22 p.m.
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Founded in 1984, the Wicked Queer Film Festival celebrates the LGBT community in Boston through cutting-edge, emotionally empowering films. The festival’s artistic footprint is far-reaching: screenings are set at a myriad of different venues including the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Brattle Theatre, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Theatre. The opening night screening features A Moment in the Reeds—a film that tells the story of Syrian asylum seeker, Tareq, and Finland native, Leevi. Another festival standout includes a sneak peak of Freelancers Anonymous, a quippy comedy about a group of women uniting to start a tech start-up.
Through Sunday, April 8, various locations, wickedqueer.org.
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Guards at the Taj
This play centers on two 17th century Imperial Guards watching the sun rise the night before the Taj Mahal is unveiled. Directed by Gabriel Vega Weissman, this Central Square Theater production conveys both the beauty and grimness of a friendship threatened by political forces. The Boston Globe praised Weissman for creating “an atmosphere that is alternately foreboding, jolting, and elegiac,” crafted within a plot that transitions from “darkly comic” to “the aura of horror.” Watch the Taj Mahal open as Guards at the Taj closes this weekend.
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$25, Friday, 8 p.m., Laugh Boston, 425 Summer St., Boston, laughboston.com.
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The Pretenders may have formed in the late ’70s, but they’re still releasing albums. Their most recent, 2016’s Alone, was recorded with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, and frontwoman Chrissie Hynde proved she still had serious songwriting chops. Besides, between this and the release of the pop culture-obsessed Ready Player One this weekend, it’s a perfect time to bask in the best of the ’80s.
$40+, Sunday, 7:30 p.m., the Orpheum, 1 Hamilton Pl., Boston, crossroadspresents.com.
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Evergreen Ibra out for 10 days with thigh injury: source
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss AC Milan's Europa League clash at Lille after a source at the Italian club told AFP that the in-form veteran will be out for at least 10 days with a thigh injury.
Ibrahimovic, 39, kept Milan top of Serie A with a brace in a 3-1 win at Napoli on Sunday but left the field shortly before the end of play at the Stadio San Paolo with a left thigh knock.
The source told AFP that tests on Monday morning revealed damage to the hamstring muscle in Ibrahimovic's left thigh, and that the Serie A top scorer would undergo new tests in 10 days' time.
As well as missing Thursday's Group H match at Lille, the former Inter Milan, Juventus, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain forward will also be unavailable for Milan's next league match with Fiorentina and the visit of Celtic early next month.
The Swede's absence is a big blow to Milan coach Stefano Pioli, whose team have been galvanised by their ageing frontman since his return to the seven-time European champions in January.
Milan are top of Serie A and unbeaten in domestic competition so far this season, with Ibrahimovic scoring 10 of their 19 league goals.
The 'Rossoneri' are also second in Group H heading into Thursday's match, one point behind Lille who are the only team to have beaten Milan this campaign after romping to a 3-0 win at the San Siro before the international break.
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Animal care attendants Kimberly Berry (left) and Stephany Davidson assess one of dozens of cats on Aug. 8, 2019 that was taken into the Chilliwack SPCA from a cat hoarder in Maple Ridge. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)
More than 130 cats retrieved from ‘disgusting’ house in Maple Ridge
SPCA branch manager says hoarding cats is often a mental health issue
Jenna Hauck
Dec. 21, 2019 12:28 p.m.
A months-long BC SPCA case is finally closed after the surrender of more than 130 cats from a 600-square-foot house.
Last April, the SPCA was dispatched to a small, one-bedroom home in Maple Ridge after neighbours complained about the smell.
“The landlord himself noticed the smell, but just though it was normal for a couple of cats,” said Christine Carey, one of the SPCA animal protection officers.
But the tenant didn’t have just a couple of cats. She had well over 100 – all of them indoor cats.
The home was filthy, according to Carey. There weren’t enough litter boxes and cat feces were everywhere – cats stepping in it and sleeping in it. There wasn’t adequate food or water. There were even dead cats and kittens in the home, according to the SPCA report.
“Disgusting” is how Carey described the home.
The building was considered a HAZMAT situation because ammonia levels were so high. Staff had to wear full protective suits and respiratory equipment to go inside.
Staff removed 136 cats from the home over six months and took them to the Chilliwack, Maple Ridge and Surrey shelters. Three of them later had kittens, for an estimated total of 150 cats.
As sad as the situation is, it’s far from uncommon. Chilliwack branch manager Chloé MacBeth said all of their large-scale animal intakes are directly linked to people with mental health issues.
“[Owners] want to save them all,” MacBeth said. “Then they can’t afford to spay or neuter one, and then all of a sudden, it’s a much bigger problem.”
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The SPCA deals with several large-scale animal intakes every year, but they don’t often see positive end results, like in this case.
Staff did a gradual removal from the home, taking about 10 to 20 cats each visit to help ease the owner’s shock. They also took time to help the owner understand that having just a few cats is healthier and more manageable for all involved.
The woman now has six cats, all of which have been spayed or neutered. Her file was closed in October, and the SPCA did not pursue charges because she was so compliant.
They have been back numerous times to check on her and each time, it’s been a “very positive interaction,” MacBeth said.
This is exactly the type of result the SPCA wants to see.
“We’ve been consulting with hoarding experts, and the way this file was done is actually best practice in terms of recidivism,” she said.
“It’s not a shock to their system in terms of all of a sudden they go from 150 to none. They realize the benefits of having fewer and fewer animals and that compulsion to get more isn’t there.”
It’s easy for people to get overwhelmed, she added. “We are here to help. We want to keep animals and their humans together.”
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From left, Kimberly Berry, Stephany Davidson and Christine Carey bring cats in to the Chilliwack SPCA on Aug. 8, 2019. The cats were some of 136 surrendered from a cat hoarder in Maple Ridge. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)
Over the course of six months, the SPCA took in 136 cats from one cat hoarder to the Chilliwack, Maple Ridge and Surrey shelters. Three cats later had litters of kittens while in foster care, for an estimated total of 150 cats from one cat hoarder. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)
Kimberly Berry assess one of dozens of cats on Aug. 8, 2019 that was taken into the Chilliwack SPCA from a cat hoarder in Maple Ridge. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)
It can take weeks or even months for a cat from a large-scale intake to be suitable for adoption. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)
Animal care attendants Kimberly Berry (left) holds a cat steady while Stephany Davidson photographs it on Aug. 8, 2019. The cat was one of dozens that was taken into the Chilliwack SPCA from a cat hoarder in Maple Ridge. (Jenna Hauck/ The Progress)
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RingDNA is an inside sales acceleration SaaS platform used to increase productivity, engage in smarter conversations and gain predictive insights that are used to coach reps to success. Some of RingDNA’s customers include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Amazon, Lyft, and Twilio. Howard Brown, Founder and CEO.
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The Science of Conversation
Howard Brown first met Jeff Stibel on a trip to the sidewalk in front of his house. At the time, Jeff was placing a sign in front of his new home that said, “Welcome to Malibu.”
A seemingly common scenario, except they were not in Malibu – and Jeff was putting the sign out there as a playful wink to his wife who yearned to live in the suburbs, leaving Jeff’s heart stranded on the Malibu beach, from where they’d just moved.
That was Jeff and Howard’s first conversation – two neighbors having a laugh on the street. From that day on, a friendship blossomed that would one day transcend more than just a neighborly bond when Bryant Stibel would provide the seed round for Brown’s startup in 2014, ringDNA. One fateful/foretelling conversation that eventually led to the birth of Brown’s baby – a platform that rather brilliantly unleashes an untapped goldmine of conversation data powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
Ask Brown, a three-time entrepreneur, why he chose to go with Bryant Stibel? “It became evident that Jeff had both the experience and a team that was starting to put the infrastructure in place to be a sound financial partner as well as just great mentors.”
Cut to 2019. With ringDNA landing a $30 million growth equity round of financing in November 2018 (led by Goldman Sachs through an introduction from Bryant Stibel), the company seems poised for an even bigger growth spurt this year, and beyond.
For Brown, success so far is due in part to Bryant Stibel being much more than just sheer partner or investor. “I feel like Bryant Stibel is an extension to my ringDNA family,” says Brown. “They’re not pushing their own agenda and that’s been my experience with a lot of investors in the past. The agenda is simply to be as helpful as possible in any way I need it. Hugely valuable because it allows you to drop your guard and be who you are as a founder and entrepreneur.”
No surprise that Brown would have the vision to identify a suitable partner. After all, his former career was as a licensed marriage and family therapist.
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“I think that their experience with massive data sets from Dun & Bradstreet and before that Web.com coupled with Jeff’s understanding of brain science and the network effect has added quite a bit,” admits Brown. “Jeff brings the human understanding piece. The team in general brings data and the understanding of data.”
This situation has proven to be an ideal fit because, as Brown reveals, “What ringDNA truly is, it’s the combination of those two things; it’s massive data sets from the actual transcription and voice that happens during a conversation and it takes that with all of the workflow information – actually what happened during the phone call, what led up to the phone call through campaign data – and mashes that up and figures out behaviorally what you should be doing next as well as on the phone call.”
All of this, of course, may just be a way for two friends to keep the conversation going – especially when it comes to developing ringDNA’s ability to read and analyze “conversation data,” which Brown sees “as the holy grail of business intelligence insights.” Which, at this point, is at 60 million conversations… and counting.
A Winning Team
At the very least, it’s a reason to bring the conversation to Bryant Stibel’s Malibu office, where Brown’s found infinite value in leveraging for business.
“We invite both clients and prospective partners as well as prospective recruits to the Malibu office as a show-and-tell to introduce people to the Bryant Stibel team. That helps with recruiting. You’re across the street from Nobu and Soho House… it’s super helpful to meet the investors and other entrepreneurs who work out of that office.”
But at the end of the day, it’s about the team who works on his business or as he calls it – “the intellectual capital” – that make the partnership worthwhile. “I think that with any great team, you have great players and great coaches and it’s a combination of those things,” Brown concludes. “You have experience that each of those individuals bring – only by bringing that all together can you really achieve success.”
Turns out maybe the move from Malibu wasn’t such a bad thing after all.
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By Jayson MacLean October 30, 2018 Filed under: All posts, Analysts Stock: ac
Buy Air Canada ahead of Q3 earnings, Paradigm Capital says
Ahead of Air Canada’s (Air Canada Stock Quote, Chart TSX:AC) third quarter financials due Wednesday, analyst Corey Hammill of Paradigm Capital thinks the airline will manage a consensus beat on EBITDA, which should cause a jump in AC’s share price.
Air Canada’s stock has had an up-and-down year so far, rising 11 per cent between early January and late March but then losing all of that ground over subsequent months. It’s currently trading down nine per cent for the year.
Hammill says that based on quarterly reporting from the major US carriers, strong passenger demand and fee increases are likely to offset fuel increases for Air Canada.
“We remain upbeat in our outlook for AC and believe that a multiple expansion is more than overdue. The current spread between AC and US legacy carriers based on 2019 consensus EBITDAR estimates is two multiple points, with AC trading near 4x and US peers ~5.5x. We estimate that each one multiple point is worth ~$12/AC share. Investors should continue to watch the oil price closely, as this could have a material impact on estimates,” Hammill says.
“We expect AC is likely to beat Street EBITDA estimates, which should in turn lead to a boost to the share price,” he says. “The caveat is general market volatility.”
For the third quarter, the analyst projects revenue of $5.44 billion, representing an 11.4 per cent year-over-year growth (the consensus is $5.39 billion) and EBITDAR of $1.25 billion, representing a negative 9.7 per cent year-over-year decline (the consensus is $1.28 billion).
Hammill is maintaining his “Buy” rating and 12-month price target of $32.00, representing a projected return of 25 per cent at the time of publication.
About The Author / Jayson MacLean
Jayson is a writer, researcher and educator with a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Ottawa. His interests range from bioethics and innovations in the health sciences to governance, social justice and the history of ideas.
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Appeals Court Rules J&J Must Face Infliximab Antitrust Suit Brought by Walgreens, Kroger
The Center for Biosimilars Staff
Antitrust claims are a product of federal statute, said the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in reinstating a Walgreens and Kroger antitrust lawsuit against J&J over its branded infliximab, Remicade.
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit last week allowed 2 retail pharmacies to continue pursuing a lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of unlawfully restricting access to biosimilar infliximab while pressuring healthcare providers and payers to use its higher-priced originator product, Remicade.
The decision overturns a lower court ruling and reinstates a 2018 suit brought by Walgreens and Kroger, which alleges that J&J subsidiary Janssen “used its size and bargaining power in the broader pharmaceutical market to enter into exclusive contracts and anticompetitive bundling agreements with health insurers that suppressed generic competition to Remicade, which in turn allowed Janssen to sell Remicade at supracompetitive prices,” notes Friday’s decision.
At issue is whether the retailers have standing to accuse J&J of antitrust violations. Walgreens and Kroger had agreements with drug wholesalers, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health, which in turn purchased Remicade from an affiliate of Janssen. The distribution agreement between the wholesalers and the Janssen unit contained a distribution agreement, governed by New Jersey law, barring the parties from assigning any rights or obligations under the agreement without written consent of the other party.
In 2018, the wholesalers reassigned the rights to the pharmacies, which later filed their suit.
Janssen made the argument that under New Jersey law, the anti-assignment provision prohibited the wholesalers from assigning its federal antitrust claims against Janssen to the pharmacies, depriving them of antitrust standing.
In March 2019, the District Court granted the motion for summary judgment and ruled in Janssen’s favor on all counts, saying that Janssen was a party to the distribution agreement with standing to enforce its term.
That’s not so, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals said.
“The antitrust claims are a product of federal statute and thus are extrinsic to, and not rights ‘under,’ a commercial agreement,” the court ruled, saying that antitrust claims are not granted by the terms of a contract.
It called J&J’s arguments in the case “unconvincing."
This case is one of several J&J is facing over Remicade, which was the sole infliximab on the market until 2016. Pfizer, which launched its biosimilar infliximab Inflectra that year, is pursuing its own antitrust suit against J&J. The FTC is also separately investigating the company over its conduct related to the drug.
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Inside a Luxury Yacht Complete with Lighting Control and a 3D Cinema
This 130-foot yacht features all the creature comforts of a smart home, plus a home theater and a disco room. It’s no wonder it won Lutron’s Excellence Award for Best Nautical Installation.
Lisa Montgomery • August 24, 2016
Vacation homes can nestle next to a rugged mountain, rest alongside the crystal waters of a powder-soft beach, hide out on a remote tropical island, or in this case, travel the Seven Seas in pure, high-tech luxury.
Honored as the “Best Nautical Installation” in Lutron’s annual Excellence Awards program, this 130-foot yacht, Artpolars, features more technology than most home’s five times its size.
Every light, motorized shade, and piece of A/V gear are integrated and designed to function as one unified system, effortlessly monitored, managed, and controlled by the yacht owner and his family and friends from a variety of wall-mounted keypads, handheld remotes, touchpanels, and mobile devices.
“Yachting is the owner’s passion and is his second home,” says Alexey Popov from BSI Ltd., a systems integration firm based in Kiev, Ukraine. “Therefore he wanted his yacht to have all of the high-tech features you might find in a luxury home.”
Exactly which types of features, the owner didn’t exactly know, but after visiting the BSI showroom of, he was able to nail down his preferences, elegant lighting control and a 3D cinema being top on his list.
Based on the stunning finishes and furnishings inside the yacht—intricate woodwork, marble flooring, lush upholstery–dimmable lighting was a natural choice of system for the ocean cruiser. More than 600 circuits of lights, including colored LEDs and special yacht luminaries, would be hardwired to a Lutron HomeWorks QS system.
The disco room on this 130-foot yacht.
Using Lutron programming software, the BSI designers and installers carefully choreographed the operation of the lights so that one touch of a button would brighten and dim groups of fixtures, including recessed cans, lamps, sconces, and LED strips, to the perfect intensity levels to complement activities that commonly take place on the yacht. The two processors that make up the yacht’s HomeWorks QS system work in conjunction with several commercial-grade DMX lighting controllers, Lutron Grafik Eye controllers, and strategically place motion sensors to create a robust, reliable network of lighting control.
“We used best-in-class products, all carefully engineered, so there was no risk of failure when the yacht was out at sea,” Alexey says.
A failsafe design continued through the 45 Lutron custom-engraved, brass plated keypads that would adorn the walls of the yacht. Unlike the head-scratching that can occur when using standard dimmer switches, there’s no guessing as to which button controls which lights, thanks to the engraving on the keypads. Clear, concise labeling which is backlit to remain readable in the dark is particularly helpful for any guests who join the owner for an overseas trip.
“For example, in every cabin we provided a keypad with a special NIGHT button that when pressed illuminates a dim pathway from the bed to the bathroom,” Alexey says. “It’s simple, convenient, and because the lights are dim, won’t wake up anyone else.”
Sivoia QS Wireless shades, also controllable via Lutron keypads, is another high-tech amenity found in each cabin and throughout Artpolar, where 59 roller shades and four drapery tracks block out the sun when necessary. Guests staying in a “VIP” cabin are also treated to a flat-panel TV with a 5.1 surround-sound system, Ad-Notam mirror TVs in the bathroom, and access to audio and video content stored on a 48 terabyte media server and satellite TV channels around the globe.
Guests can even view the ocean life from the comfort of their cabins. Four high-def underwater cameras capture the action, and any TV can tune in at any time. There’s no need to leave the comfort of the bed to access the underwater cameras or any other piece of A/V gear—a handheld RTI remote in each cabin puts the power to control every A/V component in the palm of a user’s hand.
One of the bedrooms overlooking the ocean.
As well-equipped as the cabins are, most of the fun happens in other areas of the yacht, where technology continues to play a prominent role. Music from the media server and satellite set-top box can travel on command from an RTI remote or an AMX app on any iPad or iPhone to a combination of marine-grade Elan and JBL speakers and standard NuVo and Elac speakers in 12 independent audio zones.
The same remote and touchpanel can be used to direct video to any of 18 flat-panel TVs on board, including the 110-inch retractable Stewart Filmscreen screen in the home theater and waterproof 37-inch TV on the fly bridge.
During the day, the lighting system takes a break, but when the sun sets, it springs into high gear again, setting the stage for an evening at the movies or the dancing under the stars.
A MOVIE scene, engaged from a 10-inch AMX touchpanel positioned between two custom-made motorized leather seats, arranged the lighting in the home theater. Commands from this touchpanel also signal the screen to lower from a soffit on the ceiling and the Runco LED video projector to fire up.
Then, it’s just a matter of touching an icon on the touchpanel to choose a movie on the media server, Blu-ray Disc player, or satellite set-top box. A larger 19-inch version of this AMX touchpanel resides in the main salon, where the owner can govern every high-tech system on the yacht.
If the owner and his guests would rather spend their evening outside, the fly bridge can be transformed into a disco at the touch of a button on a nearby Lutron keypad. In a well-choreographed sequence, the overhead LEDs dim and colored DMX lighting activates.
Music pipes into the area through six built-in JBL Marine speakers and two subwoofers. The owners can alter the intensity and color of the lights, sift through a playlist of music, and crank the volume as easily as tapping a button on an iPad. When the party’s over, the fly bridge goes back to its normal appearance and lights lead guest back safely to their comfy and cutting-edge cabins.
After a day enjoying the sun and sea, and an evening of sensational entertainment on this luxurious high-tech yacht, the Lutron system sets the mood for a restful night’s sleep by closing the drapes and gradually dimming the lights.
Lisa Montgomery:
Lisa Montgomery has been a member of the CE Pro and Electronic House editorial teams for nearly 20 years; most of that time as the Editor of Electronic House. With a knack for explaining complex high-tech topics in terms that average consumers can understand, her style of writing resonates with people who are interested in adding electronic systems to their homes, but are unsure of the steps involved and the solutions available. From basic lighting control systems to full-blown automation systems, Lisa understands the home electronics market well, and is able to point consumers in the right direction on their quest for a smarter, more convenient, efficient and enjoyable home.
Over the years, she has developed close relationships with key manufacturers and seasoned custom electronics professionals, giving her a keen sense of what home technologies are hot now and what is on the horizon. She shares this wisdom regularly through feature stories, product roundups, case studies technology spotlights and comprehensive guides and books.
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Summit Partners veteran Thomas S. Roberts launches Equality Asset Management -- a private equity firm that promises a longer-term approach to investments.
by Joe Panettieri • Jun 18, 2018
Summit Partners veteran Thomas S. Roberts is well-known in the traditional private equity market. Now, he’s seeking to disrupt that market with a private equity startup that takes a significantly different approach to investments.
His newly launched firm, Equality Asset Management, focuses on making long-term investments in durable technology, healthcare, and tech-enabled growth companies.
Equality Asset Management Founder Thomas S. Roberts
Among the twists: Equality plans to implement a fee structure that reflects the current return environment and more closely aligns General Partner and Limited Partner interests, though the company didn’t disclose deeper details about the approach.
The company plans to provide $100 million to $300 million of capital per company for growth equity and buyout transactions, with leverage levels tailored to each situation.
Roberts, in a prepared statement, described multiple market shifts that shaped Equality Asset Management’s launch:
“Private equity has enjoyed incredible returns over time, but we believe the industry has reached an inflection point. Going forward, long-term outperformance will be driven by an investment strategy comprised of higher concentration, longer holds, and lower fees. We are establishing Equality as a next-generation firm specifically structured to address these fundamental industry shifts.”
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Of Cigar Aging …
The typical smoker of aged and vintage cigars is one who appreciates the value of time and the delicacy in the works of art that a manufacturer can create. Such smoker is an educated passionado thanks, in part, to the experimentation s/he conducts over the years with the aging of different cigars . Not every cigar lover becomes a vintage cigar passionado, but for many this is a natural process of maturing in their cigar smoker career as described in Nino Inzerillo‘s book Sigari? Si, grazie!.
This article compiles opinions and information by some of the world’s leading experts on the topic of cigar aging.
The cigar ages
According to Luigi Ferri , whose considerations are based on over 30 years of experience in the tasting of cigars of various ages, generally speaking we can divide the life of a cigar into three ages:
Youth (fresh cigar) – from 0 to 3-4 years
The “sick period” is typically included in this stage and it is one that needs a lot of attention because cigars should not be smoked during this time. “Immediately after rolling” explains Min Ron Nee “a cigar undergoes a sick period, during which the ammonia [sic] smell is still detectable in a newly manufactured cigar.” This is due to the fact that tobacco leaves are moistened before rolling and this accelerates a further fermentation producing a lot of ammonia. How long it takes to get rid of the ammonia scent depends on the fermentation rate, the chemical constituents, the cigar size, the packaging and how we store cigars. Per MRN, “For the majority of cigars handled in the usual way, the ammonia smell will be over 90% gone in a few months, 95% to 99% gone by the end of the first year, and practically all gone by the end of the second year. Milder cigars…take even less time.”
Fresh cigars are the majority of the cigars we find on the retailers shelves. Didier Hoevenaghel (agricultural engineer, technical expert, master blender as well as cigar manufacturer and author of the highly respected book The Cigar from Soil to Soul) defines the Market Standard Age (MSA) of cigars as being “1-3 years (from their rolling) depending on the distribution, retail shop and rotation of the brand.”
Seniority (aged cigar) – from 5-6 years to 15-20 years
This, according to Luigi Ferri, is the best period of maturation. Zino Davidoff (in his The Connoisseur’s Book of the Cigar) wrote “you have to have a particularly keen sense of smell and eyesight to notice aging effects. But that does not mean that the cigar no longer lives, it’s just that this process becomes more discreet, almost unnoticeable”.
MRN defines two initial stages of maturation, and it gets more complicated. Also, bear in mind that stages may overlap:
first maturation, when cigars continue to produce incrementally pleasant flavors as a consequence of continuous fermentation. MRN writes “the slower the fermentation, the more time the chemical constituents have to mingle with each other, the more complex the flavors that are generated. As fermentation slows down, less pleasant flavors are lost through evaporation, chemical reactions, self-degradation, etc. This stage may span from 2-3 years for mild cigars stored in non airtight boxes to 10-15 for strong cigars in cabinets.
second maturation – when tannic acids further decompose and this interacts with the improved flavors originating from continous fermentation. This maturation corresponds to the peak for pleasant flavors and might take more than 15 years, depending on the level of tannins and woodiness.
MRN also refers to a “first vacuum period“, when “some cigars may lack adequate pleasant flavors…during first maturation…are unfairly judged…but when these cigars reach the second maturity…they have a kind of class and elegance which ordinary cigars can never match”. According to the MRN, Sancho Panza are the best example of this type of cigars.
Some cigars do not present sufficient wood and tannic substances to generate pleasant flavors even in the second maturation stage, they might need 20-25 years to develop finesse, what MRN calls the “second vacuum period“. These cigars may be branded with poor aging potential because of this. El Rey del Mundo are, according to MRN, the best example.
Old age (vintage cigar) – Over 20 years of aging
Zino Davidoff writes “Naturally, what is possible in Cuba, with a humid climate made for tobacco, is not always possible in Europe or North America. By the time cigars have reached these places, they may have suffered from the trip. You cannot keep a cigar there for 25 years, even if it’s a good vintage given the best of care.”
According to Luigi Ferri, at this stage, most cigars lose the best organoleptic characteristics. The typical life-span of a cigar has a course almost like a parabola with downward concavity, uphill to the top, until it reaches and maintains the maximum for a number of years and then decays, sometimes very quickly:
Evoluzione di un sigaro – Luigi Ferri
Ferri wrote “If cigars are poorly preserved, the decay is faster and makes the cigar anonymous, flat, with little strength and an aroma of dusty earth.” Also, very importantly, “no low quality cigar can become good with aging!” He adds that a lot of research is still required on the “old age” stage.
MRN admits there is no knowledge relating to this stage, which corresponds approximately to his definition of third maturation. However, he states that cigars produced in the 1950’s seem to still require time before their bouquets would peak. “Finesse, akin to that of greatly aged Bordeaux or Burgundy wine, is what begins to appear after 20 years. The chemical reactions behind this kind of aging might be similar to the mysterious ‘wine in a bottle’ maturing process.” The aromas are extremely complicated. Ethereal is the nearest word MRN applies for these cigars. “Smelling a 50 year old Don Candido against a 20 year old you would instantly realise that this great bouquet is about 4 times stronger and no words can describe how great these bouquets smell, because of the paucity of the primitive human vocabulary”.
This stage is the one that created most debate among experts, most of them believing, as Luigi Ferri illustrated, that cigars at this stage have already shown their best qualities. Some even believe that the power of suggestion may lead vintage cigars to be over-prized simply for their antiquity.
Romeo y Julieta Caballeros 1950 – Cigar Club Association, Italy
Aging potential factors
Luigi Ferri lists the factors that contribute to the aging potential of a cigar:
The process and duration of tobacco processing (curing, fermentation, aging, etc.) must be optimal
Tobacco should not be too aged prior to rolling the cigar.
Didier Hoevenaghel explains further “The aging is better in leaves (in piles and in bales) than in the cigars themselves. But, as aging of leaves is more dynamic and difficult to control than the cigar aging, this process should be limited in time. Even the strongest leaves should not be maintained too much time before being rolled.”
Cigars have different aging potential according to the composition of their leaves; those with more ligero have more potential for aging
Cigars should be kept sealed in their original boxes, so they do not have to endure too many micro-fermentations. Like in wine, oxygen deteriorates some of the delicate flavors of cigars. This is why cigars packaged in varnished cabinets or airtight jars age much better overtime.
The storage temperature and humidity must be lower than the one for daily consumption cigars: temperature should be at 16-18°C and relative humidity at about 65% for aging vs. about 19-21°C and about 70% of relative humidity for daily use.
H. Upmann Dunhill Seleccion Suprema N. 38 (70’s), ready for a technical tasting – Cigar Club Association, Italy
The tasting transformation
In terms of the organoleptic characteristics developed by chemical and physical changes during the refinement in the airtight storage:
Hints of ammonia disappear after 1-2 years. Ammonia scent is definitely an off-flavor, different from bitter or dry/tannic palate perceptions, which are more connected to personal preferences.
Cigars gradually loose moisture and combustion improves.
Cigars gradually present less harsh bitter and tannic/dry palate perceptions. Tannin is thought to be responsible for the ‘dry’ mouthfeel found in young cigars. The tannic/dry palate perception is not necessarily a bad one; it depends on personal preference.
Sweet woodiness (wood sugars) appears when, as time goes by, with tannins breaking down, wood sugars recover from the loss of sweetness originating from fermentation.
Tasting is more homogeneous, with minor changes across the three thirds.
Leaves marry together and the cigar becomes less spicy, less acid and more balanced with more delicate aromas.
Aromas change slowly, as Luigi Ferri describes:
Aromas of herbs, vegetables and berries decrease.
At the same time there is a relative increase of certain aromas: first earth, cocoa or coffee beans, spices (black pepper, cumin), leather and animals, dried fruits (walnut and almond).
After many years other aromas may increase : wood, spices (green pepper, white pepper, clove), ethereal (balsamic, salty taste, glaze, butter, vanilla, baking-powder, honey) and sometimes flint.
Flavors tend to mingle with each other.
The aging of new world cigars
Per Giuseppe Elefante (renowned Catador, lover of and expert in Cuban cigars, former member of the board at CCA, the widest Italian national cigar club association) it is still difficult to make a proper evaluation for New World cigars (also referred to as non-Cuban), as it’s hard to find cigars more than 20 years old from these terroirs. However, it might be possible to observe aging processes similar to those known for Cuban cigars. It would be necessary to assess what the correct temperature and humidity values need to be to achieve an optimal refinement over time. Such values may change due to the different varieties of tobacco blended by the various producers, resulting in a different aging potential within each line.
This year, the Fuente Fuente Opus X cigars celebrate their 20th anniversary. Greg Mottola and team at Cigar Aficionado tasted some of the 20 year old cigars, stored in the Cigar Aficionado office humidor. They reported the following organoleptic notes: “earth, spice and leather have turned into cinnamon, cedar and flowers. In all of the Double Corona’s nearly eight inches, hints of earth, coffee bean and nutmeg came and went, but the cigar is nuanced and mature, perhaps with nothing to prove anymore after 20 years of maturation. It burned cool and slow and really showed the softer side of an OpusX. The Robusto was a bit stronger. Unlike the Double Corona, some of its stronger barnyard and leather qualities were still perceptible underneath the floral and tea-like elements.”
We definitely look forward to learning more on the aging potential of New World cigars.
We also hope you found this article interesting, and perhaps inspired your own desire to explore the world of aged cigars in case you haven’t done so yet. If you have your own experiences in storing and maturing cigars over long periods of time, we would love to hear about them! Feel free to share in comments.
– Zino DAVIDOFF, The Connoisseur’s Book of the Cigar, 1967, Second English translation of 1984, McGraw-Hill Book Company
– Giuseppe ELEFANTE, La Teoria dell’Invecchiamento Secondo Min Ron Nee, 2011, Sigari! (Cigar Club Association, Italy) issue 7/2001
– Luigi FERRI, Tasting of Cigars – Fresh, Aged and Vintage, 2015, also referred to by Nick Hammond in the article It Just Takes Time, Cigar Journal issue 3/2015
– Didier HOEVENAGHEL, The Cigar Ages, Facebook article of 13 Sep 2011
– Didier HOEVENAGHEL, The Cigar from Soil to Soul, 2008, Editions du Myosotis
– Greg MOTTOLA, Smoking a 20 Year Old Opus X, Cigar Aficionado 8 Oct 2015
– Min Ron NEE, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars, 2003, SZ Druck, honorary consultant Adriano MARTINEZ RIUS
Featured image: Romeo y Julieta Brevas 1943 – Cigar Club Association, Italy
This article was re-published on Cigar Journal in three parts:
The Stages of Cigar Aging – From Fresh to Vintage
What Happens to Tobacco during the Aging Process?
What are the Influencing Factors of the Aging Potential of a Cigar?
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Updated 6:20 AM EST, Thu December 13, 2012
Aleppo Today broadcasts from a country neighboring Syria
The content is beamed through other countries to avoid jamming by the Syrian government
It aims to be impartial about the situation in Syria, but some say it fails
Amid the chaos of flying bullets, roaming checkpoints guarded by gunmen, and the constant threat of a street battle erupting around the corner at any moment, a new underground television channel has become must-see TV for residents of Aleppo, Syria.
It doesn’t look like much. Aleppo Today TV, with it photographic slideshow of Aleppo in happier times accompanied by Syrian music, is not what many would expect from a 24-hour news channel. But two rolling news bars at the bottom of the screen have become a vital news source for residents navigating the shifting violence in Syria’s largest city.
“Aleppo Today started at a time when a person in Aleppo might know that someone a couple of blocks away got killed, or a demonstration happened in the next neighborhood,” wrote Omar Halabi, the assistant manager of Aleppo Today, in an e-mail to CNN.
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Aleppo Today now broadcasts from a country neighboring Syria. Due to security concerns and because their broadcasts have been jammed by the Syrian regime at least four times, the channel’s managers do not want their base of operations disclosed.
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The channel’s management says it can’t broadcast anything more than still images because it can’t afford the bandwidth. To avoid jamming by the Syrian government, Aleppo Today’s news director said, the network uploads and beams its content through at least two other countries before it is finally sent into Syria.
“We have to be sneaky, we have to be undercover,” said “Ahmed,” one of the channel’s news editors. For the safety of his family still living in Aleppo, the 23-year old Syrian, who worked as a baker until the uprising began more than 20 months ago, asked not to have his named published in full.
Read more: Syrian opposition gets recognition; fight rages on
Aleppo Today’s approach to aggregating, sourcing and writing reliable news about the violence in Aleppo put the station in the cross-hairs of the regime and boosted its popularity.
“The regime saw us as a huge target because of the unique approach we took compared to other opposition channels,” Halabi wrote. “The result: everybody watched our channel including regime supporters.”
In the Aleppo Today newsroom, 11 editors from Aleppo and its countryside sit in front of computers in shifts, quietly gathering reports from 70 reporters and volunteers living in and around Syria’s largest city.
It can be hard to keep lines of communication open to the reporters. Electricity in Aleppo is intermittent and the Internet goes down frequently. Most of the reporters file over Skype, gChat and Facebook. There are satellite Internet and phone setups, but not everyone on staff in Syria has access to secure communications.
Read more: An afternoon with a Syrian bombmaker
Ahmed describes Aleppo Today’s way of reporting: “One reporter might say he saw a bomb in a neighborhood. If he says he saw, then we write it. But if he says he heard, then we ask other people in that area if they heard, if they did then we write.”
On particularly grim days in Aleppo, Ahmed’s Skype account, which is usually full of reporters, contacts and family members, can suddenly go quiet. These moments prompt him to scroll through the list trying to find any new developments because “there is always something.”
The channel is trying something new through double-sourcing and its policy of censoring foul language, a hard task when many in Syria refer to the country’s president as a dog and routinely curse his supporters.
Aleppo Today is also trying to remain impartial in its coverage of the opposition, according to the channel’s employees. But not everyone thinks that Aleppo Today is maintaining a balanced view.
With so many opposition groups in Syria, the political landscape is full of competing organizations, political parties, and councils, many of which are vying for positions in power after what most Syrians see as the inevitable fall of Bashar al-Assad.
“I am with the opposition but I don’t want to work for the opposition,” said Samir Kanjo, a former news editor at the channel. He left after disagreements over broadcast policy. Kanjo claimed the channel was turning into a mouthpiece for the Transitional Revolutionary Council, one of the larger political opposition groups active in Aleppo.
“We do not work for a group, we work for all Syrians,” said Feras Dibbeh, who replaced Kanjo as the news editor.
Dibbeh insisted Aleppo Today is apolitical, and funded only by concerned Syrian businessmen who prefer to remain anonymous.
Those entrepreneurs apparently have plans to expand their media properties. Dibbeh showed CNN journalists a small, makeshift studio his colleagues were in the process of constructing.
Dibbeh said the studio will soon be home to a new FM radio station that also will broadcast to Aleppo, yet another addition to Syria’s rapidly transforming media landscape.
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CSA Group Testing UK Ltd is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to provide testing and calibration services. Sira Certification Service provides certification of management systems, personnel and products. Sira Certification Service is accredited for these activities by UKAS and is appointed as a ‘notified body’ by the UK Government under European Directives.
The policy of CSA Group Testing UK Ltd/Sira Certification Service is to provide, in the most cost effective manner, independent and impartial testing, certification and inspection services which combine technical competence with objectivity and integrity. The Service is non-discriminatory in operation, with no undue financial or other conditions, and is available to all. It is the policy of the Service to achieve and maintain recognised accreditation for its activities in order to demonstrate its commitment to providing an efficient, commercially aware, competent service.
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A description of our audit and certification process for granting, maintaining, extending, renewing, reducing, or withdrawing certification is detailed in “Regulations Applicable to Holders of Sira Certificates” and supplementary regulations.
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Activities carried out for clients shall be treated as confidential to that client unless otherwise agreed.
Information supplied by clients, the results and documents generated by the certification service and its subcontractors, the contract records that are retained, and the existence of the contract itself (other than any certificates issued) are all treated as “commercial in confidence” and will not be communicated to any third party without written agreement, unless the information is already in the public domain.
Where the law requires information to be disclosed to a third party, the client will be informed of the information disclosed.
Sira Certification Service has appointed independent impartiality committees whose primary role is to safeguard impartiality of the certification activities of Sira Certification Service.
The members of the Impartiality Committees are drawn from external organisations having a bona fide and continuing interest in the scope of the certification services provided by Sira Certification Service, on the basis of maintaining a balanced representation of interests in which no single interest predominates.
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Sira Certification Service makes publicly accessible information about the certification status of each of its clients through the Certificate Database. This shows whether a certificate is current, suspended or has been withdrawn.
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Full or partial, temporary suspension or permanent withdrawal of certificates is undertaken in exceptional circumstances and on a case by case basis.
Examples of circumstances that may lead to suspension are not limited to the following,
The client’s certified management system or product has persistently or seriously failed to meet certification requirements
The certificate holder does not allow surveillance or rectification audits to be conducted at the required facilities or
The certificate holder has voluntarily requested a suspension
Failure to resolve issues that have resulted in the suspension in a time established by Sira may result in withdrawal or reduction in the scope of certification.
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If after implementation of what is considered to be all reasonable steps, the problem is not resolved, the appeal information shall be forwarded to the Impartiality Committee for independent adjudication.
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LocalBreaking News: Friday Prayers to Return Back to Egyptian Mosques on 28th of August
Makes you feel like things are going back to normal!
Ahmed MansourAhmedMansour012August 19, 2020777882 min
Now, here’s a piece of news that will certainly make you feel like things in Egypt are getting back to normal after the COVID-19 breakout in the country. The Egyptian government just announced that they will be allowing Friday prayers in mosques starting this weekend.
This decision comes after the government decided to steadily and slowly bring things back to normal in the country given how the pandemic has changed almost everything in our lives.
As announced; there will certain regulations that the prayers and mosques administrations have to follow in order to reduce the risk of spreading infections. Also, the prayers will only be held in big mosques, the small ones will not be operating.
Stay tuned on the matter!
Ahmed Mansour
He's that guy who decided to throw it all and start from scratch! He has a lot of journalistic experience and he plans to pour it all on C-Town Chatter. He "slaps the bass" and his life's motto is "if it's too loud, then you're too old!"
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Jack Harlow Taps Big Sean for New Single and Video "Way Out"
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Jack Harlow continues to pave his way to becoming the future of the genre by dropping his latest single "Way Out," featuring Big Sean.
"Way Out" is set to appear on Harlow's upcoming debut album That's What They All Say, which will drop this Friday, Dec. 11. Harlow accompanied the premiere of the track with a music video, embedded above. In the visual, Harlow tries to keep his love life in check as he treks around the world living the rapper lifestyle.
"Way Out" follows the release of Harlow's three-times platinum single "WHATS POPPIN." It also comes after the drop of "Tyler Herro" which will also appear on That's What They All Say. While talking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Harlow explained how "Way Out" came together.
"I was in his crib in L.A. And he did it right in front of me. No booth, big dog," Harlow said when detailing Sean's feature on the record. "It was the first day we met. He invited me in the house and I think the barrier that you could have just was broke down immediately. He's one of those down-to-earth cats. We just started talking about life. He was giving me gems. He's been in the game for so long now. He's experienced it. He knows what it's like. So he was giving me a game bro, and just saluting me. And honestly, probably one of the nicest rappers I've ever met, if not the nicest."
Later in the day, Harlow shared the tracklist for That's What They All Say. The album will feature appearances from Lil Baby, Chris Brown, Adam Levine, Bryson Tiller, and others.
Watch the video for Jack Harlow's latest single "Way Out" featuring Big Sean up top.
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What is the Purpose of HIPAA?
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HIPAA was enacted in 1996. In its initial form, the legislation assisting in making sure that workers would go on receiving health insurance coverage when they were moving between jobs. The legislation also required healthcare groups to put in place controls to secure patient data to prevent healthcare fraud, although it took many years for the rules for doing so to be formulated.
HIPAA also brought in many new standards that were aimed at enhancing efficiency in the healthcare sector requiring healthcare groups to adopt the standards to reduce the paperwork burden. Code sets had to be configured along with patient identifiers, which helped set the way forward for the efficient transfer of healthcare data between healthcare groups and insurers, streamlining eligibility checks, billing, payments, and other healthcare procedures.
HIPAA also forbids the tax-deduction of interest on life insurance loans, enforces group health insurance requirements, and standardizes the amount of money that may be saved in a pre-tax medical savings account.
HIPAA is a very thorough legislative act incorporating that takes into account the requirements of many other legislative acts, including the Public Health Service Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and more recently, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
HIPAA is now best known for safeguarding the privacy of patients and ensuring patient data is properly secured, with those requirements set in place by the HIPAA Privacy Rule of 2000 and the HIPAA Security Rule of 2003. The requirement for making individuals aware of a breach of their health information was put in place with the Breach Notification Rule in 2009.
The purpose of the HIPAA Privacy Rule was to set limits on the allowable uses and disclosures of protected health information, stating when, with whom, and on what occasions, health information could be shared. Another important aim of the HIPAA Privacy Rule was to allow patients access to their health data on request. The chief purpose of the HIPAA Security Rule is to ensure electronic health data is properly secured, access to electronic health data is managed, and an auditable trail of PHI activity is in place.
So, in short, what is the purpose of HIPAA? To enhance efficiency in the healthcare sector to enhance the portability of health insurance, to safeguard the privacy of patients and health plan subscriber, and to ensure health information is kept secure and patients are made aware of breaches of their healthcare data.
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07-13: Linking global issue to local reality on the commons
Session Chair: Gerardo Segura Warnholtz, World Bank, United States of America
Topics: Global frameworks; indicators; progress monitoring, LGAF
Keywords: Forest, Rights, Indigenous, Community, Tenure
Consequential trends in global recognition of community-based forest tenure from 2002-2017
Chloe Ginsburg, Stephanie Keene
Rights and Resources Initiative, United States of America
Tenure reforms recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, rural women, and smallholders are a prerequisite for the realization of global climate and development objectives. A new analysis on the distribution of global forest tenure in 58 countries over fifteen years finds that while the forest area legally recognized for Indigenous Peoples and local communities has grown nearly 40 percent since 2002—to a total of 15 percent of forests globally—the rate of recognition has remained slow since 2008. Despite limited progress, forests that were legally recognized between 2013-2017 have much stronger protections for community rights than those recognized during the previous 5 years, signaling an emerging upswing in recognition of community forest ownership. To take full advantage of the opportunities offered by recent legislative advancements that could robustly secure Indigenous Peoples’, communities’, and rural women’s forest tenure rights, more nuanced and appropriately disaggregated data is urgently needed.
Keywords: global forest governance, international forest policy, Delphi, forest land use
From lessons learnt to future options for global forest governance
Anna Begemann, Lukas Giessen, Marko Lovric, Jeanne Roux, Dennis Roitsch, Georg Winkel
European Forest Institute (EFI), Germany
Deforestation remains one of the biggest global environmental challenges. Over the past 25 years a large variety of forest governance initiatives and institutions have evolved at global level, stemming from fields such as climate change, biodiversity conservation, forest management, as well as human rights and trade. Taking stock of lessons learned on these initiatives in a systematic way, and drawing on the insights of both, policy practitioners and academia is a step yet to be undertaken. Against this background, and building on a qualitative, transdisciplinary Delphi methodology, this article aims at (i) drawing lessons from past initiatives, and at (ii) identifying promising forest governance approaches. The findings include rankings of most important challenges and drivers of global forest governance, promising initiatives, influential actors, main effects thus far, ideal and most likely developments until 2030, underexplored research topics as well as key aspects for successful future initiatives on global forest governance.
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Topics: Commons and natural resource management
Keywords: biodiversity, community engagement, systematic synthesis, resource management, theories of change
Evidence on biodiversity conservation impacts: assessing theories, approaches, and outcomes from community engagement
Aireona Bonnie Raschke1, Michael I. Brown2, Samantha H. Cheng1
1Arizona State University, United States of America; 2Chemonics, International
Community engagement is widely assumed to facilitate and enhance environmental and human well-being outcomes of conservation interventions. However, while community engagement is broadly applied, empirical evidence of their impact remains unclear. We sought to examine the connections between the dimensions of engagement, governance/land tenure, and outcomes via a systematic assessment of peer-reviewed literature. Our study illustrated that the current evidence base is insufficient to carry out such an analysis, and uncovered clear deficiencies in research on this topic. Community engagement approaches are not coherently defined such that they can be compared and evaluated, research efforts are widely focused on a few regions and lack longevity and robustness, and there is an overall trend towards surface-level community participation and continued state control of land. Our results suggest that increased cross-sector and historical learning is required in order to test rigorously test current assumed pathways to impact.
Keywords: Land governance, Sustainable Development Goals
Producing useable knowledge for sustainable land governance: Potential contributions from land systems science
Ariane de Bremond1, Albrecht Ehrensperger1, Peter Messerli1, Vincent Roth2, Henri Rueff2
1Global Land Programme/University of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Switzerland; 2University of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Switzerland
Land systems lie at the intersection of diverse interests and claims concerning societies’ needs for sustainable development. Thus, implementation of the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may ultimately translate, in many contexts, into competing claims on scarce land resources. Land system scientists are not oblivious to this: since 2015, the scientific community of Future Earth’s Global Land Programme (GLP) has produced over 5000 scientific publications (data from Scopus), many of which address aspects that are relevant to land governance.
With this in mind, we screened the 380 highest ranked articles published since 2015 by GLP’s scientific community to identify references on interactions between different SDG targets, assuming that the latter are representative of the development claims placed on land. Further, we surveyed 50 practitioners to assess their perception about the most important development goals related to land governance.
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Convert Ton (short/US) per hour (tn/h)
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Convert Ton (short/US) per hour (tn/h):
Choose the right category from the selection list, in this case 'Mass flow rate'.
From the selection list, choose the unit that corresponds to the value you want to convert, in this case 'Ton (short/US) per hour [tn/h]'.
The value will then be converted into all units of measurement the calculator is familiar with.
With this calculator, it is possible to enter the value to be converted together with the original measurement unit; for example, '610 Ton (short/US) per hour'. In so doing, either the full name of the unit or its abbreviation can be usedas an example, either 'Ton (short/US) per hour' or 'tn/h'. Then, the calculator determines the category of the measurement unit of measure that is to be converted, in this case 'Mass flow rate'. After that, it converts the entered value into all of the appropriate units known to it. In the resulting list, you will be sure also to find the conversion you originally sought. Regardless which of these possibilities one uses, it saves one the cumbersome search for the appropriate listing in long selection lists with myriad categories and countless supported units. All of that is taken over for us by the calculator and it gets the job done in a fraction of a second.
Furthermore, the calculator makes it possible to use mathematical expressions. As a result, not only can numbers be reckoned with one another, such as, for example, '(72 * 95) tn/h'. But different units of measurement can also be coupled with one another directly in the conversion. That could, for example, look like this: '610 Ton (short/US) per hour + 1830 Ton (short/US) per hour' or '84mm x 89cm x 49dm = ? cm^3'. The units of measure combined in this way naturally have to fit together and make sense in the combination in question.
If a check mark has been placed next to 'Numbers in scientific notation', the answer will appear as an exponential. For example, 6.553 599 940 362 2×1025. For this form of presentation, the number will be segmented into an exponent, here 25, and the actual number, here 6.553 599 940 362 2. For devices on which the possibilities for displaying numbers are limited, such as for example, pocket calculators, one also finds the way of writing numbers as 6.553 599 940 362 2E+25. In particular, this makes very large and very small numbers easier to read. If a check mark has not been placed at this spot, then the result is given in the customary way of writing numbers. For the above example, it would then look like this: 65 535 999 403 622 000 000 000 000. Independent of the presentation of the results, the maximum precision of this calculator is 14 places. That should be precise enough for most applications.
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Pinay Sprinter Kristina Knott Secures A Gold Medal Finish As She Sets A New SEA Games Record
Kristina ran the 200-meter sprint.
by Monina Eugenio | Dec 7, 2019
PHOTO: FACEBOOK/2019 SEA GAMES
On December 7, Pinay sprinter Kristina Knott clinched a gold medal for the Philippines as she dominated in the women’s 200-meter sprint at New Clark City’s Athletics Stadium.
Kristina clocked in 23.07 seconds in the heats which beat the current record set by Zion Rose Corrales-Nelson. Zion clocked in with a time of 23.16 seconds during a Sacramento, California competition in April 2019, ABS-CBN reported.
Previously, Filipina Lydia De Vega held the record for the world’s fastest sprint clocking in at 23.35 in 1986.
Meanwhile, GMANews reported that Kristina beat the SEA Games record anew later on in the day finishing her sprint at 23.01 seconds. The previous SEA Games record holder of 23.30 was set by Thailand’s Supavadee Khawpeag in 2001.
Vietnam’s Tu Chinh Le took home silver with 23.45 seconds, and Singapore’s Veronica Shanti Pereira secured the bronze clocking in at 23.77 seconds.
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Tom Lloyd and Cassion Castle build garden studio embracing "timber and craftsmanship"
Amy Frearson | 18 June 2014 4 comments
British designer Tom Lloyd enlisted the help of London architect Cassion Castle to help him design and build a garden workshop in the grounds of his farmhouse cottage in Hampshire, England (+ slideshow).
Lloyd – one of the co-founders of design studio PearsonLloyd – wanted a garden retreat that he could use as a studio, garage or storeroom. His home is a traditional English cottage, so he was keen for its new partner to look well-crafted and lived in, but with a subtly modern aesthetic.
"Tom saw the opportunity to combine architecture and craftsmanship to create something beautiful yet simple," Cassion Castle told Dezeen.
"We wanted to wanted to avoid an obvious 'statement', and sought instead to produce something that, at first sight a least, would look as it if had always been there," he explained. "Up close, however, the contemporary detailing is more evident, and bringing contemporary design elements to an otherwise traditional form was very satisfying."
Named Long Sutton Studio, the single-storey barn was predominantly built from timber. It sits over a red brick base, to match the exterior of the original cottage, and the roof is covered with reclaimed tiles.
Green oak weatherboarding clads the exterior walls, which have been deliberately left unfinished, while six glued and laminated timber frames give the structure its gabled profile.
Castle explained how he and Lloyd experimented with both softwoods and hardwoods, planing them smooth in some areas while in others appear roughly sawn.
"We were clear from the outset that the building should be predominantly timber," said Castle. "We didn't feel limited at all by the relatively restricted palette – in fact Tom and I enjoyed playing with the variety that came with using different timber forms and finishes."
"We introduced galvanised steel plates and fixings to emphasise the structure, creating further visual interest and providing additional layers of contemporary detailing," he said.
Skylights puncture the roof, reducing the need for windows. Two pairs of oak-clad double doors were also added, allowing occupants to open the space out to the garden in good weather.
Shelving, worktops and storage areas have been built into the frame of the building and are complemented by simple details that include a log pile and a row of low-hanging light bulbs.
"It's a very honest and easy to understand building, and because every single element is exposed, there's nowhere to hide," said Castle. "Quality of design and materials were therefore critical, and we are very satisfied with the end result."
"From a distance it looks very simple and rather traditional, and as one moves closer to it and around it that character changes and its structural complexity and detailing become more evident," he added. "The end result is a real celebration of timber and craftsmanship."
Design by PearsonLloyd:
Photography is by Kilian O'Sullivan.
Read on for the project description from the design team:
Long Sutton Studio by Cassion Castle Architects and Tom Lloyd
Cassion Castle Architects were commissioned to design this multi-purpose structure in the grounds of a former farmhouse in Hampshire. The client, product designer Tom Lloyd, wanted a timber building that could fulfill a series of basic functions as a studio, workshop, garage or storeroom. More importantly, he saw an opportunity to combine architecture and timber craftsmanship to create a simple yet beautiful building that would enhance its setting and complement his traditionally designed cottage. Tom commissioned Cassion Castle Architects in October 2011 and was closely involved in all aspects of the design.
Floor plan - click for larger image
Long Sutton Studio replaces a concrete garage and timber shed, both of which were in a poor state of repair. A key objective was to replace these with a single building that was more sympathetic to the main house, both in its design and choice of materials.
Long section - click for larger image
At first sight, Long Sutton Studio is deliberately understated. Its traditional form enables it to appear as though it has been there for many years, and to blend inconspicuously among nearby vernacular buildings. Closer inspection, however, reveals modern detailing which gives the studio a subtle and contemporary identity. The predominant material at Long Sutton Studio is timber, and here it is celebrated and showcased in its many forms: softwood and hardwood, laminated, planed and rough sawn.
Cross section - click for larger image
Externally, the studio offers a simple and respectful presence alongside the main house. Traditional materials are used throughout: vertical unfinished green oak weatherboarding sits upon a red brick plinth (matching the bricks of the house) beneath a reclaimed tile roof. Natural light is admitted through roof lights set in the slope of the roof, allowing windows to be kept to a minimum along the main elevations so as not to interrupt the strong rhythm of the weatherboarding. Two fine sets of double doors - similarly clad in oak - open up the building on the primary elevations to admit further light when weather permits.
North-east elevation - click for larger image
The interior provides a strong visual contrast with the simple exterior. Structural elements here are expressed decoratively, with fixtures and fittings used to give character to the space. The primary structure is a series of six glulam portal frames, with lesser elements then layered over this in a clear hierarchy. Exposed galvanised steel plates and fixings emphasise the structure and offer further visual interest alongside the timber and brick. Spaces created within the walls’ depth are employed as workspace, shelving and storage. Objects placed here, such as a log pile or piece of wooden furniture, can take on sculptural characteristics themselves and extend the celebratory use of timber.
North-west and south-east elevations - click for larger image
Long Sutton Studio is completely accessible to all building users. Because it is illuminated almost entirely by natural light and has no heating, its carbon footprint is negligible.
South-west elevation - click for larger image
Architect: Cassion Castle Architects
Client: Tom Lloyd
Main contractor: Cassion Castle Architects
Structural engineer: Structure Workshop
Timber frame: Kingston Craftsmen
Roofing: Fleet Roofing
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Show of volunteerism at Peace Festival
It was a celebration of volunteerism. A 1,000-odd strong crowd of school and college students was present at the Coimbatore Peace Festival 2016 of the Shanti Ashram and the Sarojini Nataraj Auditorium was packed and overflowing on August 6. The festival has three components.
It was a commemoration of the 71st bombing of Hiroshima and rode on the premise of peace and unity. A panel discussion on saying no to violence within families by a cross section of children and youth, a Bharatnatyam performance by students of Shree Natyaniketan School of Dance to the movie version of Bharathiar’s ‘Acham Acham Illai’, a fan dance by students of Vidhya Vanam, Anaikatti, a dance drama on peace and unity by children of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Ajjanur, and a yoga representation on building peace by G-18 Public Charitable Trust children, were tastefully planned and executed to get across the message.
The second part consisted of the launch of the fourth edition of the ‘India Poverty Solutions 2016-17’, the Ashram’s popular initiative. This promotes the habit of saving by children and the saved amount to be used for worthy causes as prescribed by the Ashram based on the need of the hour. This edition promised to reach out to more than the already existing six cities and also take it to three countries.
The third and noteworthy part of the festival was the launch of the year-long 30th anniversary celebrations of Shanti Ashram. And, they were planned in a way to take forward the trademark success formula of the Ashram – volunteerism. The Ashram has launched 30 projects to be implemented by as many volunteers in various fields to include several strata of beneficiaries. This included anything from teaching dance to children from economically weaker background to helping home makers develop terrace gardens.
Even though she was the pillar of the Ashram, its Director Kezevino Aram took pride in attributing its three-decade success to its volunteers.
And, the efforts of the volunteers did not only reflect in the work of the Ashram, but also during the three-hour festival. It was a superbly executed show under the leadership of Vijayaragavan Gopal, Head, Youth Leadership Programme, Shanti Ashram, and had the audience engaged throughout.
The fact that more than 1,000 students from schools and colleges had come to witness the festival and pledge their continued support to the programmes of the Ashram was another reflection of the reach of the volunteers at the institution level.
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Thanjavur gets a new district collector
Thanjavur: A. Annadurai took charge as the new collector of Thanjavur district today. The new district collector promised expeditious measures to redress the farmers’ grievances.
Before assuming office, Annadurai visited and worshipped at the famous Punnainallur Mariamman temple located near Thanjavur.
Mr. Annadurai said that all the schemes and projects for Thanjavur district, announced by the Chief Minister, will be implemented. Immediate action will be taken on public petitions and their grievances will be redressed, he said.
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David Eastman (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Midget Caps claim Island title
Kevin Rothbauer
Mar. 2, 2018 1:00 p.m.
For the first time since 2012, the midget Tier 2 Cowichan Valley Capitals are headed to the provincial championships.
Cowichan swept their best-of-three Island title series against the Peninsula Eagles, winning 4-3 at Panorama last Saturday and 5-4 in overtime at the Island Savings Centre on Sunday, earning a berth at the B.C. tournament.
“It was sure really exciting to watch the boys pull it off in overtime,” Cowichan head coach Keith Mazurenko said. “That was nice for them. We were really concerned about going back to their rink. They tend to be pretty strong there.”
Cowichan got goals from Brendan Hogg and Rhys Mazurenko to take a 2-0 lead in the first period, and Luke Handel and Jamie Roberts as they held a 4-2 edge after two. Mazurenko assisted on both second-period goals, and David Eastman, Andrew Strobl and Kevin Stewart also collected helpers. Trent Baslee earned the win in net.
The Capitals and Eagles went back and forth throughout Sunday’s game, and Peninsula scored twice in the third to force overtime. Hogg scored his second of the game three minutes into the extra session to send Cowichan to provincials. Handel also had a goal and two assists, Mazurenko had a goal and one assist, and Strobl also scored. Also recording helpers were Eastman, Roberts, Matt Lemire and Brady Williams.
Cowichan has accomplished their remarkable playoff run with just 13 skaters, and had just 11 for most of the first game against Peninsula as one player served the last game of a suspension and another left the game early. Fitness and commitment to the team have kept the players going.
“It’s a testament to the hard work the guys have put in,” Keith Mazurenko said. “The last few weeks, at practice, they’ve put their foot down and found a way to last three periods and still have gas left in the tank.”
The Capitals will head to Quesnel for the provincial championships on March 17-22.
“It’s a long road trip, but everybody is looking forward to it. It was the big goal we set at the beginning of the year. It will be a great experience to get up there and play in the B.C.’s. I think the goal when you’re going to play at something like this where you don’t know the other teams is to go there ready to win provincials. We hope to be successful.”
To help offset the cost of travelling to Quesnel and staying there for six days, the Capitals are holding a burger sale outside of Mr. Mikes in Duncan on Saturday, March 10 from noon to 2 p.m. Burgers will sell for $5 each, with all proceeds going toward travel costs.
Luke Handel, David Eastman and Brendan Hogg (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
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Brendan Hogg (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Trent Baslee, Shane Whitefield and Thomas Webber (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
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Brendan Hogg, Thomas Webber and Luke Handel (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Brendan Hogg and Luke Handel (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Brentwood and Shawnigan meet again in Island AA final
Bettman: Calgary Flames’ financial situation ‘continues to deteriorate’
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Catalog > Photo & Video > Glamour & Beauty > 28 Days Of Portrait Photography > 28 Days Review
28 Days of Portrait Photography
28 Days Review
Did 28 challenges based on what would actually help you create an incredible portrait studio. I'm going to go through them quickly. Natural light, okay because I shoot natural light. I love it. It's soft, it's beautiful, it's contemporary, it's modern glamour and I love it. Mapping your sets and outfits, so teaching you how to create a shoot in an hour and a half where you map out your sets, your outfits, and how to shoot them. One composition, five poses. Every single time somebody lies down, sits down, or stands in front of you, you need to nail five sellable poses before you move on okay? And this will be the most significant posing lesson that you can learn. Flow posing, you must learn when somebody is standing in front of you and you are holding that camera, when you go blank, you know that moment when you're like, you take a photo, you look at the back of the camera, you think oh no, you take another one, you think, oh double no. You take another one and you are lost. All I do no...
w, is rely on what I know and what I know is how to move people. So I start with simple things like this, turn your shoulders, and I act like I'm just looking for the best light, the best shoulder, really what I'm looking for is that sweet pose where I just see that moment where they're in the perfect position. I'm like move your shoulders this way, slow down, slow down, slow down. Look back, look back, look back, lean forward, lean forward. Shoulder around, and then I find it. But I see new photographers unable to do this. I see older photographers unable to do this. I photographed a girl that does a lot of modeling and acting last month, and she said to me, "In the 12 years I've been photographed "I have never had a photographer direct me." She said, "You directed me right down "to what my hands were doing." I said, "Yeah." She said, "Why don't other photographers know this?" Flow posing, it will change your photographic career because you've got to learn how to take control and direct people, so when you feel that most amount of fear when you're stuck, when you don't know what to say, this is where your assertiveness will take control of the situation and you will practice this. This is probably the session I want you to practice most, the flow posing, the moving through the flow of the poses. If you can't get that right, pre-draw your poses before you start shooting, lock down at least 10 poses and 10 scenarios before you start taking the photograph. Trust me on this one, 'cause once your energy gets going and you're shooting you need to visually have a reminder of what you wanna achieve, otherwise you forget. How often do you look at a shoot and go, dammit why didn't I try that? Dammit, why didn't I look at the hands? Dammit, why didn't I do that looking over the shoulder pose that Sue always talks about? Dammit, why didn't I? How often do you do that? All the time, every time, right? Okay, I could teach posing still, I could do posing class after posing class, after posing class. But I am telling you right now, it is nothing to do with posing and it's everything to do with confidence, okay? So look at this, Nicki can you come up here? Now Nicki and Mapuana are here today, and the reason I brought Nicki and Mapuana here is as you know, they're doing their own businesses and you've followed them right from scratch, which I think is really cool, but I've got a mixture of people that we've been watching and people that are new to my audience. But what's really important is Nicki and Mapuana are not afraid of being really honest about where they're struggling and where they're not. Okay, so if Nicki's my model, go back. Okay, I've got my camera, I'm photographing Nicki, I'm completely blank, I'm like (groans) I've got a couple of choices, look over and say, "This is the shoot that I've designed for you." So before I start shooting her, I was like, I love the yellow dress you brought, so I though something flowing and moving. I really love the white lingerie, so I thought something lying on the white ottoman. I love the black dress you brought so this is like a silhouette. And I draw it in stick figures. My clients think I've just locked it down. What I've done is given myself 10 prompts to shoot her. Okay, that's number one. If you don't do that, and you're in this position here where you've got the camera and all of a sudden, I'm like, that looks like crap, okay. And I get my light, and that looks bad too. And she's like, are you getting something. And you're sweating, you know, sweating and you've lost the ability to speak properly. I don't know how that happens. And it's really weird, it's a different kind of sweat than normal, 'cause you emit the smell of fear that is quite pungent, very odd. You don't have it on a normal, you don't have it when you run for an hour, it's kinda like what is that, where is that coming from. And then you realize it's you. Okay, right. This is all I want you to think about, okay, Sue says flow, Sue says flow. Rotate, that's all you have to do is rotate her. Rotate her shoulders. Perfect, stay there. Move this shoulder forward, chin around this way. And just tilt this way, chin this way and down. I'm just gonna pull your earring here. That's beautiful Nicki. Take a shot, bang. Eyes down, little smile, beautiful. Big smile, look up at me, let's have a big laugh, hahahahaha, love that okay. Four shots already, bang, bang, bang, flow. Think like this, we flow with our shoulders, then we flow with our hips. Let's move them side to side. We move our hips like, perfect, let's tuck this hand around to define the waist. We flow with our shoulders, let's flow with our hips, that's perfect. Let's move our feet a little bit. Let's go back and forth and just flow with the skirt, slow down, there it is, slow down, lean back, lean back, bring that chin around. Think about it like this, you flow with the shoulders, flow with the hips, flow with the feet. Let's just start moving them a little bit. And some people are real awkward movers, you know they're like this. Okay, so you're not trying to get them to do anything, this is not like, you can't dance. How many people do you honestly get in front of you that are like this, you know like I can do all of this? You don't, everybody is generally kind of like this. But all you're looking for is movement enough to go stop, push your hip further, drop the shoulder down, push your chin towards me, there it is. All you're looking for is not movement, 'cause you're a stills photographer, you're just flowing their body to give you the opportunity to see. And it makes a difference. Thanks Nicki. So that flow is vital. Posing couples, because let's face it, we photograph women, but if you can photograph couples, you make more money. 'Cause if the boy's involved, he's more likely to spend than her on her own if he doesn't want those images. Capturing beautiful connection and expression. This segment of 28 days is one of my favorite. Have you all watched this one? This is one of my favorite, and I'll tell you why. Not only is it the magnificently beautiful Kenna Klosterman. We had so much fun doing that. But this is the single thing that will sell you photographs, learning this, you must learn connection, you must. If you can't connect to the eyes in a photograph, you don't have a portrait. And if you're gonna take beautiful scenes and the girl's not connected and she's out, you must connect her body language. Okay because so often I'll see a beautiful image of a girl on a rock, and she's doing a beautiful flow pose and it makes sense, that's connecting the body language to the scene, and I understand the image. But I don't understand a girl out on the rock doing something awkward and weird and just looking like a girl on a rock doing something awkward and weird. If you're not connected to the eyes, you must be connected to the body language of the image. You're gonna learn my rules. How often do I tell you these rules? Chin, shoulder, hands, hourglass, assymetry, body language, connection, you should be locking these down now. 18 months, and for the people that are about to join us, these are the ones I want you to nail down. They will change the way you shoot. It's such a simple methodology, and it pretty much sums up every part of the body. You don't have beautiful images unless you coach your clients through styling and wardrobe, so in the pitch today we'll talk about that. We'll talk about how you get the maximum out of your shoot by pitching that they bring in more and coaching them. But the truth is, is in your consultation is when your first connection is made and when your first sale is made. Your selling is done before the shoot. If you pitch right, you're not selling after the fact. You're selling right in that moment. And that will change your income. Shooting girls with curves. All right, trust me, there was a period in my life for about eight years where I do not own a photograph of myself. I was too big to stand in front of a camera. I'm about to deliver a talk in Vegas called My Invisible Life, that I could be a portrait photographer, and not own a photograph of myself because I wasn't good enough to be photographed. Do you know how many women are walking on this planet that believe that? And whether they're 10 pounds or 100 pounds overweight, they don't think they're good enough to be photographed. One day, those photographs will be more important to you than anything your family and loved ones will own. You must exist in photographs. Today I'm gonna talk about the pitch. The pitch is why you do what you do, and for me it is to get every woman in front of the camera, every woman in the world. Posing groups of twos, threes, and fours, love this video. It takes you through two girls, three girls, four girls, and the cool part about it is you make glamour dazed. That is not one glamour sale, that is four. Women don't go to the toilet on their own. I'm going to the toilet, I'll come with you. And then once we get in there, it's like, I tell you, we're all chatting and talking about lip gloss, and oh I love your shoes, oh thank you. It doesn't happen in the men's urinal. Happens a lot in the girl's toilet, very social, we like to go places together, we like to chat, we like to have experiences together. I love shooting four girls in a day. It's four times my average in one day. And the best part is I get to hang out with four incredible women that are all friends, and they might have a glass of champagne, but wow, learn to shoot them together, so that you can give them a free shot at the end of their own folios. This has been one of the most significant marketing tools for me, the before and after. You must learn how to do this properly. We are fascinated by the transformation. People wanna see it, it's the one comment I get on my website, love your before and afters. I would never, ever advertise with before and afters if people didn't advertise them. Posing teens, another one of my favorite videos. We must pose teens age appropriately. We don't want them to look like 25 year old hoochies, they're 16, they should look innocent and beautiful and glamorous, like young princesses that they are. You want them to value these images so that when they grow into women, they look back and remember how much they loved and respected themselves as teenagers and how much they deserve to be loved, beautiful, and respected women. And this is such an incredible genre to photograph. Marketing and shooting the family first demographic, I've broken down the shooting demographics into, sorry the selling demographics, into four, which I love. Posing and shooting families, which to me is just a big glamour shoot with a family on the end and more income. The corporate headshot, because I feel like this is both a sustainable income, a viable business model, and every single time a boy or girl comes into my studio, pays $300 or $400 for corporate headshot, which I give them three images for, I potentially am marketing to a new client, a new wife, a new girlfriend, a new sister, a new mother, or if it's a female, I'm marketing to her and all of her girlfriends to come back and do a glamour session. And they've met me, they know me, they trust me, they like me, they've spent money with me, they're a given. Glamour shooting on location, I really wanted to shoot on location for this video because I felt like so many people didn't have studios yet and you can still take beautiful glamour images outside. Contouring, Photoshop, and the two minute rule, I need you to get faster on Photoshop. I could do more segments on this, in fact I might record something soon on the cloning, 'cause so many people are still asking me about it. This incredible demographic, 50 and fabulous, I've now got photographers around the world solely shooting 40 plus, and I'm so proud of these people, these photographers. They're choosing to only photograph 40 plus. How cool is that? These people have all the money in the world, and they're beautiful. Shooting that backlight, nailing it, marketing and shooting the girl power demographic, mother and daughter, because the mother and daughter is my favorite, favorite relationship. The beauty shot, marketing and shooting the independent woman demographic. Posing men, love that segment. Product and price lists, sales and production, and then phone coaching and scripting. Right, that was 28 days. That's what you guys have been working through. For those of you who haven't got it, that's what we want you to come and join us, get it, start working through it, join the study group. Okay, join the study group, it's very, very important.
Sue Bryce's 28 Days is the all-in-one portrait photography class that teaches you posing, shooting, marketing, selling, and everything else you need to know to run a successful contemporary portrait photography business.
This series begins with two sessions of intense instruction on business, pricing, and overcoming your fears. Following the kickoff, Sue delivers short sessions exploring 28 different topics essential to any successful portrait photography studio. Sue covers flow posing, connecting with clients, posing and shooting groups, marketing to your key demographic, sales, and more.
In this comprehensive series you'll learn Sue's inspiring approach to styling, posing, marketing, selling and so much more!
First 2 Years: The Truth
Teaching 2 Photographers in 28 Days
Rate Your Business
Year One in Business
Price & Value
Checklist, Challenges, and Next Steps
Day 1: The Natural Light Studio
Day 2: Mapping Your Set and Outfits
Day 3: One Composition - Five Poses
Day 4: Flow Posing
Day 5: Posing Couples
Day 6: Capturing Beautiful Connection & Expression
Day 7: The Rules - Chin, Shoulders, Hands
First Weekly Q&A Session
Day 8: Rules - Hourglass, Body Language, Asymmetry, Connection
Day 9: Styling & Wardrobe
Day 10: Shooting Curves
Day 11: Posing & Shooting - Groups of 2, 3, and 4
Day 12: Posing & Shooting Families
Day 13: Products & Price List
Day 14: Marketing & Shooting the Before & After
Day 15: Phone Coaching & Scripting
Second Weekly Q&A Session
Day 16: Posing Young Teens
Day 17: Marketing & Shooting - Family First Demographic
Day 18: The Corporate Headshot
Day 19: Glamour Shoot on Location & Shooting with Flare
Photoshop Video: Glamour Shoot on Location & Shooting with Flare
Day 20: Photoshop - Warping & the Two Minute Rule
Day 21: Posing Mothers & Daughters
Third Weekly Q&A Session
Day 22: Marketing & Shooting - 50 & Fabulous Demographic
Day 23: Shooting into the Backlight
Bonus: Shooting into the Backlight
Day 24: Marketing & Shooting - Girl Power Demographic (18-30s)
Photoshop Video: Girl Power Demographic (18-30s)
Day 25: The Beauty Shot
Bonus: Vintage Backdrop
Day 26: Marketing & Shooting - Independent Women Demographic
Day 27: Sales & Production
Day 28: Posing Men
Bonus: Pricing
Photography, Style, Brand, and Price Part 1
Marketing Part 1
Money: What's Blocking You?
Bonus: The Folio Shoot
Photo Critiques Images 1 through 10
Photo Critiques Images 11 through 27
Photo Critiques Images 85 through 105
Photo Critiques Images 106 through 130
Identify Your Challenges
Identify Your Strengths
Getting Started Q&A
Marketing Vs Pricing
Facing Fear
The 28 Day Study Group
Interview with Susan Stripling
Sue's Evolution
Student Pitches
28 Days Testimonial: Mapuana Reed
How to Pitch: Starting a Conversation
Your Block: Seeing is What You're Being
Your Block: Valuing and Receiving
Building Confidence: Your Own Stories
Building Confidence: Your Self Worth
Pitching An Experience
Pitching An Experience: Your Intentions
Pitching An Experience: Social Media
a Creativelive Student
I have purchased four of Sue's courses and love them all. I have learned so much. I found the lesson on connecting with people thru their eyes has made a huge difference in my photos already. Her before and after's made me cry. I want to be able to take these kinds of photos for my family and friends. I just love what she does. She is such a great teacher. I learn much better seeing things done, so this was the perfect choice for me to learn. I love Sue's humor, her honesty, her detailed teaching and sweet and wonderful personality. Her sessions will or should not disappoint anyone. It is the best money I have ever spent on self-help teaching. Thanks a million creative live. You GOTTA LOVE SUE!
Pure gold. Sue Bryce is likable, talented, funny, and an amazing teacher. She calls you on your BS (your excuses for why you aren't succeeding), gives you business, posing, marketing, pricing and LIFE advice. The class is 58 hours long - and you spend the majority of it looking right over her shoulder, through her lens and watch her walk through many, many photoshoots. She verbally and clearly repeats several critical formulas for success so it's imprinted in your mind. Her advice is crystal clear and your photography will dramatically improve after this class. Before Creative Live, you'd NEVER have had the opportunity to shadow a photographer of her quality... hands down the best photography class I've ever taken.
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I have just began this course and I am excited to see how following her model will help me to improve and get my business started. I have been through the first two days and there is lots of information to absorb and things to get in order before I begin the actual challenges. I am thankful that there are photographers out there who are will to reveal there secrets ad are truly invested in others improving themselves in all aspects of their life and not just their photography skills. Thanks Sue Bryce for your passion for empowering woman and your knowledge of creating and sustaining a business by being true to who you and commitment to the improvement of others! I am excited to grow myself and my business, I am confident this will be worth every penny! Were the templates for the email PDF included in this course
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Berkeley school board president Judy Appel, wife in critical condition after traffic collision
By Amanda Bradford | Senior Staff
Updated 01/06/19: This article has been updated to reflect information about online support networks started by community members.
Berkeley Unified School District board President Judy Appel and her wife Alison Bernstein are in critical condition after being hit by a car just after midnight Friday, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
The two pedestrians were crossing Martin Luther King Jr. Way when they were struck by a northbound vehicle, said Berkeley Police Department spokesperson Officer Byron White in an email. Although White did not provide the identities of the two pedestrians, their identities were confirmed to be Appel and Bernstein in a statement from BUSD Superintendent Donald Evans.
Both Appel and Bernstein sustained critical injuries and were transported to a local hospital. The driver, an 81-year-old Berkeley resident, remained at the scene and is cooperating with authorities in the ongoing investigation, according to White. There were no arrests, and BPD has not yet determined the cause of the collision, Berkeleyside reported.
Appel and Bernstein are prominent Berkeley residents. Appel is a longtime BUSD board member and began her latest term as BUSD board president in December. Bernstein is an attorney with the state public defender’s office and was a member of the Berkeley Police Review Commission for several years.
“We are deeply distressed to receive a report that Berkeley School Board President Judy Appel and her wife Alison Bernstein were seriously injured this morning,” Evans said in a statement. “We will be offering whatever support and assistance we can to the Appel-Bernstein family and invite the community to join with us in hopes and prayers for their recovery.”
Several community members, including Mayor Jesse Arreguín and Councilmember Lori Droste, tweeted about the collision, sending their thoughts and prayers to the couple and asking for community support.
“This is terrible news. Judy and (Alison) are friends and valued community leaders,” Arreguín said in his tweet. “They have always fought courageously in the face of adversity. Please pray for them and for their recovery.”
Two online support networks have also been created by community members to support the medical costs of Appel and Bernstein as well as other needs they may have during their recovery. Berkeley resident Solange Gould started a Lotsa Helping Hands community Saturday to organize volunteers to make meals for Appel and Bernstein’s children and walk their dog, among other needs.
Jessica Behrens created a GoFundMe Sunday to help cover the couple’s medical costs. While Behrens is a current Tempe, Arizona resident, her family met Appel and Bernstein when they lived in Napa Valley and Walnut Creek.
Behrens said she and her brother have known Appel and Bernstein for about 10 years and that as soon as Behrens heard about the accident, she wanted to offer her support. Behrens added that she hopes this fundraiser will show the couple the extent to which they are valued in the community.
“We wanted to take some of the stress of their shoulders — the last thing they should be worrying about is medical costs,” Behrens said. “Judy and Alison are two of the strongest women I know, and we just wanted to help any way we could.”
Amanda Bradford is an assistant news editor. Contact her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at @amandabrad_uc.
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Tetra Pak® and Dana introduce natural mineral water in innovative carton packages
Ljubljana, Slovenia (21 June 2018) – Tetra Pak and Dana today announced the first Slovenian water by Dana in Tetra Pak packaging. The Tetra Prisma® Aseptic 750 ml for water was designed as a worldwide first and the packaging has a modern, cool design enhanced by a metallic finish. The new innovative product comes in a size of 750 ml, convenient for in-house and on-the-go-usage.
Dana undertakes continuous investments, adapting to market demands and consumer-driven trends. Thus, the latest result is the filling of Dana natural mineral water in Tetra Prisma® Aseptic 750 ml packing. The first filling took place in May. The product will soon be present at the majority of conventional Slovenian retailers, drugstores and petrol stations. We have already got the first order in Sweden, and the product has also received excellent first feedback from the Croatian market. At this moment, the presentation of the product is taking place at the trade fair in Shanghai.
The natural mineral water in Tetra Prisma® Aseptic 750 with HeliCap™27 is a response to consumer trends all over the world. The new product packaging is recyclable and mainly made from paperboard from natural and renewable sources. The wood used for the package is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council with the label FSC™, guaranteeing that the wood comes from well-managed forests and other renewable sources.
According to the first very positive feedback from retailers, Tetra Pak packaging is a novelty in the water category; it is lightweight and easy to transport. All these characteristics differentiate the new Dana natural mineral water on the shelf.
»The Slovenian market for non-carbonated water shows a trend of growth. Data on water consumption in Slovenia for 2017 shows that the market grew by almost 8 percentage points in comparison with the previous year, which is more than 48 million litres of annual consumption. At Dana, we remain loyal to our consumers and our mission: to promote a better life through a range of new products. We are constantly looking to address the needs of Slovenian consumers for innovative products in good packaging, and Tetra Pak was a natural choice for our natural water brand.«
Marko Hren, Managing Director, Dana
»At Tetra Pak, we put our customers and their growth at the heart of everything we do and our business relies on our strong partnerships. We are happy to take this step forward and together we are leading the way to more sustainable products like Dana natural mineral water.«
Francesco Faella, Managing Director, Tetra Pak SEE
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Seriously, WTF: Left-wing journalist says ABORTION is the answer to making sure babies don’t grow up to be school shooters
JD Heyes
(Natural News) As is increasingly the case these days, those who share an ideologically symbiotic relationship with the American Marxism Party, formerly known as Democrats, show what truly disgusting people they can be when the country suffers a crisis.
Most of are attempting to come together to comfort those who need it following the most recent school shooting in Florida, while simultaneously attempting to find a real solution to the epidemic of school shootings.
But others are using the horrific incident to push their personal political views or as another opportunity to say something outrageous because, obviously, no one has taught them how a civil society ought to behave when its citizens are grieving.
Take the case of one Andrew Pollack, a father whose daughter was among the 17 students and faculty killed in the Florida school massacre. He was trashed on the social sewer known as Twitter because he’s a supporter of President Donald J. Trump.
Actual responses to a man whose daughter was murdered in the Florida school massacre. Why? Because he voted for Trump. Some people are sick pic.twitter.com/9jUmHH1wFJ
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) February 15, 2018
“I don’t feel sorry for him and f**k trump,” one person tweeted.
“Maybe he should have thought twice before voting for #TerroristTrump,” tweeted another.
“He’s Pro-Trump which means he supports the guy who is responsible for the death of his child!!” said yet another.
Trump is responsible for the shooting. Trump is the terrorist. Not the admitted shooter Nikolas Cruz. No. It’s Trump’s fault. (Related: Never forget, it’s the Democratic Party that’s been waging a “war on women,” not the Trump administration.)
Left-wing journalist: Abortion is the answer! (Huh?)
It gets worse if you can believe it. Following the shooting Rebecca Griffin, a Left-wing kookwho’s been a model, TV presenter, and sports reporter, decided she’d leave her decency and conscience in a box for the day and made a nasty, manipulative statement regarding the shootings…in making the case for abortion (Cruz was reportedly adopted as a child).
“Woman puts baby up for adoption, he grows up to be a violent young man who will spend the rest of his life in prison for a mass murder. Tell me more about how abortions are wrong,” she wrote.
Woman puts baby up for adoption, he grows up to be a violent young man who will spend the rest of his life in prison for a mass murder. Tell me more about how abortions are wrong. #Florida #ParklandSchoolShooting
— Rebecca 🍀 🏀 (@dorothyofisrael) February 15, 2018
As you can imagine, she was immediately taken to task (remember, Twitter’s a cultural sewer). But others used the medium to make seriously good points, including The Daily Wire’s editor, Ben Shapiro.
“Woman puts up baby for adoption, he turns out to be Steve Jobs. Tell me again how abortions are right,” he tweeted.
“Every bad person in history was born. Perhaps across-the-board abortion would be your preferred solution?” he added.
Others were equally civil — and equally powerful in their message. “17 kids died and your takeaway is that more kids need to die. You are a truly sick and evil person,” wrote Matt Walsh, author of “The Unholy Trinity.”
“Simple. All human life has value thus it should be treated as such. There are underlying physiological and external impacts to consider in a child’s development, so before you go all Joan of Arc on unborn children remember there are good adopted persons out there including me,” wrote another user, Jermaine Hawthorne.
What is it about society today that some people feel it’s appropriate to use a tragedy as a platform to be as crappy as they can possibly be to others? And why are they always Alt-Left liberals?
Take Andrew Pollack. All the man did was exercise his patriotic duty and constitutional right to vote for whoever he wants. But little Marxists on the Left saw his grief and anguish as just another opportunity to be as sh**ty as they could possibly be to him like he deserved to lose his daughter and he deserves their abuse because he apparently voted for Trump.
What kind of sick SOB thinks like that? See more examples at Libtards.news.
Well, we know the answer to that question, don’t we? People like Rebecca Griffin.
J.D. Heyes is also editor-in-chief of The National Sentinel.
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Battleground Gallipoli
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The Anzac legend was born on the shores of Gallipoli during the historic morning of 25th April 1915. Landing on a hostile beach, under the cover of darkness, the Anzacs moved inland rapidly, but the response of the Ottoman forces was equally quick. The outcome of the campaign was arguably sealed during the first day, when the door for an Anzac victory was closed.
With the order to dig, dig, dig and to stick it out, a stalemate was secured from the clutches of almost total disaster. After the Australians and New Zealanders received their baptism of fire, they became a stubborn thorn in the sides of the Ottoman army. Futilely after eight grueling months of fighting, the campaign came to an end with the complete evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Failure did not mar the actions and sacrifice of the Anzacs who bestowed a powerful legacy, as well as being a landmark in the birth of modern Turkey. Almost a century later, with all the veterans now sadly gone, their legacy still survives in Anzac Day and with the ever increasing numbers of pilgrims who visit the battlefield today.
This attractive and well-written book will serve as either a handy guide or concise history (or both).
Stephen J Chambers is an author and historian.
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TECHNOLOGY: NEXT GENERATION PLAYER TRACKING
James J. Hodl
Modern player tracking programs not only collect player data to promote more visits but also to produce more play and provide better rewards inside casinos
Players can order drinks on demand through a feature on Bally Technologies' iView Display Manager.
Promoting customer loyalty has always been a major focus for casino operators. The more times a customer returns to a casino’s slot floor, the more revenue and profits can result.
In the distant past, casino management used eyes on the floor to identify their best players and to reward and otherwise cater to their wants and needs to make them feel important and thus open to future visits. But more recently, computer technology has been put to use to identify valued customers. Working through player card systems that are integral parts of casino management software packages, casinos were able to identify the quieter customers whose activities on the floor made them valued patrons. And to make them feel welcome (and thus drive additional revenue) these systems were put to use keeping minute kits of information on these players from the size of the average bets to their favorite cocktail.
But player tracking systems are evolving. Current systems, using ever more computer memory and transfer data on broadband links, are now paying attention to more than the high rollers. Records on medium to light players are being stored and searched for clues as to how these guests can be persuaded to become better and more frequent customers.
And while in the past the tracked data was used to promote more frequent visits, new systems have gone one step further in communicating directly with players as they play their favorite slots. This enables casinos to offer a more customized gaming experience and instantly reward players based on their current play, while promoting other amenities on their properties.
Examples of IGT’s Service Window screens, displaying just some of the options available with the IGT’s server-based products.
Player tracking systems are currently offered to fill the needs of different size casinos and even compact casinos aboard cruise ships.
While by no means an exhaustive list, here are some insights and trends from several developers of innovative player tracking systems.
Smaller casinos that need a full player tracking and slot accounting system are offered SlotMaster Smart module of the SlotMaster III system from Iverson Gaming Systems, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. This network-less system uses smart card technology to record and store player information in the form of accumulated points. Easily interfaced with all makes of slot machines, this system enables casinos to set up a player database to configure user levels, awards and player ratings. It further facilitates points redemption, view player activity reports, and enable programming of messages for display on the machines’ LCD screens.
“Our latest player tracking system measures the value of all customers,” said Millard Reedes, vice president of new product development at Iverson. “Customers are rated as good, medium and grind, and collect information on all. Data collected on the two lowest customer categories can be used to not only make sure that players who deserve a meal for their amount of play receive it, but also target promotions aimed at increasing their value to the casino. And a program in the system evaluates each promotion to tell a casino if it worked.”
Iverson last year upgraded SlotMaster III with the SlotMaster Graphics (SMG), which increases slot machine capabilities to deliver rich media content and other transaction capabilities that enables players to enjoy both the game and other amenities. Over SMG’s flexible touch-screen display, casinos can provide streaming video of sporting events on which they may also have placed bets through the sports book, Reedes noted. The video feature also can be used to promote membership in the casino’s players club and sign up at the machine by pressing the “request host” button, promote other casino amenities such as restaurants and shows, provide a countdown to closing so players can complete their play, and offer point redemption at the slot.
An additional advantage offered by SMG is the ability to communicate with players in multiple languages. Iverson currently offers casinos, especially those on cruise ships, the ability to have their screens’ content in six different languages, of which guests can choose the one they speak. Casinos can choose these from a list of 10 languages Iverson offers, including Korean, whose cuneiforms presented software designers with a real challenge, Reedes said.
Bally's iView Display Manager screen is shown on the left side of the gaming machine's screen.
Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies offers player tracking as part of its Bally Business Intelligence system, an advanced application that allows casinos to analyze and visualize the extensive data gathered throughout their business enterprise. Through the SDS function, the system measures gaming floor performance, player and game interaction, player behavior and trending, and player loyalty, which includes rating the player’s value to the casino. The system also provides a complete accounting of all activity on individual slot machines.
“Bally is moving its player tracking to the next level with an eye on keeping all players feeling happy and valued,” said Tom Doyle, vice president of product management. “By keeping track of a customer’s level of play, casinos can tailor rewards to the customer’s value, with the bigger players getting bigger rewards. Our Flex Rewards program also can target a player who has had a bad day an extra bonus to cheer him up. The size of this consolation reward is based on the coin-in the player made during his losing stretch.”
Bally is adding extra features that require a player card to participate, which encourages more players to seek cards and thus be subject to player tracking and the useful information it provides for marketing efforts and the makeup of the slot floor.
Using the Power Winners program, casinos can create chain reaction jackpots with the actual winner getting a big prize while other carded players will simultaneously have $20 added to their card’s bankroll. Platinum and Gold card holders can get higher chain reaction bonuses in such events.
With the addition of the iView Display Manager screen, casinos can not only direct streaming video promotions at players but also provide additional services. One such feature includes the ability to access a web page on which they can order a beverage or cocktail delivered to their slot machine position, Doyle said.
Casinos also can stage hourly tournaments, during which players turn to a video touch screen to play the tournament game for three minutes, which the high points winner getting a prize. At the Barona Resort & Casino in Lakeside, Calif., Bally has set up Virtual Racing, which enables slots players to bet on a virtual horserace and win prizes if their steed wins. As staged on weekends at the Barona, Virtual Racing is a floor-wide event viewed on the iView game screen that is even called by a professional race announcer.
Some additional features for carded players include the ability to reserve their machine while they go outside to smoke a cigarette. Press a button and the machine cannot be used for the next 15 minutes. When the smoker returns, he picks up where he left off on the machine.
IGT’s sbX system allows casinos to easily manage the content they provide to their carded customers.
Player tracking remains an integral feature of the IGT Advantage Casino System management solution offered by Reno-based IGT. But according to Javier Saenz, vice president of network systems, IGT is taking the entire process into the new world of G2S server-based gaming.
“With all machines linked by a high-speed Ethernet to a central server, more detailed player information can be collected,” Saenz promised. “While the best players are not hard to identify, with the extra bandwidth to transfer data casinos can better identify the middle-ranked players, and those in the category that have the potential with a little promotion to be moved up in value.”
Some of this promotion can be made while the player-carded customer is playing. With the Personal Progressive program, customers can be informed when they are nearing a bonus and what they can do to earn it.
Bonuses also can be personalized for groups, Saenz noted. If for instance a 25th annual high school reunion is staged at a casino, management can create a bonus that can be won only by a member of the group, with the winner getting $1,000 and all others getting $5 in free play when the win occurs.
The latest evolution in the IGT Advantage Casino System is the sb NexGen II multimedia module, which Saenz said enables casinos to interact with their players to promote their property’s other amenities while strengthening the player club. This system adds to slot machines a touch screen LCD player that uses colorful animations, stereo sound and tracking displays to brand the casino and promote shows, dining and other on-premises features. The system also enhanced the player club by enabling carded players to easily access their point and comp balances, and to redeem promotional coupons. Coupled with Advantage Bonusing, sb NexGen II also improves delivery of exciting bonus games.
System 7000 Prime marketed from Aristocrat Technologies Inc., Las Vegas, offers an extensive program for tracking player activities and keeping records of them for marketing and other purposes.
Beginning with the easy player card registration system, this program maintains a photo of each player club member on file for security purposes. As the player hits the slot floor an inserts his card in his favorite machines, the program maintains a complete history of each player transaction, including coins per play, playing strategy, wins, losses, turnovers and accrued points. It assigned analysis codes to pinpoint player characteristics including individual likes and interests. And the system sorts these data to grade customers according to their value to the casino. These ratings can be upgraded or downgraded as player activity alters over time.
For marketing campaigns, System 7000 Prime groups player club members by specific characteristics so promotions can be specifically tailored to players in these groups. Among datum considered in the groupings are frequency of visitation, average bet, win/loss record and turnover. Based on these data, players can be assigned Gold, Silver and Bronze value groupings. The system’s Promotions module comes with built-in promotions designed to create player loyalty, though casinos can alter them to note special prize pools and other incentives for return visits. The system also includes a program to analyze promotions to determine their success, and perhaps fine tune some so they’ll work better in the future.
Just as player cards have almost done away with TITO (ticket-in/ticket-out) systems, Bally sees the twilight of the cards coming in the near future – at least for high-end players. According to Bally’s Doyle, biometric facial recognition systems can be added to slot machines that will recognize the individual player, allowing him to play off his bankroll stored in the casino’s server.
Atronic’s Systems Division also offers a robust complete systems solution designed to offer efficiency, flexibility, entertainment, and power, so operators can spend more time on strategic initiatives and less on downtime and operating costs.
Atronic states its Crystal.net casino floor network, built with proven hardware based on recognized industry standards, integrates seamlessly with Atronic’s software modules, such as the Star|Marketing player tracking module; the Star|Jackpots jackpot management solution; the Star|Cage vault, front cage; credit management tool; and Star|Tables advanced table management system.
Konami Gaming Inc., a subsidiary of Konami Corp., describes its Konami Casino Management System (KCMS) as an integrated, feature-rich casino management system that provides accurate, real-time, game-level accounting and player tracking information to casino operators, while enhancing the casino player’s experience through the True-Time player tracking touch-screen LCD.
Running 24/7 without a break, the Konami Casino Management System (KCMS) on the SGI and Oracle platforms is tracking carded and uncarded game play and constantly updating every gamer’s data trail, according to a news release about the company’s use of SGI. While Konami Gaming isn’t the only company making player tracking software, the company states it is the only company that can provide personalized real-time responses during every game. That capability is powered by the SGI Altix server and SGI InfiniteStorage TP9300 and TP9500 systems.
The combined KCMS, SGI and Oracle technology is so fast that casinos report players often see their points updated before the end of a spin, a serious achievement in the casino environment where players are almost always impatient. And, since most casinos don’t have a large IT staff, Konami also differentiates itself by linking the customer’s Altix systems by T-1 line to its Las Vegas headquarters, where administrators remotely maintain the server and the database.
Konami’s KCMS also is integrated with Waltham, Mass.-based PlayAway casino visit acquisition system with the Konami Casino Management System.
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Meet The Books
Meet new illustrator Rosie Faragher, creator of our Cast of Thousands characters
I love talking to people who are just setting out on their working journeys with children’s books and will be very happy if Cast of Thousands can help in finding and promoting new talent. So where better to start than with Rosie Faragher, the new illustrator who created such a fantastic cast of characters to leap and dance across this site?
Last year I went to an exhibition of work by graduates who’d just completed their Masters in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. It was hugely exciting to see innovative work by so many new illustrators and reinforced how much creative talent and expertise the UK is nurturing in this field right now.
Rosie was exhibiting and I was struck by the energy and individuality of her quirky characters. I wanted to commission an illustration for this site and knew she’d be perfect for the job. I’m absolutely delighted with the outcome - I particularly like the way her cast of bookish characters leap and dance across each page – and I hope you enjoy them, too. I think my favourite has to be the flying horse, but it was a tough call!
Rosie's been very busy lately, what with getting her first picturebook ready for publication, moving house AND having her first baby, but luckily she had time to chat to us and give us a peek into her studio...
Welcome to Cast of Thousands, Rosie! it’s been great working with you, and your illustration for the site is wonderful. Can you tell us a bit about how you approached the commission? What's your creative process like?
After reading a brief I always give myself time to draw playfully on the theme, not thinking too hard whilst I do so and often experimenting with media too. This usually results in a lot of colour palettes and drawings that need to then be rejected, but it seems to be an important first stage of the process, leading to better end results and pushing my work forward generally!
What kind of media do you prefer?
I tend to return again and again to simple coloured pencils, but I love experimenting with paint, print techniques and felt tips! I think the more you experiment, the better your work, even if your final work tends to often be in the same media. Experimentation changes and develops the way I make marks and express the things I want to express in the drawing.
Tell us a bit about your sketchbooks! Do you mainly draw from life or from your imagination?
Both! I love sketchbooks. I try to keep them fun and allow myself to be spontaneous and not rulebound with sketchbooks so that I end up using them more often.
I’ve always loved being allowed to peek inside an illustrator’s sketchbook. They’re such personal spaces, aren’t they? And it’s very exciting to catch a glimpse of the creative process in action.
Do you have a special project on the go at the moment? What are your illustration hopes for the future?
I have a book coming out with Child's Play Books this year - it's called Astrid and the Sky Calf - and am due to start working on a new one for them soon. I had my baby in March so currently any drawing is very much inspired by my experience of motherhood and done in snatches of time.
Congratulations on the book - and the baby! I expect you’ll be reading to him already!
Which books were important to you in your childhood?
There were so many that it's too hard to choose. I think The Snowman by Raymond Briggs and Dogger by Shirley Hughes were important to me. The themes of loss and friendship are so touching in those stories. More generally I loved pictures with lots and lots of detail and characters and when I was quite little I remember it being important that I could easily hold the books and turn the pages by myself, so partly for this reason I enjoyed the Mr Men and Ladybird books.
My most-loved books as a three-year old were also tiny… and when my daughter was the same age I bought her a set of miniature books – I’m sure prompted by that memory!
When you were a child, did you ever feel that you had to ‘do something’ after reading a book? And if you did, what did you do? Which books prompted this reaction?
When I felt that way, mostly I wanted to write more stories and act them out. I seem to remember the books that made me want to do that were a lot of the classic adventure stories by Enid Blyton, Nina Bawden and Michelle Magorian.
I think through drawing I liked coming up with my own stories. I remember drawing things from real life such as kids playing tennis and drawing illustrations for stories I had written. They gave us a lot of time to do this at my school, luckily.
I loved them too! Which children’s books do you particularly admire now? What do you like about them?
I love Tomi Ungerer's books. The drawing is beautiful, the themes and characters wonderfully odd and the messages strong.
How were books and reading shared and promoted as you were growing up? Was there anything that was particularly successful or memorable?
I guess simply being read to a lot had a huge impact. I loved primary school because we were always being read to and my mum read to me at every bedtime.
That’s such an important thing, isn’t it? Access to lots of books and at least one enthusiastic adult to help you find out what’s inside them!
Thanks so much for talking to us, Rosie, and for creating so many great characters for the site. We wish you the very best of luck with your first picturebook!
Rosie Faragher helped publish independent comics before completing her MA in Children’s Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. She graduated in 2018 and her first picturebook Astrid and the Sky Calf is coming out soon, published by Child's Play. Find Rosie on her website at rosiefaragher.co.uk and on instagram @rosiefaragher
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Will GOP candidates move beyond soundbites at education summit?
August 18, 2015 / 6:00 AM / CBS News
Six Republican presidential hopefuls head to New Hampshire this week to take part in an education summit where they will be expected to dive deep into their visions for education reform. Wednesday's event will also be a test for candidates as they confront a thorny issue that has been riling up conservative activists for years: Common Core.
The event is sponsored by former NBC and CNN journalist Campbell Brown and The Seventy Four, Brown's nonprofit news site focused on education issues. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will each participate in 45-minute, one-on-one conversations with Brown. They're expected to discuss how the federal government should -- and should not -- influence education policy in the U.S.
Hot-button issue: Common Core standardized te... 02:25
"Polling shows that education is the most important issue to our country - how our children get educated - and it ends up being very little in terms of what the candidates actually talk about," Brown told CBS News.
Yet this election cycle presents an opportunity to put the issue of education reform front and center due to an array of clashing ideas surrounding unions, vouchers, school choice and standardized testing.
"Last campaign cycle, Romney and Obama agreed on major education policy issues, and education barely got a mention," Brown lamented.
The biggest source of tension on Wednesday is likely to be the debate over the Common Core State Standards, an initiative that encouraged states to develop similar, competitive benchmarks for student achievement in math and language arts. Though Common Core initially enjoyed broad bipartisan support, some in the GOP turned against the program after the Department of Education tied the disbursement of grant money to an adoption of similar standards.
Jindal, Walker, and Christie once spoke favorably about the standards, but they now oppose them, and they may be asked Wednesday to defend their change of heart. Bush and Kasich, the only 2016 Republican contenders who still support Common Core, may be asked to explain themselves as well.
The standards have some high-profile defenders in the GOP. In an op-ed for The 74, William Bennett, the former U.S. Secretary of Education under President Reagan, criticized "Republican governors who once supported and implemented the Common Core but are now running from it under political pressure." He argued governors have a right to review standards in their states - and most states do - but in the end, they will end up creating standards similar to those of Common Core, just with a different name.
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"Christie and the other Republican governors, should be courageous enough to defend the concept -- both in policy and in politics," Bennett wrote. "If a state ends up tweaking and renaming the standards, it will be acting in a way that is entirely consistent with how the Common Core was designed to function - as exemplar standards for states to improve and build upon."
Still, the term "Common Core" has stirred enough passion among the Republican base that even defenders of the program have had to wrestle with how they discuss the issue. Bush dubbed the debate surrounding Common Core "poisonous" last Friday while campaigning at the Iowa State Fair. And he added, "I'm for higher standards - state-created, locally implemented - where the federal government has no role in the creation of standards, content or curriculum."
Kasich told voters at a town hall in New Hampshire last month, "I'm going to make sure, at least in my state, that standards are high and local control is maintained. Now some may call that Common Core. I don't really know, but I'm telling you the way it is in my state."
Beyond Common Core, Brown aims to press candidates on how they'd confront other divisive education issues, including the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, President Obama's "Race to the Top" initiative, and how they plan to use dollars at a state or federal level to incentivize reform.
"There are Republican candidates who have argued that the Department of Education should be abolished... so why are you at this forum? You'll really have an opportunity to see whether or not they really know their stuff," Brown told CBS. "Not everybody can carry on an in-depth education policy [conversation] for 45 minutes. We'll see who has really done their homework."
Brown and The 74 are partnering with the Des Moines Register to host a second education summit for the Democratic candidates in Iowa in October.
First published on August 18, 2015 / 6:00 AM
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Pig Poop Powers North Carolina Farm
Scaling up waste-to-energy technology could transform the hog farming industry.
By Wendee NicoleFebruary 21, 2014 3:30 PM
Pattakorn Uttarasak / Shutterstock
In the heart of North Carolina’s bucolic wine country, east of the Great Smoky Mountains, lies Loyd Ray Farms — a factory farm that turns pig poop into energy.
From the road, the sprawling site looks like a typical concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, with nine elongated metal barns housing nearly 9,000 hogs and an open lagoon that stores liquefied manure. But next to the lagoon is a bizarre basin covered by an inflated tarp: the biodigester. Every week, this swollen structure turns 400,000 gallons of liquid hog waste into biogas that fuels the farm.
Loyd Ray Farms is the first to tap a new energy market created under North Carolina’s unique renewable energy law, which took effect in 2012. Whereas many states have renewable energy laws requiring utility companies to harvest a percentage of their energy from solar or wind power, North Carolina is the only one requiring power derived from hog or chicken manure. Loyd Ray Farms has been turning its animal waste into biogas since 2011. The fuel generates renewable energy and allows the owner to sell carbon offset credits. After this successful pilot project, which attracted investments from a regional power company and Google, researchers are now looking to help other farms follow suit and expand the market for waste-to-energy systems on a national scale.
Cleaning Up Slop
A flare burns leftover biogas to minimize methane. | Charles Adair/Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative
Before its upgrade, Loyd Ray Farms was a classic “feeder-to-finish” operation, bulking up thousands of swine for slaughter every year. These large, confined hog facilities spread rapidly through North Carolina in the 1980s and 1990s. But during this heyday, heavy rains caused several manure lagoons in the state to rupture; public outrage swept the country as pathogen-laden sludge leached into waterways.
Meanwhile, researchers were showing that besides soil and water contamination, hog CAFOs emit high volumes of the potent greenhouse gas methane (pound for pound, hog manure produces twice the methane of cattle manure) and ammonia, which has been linked to respiratory ailments. Farmers exacerbate these health hazards when they spray the liquid manure onto their fields as fertilizer, volatizing more chemicals and producing an ungodly stench.
Seeking to redeem its hog industry, the Tar Heel State imposed a temporary ban on new or expanded hog farms in 1997. A decade later, the state signed the ban into law but exempted farms that met strict environmental criteria, such as eliminating the discharge of animal waste to groundwater and preventing the release of pathogens to the environment.
In 2007, with this new environmental law in place and the renewable energy law under consideration in the state Legislature, environmental scientists at Duke University seized the opportunity to reimagine swine farms. They teamed up with Duke Energy, North Carolina’s largest utility, to convert a standard hog CAFO into a sustainable farm. Engineers from Cavanaugh Solutions designed a system that would turn the animal waste into energy. Soon, Google got wind of the project. With its well-known corporate commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of its operations to zero, Google’s top brass saw investment in the project near its Lenoir, N.C., data center as a step toward achieving that goal. All the group needed was a factory farm to test the technology.
When a project manager approached Loyd Bryant with the blueprints in 2009, the owner of Loyd Ray Farms was up for experimenting. “I liked the idea of reducing odors on the farm, which I knew my neighbors would appreciate. I liked the idea of having healthier pigs from the ammonia control, which helps them grow better and reduces mortality. And I liked the idea that I might be able to expand my farm someday because of this innovative system,” Bryant explains.
A Day on the Farm
Now Bryant’s daily chores include flushing 80,000 gallons of manure from two barns into the farm’s biodigester, a 174-by-218-foot plastic-covered pit. Inside, anaerobic bacteria — which do not require oxygen — silently convert the organic matter into methane, carbon dioxide and other chemical byproducts. Bryant’s biodigester mixes the liquid inside to keep digesting bacteria in constant contact with the waste material. This maximizes digesting efficiency and helps the bacteria outcompete pathogenic strains, reducing pathogen loads without the use of synthetic chemicals.
At the other end of the digester, Bryant captures biogas composed of about 60 percent methane and 40 percent carbon dioxide. A machine called a gas skid brings this mixture to the right temperature and pressure for turning a 65-kilowatt microturbine. The electricity it generates is enough to run the waste treatment system plus the lights and machinery in five of Bryant’s nine hog barns. Any excess biogas is burned in a flare that converts methane into less-polluting carbon dioxide.
Manure in the barns is flushed into the biodigester. Here it produces biogas to fuel a microturbine. The remaining effluent is aerated so it can be used to irrigate fields and flush barns again. | Discover After Marc Deshusse/Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative
The leftover liquid waste is routed to an aeration basin where nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert ammonia to nitrate. Some of this “manure tea” is used to flush out the barns. Bryant sprays the rest on his fields in place of the less-treated manure he used to use. Since the treated effluent tea has far less ammonia, it produces less fumes and odors, which Bryant’s neighbors have been quick (and happy) to note. Also, plants take up the tea faster than manure because their roots can absorb nitrates directly and more easily than ammonia.
Preliminary estimates indicate the converted farm prevents the production of greenhouse gases equivalent to 5,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year — like taking some 1,000 cars off the road. This allows Bryant to provide renewable energy credits to Duke Energy and carbon offset credits to both Google and Duke University, in exchange for their initial investment in upgrading his farm. When the existing contract expires in 2020, Bryant can sell those credits on the open market, as could any farmer who implements a similar system.
For Google, the project is an investment into a possible future, not a slam dunk with immediate payoff. “Less than 1 percent of our carbon emissions are offset by this,” says Jolanka Nickerman, manager of Google’s Carbon Offsets Team. Buying into the waste-to-energy project was an opportunity to help transform an industry to benefit the environment, business and local communities. “It was win-win-win,” says Nickerman. Now the challenge is spreading and scaling that technology to make it a viable means of offsetting more carbon.
Harnessing Poop Power
The Loyd Ray Farms project was a learning process. In the summer heat, for example, the system didn’t produce enough energy to power the biodigester’s electrical system while also cooling the hog houses, so managers had to shift the operational schedule to balance the electrical load. When a plastic basin liner was installed wrong, managers had to put in a new one. Plus, the original gas skid needed to be replaced because it could not handle the sulfur dioxide contained in the biogas.
Despite these setbacks, analyses of the Loyd Ray experiment show that electricity generated from swine waste is competitive in the renewable energy marketplace. Getting new projects off the ground will likely hinge on the cost to farmers, says Tanja Vujic, who directs the project at Duke University. Environmental safeguards, like Bryant’s aeration basin and plastic basin liners, are necessary but expensive because they lack financial incentives. Vujic expects prices to come down as more waste-to-energy systems are studied, tested and implemented. With Bryant’s farm as an example of success, Vujic hopes other farmers will see payments for energy and carbon offsets as a way to finance conversions on their own farms.
Bryant acknowledges “there have been some kinks in the system.” But, he says, “I know it works and makes my farm better. It practically runs itself.”
[This article originally appeared in print as "Pig Power Pays Off."]
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Revisit "Toy Story 4" on Disney+ now!
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The award-winning animation Pixar's Toy Story 4 is now on Disney+. Toy Story received 2019 EDA Award Nominees, the film has been nominated for 2020 Oscars "Best Animated Feature Film" and "Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)"
Randy Newman composed the original song "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away". The film is directed by Josh Cooley and produced by Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera.
The original cast returned such as Tom Hanks (voiced "Woody"), Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear), Annie Potts (Bo Peep), Tony Hale (Forky), Joan Cusack (Jessie), Wallace Shawn (Rex), John Ratzenberger (Hamm). Don Rickles (Mr. Potatoe Head) voice was originated from archived audio recordings.
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Lista BBC Horizon (1964-2019)
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Lista BBC Horizon
A série Horizon é transmitida na BBC 2, desde 1964, com mais de 1.110 episódios já divulgados.
Temos aqui no fórum muitos "fanáticos" por esta série fantástica e nada mais justo disponibilizarmos a lista de todos os títulos, identificando os que estão aqui no fórum, com os respectivos links.
Vamos precisar também atualizar os novos episódios que são lançados.
Conto com a ajuda de todos!
1ª Exibição Nome
1964/02/05 The World of Buckminster Fuller
1964/05/30 Pesticides and Posterity
1964/06/27 A Candle to Nature
1964/07/25 Strangeness Minus Three
1964/08/22 The Air of Science
1964/09/21 The Knowledge Explosion
1964/10/19 The Amateur Scientist
1964/11/16 Tots and Quods and Woodgeries
1964/12/01 Professor J.B.S. Haldane, Obituary
1964/12/14 Science, Toys and Magic
1965/01/06 Learning from Machines
1965/01/20 The Technique of Change
1965/02/03 Star Gazers
1965/02/17 Science and Art
1965/03/03 The Great Computer Scandal
1965/03/17 Faster, Farther, Higher
1965/03/31 Restless Genius
1965/04/14 Other Side of the Pill
1965/05/12 Title Unknown - 12 May 1965
1965/06/09 Title Unknown - 09 June 1965
1965/07/14 Dr. Joseph Needham
1965/07/28 Title Unknown - 28 July 1965
1965/08/11 Certain of Uncertainty
1965/08/25 Title Unknown - 25 August 1965
1965/09/08 Fuel for the Future
1965/09/22 Let Newton Be
1965/10/10 Special Senses
1965/10/24 An Affair of the Heart
1965/11/07 Ten Thousand Tombs
1965/11/21 Toil, Sweat & Tears
1965/12/05 The Big Dishes and the Living Stream
1965/12/19 Title Unknown - 19 December 1965
1966/01/02 Title Unknown - 02 January 1966
1966/01/30 A Man of Two Visions
1966/02/13 Title Unknown - 13 February 1966
1966/03/13 Title Unknown - 13 March 1966
1966/04/10 Title Unknown - 10 April 1966
1966/05/08 Man in Space
1966/07/17 The Lonely Children
1966/09/11 Title Unknown - 11 September 1966
1966/10/10 Ten Years in the Antarctic
1966/10/24 The Athlete
1966/11/07 From Peenemünde to the Moon
1966/11/21 Title Unknown - 21 November 1966
1966/12/05 The Structure of Life
1966/12/25 Hand Me My Sword, Humphrey
1967/01/17 Sons of Cain
1967/02/17 How Best to Make a Man, How Best to Make a Scientist
1967/02/28 Dynamo - The Life of Michael Faraday
1967/03/14 Migraine
1967/03/28 How Safe is Surgery?
1967/04/25 The Shape of War to Come
1967/05/09 Memory
1967/05/23 Masters of the Desert
1967/06/20 Cancer - The Smoker's Gamble
1967/07/04 Science and the Supernatural
1967/07/18 Hypnosis
1967/09/12 The War of the Boffins
1967/09/26 Aspects of Alcohol
1967/10/10 Lords of the Sea
1967/10/24 Will Art Last?
1967/11/07 Air Safety - The Unknown Factor
1967/12/05 Koestler on Creativity
1967/12/12 The World of Ted Serios
1967/12/24 Professor in Toyland
1968/01/02 An Ingenious Man - Sir H. John Baker
1968/01/30 Man's Best Friend
1968/02/13 Once a Junkie
1968/02/27 Towns, Traffic and Tomorrow
1968/03/12 The Man Makers
1968/03/26 Man in Search of Himself
1968/04/09 Investigating Murder
1968/05/07 The Equation of Murder
1968/09/12 The Lindemann Enigma
1968/09/19 From Field to Factory
1968/09/26 Comfort on Aging
1968/10/03 Experiments in War
1968/10/17 African Medicine
1968/10/24 The Broken Bridge
1968/10/31 Children Without Words
1968/11/07 Computer Revolution
1968/11/14 The Doctor's Dilemma
1968/11/21 In the Matter of Dr. Alfred Nobel
1968/11/28 Wheels Within Wheels
1968/12/05 Black Man, White Science
1968/12/12 Hidden World
1968/12/19 The Talgai Skull
1968/12/24 Phantasmagoria: The Magic Lantern
1969/01/02 Inside Every Fat Man
1969/01/09 If Only They Could Speak
1969/01/16 The Miraculous Wonder: The Human Eye
1969/01/23 The Years of the Locust
1969/01/30 The Gifted Child
1969/02/06 The Last of the Polymaths
1969/02/13 Music and the Mind
1969/02/20 Report on V.D.
1969/02/22 A True Madness
1969/02/27 Extra Sensory Perception
1969/03/06 The Drift from Science
1969/03/13 Powers of Persuasion
1969/03/20 The View from Space
1969/03/27 The Unborn Patient
1969/04/10 King Solomon's Garden
1969/04/24 Muck Today, Poison Tomorrow
1969/05/01 Shark
1969/05/15 Technology and Self-Determination
1969/05/22 After Apollo
1969/05/29 Discovery
1969/06/05 Machines and People
1969/09/15 Science on Safari
1969/09/29 The Problem of Pain
1969/10/06 Four Fast Legs and a Nose
1969/10/13 Father of the Man
1969/10/20 Master of the Microscope
1969/10/27 C.E.R.N.
1969/11/03 Snap, Crackle and Bang
1969/11/10 Cancer Now
1969/11/17 There's a Rhino in My Sugar
1969/11/24 Fit to Live
1969/12/01 Don't Cackle, Lay Eggs
1969/12/08 How Much Do You Drink?
1969/12/15 A Game of War
1969/12/22 Bread
1969/12/29 For the Safety of Mankind
1970/01/05 Just Another World
1970/01/12 Henry Royce, Mechanic
1970/01/19 A Disease of Our Time - Stress
1970/01/26 A Disease of Our Time - Heart Attacks
1970/02/02 Sex and Sexuality
1970/02/16 Whose Coast?
1970/02/23 A Much Wanted Child
1970/03/02 The Expert Witness
1970/03/09 After the Iron Age
1970/03/16 Let the Therapy Fit the Crime
1970/03/23 The World Outside
1970/03/30 In the Beginning was the Word
1970/04/13 The Drifting of the Continents
1970/04/20 A Case of Priority
1970/04/27 The Fretful Elements
1970/05/11 One Man's Meat
1970/07/06 Only Skin Deep
1970/07/13 Wolves and Wolfmen
1970/08/10 A Measure of Uncertainty
1970/08/17 The Manhunters
1970/08/24 Don't Get Sick in America
1970/08/31 Crown of Thorns
1970/09/07 Noah's Ark in Kensington
1970/09/14 Virus
1970/09/21 Water, Water
1970/09/28 All Creatures Great and Small
1970/10/05 Child for a Lifetime
1970/10/12 Something for Our Children
1970/11/02 Million Ton Tanker
1970/11/09 The Insect War
1970/11/16 The Savage Mind
1970/11/23 Tanks
1970/11/30 Mind the Machine
1970/12/07 Square Pegs
1970/12/14 The City that Waits to Die
1970/12/21 The Man who Talks to Frogs
1970/12/28 The Gargantuan Triumph of Science
1971/01/04 Wildlife - The Last Great Battle
1971/01/18 Great Ormond Street
1971/01/25 A Bulldozer Through Heaven
1971/02/01 Rumors of War
1971/02/15 I'm Dependent - You're Addicted
1971/02/22 Kuru - To Tremble With Fear
1971/03/08 Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled
1971/03/15 What Kind of Doctor?
1971/03/22 Nice Sort of Accident to Have
1971/04/05 The Wood
1971/04/12 The Measure of a Man
1971/04/26 Three Score Years and Then?
1971/05/03 Darwin's Bulldog
1971/05/10 The Secret
1971/05/17 What Every Girl Should Know?
1971/05/24 Tastes of Food to Come
1971/05/31 Looking for a Happy Landing
1971/06/07 A Case of Depression
1971/06/14 The Total War Machine
1971/06/21 The Dinosaur Hunters
1971/09/27 Your Country Needs You
1971/10/04 Rheumatism
1971/10/11 If at First You Don't Succeed...You Don't Succeed
1971/10/18 One Liverpool or Two?
1971/10/25 Rutherford, Cavendish
1971/11/01 The Fierce People
1971/11/15 The Men Who Painted Caves
1971/11/22 Crab Nebula
1971/11/29 Can Venice Survive?
1971/12/06 Willingly to School
1971/12/20 Periscope War
1971/12/27 Patently Absurd
1972/01/03 The Missing Link
1972/01/10 Navajo - The Fight For Survival
1972/01/17 How Much Do You Smell?
1972/01/31 Parasite of Paradise
1972/02/07 The Day it Rained Periwinkles
1972/02/14 Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
1972/02/21 How They Sold Doomsday
1972/02/28 For Love or Money
1972/03/06 Whales, Dolphins and Men
1972/03/13 What is Race?
1972/03/20 Man-Made Lakes in Africa
1972/03/27 Survival in the Sahara
1972/04/10 Mind Over Body
1972/04/17 Out of Volcanoes
1972/05/01 The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
1972/05/08 Rail Crash
1972/05/22 Do You Dig National Parks?
1972/06/12 Sorry I Opened My Mouth
1972/07/03 The Way We Move
1972/07/10 The Life that Lives on Man
1972/07/24 Sex Can Be a Problem
1972/07/31 The Surgery of Violence
1972/10/12 Hospital, 1922
1972/10/19 When Polar Bears Swam in the Thames
1972/10/26 The Making of the English Landscape
1972/11/02 Shadows of Bliss
1972/11/09 Billion Marsh
1972/11/16 Do You Sincerely Want a Long Life?
1972/11/23 The Making of a Natural History Film
1972/11/30 Fire
1972/12/07 Alaskan Pipe Dream
1972/12/21 Their Life in Your Hands
1972/12/28 Navigating Europe
1973/01/04 Epidemic
1973/01/11 Worlds in Collision - Dr Immanuel Velikovksy
1973/01/18 The Military Necessity
1973/01/25 The Curtain of Silence
1973/02/01 Crime Lab
1973/02/08 When the Breeding Has to Stop
1973/02/15 Science is Dead, Long Live Science
1973/03/01 ...And Where Will the Children Play?
1973/03/08 Acupuncture: A Chinese Puzzle
1973/03/22 What Time is Your Body?
1973/04/05 Survival of the Weakest
1973/04/12 Red Sea Coral and the Crown of Thorns
1973/04/26 Lumbered With Back-Ache!
1973/05/03 Airport
1973/05/17 Do You Remember the Memory Man?
1973/05/24 What a Waste!
1973/06/07 The Laws of the Land
1973/06/14 Do We Really Need the Railways?
1973/06/21 The Telly of Tomorrow
1973/06/28 The Rat Man
1973/07/05 How Does It Hurt?
1973/08/09 A Scientist Looks at Religion
1973/09/24 In Search of Konrad Lorenz
1973/10/01 Stretch Up Tall
1973/10/08 Gilding the Lily
1973/10/15 Black Holes of Gravity
1973/10/22 What's so Big About Us?
1973/10/29 The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1973/11/05 Carry on Smoking
1973/11/26 Air Crash Detective
1973/12/03 An Element of Mystery
1973/12/17 Digging Up the Future
1973/12/24 Kula, a Reason for Giving
1974/01/07 A Matter of Self-Defense
1974/01/14 Bird Brain - The Mystery of Bird Navigation
1974/01/21 Never Too Late to Learn
1974/01/28 The Great Fish Hunt
1974/02/04 Pedal Power
1974/02/11 The Writing on the Wall
1974/02/18 Where Did the Colorado Go?
1974/03/04 The Future Goes Boom
1974/03/11 Fusion: The Energy Promise
1974/04/22 The First Ten Years
1974/04/29 This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow
1974/05/06 The Hunting of the Quark
1974/05/13 A Noah's Ark for Europe
1974/06/03 Bridges: When It Comes to the Crunch
1974/06/10 Search for Life
1974/06/17 The Secrets of Sleep
1974/06/24 Who Needs Skills?
1974/07/01 Hills of Promise
1974/07/08 The Race for the Double Helix
1974/07/15 The Immigrant Doctors
1974/07/22 Mines, Minerals and Men
1974/07/29 What Price Steak?
1974/08/05 Listen and Be Loyal
1974/08/12 Adam or Eve?
1974/09/02 An Unholy Scramble
1974/10/28 Do as You Are Told
1974/11/04 The First Signs of Washoe
1974/11/11 The Other Way
1974/12/09 Joey
1974/12/16 The Neglected Harvest
1974/12/23 How on Earth Did They Do That?
1974/12/30 The Lysenko Affair
1975/01/06 The Cleanest Place in the World
1975/01/20 The Killer Dust
1975/01/27 A Time to Be Born
1975/02/10 The Unsafe Sea
1975/02/17 The Change of Life
1975/02/24 Project Fido
1975/04/07 The Long, Long Walkabout
1975/04/14 The Overworked Miracle
1975/04/21 Not the Cheapest, But the Best
1975/04/28 A Spoonful of Roughage
1975/05/05 Brain Poison
1975/05/12 The Bulldog's Last Bark
1975/05/19 Benjamin
1975/06/02 The McMaster Experiment
1975/06/09 The Glazed Outlook
1975/06/16 The Three Chord Trick
1975/06/30 Strange Sleep
1975/07/07 The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?
1975/07/14 How Do You Read?
1975/07/21 The Sickly Sea
1975/07/28 Happy Catastrophe
1975/08/04 To Die, to Live - The Survivors of Hiroshima
1975/08/11 Cannabis
1975/08/18 Meditation and the Mind
1975/12/29 The Trobriand Experiment
1976/01/05 The Transplant Experience
1976/01/12 Intimate Strangers
1976/01/19 A Fair Share of What Little We Have
1976/01/26 The Incredible Machine
1976/02/02 King Coal Revived
1976/02/09 A Question of Trust
1976/02/16 The Case of the Bermuda Triangle
1976/02/23 The Lords of the Labyrinth
1976/03/01 Inside the Shark
1976/03/08 The Chemical Dream
1976/03/15 The Edelin Affair
1976/03/22 The World of Margaret Mead
1976/03/29 The Pathway from Madness
1976/04/05 Geronimo's Children
1976/04/12 The Vision of the Blind
1976/04/26 A Lesson for Teachers
1976/05/03 Why Did Stuart Die?
1976/05/10 The Planets
1976/05/17 The Children of Peru
1976/05/24 Dying
1976/05/31 The Great British Drought
1976/06/07 A Home Like Ours... A Story of Four Children
1976/06/14 What's Wrong With the Sun?
1976/10/25 The Bull's Eye War
1976/11/01 The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
1976/11/08 Billion Dollar Bubble
1976/11/15 The Selfish Gene
1976/11/22 A Child of Our Own
1976/11/29 Secrets of a Coral Island
1976/12/06 The Long Valley
1976/12/13 Half-Way to 1984
1976/12/20 The Mystery of King Arthur and His Round Table
1977/01/07 A Smile for a Crocodile
1977/01/14 The Pill for the People
1977/01/21 The Ape That Stood Up
1977/02/04 The Human Animal
1977/02/18 The Guinea Pig and the Law
1977/02/25 Hunters of the Seal
1977/03/04 The Red Planet
1977/03/11 One of Nature's Hotels
1977/03/18 Dawn of the Solar Age
1977/04/01 Genetic Roulette
1977/07/15 The Amazing Doctor Newton
1977/07/22 The Trouble with Medicine
1977/07/29 Silent Speech
1977/08/05 The Green Machine
1977/08/26 Horizon 2002
1977/09/02 The River That Came Clean
1977/09/09 Blueprints in the Bloodstream
1977/09/16 40 Years of Murder
1977/09/23 Darwin's Dream
1977/09/30 The Cry for Help
1977/10/07 The Sunspot Mystery
1977/10/21 The Rhine's Revenge
1977/11/25 The Case of the Ancient Astronauts
1977/12/02 Icarus' Children
1977/12/09 The Healing Nightmare
1977/12/23 The Great Wine Revolution
1978/01/06 Living Machines
1978/01/20 A Land for All Reasons
1978/01/27 I Don't Want to Be a Burden
1978/02/03 Zero G
1978/02/17 The Message In The Rocks
1978/02/24 The Eddystone Lights
1978/03/10 Light of the 21st Century
1978/03/24 The New Breadline
1978/03/31 Now the Chips Are Down
1978/07/14 Explosions in the Mind
1978/07/21 One Small Step
1978/07/28 The Tsetse Trap
1978/08/04 A Whisper From Space
1978/08/11 Prisoners of Hope
1978/08/18 On a Different Track
1978/08/25 Careering into Science
1978/09/01 Cashing in on the Ocean
1978/09/08 Bags of Life
1978/09/15 Innocent Slaughter
1978/11/03 The Beersheva Experiment
1978/11/10 Divers Do It Deeper
1978/11/17 The Big Sleep
1978/11/24 The Vital Spark
1978/12/29 The Red Deer of Rhum
1979/02/26 The Forever Fuel
1979/03/05 In Search of Pegasus
1979/03/12 The Keys of Paradise
1979/03/19 Sweet Solutions
1979/03/26 Bronze Age Blast-Off
1979/04/02 The Real Bionic Man
1979/04/09 A Mediterranean Prospect
1979/04/23 Elements of Risk
1979/04/30 Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland
1979/05/07 Where Nothing Happens Twice
1979/05/14 Journey Through the Human Body
1979/05/21 The Fight to Be Male
1979/05/28 The Robots Are Coming
1979/09/24 Mexican Oil Dance
1979/10/01 Tracks on the Oregon Trail
1979/10/08 The Race to Reshape Cars
1979/10/15 Dragnet for Diabetes
1979/10/22 The Lost Waters of the Nile
1979/10/29 Survival of the Fastest
1979/11/05 A Touch of Sensitivity
1979/11/12 A Treasury of Trees
1979/11/19 Darkness Visible
1979/12/03 Uranium Goes Critical
1979/12/10 The Fat in the Fire
1979/12/17 Decade
1980/01/14 The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz
1980/01/21 You Are Old, Father William
1980/01/28 The Mind's Eye
1980/02/04 Cleared For Takeoff
1980/02/11 A Sporting Chance
1980/02/18 Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
1980/02/25 The Big If...
1980/03/03 Cash From Trash
1980/03/10 Encounter With Jupiter
1980/03/17 Portrait of a Poison
1980/03/24 Magnet Earth
1980/09/01 Goodbye Gutenberg
1980/09/08 Invasion of the Virions
1980/09/15 Beyond the Milky Way
1980/09/22 Little Boxes
1980/09/29 The Other Kenya
1980/10/06 Moving Still
1980/10/13 The Way Out
1980/10/20 The Dead Sea Lives
1980/10/27 Once In a Million Years
1980/11/03 Smokers' Luck
1980/11/10 Behind the Horoscope
1980/11/17 The Mondragon Experiment
1980/11/24 The Spike
1980/12/01 The Slatemakers
1980/12/15 Anatomy of a Volcano
1981/01/05 Spend and Prosper
1981/01/12 A Whole New Medicine
1981/01/19 The Qualyub Project
1981/01/26 No-One Will Take Me Seriously
1981/02/02 Living With Dying
1981/02/09 A is for Atom, B is for Bomb
1981/02/16 Who Will Deliver Your Baby?
1981/03/02 West of Bangalore
1981/03/09 Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts...
1981/03/16 Hello Universe!
1981/03/23 Voices From Silent Hands
1981/03/30 Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
1981/04/06 East of Bombay
1981/04/11 Resolution on Saturn - The Rings
1981/04/13 Resolution on Saturn - The Moons
1981/09/28 Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
1981/10/05 The Hunt for the Legion Killer
1981/10/12 Breaking in Children
1981/10/19 The Grid
1981/10/26 Butterflies or Barley?
1981/11/02 Science for the People
1981/11/09 The Race to Ruin
1981/11/16 Death of the Dinosaurs
1981/11/23 The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out
1981/11/30 The Cornucopia
1981/12/07 A Race Against Time
1981/12/21 Painting by Numbers
1982/01/11 The Secret of the Snake
1982/01/18 Finding A Voice
1982/01/25 The Sea Beyond the Dunes
1982/02/01 Whatever Happened to the Energy Crisis?
1982/02/08 Notes of a Biology Watcher
1982/02/15 The Cline Affair
1982/02/22 The Million Murdering Death
1982/03/01 Shots in the Dark
1982/03/08 The Victims
1982/03/15 The Future - Made in Japan?
1982/03/22 The Private Face of Medicine
1982/04/05 The Fatal Bargain
1982/10/11 The Miracle of Life
1982/10/18 The Case of the UFOs
1982/10/25 A Killing Rain
1982/11/01 Intimate Relations
1982/11/08 The Scientist and the Baby
1982/11/15 Brave New Babies?
1982/11/29 The Professor of Surgery
1982/12/06 The Chopper
1982/12/13 The State of the Planet
1982/12/20 The Mysterious Mr. Tesla
1982/12/25 25 Years in Space: A Horizon Special
1983/01/10 Sizewell Under Pressure
1983/01/17 The Tropical Time Machine
1983/01/24 The Geneva Event
1983/02/07 How Much Can You Drink?
1983/02/14 Talking Turtle
1983/02/21 What Little Girls are Made of
1983/02/28 British Science - On the Wrong Track?
1983/03/07 The Great Plains Massacre
1983/03/14 Hard Rock
1983/03/21 Better Mind the Computer
1983/04/11 Madness on Trial
1983/04/18 Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
1983/04/25 Killer in the Village
1983/09/26 The Case of ESP
1983/10/03 The Artificial Heart
1983/10/10 Dr. Priestley and the Breath of Life
1983/10/17 Professor Hawking's Universe
1983/10/24 The Cruel Choice
1983/10/31 A Child's Guide To Languages
1983/11/07 China's Child
1983/11/14 The Earthquake Connection
1983/11/28 Prisoner or Patient?
1983/12/05 Cancer - The Pattern in the Genes
1983/12/12 The Academy
1984/01/09 The Intelligence Man
1984/01/16 Microworld!
1984/01/23 A New Green Revolution?
1984/01/30 Spies in the Wires
1984/02/13 Valley of the Inca
1984/02/27 The Conquest of Parasites
1984/03/05 Reflections on a River
1984/03/12 A Normal Face
1984/03/19 Prisoners of Incest
1984/03/26 Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales
1984/04/09 Professor Bonner and the Slime Moulds
1984/04/16 The Mind of a Murderer - The Case of the Hillside Strangler
1984/04/23 The Mind of a Murderer - The Mask of Madness
1984/04/30 A Cruel Inheritance
1984/05/07 The Malvern Link
1984/05/15 Biology at War - The Mystery of Yellow Rain
1984/07/21 Beyond the Moon
1984/10/29 Biology at War - A Plague in the Wind
1984/11/05 Contented Cows and Other Animals
1984/11/12 Picking Winners
1984/11/19 The Brain Puzzle
1984/11/26 Global Village
1984/12/03 Ivan
1984/12/10 A Mathematical Mystery Tour
1984/12/17 Supercharged
1985/01/07 Colourful Notions
1985/01/14 A World of Their Own
1985/01/21 Decoding Danebury
1985/01/28 A Mission to Heal
1985/02/04 Mystery of the Left Hand
1985/02/11 The Theatre of War
1985/02/25 The Careful Predator
1985/03/04 What Einstein Never Knew
1985/03/11 Eurekaaargh!
1985/03/18 Careering On
1985/03/25 How to Film the Impossible
1985/04/01 The Food Allergy War
1985/04/15 Goddess of the Earth
1985/04/22 IRAS - The Supercooled Eye
1985/04/29 A Prize Discovery
1985/05/20 Twenty-First Birthday
1985/11/25 Halley's Comet - The Apparition
1986/01/06 Are You a Racist?
1986/01/13 Genesis
1986/01/20 Bitter Cold
1986/01/27 The Mould, the Myth and the Microbe
1986/02/03 Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
1986/02/10 The Wrong Stuff
1986/02/17 Science...Fiction?
1986/02/24 The Children of Eve
1986/03/03 The New Face of Leprosy
1986/03/10 Hi-Tech a la Francaise
1986/03/13 Halley's Comet - The Encounter
1986/03/17 In the Wake of HMS Sheffield
1986/03/24 AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus
1986/04/07 The Case of the Frozen Addicts
1986/04/14 Nice Guys Finish First
1986/04/21 The Men Who Bottled a Cow
1986/04/28 Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird
1986/05/12 What Makes an Animal Smart?
1986/05/19 A Handful of Sugar With a Pinch of Salt
1986/05/26 Uranus Encounter
1986/06/09 Who Built Stonehenge?
1986/06/16 Battered Baby - From Generation to Generation
1986/06/23 Battered Baby - Breaking the Chain
1986/06/30 Doctors to Be
1987/01/05 The Twentyfive Hour Clock
1987/01/12 The Search for the Disappeared
1987/01/19 The Blind Watchmaker
1987/01/26 Riding The Stack
1987/02/02 Bruno Bettelheim: The Man Who Cared For Children
1987/02/09 Bruno Bettelheim: A Sense of Surviving
1987/02/16 Energy From Outer Space
1987/02/23 The Return of the Osprey
1987/03/02 Can AIDS Be Stopped
1987/03/09 Police Stress: The John Wayne Syndrome
1987/03/16 To Engineer Is Human
1987/03/23 The Magma Chamber
1987/03/30 Broken Images
1987/04/06 Trial Babies
1987/04/13 After Chernobyl - Closer To Home
1987/04/27 Life Story
1987/05/11 Making Sex Pay
1987/05/18 The Anthropic Principle
1987/06/01 Aircrash: The Burning Issue
1987/06/08 The Riddle of the Joints
1987/05/15 To Catch a Falling Star
1987/06/22 In the Light of New Information
1987/06/29 Janice's Choice
1988/01/04 The Transplanted Brain
1988/01/11 Death of a Star
1988/01/18 Playing With Madness
1988/01/25 The Canal in the Jungle
1988/02/01 Death of the Working Classes
1988/02/08 The Greenhouse Effect
1988/02/15 Struggling for Control
1988/02/22 Thinking
1988/02/29 Patients on Trial
1988/03/07 Purple Warrior - Rules of Engagement
1988/03/14 Purple Warrior - Limited War
1988/03/28 The Heart of Another
1988/04/11 Easter Islands - The Secrets
1988/04/18 Easter Islands - The Story
1988/04/23 Doctors to Be - Trial by Interview
1988/04/24 Doctors to Be - The Knowledge
1988/04/25 Doctors to Be - Welcome to the Real World
1988/05/02 Cancer at Bay
1988/05/09 Traces of Murder
1988/05/16 The Hope of Progress
1988/05/23 A Newsday Revolution
1988/06/06 A Good Test?
1988/06/13 Superconductor - The Race for the Prize
1988/06/27 Believe Me
1988/07/04 The Quest for Tannu Tuva
1988/09/28 The Diary of Discovery
1989/01/09 The Book of Man
1989/01/16 The Poison that Waits
1989/01/23 Perils of the Deep
1989/01/30 Smart Weapons
1989/02/06 Wasting the Alps
1989/02/13 In the Last Resort
1989/02/20 Gaze in Wonder
1989/02/27 In My Lifetime?
1989/03/06 Concerto
1989/03/13 Black Schizophrenia
1989/03/20 Trial in the Jungle
1989/04/03 Who Will Make Me Better?
1989/04/17 A Wonderful Life
1989/04/24 Why Buildings Make You Sick
1989/05/08 Jubilee
1989/05/15 Crash
1989/05/22 The New Sixth Sense
1989/06/12 Clive Sinclair: The Anatomy of an Inventor
1989/06/19 Newpin: A Lifetime
1989/06/26 Time of Darkness
1990/01/08 Oil Spill
1990/01/15 Medicine 2000
1990/01/22 Food Irradiation: Would You Buy It?
1990/01/29 From Earth to Miranda
1990/02/05 Encounter With Neptune
1990/02/12 Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
1990/02/19 The First 14 Days
1990/03/05 The 10,000 Year Test
1990/03/12 Hurricane!
1990/03/19 The Britannic Greenhouse
1990/03/26 Cold Fusion
1990/04/02 The Quake of '89 - The Final Warning?
1990/04/09 The Sharpest Show of the Universe
1990/04/23 The Company of Ants and Bees
1990/04/30 The Intelligent Island
1990/05/14 Legacy of a Volcano
1990/05/21 Do Cows Make You Mad?
1990/06/04 The Child Mothers
1990/06/06 Making an Honest Fiver
1990/06/11 Signs of Life
1990/06/25 AIDS - A Quest for a Cure
1990/12/07 Red Star in Orbit: The Invisible Spaceman
1990/12/14 Red Star in Orbit: The Dark Side of the Moon
1990/12/21 Red Star in Orbit: The Mission
1991/01/07 Sudden Death
1991/01/14 Keen as Mustard
1991/01/21 Smokers Can Harm Your Health
1991/01/28 Coming In from the Cold
1991/02/04 Small Problems with the Mirror
1991/02/10 Two Weeks to Save the Earth
1991/02/11 California Dreaming
1991/02/25 The Day the Earth Melted
1991/02/25 The Curse of Karash
1991/03/04 Playing at Noah
1991/03/11 Cashing in on Paradise
1991/03/18 The Terracotta Time Machine
1991/03/25 Measuring the Roof of the World
1991/04/15 The First Americans
1991/04/22 Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus
1991/04/29 Colonizing Cyberspace
1991/05/13 Emerging Viruses
1991/05/20 Camelford - A Bitter Aftertaste
1991/06/03 Of Big Bangs, Stick Men and Galactic Holes
1991/06/10 Food For Thought
1991/06/17 The Long Road to the West
1991/06/24 Half Hearted About Semi-Skimmed
1991/07/01 T-Rex Exposed
1992/01/06 The Shadow of Breast Cancer
1992/01/13 Pest Wars
1992/01/20 Molecules With Sunglasses
1992/01/27 In Search of the Noble Savage
1992/02/03 Malaria: Battle of the Merozoites
1992/02/17 The Black Sun
1992/02/24 Hitler's Bomb
1992/03/02 An Expensive Theology
1992/03/09 The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing
1992/03/16 Hot Jam in the Doughnut
1992/03/30 A Diet for a Lifetime
1992/04/06 Before Babel
1992/04/13 The Man Who Moved the Mountains
1992/04/27 Iceman
1992/05/11 Taking the Credit
1992/05/18 Fast Life in the Food Chain
1992/06/01 Dodging Doomsday
1992/06/08 A Question of Sport...
1992/06/15 Genes R Us
1992/07/10 A Close Encounter of the Second Kind
1992/08/23 Hide and Seek in Iraq - A Horizon Special
1992/10/12 The Truth About Sex - An Horizon Special
1993/01/04 Awakening the Frozen Addicts
1993/01/11 Cheating Time
1993/01/18 TB - The Forgotten Plague
1993/01/25 No Ordinary Genius Richard Feynman - Part 1
1993/02/01 No Ordinary Genius Richard Feynman - Part2
1993/02/08 Mars Alive
1993/02/15 Suggers, Fruggers and Data-Muggers
1993/02/22 The Pyramid Builders
1993/03/01 Here Be Monsters
1993/03/08 Iceman (Update)
1993/03/15 Whatever Happened to Star Wars
1993/03/22 Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls
1993/03/29 Dante Goes to Hell
1993/04/05 Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard
1993/04/19 The New Alchemists
1993/05/10 Allergic to the 20th Century
1993/05/24 Wot U Looking At?
1993/06/07 The Electronic Frontier
1993/06/14 A Vital Poison
1993/06/21 Chimp Talk
1993/06/28 Life is Impossible
1993/10/31 Assault on the Male
1994/01/10 Small Arms, Soft Targets
1994/01/17 The Last Mammoth
1994/01/24 The Man Who Made Up His Mind
1994/01/31 Genie
1994/02/07 Death Wish - The Untold Story
1994/02/14 Air Crash - The Deadly Puzzle
1994/02/28 Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid
1994/03/07 Hubble Vision
1994/03/14 Some Like It Hot
1994/03/21 Too Close to the Sun
1994/03/28 Sir Walter's Journey
1994/04/18 After the Flood
1994/04/25 Against The Clock
1994/05/09 Auschwitz - The Blueprints of Genocide
1994/05/16 Ulcer Wars
1994/05/23 30th Anniversary - The Far Side
1994/11/07 Deaf Whale, Dead Whale
1994/11/14 Whispers of Creation
1994/11/21 The Predator
1994/11/28 Close Encounters
1994/12/12 Orange Sherbet Kisses
1994/12/19 Designer Wines
1995/01/09 Tibet - The Ice Mother
1995/01/16 Russia's Deep Secrets
1995/01/23 Bones of Contention
1995/01/30 Siamese Twins
1995/02/14 Twice Born
1995/02/20 Too Big Too Soon?
1995/02/27 Farewell Fantastic Venus
1995/03/06 Exodus
1995/03/13 The Betrayers
1995/03/20 Icon Earth
1995/03/27 The I-Bomb
1995/04/03 Foetal Attraction
1995/04/10 Cracks in the Crust
1995/04/24 Hearing Voices
1995/10/30 Liar
1995/11/06 The Human Laboratory
1995/11/13 Nanotopia
1995/11/20 Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid (Update)
1995/11/27 A Code In The Nose
1995/12/04 AIDS - Behind Closed Doors
1995/12/11 The Runaway Mountain
1996/01/08 The Butchers of Boxgrove
1996/01/15 Fermat's Last Theorem
1996/01/22 A Miracle for Cancer?
1996/01/29 Nature's Numbers
1996/02/05 The Gene Race
1996/02/12 Masters of the Ionosphere
1996/02/26 Assault on the Male (revisited)
1996/03/04 Death by Design
1996/03/11 The Planet Hunters
1996/03/17 Einstein: The Miracle Year
1996/03/18 Einstein - Fame
1996/03/25 Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus (Update)
1996/04/01 Fallout from Chernobyl
1996/08/26 The Science of Star Trek
1996/11/02 TV is Dead, Long Live TV - Horizon Special
1996/11/11 Aliens from Mars
1996/11/17 BSE: The Invisible Enemy
1996/11/18 BSE: The Human Experiment
1996/11/25 Living Death
1996/12/02 The Time Lords
1996/12/09 Molecules with Sunglasses (Update)
1996/12/16 Noah's Flood
1997/01/30 Ice Mummies: The Ice Maiden
1997/02/06 Ice Mummies: A Life in Ice
1997/02/13 Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven
1997/02/27 Psychedelic Science
1997/03/06 Fat Cats, Thin Mice
1997/03/13 Shipwreck
1997/03/20 Genius of the Jet
1997/03/27 Smallpox on Death Row
1997/04/03 Silent Children, New Language
1997/04/17 Turned On by Danger
1997/04/24 A Perfect Oil Spill
1997/05/01 The Great Balloon Race
1997/05/17 Computers Don't Bite, Inside the Internet
1997/07/04 Destination Mars
1997/07/05 Mars, Death or Glory?
1997/09/11 Crater of Death
1997/09/25 Out of Asia
1997/10/09 The Virus that Cures
1997/10/16 The Man Who Lost his Body
1997/10/23 Dawn of the Clone Age
1997/10/30 Antarctica: The Ice Forms
1997/11/06 Antarctica: The Ice Lives
1997/11/13 Antarctica: The Ice Melts
1998/02/19 Saddam's Secrets
1998/02/26 Dr Miller and the Islanders
1998/03/05 The Rainmaker
1998/03/19 Hopeful Monsters
1998/03/26 The Limits to Birth
1998/03/29 Darwin, The Legacy
1998/04/02 Overkill
1998/04/16 The Curse of Vesuvius
1998/04/23 Mir Mortals
1998/04/30 The Computer that Ate Hollywood
1998/05/07 Magic Bullet
1998/05/14 Gulf War Jigsaw
1998/09/10 Sexual Chemistry
1998/10/01 Chimps on Death Row
1998/10/08 Dinosaurs in Your Garden
1998/10/15 Mosquito!
1998/10/22 The Life and Times of Life and Time
1998/10/29 Thalidomide - A Necessary Evil
1998/11/05 Beyond a Joke
1999/01/04 Longitude
1999/01/07 Fat Files - Born to Be Fat
1999/01/14 Fat Files - Fixing Fat
1999/01/21 Fat Files - Living on Air
1999/01/28 From Here to Infinity
1999/02/04 Pandemic
1999/02/11 Elephants or Ivory
1999/02/18 Electric Heart
1999/03/11 New Star in Orbit
1999/03/18 New Asteroid Danger
1999/03/25 Skeleton Key
1999/08/01 Wings of Angels
1999/10/28 Atlantis Uncovered
1999/11/04 Atlantis Reborn
1999/11/11 Mistaken Identity
1999/11/18 Volcanoes of the Deep
1999/11/25 Anatomy of an Avalanche
1999/12/02 The Midas Formula
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2003/11/27 Last Flight of the Columbia
2003/12/04 The Hunt for an AIDS Vaccine
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2005/09/08 The Hawking Paradox
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2006/01/12 Space Tourists
2006/01/19 Waiting for a Heartbeat
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2006/10/17 The Worlds First Face Transplant
2006/10/24 Human v2.0
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2008/01/15 How to Kill a Human Being
2008/01/22 Total Isolation
2008/01/29 What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity?
2008/02/05 Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy?
2008/02/12 How to Make Better Decisions
2008/02/19 How to Live to 101
2008/02/26 Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets
2008/03/04 Are we Alone in the Universe?
2008/03/18 How Much is Your Dead Body Worth?
2008/03/25 How Does Your Memory Work?
2008/09/04 The Big Bang Machine
2008/09/16 The President's Guide to Science
2008/11/11 How Mad Are You? (1 of 2)
2008/11/25 Jimmy's GM Food Fight
2008/12/02 Do You Know What Time It Is?
2008/12/09 Allergy Planet
2008/12/16 Where's My Robot?
2008/09/04 Lost Horizons- The Big Bang - A Horizon Special
2009/01/26 Why Are Thin People Not Fat?
2009/02/03 Cannabis: The Evil Weed?
2009/02/10 Why Do We Dream?
2009/02/17 Can We Make a Star on Earth?
2009/02/24 The Secret Life of Your Body Clock
2009/03/03 What's the Problem with Nudity?
2009/03/10 How to Survive a Disaster
2009/03/17 Who Do You Want Your Child to Be?
2009/03/24 Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes?
2009/03/31 Alan and Marcus Go Forth and Multiply / Why Maths Doesn't Add Up
2009/05/12 How Violent Are You?
2009/07/09 The Horizon Guide: Moon / 40 Years on the Moon
2009/08/09 Pandemic: A Horizon Guide
2009/10/13 Do I Drink Too Much?
2009/10/20 The Secret You
2009/10/27 Fix Me
2009/11/03 Who's Afraid of a Big Black Hole?
2009/11/10 Why Do We Talk?
2009/11/15 Mars: A Horizon Guide
2009/11/17 How Long is a Piece of String?
2009/12/09 How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?
2010/01/06 The Secret Life of the Dog - Lançamentos docsPT
2010/01/06 The Secret Life of the Dog
2010/01/07 Diet: A Horizon Guide
2010/01/13 Why Do Viruses Kill?
2010/01/20 Pill Poppers
2010/02/03 Don't Grow Old
2010/02/10 To Infinity and Beyond
2010/02/17 What Makes a Genius?
2010/03/02 Did Cooking Make Us Human?
2010/03/09 Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong?
2010/09/17 The End of God? A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion
2010/09/27 Back from the Dead
2010/10/04 The Death of the Oceans
2010/10/11 What Happened Before the Big Bang?
2010/10/18 Is Seeing Believing?
2010/10/25 Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome
2010/11/03 Asteroids - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2010/11/16 Deepwater Disaster - The Untold Story
2011/01/06 What Makes Us Clever? A Horizon Guide to Intelligence
2011/01/10 What is One Degree?
2011/01/17 What is Reality?
2011/01/24 Science Under Attack
2011/01/31 The Secret World of Pain
2011/02/07 Surviving a Car Crash
2011/02/14 How to Mend a Broken Heart
2011/03/01 Are We Still Evolving?
2011/03/08 Predators in Your Backyard
2011/03/27 Japan Earthquake: A Horizon Special
2011/04/10 The Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide
2011/05/12 The End of the World? A Horizon Guide to Armageddon
2011/08/08 Do You See What I See
2011/08/11 Carrot or Stick? A Horizon Guide to Raising Kids
2011/08/15 Seeing Stars
2011/08/22 The Nine Months That Made You
2011/08/31 The Core
2011/09/07 Are You Good or Evil?
2011/09/14 Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
2011/09/21 Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs
2012/01/09 The Hunt for the Higgs: A Horizon Special
2012/01/17 Playing God
2012/02/28 The Truth About Exercise
2012/03/01 Woof! A Horizon Guide to Dogs
2012/03/06 Solar Storms: The Threat to Planet Earth
2012/03/13 Out of Control?
2012/03/20 The Truth about Fat
2012/03/27 Global Weirding
2012/04/03 The Hunt for AI
2012/04/10 Defeating Cancer
2012/04/19 Stuff: A Horizon Guide to Materials
2012/06/05 The Transit of Venus: A Horizon Special
2012/07/11 Blink: A Horizon Guide to the Senses
2012/07/17 Immortal? A Horizon Guide to Ageing
2012/07/23 The Truth About Looking Young
2012/07/30 Mission to Mars: A Horizon Special
2012/08/06 Eat, Fast and Live Longer
2012/08/27 How Big Is the Universe?
2012/09/03 How Small is the Universe?
2012/09/10 Defeating the Superbugs
2012/10/17 The Final Frontier: A Horizon Guide to the Universe
2013/03/03 The Truth About Meteors: A Horizon Special
2013/03/14 The Creative Brain: How Insight Works
2013/03/21 How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery
2013/03/27 Mend Me - A Horizon Guide to Transplants
2013/03/28 The Truth About Taste
2013/04/04 The Age of Big Data
2013/04/11 Tomorrow's World - A Horizon Special
2013/06/13 The Secret Life of the Cat
2013/06/14 Little Cat Diaries
2013/06/19 Fracking - The New Energy Rush
2013/06/26 Swallowed by a Black Hole
2013/07/03 What Makes us Human?
2013/07/10 The Truth About Personality
2013/08/02 What's Killing Our Bees? - A Horizon Special
2013/08/12 Monitor ME
2013/08/19 Defeating the Hackers
2013/08/26 Dinosaurs - The Hunt for Life
2013/09/11 Sex - A Horizon Guide
2013/10/14 Impact! A Horizon Guide to Plane Crashes
2013/10/21 Impact! A Horizon Guide to Car Crashes
2013/11/23 Comet of the Century - A Horizon Special
2014/01/29 Sugar v Fat
2014/02/03 Swallowed by a Sink Hole
2014/02/10 Man on Mars - Mission to the Red Planet
2014/02/17 The Power of the Placebo
2014/02/24 How You Really Make Decisions
2014/04/01 Living with Autism
2014/05/22 The £10 Million Challenge
2014/06/17 Where is Flight MH370?
2014/07/17 What's Wrong with Our Weather?
2014/08/18 Should I Eat Meat? - The Big Health Dilemma
2014/08/20 Should I Eat Meat? - How to Feed the Planet
2014/08/27 Allergies: Modern Life and Me
2014/09/03 Inside the Dark Web
2014/09/10 Ebola - The Search for a Cure
2014/09/29 Is your Brain Male or Female?
2014/10/07 Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment
2015/01/12 What's the Right Diet for You - A Horizon Special
2015/03/03 Secrets of the Solar System
2015/03/04 Climate Change - A Horizon Guide
2015/03/09 The Mystery of Murder - A Horizon Guide
2015/03/10 Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves
2015/03/17 Dancing in the Dark - The End of Physics?
2015/05/11 70 Million Animal Mummies - Egypt's Dark Secret
2015/05/20 Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?
2015/08/05 The Trouble with Space Junk
2015/08/12 Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?
2015/08/19 First Britons
2015/08/26 OCD - A Monster in my Mind
2015/09/02 Which Universe Are We In?
2015/09/09 Cosmic Dawn - The Real Moment of Creation
2015/09/16 Are Video Games Really That Bad?
2015/12/13 Tim Peake Special - How to be an Astronaut
2016/03/16 The Immortalist
2016/03/23 Project Greenglow - The Quest for Gravity Control
2016/03/30 The Mystery of Dark Energy
2016/04/06 Oceans of the Solar System
2016/04/13 The End of the Solar System
2016/04/17 Should We Close Our Zoos?
2016/04/15 How to Find Love Online
2016/05/04 Ice Station Antarctica
2016/05/11 Curing Alzheimer's
2016/05/22 E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace?
2016/06/07 Why are We Getting So Fat?
2016/07/19 Sports Doping - Winning At Any Cost?
2016/08/10 Inside Cern - A Horizon Special
2016/08/25 My Amazing Twin
2016/09/11 The Science of Laughter
2016/10/12 The Lost Tribes of Humanity
2016/10/23 The Wildest Weather in the Universe
2017/01/19 Clean Eating - The Dirty Truth
2017/01/23 Hair Care Secrets
2017/04/25 ADHD and Me - With Rory Bremner
2017/05/02 Why Did I Go Mad?
2017/05/15 Strange Signals from Outer Space
2017/05/23 Space Volcanoes
2017/06/07 Antarctica - Ice Station Rescue
2017/06/12 Cyber Attack - The Day the NHS Stopped
2017/06/19 10 Things You Need to Know About the Future
2017/06/29 Dawn of the Driverless Car
2017/07/13 Dippy and the Whale
2017/08/29 What Makes a Psychopath
2017/09/12 Mars - A Traveller's Guide
2017/09/18 Goodbye Cassini - Hello Saturn
2017/09/26 Being Transgender
2018/02/05 My Amazing Brain - Richard's War
2018/06/26 Teenagers vs Cancer - A Users Guide
2018/07/10 How to Build a Time Machine
2018/07/26 Spina Bifida and Me
2018/08/07 Jupiter Revealed
2018/08/22 Stopping Male Suicide
2018/08/29 A Week Without Lying
2018/09/04 The Horizon Guide to AI
2018/10/04 The Placebo Experiment - Can My Brain Cure My Body?
2018/10/11 Body Clock - What Makes Us Tick?
2018/10/18 Avalanche - Making a Deadly Snowstorm
2018/10/25 Vitamin Pills - Miracle or Myth?
2018/11/01 Diagnosis on Demand? The Computer Will See You Now
2018/11/21 The Contraceptive Pill - How Safe Is It?
2019/01/23 We Need To Talk About Death
2019/07/01 Britain's Next Air Disaster? Drones
2019/07/08 The Honest Supermarket - What's Really In Our Food?
2019/07/16 Inside The Social Network - Facebook's Difficult Year
2019/07/22 The 250 Million Pound Cancer Cure
2019/08/28 Cannabis - Miracle Medicine or Dangerous Drug ?
2020/01/16 Addicted to Painkillers? - Britain’s Opioid Crisis
2020/01/29 Chris Packham - 7.7 Billion People and Counting
2020/03/23 Toxic Town - The Corby Poisonings
2020/04/09 Coronavirus - A Horizon Special - Part 1
2020/04/20 The Restaurant that Burns Off Calories
2020/04/24 Hubble - The Wonders of Space Revealed
2020/05/04 The Great British Intelligence Test
2020/05/21 What's The Matter With Tony Slattery?
2020/07/06 Pluto - Back From the Dead
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VitDoc
Registo: 25 Mar, 2012
Membro: 28808
Citação de: nagol em Sábado, 02 de Março, 2013 - 04h31
o vitdoc vai traduzir todos? haha
Hahahaha! Esse nagol é um peralta, mesmo! Um teclado de notebook já foi pelo espaço só digitando esses,kkk.
Caramba, isso sim é um projeto audacioso!
Uma força-tarefa está mais do que justificada nesse caso e olha que há documentários muito interessantes mesmo antes de 2010 pra cá. Alguns títulos chamativos como, por exemplo,
Can We Make a Star on Earth?
Where's My Robot?
No momento, precisarei dar uma ligeira pausa de algumas semanas, pois estarei de mudança e sem PC. Mas seguirei trabalhando, enquanto isso, na legenda do "The Truth about Looking Young (2012)". E, a seguir, é claro, no primeiro doc de 2013, se ninguém o tiver abraçado primeiro.
O conhecimento anda de mãos dadas com a verdadeira luz.
nagol
Tópicos: 419
Foto da criadora do site Sci-Hub
Vitdoc você é o cara dessa serie!
Na verdade a lista serve mesmo para sabermos de uma forma mais organizada quais docs da serie existem no fórum. Eu mesmo marquei vários ao longo do tempo com o "BBC HORIZON", pois eram da serie, mas não tinham o nome horizon no tópico, fiz isso justamente para aparecem nas pesquisas e agora isso vai servir para ajudar a fazer a lista!
Citação de: VitDoc em Sábado, 02 de Março, 2013 - 11h11
não lembro se estão boas ou não.. mas esses dois já possuem legendas em pt.[/list]
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legolax
Registo: 10 Nov, 2009
Tópicos: 25
« Resposta #4 em: Terça, 05 de Março, 2013 - 23h24 »
Grande trabalho ibbins.
Felipe.NS
Registo: 16 Mai, 2012
Revolução Científica
2010 á 2013 completo
Curta a página REVCIEN: https://www.facebook.com/revcien
Obrigada pela ajuda, Felipe!
FragaCampos
Registo: 09 Out, 2007
Membro: 1
« Resposta #7 em: Quarta, 13 de Março, 2013 - 04h21 »
Um verdadeiro trabalho de arquivistas.
Saiba como pesquisar corretamente aqui.
Como transferir do 1fichier sem problemas de ligação? Veja aqui.
Converta os links antigos e aparentemente offline do 1fichier em links válidos. Veja aqui como fazer.
Classifique os documentários que vê. Sugestão de como o fazer.
tomafonso
A procura de um Universo de conhecimento.
ha magnifico tem como fazer o mesmo com a serie the night at sky da bbc ?
nunca lembro quantos sao no total mais sao muitos haha
Vou ver se consigo isto, tomafonso!
« Resposta #10 em: Sábado, 30 de Março, 2013 - 22h18 »
tomafonso a serie the night at sky é mais antiga que a horizon, ou seja sao muitos eps mesmo!
ae irineu! to curioso para ver esse Stargazing Live
« Resposta #11 em: Quinta, 11 de Abril, 2013 - 09h30 »
Quem vai inaugurar a lista 2013 de traduções? Vamos lá, pessoal, não sejam tímidos! Coragem aí!
angelopsi
Registo: 21 Abr, 2013
Tópicos: 1
« Resposta #12 em: Domingo, 21 de Abril, 2013 - 13h42 »
Colegas, gostaria de me disponilizar para traduções livres da série Horizon da BBC, dentro do possível.
Sempre assisto documentários em inglês, mas nunca tive a oportunidade de traduzir e compartilhar com o resto do mundo.
Sou fluente em inglês e já morei nos Estados Unidos por dois anos. Desejo começar minha colaboração com esta série de alta qualidade.
Descobri este portal exatamente por buscar legendas PT-BR de alguns episódios que não consegui encontrar pela internet.
Como faço para acompanhar os projetos que já estão em andamento, para que eu possa traduzir legendas de outros episódios?
Aguardo o retorno.
Que ótima notícia, angelopsi! Seja muito bem-vindo por aqui. Sua ajuda será, deveras, bem apreciada nessa mega-tarefa.
O procedimento básico é escolher um doc de sua preferência e avisar a comunidade, para que não ocorra a situação de 2 pessoas diferentes trabalharem no mesmo arquivo... Certamente, algum dos moderadores lhe mostrará melhor o caminho das pedras, hehe.
Citação de: angelopsi em Domingo, 21 de Abril, 2013 - 13h42
uma ótima noticia concerteza com mais colaboradores, mais traduções documentários serão realizados, e quem tem a ganhar é a comunidade em si.
para começar basta escolher um documentário que vc tenha baixado e apontar e descrever o nome aqui
http://www.docspt.com/index.php/topic,20186.160.html
um exemplo:
estarei a traduzir este documentário: 2005/02/17 An Experiment to Save the World
o resto pode ser anunciado pelos demais players
ou se preferir pode mandar uma mp para alguns do moderadores que temos aqui no fórum
feito a tradução vc mesma poderá postar a sua legenda aqui:
http://www.docspt.com/index.php/board,51.0.html
se precisar de alguma ajuda não deixe de perguntar estamos aqui para auxiliar
toda a ajuda é bem vinda e obrigado.
Ok. Muito obrigado. Farei o melhor possível.
« Resposta #16 em: Segunda, 17 de Junho, 2013 - 09h39 »
Foram lançados mais 2 "episódios" na temporada 2013 (1 episódio e 1 estudo de 30min). Ambos referem-se aos gatos. Já estou trabalhando na legenda do episódio em si
Créditos aos nagol pela informação!
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« Resposta #17 em: Sexta, 21 de Junho, 2013 - 02h19 »
Citação de: VitDoc em Segunda, 17 de Junho, 2013 - 09h39
ja foi acrescentado a lista dos episodeos serão 17 no total sendo que foi televisionado 14 ate o momento
entao ainda falta 3 para terminar a temporada 2013
ja postei o episodeo 14
esses episdeos citados por vc sobre os gatos sao os episodeo 12 e 13
O episódio 15 será sobre os Buracos Negros - já consta no site. Senti falta na lista deles do especial Tomorrow's World... Aguardando ansiosamente os 2 episódios que faltam ser anunciados. O episódio 13 (Little Cat Diaries) já está com a legenda praticamente concluída, mas estou com preguiça de criar o tópico para o documentário, hahaha.
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« Resposta #19 em: Quarta, 26 de Junho, 2013 - 16h14 »
Os nomes dos antepenúltimo e penúltimo episódios:
Swallowed by a Black Hole (Muito louco, pelo visto)
Assim, fica faltando saber o episódio final. O próximo episódio só irá estrear na metade do próximo mês, então, é roer as unhas até lá...
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Blog Kiosk: 1/3/2019 - Dodgers Links - Some Odds and Ends
Just another vintage spring training pic to make you long for the upcoming season, dated 2/23/1947 (eBay Auction Link).
Bat Selection. Bruce Edwards (left), Brooklyn Dodger catcher, looks over some bats with rookie Tom Tatum at the Dodger training area at Havana, Cuba, Feb. 21. Tatum came to the Dodgers from Montreal in the International League where he hit .319 in the 1946 season. Edwards' home is in Sacramento, Calif, and Tatum lives in Nashville, Tenn.
Below are more links to check out:
This Day in Dodgers History: In 2005 the trade that sends outfielder Shawn Green from the Dodgers to the Diamondbacks and includes $8 million changing hands is approved by the Commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig. The trade would officially be consummated eight days later. In 2006 the Dodgers signed free agent starting pitcher Brett Tomko to a two year/$8.7 million contract.
Happy Birthday, Frenchy Bordagaray & Chris Van Cuyk!
Music Video: I have no idea when or why this exist, but I'm thankful it does. Watch and enjoy Kirk Gibson with the Reefermen singing "I'm 70" (Hat Tip: Reddit u/MattSergent) (Video Link).
https://t.co/wbmCTaSP4g
— Kirk Gibson (@23KGibby) January 3, 2019
Audio: Pitcher Ross Stripling joins our insider David Vassegh on Dodgers Talk (Audio Link).
Audio: Former Dodger Duaner Sanchez joins SportsTalkNY to talk about his career (Audio Link).
Just to show how international the game is becoming. The Dodgers have apparently signed a German born player out of the Australian Baseball League. Per the Adelaide Bite Baseball Club at ABL.com; "(Markus) Solbach signs with LA Dodgers: The Big Germ caps off a superb Bite season."
Solbach has starred all season for Adelaide, recording a Club record 14-strikeouts on November 29, while he currently has a league-high 63 strikeouts.
"I didn't think anything was going to happen until New Year's Eve when I got a call from [Australian scout] Jon Deeble, and within 30 minutes I called him back and confirmed I wanted to be a Dodger in 2019," Solbach said.
"Nothing's guaranteed, every player has to prove himself in Spring Training so it's a good first step to show them what I have to offer," he said.
"This is what I've been waiting for over the last two and a half years and I thank the Dodgers for giving me this opportunity and the Bite for letting me showcase myself in front of scouts in such a great team and league."
You can follow Markus on twitter: @msolbach23
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By ernest at Thursday, January 03, 2019
Labels: Blog Kiosk, Bruce Edwards, Duaner Sanchez, Kirk Gibson, Markus Solbach, Ross Stripling, Tom Tatum
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The Best Worst Honeymoon Ever
By Andrew Grey
Release Date Jun 19, 2018
Words 52,061
eBook Paperback Audiobook
How can heartbreak turn into happily ever after?
Tommy Gordon is all set for happily ever after—until heartbreak strikes when his husband-to-be leaves him at the altar. In a bid for distraction, his best friend, Grayson Phillips, suggests he takes advantage of the luxury honeymoon anyway! But the last thing Tommy wants is to go alone, so he invites Grayson and his son, Petey, along.
Beautiful Bonaire lends itself to romance, and along with close quarters, relaxing on the water, and a matchmaking kid, Tommy and Grayson soon find themselves closer than ever… and considering more, much to Grayson’s delight. But before they can plan the best best honeymoon ever, dark clouds descend in the form of Tommy’s ex and a sting from paradise that could ruin everything.
House Line Dreamspun Desires
Genre Contemporary Romance
awesome friends-to-lovers
on Mar 4, 2019 12:03
This was a fun story. I love friends to lovers and Andrew Grey wrote the perfect story. Tommy is left at the altar when he is jilted by his money-grubbing fiance. His Best friend Greyson suggests Tommy go ahead and go on the honeymoon trip to get out of town and away from prying eyes and chances of running into the ex. Tommy agrees only if Greyson and his son Petey go along.
The way Andrew Grey describes Bon Aire it's like going there with Tommy, Greyson, and Petey. Petey makes the trip even more fun.'
I liked that Tommy and Greyson don't just jump in the sack or declare their love right away. There is some slow burn. there are some action and adventure along the way and just enough heat to make the story sexy.
If you like millionaires ( you barely even know Tommy is one) friends-to-lovers, cute kids and sexy destinations you will love this.
Jon Solo really brought the story to life adding a unique voice and you could hear Petey's excitement and feel the emotions of both men. I recommend grabbing the audio to make mundane chores so much more fun in you can!
thr best worst honeymoon ever
By Cinders
I love everything Andrew gives us. and The best worst honeymoon ever is no exception. The characters get ahold of you and pull you into the book and won't let you go. Marvelous story of finding love when you really open your eyes up and look at what is in front of you.
on Jun 30, 2018 08:06
This is a sweet story of a rotten event turned into good. These two friends are there for each other. It seems the time is now right for them. I also love Petey he is a bright good who is a good addition to the story.
Enjoyable story
By Diverse Reader
Reviewed by Michael for Diverse Reader
Being left at the alter has got to suck. But that’s nothing when compared to the feeling of being deceived by the one you were supposed to marry. You almost have to feel for Tommy, especially when you find out what Xavier, the ex, does after the aborted wedding. Tommy handles it well, but then he has his best friend Grayson and Grayson’s nine-year-old son Petey (along with a loving mother, father, and aunt) in his corner.
Grayson convinces Tommy to go on the honeymoon trip to Bonaire in the Caribbean, despite the latter’s broken heart. The trip is already paid for, after all. Grayson and Petey go along to keep him company. While on this trip, Grayson reveals that he’s been in love with Tommy for years.
Andrew Grey does a wonderful job of describing the scenery of the island. If you didn’t know any better, you would almost swear you were there. Let’s be honest, who couldn’t fall in love, or acknowledge a love that has always been there, with a backdrop of a majestic Caribbean Island. It’s what happens after the vacation that can become the real problem. Which is precisely what Tommy, a natural-born planner and pessimist, worries about. Who can blame him, really. He’s just been ditched by one man he thought loved him and is about to completely alter the parameters of his friendship with Grayson.
Grayson is quite the opposite. He’s more of a go-with-the-flow kind of guy. Oddly, the balance each other.
This was an enjoyable read, filled with beautiful scenery, friends-to-lovers story, and just the right amount of drama to keep things interesting without going completely overboard.
OptimuMM Blog Review
Tommy is ready to married Xavier and having his happily ever after until Xavier left him at the altar the day of their wedding.
Grayson is Tommy’s best friend and was present when Tommy had his heart broken. He encouraged him to go on his honeymoon, but Tommy refuses to go alone, he’ll only go if Grayson and his son Petey come with him.
For a week, Tommy, Grayson and Petey will explore the island and enjoy their time together. But when Xavier comes to the island, Tommy will have to face his past and confront the man he used to love if he wants a real chance to be happy and loved in the future.
The Best Worst Honeymoon Ever is a beautiful love story.
Grayson and Tommy are best friends since college, and for a decade they were only friends…best friends. But Tommy’s always had a crush on Grayson, but never found the courage to act on it. The same goes for Grayson, he’s always had a crush on Tommy, and when he was ready to act on it, Tommy had met Xavier. So when they end up together on an island paradise, they let go of their fears and just try. It was very sweet and beautiful, how they take the step together and cross the line.
I loved them. They were so adorable. Tommy was hurting, scared and lost after Xavier. He was unsure about himself, about his ability to find a man who will love him, just him, and when things start to heat up between him and Grayson, he was scared to lose his best friend and Petey. I understood Tommy, I could totally relate to him, and that’s probably what made me love him so much.
Grayson is a very good man, a good father and a loyal friend. He had always wanted Tommy, but he was scared to act, and then he has to think of his son Petey and what’s best for him. But when he saw an opportunity to be more than friends with Tommy, Grayson didn’t hold back, and he went heart first into this relationship. He was confident and sure for both of them. I loved this about him.
This book was good, well written and I had pleasure while reading it. It was a sweet romance, but not too superficial. Even if Tommy realized that Grayson was the love of his life, it couldn’t have erased his past and his pain. I loved this about the story. I loved that while I read about their love story and how they come together, I also saw how Tommy got closure from his past.
I happily recommend this book; it’s a sweet romance just like I love them.
It’s 4 stars because Petey, this kid is awesome!
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Salt and Sauce
Edinburgh tourist moans Scott Monument 'too high' and narrow for 'chubby' visitors
The prolific Tripadvisor reviewer said his girlfriend only just made it
The man gave the monument one star (Image: Susanne Neumann via iStock/Getty Images. Inset: Tripadvisor)
A man has complained the Scott Monument is "too high" and narrow for "chubby" tourists after a visit to the city.
In a savage Tripadvisor review, the tourist wrote that his girlfriend "only just" managed to scrape through the narrow bend.
Headlining the monument, which stands at 60 metres, as "too high", the reviewer did praise nearby toilets and their choice of loo roll.
Awarding the monument one star in his review, user Grim Traveller wrote: "Me and my girlfriend both paid £4 to get in and once you pay there is no way back! The staircase is very narrow and if you are in any way overweight or "chubby".
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"I would not recommend trying to get up this at all. My girlfriend only just managed to scrape through the narrowest bends (it twists and spirals for much of the way up)."
He added: "Once you get to the top you realise that it is actually too high. The height is the main drawback of this 'attraction'.
"It looks good from the bottom and the architecture is very good and stylish but when you get to the top it is dizzyingly steep and high. It is pointless coming here if you are in a wheelchair because you will not get it up the stairs.
"If you have any fear of precipitous heights or of falling from a tiny stone platform 200 feet to the unforgiving concrete pavements below - then do not come here.
"I for one will not be back. We should just have stayed on the ground below and looked at the view as it is pretty much the same... just shops, Edinburgh Castle and the gardens.
"The toilets were very well appointed and had hot water, good quality soaps and soft toilet paper (Velvet triple ply). No cafe."
And it's not the travellers first savage review, he also authored the review of Ben Nevis which recently went viral on Instagram and Facebook where he said the mountain was "very steep and too high".
His often funny reviews were uncovered by journalist Jon Brady, and included one of Mount Snowdon which said he would have enjoyed it more if they "built the railway a little further away from the edge of the cliff”.
Construction of the Scott Monument was completed in 1844 as a monument to the famous writer Sir Walter Scott.
Viewing points, reached by a spiral staircase, give panoramic views of the city over Princes Street Gardens.
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Rolf Harris painting of Bonnie Tyler could net King’s Lynn mum �50,000
By David Blackmore
Published: 9:05 AM May 15, 2012 Updated: 9:21 AM October 10, 2020
A Rolf Harris painting owned by a King's Lynn mum goes up for auction tomorrow and could fetch up to �50,000.
Cathy Sims hopes the sale of the portrait of singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for her hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, will help her to fulfil a promise to her five-year-old son and take him to Disneyland Paris this summer.
The artwork has a guideline reserve of �30,000 but was valued at �50,000 by an art expert last year. It will go under the hammer at The Auction Rooms, Lynn Road, Downham Market at 1.30pm.
Miss Sims was given the picture by her father when she was six years old after he bought it for �50 at a charity auction at Sutton Bridge.
She would often sing and dance along to her favourite Bonnie Tyler songs in her playroom which housed the portrait not knowing the artwork's subject was of her favourite childhood singer.
And it was only after her father died in 2005 that the mother-of-one decided to research the artwork and discovered it was painted by Rolf Harris and the subject was singer Bonnie Tyler.
She then took the picture to the BBC's Antiques Roadshow when it visited Layer Marney stately home, near Colchester, last year and was told the portrait was worth up to �50,000.
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After the show was aired last year, Miss Sims, who works for Ellab, in Bawburgh, near Norwich, admitted she couldn't afford to keep it because of how much it would cost to insure.
Auctioneer Barry Hawkins said: 'It could be very busy here and it's going to be very interesting to see how it goes because we haven't sold a Rolf Harris painting before.'
Visit www.barryhawkins.co.uk for a closer look a the painting.
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Use restrictions (high), Endocrine disruption (low), Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (high), Ecotoxicology (low), and Occupational hazards (high)
Known human carcinogen World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC Monographs Programme on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Lists of Group 1, 2a, and 2b substances can be obtained. http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php; Vol 58;1993
Possible human carcinogen CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
Possible human carcinogen Amer Conf of Gov't Industrial Hygienists - Carcinogens
Possible human carcinogen EPA (US. Environmental Protection Agency). Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Evidence for human carcinogenicity based on 1986 guidelines.
Cancer - strong evidence Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens (July 2004) can be obtained from http://wwwoehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html.
Mutagen - limited evidence CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
Known human respiratory toxicant EPA Hazardous Air Pollutants
Classified as toxic or harmful CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
Limited evidence of kidney toxicity National Library of Medicine HazMap
Limited evidence of kidney toxicity Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Minimal risk Levels for Hazardous Substances. January 2004. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mrls.html, US EPA, Air Risk Information Support Center. Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants. http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/hlthef/hapindex.html, A Relational Database of Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases. Browse Haz-Map by Adverse Effects http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/hazmapadv.html, Klaassen, C., M. Amdur and J. Doull (eds.). Casarett and Doull's Toxicology. The Basic Science of Poisons, 5th Ed. Pergamon Press, NY. 1996., Landrigan, P.J., Goyer, R.A. Clarkson, T.W., Sandler, D.P., Smith, J.H., Thun, M.J., and R. Wedeen. The Work-Relatedness of Renal Disease. Archives of Environmental Health. 39(3): 225-230. 1984. (Table 2: Estimated Numbers of Workers in the United States with Potential Occupational Exposures to Known or Suspect Nephrotoxins)., Merck & Co. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. TABLE 226-1. Common Nephrotoxic Agents http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/tables/226tb1.htm, California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines, Part III: Technical Support Document 'Determination of Noncancer Chronic Reference Exposure Levels'. Includes all Chronic Reference Exposure Levels (CRELs) adopted by OEHHA as of August 2003 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/AllChrels.html, plus draft CRELS proposed through March 2004 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/index.html., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances. See Environmental Defense's Suspect Hazard Identification documentation., Stacey, N.H. Occupational Toxicology. Taylor & Francis. 1995.
One or more animal studies show classified as toxic effects at moderate doses (low dose studies may be unavailable for this ingredient) EPA Toxic Release Inventory PBTs
reproductive - weight of evidence unknown/unassessed/unreview: published lit review or major tox study National Library of Medicine HazMap
Allowed workplace exposures restricted to very low doses CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
Allowed workplace exposures restricted to low doses CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
Limited evidence of occupational hazards CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
Violation of government restrictions - Banned or found unsafe for use in cosmetics Canada - Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetics Ingredients
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Human developmental toxicant - strong evidence Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens (July 2004) can be obtained from http://wwwoehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html.
Limited evidence of developmental toxicity CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
Limited evidence of reproductive toxicity National Library of Medicine HazMap
Persistence and bioaccumulation
Persistent, bioaccumulative in wildlife OSPAR PBTs - Substances of Possible Concern
Persistent, bioaccumulative in wildlife EPA PBTs - Waste Minimization Program (RCRA)
Not suspected to be bioaccumulative Environment Canada Domestic Substance List
Limited evidence of immune system toxicity or allergies nternational Programme of Chemical Safety Environmental Health Criteria 180 Principles and Methods for Assessing Direct Immunotoxicity Associated with Exposure to Chemicals. World Health Organization. Geneva, 1996. (Table 1: Examples of compounds that are immunotoxic for humans or rodents).
Endocrine disruption
Limited evidence of endocrine disruption Illinois EPA Endocrine Disruptors Strategy. 1997. (Table 1: Preliminary List of Chemicals Associated with Endocrine System Effects in Animals and Humans or In Vitro). http://www.nihs.go.jp/hse/environ/illiepatable.htm, Keith, L.H. (ed.). Environmental Endocrine Disruptors. John Wiley & Sons, NY. 1997. http://www.wileyeurope.com/cda/product/0,,0471191450%7Cdesc%7C3037,00.html, World Wildlife Fund. Our Stolen Future. Widespread Pollutants with Endocrine-disrupting Effects. http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Basics/chemlist.htm. The WWF list is derived from references detailed at http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Sources/chemsources.htm and was originally published in: Colborn, T., F.S. vom Saal, and A.M. Soto. Developmental Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals In Wildlife and Humans. Environmental Health Perspectives 101(5): 378-384. 1993.
endocrine - weight of evidence unknown/unassessed/unreview: published lit review or major tox study Stoica et al 2000; Johnson et al. 2003
Wildlife and environmental toxicity CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
Wildlife and environmental toxicity EPA Clean Water Act - Priority Pollutants
Wildlife and environmental toxicity European Union - Water Framework Directive
Occupational hazards related to handling CPS&Q - Classification & Labelling
World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC Monographs Programme on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Lists of Group 1, 2a, and 2b substances can be obtained. http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php; Vol 58;1993
CPS&Q (Consumer Products Safety & Quality) formely known as ECB (European Chemicals Bureau). 2008. Classification and Labelling: Chemicals: Annex VI of Directive 67/548/EEC through the 31st ATP.
ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) 2008. ACGIH cancer classification system. www.acgih.org.
EPA (US. Environmental Protection Agency). Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Evidence for human carcinogenicity based on 1986 guidelines.
Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens (July 2004) can be obtained from http://wwwoehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html.
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2005. Office of Air. The 112(b)1 Hazardous Air Pollutants List (as modified). Last modified: 12 Dec 2005.
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2006. HazMap — Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Minimal risk Levels for Hazardous Substances. January 2004. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mrls.html, US EPA, Air Risk Information Support Center. Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants. http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/hlthef/hapindex.html, A Relational Database of Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases. Browse Haz-Map by Adverse Effects http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/hazmapadv.html, Klaassen, C., M. Amdur and J. Doull (eds.). Casarett and Doull's Toxicology. The Basic Science of Poisons, 5th Ed. Pergamon Press, NY. 1996., Landrigan, P.J., Goyer, R.A. Clarkson, T.W., Sandler, D.P., Smith, J.H., Thun, M.J., and R. Wedeen. The Work-Relatedness of Renal Disease. Archives of Environmental Health. 39(3): 225-230. 1984. (Table 2: Estimated Numbers of Workers in the United States with Potential Occupational Exposures to Known or Suspect Nephrotoxins)., Merck & Co. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. TABLE 226-1. Common Nephrotoxic Agents http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/tables/226tb1.htm, California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines, Part III: Technical Support Document 'Determination of Noncancer Chronic Reference Exposure Levels'. Includes all Chronic Reference Exposure Levels (CRELs) adopted by OEHHA as of August 2003 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/AllChrels.html, plus draft CRELS proposed through March 2004 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/index.html., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances. See Environmental Defense's Suspect Hazard Identification documentation., Stacey, N.H. Occupational Toxicology. Taylor & Francis. 1995.
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1999. Toxics Release Inventory Program. PBT Chemical Rule.
Health Canada. 2007. List of Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetic Ingredients. Canada's Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist. March 2007.
OSPAR (Oslo-Paris). 2002. OSPAR List of Substances of Possible Concern. Secondary OSPAR List of Substances of Possible Concern. Secondary OSPAR. Place Published, OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environement of North-East Atlanic.
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1998. Resource Conservatin and Recovery Act (RCRA) Waste Minimization Program - priority chemicals for elimination or reduction.
nternational Programme of Chemical Safety Environmental Health Criteria 180 Principles and Methods for Assessing Direct Immunotoxicity Associated with Exposure to Chemicals. World Health Organization. Geneva, 1996. (Table 1: Examples of compounds that are immunotoxic for humans or rodents).
Illinois EPA Endocrine Disruptors Strategy. 1997. (Table 1: Preliminary List of Chemicals Associated with Endocrine System Effects in Animals and Humans or In Vitro). http://www.nihs.go.jp/hse/environ/illiepatable.htm, Keith, L.H. (ed.). Environmental Endocrine Disruptors. John Wiley & Sons, NY. 1997. http://www.wileyeurope.com/cda/product/0,,0471191450%7Cdesc%7C3037,00.html, World Wildlife Fund. Our Stolen Future. Widespread Pollutants with Endocrine-disrupting Effects. http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Basics/chemlist.htm. The WWF list is derived from references detailed at http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/Sources/chemsources.htm and was originally published in: Colborn, T., F.S. vom Saal, and A.M. Soto. Developmental Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals In Wildlife and Humans. Environmental Health Perspectives 101(5): 378-384. 1993.
Stoica et al 2000; Johnson et al. 2003
EU (European Union). 2000. Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC ) - integrated river basin management for Europe. List of priority substances.
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'The Voice' Winner Carter Rubin on Album Plans, Musical Inspirations and Coach Gwen Stefani
By Meredith B. Kile 8:36 PM PST, December 15, 2020
He wowed the coaches all season with his impressive vocals and mature stage presence, and on Tuesday, Carter Rubin was crowned the season 19 winner of The Voice -- and the first ever from Team Gwen Stefani!
Carter won the NBC singing competition over Team Blake's Jim Ranger after wowing Voice fans and coaches all season -- from his powerful Blind Audition performance of Lewis Capaldi's "Before You Go" to his covers of Mariah Carey's "Hero" and The Muppets' "Rainbow Connection" that brought Stefani to tears.
In the finale, he took the stage to perform a stunning cover of Miley Cyrus' "The Climb" and an original single, "Up From Here," before teaming up with Gwen on her holiday duet, "You Make It Feel Like Christmas."
"I'm so happy for you," his coach raved. "You're unbelievable, you're just so calm, and it feels like you're just meant to be doing this, and I know that America's gonna see that tonight."
Prior to the finale, Rubin took to Instagram to thank his family, fans and supporters for rooting him on all season.
"What an insane ride it’s been," he wrote. "To all of my #Rubies i can’t possibly thank you enough for supporting me, voting for me, and following my journey throughout this incredible experience. if covid didn’t exist, i would hug each and every one of you."
"And to my phenomenal coach @gwenstefani, you’re not only an excellent coach, you’re a really awesome human. thank you for always believing in me and helping me boost my confidence. i seriously could not be more grateful for you. whatever happens tonight, i already feel like a winner by getting to this point. one last thanks to everyone who made this experience the time of my life."
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Earlier in the season Carter spoke with reporters about his time on the show and his future musical plans, saying his experience on The Voice has been "the time of my life" and he already felt like a winner.
"I've made so many new friends -- a lot of role models that I can look up to," he noted. "I made a partnership with Gwen, she's an incredible coach and incredible mentor. She gives the most amazing advice... I went in with an open mind, just wanting to soak up anything I could, and it's just been amazing."
"I'm just really, really blessed and lucky and thankful to be here. My family and friends are cheering me on from back home and that makes me really happy."
Though he was the season's youngest finalist, Carter is already making big plans for his future, writing songs and looking forward to getting in the recording booth and performing concerts for his growing legion of fans.
As for an upcoming album, he said he hopes to emulate male singer-songwriters who have seen success on the pop charts in recent years, naming Lewis Capaldi, Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran and Shawn Mendes as some of the artists he admires.
"I love the music they put out there, and they've definitely inspired some of my songwriting," Carter said. "I want to go in the studio, record that and put it out for people to hear."
The Voice will return for season 20 in 2021 on NBC. See more from Carter's impressive run in the video below.
‘The Voice’: Gwen Stefani Gets Emotional Over Carter Rubin's ‘Rainbow Connection’ Performance
'The Voice' Finale: Carter Rubin Soars on 'The Climb' & 'Up From Here'
'The Voice' Finale: Carter Rubin Performs 'You Make It Feel Like Christmas' With Coach Gwen Stefani
'The Voice': Watch the Finale Performances from Jim Ranger, Carter Rubin, DeSz, John Holiday & Ian Flanigan
'The Voice': The Complete Winners List
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About: bees
EU honey harvests feel the sting of climate change with record losses
Honey harvests dropped by 40% this year, on the back of extreme weather conditions, according to EU farmers association COPA-COGECA, who sounded the alarm and warned that the sector urgently needs help from the European Commission.
Member states reserve right to ban pesticides authorised in EU, rules EU court
Europe’s highest court has concluded that member states have the right to ban pesticides even if they are permitted at the EU level, provided they officially inform the European Commission. The ruling, issued on Thursday (8 October), was taken after...
EU ban on neonicotinoids must be ‘strictly respected’, says Green MEP
After announcing €30 billion in support of an ecological transition last Thursday, the French government presented a controversial bill authorising an exemption from the ban on neonicotinoid insecticides, a class of pesticides suspected to be harmful to bees. German Green MEP Martin Häusling explains to EURACTIV FRANCE why he is challenging the decision.
France mulls reintroduction of neonicotinoids, faces backlash from NGOs and Germany
At its back-to-school meeting on Tuesday (1 September), France's National Council for Ecological Transition addressed the controversial issue of reintroducing neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides, to save the sugar beet industry. The issue is causing quite a stir both at home and across the Rhine. EURACTIV France reports.
Pesticides banned in EU still in use in Bulgaria
In her latest investigation, EURACTIV Bulgaria’s Valia Ahchieva reveals the use of EU-banned pesticides, conflicts of interest, siphoning of European funds, lies and gross neglect of human health and bees’ life by the authorities.
Gene editing, CAP reform bickering, hospitality sector
Welcome to EURACTIV’s AgriFood Brief, your weekly update on all things Agriculture & Food in the EU. You can subscribe here if you haven’t done so yet. German Green faction pushes for gene editing, overhaul of regulation In an unprecedented...
Parliament urges cuts in pesticide use to save Europe’s pollinators
In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament called on the EU executive Commission to beef up its Pollinators Initiative, saying EU-wide mandatory pesticide reduction targets are needed to halt the decline in species.
EU will not renew authorisation of ‘bee killer’ substance thiacloprid
Based on a conclusion by the EU's food safety authority (EFSA), the EU Commission announced on Tuesday (22 October) that it will not renew the authorisation of the "bee killer" substance thiacloprid. This means that the substance can still be used until April 2020. EURACTIV Germany reports.
French beekeepers warn about ‘catastrophic’ honey harvest
Alarmed French beekeepers and farming groups warned Tuesday of a "catastrophic" honey harvest this year due to adverse weather.
Economy & Jobs 28-02-2019
German action plan for insect protection: Farmers want greater say
With insects declining at an alarming rate, the German environment ministry wants an action plan to protect them before the end of the year. But farmers are feeling ignored in the process and are calling for more environmental protection incentives. EURACTIV Germany reports.
EU Commission to crack down on recalcitrant member states over neonicotinoids
The European Commission will trigger a never-before-used option against two member states over the abuse of so-called "emergency authorisations" for neonicotinoids, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis said in a letter sent to NGOs dated 19 February and seen by EURACTIV.
New pesticide may harm bees as much as those to be replaced
A new class of pesticides positioned to replace neonicotinoids may be just as harmful to crop-pollinating bees, researchers cautioned Wednesday (15 August).
Plight of the bees hits unaware businesses
Declining numbers of bees, butterflies and midges could leave companies facing the prospect of reduced crop quality and a shortage of raw materials. A United Nations-backed study found that most businesses surveyed were unsure of what action to take.
Time to end the pesticide merry-go-round
On 22 March, EU member states are meeting again to discuss a full ban on the world’s most widely used pesticides, neonicotinoids. It’s a crucial chance to protect our pollinators, children and crops and rethink our whole food system, writes Dave Goulson.
Neonicotinoids threaten bees, EU food safety watchdog re-confirms
Neonicotinoid pesticides put at risk wild bees and honeybees, crucial for pollination and reproduction of many plants, according to new assessments published on 28 February by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
EU unanimously backs UN World Bee Day
The United Nations declared 20 May to become World Bee Day, adopting a resolution proposed by Slovenia and supported by all EU member states, which aims to raise awareness of the insects' importance and warn about their dwindling numbers.
Scientists urge action against insect decline
Scientists have come to Brussels to warn policymakers of the negative impact of pesticides on bees as the Commission prepares to propose a full ban on neonicotinoids.
Environmentalists call for pesticide ban as study shows extent of insect decline
Scientists have raised the alarm after a study 27 years in the making found the biomass of flying insects in nature protected areas has declined by more than 75% since 1990. The causes of the decline are not fully understood.
Justice for bees: French court to look at pesticide ban
An environmental organisation has filed a lawsuit to ban sulfoxaflor, a pesticide that has fallen through the cracks of the ban on neonicotinoids. EURACTIV France reports.
Study: Bee-harming pesticides in 75% of honey worldwide
Traces of pesticides that act as nerve agents on bees have been found in 75% of honey worldwide, raising concern about the survival of these crucial crop pollinators, researchers said yesterday (5 October).
Spanish honey production drops, as disappearing bees continue to sound alarm bells
Honey production in Spain dropped 4.08% last year, the country's agriculture ministry warned. A decline in bees, which pollinate between 5% and 8% of global food production, poses a serious threat the food chain. EURACTIV's partner EFEagro reports.
US journal Science publishes study linking neonicotinoids to bee deaths
Two of the most extensive field studies conducted to date in Europe and Canada have confirmed the hypothesis that neonicotinoid insecticides are harmful to bees and other pollinating species.
Ethiopia’s huge honey production potential in search of modern techniques
The beehives of Ethiopia, Africa's top honey producer, make about a quarter of the continent's honey, but travellers who come to sample the liquid gold often find there isn't enough to go around .
Europe poised for total ban on bee-harming pesticides
The world’s most widely used insecticides would be banned from all fields across Europe under draft regulations from the European Commission, seen by EURACTIV’s partner The Guardian.
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Vol 29 No 2
Lecturing Venezuela
Binoy Kampmark
Think of how it grates with the non-interference doctrine enshrined in the UN Charter. Article 2(4) makes it clear the principle prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. Such interference, goes the canonical text Oppenheim's International Law, 'must be forcible or dictatorial, or otherwise coercive, in effect depriving the state intervened against of control over the mater in question'.
But many countries, most purporting to be of the liberal democratic mould, have been very happy to make Venezuela the exception. President Nicolás Maduro must go, and the Venezuelan opposition leader and President of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó, appointed in his stead. The latter's own bogus theory on usurpation is to claim he is merely dealing with a usurper himself. 'I swear to assume all the powers of the presidency to secure and end to the usurpation.'
On 15 January, the president of the National Assembly was permitted space in The Washington Post to claim his country was witnessing something without precedent, a point that should immediately cast some suspicion on any claim. 'We have a government that has dismantled the state and kidnapped all institutions and manipulate them at will.' Various US publications, in traditional imperial voice, have also been supportive.
But even Guaidó had to concede that his case for Venezuela was not conventional: it could not, for instance, be said that his country was your classic run-of-the-mill dictatorship with packed prisons and death camps. 'The regime may have ties to drug trafficking and guerrilla groups, but we also have a functioning, democratically elected parliament, the National Assembly.'
It did not take US President Donald Trump long to acknowledged Guaidó's declaration as legitimising an interim presidency, one that will ensure a transition of loyalty to the United States. 'The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law.' Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Argentina have similarly pitched in, accepting Guaidó as the appropriate interim replacement. More to the point, it is an acknowledgment that the mood is proving increasingly friendly to Washington in these circles.
Other states in Europe have also shown a brazen tendency to lay down timelines and advance demands in favour of Guaidó. 'Unless elections are announced within eight days,' suggested France's unpopular President Emmanuel Macron, 'we will be ready to recognise @jguaido as "President in charge" of Venezuela in order to trigger a political process.' A pretty rich thing coming from a leader whose own legitimacy and aloofness has been mocked in recent months.
Similar demands issued from Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez, yet another figure who has decided to make Venezuelan politics his beef. 'The government of Spain gives Nicolás Maduro eight days to call free, transparent and democratic elections. If that doesn't happen, Spain will recognise Juan Guaidó as interim president in charge of calling these elections.'
"The schismatic spectacle of two governments seeking to pull the strings has become an absurdly disruptive prospect — and many a countries' self-appointed business."
Maduro's response has been predictably sharp. 'We've had enough interventionism, here we have dignity damn it.' Unfortunately for the Maduro regime, the issue of dignity has little part in the regular foreign incursions, mainly by the United States, that have marked the affairs of Latin America for decades. He can count on some support, though opponents will scoff at the choices: China, Russia and Turkey take the view that non-interference should be the rule.
None of this should be taken to be an endorsement of Maduro. His interpretation of the democratic mandate has been shoddy. The country is going hungry. An initially promising socialist agenda has unravelled. He is of a firm tradition in the Americas: authoritarianism breeds revolt, which breeds authoritarianism.
But Maduro has good reasons to deride opponent and the warm embrace by US officials of the movement seeking to remove the Chávista. The memory of 2002 and the failure on the part of Washington to remove Hugo Chávez remains strong and persistent. Chávez, while resisting the urge to initiate a cleansing bloodbath and broad police measures, neutralised the power of his opponents, be they in the Supreme Court or the corporate media. Maduro has merely been one of Chávez's more enthusiastic students in that regard.
Maduro's fate may well fall to the dispensing grace of the army. So far, the country's defence minister Vladimir Padrino is holding firm, as are other state functionaries who do not feel that Guaidó has made a good enough case. They will not recognise the choice of an opposition leader 'imposed by shadowy interests… outside the law'. Such stances, as history shows, change, but the schismatic spectacle of two governments seeking to pull the strings has become an absurdly disruptive prospect — and many a countries' self-appointed business.
Dr Binoy Kampmark is a former Commonwealth Scholar who lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne.
Main image: Juan Guaidó delivers a speech during a demonstration on 26 January 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela (Marco Bello/Getty Images)
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I agree with your opinion Doctor Kampmark. The US has a very long history of sponsoring or supporting leaders in Latin America which sing to their songsheet. While I do not support the policies of Maduro and the obvious failure of his economic policies, it is up to the people of the country to end his rule, not outside forces. The hypocrisy is apparent; one rule for us , another rule for you. If the US intervenes militarily as Trump has threatened to do, it will be yet another failure for the United States as has been to case since their failed involvements in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The days of such forays are now well and truly over. How long will it take them to learn?
Gavin O'Brien | 30 January 2019
Why is Venezuela the business of other countries? Because what happens in Venezuela doesn’t stay in Venezuela but spills over as people outflows into other countries?
roy chen yee | 30 January 2019
Does the announcement that Spain, France, Britain, America will not recognize the corrupt government of Venezuela constitute a threat or a use of force ? The USA is imposing economic sanctions via temporarily withholding payment for oil. Britain the same temporary premise with its actions. China and Russia are also receiving oil and not paying for it. What a surprise they want this process to continue. Oil sales to China and Russia will never see a return of payment to Venezuela rather, these funds will find their way into foreign banks with a Maduro or military general name on it. Let’s ask : Do the actions of these western democracies cause a faster or slower change in government ? Are faster changes likely to be more bloody or less bloody? Are they likely to provide a better future for the country or not? These are the questions we should be asking in the context of the laws and resolutions cited otherwise we risk falling into the trap of intellectual discussion and dare I say it, a prideful one that argues a point to the misery and suffering of a people. Bring on the change. Good luck to the good people of Venezuela. Might the future be brighter than the dark days of the last decade.
Patrick | 31 January 2019
I think it is a pity that ES did not take the opportunity of commissioning a second article to balance that of Dvid James, rather than just another from the same anti-American, pro-socialist stable. It is surely a reasonable case that Chavez`s Venezuela is dying through its own quasi-socialist contradictions and corruption, and that the suffering of its people needs to be brought to an end; an article arguing this would be more than appropriate.
Eugene | 31 January 2019
I find it very annoying that Socialist (not Communist) regimes are labelled undemocratic, authoritarian and repressive where as Right wing regimes, often themselves repressive and undemocratic dictatorships backed by the military and vested interests such as big business, as have often been the case in Latin America in the past century or so are seen as desirable forms of government, despite their history of repression of the working class, indigenous people and anyone else daring to oppose their anti libertarian policies . I pose the question to those supporting the overthrow of governments they don't like; would you like to live under one? I would very much doubt it!
Gavin O'Brien | 03 February 2019
What is Maduro's legitimacy given he would not let anyone credible run against him? I don't care what is done against socialist dictators.
Bob | 13 February 2019
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Did the Westboro Baptist Church founder's tactics backfire?
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The Westboro Baptist Church's founder Fred Phelps died early Thursday. His death is expected to bring a lot of reaction and response.
Editor's note: Links provided in this article lead to other articles that contain coarse language. Early Thursday morning, the Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., founder of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, died at age 84. His death and the lead-up to it have brought an onslaught of reactions. Many center on Phelps' effects on society overall. Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church have been a controversial subject in the American dialogue because the church has picketed soldiers' funerals and ridiculed sports teams for their team colors. The church has also been notoriously known for its anti-gay position and incredibly tight stance on interpreting the Bible's text. On Monday, March 17, however, Phelps was excommunicated from the Westboro Baptist Church after he called for members to increase kindness, according to The Topeka Captain-Journal. The Examiner said the church excommunicated him because he approached the anti-gay "ideology with a softer touch." Phelps' son, Nate Phelps, wasn't complimentary of the church for excommunicating him. "They took the one thing that meant everything to the man," Nate Phelps said. "That old man and his reason to exist have gone away." Controversy has surrounded Fred Phelps' potential funeral, too. The church said it wouldn't be having a service for the reverend, The Huffington Post reported. There's also been talk by some religious groups of defacing Phelps' gravesite. And hit pop singer Lorde has dished out her own suggestions to strike back at the church, which planned to protest Lorde's Kansas City concert, the Kansas City Star reported. But is picketing Phelps' funeral or defacing his grave the right thing to do, especially for those who were denounced and shamed by Phelps and his church? Slate recently looked into the direction gay people should take to eulogize the late reverend. Instead of protesting his service and crudely shouting against the founder, Slate writer Tyler Lopez said gays should stick to promoting their rights. "If you're truly bent on sticking it to Westboro's fallen founder, focus instead on the mundane battles for LGBTQ equality taking place in church congregations and courthouses across the country," Lopez wrote. "While these events may lack the spectacle that Phelps commanded, they will surely change more hearts and minds. What better way to commemorate the life of America's most famous anti-gay bigot?" In general, praying and mourning for Phelps is a controversial issue, The Guardian reported. Twitter trends featured anti-Phelps messages and readers have spoken out against the leader since he neared his death, according to The Guardian. God "clearly had a purpose for Fred Phelps, which was to show just how repulsive his ideas about man and God really are, and to warn us off them," The Guardian said, adding that Phelps and the Westboro Church showed an extreme case of how far people can take God's plan and religion. But The Daily Beast had a more optimistic view of what Phelps brought to the world. Because he was so "outrageous" and "mean-spirited and vicious," he actually helped the groups he spoke out against, wrote Jay Michaelson for The Daily Beast. He was so off the map, Michaelson said, he actually gave those groups power to appear normal and uncontroversial. "So while many activists said the best thing to do was ignore Phelps - 'don't give him any more attention than he deserves,' they said - I always wanted to shine a big, bright light on him," Michaelson said. "The more he was the face of the anti-equality movement, the better."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D155645%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E
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Drayton Manor Park, The Dorothy Clive Garden, and Swinfen Hall Hotel were among the winners at the 2018 Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism Awards.
Drayton Manor Park won the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year Award, The Dorothy Clive Garden, Newcastle-under-Lyme was Small Visitor Attraction of the Year, and Lichfield’s Swinfen Hall Hotel was Hotel of the Year at the ceremony, which took place at the National Memorial Arboretum on November 22nd.
The winners of 13 categories were announced by the host, BBC Midlands Today newsreader Joanne Malin, before an audience of more than 100 guests in the Arboretum’s new Aspects Conference Centre.
The Best Tourism Experience Award winner was Poppies: Weeping Window at Middleport Pottery supported by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and the Guided Tour of the Year Award went to the National Memorial Arboretum.
Self-Catering Holiday Property of the Year was Dalraddy Cottage, South Staffordshire, and Self-Catering Holiday Provider of the Year was Heywood Hall in Denstone, East Staffordshire.
The Bed & Breakfast of the Year went to Amber House B&B in Alrewas, and St John’s House, Lichfield was named the Boutique Guest Accommodation of the Year.
Lower Micklin Touring Park in Denstone was the Holiday Park/Glamping Provider of the Year, while Beechenhill Farm in Ilam, Staffordshire Moorlands won the Sustainable Tourism Award, and Keele University Events & Conferencing were successful in the Business Tourism category.
And Drayton Manor Park won the Inclusive Tourism Award, their second award of the day.
Sarah Montgomery, Chair of Enjoy Staffordshire and Managing Director of the National Memorial Arboretum, said: “Well done to all our winners, and thank you to everyone who entered this year’s awards for your unwavering commitment to providing the best possible experience for visitors to Staffordshire.
“Tourism continues to be a major part of the County’s economic landscape, employing just under 32000 jobs and generating £1.8billion a year for the local economy.
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The North Coast hasn’t had a brewery since the 1980s. That is until Lacada Brewery was set up in October 2015. But, this is a business with a difference – a craft beer co-operative brewery with origins in a love of beer and brewing, a love of place, and a love of people. And, it all started with a father and son brewing together, which then quickly grew to become a group of co-operative minded, good beer loving aficionados with 7 part-time employees.
It was the Lead2Grow conference and speakers that inspired Laurie Davies to register for the programme. As a leader among equals in this cooperative business, there were a number of big challenges that required a step change in how he led the community stakeholders towards greater growth. He said: “my confidence in decision-making and problem solving before the programme was rated 7 out of 10. Since completing the programme, these skills have improved and I would rate my confidence as 10 out of 10”.
Of particular impact upon the business, was the sales academy master class with Lara Morgan. Laurie said: “we left the class with an invigorated and revised outlook as to how we do sales and do business. We put what we had learnt from the class into practice first thing the next day”. In working closely with his mentor, he has since set up of a new system to manage the customer experience and ensure customer enquiries are not missed.
The impact of Lead2Grow was also evident in terms of implementing new processes, which included putting a structure around delegating tasks to staff, so his workload is lighter and he has more time to work on the business. There is no doubt that time spent on Lead2Grow has shifted Laurie into a more confident place of community leadership, which is paving the way for a new phase of growth for artisan beer outside Northern Ireland!
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North Dakota ESL Teacher Job Description and ESOL Certification Requirements
If you are interested in teaching English as a Second Language in North Dakota, you may earn your degree in ESL directly or add an endorsement later in your teaching career. The North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board has declared that there is a critical shortage in every educational area, except for the areas of Elementary and Physical Education. This board is responsible for regulating and licensing teachers throughout the entire state.
As of the 2011-2012 school year, 2.7% of the students attending North Dakota schools were enrolled in ESL courses. By becoming an ESL teacher in North Dakota, you will be helping these students develop their ability to effectively communicate for the rest of their lives.
After following these steps, you will be eligible for a teaching license with ESL endorsement in North Dakota:
Earn Your Degree in TESOL from an Approved Teacher Prep Program
Complete the Required Exams
Apply for Teacher Licensure with an ESL Endorsement
Maintain Licensure and Pursue Further TESOL Education
Step 1. Earn Your Degree in TESOL from an Approved Teacher Prep Program
To start the journey of becoming an ESL teacher in North Dakota, you must complete at least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 2.50.
Your program must include general studies courses, a professional pedagogy program consisting of at least 22 semester hours, and a major in education with a minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), or vise versa.
If you are an education major, you must complete at least 32 semester hours of classes in your major beyond the introductory courses.
TESOL Courses must include:
At least 16 semester hours in ESL classes to include
Multicultural Education (2 hours)
Foundations of Second Language Instruction (2 hours)
Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics (6 hours)
Six or more hours in a modern language or Native American languages
At least two semester hours student teaching in an ESL or bilingual class
Bilingual endorsements require additional courses in bilingual education
The board requires that you complete at least 10 weeks of student teaching under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher. The length of your student teaching process may differ depending on the requirements of your college or university.
There are four colleges and universities that offer degrees in TESOL.
The Grand Canyon University offers a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program and a B.A. in Secondary Education.
The Master of Arts in Teaching – TESOL online program from the USC Rossier School of Education prepares you to teach students of all ages in the U.S. and internationally, gives you the option to pursue a teaching credential, and can be completed in 12 months.
Liberty University Offers Undergrad Cert and B.Ed. in English as a Second Language.
Capella University offers an online Master’s program in English Language Learning and Teaching designed to help educators advance their career in supporting diverse student populations. While it does not satisfy licensure requirements, the program can help you build the skills to use instructional strategies, emerging trends, and best practices to effectively teach English Language Learners and help students adapt to new cultural environments.
to the board for completing these requirements and, upon their approval, you will be granted an interim reciprocal license. This license will be valid for two years and is renewable one time, only if you are making adequate progress on your remaining North Dakota requirements.
In order to be endorsed in ESL when applying for your license, you must fulfill these additional requirements:
Complete a minimum of 16 semester hours, 24 quarter hours, of college credit in the study of ESL, including the following:
Foundations – four semester hours (six quarter hours)
Foundations of bilingual education
Linguistics – six semester hours (nine quarter hours)
Basic linguistics
Methods – two semester hours (three quarter hours)
Methods of teaching bilingual education
Methods of teaching English as a second language
Assessment – two semester hours (three quarter hours)
Field experience – two semester hours (three quarter hours)
If you already have a teaching license in North Dakota, but wish to be certified in ESL, you must fulfill the above requirements before you may teach ESL courses. You must also submit an application for Bilingual Language Endorsement.
If you are applying for endorsement between renewal periods, you must also submit a $75 fee.
Step 4. Maintain Licensure and Pursue Further TESOL Education
After being licensed in North Dakota, you must renew and maintain your license every five years, after the initial license validity period of two years. In order to qualify for a five-year renewal period, you must have taught full-time for at least 18 months in North Dakota. You must also be under contract for at least 30 days during your renewal period and complete at least six semester hours of approved re-education.
If you do not meet these requirements, you will be issued a probationary two-year license. You will only be issued one probationary license before your license is revoked. You will renew your license online.
One of the best ways to complete your re-education requirements is to continue your studies working towards a graduate degree. Earning a graduate degree will allow you to work towards additional teaching endorsements, earn tenure, and receive an increase in pay. A number of North Dakota colleges offer master’s degrees in English Language Learner education.
North Dakota ESL Endorsement Salary Bonus Incentives
The North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board is responsible for granting and controlling the state’s ESL endorsements. However, ND is unique because while the number of families that did not speak English in the home between 1980 and 2000 had increased nationally from 11 percent to 17.9 percent, the ND State University extension service reported that that their state’s non-English speaking households had decreased from 11.3 percent to 6.3 percent during the same period.
Nonetheless, North Dakota has a need for ESL teachers. Statistics from 2013 show that 43.11 percent of the ESL students speak Native American languages (Ojibwa 19.13%, Dakota 18.37, North American Indian 5.61 %) followed by Spanish (16.32%), Somali (5.61 %) and “other.” ESL students in ND represent 117 different language groups!
ESL teacher salaries are mostly lower than the national average except in the largest cities. Many cities, like Bismarck, offer an additional $1,000/year incentive for15 hours additional credits which includes the ESL requirement.
National average annual salary for starting teacher: $35,672
North Dakota average annual starting salary $31.065
Starting annual salaries for teachers in various North Dakota cities are:
Bachelor’s degree only – $42,685
ESL endorsement (15 extra hours) – $44,356
Master’s degree – $48,167
Bachelor’s degree – $32,374
ESL endorsement – $32,536
Salary data is taken from each city’s 2014-15 salary schedule.
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Watch: Energetic New Red Band Trailer for 'Filth' with James McAvoy
The first red band trailer for Filth, the adaptation of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name, really showed a wild and crazy James McAvoy as a bipolar, sex-crazed, drug-riddle police officer. Now we get even more craziness in the film from Green Street Hooligans director Jon S. Baird, complete with a wacky Jim Broadbent, a seemingly nervous Jamie Bell as McAvoy's partner and British character actor Eddie Marsan. This looks trippy and peculiar, but we wouldn't expect anything less from an Irvine Welsh novel. Between this and Trance, it's been quite an adult-themed year for McAvoy. Fire it up below!
Here's the crazy new international trailer for Jon S. Baird's Filth, direct from YouTube:
Filth is a crime comedy written & directed by up-and-comer Jon S. Baird (Green Street Hooligans, Cass) based on the novel by Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting). The plot involves a bipolar bigoted junkie cop, who manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter. James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Kate Dickie, Eddie Marsan and Imogen Poots all star. Clint Mansell, who recently finished work on Park Chan-wook's Stoker, composed the score for the film. Filth will be released September 27th in the UK, but still doesn't have a US release date yet. Interested?
Lol wow, honestly maybe it was the trailer, but this movie looks like its being vulgar and fucked up just to be vulgar and fucked up. I dont see the purpose here.
Cody W on Jun 7, 2013
'fucked up and vulgar' thats life big guy and certainly no more fucked up that invading another country for their black gold. at least with us here in Edinburgh its all out there to see.................
LBR on Jun 7, 2013
Really? First of all I can tell by your immediate condescending and opinionated reply your probably like 20 years old so dont try to tell me how life is "big guy". Second of all, my reply had nothing to do with England or any other bs politics. This is a movie site, you wanna spread your meaning less xenophobia and hatred go to the youtube threads with the rest of your kind.
I agree... but dude. Edinburgh is in Scotland.
Ayotunde Afolabi on Jun 9, 2013
Have you read the book? It's vulgar and fucked up!
RandyK on Jun 13, 2013
I don't think I'll see this in the theater, but I probably will Redbox it.
zengrrl on Jun 7, 2013
The book is great, this looks good too. Quite a lot of stories within the book are based on Edinburgh folklore, I wonder if they'll put the one about the judge up Calton Hill in it?
Carpola on Jun 7, 2013
Looks like the British Bad Lieutenant.
Mr.Bickle on Jun 7, 2013
Vold on Jun 7, 2013
Filthy and very gorgeous, thats our amazing Jamesy!! - Wild and Crazy, yeah, bring it on!! - I can't wait to see this film!!
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Amy Schumer Adjusts to Fame in ‘Live at the Apollo’
By Alison Herman
Amy Schumer hates being labeled a “sex comic,” but she’s also very, very good at sex comedy.
It’s a contradiction she both acknowledges and exploits towards the end of Live at the Apollo, her hourlong standup special premiering on HBO tonight. A male comic “could literally whip his dick out and people would be like, ‘He’s a thinker!'” she cracks . . . right before tearing into 20 minutes of material on the merits of cum, the female orgasm, and humiliating sex positions. Therein lies the two sides of Schumer’s standup persona, which don’t so much contradict each other as interact in increasingly interesting ways: the comic who likes to talk about her vagina looking like “the mouth of an old lounge singer,” and the feminist figurehead she’s become over the past three years.
Directed by Chris Rock, Live at the Apollo caps off a “crazy year” for Schumer, a fact she addresses — and plays with — right off the bat. Trainwreck, Schumer’s first film, and her first brushes with Hollywood are explored at length later on, but to begin, the comic ignores her sudden, stratospheric success in favor of the two goals she’s accomplished this year: successfully catfishing someone and having a used pair of underwear “not look like I blew my nose in it.” The intent is obvious, and reasonably effective. Schumer may be a movie star who hangs out with Hillary Clinton now, she’s saying, but she’s still enough of a regular person to write relatable, and thus funny, jokes.
That’s a line Schumer walks throughout Live at the Apollo. When her role in Trainwreck does come up, it’s to riff on how Schumer isn’t like the typical movie star; she could barely shave off ten pounds to get in camera-ready shape, and when she’s in LA to rub shoulders with Hollywood higher-ups, she’s considered so unattractive she doesn’t even register as human. Which isn’t to say that the insecurity one experiences in an industry that ruthlessly and repeatedly reduces women to their appearance isn’t real, but it also serves a practical purpose in Schumer’s attempt to connect with her audience.
Instead, the effect of Schumer’s increasing fame on her comedy is more implicit. As Salon’s Sonia Saraiya notes, there’s little trace in Live at the Apollo of racist material like the “I prefer consensual” or “crazy Latinas” bits, even if she never addresses this summer’s controversy head-on. (The only potential for backlash I detected was a throwaway line where Schumer intentionally messes up Colombian actress Sofia Vergara’s name; a few minutes later, she counteracts the joke by doing the same to the almost comically white Hemsworth brothers.) Schumer’s clearly aware of the scrutiny she’s under, and while it certainly doesn’t stop her from dropping gleefully obscene cracks like, “Gandhi was cum!” it’s also had a noticeable impact on her comedy.
And then there’s the overt feminism, which breaks down the wall between Schumer’s shrewd, insightful sketch persona and the Silverman-esque ditz provocateur she’d previously played onstage. Sometimes, she fuses the two, like when she’s complaining that there’s no novelty sex position that’s enjoyable for women — she calls one, the Houdini (look it up, or don’t), “just rape” — and sometimes the former takes over, as when she’s pointing out that Rosario Dawson once had to pretend Kevin James was out of her league. It’s both one of the best jokes of the hour and one that feels like a spiritual sequel to “Last Fuckable Day.”
Schumer’s new persona isn’t a sudden development. Outside her comedy, she’s issued public apologies and taken on causes like gun control, both actions of someone who understands their words have consequences, for others as well as themselves. And in her comedy, much of Live at the Apollo is assembled from material she’s debuted over the past year, whether in standup performances like her five-minute set at The Night of Too Many Stars (Hollywood executives telling her to “stop eating”) or talk-show appearances (her odyssey with a personal trainer).
This makes perfect sense; the point of a stand-up special is to crystallize a period in a comic’s career in one easy-to-find place so future fans won’t have to comb through disparate clips, not debut a whole hour of brand-spanking-new jokes. Besides, even the less fresh jokes have still been tweaked in interesting — to nerds like me, at least — and effective ways; “Ms. Lively, the line,” for example, has been expanded to “Ms. Lively, the line is, ‘My pussy hurts.'” Amy Schumer may be of Hollywood now, but she still isn’t afraid to make fun of it.
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Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho on why Mikel Arteta is suffering with the same problems at Arsenal
The two meet in the north London derby this weekend.
Alasdair GoldTottenham Hotspur correspondent
Mikel Arteta during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Leicester City at Emirates Stadium (Image: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has spoken of his admiration for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta ahead of the north London derby this weekend.
The two clubs meet on Sunday as the two look to close in on the Premier League European places.
"I met Mikel when he was a kid in Barcelona, I was there with Mr Van Gaal, he was really, realy a kid. When you know this kid at this age, time flies, but in the end you always look at them as the kid you have a great feeling for. When he became Pep's asisstant I started calling him every time I met him Mister, not Mikel. I like him very, very much, I hope everything goes well for him in his career but in this moment he is in a rival club, a club that fights for the same thing we fight - a European position and I cannot wish him good in this position.”
Mourinho has outlined just how long he has known the Arsenal boss.
Arteta joined Arsenal in December, a matter of weeks after Jose Mourinho replaced Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, and the Tottenham boss has outlined the similarities in the roles that they have both taken on this season.
“The nature of his job is similar to mine, to Carlo (Ancelotti), you arrive in the middle of the season with a double focus which is not easy. On one side you want to get results immediately but on the other side you have an eye on the future. What you want is to build your own team, what you want is to start your next season.
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“When you are in a relegation fight, for example, Neil Warnock going there, he knows that he needs a certain number of points, he knows what he has to do, in our case, it is different because we are speaking about very important clubs.
“Clubs that want to do better in the future. It's half now, half in the future. We all are desperate to have the end of season, holiday, preparation, pre-season and start a new season. The reality is we have to fight for points, which means Europa qualification and a special rival feeling between Arsenal and Tottenham.”
The two sides are separated by just one point in the Premier League table ahead of the weekend’s game.
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Opponents fault Trump proposal to cut environmental reviews
by: ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press
A sign identifies the existence of a buried oil pipeline under a corn field in rural Milford, Neb., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. In a dramatic rollback of environmental oversight, President Donald Trump took action Thursday to clear the way and speed up development of a wide range of commercial projects by cutting back federal review of their impact on the environment. The aim of the planned overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act is to streamline environmental approvals for major construction efforts like highways, airports, pipelines and power plants. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Describing windows rattled by industrial blasts and windowsills covered in toxic ash, an African American resident of Texas’ oil hub joined Democratic lawmakers, state officials and others Tuesday in urging the Trump administration to drop a proposed rollback that they said would silence disadvantaged communities battling big polluters.
The objections came at the last of two hearings by the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality on its proposal to cut back environmental reviews and restrict public comment on new highways, pipelines and other projects under the 1970 landmark National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA.
The Trump administration, which has expressed frustration at environmental objections that it says are unnecessarily slowing approval for interstate oil and gas pipelines and other big projects, is proposing restricting the timelines for environmental reviews and public comment. Other changes would explicitly allow businesses a role in crafting the environmental assessments of their projects and allow federal officials to disregard a project’s role in cumulative effects, such as climate change.
Many of those speaking at the Washington hearing in an Interior Department auditorium were African American, Latino and tribal local activists from communities already dealing with pollution from oil refineries, chemical plants, government facilities and other big sources. They credited the half-century-old NEPA with giving poorer communities without much political or economic clout a platform to negotiate with government regulators and big industries. Such communities historically are disproportionately exposed to air pollution and other health hazards.
Hilton Kelley, a restaurant owner in Port Arthur, Texas, east of Houston, described neighborhood teenagers so accustomed to industrial explosions and plant leaks in Texas’ industrial hub that they continued to play basketball during dangerous chemical releases.
Kelley described his windows shaking from one of at least six major industrial explosions or other accidents in his part of south Texas over the past year.
“Many people are still trying to come back from those explosions,” Kelley told those at the hearing. “When you’re talking about weakening NEPA and expediting a process, this is what happens. Don’t lessen the regulation. Don’t silence our voices.”
An African American woman from Garysburg, North Carolina, said the public input enshrined in the targeted environmental rollback was what gave her community tools to deal with current and proposed projects for the area, including a pipeline, factories and industrial-scale hog farms.
“You act like you’re listening, and I’m not going to say you’re not. But we see the results of these hearings,” the woman, Belinda Joyner, told the listening panel of Council on Environmental Quality staffers and officials.
“I ask you to do what’s right for the people. Listen to us as well as people who got all this money, and feel like they can do what they want,” Joyner said.
The proposed rollback is among the broadest and most consequential of scores of environmental and public health reversals and changes that the Trump administration is seeking.
President Donald Trump has sought to scale back regulations that he sees as needlessly costing businesses money or slowing their work, especially with regard to the oil and gas industry. The American Petroleum Institute and other oil industry organizations were among those pushing the Trump administration for action on changes to NEPA.
Business representatives at Tuesday’s hearing complained about yearslong environmental reviews under the current rules. The Trump administration proposal would limit those environmental studies to an average of no more than two years and restrict public comment periods to months.
The proposed changes meant “timely federal permitting decisions for critical infrastructure projects,” encouraging projects like road and bridge building that would ease traffic, reduce highway pollution and improve public safety, said Chad Whiteman, a vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“Increasing investor certainty for these projects will unlock investment” for infrastructure improvement, Whiteman said.
Mary Neumayr, chairwoman of the White House environmental panel, called the rollback a modernization that “will not only help our economy, but also our environment.”
Two Democratic lawmakers and a New York state assistant attorney general were among the opponents speaking out in the daylong hearing’s first hours. They faulted the Trump administration for allowing only 60 days of public comment and two public hearings for such major changes, as well as criticizing the proposed rule changes.
This was “designed to ignore and silence the public,” said Christy Goldfuss, the chairwoman of the Council of Environmental Quality under former President Barack Obama.
She faulted the part of the proposal that would let businesses help write their own environmental reviews as “self-dealing.” “Shame on you!” Goldfuss told her former colleagues on the White House environmental panel.
The White House used an online ticket reserve system for the Washington hearing and the earlier one in Denver. Both days of hearings sold out within minutes. Activists and lawmakers complained Tuesday the administration had ignored their requests to add more public hearings.
A reporter asked Neumayr about those complaints several times at Tuesday’s hearing. Neumayr ignored the questions, instead turning to look silently at her panel’s press aide each time.
Council spokesman Daniel Schneider said later in an email that the White House environmental council had “engaged in extensive public outreach.” Members of the public could still submit written comments, Schneider said.
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Preliminary hearing set for the murder of MacKenna Milhon
by: Collin Lingo, MaKayla Trent
To read the original story, click here!
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KOLR) – Lonnie Leroy Williams, the man charged for the murder of MacKenna Milhon, has a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 9, 2020.
Deputies say Williams picked Milhon up at the Kum n Go on Kansas Expressway and Norton Road on the night of December 19, 2019.
Initially, Williams told deputies he dropped Milhon off that night and didn’t see her again.
A probable cause statement says, during a later interview, Williams confessed to stabbing Milhon. Williams claimed she hit him while he was driving north of Springfield.
According to Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson, the autopsy showed that Milhon was stabbed to death.
Lonnie Leroy Williams
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Williams’ girlfriend, Olivia Vega, was also charged for tampering with evidence after the murder. Vega pleaded not guilty and received a bond reduction of $90,000 during a pre-trial motion on Tuesday, February 11, 2020.
Her bond was originally set at $100,000. It is currently set at $10,000.
Investigators say Vega helped Williams burn Milhon’s bloody clothes and hide the knife. Deputies say a man told them he and Vega helped Williams get rid of the evidence involved in Milhon’s death.
Williams was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
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Haaland goals secure Bundesliga runner-up spot for Dortmund
by: CIARÁN FAHEY, Associated Press
Dortmund’s Erling Braut Haaland, center background, celebrates with his teammates after he scored his side’s first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund in Leipzig, Germany, Saturday, June 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, Pool)
BERLIN (AP) — Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund sealed second place in the Bundesliga with a 2-0 win at third-place Leipzig on Saturday.
Bayern Munich, which wrapped up its eighth straight title by beating Werder Bremen on Tuesday, celebrated with a 3-1 win at home over Freiburg.
Players on all teams in the penultimate round wore a badge on their sleeves promoting the German government’s new coronavirus tracing app, which was also advertised on corner flags.
On his first professional start, 17-year-old American Gio Reyna set up Haaland on a counterattack in the 30th minute. It was Rayna’s first assist in the league.
The 19-year-old Haaland also hit the crossbar. The Norwegian had to wait until injury time before he grabbed his second – and 13th goal in 14 league appearances – set up this time by Julian Brandt.
It means Dortmund is assured of second place with one game of the season remaining. Despite defeat, Leipzig is virtually assured of Champions League soccer next season.
Leipzig is one point ahead of Borussia Mönchengladbach, which took advantage of Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-0 loss at Hertha Berlin to move fourth with a 3-1 win at already relegated Paderborn.
Leverkusen needed a win to stay ahead of Gladbach in fourth, the last place for Champions League qualification, but failed to make the most of a good start and couldn’t recover after Matheus Cunha fired Hertha into a 22nd-minute lead.
Dodi Lukebakio, who combined with Krzysztof Piatekto set up Cunha, scored Hertha’s second goal early in the second half, when Piatek gave him an easy finish.
It left Leverkusen two points behind Gladbach in fifth, three points behind Leipzig, but with a vastly inferior goal difference to the energy drink manufacturer-backed club.
Leverkusen now needs a favor from Hertha, which visits Gladbach in the last round, while it hosts Mainz.
RELEGATION RACE
Mainz, Cologne and Augsburg all ensured top-tier soccer next season, as Bremen’s troubles deepened.
Mainz players lifted their right arms in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement after Robin Quaison’s opening goal in a 3-1 win over 17th-place Bremen.
The team above Bremen, Fortuna Düsseldorf, earned a hard-fought 1-1 draw at home to Augsburg.
Rouwen Hennings thought he’d given Düsseldorf the early lead with a powerful shot, but video review ruled it out for handball in the build-up.
Augsburg promptly scored through Florian Niederlechner, but Hennings hit back with a goal from outside the box to level it up. Fortuna threw players forward in stoppage time in search of a win that would have removed the threat of automatic relegation, but Augsburg held firm for the draw.
Four-time champion Bremen is two points behind Fortuna and will need a win over Cologne next week to have any chance of avoiding dropping out of the top division for the first time since 1981.
Either Düsseldorf or Bremen will face a playoff against the third-place team from the second division.
Cologne drew with Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1.
Union Berlin, still celebrating after clinching its survival on Wednesday, slipped to a 4-0 loss at Hoffenheim, which booked its place in the Europa League next season.
Schalke’s club-record winless run stretched to 14 games after a 4-1 defeat at Wolfsburg, which also booked a Europa League qualification place.
AP Sports Writer James Ellingworth contributed from Düsseldorf.
Ciarán Fahey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cfaheyAP
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Navy SEAL embraces wife for first time since tragic accident
(FOX NEWS) - A touching video of a Navy SEAL standing and embracing his wife four months after a traumatic car accident left him with a severe brain injury has been viewed by more than 3 million people. Jonathan Grant, 36, was serving as a combat medic instructor at Fort Bragg at the time of the accident, according to the couple's GoFundMe page.
He suffered a diffuse axonal injury (DAI), and was in a coma for nearly two months as doctors gave him just a 10 percent chance of survival. His Pilates instructor wife, Laura, has stood by his side throughout his recovery, which included moving to a Richmond, Virginia, rehabilitation facility where Grant could receive intensive therapy.
On July 11, video captured part of what Grant's therapy entails. Grant, who is unable to communicate vocally with his wife but tries to mouth words with a soft whisper, was working on standing upright from his wheelchair during the therapy session. With the help of a physical therapist, Laura assisted Grant stand when he leaned over and kissed her while resting his head on her shoulder.
"Too special not to share," Laura posted on her Instagram page.
Read more at FOXNews.com.
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Craters & Freighters Franchise News
Craters & Freighters
Craters & Freighters specializes in packaging, crating, and shipping items that are too heavy, oversized, and fragile for standard shipping companies.
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Craters & Freighters, the national leader in specialty freight solutions, announced today the opening of a new franchise location in Birmingham, AL as a result of the area's high demand for specialty freight handling services.
Anniversary Marks 23 Years in Business for Craters & Freighters
For the past 23 years, Craters & Freighters has been helping clients around the globe with their total packaging, crating and shipping solutions.
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Craters & Freighters, the national leader in specialty packaging, crating and shipping solutions, announced today the opening of a new location in Milwaukee as a result of the area’s high demand for specialty freight handling services.
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Craters & Freighters, the national leader in specialty freight solutions, announced today the opening of a new location in Pittsburgh at 222 Commerce Park Drive, Cranberry Twp.
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Craters & Freighters of Eastern Nebraska is honored with the Hallmark Award by achieving revenues in excess of $650,000 to $1,000,000, and the Outstanding Performance Award by having the largest increase in sales per location.
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Robert Poirier and Tom Raia, owners of Craters & Freighters of New York & New Jersey won the prestigious Pinnacle Award at Craters & Freighters’ Annual Convention Awards Ceremony held on May 5th in Denver, CO.
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Hammer & Nails Grooming Shop for Guys:
Hammer & Nails Signs 19-Unit Franchise Deal to Bring Men's Grooming Shops to Florida
By: Hammer & Nails Grooming Shop for Guys | 1 Shares 81 Reads
Area Developer to Open Two Naples Locations, Develop 17 Locations Along Florida's West Coast
NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 5, 2021 // PRNewswire // - Hammer & Nails Grooming Shop for Guys, a men's grooming shop that provides haircuts, shaves and hand & foot care, in a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere, is pleased to announce it has signed a record area developer agreement with finance and operations executive Rick Sander. Sander will open two grooming shops of his own in the Naples community, and is charged with developing 17 additional locations along Florida's Gulf Coast.
As an executive working up and down the East Coast, Sander decided it was time to become a permanent "snow bird" and move down south. While most people move to warmer climates to retire and soak in the sun, Sander made this move his next business venture. Though Naples has been Sander's second home for several years, he is excited to be a full-time Floridian and immerse himself in the community year-round. Starting with bringing a new business to the area.
The timing to make the move felt right, as Sander left his previous position as chief financial officer to pursue his next opportunity. During this hunt, he searched many business alternatives, which is when he stumbled into franchising and discovered Hammer & Nails. Sander was immediately intrigued by the concept and quickly eliminated other opportunities to pursue the men's grooming shop further. Not only was Sander impressed by the uniqueness of the business model – a membership experience where men could be completely comfortable enjoying a hand or foot service while getting their beard groomed – it was an opportunity to bring something new and exciting to the Naples community.
Sander refers to himself as a "numbers guy," due to his extensive experience in the finance world, which ultimately sold him on the brand as it offers the opportunity for recurring revenue through its monthly membership model. Hammer & Nails goes the extra mile for its members to make the experience both personal and unique – and that's exactly what the Naples community is all about.
"Naples is so unique and has such great history that after reviewing the franchise opportunity of Hammer & Nails I knew this is something I wanted to be a part of and bring to Naples and across the West Coast of Florida," said Sander. "I'm glad that the stigma surrounding men getting pedicures and manicures is falling by the wayside. Especially with Florida's sunshine and warm weather, people want to keep up with their appearance and nail care, and there's opportunity for Hammer & Nails to be the go-to spot for not only grooming but a one-of-a-kind experience."
Sander hopes to have his first location open by fall of 2021. A second location also in Naples will shortly follow, just in time for the cooler season when people from the Midwest and the Northeast flock to Florida.
The Hammer & Nails experience coming to Naples is unlike any other. The atmosphere is low-lit, with soft ambient lighting throughout the shop. Exterior windows are tinted for privacy and the interior is furnished with dark wood and steel, creating a relaxing vibe. Members are greeted by name, escorted to a luxurious oversized Bison leather chair, and handed a menu with complimentary beverages ranging from an ice-cold water to McAllen's whiskey, all of which is included in the service cost. Every guest has a personal TV, remote and noise-cancelling headphones for entertainment during his visit.
"We are thrilled to have Rick join our brand during such a key moment of growth. Offering hand and foot care and grooming services all under one roof is sure to revolutionize personal care in Naples and all of Florida. We know with the brand's trend-setting atmosphere and unique service offerings, these new shops will surely become a community staple," said Aaron Meyers President & COO of Hammer & Nails. "With Rick's new Hammer & Nails locations, men in Florida will have never looked or felt better."
As Meyers notes, Hammer & Nails has a strong future in Naples. Sander, Meyers and the rest of the Hammer & Nails team are looking to add more shops across Florida with qualified franchisees.
SOURCE Hammer & Nails Grooming Shop For Guys
Hammer & Nails was founded in 2013 by Michael Elliot with the vision to provide hand and foot care, manicures and pedicures, haircuts and shaves to every type of male in man cave nirvana.
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Detroit school board must be vetted extensively
Rochelle Riley
Detroit Free Press Columnist
As Detroit’s public school district — which remains nameless — released good news about its student population Thursday, I was studying its website.
The good news was that it may lose only a few students rather than 10% of its students this year; 10% had been the norm for more than a decade.
The bad news is that many of the people vying to become The Magnificent Seven to oversee the district didn’t bother to fill out questionnaires the district is using to help parents choose the right people for the job. And no, calling them that doesn’t mean they’re great or that any of them look like Denzel Washington, star of the new remake of the "Seven" film I saw last month in Toronto. It means they face an impossible task. But people do impossible tasks. That’s why the definition of possibility keeps changing.
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Still, only 22 of 63 candidates vying for seven seats on the new school board which, for the first time in years, will oversee the education of about 45,000 city children, provided the information. Sixty-three people: That’s nine candidates for each seat, but fewer than two dozen took the time.
“We posted 22 and sent out another request for them to do it, and they didn’t — not yet,” said district spokeswoman Chrystal Wilson.
Now, I know the candidates are busy, what with personal appearances, campaign events, lawn sign postings and interviews.
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I know they are filling out questionnaires galore from many sources. But here’s the thing:
You can’t answer too many questions or fill out too many forms or jump through too many hoops for this job: It is too important.
This board elected next month not only will oversee education for a brand new school district and the 45,000 students whose parents didn’t leave, didn’t give up, didn’t throw in the towel. This new board also will show that a Detroit school district can have a viable board and can do what the state’s emergency manager didn’t: operate the district in the black and not run up a deficit.
Its members have to show that they can improve curriculum, build relationships with metro Detroit’s business community (Yes, that is vital) and make parents comfortable that they made the right decision in not running.
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And they have to do all of this without new dollars and while the majority of the current Legislature could care less about the district. (No, the bailout wasn’t because they liked Detroit or even believe in the renaissance. It was because a declaration of bankruptcy would have been a state declaration of bankruptcy. Don’t get that confused.)
So with all that on the line, I, too, have questions — only five — for those vying to be one of those who lead:
1) How many hours each week would you have to work on behalf of the city’s children. Whether you are a full-time worker or a full-time parent (or both, which means you have two jobs), you will still have to devote quite a bit of your life to this job that comes with no compensation. (School board members in the past were paid $27 for each meeting they attended. That is not necessarily true going forward).
2) Do you have difficulty reading? Yes, I’m serious. We once had a school board president who was functionally illiterate. That didn’t make him a bad person. (Fondling himself during a meeting with a district employee did that.) But it made it hard to understand why he was on the school board.
3) Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Any felony? At any time? It doesn’t disqualify you as a candidate. But I’d like to know whether it involved children or violence.
4) If elected, would you sign a pledge not to run for any other office, especially the state Legislature, for 10 years? (You see many people run for school board not because they care about kids, but because it’s a great steppingstone to something else. Children are not stones).
5) Current transition manager Steven Rhodes called the school board election the “single most critical issue” facing the school district. He said the new board members must:
• Commit themselves to excellence in academics and commit to hiring a permanent superintendent with that same commitment.
• Recognize that not all students are going to college and will need career education.
• Understand that education “does not begin when the child walks into the school door and end when the child leaves the school door” — that there must be a continuing commitment to parental engagement in the educational process.
• Play a special role in helping the district harness the resources of Detroit’s business, civic and religious communities.
• Respect the Financial Review Commission, which some critics see as more emergency management.
• Work with Mayor Mike Duggan to continue to advocate for a Detroit Education Commission, a vital body that the Legislature blinded by political pressure and special interest dollars refused to see.
• Be willing to learn.
How many of those seven vital things do you agree with? You will be graded. Please send your responses to rriley99@freepress.com with the subject line: Detroit school board.
The entire state should thank you for stepping up. The children will thank those whose steps lead them to greatness.
Contact Rochelle Riley: 313-378-5135. Follow her on Twitter @rochelleriley.
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Tokyo 2020 Summer Games
Tokyo 2020 Bid News
August 14, 2012 in Tokyo 2020 Summer Games
Govt to help set stage for 80,000 Games volunteers
December 17, 2013The Yomiuri Shimbun
An estimated 80,000 volunteers will be needed to help the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics run smoothly, and the government plans to soon start helping people willing to lend a hand to the sporting extravaganzas.
After conducting a survey on volunteers at sporting events at home and abroad in fiscal 2014, the government plans to establish a “volunteer bank” in fiscal 2015 at the earliest, in which people interested in working as volunteers are registered by region and dispatched to events.
According to the Tokyo metropolitan government, which will establish an organizing committee for the 2020 Games, about 10 million Japanese and visitors from overseas are expected to visit Tokyo during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The number of volunteers needed is expected to exceed the 60,000 to 70,000 that helped at the London Games in 2012.
Because delegations from other nations will have training camps in regional areas before the Games, some volunteers also will be needed outside Tokyo.
Volunteers will be needed as ushers, guides, interpreters, assistants for security personnel and scorekeepers, ticket checkers and cleaning crews.
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry will study in fiscal 2014 how volunteers at major international sports events abroad, including the London Olympics, were used. It will also survey individuals and groups that have taken part as volunteers at sporting events in Japan, with the aim of having as many of them participate in the Tokyo Games as possible.
In addition, the ministry plans to compile a guidebook introducing necessary skills, training programs and how to manage volunteers, and distribute it to local governments across the nation. The government plans to include in its fiscal 2014 draft budget about ¥50 million for such projects.
An organizing committee for the 2020 Games, expected to be launched by February, will likely begin inviting applications in fiscal 2018 for volunteering in the Games and help train them.
An estimated 8 million people per year volunteer in sporting events organized by local communities and groups in Japan.
According to a 2012 survey by Sasakawa Sports Foundation, 7.7 percent of 2,000 surveyed adults had worked as volunteers at sporting events within the past year. As this figure is about half of the 14.8 percent of people who said they wanted to volunteer, the government plans to create a more supportive environment to enable more people to offer their time and services.
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000877659
baron-pierreIV 86 posts
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Athensfan
You have this amazing propensity to rewrite reality to support your personal desired outcome. It looks to me that Tokyo's had a very successful visit so far.
Ikarus360
But of course it was much worse. Did anyone really was so innocent to believe that the magnitude of the radiation, after the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, was insignificant?). What pisses me
Takeshima
Why fear? Radiation level in Tokyo is one of the LOWEST out of ALL other major capital cities. If you don't want Tokyo to win the bid that's totally understandable but please state facts and not fear
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Location:London, England.
Interests:Football plus other Sports, Architecture and Construction, Computer Gaming, Socialising, Blogging and London, England.
I will deffiently be signing up for that. I am from London, England but a 3 week volunteering program is excellent. Hopefully I get picked.
Palette86 154
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Location:Japan
Interests:Tokyo 2020,football,cooking, traveling,having fun with my 5 yoshis.
80,000 people for volunteers in mid-summer...they all have to take care of health.
I will hopefully be visiting Tokyo in 2020 for volunteering.
But it's generally organized by local Tokyoite?
The Article states that they will also allow people around the World to become Volunteers, like we did with London 2012.
Oh I did missed the part or simply skipped it. Great of you to come to Tokyo,Japan ! And the poster of the article,whose name is gotosy has lived in Japan and he can understand and type Japanese decently.
I know people who have been to Japan and it is a lovely place and I would be honoured to enter.
You come from London so it will be easy for you to get used to the place . I'm now planning to take photo shots of Tokyo's footsteps towards 2020 SOG.I hope to show it to the public.
Yep a big city I have lived in London and from London all my life so I know no different so Tokyo is similar. The flight length I think is 16 Hours?
I googled and the resluts said it takes about 12hrs and half(Heathrow-Tokyo). In summer it will take a little bit longer due to the revolve of the globe or something...
Its a sacrifice I am prepared to take. See you there.
JOC says Tokyo 2020 preparations remain focused
TOKYO (AP) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda says Tokyo's 2020 Olympic preparations remain focused despite the resignation of the city's governor Naoki Inose.
Inose, who played a major role in Tokyo successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics, resigned Thursday after revelations that he received a 50 million yen loan ($480,200) from a scandal-tainted hospital company.
Takeda said "Tokyo 2020's immediate focus remains firmly on finalizing the establishment of the organizing committee to ensure the successful delivery of the games."
While Inose played a positive role in the Olympic bid, he came under fire in April for suggesting rival Istanbul was less developed and less equipped to host the games than the Japanese capital.
Takeda called Inose a "fervent and enthusiastic supporter" of Tokyo's bid.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11175380&ref=rss
Inose will resign soon.I hope the best governor will be selected by wise Tokyoites.
When will new Renderings of the Down Sized Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium be released?
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Good for that. Potential contenders for the next governon?
The only thing I can say for now is that "unlikely Ishihara" ! He's already retired and he got stroke maybe about 2 years ago....Inose could avoid the worst things for him on his resignation but I'm ashamed of him.He said in Buenos Aires "Tokyo is safe...your cash will be surely back to you even if you lose your purse in Tokyo."
Speed skater Hashimoto on early list of Tokyo Governor candidates as fears of impact on 2020 preparations grow
December 23 - Seiko Hashimoto, a former speed skater and cyclist who competed at seven Olympic Games, is being touted as a potential candidate to be the next Governor of Tokyo as urgency to make an appointment grows for the sake of preparations for Tokyo 2020.
After being in office for barely a year, Naoki Inose resigned lastn Thursday (December 19) following his involvement in a corruption scandal after he illegally accepted a loan from hospital group Tokushukai.
Inose belatedly resigned to avoid "stalling preparations" for 2020 any longer but after a month long feud since the allegations first surfaced it seems inevitable that the formation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee has already been delayed.
Whoever is appointed to succeed Inose will be immediately under pressure to resume these preparations and, amid much speculation, Hashimoto's name is on a lengthy list of early potential candidates.
After a sporting career highlighted by a bronze medal at Albertville 1992 in the 1500 metres speed skating, the 49-year old was elected to the House of Councillors in 1995 and has since served in a variety of roles as part of the ruling Liberal Democrat Party (LDP).
Tokyo has never had a female Governor but, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to expand opportunities for women in the workforce, Defence Minister Yuriko Koike and newscaster-turned-politician Tamayo Marukawa are two other potential female replacements.
Other names in the frame include the Minister in charge of the Olympic Games, Hakubun Shimomura, and Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara, the son of Inose's equally controversial predecessor as Governor Shintaro Ishihara.
The incoming Governor will have to immediately delve into reviewing ¥10.3 billion ($98.9 million/£61 billion/€72 billion) in proposed Olympics-related funding before sending the draft budget to the City Assembly in February.
After criticisms both of its size and cost, negotiations with the Central Government over the funding and construction of the New National Stadium appears another pressing issue.
Parties have around two weeks to finalise their candidates before a by-election expected to take place early in February.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) remain confident that preparations remain on course.
"The Organising Committee should be established during the five months following the election of the city at the IOC Session, as this is part of the agreement between the host city, the National Olympic Committee and the IOC," an IOC statement to Kyodo News insisted.
"At this point in time, we have no reason to believe that this will not be the case in Tokyo."
It has been announced Tokyo Vice-Governor Toshiyuki Akiyama will fill the void to takeover these Olympic and Paralympic preparations on a temporary basis until the new Governor is appointed.
This was confirmed by Shimomura, together with bid leader, and Japanese Olympic Committee President, Tsunekazu Takeda.
http://www.insidethegames.biz/olympics/summer-olympics/2020/1017557-speed-skater-hashimoto-on-early-list-of-tokyo-governor-candidates-as-fears-of-impact-on-2020-preparations-grow
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ATR reports:
-Japan will invest $181.2 billion in sports development in 100 countries next year
-A recent report says there is a 70% chance of an earthquake hitting Tokyo, and that they are speeding up plans for evacuation during the Olympics.
I heard our government plans to depatch leaders in developing countries and to rend or give tools for sports at low cost. Good for both people.
? The buildings should be constructed under the strict laws to be bearable for the big quakes. I'm not worried about this very much.
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Tokyo's iconic Tsukiji fish market to be moved ahead of Olympic Games
The world's largest fish market is being moved as Tokyo gets a facelift ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games.
The Tsukiji Fish Market is a famous landmark in the Japanese capital, and has sat in the same spot for eight decades.
From mackerel to minke whale, shellfish to squid, the market is a shrine to seafood in all its shapes, sizes and spurting glory.
"This place is the kitchen of the 10 million people of Tokyo. It's central to Japan's culture of eating seafood," stallholder Toshio Awatake said.
Despite being spread over 20 hectares, the ageing market is growing ever more congested and crowded.
"I think many people here want to stay. But the facility is old and growing more unhygienic, and hygiene is vital to Japan’s safe food culture," stallholder Naohide Kametani said.
In the next few years Tsukiji will be shifted out of the centre of the city to a new site on a manufactured island in Tokyo bay.
Every year it handles half-a-billion tonnes of seafood and generates more than $20 billion dollars in revenue.
Shifting it spells bad news for the thousands of restaurants and businesses outside the market's main gate.
There is one major problem with the proposed move - the new site for the market used to be home to a refinery, and the land is contaminated.
But Mr Kametani is not put off.
"They're dealing with the soil contamination, and I don't think it'll affect the fish. It'll be a good, new market," the stallholder said.
There are other pressures to move. with the Tsukiji market sitting on prime real estate in central Tokyo worth billions of dollars.
Developers want to replace it with high-rise apartment buildings, signalling the end of a unique way of life.
A bit sad at that one. Tsukiji was one of those places that were a bit of a must to get up really early in the morning and go see if you were visiting Tokyo the first time. Great atmosphere - don't know if i would get the same sort of attraction status as a man-made island in the bay (even before industrial contamination).
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I fail to see the connection with the Olympics other than it being shoe-horned into the headline. Am I missing something here?
I noticed that too after I posted. You know well Rob, just like we've been through in our cities and the Cariocas are finding, EVERYTHING that happens there now for the next seven years becomes slotted into Olympic-related, however tenuous the connection.
I thought that was probably the case, but just checking I hadn't missed anything obvious.
Program of "1940 TOKYO SOG" found. Map is interesting.
News source;The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun
Link to the article;http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000958313
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Leaked Xbox One S image shows a 40 percent smaller console with 2TB hard drive
By Connor Sheridan 12 June 2016
The first pictures of Xbox One's new, slimmer model appear to have leaked ahead of Microsoft's E3 press conference tomorrow: it's a whole lot less Xbox One, at least in the sense of volume. According to a picture shared on NeoGAF, which appears to be a promotional image from Microsoft, the Xbox One S is 40 percent smaller than the current model.
The Xbox One S in the images are mostly white with black accents, including an interesting dotted grid effect on the right half on the console. According to the text, the smaller Xbox One also comes with a 2TB hard drive (current models max out at a non-replaceable 1TB), 4K Ultra HD video, support for High Dynamic Range, a vertical stand, and a "streamlined controller". I'm not sure what all makes the controller streamlined, but we'll likely find out soon.
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Lauren Conrad's Pink Penthouse Is Like a Real-Life Barbie Dream Home: Step Inside
If Barbie were going to graduate from her plastic dream house to a penthouse in Beverly Hills, she'd probably choose Lauren Conrad's two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom spread with breathtaking city views. Step inside. Lauren completely remodeled the two-level penthouse, which was built in 1976. According the the Redfin listing, the space was "taken to the studs and finished to the highest level of quality." The main living space features a pink-tinged brick wall, which you might recognize from Lauren and now-husband William Tell's engagement pictures, which were shot in the home. The gourmet kitchen offers custom cabinetry, a built-in breakfast nook, and top-of-the-line appliances: a Le Cornue oven, Sub-Zero refrigerator, and a Wolfe drawer microwave. The walk-in closet is positively massive, with lighted racks and shelves and even a chandelier of its own. The master bathroom has a free-standing claw-foot tub as well as shower, his-and-her sinks, and a well-lit space that's just begging for your makeup tray. The smaller baths both have ultrafeminine wallpaper, as does the laundry room. Even the less-girly areas—including a TV-watching room and a man-cave—hint at femininity. And if you're not sold on all that, check out the luxe garden roof deck. The home is currently listed
By Kim Fusaro
If Barbie were going to graduate from her plastic dream house to a penthouse in Beverly Hills, she'd probably choose Lauren Conrad's two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom spread with breathtaking city views. Step inside.
Lauren completely remodeled the two-level penthouse, which was built in 1976. According the the Redfin listing, the space was "taken to the studs and finished to the highest level of quality." The main living space features a pink-tinged brick wall, which you might recognize from Lauren and now-husband William Tell's engagement pictures, which were shot in the home.
The gourmet kitchen offers custom cabinetry, a built-in breakfast nook, and top-of-the-line appliances: a Le Cornue oven, Sub-Zero refrigerator, and a Wolfe drawer microwave.
The walk-in closet is positively massive, with lighted racks and shelves and even a chandelier of its own.
The master bathroom has a free-standing claw-foot tub as well as shower, his-and-her sinks, and a well-lit space that's just begging for your makeup tray.
The smaller baths both have ultrafeminine wallpaper, as does the laundry room.
Even the less-girly areas—including a TV-watching room and a man-cave—hint at femininity.
And if you're not sold on all that, check out the luxe garden roof deck.
The home is currently listed for a cool $3.2 million.
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A Week in Tory Britain
The damage of 10 years of Conservative governance was laid bare this week for all to see.
By Jack Peat
Global Research, February 28, 2020
The London Economic 27 February 2020
Theme: History
On 11th May this year it will be ten years since the Conservatives started an administration which has survived three leaders, a shaky coalition and a divorce from the country’s biggest trading power.
A decade may not seem a long time in the grand scheme of things, but few parties have ever managed to leave a mark as big as the Tories over that period – and this week proved to be a stark reminder of that.
Deaths of homeless people sleeping in bins
On Monday a new report found that – in the fifth biggest economy in the world – the number of deaths of homeless people sleeping in bins has soared.
Increasing levels of homelessness in the UK was blamed for the rising number of deaths by crushing and near-misses while containers are being emptied.
At least seven people are known to have been killed in the last five years, according to the Health and Safety executive.
From April to December 2019, Biffa employees also recorded 109 “near-misses” or encounters with people either sleeping in or near its bins.
Life expectancy stalls
With the dust barely settled on the distressing findings, another report was released showing life expectancy had stalled for the first time in more than 100 years and even reversed for some as austerity takes its toll on society.
Sir Michael Marmot’s landmark review shows the gap in health inequalities is growing even wider than it did a decade ago, in large part due to the impact of government cuts.
The public health expert had warned ten years ago that growing inequalities in society would lead to worse health, and his predictions bore out in the latest study.
It shows the government has not taken the opportunity to improve people’s lives and life chances over the last ten years, with average lifespans stalling and people living for more years in poor health.
Rough sleeping five times higher than official figure
And then came new BBC research which suggested rough sleeping is five times higher than the official figure being peddled by the government.
New official figures will be released on Thursday but the data for 2018 showed 4,677 people slept rough in England on the one night the snapshot survey was taken, down 2% on the year before but 165% up on 2010.
However council responses showed nearly 25,000 people were recorded sleeping rough at least once in England during the latest year on record.
Blue Wall
Perhaps the most upsetting trend is that most of these societal ills seem to be happening in places where the Conservatives took seats from Labour in the December election.
Sir Michael’s report certainly found those areas were the hardest hit, yet when flooding blighted many of the same areas the Prime Minister was nowhere to be seen.
Jeremy Corbyn was right to brand Johnson a “part time PM” during PMQs yesterday.
“You can’t give local authorities the clear message you support them and then turn your back on them”, one Conservative Councillor is reported to have said.
Too little too late, unfortunately, and we have five more years to come.
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Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).He has contributed articles to The Sunday Telegraph, BBC News and writes for The Big Issue on a weekly basis.Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Major refurbishment work complete as La Cala's Asia course reopens
Jack Seddon
Situated in the foothills of the beautiful Mijas Mountains with breath-taking views of the stunning Andalusian countryside, La Cala’s superb 54 hole resort offers an idyllic rural retreat just 20 minutes from Marbella and only 30 minutes from Malaga airport. This week, the oldest course – Campo Asia, which opened 30 years ago – reopened following a major refurbishment programme that saw all greens upgraded to Bermuda grass in a bid to improve sustainability and year-round conditioning, and all bunkers fully renovated.
The three superb championship courses at La Cala – Campo America, Campo Asia and Campo Europa – each present unique challenges and slot seamlessly into a natural, undulating backdrop of trees and flowers, rich with birds and wildlife. Designed by world-renowned golf course architect Cabell Robinson, each 18-hole layout has been created to ensure a truly exhilarating experience. An additional 6-hole, par-3 course and world-class golf academy complete the La Cala experience.
In recent years, La Cala Resort has embarked on a major improvement programme to enhance its courses’ reputations yet further. Campo America was the first to benefit in 2018, with the 4 th and 15 th holes undergoing extensive remodelling to improve playability and all bunkers refurbished to enhance the aesthetics as part of a comprehensive upgrade.
Now, as La Cala celebrates its 30 th anniversary this year, the resort’s elder statesman, Campo Asia, has benefited from an important upgrade. The course, which was the first of the three to open in 1989 and which has co-hosted The Alps Tour Q School for the last seven years along with Campo America, is now the first course on the Costa del Sol to switch to Bermuda grass on its greens, via the ‘No-Till’ method rather than relaying turf. The major refurbishment programme has also seen all bunkers renovated to improve the course’s visual appeal and conditioning.
The course was closed for two months to complete the work following a successful Bermuda grass trial on one of the resort’s practice greens. The No-Till process, which involves scalping and verticutting to help kill off the existing grasses and allow the switch to Bermuda, is possible where the existing greens have good drainage and solid construction, which Campo Asia’s do. The end result is not only better year-round putting surfaces, but significantly improved sustainability as Bermuda greens require substantially less water. The risk of grass diseases is also far lower and the putting surfaces are less reliant on the use of chemicals and fertilisers.
“Turning around such an ambitious project in a matter of months is an incredible achievement and testament to the hard work of everyone involved,” says Sean Corte-Real, Director of La Cala Resort. “The new Bermuda-grass greens will be among the best in the Costa del Sol all year-round and unquestionably the most environmentally-friendly, requiring less water, chemicals and fertilisers.
“We’ve also made sure the Asia Course is in pristine condition from tee to green by refurbishing every bunker. Cabell Robinson’s masterpiece is one of the most dramatic courses in Europe, and we’re delighted that every hole looks and plays better than ever.”
Campo Asia is a bucket-list course for golfers travelling to Spain’s iconic Costa del Sol with an increasing number of visitors opting to walk the 5,935-metre layout. With electric and push trolleys available for hire, it is a refreshing and convenient way to absorb the stunning surroundings of the Mijas Mountains and Mediterranean Sea in the distance.
La Cala resort boasts accommodation of the highest standard, including a newly renovated 107-bedroom hotel, a selection of on-site properties for sale; from attractive 2-bedroom apartments to opulent 5-bedroom villas spread throughout the estate of approximately four million square metres. Residents can enjoy the luxurious spa and a selection of excellent restaurants and bars. There are also further leisure opportunities with a FIFA-standard football pitch, running circuit, gym, tennis and squash courts.
Nestled between the arresting beauty of the Sierra de Mijas Natural Park and the shimmering Mediterranean Sea, La Cala is a genuine haven of tranquillity. It’s the perfect base for exploring Andalusia and Spain’s fascinating cultural cities like Granada, Seville and Malaga.
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William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III) was the forty-second President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president, older only than Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and is known as the first baby boomer president, as he was born in the period after World War II. He is the hu William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III) was the forty-second President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president, older only than Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and is known as the first baby boomer president, as he was born in the period after World War II. He is the husband of the junior United States Senator from the state of New York and a Democratic candidate in the 2008 US presidential election, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Clinton was described as a New Democrat and was largely known for the Third Way philosophy of governance that came to epitomize his two terms as president. His policies, on issues such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, have been described as "centrist." Clinton presided over the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history, which included a balanced budget and a reported federal surplus. Clinton reported a surplus of $559 billion at the end of his presidency, based on Congressional accounting rules. His presidency was also quickly challenged. On the heels of a failed attempt at health care reform with a Democratic Congress, Republicans won control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. In his second term he was impeached by the U.S. House for perjury and obstruction of justice, but was subsequently acquitted by the United States Senate and completed his term. Polls of the American electorate taken at this time showed that up to 70% were against pursuing the allegations. (N Y Times December 21, 1998).
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are getting a divorce: ‘She’s done’
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are over.
Multiple sources tell Page Six that “divorce is imminent” for the Hollywood couple, with Kardashian hiring divorce attorney to the stars Laura Wasser.
“They are keeping it low-key but they are done,” says a source. “Kim has hired Laura Wasser and they are in settlement talks.”
Kim, 40, hasn’t been seen wearing her wedding ring, and Kanye, 43, remained at his $14 million Wyoming ranch over the holidays instead of spending it with the Kardashian family, who drew criticism for their extravagant celebrations.
“Kim got Kanye to go up there [Wyoming] so they could live separate lives and quietly get things sorted out to separate and divorce. She’s done,” the source continued.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at the 2015 Met Gala
The source added that while Kim has done much in the past to protect and help Kanye deal with his mental health struggles, “Now this divorce is happening because Kim has grown up a lot.
“She is serious about taking the bar exam and becoming a lawyer, she is serious about her prison reform campaign. Meanwhile Kanye is talking about running for president and saying other crazy s–t, and she’s just had enough of it.”
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in 2018
Meanwhile, a separate source says Kanye, who became increasingly uncomfortable and irritated by the Kardashians’ over-the-top reality star lives, “Is completely over the entire family … He wants nothing to do with them,” adding he eventually found their reality show “unbearable.”
West tweeted in July, “I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Warldolf [sic] for ‘prison reform,’” seeming to refer to a criminal justice summit attended by Kim and rapper Meek Mill in November 2018.
He also called momager Kris Jenner “Kris Jong-Un” and claimed that the Kardashians were trying to force him into psychiatric treatment.
Then Kanye reluctantly showed up for Kim’s ridiculously extravagant $1 million-plus 40th birthday in Tahiti last October for just one day.
“He showed up late and left early, he wouldn’t appear in any of their Instagram shots. All he did was bring over the hologram of her father, Robert Kardashian, then got out of there as fast as he could,” the source added.
The source said the biggest sticking point in the Kimye divorce settlement talks could be over their Calabasas, California, family home, which underwent a total redesign masterminded by Kanye and was heralded by Architectural Digest as “an oasis of purity and light.”
The couple worked on the all-white, minimalist home with Belgian designer Axel Vervoordt. They reportedly paid $40 million for the house and spent $20 million on renovations.
The source said, “Kim is trying to get Kanye to turn over the Calabasas house to her, because that’s where the kids are based and growing up. That is their home.”
Explaining, “She owns all the land and adjoining lots around the house but Kanye owns the actual house. They’ve both put a lot of money into renovating it.”
The source added of the advanced settlement talks, “This isn’t the first time they’ve been talking about a split, but this time it is way, way more serious.”
Another source confirmed to us that divorce settlement talks were underway, but they were not yet at the point of deciding how their properties would be divided.
Kardashian and West with North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm
This would be Kim’s third divorce. She previously hired Wasser for her divorce from basketball player Kris Humphries. Wasser, who has also represented Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears and Johnny Depp, was not immediately available for comment.
But the power LA divorce lawyer is well known to advocate for her clients to negotiate and agree on a confidential settlement before any divorce papers are filed in court. Because LA divorces are more public than in New York, this ensures that more of the proceedings remain secret.
Kim and Kanye were married in 2014 in an over-the-top ceremony in Italy. They have four children: daughter North, 7, son Saint, 5, daughter Chicago, who turns 3 next week, and son Psalm, 19 months.
Reps for both Kim and Kanye didn’t immediately comment.
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Paper Mario: The Origami King Pack: All Editions And Pre-Order Bonuses For Nintendo Switch
By Gemma Le Conte
Interested in pre-ordering Paper Mario: The Origami King? Find out about pre-order benefits and goodies!
Paper Mario is back and hopefully better than before with The Origami King!
Paper Mario was a much-loved game by many and so we know loads of people are pleased to see its return.
The new Paper Mario game for Nintendo Switch is priced at £49.99 or $59.99.
Currently, on the Nintendo site, there is one edition of the game in two different forms, being physical and digital.
This edition is the Paper Mario: The Origami King Pack.
Although, on Amazon, there is the standalone version of the game, without extras.
As well as this there is a console bundle available.
Pre-ordering the game in the UK brings some bonuses.
With both the physical and digital edition of the game comes free magnet and origami sheets.
Unfortunately, this is currently only available for the UK and not the US.
Super Mario 3D World Bowser's Fury Switch: Release Date, Gameplay, Trailer, Price, Pre-Order And Everything We Know
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 LEAKS: Release Date, Cancelled, Story, Trailer, Ganondorf, Pre-Order Bonuses And Everything You Need To Know
Super Mario 3D All-Stars Update v1.1.0 Patch Notes
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Mark Wahlberg Won’t Join Transformers 4 After All
Sorry, any Wahlberg fans who were looking forward to seeing the actor sharing the screen with giant, transforming robots. Yesterday word came from Twitch Film that Michael Bay was in talks with Wahlberg to star in the lead role of Transformers 4. It was a rumor that made sense, given that Bay and Wahlberg just collaborated on the body-builder flick Pain & Gain. Unfortunately, it’s not to be; Bay shot down the rumor earlier today.
While Wahlberg won’t be joining the robot franchise, the rumor did spring from a kernel of truth. Bay took to his official webpage to explain that he and Wahlberg are indeed talking about doing another project together, but it is not Transformers 4. It’s a shame, because Wahlberg is a solid talent and his involvement might have actually got me interested in a new Transformers movie, something that hasn’t happened since before I saw the first one.
Even with the Wahlberg casting shot down, Twitch’s original story also contained another tidbit about the next Transformers film. They claimed that the role rumored to be going to Wahlberg would have a teenage child who would potentially become the star of future Transformers films, something that tracked with earlier rumors that the new film would star a teenage female character with a boyfriend who is racecar driver.
Twitch doesn’t specify their sources, so it’s unclear if the plot tidbits were coming from the same place as the Wahlberg story or not. We’ll have to wait and see if the claims about the father and daughter characters prove to be true.
Star Wars: The High Republic – What Is It Anyway?
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John S. (Jack) Knight
Knight-Ridder Corporation
Industry: Publishing & Print Media
Knight inherited Akron's Beacon-Journal in 1933 from his father and built it into a leading newspaper publishing conglomerate. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Knight also had a knack for business. Through several major acquisitions including the Miami Herald, Miami Tribune, Detroit Free Press, and Philadelphia Inquirer, Knight built a formidable publishing empire. He merged his business with Ridder Publications in 1969 to create an operation with national scope.
Birthplace: West Virginia
Father: Head, Same Company
Military Service: Army
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Aug 05, 2016 More on Compliance & Legal
Advocate Health Care agrees to $5.5 million HIPAA violation settlement
Settlement is the largest in history against a single entity, HHS Office for Civil Rights says.
Beth Jones Sanborn, Managing Editor
Hospital in Chicago, IL-part of Advocate network. Photo by Advocate Health
Advocate Health Care Network will pay $5.5 million to settle with the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights regarding multiple potential HIPAA violations that involved electronic protected health information, HHS announced.
OCR started investigating Advocate back in 2013 following Advocate's submission of three breach notification reports. The reports related to separate incidents involving Advocate's subsidiary Advocate Medical Group. The breaches affected the protected information of roughly 4 million people. According to OCR, The compromised information included demographic information, clinical information, health insurance information, patient names, addresses, credit card numbers and their expiration dates, and dates of birth.
[Also: Almost 30 percent of hospitals out of compliance with HIPAA requirements for contingency plans for their EHRs]
Upon investigating the breach incidents, OCR said they found Advocate had failed on several fronts. First, they did not conduct an "accurate and thorough assessment" of the possible risks and vulnerabilities to it's protected health information. Second, OCR found they had failed to put policies, procedures and access controls in place to limit physical access to electronic information systems housed within their data support center. Third, Advocate did not obtain "satisfactory assurances" i.e. a written business associate contract that said associate would keep safe all protected information in their possession. Finally, OCR found that Advocate failed to "reasonably safeguard" an unencrypted laptop that had been left in an unlocked vehicle overnight.
[Also: NorthShore University Health System, Advocate Health Care face FTC grilling over proposed Chicago merger]
"We hope this settlement sends a strong message to covered entities that they must engage in a comprehensive risk analysis and risk management to ensure that individuals' ePHI is secure," said OCR Director Jocelyn Samuels. "This includes implementing physical, technical, and administrative security measures sufficient to reduce the risks to ePHI in all physical locations and on all portable devices to a reasonable and appropriate level."
"Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of our patients while delivering the highest level of care and service are our top priorities. As all industries deal with the ever-evolving digital landscape and the impact it has on security, we've enhanced our data encryption measures to prevent this type of incident from reoccurring. While there continues to be no indication that the information was misused, we deeply regret any inconvenience this incident has caused our patients. We continue to cooperate fully with the government to advance our patient privacy protection efforts," Advocate said in a statement.
Advocate Health Care Network is the largest fully-integrated health care system in Illinois, with more than 250 treatment locations, including ten acute-care hospitals and two integrated children's hospitals. Advocate Medical Group is a nonprofit physician-led medical group that provides primary care, medical imaging, outpatient and specialty services throughout the Chicago area and in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.
Twitter: @BethJSanborn
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Carpentry Restoration of Historic Gillette Gazebo
This historic gazebo in Richmond’s West End gets carpentry restoration help from H. J. Holtz & Son carpenter Ricky Reid, to give new life to Charles Gillette designed garden.
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Painting and Wallpapering Restoration
Historic Restoration of a Sanctuary: Congregation Beth Ahabah
Everyone knew it was a big job. Congregation Beth Ahabah’s mural was given in 1913 by the Ladies’ Auxiliary and is the focal point of the synagogue’s formal sanctuary. Spanning 30 feet end to end and reaching a height of 50 feet at its apex, the proscenium arch had cracked plaster, and faded and dirty paint. It needed repairs and repainting – a full restoration. In eight weeks’ time.
See the remarkable video and pictures of the restoration.
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Designer Projects
Historic Garden Week: Eric and Vicki White Home
Eric and Vicki White, of Richmond’s Fan neighborhood is on this year’s Garden Club of Virginia Historic Garden Week tour, and have relied on H.J. Holtz & Son for numerous projects since 2009. They also needed them to help prepare the home for the tour April 27- May 4.
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Historic Home Renovation: Carter’s Grove
In the summer of 2014, Tim Leahy, of Kirby Perkins Construction in Newport, R.I., needed a Virginia painter. The project: a full-scale historic home restoration of Carter’s Grove, an 18th century mansion on the banks of the James River, near Williamsburg. “There were very few highly qualified painters in that area of Virginia,” Leahy says. He reviewed websites, contacted a handful of firms, and found Rick Holtz, president of H.J. Holtz & Son.
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Sharpening Our Wallcovering Skills
Some professionals – accountants, lawyers, doctors – are required to attend continuing education classes yearly, to keep their practices current and top-notch. While the same mandate doesn’t exist for wallcovering installers, H.J. Holtz & Son makes sure its lead wallcovering installers have the opportunity to sharpen their skills at the annual Wallcovering Installers Association international conference.
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North Adams Sees Races for Mayor, Council
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
06:26PM / Tuesday August 06, 2013
City Clerk Marilyn Gomeau waits for any final candidates to return nomination papers on Tuesday.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nearly more than half the City Council will turn over in this year's municipal elections.
Among the names missing from the ballot will be Council President Michael Bloom, Alan Marden and Marie Harpin — all of whom have served for at least two decades. Also missing is another veteran of city politics, John Barrett III, who served only two years on the council but 26 as mayor.
Three potential candidates had taken out papers to challenge Mayor Richard Alcombright but only one had returned them by Tuesday: Robert R. Moulton Jr.
Not returning papers are Richard David Greene, who had been handing out his campaign stance while collecting signatures, and former mayoral candidate Ronald A. Boucher. Greene is reportedly running a write-in campaign.
"We've been friends for 50 years, I still consider him a friend and he comes from a great family," said Alcombright of his opponent. "Rob was right with me at my announcement four years ago but we've had our differences."
Alcombright said Moulton had described their positions as "far apart," how far apart to be debated this campaign season. "I'm looking forward to raising these issues with him," he said. "It should be a good and friendly campaign."
Moulton agreed, saying "we're friends with different points of view ... We'll let the people decide."
"I'm looking forward to the campaign, I'm sure there are a lot of good issues we'll be debating, some different views on the way the city should be run," he said. "It should be very entertaining and I think it will be good for the city."
There are 15 14 13 12 candidates for the nine at-large City Council seats, although three still need signatures to be certified: incumbents Lisa Blackmer and David A. Bond, and newcomer Kate Hanley Merrigan. (David Bond did not have enough certified signatures.)
"There are a lot of new people," said City Clerk Marilyn Gomeau, as the seconds counted down to the 5 p.m. deadline. "But we always have a big amount of people [for council]."
Newcomers on the ballot this year are Merrigan, David R. Robbins, Benjamin J. Lamb, Joshua J. Moran, *Anthony M. Sarkis Jr. and Michael Denault, as well as Planning Board member Wayne J. Wilkinson and previous council candidates Eric Buddington, Robert F. Cardimino and Michael J. Hernandez. (Michael Denault withdrew his candidacy on Aug. 19 because he is moving to Vermont.)
Incumbents returning papers were Blackmer, Bond, Keith Bona, Jennifer M. Breen and Nancy P. Bullett.
Edward Lacosse, Richard Lacosse Jr. and MaryAnn Benoit-Albee had informed Gomeau they would not be returning papers for council.
"I'm just really pleased to so many candidates, and a new younger field taking an interest in the city, and to see so many incumbents staying in," said the mayor. "It's sad to see Mike Bloom and Al Marden off the council because of the historical reference that they bring and their service to the city. They should be commended.
"Marie, her years of service not only on the council but through the BCAC and beyond, that just speaks volumes of her as a community leader. I wish them all well."
Alcombright said he commended "anybody for coming out now and being in public service ... it's not an easy thing to do."
Running for three seats on the School Committee are incumbents John Hockridge, Heather Putnam Boulger and Mark P. Moulton and newcomer Michele L. Vareschi. Stewart Burns did not return papers.
There is no race for McCann School Committee, with incumbents Paul A. Gigliotti and Gary F. Rivers running unopposed.
*Sarkis submitted a letter to the city clerk on Aug. 8 stating he was withdrawing because his professional business had to be a priority.
Two Vying For Seat on Lanesborough Board of Selectmen
By Andy McKeeveriBerkshires Staff
09:56AM / Thursday June 20, 2013
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The annual town election next week has several races, including for a seat on the Board of Selectmen.
Mount Greylock Regional High School Committee member Robert Ericson is running against former Selectman Joseph Szczepaniak Jr. The seat is that of longtime Selectman William Prendergast, who is not running for re-election.
Ericson currently sits on the high school committee and formerly served on the Lanesborough School Committee. Szczepaniak was on the Board of Selectmen from 2008 until 2011, when he was defeated by a write-in campaign by Robert Barton.
Barton is resigning from the board to run for School Committee. However, because the resignation was too close for this election, that seat is not on the ballot next week.
For the School Committee, Barton is running against incumbent Renee Poplaski.
Three people are vying for two seats on the Finance Committee. Incumbent Al Terranova is facing newcomers Ronald Tinkham and Stephen Wentworth for the three-year seats. Incumbent Christine Galib is running unopposed for a one-year seat on the committee.
Incumbent Cemetery Trustee Mary Reilly is being challenged by Gregory Wolf for that position.
The remaining candidates are running unopposed. They are Robert Reilly for both moderator and representative to the Northern Berkshire Regional School Committee and Christa Sidway for library trustee. Two seats on the Planning Board and two seats on the Sewer Commission have no candidates.
The election will be held Tuesday, June 25, from 7 a.m. until 8 pm. at Town Hall.
Four Candidates Eyeing 2 Adams Selectmen Seats
09:21PM / Tuesday March 19, 2013
ADAMS, Mass. — Four candidates will be vying for two vacant seats on the Board of Selectmen.
Nomination papers were due Monday and Richard Blanchard, Joseph Nowak, Donald Sommer and Michael Young have all returned papers to be on the ballot. They have until April 3 to withdraw their nominations.
That's one short of last year, in which five candidates tried for two seats. The race also ensures new faces on the board — albeit Sommer has served before.
The two three-year seats available are those that had been held by Paula Melville and Scott Nichols. Melville resigned from the board last year and Nichols has opted not to run for re-election.
Nichols instead will be running for moderator against Edward Driscoll, another former selectman. Both are looking to fill the seat left vacant by Joseph Dean Jr., who died in December.
The one-year seat left open by the resignation of former Chairman Richard Frost on the Board of Health will also see competition with two candidates. Glen DeMarsico and Allen Mendel are both vying for it.
A three-year Board of Health seat held by Roy Thompson is also up for election but Thompson will run unopposed.
Three people will by vying for one three-year assessor seat. Dennis Gajda, Lorraine Kalisz and Susan Rowe have all returned papers to run.
There are a number of unopposed elections as well; Holly Denault for treasurer; Karen Kettles for library trustee, Martha Stohlmann for Planning Board; Lawrence Clairmont for cemetery commissioner; Elizabeth Buskey for Redevelopment Authority; and Joseph Allard for McCann School Committee (Northern Berkshire Vocational School District). Paul Butler and Joshua Ryan DeMarsico-Birkland are running unopposed for two seats on the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District Committee.
A three-year library trustees, a five-year Housing Authority seat and a one-year Redevelopment Authority seat have no candidates.
The town election is Tuesday, May 6.
Pittsfield, North Adams, Adams Announce Democratic Caucus Dates
09:34AM / Thursday February 07, 2013
Feb. 8: Due to the impending storm, the Pittsfield caucuses (excluding Ward 5) has been rescheduled for March 2.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Democrats will hold caucuses in their respective wards to elect delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Party's 2013 Platform Convention to be held June 1 July 13 at the Tsongas Center at University of Massachusetts in Lowell. All registered Democrats in Pittsfield wards 1 through 6 are eligible.
The caucuses are scheduled on:
► Ward 1 – 2 p.m., Sat. March 2, Back Nine Bar and Grille, 303 Crane Ave.
► Ward 2 – 2 p.m., Sat. March 2, Kennedy IUE/CWE Union Hall, 789 Tyler St.
► Ward 3 – 2 p.m., Sat. March 2, DelGallo’s Restaurant, 390 Newell St.
► Ward 4 – 2 p.m., Sat. March 2, Miss Hall’s School, 492 Holmes Rd.
► Ward 5 – Noon, Sat. March 2, American Legion, 41 Wendell Ave.
► Ward 6 – 2 p.m., Sat. March 2, Polish Community Club, 55 Linden St.
Delegates to the 2013 Massachusetts Party Platform Convention will hear from future party leaders, debate and adopt a new party platform. The number of delegates for each ward will be divided equally between men and women. Those not elected as delegate and/or alternate, who meet the qualifications, may apply to be add-on delegates in the following categories: youth, minority and disabled.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Wards 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the North Adams Democratic City Committee
will caucus on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 11 a.m. to elect delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Party's 2013 Platform Convention.
All registered Democrats residing in those wards are invited and eligible to participate in the caucus, to be held at North Adams Housing Authority Community Room, 150 Ashland St.
State Rep. Gailanne Cariddi, D-North Adams, will convene the caucus.
Ward 1 will caucus on March 2.
At the statewide convention, to be held at the Tsongas Center in Lowell on Saturday, July 13, delegates will debate and adopt a platform for the next four years.
State Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh announced the postponement of the convention from June to July to follow election of the U.S. senator to replace John Kerry, now confirmed as U.S. secretary of state.
Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin has scheduled a primary for April 30, and special election of U.S. senator to be held on June 25.
Cariddi is also scheduled to address local Democrats on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 6 p.m. at a gathering at the Freight Yard Pub. Cariddi is interested to hear from North County constituents as to their legislative priorities; she will also update them as to current statewide initiatives in Boston.
ADAMS, Mass — The Adams Democratic Committee will hold its caucus on Saturday, March 2. The caucus will elect delegates to attend the Platform Convention on July 13.
The caucus will be at 9:30 a.m. at the Miller Annex of the Adams Free Library. It is open to all registered Democrats in Adams.
For more Information, call Ed Driscoll at 413-743-0639.
Town Meeting & Election Roundup
Staff Reports 09:18PM / Wednesday May 12, 2010
Budget Approved at Becket Annual Town Meeting
BECKET, Mass. — The town held its annual town meeting on Saturday, May 8. Only 74 of the town's 1,261 registered voters were in attendance. Voters approved a total municipal budget of just over $4.5 million. The town's assessment to the Central Berkshire Regional School District was also approved at nearly $2.1 million. The town's vocational budget of $264,000 was also given voter approval on Saturday.
Also of interest, voters did not approve the expansion of the town's select board from three to five members. They also turned away an article that would have made the town clerk's position an appointed position instead of an elected one as it is now.
Town election is Tuesday, May 18, noon to 7 at the Senior Center
Town meeting is Wednesday, May 19, at 7 at the Elementary School
Dalton Voters OK Debt Exclusion, Elect New Selectman
DALTON, Mass. — Voter turnout in Dalton was not good Monday as residents went to the polls. Elected to the Board of Selectmen was Mary R. Cherry, who pulled in 429 votes. Opponents Thomas Burgner picked up 247 votes and Timothy Kirby, 232. Current Chairman John Boyle and Selectman William Chabot were re-elected to their seats unopposed.
The debt exclusion question of $230,000 for Town Hall renovations and equipment passed 499-399 while the non-binding ballot question to re-format the Select Board to three positions and eliminate the town manager's job lost by 494-409. Voter turnout was dismal, with only 935 out of 4,255 registered voters casting ballots.
Elected unopposed were Ronald J. Marcella Sr. as moderator; Karen M. Quinn and Caleb J. Darby for Planning Board; E. Edwin Cady as cemetery trustee; John Kittredge, Anne M. Ronayne and Stephanie Shafiroff as library trustees; Judith A. Conroy for the Dalton Housing Authority; and William A. Drosehn III, J. Michael Hoffman and Patrick J. Sheehan for Finance Committee.
Egremont Voters Turn Out In Droves
EGREMONT, Mass. — There was very good voter participation in Egremont on Tuesday, May 11, as the town held its annual election. Some 540 of the town's 963 registered voters went to the polls, a 56 percent turnout.
There were four contested races, the most interesting being a rare tie in the race for a two-year seat on the Planning Board between H. Bernard Haeckel and Penny Hudnut. Both candidates received 236 votes. The normal course of action in this case is a recount. If there is still a tie after recounting the votes, then a special election can be scheduled.
In the other races Tuesday, Janis Sagarin beat out David Hall Devine 306-183 for a five–year seat on the Planning Board, Elizabeth Holland defeated Georgette Kinney 317-177 for a three-year term as assessor and Bruce Turner defeated Laura Allen by a mere 13 votes for a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen. The vote count was 271-258. The remaining races were uncontested: Thomas A. Gage as modertor, Margaret A. Muskrat as town clerk, James Olmsted as tree warden, Rosemary Besancon as constable, Susan Turner as library trustee, Herman Trudeau Jr. as cemetery commissioner, William H. Wood as associate for the Planning Board and Stephen Agar as water commissioner.
Florida Fills Posts with Write-ins
FLORIDA, Mass. — There were no races in the town election this year but 85 of the 540 registered voters went to Town Hall to cast ballots on Monday, May 3 to vote for 11 town positions. Ronald Briggs was returned as selectman to a three-year term with 79 votes; Michael LeClair received one write-in.
There were a large number of write-in votes, some of which filled vacant seats. Judy Embry was re-elected with 79 votes to the School Committee over Jana Hunkler Brule, with two write-ins, but Brule won a seat on the McCann School Committee with 22 write-ins. Ed Drummond had one write-in for McCann. Brule also picked up up the one-year auditor post with six votes; her nearest competition was Al Bedini Jr. and Doris Lewis, garnering a vote each.
Other results are:
• Tree warden for one year: Doug Miller, 77 votes, with one write-in for Stanley Brown; assessor for three years: Margaret "Margo" Van Peterson with 56 votes and one write-in vote each for Bradley Furlon and Michael LeClair.
• Board of Health for three years: Alfred Bedini Sr. with 72 votes; Ken Sherman received two write-ins.
• Constable for three years (all write-in votes): Richard LeClair with 13 votes; Kevin Dodge garnered two and Bradley Furlon, Richard LeClair, Calvin Peters, Michael Bedini and Ronald Briggs received one.
• Library trustee three years: Alfred Bedini Jr. with 58 votes; Heidi Dugal, 18 write-ins. In the two spots for trustees for Soldierss Memorial, Theresa Culpepper was elected with 80 votes and Drummond with 14 votes.
•Planning Board for five years: James Pedro with 63 votes and one write-in for Francis Mundy.
New Faces On Great Barrington Board
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Two three-year seats on the Selectmen went to newcomers in the Tuesday, May 11, election.
Alan Chernila polled 1,016 votes and Stephen Bannon 553, ousting Selectwoman Deb Phillips. Phillips garnered 649 votes and fourth candidate Walter F. Atwood III received 524. Turnout was 30 percent, with 1,352 of the town's 4,460 registered voters casting ballots.
A write-in campaign by Alice Reilly earned her 60 votes for a three-year seat on the Finance Committee. All other offices were unopposed.
Lenox Ousts School Committee Members
LENOX, Mass. — There were two contested races in Lenox on Tuesday as 1,056 of the town's registered voters made their way to the polls, including for two three-year seats on the School Committee.
Both incumbents, Arlene Schiff and Shannon Delasco lost their bids for re-election. The winners were David Berkel and Veronica Fenton. Berkel finished with 502 votes and Fenton with 480. Schiff and Delasco came in third and fourth place, respectively, with the least amount of votes garnered by fifth canddiate Jeremiah Ames.
Kenneth Fowler beat out David Roche Jr. and Derrick Holt for a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen with 22-vote margin of victory. Fowler garnered 468 votes while Roche finished the night with 446 votes and Holt came in with 131 votes.
Elected unopposed were Moderator Hugh C. Cowhig, Assessor James E. Sorrentino, Planner Joseph A. Kellogg and Theresa E. Sorrentino to the Housing Authority; write-in candidate Christopher Trancynger won a seat on the Board of Health.
Debt Exclusions Pass in New Marlborough
NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Voters approved two Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusions for equipment at the town election on Tuesday, May 11: $59,000 for a Highway Department truck by a vote of 81-72 and $100,000 for a new ambulance by a vote of 98-56.
All offices were unopposed; 158 voters cast ballots.
Richmond Sets Meeting, Election
RICHMOND, Mass. — A special town meeting will be held prior to the annual town meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26, at the Richmond Consolidated School. The town meeting will follow at 7:30.
Of the nine articles to be considered at the special town meeting, six address current fiscal-year deficits within several salary accounts, including Winter Roads, the Fire Department and the Road Maintenance accounts (this will replace the funds expended during last July's rain storms). One asks for the funding of the town's portion of a new mower, the remainder of which will come from the school's current operating budget. Another asks for a transfer of funds into the Stabilization Account, and the final for the adoption of certain sections of the Massachusetts General Laws that will allow for the placement of tax liens for unpaid sewer operation and maintenance bills.
The annual town meeting will be asked to consider the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, proposed bylaw changes, and other matters.
The town election will be held on Saturday, May 29, at Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Absentee ballots are no available from the town clerk. There are no races on the ballot.
The offices and individuals who will appear on the ballot are: Selectman for three years, incumbent Marguerite Rawson; two members of the Board of Health for three years, Dean Fulco and Diane Pero, both incumbents, and one for two years (vacant seat), Eric Melle; School Committee for three years, incumbent Christine Triantos; two members for the Finance Committee for three years, John Mason and Diane Pero, both incumbents; Planning Board seat for five years, John Hanson, incumbent; library trustee for three years, incumbent Adeline Ellis; and moderator for one year, incumbent John Whitney.
Town meeting is Saturday, May 15, at 10 a.m.
Town election is Monday, May 17, from 10-8
Both at Old Town Hall on Silver Brook Road
More information: www.sandisfieldtimes.org/
Sheffield Elects New Selectman
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — There one contested race in the town election on Tuesday, May 11. Incumbent Library Trustee Susan Young retained her seat, garnering 319 votes for another three years. Her challenger, David Pottle, finished with 190 votes. Also of note, David Smith Jr. earned an unoppposed three-year term on the Selectmen with 441 votes. Out of the towns 2,275 registered voters, 515 cast ballots.
West Stockbridge Elect Two Selectmen
WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Voters elected Karen Zick to a two-year seat and Edward Denham to a three-year seat on the Selectmen.
Zink won 184-146 against former Police Chief Karl Cooper; Denham, running unopposed, garnered 253 votes. Kathleen Davis was re-elected 194-113 to a three-year term as library trustee against Michael Polizzi.
A third of the town's 1,035 registered voters turned out.
No Moderator For Windsor
WINDSOR, Mass. — Voters elected newcomer Brian Koczela to a three-year seat on the Selectmen in the town election on Monday, May 10. Koczela was unopposed. Of the town's 628 registered voters, 122 cast ballots.
Two write-in candidates duked it out for the position of town moderator but ended in a tie. Paul Hoag and Charles Sturtevant both got 7 votes, meaning the voters will have a elect a moderator for each town meeting.
Elected unopposed were George J. Bigelow, Michael R. Tesoro and newcomer Valerie Nickerson-Bird to the Finance Committee, Kip Andrew Boymaster as constable, Hugh Ferry as tree warden, Marcia Musiak to the Cemetery Commission, Andrew M. Schmidt to the Planning Board and newcomer F.A. Webb as library trustee.
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Over the 40 years that International Expeditions has been leading Amazon River cruises, our guests have enjoyed unrivaled access to the Peruvian rainforest’s most pristine areas and the company of the river’s most knowledgeable guides.
While specific stops are never guaranteed, daily excursions can include everything from birding at dawn, school visits in local villages and even piranha fishing! Join IE and be transported to the Amazon of your imagination to discover a rainforest that pulsates with an unrivaled diversity of wildlife.
Authentic Amazon River Experience
Aboard this luxury Amazon River cruise, you’ll create a lifetime of memories: the joy in the eyes of a village child when you visit their school; the enveloping darkness of the rainforest; or the awe of floating along narrow streams accompanied by pink dolphins. Drawing on insight from our native Amazon travel guides, International Expeditions intentionally varies the villages and tributaries we visit, ensuring you get the most authentic experience possible.
Explore with Pioneers in Amazon Travel
International Expeditions pioneered travel to the Peruvian Amazon, and our nature-focused, small-group expeditions remain the standard for expedition cruises in the Amazon. IE not only pioneered travel to this region, we still work with many of the naturalist guides that we helped to train. Ensuring a worry-free and educational journey, these expert local naturalist guides—along with an experienced expedition leader—accompany all of our Amazon cruises. Each day, these knowledgeable Amazon River travel guides use their decades of learning and guiding experience to serve as lecturers, field guides and friends as you explore the rainforest.
Go Deeper Into the Rainforest
International Expeditions’ exclusive Amazon River tour covers more than 600 miles on the Amazon and its tributaries. You'll explore three different habitats so you have the best chance of spotting rare wildlife! On our Amazon River cruises, we look for monkeys, birds, sloths and other mammals, pink and gray dolphins and so much more.
Piranha fishing
Birding on the Amazon
Scarlet Macaw
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Visit a village school
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Optional Pre-Trip Extensions
Lima Pre-Extension
Experience vibrant Lima as you delve into some of the city's most interesting sights!
2019 Pricing: Double Occupancy $798; Single Occupancy $1,098
Arrive Lima
Arrive in Lima, Peru, where you are met and transferred to our the Swissotel. (Meals Aloft)
Colonial Lima
This morning tour the historic district of Lima. Visit the cathedral, where Francisco Pizarro is entombed, the Plaza de Armas, the monastery and vast catacombs of the Iglesia de San Francisco before visiting Casa Aliaga, a private home dating back to the Conquistadors. This afternoon we enjoy lunch overlooking the pyramid, Huaca Pucllana. Afterwards, we tour the ruins built by a Pre-Incan indigenous coastal civilization. Late this afternoon, we return to the hotel. This evening, enjoy the night in Lima on your own. Consider using this evening to experience some of Lima's world famous cuisine. (B,L)
Today we begin with a visit to the vibrant Indian Market where crafters display a wide variety of handmade items, jewelry, and art. We have lunch at a local restaurant and explore the surrounding shops before returning to the hotel to refresh before a late afternoon visit to the Larco Herrera Museum. This museum is housed in an 18th century vice-royal mansion built over a 7th-century pre-Columbian pyramid and surrounded by beautiful gardens. The museum was founded in 1926 and has the finest gold and silver collection from Ancient Peru. The galleries provide an overview of 3000 years of development of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. After our visit, we enjoy dinner at the museum's restaurant, Museo Larco, noted as one of Lima's finest dining options. We return to the hotel this evening and prepare for the next mornings' flight to Iquitos. (BLD)
Wings Over Peru: Nazca Lines & Ballestas Islands Pre-Extension
Make the most of your travel to South America by combining the Amazon tour with our pre-tour extension to Peru's Nazca Lines. The Nazca Lines are among the most astonishing early human creations — a series of large geometric shapes and depictions of animals, humans and plants carved out of the desert by a civilization that lived here between 200 BC and 600 AD. Their purpose has been the subject of intensive scientific investigation as well as all kinds of speculation. Since the Nazca Lines are best seen from the air, aboard this Wings Over Peru journey, you soar above the lines on a flightseeing excursion. We’ll also go by boat to the Ballestas Islands to see an incredible spectacle, with tens of thousands of roosting seabirds and colonies of sea lions patrolling the beaches. This extension adds two days to the length of your journey.
Interested in traveling to the Nazca Lines after your Amazon cruise? Call for details!
2019 Pricing: Double Occupancy $1,250; Single Occupancy $1,800
Our expedition begins with our flight to Lima. On arrival, we meet our guide and transfer to the Wyndham Costa del Sol Lima Airport Hotel for the night. (Meals Aloft)
Lima / Paracas / Nazca / Paracas
We depart Lima early this morning and drive south to the town of Paracas, where we board a small plane for our flight over the Nazca Lines. Among the many figures we see are the “hummingbird,” “monkey” and “dog,” along with some of the many lines that run through the desert. Returning to Paracas, we enjoy an afternoon at leisure and overnight at La Hacienda Bahia de Paracas. While here you can relax seaside or treat yourself to a massage at the spa. (B,L,D)
Ballestas / Lima
This morning we take a boat ride to the Ballestas Islands to see its thousands of seabirds: Humboldt penguins, Inca terns, two kinds of boobies and three kinds of cormorants. More than 200 species have been recorded here. Noisy sea lions also inhabit the beaches and waters. We continue on for more wildlife viewing, including Chilean flamingos. After our boat ride, we return to Lima. We have the evening to relax at our hotel. The rest of our group arrives this evening. (B)
Rainforest Canopy & Lodge Extension
From first light until after dark, immerse yourself in the sensations of our Amazon rainforest tour while enjoying our comfortable, air-conditioned lodge artfully constructed to exist in harmony with the surrounding environment. Explore a different side of Amazon rainforest travel as you head high into the canopy at day break, encountering birds and other wildlife in the treetops.
Fly independently to Lima, Peru, and overnight at the Costa del Sol. (D Aloft)
Ceiba Tops
Fly across the Andes to the lively frontier city of Iquitos. Enjoy an interactive visit to the Manatee Rescue Center, where biologists and volunteers care for endangered Amazon manatees that conservation authorities have rescued. Board a speed boat and head out onto the Amazon River toward Ceiba Tops Lodge. This evening, join our guide for a jungle hike, visiting the immense ceiba tree for which the lodge is named. (B,L,D)
After a hearty breakfast, travel to a Yagua village. The Yagua people live scattered throughout the Amazon Basin, supporting their communities with small-scale agriculture, fishing and light hunting. Additionally, the Yagua are known for their craft-making skills, and you have ample opportunity to purchase wooden animal carvings, decorative blowguns, and a variety of necklaces, bracelets and jewelry fashioned from natural materials such as seeds and fibers. Call on the Amazon Medical Clinic operated by former IE guest Dr. Linnea Smith. The clinic provides river communities with their only access to modern medical care. Before returning to Ceiba Tops, stop at a library offering a book club, computer classes and special activities for students at local schools. (B,L,D)
Canopy Walkway
Walk the trail to the Canopy Walkway. In conjunction with Explorama Lodge, IE conceived and funded the building of this walkway in 1992. Wooden steps take us from the forest floor to suspended pathways and platforms. Ascend the walkway to a height of more than ten stories, emerging above the seemingly endless canopy. Enjoy a close-up view of life in the canopy: plants and bright flowers attracting gorgeous birds and other creatures. After lunch at the lodge, visit the ReNuPeRu Ethnobotanical Garden, where plants are grown for use in local medicine and healing ceremonies. (B,L,D)
Iquitos / Embark
Awake to the sounds of the forest, joining your naturalist for an early morning bird walk. Transfer by boat to Iquitos. Head out onto the Amazon River to Monkey Island. Monkey Island is a private reserve whose free-roaming inhabitants include wooly, saki and titi monkeys as well as tamarins and marmosets. After lunch, meet your fellow Amazon cruise passengers in Iquitos and embark. (B,L,D)
Optional Post-Trip Extensions
Machu Picchu & Cusco Extension
A visit to Machu Picchu, the grandest of all the Inca sites, must stand out as a highlight of anyone’s travels. It has the most dramatic of settings, atop an Andean mountain surrounded by other peaks. For all its extent — Machu Picchu has some 200 structures, along with brilliant stone masonry — it was almost forgotten until its rediscovery in 1911 by Hiram Bingham. But there is a great deal more to see, and this Machu Picchu tour includes a variety of experiences in the great city of Cusco and in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Guayaquil / Lima
Late this afternoon, we fly from Guayaquil to Lima, and overnight at the Wyndham Costa del Sol Lima Airport Hotel. (B,L)
Lima / Cusco / Urubamba Valley
Fly to Cusco — the heart of the Inca Empire. Drive into the historic Urubamba Valley, stopping in Chinchero to browse and shop for Andean handicrafts and alpaca sweaters. Visit the Urubamba Market and spend tonight at the Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel. (B,L,D)
Board the train to Machu Picchu, where we spend the afternoon exploring the ruins with our guide. Our home for the next two nights is the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel. (B,L,D)
Today is yours to explore Machu Picchu or simply relax! Wake up early and hike to the Sun Gate or enjoy some early morning birding in the abundant gardens surrounding our hotel, home to 16 species of hummingbirds. (B,L,D)
Ollantaytambo / Sacsayhuamán / Cusco
Catch the morning train back to the Sacred Valley. Explore the mighty archaeological wonder of Ollantaytambo, where ancient temples and fortresses were built to protect the Sacred Valley. After a Paso Fino horse show at Wayra Ranch, continue across the valley toward Cusco. We stop at Sacsayhuamán — a huge fortress of massive stones which zigzags across the side of the mountain. Spend tonight at the Palacio del Inka. (B,L,D)
Stroll the streets of Cusco, exploring the Koricancha — also known as Santo Domingo, Santa Catalina Convent and the Cathedral. After lunch, the afternoon is free to explore on your own before a farewell dinner featuring Andean fare. Return to the Palacio del Inka for the night. (B,L,D)
Cusco / Lima / En Route
Fly back across the Andes to Lima, and transfer to the airport this evening for flights home. (B,L)
Arrive Home
Connect with your flight home. (Meals Aloft)
What kind of visas are required for travel to Peru?
Bring a valid passport. We recommend that your passport remain valid for at least six months after your departure date. Visas are not required for US or Canadian citizens.
What kind of weather can you expect during your Amazon tour?
The Iquitos area, near where IE explores on the Amazon Voyage travel package, is located a few degrees south of the Equator and is characterized by strong tropical sun and rainforest. Average temperatures range from the upper 70° to upper 80°F year-round during the day, to the lower 70s at night. It can be cool on the river at night or on overcast days. There is very little seasonal variation between winter and summer temperatures. The average humidity ranges from 60-80%, and rainfall occurs approximately 250 days out of the year. Most showers occur in the late afternoon or evening and are of short duration.
Lima temperatures vary from 70-84°F January through March; 63-81°F April through June; 59-66°F July through September; and 61-75°F October through December.
What's included in the price of IE’s Amazon River travel packages?
Guided tours & lectures by native naturalists
Services of experienced expedition leader
8 nights’ accommodation
All meals on cruise
Wildlife excursions on land & by skiff in three habitats: varzea, igapó & terra firma
Dawn birding
Local village & school visits
Nighttime skiff rides & rainforest walks
Full educational program with lectures & field interpretation
All onboard Peruvian cocktails, soft drinks, local wine and local beer.
Blessing ceremony with a local Shaman
Arrival and departure transfers between the group hotel and airport regardless of day or time
Medical expense coverage and emergency evacuation insurance
The Zafiro
Travel aboard the Zafiro, a luxurious vessel we have chartered for your adventure, which blends stylish design and modern comforts. Classic touches include magnificent floor-to-ceiling windows and — for those on the Upper Deck — private balconies. A ship staff and crew of 25, including a cruise director and local naturalist guides, are joined by an IE Expedition Leader to ensure an unprecedented level of service. All 19 spacious suites are air-conditioned and feature en-suite bathrooms, a desk and ample closet space.
Lower Deck Suite: Cabins with convertible twin or California King-sized bed and panoramic floor-to-ceiling window. Approx. 226 sq. ft.
Upper Deck Suite: Cabins with convertible twin or California King-sized bed, panoramic floor-to-ceiling window and balcony. Approx. 226 sq. ft.
Master Suite: Cabins with convertible twin or California King-sized bed, panoramic floor-to-ceiling window with 90° view. Approx. 248 sq. ft
Zafiro Suite: Cabins with convertible twin or California King-sized bed, panoramic floor-to-ceiling window with 180° view, balcony and Jacuzzi-style bathtub and convertible sofa bed. Approx. 480 sq. ft.
SAVOR regional specialties and contemporary cuisine infused with flavors from the surrounding rainforest. The atmosphere is casual yet elegant as you sample Amazon fusion cuisine while enjoying spectacular views from the panoramic windows.
CONNECT with fellow travelers, chat with your local guides or enjoy snacks and a drink in the large indoor lounge. The comfortable furnishings make a perfect spot for relaxing with a book or enjoying the passing scenery.
GLIDE past the Amazon rainforest and clusters of wooden houses on stilts with children playing soccer as you sip morning coffee and take in the fresh air from the river’s most luxurious Observation Deck. Siesta on a cushioned lounger beneath a soaring canopy — ideal for avoiding the sun’s glare. Plus, ease into the Zafiro’s outdoor Jacuzzi to relax after a shore excursion.
INDULGE in aromatherapy or a massage in the spa, which is staffed by a wellness specialist.
SEE THE ZAFIRO
Dennis Osorio
Amazon Cruise Expedition Leader
An avid birder, Dennis Osorio holds a master degree in hotel and tourism management with a concentration in Sustainable Tourism. After completing guide training in South Africa, his passion for travel and wildlife led him back home to Peru to seek a position in the Amazon, and in IE he found the perfect match to his commitment to conservation and the environment. Dennis is a guarantee of success to any expedition in the Amazon.
Angel Cardenas
Cusco native Angel Cardenas has spent the past 20 years leading small-group expeditions in Peru after earning his degree in tourism. Although Angel is adept at spotting birdlife, his true passion is for teaching IE guests about Peru’s extraordinary culture and history. Adding to his depth of natural history knowledge is a true dedication to guests, which is why Angel is earning rave reviews!
Freddy Avalos
Cusco-native Freddy Avalos first began working with International Expeditions’ groups in 1998, when he was an assistant guide on our Machu Picchu journeys. Prior to guiding in Machu Picchu, a love of the outdoors led him to guide treks on the famed Inka Trail in the mid-1990s. Freddy earned a degree in Tourism Studies, but his work with IE groups sparked an additional interest in wildlife. After graduation, he volunteered as a ranger in Peru’s Manu National Park, learning about both wildlife and the importance of preserving his country’s natural heritage. Freddy now has more than 18 years of experience in tourism. Freddy’s interests include spending time with his family and taking his bike, backpack, binoculars and camera into the mountains to both photograph and observe wildlife.
Juan Tejada
Amazon Cruise Naturalist
When Juan Tejada was growing up in a small Amazon River village, he never dreamed that his future teachers would be some of the world’s top rainforest researchers! He had the opportunity to work with the best botanists, ornithologists, herpetologists and ichthyologists during many International Expeditions Rainforest Workshops. Juan says this hands-on education taught him "more than I could ever have learned in a classroom with walls." Since then he's been able to share his knowledge with visitors from all over the world, and learned to speak both English and German. One of Juan’s fondest memories is from a trip to the US, where he toured elementary schools, regaling the children with stories of the rainforest. Children of all ages were enthralled by his tales of piranhas, blowguns, pink dolphins and Amazonian myths. Even after almost three decades as a nature tour guide, Juan is able to find enthusiasm and a new adventure every time he steps into the rainforest.
Guillermo Knell
Amazon Expedition Leader Guillermo Knell is a trained biologist with a Master’s Degree in Ecotourism who has a wealth of experience in sustainable tourism development and project management. As the International Programs Field Manager for The Field Museum of Chicago, Guillermo conducted biological inventories, field research and coordinated field logistics in his native Peru as well as in Cuba. While working with Development Center of the Amazonian Native People, Guillermo evaluated natural and cultural activities for potential tourism development, and worked with native communities from Machiguengas, Urarinas, Iquitos and Piros ethnic groups on sustainable development projects. Guillermo has more than 20 years of extensive experience working as a naturalist guide across the Peruvian Amazon and in the Andes, plus was heavily involved in showcasing the various environments and indigenous people of Peru in documentaries for Discovery Channel and the BBC.
Usiel Vasquez
Before migrating to Iquitos with his family in search of a better education, Usiel had already began his life-long love affair with the rainforest, fishing in lakes, gathering wild fruits and learning about the surrounding jungle. While attending high school in Iquitos, he would venture to the main square on weekends, determined to practice his English while mingling with tourists. For more than two decades, Usiel has worked as a rainforest guide, and has assisted researchers and scientists while deepening his knowledge of biology and botany.
A Note About Field Staff
This is just a selection of the Expedition Leaders and Naturalists who may lead your ecotour. A particular departure may be escorted by any one of them. If you would like to find out which leaders are scheduled to lead each departure, please contact our office.
View wildlife on hikes, excursion boat rides & even while kayaking in three different habitats
Sample local culture with cooking demonstrations, village & school visits, stops at riverside markets & Shaman blessing ceremony.
Learn during guided tours, lectures & field interpretation by experienced native naturalists
Dance to traditional music during Happy Hour receptions.
Select your preferred occupancy and departure date from the options below.
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Zafiro Lower Deck Suite
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Suite with convertible twin or California king-sized bed and panoramic floor-to-ceiling window. Suites have a sitting area, desk, private bath, safety deposit box and mini-fridge. Four adjoining suites are ideal for families. Approximately 226 sq. ft.
Please add $409 (2020) or $419 (2021) for in-country air.
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Suite with convertible twin or California king-sized bed, panoramic floor-to-ceiling window and balcony. Suites have a sitting area, desk, private bath, safety deposit box and mini-fridge. Four adjoining suites are ideal for families. Approximately 226 sq. ft.
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The Art of the Amazon Selfie
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Amazon Cruise Expedition Report: February 2, 2015
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Through the generosity of IE guests, this summer every family and school room in the small village of Cedro Isla, Peru was given a Sawyer point-of-use water filtration system during a special Amazon cruise.
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(Reuters Health) - Although many minority cancer survivors would prefer to see doctors who share or understand their cultural background, that often doesn't happen, a new U.S. study suggests.
A nationally representative survey that asked about physician "cultural competency" found that almost half of minorities said it was at least somewhat important for them to be treated by a doctor who understood or shared their culture.
But minority cancer survivors were 58% less likely than non-Hispanic white patients to be treated by a doctor who shared or understood their culture, according to the analysis published in JAMA Oncology.
"There's a disparity between what minority patients prefer and what they receive," said the study's lead author, Santino Butler, a student at the Harvard Medical School and a research trainee at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. "This shows there's a lot of room for improvement. And a lot of improvement could be made through more diversity of the healthcare workforce."
To take a closer look at patient preferences, Butler and his colleagues turned to the 2017 version of the National Health Interview Survey, which collects data on a range of health indicators for adults in the general population.
The 2017 survey included a supplemental set of queries regarding physician cultural competency, and included questions such as: "How often were you treated with respect by your providers?"
Among 2,244 adult cancer survivors who responded to the supplemental questions, 1,866 were non-Hispanic white, 376 were minorities, two had unknown race/ethnicity and 1,334 were women. The average age of these cancer survivors was 68.
Nonwhite minority cancer survivors were more likely than non-Hispanic white cancer survivors to say that it was somewhat or very important for their doctors to share or understand their culture: 177 out of 372 minorities versus 577 of 1,857 whites. Thirteen participants did not respond to the question.
Minority respondents were less likely to report that they were frequently able to see physicians who shared or understood their culture. And 12.6% of minority patients said they were never able to see a doctor who shared or understood their culture.
"In summary," Butler and his colleagues write, "despite longstanding efforts to improve care for minority patients with cancer and cancer survivors, there remain racial/ethnic disparities in receipt of culturally competent care."
The findings should provide an impetus for evaluating policy and guidelines designed to improve training in cultural literacy for cancer specialists, known as oncologists, of all backgrounds, the authors conclude.
While it's important to raise awareness of this issue, "I don't believe cultural sensitivity training makes for better doctors," said Dr. Otis Brawley, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University Medical School and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.
Instead, the focus should be on recruiting doctors who have empathy for all their patients, Brawley said. "I also don't believe that black doctors need to be taking care of black patients or Native American doctors need to be taking care of Native American patients. We need doctors who have a certain amount of compassion toward other human beings no matter what their race is."
Part of what complicates evaluations of medical care is that it is not distributed equally, Brawley said. "A lot of minorities are poor or under-insured," he explained. "And a lot are treated in a healthcare system where the doctors do not really have time to talk to their patients."
SOURCE: https://bit.ly/33eqseV JAMA Oncology, online October 31, 2019.
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A Test of Morality
Wed, 3rd February 2016
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to intervene directly to prevent the return of more than 250 asylum seekers, including children and babies, to offshore detention.
“Mr Turnbull, I appeal to your sense of compassion. Please step in and make the moral decision to protect these vulnerable people,” said Mr McMillan.
“Returning families and babies to Nauru and Manus may be legal, but it is not humane. To send people, especially children and Australian-born babies, back to the place that has caused them such harm would be an outrage against human dignity.”
Mr McMillan’s call follows today’s decision by the High Court of Australia to uphold the Government’s right to detain people in the immigration detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island, PNG.
National Director of UnitingJustice Australia Rev. Elenie Poulos believes the Government’s response is a potential turning point in the Australian national identity.
“What the Government does now will define who we are in relation to refugee protection. Are we a nation that would send women and children who have been sexually abused back to the site of their abuse?” said Rev. Poulos.
“Are we a nation that sends babies born in this country to a deliberately harsh and damaging environment in another country just to make a political point?
“Our reputation as a country of fairness and decency is on the line right here and now.
“We are calling on Mr Turnbull to make a decision that reflects favourably on all of us. It is for the benefit of all Australians that as a nation we choose to protect and not harm all people under our care.”
Mr McMillan and Rev. Poulos encouraged Uniting Church members to contact their local members of Parliament to let them know their feelings and to make their views known to Mr Turnbull and his Government by supporting the petition at https://getup.org.au/the267
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Philippine church leaders join movement against big mining firms
Thu, 22nd December 2011
Leaders from Philippine Roman Catholic and Protestant groups have joined non-government and indigenous peoples’ organisations in a renewed campaign against big mining firms.
“The campaign against large-scale mining is also a campaign against greed,” the Rev. Eduardo Solang, a retired priest of the Episcopal Church of the Philippines, told ENInews on December 14.
Solang was among 150 delegates to a December 13-15 mining and human rights summit convened in the northern Philippine city of Baguio by the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance and the Ecumenical Bishops Forum.
According to organisers, the summit was aimed “to sum up the economic, social, cultural, environmental and human rights impacts of the ongoing destructive large-scale mining operations in affected communities based on shared experiences”.
During the summit, the Ibon Foundation, an independent research organisation, listed 28 large-scale metallic mines nationwide, mostly owned by transnational firms, engaged in extracting gold, silver, copper, nickel, chromite and zinc.
It also reported 2,358 mines that extract non-metallic elements such as sand, gravel and cement.
While they are not against mining per se, church representatives, non-government organisations, and indigenous peoples favour small-scale mining. “Big-scale mining operations only concentrate the wealth from minerals in a few hands at the expense of a damaged environment, which communities inherit,” said Solang.
Asserting the church’s role in “taking care of God’s creation”, the Rev. Norman Taynan of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines also supported the campaign of indigenous peoples for “smaller, environment-friendly, and community-managed” mining initiatives.
The government’s Environmental Management Bureau estimated in 2008 more than 300,000 small-scale miners, who reportedly include jobless professionals and school dropouts.
But small-scale miners’ organisations have bewailed a lack of government support and government bias for big-scale mining operations. They cite incentives for big-scale mining firms such as tax holidays and full repatriation of profits to their mother companies overseas.
Indigenous communities have also been seeking the help of their church leaders to help defend them from the alleged manipulations of big mining firms in seeking the community’s “free and prior informed consent” before a mining project is allowed, said Sister Minerva Caampued of the Franciscan Apostolic Sisters in Cagayan province.
Some companies allegedly offer “allowances” to local officials and some tribal leaders and “scholarships” for children of some community members. “For us to be effective in helping inform and educate our parishioners against this manipulation, we also must be educated ourselves on the free and prior informed consent process,” said Bishop Vermillion Tagalog of the Philippine Independent Church.
By Maurice Malanes, Ecumenical News International
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October 02, 2014 4:44am PT by Eriq Gardner
Celebrities Threaten Google With $100 Million Lawsuit for "Facilitating" Hacked Nude Photos
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In a letter that rips Google for acting "like the NFL" and turning a blind eye, a lawyer representing celebrities warns of consequences
Marty Singer, representing over a dozen celebrities whose iCloud accounts were hacked and whose nude photos were stolen in late August, is excoriating Google in a letter that threatens a $100 million lawsuit.
"Google’s 'Don’t be evil' motto is a sham," he writes.
The letter calls out "Google’s despicable, reprehensible conduct in not only failing to act expeditiously and responsibly to remove the Images, but in knowingly accommodating, facilitating and perpetuating the unlawful conduct."
According to Singer, Google hasn't been expeditiously removing owned work from its platforms pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The letter says that other ISPs including Twitter have accommodated takedown demands, but that "Google, one of the largest ISPs in the world, with vast resources and a huge support staff, generating multimillions of dollars in revenues on a daily basis, has recklessly allowed these blatant violations to continue in conscious disregard of our clients’ rights."
We spotlighted Google's role in the hacked photo scandal here and how the web giant was apparently doing full analysis on things like fair use and who owns a "selfie" before removing URLs from its search engine. The letter suggests Google's responsibility to celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Rihanna, Arianna Grande and others goes well beyond the call to scrub search engines. Google is also blamed for how it's allegedly accommodating those using YouTube and Blogspot to post the offending images.
"If your wives, daughters or relatives were the victims of such blatant violations of basic human rights, surely you would take appropriate action," states the letter. "But because the victims are celebrities with valuable publicity rights, you do nothing - - nothing but collect millions of dollars in advertising revenue from your co-conspirator advertising partners as you seek to capitalize on this scandal rather than quash it. Like the NFL, which turned a blind eye while its players assaulted and victimized women and children, Google has turned a blind eye while its sites repeatedly exploit and victimize these women."
The full letter is below. We'll post any response Google has.
Twitter: @eriqgardner
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EX-KASABIAN CHRIS KARLOFF PRESENTS: BLACK ONASSIS ‘BRAIN’ FREE DOWNLOAD
9th July 2013 No Comments
Black Onassis’, the new project from former Kasabian member Chris Karloff, debut album ‘Desensitized’, comes out September 23rd on Minus Man Records and features members of M83, The Cooper Temple Clause and The Duke Spirit.
To celebrate the good news, the band share, as a free download, the strong track ‘Brain’ featuring Ben Gautrey of The Cooper Temple Clause.
A founding member, lead guitarist and one of the chief songwriters for Kasabian throughout their swift ascent to global fame, Karloff admits it was a kick in the teeth to leave the band back in 2006.
After his departure from Kasabian, Chris left his native home of Leicester, England to move to New York City, where he joined forces with NYC musician Nick Forde
Talking about mixing psychedelic guitar rock with propulsive and throbbing electronic beats, Karloff says: “Electronic music to me is surprisingly soulful, there is a warmth that comes from the simplicity of sounds, something inconspicuously expressive and emotional”
“Growing up it was everywhere. Artists like Vangelis, Kraftwerk, The Prodigy and Tangerine Dream were massive influences on the songs I wrote with Kasabian, and even more so now. But rock music has always played a massive role as well, and I’m inspired by artists like Jimi Hendrix, Primal Scream and Nirvana. I try to fuse these two worlds to create the kind of music I want to listen to”.
On the decision to work with guest vocalists he says: “Working with multiple singers makes writing every track a unique experience, a new musical adventure. A voice can change the whole dynamic of a song, and it’s really freeing and feels limitless to write without being constrained by the vocal abilities or stylings of one person.”
To compensate for the fact that they would be touring with no singer, the band incorporate a huge visual element to the show. As Chris explains, “The fusion of sight and sound is the perfect marriage in terms of stimulation, and we wanted to put a lot of thought into making it an overall experience for our fans.”
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Debut Album ‘Desensitized’
Released September 23rd on Minus Man Records
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