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Hawaiian Railway Society: Parlor Car 64
In 1900, Oahu Railway & Land Co. founder, Benjamin F. Dillingham, had Parlor/Observation Car No. 64 designed and built especially for himself. No. 64 was the showpiece of the OR&L’s rolling stock.
Built in Honolulu at a cost of $4,388.24, it had a double-size rear platform surrounded by ornate iron grill work and protected from the sun by fluted awnings.
Oak, mahogany and birds eye maple created an interior of luxury. The parlor car was fitted with a galley, lavatory, washstand and sideboard. It was used frequently by the OR&L for visiting dignitaries. The most notable guests were members of the Hawaiian royal family. The observation platform offered guests a chance to feel the cool trade winds, as well as giving them a better view of the landscape.
No. 64 has been restored and is available for charter.
Parlor Car 64 Virtual Tour
Parlor Car 64 – Hawaii Railway Society
The Locomotive 302
One of Hawaiian Railway’s operational locomotives, this 300 horsepower Whitcomb diesel electric is used to pull the passenger and work trains.
Built: 1944 Weight: 45 tons B-B. Donated by the military in Hawaii.
About Hawaiian Railway Society
The Hawaiian Railway Society works to save Hawaii’s rich railroad history. This educational, non-profit organization was able to get the remaining stretch of track on Oahu (from Ewa to Nanakuli) placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Sites. Visit their website here.
See amazing 360 panoramas from the Island of Molokai here.
Destination Photography by PanaViz
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Ads tout ICLs
Coming soon to a theater, cable television station, or network television station near you: five commercials touting the benefits of a proprietary implantable contact lens ([ICL] Visian ICL, STAAR Surgical Co.) over contact lenses and glasses.
Monrovia, CA-Coming soon to a theater, cable television station, or network television station near you: five commercials touting the benefits of a proprietary implantable contact lens (ICL) (Visian ICL, STAAR Surgical Co.) over contact lenses and glasses.
The ads represent the second phase of the company’s direct-to-consumer campaign. This phase includes commercials in movie theaters in Century City, CA, Phoenix, and Houston, which began March 18. The movie theater portion of the campaign also includes in-lobby promotions, consumer brochures, and partnerships with surgeons in each market who will be offering a $1,000 discount on implantation procedures.
In the Santa Barbara, CA, area, Paul Dougherty, MD, will be airing the commercials on cable television for 4 months beginning in April.
“Initial customer feedback from the first phase of the campaign was very positive, and we learned better the messages that resonated best with our surgeons and potential patients,” said Barry G. Caldwell, president and chief executive officer of STAAR Surgical. “We expect to learn even more during this second phase by further testing and fine-tuning our message to consumers as we intend to expand in a very prudent way into additional key markets.”
The new commercials are similar to ads that appeared on various Web sites during the first phase of the campaign. All commercials are viewable at www .SeeGreatNow.com, where consumers also can print a coupon for the discounted procedure and locate a surgeon to perform it.
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Novel device safely reduces IOP and glaucoma medication use
One-year after implantation of the Cypass Micro-Stent, study results demonstrate a reduction in IOP and glaucoma medications, as well as a complete lack of sight-threatening adverse events. The implant is placed into the supraciliary space to facilitate suprachoroidal aqueous outflow in glaucoma patients.
Take-home message: One-year after implantation of the Cypass Micro-Stent, study results demonstrate a reduction in IOP and glaucoma medications, as well as a complete lack of sight-threatening adverse events. The implant is placed into the supraciliary space to facilitate suprachoroidal aqueous outflow in glaucoma patients.
By Dr Magda Rau
Topical medication is the primary treatment option for open angle glaucoma. However, such an approach requires lifelong dependence on self-administered therapy.
Almost 50% of glaucoma patients require multiple intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering medications for adequate pressure control and this polypharmacy often presents numerous challenges for patients.1,2 Varied dosing regimens and compound side effects can decrease patient compliance3,4 and additionally, chronic ocular surface problems are more common when multiple topical medications are prescribed.5 In some cases, the maximal possible medication is not capable of effective pressure reduction, even with good compliance.
Editorial: Should high-volume surgeons have surgical privileges?
The most common surgical option for lowering IOP is a guarded full- or partial-thickness filtration procedure such as trabeculectomy. However, conducting such a procedure introduces the risks of hypotony, hyphema, bleb leakage, bleb infection, and endophthalmitis. Indeed, complications may be experienced in more than 35% of filtration cases.6 As a result, filtering surgery is often reserved only for severe cases of progressive glaucoma.7
Experimental evidence suggests that increasing non-trabecular, uveoscleral outflow is a desirable approach to lowering IOP in patients with glaucoma. There is a negative pressure gradient between the suprachoroidal space and the anterior chamber that may provide a driving force for such aqueous outflow.8 In some areas the pressure difference can exceed 3–4 mmHg, with a gradient that increases along the posterior aspect of the suprachoroidal space. Clinical experience demonstrates that traumatic or iatrogenic cyclodialysis results in significant IOP reduction by creating additional non-trabecular outflow through the uveoscleral route.9,10
Next: A novel device in IOP lowering
The CyPass Micro-Stent (Transcend Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA.) is a novel device designed to lower IOP. It is constructed from a biocompatible, non-degradable polyimide material. It measures 6.2 mm in length, has an inner diameter of 0.3 mm, and features proximal retention rings that help to stabilise its position in the supraciliary space. The device is implanted through a clear corneal incision (2.8-1.5 mm), into the supraciliary space to facilitate suprachoroidal aqueous outflow. The procedure is ab interno, minimally invasive, spares the conjunctiva and the sclera and is less traumatic than full thickness penetration procedures.
From May 2009 to July 2011 a surgeon at the Augenklinik Cham, Germany, implanted the Cypass Micro-Stent followed in 33 eyes of 33 patients. Twenty-four of these implantations were combined with cataract surgery and 9 were conducted as a stand-alone procedure. Patients underwent a 12-month follow-up.11,12,13
Read all the latest from OT Europe here
Inclusion criteria for the study were: diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma in the study eye, with Schaffer grade 3 or 4, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) better than 0.3 at the preoperative visit; a mean medicated or unmedicated IOP in the study eye of ≥21 mmHg; and ≤31 mmHg or 2-3 medications. Exclusion criteria were: diagnosis of acute angle closure, narrow angle, uveitic or neovascular glaucoma in the study eye, as well as diagnosis of normal tension glaucoma in the study eye.
Length of follow-up was 1 year, with visits at 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months post-operatively. All patients adhered to follow-up and attended all visits.
Surgeons weigh femto features, design
The mean IOP measurement was 22.3 mmHg in the combination glaucoma-cataract surgery group at baseline. At 12 months, mean IOP readings had reduced to 15 mmHg.
Next: Concluding thoughts
Mean medication use was also reduced, from 1.8 at baseline to 0.8 at 12 months (17 patients).
For eyes undergoing implantation of the stent as a standalone procedure, mean baseline IOP was 26 mmHg with a mean of 1.3 medications. Five eyes were seen at 12 months and had a mean IOP of 13.2 mmHg. In addition, these patients were taking an average of 0.8 medications.
Bionic lens can restore high-quality vision
No sight-threatening adverse events or cases of inflammation occurred during the study. Minor intraoperative bleeding was observed in three eyes without development of hyphaema, and two eyes developed transient hypotony that resolved within one month.
Combo glaucoma therapy eluting lenses prove superiority
Early migration of the implant occurred in one patient, and was addressed with a repositioning procedure. The patient recovered without any clinical sequelae and had an IOP of 13 mmHg at 24 months.
The overall reduction in IOP and glaucoma medications, combined with a complete lack of sight-threatening adverse events in this study demonstrate that implantation of the CyPass Micro-Stent, either in combination with cataract surgery or as a standalone procedure, is indeed an effective and safe microinvasive treatment for patients with open angle glaucoma.
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M. Rau. Commentary: New Glaucoma procedures offer many benefits for patients Cypass commentary. Ocular Surgery News Europa Edition June 2013
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Dr Magda Rau
e: info@augenklinik-cham.de
Dr Magda Rau works at the Augenklinik Cham, Germany.
Dr Rau works for Transcend Medical as an investigator and consultant and has received research funding from the company.
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About Orange Education
Orange Education is a group of educational evangelists, mentors and strategists where we have devised to branch out the educational system, exercising the digital modus operandi and products for online solutions. We believe in wielding the prowess of technology to bring forth the high tech driven educational solutions for fostering the intellect of our students and assist them to bridge with the practical world to unearth their talents that will eventually allow them to fly farther in the educational world. In an increasingly flat and global world, learners need to be equipped with the efficiency of expressing innovation and critical thinking, decisiveness and effective communication, interpersonal & social skills. This foremost reliance drove us to prompt the OGO (Orange Global Olympiad) platform. OGO Identifies academic strengths and weaknesses, promotes learning by understanding and help students to develop the competitive spirit Our role model Late Shri Suresh Chander Gupta had a vision. "To create a better and educated young India" With his endeavor, we have created an entirely new platform for education, which acts as a catalyst to simulate the young minds to dream big and accomplish pinnacle.
Mr. Atul Gupta, Managing Director
He has experience of more than 3 decades in running a couple of companies successfully with interest in publishing industry in particular. Mr. Gupta managed the working of Saraswati House Pvt Ltd. in the capacity of Director from 1987 and Chairman cum Managing Director from 2003 till 2014. He has the distinction of taking his company’s turnover from INR 3.0 crore in 2003-04 to INR 105.0 crores in a span of 10 years. His company delivered a growth of more than 30% consistently throughout his tenure as CMD. He is used to setting higher targets year after year and has been instrumental in taking the company to newer heights.
With his exceptionally good Interpretative & Analytical Managerial skills with vast & varied experience of 30 years in dealing with different Heads of Departments like Personal Administration, Finance, Marketing, HR & Publishing, he can manage and control any company with a work force of more than thousand employees and can take it to newer heights on his own.
Mr. Sandeep Solanki, Chief Executive Officer
Sandeep brings with him more than 14 years’ experience in education, K12 Publishing and Travel industry during which he has held progressive leadership positions in organizations such as British Airways, Citi Bank, Educomp Solutions, Bharti Bhawan Publishers.
His last stint was as CEO at EduLift Solution, Vice President and head of E-DAC business for Educomp, and earlier to that Head of Curriculum & Product Development, PAN India, for Bharti Bhawan. Sandeep has been focused on Sales, market entry and growth strategies coupled with a focus on business development. He is also Mentor of Change in Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) with NITI Aayog, Government of India.
He holds Post Graduation Diploma in Management from Institute of Management Technology,Ghaziabad.
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Central Florida 100
Girl Power kicks tail— but elephant power can't shatter highest glass
100 of Central Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.
Robert Agrusa, executive director of BusinessForce
BLAME GEORGE SORORS. Last week: Election Day taught us a lot of things. While many pro-business candidates succeeded in winning their respective elections, George Soros and other out-of-state special interests poured millions of dollars into our region and played a heavy hand in a number of down ballot races, including races for County Commission and the Florida Legislature. Soros' interest in metro Orlando area is unlikely to wane in coming cycles and there was heavy union investment aimed at Hispanic/Latino voters. Outside special interest dumping money into our community during a presidential year is not a new phenomenon, but national Soros-funded or union-backed organizations getting involved in local elections is notable. Voters should consider what George Soros hopes to achieve by placing these political ideologues into elected office.
PITCH FOR BIPARTISANSHIP. Looking ahead: Nationally and locally, it is almost impossible to overstate just how unprecedented this election was. The way in which political campaigns operate and the types of candidates that run for office will be different moving forward. This also runs true here in Central Florida as voters chose several new and diverse, faces to represent our community in Washington, D.C., Tallahassee and at the local level. With Republicans gaining control of both houses of Congress and a majority in Tallahassee, it would behoove each of our newly elected officials to focus on bipartisan issues important to our community, including transportation, infrastructure, and ways to grow and improve our economy for all hardworking families rather than mimicking the political gamesmanship and gridlock that shutdown D.C. over the past few years.
Marci Arthur, Truffles and Trifles
THE BIGGEST 'F--- YOU' IN HUMAN HISTORY. Last week: As I sat in my office watching the election results, I was reminded of what Michael Moore said, “Trump’s election is going to be the biggest “f--- you” ever recorded in human history — and it will feel good … Whether Trump means it or not is kind of irrelevant because he’s saying the things to people who are hurting, and that’s why every beaten-down, nameless, forgotten working stiff who used to be part of what was called the middle class loves Trump." This is heart-breaking because these people cannot see the forest for the trees.
Randy Berridge, president, Florida High Tech Council
SBIR/STTR CONFERENCE. Looking ahead: In supporting our business and innovation economy, we have to remember that growing venture capital and other opportunities for funding must include access to federal grants. The University of Central Florida will host the 18th Annual SBIR/STTR conference this week which will help guide more than 1,000 attendees in securing these grants. Hosting these opportunities in our back yard puts a spotlight on our universities, companies and business-friendly environment.
Robert H. "Bob" Brown, president/CEO, Heart of Florida United Way
VETERAN-FRIENDLY ORLANDO. Last week: According to a recent study by WalletHub, Orlando ranked 10th out of the top 100 largest U.S. cities for veteran-friendliness. Although I’m happy to hear we ranked so high based on the factors examined — jobs, economy, quality of life and health — quite frankly, I’m surprised. Our community is working hard for vets. We’re making progress. We’re breaking down barriers and improving lives. But, we still have a lot of work to be done. I believe that we can do even better, and I believe we will. Our veterans deserve such. Especially during this time of commemoration, but also year-round, think about what you can do. Thank your service members and military families who have sacrificed so much for our country.
CONCERNS ABOUT PHILANTHROPY. Looking ahead: The election happened. Looking ahead, what does this mean for philanthropy in our country? According to an analysis by the independent Tax Policy Center released last week, it’s anticipated that charitable giving will fall next year by at least 4.5 percent or up to 9 percent — accounting for a loss of $13.5 billion to $26.1 billion, respectively. In addition to this constriction, I’m concerned about two things. One: the potential for further cuts being made to federal social service spending — placing an even heavier burden on the nonprofits fighting to keep people’s lives from unraveling. Two: charitable deductions being limited, which play a role in financing our work. Combining a climate of uncertainty with fewer dollars available to assist the people knocking on our door, thrown on top of decreased incentive to give sounds like the perfect storm.
Gary Cain, Boys and Girls Clubs
IMMIGRANT VOTERS. Last week: I was touched by the article in Monday’s Sentinel about immigrant voters. The new citizens profiled didn’t all agree on presidential candidates, but they spoke with unanimity on what a privilege and responsibility it is to vote. Americans who chose not to vote on Tuesday should have to explain their choice to immigrants who toil and sacrifice for the privilege.
Chris Carmody, attorney and lobbyist, GrayRobinson
SPECULATION ABOUNDS. Last week: President-Elect Trump must now start transitioning into the Presidency. And once the niceties of joint meetings between him and current leaders conclude, this week he will begin the process of recruiting, vetting and nominating leaders to his cabinet. Fortunately, he won't have to look far from his Florida home in Mara Lago to find worthy candidates. Attorney General Pam Bondi will certainly be on his short list for positions. With her background as a state attorney, she will be an easy choice for many posts. So will outgoing Congressman John Mica, who served most of his congressional career on the Transportation Committee. He would be a natural choice for Secretary. Stay tuned.
GIRL POWER. Looking ahead: Yes, those that were hoping Secretary Clinton would shatter the glass ceiling were left disappointed. But without a headline or much acknowledgement, Tuesday marked a major move on the Orange County Commission. With the election of Emily Bonilla (District 5) and Betsy Vanderlay (District 1), the Commission now has five females (plus two men) constituting a super majority of girl power. Does that make up for those disappointed in Secretary Clinton's loss? Probably not. But it is special to see that our metropolitan Orange County has embraced its female leaders. And without a second thought.
Rudolph C. Cleare, executive vice president, The ‘Negro Spiritual’ Scholarship Foundation
'THE BATTLE DONE'? NOT QUITE. Last week: At Catholic funerals in my childhood we sang an Easter hymn which opens thus: “The strife is o’er; the battle done. The victory of life is won.” That is most certainly not the song of our society’s most progressive-minded-persons right now. We have lost a battle, gone down in defeat, and face — more likely than not — a time of considerable strife ahead. The post-election address by Secretary Clinton prodding us to press on and not be weary was something akin to healing balm, but I am not yet there. I think we will mostly have to stand by with folded arms and let the experiment in restorative (GREAT AGAIN) social and economic engineering either prove itself or fail. We keep vigil beside a comatose democracy in the meantime.
PULSE PURCHASE. Looking ahead: Mayor Buddy Dyer’s recent announcement confirming the purchase of the site of the Pulse massacre with public funds is laudatory. I think it signals an awareness that local history matters. I think is says that this community cares. I think it says that — at least in some quarters — love trumps hate. I think as simple an action as this puts more meat on the bones of our duty to acknowledge persons or groups once routinely denigrated and considered least among us. We make our history as we live. A fitting public space calling that June morning of sorrow to remembrance should help future Orlando residents and visitors ponder this evident truth.
James Coffin, executive director, Interfaith Council of Central Florida
WILL GOP CHOOSE VENGEANCE? Looking ahead: With Republicans having the presidency and a majority in both the House and Senate, they’re in an ideal position to solve many of our nation’s most pressing problems. But they must resist the distraction of heaping just a bit more vengeance on their vanquished foe, Hillary Clinton. Forget more hearings and investigations. She lost. She’s history. Move on. In the spirit of the great Republican Abraham Lincoln: “With malice toward none, with charity for all,” seek to “bind up the nation's wounds” so we “may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
Lee Constantine, commissioner, Seminole County
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. Last week: The shock many feel following the election results reminds me of another time in our history. Early in the 20th century, another nontraditional populist Republican from New York came to power. The people of America were in turmoil. Our country was changing from rural to an exploding industrial revolution. With enormous energy, Teddy Roosevelt broke up the monopolies, put our economy on solid ground for all and gave us our national parks. His “speak softly but carry a big stick” diplomacy made America a world power. He became one of our most popular Presidents ever. We can only hope our new President uses him as an example.
Richard Crotty, former mayor, Orange County
PARTISANSHIP. Last week: ! Orange and Osceola counties are a Blue Island surrounded by Red. If you live there, your Congressman is a Democrat and your state legislator is increasingly likely to be. Partisanship provides a “check and balance” of power that often results in consensus. It may also result in the defeat of the most effective members of Congress. Bipartisanship matters! President Obama, President-Elect Trump and Secretary Clinton showed class in encouraging post-election unity. Partisanship does not matter. Ask the defeated County Commissioner who pushed for urban sprawl in east Orange County, which had been previously opposed by three former county mayors. Or ask the citizen whose house is on fire if they care more about response time or whether the mayor is a Republican or Democrat. Orange County voters were correct to make local officials nonpartisan and term-limited.
TRANSITION. Looking ahead: Let the transition begin. One of the most important decisions a President can make is selecting his staff and Cabinet. Given the schism that existed between Secretary Clinton and President-elect Trump much doubt was in play. An outstanding choice for Chief of Staff is Reince Priebus with his connection to Speaker Ryan. Priebus has already shown remarkable leadership in uniting Republicans with the Trump Campaign as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, which would send a strong message of harmony among Republicans. President-elect Trump can be effective by collaborating with the Speaker and Congress. A lot of interesting names have been floated for Cabinet level positions in the Trump administration. Just saying.
Earnest DeLoach Jr., lawyer, Gunster
THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE DAMNED. Last week: Republican. Democrat. What does that mean anymore? The familiar descriptors that we've always looked to determine who and what we are to each other has been irreparably altered. Gone are the neat categories of conservative and liberal; statesman and policy wonk. The political indicators now sound like rejected Marvel Studio villain names: Shrill. Big Hands. Low Energy. Lyin' Ted. Crooked Hillary. All pseudonyms bestowed by the Strong Man. I'm guilty too. I have publicly referred to Trump as Generalissimo; a reference to his fascist tendencies. Trump has presided over not a revolution, but a devolution: of decency and respect. He has commandeered sensibility and replaced it with fear. And we've all fallen victim to it. We've allowed our neighbor's sincerity, honesty, patriotism, and even citizenship to be openly questioned on the basis of what barely constitutes rational thought, much less fact. We've argued over which lives matter who's a terrorist based on religion or ethnicity rather than actions or animus. And why? Because we have become a nation of us and them. Assimilate or leave. Take it or leave it. So who are we? The post-Pulse community of love? The city that eradicated veteran homelessness? A region that elected an Asian female, a black female and an Hispanic male to Congress? Or a state that gave its electoral harvest to a bully? The epidermis has been removed and our character has been exposed as never before. In 2008, I vowed to never forget where I stood in helping to elect a president. In 2016, I will remember where others stood to do the same. That's who we are now: the righteous and the damned.
Tom Dyer, lawyer, founder of Watermark
WHAT NOW? Last week: Was Donald Trump’s campaign mostly bluster? The wall, the bombing, the ban on Muslims ... all part of a populist sales pitch? I think many of his supporters hope so. Either way, the President-elect has no experience governing and will have to rely on others. If Trump surrounds himself with the likes of Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich and Rudy Guliani, we’ll know that he’s embraced a limited vision and bullying modus operandi. On social issues like abortion and LGBT equality, if he leans too heavily on the counsel of evangelical Vice President Mike Pence he will ignite a culture war.
OBAMACARE'S CHALLANGE. Looking ahead: Obamacare will provide the Trump administration with its first big test. The President-elect vowed to repeal it “very, very quickly.” Will he stick to his word? And will he approach it with the nuance required? The Affordable Care Act provides more than 20 million Americans with insurance. How will he unwind that? What will replace it? And Trump says he wants to protect those with pre-existing medical conditions. Insurance companies say that can’t be done without requiring coverage for everyone. Trump and the Republican Congress have painted themselves into a corner. Expect backlash.
Anna V. Eskamani, senior director of public affairs and communications for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida
THE TOUGH GET TOUGHER. Last week: My heart aches for the fact that our nation has elected a president who has made a career off oppressing those who already have so little. As a woman of color to immigrant parents I feel rejected by a nation that my family came to in search of a better life. Despite this, I know that there is power to find in my pain. And when the going gets tough, the tough get tougher. I am honored to continue my role in ensuring that all people will have full access to reproductive health so that they can lead a happy and healthy life.
PERSISTENCE, PROGRESSIVES. Looking ahead: As we continue to process what a Donald Trump win means for our nation and community I think it is important to stress the need for long term planning. Change will not come with a burst of energy or enthusiasm. It comes with a consistent persistence for something greater than ourselves. Progressive community leaders and groups will be coming together this week to assess what went wrong during the 2016 election cycle, what can we do to mitigate the damage of a Trump presidency, and what steps can be taken collectively to ensure that hate and bigotry never win again.
John Evans, consultant for global investment firm; former congressional staffer
'LEX REX.' Last week: Remember “Lex Rex”? No, he wasn’t a linebacker in the SEC. “Lex Rex” was among the most important books written in human history. Samuel Rutherford, a 17th-century Presbyterian minister author, taking cues from the Magna Carta, wanted to enshrine the notion that no ruler was above the law. His “Lex Rex” informed our Declaration of Independence. Think of Nixon, and his 18 minutes of tapes, waving goodbye and boarding the helicopter. “Lex Rex” was showing muscle, holding the line of scrimmage. “Similarly,” said Del Air executive Richard Clarke, “Rex inspired the electorate in response to Hillary’s 18,000 vanished emails, last Tuesday.”
Mark Freid - Owner Think Creative Inc., Founder Happiness Counts, Board President Holocaust Center
LOOKING FOR LEADERS. Last week: I taught my children to respect the rules, and so we accept the results of the election even though the outcome was not what we wanted. I also taught my children to respect all people, and so I encourage them to look elsewhere for their role models. Fortunately, we live in a community where those models of respect and acceptance are easy to find — within Central Florida’s committed and compassionate nonprofit community, within our incredible colleges, universities and public and private schools, among our business and civic leaders, within our diverse faith community, and within our own neighborhoods. What I tell my children I also tell myself, there is no shortage of leaders who share my vision of a world in which all people are valued and respect. And so I remain filled with hope.
Rogue Gallart, president, Central Florida Disability Chamber
IT IS FINISHED. Last week: Election 2016 is over, finished, Es ist aus, È finite, Acabou, 結束了, Se acabó, انتهى, Li nan plis pase, Tapos na, זה נגמר and खत्म हो गया. Whichever language or dialect you use "we are all just citizens of the world" as my good friend Duval Manfouben Louis would say. Monty Python would say … “And now for something completely different." Next!
Jane Healy, former editorial page editor/managing editor, Orlando Sentinel
WILL TED EDWARDS SALVAGE HIS LEGACY? Looking ahead: The resounding defeat Tuesday of Orange County Commissioner Ted Edwards should serve as a cautionary tale for other politicians: you face peril when you try to despoil a treasured environment. Edwards led the charge for two mega-developments near the Econlockhatchee River in east Orange. His opponent, Emily Bonilla, based her entire candidacy on Edwards' championing of those projects. But Edwards has a chance to right one of those wrongs Tuesday when Sustany comes up for final approval. A vote by him against it would kill the project because three other commissioners already oppose it. He could do the right thing and salvage a bit of his legacy.
Eric Jackson, president/CEO, Total Roof Services Corp.
THE GREATEST OR THE WORST PRESIDENCY. Last week: The grand experiment has begun. Trump wins and for the first time in modern history a non-politician will lead our country. I have said from the beginning that a Trump presidency will either be the greatest or the worst one we have ever had with no middle ground. Let’s hope that with the “draining of the swamp” we don’t also throw out the baby with the bath water!
Belinda Ortiz Kirkegard, economic development director, Kissimmee
ACTION PLANS. Last week: It’s not uncommon in any election cycle for there to be campaign advertisement "fatigue," right before an election. However, I view the advertisements differently. I see them as an opportunity for the winning candidates to create an action plan of what needs "fixing" — not just what they’ve touted on the campaign, but what their opponents have also shed light on. As we wrap up this 2016 campaign season, I look forward to seeing the action plans of the recently elected officials and look forward to a great 2017 for our CFL community!
HOLIDAY TRAVEL. Looking ahead: My predictions for next week’s hot topic — The potential of setting holiday travel records. If current levels of visitors during this down time are any indication — I think we’re poised to have a visitor record breaking holiday season in Central Florida.
David Leavitt, Libertarian Party leader, businessman
FLORIDA VOTERS SAW THROUGH POWER COMPANIES' DECEIT. Last week: It was the most repulsive move the monopoly power companies in Florida ever made - masking a pro-solar initiative as anything but pro-solar, to protect their interests and to prevent competition from a competitive energy source. The power company excuses are reminiscent of the federal government’s breakup of the AT&T monopoly in the 1980’s when AT&T executives tried to convince a federal panel that the investments in cabling infrastructure and equipment would be too great if the AT&T monopoly were broken up. We are all reaping the benefits of that breakup, as we will with real competition in the energy space.
REMEMBER TRUMP'S VOW ON MARIJUANA? Looking ahead: The end of marijuana prohibition leaped closer to a reality thanks to initiatives in five more states passing on Tuesday. North Dakota, Arkansas, Massachusetts, California, and Florida all passed amendments to their state’s constitutions allowing the recreational or medical use of marijuana. There are now 30 states in the USA that have legalized cannabis for recreational or medical use. President-elect Donald Trump vowed to remove marijuana from Schedule 1 classification ‘to Schedule 2 or lower’. While a move in the right direction, if reclassified to Schedule 2, then the U.S. FDA would get involved, which would open up another ball of wax.
Ken LaRoe, founder and chairman of First GREEN Bank
GOOD OR BAD? WE DON'T KNOW. Last week: Following the shocking presidential election, a friend of mine said “don’t just do something … stand there!” We all just need to stand there for about two weeks. Take it one day at a time and if you can’t do that, take it an hour at a time. We don’t know if this election is good or bad. One thing is however certain; we must respond with compassion. That is compassion for our co-workers who didn’t vote the way we did. Compassion for family members who we feel didn’t think this election through. And most of all, compassion for ourselves because first and foremost you must take care of the machine that is you.
IN SEARCH OF LASTING CHANGE. Looking ahead: I woke up the morning after the election with this troubling thought: my baby boomer generation was the last generation that could’ve done something about global warming and the first generation to avoid the consequences. Millennials, it’s all you guys now. Don’t just talk the talk, but walk the walk. Your generation has social media and instant communication. After the two-week cooling off period is over, figure out how to effect lasting change and do it. Some ideas to consider: a viable third party candidate, real rational climate policy, true human rights and a true digital replacement for the fourth estate? It’s all in your power.
Anna McPherson, president of Junior League of Greater Orlando
A SEASON OF GRATITUDE. Looking ahead: This November, our hearts will be warmed by the greatest of American holidays: Thanksgiving. Since the time of the Pilgrims, we’ve gathered around the table including friends, kinfolk, strangers and neighbors for this spectacular feast of gratitude. There is much in Central Florida to be grateful for from the end of a tumultuous and surprising election season to the tear-jerker Thanksgiving Publix ads. Yes, we’ve got a lot more work to do as a community and as a country but taking time out to focus on the good in our lives will help us all move forward as a nation.
Jeffrey Miller, shareholder, SiefertMiller LLC
STAND UP TO BULLYING. Last week: Bullying in public schools appears to be on the rise. This is not unexpected given the current political climate, but a troubling development nonetheless. Effective strategies must be offered to all students, school teachers and administrators to combat this insidious menace. Central Florida is fortunate that The Holocaust Center's Upstanders Stand Up to Bullying Initiative, now in all Orlando middle schools and in Seminole County as well, has started to turn the tide on this huge problem. It can't happen quickly enough.
TRUMP ALLIES: SCHUMER, PELOSI? Looking ahead: As I write, the stock market is hitting all time highs based on investor belief that a Trump presidency will focus on spending, infrastructure, lower taxes at the top and less regulation. It is quite possible that a President Trump will find closer allies in Charles Schumer and Nancy Pelosi on some of these issues than the Republican congressional leadership. In the meantime, there are massive protests in the streets, NATO is holding its breath and Russia is signaling a closer relationship with the US. Hold on to your seats. its going to be a bumpy ride.
Randy Morris, president, RM Strategies; former commissioner, Seminole County
ELEPHANT STAMPEDE/ Looking ahead: Left leaning Congresswomen elect Stephanie Murphy has barely had time to celebrate her narrow victory over conservative incumbent Congressman John Mica and a host Republican names are being floated to replace her in 2018. Murphy ran on a political agenda that is almost completely at odds with Republicans who will now control the Congress along with the White House. As a freshman member in the minority party she will have little opportunity to make a name for herself. In the off-year election of 2018, her politically balanced district will have a significantly higher republican turnout percentage than this presidential year. It could be an elephant stampede of candidates to assure she is one-termer.
Imam Muhammad Musri, president, Islamic Society of Central Florida
REMEMBERING JANET RENO. Last week: Last Monday, Janet Reno, the US's first female attorney general passed away at the age of 78 following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Ms. Reno’s tenure as attorney general saw several challenging events: a deadly federal raid on the compound of a religious cult in Waco, Tex., in 1993, the prosecution of the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, and in 2000, the government’s seizing of Elián González, a young Cuban refugee who was at the center of an international custody battle. Rest in Peace!
PAM BONDI. Looking ahead: Florida’s attorney general Pam Bondi played a strategic role in Trump’s Florida victory, and she might be rewarded with a big job in a Trump administration. Bondi is in her second and final term as Florida’s AG, if she resigns to work for Trump, Gov. Rick Scott would name a replacement to complete her term. Pam Bondi might be eyeing the position of U.S. attorney general and if chosen by Trump, Bondi would be the second woman from Florida to hold that position since Janet Reno, the first woman U.S. attorney general, passed away last week.
Mark E. NeJame, founder, senior partner, NeJame Law
FEELING RAW. Last week: I'm raw. I hope our country can heal from the great divide which exists. There so many on both sides who feel forgotten. Let's hope that we don't switch one group who believe themselves disenfranchised for others who feel similarly so. The pain so many... Muslims, Hispanics, environmentalists, African-Americans, women, the disabled...feel is real. We have an electoral college mandate for change bolstered by control of both the Senate and House. Nevertheless, it appears that the majority of Americans with their popular vote did not vote for our future President. I want to be hopeful ... it's not easy.
Pamela Nabors, president/CEO, CareerSource Central Florida
STAR WARS OR STAR TREK? Last week: I’m a geek at heart. Star Wars or Star Trek? I love ‘em both. My dogs are named Sheldon and Leonard (maybe not). I break into “Time Warp” if I go too long between meetings. If it has blasters, spaceships, loveable nerds, aliens, or convoluted puzzles, chances are, I’m in. Which is why I LOVE the idea of “Geek Bars” - where else can you grab a drink at the Mos Eisley Cantina or pontificate at StarFleet Academy and actually feel like you’re there? I theorize their quantification will exponentially expand…and we can all let our inner nerds geek out!
Looking ahead: Welcome to holiday season, or as I like to say, “Start the oven!” Is it me, or does it seem like each of our holidays has its own food theme? Come to think of it, could there be a better pairing than breaking bread with loved ones while taking time to reflect on, and celebrate, everything for which we are most thankful? I can think of one - add shopping, and let the festivities begin! Small Business Saturday is more than a new tradition – it’s a great way to support local businesses and find unique gifts for those we love.
David Odahowski, president/CEO, Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation
'SOCKLESS' HERO. Looking ahead: Tanner Eaves is a real “sockcess” story. Next week, Tanner will be awarded the prestigious Association of Fundraising Professionals, Central Florida Chapter - David R. Roberts Youth in Philanthropy Award. Tanner collects new socks for needy kids. He began to “sock it” to the needs of homeless kids when he was 10 years old collecting 1000 pairs of new socks. Last year with the help of 15 volunteers, 42 collection sites and www.sockdrive.net Tanner collected 17,000 pairs of new socks! And as we all learned in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, "One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore.
Kathleen Oropeza, co-founder, FundEducationNow.org
FLAWED DATA. Last week: The 2016 presidential election is an indictment of all that is wrong with big data. Instead of engaging in authentic dialogue, pollsters showed the world what happens when depending on the ice-cold convenience of data slams into humans who decide that how they vote is no one’s business. Parents and teachers should take note. Big Data is the primary currency used by unqualified legislators and bureaucrats to judge public schools and students. The fallacy of labeling real thinking people using predictive models filled with flawed data assumptions just got real.
KIDS STILL HURTING FROM SCHOOL 'REFORMS.' Looking ahead: In the aftermath of November 8th, public school children are still being hurt by high stakes education “reforms.” That’s the status quo. Many of the most hostile incumbents are returning to office ready to keep pushing a computer based, data obsessed privatization agenda meant to “disrupt” the delivery system of the American dream. We don’t have the luxury of taking our eye off the ball. Our kids don’t get another swipe at 3rd grade, middle or high school. As parents, we know that when the fight is at its darkest; our love is often the only available light.
María T. Padilla, Orlando Latino blog
PROUD OF VOTER TURNOUT. Last week: So many thoughts about Election Day. I was nervous for myself, for my country. And also proud. Early voter turnout shattered records — half of Florida voted before Election Day, including over 1.4 million in our eight-county area. Latinos said "presente." Forget the nasty campaign — people cared about voting, with 73 percent turnout. All is good.
Beverly Paulk, founding member, Central Florida Foundation and The Orlando Philharmonic blog
RICH MATERIAL FOR COMICS. Last week: Two election thoughts help life to feel normal. When we were an active duty military family, new commanding officers were arriving and leaving. The good news was that he or she would lead for three years, and the bad news was that the person would lead for three years. The same holds true today. It’s also great to find laughter, escape, and wisdom with newspaper comics and television's comedians. Writers, artists, and comedians should be delighted professionally at the election’s results. We should continue enjoying their richness of material for the next four years.
Larry Pino, attorney and founder, private equity firm
EMERGING FLORIDA COALITION Looking ahead: Same-sex marriage was legally recognized in Florida on January 6th, 2015. Medical marijuana was made legal in Florida on November 8th, 2016 by an overwhelming vote of 71%. Florida became a red-state for the first time in eight years on that same day with a popular vote margin of 120,000 for President-Elect Donald Trump. And, what happens in Florida has routinely become national news. Florida has gone from an optional state to a must-secure state – a microcosm of an emerging popular coalition that is less about ideology and more about common sense. Both major political parties will be wise to embrace Florida as the epicenter of an emerging national coalition.
Stephanie Porta, executive director, @OrgNow
THE POWER OF EMILY BONILLA. Last week: Emily Bonilla became the first ever Puerto Rican Democrat elected to the County Commission. An smart-development environmental activist beat developers’ biggest sweet heart on the County Commission—Ted Edwards. Let’s not forget Ted Edwards terrible history fighting his own constituents and preventing voters from having access to paid sick time in 2012. The people decided it was time to have someone fighting for their interests. The ousting of Ted Edwards and replacement with a populist activist clearly demonstrates that the wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.
ORGANIZING THE LEFT. Looking ahead: The left is feeling the sting of losing the White House and Congress. But activists and organizers are left with one choice, mourn our losses and then resist and organize. 2018 can be what 2010 was for the right wing. For the first time in nearly a dozen years, the masses are reaching out to organizers and asking “what can we do?” The answer is organize. Join me. Who else is with me?
Nick Primrose, lawyer and president of the Orange County Young Republicans
GOP MUSCLE IN HOUSE RACES. Last week: Every Republican State Representative running for re-election in Orange County won. Even though both Hillary and Patrick Murphy easily carried Orange County, by 134,000 and 64,000 votes respectively, Central Florida voters decided that current Republican State Representatives Bob Cortes, Eric Eisnaugle, Mike Miller, Rene Plasencia, and Jennifer Sullivan deserved to go back to Tallahassee. This is a testament to their commitment to finding solutions that benefit our community. Having Central Florida delegation with growing seniority in Tallahassee will only continue to benefit all of us.
THE LAWSUIT, PART 2. Looking ahead: Look for some, if not all, of the Orange County officers (Clerk of Courts, Comptroller, Property Appraiser, Sheriff, Supervisor of Elections, and Tax Collector) to file another lawsuit in an attempt to delegitimize the voice of the people. For the second time in two years, voters approved Charter Amendments making these positions nonpartisan and subject to term limits. Some of these individuals might put personal need for power over the will of the people by seeking a court ruling invalidating the Amendments. Let’s just hope they do not try use taxpayer money again when they file suit.
Joanie Holzer Schirm, author; former president of Geotech
ADVICE FOR TRUMP. Last week: Orlando is internationally diverse in population and visitors. The selection of a President does impact our well-being as the world wonders what kind of people we really are. To avoid pitfalls that affect our world here’s advice to Donald Trump. Learn that what a President says really matters. Don’t speak without thinking through what you want to say. Carefully phrase it in words that can be translated well into 100’s of languages and not off-putting to other cultures. Kindness trumps bullying. Get rid of your Twitter account. You too should stay away from emails. Convene the former Presidents and listen and learn.
REMEMBER NEWT GINGRICH'S WORDS. Looking ahead: Now that the biggest outsider ever is taking leadership of our country and stated he wants to bring America together, why would he tap former insider House Speaker Newt Gingrich for any position? In 1990 Gingrich wrote a letter to fellow Republicans titled “Language, a Key Mechanism of Control.” It encouraged the use of words to describe Democrats as “radical,” “sick” and traitors” and for Republicans to use “optimistic, positive governing words” such as “opportunity, courage, and principled” which came from pollster Frank Luntz. Beginning an acrimonious political era that still haunts and plays out today, Gingrich’s approach drives Americans dangerously apart.
Kathy Schmitz, minister, First Unitarian Church
WHOSE COUNTRY IS BACK? Last week: A friend in South Florida (mature woman, hair in a "boy-cut") was shopping when verbally assaulted by a man who, unprovoked, pulled his cart next to hers and snarled in her face, "I'M A DEPLORABLE AND WE GOT OUR COUNTRY BACK, HA!!" Meanwhile, my grandsons’ friends are worrying about walls separating them from friends and family. Some say they voted for Trump in spite of his hate language not because of it. Now would be the time for these folks to become vocal about where they disagree with him. The emotional and physical safety of our communities depends on it.
UNITY AS EMPTY GOP CATCH PHRASE. Looking ahead: Now we hear calls for unity. We are going to need a deep and serious conversation about what the word unity means. Unity is defined as the combining of parts into a whole. The unity I am willing to work for will need to include all the parts of our nation, in their entirety. It will need to include Muslims with their faith and Mexicans with their heritage and the LGBT+ community with the families they have created and women as full human beings. The list goes on. I’m all for real unity, but not for an empty catch phrase.
Michael Slaymaker, professional fundraising executive
ARE THEY COMING FOR YOU? Last week: In the United States they first they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Muslim. Then they came for the illegal immigrants, and I did not speak out— because I was deemed legal. Then they came to frack for oil, and I did not speak out— because it doesn’t make sense to risk the aquafers. Then they came for the Blacks, and I did not speak out— because I was not Black. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak up.
PHILANTHROPY DAY. Looking ahead: National Philanthropy Day will be held on Friday, Nov. 18 at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando. The Association of Fundraising Professionals organizes this annual recognition of our community’s most philanthropic individuals, corporations and foundation. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be bestowed on Bruce Homes, President of WELBRO Building Corporation. In the 80s he generated millions for Give Kids the World. He and his wife, Kathie, adopted all three of their foster children. He served nine years on the board of the Children’s Home Society. An honor well deserved. Congratulations, Bruce!
Kannan Srinivasan, president/CEO, Global KTech; president-elect, Asian American Chamber of
Uber Launches New UberEATS App in Orlando. Last week: Uber launched the new UberEATS app in Orlando. UberEATS Orlando aims to offer restaurants a reliable delivery option and helps them connect with even more customers. This month Orlando was named the best “foodie” city in America out of 150 cities nationwide by WalletHub.
Medical Marijuana Vote. Looking ahead: Floridians voted for Constitutional Amendment 2 in the ballot. There are some questions for employers, about whether and to what extent the use of the drug by applicants and employees will need to be accommodated.
David Strong, president/CEO, Orlando Health
SUPPORT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. Last week: The overwhelming support for Amendment 3, relieving Florida’s totally and permanently disabled first responders from paying property taxes, underscores the debt we owe those who come to our aid in times of crisis. Too often their service takes a physical toll, with responders being paralyzed or even killed as they protect us. This year more than 120 police officers already have been killed while on duty, including in an ambush Thursday in Pennsylvania. By targeting our first responders, criminals attack the safety of each citizen. That’s why these public servants deserve not only our support, but our respect and gratitude.
David D. Swanson, senior pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Orlando
CAN YOU LISTEN? Last week: The stunning part of last week was our profound inability to listen. For months, people were speaking, but the pundits and media were not listening such that they got the entire thing wrong. For months, people talked at each other on social media or television. Instead of listening, we were forming our retort in our minds. In failing to listen, we fail to know one another and the fragile threads of our culture begin to unravel. People are hurting on both sides. People are fearful. Stop making your point and listen to the hearts and hurts in our common humanity. Only then can we begin to form a more perfect union.
THE ONLY WAY TO RESTORE UNITY. Looking ahead: This coming week, people will still be hungry. They will still be homeless. They will still be caught in human trafficking. They will still experience illness and loss and grief and shame and loneliness. They will still wonder what all this means and why their lives matter. Regardless of who sits in the White House, our task as human beings remains the same. We use our gifts and our energy to create cultures in which all people can truly flourish and we do it by getting outside of ourselves and serving others. On that common ground, our unity can be restored.
Tara Tedrow, attorney, Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
DEAD-WRONG POLLSTERS. Last week: No surprise, the 2016 election takes the cake. Millions were glued to their TVs watching the numbers roll in like a game of political Powerball. Though many were, and still are, shocked that Trump pulled off the win, we should be more shocked that so many pollsters and pundits were dead wrong on their predictions. Nate Silver and Allan J. Lichtman emerged as star soothsayers, correctly predicting the winner despite an overwhelming majority of naysaying experts. Though Hillary and independent voters are despondent, let’s all wait and see what’s in store before checking out real estate options in Canada.
HOUSING MARKET STRONG. Looking ahead: Reports indicate that Florida’s housing market remains strong and the rise of new multifamily developments reflect that trend. Many new housing options are hitting the Central Florida market, including Baldwin Harbor, a new apartment project developed by Orlando-based ZOM in Baldwin Park. ZOM’s luxury multifamily project includes 483 units nestled on two waterfront parcels. Baldwin Harbor’s grand opening is scheduled for next week.
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Lyle Brown 1/65
Published February 22, 2015 July 10, 2015 by Roger Nation
Lyle Brown An original (1/65) Graduate Number 63 (Frank Miller 4/67)
Lyle Brown was born on 29 June 1945 and commenced his NS at 2 RTB on 30 June 1965 as 3787210 Recruit Brown. On 16 Jul 1965 Lyle became Cadet Brown at OTU in the first class at OTU, Class 1/65. Lyle had some previous military experience having served with No. 7 Flight Air Cadets, gaining the rank of Corporal in his first year, 1958, at now defunct Coburg High School.
With another Cadet from nearby Pascoe Vale, Lindsay Robbins, Lyle featured on Page 1 of The Coburg Courier on 21 December 1965. Lindsay and Lyle had done some socializing together while at OTU, even venturing to Mt Panorama at Bathurst in Lindsay’s car to watch most of the ‘Armstrong 500’. Lindsay owned what he described as a ‘decrepit’ 1960 VW (engine died shortly after Graduation).
(No doubt before ‘low flying’ back to Scheyville before the dreaded cut-off time for leave – Ed)
On graduating from OTU on 18 December 1965 Lyle was posted to the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps and undertook Corps Training followed by some time as a Platoon Commander back at 2 RTB. Lyle was enjoying the Army life and transferred to the Australian Staff Corps in Sep 1966. A posting as Assistant QM of 2 PIR in PNG was followed by a tour of Vietnam from 10 December 1970 to 23 August 1971 with 102 Field Workshop Stores Section. Lyle served twenty years in the ARA retiring with the rank of Major.
Lyle Brown passed away suddenly on 13 February this year following a stroke. He was one of those special people who were in the very first Class at Scheyville. It is interesting to note that, being born on the 29 June 1945, he started his National Service the day after his twentieth birthday.
In 1973 Lyle joined the Masonic Lodge and remained a committed member serving in the higher echelons up until his passing. As well as, and to an extent, in conjunction with, his Freemasonry activities he was actively involved with the RSL and the Vietnam Veterans.
Lyle’s funeral was held on 20th February in the Springvale (Melbourne) Crematorium’s Boyd Chapel which was filled to over flowing. The funeral included a Masonic Service and an RSL Service. There was also a collage of photos of his time at Scheyville. It was a fitting celebration of the life of a man who gave so much and was attended by six Scheyvillians: Classmates David Sabben and Tony Trevethick, Junior Classmate Rob Youl (2/65), Alistair Pope (4/66), Frank Miller (4/67) and Gus Steegstra (3/70).
The association’s sincerest condolences go to Lyle’s wife, Beth, and the family.
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After the defeat of the evil wizard Mondain and his mistress Minax in the previous two Ultimas, peace has returned to the land of Sorsaria. Times passes and eventually geological disruptions and a resurgence of the monster populace occur, and it is soon learned that Mondain and Minax had conceived a child named Exodus before their death. Now that child has become an adult with the power to avenge the death of his parents. Obviously, it falls upon the hero from Earth to find and stop him.
The third title in the Ultima series was the first to feature a party of adventurers instead of a single player character. The party is created at the beginning of the game by assigning various class combinations and determining the characters’ attributes. The game has larger and more detailed towns, populated by NPCs the protagonist can converse with to obtain clues. Like in earlier Ultima games, exploration is divided between top-down overworld locations and first-person 3D dungeons. This installment introduces separate combat screens where player-controlled party fights multiple monsters in a turn-based tile-based system.
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Publisher: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Developer: ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Categories DOS - Role-Playing (RPG), DOS Games
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A reminder to students and staff at Surrey’s Strawberry Hill Elementary to physically distance during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Lauren Collins)
‘We are not safe,’ Surrey Teachers’ Association says in letter to Dr. Henry
Open letter says teachers are ‘impacted daily by COVID-19’
The Surrey Teachers’ Association has penned an open letter to B.C.’s top doctor, saying they feel unsafe in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the letter to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, the STA said there are 6,000 teachers in B.C.’s largest school district, teaching 75,000 students in 130 schools across the city.
“Some are so severely overcrowded that there are as many as 20 portables on the fields or parking lots. Every small prep room, cupboard, and alcove is being used as a teaching space or workspace,” says the letter signed by STA first vice-president Julia MacRae. “In normal times, overcrowding is the source of almost every problem and tension in our school district, and in the pandemic the overcrowding is hazardous.
“We are not safe.”
READ ALSO: Schools exempt from new mask mandate, but concern mounting in Surrey, Nov. 20, 2020
MacRae said teachers are “impacted daily by COVID-19,” and doing their best to meet the guidelines.
The letter asks Henry to change the requirement for all students to be attending class at the same time, to reconsider making masks mandatory in schools and to implement 50 per cent density in classrooms.
“Cohorts have been established but there is intermixing that can’t be controlled in hallways, playgrounds, and at lunch hour,” explained MacRae. “We simply don’t have the space to ensure physical distancing in our schools, and we require a reduction in density to make that possible.
“In any other indoor public setting, there would be fines to have 30 people sitting close together in one 75 square meter space without masks. In jurisdictions across the world, students wear masks inside classrooms. It’s one of the most important layers of protection against the transmission of the virus.”
MacRae added that teachers have contracted COVID-19, with at least one spending time in hospital in the intensive care unit. Two schools have had to shut down, and at other schools cohorts have had to self-isolate.
“There are daily staff meetings to address exposure notifications, and there have been hundreds of those.”
Darlene Lourenco, the music teacher at Cambridge Elementary, spent two weeks in hospital after contracting COVID-19, which she suspected she caught at school.
READ ALSO: Surrey music teacher at home after two-week hospital stay battling COVID-19, Nov. 28, 2020
READ ALSO: Surrey school that shut down due to COVID-19 outbreak set to reopen next week, Nov. 26
READ ALSO: Second Surrey elementary school declares COVID-19 outbreak, closes for two weeks, Nov. 27, 2020
Cambridge shut down Nov. 14 through 30 after Fraser Health declared an outbreak, and Newton Elementary reopened on Dec. 14 after declaring an outbreak on Nov. 27.
According to the letter, there is a lack of substitute teachers, “which is a symptom of the teacher shortage, but mostly because so many are retired teachers who are afraid of getting COVID-19 at school.”
MacRae added the STA is asking the Ministry of Health to listen to teachers “about the reality of our experiences.”
This isn’t the first time the STA has sent a letter to officials.
On Nov. 27, the association outlined three demands that the district should implement “immediately”: all students and staff be “required to wear a non-medical mask” when physical distancing is not possible in all places in schools; the district needs to “immediately move to implement a variant of Stage 3,” with a maximum 50 per cent density for all classes; the district needs to reopen online learning programs for those families that choose to not send their children to school; and “accommodations need to be provided for immunocompromised teachers and/or with medically supported health concerns.”
That letter was sent to school trustees and district administrative staff.
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Imprint: Windmill Books
Sara Taylor
Dreamlike and yet impossibly real, profound and playful, THE SHORE is a breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished debut by a young writer of astonishing gifts. THE SHORE recalls David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad and Ulverton by Adam Thorpe.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PETERS FRASER & DUNLOP YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015
The Shore. A collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean that has been home to generations of fierce and resilient women. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it’s a place they’ve inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years.
The women are united by both small miracles and miseries: from a brave girl’s determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, to a lesson in summoning storm clouds to help end a drought. Their interconnected stories form a deeply affecting legacy of two island families bound not just by blood, but by fate.
Sara Taylor was born and raised in rural Virginia. She has a BFA from Randolph College and an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. She is currently chipping away at a double-focus PhD in censorship and fiction at UEA. She spends her time between Norwich and Reading. The Shore, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. In 2015, Sara was shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award.
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Taylor is blisteringly good on systemic male violence against women, but The Shore is an inspiring read rather than a bleak one, full of compelling voices, vivid stories and memorable characters. It’s a great book.
[A] remarkable first novel, an intricately plotted series of episodes in the life of two families ... A challenging family history of violence, murder, rape, castration and magic ... Taylor is a terrific storyteller with a flawless narrative voice and, as a portrait of the impoverished rural south, this novel is a real achievement ... There are ambitious experiments ...The Shore is a mesmerising, powerful read.
An exuberant talent announces her arrival in this Baileys-nominated collection of interlinked stories touching on murder, misogyny and morality … To find the connections between stories, you have to follow names, places and even objects through 200 years of timeline … It’s a strange but pleasurable way to read, an experience at once postmodern and childish …The green, lush landscape, the oyster beds, insects and crabs, are evoked through so many eyes and felt by so many hands that we start to believe in their enduring existence, giving backbone and depth to the green politics of the book …Taylor, it seems, can do dark realism as well as she can the magic kind – in fact, she seems able to do most things. This debut is a testament to an exuberant talent and an original, fearless sensibility. It’s also enormous fun to read.
Taylor is a beautiful writer, exceptionally talented in fact, and brings us lyrically into the hearts of each of her many characters … I do look forward to reading more Taylor.
I'm very fond of this book...It's very Southern Gothic...It's blisteringly good on systemic male violence against women...It also has moments of humour...It's written in a very lively, compelling way. It's a great book.
Sarah Waters, Radio 4 Open Book
I loved this book . . . Epic in breadth but glittering in its detail, The Shore is utterly absorbing.
Catherine O'Flynn
A vivid exploration of the struggle for autonomy and the many meanings of what we call home.
Eimear McBride, author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
In her debut, Taylor has already mastered the most dastardly of high-wire acts; an epic tale that's neither overbearing nor overblown . . . The sprawling tale is marked by domestic violence, murder, rape, castration, drugs and magic; the isolated islands a shelter for some and a prison for others. But there are brilliant moments of intimate, quotidian despair, too.
This is a tremendous debut novel featuring writing which is unusually evocative, often hauntingly so. The prospect of more to come from Taylor is exciting.
This ambitious and magical novel is made all the more remarkable by its muscular prose redolent with atmosphere.
Sara Taylor has a completely natural, unforced feel for language and voice: a remarkable debut.
Adam Thorpe
A precocious talent.
Ambiguous gender roles, grotesque situations and the whiff of decay hanging over The Shore – brilliantly imagined through the stench of chicken factories – lend a southern Gothic feel to the writing. There are sections of brutal realism, magic realism and speculative fiction. Other dystopias come to mind, notably David Mitchell’s time-hopping epic Cloud Atlas, but also Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and its themes of sexually transmitted plagues and subjugation of women.
A haunting and staggering debut novel, this is a multi-layered exploration of redneck Virginia through the eyes of its women.
An impressive debut novel
An original new voice in fiction
Lyrical writing and quietly tragic storytelling
A really promising debut . . . the beauty of it is astounding . . . enchanting.
Tiffany Jenkins
[A] savage yet hyper-readable debut … [a] harrowing, high-octane novel.
Observer, 'Paperback of the Week'
This is not a novel for the faint-hearted but dare to read it for the sinuous fluency of the writing.
Maureen Duffy
This is an outstanding book, one that makes the reader pause and take stock. It is unsettling, challenging and yet beautiful – made all the more so by the author’s pared back language and careful evocation of the land, marshes, oyster beds and crabs, and the miseries and small joys of island life … this is an extraordinary beginning to a literary career.
The Literary Shed
A superb first novel . . . [it is] a significant achievement to produce a book of this quality . . . [there is] a wonderful sense of place.
Graham Farmelo
Reminiscent of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas and just as ambitious
An impressive debut.
The Writes of Women
Already on the longlist for the Baileys Prize, this is an island story told in daisy-chain sequence, a series of succinct vignettes that come together as a vivid portrait of the Shore itself, until you can almost smell the salt air and the stench of slaughtered chicken.
For Books Sake
Some extraordinary images . . . a wonderful first novel.
Michael Arditti
Taylor’s prose is dreamy and surprisingly playful.
S magazine (Sunday Express)
A wonderful read.
Exuberant, magical and incredibly ambitious, but Sara Taylor pulls it off with style.
The Bookbag
Taylor shows a special affinity with the lives of women that makes for a powerful debut
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Wednesday 23rd May 2018 Community groups and councils can now access grants for local crime prevention initiatives across the Murray Plains electorate. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh MP today encouraged local councils to apply for up to $250 000 under the Public Safety Infrastructure Fund (PSIF). Mr Walsh said…
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Liverpool University is to demolish its veterinary science building in the city centre and build three student accommodation blocks.
The site is off Brownlow Hill in the main university area and will become home to 1,051 self-catered, undergraduate student bedrooms, according to the tender brief published on Friday. The plot is next to the mainline rail cutting serving Liverpool Lime Street station and the university's primary electricity substation.
The university is advertising for a main contractor to demolish the current veterinary science block and design and build the new multi-storey blocks. The contractor will be responsible for completing the design, securing planning approval and securing full discharge of all reserved matters.
The development is the latest in Liverpool University's major accommodation renewal programme. Ocon Construction is currently on site with Vine Court, adding 710 en-suite study bedrooms on Chatham Street in the south-west corner of the campus, designed by architects Stride Treglown.
No value for the new work was given. No one from the university's procurement department was available for comment.
The deadline for expressions of interest is 22 August.
good luck with negotiating the railway tunnel underneath! which im sure/not sure exists.
August 12, 2011 at 3:42 pm By Bob Dawson
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April 4, 2008 ― Construction, A/E jobs Slide
Ken Simonson
Contractors see weaker conditions as steel jumps yet again.
Nonfarm payroll employment fell 80,000, seasonally adjusted, in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The drop, the third straight and the worst in five years, followed declines of 76,000 in January and February (revised from -22,000 and -63,000). Job growth over the past 12 months slowed to 536,000 (0.4%).
The unemployment rate jumped to 5.1% from 4.8% in February and 4.4% in March 2007. BLS Commissioner Keith Hall observed, “The construction industry lost 51,000 jobs over the month, with decreases concentrated in residential and nonresidential specialty trade contracting. Since its peak in September 2006, construction employment has fallen by 394,000….in manufacturing, there were job declines in several construction-related industries-wood products, furniture and nonmetallic minerals.”
The 12-month decline in construction totaled 356,000 (4.6%), the biggest percentage drop since 1992. Residential building and specialty trades fell a combined 285,500 (-8.7%) and nonresidential building, specialty trades and heavy and civil engineering construction shed 70,500 (-1.6%).
But BLS may still be understating residential job losses and overstating nonresidential losses. On Tuesday, the Census Bureau reported that residential construction spending fell 18.6% from February 2007 to February 2008. It is likely that the actual decline in residential employment was similar, or nearly 330,000 more jobs than BLS reported. The gap may be explained by electricians, plumbers and other trades who are still counted as residential specialty trade contractors but are working on nonresidential jobsites. Adding those jobs to the nonresidential total would produce a 12-month job gain of 260,000 (5.9%), a figure more consistent with Census’s estimate of an 11% spending increase over 12 months.
These “hidden” job gains could also explain why average hourly earnings in construction rose 4.3% from March 2007 to $21.59 per hour, seasonally adjusted, in March 2008, more than the 3.6% gain for all private nonfarm production or nonsupervisory workers.
Architectural and engineering services (A/E) employment, a harbinger of future construction, fell by 1,500 in March. In the past three months, that sector has added just 2,100 jobs, the lowest three-month total since 2003. The report was consistent with the American Institute of Architects’ monthly index of change in billings by architectural firms, which plunged to a six-year low of 41.8 in February from 50.7 in January and 58.8 in July 2007, AIA reported on March 18. (Breakeven between rising and falling billings is 50.)
The subindex for practices specializing in institutional construction moved up from 51.7 in January to 54.9 in February, but other subindexes fell: commercial/industrial from 54.5 to 40.6, multi-family from 55.4 to 46.6, and mixed practice from 51.3 to 43.9. (Subindexes are averages of the three latest months.)
Contractors appear to be gloomier than they were a few weeks ago about business prospects, but not uniformly so. Among 40 respondents to the “question of the week” accompanying the April 1 Data DIGest, the majority reported shrinking backlogs or current workloads, often because owners were having more difficulty getting financing or economic conditions had worsened.
But answers varied within regions: three California respondents said problems had not appeared yet but two others said they had. The San Antonio AGC chapter executive, a concrete fabricator in north Texas and a contractor in Tyler, 100 miles east of Dallas, said business was still good, but a Dallas-based engineering firm said, “We have been told several large commercial projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have been ‘put on hold’ due to finance problems.” The Carolinas AGC chapter executive said, “There seems to be some softening in our Carolinas market on the building side…I get the sense there is some uneasiness in spite of relatively strong construction activity currently in play for Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston. Highway industry is worsening in its lettings. North Carolina highway contractors are now laying off employees. South Carolina as previously reported continues to be in dire straits….Utility work is holding its own.”
A survey of 20 contractors in the past 10 days by the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, which covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, found, “Most district contractors reported that commercial development during the first quarter declined compared with a year ago and activity was weaker than February reports. More contacts noted that backlogs were shrinking compared with a year ago as well. Pessimism grew among contacts from our survey in February. Contacts reported that availability of financing and tighter standards were delaying or cancelling projects. Several contacts noted that the bid process continued to become more competitive. Some contacts said they anticipate weakness to take a firmer hold in 2009.”
Steel prices continue to soar. A Minnesota-based construction-products manufacturer reported on Thursday that on April 1, 14-gauge zinc-coated steel sheet went from $0.415 per pound to $0.515/ lb. and 14-gauge cold-rolled steel sheet from $0.375/lb. to $0.510/lb, adding, “mills are already announcing another 8% increase for July.” A Florida-based steel supplier wrote on Wednesday, “We had been cautioned by the steel producing mills that May could have between $50 to $110/ton increases. I had personally thought it would be $80/ton. Now this seems conservative in light of a $155/ton upward spike in scrap prices.”
Gerdau Ameristeel wrote to customers on March 25, “Over the last three months, domestic producers have announced price increases of $105/ton for reinforcing steel. Recent activity in the scrap markets, plus the upward trend of alloy and energy costs, gives us reason to expect another increase of up to $100/ton in the next few weeks.” International Construction reported on March 28 that Volvo Construction Equipment is raising equipment prices by 5%.
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Welcome to The Property Care Association » News » Build in safeguards in flood-hit properties, says trade body
Build in safeguards in flood-hit properties, says trade body
The Property Care Association (PCA) is urging the insurance industry and local authorities to help flood victims get maximum value from a grant to improve the protection of their properties.
The government this week revealed plans to offer payments of up to £5,000 to home and business owners in areas hit by recent flooding, including Cumbria and Lancashire.
Following the announcement, the PCA is urging local authority professionals, insurance companies and loss adjustors to factor in flood resistance and resilience into the refurbishment process.
Consumer champion Mary Dhonau OBE, chairman of the PCA’s Flood Protection Group, said: “Having been a flood victim myself I know how awful it can be, so I’m delighted the government has made grants available to help those affected reduce the impact another flood could have.
“It’s now essential for people to receive the right information about what measures they could take to better protect their homes and businesses.
“I would call on local authorities and insurance companies to play a lead role by ensuring policy holders are given advice on how the money should be spent to create the maximum impact.
“We need to ensure flood resistance and resilience measures are installed during the recovery work.
“This will provide better value for money for insurers in the future and ultimately provide better outcomes for policy holders.”
The Flood Protection Group is a national framework developed by the PCA to help consumers looking to protect themselves from the worst effects of flooding to locate experienced, skilled, dependable specialists able to provide reliable solutions and products that are right for the job.
It says a variety of steps can be taken to reduce the potential for being flooded again, either by keeping water out as far as possible (Flood Resistance) or reducing the impact of future floods (Flood Resilience).
But it says the right advice from a suitably qualified professional remains vitally important.
Measures to improve flood resistance include:-
Fitting a flood protection guard to doors or replacing doors completely with a flood resistant alternative. Garage door protection is also available.
Replacing standard airbricks with ‘self-closing’ alternatives.
Fitting a ‘non return valve’ to prevent sewage going back into the building.
Checking brickwork is in good condition and paint with a breathable water-resistant solution.
Giving consideration to the fitting of a pump to evacuate water coming from beneath the building.
Measures to improve flood resilience include:-
Replacing standard gypsum plaster with one of the alternative types that do not absorb water (such as a cement render).
Using ceramic or stone tiles with waterproof adhesive and grout.
Moving all services (boiler etc) high up on the wall.
Putting electric sockets higher up the wall (with the cabling coming down from the ceiling, rather than the standard lay-out from below).
Replacing kitchens with one that can be cleaned, dried and reused, such as one made of marine ply or steel.
Fitting a membrane to walls and floors, so any water can run behind it to be collected in a sump/pump unit, rather than entering the property.
Steve Hodgson, chief executive of the PCA, insists the best way to ensure properties are as protected as they can be is to call in the experts.
He said: “Members of our Flood Protection Group understand the subject of flooding and can provide expert help, advice and guidance on how homeowners and business can reduce the risk of problems.
“We created the Group to provide a clear and trusted route to find contractors who really understand what they’re doing and who are each verified by a trusted trade body.
“Members are professional, reliable and trustworthy tradesmen with specialist focused skills who are able to design and deliver robust and reliable solutions for high-risk properties.”
The Flood Protection Group works to a practical Code of Practice for the Flood Protection of Buildings.
Mr Hodgson added: “This Code provides guidelines that set the principles and standards to which our members work.
“It recognises the need for any professional involved in the protection of buildings at risk of flood to understand the physical, financial and, very importantly, emotional impact on property owners and to work in partnership with insurers.”
The PCA is also a member of TrustMark – the government-supported scheme to help property owners find reliable and trustworthy tradespeople to make home improvements.
More information on flood protection and flood resilience can be found via the PCA website at www.property-care.org/homeowners/flood-protection/
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The Brad Blog: Do Romney’s 2010 Tax Returns Reveal Voter Fraud?
-By Brad Friedman
January 23, 2012- The conventional wisdom is that Mitt Romney has been attempting to withhold his tax returns from public scrutiny so that we'll not learn just how small the percentage is that he pays on his enormous income (which is said to be largely reported as capital gains, and thus taxed at just 15%.)
But there's another interesting issue that could be revealed when he releases his 2010 tax returns on Tuesday, as promised.
Remember last June when little-known Republican candidate Fred Karger filed a complaint with the state of Massachusetts charging that Romney committed voter fraud by using the unfinished basement of his son's house in Belmont, MA as his address for voting purposes after he'd sold his own him there in 2008, rather than registering to vote at his $12.5 million ocean front home in La Jolla, California or at his $10 million compound in New Hampshire?
Voter registration fraud in MA is punishable by a $10,000 fine and up to five years in jail. Residency requirements in MA are defined as "where a person dwells and which is the center of his domestic, social, and civil life." Yet, when Karger filed his complaint last Summer he noted that local residents in Belmont had told him at the time that the Romney's had "moved to California".
"I haven’t seen Mrs. Romney in over two years, and she used to come in here all the time," Karger says a local merchant told him. A member of the nearby Mormon Temple and Meetinghouse in Belmont, where Mitt and his wife Ann had attended weekly church services when they lived there, said she "hadn’t seen the Romneys since 2008."
If you don't recall all the specifics, here's our detailed coverage at the time, where the case didn't look good for Mittens, even while the state of Massachusetts seemed to be more interested in ignoring the allegations all together for some reason. The piece also includes details on some other recent apparent GOP voter fraud felons too
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The Obamas' Last Christmas Message Might Bring Bittersweet Tears to Your Eyes
Obamas' Last Christmas Video
December 25, 2016 by Eleanor Sheehan
"Merry Christmas everybody!...Celebrating the holidays in the White House over these past eight years has been a true...
Posted by The Obama White House on Saturday, December 24, 2016
As is their tradition, Michelle and Barack Obama shared their Christmas greeting address on Saturday, and it's definitely bittersweet since it's their last in the White House. Expressing their gratitude for the last eight years, the Obamas' Christmas message is chiefly hopeful for America's future. "By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here and I'm hopeful we'll build on the progress we've made together," the president says.
Michelle relates the Christmas spirit to the heart of American values, regardless of religion: "We should treat others as we would want to be treated. And that we care for the sick, feed the hungry and welcome the stranger, no matter where they come from, or how they practice their faith," she says. The president and first lady also convey their supreme appreciation for "men and women who wear our country's uniform and their families" who embody the Christmas spirit.
One of the best parts comes when Michelle throws in a quip about her husband's cheesy penchant for "countless dad jokes," which he defends as funny (though Michelle disagrees), and a clip of their very first Christmas address eight years ago.
Looking to the New Year, President Obama closes the video with a simple request: "Let's resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share."
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New research shows the unique cocktail of Martian surface chemicals is extremely deadly to bacteria.
By Avery Thompson
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In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, one of the best places to look is Mars. Science fiction authors have been imagining life on Mars for generations, and scientists have been looking for signs of life on the red planet for decades. But new research suggests that life on Mars might be closer to science fiction than science after all.
Mars is not a hospitable place. It's always cold, there's almost no liquid water, and ultraviolet light constantly bombards the surface of the planet. Just based on those facts alone, the case for life, at least on anything that's currently alive, does not look good. But there's another factor that makes life on the surface of Mars next to impossible: perchlorates.
Perchlorates are chemicals often used in rocket fuels, but several of the orbiters and landers sent to Mars have spotted the chemicals occurring naturally in the Martian soil. A pair of researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that when perchlorates are exposed to ultraviolet light they kill bacteria twice as fast as UV light alone.
But it gets worse. Mars soil also contains chemicals like hydrogen peroxide and rust. When these chemicals are combined with the perchlorates and blasted with UV light, they kill bacteria 11 times faster than UV light alone.
This is bad news for any potential life on Mars. The surface chemicals and UV light make Mars an inhospitable place for any earth bacteria, which means it's likely inhospitable for any potential Mars bacteria as well.
But there's still reason to hope. The deadly Mars chemical cocktail requires ultraviolet light to kill bacteria, so there's a chance that bacteria may be able to survive a few feet beneath the surface. The European Space Agency's upcoming ExoMars rover, set to launch in 2020, has a drill capable of reaching several feet below the surface, where we might finally get some answers.
Source: Scientific Reports via The Guardian
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Author(s): Min Jin Lee
* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * 'This is a captivating book ... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA. Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story. Through eight decades and four generations, Pachinkois an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival.
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Rainhill Hall, now known as Loyola Hall, was occupied by the Stapleton-Bretherton family between 1884 and 1919. In the first half of the 19th century their ancestor, Bartholomew Bretherton who was a successful coach proprietor, built ‘The Hall’ and acquired much land in the area. Bartholomew also established St Bartholomew’s Church and School in Rainhill. The family were staunch Roman Catholics.
Frederick Annesley Stapleton-Bretherton (1841-1919) inherited ‘The Hall’ and the Rainhill Estate from his father’s cousin, Mary Stapleton-Bretherton**. She was the daughter of Bartholomew Bretherton. Frederick was married to Hon Isabella Petre and they had 13 children. Rainhill was the family seat, but Frederick and Isabella also had a house at Fareham near Southampton.
During the Great War the whole family was caught up by the events happening in Europe. Many of the daughters married military or naval officers and the sons volunteered to fight for their country.
Two sons Edmund and Vincent fought in WW1 and survived. A daughter, Evelyn, married a Prussian prince and spent the years 1914-1918 interned in Berlin. Edith married a career soldier, Roland Feilding, who spent most of the war years fighting in France. Winifred married Edward Charlton and Ethel married John Anthony Throckmorton – both naval officers. The youngest daughter, Gertrude, married Kenneth Dewar who served in the navy during WW1. Another daughter, Monica, spent the war years doing canteen work and working as a VAD nurse.
Frederick Annesley and Isabella’s eldest son, Frederick Bartholomew
Stapleton-Bretherton fought in the South African War during 1901. His brother, Lt. Robert Stapleton-Bretherton was killed in the Boer War in 1902 aged 26. Major Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton was also on active service during the First World War. Sadly his son, Lt. Osmund Stapleton-Bretherton was killed in action in France, aged 19, and a younger brother, Capt. Wilfrid Stapleton-Bretherton, was also killed in action in Belgium aged 28.
** For a detailed description of Mary's life see The World of Mary Bretherton
Acknowledgement: Philena Bruce (descendant of Edith Stapleton-Bretherton) for valuable insights into the history of the family.
Monument in graveyard at St Bartholomew’s Church, Rainhill
Frederick Annesley Stapleton-Bretherton (1841-1919) married Hon. Isabella Petre (1845-1919) in 1869.
They had thirteen children – see below
Frederick Bartholomew Joseph
Mary Isabella
Robert Charles Lucius
Evelyn Mary
1877-c.1960
Edith Mary
Winifred Mary
Edmund Joseph
Ethel Mary
Wilfrid Stanislaus
Monica Mary
Gertrude Mary
Bertha Stourton
Prince Gebhard Blucher
Col. Rowland Feilding
Sir Edward Charlton
1865-1937
Betty Heron Maxwell
Cmdr. Herbert John Anthony Throckmorton
Lt. Col. James Dorgan
Captain Kenneth Dewar
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1910 at Rainhill
Fought in WW1. Son Osmund killed in WW1 - 1918
Became a Nun
Killed in action during South African War at Rondedral
Exiled in Germany during WW1. Evelyn wrote a memoir 'An English Wife in Berlin'
Cared for her parents during WW1
Rowland fought in WW1. He wrote 'War Letters to a Wife'
Edward served in the Navy during WW1
Edmund fought in WW1
Herbert served in WW1
Killed in WW1
1914
James served in the RAMC during WW1. Monica served as a V.A.D. nurse
Fought in WW1
Kenneth served in the Navy during WW1. He wrote 'The Navy from Within'
BURIED AT
St.Bart's Rainhill
Fareham Cemetery Hampshire
Beccles, Suffolk
Commemorated on Menin Gate
NB St.Bart's is St. Bartholomew's R.C. Church in Rainhill
Acknowledgement: John Atherton for information regarding the graves of the family in St Bartholomew's churchyard
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Situated in the picturesque countryside of the Peak District, The Bentley Brook Inn offers guests a very friendly welcome. Offering comfortable accommodation, a traditional bar & lounge, garden and patio areas, a private function suite and a secret wedding garden.
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Discover Derbyshire
The natural features of this central English county range from the modest heights of the Peak District National Park, where Kinder Scout stands at 2,088 ft (636 m), to the depths of its remarkable underground caverns, floodlit to reveal exquisite Blue John stone. Walkers and cyclists will enjoy the High Peak Trail which extends from the Derwent Valley to the limestone plateau near Buxton, and for many, the spectacular scenery is what draws them to the area.
The county is well endowed with stately homes – most notably Chatsworth, the palatial home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, with its outstanding collections of paintings, statuary and art. Other gems include the well preserved medieval Haddon Hall, the Elizabethan Hardwick Hall, and Kedleston Hall, whose entrance front has been described as the grandest Palladian façade in Britain.
The spa town of Matlock is the county’s administrative centre and other major towns of interest include Derby and the old coal mining town of Chesterfield, with its crooked spire. Around the villages of Derbyshire, look out for the ancient tradition of well dressing, the decorating of springs and wells – the precious sources of life-sustaining water – with pictures formed from flowers.
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Here in 1997 to attend a wedding, John F Kennedy's son and his wife stayed at this whitewashed, 17th-century village pub overlooking Carsington Water. With beams, bare brick, old photos, bric-a-brac and antique furniture spread liberally around an...
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Middleton Top Engine House
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The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is aNeolithic henge monument atmospherically set amid high moorland.Within an earthen bank and ditch, a circle of some 50white limestone slabs..
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Posts from: 2011
2011’s most popular reality TV stories, and your best and worst moments, shows, and stars
It’s nearly the end of 2011, and thus I’m required by media law to recap the previous year. In reality television, it was a year of ups and downs, as usual, from Jesus’ active involvement in Survivor to revealing behind-the-scenes moment Recapping the year is an exhausting, daunting challenge, however (and something I just don’t …
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Sea Shepherd used drones to find Japanese whaling fleet; Whale Wars renewed
Although Sea Shepherd stopped Japanese whaling last year, the country decided to resume whaling this year, using tsunami relief funds to fund additional security, so Sea Shepherd’s boats are back–and that means Animal Planet’s Whale Wars will be back, too. The network unsurprisingly renewed the series, noting that it is one of its three highest-rated …
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X Factor ends with the result everyone predicted, making the last few months even more useless
The X Factor ended last night, finally, with Melanie Amaro beating Josh Krajcik, and third-place Chris Rene to win the show’s unbelievable $5 million prize. Melanie was eliminated from mentor Simon Cowell’s group at the top 16 stage, but brought back in one of those totally inauthentic moments that helped make the series a monstrous …
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Survivor winners and players ranked by objective data, and the results are surprising
All 23 Survivor winners have been ranked based on objective data about their performance on their seasons, including jury votes, and Survivor Palau‘s Tom Westman comes in at number one, while original winner and former inmate Richard Hatch is dead last. Survivor South Pacific winner Sophie Clarke is in 14th place. That’s according to True …
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X Factor mercifully ends as Steve Jones candidly discusses whether he’ll have a job next season
The X Factor, a show that’s been hyped for years, ends its first season tonight. Compared to Fox’s typical fall programing, the show has succeeded by bringing in higher ratings. Compared to even diminished expectations, X Factor appears to be a very shiny version of American Idol‘s diaper contents. The Washington Post’s Lisa de Moraes …
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How to fix Work of Art: replace the judges with auctions conducted by Simon de Pury
Bravo’s reality competition Work of Art should work better than most talent-based competitions. That’s because, unlike Top Chef, we can watch the construction from something to nothing and, with some exceptions, judge the final product ourselves. We don’t have to rely on judges to tell us how something tastes; we can just look, as we …
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Lowe’s accepts petitions delivered by Christian clergy but continues to stand with bigots
Multiple petitions with over 200,000 signatures asking Lowe’s to reverse its decision to pander to bigots and pull advertising from TLC’s All-American Muslim were delivered by Christian clergy to Lowe’s executives, but the company will not reverse its decision. Faith leaders from Charlotte, where Lowe’s is headquartered, delivered the petitions yesterday, including ones from Faithful …
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Next Great Baker’s Wesley Durden killed himself in October
A cast member on TLC’s Next Great Baker killed himself in October, but the show, hosted by Cake Boss Buddy Valastro, only revealed Wesley Durden, a 29-year-old father of two, was dead after his elimination on last night’s episode. It was dedicated to his memory. The Jacksonville [North Carolina] Daily News reported in October that …
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How the Survivor jury voted, and horrifying news about Probst’s Hantz vs. Hantz idea
The Survivor South Pacific jury’s votes have been revealed by its members, and all but three voted for winner Sophie Clarke. Meanwhile, Brandon Hantz has horrifying news about his return to the game, which is even more terrifying considering Jeff Probst’s ridiculous, franchise-killing plan to bring back Russell Hantz to face off against his nephew. …
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A younger, female judge will be added to America’s Got Talent as part of its makeover
America’s Got Talent added Howard Stern as a judge and will also add a fourth judge, according to executive producer Simon Cowell, who said the show needs a makeover as it approaches its seventh season. The judge will be “somebody younger. A girl. Someone who will not be afraid of Sharon [Osbourne] and Howard and …
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Ozzy, Coach, Cochran, Brandon, and that other Hantz dominate, but Sophie wins Survivor
Sophie Clarke won six of the Survivor South Pacific jury members’ votes and thus the $1 million prize, beating Benjamin “Coach” Wade and Albert Destrade, with Ozzy Lusth taking the $100,000 fan favorite prize in the largest margin in the show’s history. Despite her clear victory, however, Sophie was screwed over: by the editing and …
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Salani, Manono are the tribes that will live together on Survivor One World
Survivor One World was confirmed as the 24th season of the show during Survivor South Pacific‘s live reunion, as host Jeff Probst confirmed details of the twist–two tribes living on the same beach–that leaked earlier this fall. Probst explained that the two tribes will “compete against each other while living together on one island. They’ll …
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History Channel’s Pawn Stars, reality TV make it the fifth-most popular cable channel
The History Channel’s reality shows have propelled the network to become the fifth-most popular network on cable, behind only USA, Disney, TNT, and ESPN; last year, it was number eight. Pawn Stars, which is getting a spin-off, is largely responsible for that growth. While the network is planning to air some scripted shows, its brand …
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Survivor’s Coach discusses his religiosity, preaches to his real congregation
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition cancelled
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the ABC reality series that gives deserving people brand-new homes and Sears appliances, has been cancelled, and will air its final and 200th episode on Jan. 13, which features the team building seven homes in Joplin. However, the show “will continue on ABC with specials after this season,” according to the …
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Compare & Despair: Is Facebook Hurting Your Self-Esteem?
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Laura Ruof
We all know social media can make us feel bad about ourselves. There have been countless articles and even scientific studies proving that sites like Facebook contribute to feelings of envy, jealousy, and sadness due to the fact that people tend to post their life’s highlight reel, instead of the mundane reality.
Indeed, there are few things that can make you feel more inadequate than Facebook. You can really feel like a winner until you sign on and are reminded of that one thing that you haven’t yet gotten around to (i.e. your mother forwarding you that article about your increasing age and waning fertility, or the way your favorite pair of jeans pinch you a little too tightly when you sit down lately). These tiny little reminders are like pinpricks that add up to one giant ache of “not good enough.”
As if those daily real-life hints weren’t enough, signing into Facebook or checking your Instagram can really drive the point home that other people are better than you at, well, anything you can think of. That girl you went to middle school with is a vegan chef and none of her meals resemble your last meal, a bag of frozen GMO corn. Your college roommate is on her third baby somehow, making you very “behind” in that aspect, too. You didn’t run a Tough Mudder or 26.2 miles last weekend, so you aren’t about to post that the only marathon you've recently completed is two days of Friday Night Lights. Oh, and your ex just bought a house, which reminds you that your rent check is late — thanks for the reminder, JERK. For those people who haven’t yet settled down into domestic bliss, well, it seems they’re having a lot more fun than you are. And, their vacations are fancier, too. That’s because they all just got job promotions. Are you ready to quit life yet? Hang on there’s a new post! Someone just mapped their eight-mile run. They neglected, however, to post the Shake Shack visit after their eight-mile run. Oops.
Photo: via Instagram / @healthylifemealtime.
Aside from these really bad feelings, an equally damaging side effect is the loss of perspective, or what I call "reverse perspective," where all we're focused on the cumulative ways our lives don't measure up to the individual success of our friends on social media. Social media is a perspective vacuum — not a reflection of real life. Reverse perspective can lead to a loss of gratitude, something that can be very damaging to our mental and physical well-being. This is especially the case on sites like Instagram, where we often follow people we don’t know who have ever increasingly dreamy lives. After 20 minutes or so on Instagram, I’m bumming out over some fashion blogger’s travel posts, and how Man Repeller’s outfit is so much cooler than mine today! I’m caught wondering, "What is so wrong with me that I didn’t think to wear a big flouncy skirt over men’s jeans" when the bubble bursts and I’m brought back to Earth. Reverse perspective, people. There’s an app for that.
The feeling of not being good enough, or not having enough, is a really dangerous emotion to have. Chances are if you’re reading this, then you, at a very basic level, have a much better life than most of the world. But, it’s so easy to forget when constantly bombarded with images of those who have so much more. Even President Obama sounded off on the phenomenon as it relates to celebrity-watching, something often done through social media. He spoke about his childhood, and that “kids weren’t monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success.”
Photo: via Instagram / @ilaaydn.
Surely, not all of us are prone to these feelings of inadequacy when it comes to social media, and if we are, we're not doomed to feel this way forever. So, what can we do to not get sucked into the reverse-perspective vacuum, to feel some gratitude, and still sign onto Instagram? The key is balance, I’ve found. I definitely won’t stop indulging in my fashion bloggers, but I also follow Instagrams by @humansofNY and photographer Brandon Stanton, who takes portraits of New Yorkers on the streets and shares a quote from them about their lives. Sometimes it’s happy and sometimes it’s sad, but it’s always beautiful. Follow your favorite charity, so you can be reminded here and there of those less fortunate in the face of all that shines.
Social media is not evil — it can be extremely rewarding and fun. You certainly don’t need to feel guilty for posting about the nice things in your life, but it’s important to see it for what it is: a place to share and be entertained — not measure yourself against others. Balance, perspective, and gratitude while viewing will make you stop and think before you beat yourself up over your job, your body, or your outfit (of all things).
Photo: via Instagram / @itz_juju93.
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Is it okay to go backpacking again? Especially if I have to fly to a far away trailhead?
@Philreedshikes Go West, Young Man! I see by your profile that you are on the East Coast, which is unfortunate since you (and I) like western terrain,
For me, flying sucked big time, even before Covid 19 (quite a change from earlier times, when I loved to fly the friendly skies). I've got rarely traveled trails about 45 minutes from my door. West is where it's at!
hikermor
@Philreedshikes Yes, it's OK to go backpacking again. The flying is your call alone, however.
But no matter where you live there are trails to be discovered and explored within a few hours drive. Listen to Stephen Stills "Love the One You're With" and you'll understand what I mean.
And if you ever do make it out west again, perhaps we'll meet on a trail. I'll bring my guitar.
johnt
@Philreedshikes
I had a thought this morning that was immediately followed by, 'I should ask @Philreedshikes @johnt @hikermor @OldGuyot @Rob6 @KenBrenner and @Hikes_in_Rain this question!'
Why aren't there more long trails that run east-west?
I'm not even sure what the qualifications are for a trail to be considered 'long' but I feel like most of them run, generally, north-south (PCT, AT, CDT, Arizona Trail, Vermont's Long Trail, etc). I was talking with a friend who was part of The Alaska Range Traverse Expedition and we both mused that it felt somewhat rare that such a long trail ran east-west. It seemed fitting to tap into all of your collective wisdom here before asking google because you are all much more interesting and experienced!
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@REI-JohnJoff the top of my head, I'd say it's a pure geological situation. Not sure about plate uplifts, but the orogony which took place left the mountain ranges going north south, bad places to build cities, good places for forests. Looks like the higher the elevation, the less population also. And...that's where we find the most public lands, where we can design long trails.
Another factor, our population is not at all dense, like, say, Switzerland, we still have plenty of room. flat, wide open spaces, to expand.
And, it seems to me, that our main expansion is more likely to occur in population centers, i.e. cities.
That said, there's massive - slow- encroachment into previously vacant areas, thank goodness for national forests, parks, wilderness areas, national monuments....America's Best Idea!
Off, course, this is all off the top of my head.
My own first thought of a reply to this was to suggest placing a sheet of paper on a table then quickly crunching it from the right and left sides.
Add the general human inclination to follow the path of least resistance (while building towns and cities next to rivers) and voila!
AbeM
Here's a list of the Long Trails in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-distance_trails_in_the_United_States
There are some east west ones. Here's a selection...
The American Discovery Trail goes coast to coast. No one does it.
The Pacific Northwest Trail. People do this one
The Great Enchantment Trail. Andrew Skurka has done it as part of the Great Western Loop but I hadn't heard of it until now.
In the East the Allegheny Trail is basically East West. Lots of people do this.
There are a few other loop trails which necessarily have East West sections.
While the big 3 were inspired to follow mountain ranges that is not the only criteria for a long trail. In general these other trails, East-West, or not are not as popular/well known. I'd guess it is mostly lack of funding for them. Even the big 3 are barely funded. They may become more popular as time goes on since long distance hiking has become more popular. In the nineties there were probably only about 200 long distance hikers a year on the PCT...it is hard to say for sure... with about 40 a year claiming to finish. Now, 2020 excepted, there are around 8000 long distance permits issued, with 4000 through hike permits and over 1000 claiming to finish according to the PCTA.
https://www.pcta.org/our-work/trail-and-land-management/pct-visitor-use-statistics/
Hi @REI-JohnJ ! I haven't a clue! At least not one rooted in any verifiable fact. But, I think that @Philreedshikes has really good points. The mountains tend to run north/south, and I think that's the main determining factor. The bulk of open land follows along them, so it's easier to create a continuous trail through this open land.
Here on the east coast, even the short local trails get interrupted by property owners, both private and commercial, unwilling to allow access.
I think @Philreedshikes hit the nail on the head. Mountain range direction and public land access. Looking at a map of US public lands you see N-S orientations. And I wholeheartedly agree with America's Best Idea!
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@johnt @Rob6 @OldGuyot
Are we sure we aren't just giving credit to @Philreedshikes because he used the word 'orogeny' and I had to look it up? Thanks for the insight everyone!
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Saudi Dupes
Friday July 11, 2003 Islam
New York Post, July 11, 2003 (Opinion)
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By STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
July 11, 2003 — Adherents of the violently uncompromising Wahhabi sect, the state religion of Saudi Arabia, are killing other Muslims overseas, and attacking coalition troops in Iraq. On our side of the globe, bloodshed is blessedly limited, but a battle continues, for the education and mobilization of the public.
On July 4, three Wahhabi terrorists killed 48 people and injured 50 more at a Shia mosque in Quetta, Pakistan. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and other high officials cautiously admitted they detected a foreign hand in the atrocity.
Pakistani Muslims living in America filled in the blanks. Agha Shaukat Jafri, spokesman for the Universal Muslim Association of America (the top U.S. Shia community organization), said: “Every Pakistani Muslim knows the blame for these dreadful crimes belongs in one place — the doorstep of the Saudi princes and the Wahhabi bigots in Riyadh.”
Top U.S. officials know it, too. Treasury Department General Counsel David Aufhauser recently described Saudi Arabia as “in many ways, the epicenter” for funding of al Qaeda and other terrorists. And he pointed to the Wahhabi sect as “a very important factor to be taken into account when discussing terrorist financing.”
Saudi spending to impose Wahhabism on global Islam, he noted, “is a combustible compound when mixed with religious teachings in thousands of madrasahs [Islamic schools] that condemn pluralism and mark nonbelievers as enemies . . . It needs to be dealt with.”
Pakistan’s rulers are timid about directly confronting the Wahhabism menace, but some of our own leaders are worse.
Aufhauser’s comments came late last month, at Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism hearings on Wahhabi influence in American Islam. I was among three others who testified.
Some senators clearly perceive the threat: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) called the hearings, and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) delivered a stirring challenge to indifference about Wahhabi infiltration of our prisons, military and other institutions.
But two others, Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), found our concern misplaced. Senate rules prevent me from discussing their remarks until they appear in the official record, but these senators plainly see criticism of the Wahhabi lobby — even by other Muslims — as prejudice. That’s precisely the line pitched by the lobby’s so-called civil-rights groups, like the egregious Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Ironically, the day after the hearings, 11 local Muslims were indicted in Virginia for conspiring with a Pakistan-based Wahhabi group, Lashkar-i-Taiba (“Army of the Right-eous”), to carry out a terrorist “jihad” in Kashmir. Three of the 11 had already fled to Saudi Arabia.
A leading member of this nest was Randall Todd Royer, 30, an American who became Muslim and adopted the name Ismail. Long a prominent member of the Wahhabi lobby, he was formerly employed as communications specialist for CAIR, where, by their account, he “worked in research and civil rights since 1997.” He also served as communications director of the Muslim American Society, another part of the Wahhabi lobby.
But I know Royer for his assiduous harassment of me, my foundation, the Saudi dissident Ali al-Ahmed of the Washington-based Saudi Institute and others in the nation’s capital. He attacked us all as Zionist agents, misrepresenting himself as a “journalist” and accusing us of spying on Muslims.
We breathed a sigh of relief when we heard Royer was arrested — and another when we learned he had been driving around our area with an AK-47 and more than 200 rounds of ammo in his car.
Then a federal magistrate, Rawles T. Jones, ordered several of the suspects freed. A clearer-minded U.S. district judge, Leonie M. Brinkema, opposed the action. After a judicial tug of war, three of the suspects were released (but not Royer).
While judges argue legal doctrines, Agha Jafri and other American Shia Muslims point out a bitter truth: “The men arrested in the Virginia jihad network are activist supporters of the terrorist movement that killed 48 Shias in Quetta,” Jafri comments. “The Wahhabi octopus uses many names — Lashkar-i-Taiba is but one of them. This is an ideology of mass murder. Its adherents must not be treated as if they were merely pious Islamic believers — whether in Pakistan or in Virginia.”
President Musharraf and President Bush — and the magistrates in northern Virginia — should take note.
Stephen Schwartz is director of the Islam and Democracy Program at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C.
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2 min summaryWhen to goMap & highlightsThings to doMachu PicchuThe Inca TrailAlternative Inca trailsLake TiticacaNazca LinesFamiliesTipsResponsible tourism
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The name "Peru" conjures up images of jagged mountain peaks circled by condors, mysterious Nazca lines, sacred Lake Titicaca and its Aymara-inhabited floating islands, and one of the continent's biggest draws: Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail. It's easy to view Peru holidays as a voyage into the lost Inca kingdom of the Andes, whose modern inhabitants - the Quechua - are living descendants of its pre-colonial past. But don't underestimate Peru's diversity.
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It’s easy to view a Peru holiday as a journey into the lost Inca kingdom of the Andes, whose modern inhabitants – the Quechua – are living descendants of its pre-colonial past. But don’t underestimate Peru’s diversity. Over half of the country is blanketed by the species-rich Amazon, and its coastline is a 2,500km desert with the highest sand dunes on Earth. Peruvian cuisine is influenced by seafood as much as native potatoes and quinoa, and the cities are a mix of modern and ancient: Spanish architecture perching atop Inca stonework, glass-fronted buildings overlooking colonial plazas. Learn more in our Peru travel guide.
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Trek the cultural sites and mountain scenery of Peru
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Peru’s climate varies by altitude. Even places which are adjacent on the map vary hugely in temperature or rainfall, so these climate charts are very rough guides only. The seasons are loosely divided into wet and dry, with May-September generally being the best time to visit Peru as it is drier and clearer in the highlands, and much better for trekking. It’s also the best time to explore the Amazon basin, as wildlife congregates around shrinking rivers, and mosquitoes are fewer. The arid coast is also pleasantly cooler at this time. Just be prepared for cold nights in the mountains, and pack appropriately.
Cuzco, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the gateway to the arduous four-day Inca Trail which brings you to the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, among the most iconic tourism destinations in the world. Arequipa, further south and also UNESCO-listed, rivals Cuzco for beautifully preserved colonial architecture, but attracts far fewer crowds. Peru’s many natural attractions are crowned by the vast Colca Canyon over which condors soar, and Lake Titicaca, with its floating Uros islands and underwater ruins. Then there are the mysterious Nazca Lines, best appreciated from the air, which predate the Incan Empire by centuries.
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This UNESCO World Heritage Site is a worthy challenger to Cuzco's architectural crown, but without the crowds. Overlooked by a snow capped, conical volcano and built largely of pearl-coloured volcanic stone, Arequipa is absolutely beautiful, and its historic centre has Inca, colonial and 19th century influences. Modern Arequipa is also a lot of fun for nightlife and dining.
Plunging over 4km into an Andean valley, Colca is one of the world's deepest canyons. Its also one of Peru's most popular tourists attractions thanks to its famous residents - the enormous condors, usually viewed riding the thermals from the Cruz del Condor platform. Do more than a daytrip: trek the remote canyon base, or stay with the Quechua locals in nearby Cabanaconde.
Cuzco was the capital of the Inca Empire, but for modern tourists, it may as well be the capital of Peru. This UNESCO World Heritage Site, sitting at a cool 3,400m, is the gateway to the Inca Trail, colourful Quechua culture and snow-sprinkled peaks. The colonial architecture of this cobblestoned city is beautifully preserved, and it's a great place to adjust to the altitude before setting off to explore the riches of the Andes.
At 3,800m, Puno is the gateway to the immense Lake Titicaca. The dust-coloured buildings fading into the surrounding mountains contrast with the colourful, traditional dress of local residents. There are llama farms, artisan markets and scenic viewpoints. Take a daytrip or overnight tour to the peaceful Aymara-inhabited islands of Amantani and Taquile, or to the famous floating Uros Islands, made of reeds.
Rediscovered a century ago, the 'Lost City of the Incas' has not lost its ability to astonish, thanks to its phenomenal position atop a mountain peak, with panoramic Andean views. Whether you complete the gruelling four-day hike or hop on the luxury train, Machu Picchu will literally be a high point of your Peru holiday. Just remember that it's a lot more crowded than the carefully framed photos lead you to believe.
One of the world's most famous unexplained mysteries, the Nazca Lines are thought to have been created almost 1,000 years before the Inca walked this high plateau. As well as the vast geometric shapes - measuring over 200 metres across - there are over 70 animal, birds and human designs, though all explanations to their meaning are mere speculation, especially given the difficulty of viewing them.
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History & ancient culture
With a remote mountain location, a challenging trek to reach it and spectacular sunrises, Machu Picchu is one of the most famous sets of ruins in the world. But there is far more to Peruvian history and ancient culture than this, admittedly fascinating, citadel. Alternative Incan sites, including Choquequirao and Vilcabamba, are just as impressive and also much less busy. The Nazca Lines, carved into desert rock, are an intriguing glimpse into the beliefs of another ancient civilisation, while beautiful cities such as Cuzco and Arequipa are well-known for their superbly preserved colonial architecture.
This demanding four- or five-day trek from Cuzco to Machu Picchu is best tackled as part of a small group tour. With hard-working porters scurrying ahead of you with tents, food and other essentials, you can get by with just a daypack. Organised tours also ensure you don’t miss out on the necessary and strictly limited permits. The Inca Trail is only 43km long, but you need to be fit and ready for walking at high altitude if you’re going to make it. The busiest months are May to September, so remember there are several alternative routes, including the Salkantay and Lares treks.
Never actually ‘the lost city of the Incas’ as the legends have it, Machu Picchu still has an aura of mystery to it thanks to its remote location on an Andean mountaintop. The Incans constructed some 200 stone buildings across wide terraces, which while crumbling still attest to the amount of skill and labour involved. The most famous archaeological site in the Americas, abandoned in the 16th century, was probably used as religious citadel-cum-royal estate and is reached either by trekking the Inca Trail or taking the bus from nearby Aguas Calientes. Visitor permits are limited to 2,500 a day.
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Peru family holiday, Cusco to Lima
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Peru family holidays
It might not spring to mind for family holidays, but Peru is safe, fun and full of great activities for families with kids aged from about seven up. Budding Indiana Joneses will love wandering Machu Picchu to learn about its mysterious origins, or trying to identify the calls of strange birds and monkeys in the Amazon. There are cycling routes along valley floors and past ancient ruins, alpaca farms where you can watch woollen garments being made, friendly homestays, kayaking and easygoing trekking. Travelling in Peru with kids does require some flexibility but it’s an attractive destination for adventurous families.
Where to go in Peru
Not that you’re limited to them by any means, but there are two key destinations in Peru. The first, of course, is the iconic Machu Picchu, 2,430m up in the Andes. Many aim to be among the ancient Incan ruins for sunrise or sunset. Experienced and fit walkers can tackle the four-day Inca Trail, but most choose to take the train from Cuzco to Aguas Calientes. The Peruvian Amazon covers more than half of the country. Trips into the dense rainforest begin from Puerto Maldonado or Iquitos and reveal wildlife, including sloths, howler monkeys, anacondas, pumas and over 1,000 bird species.
Types of holiday
If you plan to take on the ambitious Inca Trail a small group trip is the wisest way to approach it. Your permits, and most importantly your porters, will be organised on your behalf. Not all Peru walking holidays focus on the Inca Trail however – there are several equally enjoyable but lesser-known routes to Machu Picchu, and plenty of awesome trekking trips that feature other locations entirely such as the Ausangate Circuit or Rainbow Mountain Trek. Tailor made holidays abound too, which are a great idea for families especially and anyone wanting to get a deeper insight into Peruvian culture.
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Despite COVID-19 Crisis, Taco Zocalo Opens Second Location
Fatimah Waseem May 5, 2020 at 9:45am
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At a time when most restaurants are struggling, Taco Zocalo — formerly known as the food truck Chef on Wheels — has taken another leap at expansion.
The Reston-based restaurant, which is located at 1810 Michael Faraday Drive, opened its second location in Ashburn (44927 George Washington Boulevard) on May 1.
Although state-mandated restrictions on restaurants due to the COVID-19 crisis create less than ideal conditions for a restaurant opening, chef and owner Basir Ahadi says he is confident the business will do well, thanks to his loyal customer base.
“The Reston location is doing well considering our limitations and the current situation. We are hopeful taco Zocalo will come out this pandemic stronger than we were before it began,” Ahadi said.
The business hired eight new employees for the new locations. Ahadi said he was motivated to employ people who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 crisis.
Currently, Taco Zocalo offers takeout and delivery via third-party operators.
A loan from the Small Business Administration has helped the business finance payroll, Ahadi said. The landlord of the Ashburn location has also been flexible in working with the business on a monthly basis.
Taco Zocalo started as a food truck under the name Chef on Wheels in 2011. The business opened its first brick-and-mortar location in 2017.
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Shell sees no risk of 'stranded assets' as reserves life shrinks
By Dmitry Zhdannikov
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday it saw little risk of having “stranded assets” in its portfolio as the world shifts to low carbon energy because the oil major will have four-fifths of its current oil and gas reserves extracted before 2030 anyway.
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Shell RDSa.L has one of the lowest reserves life ratio among its peers and last year it saw reserves plunging to new lows after divesting a large number of assets.
The major now sits on 12.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent, down from 13.2 billion at the end of 2016, and enough to sustain the current annual production of 1.383 billion barrels for less than nine years.
Reserves life has long been one of the key metrics monitored by investors to assess oil firms’ future resilience.
Long reserve life was especially important during years when oil was seen as a finite asset and analysts predominantly believed in the theory of “peak oil”, suggesting the world will soon run out of good oil reserves.
But as the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer, discovered at the start of this decade it had abundant reserves of shale oil and as demand patterns also began to shift toward greener energy, the “peak oil” theory faded.
Instead it was replaced by a “peak demand” theory suggesting oil consumption will plateau and start declining soon due to electric vehicles, while large quantities of oil will not be produced and remain stranded under the ground.
In such circumstances, having a short reserve life arguably makes more strategic sense as it allows companies to adjust faster to quickly changing consumption patterns.
Shell said its assessments indicated “a low risk of stranded assets in the current portfolio”.
“As of 31 December 2017, Shell estimates that around 80 percent of its current proved oil and gas reserves will be produced by 2030, and only 20 percent after that time,” it said.
It said it was confident it would thrive through potential changes in the energy system to 2030 while growing new businesses to reduce costs and improve emissions.
“The company is expanding in the power market ... This includes investments in areas such as wind generation in the Netherlands, supplying power to retail customers in the UK and offering hydrogen refuelling and electric-car charging.”
“Longer term there is great uncertainty in how the energy transition will unfold, but Shell believes its strategic flexibility will allow it to adapt in step with society.”
Out of Shell’s total proved reserves of 12.2 billion barrels, oil constitutes 4.6 billion, synthetic Canadian crude another 0.65 billion barrels while the rest is natural gas.
Shell has previously announced ambition to reduce net carbon footprint of the energy products it sells by around half by 2050.
The plan is fairly unique for the industry as it covers not only emissions from the production of energy products, but also those from the consumption of Shell’s products by its customers.
Reporting by Dmitry Zhdannikov, editing by David Evans
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Is DevOps leaving developers behind?
There’s no doubt -- Devops and the sheer scale of the software it enables have truly revolutionized the world of software development. Evolving from humble single-server beginnings two decades ago, it’s finally reached the point where we can build elastic software at scale, thanks to cloud and orchestration layers such as IaaS, containers, k8s (Kubernetes), and serverless (FaaS).
New developments create new challenges. As developers try to keep pace with the ever-increasing complexity, speed, and scale of their software, they are realizing that they are the new bottleneck, still stuck working with the same development and debug tools from a simpler age.
A flood of new challenges
The most beloved characteristics of modern software, and those which make it so powerful -- scale, speed, extreme modularity, and high distribution -- are also the qualities that make developing and maintaining it so difficult. These new challenges can be roughly divided into three categories or levels: Complexity, connectivity, and development.
These categories are closely related: Often challenges in one category are solved by translating the problem to the next level up. This ‘challenge flow’ isn’t a straightforward vertical waterfall but is rather best envisioned as a cascading spiral. Just as complexity and connectivity spur development, development challenges lead to greater degrees of complexity, and so forth.
Complexity challenges
Complexity challenges are a direct result of software solutions tackling more complex problems, making them the most obvious set of challenges. They include:
Developing distributed modular systems (aka microservices), which requires engineers to take time to plan how to break down, deploy and connect software.
Developing scalable software. Engineers must consider what scale the solution will need to support. (Whatever happened to “this server supports up to X users?”)
Handling data complexity in transit and at rest (usually coupled with “big data”). Modern software requires engineers to plan for extreme cases of throughput (high traffic, workloads), fast processing (real-time), storage, and search. What used to be a unique skill-set just a few years ago is now expected of every fullstack engineer (“You know Hadoop/Redis/Mongo/Kafka… right?”), raising the bar of most software projects. Saving your data as a .csv file or even a local SQL database is rarely an option anymore.
The skillset developers require to address these challenges is constantly growing, along with the time and energy that they need just to get started -- to understand the problem space and assess how the available tools can be optimally applied .
Often when complexity issues become too great to manage, the problem escalates to become a next-level connectivity challenge, with complexity encapsulated in a new solution or method. Adding encapsulated software solutions such as databases, memcache, message-queues and ML engines in effect “delegates” the problem to be solved by the way we weave and orchestrate the overall solution. Once a specific pattern of complexity-to-connectivity escalation starts to be repeated frequently, it usually translates into a new standard development method or solution.
Connectivity challenges
Connectivity challenges result from the way modern software is woven together. There are at least three parallel connectivity chains:
Interconnectivity - connectivity within the software solution, such as the connections between microservices or module
External connectivity - connectivity with other software solutions including 3rd party servers, SDKs and SaaS
Meta-connectivity - the configuration and orchestration layer used to build, deploy, and manipulate the software solution.
In even the simplest of layouts, each connectivity layer is comprised of dozens of elements , as well as multiple connections between the layers. Just keeping track of all the connections and data flows is a huge -- even Sisyphean -- management and architectural effort.
Now, consider that connections constantly change due to changing needs or as part of the architecture itself, as for load-balancing. Systems quickly reach a point where developers must invest many hours -- even weeks in some cases -- to understand what connects to what in the software solution they are working on. The days of “That box is connected to that box, and that’s the wire connecting them” are long gone.
We’ve already listed plenty of ‘frosting’ on the connectivity ‘cake’, but let’s not forget the cherry on top: security and compliance. Engineers are expected not only to understand all aspects of connectivity but to design, build, monitor and maintain them so that the overall solution is secure and meets all required standards. This is mind-bogglingly difficult when even the smallest defect in the smallest element can bring the entire house down. It’s like saying to the engineers, “You know that huge haystack you’re trying to pile up? Make sure all those pieces of hay connect just right, and while you’re at it, check for needles, too.”
As time progresses (both within projects and in general) connectivity layouts grows beyond the ability of the human mind to keep track of, developers turn to the meta-connectivity layer, and try to automate and orchestrate connectivity (e.g. Puppet/Chef/Ansible, K8S, Istio, Helm, …). “You like code, right? So, here’s more code to orchestrate your code while you are writing code”.
When this modus operandi, often described as ‘configuration as code’ approaches maturity it transfers to the next level of challenges - development. And elevates the resolution of each challenge to a software solution in its own right.
Development challenges
Development challenges are the classic pains involved in producing functional software within a framework. These emerge from the growing gap between the power of modern software and developers’ ability (or lack thereof) to keep pace with it. Moreover, since all the challenges from the previous levels gradually propagate to this one, the challenges here are at the bleeding-edge of the dev/devops experience. These include:
Dev environment challenges require developers to assemble, learn, and manage all tools and workflows chosen for the software solution being developed
The sheer number of tools and methodologies is overwhelming and still rising, even after the huge growth of the past decade, to name just a few: IDEs, source-controls, compilers, transpilers, DBA tools, cloud consoles, development servers, debuggers, orchestrators, monitoring agents, task / ticket management, alerting solutions.
Context switching makes matters worse. This ungodly pile of tools doesn’t hit developers just once, but continues to bombard them. Developers must always be ready to deal with a different situation. (“It was raining Git commits yesterday but today I’ve been waiting for hours for it to start snowing containers… Oh wait, it’s actually going to be a typhoon of tickets with a chance of tracing.”)
Today, for developers, “getting into the zone” is no longer a matter of efficiency; it’s essential for basic productivity. And that’s before we complicate the stack with AI, quantum-computing, biocomputing, and other miracles. (“If you think multithreaded programming is hard, I have some bad news for you…”)
Replicating bugs
Often the first step toward understanding a bug is observing it. The most basic approach to observation is a replication of the bug in a controlled (usually local) environment. Sadly, with modern software, replication has become a herculean feat. The many challenges and factors mentioned above interact to create cases so complex and interconnected that any attempt to simulate them is doomed to fail, or break the budget trying. (“We think the issue was a result of rain in Spain, and a butterfly beating its wings… Alright, so let’s start by building a life-size model of Spain, and I’ll check Amazon for bulk butterfly shipments.”)
As in vitro bug replication becomes less of an option, in vivo observability becomes a must. Unfortunately, developers often discover that their ancient toolbox is ill-equipped for the task. The old tools simply don’t work in modern software environments; the reason usually comes down to loss of access.
You can’t access the ephemeral - Multiple layers of encapsulation, the result of translating complexity challenges into connectivity, have made access an issue, as layers like containers, Kubernetes, and serverless take ownership of the software environment. The issue is clearest for serverless / FaaS: Not only do developers lack access to the server, but as far as they are concerned there is no server. Even if by some trick or hack one gains access to an underlying server through all the layers, it’s practically impossible to pinpoint a specific server/app since these fluctuate, controlled by orchestration layers, which constantly remove and add servers on the fly.
Bringing an SSH knife to a K8S gunfight- With access lost, existing tools have become obsolete.
SSH, which provided an all powerful direct command-line console, has become unusable in most cases and is at best, a huge stability risk.
Traditional debuggers (in contrast to Rapid Production Debuggers) have nothing to attach to. More significantly, the idea of breaking (setting a breakpoint) on a server in production is unacceptably risky, since it is likely to literally BREAK production or at best, knock microservices and functions out of sync, removing any chance of replicating or debugging substantial issues in a distributed system.
IDEs used to represent a developer’s full view of the system from code through compiling to building and running. They enabled developers to sync their views and approaches to software they share. IDEs were never very close to live systems, but the gap between them has grown so great that they can no longer create shared views. While integration to modern source control (e.g. Git) and CI/CD solutions helps, the gap is still large.
The CI/CD bottleneck
With access lost and few alternatives, if any, developers have turned to deploying code as the main way to achieve access. Any need to interact with software translates to writing more code, merging it, testing it, approving and of course, finally deploying it. This approach is leveraged for adding/removing features, getting observability (monitoring and investigating), and applying fixes and patches. This overwhelming dependency on code deployment creates a bottleneck as all these deployments fight for space in the pipeline and the attention of those who maintain it.
As the flow of challenges continues spiraling onwards, it gathers momentum. Today’s torrent is but a taste of the challenges the future holds. Once these challenges of modern software development are brought into focus, a clear picture emerges of a huge gap between the power of modern software and developers’ ability to keep pace with it. We see this observability gap most often in development challenges but in the other challenge levels as well. Bridging that gap is a key capability we require from modern dev and devops tools.
A bridge over troubled waters
Currently, only a handful of solutions is available to developers who face these challenges. Most developer tools have remained stagnant for years. An engineer from 20 years ago would be completely baffled by modern servers in the cloud but would recognize a current IDE or debugger in seconds. That said, the modern developer toolbox does have some new solutions. These include solutions designed to enable greater focus, solutions that attempt to do more with the limited available data, and solutions that try to bridge the observability gap by improving on the deployment cycle.
“Like a glove” - Tailored observability views
With many modern software challenges starting to repeat and consolidate into known forms and formats (such as Docker, K8S, Serverless functions) a new breed of tools has emerged that identifies these patterns and leverages their knowability to tailor specific solutions.
Within this category are next-generation APM solutions such as DataDog, which provide views built specifically for Containers and Kubernetes on top of existing APM offering. In fact, you’ll find that most APMs adjust and provide capabilities for the microservices world, although not always as first-class citizens.
In an even more modern tailored approach, we find solutions doubling down on structured data and specifically Tracing, such as HoneyComb.io (alongside open source projects such as Zipkin and Jager). These identify the specific pain of reconstructing a distributed system behavior, much as a detective reconstructs a crime scene, and arise from the very nature of microservice architectures.
For Serverless, we find solutions like Epsagon and Lumigo, which are tailored specifically to the FaaS use case and target specific pain points such as discovery, management, and pricing. These issues, of course, were present before, but became more acute with Serverless.
“Deus Ex Machina” - Advanced analysis
With software grown big, big data is not only a challenge but also a means of tackling the problem. Multiple solutions harness the strengths of machine-learning to attain observability, and some use it as a primary approach. Examples include solutions like Coralogix and Anodot.
“Developers of the world, unite!” - Advanced workflows
Harnessing machines to solve machine problems is a start, but it isn’t a silver bullet.
As a result, many solutions focus on building a better developer workflow on top of the views and alerts provided by the automated part of the solution. Sentry.io is one great example and specifically with their recent release of Sentry 9, they improve the cooperative workflow on top of the existing exception management platform.
“Getting a taste of the real stuff” - Canary deployments
Most solutions reviewed here so far, and most solutions in the devops space in general, work by deriving value from data that exists in the system, or that can be collected in advance by focusing on a specific pattern (such as tracing).
While a significant step forward, these still leave us highly dependent on the CI/CD channel to iterate by delivering new data from production by updating log lines or SDK calls that feed the systems upstream.
One way to reduce pressure on the pipeline is by using canary deployments, a variant on green-blue deployments. They enable developers to expose new code (in this case, the necessary observability changes) to a limited percentage of production, without affecting all of production. It also allows faster rollbacks.
Recipes for canary deployments can be found for most leading CI/CD tools such as GitLab and CodeFresh.
Yet a huge gap still remains: What if the needed data isn’t within the limited canary percentage?
While canary deployments reduce the friction and risk of observing production, they still leave most of it on the table, making it an expensive and risky effort that most can’t afford.
“Bridging the gap with agility” - Rapid data collection
Despite the many solutions above, a gap remains between the observability data developers need from live systems and the pace at which they can iterate to collect and deliver that data to their various solutions (including some listed here). A new cohort of solutions attempts to bridge this gap by completely decoupling data collection from the CI/CD pipeline and thus eliminating the friction, risks, and bottleneck that create the gap.
These rapid solutions collect and drive data on demand without prior planning, creating evanescent bridges as needed, instead of trying to anticipate specific bridges for predictable cases. This ephemeral access approach aligns with the ephemeral nature of modern software. Rookout Rapid Debugging solution is an example which leverages instrumentation and opcode manipulation capabilities to enable developers to collect data from live environments and pipeline it to whichever platform they need.
A glimpse into the future
We’ve come a long way. Developers from the past would definitely envy the amazing accomplishments that enable modern software architectures. But when it comes to the tools we provide developers, we are not there yet. Devops has launched the world of software forward at tremendous speeds, but the complexity, connectivity, and development challenges left in its wake are preventing developers from keeping pace with their own software.
Now is the time to take another leap forward by embracing the new solutions quickly and actively working to bridge the observability gap. By more effectively connecting tools to one another, creating better workflows on top of them, and finding true agility in data collection and observability, we can bridge the gap and more. In the not-too-distant future, we can reach a point where the pace of software evolution is matched by software observability, creating a feedback loop that endlessly increases the speed of creation. A future where no one is left behind.
*Originally posted in hackernoon.
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CAD models of needle roller bearings from JNS (Japan Nose Seiko) on the TraceParts platform to support the mechanical and electronics industries.
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Japan Nose Seiko, which is also known as JNS, is a world-leading manufacturer of needle roller bearings, cam followers and roller followers.
01/14/21, 05:30 AM | Unmanned & Other Topics | TraceParts
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Category: Chapter titles
Aulus Gellius thought of his own work as being divided into “chapters”
Posted on March 1, 2011 by Roger Pearse
Book 11, chapter 9 of the Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius is a tale from the lost author Critolaus. It relates how Demosthenes accepted a bribe not to speak against the Milesians. Chapter 10 begins as follows:
10. Quod C. Gracchus in oratione sua historiam supra scriptam Demadi rhetori, non Demostheni, adtribuit; verbaque ipsius C. Gracchi relata.
1. Quod in capite superiore a Critolao scriptum esse diximus super Demosthene, id C. Gracchus in oratione, qua legent Aufeiam dissuasit, in Demaden contulit verbis hisce…
10. That Gaius Gracchus in a speech of his applied the story related above to the orator Demades, and not to Demosthenes; and a quotation of Gracchus’ words.
1. The story which in the preceding chapter we said was told by Critolaus about Demosthenes, Gaius Gracchus, in the speech Against the Aufeian Law, applied to Demades in the following words…
At the end of the preface, we find also these words:
25. Capita rerum quae cuique commentario insunt, exposuimus hic universa, ut iam statim declaretur quid quo in libro quaeri invenirique possit.
25. Summaries of the material to be found in each book of my Commentaries I have here placed all together, in order that it may at once be clear what is to be sought and found in every book.
We learn a great deal from this about how a second century author with a collection of miscellaneous material organised it.
Caput is being used somewhat flexibly, but here we see it used both to indicate the summary of the content of a self-contained portion of a book — a chapter title, if you like — and also for that self-contained portion itself. We might say “passage”, but there seems no special reason not to say “chapter” and “chapter title / summary”.
This tells us that Aulus Gellius himself organised his work into capita — chapters. Also that he composed these capita — chapter summaries. We may speculate that a literary slave may have been used to compose these, as Cicero had Tiro do work for him, and Josephus used Greek ammanuenses to give polish to his works. But there seems no need to suppose this.
On reading the Loeb, I thought at first that we also knew that these capita (chapters) were numbered at some point. If we look at book 8 in the Loeb, we find under the chapter summaries (capita) in a couple of cases small excerpts from the lost text. These, of course, have been extracted by editors from quotation by later authors, who must have specified the numeral of the chapter. So chapter 3 has a fragment.
3. Quem in modum et quam severe increpuerit audientibus nobis Peregrinus philosophus adulescentem Romanum ex equestri familia, stantem segnem apud se et assidue oscitantem.
Et adsiduo oscitantem vidit, atque illius quidem delicatissimas mentis et corporis halucinationes.
3. In what terms and how severely the philosopher Peregrinus in my hearing rebuked a young Roman of equestrian rank, who stood before him inattentive and constantly yawning.
. . . and saw him continually yawning and noticed the degenerate dreaminess expressed in his attitude of mind and body.
But what does the actual source say? Well, the Loeb note on the fragment says:
This fragment is preserved by Nonius, II, p121, 19, s.v. halucinari.
That’s not very helpful, is it? I must admit that the over-brevity of Loeb references always annoyed me! What normal person could follow such a reference? Even I don’t know who “Nonius” is, and I have a better grasp of ancient literature than almost anyone not professionally active. Which work, which edition, I wonder, is meant?
But the mention of a work at the end suggests a dictionary compiler, and a search brings first the Wikipedia article for Nonius Marcellus, a 4-5th century grammarian, then W.M.Lindsay’s 1901 article, and then Muller’s 1888 edition: vol. 1, and vol.2. Finally Lindsay’s 1903 Teubner, vol. 1, vol. 2 and vol. 3. All I have to do now is track down the reference, and even so, it is still nearly impossible.
After two hours struggle, I find that the correct reference is book 2, which is in vol. 1 of Lindsay, in the section under H (which is NOT in alphabetical order), Lindsay p. 175. At the head of this page are some gnomic numerals “121. 122 M.” The “page” is therefore a reference to some elderly standard edition. This reads:
HALVCINARI, aberrare et non consistere atque dissolvi et obstupefieri atque tardari honeste veteres dixerunt, ut est (cf. Gell. VIII, 3): ‘et adsiduo oscitantem vidit atque illius quidem delicatissimas mentis et corporis alucinationes’.
But this gives no textual link to Aulus Gellius. So my initial impression here was mistaken. Possibly some of the other fragments will give us more information, but I lack the time to pursue this now.
There is more we could learn, if we knew more about the textual history of this collection of all the capita, immediately following the preface. Because book 8 of the Attic Nights is lost. Yet we do have the capita for book 8. This means that either the collection of all the capita was transmitted at the correct place; or, that the collection of capita circulated independently.
All this is valuable information on the way in which ancient authors worked. They did have chapters, if they chose. They did have chapter titles, if they chose. They did have chapter numbers, if they chose.
So is there really any case for denying the authenticity of any transmitted chapter divisions, numerals, and headings, unless we find multiple different ones in the manuscripts? If so, what is it?
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The Berlin Didymus / Hierocles papyrus
Posted on November 30, 2010 November 30, 2010 by Roger Pearse
In his paper on ancient chapter titles, Mutschmann next discusses something which I had never heard of before. Here is what he says:
R. Laqueur (Berliner Klassikertexte XLIII 1908, p. 220 ff) has already taken the Berlin Didymus papyrus (Diels and Schubart, Berliner Klassikertexte I, reprinted in the Teubner library) as the starting point for his statements about the literary status of the Anonymous Argentinensis. I agree with him on the whole. However, I must differ in one respect from him. The Didymus-text, just like the text transmitted on the back of the same roll, Ἠτηικη Στοιχείωοις of Hierokles (see Arnim Berliner Klassikertexte IV), has headings on the columns, which indicate, not the content of the columns, but rather the sense of the relevant portion of the work. It would be a mistake to see them as column titles: they are rather regular chapter headings. These titles were in existence before the scribe of the Didymus papyrus made his copy: this is shown by a mistake, where he has put over the 8th column the title already associated with the 7th column. Sometimes there are two headings, but also often no heading over a column; a diple or a cross sign (x) in the text clearly marks the beginning of the corresponding section. The reason why these titles were transmitted with the text is clear: the idea was to escape the whims of the copyist, even when copying the contents of a constantly shifting column. For the Hierokles text, it is also of particular importance that the transcript is from the time of the author himself (von Arnim, p. VII). But whether the author troubled himself about this material remains to be seen. It was part of the technical equipment of the book, and it had to be provided, by those who oversaw its reproduction, perhaps the corrector. So it may be related, that the title of Didymus papyrus possibly is by a second hand (Diels-Schubart p. XI), but that it was handed down for the above reason is indisputable.
The diple is an ancient mark indicating where text should be inserted. It looks the same as the modern one. The publication is H. Diels and W. Schubart, Didymos Kommentar zu Demosthenes (Berlin, 1904), while the other is H. von Arnim, Hierokles, Ethische Elementarlehre (Papyrus 9780), Berliner Klassikertexte. IV, 1906, p. 48-64. The papyrus roll has the shelfmark P Berol. inv. 9780.
An English translation of Didymus is reviewed at Bryn Mawr here. Better still, Craig A. Gibson, Interpreting a classic: Demosthenes and his ancient commentators, University of California Press, 2002 is online in Google books preview here. This begins as follows:
P. Berol.inv.9780 (Pack2 339) is a substantial papyrus roll from Hermoupolis dated to the early second century C.E. The recto contains Didymus’ commentaries on Demosthenes’ Third Philippic (Dem. 9), Fourth Philippic (Dem. 10), Reply to Philip’s Letter (Dem. 11), and On Organization (Dem. 13). Toward the end of the second century, an introduction to Stoic ethics by Hierocles (early second century C. E.) was copied on the verso and in the opposite direction. Most of the commentary on Dem. 9 is lost; the extant text begins with the end of the commentary on that speech. The commentaries on Dem. 10, 11 and 13 are preserved almost in their entirety, the most notable exceptions being cols. 1.31-45, 2.3-3.62, 4.16-59 and 5.32-51, which are very poorly preserved. The surviving commentary extends for fifteen columns. The scribe labelled some of the columns with a brief table of contents1, probably indicating his intention to consult the text frequently. These column headers read as follows:
Col. 1 (header not restored)
Col. 2 Who are the ones… Concerning the suspicion (that) … the Thebans … alliance … That … is ill disposed … (ends of each of 4 lines not restored)
Col. 4 (Who it was who was dragged off to the king and informed him of Philip’s preparations against him. What those who have written about Hermias of Atarneus say about him.
Col. 5 (no header given)
Col. 6 A reconstruing of hyperbatic phrasing.
Col. 7 What the king’s recent philanthropy2 towards the Athenians was.
Col. 8 What the date was when, humbled, they (the Athenians) were receiving only 130 talents of revenue. Concerning the Athenians’ receiving 400 talents of revenue.
Col. 9 That there are two men named Aristomedes, one from Pherae, the other an Athenian nicknamed “Brazen”.
Col.10. Dates and cities of the speech. That the speech is by Anaximenes.
Col. 11. What ὀρρωδεῖν (means). Concerning Nicaea. Concerning σκορακίζειν and the proverbial expression “to the crows”.
Col. 12. But if (it is) not (νεομένους or ναιωμένους, then it is) νεμομένους.3 Concerning Philip’s wounds.
Col. 13 That the speech is not one of the Philippics, but is otherwise by Demosthenes.
Col. 14 Concerning Orgas. Why he called the Megarians “accursed.”
Col. 15 (no header given)
At the end of the roll is a title identifying it as the third book of Didymus’s commentaries on the Philippics, part of a series of commentaries on twenty-eight speeches of Demosthenes.4
1. Col. 12a is the one exception: it is a critical comment about a word occuring in the text at col. 12.3, rather than a description of the column’s contents. D-S1, x-xi, mention the possibility that the column headers were written by a different hand from that of the main text.
Gibson has not taken into account Mutschmann’s article — the marginal status of scholarship on chapter titles should pain us all — but this is excellent stuff, and he goes on to give a translation. But I don’t know how we reconcile Mutschmann’s comments about the titles on columns 7 and 8 with this. I wish we could see a facsimile.
But it seems that we have some solid evidence of chapter titles, given here in a second century papyrus of some length as running titles, and marked in the text indicating where they should appear.
But who are these authors? Well, Didymus himself is Didymus Chalcenterus. Hierocles Stoicus seems even more obscure, although his surviving work was edited by Illara Ramelli and translated into English by David Konstan — well done! — in 2009 as Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments, and Excerpts, and is on Google books in preview here.
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Not quite the way to do scholarship
Posted on November 18, 2010 by Roger Pearse
One bit of The heresy of orthodoxy book which I commented on yesterday came back to me as I was reading Mutschmann’s engaging 1911 paper on chapter titles. As quoted here, it said:
modern (supposed) truisms do not “function as good historical arguments, nor can they be substituted for such”.
An illustration of this struck me in Mutschmann.
The ever-growing number of papyrus finds have extremely enlarged our knowledge of the externals of the ancient book. ut they also necessarily raise new problems, not least by focusing on certain features of our manuscripts that have been hardly noticed or inexplicable. … How did the practice of giving books tables of contents and chapter headings arise and progress? …
Useful things arise from necessity. But when was there such for an “argument”, or for a chapter heading? The literary work of art, whether poetry or prose, is almost on such reading supports. It seems self-evident, that we read from beginning to end. The content grows beyond the natural limit of a volume, so the result is a purely mechanical division into books. But even this natural advantage, equally desirable for the reader as for citation by the critics, was not used by authors in the classical period, as is apparent from the way that book divisions fluctuate in their works. …
But did this development of a division into books entirely satisfy the practical needs? The unit of a “book” was too large to be comfortable, and although it was a great gain, if a quotation referred to the number of the specific book, still the whole volume had to be browsed to locate it, which was rather time-consuming. …
The desire to break these too-large entities into smaller parts had to prevail eventually in a period which was groaning under the weight of a too extensive literary tradition, where it was necessary to bring order out of chaos. Such periods have a natural tendency to encyclopedism. Large collections can be digested into handy compendia, containing an extract of all knowledge in a condensed form. The result is a form of literature which is less read than consulted and looked up. The result is a form of literature which is less read than consulted, and looked up. There the first requirement is convenience and comfort; literary aspirations have to defer to it. In this period must arise the introduction of chapters, of the subdivision of larger volumes. The history of the chapter (caput, kephalaion) is still to be written (2) and I do not intend to give it here: it would be a whole book. In any case, chapters and chapter titles are inextricably linked. The latter alone will be discussed here; and we remain with the same genre of literature, the historians.
Diodorus also wanted to be an author, and he sought to give his compilation a literary character and the appearance of uniformity. He applied the same technique as Polybius and facilitate an overview of the work in his prooemia by brief overviews and back references, a process which I would describe as “literary argument.” All this was an integral part of his work. But purely external tools are more convenient, and were used by Diodorus eagerly in the sage knowledge of the nature of his history as a reference, not a reading work. And so the system of arguments and kephalaia is already present in his work in full bloom. Strabo has spurned this approach in his geography, because the “arguments” for it are easily recognizable as products of the renaissance: this may be indicative of the character of the writer.
The reader will note the lack of footnotes in all this.
The argument seems persuasive. A compendium must surely indicate what each extract is. We certainly know that authors like Martial placed titles over individual poems, compiled into volumes — the Xenia or ‘Gifts”, books 13-14 of the epigrams, sent with presents, contain them and alone explain what each little poem was sent with and therefore is about.
And yet… yet… do we actually know that this theory is true? That chapter divisions and chapter titles really did arise from the creation of compendia? If so, where is the ancient testimony that says so? Where the data that demands it? It is a truism that such are convenient… but…
We must demur at Mutschmann’s confident statements. Yes, it is possible that this is how things happened. I do like the picture he paints! But we must remember, always, that the ancient world was not like ours. It is self-evident that punctuation must help the reader, yet we well know that this was used sporadically and indeed abandoned by the Romans during the second-third centuries under Greek influence. It is self-evident, at least to us, that placing a space between words would help; yet ancient books like the majestic 4th century codices of Virgil prefer the pleasant appearance of continuous text.
Data first. Theory afterwards. And never confuse the two. It’s the only way to do scholarship, and, if an amateur may be permitted to say so, failure to differentiate between data and deduction is at the root of nearly all bad scholarship.
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More on chapter titles
Here is a little more from Diana Albino’s article:
Più recentemente, occupandosi del problema della divisione in capitoli presso gli antichi, il Mutschmann (16) ha espresso la convinzione che tale metodo, ostacolato dapprima dalle esigenze artistiche degli scrittori, dovette diffondersi quando si sentì vivo il bisogno di mettere ordine nel caos del materiale letterario tramandato e di risparmiare tempo e fatica al lettore ed allo studioso, probabilmente nello stesso periodo in cui le medesime esigenze inducevano alla compilazione di opere enciclopediche e sistematiche delle varie discipline.
Non bisogna però credere che la divisione in capitoli fu adottata indistintamente per ogni genere letterario: tale procedimento, infatti, fu osservato solo per opere con un preciso fine pratico o per i cataloghi o per i libri miscellanei e non per opere riservate ad una cerchia ristretta di lettori qualificati o composte con intenti artistici. Per quanto riguarda i cataloghi, Ateneo ci tramanda una notizia importantissima, perché c’informa che il catalogo dei dotti compilato da Callimaco, intitolato pantodapa/, doveva essere composto di varie sezioni, distinte dai titoli, di cui uno è appunto quello riportato per indicare una determinata categoria di scrittori:
Which I translate as:
More recently, in dealing with the problem of the division into chapters by the ancients, Mutschmann (16) expressed his belief that this method, which was initially hampered by the artistic demands of the writers, had spread when the need was felt to put some order into the chaotic mass of literary material transmitted and to save time and effort for the reader and the scholar, probably in the same period in which the same needs led to the systematic compilation of encyclopaedic works on the various disciplines.
But we should not believe that the division into chapters was adopted uniformly for every literary genre: that procedure, in fact, was observed only for works with a specific practical aim or in catalogues, or in books and miscellaneous works not reserved for a restricted circle of qualified readers or made with artistic intent. As for catalogues, Athenaeus gives us a very important piece of information, for he informs us that the list of products compiled by Callimachus, entitled pantodapa/, was composed of several sections, distinguished by titles, one of which is precisely what was reported to indicate a certain category of writers:
Kalli/maxoj e)n tw~| pantodapw~n pi/naki gra/fwn ou#twj: dei=pna o#soi e!grayan: Xairefw~n …
(16) MUTSCHMANN: Inhaltsangabe und Kapitelüberschrift im Antiken Buch, in «Hermes» XLVI (1911), pp. 93-107. Listed on Google books here but not online.
I was hoping to consult Mutschmann, but I can’t find his text online.
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More on the paragraphos mark
I’m ridiculously busy, but came across — drat, I was interrupted by the phone even as I typed that! — … but I came across a very nice article online about the ancient paragraphos in — drat, interrupted AGAIN! — … about the ancient paragraphos in French here, complete with a very nice photograph of a papyrus.
The papyrus was found in the South-West of the Fayum in Egypt in 1901-2 by a French archaeologist, reused in cartonage, and contained portions of a lost work by Menander. The article links to the announcement of the discovery here, identified by three words in the colophon — Sikuw/nioj Mena/ndrou a)riqmo\j… — which was followed by a numeral indicating 1,000.
Detail of the papyrus of the Sicyonians of Menander (3rd c. B.C.). Institut de papyrologie (Sorbonne). The paragraphos is placed between the replies of the speakers in the drama
The article is not quite correct — the paragraphos, the line in between the lines, indicates that somewhere on that line is a division marker — often a colon, or perhaps a space. In a modern text each speaker would be on his own line. Not so in antiquity.
I always wonder, faced with such comments, how we actually know that this is so. The article tells us that Aristotle mentions the paragraphos in his Rhetoric, and that it is the only punctuation mark he mentions. I was unable to locate the passage in Aristotle, tho, as no reference was given.
UPDATE: I have found that the reference is to Aristotle, Rhetoric, book 3, chapter 8, verse 6 (238-9), rendered here:
A sentence should break off with the long syllable: the fact that it is over should be indicated not by the scribe, or by his period-mark in the margin, but by the rhythm itself.
At Perseus we get this:
ἀλλὰ δεῖ τῇ μακρᾷ ἀποκόπτεσθαι, καὶ δήλην εἶναι τὴν τελευτὴν μὴ διὰ τὸν γραφέα, μηδὲ διὰ τὴν παραγραφήν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ῥυθμόν.
But the period should be broken off by a long syllable and the end should be clearly marked, not by the scribe nor by a punctuation mark, but by the rhythm itself.
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Paragraphos and Coronis – the joy of the chase
Posted on November 9, 2010 November 9, 2010 by Roger Pearse
After my last post, I was wondering what the paragraphos and coronis marks in a papyrus looked like. A search on “paragraphos coronis” in Google quickly revealed that each had a Wikipedia article, albeit a pretty empty one: paragraphos and coronis.
Looking in Google books revealed much more. This page seems to be a French discussion by Catharine Barry, Zostrien (NH VIII, 1), 2000. This seems to be one of the Nag Hammadi codices, codex VIII, text 1 (“Zostrien” — which seems to be the “Zostrianos” familiar to all those interested in these gnostic texts). P.663:
The point of this note is to inventory the paratextual elements that are found throughout the text of Zostrien, and to specify their function. Placed in the right margin, and lightly continued into the text, between the lines, these elements appear in two variants. As we shall see, they correspond exactly in form and function to what the ancients called paragraphe or paragraphos (gramme), i.e. the marks of a paragraph or a unit of the sense. In fact the paragraphos consists essentially of a horizontal line which begins in the right margin and is continued between the lines, and which can be reinforced by an oblique bit, giving what is called an “non-linear crochet”. Furthermore the paragraphos serves most often mainly to draw attention to an indicator of division placed in the line. This is very often a colon ( : ) followed by more or less white space.[3]
3. The paragraphos is therefore similar in function to the coronis (korw/nij), except that this, as its names indicates, appears “in the form of a semi-circle open towards the right”, like an “anti-sigma” (D. Muzerelle, Vocabulaire codicologique, Paris, 1985, p.127, § 422.12; cf. V. Gardthausen, Griechische Paleographie, zweiter Band, Die Schrift, …, Leipzig, 1913, p.403-4). On the difficulty of distinguishing the two terms, see H.-M. Schenke, Matthaus-Evangelium im mittelagyptischen Dialekt des Koptischen (Codex Schiede), TU 127, Berlin, 1981, p.20, n.33.
The article is of great interest on these papyrological terms. Yet the signs appear in the 6th century Pliny manuscript M.
More tomorrow — those search terms seem to give such interesting books in Google books!
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Chapter divisions in Pliny the Elder
Posted on November 9, 2010 November 12, 2010 by Roger Pearse
I’ve returned to looking at Diana Albino’s article on ancient chapter divisions and summaries, and I was rereading my translation of a long chunk here.
One bit caught my eye, about the use of the diple, coronis and paragraphos marks:
Already in the papyri, in fact, the various parts are often separated from each other by intervals of spacing, or through the device of protruding into the margin the first letter of the initial line of each section, or by means of special signs to indicate diplh~, korwni/j and paragra/foj. … These ways of subdivision are also preserved in the Middle Ages. Thus, in codex M (end of the 5th century, beginning of the 6th) of the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, the chapters are marked by empty intervals or capital letters or even the sign of coronis (8).
(8) Cfr. K. DZIATZKO: Untersuchungen ueber ausgewahlte Kapitel des antiken Buchwesens, Leipzig, 1900, p. 53 and pp. 113-114; PLINII Naturalis Historia ed. SILLING, Gothae 1855 voI. VI, Proleg. pp. 18, 20, 26.
Dziatzko’s book is online at Google books here. P.53 merely gives a general description of the manuscript ‘M’ of Pliny’s Natural History, which is a palimpsest of the Stiftes St. Paul in Kämthen Kärnten, numbered III (formerly LXXXVII), written in majuscule around the start of the 6th century. It contains most of books 11-15. It was first used by F. Mone for vol. 6 of his edition (Gotha, 1855; hence ‘M’).
The material in question is on p.114, and discusses the sections arising from the content, which are delimited by larger letters and gaps in the text. The divisions, especially in the latter part of the manuscript, are marked by a new line and a disengaged letter in the margin. But in some cases there is a large letter in the margin, for no obvious reason. Dziatzko speculates that this is the remains of a paragraphos signalled in the ancestor copy.
Footnote 1 adds:
Hier wie sonst noch öfter steht am Ende der vorausgehenden, nicht vollen Zeile, überdies die Koronis. — Uebrigens sind, was nicht zu verwundem ist, manche Abschnitte an Stellen angesetzt, die man anders und auch besser auswählen könnte.
Here, as elsewhere more often, we find the Koronis, at the end of the previous line, not the whole line, moreover. – By the way, unsurprisingly, some divisions are in places where different and better ones could have been chosen.
I could see no mention in all this, however, of numerals in the margin, indicating that the sections were numbered and perhaps connected with the author’s table of contents in book 1.
The book is an interesting one, tho, and deserves to be better known. I only wish my German was better!
UPDATE: I was wondering where “Kämthen” might be. A google search leaves me still in the dark. Might it be “Kempten” in Bavaria? But if so, where is this St. Paul monastery?
UPDATE2: But it turns out — thanks to JS in the comments — that I simply had an OCR error, and it is really Kärnthen, or Kärnten as it is today!
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End-titles in Greek verse
Posted on November 2, 2010 by Roger Pearse
An email brings me word of a new publication by F. Schironi on the ends of books and the titles that appeared there, mainly connected with Greek poetry.
A systematic and chronoloical investigation into the nature and development of end-titles in papyrus rolls and codices of hexameter poetry from the III century BC through the VI century AD. The bulk of the evidence for presentation of hexametric verse derives from Homeric papyri (51 papyrus copies), although Hesiod’s Theogony, Works & Days, and Shield(two), and Oppian’s Halieutica likewise supply data (one). For comparative purposes the author also provides a sampling of end-titles in non-epic genres. The discussion of individual papyri and summation of the results are rich and informative. Includes bibliographical references, charts with comparative statistics, and pertinent indices.
We’d probably better not ask what the price is — the blog is afraid to give it! — but there is a PDF summary available here. I give the full url because the site can be a bit cranky:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx?c=icp;idno=7523866.0025.179
Book-Ends and Book-Layout in Papyri with Hexametric Poetry – Francesca Schironi
The present article is a very brief summary of a monograph I have completed which consists of an analysis of the way ancient manuscripts (rolls and codices) containing hexametric poetry mark book-ends. I have addressed two main questions: 1) if and how these manuscripts mark the end of books and how end-marks change over time, especially with the adoption of the new format of the codex; and 2) how epic poems in rolls and codices were arranged, in particular whether, after the end of one epic book, another book followed and, if so, where it was placed, i.e. in the same column (or page) or in the next one.
The present analysis allows us to identify some clear patterns and to understand the way ancient manuscripts containing epic and above all Homeric poetry marked the end of books and organized their content over a period of time ranging from the 3rd century BC to the 6th century AD.
The paragraphos was one of the signs used to mark the end of a book and it consisted of a line at the left margin stretching under the first letters of the last line of the book. This line was used to separate visually the last line of a book from the first line of the next book. … The papyri in our data set prove that the common claim that Ptolemaic papyri used to have the entire poems written continuously in one, very long roll without distinguishing one book from another is false. … All the codices available to us have an end-title. This is normally in the full form of the genitive of the name of the poem, followed by the letter designative of the book which has reached the end.
It is very good news that this summary paper exists, so that thereby this intricate subject may reach a wider audience. It indicates that the monograph must be a work of considerable interest and precision, and I sincerely hope the conclusions are taken seriously and not merely forgotten.
Now what about a similar study on prose texts?
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More notes on tables of contents and chapter titles from the Sources Chrétiennes
Posted on October 23, 2010 October 23, 2010 by Roger Pearse
I’m still looking at the question of whether ancient books had divisions within a book into “chapters” of some sort, and whether they had tables of chapters at the head of each book, and whether the divisions were numbered, and whether the titles in the tables were in the text or not, and whether any of this was authorial.
The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius was edited in the SC series at an early stage. Books 1-4 of the HE appears in 1952 in SC31, edited by G. Bardy, in a volume which contains only a brief introduction, and then the text (reprinted from the GCS, 1909) and translation. It is all a far cry from the sophisticated volumes we know today, but from such little acorns has such a forest of mighty oaks grown.
The manuscripts of the HE contain tables of contents at the head of each book. Bardy writes only (p.vii):
In the manuscripts, following the ancient usage, the table of chapters appears at the head of each book. But in the text, each chapter is prefixed only with a number in sequential order.
Two more volumes contained the remainder of the HE; but by 1960 it was clearly felt that a proper volume of introductory material should have been required, and Canon Bardy was at work on such when he died. It finally appeared in 1973. It contained a section on “books and chapters” on p.101-113. The first ten pages are devoted to the division into books, made by Eusebius himself. The remainder consists of assertions about chapters rather than useful discussion. The conclusion is the same as above.
In SC 206 (1974) J. Sirinelli addresses the same question in his edition of the Praeparatio Evangelica (p.52).
The division into books of the PE is by Eusebius himself. The author refers several times to this division himself. Very often he mentions that he is coming to the end of a book, or is beginning one. We are thus assured that the division into books is indeed his work.
It is worth remarking how much better reasoned this is than the vague assertions of Bardy on the same subject. After remarking that Eusebius himself says that he is ending a book because it has grown too long, rather than for any reason of design, Sirinelli then continues:
As regards the titles of chapters, it is generally admitted that, for the Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius himself divided the books into chapters and composed the titles for them himself. On the other hand there have been disagreements concerning the Praeparatio Evangelica. In his 1628 edition Viger reproduced the titles and the summaries of the books. Valcknaer in his Diatriba de Aristobulo wanted a more rigorus edition created in which the titles and divisions would be suppressed, in which according to himself Eusebius had no part. Finally Gaisford himself wrote with decided authority “Lemmata, quae in prioribus editionibus non singulis tantum libris sed et librorum capitibus praefixa orationis nexum saepe perturbant, amovi”, and on his own initiative created a new division, which is currently the basis of reference and was followed by Gifford.
Karl Mras, basing himself on an article by J. Bidez [Revue Critique d’histoire et de littérature, N.S. 61, 1906, p.506; a review of Gifford], sensibly reintroduced these titles and summaries, which in all appearance are the work of Eusebius himself. In fact in various ways the titles supply us with indispensable information, not given by the text itself. This is because, reasonably, the author knew that he had furnished these in the title. For example we may look at chapter 3 of book IV, and chapter 3 of book X. The title alone contains the reference to the citation which follows. We place ourselves alongside the opinion of Mras, therefore, and while retaining the division of Gaisford, we give in the appropriate places the titles of the chapters.
This is not a matter of indifference. The division of Gaisford is arbitrary, and sometimes unfortunate for the sequence of ideas. On the contrary the division into chapters given by the manuscripts, far from disturbing the flow of the argument, permits us in some cases to restore with more clarity the sequence of thought by Eusebius. We will have occasion to refer to this again.
A footnote follows to this last sentence:
But with caution; because, for book I, the situation is complicated by divergence between the manuscripts. One of them, V, reproduces the titles at the head of the chapters in the body of the text. In the other manuscripts, at least for the first chapters, the text of the title of the chapter appears only in the summary at the head of each book.
I think we may infer from this that the chapter divisions are marked and numbered even in V, but it is a shame that this is not made clearer. However I suspect all this is derived from Mras. In SC369, on p.34 we find the remarkable statement:
The chapters indicated in Arabic numerals are those of the Mras edition; reference is always to these. No modern edition takes account of the ancient division into chapters (with titles) which derives from the Greek manuscripts.
This problem — that the witness of the manuscripts is not published in modern critical texts — renders it very difficult to acquire the necessary information about how ancient texts were divided.
UPDATE: I have found Bidez’ review online. One remark is interesting in an otherwise not very useful review:
… Gifford was wrong not to place the titles at the head of each chapter. Sometimes these titles are the only fact we have on the provenance of an extract (e.g. book XV, ch. 17, for a chapter taken entirely from Numenius).
Revue critique d histoire et de littérature / publiée sous la direction de MM. P. Meyer, Ch. Morel, G. Paris, H. Zotenberg
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France
UPDATE2: I find that I have a copy of volume 1 of Mras’ edition also.On p.viii of the foreword he discusses chapter titles. I give the German word used to facilitate searching. The volume references are to Mras own edition in the GCS.
3. Eusebius not only prefixed the books with tables of contents (“Inhaltsangaben”), but also intended the headings (“Überschriften”) for the chapters in the manuscripts. J. Bidez has rightly complained in his review of the Gifford edition that the editors since Gaisford have omitted these headings. There is hard evidence that these originate with Eusebius: that the third chapter of the fourth book is from a work of Diogenianus we learn neither from the text, nor the table of contents (“Inhaltsverzeichnis”) of the fourth book, but only from the chapter heading (“Kapitelüberschrift”) (Vol. 1 p. 169, 21); the title of the work of Porphyry — and the number of the book — quoted in the third chapter of the tenth book, is only given in the chapter heading (Vol. 1, p.561, 12f.); book 11, chapter 30 begins Πάλιν Μωσέως καὶ τούτους; this τούτους is incomprehensible without the preceding chapter heading Περὶ τῶν κατ’ οὐρανὸν φωστήρων; likewise chapter 32 (vol. 2, p.68, 15) Καὶ περὶ τούτου is incomprehensible without the chapter heading Περὶ τῆς ἀλλοιώσεως καὶ μεταβολῆς τοῦ κόσμου; XV 5, 1 (vol. 2, p.355, 17) πρὸς τοῦ δηλωθέντος — who is meant here we discover only from the chapter heading. The author cited and his work are listed only in the headings of the chapters or sections in the following cases: IX 14,3 (vol. 1 p. 500, 9f.); X 10 (vol. I p. 591,6): only at the end (p.595, 18) is Ταῦτα μὲν ὁ Ἀφρικανός named (without the title of Africanus’ work, however; the title is missing also in the table of contents of the book); XIV, 7 (vol. 2, p.303, 11f.) : in the table of contents only the name of the author is given *; XIV, 22 (vol. 2, p.320, 13) gives the name of the work, Philebos (the table of contents of the book says only Ἀπὸ τοῦ Πλάτωνος — Plato); XV 14 (vol. 2 p.378, 17f.): in the table of contents both the name of the author and the work are absent; likewise XV 17 (vol.2, p.381, 9). As we can see, the more accurate information is in the chapter headings, as is natural; the author first provides for each chapter the appropriate indication of contents; gathering these into tables of contents at the start of the book is then a copyist task. This explains some small differences (although they are never contradictions). Of course it is Eusebius who has ordered that these collections should be placed at the head of each book.
* Do not be deceived by the Κεφαλαίων καταγραφή of Gaisford, Dindorf and Gifford; they present a mishmash from the tables of contents and the chapter headings.
There is a lot of solid information in there. One thing that I do not see, tho, is discussion of whether these symptoms could be accounted for by damage to the inherently fragile tables of contents, rather than by the priority of the material embedded in the text.
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More on tables of contents and chapters in Irenaeus “Adversus Haereses”
Posted on October 22, 2010 by Roger Pearse
Yesterday I translated what the Sources Chretiennes volumes containing books 3, 4 and 5 of Irenaeus Adversus Haereses had to say about the tables of contents (or argumenta) in the manuscripts. Chapter titles and divisions are also discussed.
Book 1 is covered in SC263, p.30-1.
The manuscripts C and V do not contain the Tabula capitulorum, suggesting that their archetype had lost this item. This accident, probably caused by the age of the manuscript, but which took place in an era impossible to determine, will astonish none who are aware of the ease with which the first page of an old book may deteriorate and then be lost. Thus this does not have the significance that the intentional mutilation of the end of book 5 must have in the family A Q S ε (cf. SC 152, p.30).
But another problem arises in the interior of this second family itself. Codex A is in disorder when compared to its relatives Q S ε: these begin with the tabula itself, preceded by a title which announces them: incipiunt tabula …, and are followed by the Praefatio of Irenaeus. The Arundelianus reverses the order; first the Praefatio, then the Tabula. Which is original? In all the evidence, from Q S ε as well as from the manuscripts of the other books, the Tabula precedes the Praefatio, and this is so in C V as well.
Why this reversal in A?
First we may remark that this manuscript — alone of those known to us — begins with the Prologue of Florus (title: Prologus) without any attribution, without the divisions marked by Pitra and Harvey who edited it. But this page of introduction to the work of Irenaeus could not have disordered what follows, any more than when the copyist of Q, finding it in his exemplar at the Grand Chartreuse (which also had the Prologue of Florus), put it to one side and gave the rest in the exact order. This is, therefore, an accident particular to A.
The author then uses this information to classify manuscripts, and on p.35 returns to “the capitula in the tabula“, saying that there are 35 and analysing the variants in the manuscripts, which he finds show disorder, which he believes is due to the Greek original. Then he discusses the insertion at a later date of these into the body of the text.
This location [of the title] is unvarying from one manuscript to another, which should not surprise us because, in general, once a position for a title and its portions in red, and the amount of space to be left, and the large initial, was established in the text, then it doesn’t move an inch from copy to copy to copy, except where the scribe has a positive and pressing reason to change the arrangement in the copy before him.
The translator of the tabula can hardly, in my opinion, have also inserted them in the text. He translated with discernment, and would not have tolerated the awkward disagreements between many of the titles and their content. Be that as it may, the capitula were inserted very early, before the separation of the mss. into families, and before the suppression of the final millenarist passage.
Their distribution in the text does not reflect their appropriate place. The scribe who took the initiative or who was responsible for it — the rubricator — was guided by two principles; to follow the order of the tabula, and to use proper names as a guide to position. Otherwise, in passages not equipped with proper names, it seemed easy to him to read the text to find the coincidence of language. In this way he sought to achieve an appropriate division of the text.
The result of this approach is lamentable, as the rubricator has added, to the disorder to the tabula, his own mistakes in placing the titles. The first six titles have been placed correctly. From no. 7, where the disorder starts, to no.19, the capitula have been placed by guesswork, and careful observation permits us to see the mistaken logic that resulted in the place of insertion. Nos.20-32 are fine, apart from two accidents, i.e. the inversion of 32 and 33 and 30 being placed somewhat early, because of the presence of various proper names. From 32 to the end each insertion is late.
He then tabulates the chapter divisions and says that he is not going to use them in his own text. He also tells us that the tabula are numbered in C and V, and in A and S. In Q the tabula are in capitals and unnumbered from 1-12, but thereafter in normal bookhand and with numbers.
SC293 deals with book 2 of Irenaeus, and once again has a lengthy section on tabula and capitula, p.51-69. It is very welcome to see so much attention paid to these items, so often ignored, and also to the chapter divisions. Would that all modern editions did likewise! Much of it is detail of variants which is not of special interest here.
In book 2 all the mss. have a tabula at the head of the book, as they should; a numbered list in C and V, unnumbered in the other mss.[=AQS] The case of Q with its Greek numbers is peculiar and we will deal with it in a moment. … It is an accident only that the numbers are missing in AQS. …
On p.56 he discusses the Greek numbers in manuscript Q. I will abbreviate heavily here.
We have left to one side a curious phenomenon which we do not have enough evidence to discuss properly: the Greek numbering in ms. Q. We will all the same describe them better than has been done so far. Pitra made the attempt, and Loofs later, after him. But both were trying to transcribe into the characters of the print-shop some very malformed Greek signs by a hand that Pitra described as “maleferiata”. The printed outcome was not very successful.
Were these numbers written by the copyist of the rest of the text, or added later by someone wishing to display his knowledge of Greek? Because they were written afterwards, and in single session. But there is no doubt; the writing is that of the copyist. In fact in the course of book 2 the copyist had to write in Greek those portions of the text left untranslated by the Latin translator (21,39; 22, 177). However, as far as we can judge, while there was more application in those passages, the same incompetence is visible there also. The κ, ε, and θ show the same ductus. We shall not deceive ourselves if we attribute the numbers of the Tabula and the Greek lines of text to the same copyist.
But if so, it is necessary to accept that the [lost] manuscript of the Grand Chartreuse, from which Q was copied, also had this Greek numbering. Why this ms, and not the others? Is it handed down, or the result of some philhellenism along the way? We think the latter, without following Pitra and supposing the intervention of Florus himself. But we wonder whether this explains the absence of numbering in the Tabula in the family AQS. Sirmond tells us that the Carthusianus contained the Preface of Florus, and A does also; but A does not reproduce this numbering, while it was reproducing in a secondary line of transmission of which only Q has come down to us. S leaves them out. …
It seems that the copyist of Q found in his model some Roman numbers. In fact he has reproduced in the same column where they align with the Greek numbers the Roman number every 10th number. …
The capitula in the text.
In C and V the capitula are an integral part of the text, copied with their number, without discontinuity between the chapters. But AQS either have no capitula or, where AQ seem to have them, they are not the original ones.
The omission of the capitula in A is accidental, ancient, and inexplicable. A later hand copied them into the margin with their number. But since the same hand also added in the margin glosses from the Erasmus edition of 1526, these late capitula are based on the [artificial] ones of Erasmus.
Like A, Q bears an adventitious division and numeration. In the continuous and regular text, a later hand has marked paragraphs in arbitrary places with a large paragraph sign, with a corresponding number in the margin, in large Roman numbers. There are no titles. This later division into paragraphs corresponds astonishingly with that of Erasmus, but not perfectly. …
The late numbering of Q disguise another, sporadic and little remarked, but which seems to be in the hand of the copyist, in the body of the text. [Some numbers in tiny letters have been written over with new numbers by the late hand]. However this primitive numbering corresponds exactly to that in CV. … [S also has the same numbering as CV, in tiny letters].
Thus there is no doubt. Since Q and S, mss of the second family, agree with the first family, this is proof that the division of CV is that of the authentic transmission.
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Toni Braxton revealed Monday that she recently spent time in a hospital after suffering a lupus flare-up. “Toni is resting at home and she is fine,” the singer’s representative said in a statement.
Braxton spent four days in a Los Angeles hospital following the health scare, which People reports was a result of complications from lupus.
During her hospital stay, the singer was rumored to be in serious condition; TMZ reported that her boyfriend, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, rushed to her side. However, Braxton’s rep denied the severity of those reports.
“She was in an LA hospital for a few days being treated for her Lupus,” Braxton’s rep said. “She has been released and starts rehearsals for her upcoming tour this week. She was not in serious condition, though Lupus is a serious disease and must be monitored at all times.”
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Published: Nov 25, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.
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Shoppers wearing mandatory masks pass Christmas Tree, two days before coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are reintroduced to Greater Toronto Area regions, at Eaton Centre mall in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 21, 2020.
As COVID-19 cases in Ontario remain on the rise, Premier Doug Ford has asked that residents celebrate the Christmas holidays with people within their own household and connect with other family and friends virtually.
Those who live alone can celebrate the holidays with one other household, Ford added, in a press briefing on Wednesday at Queen’s Park in Toronto.
“After the year we’ve had its important that we find some time over the holidays but we have to do it safely,” he told reporters. “Please don’t have big holiday parties, no large gatherings,” he added.
Health minister Christine Elliott added that families who want to celebrate together, despite living in different households, can do so virtually or in person while outside, while maintaining physical distancing and wearing masks.
The announcement comes after provincial health officials reported 1,373 new cases of COVID-19 today and 35 new deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 445 of today’s new cases are in Toronto, while 415 are in Peel Region.
Eleven fewer people are hospitalized with COVID-19, according to today’s numbers, for a total of 523.
Ontario’s most recent modelling showed that province is on track to see up to 6,500 new daily cases of COVID-19 by mid-December, though those projections are expected to be updated Thursday.
Ford added that the government would invest $600 million to financially support small businesses in the province’s red and lockdown regions, covering their fixed costs, utilities and property taxes. The province, he added, will also work with federal officials to provide support for up to 95 per cent of rent and up to 65 per cent of payroll costs faced by small businesses.
The government will also invest an additional $57 million into the provincial Digital Mainstreet program to fund businesses building an online presence to reach more customers.
“The most important thing for all of us to do is support small businesses this holiday season,” he said. “Shop local, shop early.”
“Whatever you need to buy, there’s probably a small business in your neighbourhood that sells it,” he added.
Toronto and Peel Region are currently under the grey or lockdown level in the province’s tiered COVID-19 restrictions system, with tougher measures to stay in place at least until the week of Christmas.
On Sept. 23, the Toronto government extended the cancellation of city-led and city-permitted outdoor events until the end of Dec. 31, including annual Christmas traditions such as the Festival of Lights, the Santa Claus parade, Christmas Market and New Years Eve in Nathan-Philips square.
Public health measures under the lockdown level include a ban on indoor gatherings except with those in the same household, as well as closing down restaurants for all but takeout and delivery.
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The province’s top doctor said earlier this week it seemed unlikely the situation would improve in those regions enough over 28 days to warrant moving them to the red alert level, which is one level lower.
Five other regions — Hamilton, Durham, Halton, York and Waterloo — are currently classified as red zones, which caps social gatherings at five people indoors and 25 outdoors.
The government has already said that schoohttps://nationalpost.com/news/world/religious-minorities-say-quebecs-christmas-gathering-plan-shows-a-double-standardhttps://nationalpost.com/news/world/religious-minorities-say-quebecs-christmas-gathering-plan-shows-a-double-standardls will not have an extended winter break.
Apart from Ontario, only two other provinces have set out guidelines for how to safely spend the winter holidays with loved ones. on Tuesday, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister similarly warned residents to adapt to a different holiday season, which would allow for celebrations with those from the same household, while connecting with other family and friends via virtual tools.
“We have technologies now we can use that we didn’t have years ago,” he said.
Quebec is the only province so far to allow people from different households to gather between Dec. 24 and 27, provided they isolate for a week before and a week after the four-day period. On Tuesday, Legault tightened the restrictions, mandating that residents must limit themselves to two gatherings over the Christmas period.
As of last Thursday, B.C. health officials suspended all indoor and outdoor community and social events until Dec. 7, as part of a slew of restrictions meant to curb the rise in infections across the province. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s chief medical officer of health told reporters that any decision to give the green light on Christmas celebrations would depend on how well B.C. is able to stem spread of the virus.
As yet, it’s unclear what plans the remaining provincial governments have for holiday gatherings, but most have emphasized a need to limit socializing in order to curb the COVID-19 second wave.
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Pacifica conference highlights services for mental health emergencies
Aug. 8, 2014 12:00 a.m.
The Pacifica community recently hosted a conference to raise awareness about various mental health services available to county residents facing an emergency.
The event came on the heels of fatal officer-involved shootings in Pacifica and Half Moon Bay earlier this year, which Pacifica Mayor Mary Ann Nihart said made it clear that both police and members of the public were unaware of specific resources that might prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future.
In the first incident in March, relatives of 34-year-old Erroll Chang called 911 to report that the longtime Pacifica resident was having a paranoid episode related to his schizophrenia.
A six-hour standoff ensued, resulting in Chang’s death when a SWAT team entered his home and shot him after he allegedly attacked an officer with a knife.
In another incident in early June, the family of 18-year-old Half Moon Bay resident Yanira Serrano-Garcia called 911 to report that she was experiencing a psychiatric emergency. A sheriff’s deputy responding to the call shot and killed Serrano-Garcia after she allegedly came toward him brandishing a knife.
Nihart, who additionally works as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and is president-elect of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, said her work in the mental health field made the recent tragedies especially personal for her.
She said she hopes to see the city and county improve their efforts to not only help people with mental illnesses and their families, but to also make them aware that services are available.
While mental health organization representatives spoke at the event about how supporting people with mental illness can often prevent their problems from escalating to the point where 911 calls become necessary, San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services representative Pernille Gutschick detailed specific steps for family members to follow when calling 911 on behalf of a loved one.
If it appears a relative could potentially become the focus of a 911 call, Gutschick recommends filing an AB 1424 form with the county and police. The form provides responders with relevant information about a person’s history and can be downloaded here.
Gutschick said 911 callers often want to tell dispatchers everything about a situation, but it’s best to inform the dispatcher that the family member is having a “behavioral health emergency” and to clearly answer the dispatcher’s questions, being as brief and specific as possible. In addition to asking the dispatcher to make sure someone checks the individual’s AB 1424 form, Gutschick recommended asking for a CIT, or “Crisis Intervention Training,” officer to respond. Crisis intervention officers are specifically trained to handle mental health crisis situations.
Callers to 911 in San Mateo County are also advised to request that a San Mateo County Mental Health Assessment and Referral Team (SMART) be called to the location.
Panelist Anita Rees, the Pacifica Resource Center executive director, discussed how mentally ill residents often struggle with poverty-related issues and her agency works to provide assistance including food, shelter, clothing and referrals to counseling. Such services can play a role in reducing the kinds of stresses that cause mentally ill people to have “breaks,” Rees noted.
While the conference focused on people with mental illnesses and their families, one audience member called for greater focus on police conduct in light of the officer-involved shootings.
Activist Nina Parks claimed police officers are sometimes not held accountable for their actions, and she expressed disappointment that police representatives were not present to address her concerns. She acknowledged, however, that police officers can face great stress, and suggested they could benefit from more support and better training.
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Patiala, October 6
Recalling a childhood memory of how a handful of Sikhs had protected the family when his grandmother Indira Gandhi lost the parliamentary election in 1977, Rahul Gandhi today said he felt he owed a debt to Punjab and Punjabis.
“There was nobody in the House except these Sikhs who protected my grandmother,” he recalled.
Asked why Punjabis should trust him, Rahul told a press conference here that the people of Punjab should see his actions and look at his political career, all through which he had always stood with those suffering any injustice.
Asserting that he had learnt a lot from Punjabis, Rahul said he had a lot of appreciation for the Punjabi spirit, and he always had a feeling that “I owe a debt to the people of Punjab.” He said he had similar feelings also for the people of Tamil Nadu.
Rahul said he had come to Punjab now because he felt a grave injustice was being done to the state by the Modi government, and he instinctively always stands with the weak and the suffering. “Perhaps that is why I get beaten up in politics,” he remarked, adding that he had often been abused and beaten while fighting for the rights of various sections of the society, as in the case of the Land Acquisition Bill and MGNREGA, among others.
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What Is a Deburring Tool?
Deburring tools are handheld tools used to remove burrs from the raw edges and holes of a product. This process creates a smooth finish from a rough cut so that the item can effectively serve its intended purpose. Using a burr removal tool significantly adds to the safety of the finished object, since it removes jagged edges that could cut the tool user’s skin, catch clothing, or damage other tools or parts. Hand deburring tools, like the one offered by Slice®, are commonplace in both industrial and household settings, as burrs are seen on manufactured items as well as homemade models or objects created through at-home 3-D printing. Managers and safety officers in industrial settings should look for deburring tools that are durable and feature ergonomic handles to maintain a safe and efficient working environment.
What Is a Deburring Tool Used For?
A deburring tool is used to scrape away excess material from the surfaces and edges of a raw product. Many different kinds of manufactured materials may require burr removal, including raw sheet metal, aluminum, pvc piping, copper sheeting, steel machine components, and mold-injected plastics. A single deburring tool can generally be relied upon to deburr all of those materials, meaning that a pvc deburring tool and a copper deburring tool are, in fact, one and the same. From smoothing raw steel parts to deburring plastic bins, the deburring process ensures a product will function properly and safely while showcasing a professional looking finish. Quality deburring tools for metal and plastic should feature a thick and durable blade without a sharp edge in order to easily remove burrs without damaging the raw product.
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Deburring tools are typically used by manufacturing employees in industrial settings. However, Slice hand deburring tools can be used in both the workplace and at home by recreationalists involved in modeling or at-home 3D printing to create professional-looking finished products.
How to Use a Deburring Tool
Deburring tools are used to remove excess material from the edges or surface of a raw, unfinished product and are relatively straightforward to use. Simply slide the blade at an angle along the edge to create friction and scrape away the burrs, leaving a smooth and even finish. Slice offers two kinds of deburring tool blades: the convex blade, which is ideal for scraping along straight edges, and the concave blade, perfect for curved edges and holes. The Slice Deburring Tool features a comfortable, ambidextrous grip that allows for better control over your work and prevents accidental slipping or damage. This tool is designed for easy and safe blade replacement without the use of additional tools.
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All Slice blades are comprised of 100 percent zirconium oxide, a ceramic material engineered to be harder and exponentially more durable than steel blades. With their exceptionally durable composition, a Slice blade can be used as a deburring tool for plastic and metal alike. The Slice ceramic deburring tool blade is non-sparking, non-conductive, non-magnetic, lasts up to 11 times longer than metal blades, and will never rust.
The 10482 Slice Deburring Tool is compatible with two types of deburring blades: the 10483 convex blade and the 10484 concave blade.The 10483 convex is the default blade that comes with the deburring tool and is best suited for scraping burrs off of straight edges and flat surfaces. The 10484 concave blade is a great tube deburring tool due to its curved shape and ideal for use on rounded edges or the inside of holes. Switching between blades is made simple by Slice’s innovative blade change design, providing users with an efficient and safe way to achieve optimum deburring results.
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While utility knives may be capable of removing some larger burrs from unfinished products, they present a high risk for accidental injury to the user and will not necessarily produce a smooth final product. What sets a Slice ceramic deburring tool apart from traditional metal blades is the unique composition of its zirconium oxide blade. Using a ceramic blade rather than a metal utility knife ensures long-term tool durability and safety for both yourself and the material you’re working with.
Slice Hand deburring tools are a safer choice for both the user and the raw material the user is working with because:
Slice deburring blades are designed to scrape and not cut, leaving a smooth edge or surface
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Unlike a utility knife, a Slice deburring blade can be easily replaced by simply removing the blade holder from the sheath and swapping the used blade for a new one
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Slice sets itself apart through its unique blade composition and emphasis on safety in all of its tools’ designs. All Slice blades are comprised of 100 percent zirconium oxide, an extremely hard ceramic material which is designed to last 11 times longer than metal. This blade is housed in an ergonomic nylon handle with a slim profile that allows maneuverability for awkward angles without putting strain on hand muscles. Because Slice blades are so durable, you’ll be replacing them less often than you would a metal blade. No extra tools are required to change the blade, increasing the efficiency and safety of the blade changing process. The 10482 offers extra blade storage in its handle, allowing the user to easily carry both styles to switch quickly in the middle of a job. Slice deburring tools also come with a safety cap that conveniently fits on the end of the handle so it won’t get lost while you’re working.
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Death March Nobusan Shikkaku Mon Okami Nemu
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Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku 4-6
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4-6. Carriage and Coachman
Satou's here. I do have a driver license but I have never actually drive for years.
As a man who lived in the center of the city, I was already satisfied with the public transport.
Although if I had my own car, it'd had been convenient in a date...
"We only have horse-carriage cabs here. If you want to buy a carriage then order it on the merchant guild inside the inner wall."
I tried talking to the people on the stable areas near the gate, but they didn't sell it there. Is this like trying to buy a car in a taxi stand? I'm a bit ashamed.
"The merchant guild should have them if you're fine with used one. They were looking for buyers if I'm not mistaken."
A different coachman interrupts while we were talking.
I thank him, then I ride on his carriage cab to the merchant guild. I asked Arisa and Liza to carry the luggages back to the inn.
The coachman who has escorted me to the merchant guild kindly mediates with the guild for me.
"We don't usually sell to people outside of merchant guild member, but since you're introduced by Yosagu-san, let's make an exception."
Yosagu is the coachman's name. It doesn't really matter, but the merchant here is Sunifun-san.
He shows me two carriages. One of them is a covered wagon. The inside is about 4 tatami wide I think? The other one is a box-shaped carriage. It's about 2 meter high, and with a luggage space on the ceiling. The width inside is the same.
The covered wagon is 10 gold coins. The box-shaped carriage is 30 gold coins. The box-shaped carriage is more robust and safer, but you will need 4-6 horses to pull it. The covered wagon depends on its load, if the load is light then you only need 1-2 horses.
I wanted the safe one so I was going to buy the box-shaped carriage, but I'm told that since the center of gravity is tall, the operation of the carriage is difficult, so I stopped.
I have a car license, but driving a carriage? Since I don't have any experience on it, let's proceed carefully.
I ask to be shown the inside before buying. The inside of the covered wagon is, how do I say it, normal. Under the seat for coachman, there's a hidden space for valuables. It seems that it was remodeled by the previous owner.
"I'd like to buy this covered wagon, but could you also prepare the horses together?"
"Right, we could prepare two Gontsu horses from the guild for you. We could provide four if it's donkey, but depending on the load and the destination, they may not be suitable."
I tell him that the destination is labyrinth city and the load are 6 peoples and their necessities, he recommends the Gontsu horses for the task. If I carry heavy luggages then, even if it's slower, he says that donkeys are better.
If you want to be fast, then Shuberien horses are the ones you want but it seems that they all have been brought by the territory government.
The price for two horses and the wagon are 20 gold coins but I've managed to get it down to 18.
Sunifun-san is surprised to see me paying it fully and in cash.
Normally people will get the bill first, and pay at the later date. "I'm quite hasty, I used to get scolded by the people on my house because of it.", I use excuse as if I'm a son of a noble who's ignorant with the world.
"Satou-sama, since 6 people are going to the labyrinth city, it would be wasteful if you only bring an empty load."
Is that so?
Certainly, half of the space would be usable. Furthermore, me and Arisa also have plenty of storage capabilities.
"Do you have any products to recommend?"
"Right then, I think that crossbow and bolt would have demands in labyrinth city. Since the crossbows from Seryuu city are made to shoot Wyvern on the sky, its specs are higher than from other region so it would sell like hot cakes. Also, since it's currently cheap to procure goat leathers and furs due to the season, I think it would be easy to profit on it."
"Excuse me, do Satou-sama has commercial right?"
"Unfortunately, I do not."
So a permit is really necessary?
"That's unfortunate, we can only issue a permit for 10 gold coins."
"That's quite expensive."
"One doesn't need permit to do the trades in small quantity inside city, but if you enter a city without one then you won't be exempt from the tariff tax so the profit will be almost nil."
I see then I should put them inside the storage to avert the tariff...
But there's no reason to earn money illegally.
"If you don't go to other city then there's an item that is exempted from tax in the labyrinth city, but since the tax for it in other cities is quite high, there's really no meaning to it."
"What kind of item is it?"
"Because there is no demand in this city, they don't have name here, but it's in constant demand in the labyrinth city. It's an alchemy material called Dragon White Stone."
I think my face shows it when I heard the name. Since Sunifun-san asks for it, I tell him about the fraud I met in the east district.
"I see, it's natural that you had such face. However, the ones here are guaranteed by the merchant association."
It seems that they sell one small barrel for 10 gold coins, the same as the market price. By the way, it seems that you could easily sell that amount for 20 gold coins in labyrinth city.
If I could sell it for twice the price then wouldn't I net quite a profit?
So I thought, but he said that because of the tariffs for the entering cities on the way and the transportation cost, the profit end up to be quite small.
"If the stones doesn't sell, then you can bring it to the merchant guild, they will buy it at the price you buy here. If you wish, we could make a letter of endorsement to guarantee the quality."
I was almost made to buy in large quantity, but I declined by saying that there won't be enough space for water and food if I bought to many.
I end up buying 6 small barrels of Dragon White Stone, 100 pieces of goat leather, 100 bundle of wool, 10 crossbows and 1000 bolts.
Because they're all 70 gold coins even after I lowered the price, I sign a temporary contract, and will pay for it tomorrow along with the products exchange.
Right now, I'm riding the covered wagon outside the Seryuu city ...That said, it's not like we have departed.
After I had finished the business at the guild, outside, I asked Sunifun-san if he could introduce me to someone who could teach me how to operate the wagon. There, Yosagu-san who were waiting for me to return said, "Then let this old bone teach you.", and that was how the flow went.
As Yosagu-san starts to teach the basic of operating a wagon.
>[Marshaling Skill Acquired]
Like always, I allocate 1 skill point to it and activate it. ...So it wasn't included in Operation skill.
It's awkward, but I can control the wagon for once. During the practice, I raise the skill level by 1, it's not as high as Yosagu-san skill level at 3, but since I could already control the wagon fine, I stop raising the level.
"Young guy do learn fast isn't it."
"Thanks to Yosagu-san good teaching."
Disregarding the cheat from skill, Yosagu-san's teaching really is good. I had failed once but he firmly taught me what to be careful with. He might be suited to be an instructor.
Particularly when I treated it like a car, forgetting that the horses are creatures, he was mad many times...
"You're good enough like this."
"Thank you very much."
"Next I will teach you how to fix and release the yoke that connects the horse to the wagon. The horse's fatigue depends on how good you are at this. If you value your horses, then don't cut corner on this."
Yosagu-san looks more serious than when he teach me to ride the wagon. He probably quite likes horses. After about 1 hour of strict training, I finally got a passing mark from Yosagu-san.
I thought that it had took a long time, but Yosagu-san said that one normally only scratch the surface in half a day, he's impressed.
Yosagu-san tells me that he was a coachman working for a caravan before he worked as a cab coachman in Seryu city. He teaches me various things like crossbows and spears are good for defending the wagon, or that I should always resupply drinking water at cities since they're not always available at the indicated spot on the map, or that when we take a break, I should not forget to give rock salt to the horse along with water.
We're going to the merchant guild with the wagon. Since Yosagu-san's carriage is left on the guild, we're going there to fetch it.
During the way there, Yosagu-san talks about the brothels in Seryuu city. It seems that he's into big breasts.
As a thanks for teaching me various things, I've decided to luxuriously treat him at the shop he recommends, tomorrow evening. Since there are a lot of loli around me recently, this will be fun.
Before returning to the Monzen inn with the covered wagon, I go to receive my clothes. I come just as the delivery, so I'm able to meet the rumored tailor. I feel like I know her face, then I realized that she's the bath tub partner (lol) I met on the first day, it's embarrassing. It's surprising that she also remembers me, but there's no real development, and I thank her for the quality of her clothes as an etiquette.
I ride the wagon into the courtyard of the Monzen inn. Martha-chan is just right at it, so I tell her that I've bought the wagon. Since there are rooms in the stable, seems that it's all right. However, I have to pay for the parking fee since it's a different charge from normal inn room.
"Wilcome home~?"
"Nano desu~."
When I'm talking with Martha-chan, Pochi and Tama run from the shade behind the courtyard. Tama probably wanted to say welcome. Two people also appear from the shade. The helper girl (Yuni) is also together with them. I wonder if she doesn't have prejudice against demi-human?
Arisa and the girls seems to have been playing in the shade of garden plants of the courtyard. No, that words isn't right. They're trying to learn the letters from the learning cards.
At first, it seems that Martha-chan is teaching, acting as the teacher.
But in the middle, "Let's put the card face up and read the letter, then if you can guess the content in the back right, it's yours to take.", Arisa proposed that game-like study session, but since the other members weren't familiar with the game, they became quite addicted to it.
It has already been continuing for two hours. The one who win the most is Arisa, followed by Pochi, Lulu, Yuni, Tama, and Liza in order.
I leave the horses for everyone else to take care, and bring only Arisa to the room. Lulu's expression becomes a bit cloudy, but I can just clear the misunderstanding later.
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Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve
Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve is a 420 km2 coastal forest managed by Kenya Forest Service. It is one of the largest and most intact coastal forests in East Africa.
Attractions in Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve:
Activities within the Reserve
Arabuko Sokoke Forest Animals
Arabuko Sokoke Forest Entrance Fee
Arabuko Sokoke Forest Tour
Other Kenya National Parks
Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve which is situated 110km north of Mombasa, forty-five kilometers from Kilifi and twenty kilometers south of Malindi is one of the largest existing fragments of the tropical forests stretch of coastal dry forest still enduring in eastern Africa. The reserve is abundant in butterflies, bird life, mammals, and plants. The reserve is also the second in Africa in birdlife conservation after Congo.
It can be accessed through road from Mombasa town or by plane by landing in Malindi or Mombasa airport and then taking a drive to the reserve. It covers an area of about 420sq km and has an average annual rainfall ranging from 900mm in the dry and scrubby northwest to 1100mm in the east.
The ecosystem which is an important monument as a remnant of the coastal tropical forests is made up of 3 forest types; Brachystegia Woodland, Mixed forest, and Cynometra, each being a natural habitat for diverse rare species of Mammals, Butterflies, Birds and Plants. The reserve has more than two hundred and seventy birds, two hundred and sixty-one butterflies, seventy-nine amphibians, fifty-two mammals and more than six hundred plant species.
The Arabuko Sokoke Forest is a haven to various endemic and almost endemic species. The Clarke’s Weaver is entirely endemic to the forest, as well as the emonymous Sokoke Pipit, Sokoke Scops Owl, and the Amani Sunbird and Spotted Ground Thrush are found only here and in a forest fragment in Tanzania.
The attractive Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew, a prevalent elephant shrew the size of a rabbit, is the most evident of the park’s endemic mammals; the Sokoke Bushy-tailed Mongoose and Ader’s Duiker are more elusive. The forest boasts Savannah Elephants, African Civets, as well as baboons, sokokes, and Vervet Monkeys. The forest reserve is also known as an exceptional centre of amphibian diversity.
There are no accommodations within the reserve but there are lots of accommodation felicities within the coast to suit all kinds of budgets.
3 distinct forest habitat
Endangered butterflies, birds, insects, and mammal species.
Remnant coastal forest
A couple of reptiles.
Bird watching.
Seasonal pools, Tree plat form,
Nyari view point
Wild animals such as waterbuck, Sokoke bushy-tailed mongoose, bushbuck, blotched genet, civet, caracal, and Sykes’ monkey
Mammals: The forest has 40 recorded mammal species which includes the African Elephant, African Civet, African Buffalo, Syke’s Monkeys, Caracal, Yellow Baboons and Lesser Galago.
Other rarest mammals found in the forest include the okoke Bushy-tailed Mongoose, Golden-rumped Elephant-shrew, S and Ader’s Duiker.
Birds: Over 270 species of birds have been recorded here.
Reptiles and amphibians: The forest has 49 reptile and 25 amphibian species.
Arabuko Sokoke Forest Entrance Fee is as follows: ( Updated 2020)
Kenya and EAC Citizens (Kshs) Kenyan Residents (Kshs) Non-Residents (Kshs)
Adult per day 200 400 600
Child per day 50 100 150
School party, per person per day 20 50 150
A tour to Arabuko Sokoke forest can always be organised.
If you are a hiker or Nature Lover and want to support the animals, Arabuko Sokoke National Reserve is the place to visit. It is located just a stone throw away from the coastal beaches. It is truly an amazing destination to visit. Arabuko sokoke national park offers the best getaway from your beach holiday.
We also have adventure tours to other national parks. Check out some of our best sections of Kenya safari tours.
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Thanksgiving in Space: Astronauts Will Be Working and Feasting
By Hanneke Weitering 24 November 2016
Astronaut Shane Kimbrough shares his Thanksgiving dinner menu at the International Space Station in a NASA video.
(Image: © NASA)
This Thanksgiving, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will spend the day hard at work before chowing down on a space-friendly version of a traditional turkey dinner.
In past years, NASA astronauts have taken off from work on Thanksgiving Day, but this year, they'll be working up an appetite doing science all day before gathering for dinner. Of the six crewmembers currently on the ISS, only two are Americans — Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson — but everyone on the station will come together at the dinner table.
"We're obviously going to be talking about what Thanksgiving means to us, what we're thankful for, and sharing the tradition with our French and Russian colleagues," Kimbrough said in a video.
Before dinner, Kimbrough will spend the day installing a new centrifuge in the Cell Biology Experiment Facility, NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot told Space.com in an email. Whitson will be working with cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, operating an ultrasound to do baseline scans for the Fluid Shifts study, which will investigate the cause of changes in eyesight that astronauts often experience after spaceflight.
The two other Russian cosmonauts, Andrei Borisenko and Oleg Novitskiy, will unload cargo from the Soyuz spacecraft that arrived Saturday (Nov. 19) and replace a control panel in the Russian Service Module. Meanwhile, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet will read a children's book aloud on camera for kids on Earth to watch as a part of a project called "Story Time from Space." Pesquet will also take measurements for the AquaMembrane investigation, which aims to create a more efficient water recycling system for the ISS.
Once everyone's work is done, the six crewmembers will gather in the Zvezda Service Module to celebrate Thanksgiving the American way: sharing what they're thankful for with one another, and then digging into a meal consisting of turkey, green beans, candied yams, mashed potatoes and more. "We're going to work all day, and then we're going to have an evening big dinner full of most of the things you're going to have at your table," Kimbrough said.
A Thanksgiving day meal fit for an astronaut: NASA-packaged smoked turkey, cornbread dressing, strawberries, tea w/sugar and as-flown cranberry sauce spread. (Image credit: collectSPACE.com.)
But instead of eating off of plates and enjoying a glass of wine, everything the astronauts consume will come straight out of prepackaged pouches. Much of the food items are freeze-dried or dehydrated, so the crew will need to add water before eating it. [Yum! How Thanksgiving Meals for Astronauts Are Made (Video)]
Drinking alcohol is also forbidden on the ISS, so the astronauts instead will enjoy pouches of sweet tea. "I'm from Atlanta, so I can't have Thanksgiving dinner without having some sweet tea," Kimbrough said. For dessert, they'll enjoy packets of cherry-and-blueberry cobbler.
Though bags of dried-up food items might not sound like the most appetizing Thanksgiving feast to people on Earth, Kimbrough assured, "it'll taste really good, just like you're having at home." However, unlike many Americans on Thanksgiving, the ISS crew will not be stuffing themselves to the point of a "food coma." Rather, their portion sizes are strictly controlled, so overeating isn't an option.
Astronaut Shane Kimbrough shares his Thanksgiving dinner menu at the International Space Station in a NASA video. (Image credit: NASA)
Instead of passing out on a couch, Kimbrough plans to spend his evening watching American football. "Thanksgiving in my world is not complete without some football, so we're going to have mission control send up some live football games for us to watch to complete the experience of Thanksgiving," he said.
Email Hanneke Weitering at hweitering@space.com or follow her @hannekescience. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.
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Home Archaeology Lost graves identified by new archaeology methods
Lost graves identified by new archaeology methods
Subsurface imaging technology helps find lost graves in Australia.
Credit: Flinders University
Flinders University archaeologists are using cutting edge subsurface imaging technology to help assist community groups map unmarked graves and manage their cultural heritage.
“This is a huge issue, particularly for rural communities,” says Dr Ian Moffat, Senior Research Fellow in Archaeological Sciences at Flinders University.
“Using geophysics provides a non-invasive and culturally appropriate way to map unmarked grave sites.”
Dr Moffat leads a group which recently published the results of using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and GPS surveys to non-invasively map the location of unmarked graves within the Lake Condah Mission Cemetery in Victoria, a state in Australia.
Established in 1869, this cemetery remains an important site for the Gunditjmara community, because while it has only 26 marked graves, it is anecdotally thought to contain more than 100 graves.
The GPR survey identified an additional 14 probable unmarked graves as well as 49 other areas that may contain one or more unmarked burials.
“The great leap forward with this particular study was the close partnership between the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Corporation and the researchers to achieve such a positive outcome,” says Dr Moffat.
“Many Australian Indigenous communities are anxious not to disturb graves, so this survey provides useful information to assist the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Corporation in planning future burials within this cemetery by identifying large areas which are free of graves.”
Damein Bell, CEO of Gunditj Mirring says, “Our Elders informed the researchers of their knowledge of where the known graves were and our community now have marked the unknown gravesites of our ancestors.”
GPR is a geophysical technique that uses high frequency electromagnetic waves to image the subsurface, making it ideal for mapping changes in lithology or soil structure.
Extensive subsurface disturbance present at the Lake Condah Mission Cemetery and the presence of many tree roots made the effective interpretation of GPR data difficult, but it was still possible to delineate areas where no unmarked graves are present.
“This is an important outcome for managing the cultural heritage of the cemetery because it identifies areas where new graves can be emplaced in a culturally appropriate fashion,” says Dr Moffat.
“This demonstrates the utility of GPR as a means of effectively managing heritage sites containing unmarked graves, even when substantial subsurface disturbance is present.”
Dr Moffat believes the technique of using GPR and GPS readings will now have a much wider application across pioneer and heritage sites throughout Australia and will be undertaking surveys of other cemeteries at Lake Wangary, Berri and Kingscote over coming weeks.
The research paper — “Ground penetrating radar investigations at the Lake Condah Mission Cemetery: locating unmarked graves in areas with extensive subsurface disturbance,” by Ian Moffat, Julia Garnaut, Celeste Jordan, Anthea Vella, Marian Bailey and Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Corporation — has been published by the Journal of the Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria.
Materials provided by Flinders University. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
Garnaut, Julia; Jordan, Celeste; Vella, Anthea; Bailey, Marian and Moffat, Ian; Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. Ground penetrating radar investigations at the Lake Condah Mission Cemetery: locating unmarked graves in areas with extensive subsurface disturbance. The Artefact: the Journal of the Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria, 2018; 39: 8-14 [link]
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Victoria working to scale back NSW red zones: Andrews
By David Estcourt
January 14, 2021 — 8.31am
Victoria's public health authorities are working to reduce the number of people caught by the state's travel bans as Premier Daniel Andrews says he understands the anxiety of those stuck interstate.
Victoria has designated large areas of NSW as "red zones" under its traffic light permit system, banning people there from returning while the NSW outbreak persists.
Mr Andrews said that numerous factors including viral shedding in wastewater, positive tests among close contacts and case numbers would play a role in deciding whether to change a particular red zone to "amber" and allowing people to travel back to Victoria.
"I understand it’s not easy," Mr Andrews said.
"The moment the public health team are confident that we can reduce what is a very big red zone to down to a smaller concentrated group of local government areas... we will do that.
"I just want to assure all Victorians, and particularly, those that want to come home but can’t because it’s no safe right now, you will be in this circumstance for not a moment longer than the public health experts tell me you have to be."
The comments came as Victoria has recorded its eighth straight day without registering a new locally acquired case of coronavirus.
The state reported zero locally acquired cases and no new cases in hotel quarantine on Thursday. Over 16,500 tests were completed on Wednesday and there are currently 29 active cases in Victoria.
The Victorian government changed the rules late on Wednesday for people who have travelled to the state from Queensland in the wake of the outbreak scare at the Grand Chancellor Hotel.
A Department of Health and Human Services statement said anyone in Victoria who completed quarantine at the Grand Chancellor hotel on or after December 30 would need to isolate and contact the coronavirus hotline immediately.
People who have been to the Greater Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Redlands, Logan or Ipswich council areas, which remain "red zones" from December 30 must now get tested and quarantine at home until they receive a negative result.
"Previously we had asked travellers to test if they had been in these Queensland areas on or after January 2, 2021, however this public health advice has changed based on new information from Queensland Health authorities," the department said.
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ATO hitting accountants’ productivity: poll
22 October 2014 — 1 minute read
A recent poll has shown an overwhelming majority of accountants say they are losing productivity because of the way the ATO is using technology.
In a recent poll conducted by SMSF Adviser’s sister publication AccountantsDaily, 80.4 per cent of 404 respondents answered yes when asked: 'As an accountant, are you experiencing loss of productivity due to the use of technology by the ATO?'
Discussing the results, the IPA’s general manager, technical policy, Tony Greco said this is a real problem for the industry, highlighting the ATO portal as a particular area of concern.
“The transformation of the tax office into being able to do everything through a digital platform is good – we don’t want to say that that’s a bad thing. It’s just when it’s done at the expense of the practitioners, then it’s not so good,” Mr Greco said.
“Everyone has acknowledged the ATO portal is a system which was built a long time ago and it’s just not up to industry standards. It’s slow, unresponsive, [and] difficult to use.”
Mr Greco said the ATO’s attempt to increase its efficiency through digitalisation is stretching the portal beyond its capability “and that’s the problem”.
“The ATO portal itself can’t cope with what it has been asked to do,” he said.
Mr Greco said the ATO should be increasing digital interaction but without the appropriate IT to support development, “they shouldn’t be offloading efficiencies at someone else’s cost”.
“This has been flagged with the commissioner and he understands the sensitivity now," Mr Greco said. "So what he has tried to do is tell his people that when [they] roll out anything now, [they should] asses its impact on a practitioner's work practices before [they] do anything because [the ATO doesn't] want to overburden them with problems more than [they] need to.”
According to Mr Greco, the IPA is pleased the ATO has committed to minimising the impacts on accountants of its digital push.
“We are happy that they are going to minimise the impacts of them becoming more efficient and we have that commitment that they'll take into account, and go and talk to small accountants and basically asses what impacts any future roll-out of technology will have on their work practices," he said.
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How Chinese panels are affecting the western solar markets
There’s no doubt about it, the price of solar PV is falling and probably will continue to fall over the near future. Many within the industry identify oversupply and production overcapacity as the main factors for falling PV prices alongside cost reductions achieved by improved technological innovation.
The continuing growth in Chinese module manufacturing is fundamentally a significant element with Chinese producers enjoying increasingly higher levels of investment in production capacity. As a result Chinese and Taiwanese solar PV companies have managed to increase production by 120 percent over the last four years, according to Asset Management Sustainability Research.
Some of this growth in production volume has been driven by Chinese government subsidy, but it is not exactly clear how much. An investigation by the US Department of Commerce indicates that the figure may be between 2.9 to 4.73 percent and consequently they have decided to levy an equivalent amount in tariffs to try and stem the tide of Chinese imports.
The department is expected to levy a second ‘anti-dumping’ tariff in May and solar manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic, particularly in Europe, are watching with interest. European solar manufacturers may try to get the EU to levy a similar tariff.
Some think that it is wrong to blame the Chinese solely for a downward spiral in PV prices. Nevertheless it is clear that the trend has produced a definitely marked effect in that the continuing fall in prices stimulated a surge in installations which has in turn forced European governments to impose cuts in Feed-in Tariffs (FiTS) rates.
The primary financial effect will be shrinking profit margins according to Gunter Weinberger, the Chief Exec of German Solar company Solar-Fabrik AG. Weinberger believes that the best strategy for European manufacturers is to achieve ‘cost leadership’ in particular areas. “We don’t believe in fully integrated manufacturing because we consider the challenge to reach and maintain cost leadership in several value steps too extreme,” he says. “In fact, we prefer to buy cells from the cost leader in cells, who buys wafers and silicon from cost leaders in their particular field. Anything else won’t work out longer term.”
An analyst at NPD Solarbuzz, Susanne von Aichberger, says that quality is a means of differentiating from Chinese competitors. “The European PV industry in general should focus on new high-tech markets where innovation is required, for example in the field of storage [and] smart grid applications,” she says. Tim Murphy, another NPD Solarbuzz analyst, argues that government policy makers should reaffirm their objectives with regard to solar PV and either act to drive the market or let it go to Asia in the way that textiles have done.
Whatever happens the general consensus is that the European market will continue to suffer upheaval due to capacity expansion and price decline. If European companies can meet the challenge by adopting a particular strategy, such as niche development, this will improve their ability to compete in the global solar market.
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Solar Panels For Lutterworth Council
Lutterworth Town Council is looking into installing solar panels onto the roof of its Coventry Road building, in a move designed to reduce energy costs and help reduce its carbon footprint.
After the town council carried out an energy audit last year, interest in the solar panel scheme has grown, and now several local companies have been approached to provide quotes for installing the panels.
All of the companies approached to submit quotes will be meeting with councillors in due course, to provide an outline of both installation costs and projected energy savings from the scheme.
“A firm decision has not been made yet as councillors still need to weigh up the issues,” said Lutterworth town clerk Hannah Perkins.
Lutterworth Town Council is hoping to get a grant to meet at least some if not all of the financial cost for installing the solar panels.
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The head of a central Minnesota school district has been arrested and accused of exposing himself several times to employees at a convenience store in Waite Park.
Rocori Superintendent Scott Staska, 56, of Cold Spring, was booked Wednesday into the Stearns County jail by Waite Park police on a misdemeanor count and released later that day, according to the Stearns County jail log. Staska has not been charged.
Staska was among six finalists selected this week to interview to be the next superintendent of the Moorhead School District. His interview was to occur Saturday before the school board, but he has withdrawn from consideration, a district spokeswoman said.
Staska was captured on store video about 12:15 a.m. Sunday exposing himself to employees of a Kwik Trip store in Waite Park, Police Chief Dave Bentrud said Thursday.
The chief said Staska has been accused of exposing himself at least four other times at the same store dating back to December. All incidents occurred inside the store, he said.
“It is not clear why the previous incidents were not reported sooner,” but they are now being investigated, Bentrud said in a statement.
File photo by DAVID JOLES ï djoles@startribune.com Cold Spring, MN In April 2009 Superintendent Scott Staska spoke at a news conference joined Gov. Tim Pawlenty, center, and Minnesota Health Department commissioner Sanne Magnan, right, after a suspected case of the H1N1 influenza ("swine flu") was detected at Rocori Middle School.
“We need to interview a bunch of employees and review old store video to determine exactly when the other incidents occurred,” the chief said. “Preliminary investigation seems to indicate at least a monthly occurrence since early December 2017.”
Bentrud added that his department has “no information that minor children were present during any of these incidents.”
A telephone message was left at Staska’s home seeking a response to the allegation.
Staska was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday night, said school board Chairwoman Kara Habben, and the district will likely “have to develop a plan at some point” to address how to deal with Staska’s absence.
Habben said school officials have heard of no similar accusations against Staska on district property or involving students or staff.
Staska became superintendent in 2002 and a year later was directing high school students to safety when a freshman shot and killed two students.
The district has three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. Its enrollment of roughly 2,000 comes from the Rockville, Cold Spring and Richmond areas. His salary for 2016-17 was $149,400, according to public records.
He came to Rocori from the Yellow Medicine East School District in Granite Falls, Minn. He also was a high school principal in Barnesville, Minn.
In 2010, Staska was named the state’s top superintendent by the Minnesota Association of School Administrators. He was credited for his leadership during the 2003 school shooting.
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2015 Steamboat Marathon: By the numbers
jreichenberger@SteamboatToday.com
Richard Powell celebrates his win Sunday in the Steamboat Marathon.
Steamboat Springs — 3 — Richard Powell won the men’s marathon with a particularly impressive time, 2:37:13. It was the third-fastest time since 2000, and 16 minutes faster than 2014’s champ. Time wise, it placed him right in with Jason Saitta, who won the race eight times between 2000 and 2009.
Men’s fastest times, since 2000
Jason Saitta, 2009, 2:35:42
Richard Powell, 2015, 2:37:13
8 — Women’s champ Heather Pietrykowski’s time of 3:13:19 was eighth best since 2000.
Women’s fastest times, since 2000
Kelly Carlson, 2003, 3:01:51
Noelle Green, 2009, 3:02:10
Amy Shelley, 2005, 3:07:06
Amy Schneider, 2011, 3:10:09
Callie Bradley, 2013, 3:10:35
Heather Pietrykowski, 2015, 3:13:19
1,589 — There were 1,589 finishers at this year’s event, which continues a growth trend started last summer. There were 27 more marathon finishers than a year ago, 255 to 228, and 78 more 10K finishers, 445 to 367. Two fewer runners finished the half marathon, 886 to 888.
2015 — 1,589 finishers
2014 — 1,483
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Business briefs: Veteran broker is new director of business development for Coldwell Banker
Hal Schlicht
The new director of business development for Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties’ local offices is Michael Taylor. Taylor has been active in the real estate industry as a contractor, developer, consultant and broker for more than 25 years. Taylor has founded and managed real estate and construction companies and has consulting experience in real estate and construction.
In addition to being licensed in Colorado, Taylor also is a licensed real estate broker in California, Massachusetts and California.
Taylor will direct business development in Coldwell Banker offices in Steamboat Springs and Vail.
New project engineer for Civil Design Consultants
Civil Design Consultants has announced Matt Mielke as a new project engineer of their firm. Mielke recently joined the Steamboat Springs-based firm and is assisting with a variety of projects involving the evaluation, planning, design, and construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities and general civil engineering infrastructure.
Mielke has a Bachelor of Science degrees in parks and recreation management and engineering and a Master of Science degree in civil engineering. His work experience includes work as a carpenter, welder, machinist, mechanic, mountain guide and instructor.
Ballots for BID tax election can be obtained in downtown Steamboat Springs
Downtown commercial property owners and tenants who haven’t automatically gotten their ballots in the mail to vote in the downtown business improvement district tax election can request and receive them here in Steamboat.
Mainstreet Steamboat Springs Manager Tracy Barnett said she will be able to accept ballot request forms and give out ballots until 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at her office at in the Sequoia building at 141 Ninth St.
Voters who have questions or who want to make an appointment to do ballot paperwork can contact Barnett at 970-846-1800 or at tracy@mainstreetsteamboat.com.
Only commercial property owners who are registered to vote in the state and whose property is registered in their name and not an entity like a business or corporation automatically will receive a ballot in the mail.
Soilogic hires new vice president
Hal Schlicht has joined Soilogic Inc., a geotechnical engineering consulting firm, as vice president of Steamboat Springs operations.
Schlicht, a licensed professional engineer, will lead the company’s expansion in Northwest Colorado.
“We are thrilled to have Hal join our team. He brings many years of invaluable local knowledge, experience and problem solving to Soilogic, especially in the Northwest Colorado region,” Soilogic President and owner Wolf von Carolwitz was quoted as saying in a news release.
Schlicht has been providing geotechnical and environmental engineering services in Steamboat Springs since 1990.
Soilogic conducts geotechnical studies, percolation tests and septic system designs, and construction materials testing for small to large, private, commercial and public infrastructure facilities.
“We are extremely optimistic about the future of the construction and development in this area,” Schlicht said. “It’s rewarding for me to be able to provide friends, colleagues and acquaintances a level of expertise in my hometown.”
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M1A2s Randomly Throwing Track
By Mirzayev,
January 9 in Support
Mirzayev
I modified the Platoon Recon scenario that is shipped with the base game to use the arid terrain theme. During the course of the mission, I had two tanks throw their right track with damage to the right road wheels fairly early on. Both were under the control of the AI. A 1-2 was executing a march order at fast speed, while A 1-3 was executing an engage order at slow speed. I couldn't see anything within the terrain (large jagged rocks uneven terrain, etc) that would result in such damage to the tracks.
Attached are the mission files, some screenshots, and the AAR. There was no event during the AAR indicating damage to the tanks, so that rules out any possible enemy action.
Platoon Recon - M1A2 SEP Arid.sce Platoon_Recon_-_M1A2_SEP_Arid_6452_010821COLTON-PC2320.aar
Edited January 9 by Mirzayev
Rotareneg
It's probably the rocks, you might try changing the theme so the rocks are .1 m tall instead of .2 and see if that helps?
Maybe, but having the AI not recognize this as an "obstacle" isn't great. Losing 50% of your combat power at the start of the scenario because the AI controlled vehicles don't know how to drive on rocks to avoid damage is not a good feature, IMO.
Apocalypse 31
Having a visual representation of the rocky terrain would be nice....
We have a new terrain engine
Or is that too much to ask?
The rocks are visible, they're even in your screenshots. As far as I can tell, the sim just checks if the terrain tile has rocks in it over a certain size, around 20 cm and larger, and then randomly gives damage if the vehicles go too fast (which the AI in a formation inevitably will do as they try to maintain their position in the formation.)
So I tested out the terrain by driving very aggressively (top speed, doing donuts, etc.) While I WAS able to throw track three times, there was NOT a specific area that I could find that caused it to occur. I would throw track at a certain spot, repair the vehicle, then drive a different vehicle through the same spot at the same speed at the same angle, and nothing would happen. If this indeed is a random result based on driving over "rough" terrain, I would highly encourage relooking it.
38 minutes ago, Rotareneg said:
The rocks are visible, they're even in your screenshots
1.The rocks in that screenshot wouldn't cause a 72ton vehicle to throw a track
2. Are we sure that is a 1:1 visual representation of the data related to the terrain?
Managed to replicate at completely different spots. I played the mission like an ABOLC Student in the simulator for the first time. Plan was to get in a line at close interval and just charge at top speed. I tried it once and no vehicles lost track. Tried it again and 2x did. Interestingly, I never went at top speed the first time playing this modification of the mission. Not sure what is causing it to throw track, but to me it seems like RNG.
2 minutes ago, Apocalypse 31 said:
1: And they'd definitely be enough to destroy the wheels of a pickup driving over 100 mph, which I just tested without any damage, so that doesn't really mean too much at this point. I think it's just as Mirzayev said, there appears to be a large amount of randomness to the ground cover rocks effects, apparently scaled by their size and density in the terrain theme.
2: As far as I can tell, the ground cover rocks aren't exactly "real", they basically just represent that a 12.5 m terrain tile has rocks in it. The rocks you paint onto the map separately in the map editor work differently: They are always visible (they don't disappear if you turn your ground clutter slider down) and always cause collisions with vehicles.
From testing before, ground cover rocks 10 cm or smaller didn't seem to have a chance to damage tracks, so if you want to avoid that happening just edit the terrain theme to not have rocks above 10 cm in areas you want people driving. I'm not saying that's realistic or not, just that it's the way it seems to be right now.
Ssnake
I could imagine - not having the specifics at hand - that we're looking at a low probability of damage which might happen only rarely. Then again, it seems to happen with some regularity in THIS scenario, which makes me believe that it can't be a common issue, otherwise there'd be a ton of these reports since last time we changed anything in this area, which is years ago, possibly 3.0 (2013!) or even earlier.
Maybe there IS something in the terrain theme file. This would be the first thing I'd check. If you could extract it from the scenario file and post it here, and then (ideally) tell us on which terrain types your units did throw track (we only have approximate locations; e.g. you could change the mission options to show theme colors, and compare that with the places where it happened, to narrow the search space). If it happened in completely different terrain types or only on one or two of them, that would already give us a clue.
It's the Grass-A terrain from the stock _eSim_Arid.thm. I think it just doesn't come up often because most themes don't have rocks large enough to trigger it without being really obviously rocky.
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The history of Monterey County was shaped by countless families and groups who contributed their unique perspectives to the fabric of the county and the cities that they lived in.
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Japanese American Citizens League, Salinas Valley Chapter History Project
Alternate Title: Salinas Valley JACL History Project
Collection Cataloged By
Salinas Valley JACL and Lisa Josephs
Finding Aid Prepared By
Lisa Josephs
Interviews: 2002-2005
Photographs: 1922-2006 (Bulk: 1930s to 1950s)
The Japanese American Citizens League, Salinas Valley Chapter History Project is an on-going, multi-phase project with the aim of documenting the histories of Japanese and Japanese-American residents of Salinas and the Salinas Valley.
Phase I: The Issei of the Salinas Valley: Japanese Pioneer Families (2010), edited by Mae Sakasegawa and Salinas Valley JACL Seniors: a collection of personal family histories and photographs submitted by the residents of the Salinas Valley.
Phase II: The Oral History Project: This phase of the History Project consists of interviews with Japanese immigrants (Issei) and Japanese Americans (Nisei). Interviewees discussed their experiences of Salinas during the 1920s and 1930s, the transition to World War II, internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans, and their experiences upon return from internment, including social exclusion and re-building their livelihoods.
Phase III: The Japanese Flower Growers of Salinas Valley, a film by Eric Palmer (forthcoming). This film focuses on the stories of the Japanese immigrants who arrived in the United States in the early 1960s and developed the flower growing industry in the Salinas Valley.
The bulk of this Finding Aid is dedicated to describing Phase II of the Salinas Valley JACL History Project.
The following terms are defined here according to standard use and in line with the etymology of the words. In practice, the use of these terms may vary.
Issei: literally “first generation.” This word refers to a Japanese-born person who immigrates to another country.
Nisei: literally “second generation.” This word refers to a person born to at least one Issei parent in any country outside of Japan.
In common local usage, “Issei” is often associated with Japanese-born people who immigrated to the Salinas Valley at the turn of the 20th century. However, it can be correctly applied to any Japanese-born immigrant to a country, regardless of when they moved.
Arranged alphabetically by interviewee’s last name. Each interviewee has one folder, except where noted otherwise.
Project Documentation • Tei Dacus • Kenny Gatanga • Douglas Hayashi • Frank & Sen Hibino • Henry Hibino • George Higashi • Janice Higashi • Pete Hironaka • Nancy Ichikawa & Violet Ichikawa Hatano • Yasuka Iida • Simona Ikeda • Ted Ikemoto • Martha Imai • Tom Itani • Calvin & Beck Kanow • Fumi Kita • Helen Kitaji • Sabura Kitamura • Mitzi Lockrem • Lily Yamaguchi Matsunaga • Marianne Ogawa • Jane Oka • Larry Onisuka • Frank Oshita • Miya Oshita • George Otsuki • George Sakamoto • Jane Shigemasa • Harry Shirachi • Kimi Shoji • Jane Slater • Mitsu Sonda • Betty Takizawa • Charles Tanda • Henry Tanda • George Tanimura • Jim Tashiro • Zenichiro Uchida • Craig Yama • Box of Historical Photos
Folder contents summary, Interview check list sheet, Deed of Gift to NSC, Memorandum of Understanding, Photograph inventory list with descriptions
Tei Dacus: Born in Japan in 1923, moved to the United States in 1953, first teacher of the first high school Japanese class in Monterey County.
Cassettes (2), Data Sheets (2), Transcript Approval, History “My Journey between Japan and America,” Newspaper articles (2): Oklahoma City Times, 1955; The Californian Newspaper, 2005
Kenny Gatanaga: Born in Japan in 1932, moved to the United States in 1959 and purchased land to grow flowers in Salinas. 2005-2010 President of the North American Japanese American Association.
Cassette, Data Sheet, Transcript Approval, Interview Transcript (2 copies)
Douglas Hayashi: Born in Hawaii 1942, moved to California in 1971 and became a CPA who worked for Hayashi and Wayland.
Cassette, Data Sheet, Transcript Approval, Interview Transcript #2
Frank & Sen Hibino: Married in 1924, Frank opened Frank’s Shoe Repair Shop in Salinas in 1935. They and their children were interned at the Salinas Assembly Center for 4 months in 1942 and Poston II in Arizona from 1942 to 1945.
Transcript Approval, Passports, Naturalization Certificates
Henry Hibino: Born in Salinas in 1934, interned at Poston II in Arizona during WWII. Later served as City Councilman and Mayor of Salinas.
Cassette, Floppy Disk, Data Sheet Resources, Transcript Approval, Interview Transcript #2, Newspaper Article
George Higashi: Born in 1925. His family was involved in farming in Salinas.
Cassette, Data Sheet, Transcript Approval, Family History, Letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for contributions to the National for the National Asian Heritage Month, news article about USDA honoring Asian American farming families during national Asian Heritage Month, Interview Transcript #2
Janice Higashi: Born to a family of Salinas farmers, interned at Poston II in Arizona during 1945. Worked as a secretary for the Salinas Union High School.
Pete Hironaka: Born in 1927 in Sacramento, CA. Interned during WWII at various camps and later worked as a commercial artist.
Photo, Data Sheet Transcripts (2), Thank you note, Questions, Pacific Citizens (JACL) News article 2007, 1930 census, History Article
Nancy Ichikawa & Violet Ichikawa Hatano
Cassette, Data Sheet, Transcript Approval, Questionnaire
Yasuko Iida: Born in 1921 in Santa Barbara, CA. Interned during WWII, worked as a seamstress in Ohio after the War, before returning to California in 1959.
Cassette, Data Sheet, Transcript Approval, Profile from J.A.C.L. Golden Anniversary 2/20/1982, Essay by Zenichiro Uchida about Harry Iida with copy, Japanese article about Harry Iida, Interview Transcript #2
Simona Ikeda: Born in 1934 to a family of gardeners/farmers in Salinas. Her family was interned at Poston I during WWII and later returned to grow flowers.
Cassette, Data Sheet, Transcript Approval, Floppy Disk, Notecard, Interview Transcript #2, History Timeline
Ted Ikemoto: Born in 1922 in California, family was interned in Arkansas and Ted was drafted into the Army Reserve. Learned Japanese at DLI and was assigned to the 11th Airborne Headquarters in Akita-shi, Japan before returning to California.
Martha Imai
Cassette, Data Sheet, Interview Transcript with copy, E-mailed questions about Martha at Natividad Japanese School with responses
Tom Itani: Born in 1925, long time Salinas resident. Became involved in the Salinas agricultural industry.
Cassette, Transcript Approval, Interview Transcript #2, Family Expenses Journal, Notes in Japanese
Calvin & Beck Kanow: Calvin born in 1946 in Long Beach, CA. His father was a minister at the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Cassette, Data Sheet, Transcript Approval, Interview Transcript #2, Article about Kanow from the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church Files, Baptismal Registry list from Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Fumi Kita: Born in 1915 in Watsonville, she was interned during WWII with a 1 year old daughter. Her family returned to Salinas where she was a housewife and her husband was a dentist.
Cassette, Transcript Approval, Information from Tina Kageyama, Interview Transcript #2, Copied Documents
Helen Kitaji: Born in California in 1913, she was interned at Poston briefly before working for the Indian Service, due to her college education. Afterward, she returned to teaching, at Natividad in North Salinas when her youngest child was in elementary school.
Cassette, Copied Journal from May 1942 to July 1942, Interview Transcript, History of Parents, History Timeline, copies of letters to friends
Saburo Kitamura: Born in 1893 in Japan, decided to study automotive engineering in the United States and enrolled in the Armor Institute of Technology, working as a car salesman in Salinas until the Depression. After WWII and internment, he opened a fish market in Monterey.
Family History Kitamura History, “Broccoli and Celery Growing in the Salinas Valley,” My Life in the United States, Responses to the Issei Honorees, Photos
Mitzi Lockrem: Born in 1924 in Watsonville to a farming family. Her family evacuated to Grand Junction, CO and returned to CA in 1946. After college, Mitzi married and took a variety of jobs.
Data Sheet, Family History (2)
Lily Yamaguchi Matsunaga: Born in 1931, a life-long Salinas resident. Interned at Poston I from 1942 to 1945, her family worked in various vegetable farming and egg farming.
Cassette, Data Sheet, Transcript Approval, Parent and Family History, Interview Transcript #2
Marianne Ogawa: Born in 1922 in Gonzales to the Masui family, who worked as farm laborers in the Salinas Valley.
Cassettes (2), Transcript Approval, Follow-up interview, Questionnaire, Family History, Copied Documents of Registration Cards, Notes, Family Photos, Interview Transcript #2
Jane Oka: Born to a long-time Salinas family who worked in farming. She gives her impressions of internment as a child.
Larry Onisuka: Born in 1929, his father ran a grocery/dry goods store in Salinas. Joined the army and volunteered for the budding Air Force.
Cassette, Data Sheet, History Agreement, Interview Transcript
Frank Oshita: Born in 1920 to an agricultural labor family. His mother took over as breadwinner during his father’s long illness. After internment, Frank started a small green onion processing company with a business partner, which they sold just before retiring.
Cassettes (2); Data Sheet; Family History; History Notes; Birth Certificate; Oshita Inc. Articles; Naturalization Certificate; History of Prominent Nikkei Agricultural Growers, by Frank Oshita; History of Japanese Schools, by Frank Oshita
Miya Oshita: Born in 1920, long time Salinas area resident. Worked in agriculture , interned in Salinas and Poston.
Cassette, Data Sheet (#1 & #2), Transcript Approval, Family History
George Otsuki: Born in 1919 to a farming family. After interment, joined the Army and returned to strawberry farming.
Cassette, Data Sheets (2), Transcript Approval, Otsuki Family Reunion (7/31/92) in Lake Tahoe, Salinas Business News article (April 1978), Family Photos, Pic ‘N Pac Article, History, 1920 census
George Sakamoto (written by George Oshita): Born 1919, worked at Toya Garage in Salinas before interment, after which he joined the Amery Security Group Intelligence as a Research Analyst. Worked at the American Consulate in Tokyo where he married and had a family
Medals and Awards, Interview Transcript (2)
Jane Shigemasa (2006): Born in 1920, she was sent to take care of her grandmother in Japan shortly before WWII. She returned to keep her dual citizenship and was interned at Poston. Returned to Salinas in 1954, her husband farmed until retirement.
Data Sheet History
Harry Shirachi: Born in1908, pitched on various semi-pro baseball teams until WWII, interned at Poston. Later honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Cassette, Transcript Approval, History about Baseball, History Article, Newspaper article about Japanese American baseball team
Kimi Shoji: Born in 1920, her family worked in lettuce farming and briefly owned a restaurant in Salinas. Interned at Poston II before moving to Cleveland.
Jane Slater: Born in 1927 in California, moved back to Japan in 1935. Later did interpretive work for the U.S. Consulate in Japan. Married and moved back to California.
Cassette, Oral History Agreement, Interview Transcript (#1 & #2)
Mitsu Sonda: Born in 1917 in Salinas, worked as a medical secretary while interned at Poston II. Came to Salinas in 1986 for her daughter’s medical needs.
Cassette, Celebration of Life Program for Mitsu Sonda at El Estero Presbyterian Church (7/22/03), Interview Transcript, Letter to Peggy Reddell
Betty Takizawa: Born in 1928, her parents came to Salinas in 1925 to teach Japanese. Interned at Poston and later went to school for teaching and taught elementary school until retirement.
Cassette, Data Sheet, Questionnaire (#1 & #2), Interview Transcript, Newspaper article about the Japanese survivors of World War II Internment Camps (11/11/02), Photos
Charles Tanda: Born in 1918 to a farming family. Interned until 1942 and learned beekeeping. Returned to Salinas in 1958 as a gardener.
Henry Tanda: Born in 1906, elected as Salinas Valley Chapter JACL president in 1941. Interned at Poston. Worked in agriculture, the Army, and landscaping. He and his brother formed the Salinas Landscape Gardeners Association.
Family History, Organizational Memberships, Photos, Interview Transcript
George Tanimura: Second generation Japanese-American. Quit high school to work in lettuce farming. Interned at Posten with his family, but returned to re-start lettuce growing and co-founded Tanimura & Antle.
Video Cassette “Portrait of a Partnership,” Tanimura and Antle History, newspaper Articles, T&A Times Articles
Jim Tashiro
Cassette, Interview Transcript
Zenichiro Uchida: Born in 1921 and came to the US in 1953 as part of the International Agricultural Friends Association.
Cassettes (2), Transcript Approval, Interview Transcripts (4), Family History, Japanese American Daily News, article about Zenichiro Uchida (5/26/04) with copy, Memorial Service Program for Mr. Uchida (4/4/06), Newspaper articles (3), 50th Anniversary of first Japanese arrivals to Salinas, Obituary
Craig Yama: Born in 1921
Cassette, Transcript Approval, Questionnaire, Timeline, History article (2), Data Sheets (2), List of questions and responses, Maps, Seaside News Sentinel Article (10/11/56), Photos, Interview Transcript
External Hard drive with digitized Salinas Valley J.A.C.L History Collection: Digitized versions of Interviews and photos.
Box of Historical Photos, labeled
Roll #1 (8 photos)
Roll #3 (13 photos)
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Less Than Meets the (Queer) Eye: Gilda (1946)
by Kathy Shaidle
https://www.steynonline.com/8744/less-than-meets-the-queer-eye-gilda-1946
Gilda (1946)
I had no intention of watching Gilda.
Winter afternoon sunsets still feel like an affront. How can this be happening? I wonder stupidly for the ten-thousandth time in my half-century life. That night, I especially craved an old movie to curl up with — a celluloid cocktail; an LCD fireplace — after a particularly long, hectic (and now dark) day.
And slated for TCM's 8pm slot was... Gilda (1946).
I wasn't pleased.
Gilda has been "quoted" in pop culture every decade since its release, to the point where I couldn't remember whether or not I'd actually seen it before.
I did know it wasn't Laura or Public Enemy — or even Psycho, which (as I explained before) I find cozy. And I'd really been counting on cozy...
Plus it co-starred Glenn Ford. Has there ever been a Glenn Ford Fan Club? Can you imagine Judy Garland singing to his 8 x 10 glossy rather than Clark Gable's? I don't hate Glenn Ford. He's just... whatever.
But I watched Gilda anyway.
Gilda has been called the anti-Casablanca. Released only a few years apart, both films were directed by Hungarian immigrants from scripts that weren't finished when shooting began. Both take place mostly in casinos, in an exotic, dangerous locale (in Gilda's case, Buenos Aires.) Two men — a tough American, a suave European —love the same gorgeous woman. Everyone desperately wants to get hold of Some Very Important Papers. Also: Nazis.
But whereas Casablanca is, ultimately, an ode to self-sacrifice and courage, the message of Gilda is ... what?
I don't mean the storyline is confusing, and anyhow, that wouldn't necessarily be a strike against it. According to cinema lore, no one involved in the making of another classic 1946 film, The Big Sleep, could understand the plot, not even the guy who wrote it; the old movie buff joke that "The Big Sleep is about a really sexy bookstore" conveys the general consensus that nobody cares:
But with Gilda, the confusion comes in not with the plot, but with the characters. The two men keep talking about how much they love Gilda — except for all the times they talk about hating her. Gilda veers back and forth about Glenn Ford's Johnny in the same way, sometimes in the span of seconds. Their feelings flip on and off as if connected to a light switch, except that at least a light switch operates by universally acknowledged laws of science. Emotional cause and effect doesn't exist on Planet Gilda. Visitors — I mean viewers — often experience disorientation as a result.
The "Czar of Noir," film historian Eddie Muller, says acclimating to Planet Gilda requires accepting that "the subtext is the plot" — said subtext being, of course (I almost wrote "naturally"...) gay.
Now, before you groan, some evidence exists that Gilda's notorious gay subtext is authentic and not the product of "queer" post-modern academic fever dreams. I said "some": Glenn Ford told gay film historian Vito Russo, author of the invaluable The Celluloid Closet, that he and co-star George Macready "both knew they were playing homosexual characters." However, this was news to the director, Charles Vidor, who responded, "Really? I never had any idea those boys were supposed to be like that!"
In fact, gay characters were a commonplace trop in films noir, as a signal that we were now entering the genre's cynical, decadent underworld.
Of course, these characters' distinguishing characteristics were "coded;" Imagine how chuffed John Huston must have been when he got the word "gunsel" past the Hay's Office censors while making The Maltese Falcon.
Now, purists would call Gilda a film gris, but anyway:
Over the years, murmurs about "gay subtext" in Gilda centered on its contrived premise: Glenn Ford as Johnny, an American tramp picked up on the Buenos Aires waterfront by Ballon (George Macready), a mysterious industrialist/casino owner cruising the docks looking for a "friend" and carrying a suspiciously phallic cane with a protruding dagger. Johnny becomes Ballon's "boy" and eventually takes over his casino and then Gilda, Ballon's new wife. There's only sexual attraction between glowing Hayworth and brooding Ford [whose] Johnny is more corny juvenile delinquent than rough trade. So-called "gay subtext" is only a tease—it's meant to titillate viewers despite the film's shabby plot (involving Nazis, tungsten and international law). Gilda isn't really about sexual crosscurrents or bisexual allure.
So declares... gay film critic Armond White.
And I'm with him. If Vidor and co. were trying to get something past the censors, it's unclear what that "something" was, even from the production notes.
Honestly? Gilda's highly touted "clever" dialogue is undeservedly pleased with itself for the most part. The would-be double entendres are frequently more like "one-and-a-halfs," the verbal equivalent of those human unfortunates who are born with a misshapen vestigial twin.
And that dumb ending...
Does it matter? Gilda is a treat to look at, especially the recently restored version that, in keeping with its general policy, TCM airs by default. The black and white's uncommon platinum sheen is the perfect setting for Rita Hayworth at, arguably, her most ravishing.
But, at the risk of sounding, well, "corny" and "juvenile," I didn't care about these characters. You have to fast forward all the way to Chinatown (1974) to meet a comparable crew of charmless incorrigibles that you really wish you hadn't. And I never "got" Chinatown.
Those winter afternoon sunsets will soon return to annoy me again. I really need to finally buy my own damn copy of The Roaring Twenties or something so I'll be ready this year.
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What’s a More Cost Effective Treatment for Cervical Radiculopathy: Epidural Injections or Surgery?
31st Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society Highlights
Written by Kelly Rehan and Susan Spinasanta
Though cervical radiculopathy is a common spinal problem, most acute cases improve within six weeks using conservative treatment. However, some patients have persistent symptoms that don’t respond to such therapies. At this point, patients and providers must decide whether to proceed with more invasive nonoperative treatments or perform surgery. To shed light on this clinical decision making, Jeffrey A. Rihn, MD presented the results of a study comparing the cost effectiveness of epidural injections to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) at the 31st Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society, October 26-29, in Boston.
Referring to neck pain and radicular pain as “one of the greatest burdens of disease in the American population,” Dr. Rihn said the goal of this study was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of surgery versus nonoperative management for treating cervical radiculopathy. It’s unclear in current literature whether either of these approaches is a better choice from both clinical and cost perspectives.
The researchers used Medicare payment data to estimate direct costs, and they estimated private payor data using a conversion factor of the Medicare data. Photo Source:123RF.com.
A Look at the Study
Researchers evaluated a cohort of patients aged 18 to 84 who had persistent cervical radiculopathy despite six weeks of conservative treatment. The cohort was broken into two groups: One group was treated with ACDF, and the other group had cervical epidural injections and physical therapy. The average patient age was 55 across the two groups.
The authors used a Markov chain decision tree model to analyze the results, and they obtained the transition probabilities for the model as well as the quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) for the various health states in the literature. Outcomes, reoperation rates, and complication rates were also obtained from the literature.
The researchers used Medicare payment data to estimate direct costs, and they estimated private payor data using a conversion factor of the Medicare data. Indirect costs were estimated using a wages lost model.
“The [Markov] model was analyzed with Monte Carlo simulation with 10,000 unique iterations,” said Dr. Rihn, who practices spine surgery at The Rothman Institute in Philadelphia. “The results were extrapolated to the at-risk population of the United States, and a sensitivity analysis was performed.”
The team performed a probabilistic sensitivity analysis in which all factors in their model were varied independently, including all probabilities and outcomes.
ACDF is the Dominant Cost-Effective Strategy
The results of the base case analysis found that ACDF for cervical radiculopathy was the dominant strategy, as it provided increased QALYs at a cheaper cost compared to epidural injections and physical therapy.
Lifetime per case direct cost of ACDF was $24,181 versus $26,503 for epidural injections and physical therapy. QALYs gained were 3.54 for ACDF and 3.22 for the nonoperative treatments. Total cost per QALY was $11,274 for ACDF and $13,103 for the epidural injections and physical therapy.
The team varied the follow-up time periods at which cost effectiveness was calculated—the cohort follow-ups were at four years, 10 years, and the total lifetime of the cohort (approximately 27 years). ACDF was identified as the dominant strategy as early as the four-year follow up.
“The surgical intervention is associated, in general, with increased qualities and lower associated costs, whereas the nonoperative strategy has slightly higher associated costs and lower qualities,” Dr. Rihn said. “Also, it should be noted that both these treatment strategies tend to fall to the right of the $50,000 [QALY] threshold line, suggesting they are both cost effective.”
Applying the Findings
Both epidural injections/physical therapy and ACDF surgery are cost effective against the $50,000 QALYs threshold in patients whose persistent symptoms did not respond to six weeks of conservative treatment. However, ACDF was the dominant cost-effective strategy in managing cervical radiculopathy. These results suggest that requiring a more invasive nonoperative treatment, such as cervical epidural injections, before considering surgery may not be the appropriate approach from a cost and quality standpoint.
To view additional meeting highlights from the 31st Annual Meeting of NASS, click here.
Rihn JA, Bhat S, Harrop JS, Ghogawala Z, Grauer JN, Hilibrand AS. Surgical versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Cervical Radiculopathy: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Presented at: 31st Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society, Boston, MA. October 28, 2016: Abstract 178.
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Contact Center Survey Reveals Latest Challenges and Priorities
Everyone wants to know what challenges people face overall, and within their center size and industry. There are so many possible changes to pursue, not to mention the barrage of input from various industry sources. As such, it’s invaluable to learn what priorities are really making it to the top of “to do” lists.
Top Contact Center Challenges
The difficulties in any center often surround workload (too much of it) and performance (not meeting a variety of goals). The top two challenges remained the same as last year.
Attrition was again the number one challenge as cited by 21% of the participants. It’s an age-old problem that plays a major role in saturated markets with ample opportunities to go elsewhere, whether for a little pay bump, less stress, or a new opportunity.
Poor cross-departmental collaboration repeated as the #2 challenge with a 16% “hit rate” among participants. This finding also came as no surprise. Increasingly complex contacts boost staff reliance on IT (and the tools they deliver and maintain) and back office functions. And marketing and product people have never had more impact on what triggers contacts. With the momentum of goals like “omnichannel” clearly revealed (channel addition and integration is the #3 challenge) and the quest for seamless, integrated customer experiences, departments must find a way to work together on behalf of the customer in spite of separate budgets, tools, processes and knowledge sources.
Top Contact Center Priorities
The top priorities focus on performance and technology. It’s no surprise that many want to improve coaching and development; that is a common pursuit we see in client projects and a top factor in tackling the number one challenge, attrition. Interestingly, self-service tied for first this year even though it moved down the challenges list. Training, a low-ranked issue both last year and this year but one we frequently hear, moved down the priority list this year but still makes the top five. The top of the list is rounded out by a focus on reporting and analytics tools and processes, along with performance management.
Strategic initiatives do not make the top of the list for most. The tactical often swamps the strategic in centers of all sizes and verticals, so they pursue projects that yield tangible improvements and near-term benefits. The results may also reflect the realities of the Rodney Dangerfield syndrome (“can’t get no respect”), leading centers to throw in the towel on initiatives that might require attention outside of their boundaries.
The prioritization of additional media moved way up from about 5% to over 16% this year. Perhaps the omnichannel buzz is taking hold and other departments (perhaps with some clout!) are inherently pulled into this movement. Tie that in with the focus on self-service and we could truly start to see transformation in the customer experience.
Two areas we anecdotally see as strong needs for centers do not rate high on the priorities list for any size center: Fraud/security and support resources. The former may be viewed as more a corporate issue than a contact center issue, but the center sits squarely in the middle of it. The low prioritization of adding analysts or others may be resignation to the realities of hiring these type of staff. We have concern when the only thing to rely on is the resourcefulness of center leadership wearing multiple hats. They are busy people who are constantly pushed to make choices of where to spend their time, risking critical tasks not getting the attention they need.
Complete Survey Results Available
The complete survey presents input on issues related to strategy, staffing, workload and performance, and technology. It also considers trends by industry and by size with comparisons to last year’s survey (see table below).
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Abandoned golf course gets green light for residential development
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The former Oak Tree Golf Course in Oakland Park is the latest to be considered for residential development.
DEERFIELD BEACH — A plan to turn a golf course into 201 townhouses received unanimous approval from the Deerfield Beach City Commission on Tuesday night.
The plan that is the latest in a string to redevelop greens across South Florida now moves to Broward County officials, who must approve changing the land use from recreational to residential.
The Toll Brothers, a development company, would use 23 acres for the homes. The remainder of the 83-acre golf course that hasn’t seen play in four years, would be turned over to Century Village, for use as a park.
Martin Wolf, a resident of Century Village, said this is likely to be the best use of the land.
This new development in Deerfield would not be age-restricted, even though it’s currently inside the city’s largest retirement community. It would have its own separate entrance on Goolsby Boulevard and be walled off from Century Village.
This development, and another one for Crystal Lake Golf Club, will be the first new housing stock built in Deerfield Beach in 25 years, said Commissioner Todd Drosky.
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HiPhi X Super SUV Dazzles EV Enthusiasts at Hainan New Energy Auto Show
Human Horizons, an industry-leading new mobility and autonomous-driving research company, presented the HiPhi X Super SUV at the 2021 International New Energy Vehicle & Connected Mobility Show in Hainan. The exhibition is the first auto show of the year and an opportunity for Human Horizons to showcase their achievements and announce that the first 3,000 units of the Founder Edition will soon be sold out. Fully equipped with the latest technical functionality, the HiPhi X has all the trimmings of a luxury car combined to establish a new category of vehicles, TECHLUXE.
The four-day event held from January 8-11 featured some of the world's largest carmakers. Located between the BMW, Volvo, and Tesla exhibits, the HiPhi X put on an impressive display as it danced along to a rendition of "I Love You China" and a special Christmas number. These kinds of performances are made possible through programmable and customizable software that connects via H-SOA to the Pixel Matrix Lighting (PML) and unique wing doors. Such performances can be designed and shared amongst users as part of HiPhi's mission to create a 'software-defined vehicle'.
Speaking at the exhibition, Human Horizons founder, Ding Lei said "We are so excited. The first batch of our game-changing HiPhi X Super SUV Founder Edition is nearly sold out, and as we are committed to providing an all-round exceptional experience to our dedicated users, we are granting each one of them with six lifelong services. With nearly 3,000 units sold and reservations for test drives at a further 32,000, 2021 is going to be an incredible year here at Human Horizons."
Available in both four-seater and six-seater, the first 3,000 owners of the HiPhi X Founder Edition will be granted six lifelong services. These services include free vehicle warranty, free electric component maintenance, free general maintenance, free charging, free 5G data, and free roadside assistance.
With mass production and rollout to begin in the first half of 2021, Human Horizons is opening HiPhi Hubs across the country. The first batch of 10 Hubs are set to open in January across Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Chengdu, with plans to open more than 50 by the end of June. In addition to opening HiPhi Hubs, Human Horizons is investing in installing and connecting to supercharging stations in first-tier cities. With a network of over 57,000 terminals already in place across 300 cities, customers can locate and charge with the HiPhi mobile app.
The HiPhi X claims a truly unique driving experience in the new TECHLUXE® category, combining all the comforts of a luxury vehicle with cutting-edge technological innovation. Underpinned by Human Horizons' vision of "design defined by scenarios, vehicle designed by software, and value defined by co-creation", the HiPhi X is set to make waves in both the EV and luxury vehicle spaces in 2021 as a cross-over between the two very different worlds.
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Amid the ravages of a century-long war, a young girl finds herself called by saints and angels to lead her battered people to victory against a brutal invading enemy. Was this a divine calling? An ergot-induced hallucination? A convenient origin story to rally the troops?
Her motivations ultimately matter less than her impact on history. Mere years after her revelation, that teenage girl from Domrémy would lead a resistance against the English occupation that would relieve cities, crown a king, and ultimately immortalize her as Joan of Arc – the great French tragic hero of the bloody Hundred Years War.
This was no fairy tale, and there was no happy ending. Joan was ultimately a victim of her success, her piety and her gender when in 1431 her enemies put her on trial attributing her success to witchcraft and conferencing with the devil.
The war itself would last decades after the verdict, but her memory lives on in the French national mythology – and in this volume.
Written by Tyler Button (Bayeux, The Puny Wars) and drawn by Ryan Cody (Doc Unknown) A Flower in a Field of Lions: The Trials of Joan of Arc recounts the extraordinary events of Joan’s life through her trial testimony.
Diligently researched.
Fantastically drawn.
You may have heard her story, but you’ve never seen it like this.
A Flower in a Field of Lions: The Trials of Joan of Arc (Standard Cover)
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Conference Program - Day 1
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Day 2 - Tuesday, November 7
Continental Breakfast & Learn! Taxonomy 101: Principles & Standards
Monday, November 6: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
This is a whirlwind introduction to taxonomy basic principles: the how, the why and what you need to get the job done quickly and correctly. Hear about the standards and references available, as well as the basic building blocks needed to create a well-formed and versatile taxonomy. This session is a good foundation for those new to taxonomy design to help understand the rest of the program. Grab your breakfast and join our expert as she gets you ready for an intensive Taxonomy Boot Camp!
Bob Kasenchak, Senior Manager - Client Solutions, Synaptica, USA
Conference program chair, Stephanie Lemieux, welcomes attendees to the start of Taxonomy Boot Camp 2017!
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Monday, November 6: 9:10 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Ever wonder how—and why—Netflix gets so super- specific with its categories? It may seem like the work of an over-eager editorial staff. In actuality, it’s a highly deliberate—and heavily tested—tag-based taxonomy, designed to suit 100 million users and scale for any movie or TV show in the world. Hastings delves into one of the company’s more successful experiments in merchandising, and reveals the editorial strategies involved in putting a human face on its seemingly infinite, algorithmic personalization.
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Taxonomy Workshop: Building Taxonomies in the Wild
Monday, November 6: 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Attendee Luncheon Presentation: Intelligent Search for the Modern Workplace
Monday, November 6: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Enterprise search is hard. The information employees need to be productive is often spread across multiple locations on the web, professional research data services, and work data each with their own way to discover what you need. Searching across this family of sourc-es takes a lot of time, and it’s often hard to get a single global view into a topic across multiple sources. Hear how customers in academia and industry have added a new search experience within their organizations.
Deen King-Smith, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Search, Edge & AI, Microsoft
Validation Techniques to Enhance Usability
Monday, November 6: 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
To ensure maximum success and value of the taxonomy for the organization, it is essential to hear from as many potential users and stakeholders as possible during the taxonomy design process. Capturing quantitative and qualitative feedback from end users is critical to gain consensus and make adjustments to the taxonomy during development. Learn about taxonomy and usability validation techniques that have effectively corroborated the usefulness and intuitiveness of a taxonomy design, the strengths and weaknesses of each technique, a set of tools that supports the process, and real cases studies from private and public sectors.
Tatiana Baquero Cakici, Senior KM Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC
Ben White, Information and Knowledge Management Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge
Five Reasons Why Taxonomy Adoption Is Not Guaranteed
You have done the research, painstakingly developed a foundational taxonomy, presented it to the team and are convinced your content categorization woes are over and the world is a better place already. Three months in though, enthusiasm has waned and adoption is low among the team. Why is this so, and what can you do about it? Roux guides you through some common issues with taxonomy adoption and provides practical ways to overcome them.
Lindy Roux, VP & Managing Director, Tendo Communications
Taxo Fail: Learning From Terribly Scoped Taxonomy Projects
The requirements that get published in RFPs reveal how an organization sees its needs and its knowledge of how to conduct a taxonomy project with the best chance of success. However, badly scoped projects can reveal ignorance, common misconceptions, and the failure to manage stakeholders well. Lambe takes an entertaining look at some terrible examples of published requirements and the underlying errors and misconceptions about taxonomy projects that they reveal. Anybody involved in taxonomy projects can learn about how to scope a project for success from these examples.
Patrick Lambe, Principal Consultant, Straits Knowledge, Singapore
What Non-Taxonomy Geeks Need to Know
Many of those who are involved in content projects have little understanding of the power of taxonomy. You often need to educate business leaders, other UX practitioners, designers, developers, QA, and project managers about how and why taxonomy is useful. They don’t need to create a taxonomy, but they need to be empowered to use taxonomy in their work. What are synonyms good for? How does taxonomy help with the display of content? How can you build a search results page with filters? This talk covers an approach to teaching colleagues about taxonomy and why it should be important to them. Learn how to make taxonomy relevant for a non-taxonomy geek.
Theresa Putkey, Content Strategist, Key Pointe Consulting, Inc.
Taxonomy Governance
Taxonomy Governance: Practical Advice for Value & Growth
Too often, taxonomies are built and launched with little to no thought given to long-term maintenance and growth. After the thrill of the initial taxonomy design and implementation has faded, companies need guidance on how to set up governance committees and work with stakeholders to best control taxonomy growth. This session provides a step-by-step plan to help taxonomists ensure taxonomies continue to provide value for an enterprise year after year.
Mike Doane, Senior Lecturer, Information School, University of Washington
Implementing Taxonomy Governance at IMF
Dwyer presents a case study of an approach that led to the successful implementation of a taxonomy governance model that was mostly shelf-ware for several years. The governance model was operationalized by IT with heavy business engagement, and roles and responsibilities spread throughout the organization.
Sonia Dwyer, Knowledge Management Officer (Content Lead), International Monetary Fund
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Best practices in taxonomy design make taxonomies more effective and usable. Hear from a panel of experienced taxonomists about the taxonomies in their organizations and design issues they face, including Indeed’s team process of building a jobseeker-focused multilingual occupational taxonomy (soon to be ontology). Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s SharePoint site for employees across all company departments and for product lines focusing on biotech therapeutics, diagnostics, technologies, and informatics.
Emily Bulger, Senior Taxonomy Manager, Indeed
Mary Chitty, Library Director & Taxonomist, Cambridge Healthtech, USA
Dan Segal, Corporate Taxonomist, IBM
Heather Hedden, Taxonomy Consultant, Author, The Accidental Taxonomist, Hedden Information Management, USA
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Taxonomy In Action
Introducing Structured Data to Etsy
What can you do when a hierarchy of terms just isn’t enough? Etsy is tackling this issue by introducing structured product data to our taxonomies. Beginning with a brief history and overview of taxonomy at Etsy, hear about the metadata fields created for product categories: how they were defined, what they can be used for, and how they were modeled in their own internal taxonomy platform. Explore the benefits and challenges of integrating structured data into an existing taxonomy, especially one as wild and unique as Etsy’s.
Marc Shimpeno, Staff Taxonomist, Etsy, USA
Organizational Expertise & Sandia National Labs Subject Category Guide
Sandia National Labs is a multi-program laboratory with more than 10,000 employees working on a wide range of projects in various subject areas. Its Analytics for Sandia Knowledge (ASK) Expertise Finder application can be used for strategic staffing, visualization of expertise trends, and for identifying networks of collaborators. Using machine learning and NLP algorithms on information that is produced through normal work processes, the application is self-maintaining. Hear about an extension of this application that generates and organizes expertise for individual Sandia organizations, and how the data is organized and displayed using meaningful subject areas—the Sandia National Laboratories’ Subject Category Guide (SCG).
Jessica Shaffer-Gant, Principal Information Management Professional, Sandia National Laboratories
Dann Barnes, SMTS, Sandia National Laboratories
Consumer Reports’ Taxonomy 1 Year Later
Last year, Consumer Reports launched its first enterprise-wide taxonomy and selected a taxonomy management tool. A year later, Fleshler shares the successes, challenges, and lessons learned as Consumer Reports moved into the initial implementation phase. Hear how Consumer Reports is implementing the CR Taxonomy as the backbone of internal performance analytics, specifically web metrics, content tagging for online and print articles, and employee time allocation. Also learn how it is leveraging results from these and other sources as part of a movement toward a taxonomy- driven analytical engine that drives future functionalities on its website, including search, personalization, and navigation.
Keren Fleshler, Taxonomist, Consumer Reports
The RadLex Ontology: Improving Healthcare With Controlled Vocabulary
To combat variations in professional jargon and bring uniformity to the practice of radiology and imaging, the RSNA has created RadLex, an “official” controlled vocabulary for the profession. It has been adapted as the basis for structured radiology reporting, a national radiation dosage registry, common data elements, and a manual of uniform imaging protocols and medical billing codes. Versions of RadLex have also been adapted for usage in semantic enrichment for online publishing. Hear about how the RadLexbased taxonomy is being converted for use in discovery tools for RSNA’s developing digital repository, which will hold studies, journal articles, images, DICOM stacks, and radiological cines.
David Bender, Manager, Medical Ontology, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
201 Taxonomy Service Startup: Developing Enterprise Capability at Comcast
Comcast Internal Communications needs an enterprise taxonomy of business terminology to tag enterprise portal content and surface it efficiently in its new enterprise search engine. Hear how Carilla is using his experience creating full-service enterprise taxonomy capability at a multinational pharmaceutical to develop a new road map to guide Comcast in implementing this baseline taxonomy, along with all of the information architecture surrounding it (e.g., principles, standards, guidelines, governance) to create value and be able to grow as enterprise demands increase.
Craig Carilla, Enterprise Information Search Architect, Comcast
Architecting Taxo Systems: Designing to Support Evolution
A global Fortune 500 company needed an experience marketing platform that would support any number of business units marketing any number of products to any number of customers across multiple channels with an unknown mix of static and dynamic content and complex personalization yet to be determined—because the company knew it was in transition, the platform would need to evolve without any new development. How do you design a sustainable information architecture when organization, labels, navigation, and metadata are guaranteed to change? Hear lessons from designing this and other flexible organizational systems, and learn approaches to use when architecting sustainable, complex, enterprise platforms.
Austin Govella, Experience Director, Avanade
Leveraging Taxonomy Management With Machine Learning
Machine learning algorithms can complement human intelligence with their ability to extract patterns from vast amounts of information rapidly. Algorithms that learn from reference text corpora can provide taxonomists with valuable insights: How complete is our taxonomy? Which areas need to be extended? Which are overrepresented? Hear how taxonomists can interact with a recommender system based on corpus learning. Blumauer discusses where the limitations are and why fully automated taxonomy or ontology creation will most probably never be possible. See how the resulting semantic knowledge graphs can be used for other purposes, like the extraction of “Shadow Concepts” or graph-based similarities between documents.
Andreas Blumauer, Founder & CEO, Semantic Web Company, Austria
Taxonomy & SEO Tactics
Taxonomy and SEO are often run as two independent activities that do not talk to each other. However taxonomy and SEO have a lot in common and can benefit from close collaboration. In particular, managing taxonomy and SEO categories and terms can be coordinated through common practices using a common terminology management application. This presentation discusses some common e-commerce and communications use cases, and describes projects where taxonomy and SEO categories and terms are being managed and published in concert.
Joseph A. Busch, Founder and Principal, Taxonomy Strategies
Taxonomy Harmonization
Balancing Multiple Competing Taxonomies
Taxonomic work often involves resolving different taxonomies or adapting an established taxonomy to fit custom needs. Ecommerce is a context where there are often multiple competing taxonomies, creating discrepancies between the various ways of organizing product data which can cause confusion among users. Keeping a few key points and best practices in mind can reduce the potential pitfalls of comparative taxonomy development for business applications. Hear about common cross-mapping or resolution challenges (including granularity, terminology versus concepts, and operational constraints) and how to approach balancing external standards and in-house requirements during taxonomy development and maintenance.
Eric Chuk, Ecommerce Taxonomist, freelance
Translating Seller Language Into Customer-Friendly Taxonomies
In creating customer-facing taxonomy categories, it is important to use vocabulary that users will recognize and place category nodes where they will most likely be anticipated. Where does one begin when faced with stakeholders with competing agendas, distributors that use wildly different terms, and a market that has not yet set a clear precedent? The key is listening to the customer. This talk reviews how analysis of search patterns and seller behavior can shape an ecommerce taxonomy that is customer-focused while still being comprehensible to the distributor/seller/manufacturer.
Jennifer Batt, Lead Taxonomy Architect, Corporate Marketing, 3M
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The idea of linked data usually generates a lot of interest, but it may be difficult to understand how it will actually benefit taxonomists in their day-to-day activities. How and where will linked data really make a practical difference? Hear about real-life, real-time examples of creating linked data references from external sources such as DBPedia and how we can use that information and append it to data being managed within an existing controlled vocabulary to augment attributes. Sweeney reviews the process of selecting linked data sources, as well as the specific properties from those sources that we wish to append to terms and concepts present within a taxonomy management system.
Jim Sweeney, Senior Product Manager, Taxonomy & Ontology Solutions, Synaptica LLC, USA
Shaping Data Quality With SHACL
Many organizations use W3C standards: SKOS for taxonomies and RDF/OWL for ontologies. Until now, there wasn’t a standard for defining the rules for checking that data conforms to these standards, ensuring data quality for consuming applications. Organizations had to either use proprietary approaches, which often come short in supporting requirements. Enter SHACL (Shapes Constraint Language)—a new W3C standard which addresses this problem. SHACL offers rich and flexible notations for expressing practically any rule one can think of. Mekonnen introduces SHACL and the motivations behind its creation and provides several detailed examples of its use to ensure data quality within a vocabulary.
Daniel Mekonnen, Sr. Semantic Solutions Architect, TopQuadrant
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SS - Darth Caedus (EmperorCaedus) vs Revan (IG)
Suspect Insight Forums :: Star Wars Versus :: Finished Suspect Showdowns (SS)
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BreakofDawn
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Re: SS - Darth Caedus (EmperorCaedus) vs Revan (IG)
on November 25th 2019, 11:00 pm
Nice posts so far. Very interesting arguments for Caedus, but I'll see how IG's counter plays out.
Level Four
on November 26th 2019, 2:08 pm
Have it out later today hopefully
EC wrote: I don’t see how an in-universe fact file refutes my excerpt directly from the novelization, as my excerpt is canonically superior
Alright then, my bad, let me give you a better source.
Insider 101 wrote: At most times, and particularly in his weakened state, Vader wouldn’t have stood a chance against the power emanating from his master
You know what, let me give you an even better source:
Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas, Star Wars the Annotated Screenplay wrote: My sense of the relationship is that the Emperor is much more powerful than Vader and that Vader is very much intimidated by him. Vader has dignity, but the Emperor In Jedi really has all the power
EC wrote: Second, focusing does not equal amping himself up. What exactly is he charging? What barriers are being mentioned? Vader is merely just focusing. In the following quote,
Return of the Jedi Adult Novelization wrote: Vader had lain still these last few minutes, focusing his every fiber of being on this one, concentrated act - the only action possible; his last, if he failed
EC, you’re not grasping the fundamentals of how the Force works here. He is focusing every fiber of being on this one act. He spends minutes charging up his power in a last-ditch assault. As compared to a literal combat situation between Revan and Vitiate (in which Vitiate is horrendously amped). This “feat” cannot be applied to an ordinary combat situation. This feat is entirely circumstantial. Vader is amped by his love for his son, and the energies he’s been gathering for minutes. Minutes. The emperor is surprised and starts blasting lightning everywhere, and the fact that Vader has minutes of time to focus his power and gather his energy into a final assault, combined with his love amp proves that this ‘feat’ cannot be applied to any ordinary combat situation, period.
EC wrote: Like I already explained, Vader was not amped. If anything, his actions were hindered because he was tired from getting battered by Luke not even a couple minutes earlier. Also, his hand was chopped off. Vader’s only boost was his focus on killing the Emperor, and it isn’t even remotely comparable to an actual amp, i.e the Star Forge.
This is a GL quote from Making of Star Wars Return of the Jedi. Lucas literally says that Vader cannot ordinarily do this.
Furthermore, plenty of sources describe Luke and Vader as equals, as you yourself agree.
Star Wars Jedi Battles wrote: Father and son were now equally strong with the Force and equally skilled with their lightsabers. But this battle was more than just physical strength and Force powers.
Then we can substitute Luke for Vader. Take a look at this from 1:02-2:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqaiKmm8gsY
EC wrote: Yes, Vitiate was charging his force lightning up. But you claim that it took “a couple minutes” to charge. The passage describes “The Emperor rose to his feet, his robes smoking and signed where the lighting had struck him.” Rising to your feet does not take a couple minutes, it takes mere seconds at most, which is not nearly the amount of time given to Nyriss. It was a comparison of the ability, not time amount.
My bad, meant to write moments. Irrespectively, Vitiate started his assault with charged lightning, and Revan tried to draw it in. As Vitiate continued the assault, his lightning’s potency increased, not too different from what happened between Sidious and Luke. The fact is, the amount of time given to Nyriss to charge her lightning has no bearing on this situation. The text itself says that Vitiate was “infinitely more powerful than Nyriss was”. Meaning Vitiate is just that much better than Nyriss.
EC wrote: Revan was distracted at Meetra’s death, but it doesn’t explain how little Vitiate had to do to incapacitate Revan so easily. It wasn’t a charged blast, because Vitiate did not know Scourge was going to betray Meetra, and thus didn’t have anything to charge for.
Again, you are completely ignoring any and all context in the fight itself. Revan had just been blasted by charged lightning, on one of the most potent DS nexuses ever. The fact that he gets up (unlike Vader) is impressive on its own. Revan didn’t even realize Vitiate would attack him. He gets caught by surprise, and he was horrendously weakened, you’re making no sense.
EC wrote: Except Vader didn’t charge anything, I already refuted the claim it above. There is also no evidence supporting that Vader had a love amp, yes he wanted to save Luke from Palpatine, but it was his increased focus that allowed him to do that.
His focus, was him charging himself up, increasing his potency.
The Insider even says it, the LS gives him the strength he needs, he normally would not be able to do this, and he dies. The text itself says he would not have a chance.
EC wrote: Revan never manages to hold Vitiate’s lightning in,
It is explained that when Vitiate hits Revan with the blast, Revan “immediately screams, then collapses to the ground, unconscious.” So he didn’t hold Vitiate’s lightning at all.
Wrong part of the fight. This is after Meetra dies, when Revan’s surprised. This isn’t a valid argument.
EC wrote: You missed the point. The whole purpose of the Vader vs Sidious argument was to draw comparisons to the Revan vs Vitiate, not to scale Luke from it.
Luke ~> Vader > Revan (Reborn) > Revan (KotOR) still stands.
And yet you still scale Luke from it. Hmmmm.
EC wrote: EC
The first quote states that Luke has grown “much more powerful in the force” since Exar Kun saw him four years earlier.
The second quote states directly states that Luke’s powers since Dark Empire have been “redoubled” insinuating that JA Luke is twice as powerful as Dark Empire Luke, who is twice as powerful as RotJ Luke.
As he continues his growth rate, he starts as RotJ Luke in 4 ABY, then by 9 ABY he doubled in power, then by 11 ABY he doubles again, it’s safe to say he has grown an absurd amount from 11 ABY (The end of Jedi Academy) to 21 ABY (The start of the Yuuzhan Vong War.
Thus, Vong War Luke >>>> JA Luke >>> DE Luke ~> DE Sidious >>> RotJ Luke ~> Vader >> Revan (Reborn) > Revan (KotOR) still stands.
EC, you realize that redouble doesn’t mean to double, right?
It literally means, “make or become much greater, more intense, or more numerous.”
The redoubling argument doesn’t work, and I’ve already disproved the notion of Vader being near Revan Reborn.
EC wrote: Alright, this leads nicely into my next topic
B. Comparisons between Luke vs Caedus, and Luke vs Lumiya
Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice wrote:
She drew back her arm and brought the lightwhip crackling through the air, missing Luke by centimeters. He lunged at her again and again, driven back each time. She'd slow sooner or later.
Then, as she began to raise her arm again, he ran at her, so close in that she couldn't get the whip traveling at its maximum lethal speed. He forced her back, step by step, as she tried to maintain the distance she needed.
One-two-three-four; she blocked him, handle held this way, then that, using the whip like a short lightsaber to deflect him, but Luke didn't pause or shift direction to wrong-foot her. He drove her like a battering ram toward the edge of the mesa, pushing her within meters, then a step, of the edge.
Her rear foot began to slide backward as she struggled for purchase. The edge of the mesa was cracked and fissured. The smooth glittering stone began to crumble.
Luke reached out and caught her hand as she fell, whip tumbling and bouncing down the steep rock face into oblivion. He leaned back, all his weight on his heels, knuckles clenched white with the strain of holding her weight, and for a second he wanted to see her face dwindling as she fell to her death, mouth open in a scream, but that wasn't the way to end this.
"I'd never let you fall," Luke said, and pulled her back to safety. As she straightened up, he looked her in the eyes-calm, eerily calm-and swung his lightsaber in a single decapitating arc.
Now he could breathe again.
Here is the entire fight, I will be breaking it up into sections as the fight progresses, and comparing it to Caedus's fight with Luke.
"She drew back her arm and brought the lightwhip crackling through the air, missing Luke by centimeters. He lunged at her again and again, driven back each time. She'd slow sooner or later."
The fight starts off, and we are already given the notion that Skywalker is the clear superior.
Legacy of the Force: Inferno wrote:
“Luke didn't give Jacen a chance to surrender. He just sprang.
Ben's jaw dropped, and Jacen started to spin, snatching his lightsaber from his belt and igniting it in the same motion, bringing the emerald blade around high to protect his heart and head.
But Luke was attacking low, striking for the kidney to disable in the most painful way possible. Jacen's eyes widened. He flipped his lightsaber down in the same moment Luke's met flesh.
The tip sank a few centimeters, drawing a pained hiss as it touched a kidney, then Jacen's blade made contact and knocked it aside. Even that small wound would have left most humans paralyzed with agony. But Jacen thrived on pain, fed on it to make himself stronger and faster. He simply completed his pivot and landed a rib-crunching roundhouse."
In comparison, Luke’s fight with Caedus starts neutral, even when Luke masked his presence in the force to get the element of surprise.
"One-two-three-four; she blocked him, handle held this way, then that, using the whip like a short lightsaber to deflect him, but Luke didn't pause or shift direction to wrong-foot her. He drove her like a battering ram toward the edge of the mesa, pushing her within meters, then a step, of the edge."
Luke was quite literally battering Lumiya, Lumiya is close to the edge of the mesa.
“Except Jacen was sliding backward, one hand extended behind him, using the Force to pull himself toward a tendril-draped rack in the far corner of the torture chamber. Luke leapt after him, bringing his lightsaber around in a low, clearing sweep.
Jacen stopped pulling and started to swing his free hand around. Luke was ready, had been expecting this since the fight started. Still flying through the air, he raised his own hand, palm outward, and pushed the Force out through his arm to form a protective shield.
The lightning never came. Instead, Luke was blindsided by something heavy and spiky, and his body exploded into pain as he slammed into a durasteel wall. He found himself pinned in place, trapped by a bed of thorns Jacen had hurled across the cabin. He felt the hot sting of the thorns pumping their venom into him. His hearing faded and his head began to spin, and he saw Jacen, one hand still raised to keep Luke pinned, sneering and taking his time rising.”
In contrast, as Luke pushes the offensive, Jacen is able to fool his uncle into thinking he will employ Force lightning and instead, he proceeds to smash him with a tendril and momentarily pis him against the wall. Like I said in my previous post, Caedus could’ve killed Luke in this moment, and even messes with Luke.
Luke then proceeds to batter and ragdoll her at the edge of the Mesa.
“Luke raised his lightsaber, slashing through the thorn bed as he sprang. Jacen scrambled to his feet, barely bringing his weapon up in time to block a vicious downstroke. Luke landed a snap-kick to the stomach that lifted Jacen a meter off the deck, then followed it with a slash to the neck, which Jacen ducked. He came up under Luke's guard, holding his weapon with one hand and driving a Force-enhanced punch into Luke's ribs with the other, striking for the same place he had kicked earlier. Luke's chest exploded into pain, and he found himself croaking instead of breathing.”
Once again, Caedus was able to dodge a potential killing blow from Luke, then proceeds to land a Force-enhanced punch into the exact spot he had earlier.
The fight ends with Lumiya about to fall of the Mesa, but Luke picks her back up and promptly decapitates her.
“Luke slammed an elbow into Jacen's ribs, but it was like hitting a permacrete wall. Instead of continuing to fight, he accelerated into the spin, using the Force to hurl them both into the nearest wall. Jacen hit first, his skull clunking hard into the durasteel. The garrote loosened a little. Luke dropped his lightsaber, bracing one hand against the other so he could use the strength of both arms to gammer his elbow up under Jacen's chin.
Once Luke lands some hits with his elbows, and smashes the both of them into the wall with the Force he is able to break free from Caedus’s grasp. After this point, Caedus is literally stabbed in the back by Ben, which ends the fight, not Luke ending it himself.
Yeah, except for the fact that Luke still manages to beat Jacen, despite Jacen having every conceivable advantage in this scenario, and Luke in this grief-torn, angry state is literally matched by fucking Lumiya. Are you seriously telling me Lumiya ~ LOTF Luke?
Now back to this point, have you not read my opener? Luke had the advantage from the start by ambushing Caedus while he wasn’t expecting it, Caedus literally ignites his saber just in time for himself not do get stabbed fatally. And as I explained, Luke and Caedus had a competent matchup, while Luke quite literally ragdolls Lumiya.
On the Lumiya fight, Luke doesn’t ragdoll her, at all. What happens is that (while yes, Luke is winning) Lumiya just gives ground, until she’s at the edge of the mesa, which cracks beneath her. Luke then grabs her as she falls and decapitates her.
On the Jacen fight now, okay, Luke ambushes Caedus, true. But Jacen turns around and is in a defensive position. Throughout the fight, Jacen continuously gives ground, and gets in mostly environmental hits, as well as some that harm Luke via old wounds. Still, Luke wins decisively. Where exactly in the cited text does Ben stab Jacen in the back?
To analyze the overall fight though, here are some of my takeaways:
Luke decisively wins. There is no doubt about this. From the very beginning, Luke holds a steady upper hand, and Caedus continuously gives ground.
Luke wins twice. He has an opportunity to kill his nephew twice, but doesn’t.
The only reason Jacen was able to stay in the fight for so long was because of a bunch of environmental traps that Luke didn’t know about.
EC wrote: In Inferno (the 6th book) Caedus was caught by surprise, but he learned from his mistakes. Caedus gets surprised by Luke again, but is able to hold his own as I’ve explained. Subsequently confirming that he learned from his duel with Luke in Inferno, therefore he is superior then he is shown in this fight. Invincible is the last book in the series, he has had a lot of time to grow since then.
Ummmmm, they never fight in Invincible. If you mean Inferno, that’s when Luke pins him to his chair. Furthermore, later in the series, Luke manages to once again ragdoll Jacen in Revelation. Luke tears apart Jacen’s StealthX despite Jacen’s best efforts, and Jacen “got an idea of just how much power Luke could muster”.
Legacy of the Force: Revelation wrote: Luke's StealthX nudged him again from behind-how? Caedus couldn't see. Force push? Something metallic inside the fuselage shrieked. He had a sense of someone rummag-ing furiously in the drives as if looking for a dropped hydrospanner, throwing fragments into the coils. He's ripping the thing apart...
Caedus tried to block Luke in the Force and suddenly got an idea of just how much power Luke could muster. His seat shot forward, sheared off the runners, tipped to one side, and he hit the console at an angle before he could buffer the collision with the Force. Something cracked in his chest. Pain flared, stopping his breathing. Then he was aware of brilliant white light coming right at him. In the moments before he managed to veer off to starboard, almost blinded, he got a glimpse of a StealthX's uneven out-line with two grappling arms extended, and the sense of a Jedi other than Luke.
And Luke is not fighting at even remotely high potency against Jacen when he fights him aboard the Anakin Solo.
Legacy of the Force: Fury wrote: Yoda had told Luke that electrical shocks, applied at different intensities and at irregular but frequent intervals, would prevent a Jedi from concentrating, from channeling the Force. They could render a Jedi helpless.
But Yoda had never told Luke that emotional shocks could do the same thing.
They could. And just as no amount of self-control would allow a Jedi to ignore the effects of electrical shocks on his body, neither could self-control keep Luke safely out of his memories. Every few moments a memory, freshly applied like a current-bearing wire on his skin, would yank him out of the here and now and propel him into the recent past.
So, Luke realizes that he was fighting at a low point. He was not anywhere near his maximum ability. Luke also nearly never fights close to full potency. He usually jobs horrendously. So this is jobbing Luke being able to annihilate Caedus in Revelation, and jobbing & emotionally hindered Luke being able to decisively beat Jacen in Inferno.
EC wrote: A couple things to note about this, yes it is near a prime Caedus, but it still isn’t. Secondly, we have no possible way of gauging the number of people Caedus BMed that day. It claims “hundreds and more” which means that it could possibly mean 100, 300, 500, etc. There is no way of knowing how many people he BMed, so you can’t use this as a way of gauging Caedus’s power.
I thought you’d bring this up, so let me just show you another one of Kun’s incredible TP feats. This one is one of my favorite, as it really shows how much power Kun can display.
So, Kun literally just TP freezes every single goddamn member of the entire senate. These are at least a thousand senators. There’s a bunch of those tiny bumps in the background there, each representing likely a single Senator. The senate is a dome--it’s omnidirectional. So there’s got to be a really large number there. This is far above the few hundred that Jacen BMs and gets tired doing.
Now, this on its own is rather impressive, but when you add to it what Kun was doing while holding the TP makes it so much more impressive.
First, he ragdolls Sylvar:
Next, he engages in a duel with his former master, Vodo-Siosk Baas.
(skips a few pages)
Vodo of course, is considered the Yoda of his era.
EC, do you realize how this compares to Caedus? Even if we were to say that the amount of people they TPed/BMed was equivalent, Kun fighting Vodo and Sylvar while doing it seals the deal for why Caedus cannot compare.
EC wrote: Defeating droids? How exactly is that feat comparable in anyway to what I’ve mentioned above.
IG wrote:
Revan's defeat of Malak, while a close fight does categotize as a stomp because Malak is constantly revitalizing himselv, and Revan literally beats him 8 times.
Malak did not defeat Malak 8 times. In the duel, Malak used the Force to drain the life force from the one of the Jedi, transferring it to himself. But Revan freed all of the Jedi spirits that we're held captive, thus shortening Malak's supply of energy and allowing them to become one with the force. So instead of facing 8 Malaks, he was releasing the Jedi spirits instead. If faced against 8 Malak’s, all drawing from the full power of the Star Forge, he would have certainly been defeated.
Revan then goes on to fight Bastila on one of the most potent nexuses ever, while she is constantly regenerating her power.
Bastilla is quite literally fodder. None of her feats are comparable to Caedus.
Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic Prima Guide wrote:
"Combat is fraught and frantic, but [ends with Revan's] victory."
Star Wars Databanks: Bastila Shan wrote:
"The next time Revan encountered Bastila, she was a dark warrior filled with rage."
The battle was described as intense and climatic between the two fighters, which is really low for Revan.
Okay, so number one: Fraught and Frantic does not mean it was intense and climactic. According to the dictionary, fraught means, “causing or affected by anxiety or stress.”, and frantic means, “conducted in a hurried, excited, and chaotic way, typically because of the need to act quickly.”, or “wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.”
Does this mean that SF Bastila and Revan are close? Of course not. It alludes to the fact that they had an intimate romantic relationship. That the two of them were in love, and it was stressful, and combat was quick. Furthermore, Revan fights her multiple times, as she is revitalized by the Star Forge.
Bastila herself acknowledges she could not beat Revan:
Knights of the Old Republic wrote: No, this is not possible! You have rejected the dark side, you are a weak and pathetic servant of the light! How can you still stand against me? Why can't I defeat you?
And as for the quote that said Bastila still feared Malak:
Knights of the Old Republic wrote: I should stay here, though. If we face Malak I am afraid his dark presence will overwhelm me. It would not be wise to expose myself to such temptation.
EC wrote: There is no evidence to support that the Star Forge hampered Revan’s abilities. It enhanced Malak’s, but did not hamper Revan. And you mentioning a ‘tired’ Revan segways into my next argument.
EC, this should be sufficient.
Knights of the Old Republic wrote:
You are growing weary, I can sense it! Your strength falters, the light side is failing you while the power of the Star Forge re-energizes me! Soon this will all be over!
Bastila gets amped by the Star Forge, meaning it’s a nexus, given that she is a dark-sider. Next, since she is amped, and Revan is not, as you yourself have said, we can infer that it is a polarized nexus, specifically one of the dark side, given that Revan is light-sided as of KOTOR. Can you name me one single polarized nexus that doesn’t hinder the opposite side’s force users? Therefore, the SF hinders Revan.
EC wrote: The Star Forge is described as an amp. Malak can’t dominate the Star Forge, all it does is just give him increased power levels then regular base Malak. “So much power, it is blinding.” This quote claims that the Star Forge has the power, and it grants it’s wielder access to said power. Malak didn’t dominate anything.
Ajunta Pall wrote: "We were not the first to fall to the dark side. But we had more power than those before us. It came from elsewhere - our oldest secret. Only we would know, we lords. Only we would know where our power came from. It is a secret of so long ago. I no longer remember. So much power, it is blinding. You must find this place, or have you? Or did you? Or will you? Oh, so many images. I see your heart, human Jedi. I see your power, your pride. You, you will find the old place, the dark place, and you will regret it."
The Exiles got their power from a Star Map. The Star Forge, therefore, is vastly more powerful than a map, which logically is a fraction of the SF’s power. Pall refers to the map as “the dark place”, implying it in and of itself is a nexus. The Exiles were wary of the Map, whereas Malak had mastered the forge, perhaps dominate was the wrong word in this context, but Malak had brought it to a level of power unprecedented. Mastered its use rather. Malak was able to push it to 300%, greater than even his master before him.
This is actually really impressive because Revan as of the MW has “a greater command of the force” than anybody Meetra Surik had ever met as of her arrival on Dromund Kaas, including Nihilus, Sion, and Traya. Nihilus is, of course, able to literally lift the Ravager out of a gravity well.
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords wrote: The Ravager was hauled from the gravity well at Malachor V by its new master. He used it to escape imprisonment on Malachor V.
Nihilus also literally holds the entire ship together with sheer force of will.
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia wrote: "Darth Nihilus' dark will held the vessel and its crew together."
EC wrote: Malak did not defeat Malak 8 times. In the duel, Malak used the Force to drain the life force from the one of the Jedi, transferring it to himself. But Revan freed all of the Jedi spirits that we're held captive, thus shortening Malak's supply of energy and allowing them to become one with the force. So instead of facing 8 Malaks, he was releasing the Jedi spirits instead. If faced against 8 Malak’s, all drawing from the full power of the Star Forge, he would have certainly been defeated.
Any proof? There is absolutely nothing that supports your claims EC.
EC wrote:
This whole listings of scaling chains have been debunked, scroll up.
Well actually, not really.
Now we’re left with:
KOTOR Revan >> SF Revan >> SF Malak >> Malak >> Kun >>> TPing at least a thousand people while defeating one of the most powerful Jedi of his era. >>>> BMing around a few hundred people max and getting ludicrously tired from it ~ Jacen.
KOTOR Revan >> SF Revan >> SF Malak >> Malak > Darth Revan >>> MW Revan >~ Nihilus > TKing the Ravager, and holding it together.
KOTOR Revan >>> SF Revan > SF Tired Revan >>> SF Malak >>> Malak >>> Dominating the SF >>>>> A star Map ~> The Jedi Exiles collectively >> Ajunta Pall > Karness Muur
EC wrote: The final scaling chain we are left with is:
LotF Luke >?> Yuuzhan Vong Luke >> Darth Caedus (sitting somewhere between DE and LotF) > DE Luke ~> DE Sidious >>> RotJ Luke ~> Darth Vader > Revan (Reborn) >> Revan (KotOR).
All of my points still stand, you have yet to debunk a single one of my points, while I have debunked all of yours. Maybe you should just walk away from all of this while you still can, as clearly I have the superior argument, my friend.
on January 2nd 2020, 9:14 pm
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I apologize preemptively for throwing out some of the arguments I have used, which includes the Vader argument, and Star Forge argument. @DarthAnt66 has already debunked the entire argument, and thus it is not relevant to this SS anymore. I also apologize for relying on long and unnecessary convoluted scaling chains, which I don’t see has a productive use of time anymore. With that out of the way, let's proceed.
I. Rebuttals against Exar Kun
@IG wrote: I thought you’d bring this up, so let me just show you another one of Kun’s incredible TP feats. This one is one of my favorite, as it really shows how much power Kun can display.
Kun’s senate feat was not TP in any way, shape, or form. The feat was a premeditated “sith spell” that was not at all portrayal of Kun’s actualized power (link) . Furthermore, Jacen’s BM feat and Kun’s sith spell cannot be compared.
@IG wrote: Now, this on its own is rather impressive, but when you add to it what Kun was doing while holding the TP makes it so much more impressive.
A premeditated “sith spell” does not require Kun to hold anything at all, thus these next feats you mention are not applicable.
@IG wrote: First, he ragdolls Sylvar:
A simple force push =/= ragdolling. An example of this is Ventress pushing Anakin out of the way to engage Obi Wan (link) . Furthermore, you haven’t even proved to me why Sylvar is even remotely impressive. Oh yea, he isn’t holding any form of TP while doing this.
@IG wrote: Next, he engages in a duel with his former master, Vodo-Siosk Baas.
Again, omission of context. The text is describing their “rank” and “authority” compared to other masters in their respective era. Baas was compared to Windu in this respect, not Yoda. Even then, this is clearly wrong because Exar Kun was shown as clearly superior to Baas even as a Jedi Knight. (link) .
@IG wrote: EC, do you realize how this compares to Caedus? Even if we were to say that the amount of people they TPed/BMed was equivalent, Kun fighting Vodo and Sylvar while doing it seals the deal for why Caedus cannot compare.
Again, Jacen’s BM and Kun’s sith spell are not comparable at all. Battle-meditation is not an accurate proxy for power, considering characters like Bastilla Shan were “peerless” in BM to everyone in her era (link) , but is demonstrably inferior to Malak (link) .
@IG wrote: KOTOR Revan >> SF Revan >> SF Malak >> Malak >> Kun >>> TPing at least a thousand people while defeating one of the most powerful Jedi of his era. >>>> BMing around a few hundred people max and getting ludicrously tired from it ~ Jacen.
I’ve debunked Kun’s feat, and as that is the only thing holding Jacen in that unnecessarily convoluted scaling chain, the rest is pointless.
II. Rebuttals against Jacen
@IG wrote: On the Lumiya fight, Luke doesn’t ragdoll her, at all. What happens is that (while yes, Luke is winning) Lumiya just gives ground, until she’s at the edge of the mesa, which cracks beneath her. Luke just grabs her as she falls and decapitates her.
The omission of context is rather disturbing. Luke “forced her back, step by step.” (link) , Lumiya not only does not give ground at all, but the ground being given is due to Luke himself. Luke “drove her like a battering ram toward the edge of the mesa, pushing her within meters, then a step, of the edge” (link) , where “her rear foot began to slide backward as she struggled for purchase” (link) , meaning that she was being battered into submission, as she struggled to stay grounded.
@IG wrote: Throughout the fight, Jacen continously gives ground, and gets in mostly environmental hits, as well as some that harm Luke via old wounds. Still, Luke wins decisively.
Luke pushing the offensive can be attributed to his “bloodlust” because of Luke witnessing Jacen torturing his Ben. Jacen landing environmental hits speaks to his versatility as a force user. For example, Jacen force-pushes Luke into a “durasteel wall”, and finds him “pinned” in place by use of TK by Jacen. As Luke tries to fight back, he still is “pinned” by Jacen with only one hand, sneering back at Luke, indicating he held the advantage. Though, this advantage is lost later into the battle, it shows that Jacen did contend with Luke. (link)
@IG wrote: Luke decisively wins. There is no doubt about this. From the very beginning, Luke holds a steady upper hand, and Caedus continuously gives ground.
What are you even responding to? I never said that Bloodlust!Luke didn’t win, nor was that ever my argument.
@IG wrote: Luke wins twice. He has an opportunity to kill his nephew twice, but doesn’t.
If you are referencing Luke’s other contention with Jacen, that iteration of Luke was not bloodlusted, which I never argued Jacen had a chance again. Again, failure to read the text and my arguments.
@IG wrote: The only reason Jacen was able to stay in the fight for so long was because of a bunch of environmental traps that Luke didn’t know about.
Again, environmental strikes against Luke speaks on Jacen’s versatility for using the environment to gain an advantage, even against a clearly more powerful opponent in Luke. Again, failure to read the text and my arguments.
@IG wrote: Luke manages to once again ragdoll Jacen in Revelation. Luke tears apart Jacen’s StealthX despite Jacen’s best efforts, and Jacen “got an idea of just how much power Luke could muster”.
Luke ragdolling Jacen while unhindered and tapping into deeper reserves was never one of my arguments. To reiterate, my argument is that Jacen was capable of competing with Bloodlust!Luke, which shows Jacen’s growth until he fights a Luke-amped-Jaina in Invincible (see argument for that later).
@IG wrote: “Yoda had told Luke that electrical shocks, applied at different intensities and at irregular but frequent intervals, would prevent a Jedi from concentrating, from channeling the Force. They could render a Jedi helpless.
They could. And just as no amount of self-control would allow a Jedi to ignore the effects of electrical shocks on the body, neither could self-control keep Luke safely out of his memories."
That quote appears in “Legacy of the Force: Fury”, which is the book after Jacen and Bloodlust!Luke fought in Inferno. Thus, the quote does not provide Luke’s actual thoughts at the time, with his actual thoughts being bloodlusted. Again, you fail to comprehend my arguments because I’ve never argued an unhindered Luke tapping into his full reserves was a match for Jacen, only his bloodlusted self in Inferno.
III. Continuing Jacen Arguments
As we established before, Jacen was able to hold his own against a bloodlusted Luke. Even after this, he has daily growth quotes establishing “he was growing closer to Luke’s strength by the day” (link) . And after receiving a sacrificial power amp (link) he muses, “I am more powerful than any of you” as referring to the council, barring Luke (link) . Jacen’s “opinions of his powers” are not “misplaced”, according to one of the authors of Legacy of the Force, Karen Traviss (link) . The context of the interview was how Jacen was written and the traits that make Jacen a villain.
The reason that Jacen’s superiority of the council is important is because of Kyp Durron. Kyp Durron has many notable feats, the most famous one is being able to manipulate a Yuuzhan Vong Dovin Basal singularity (link) , Dovin Basals are known to “pull moons out of their orbit” and could even manipulate “specific gravity fields -- millions of kilometers away” (link) . Furthermore, unlike the comparison drawn with Jacen and Kun, TK is one of the best comparisons of power in the force.
There are no TK feats available for Redeemed Revan, so we will use his superior 300-year-later iteration, Foundry Revan’s. Foundry Revan has a TK feat where we can draw an actual comparison from, he pulls 40 meteors from space, and they burst on impact. (link) . Even this is inferior to Kyp’s Dovin Basal feat, which is a “black hole”feat.
And finally, Jacen’s final duel with Luke-amped-Jaina is indicative of the tremendous growth he has accomplished. Convinced he was fighting Luke, Jacen thought it was Luke due to his enormous power, and Jacen knew exactly how powerful he was because of every encounter he had with Luke before, including being pinned to a chair by Luke himself. This shows that Luke-amped-Jaina is at least on par with the Luke he fought aboard the Anakin Solo. Jacen matches Luke-amped-Jaina despite the fact that he is tremendously injured, fighting “one-armed.” (link) . Which means Jacen against Luke-amped-Jaina scales far above Jacen against Bloodlust!Luke.
IV. Conclusion
Here are the main points:
Exar Kun’s sith ritual feat and Jacen’s BM feat are not remotely comparable.
Lumiya gets stomped by Bloodlust!Luke, while Jacen holds his own.
Jacen scales above Kyp Durron, who has significantly better TK feats than Revan, which is an accurate proxy for power.
Jacen against Luke-amped-Jaina scales far above Jacen against Bloodlust!Luke.
This has been a reply to one of the most meme-tier posts I’ve ever seen. You have no pieces left on the board, and your ludicrous and unnecessary scaling chain is utterly unsalvageable. It is here where I offer you the chance to concede before you make a fool of yourself, with your only argument shattered in pieces. Here is an accurate portrayal of how this is going for you:
So Caedus wins. The end.
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on January 2nd 2020, 10:09 pm
Y'all are doing pretty good for now
Sjuttiosju
EC's best post so far tbh.
DC77 (Reborn) wrote: EC's best post so far tbh.
Best in the SS?
The lord of hunger
on January 3rd 2020, 6:32 am
@lorenzo.r.2nd wrote: Y'all are doing pretty good for now
@The lord of hunger wrote: good post
Much thanks.
on January 11th 2020, 9:23 pm
Section 1A - The Kun-Parison Still Stands:
EC wrote: Kun’s senate feat was not TP in any way, shape, or form. The feat was a premeditated “sith spell” that was not at all portrayal of Kun’s actualized power (link) . Furthermore, Jacen’s BM feat and Kun’s sith spell cannot be compared.
I’d like a citation for “Sith Spells” =/= “actualized power”. All your link is showing me is that he used a “sith spell”.
Another thing… you do realize that most feats involving Force Abilities are usually based on the user’s Force Power, right? Your claim here that Sith Spells are an exception has no basis in fact nor logic, as logic would dictate that one’s use of the force (or a feat) is directly related to the character’s power, mastery, and effort. Kun’s effort shown in the Senate Hall is utterly minimal, yet the scale is massive, as the Senate numbers in at least the ten thousands. Caedus’ effort shown on Fondor is massive, yet his scale is minimal, evidenced by the amount of technicians.
Something to note here is the fact that TOTJ is one of the oldest additions to the EU, and pretty much all esoteric techniques are referred to as “spells”, “sorcery”, or “sorcerous ways”, so declaring certain abilities are sorcery and certain others aren’t is pointless. In the end, nomenclature and categorizations are useless, as you’ve yet to show me how “sith spells” are essentially cheat codes that can’t be compared to other powers (especially ones they replicate). In the end, Exar Kun was controlling the actions of the crowd akin to telepathic domination, it should be treated as such, and is consequently comparable to Caedus vs a room of Fondorian technicians.
Section 1B - Assumption Galore
EC wrote: The feat was a premeditated “sith spell”
Lets focus on that word for a minute and then swap it out for the word "prepared". You’re trying to equate Kun's Senate feat as something requiring prep, although you've chosen a more ambiguous and less direct term to describe it (maybe because it's not true?).
However, prep isn't mentioned within any comic, any sourcebook nor in the scan you’ve presented:
Something that works “silently, and perfectly” implies that there is no time, nor effort required. Kun just strolls into the stadium and puts every single bystander under his control without a gesture, which is what’s depicted in the lore. As the claimant, the burden of proof is on you to show that Kun prepped for the feat, proof you’ve yet to supply in the slightest.
Section 1C - The Beauty of Multitasking
EC: A premeditated “sith spell” does not require Kun to hold anything at all, thus these next feats you mention are not applicable.
Evidence: ...
Logic: …
Reality: Influencing objects or people through the force requires a degree of consistent effort and concentration. If Yoda had stopped holding the metal column with TK in AOTC, then Obi-Wan and Anakin would’ve been killed, right? The same is true of TP and the same is true of Sorcery. Legacy of the Force: Tempest showed us what happened when Jacen had a momentary lapse in concentration; he tried to keep Aurra Sing frozen with TP, but she escaped. Similarly, Darth Bane: Rule of Two shows us that Zannah can't maintain her Illusions (sorcery) in saber duels as it’s too hard for her to concentrate on both. Seeing a pattern? In the end, every power works in the same fashion. The user channels his/her power into the target and must continuously apply power, lest it slips out of their grip. Conclusively, Exar Kun's feats aren't a special exception and you'd need to prove that they are. Therefore, the Kun-parison still stands.
Section 1D - Darth Caedus vs. The Fondorian Shields
So it turns out that I’ve been misunderstanding this feat for a bit. I’ve discussed it in depth with a few others and reached the conclusion that this isn’t BM whatsoever. In fact, the BM was only the means to an end, for Caedus to amp his own abilities (or rather lack thereof).
Legacy of the Force: Revelation wrote: The adrenaline and pure white rage looping back to him from the individual commanders made his throat tighten. It was almost like a back-pressure effect, that the passion for the battle that he was channeling into them gained power and momentum, and syphoned back into him as a changed and magnified thing that he felt he had to vent from his chest or scream.
He could no longer pick out the individual crew and their stations around him in the Anakin Solo, just a complex tapestry of emotions, and that was the state of near blindness that he needed to push his way into the minds of strangers many kilometers away on the planet beneath.
Let’s break this down. Caedus first imbues 100 commanders with rage, said rage then creates a superconducting loop that intensifies with each pass (not too different from Mace’s Vaapad amp). The rage is needed to confuse the shield technicians on Fondor, so Caedus discharges all that energy as well as his own just to compel a "room" of people to do his bidding, evidenced by the fact that he tried to “push his way into the minds of strangers”. This tires him so much that he isn’t capable of standing up to a single Mandalorian afterwards.
Kun casually strolls into the senate hall without any prior warning and freezes everybody there but the Jedi. The hall seats at least tens of thousands of people based on dimensions. He then ragdolls Sylvar, stomps Vodo, and shows no visible signs of strain as he does this.
The comparison doesn’t seem too good for Jacen at the moment, but if you still aren’t convinced about the usability of the Senate feat, I’ll give you another one: Kun’s TP feat on Cinnagar. So initially when I used this, you had refuted it by claiming that the amount of scanning technicians on Cinnagar was unquantifiable--there could be as few as 10 or 50. This is clearly not the case, as Empress Teta (the planet that Cinnagar is on) houses a population of 1.3 billion people, and Cinnagar is noted as the only major city, that takes up a majority of the planet.
For Kun to accomplish this feat, he’d have to (from orbit) sense every single person with scanning tech, then he’d have to TP all of them to the point where they’d be incapable of noticing a massive battleship attacking a hangar. Given that (say) 80% probably would live in the only major city that covers a majority of the planet, that’s still a billion people. Then we’d have to assume that (somehow) less than .0001 percent of the population of all of Cinnagar possessed scanning tech. And then we’d still have around 10000 people, a number that’s still at least ten times greater than the amount that Caedus was tired with, to the point where a single Mando is able to take him out. The amount of mental gymnastics required to lowball this feat to < Caedus is far too much for an SS.
Cinnagar clearly shows, yet again, that Kun is able to use the force on a massive scale with minimal effort, a scale that far eclipses Jacen’s, and effort that’s nowhere near Jacen’s.
You’ve claimed that:
EC wrote: Battle-meditation is not an accurate proxy for power
Battle meditation is no longer the paramount idea, we're comparing their telepathy and force reserves.
And if Jacen’s TP isn’t a reliable proxy for his power, then why is it an ability he relies on so often? Against Aurra, against Mara, against Luke… If Jacen, as you’ve (erroneously) claimed, scales vastly above moving black holes telekinetically, then why is his only avenue of success vs. the Fondorian shields to use TP?
The answer to this question is that Jacen either prioritizes his TP, or it’s something he uses just as often as other powers. Which is a bad thing if we’re comparing him to Kun, in which the former comes out… less favorably.
But then you add Base Malak.
Then you add him with the SF amp
Then you add the fact that Revan was tired and still stomps him.
Then you add that Revan was hindered tremendously by the SF’s passive nexus.
And you have the first unfavorable comparison for Caedus, but certainly not the last.
2A - Lumiya vs. Caedus
Unlike Caedus, Lumiya was able to compete with Luke in the most direct way possible, the negative circumstances surrounding her notwithstanding.
Environmental: She’s on the wrong side of the cliff
Physical: She isn’t recovered fully from a fight with Mara previously in the novel, in which she was stabbed in the gut.
Mental: She was resigned to death.
Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice wrote: “To buy you time to consolidate your hold on the galaxy,” she said. “By making Luke believe it was all my doing.”
“Don’t you think you should be hiding from him?”
“No. You might say that’s my destiny.
“That smacks of a death wish.”
“My work and my life are done, Jacen. I’d really welcome a rest.”
Lumiya’s only goals against Luke were to misdirect the blame, and also to die.
She wants to die, and therefore won't go to desperate measures to live... such as breaking off the fight to poison Luke with venom, casting illusions, manipulating the environment to batter him or exploiting the wound she gave him in one of the previous books. She didn't do any of that, but Jacen did. He did because if he didn't play a guileful game, he would have lost the duel in around 3 hits, despite gaining a power boost in the first instance:
Legacy of the Force: Inferno wrote: Luke didn't know what it was doing there-whether Ben had attacked Jacen with it, or whether Jacen had been using it on Ben-but he started to accept that the horrible scene was real. He was, in fact, standing in the doorway of a secret cabin filled with Yuuzhan Vong torture devices, watching his twisted nephew taunt his captive son.
The tip sank a few centimeters, drawing a pained hiss as it touched a kidney, then Jacen's blade made contact and knocked it aside. Even that small wound would have left most humans paralyzed with agony. But Jacen thrived on pain, fed on it to make himself stronger and faster. He simply completed his pivot and landed a rib-crunching roundhouse.
Luke stumbled back, his chest filled with fire. Jacen had caught him on the barely healed scar from his first fight with Lumiya, and now his breath was coming in short painful gasps.
Good, Luke thought. This was supposed to hurt.
Jacen followed the kick with a high slash. Luke blocked and spun inside, landing an elbow smash to the temple that dropped Jacen to his knees. He brought his own knee up under Jacen's chin, hearing teeth crack-and relishing it. He parried a weak slash at his thighs, then drew his blade up diagonally where his nephew's chest should have been.
Jacen essentially gets knocked out in three hits, and he would’ve lost in said hits had it not been for his abuse of an environment that he was intimately familiar with and Luke had no knowledge of (which doesn’t show any usable versatility for this fight, considering there isn’t any environment for him to abuse). It is utterly false to claim that Caedus was competing with Luke… at all. Furthermore, it’s worth noting that Luke’s hindrance against Jacen should logically be worse because when he fought Lumiya, he only thought that she had killed his wife. Against Jacen however, he finds that his son is being tortured by the “nephew he once loved”, the love of his life has been killed (by said nephew), and that he has killed the wrong person in his pursuit for vengeance (which should screw with his strong morals, as he normally performs far below peak performance out of fear of the dark).
Lumiya on the other hand:
Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice wrote: She drew back her arm and brought the lightwhip crackling through the air, missing Luke by centimeters. He lunged at her again and again, driven back each time. She'd slow sooner or later.
But so would he.
One—two—three—four; she blocked him, handle held this way, then that, using the whip like a short lightsaber to deflect him, but Luke didn't pause or shift direction to wrong-foot her. He drove her like a battering ram toward the edge of the mesa, pushing her within meters, then a step, of the edge.
Lumiya held the whip handle in both hands like a staff and blocked his downward sweep. For a moment they were locked in a stalemate, pushing against each other and grunting with the effort, with only the sounds of exertion because they had nothing left to say to each other.
Her rear foot began to slide backward as she struggled for purchase. The edge of the mesa was cracked and fissured. The smooth glittering stone began to crumble. Luke reached out and caught her hand as she fell, whip tumbling and bouncing down the steep rock face into oblivion. He leaned back, all his weight on his heels, knuckles clenched white with the strain of holding her weight, and for a second he wanted to see her face dwindling as she fell to her death, mouth open in a scream, but that wasn't the way to end this.
"I'd never let you fall," Luke said, and pulled her back to safety. As she straightened up, he looked her in the eyes—calm, eerily calm—and swung his lightsaber in a single decapitating arc.
Can clearly stand up to Luke despite her injuries, stays on feet for way longer than 3 hits and stalemates him in a bladelock for a brief period of time before the ground beneath her gives out.
EC wrote: The omission of context is rather disturbing. Luke “forced her back, step by step”.
Which is not the same as stomp and not the same as being put on her knees within three hits like Jacen. She's being driven back, but it's a gradual process and one that doesn't require him to be much more powerful.
EC wrote: Luke “drove her like a battering ram toward the edge of the mesa”.
Which doesn't indicate a stomp. A 'battering ram' can hammer away at a reinforced steel door, but that doesn’t mean that the steel door isn't providing sufficient resistance. It means he's the aggressor, but it means jackshit in terms of a massive disparity between them.
EC wrote: meaning that she was being battered into submission, as she struggled to stay grounded.
Yeah, but you've completely forgotten the fact that Luke is struggling.
Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice wrote: Lumiya held the whip handle in both hands like a staff and blocked his downward sweep. For a moment they were locked in a stalemate, pushing against each other and grunting with the effort, with only the sounds of exertion because they had nothing left to say to each other.
This indicates parity in the most direct manner possible, despite her injuries, despite her mindset and despite Luke's bloodlust, she's capable of standing up to Luke's augmented strikes.
Which begs the question of whether this “bloodlust”, as you put it, helps or hinders Luke. Is 'bloodlust' a avenue to a potential power that Luke may be hiding? Is Lumiya stronger than Darth Vader? Is Lumiya even stronger than Palpatine? Should someone who has bad feats vs Mara Jade, Tresina Lobi and a telekinetic stalemate with Nelani Dinn, some random Jedi Knight, be considered a top tier candidate?
Or perhaps, unlike TP and/or BM, contending with Luke isn’t a reliable proxy for power.
If it was, every person I mentioned above could be scaled above Darth Sidious.
If it isn't (and trust me here, it isn't) we can look at the last person Jacen fought with any real cross-era scaling for reference.... a rusty Aurra Sing. Which is a perfect segway into my next rebuttal, your Kyp comparison.
2B - Inb4 SW Becomes the Next Superhero Franchise
EC wrote: Luke pushing the offensive can be attributed to his “bloodlust” because of Luke witnessing Jacen torturing his Ben
As addressed, you need to prove why, at least in this case, more bloodlust = more power.
Luke was bloodlusted against an injured Lumiya... it didn't stop her from matching his strength in a brief "stalemate" while both grunted in exertion.
Luke also described his emotional unbalancing regarding this scene; angered, saddened, and betrayed. Emotions like these may enhance dark side adepts, and sith acolytes, but what do they do to someone who deliberately, continuously, and perhaps unconsciously holds back their power in fear of turning? Yeah, it probably hinders them.
To argue that Luke is boosted well beyond his usual jobbing in this instance is to argue that this is where he opens himself up fully to the dark side and turns his emotions into a weapon. The point is, he's not doing that here. There would have been significant exposition around the fact. It's a big deal if Luke taps into the dark side, given his character. And as for the facts, the memory of this scene unbalances him. It's likely that experiencing it had a more intense effect.
There is a wide spectrum concerning how powerful Luke can be on any given day. According to FOTJ, it bottoms at around Cilghal level. This fight against Jacen happens to be one of his lower points. Therefore it says nothing of Jacen's ability to prolong the engagement.
EC wrote: For example, Jacen force-pushes Luke into a “durasteel wall”, and finds him “pinned” in place by use of TK by Jacen. As Luke tries to fight back, he still is “pinned” by Jacen with only one hand, sneering back at Luke, indicating he held the advantage. Though, this advantage is lost later into the battle, it shows that Jacen did contend with Luke
This omission of context is rather disturbing. Jacen pins him with a Vong torture device called the Embrace of Pain. He hurls the Embrace at Luke, and the object’s momentum slams the Grandmaster to the wall. You made it sound like Caedus telekinetically pinned Luke, which creates a completely new set of circumstances and has radically different implications.
EC wrote: Again, environmental strikes against Luke speaks on Jacen’s versatility for using the environment to gain an advantage, even against a clearly more powerful opponent in Luke.
Jacen certainly is quite good at prolonging his fights with shenanigans. Occasionally it’s his own skill, mostly it’s Luke’s emotional hindrance or his instability negatively affecting his senses. For example, he mistook lightning for TK, and ignored massive objects being hurled at him. Moreover, Jacen is familiar with the environment and the object used to trap Luke (the Embrace of Pain), which contains toxins that interfere with Luke’s ability to concentrate (use the force), and have the opposite effect on Jacen, a person who thrives on pain and uses the Embrace like a shower.
Caedus will have no such advantage against Revan in this fight however, as the rules stipulate that the fight takes place in an open field, and thus has no environment for Jacen to manipulate. Revan will be going all out from the very beginning in an attempt to kill the Sith wannabe, and Caedus doesn’t have much of a chance.
EC wrote: As we established before, Jacen was able to hold his own against a bloodlusted Luke
And as we established before, Jacen was able to hold his own against an emotionally hindered Luke whose force powers cannot manifest and he does so by kicking unhealed ribs, breaking off the engagement after being cucked in 3 strikes, and injecting Luke with a venom that causes his head to spin (therefore hindering his connection to the force). When you add all of this up, Lumiya comes out much better, being able to stand up to Luke in a far more direct way, despite having far more disadvantages than Caedus (namely her physical, environmental, and mental ones). Give her all of Jacen’s advantages as well as a will to live and there’s no reason why she wouldn’t perform better than him.
EC wrote: Jacen was able to hold his own against a bloodlusted Luke. Even after this, he has daily growth quotes establishing “he was growing closer to Luke’s strength by the day”
Inferno was the book in which Luke fought Caedus, the book that contains that quote comes before, not after the fight in Betrayal, thus proving your lack of knowledge of the continuity, or perhaps your lack of honesty. Not sure which to be honest. What else is this, you ask? Another misplaced opinion on Jacen’s part.
EC wrote: Jacen’s “opinions of his powers” are not “misplaced”, according to one of the authors of Legacy of the Force, Karen Traviss
I don’t give a damn what Karen Traviss says. The only person whose spoken interviews or unpublished notes are canon is Lucas himself. Karen Traviss in another interview claims that Jacen has an “excessively high opinion of himself”, thus contradicting this quote entirely. Furthermore, Jacen thinks he’s getting close to Luke in Betrayal, but then Jaina claims that they haven’t seen a fraction of what Luke can do, which is corroborated by Jacen in Revelation, in which he realizes “just how much power Luke could muster”.
EC wrote: The reason that Jacen’s superiority of the council is important is because of Kyp Durron. Kyp Durron has many notable feats, the most famous one is being able to manipulate a Yuuzhan Vong Dovin Basal singularity
There it is, the one copy pasted argument from DC I've been waiting for.
The interesting thing here is that Jacen is a(n) [extremely] fallible narrator, as he shows in the example above. If he can misunderstand his power in relation to Luke’s, it stands to reason that he can do so in relation to others as well. The reason he doesn’t know the full extent of Luke’s power is because Luke is reluctant to display the full extent of it, and the same is true of Kyp:
Legacy of the Force: Exile wrote: When I was still a teenager, I was able to reach into the gravity well of a gas giant and pull a spacecraft out of it. That's something that not many Masters could accomplish. I could do it because I was strong in the Force ... and because I had absolute faith in my right, my need to use that craft for a specific purpose. But I doubt I could do it today. I'm no weaker in the Force, and I'm a lot more skilled... but today I'd know that my intended purpose was not a good one, and this knowledge would deny me the focus I needed then to perform that task. So was I a Master then, or am I a Master now?
Here's how I see it, and I doubt I’m alone on this. Giving Jacen Kyp's feats and accomplishments is an admission of a simple fact--Caedus has none. If he did, you’d have found something relevant in one of the 9 books that are literally written about him, or perhaps the countless books featuring Jacen Solo before that. So many feats of his across the NJO, DN, and LOTF, so many that his RT required two parts. So many feats, yet you still need Kyp Durron as a crutch to get by, with a comparison that probably doesn't work too. This is a declaration of defeat. A declaration that all the memes that surfaced around Caedus' failures, weakness and limitations are legitimate and not just trolling.
EC wrote: Furthermore, unlike the comparison drawn with Jacen and Kun, TK is one of the best comparisons of power in the force.
If that’s true, then it means that Jacen can move Dovin Basals in Tempest. Then why does he struggle to paralyze Aurra Sing in the same book? The latter is caught unaware, yet he needs all his energy, without any distractions whatsoever to keep her in stasis. And when she does break free, she demonstrates parity, if not superiority, to Jacen by overpowering him in a bladelock. Moving a black hole becomes less special when everyone above Aurra Sing theoretically scales above it. Furthermore, characters that scale vastly above Aurra like Mace Windu have proclaimed their inability to TK a train, disproving this comparison entirely. Perhaps TK isn’t an accurate proxy for power as you claim it is, or perhaps Jacen doesn’t scale above Kyp. They both cannot be true.
Legacy of the Force: Tempest wrote: Sing was already whirling, leaping toward him with her crimson blade coming around at neck height. Jacen brought his lightsaber up automatically and blocked, then pulled the detonator's thumb slide back.
He never saw whether the activation light darkened. Suddenly Sing's knee was sinking into his stomach, driving the breath from his lungs and sending him tumbling over a couch. The detonator clattered to the floor somewhere in the galley. He came down on a beverage table, smashing it apart, then Sing was over him, her crimson blade arcing down.
Jacen whipped his lightsaber around to block, catching her blade about halfway up the shaft and filling the air with a sizzling shower of sparks. Sing grabbed her hilt with both hands and began to push, slowly driving the tip of her lightsaber down toward his eye.
The glow was as blinding as the heat was searing, and Jacen's vision blossomed into a fiery red blur. He brought his free hand up to brace his weapon arm and tried not to worry about whether his eyeball would melt, not daring to turn his head or even look away for fear that he would slip.
Sing kicked him in the side. The tip of a small, wedge-shaped blade scraped against his ribs and sent a blazing bolt of pain shooting into his body.
"Never..." She kicked him again, sending another bolt of pain deep into his stomach. "... violate..."
Sing kicked him in
He turned the palm of his bracing hand toward Sing and pushed with the Force.
The move did not surprise her as much as he had hoped. As she flew away, Sing rolled the tip of her blade over his, and his lightsaber went flying. He held his Force shove until he heard her thud into the wall opposite, then sprang to his feet.
EC wrote: There are no TK feats available for Redeemed Revan, so we will use his superior 300-year-later iteration, Foundry Revan’s. Foundry Revan has a TK feat where we can draw an actual comparison from, he pulls 40 meteors from space, and they burst on impact
Not as good as moving a dovin basal, but still better than anything Jacen has done to date. Thanks for saving me all of the copy pasting. Furthermore, you’ve yet to prove that Revan on the Foundry is more powerful than Revan in KOTOR. There’s nothing that proves this, or even if there is, you’ve yet to show it, thus rendering this null and void.
EC wrote: And finally, Jacen’s final duel with Luke-amped-Jaina is indicative of the tremendous growth he has accomplished. Convinced he was fighting Luke, Jacen thought it was Luke due to his enormous power, and Jacen knew exactly how powerful he was because of every encounter he had with Luke before, including being pinned to a chair by Luke himself. This shows that Luke-amped-Jaina is at least on par with the Luke he fought aboard the Anakin Solo. Jacen matches Luke-amped-Jaina despite the fact that he is tremendously injured, fighting “one-armed.” (link) . Which means Jacen against Luke-amped-Jaina scales far above Jacen against Bloodlust!Luke.
We’ve already established how weak Luke was at this point, demonstrating that Caedus is capable of beating somebody that seriously struggles with the likes of Lumiya. This doesn’t demonstrate any superiority to Revan, as contending with Luke isn’t a particularly accurate proxy for power, and Jacen doesn’t scale over Kyp. Fighting a force that’s equivalent to that of Bloodlusted/Hindered Luke and coming out on top isn’t impressive.
3 - Conclusion
EC wrote: Here are the main points:
All of the points you’ve made thus far have been either completely irrelevant, or just meme-tier bullshit.
To reiterate:
Kun’s senate feat was not premeditated in any way, shape, or form, and it wasn’t a ritual.
Jacen’s feat on Fondor wasn’t BM, but rather TP.
Even if we decide to say that Kun’s Senate feat isn’t usable, Cinnagar puts him far above Caedus, and Revan is vastly beyond even that.
Lumiya wasn’t stomped by Luke in his “bloodlusted”/hindered state, but rather competed with him in a far more direct way than Jacen did.
Jacen against Luke-Amped-Jaina shows nothing, as “Bloodlusted”/Hindered Luke is pressed by a sub-Vader foe.
@EmperorCaedus: Nothing you’ve said has made an iota of sense, and nothing you’ve (attempted) to prove has worked. I’ll give you a chance to concede these arguments as you did at the beginning of your last post, and I’ll give you a chance to concede this SS before you humiliate yourself with astounding mental gymnastics once more.
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MasterCilghal
on January 11th 2020, 11:28 pm
Well done IG, hopefully the Kyp scaling will be put to rest.
on January 12th 2020, 3:03 am
Had to edit because of an image issue.
Awful post, never read anything with quite as much BS in my life tbh. But oh well, I'm not allowed to address any of it because it's not my SS. For fucks sake.
Lmao. Ouch man, I thought we were (not friends, but still).
We are friends, that's just not a free pass to me praising whatever you shit out of your ass.
:philmm:
IG vs DC super fight V
Someone deleted my post. probably because of Language.
But anyway, IG hammered home all the correct points and defanged the opposition. Well done.
DC shouldn't be so quick to dismiss something because it's anti Caedus.
@MasterCilghal @Ziggy Thanks.
@Ziggy wrote: DC shouldn't be so quick to dismiss something because it's anti Caedus.
@MasterCilghal wrote: IG vs DC super fight V
Nope not happening.
This will be the last Caedus vs Revan debate for a while.
@Ziggy:
I've never been quick to dismiss your arguments as shit (Which are much more anti-Caedus than anything presented here), unless I was feigning confidence. I have a lot of respect for people even when their opinions differ from my own, I just don't think this post was of particularly strong quality.
fair post
on March 1st 2020, 9:18 am
I have talked with @IG in PMs and I have been granted an extension due to my increasingly demanding schedule as of late.
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Mexico’s Life-or-Death Fight to Stop Drinking Sugary Sodas
Childhood obesity and diabetes rates are skyrocketing in Mexico, and many think sweet soft drinks are to blame.
By Hady Mawajdeh & Lucía BenavidesFebruary 5, 2016 10:42 amGovernment & Politics, Health & Science
Image via flickr/greenplasticamy (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Mexico consumes more carbonated drinks per person than any other nation in the world.
Mexicans consume more carbonated drinks per person than any other nation in the world, at an average of 36 gallons a year according to experts. That’s 40 percent more than the average American.
Many believe that this obsession with fizzy drinks is contributing to the nation’s skyrocketing rates of childhood obesity and diabetes. The nation recently introduced a tax on sugary drinks, but many are asking if it’s actually working to slow down consumption.
BBC’s Mexico and Central America correspondent Katy Watson reported a series called “The Truth About Diabetes,” including an episode devoted to Mexicans and their unquenchable thirst for fizzy, sugary drinks. She says doctors point to cultural attitudes about the beverages as contributing to the high rate of consumption.
“It comes down to money. If you can afford a nice drink that’s not water, then you’re obviously doing something right,” Watson says. “It’s seen as an aspirational thing.”
Mexico implemented a 10 percent tax hike on sugary drinks in 2014 in an effort to curb rising rates of obesity and diabetes. There’s been a decline in the number of sweetened soft drinks sold there, which seems to indicate that the plan is working – for now.
“It has taken hold, there were figures that came out from the National Institute (of Public Health in Mexico) and from North Carolina that showed that in the first year, overall consumption fell by about 6 percent,” Watson says. “But at the end of the day, it’s very early days to see whether actually Mexico can fall down the list in terms of childhood obesity.”
Listen to the full interview in the audio player above.
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Practice Economics
Consultation Elimination
The Hospitalist. 2010 January;2010(1)
Carol Pohlig
As of Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ceased physician payment for consultations. The elimination of consult codes will affect physician group payments as well as relative-value-unit (RVU)-based incentive payments to individual physicians.
The Medicare-designated status of outpatient consultation (99241-99245) and inpatient consultation (99251-99255) codes has changed from “A” (separately payable under the physician fee schedule, when covered) to “I” (not valid for Medicare purposes; Medicare uses another code for the reporting of and the payment for these services). So if you submit consultation codes for Medicare beneficiaries, the result will be nonpayment.
While many physicians fear the negative impact of this ruling, hospitalists should consider its potential. Let’s take a look at a scenario hospitalists encounter on a routine basis.
Q: How do hospitalists handle claim submission to third-party payors given Medicare’s determination to stop utilizing consultation codes?
Answer: While there is suspicion that some of the major third-party payors will follow Medicare’s ruling, nothing has been published as of press time. Until confirmed, third-party payors still recognize consultation codes as outlined in contractual agreements with physician groups.
Nevertheless, hospitalists may be obligated to report the same code to primary and secondary payors. Medicare will not allow you to change the code on the claim when they are the secondary payor. Third-party payers may have similar prohibitions in their contractual agreements when they are the secondary payor.
More specifically, CMS states, “In cases where other payors do not adopt this policy, physicians and their billing personnel will need to take into consideration that Medicare will no longer recognize consultation codes submitted on bills, whether those bills are for primary or secondary payment. In those cases where Medicare is the primary payor, physicians must submit claims with the appropriate visit code in order to receive payment from Medicare for these services. In these cases, physicians should consult with the secondary payors in order to determine how to bill those services in order to receive secondary payment. In those cases where Medicare is the secondary payor, physicians and billing personnel will first need to determine whether the primary payor continues to recognize the consultation codes.
If the primary payor does continue to recognize those codes, the physician will need to decide whether to bill the primary payor using visit codes, which will preserve the possibility of receiving a secondary Medicare payment, or bill the primary payor with the consultation codes, which will result in a denial of payment for invalid codes.4 Problems are expected during the transition period as practices deal with coding variances that will affect physician reimbursement, as well as coinsurance and deductibles. Look for further guidance from payors as this issue unfolds.—CP
Typical HM Scenario
A surgeon admits a 76-year-old man for aortic valve replacement. The patient’s history also includes well-controlled hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Postoperatively, the patient experiences an exacerbation of COPD related to anesthesia, elevated blood pressure, and hyperglycemia. The surgeon requests the hospitalist’s advice on appropriate medical interventions of these conditions. How should the hospitalist report the initial encounter with this Medicare beneficiary?
The hospitalist should select the CPT code that best fits the service and the payor. While most physicians regard this requested service as an inpatient consultation (99251-99255), Medicare no longer recognizes those codes. Instead, the hospitalist should report this encounter as an initial hospital care service (99221-99223).
Comanagement Issues
CMS and Medicare administrative contractors regularly uncover reporting errors for co-management requests. CMS decided the nature of these services were not consultative because the surgeon is not asking the physician or qualified nonphysician provider’s (NPP’s) opinion or advice for the surgeon’s use in treating the patient. Instead, these services constituted concurrent care and should have been billed using subsequent hospital care codes (99231-99233) in the hospital inpatient setting, subsequent NF care codes (99307-99310) in the SNF/NF setting, or office or other outpatient visit codes (99201-99215) in the office or outpatient settings.1
The new ruling simplifies coding and reduces reporting errors. The initial encounter with the patient is reported as such. Regardless of who is the attending of record or the consultant, the first physician from a particular provider group reports initial hospital care codes (i.e., 99221-99223) to represent the first patient encounter, even when this encounter does not occur on the admission date. Other physicians of the same specialty within the same provider group will not be permitted to report initial hospital care codes for their own initial encounter if someone from the group and specialty has already seen the patient during that hospitalization. In other words, the first hospitalist in the provider group reports 9922x, while the remaining hospitalists use subsequent hospital care codes (9923x).
In order to differentiate “consultant” services from “attending” services, CMS will be creating a modifier. The anticipated “AI” modifier must be appended to the attending physician’s initial encounter. Other initial hospital care codes reported throughout the hospital stay, as appropriate, are presumed to be that of “consultants” (i.e., physicians with a different specialty designation than the attending physician) participating in the case. Therefore, the hospitalist now can rightfully recover the increased work effort of the initial patient encounter (99223: 3.79 relative value units, ~$147 vs. 99233: 2.0 relative value units, ~$78, based on 2010 Medicare rates). Physicians will be required to meet the minimum documentation required for the selected visit code.
Other and Undefined Service Locations
Consultations in nursing facilities are handled much like inpatient hospital care. Physicians should report initial nursing facility services (99203-99306) for the first patient encounter, and subsequent nursing facility care codes (99307-99310) for each encounter thereafter. The attending physician of record appends the assigned modifier (presumed to be “AI”) when submitting their initial care service. All other initial care codes are presumed to be those of “consulting” physicians.
Initial information from CMS does not address observation services. Logically, these hospital-based services would follow the same methodology as inpatient care: report initial observation care (99218-99220) for the first “consulting” encounter. However, this might not be appropriate given Medicare’s existing rules for observation services, which guide physicians other than the admitting physician/group to “bill the office and other outpatient service codes or outpatient consultation codes as appropriate when they provide services to the patient.”2 With Medicare’s elimination of consultation codes, the consultant reports “office and other outpatient service codes” (i.e., new patient, 99201-99205, or established patient codes, 99212-99215) by default.
Without further clarification on observation services, hospitalists should report new or established patient service codes, depending on whether the patient has been seen by a group member within the last three years.
Medicare also has existing guidelines for the ED, which suggest that any physician not meeting the consultation criteria report ED service codes (99281-99285). Without further clarification, hospitalists should continue to follow this instruction for Medicare beneficiaries.
Nonphysician Providers
Medicare’s split/shared billing guidelines apply to most hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, and ED evaluation and management (E/M) services, with consultations as one exception. Now, in accordance with the new ruling, hospitalists should select the appropriate initial service codes that correspond to patient’s location (e.g., 99223 for inpatients). NPPs can participate in the initial service provided to patients in these locations without the hospitalist having to replicate the entire service. The hospitalist can submit the claim in their name after selecting the visit level based upon the cumulative service personally provided on the same calendar day by both the NPP and the physician. TH
Carol Pohlig is a billing and coding expert with the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia. She also is faculty for SHM’s inpatient coding course.
Medicare Claims Processing Manual: Chapter 12, Section 30.6.10I. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Web site. Available at: www.cms.hhs.gov/ manuals/downloads/clm104c12.pdf. Accessed Nov. 14, 2009.
Medicare Claims Processing Manual: Chapter 12, Section 30.6.8A. CMS Web site. Available at: www. cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/clm104c12.pdf. Accessed Nov. 14, 2009.
PFS Federal Regulation Notices: Proposed Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Part B for CY 2010. CMS Web site. Available at: www.cms.hhs.gov/PhysicianFeeSched/PFSFRN/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=99&sortByDID=4&sortOrder=descending&itemID=CMS1223902&intNumPerPage=10. Accessed Nov. 12, 2009.
Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B (for CY 2010). CMS Web site. Available at: www.federalregister.gov/OFR Upload/OFRData/2009-26502_PI.pdf. Accessed Nov. 10, 2009.
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The elimination of consults will affect physician group payments as well as RVU-based incentive payments to individual physicians. HM group leaders will want to refer to the CMS formula, also known as a crosswalk. The crosswalk outlines the utilization of consult codes and E/M codes for the sole purpose of establishing aggregate budget neutrality.3
The payment differential for consultations has been redistributed to increase payments for existing E/M services.
Here’s how it works: Use the “mapping percentage” column to project the distribution of consultative services between the “replacement” (i.e., “destination”) codes. For example, presumably 70% of 99251 will now be reported as initial hospital care (99221), whereas 30% will be reported as initial nursing facility care (99304). Please note that this table does not represent billing guidance or documentation equivalencies, but it does attempt to quantify sites of consultative service and their corresponding code categories for the basis of fiscal-year projections.
Physicians should select the visit code in the appropriate code category for the service location and in accordance with CMS documentation guidelines, which are available at www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNEdWebGuide/25_EMDOC.asp.
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INTERSCHUTZ Postponed Again to June 2022 Due to Pandemic
The dates for INTERSCHUTZ have been changed, with the event now taking place from June 20 to June 25, 2022. The decision to reschedule the world's renowned trade fair for the fire, rescue, civil protection and safety/security verticals was taken by Deutsche Messe, after a process of thorough deliberation and intensive discussion with key market players. INTERSCHUTZ In a context that has affected numerous other trade fairs and events taking place all over the world, the move was driven by the latest developments in the global status of the COVID 19 pandemic. Flagship trade fairs like INTERSCHUTZ have a long-range planning horizon and require a lead time of several months" "Flagship trade fairs like INTERSCHUTZ have a long-range planning horizon and require a lead time of several months. In addition, the industries that participate at INTERSCHUTZ, either as exhibitors or visitors, are among the people most heavily involved in dealing with the current pandemic across the globe," stated Dr. Andreas Gruchow, Member of the Deutsche Messe Managing Board. International trade event He adds, "INTERSCHUTZ takes place every five years. The community of people involved in fire and rescue services as well as civil protection has been eagerly awaiting the next edition of the event. Against this background, the decision to reschedule was a difficult one. But a series of intensive discussions with our partners and exhibitors as well as representatives of key visitor target groups made clear to us that this move was unavoidable.” Gruchow continues stating, “A staging of the event in the summer of 2022 has been welcomed by all stakeholders. This is the only way we can offer everyone the necessary planning security for their trade fair appearance. A flagship fair like this one thrives on a large number of international visitors and, in particular, face-to-face encounters. Based on the current international travel restrictions, our clients would not be able to adequately prepare for such a major, globally significant trade fair." Hybrid event The pandemic has made us all aware of the importance of the fire department, rescue services and civil protection" "The auspices for INTERSCHUTZ have been excellent for a long time," said Martin Folkerts, Global Director of INTERSCHUTZ at Deutsche Messe, adding "We had already signed up a record number of exhibitors for the originally planned edition of the event in June 2020. We are confident our exhibitors will now join us in organizing INTERSCHUTZ 2022, which will be staged for the first time as a hybrid event.” Martin further stated, “The pandemic has made us all aware of the importance of the fire department, rescue services and civil protection. In addition, we expect significant increases in investment in these sectors all over the world, which will present the ideal conditions for our marketplace. More than any other event, INTERSCHUTZ thrives on personal contact and direct networking. It is the platform for the worldwide community." Firefighting technology manufacturers welcome postponement "The manufacturers of firefighting technology within the VDMA expressly welcome the postponement of INTERSCHUTZ to 2022. For us, INTERSCHUTZ is the most important international trade fair for the industry. And our expectation is that it will seamlessly follow on from the great success of 2015. We are certain that the conditions will be in place in 2022,” said Dr. Bernd Scherer, Executive management member of the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) and Managing Director VDMA Fire Fighting Equipment, commenting on the new date of INTERSCHUTZ in June 2022. Scherer adds, “Our highly innovative industry will have numerous exciting new products in its program by then. And the German and international visitors will make INTERSCHUTZ 2022 the big live event of the year as we know it," INTERSCHUTZ postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic Exhibitors also appreciate the direct contact with those who ultimately use their products and services" Dirk Aschenbrenner, President of the German Fire Protection Association (VFDB), also welcomes the decision to postpone INTERSCHUTZ until 2022. He said, "Our emergency services are and will continue to be extremely busy in the coming months. As we know, INTERSCHUTZ is always a welcome opportunity for thousands of them to obtain information, exchange experiences and network. None of this would be possible at present in this tense situation.” Dirk adds, “However, without the many visitors, including those from the non-material world, INTERSCHUTZ would not be what it has always been. Exhibitors also appreciate the direct contact with those who ultimately use their products and services. The industry needs this exchange between suppliers and users." Ensuring safety and security of People Dieter Siegel, the Chief Executive Officer of Rosenbauer International AG, also welcomed the new date set for INTERSCHUTZ to take place in the summer of 2022. Dieter stated, "Unfortunately, the COVID-19 crisis still has a firm grip on all of us and does not yet allow us to hold trade fairs and major events safely at the present time. However, the safety and health of people is of course our top priority as a system provider in firefighting and disaster protection.” Dieter adds, “We are, therefore, in favor of postponing INTERSCHUTZ until 2022, because we all want nothing more than an INTERSCHUTZ as we know it, an unforgettable trade show experience and a meeting place for fire departments from all over the world, without compromising on the safety of our customers, visitors and guests." The next INTERSCHUTZ international trade event is scheduled to take place from June 20 to June 25, 2022, at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds, in Messegelände, Hannover, Germany.
Rosenbauer Launches RDS Connected Fleet, The New Vehicle Management System For Pre- And Post-Operational Briefings
What is the status of the operational fleet? Which vehicles are ready for operation? What condition are they in? Where are the vehicles now? What and how much operating and extinguishing agents (water, foam, etc.) do they have on board? RDS Connected Fleet RDS Connected Fleet provides this and all other information required to prepare for operations. Connected Fleet is the further development of the proven service for fire vehicle management system with new hardware, user interface and functions. It not only provides real-time information on the ‘state of health’ of an operational fleet, but also logs all vehicle-related data including error messages for post-operational briefings. Fire departments, therefore, have a complete overview of their vehicle fleet at all times and can manage it digitally with Connected Fleet in an easy, quick and efficient way. Full operational documentation of the fleet Connected Fleet produces complete operational documentation for each vehicle Connected Fleet produces complete operational documentation for each vehicle. As soon as it leaves the station and until it returns after an operation, the data is recorded and evaluated. In addition to driving parameters such as speeds, brake actuations, engine speeds, distances traveled and live positions, etc., this also includes information such as when the warning devices were switched on, when the vehicle arrived at the operational site, when it left the installation position or the defined area of operation (geo-fencing), when firefighting work began and how much water or foam and what pump pressure was used to extinguish the fire, to name a few. Automated service planning and management Connected Fleet monitors the technical condition and operational readiness of the vehicle at the same time. Any malfunctions, faults or defects that occur are recorded in real time, described in detail and pro-actively reported to the vehicle operator. Service planning and management is also largely automated with Connected Fleet providing information on upcoming service dates, for example, the next maintenance date for the built-in pump or portable pump, creating lists of defects and documenting maintenance work in the process. The various operating manuals will be stored in Connected Fleet. High-performance telematics modules New, high-performance telematics modules form the interface in the vehicle that docks onto the CAN-Bus. They serve as Connected Hubs for GPS and internet and open up the possibility of setting up a secure WLAN and improving remote services (e.g., remote diagnosis). The Connected Hubs are already integrated in new Rosenbauer vehicles, and there will be a retrofit package for older models. A separate module is available for third-party vehicles and vehicles without CAN-Bus, as well as for vehicles that are to be retrofitted with a GPS connection (e.g., to display the live position). Intuitive user interface and software Connected Fleet can now be used with all common web browsers and mobile operating systems The software and the user interface (UI) were also revised. Connected Fleet can now be used with all common web browsers (Chrome, Safari and Firefox) and mobile operating systems (iOS, Android). It is consistently intuitive to use. The operating routines have been simplified, the interactive design (User Experience/UX) optimized for smartphones and the symbol language of the new Rosenbauer control system RFC LCS adopted. This ensures a uniform operating environment from vehicle control to fleet management. The software can also be used without hardware, for example, to keep a logbook. Enhanced security in data traffic The latest encryption techniques ensure the greatest possible security in data traffic. In addition, the data is hosted on the cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure and, therefore, in Europe. This also ensures a higher speed. In addition, GPS and error messages are now sent with priority and are always available in real time. Numerous fire departments have participated in the development of Connected Fleet, tested the range of functions and, above all, contributed their feedback to the optimization of the user interface. Integrated digital solutions into the fleet First and foremost the Vienna professional fire service, which has been using the Rosenbauer vehicle management system for many years now to manage a fleet of some 80 vehicles. Live operation of Connected Fleet will start on December 15, 2020. All development partners will switch to the new system this year and all other existing customers from January 2021 onwards free of charge. Further digital solutions are in the works and will be available in the course of the coming year to continually simplify the daily work of fire departments.
Rosenbauer Launches A New Forest Firefighting Vehicle
Rosenbauer presents a new forest firefighting vehicle. It meets both category 3 of EN 1846-2 for all-terrain firefighting vehicles and specific requirements for the protection of the vehicle crew, as defined for example in the French standard NFS 61-517 or NFS 61-518. This includes a thermal self-protection system and a driver's cab equipped with a rollover cell. With its compact dimensions, low center of gravity, and single tires, the all-wheel-drive vehicle is ideally suited for use in rough terrain. The special firefighting equipment on board makes the extinguishing agents extremely cost-effective and efficient. Plus, the crew can fight the fire using a turret mounted on the bumper and controlled from the cab without having to exit the vehicle. Robust, Lightweight, Superstructure The new forest firefighting vehicle is built on a 2-axle chassis from Renault with a total permissible weight of 14 tons. The all-wheel-drive can be switched and the 6-cylinder diesel engine (Euro-6) has an output of 206 kW (280 hp). With a length of 6,900 mm and a wheelbase of 3,350 mm, the vehicle is extremely compact and maneuverable. The large under axle clearance and a tipping angle of 25° increase off-road capability. Flexible And High-Strength Body The firefighting body consists of two parts, a tank module made of polypropylene and a pump room module behind it made of a self-supporting aluminum sheet/profile construction. The flexible and also high-strength body provides optimum load distribution and lateral stability for operation under off-road conditions – the consistent use of lightweight materials ensures a high loading capacity. Water Tank And Additional Equipment Equipment can be housed in three spacious compartments with dust-tight roller shutter closures The vehicle water tank has a capacity of 3,500 l (500 l of which is for the self-protection systems); the separate foam tank holds 100 l. The additional equipment required for forest firefighting operations (fire swatters, firefighting backpacks, backpack sprayers, and more) is housed in three spacious equipment compartments with dust-tight roller shutter closures. Two are located on the sides of the vehicle; another is installed across the entire width in the rear. The built-in pump, foam proportioning system, and rapid intervention hose reel are also accessible through this compartment. Firefighting Equipment For Forest Firefighting The firefighting equipment of the new forest firefighting vehicle consists of the combined NH25 normal/high-pressure pump and the direct injection foam proportioning system RFC Admix Variomatic. The pump has a capacity of up to 2,500 l/min at 10 bar (FPN 10-2000) and up to 400 l/min at 40 bar (FPH 40-250). In high-pressure operation, the supply of extinguishing water on board can be used very sparingly because the fine atomization causes more water to evaporate than under normal pressure, thus achieving a high extinguishing effect. In addition, the kinetic energy of the firefighting water allows it to be driven deep into the forest floor, which means that even hot spots can be extinguished efficiently. RFC Admix Variomatic The RFC Admix Variomatic also produces wetting agents, light, medium, and heavy foam, and the proportioning ratio is infinitely variable between 0.1% and 6%. With the smallest proportioning quantity, the surface tension of the firefighting water is reduced to such an extent that it can penetrate deep into the flammable material and an excellent extinguishing effect can be achieved with minimal water consumption. Firefighting Foam The foam compound is injected directly into the pressure outlets and thus the water pump remains free The suffocating effect of firefighting foam is used at higher proportioning ratios. The foam compound is injected directly into the pressure outlets and thus the water pump remains free of foam compound and does not have to be flushed after each use. In addition, water and other mains water or foam can be discharged simultaneously at one outlet or several injection points can be operated with different proportioning ratios. Crew Safety A system of spray nozzles protects both the crew cab and the substructure of the vehicle. The water for this comes from a secured tank segment and is pumped by a separate, electrically driven pump. If the vehicle is trapped by fire during a forest fire, this system allows the crew to drive over a burning fire border and reach safety. Driver Warning System The Rosenbauer DWD Driver Warning System enhances off-road driving safety. This measures the vehicle inclination as well as the axial lateral and longitudinal forces and alerts the driver with visual and auditory signals if the vehicle is at risk of tipping over. A rollover cell made of high-strength steel is also integrated into the cab structure to protect the crew in all situations. High-Performance LEDs The vehicle is also equipped with a light package consisting of high-performance LEDs and a front cable winch with a tractive force of 5,400 kg. An optional fresh air system which creates an overpressure in the cabin to prevent the penetration of fire gases can also be installed. We also have our own protective devices for the battery and electrical equipment. Manufacturing Details The vehicle is being built at Rosenbauer's Linares Forest Fire Competence Center in Spain. It is built to meet, in particular, the technical and tactical requirements of French, Spanish, and Portuguese fire departments. 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Snowden to seek asylum in Russia
At least 200 journalists descended on the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to interview officials who met with Snowden [TBP]
Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistle-blower who leaked classified information to the media, says he intends to remain in Russia and abide by President Vladimir Putin’s conditions “not to harm the United States”.
Snowden’s statement came at the conclusion of a meeting he had called for with human rights groups representatives at the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, where he has been staying since his arrival on a flight from Hong Kong on June 23.
Vyacheslav Nikonov, a Russian MP who attended the meeting that was held in a corridor in the transit section of the airport, confirmed that Snowden plans to seek asylum in Russia.
“Snowden is [aware of] the condition President Putin made – that he has to stop harming the US. He says he can easily do so, it’s all in the past, and in the future he doesn’t intend to harm the US,” Nikonov said.
Genri Reznik, the head of the Moscow Lawyers Association, said Snowden understands Putin is trying to avoid confrontation with the US, and that there likely wouldn’t be any obstacles in approving his request to stay in Russia.
“I’m convinced now that Snowden is driven by ideas – he really believes that US intelligence services are violating the US Constitution,” he said.
“His position is shared by 55 per cent of Americans. Different interests collide here – government interests, human rights, and defence interests, but you can’t sacrifice human rights,” Reznik added.
On July 1, media reports speculated that Snowden’s options were running out and that he had applied for asylum in Russia. Although Moscow did not officially comment on the reports, Putin told a news conference during a visit to Finland that Snowden could stay in Russia provided he “stop his work directed at hurting our American partners”.
Tatyana Lokshina of Human Rights Watch, who also attended the meeting, later told some 200 reporters who swarmed the airport, that Snowden seeks to stay in Russia as he “can’t fly to Latin America yet”.
On July 8, Snowden officially applied for asylum in Nicaragua after President Daniel Ortega said he would be welcomed under the right circumstances. Venezuela and Bolivia also offered asylum to the former CIA contractor.
According to Nikonov, Snowden said he appreciated the offer of the countries who offered him political asylum.
In his email to human rights groups earlier today, Snowden said he wanted to discuss “the next steps forward in my situation”.
Human Rights Watch, Transparency International and Amnesty International have confirmed receiving the email from Snowden.
Snowden’s statement came at the conclusion of a meeting he had called for with human rights groups representatives at the airport [TBP]
“The scale of threatening behavior is without precedent,” reads the letter from Snowden which was posted on Facebook by a Human Rights Watch official.
“Never before in history have states conspired to force to the ground a sovereign President’s plane to effect a search for a political refugee,” Snowden wrote.
He was referring to the incident in which an aircraft carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was abruptly rerouted to Vienna after being denied permission to fly over France on suspicion Snowden was on board. A search of the plane turned up nothing.
A host of South American nations including Brazil have supported Morales in expressing outrage at the rerouting of his plane.
“This dangerous escalation represents a threat not just to the dignity of Latin America or my own personal security, but to the basic right shared by every living person to live free from persecution,” Snowden added.
Snowden told Nikonov that he is a “libertarian” and is not linked to any political party in the US.
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57 founding members, many of them prominent US allies, will sign into creation the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on Monday, the first major global financial instrument independent from the Bretton Woods system.
Representatives of the countries will meet in Beijing on Monday to sign an agreement of the bank, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. All the five BRICS countries are also joining the new infrastructure investment bank.
The agreement on the $100 billion AIIB will then have to be ratified by the parliaments of the founding members, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a daily press briefing in Beijing.
The AIIB is also the first major multilateral development bank in a generation that provides an avenue for China to strengthen its presence in the world’s fastest-growing region.
The US and Japan have not applied for the membership in the AIIB.
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Kremlin Critic Navalny Jailed At Sham Court Hearing
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The Kremlin critic and poisoning victim was arrested immediately upon his return to Moscow on Sunday and will face a trial at the end of the month.
Colorado Primary Sees 33-Year-Old Owner of Gun-Themed Restaurant Unseat Five-Term Incumbent Endorsed by Trump
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A political novice, gun-rights activist, and gun-themed restaurant owner ousted a five-term Republican incumbent endorsed by President Trump in a surprise primary victory Tuesday in Colorado. Lauren Boebert, 33, the owner of Shooters Grill in (of course) Rifle, Colorado, where patrons are encouraged to openly carry guns, and which refused to close during the deadly pandemic until the Garfield County sheriff obtained a cease-and-desist order against her, unseated veteran politician Scott Tipton. During the campaign, Boebert argued that Tipton voted too often with Democrats and was insufficiently conservative for Colorado’s Third Congressional District. In December, Trump endorsed Tipton, making him the third Republican in three weeks to lose despite the president’s endorsement.
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After five years serving as Britain's most senior police officer, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe is retiring to a life of luxury in Dorset after stepping down over tensions with Sadiq Khan
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Updated: 12 Oct 2016, 11:29
BRITAIN’S top cop will retire with his £9million taxpayer-funded pension to a £1.1million retreat in a country village.
Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, pushed out of his job after clashes with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, is off to a rural part of Dorset.
Hogan-Howes is stepping down after five years as Britain's most senior police officerCredit: Getty Images
He bought the home as he masterminded ill-fated probes into journalists and alleged VIP paedophiles.
The 58-year-old, off in February, will net an annual publicly-funded income of £181,500 from his gold-plated pension.
He hoped to stay on longer, but Met sources revealed he announced his “retirement” as he feared being sacked.
Sir Bernard, wed to Marion, 52, is set for a dream retirement despite several high-profile failures.
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London mayor says 'we need the best person to keep the best country in the world safe' after Met's top cop quits
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Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to retire after Sadiq Khan refused to extend his contract
The Met expects heavy criticism from a judge-led review into the collapsed Operation Midland child sex probe.
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Gary Lineker incredibly compares Harry Kane to Cristiano Ronaldo… and England team-mate Marcus Rashford to Paul Gascoigne
Former striker was praising Three Lions' current crop of stars as he looks to the upcoming 2018 World Cup full of confidence
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GARY LINEKER has incredibly compared Harry Kane to Cristiano Ronaldo... and Marcus Rashford to Paul Gascoigne.
The former striker was praising England's current squad as he looks to the 2018 World Cup full of confidence.
Gary Lineker has compared Harry Kane to Cristiano RonaldoCredit: Reuters
Lineker reckons Manchester United man Rashford's confidence has only been matched in recent years by a certain Mr Gascoigne... who turned 50 on Saturday.
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Meanwhile, he claimed Tottenham star Kane's ability to shoot on sight - and score, having netted 35 times in the 2016-17 season - is very Ronaldo-esque.
Lineker told The Times: "We’ve got players who won’t bottle it.
“I look at Rashford, 19, he’s taking free kicks ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba and I’m thinking that’s the kind of stuff Gazza would have done.
Gary Lineker has also likened Marcus Rashford's confidence to Paul GascoigneCredit: Reuters
“It’s a bit early for us to go and win the World Cup, but look at some of the talent coming through like Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Dele Alli and Raheem Sterling and all of a sudden we’ve got central defenders like Michael Keane and John Stones.
"They’ve got a way to go to develop, but there’s something there. Kane just doesn’t care, he shoots from everywhere, he’s like Cristiano Ronaldo.
“I’m not comparing him with Ronaldo, that’s not fair, but Kane has that bravura, an almost arrogance that the best will have.
“We’ve been through a terrible spell when we’ve just not produced any world class players.
Gary Lineker reckons the future of England football is brighter than in recent yearsCredit: PA:Press Association
“Wayne Rooney was the only one of his generation really and he just overlapped the golden generation.
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“I’m optimistic we’ll be competitive and not be embarrassed as in recent tournaments.”
Kane and Rashford have both been named in Gareth Southgate's most recent England squad for games against Scotland and France.
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Charlie Dimmock hints at Ground Force comeback to celebrate show’s 20th anniversary
Charlie shot to fame alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Tommy Walsh on the BBC gardening show
Carl Greenwood
Updated: 9 May 2017, 2:04
CHARLIE Dimmock has revealed Ground Force could be making a comeback to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
The BBC gardening show was one of the biggest shows in its heyday attracting millions of viewers who tuned in for Charlie and her co-presenters, gardener Alan Titchmarsh and builder Tommy Walsh.
Charlie has hinted at the comeback for Ground Force
"I have heard whisperings," Charlie exclusively told The Sun Online as she launched The Ricola herb garden in London.
However, the water feature specialist added that she fears she's too old to put the amount of work into bringing Ground Force back with the physicality of the job.
"We're too old. I know Tommy says, 'Oh yeah we could do it again'," she said.
Charlie was 31 when she shot to fame on the show, most famously for going bra-less and becoming a gardening sex symbol.
Ground Force was one of the biggest shows in the 90sCredit: BBC
Charlie has hinted Ground Force could be back
But watching herself back isn't for Charlie, she said adding: "Oh my goodness how to make myself feel really old. When you see yourself at 31 great. Blimey."
Nor did she miss the level of fame she achieved through the show.
"I didn't really miss it. I was doing other things. We had quite a long run on Ground Force. We did it for eight, nine years so it was enough."
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Charlie made her return to television last year in new show Garden rescue which pits her against young gardeners the Rich Brothers in giving garden makeovers to families across the country.
The show, which airs weekdays on BBC One, has become a new hit with viewers loving having Charlie back on screens but it taxes Charlie's skills in a way Ground Force didn't.
"If the budget's tight you have to come up with a few clever ideas," she revealed.
"Making lots of things out of pallets. Stuff goes into the skip and quickly comes back out again."
Charlie also revealed how it was an attempt to reunite with former co-star Alan that led to her new show.
"I did a pilot with Alan about two years back and then [the production company] came to me and said we've got these two new chaps."
She now appears with the Rich brothers on Garden RescueCredit: TV Company
Charlie was known for not wearing a bra on TVCredit: Alamy
But while she is relishing being back on television doing what she does best, she's remembering how annoying she found filming television the first time.
"I have to say doing the first series, I forgot how irritating it can be doing TV," she said.
"You've got rose tinted glasses so you forget about horizontal rain and snow and the directors going, 'Oh you've got to have some more colour in the garden, we want to use these plants and you don't because they don't work with the scheme."
Charlie became a sex symbol in the 90s from Ground ForceCredit: BBC
However, Charlie does admit there's a major downside to filming the show for such a long time - her own garden suffers.
"My own garden's a tip at the moment," she confessed, laughing.
Charlie was speaking as she hosted a pop-up Urban Herb Garden designed by Swiss herbal sweet manufacturer, Ricola.
Charlie was speaking at the Ricola Herb Garden
Charlie's return to television has gone down well with viewers
Speaking about the use of herbs, Charlie said: ““Of course, herbs are really good for cooking with but also herbs like rosemary can be trained to grow up walls and trellis, or you can even make it into topiary.
"It’s great to grow things yourself and herbs are so much nicer when you pick them fresh, plus they’re so expensive at the supermarket so it’s a great way to save money!”
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The Police Service Commission will on July 1, 2019, start the screening of 210,150 shortlisted applicants for recruitment into the Constable Cadre of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF.
The Commission said the exercise will hold from July 1, 2019, to July 28, 2019, in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The Commission at the close of its recruitment portal on January 11 received 315,032 applications.
The Commission got the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to recruit 10,000 Nigerians into NPF.
Of the applicants shortlisted for screening, 182,926 are males while 27,224 others females.
In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, the Commission’s Spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, stated that letters of invitation stating venue, date and requirements for the screening had been sent to the email addresses of the applicants.
Ani added that applicants could check for their names in the Commission’s recruitment portal, www.psc.org.ng.
Giving details of some of the states with the highest and lowest applications, Ani said: “Niger State recorded the highest number of applicants with 12,247 shortlisted for screening while Lagos State has the least with, 1,305.
“Kano State recorded second highest applicants with 11,717; Katsina State, third with 11,651; Benue State, fourth, with 10, 567; Adamawa State, fifth, with 10,361 and Bauchi, State, sixth, with 10,232 applicants.
“Bayelsa State with 1,414 shortlisted for the screening is second from the rear after Lagos State. Anambra State is third with 1,415, Ebonyi State fourth with 1,679, and Abia State fifth with 1,880 applicants.”
Musiliu Smith, the chairman of the Commission, urged the candidates to be of good behaviour throughout the period of the screening.
He warned that anybody who has nothing to do with the exercise should stay clear of the venues as loiters would be arrested and prosecuted.
He advised the candidates not to attempt cheating or compromise the Staff of the Commission as anyone caught involving himself in any criminal act will be handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.
Smith further warned Staff of the Commission and Police Officers involved in the exercise to work diligently, firmly and above board throughout the duration.
He noted that the Commission is committed to a transparent, hitch-free and merit driven exercise that will ensure the recruitment of the best for the Nigeria Police Force.
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Posted by: Gil Student in Legacy, Posts Apr 30, 13 55 Comments
Kaddish has attained an important status among contemporary Jews as the prayer for the deceased, the uniquely Jewish way of sending off a loved one. It is not only a religious ritual but a cultural symbol, a communal act of commemoration and honor. Can we share that special prayer with those outside our faith community? Does it lose its special quality if we fail to reserve it for those with whom we share our faith?
The primary such case would be that of a convert to Judaism. When his gentile birth-father dies, may a convert recite kaddish for him? This is hardly the only case. Many Jews only know how to mourn with the traditional Jewish rituals. When a close gentile friend passes away, what can such a Jew do to express his loss? Kaddish is the natural outlet.
R. Ovadiah Yosef (Yechaveh Da’as 6:60) quotes two sources that are relevant to this question. Maharik (Responsa, no. 44) rules that you may say kaddish for a non-relative because the prayer is meaningful regardless of whom recites it. However, regarding gentiles, the Sefer Chasidim (790) says two seemingly contradictory things. On the one hand, he writes that you may pray for a gentile who helped you, basing himself on the Yerushalmi (Megillah 3:7) that when you mention Charvona, you should bless his memory. However, Sefer Chasidim also states that a convert’s prayers for his parents will not help.
R. Yosef quotes R. Aharon Walkin (Zekan Aharon 2:87) who rules that, in theory, a Jew may recite kaddish for a gentile. However, in practice this might cause confusion and should be avoided.
R. Yosef suggests that this concern was only relevant in a place where only one person said kaddish at a time. Now, when in most synagogues multiple recite kaddish simultaneously, you may say kaddish for a gentile without worry. Earlier in his responsum, when addressing the issue of praying for a sick gentile, R. Yosef dismisses the concern that the particular sick individual may be classified as an idolator. Say your prayers, R. Yosef rules, and let God decide whether to listen.
The same sentiment seems evident in his discussion of kaddish. It does not matter whether the deceased was Jewish or gentile, righteous or wicked. Say kaddish and let God decide how to respond.
R. Ya’akov Ariel (Be-Ohalah Shel Torah 1:60) offers what I believe is a profound suggestion resulting in a reasonable compromise. He points out that the biblical source for the kaddish refers directly to gentiles: “Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will make Myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the Lord” (Eze. 38:29). The theme of this source reminds us not only of kaddish but also of another prayer.
The core prayers speak as a community: help us, heal us, redeem us. While individually we may be unworthy, as a group we deserve divine assistance. However, at the end of the service we move beyond our prayer community and pray for the world at large to recognize and worship the one true God.
This prayer, Aleinu, is a universal turn in the prayer services. R. Ariel proposes that kaddish be recited for a gentile specifically after Aleinu, both so the person not appear as an orphan and for a universal reason. As we pray for all people in the world, we add a special prayer for the gentiles we wish to honor.
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aniboker
Apr 30, 13 at 10:11 pm
It should be clear (and perhaps is in the teshuva of Rav Ovadiah that you are quoting) that Sefer Chasidim is not speaking about the Kaddish. I’m not sure that there needs be a necessary connection between reciting kaddish and ‘praying for a person’.
Very nice. To aniboker’s point, the story about the gentile is translated toward the bottom of p. 205 into p. 206 at http://tinyurl.com/ctulzop
can you explain what you/R ariel mean by “so the person not appear as an orphan”?
aniboker: True that Sefer Chasidim is not speaking about Kaddish. But it seems to me (and to R. Ovadiah Yosef) like a very logical extension.
Emma: The general practice is not to say Kaddish if both your parents are still alive so people don’t think one of your parents died.
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May 1, 13 at 12:58 am
in 1905 1,100 american and british jews send a memorial address to clara hay pledging to recite kadish every yom kippur in memory of her husband sec of state john hay (he had spoken out vigorously after progroms
May 1, 13 at 5:34 am
strange that the sefer chasidim gives no reason why the ger’s prayers wouldn’t work – maybe he doesn’t think any would, it’s just you’re allowed or,imho more likely, based on kaddish that really (flack jacket on ) only a child’s kaddish is special for the afterlife impact(see original r’ akiva story) and a ger is no longer halachically the child.
Interesting piece. IIRC, R. HS said in a recent lecture that he opposes the practice of non-lineal descendants (like nephews or friends) saying kaddish. I wonder how RHS would rule on this question. Kaddish for a gentile father which, assuming you accept that prayer and kaddish are the same, is frowned on by the Sefer Chasidim, even though a lineal descendant, and kaddish for a gentile acquaintance which seems to be OK according to the sources cited above.
R’ Steve,
IIRC he said it wasn’t of real value, not that he opposed it.
“The general practice is not to say Kaddish if both your parents are still alive so people don’t think one of your parents died.”
right, but i thought one of the primary categories of ppl this post is about is a person who wants to say kaddish for a non-jewish parent. Or did that line refer only to saying kaddish for a non-parent gentile?
it wasn’t of real value
vs. “Say your prayers, R. Yosef rules, and let God decide whether to listen.”
Nachum
My father was at YU in the 1950’s when his uncle passed away leaving his sister (my father’s mother) as his only surviving relative. My father said kaddish for the year and continues to do so on the yahrtzeit. He recalls that his rebbeim (probably R’ David Lifshitz and maybe even the Rav) weren’t happy with his specifically because both his parents were alive, but he did it anyway. (I imagine his mother asked him to and his father was fine with it as well.)
Incidentally, my father’s parents were Galitzianers and he got many of his hanhagot from the Spinker-Ulemer Rebbe who was his neighbor. (It’s my mother’s side that’s the Litvaks.)
I said kaddish for my grandmother when she passed away and continue to do it on her yahrtzeit. She asked me to before she died and my parents gave me permission. The Rema says it is allowed.
r’gil,
R’HS would say “it gives people the heebie jeebies”
isaacson
Regarding Kaddish said by a ger for his/her non-Jewish parents
The Rambam in Hilchos Avel 2:3 says that a Ger is not obligated to mourn for either of his parents. This is so because someone who is a Ger is considered as if he is reborn, and therefore has no Halachic relationship to his parents (Yevamos 22a; Bava Kamma 88a). The Beis Yosef (Yoreh De’ah 374) quotes the Mordechai in the name of the Ri that a convert must mourn for his mother, but the Rema in Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah 374:5 explicitly disagrees with this view.
http://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/3843/2110
issacson — The history of Kaddish Yatom is to some extent independent of Avelut as such. The starting off point for what became Kaddish Yatom, in my view, is Sanhedrin 104a with a big jump in the Machzor Vitri midrash http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=33694&st=&pgnum=178 (starts on the previous page).
r’ isaacson,
that coheres with my earlier comment-note obligated vs. does it have value issue.
R. Joel et al.
Correct. RHS said both that kaddish for a non-linear relative is of little value and that saying kaddish while parents are alive (I guess for a deceased grandparent) give the parents the (unnecessary) heebie jeebies. I take from this that he thought that a non-linear rerlative should not say kaddish, but for a grandparent it would be OK even if the parents are alive.
See also the Riaz (mid 13th century):
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מנהגנו בארץ כנען וכן מנהג בני רינוס לאחר שיאמרו הצבור אין כאלהינו עומד היתום ואומר קדיש אבל בצרפת ראיתי שאינם מקפידים על כך מי שיאמר קדיש אם נער יתום או נער שיש לו אב ואם וכמנהגנו מסתברא משום מעשה שהיה דמעשה בר”ע:
As far as I am aware, multiple people saying Kaddish Yatom (as opposed to one designated person) is a very late minhag among Ashkenazim. I don’t have the original mareh makom in the source sheet I created a few years ago, but what I have is:
In 1745, Rabbi Emden annotated in his Siddur on the Mourner’s Kaddish,
“About the difference regulations of the Ashkenazim, in the matter of who takes precedence over whom in the saying of Kaddish and who defers to whom, I will not treat here, since this is entirely a matter of custom. (And how fine and fitting is the custom of Sephardim, that when there are many mourners, they all have the privilege and say it all together. In a matter that is not essential or of primary importance, dissention and the toil of extracting the finer points of law are futile).
By 1831, the Chatam Sofer in Pressburg, now Bratisalava, endorsed the change for the Ashkenazic community that is our custom today:
“The Sephardim have a custom that all the mourners say the Kaddish in unison; and to all of them the congregation responds. The sage Rabbi Emden wrote the custom of the Sephardim, that everyone says it together, was correct.”
Obviously, the discussion in this post only makes sense within the context of this democratized chanting of Kaddish Yatom.
also, i thought the post-aleinu kaddish _is_ a kaddish yatom, so how does saying kaddish then help someone who is not an orphan?
IH: Obviously, the discussion in this post only makes sense within the context of this democratized chanting of Kaddish Yatom
Why is that? Someone saying kaddish for a friend could be considered a low chiyuv who only says it if no one else has a chiyuv.
Gil — Technically true, but unlikely when you look at the recorded Sh”ut before the democratization.
You mean like the Zekan Aharon I quoted in this post?
No, like:
In the 14th Century Responsa of Rabbi Ya’akov ben Moshe Moelin in Mainz, a Rabbi asks him for his view on:
“I have observed that in Austria no distinction is made between a resident and a visitor. They are treated equally, even the strangers who come from a distant land. But Rabbi Meir Segal instituted the custom in his community that the Kaddish is not recited except by the regulars who go there always. […] The orphan’s Kaddish belongs to the townspeople” Moelin notes “In those places where they make no distinction between residents and visitors, it may be that they made a decision to overlook the difference owing to the throng that was there. For a huge number of people were present there in the hour of wrath [refugees from pogroms] and so the townspeople made the concession”.
Moelin was also asked who had priority when there were 3 (resident) brothers and a visitor. He replied that all 4 must cast lots against each one of them. “For the orphan’s Kaddish, a stranger has the same standing as a citizen of the town, and the poor man is like the rich man, and the child is like the adult, and the ignorant is like the learned.”
Source: Wieseltier (and may also be in R. Freundel’s abbreviated version in Why Do We Pray What We Pray.
Emma raises a good point. Today, Kaddish Yatom is said for spouse, siblings and (sadly) children — none of which are relevant to its stated purpose.
It is not covered in R. Freundel’s Why We Pray What We Pray, but on pp. 280-281, Gil, you will find some further support for the liberal allowance you make in your post.
i thought my point was that i am still trying to understand why saying kaddish after aleinu, specifically, is good b/c it helps someone “not appear as an orphan” when (1) they may well be an orphan saying kaddish for a gentile parent and (2) kaddish after aleinu is a kaddish yatom, anyway.
re: 1, i figured out that the reasoning is perhaps intended to apply only regarding kaddish for a nonparent. still do not understand 2.
May 1, 13 at 12:15 pm
Emma — apologies. I guess, then, I’m making a point tangential to your point 🙂
May 1, 13 at 2:55 pm
IH: What part of that Gemara are you talking about? The story about R’ Akiva is in one of the Masechtot Ketanot- Soferim, I think.
Joseph Kaplan
” It does not matter whether the deceased was Jewish or gentile, righteous or wicked. Say kaddish and let God decide how to respond.”
This is one of the most sensible things I’ve read in a Jewish blog in a while.
r’ nachum,
It’s ספר אור זרוע ח”ב – הלכות שבת סימן נ
guy_incognito
Thank for this post. I am in this position where I’ve converted but my father isn’t Jewish. I’m not at the point where I need to ask a rov about this but I just assumed that I wouldn’t be able to sit shiva or say kaddish for him. I appreciate the discussion since I’ll now have some data by which to ask the question.
efrex
This issue was also addressed by R’ Oshry in his Holocaust responsa (She’elot Uteshuvot Mema’amakim), where, IIRC, he permitted a group of survivors to say Kaddish in memory of a non-Jewish woman who saved their lives.
An interesting side note: Rabbi Solomon Freehof, in his Reform responsa, deals with the issue of whether a non-Jew (in this case, an intermarried spouse who regularly attended Temple with his Jewish wife) may say Kaddish for his non-Jewish relatives. While it’s not surprising that Freehof answered affirmatively, I wonder how much of his reasoning would pass muster with an Orthodox rabbi.
Nu, and my cousins sat shiva for their adopted mother. These things happen, and thank God they do.
Joel: He said Sanhedrin 104a.
Nachum — Was away, sorry. The key passage is:
ומפני מה לא מנו את אחז אמר ר’ ירמיה בר אבא מפני שמוטל בין שני צדיקים בין יותם לחזקיהו רב יוסף אמר מפני שהיה לו בשת פנים מישעיהו שנאמר (ישעיהו ז, ג) ויאמר ה’ אל ישעיהו צא נא לקראת אחז אתה ושאר ישוב בנך אל קצה תעלת הברכה העליונה אל מסלת שדה כובס מאי כובס איכא דאמרי דכבשינהו לאפיה וחלף ואיכא דאמרי אוכלא דקצרי סחף ארישיה וחלף מפני מה לא מנו את אמון מפני כבודו של יאשיהו מנשה נמי לא נמני מפני כבודו של חזקיהו
This seems to be the source for the concept that a son earns merit for a father which is the basis of saying Kaddish Yatom.
Oops, cut-n-paste error missed the key following clause:
ברא מזכי אבא אבא לא מזכי ברא דכתיב (דברים לב, לט) ואין מידי מציל אין אברהם מציל את ישמעאל אין יצחק מציל את עשו השתא דאתית להכי אחז נמי לא אימני משום כבודו של חזקיהו
IH: That’s all well and good, but I don’t know why you chose this in favor of the much more explicit story, in which R’ Akiva saves a dead man from eternal torment by teaching his son to say Barchu. (That’s probably shorthand for being the shaliach tzibur, as tefilla begins with Barchu; since it ends with Kaddish Shalem, you can see how the transition may have occurred. But even without that, you’ve got children being a merit for ancestors. Of course, you can argue that Soferim is a much later source…)
Nachum – I chose both. The R. Akiva midrash, which first appears in 11th century Machzor Vitri, was the second half of my comment:
The history of Kaddish Yatom is to some extent independent of Avelut as such. The starting off point for what became Kaddish Yatom, in my view, is Sanhedrin 104a with a big jump in the Machzor Vitri midrash http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=33694&st=&pgnum=178 (starts on the previous page).
And the Or Zarua illustrates that the midrash had taken sufficient hold by the 13th century to explain why the kahal should be makpid to davka have an orphan lead the Kaddish after Ein Keloheinu on Shabbat (Kaddish Yatom is not yet daily, it seems).
Do you have any textual evidence of the development of our present minhag between the Bavli and Machzor Vitri? [IIRC the Masechet Sofrim reference is not to Kaddish Yatom, but to the one-time Kaddish le’Achar K’vura].
MiMedinat HaYam
1. Kitzur SA discusses the procedure of a “gabbai” assigning individual kaddishim throughout the tfillah according to various rules.
2. when i declined saying the half kaddish at a syrian “knis” after getting a weekday shlishi (or shabbat “acharon”), i was clearly told i was offending them, and that saying this particular half kaddish (i have parents, and they happened to know about that) is a particularly great honor they were giving me.
3. partial change of topic: why is there an insistence on someone saying the kadddish after aleinu (or shir shel yom)?
R’MMHY,
IIRC R’YBS held that this kaddish was really the concluding one of the tfila (not kaddish shalem) and thus was required. Don’t remember hearing why that conclusion was reached. Also have seen it oth ways (i.e. single one said either after aleinu or shir but not both-when I asked why the answer was usually that’s the way we always did it)
joel r — thats my question — what was the “conclusion” / reason for this kaddish? or shall i say, the insistence on it? (SA / rema says after aleinu, no reason. i assume, and heard, interpret after aleinu to mean after shir, except nusach sfard.)
and the kaddish “al yisrael” after “ketoret” is also often insisted on.
MMhY/R’ Joel — It’s the evolution. Note Sefer ha’Rokeach Siman 53 (http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_41285_70.pdf):
ומתפלל מוסף בלחש מגן מחיה וקדוש תכנת שבת רצה ומודים שים שלום וחזן מתפלל מגן ומחיה נעריצך ואו’ קדושה לדור ודור תכנת רצה ומודים וברכת שלום וקדיש גומר כו’ אין כאלהינו פיטום הקטורת ועומד היתום ואו’ קדיש ויוצאין מבית הכנסת:
IH: As I wrote, the Soferim reference is to Barchu, and I’m pretty certain it’s part of the same chain. Of course, while it may not be as old as the Bavli, it’s certainly older than the Machzor Vitri.
IH — no reasoning given. and even complicates r joel’s mention of after when to say (what form of) kaddish. and only the yatom, not as an elective.
2. ? נעריצך ? from the rokeach? wasnt he from worms ( = germany)
Nachum — is the reference you have in mind (19:12)?
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_37970_639.pdf
[I yes, agreed that is part of the evolution, but quite different from Machzor Vitri — and I suspect you are conflating the two].
MMhY — and some further (confusing/enlightening) info from Elbogen (p. 71):
Since about 1300, עלינו, “It is our duty,” is named as the conclusion of the daily service. In all rites it stands at the very end; only Ashkenaz cites it as the first in the group of additions now to be mentioned, and adds to it also על כן נקוה, “Therefore we hope.”
You will note no mention of Aleinu in the Sefer Rokeach quote above.
MMhY — On נעריצך, I must confess ignorance as I have not studied the use of the kedusha variants in sufficient detail to respond. I suppose, for completeness, one should also check for printers emendations/mistakes in editions of Sefer ha’Rokeach in that regard.
skip that נעריצך line.
but the question remains — reason, not when. and we complicated the situation by bringing up the kaddish “al yisrael” (actually, thats a sfardi terminology, buts its accurate) issue.
i know about aleinu being late rishonim addition (and yom probably too). but question of why remains. historical note: aleinu was written by yehoshua after entering israel from the west; “al kein” was written by “achan” a short while later for whatever reason he did (i wont get into that.)
IH — that masechet soferim you cited is not even practiced today (different kaddish) and is interestingly, a form kept by some nusach ashkenaz after kabbalat shabbat, not after musaf as cited there.
and no mention of aleinu after kiddush levana in 20:1-2.
note frankfurt minhag of no aleinu when mincha is immediately followed by maariv, since “aleinu” is the conclusion of tfillah, and no conclusion of tfillah there. MP or Treasures will confirm.
which probably accounts for no “aleinu” on YK, when the tfillah (supposedly) never ends till maariv.
MMhY — The Masechet Soferim 19:12 cite was in reference to Nachum’s contention at 12:32am and 3:16pm. Perhaps he has another passage in mind, but I suspect he is conflating it with Machzor Vitri citation.
Regarding the placement of Kaddish Yatom in the service, I am just observing that Sefer ha’Rokeach (about 100 years after Machzor Vitri) clearly places it at the very end of Shabbat Musaf, just as people are leaving.
But, perhaps Masechet Soferim answers your question of why. I.e. originally, it was not said by the orphan at all — rather:
לאחר שיגמור החזן תפלה של מוסף הולך לונע ] אחורי דלתי של
בית הכנסת או בפני הכנסת ומוצא שם האבלים וכל קרוביו ואומר עליהם
ברכה ואחר כך אומר קדיש ואין אומר בעלמא דעתיד לחדתא אלא על
התלמוד ועל הדרש:
This then evolved to an orphan saying it in shul, at the corresponding time within Beit ha’Knesset.
IH, I’m all mixed up. I’m talking about the story of R’ Akiva and the dead tax-collector’s son. It seems to be in multiple sources, most of them early or relatively so, with one very late one changing “Barchu” to “Kaddish.”
Tefilla used to end with Kaddish Shalem. It seems clear that orphans would lead tefilla and thus finish with that, and so Kaddish got identified with mourning. With a proliferation of orphans, perhaps during the Crusades, there was a push for more opportunities to say Kaddish (since only one person could say it at a time, as Yekkes do today), and so various things already said privately at the end of tefillah- Aleinu, etc.- were made an “official” part of tefilla, with a Kaddish following each. Or so the story goes.
Nachum — the first known source for the R. Akiva/Barchu is Machzor Vitri. Review the few sources here; or, if you like, I can send you my source sheet from a Tikkun Leyl Shavuot shiur I did not on the subject a few years ago.
If I did it again, I would add in the Masechet Soferim text which nicely shows an intermediary stage. Thank you for pushing me to find it.
Before this post rolls off the screen, I want to express surprise at the lack of interest. The Hirhurim readership endlessly talks about liturgy as it relates to women and yet the mourner’s Kaddish – which dominates each of our lives a few times, 11 months at a time – seems to leave the readership mute. Why?
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Sovereignty PRINT
By Lola White
Book 4 in the Magic Matched series
In witching society, magic and politics are the only things that matter, and marriages are arranged for advantage rather than love.
The Council of Covens has been called to session, and the fate of the witching world hangs in the balance. So does Bijoux Laurent’s future. The sheltered witch is scheming to make Costel Lovasz admit how much he loves her. He has denied his feelings for years, but now Costel’s being sent on a mission of seduction to gain her allegiance because his brother needs Bijoux’s telepathic talents.
Silviu and Georgeanne Lovasz-Davenold need every ally they can get when the dark magic witch they’ve been hunting makes a bold move. The odds are against them, especially with lies, betrayal and distrust keeping Silviu and Georgie’s Matched magic unstable. To have any hope of success, the couple must open their hearts to each other, but that level of forgiveness and compromise may not be possible between the two witches from opposing sides of the matriarchal-patriarchal divide.
In a society where magic and politics are all that matter, only love can unlock Silviu and Georgie’s full potential and win them sovereignty over all.
Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of dubious consent while the character is in a hallucinatory state.
Publisher's Note: This book is best read in sequence as part of the Magic Matched series.
General Release Date: 21st March 2017
Georgeanne
“Concentrate.” Encouragement resounded in the low voice of Georgeanne Davenold’s new, not-quite-wanted husband. “You can do it. You’ve done it before, just let it happen.”
Silver ropes of magic wound through the ballroom of the Davenold coven’s English estate, ruffling Georgeanne’s hair. But what had been a sturdy, smooth ribbon of power before Silviu Lovasz-Davenold had broken her heart now felt to Georgie like a frayed thread—still powerful, but carrying a hint of the unexpected, as if it could snap at any moment. She reached for it, anyway.
“Yes. Feel our strength, my love. We are Magic Matches, aligning and merging our talents in ways non-Matches could never understand.”
As she drew the cool, silver current of Silviu’s talent into herself, it turned gold and grew in power, as all Matched magic did. Georgeanne let the untamed force channel through her and flood her senses. It filled a void inside her—to the brim, but the brim of the vessel she was, the container she was born to be, rose in proportion to the magic being pumped into her. She would never be overfilled.
“Our bond has been there since birth,” Silviu intoned. “Our betrothal set our futures on this path, and our marriage has only solidified our connection.”
“Our accidental marriage,” Georgie muttered. “Who knew combining sex and blood could result in a life-long union?”
“The ties of magic are unbreakable. I am your husband, now and forever.”
A fortunate circumstance for Silviu, considering the way he’d betrayed her. Georgie huffed. “And thanks to this morning’s surprise ceremony, my whole Family has accepted you as such.”
“They’ve already seen our connection.” Silviu raised his hands as if in surrender, but the gesture didn’t fool her. “Please, concentrate on the task at hand.”
Georgeanne glared at him. “I am trying.”
“Try harder.”
Concentrating as her groom demanded, Georgie made an effort to tighten her grip on the slippery threads of his magic. Power swept through the room, rustling the long velvet drapes, rattling the humongous windows. Golden light burned like a small sun. The chandelier swayed, and Georgie swore she heard the wainscoting groan under the pressure of the force she and her husband created between them—a force they would use to rule over all the covens of their insular world.
“Perfect,” Silviu called out. “Exactly like that, Georgie.”
She tipped her head back and relished the power flooding her. Having none of her own, Silviu’s magic eased an ache and healed a loss Georgie felt every day. She could almost believe his was her own magic. She could almost believe she was normal.
But she wasn’t. She was a Bane-born witch who’d pinned her hopes of inheriting her Family’s power on being blooded and named as heir by her grandmother. She was a warrior, trained in combat and politics, because magic had not been gifted to her upon birth. She was a woman who had been banished after committing an indiscretion with Silviu when they had been teenagers.
He, of all people, should not have been the one who had stolen her inheritance.
“No,” Silviu warned. “You must keep concentrating, my love.”
“Your love,” she whispered, suddenly hating the endearment.
He should have understood. He knew how she’d spent her life pressured by her Family’s aspirations, alienated because she was different. He should have talked to her the moment he’d begun to doubt her ability to host her Family’s magic, so they could make their plans together.
With those thoughts ricocheting through Georgie’s mind, the magic wavered wildly. Even as she reached for more and greedily pulled it into her, the light around Georgie dimmed—darker and darker, until the gold was swallowed by the purest black, exactly as it had done when she’d battled her cousin for the right to lead the Davenold coven.
“Damn it, Georgeanne! Concentrate!”
Untamed arcs of power shot from the previously controlled flow. Black ropes whipped the walls, tore at the drapes and made the chandelier’s dangling crystals tinkle. A gust of wind lifted Georgie’s short hair and tangled her curls above her ears. Silviu widened his stance, braced his legs and leaned into the powerful breeze. As he pumped more magic through her, she felt him struggling to exert enough dominance that the black light contracted into an impenetrable ball in the center of a golden sea.
“Get it under control, Georgeanne!”
“I can’t!” The magic was too wild. Georgie made a desperate attempt at containing it, but she didn’t have the skills she needed. While every other witch had learned how to control their magic, those lessons had been pointless for her. She was disadvantaged.
“You can,” he screamed. “Stop being so damned stubborn!”
His anger sparked against her own. The black ball exploded. Raw power streamed around Georgie, tearing at her hair before it sent Silviu staggering. Not far—his Reap strength saved him, erupting in a torrent of silver flares bright enough to have her squinting. Anyone else might have been knocked off their feet, but Silviu caught his balance quickly.
He cursed. His lips moved in a spell Georgie didn’t know and could barely hear. He waved his arms until silver sparklers trailed through the air, slicing through the black mass intent on destruction. A harrowing moment later, the magic cut off abruptly. Georgie swayed.
Silviu worked his jaw and planted his hands on his hips. “We are Magic Matches and our magic will only grow more unstable if you don’t move past your distrust.”
“I’m working on it. I realize—”
“We balance each other,” he interrupted harshly. “I love you and you love me, so there should be no impediment to our talents merging completely and strengthening into the force we need in order to accomplish our goals and keep ourselves safe. The only obstacle is you.”
“Me?” Georgie reared back. “You think it’s only me?”
“I’ve explained what happened and why I did the things I did. You—”
“When trust is broken—”
“I trust you implicitly, Georgeanne.”
“Well, isn’t that nice,” she sneered. “My head understands why you stole my Family’s power, Silviu, but you’re simply going to have to give me more time to wrap my heart around everything that’s happened—”
“We don’t have time!” He threw his hands up. “We leave for the Council Palace in a matter of days.”
“What do you expect me to do, then?” She lifted her chin as frustration prompted her to step toward him. “You’re not explaining yourself very well. You only tell me to reach, and I do. I try! But you’ve never told me how to control all this!”
“I want you to do what you did at the Ngozi wedding and again when the dark magic spell found us in the sitting room a few days ago.” Silviu rubbed his eyes and shook his head. “I know you can do it again. You just need to concentrate.”
Georgie felt hostility clawing at her restraint. “Maybe I just need a break. A funeral and a wedding all in one day is a little hard on the mental faculties.”
“Yes, I know, my love, but we can’t afford a break. We can’t afford for you to blow witches up with wild magic. That would definitely put a damper on our political aspirations.”
“Moderate your attitude, Silviu. I’ve been able to access this magic for approximately three days. You’ve had nearly three decades to learn how to do this.”
Until he’d stolen the power of the Davenold bloodline and become the new Mother, Silviu had been a member of the magically dominant Lovasz coven. He’d also been born at the height of the Reaping Moon, which only magnified his talents. He’d always had an excessive amount of magic at his disposal while Georgie, being Bane-born, had spent her life believing she had none at all.
Things had changed so suddenly and now Georgie could also access Silviu’s magical power—though she still wasn’t quite sure how to use it. It had been a little easier to do what Silviu requested when he’d physically touched her, but with him across the room and pushing her to try a long-distance connection, Georgie had barely known where to begin, and had no hope of keeping the flow stable.
Silviu’s eyebrows lowered, not marring the prettiness of his face at all. “You are a fast learner, Georgeanne, when you want to be.”
“I’m tired.”
“We can’t afford to be tired, either.”
“I just buried my grandmother, Silviu.” Georgie closed her eyes and willed away the pressure behind them. She was tired of crying. “I need a little break, then I’ll tackle this puzzle with a fresh outlook.”
He heaved a sigh as he glanced away from her. “Georgie, I don’t know what you did in your battle against Suzette. I don’t know why your magic is turning black and I don’t know how you turned your cousin Bane with a single word. These are things we must figure out before we travel to France and meet with the Council.”
As the Davenolds believed she was the new Mother, Georgeanne had had no choice but to meet her cousin’s challenge for the right to lead the Family. At first, Georgie had resisted, knowing her Bane imperviousness would shield her from Suzette’s spells, but the faces of her relatives had grown too confused and suspicious to stand firm in that tactic. She’d used Silviu’s magic to launch a counter-attack, but whatever she’d done had been dangerous and abnormal, with the golden glow typical of Matches turning black and stripping Suzette of all her abilities.
“I don’t know what I did, either.” Georgie turned to stare at the massive double doors leading out onto the wet gardens. The rain that had been near constant for the past two days pelted the inset glass. It was fitting weather for both her sad excuse for a wedding and the funeral of a beloved Matriarch.
The pain Georgie felt at having to bury her grandmother was stronger than the grief had been when the old woman had died. It was almost as if the unthinkable had suddenly become more real—as if Georgie were now truly alone, with no wise guide to lead her through the pitfalls of witching politics and no maternal advice on how to move past the betrayal Silviu had inflicted upon her.
Georgie sighed and let her shoulders slump for a brief moment. Then she straightened, smoothed her clammy palms over her black dress—the one she’d worn to her wedding that morning and her grandmother’s funeral that afternoon—and glanced around the ballroom. It was clean, no cobwebs or dust, and the still-swaying chandelier sparkled under its own light, but there was a definite air of disuse clinging to the room that had made it perfect for their exercise.
“Fine,” she finally sighed. “Let’s try it again, then.”
“It won’t work until you learn to forgive and forget, Georgie.”
She dragged oxygen through her flared nostrils. “I guess I’m not very good at living up to the standards set by old proverbs, Silviu.”
But she was trying. She was trying hard to move past old suspicions that everything Silviu had ever done had been nothing more than a ploy to gain power. She empathized with his desire to put them both into secure positions, including the highest in the witching world. She’d faced the demon within herself that whispered she’d have taken desperate measures, too, if their situations had been reversed—but doing and having it done to her were very different things.
She felt Silviu move behind her a moment before he wrapped his arms around her stiff body. “My love, when you were caught in the spell at the Ngozi residence, our magic merged perfectly. I felt it. But when Suzette challenged you for Davenold Motherhood, I also felt the distance you tried to maintain between us.”
“I was trying to figure out how to pretend to use something I don’t even have. I’m not the Mother. I don’t have access to the Davenold magic.”
“Yes, you do.” He tightened his arms around her. “You have access to all the magic at my disposal. When you used it against your cousin, I felt the instability. Your distrust might as well be a brick wall between us. I believe that is why our gold magic turned black.”
“Maybe it’s just what I do.” Georgie slipped from Silviu’s arms and turned to face him directly. “I break magic. I break witches, just like I did to Suzette when I bound her talents so completely that she lost all her power. Now she’s Bane-made because I am Bane-born. I am a creature of nightmare, just like those old stories said.”
He shook his head. “It’s within your ability to control. Your distrust of me is what’s weakening your concentration, and I am sorry for that, Georgeanne. Your magic—”
“I don’t have magic!” Georgie threaded her fingers through her hair and tugged, wishing she could get off the merry-go-round. They continued to have the same conversation with the same results—Silviu’s disbelief.
“Still?” He slapped his palms together, making her jump with the loud, unexpected noise. His voice dropped into a low tone that warned her of his growing anger. “Still, you deny your abilities?”
“I didn’t use my magic. I used yours. I am the absence of magic and I consume it.” Georgie crossed the space between them in a rush and pressed her palm to Silviu’s sternum. “You fill me up with all the extra you have and with all the natural power you can draw from the world around you when we’re linked. But none of that is mine. I’m just a convenient container to put your power into so that its force doesn’t rip you apart.”
“My father said you—”
“Your father was wrong! Vasile read some fucking fairy tales and figured they were as good as real life.”
“He’s been right—”
“He’s been half-right,” she argued. Georgie took a step back and rubbed her temples. “We can’t depend on legends alone, Silviu. We have to face facts.”
“My father believed you would be an extremely powerful witch. He believed that all your magic is locked inside you, hidden by your Bane shield, but that my magic held the key.”
“It’s the other way around,” she whispered.
“No. Magic Matches take the heft of the stronger witch. You access my magic, but I can’t access yours. That means you’re more powerful than I am, and we just have to unlock what you have, stabilize it and learn to use it.”
“I have no magic for you to access.” She held up a hand to forestall his argument. “Whatever I am, Silviu, and whatever we can be together, it’s not what your father expected.”
He stared at her for a long minute, the silver hue of his eyes darkening, his lips pulling straight. Just when Georgie was about to simply leave him to his thoughts and find a quiet place to organize her own, he moved. Silviu was lightning quick when he wanted to be, and she didn’t have a chance to register his actions before he’d caught her in an unbreakable embrace.
“My love.” His breath feathered over her ear and made her knees melt. “We’ll figure out what we can do, but only when this wall of doubt between us comes down.”
Not giving her a chance to reply, Silviu captured Georgeanne’s mouth with his own. He dominated and conquered, letting the full force of his authority bear down on hers. Reacting without thought, she fought back with slick thrusts and wet parries, doing her best to combat his patriarchal arrogance with her own feminine pride.
But the kiss dragged her under his spell—a different kind of magic. The enchantments of want, need and desire fed into the alchemy of the schoolgirl’s crush and became the woman’s greatest pleasure. The magic of sensuality between two lovers who fit each other in every way had the room spinning, swirling with gold, controlled without effort.
Silviu broke their kiss, but his lips moved against hers as he said, “I’ll teach you to trust me again, Georgeanne, the same way I taught you before—with pleasure, patience and love.”
Silviu held her to him as her bones liquefied with the stress of too many tragedies in too short a time. Georgie had rarely had anyone to lean on in times of trouble, but now she was in Silviu’s arms, and it felt like a safe haven, in spite of his crime. He felt like home.
It hurt.
As he made to take her mouth again, Georgie turned her head. “I can’t do this right now, Silviu. Let me go.”
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Best Foods To Eat For Healthy Mitochondria
Author : Ari Whitten
Medical Reviewer: Evan Hirsch, MD
Best Foods to Nourish Mitochondria
Mitochondrial Membrane Support & Repair
Cofactors in Mitochondrial Energy Production
Foods Rich in Phytonutrients
Raw vegetables and fruits
Foods rich in PQQ
Omega 3 rich foods
Intermittent Fasting for Mitochondrial Health
Mitochondria are organelles found inside every living cell, which is why mitochondrial dysfunction is a serious.
Their primary function is to supply cellular energy by producing adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Mitochondria also play an essential role in cell signaling, cellular differentiation, and cell death, as well as control of the cell cycle and cell growth 1. The health of these powerhouses is vitally important for energy levels. Healthier, bigger and more mitochondria means more energy!
The problem with mitochondria is that they are very sensitive to damage from oxidative stress. This may be caused by toxins, infections, allergens, stress or a diet containing excess calories and/or poor quality food. In order to work efficiently, mitochondria need to be resilient. Resilience is built through the action and stimulation of mitochondria by hormetic stressors (a mild stressor that helps build resistance to other stressors), including exercise, calorie restriction, extreme cold and heat exposure, red and near-infrared red light exposure, hypoxia, UV light, Xenobiotics (like caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and other drugs) as well as dietary phytonutrients.
When people think of energy production, most people only think about the carbohydrates, fats and proteins in their diet as energy producing fuel. However, micronutrients and phytonutrients may play a much more important role. A diet rich in a variety of plant phytonutrients provides the essential micronutrients the body needs for energy production as well as acting as an antioxidant and hormetic stressor responsible for reducing inflammation and initiating mitochondrial growth and biogenesis (the production of new mitochondria).
Phospholipids – One of the most powerful compounds for mitochondrial regeneration. Lipid replacement therapy, utilizing phospholipids, is used to repair damaged membrane glycerophospholipids, that accumulate during aging and in various clinical conditions, to restore cellular and mitochondrial function. It has been shown to reduce fatigue by a whopping 24–43% in people with chronic fatigue syndrome 2 3 4 5, as well as reduce cancer-associated fatigue and the fatigue effects of cancer therapy by similar amounts, in just a few weeks of use67. Phospholipids are naturally present in almost all foods in human nutrition. They accumulate in cell membranes, so all foods with cell membranes contain phospholipids 8. Soybean is an excellent source of phospholipids; other high-quality sources include egg yolk, liver, krill oil, beef, milk and other dairy products 9. Treatment with krill oil (at a dosage of 300 mg daily) significantly reduced C-Reactive Protein levels (a marker for inflammation) and arthritic symptoms in patients with arthritis compared to a placebo10.
Astaxanthin – is a red, fat-soluble pigment found in various microorganisms and marine animals11. Due to its special ability to penetrate inside of cells and incorporate itself inside its mitochondrial membranes, Astaxanthin is known to protect the mitochondria against oxygen radicals, conserve their antioxidant capacity and enhance their energy production efficiency. It is thought to be one of the most effective antioxidants known to man, can increase blood flow12, reduce the oxidation of LDL 13 and improve cognitive function 14. Astaxanthin also modulates blood glucose 15 and so increases levels of Orexin and hence energy levels. One study showed that Astaxanthin may even have anti-aging properties16. The best natural sources of astaxanthin are algae, yeast, salmon, trout, krill, shrimp and crayfish 17. Eating about 165 grams of wild caught salmon per day will give you about 3.6 mg of astaxanthin.
Melatonin – is one of the primary hormones that regulate the sleep/wake cycle (or circadian rhythm). It is also a known powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory 18 and protects mitochondria by scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS), promoting mitophagy and preserving mitochondrial functions and homeostasis. In addition, mitochondrial biogenesis is also regulated by melatonin19. Characteristically, melatonin rises at night, signaling to your body that it is time to go to sleep, and falls in the morning when it is time to wake up. However, production of melatonin may be disrupted by light entering the eye after the sun goes down. This can be from exposure to electronic screens or artificial light. Because most of us living in the modern world have some form of circadian rhythm disruption, eating foods rich in melatonin may be useful. People with certain disease states also have low levels of melatonin20 and melatonin supplementation has been used successfully to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis21, to boost memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease22and to improve sleep and ADHD symptoms in patients with autism23 24. The richest natural source of melatonin is pistachios. Other nuts as well as fish and eggs are also good sources 25.
Cofactors are compounds that assist with biological chemical reactions in the body. These can be vitamins, minerals or coenzymes that work synergistically with enzymes in the production of ATP (our energy currency) by the mitochondria.
Magnesium – is an essential mineral for energy production and is deficient in much of the U.S. population. Cellular energy production consists of many Magnesium dependent enzymatic reactions 26. In fact, a deficiency results in various cellular malfunctions and diseases, including increased blood pressure, reduced glucose tolerance, and abnormal neural excitations that impair sleep27. The best food sources of Magnesium are leafy greens, nuts, seeds and cacao. As most people are deficient paying particular attention to increasing your intake of Magnesium containing foods is critical. It can have a calming effect on the body 28 and may improve sleep quality – and better sleep means more energy throughout the day!
Coenzyme Q10 – is naturally occurring in all cells of the body, although the heart, kidneys and liver have the highest levels. CoQ10 plays a critical role in energy production and in protecting cells from oxidative damage29. As people with some diseases have reduced levels of this substance, including people who have fibromyalgia 30 31 32, people who have survived heart attacks or heart failure 33 34, have multiple sclerosis3536, are infertile373839, or suffer migraines 40 41, researchers have been interested in finding out whether CoQ10 supplements might have health benefits. CoQ10 enhances blood flow (through nitric oxide preservation), protects blood vessels, lowers oxidative stress, and boosts vitality in anyone who suffers from fatigue, but especially those people with the aforementioned conditions. Primary dietary sources of CoQ10 include oily fish (such as salmon and tuna), organ meats (such as liver), and whole grains. Most individuals obtain sufficient amounts of CoQ10 through a balanced diet, but supplementation may be useful for individuals with particular health conditions42.
B-Vitamins – the B vitamins are important for maintaining cell health and keeping you energized. There are 8 different types of B vitamins, which are often grouped together and are essential for various functions within the body 43. They help break down and release energy from food, create new blood cells, and maintain healthy skin cells, brain cells, and other body tissues. Most people can get their daily requirement of B vitamins from eating a variety of healthy food. However, certain groups, such as vegetarians and vegans, people with GI disorders and older adults may be prone to deficiencies. Foods rich in B vitamins include, whole grains, eggs, liver, avocado, milk, broccoli, certain fresh fruit and fortified breakfast cereals (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-b/).
Plant phytonutrients are plant toxins that we have developed the ability to benefit from. They act as pro-oxidants in the body, which activates the body’s antioxidant defense system, led by the transcription factor Nrf2. Nrf2 activates the genes responsible for detoxification of chemicals and antioxidant defense. Plant polyphenols include compounds such as:
Resveratrol – from red grapes, which turn on sirtuins, a class of proteins, involved in regulating cellular processes like aging, transcription, apoptosis, inflammation44 and stress resistance, as well as energy efficiency and alertness during low-calorie situations45.
Sulforaphane – from broccoli, which turns on antioxidant and anticancer enzymes in the skin, arteries and stomach. Consume some form of cruciferous vegetable every single day, ideally with breakfast.
Curcumin – from turmeric, which inhibits transcription factors and kinases involved in cancer and inflammation.
Green tea – a rich but variable source of bioflavonoids which have been shown to have anticancer and cardioprotective effects.
Cloves and Cinnamon – have been shown to increase muscle glycolysis and mitochondria function 46 and also stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis 47.
In order to build up your natural defenses it is essential to consume lots of plant foods in your diet. Make their consumption a daily norm and make sure they compose the bulk of your diet. Eat a variety of spices, olive oil, herbs, medicinal mushrooms, fruits and vegetables, especially those with bright or intense colors (which contain a class of phytonutrients called Bioflavanoids). Also eat fruit, skins and seeds that are bitter (and contain glucosinolates). Finally, drink teas, herbs and spices that have strong, bitter or hot flavors, including herbal teas, green and black teas, coffee, hot chocolate, yerba mate and chai.
Raw plant foods contain micro RNA’s (miRNA) that carry information and act as important signaling molecules in humans. miRNAs have already been identified as regulators in mitochondrial metabolism. It is thought to increase cellular NAD+ (a coenzyme needed for energy production) levels and sirtuin activity, which subsequently increases mitochondrial function and biogenesis48. Make sure you include some raw food in your meals every day!
Pyrroloquinoline quinone, or PQQ, is a vitamin-like compound found in plant foods, with a wide range of benefits. It is involved in cellular function, including cellular growth, development, differentiation and survival. It also activates the PGC-1α pathway, which increases mitochondrial biogenesis and increases Nrf2 transcription factors that protect cells against free radical damage through the activation of the body’s internal antioxidant defense system. By increasing cellular metabolism it also favorably affects blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and adiposity. Healthy individuals given 20mg of PQQ showed a significant decrease in plasma C-Reactive Protein levels (a measure of inflammation). Lower Inflammation means higher levels of Orexin and more energy.
PQQ has also been shown to improve sleep time and quality, as well as decrease time taken to fall asleep 49. PQQ-rich foods include parsley, green peppers, kiwi fruit, papaya and tofu. However, the richest source is pure, raw Cacao powder, so drinking hot chocolate made with liberal amounts of Cacao is a good way to boost levels. Cacao also contains Flavanol-3-ol and Epicatechin, which are phytonutrients that stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis.
Polyunsaturated fatty acids of marine origin up-regulate mitochondrial biogenesis, play a critical role in mitochondrial bioenergetics and increase fatty acid oxidation 50. It has been shown that increasing intake of Omega 3 fatty acids results in its robust incorporation into human muscle mitochondrial membranes altering the thickness, stiffness and fluidity of the lipid bilayer and thus impacting metabolism 51.
The best sources of Omega 3 fatty acids are seafood, however, due to pollution concerns, eating large predatory fish such as tuna and swordfish is not recommended, however, fish that are lower on the food chain, like sardines and anchovies are acceptable and should be eaten at least a few times a week. Opt for wild-caught fish whenever possible (especially wild Alaskan) and eat as much shellfish as you like, including mussels, oysters, scallops, shrimp, crab etc.
Whenever possible, chose whole food sources of Omega 3 fatty acids over supplements as most commercially available fish oils are oxidized. If you are going to supplement, we recommend krill oil over fish oil, as it contains astaxanthin, another powerful antioxidant with numerous health benefits (discussed above), that protects the oil from oxidation. Also, if you are vegan or don’t like seafood, make sure you supplement with algae oil.
Although eating a healthy diet is critically important for mitochondrial health, when you eat and how you eat can also affect mitochondrial function. Calorie restriction and time restricted feeding (TRF) (or intermittent fasting) have been shown to optimize mitochondrial function, benefit the aging process and extend lifespan. The mild stress that caloric restriction places on the body acts as a hormetic stressor and activates a wide variety of protective pathways within the body, ramping up anti-inflammatory and antioxidant defences. In this way, your body prepares for famine to come.
Fasting for medical purposes has been suggested since the time of ancient Chinese, Greek and Roman physicians 52. Even Benjamin Franklin has been quoted as saying “The best of all medicines is resting and fasting.”53
When levels of insulin drop as a result of fasting (or high-fat ketogenic diets) autophagy is triggered. Autophagy literally means “self-eating”. It is the body’s way of cleaning out damaged cells, in order to regenerate newer, healthier cells. Autophagy also plays an important role in cellular quality control where it degrades protein aggregates and damaged or dysfunctional organelles such as leaky mitochondria that can be harmful to the cell 54. Through this mechanism, intermittent fasting keeps cells youthful, vigorous, and healthy overall.
Carb cycling is also a form of hormesis and carbohydrate restriction produces ketone bodies, which may have many protective effects. Ketone bodies are an extremely energy-efficient source of fuel. They produce more ATP than glucose. Using ketone bodies for energy decreases the production of damaging free radicals and lowers inflammation 5556, which can cause severe disease and damage 57. Ketogenesis improves mitochondrial health by activating the Nrf2 pathway and increasing mitochondrial biogenesis.
To gain the benefits of calorie restriction and intermittent fasting, start by adding occasional intermittent fasts that last 16-24 hours long. When you are starting out do not fast longer than 24 hours and restrict fasting to no more than twice per week, to minimize any ill-effects. To amplify autophagy, drink water at night or first thing in the morning while you are still fasting. In addition, you can cycle calories, carbohydrates, proteins and fats, which can also be have similar beneficial effects.
As you can see from the above, eating a healthy and varied diet is vital for mitochondrial health and energy production. Certain nutrients, such as phospholipids and astaxanthin, are critical for maintaining the integrity of the mitochondrial membrane, cofactors, such as Magnesium and the B Vitamins, are important for cellular health and energy production, and phytonutrients in plant foods act as dietary restriction mimetics and mimic the physiological effects of dietary restriction.
Equally, sometimes limiting nutrients and cycling calories and/or macronutrients can be beneficial to overall health. They key to this is hormesis, an adaptive response of cells and organisms to a moderate (usually intermittent) stress. By neutralizing many endogenous and environmental challenges by toxic agents, hormesis enhances survival58.
In other words, that which does not kill us, only makes us stronger!
Exercise, exposure to heat and cold, and red and near infra-red light treatment also act as hormetic stressors that strengthen the mitochondria. Aside from this, the effect of optimizing your circadian rhythm, hydrating adequately, dealing with stress, taking care of your gut health and decreasing your toxic load cannot be ignored for overall health and wellness.
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* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Brian McCardie as one of the principle cast members.
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Ed is the owner and Optician of The Newburyport Optique and McLoughlin Family Eyecare in Newmarket, NH. Originally from Brooklyn, the Mcloughlin's moved to MA and purchased The Optique in October of 2001. Since then, Ed has watched his dream of caring for people's eyes brighten, opening McLoughlin Eyecare in 2003 .
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How did my MP vote on a second referendum?
Jonathon Read
Published: 9:15 PM March 27, 2019 Updated: 6:18 PM September 17, 2020
Anti-Brexit campaigners outside the Houses of Parliament. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA Wire - Credit: PA
The division list showed eight Conservative MPs voted for it. They were joined by 198 Labour MPs, 32 SNP, 11 Liberal Democrats, four Plaid Cymru, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and 14 Independents.
There were 254 Conservative MPs who voted against the motion.
They were joined by 27 Labour MPs, 10 DUP and four Independents.
The eight Conservative MPs who voted for the confirmatory vote motion were listed as: Guto Bebb (Aberconwy), Justine Greening (Putney), Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield), Sam Gyimah (East Surrey), Joseph Johnson (Orpington), Phillip Lee (Bracknell), Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle), Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury).
The 198 Labour MPs who supported the motion were: Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington), Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth), Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow), Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting), Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale), Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower), Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South), Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West), Margaret Beckett (Derby South), Hilary Benn (Leeds Central), Clive Betts (Sheffield South East), Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham), Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central), Ben Bradshaw (Exeter), Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West), Lyn Brown (West Ham), Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East), Chris Bryant (Rhondda), Karen Buck (Westminster North), Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield), Richard Burgon (Leeds East), Dawn Butler (Brent Central), Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill), Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth), Alan Campbell (Tynemouth), Dan Carden (Liverpool, Walton), Jenny Chapman (Darlington), Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate), Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley), Vernon Coaker (Gedling), Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford), Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North), Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark), David Crausby (Bolton North East), Mary Creagh (Wakefield), Stella Creasy (Walthamstow), John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead), Alex Cunningham (Stockton North), Jim Cunningham (Coventry South), Janet Daby (Lewisham East), Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe), Wayne David (Caerphilly), Geraint Davies (Swansea West), Marsha De Cordova (Battersea), Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West), Emma Dent Coad (Kensington), Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough), Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East), Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth), Peter Dowd (Bootle), David Drew (Stroud), Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington), Rosie Duffield (Canterbury), Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood), Angela Eagle (Wallasey), Clive Efford (Eltham), Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central), Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside), Chris Elmore (Ogmore), Bill Esterson (Sefton Central), Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme), Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East), Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford), James Frith (Bury North), Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough), Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill), Barry Gardiner (Brent North), Ruth George (High Peak), Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston), Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green), Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland), Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston), Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South), Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West), Nia Griffith (Llanelli), John Grogan (Keighley), Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley), Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East), David Hanson (Delyn), Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle), Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham), Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood), Sue Hayman (Workington), John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne), Mark Hendrick (Preston), Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch), Margaret Hodge (Barking), Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West), Kate Hollern (Blackburn), George Howarth (Knowsley), Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton), Imran Hussain (Bradford East), Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North), Darren Jones (Bristol North West), Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney), Graham P Jones (Hyndburn), Sarah Jones (Croydon Central), Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South), Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South), Liz Kendall (Leicester West), Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton), Ged Killen (Rutherglen and Hamilton West), Peter Kyle (Hove), Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath), David Lammy (Tottenham), Karen Lee (Lincoln), Clive Lewis (Norwich South), Tony Lloyd (Rochdale), Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles), Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham), Holly Lynch (Halifax), Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr), Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood), Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston), Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South), Sandy Martin (Ipswich), Rachael Maskell (York Central), Christian Matheson (City of Chester), Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak), Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East), Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden), Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough), John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington), Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East), Conor McGinn (St Helens North), Alison McGovern (Wirral South), Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North), Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North), Edward Miliband (Doncaster North), Madeleine Moon (Bridgend), Jessica Morden (Newport East), Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South), Ian Murray (Edinburgh South), Alex Norris (Nottingham North), Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central), Kate Osamor (Edmonton), Albert Owen (Ynys Mon), Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead), Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich), Toby Perkins (Chesterfield), Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley), Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South), Laura Pidcock (North West Durham), Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport), Stephen Pound (Ealing North), Lucy Powell (Manchester Central), Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East), Faisal Rashid (Warrington South), Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne), Steve Reed (Croydon North), Christina Rees (Neath), Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge), Rachel Reeves (Leeds West), Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East), Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde), Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston), Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West), Matt Rodda (Reading East), Danielle Rowley (Midlothian), Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd), Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown), Naz Shah (Bradford West), Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall), Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield), Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn), Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith), Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood), Eleanor Smith (Wolverhampton South West), Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington), Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent), Owen Smith (Pontypridd), Karin Smyth (Bristol South), Alex Sobel (Leeds North West), Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras), Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central), Wes Streeting (Ilford North), Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East), Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside), Gareth Thomas (Harrow West), Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen), Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury), Stephen Timms (East Ham), Anna Turley (Redcar), Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East), Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby), Liz Twist (Blaydon), Keith Vaz (Leicester East), Valerie Vaz (Walsall South), Thelma Walker (Colne Valley), Tom Watson (West Bromwich East), Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green), Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington), Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test), Martin Whitfield (East Lothian), Paul Williams (Stockton South), Phil Wilson (Sedgefield), Mohammad Yasin (Bedford), Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge).
The 27 Labour MPs who voted against the motion were listed as: Kevin Barron (Rother Valley), Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley), Sarah Champion (Rotherham), Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire), Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham), Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse), Caroline Flint (Don Valley), Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield), Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow), Mike Hill (Hartlepool), Kate Hoey (Vauxhall), Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central), Helen Jones (Warrington North), Kevan Jones (North Durham), Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields), Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston), John Mann (Bassetlaw), Grahame Morris (Easington), Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby), Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East), Dennis Skinner (Bolsover), Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North), Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich), Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central), John Spellar (Warley), Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton), Derek Twigg (Halton).
The 254 Conservative MPs who voted against were: Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden), Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Peter Aldous (Waveney), David Amess (Southend West), Stuart Andrew (Pudsey), Edward Argar (Charnwood), Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle), Richard Bacon (South Norfolk), Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden), Steve Baker (Wycombe), Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire), John Baron (Basildon and Billericay), Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk), Richard Benyon (Newbury), Paul Beresford (Mole Valley), Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen), Bob Blackman (Harrow East), Crispin Blunt (Reigate), Peter Bone (Wellingborough), Peter Bottomley (Worthing West), Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine), Ben Bradley (Mansfield), Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West), Suella Braverman (Fareham), Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South), Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire), Fiona Bruce (Congleton), Robert Buckland (South Swindon), Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar), Conor Burns (Bournemouth West), James Cartlidge (South Suffolk), William Cash (Stone), Maria Caulfield (Lewes), Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham), Christopher Chope (Christchurch), Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds), Colin Clark (Gordon), Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland), James Cleverly (Braintree), Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds), Th?r?se Coffey (Suffolk Coastal), Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe), Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire), Robert Courts (Witney), Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire), Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford), Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire), David T. C. Davies (Monmouth), Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire), Mims Davies (Eastleigh), Philip Davies (Shipley), David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden), Caroline Dinenage (Gosport), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham), Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire), Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay), Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere), Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock), Richard Drax (South Dorset), James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East), David Duguid (Banff and Buchan), Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green), Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton), Philip Dunne (Ludlow), Michael Ellis (Northampton North), Charlie Elphicke (Dover), George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth), Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley), David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford), Michael Fabricant (Lichfield), Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks), Vicky Ford (Chelmsford), Kevin Foster (Torbay), Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford), Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire), Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green), Marcus Fysh (Yeovil), Roger Gale (North Thanet), Nusrat Ghani (Wealden), Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton), Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham), John Glen (Salisbury), Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park), Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby), Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire), Richard Graham (Gloucester), Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock), Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald), James Gray (North Wiltshire), Chris Green (Bolton West), Damian Green (Ashford), Andrew Griffiths (Burton), Kirstene Hair (Angus), Robert Halfon (Harlow), Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate), Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham), Mark Harper (Forest of Dean), Rebecca Harris (Castle Point), Trudy Harrison (Copeland), Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire), John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings), Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire), James Heappey (Wells), Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry), Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon), Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey), Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs), Simon Hoare (North Dorset), George Hollingbery (Meon Valley), Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton), Philip Hollobone (Kettering), Adam Holloway (Gravesham), Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire), Eddie Hughes (Walsall North), Alister Jack (Dumfries and Galloway), Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire), Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex), Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood), Robert Jenrick (Newark), Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip), Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham), Gareth Johnson (Dartford), Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough), David Jones (Clwyd West), Marcus Jones (Nuneaton), Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham), Gillian Keegan (Chichester), Seema Kennedy (South Ribble), Stephen Kerr (Stirling), Julian Knight (Solihull), Greg Knight (East Yorkshire), Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne), John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk), Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North), Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire), Edward Leigh (Gainsborough), Oliver Letwin (West Dorset), Andrew Lewer (Northampton South), Julian Lewis (New Forest East), Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset), Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster), Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke), Jonathan Lord (Woking), Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham), Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet), Rachel Maclean (Redditch), Anne Main (St Albans), Alan Mak (Havant), Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire), Scott Mann (North Cornwall), Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire), Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys), Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales), Stephen McPartland (Stevenage), Esther McVey (Tatton), Mark Menzies (Fylde), Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View), Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock), Maria Miller (Basingstoke), Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase), Nigel Mills (Amber Valley), Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield), Damien Moore (Southport), Nicky Morgan (Loughborough), Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot), David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale), James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis), Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills), Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall), Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire), Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst), Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire), Neil O'Brien (Harborough), Matthew Offord (Hendon), Guy Opperman (Hexham), Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton), Priti Patel (Witham), Owen Paterson (North Shropshire), Mark Pawsey (Rugby), Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead), John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare), Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole), Chris Philp (Croydon South), Christopher Pincher (Tamworth), Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich), Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane), Victoria Prentis (Banbury), Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford), Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin), Tom Pursglove (Corby), Jeremy Quin (Horsham), Will Quince (Colchester), Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton), John Redwood (Wokingham), Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset), Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury), Mary Robinson (Cheadle), Andrew Rosindell (Romford), Douglas Ross (Moray), Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire), Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam), Bob Seely (Isle of Wight), Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire), Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield), Alok Sharma (Reading West), Keith Simpson (Broadland), Chris Skidmore (Kingswood), Chloe Smith (Norwich North), Henry Smith (Crawley), Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen), Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex), Caroline Spelman (Meriden), Mark Spencer (Sherwood), Andrew Stephenson (Pendle), John Stevenson (Carlisle), Bob Stewart (Beckenham), Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South), Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border), Gary Streeter (South West Devon), Mel Stride (Central Devon), Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness), Julian Sturdy (York Outer), Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)), Desmond Swayne (New Forest West), Hugo Swire (East Devon), Robert Syms (Poole), Derek Thomas (St Ives), Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South), Maggie Throup (Erewash), Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood), Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon), Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole), Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire), David Tredinnick (Bosworth), Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed), Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling), Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire), Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes), Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet), Charles Walker (Broxbourne), Robin Walker (Worcester), Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North), David Warburton (Somerton and Frome), Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness), Giles Watling (Clacton), Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent), Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire), Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley), John Whittingdale (Maldon), Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire), Mike Wood (Dudley South), William Wragg (Hazel Grove), Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon).
On amendment J, Tory former minister Ken Clarke's customs union proposal, the division list showed it was supported by 33 Conservative MPs, 226 Labour, Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb, and four Independents.
It was opposed by 235 Conservative MPs, 12 Labour, Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse, 10 DUP, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and 13 Independent MPs.
The 33 Conservative MPs listed as supporting Clarke's customs union motion were: Guto Bebb (Aberconwy), Richard Benyon (Newbury), Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford), Steve Brine (Winchester), Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire), Alex Chalk (Cheltenham), Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe), Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire), Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon), Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster), Vicky Ford (Chelmsford), George Freeman (Mid Norfolk), Damian Green (Ashford), Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon), Richard Harrington (Watford), Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire), Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs), Simon Hoare (North Dorset), Margot James (Stourbridge), Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford), Oliver Letwin (West Dorset), Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire), Anne Milton (Guildford), Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield), Nicky Morgan (Loughborough), Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst), Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth), Mark Pawsey (Rugby), Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury), Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex), Caroline Spelman (Meriden), Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border), Edward Vaizey (Wantage).
The 12 Labour MPs who voted against it were: Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley), Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley), Jim Cunningham (Coventry South), Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow), Kate Hoey (Vauxhall), John Mann (Bassetlaw), Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden), Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North), Grahame Morris (Easington), Dennis Skinner (Bolsover), Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton), Paul Williams (Stockton South).
The division list for motion B demanding Brexit with no deal on April 12 showed 157 Conservative MPs voted for it along with three Labour MPs - Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley), Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) and Dennis Skinner (Bolsover).
Of the 400 MPs who opposed it, 237 were Labour, 94 Conservatives, 34 SNP, 11 Liberal Democrats, four Plaid Cymru, 18 Independents, DUP MP Jim Shannon (Strangford), four Plaid Cymru and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.
The division list for motion D, which proposed continued participation in the single market and a 'comprehensive customs arrangement' with the EU - dubbed Common market 2.0 - showed 36 Conservative MPs voted in favour along with 143 Labour MPs, four Plaid Cymru, Liberal Democrat Normand Lamb and four Independents.
But it was defeated as 225 Conservative MPs voted against along with 42 Labour, 14 Independents, Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.
The division list for motion H, which proposed remaining within the European Economic Area and rejoining the European Free Trade Association but staying outside the customs union, showed it was supported by 60 Conservatives, four Labour, and Independent MP Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne).
It was defeated as those voting against it included 200 Conservatives, 124 Labour, 16 Independents, 34 SNP, Liberal Democrats Sir Vince Cable and Wera Hobouse, and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.
The division list for motion K, Labour's proposal for a comprehensive customs union and close alignment with the single market, showed 232 Labour MPs supported it along with four Independents and Conservative MP Ken Clarke.
But 276 Conservatives voted against along with 14 Independents, Liberal Democrats Sir Vince Cable and Wera Hobhouse, 10 DUP, four Labour and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.
The division list for motion O, calling for the government to seek preferential trade arrangements with the EU, showed it was supported by 126 Conservative MPs, three Labour and 10 DUP.
There were 233 Labour MPs who voted against it, along with 122 Conservatives, four Plaid Cymru, 18 Independents, 33 SNP, 11 Liberal Democrats and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.
There were 93 Conservative MPs listed as voting against the motion to change the exit date of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
They were: Adam Afriyie (Windsor), David Amess (Southend West), Richard Bacon (South Norfolk), Steve Baker (Wycombe), John Baron (Basildon and Billericay), Bob Blackman (Harrow East), Crispin Blunt (Reigate), Ben Bradley (Mansfield), Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West), Suella Braverman (Fareham), Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire), Fiona Bruce (Congleton), Conor Burns (Bournemouth West), William Cash (Stone), Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham), Christopher Chope (Christchurch), Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland), Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds), Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford), Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire), Philip Davies (Shipley), David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden), Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire), Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay), Richard Drax (South Dorset), James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East), Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green), Charlie Elphicke (Dover), George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth), Michael Fabricant (Lichfield), Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford), Marcus Fysh (Yeovil), Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park), James Gray (North Wiltshire), Chris Green (Bolton West), Robert Halfon (Harlow), Mark Harper (Forest of Dean), John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings), Adam Holloway (Gravesham), Eddie Hughes (Walsall North), Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire), Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex), Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood), Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip), Gareth Johnson (Dartford), David Jones (Clwyd West), Greg Knight (East Yorkshire), Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire), Andrew Lewer (Northampton South), Julian Lewis (New Forest East), Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset), Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster), Jonathan Lord (Woking), Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham), Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet), Scott Mann (North Cornwall), Stephen McPartland (Stevenage), Esther McVey (Tatton), Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View), Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock), Nigel Mills (Amber Valley), Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot), David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale), Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall), Matthew Offord (Hendon), Priti Patel (Witham), Owen Paterson (North Shropshire), Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead), Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole), Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin), Tom Pursglove (Corby), Will Quince (Colchester), Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton), John Redwood (Wokingham), Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset), Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury), Andrew Rosindell (Romford), Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire), Bob Seely (Isle of Wight), Henry Smith (Crawley), Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen), Desmond Swayne (New Forest West), Robert Syms (Poole), Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South), Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole), Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire), Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire), Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes), Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet), Charles Walker (Broxbourne), Giles Watling (Clacton), John Whittingdale (Maldon), William Wragg (Hazel Grove).
Two Labour MPs - Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley), Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) - and the 10 DUP MPs also voted against it.
There were 150 Conservative MPs who voted in favour along with 230 Labour, 34 SNP, 11 Liberal Democrats, four Plaid Cymru, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and 10 Independents.
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Therefore, interested buyers should carefully consider the event schedule, venue locations, budget and other factors before submitting a request. At the end of the request phase, no changes to ticket requests will be permitted.
Once the inventory is established, CoSport will confirm which of the requested tickets will be offered for purchase by June 20, 2019. At that time, payment must be processed by June 26, 2019.
Hotel and Ticket Packages from CoSport will be then available exclusively through CoSport.com to the Australian public starting June 20, 2019. Hotel and Ticket Packages will combine a wide range of event tickets, three- or four-star accommodations, daily breakfast and expert guidance from purchase through departure from the experienced CoSport team and knowledgeable local hosts.
“CoSport has a deep knowledge of Japan and is preparing to welcome fans of the Australian Team with an exciting variety of Individual Ticket and Package options,” said Robert F. Long, CoSport President.
“Our Hotel and Tickets Packages simplify attending the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games so our guests can focus on enjoying this once-in-a-lifetime experience. There will be plenty of opportunities to choose from once sales open, but the best packages will surely go fast.”
All ticket-inclusive offerings for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be made available exclusively through CoSport.com, the only official ticketing agent in Australia for tickets to the 2020 Olympic Games. Details on the sales process – including timeline, pricing and terms and conditions – are available at CoSport.com.
“For our athletes and fans alike, there are few experiences more exhilarating than being there and being part of the Olympic experience,” AOC Chief Executive Officer Matt Carroll AM said.
“Together with CoSport, we are excited to extend an invitation to Australian Team fans from around the country to share this truly once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Mr Carroll concluded.
CoSport has been appointed by the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee as the sole Authorized Ticket Reseller in Australia.
On July 24, 2020, the world will come together in Tokyo for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, followed by 16 days of competition in Japan’s capital city. Demand for tickets to these highly-anticipated Games is expected to be strong.
For the latest news on the Australian Team, visit olympics.com.au.
Visit tokyo2020.org for the latest on the Host City’s preparations to welcome the world in July 2020.
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Children Living at the West Calumet Housing Are at High Risk for Lead Poisoning
By Theodoros and Rooth, P.C.
There is a looming health crisis for the past and current residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana.
The newspapers and local media have recently reported that the East Chicago Housing authority intends to demolish 346 housing units at the West Calumet Housing Complex due to toxic levels of lead found in the soil.
This is indeed a housing and health crisis for the 1200 residents, more than half of whom are children.
It has been long known that lead exposure causes long-term neurologic harm, especially in children, and those who have grown up or spent time in West Calumet have been exposed to TOXIC levels of lead for the past 50 years.
Lead has been accumulating in the West Calumet soil as far back as 1906, when the USS Lead Smelting operation began directly across the street from the current housing complex, at 5300 Kennedy Avenue. And the International Lead Refining Company, DuPont, along with other industrial sites adjacent to West Calumet have been producing and expelling lead and other toxic metals onto the property for several decades. What’s worse, the West Calumet complex along with the Gosch Elementary School sit on the exact site of the Anaconda Lead Products.
Simply stated, the property occupied by the West Calumet residents and schools are situated in the middle of a toxic lead field created by the pollution of companies that sat inside or surrounded the property.
In November, 2012, the EPA published a document called the USS Lead Record of Decision. In that document, the EPA stated that, based upon soil sampling conducted in 2007, the soil at the West Calumet Complex “posed an imminent and substantial threat to human health.” USS Lead Record of Decision,https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.ars&id=0501433&doc=Y&colid=62604&requestTimeout=480.
By way of historical background, the EPA began investigating the lead levels in the West Calumet soil in 1993. That investigation was then turned over to the EPA’s Superfund program, which “is responsible for cleaning up some of the nation’s most contaminated land and responding to environmental emergencies, oil spills and natural disasters.” (www.epa.gov/superfund)
As a result of the findings, in 2009, the EPA listed the West Calumet area on its National Priorities List. The “EPA identified properties with lead concentrations in surface soils greater than 1,200 mg/kg. The EPA stated that lead surface soils in concentrations greater than 1,200 mg/kg pose an imminent and substantial threat to human health.” In the Record of Decision, the “EPA estimated that approximately 57% of the yards in this area contain concentrations of lead and/or arsenic that pose a risk to human health.” USS Lead Record of Decision, November 2012, p. 9. The acceptable lead concentration in soil set by the EPA is 400mg/kg.
But the EPA stated that, “lead poses a risk to residents at 47 of the 74 residential properties that were tested.”
“The EPA considers East Chicago an environmental justice community. An environmental justice community is one characterized by low income and burdened with significant environmental challenges.”
The solution selected by the EPA and agreed to by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in 2012 included excavation of the effected soil up to a depth of 24 inches, with disposal of the contaminated soil at an off-site Subtitle D landfill.
However, despite finding that the West Calumet housing complex had soil lead levels that posed an “imminent and substantial health risk” as of 2007, the remediation work has not begun!
In children, there is scientific evidence that links blood lead levels with neurological problems. Specifically, blood lead levels of less than 5 micrograms per deciliter of blood are associated with increased diagnosis of attention-related behavioral problems, greater incidence of problem behaviors, and decreased cognitive performance as indicated by (1) lower academic achievement, (2) decreased intelligence quotient (IQ), and (3) reductions in specific cognitive measures. National Toxicology Program, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Svc., NTP Monograph on Health Effects of Low-Level Lead, June 13, 2012, 1.4.1 NTP Conclusions, p. xviii.
The City of East Chicago, the East Chicago Housing Authority and HUD held a public meeting on August 3, 2016 to discuss the anticipated demolition of units at the West Calumet Housing Complex and the efforts being made to relocate residents.
Watch our blog for clips of the meeting and additional comments about the veracity of the statements made at the August 3, 2016 meeting.
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PARKLAND, Fla. — The suspected gunman in Wednesday's fatal attack at a Florida high school is a former student who teachers and former classmates say had an angry disposition that led to him being expelled and flagged as a danger on school grounds.
At one point, the former student had been listed by school administrators as a potential threat — particularly if he was carrying a backpack on campus.
The 19-year-old suspect was identified as Nikolas Cruz by the Broward County Sheriff's office. Cruz, whose first name also appears as Nicolas in some official records, was arrested Wednesday a short distance away from the school near a home, after leaving 17 dead in the afternoon attack.
The official said the killer used a military-style rifle, and that students apparently recognized the suspect during the assault. He was also equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, police said.
Cruz had been expelled and did not graduate from the school, according to police. He had previously attracted so much concern that school administrators banned him from campus, said Jim Gard, a math teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Cruz’s mother Lynda Cruz died of pneumonia on Nov. 1 neighbors, friends and family members said, according to The Sun Sentinel. Lynda Cruz and her husband, who died of a heart attack several years ago, adopted Nikolas and his biological brother, Zachary, after the couple moved from Long Island in New York to Broward County.
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel confirmed that Cruz was a student at the school at one time, but was not at the time of the shooting.
Israel said the shooter was outside and inside the school at points during the attack.
Cruz' former classmates say he had a hot temper and a history of making dark, gun-related jokes.
As friends hiding from the shooter sent photos and videos over Snapchat to 19-year-old Jillian Davis, she started to recognize the man her friends described.
The shooter she saw in photos was Cruz, she said, a classmate who participated in Davis’s ninth grade JROTC group.
She recalled him as withdrawn and having "a lot of anger management issues."
"Finding out it was him makes a lot of sense now,” Davis said.
Cruz would joke about shooting people or shooting up establishments, she added. At the time, she thought it was normal, violent teenage jokes. Cruz would also talk a lot about having guns and using them in different situations, she said.
Joe Melita, former head of the Professional Standards & Special Investigative Unit at Broward County Public Schools, said students at Douglas High appeared to be evacuating classes after someone pulled the fire alarm when shots rang out and students were told to shelter in place.
There may also have been smoke bombs involved, school district security officials told him. He said several district security officials knew of the shooter. “They were familiar with who the young man was,” said Melita, now a visiting professor at Lynn University in Boca Raton.
Gard said the former student had been aggressive toward other students.
“We were told last year that he wasn’t allowed on campus with a backpack on him,” Gard told the Miami Herald. “There were problems with him last year threatening students, and I guess he was asked to leave campus.”
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Gard, who taught the student, said he believes the school administration sent out an email warning teachers that the student had made threats against others in the past, the Herald reported.
Another student interviewed on the scene by local television station Channel 7 said the student had guns at home.
Gard described chaos at the scene of the shooting Wednesday. “Six kids ran back into my room, and I locked the door, turned out the lights and had the kids go to the back of the room,” Gard said.
“Within a minute a code red was announced,” Gard added, referring to the school code for a lockdown.
“I told the kids to hang in there, it may still be a drill.”
Caesar Figueroa said he was one of the first parents to arrive at the school, seeking his 16-year-old daughter after hearing reports of gunfire.
Students were running out into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in. “It was crazy and my daughter wasn’t answering her phone,” he said.
According to Figueroa, she texted him that she was hidden in a school closet with friends after she heard gunshots.
Schools in the Broward district typically have one or two school resource officers, typically Broward County Sheriff deputies who are armed and always on campus. Schools also employ campus monitors, who patrol the halls with walkie talkies but are not armed, and a security specialist, usually a retired sheriff’s department employee who helps the school plan and maintain its security protocols but is not armed. Melita said he wasn’t specifically familiar with Douglas High’s security setup.
Since heading up security at Broward schools in 2000, Melita said he directed schools to implement shelter-in-place plans and practice several drills a years, in collaboration with local police and fire departments. Melita underwent training by the U.S. Secret Service and implemented many of the lessons into district-wide plans, including implementing a single-point-of-entry in schools and driver license scans for visitors. The plan is not always full-proof, he said.
“If someone wants to get in, they’re going to get in,” Melita said. “You just have to make it as hard as possible for them.”
Student Daniel Huerfano said he recognized Cruz from an Instagram photo in which Cruz had posed with a gun in front of his face. He recalled that Cruz was shy when he attended the school and remembered seeing him walk around with his lunch bag.
Cruz “was that weird kid that you see … like a loner,” he said.
Contributing: Rick Jervis and The Associated Press
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Studio Ghibli’s Historic Deal With HBO Max Gives Upcoming Streamer an Edge
The revered Japanese animation house has never licensed its beloved films to a streaming service. Now all of them will land on WarnerMedia’s upcoming platform.
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Get ready for a Studio Ghibli marathon, courtesy of HBO Max. The legendary Japanese animation house has never before licensed its films for streaming—but on Thursday WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service announced a historic deal that will bring the studio’s full library into the fold, including popular titles like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Howl’s Moving Castle. According to a press release, all 21 Studio Ghibli films will be available on HBO Max when it launches next spring. In an increasingly crowded streaming landscape, this could give WarnerMedia a leg up on some of its competitors.
“Studio Ghibli films are visually breathtaking, completely immersive experiences,” HBO Max’s chief content officer, Kevin Reilly, said in a statement. “Exciting, enchanting, and deeply humanistic, these wonderful films have captured people’s hearts around the world, and we are proud to showcase them in an accessible way for even more fans through HBO Max.”
For 30 years, Studio Ghibli and its animation directors, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, along with producer Toshio Suzuki, have earned international acclaim. The studio won the Oscar for best-animated feature with Spirited Away (2002), and it has garnered additional nominations for Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, When Marnie Was There, and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. But the news that Studio Ghibli’s library will soon be available digitally might come as a bit of a surprise to some diehards; earlier this year a representative for Ghibli’s American distributor, GKids, recently cast doubt on whether the library would ever land at a streaming service.
“Studio Ghibli does not make their films available digitally, whether for download or streaming, anywhere in the world,” the rep told Polygon. “They continue to believe that presentation is vital and particularly appreciate opportunities for audiences to experience the films together in a theatrical setting.”
Representatives for GKids and Ghibli were unable to give Polygon further details earlier this week about deals that might be in the works—and now it appears we know why.
HBO Max will launch alongside several other newcomers to the streaming wars, all of which hope to make a splash in the next year or so: Apple, Disney, and NBC are all throwing their hats in the ring. More established services, meanwhile, continue to ramp up their own offerings—especially original programming. Netflix’s spending was projected to hit $15 billion this year, and Hulu has been announcing literary acquisitions left and right. In this increasingly cutthroat game, being the first to debut a library of beloved films will presumably only help.
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In an annual report issued last week, the State Department said Cambodian authorities continue to engage in arbitrary arrests, torture during suspect questioning and corruption.
WASHINGTON DC - The US State Department says “pervasive” corruption, a weak judiciary and ongoing discrimination continue to create human rights problems for Cambodia.
In an annual report issued last week, the State Department said Cambodian authorities continue to engage in arbitrary arrests, torture during suspect questioning and corruption. The State Department pointed out the courts’ “ineffectiveness” in settling land cases, which led to disputes in every province.
“The continued criminalization of defamation and disinformation and a broad interpretation of criminal incitement constrained freedom of expression,” according to the annual “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.”
“Members of the security forces reportedly committed arbitrary killings,” the report says. “Prison guards and police abused detainees, often to extract confessions, and prison conditions were harsh. Human rights monitors reported arbitrary arrests and prolonged pretrial detention. The government at times interfered with freedom of assembly. Corruption remained pervasive, governmental human rights bodies reportedly were ineffective, and discrimination and trafficking in men, women, and children persisted. Domestic violence and child abuse occurred, and education of children was inadequate. The government prosecuted officials who committed abuses, but impunity for corruption and other abuses persisted.”
Local rights workers say the report should be a call for the Cambodian government to enact changes that would improve the human rights climate, which has seen a backslide in recent years.
“If the government doesn’t want to do it, it is up to the people,” said Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. That means telling political representatives they want a judicial system that works, among other demands, he said.
“This report should be considered by the government,” said Am Sam Ath, monitoring supervisor for the rights group Licadho. Cambodia’s leaders need to “find the means to tackle the issues, to avoid future criticism or accusations from the international community.”
Government spokesman Phay Siphan said the report did not reflect the efforts of the government. “What has been reformed is not updated in the report,” he said.
The State Department report calls the deaths of environmentalist Chut Wutty and 14-year-old Heng Chantha evidence of “arbitrary or unlawful” killings in 2012.
The report notes severe beatings of suspects in detention, along with poor prison conditions that do not meet international standards. “Police officials committed abuses with impunity,” the report says.
The report also notes a general lack of respect by the government for judicial independence. “The courts were subject to influence and interference by the executive branch, and there was widespread corruption among judges, prosecutors, and court officials,” the report says. “At times the outcome of trials appeared predetermined.”
The report also notes a lack of respect for the principles of free speech and assembly, and ineffective implementation of transparency and anti-corruption laws. It also notes that local and international rights organizations “faced threats and harassment from local officials.”
Brad Adams, head of the Asia division at Human Rights Watch, said the government should investigate some of the findings of the report.
“The human rights situation in Cambodia remains very poor,” he said. “There are significant problems with the administration of justice, which is heavily politicized. When the government, particularly the prime minister, wants to arrest someone, the authorities just comply, and if they want to convict someone, such as Mam Sonando or people involved in the Boeunk Kak protest, the courts simply do what the politicians tell them to do.”
He called the State Department report “a little gentle” on some issues.
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Russian FM: No Timetable for Pullout From Georgia
By Emma Stickgold
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russian troops have no timetable for withdrawing from Georgia under a cease-fire agreement both sides have signed. Lavrov told reporters in Moscow today the pullout is contingent on the security situation in the region. Emma Stickgold has this report for VOA from Moscow.
President Dmitry Medvedev signed the six-point agreement in Sochi, the Black Sea resort town that is home to a presidential summer residence.
Under the terms of the agreement, both sides will pull back their armed forces to the positions held before the fighting broke out earlier this month, when Georgia launch a massive attack on the Russia-backed breakaway province South Ossetia.
A Ministry of Defense spokesman General Anatoly Nogovitsyn said the conditions for work to begin are now in place.
Nogovitsyn said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received the document with the peace agreement today and it has already been signed by Russia and Georgia without any changes made.
But, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists Saturday that there was no set timetable for the withdrawal of Russian troops, saying it will take "as long as needed," depending, in part, on what he described as "additional security measures."
Earlier, Nogovitsyn said that Russian peacekeepers will never leave the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He denied Georgia's allegations that Russia bombed a key railway bridge west of the capital Tbilisi hours before Moscow signed the cease-fire agreement.
Television images showed a portion of the Kaspi region bridge destroyed.
Witnesses say Russian troops remain entrenched deep in Georgian territory, away from the Abkhazian and South Ossetian borders, and that they still surround the key city of Gori.
The United States demanded on Friday that Russia pull out of Georgia immediately, accusing Moscow of "bullying" its tiny southern neighbor by sending in troops and tanks.
On Saturday, U.S. President George Bush called Russia's response to Georgia's actions "completely unacceptable," in his weekly radio address. Mr. Bush said that the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia must remain part of Georgia.
Bush: Breakaway Regions Must Remain Part of Georgia
U.S. President George Bush says Russia must not lay claim to the breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush says all Russia forces must leave Georgia. Russia says there is no timetable for that withdrawal.President Bush says the breakaway republics at the center of this military conflict will remain part of Georgia."A major issue is Russia's…
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Russia's President Says Breakaway Regions Not Likely to Return to Georgia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday it is unlikely that the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia will rejoin Georgia after a week of violent clashes. He offered the prediction just before Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili announced that he had signed a truce agreement with Russia. Emma Stickgold has this report for VOA from Moscow. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in the…
Russia Signs Georgian Cease-Fire Agreement
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has signed a cease-fire agreement aimed at bringing an end to hostilities with neighboring Georgia.Mr. Medvedev signed the document Saturday, one day after Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili put his signature on it. The cease-fire plan, negotiated by France, calls for Russian forces to withdraw to the positions they held before fighting broke out in Georgia's Russian-backed separatist region of South Ossetia.Separatist…
UNICEF Says School Will Help Displaced Children in Georgia
The United Nations Children's Fund says more attention must be paid to the educational, psychological and physical needs of children who are among the main victims of the war that erupted between Georgia and Russia just over a week ago. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.According to estimates by the Georgian and Russian governments, nearly 120,000 people have been displaced in Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia by the recent…
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Hundreds Hold Prayer Vigil for Unemployed on Capitol Hill
By Jeff Swicord
Thousands of jobless workers from around the country, community members, and clergy held a prayer vigil on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to extend unemployment benefits. Millions of jobless workers and their families are in danger of losing their benefits by the end of the month if Congress does not act. The prayer vigil and march to House Speaker John Boehner's office was part of "Take Back the Capitol," three days of events sponsored by labor unions and community organizations.
Chanting slogans calling for jobs, thousands prayed for the unemployed in a Capitol Hill park. Michael Livingston, director of the Poverty Initiative for the National Council of Churches, say Congress needs to get serious about creating jobs. ?I don?t think the Congress has been responsible at all. I think they have been dragging their feet. I think they have been playing politics with this," he said.
Protesters fear Congress will not renew unemployment benefits for millions due to run out at the end of the month. Political analysts, however, say it is likely the benefits will be extended. The battle is over how to pay for them without adding to the federal budget deficit.
David, an unemployed stock analyst from Denver, Colorado, says Congress is out of touch. ?America is out of work. And you can?t fix a deficit when America is out of work. That is the first thing is you have to give people jobs again," he said.
A jobs bill put forward by President Barack Obama has stalled in Congress. He said this week that Congress should not leave town for Christmas without extending unemployment benefits and a tax cut for the middle class.
Nathan Belanger, an unemployed electrician from Maine, says the country is broken. ?We need to start employing people with real jobs. With jobs that matter, not service. Not ... you know making latte?s for these folks on the Hill," he said.
The protesters tossed white carnations on the Capitol steps. Reverend Paul Sherry is Washington director of Interfaith Worker Justice. ?It symbolizes each of us placing our lives on those Capitol steps. In support of the unemployed and in support of changing this economy so people will receive the sustenance, the food, and the children?s needs will be served," he said.
They then marched to the office of Speaker of the House John Boehner. As they chanted outside, workers peered out.
This was the final day of "Take Back the Capitol," three days of protests that brought unemployed workers from across the country to Washington. The protesters say they will return home ready to press forward - fighting for jobs.
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Photo: mise en scène: the suburbs of Damas. Seated at the table in the forefront, we recognize Zahran Allouche (who died in December 2015). Saudi Arabia is providing the weapons while the British SAS, the military advisers. The photograph is embossed with the logo designed for the “Army of Islam”. The ensemble was put together during a communications campaign of the British government.
The Guardian uncovers that sub-contractors of the UK Foreign Ministry of Affairs, working under the supervision of the Minister of Defense, are put in charge of communicating with “moderate armed groups” in Syria. They produce videos, photos, military reports and brochures with logos of combatant groups.
Following the chemical weapons affair in the summer of 2013, a budget of 2.4 million pounds (3 millions euros) per year is allotted to them. First this was earmarked for the crisis management company Regester Larkin. But today, it Is channelled to Innovative Communications & Strategies (InCoStrat), a company set up in 2014. Colonel Paul Tilley set up the two companies, based in London and Washington. He employs about 50 people in Istanbul. These companies have concluded another contract for the war in Yemen.
This operation is quite separate from the one carried out by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The latter depends on the MI6.
What’s interesting is that the documents the Guardian uncovered, confirm that these companies guarantee communication that promotes the Hazzm Movement and the Army of Islam. According to the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, this group would in reality be a “moderate” denomination, a cover for Al-Qaeda combatants. However, in the Security Council, the United Kingdom is averse to it being registered on the list of terrorist organizations because it is participating in the Geneva negotiations and this must be encouraged.
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Civil war becomes inevitable in the USA
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Disabled Travel Guide to Britain
A guide to Britain for disabled travellers
Getting around in London
Getting around in Britain
Visiting Britain's top attractions
Visiting National Trust properties
Visiting English Heritage properties
Facilities at the airport Ramps for wheelchair access
Wide paths
Disabled seating in check-in areas Ramps for wheelchair access
Disabled seating in check-in areas Easy wheelchair access
Disabled seating throughout the airport
Low-level information monitors Wheelchairs available to borrow
Assistance boarding and leaving the plane
Train Both Heathrow and Paddington stations are step-free between the train and the platform. Heathrow Express trains are accessible for wheelchair users. Gatwick Airport train station has step-free access and a ramp to help you board the train. Gatwick Express staff can offer help if you speak to them at the station, or contact them in advance. Stansted Airport train station has step-free access and a ramp to help you board the train. If you know when you will be travelling, you are advised to contact the station in advance to discuss assistance. Luton Airport Parkway train station has step-free access with lifts and escalators from street level to all platforms.
You should contact the station in advance if you think you will need staff assistance boarding a train.
Bus National Express buses from Heathrow are able to carry wheelchairs weighing up to 23kg. They must be stowed in the cargo hold. National Express buses from Gatwick can carry wheelchairs weighing up to 23kg. They must be stowed in the cargo hold. National Express buses from Stansted are able to carry wheelchairs weighing up to 23kg. They must be stowed in the cargo hold. Not available
Tube At Heathrow Terminals 123 and Terminal 4 tube stations there is step-free from the train to platforms and ticket offices. There is a lift to the airport. Staff help is available on request. Heathrow Terminal 5 tube station has no step-free access, but staff can offer help to passengers where possible. See Getting around in London below for more information about travelling by tube. Not available Not available Not available
London Underground (Tube)
All tube stations have an extra-wide entrance barrier so passengers in wheelchairs can get through.
Many of London's biggest tube stations are completely step-free, including Kings Cross, Heathrow Terminals 123, London Bridge, Wembley Park, Green Park and Stratford. See a full list of step-free stations here.
There are ramps to help wheelchair users to get on the tube at 16 stations including Earl’s Court, Oxford Circus, King’s Cross and Westminster
All London Underground staff can assist customers with disabilities, if you need help you can just approach them when you arrive at a station.
To travel on the Tube, you will need a ticket - there is no discount available if you do not live in Britain. The easiest way to travel is with either a Travelcard or a Visitor Oyster Card.
Every London bus can carry wheelchairs as big as 70cm x 120cm.
All London bus routes apart from 9 and 15 can be lowered to pavement level to allow disabled customers to easily get on.
All buses have an easy access ramp, which can be used by wheelchair users to get on
You can travel on London buses for free if you are a wheelchair user, but everyone travelling with you needs a ticket.
London Overground and Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
All licenced taxis (black cabs) in London are accessible for wheelchairs.
By UK law, all taxis and private hire vehicles have to let you travel with your guide dog or other assistance dog.
Minicabs must be booked in advance. Accessibility can vary so check in advance or when booking
The London Taxi website offers more detailed information on taxi travel around London.
All stations on the Docklands Light Railway have level access between the platform and the train.
38 stations on London Overground are step-free from the street to the platform
Every London Overground train has designated spaces for wheelchair users, and priority seats
If you know where you will be travelling, you can contact the station 24 hours in advance and explain what your needs are, to make sure they are able to help you. However, staff will do their best to help you whether you have booked or not.
See more information about the accessibility of London Overground services.
General London travel tips
Assistance dogs are welcome on all public transport in London, as long as they do not block exits and entrances for other passengers.
To plan your journey on London transport, pick up a tube map from any station once you're in London, or view it online. Stations with step-free access to platforms are marked with a white symbol, and stations with completely level access onto the tube are marked with a blue symbol.
Transport for London’s online Journey Planner also provides an option for planning step-free route
More detailed guides, including a guide to avoiding stairs, are also available online, as are video guides to using tubes, buses, trains and taxis in London.
If you have a Blue Badge and are driving in London, you can register so that you do not have to pay the Congestion Charge. More information here.
Local buses, taxis and car hire
By bus / coach
Step-free access is available at many major train stations around Britain.
If you know which station/s you will be travelling to, you can search on nationalrail.co.uk for detailed information about their accessibility.
This map shows which of the biggest train stations have step-free access.
The Disability Onboard website has trips and information about travelling on trains in Britain for disabled customers.
Britain's train travel discount scheme for disabled passengers is only available to people who permanently live in England, Scotland or Wales. However, if you are a wheelchair user or are visually impaired, you may be able to get some discounts on train tickets when you buy them at a train station ticket office. There is more information here.
Also consider a BritRail Pass, a pass for unlimited train travel in Britain that's only available to visitors from overseas. It can work out much cheaper than buying inpidual tickets, depending on how much you'll be travelling.
By law, all buses in Britain will have to be wheelchair-accessible by 2017.
Right now accessibility varies depending on the area you’re visiting and the type of buses they have. Over 60% of buses in England are already wheelchair accessible (as of December 2013).
Transportdirect.info can help you plan a journey around Britain depending on your needs.
By law, taxis have to accept passengers in wheelchairs and assistance dogs whenever they can. They legally cannot charge you more than any other customer.
Wheelchair-travel.co.uk has information about hiring an accessible car on your holiday
If you are travelling from Europe and have a Blue Badge, you are allowed to park in disabled parking spaces in Britain.
You may also be able to park for free or for a discount in some car parks, or to park on roads that do not usually allow parking.
The FIA Disabled Travellers website has more information about how you can use your Blue Badge.
National Express buses can carry wheelchairs weighing up to 23kg. They must be stowed in the cargo hold.
There is priority seating at the front of the vehicles reserved for customers who might have difficulty getting on or off.
Drivers will be happy to load your luggage onto the coach if you are unable to do so yourself.
You should contact National Express at least 24 hours before you travel if you want to take a wheelchair with you, or need staff to assist you in any way.
In order to visit attractions with a disabled ticket, or get a free ticket for a carer, you should carry an ID card (such as a disability card) with you, as you may be asked to show it to a member of staff
If your card is not in English, you should also carry an English translation with you
You can usually get an English translation from your local town hall
Carer enters for free with a disabled visitor
Disabled visitors can buy discounted London Eye tickets from our shop.
There is no discount, but a carer enters for free with a disabled visitor with a standard Shard ticket from our shop.
Wheelchair access. A step-free route through the tower has been designed for disabled guests.
Disabled visitors can buy discounted Tower of London tickets from our shop.
Wheelchair access to exhibition. However, there are restrictions on how many wheelchair users can visit at once - so you should contact Madame Tussauds once you buy your tickets to book a slot.
There is no discount, but a carer enters with you for free with disabled Madame Tussauds tickets bought from our shop
For safety reasons, the Spirit of London ride isn't wheelchair-accessible
Wheelchair access to castle
There is no discount, but a carer enters for free with a disabled visitor with standard Windsor Castle tickets from our shop
Some areas have steps, including the chapel and Queen Mary's Dolls' House
Wheelchair access to exhibition. However, there are restrictions on how many wheelchair users can visit at once - so you should contact The London Dungeon before your visit to book a slot.
A carer enters for free with a disabled visitor
Disabled visitors can buy discounted London Dungeon tickets from our shop.
The Harry Potter Studio Tour
Wheelchairs can be taken on the bus; they must be put into the luggage area
There is wheelchair access to studio tour
There are a few steps to board the bus
When you get your confirmation email, you should contact Golden Tours to tell them you will be visiting
Wheelchair access to gardens
Disabled visitors and carers can get a discount - contact the Castle directly to book discounted tickets.
The castle itself has limited disabled access. There are some steps and narrow doorways
The Dragon Tower isn't wheelchair-accessible
Wheelchair access to palace
Wheelchairs can be borrowed
There is no discount, but a carer enters for free with a disabled visitor with a standard Kensington Palace ticket from our shop.
With a National Trust Touring Pass you can visit over 300 stately homes, gardens and castles in England and Wales.
How accessible are National Trust properties?
Most properties are suitable for wheelchair users and disabled customers
A carer can enter National Trust properties for free when accompanying a wheelchair user
Assistance dogs are welcome in all of the properties
Many properties have wheelchairs that can be borrowed on your visit, but this varies by location
It may be easiest to contact the properties in advance if you know which you will be visiting
To use disabled parking spaces, you must display a relevant Parking Card, marked with the international wheelchair symbol
You can look up any inpidual place in more detail here including information about accessible toilets, and parking
Some of the most popular places to visit with the Pass are:
Stourhead, Wiltshire
A beautiful fairytale garden with Greek-style temples, a serene lake, and colourful landscaped woodland.
Fountain's Abbey, North Yorkshire
Britain’s largest ruined monastry, set in acres of beautiful parkland. It dates back to 1132, and is an UNESCO World Heritage site.
Petworth, Sussex
A stunning country house with a world-famous art collection, a room carved entirely from wood, and fascinating historic collections.
Parking is free for Touring Pass holders
Disabled parking spaces available
A wheelchair-accessible transfer from the car park to the park runs between March and October Parking
Parking is free for Touring Pass holders Parking
Disabled parking spaces available in a separate car park. The other, main car park is quite far away and has a steep sloped path to the house
There is a wheelchair-accessible shuttle service from the main car park to the house
The attraction
There is an accessible route map for exploring the gardens
The garden path is 1.25 miles in total. Mostly level with a few steep slopes
Wheelchairs can be hired, but you should book one in advance The attraction
There are routes around the estate to make wheelchair access as easy as possible
There is a special transfer vehicle to take you from the visitor centre to many areas in the park
There are ramps up to the ground floor of the house. Other floors and the chapel have a few steps
There are two accessible toilets in the house
The surrounding park has a few slopes, and is partially wheelchair-accessible
An English Heritage Pass lets you visit over 100 of the most important places in English history: castles, abbeys, Roman ruins and prehistoric monuments.
How accessible are English Heritage properties?
English Heritage are working on improvements to make sure properties are suitable for wheelchair users and disabled customers wherever possible
To use disabled parking spaces or get reduced parking prices, you must display a relevant Parking Card, marked with the international wheelchair symbol
You can look up any individual place in more detail here including information about accessible toilets, and parking
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
A world-famous prehistoric monument with thousands of years of secrets to explore.
This beautiful and unique stately home is an oasis of calm in the heart of bustling north London.
Dover Castle, Kent
A majestic medieval castle; one of the most historically important in Britain, and less than 2 hours away from London.
Disabled parking spaces are available Parking
Disabled parking spaces are available
Wheelchair-accessible transfer from car park to house is available Parking
Separate car park for disabled visitors, with easy access
A wheelchair-accessible shuttle runs between car park and castle
Wheelchair-accessible shuttle bus from Visitor Centre to the Stonehenge monument available
The stone circle of the monument is wheelchair-accessible, depending on weather
Wheelchairs can be hired, but you should book one in advance
There are accessible toilets at the Visitor Center The attraction
Wheelchair access to ground floor
There are stairs to upper levels. There are handrails, and assistance is available
Some paths in surrounding gardens may be unsuitable for wheelchairs
Ground floors are wheelchair-accessible
Mobility scooters can be borrowed; book in advance
There are accessible toilets
There is some restricted access to upper levels of castle and towers
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Visitengland.com/accessible-england
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Tourismforall.org.uk Information about accessible holiday accommodation
Guides to help you plan and find suitable accommodation, including a UK-wide accommodation search
A guide on accessible accommodation, and leisure activities including restaurants, hotels, libraries and more
This guide provides lots of additional links to helpful resources
A comprehensive guide to accessibility in England
Accessibility guides for various cities in England, including Brighton and Bath
A nationwide charity with information about where to stay, visit, eat and drink in Britain
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Assembly Food Hall Updates Opening Plan for Massive Downtown Project and Announces New Restaurant Partners
As construction continues to progress on downtown’s Assembly Food Hall, the 100,000-square-foot, multi-level food hall announced today it will open in spring 2021.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 30, 2020) – As construction continues to progress on downtown’s Assembly Food Hall, the 100,000-square-foot, multi-level food hall announced today it will open in spring 2021. The European-style dining and entertainment concept that anchors the Fifth & Broadway mixed-use development has also increased its restaurant partners by announcing three new restaurants.
The Donut Distillery, a popular East Nashville dessert destination, joins the team of Assembly Food Hall restaurants. Known for its mini donuts featuring flavors like Whiskey Glaze, Frosted Fruity and Death by Chocolate, the Donut Distillery plans to serve a variety of items including mini donuts and spiked donut shakes. Saffron, the Indian Kitchen in Franklin will feature an innovative spin on Indian Street Food. Combining local produce with the authentic flavors of India, Saffron will offer special tandooris, kababs, biryanis, curry, chaat and more. And Oke Poké, a fast-casual restaurant serving Hawaiian bowls, opens its first restaurant in Nashville at the food hall. Customers can choose signature bowls or build their own bowls featuring fresh, high-quality ingredients, like sushi-grade fish.
These partners add to a broad array of restaurants already announced to fill Assembly Food Hall, including:
Desano Pizzaria
Edley’s Bar-B-Que
Hattie Jane’s Creamery
NoBaked Cookie Dough
Prince’s Hot Chicken
Smokin Chikin
Steam Boys
Thai Esane
The Liege Waffle Co.
The Pharmacy Burger
Since March, when the pandemic began to negatively affect the food and beverage industry, food halls across the country have quickly pivoted to adhere to health and safety guidelines by offering spacious seating and gathering areas, grab-and-go menus and digital contactless ordering and payment options. Food halls are gaining consumer confidence while providing sound business options for restaurants and hospitality companies.
“Now more than ever, restaurant partners are attracted to the food hall model due to the ease of operations and lower financial risk. We’re seeing that momentum and excitement at Assembly Food Hall and are well positioned for a successful opening in spring 2021,” said David Daniels, senior vice president of marketing at The Food Hall Co., Assembly Food Hall’s parent company. “We are excited to announce these new restaurants as part of our expanding deep roster offering a Taste of Music City in one destination for locals and visitors alike.”
About The Food Hall Co.
The Food Hall Co. is an anchor tenant that creates entertainment destinations which offer a platform for aspiring chefs, restauranteurs, mixologists, brewers and entertainers to bring their craft to an engaged local community, all under one roof. The Food Hall Co. is the parent company of Assembly Food Hall in Nashville.
About Fifth + Broadway
Fifth + Broadway is one of the largest single mixed-use developments in the history of Nashville and the state of Tennessee. The transformative downtown project delivers 200,000 square feet of strategically important retail and entertainment, 372,000 square feet of Class-A office space at 501 Commerce, 381 residential units at The Place at Fifth + Broadway, the 56,000 square foot National Museum for African American Music, and more than 2,000 parking spaces. Fifth + Broadway’s office tower has begun first tenant move-ins and its apartment tower is now open to residents. Retail and entertainment will open Spring 2021.
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Diseño Ambiental
Desarrollado por AJCV
Viva Arquitectura | Aeropuerto Seymour – Galapagos
Aeropuerto Seymour – Galapagos
Galapagos Seymour Airport became the first terminal in South America to receive LEED GOLD certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. VIVA developed the system environmental strategies, interior design and LEED certification. To achieve its place as the first ecological airport in the world, the airport administration took several steps to ensure the least environmental impact. The building structure and interiors were designed to reuse 80% of the construction materials of the former air terminal, and other salvaged materials such as recovered perforation pipelines. The project was designed as a passive building, to adapt to local climatic and geographical conditions, making the best of existing wind and reducing radiation and heat gain in the high temperature of Baltra, achieving thermal comfort with only natural ventilation and shade. Renewable energy provides 40% of the energy demand while producing shade for the walkways that lead to and from aircrafts to the terminal building. Through the use of wind energy, use of natural lighting and ventilation which avoids the use of air conditioning and artificial lights, the building achieved zero emissions and is a carbon neutral building. Efficient water use, treatment and reuse of waste water resulted in a water reduction of over 50% in a location where there is no potable water and fresh water is limited, further reducing environmental impact. A large reflective roof and adequate paving materials as well as endemic flora gardens, allow the building to reduce heat island effect and reduce environmental temperature around the building.
The terminal has “louvers” or automatic mechanical shutters that by temperature and CO2 sensors regulate the air intake to cool the terminal and with large windows create a friendly atmosphere in a sensitive place on the planet.
The airport uses its own desalination system seawater for use in all basic services from the airport.
Baltra Island, Galapagos
Certificación LEED, Diseño ambiental
Diseño ambiental, InvestigaciónCasa Mangle Centro Comunitario
Diseño ambientalCaso de estudio Casa Galapagos
Kapawi Ecolodge
Experiencia Naku
Zattere apartamentos y oficinas
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