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by Ibram X Kendi
Publishers Weekly Kendi follows his National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning with a boldly articulated, historically informed explanation of what exactly racist ideas and thinking are, and what their antiracist antithesis looks like both systemically and at the level of individual action. He weaves together cultural criticism, theory (starting each chapter with epigraph-like definitions of terms), stories from his own life and philosophical development (he describes his younger self as a "racist, sexist homophobe"), and episodes from history (including the 17th-century European debate about "polygenesis," the idea that different races of people were actually separate species with distinct origins). He delves into typical racist ideas (e.g. that biology and behavior differ between racial groups) and problems (such as colorism), as well as the intersections between race and gender, race and class, and race and sexuality. Kendi puts forth some distinctive arguments: he posits that "internalized racism is the true Black-on-Black crime," critiquing powerful black people who disparage other black people and racializing behaviors they disapprove of, and argues that black people can be racist in their views of white people (when they make negative generalizations about white people as a group, thereby espousing the racist idea that ethnicity determines behavior). His prose is thoughtful, sincere, and polished. This powerful book will spark many conversations. Agent: Ayesha Pande, Pande Literary. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Library Journal In this sharp blend of social commentary and memoir, Kendi (founder, Antiracist Research & Policy Ctr., American Univ.) expands on ideas introduced in his award-winning book, Stamped from the Beginning. Here, the author argues that segregationists believe that other races are intrinsically inferior while assimilationists believe that a poor environment has made people of different races weaker and in need of uplift. Antiracism, or the concept that all races are equal and that only racist policies keep people of color oppressed, is what we must strive for, but that's easier said than done. As a black child, Kendi watched with rage as his white teachers favored white students. At 17, he delivered a speech that bemoaned black culture, and as a college student, he took solace in the antiwhite teachings of the Nation of Islam. Finally, as a professor with an antiracist mind-set, Kendi is ready to spread his message, his stories serving as a springboard for potent explorations of race, gender, colorism, and more. VERDICT With Stamped from the Beginning, Kendi proved himself a first-rate historian. Here, his willingness to turn the lens on himself marks him as a courageous activist, leading the way to a more equitable society. [See Prepub Alert, 2/4/19.]—Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal & Library Journal
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Book list When we realize old words do not exactly and clearly convey what we are trying to describe, we should turn to new words, writes Kendi, winner of the National Book Award for Stamped from the Beginning (2016), in his memoir-with-history about confronting personal racism and embracing antiracism. Accordingly, to contextualize his experience as a Black youth, budding scholar, ethicist, and activist, he defines different kinds of racism (biological, behavioral) and describes antiracist policies and terms in light of racial strife today. While admirably fit for agitating discussion, some terms are confusing and feel labored, like Kendi's hyphenated identifiers: gender-racism, queer-racism, class-racism, space-racism. And his descriptions of his life in Queens, New York, Manassas, Virginia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, seem structured to set himself up as proof of his sociological declaratives. (He decided to live in a poor neighborhood because he believed culture filtered upward, that Black elites, in all our materialism, individualism, and assimilationism, needed to go to the bottom' to be civilized. ) Kendi does successfully model self-examination and inspires readers to consider whether ignorance or self-interest drives racist policies into reality.--Sean Chambers Copyright 2019 Booklist
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Kirkus Title notwithstanding, this latest from the National Book Award-winning author is no guidebook to getting woke.In fact, the word "woke" appears nowhere within its pages. Rather, it is a combination memoir and extension of Atlantic columnist Kendi's towering Stamped From the Beginning (2016) that leads readers through a taxonomy of racist thought to anti-racist action. Never wavering from the thesis introduced in his previous book, that "racism is a powerful collection of racist policies that lead to racial inequity and are substantiated by racist ideas," the author posits a seemingly simple binary: "Antiracism is a powerful collection of antiracist policies that lead to racial equity and are substantiated by antiracist ideas." The author, founding director of American University's Antiracist Research and Policy Center, chronicles how he grew from a childhood steeped in black liberation Christianity to his doctoral studies, identifying and dispelling the layers of racist thought under which he had operated. "Internalized racism," he writes, "is the real Black on Black Crime." Kendi methodically examines racism through numerous lenses: power, biology, ethnicity, body, culture, and so forth, all the way to the intersectional constructs of gender racism and queer racism (the only section of the book that feels rushed). Each chapter examines one facet of racism, the authorial camera alternately zooming in on an episode from Kendi's life that exemplifies ite.g., as a teen, he wore light-colored contact lenses, wanting "to be Black butnotto look Black"and then panning to the history that informs it (the antebellum hierarchy that valued light skin over dark). The author then reframes those received ideas with inexorable logic: "Either racist policy or Black inferiority explains why White people are wealthier, healthier, and more powerful than Black people today." If Kendi is justifiably hard on America, he's just as hard on himself. When he began college, "anti-Black racist ideas covered my freshman eyes like my orange contacts." This unsparing honesty helps readers, both white and people of color, navigate this difficult intellectual territory.Not an easy read but an essential one. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
by Katherine Applegate
School Library Journal Gr 3-7-This tender tale of friendship and hope is narrated by a silverback gorilla living at The Big Top Mall, a shabby, circus-themed roadside attraction. For years, Ivan was passively content. He had his art, unlimited bananas, and his friends: Stella (an elephant), Bob (a stray dog), and Julia (a human child). Ivan's eyes are finally opened to his deplorable surroundings when he loses a friend due to neglect. The last straw is when he witnesses the attraction's owner abusing Ruby, a newly acquired baby elephant. Thus, Ivan is inspired to take action. With some help from his human friends, his dream of a better life for all the Big Top's animals just might come true. The character of Ivan, as explained in an author's note, is inspired by a real gorilla that lived through similar conditions before being adopted by Zoo Atlanta. Applegate makes a powerful statement about the treatment of animals-especially those living in captivity-and reminds readers that all creatures deserve a safe place to call home. Castelao's delightful illustrations enhance this lovely story, and the characters will capture readers' hearts and never let go. A must-have.-Alissa J. LeMerise, Oxford Public Library, MI (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Publishers Weekly Inspired by a true story, Applegate (Home of the Brave) offers a haunting tale told from the perspective of Ivan, a silverback gorilla who has been confined to a small "domain" of concrete, metal, and glass for 27 years. Joining Ivan at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade are Stella, an aging elephant, and Bob, a feisty stray dog. While other animals perform, Ivan makes art, watches TV, and offers melancholy assessments of their situation. When Ruby, an inquisitive baby elephant, arrives and Stella dies from neglect, her dying wish is for Ivan to help Ruby escape. The brief chapters read like free-verse poetry, the extra line breaks between paragraphs driving home the contrast between Ivan and humans, who in his opinion, "waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot." As is to be expected, there's significant anthropomorphism, but Applegate is largely successful in creating a protagonist who can understand humans yet feels like a gorilla. Although Ivan's role in the events leading to their rescue reads as too human, readers will be left rethinking our relationship to animals. Final art not seen by PW. Agent: Wernick & Pratt Agency. Illustrator's agent: Kidshannon. Ages 8-12. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Book list Ivan, a silverback gorilla, has lived in a glass, metal, and concrete enclosure at Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, conveniently located off I-95, for 27 years. Bored, he watches TV, draws pictures, throws me-balls (dried excrement) at visitors, and enjoys the company of a venerable elephant named Stella and a few other friends. After a baby elephant arrives, Ivan makes Stella a solemn promise that seems impossible to fulfill. The text, written in first person from Ivan's point of view, does a good job of vividly conveying his personality, emotions, and intelligence as well as creating a sense of otherness in his point of view. His story is based on the life of a gorilla now living at Zoo Atlanta. The book's wide-spaced lines, plentiful white space, and pleasing black-and-white illustrations make this a quicker read than the page count might suggest. Animals fans will enjoy this one.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist
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We always hope for easy kiddings but sometimes things just go wrong. Surrey is 8 this year and this is her 8th kidding. Days before she was due, she started acting strange. She was rolling to her enormous sides and moaning and stretching which looked like early labor but she had no other signs. Day 143 came and went and I was surprised she didn't go then because the last two years she had. On day 145, she was still acting strange so I had a vet come out and check her. Nope, not in labor. But shortly after the vet left Surrey started talking. I knew this was it! Surrey never says a word unless she's in labor or in heat. She also had clear goo coming out. Babies are coming! I called my friend Jaya who has Nigerian Dwarfs also to see if she could be available to help me. The night before this night she had a very difficult birth with one of her does and I couldn't be there to help her so her coming to my rescue was above and beyond (she had been up all night!). She said she would come.
By sundown she seemed to be moving right along in labor and we thought it would be over before midnight. She was having hard contractions and even seemed to be pushing at times. At about midnight we turned lights off and bedded down in the barn and Jaya slept. I was worried sick and knew there was something not right. I did try to "go in" once and check her but I didn't go in very far and felt nothing.
As I laid there watching her, it occurred to me that she was definitely pushing and nothing was happening and while I kept hoping babies were going to pop out any second, I knew I needed to intervene and SOON. So at about 3 I woke Jaya up and said, "We have to go in and see what's going on". She was very foggy and half asleep so I said, "I'm going to DO it!" I took of my ring and lubed up and dove in. I could feel a kid bubble down in there and reaching farther I could feel something round. Didn't feel like a head though, it felt like a hip bone or something. In frustration I said to Jaya, "will YOU feel?". She said okay, so I'm going to just go for it. I'm going to make my hand small and go all the way in (so BRAVE!) So she took off her rings and told me to keep them safe (wedding rings), she put on a OB glove (goes on up to shoulders!) and we lubed her up and she dove in. Within seconds she said, "here is a head! And legs! Oh wait! There are 3 legs here!" Two kids trying to be born at once! So the trick in this situation is to push one kid back and bring the other one forward. Trouble is she couldn't figure out who belonged to which legs! But like a pro (she'd never done this before!!) she carefully brought one kid (with the head she could find) up to the entrance. Within minute or two more, the first one was born! A beautiful golden girl!
Whew (we thought!). Should be easy now, right? But no. The second kid presented quickly with 2 front legs and no head. What? Where's the head? Confused we tried to figure out what was going on. Then we realized the head was back over the shoulders! The most dreaded presentation! The trick is to get the head turned around to the front so he can come out in a diving position. Jaya got to work immediately and started trying to work the head around. Sometimes the head will snap back in these situations and it's very difficult to do. I pulled out a sheet to look at showing this presentation. I don't know if it helped as she was concentrating hard on the task. She pushed the legs back in to give her more room to work. Finally she said, "I think I've got it!" and sure enough the kid presented at the opening head and feet first. We pulled him on out and he was a little limp and full of fluid. We sucked out goop from his mouth and nose and got him breathing and gave him to Surrey to start cleaning.
Because she was so large before labor, we pretty much figured there was at least one more. Before we could finish cleaning off baby number 2, a sack appeared. It was red and I remember Jaya said, "is that bad if it's red?" I think I said not necessarily but we need to break it and see what's behind it. So we did. Baby sack presented right away but incredibly, there were just 2 front feet there again and no head! Without hesitation, Jaya dove in again to start working on getting his head around to the front. We could feel the urgency of the situation since this kid was last and could be more oxygen deprived. He was a little smaller so there was a little more room to work in there. It's all kind of a blur but it seems like it didn't take too long before she had his head around and he was out! He was very limp and full of fluid also and took more time to get going. He was the smallest too. Turned out he was 2 lbs 13 oz, the middle boy was 3 lbs 3 oz, and the girl who came first was 4 lbs 3 oz.
They are all alive and well and beautiful kids! Surrey did so great and Jaya was truly the hero in this difficult kidding. When you think about it, Surrey would have died if no one had intervened in her birthing and of course her 3 kids too. We're all kind of afraid to do it, but sometimes it saves lives to just be brave and step outside your comfort zone.
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Good thing your friend came to help! You must be so relieved everyone is safe and sound :) I've been documenting all my kiddings this year on my blog as well, mostly so I can remember who did what for next year. Lol
I love to tell the story of how I came to have these wonderful goats. I have dreamed for many years of growing my own food and being self-sufficient so when I bought my property I set out right away putting in gardens and an aquaponics system. Fast forward 2 years, my neighbor went on a special diet and couldn't have any dairy so she offered me her fresh raw goats milk she had purchased at the farmer's market. Well, I just fell in love with it! I quickly realized I couldn't afford to buy this wonderful milk but then I had a thought... I could get my OWN goats and have milk and cheese right here! Little did I know I would fall so in love with the goats!
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“Thank you very much.” Shunfeng staff said their thanks, take their faulty machine, and keep this small flying saucer firmly in mind. When they are ready to go back, they will tell their leaders that Yinjiang has developed such a powerful product.
When he left, Hou Xinghua and others all surrounded it, and looked at the little flying saucer with a different look. The tone was full of emotion.
“It’s really unappealing! It’s so small, it’s just a matter of jet power to achieve such a high carrying capacity, I took it!” Hou Xinghua said with emotion.
Other researchers are equally convinced. “I have heard that the R&D team of Red Letter has been so powerful. We didn’t believe it before. I saw it today. How did you research this kind of thing?”
“With this miniature electric jet device, the world can’t find more advanced than it?”
“It’s really Black Science and Technology!”
“With this thing, it’s no wonder that you don’t need a rotary-wing drone or eight-rotor logistics drone from Shunfeng, the performance is not better than this!”
After seeing the flight test scene of the small flying saucer, the Yinjiang team have to accept it, but at the same time, there was some frustration in their hearts. They studied the things for half a year. Compared with the red letter, it is simply a pediatrics!
Lu Zixin felt this emotion and comforted: “It also took us a lot of effort, don’t look this things be small, but burn money!”
“This is just the first test product we have made. We have to rely on your help in practical functions such as logistics and management.”
Hou Xinghua quickly said: “This is our work, President Lu is assured, we will definitely cooperate fully.”
“After all, researching this is of epoch-making significance for the logistics industry all over the world!”
The fighting spirit of everyone has been motivated. Although this small flying saucer seems small, it represents a profound meaning.
Since it is possible to make such small-scale logistics drone with good performance in terms of power, load and safety, medium-sized and large-scale can also be made from the gourd.
If you are equipped with a suitable intelligent system, the labor distribution will become intelligent distribution after a long time. It is not impossible to enter the urban logistics system.
On the same day, the two teams began to coordinate with each other to develop new research directions and goals.
Hou Xinghua said to Lu Zixin: “President Lu, with our current technology, can be said to have completed the requirements of the previous Yinjiang logistics. This small UFO-type logistics drone can meet 95% express parcel delivery.”
“If you make a large drone and use tons of materials, then the most important load capacity is no longer a problem. The most important thing is safety and intelligence. If you get a flight business license, you have to go to the relevant department and prove our strength in this area.”
In this respect, the UAV is now attributed to the management of civil aviation department. However, due to the late emergence of logistics drone, the relevant management methods and operation methods are still not perfect, so there are some omissions in the rules and regulations and need to be improved.
Lu Zixin said: “Our intelligent system does not have to worry, Red Letter will develop a smart program that closes the logistics management drone, and realizes functions such as automatic distribution, returning, and security warning. The most important thing is that we can manage it yourself, and you should also manage it.”
Hou Xinghua thought a little and said: “President Lu, so to speak, then we have to get the logistics drone flight permit in remote areas and inaccessible areas. It is not a problem. If you want to settle in the city, you have to come up with a feasible solution. The program is given to the relevant departments in order to promote the generation of new policies.”
Lu Zixin nod, there is no experience in this area, they can also cooperate with relevant departments!
In Nankang City, there is a pilot office for logistics drones, which is a deliberate office set up by Civil Aviation Administration, which is dedicated to coordinating and managing the pilot flights of logistics drones in the region.
After staying here for two days, Lu Zixin found it here, hoping to see the management and make some comments.
As the president of Red Letter, Lu Zixin’s idea is still very weighty. Mr. Xiao, the mayor of Nankang City and the director of the office of Civil Aviation Administration, discussed with him.
“I still don’t know. The original Red Letter Group also joined the logistics drone project. On behalf of the Nankang Municipal Government, I welcome you!” said Mayor Xiao.
Since the Red Letter Group came here to research and develop, it is natural to invest funds, which is beneficial to the construction and development of the region. He naturally welcomes it.
“I heard that Mister Lu has some suggestions for our work. I don’t know what advice?” Director Wang asked.
Lu Zixin said in a clear and concise manner: “This is the case. We have formed a cooperation with Yinjiang Logistics to develop a logistics drone project. Not only the network just in remote areas and inaccessible areas, but we also intend to make it a national logistics drone, and has some specific policies and implementation plans, and I want to discuss it with you.”
Listening to him, the two leaders first expressed their affirmation, and then Director Wang said: “Mister Lu, you must have learned about these aspects. We are naturally very supportive of the application of new technologies in civil logistics.”
“It’s the current logistics drone, not very suitable for our densely populated areas…”
He said some difficulties, Lu Zixin was naturally prepared, he had already discussed with Hou Xinghua and the team of Red Letter.
“What? You already have this level of logistics drone?” Director Wang was surprised to understand.
At present, the logistics drones approved by major logistics companies are all rotary-type, so they consider the scope of application of such rotary-type drones. As for the new drones manufactured by Red Letter, the applicability seems to be Radiation to other areas.
“Yes.” Lu Zixin showed him the information and said: “We can guarantee the safety and intelligence of such an electric jet drone. Similarly, it is different from ordinary drones. We will install our smart chip and management system.”
“We hope to cooperate with civil aviation department to establish a complete intelligent air traffic management system. This will facilitate the operation of logistics drones and facilitate your supervision.”
When I heard Lu Zixin say this, Director Wang’s eyes glowed with enthusiasm and said with great interest: “Good thoughts, this is our biggest headache now.”
“The drone has always been a problem in supervision. Air traffic is not as well controlled as road traffic. We can’t arrange personnel or cameras to supervise in the sky. This idea is very good! However, I still need to report it. Listen to the comments above.”
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President Trump is more interested in photo ops than offering a healing voice as our nation mourns.”Despite his poll numbers being underwater five months ahead of election day, Trump is betting that he needn’t change tack.His base has remained loyal throughout the extraordinary turmoil, and he has made clear his priority is getting back on the campaign trail.Immediately after his remarks in Dallas, the president heads to his first campaign fundraiser since the COVID-19 lockdown began — a $580,600 per couple event. Then he flies to his golf course resort in New Jersey for the weekend, another post-COVID first.On June 19 he will restart his mothballed series of rallies — raucous, often two-hour love fests between Trump the entertainer-in-chief and thousands of his most loyal supporters — with an event in Oklahoma. “We have to work together to confront bigotry and prejudice wherever they appear, but we will make no progress and heal no wounds by falsely labeling tens of millions of decent Americans as racist or bigots,” Trump said.The Republican has struggled to find the right tone to address the explosion of protests over the last two weeks in the wake of the death of an unarmed African-American man, George Floyd, as he was arrested in Minneapolis.That crisis, coupled with the economic devastation of the COVID-19 shutdown — and the fact that the pandemic continues to kill up to 1,000 people a day — has left the country crying out for healing.Trump, whose political style is built largely on fierce division and exciting his right-wing base, faced pressure to encourage unity in Dallas. Magnet for controversy Some Americans may want calm after months of rancor, but that’s one thing the former reality TV star is not giving.Even the choice of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for his resumption of rallies generated controversy.June 19 is known as “Juneteenth,” the day marking the end of slavery in the United States. Tulsa, however, is notorious as the site of a 1921 massacre of African-Americans.As he left for Dallas, Trump lambasted Democratic leaders of Washington state, where he said “domestic terrorists” had taken over Seattle, referring to protesters.He also doubled down on his latest culture wars battle, insisting again he will refuse demands to change the names of US military bases honoring leaders of the slave-owning, rebel South during the Civil War.Back in Washington, there were new tensions between the White House and the military when the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Mark Milley, apologized for appearing alongside Trump during a controversial walk to a church on June 1, minutes after police violently dispersed protesters.”I should not have been there,” Milley said in his unexpected comments. Hitting the trail The choice of Texas for Thursday’s trip was notable because the state — Republican for decades — is turning in to a battleground. Trump won narrowly in 2016 and a Quinnipiac poll last week put him only one percentage point ahead of Biden.In 2016, polls and politics watchers in general got it wrong about Trump, who ran a chaotic campaign against the ultra-professional Hillary Clinton yet still scored a famous electoral college win.This has left many election watchers gun-shy. Even so, current polls make grim reading for the Republican.The FiveThirtyEight average shows Trump’s approval rating at just 41 percent, having taken a big hit from his handling of the COVID-19 and racism crises.The RealClearPolitics average for a presidential election match-up puts Biden at 49.8 to Trump’s 41.7.Worse for Trump — given his hope of repeating his electoral college win, even if losing the overall popular vote — Biden leads in almost every swing state. 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Aurora, IN—Dearborn County Recycling Center hosts its 8th annual ReProm this spring. Over 1,000 dresses are available. All are contemporary and are either new (with tags) or like-new.Participants are asked to bring a formal dress, in clean and in good condition, to exchange for a new or once-worn dress. Dresses must be contemporary in order to qualify for the exchange. Those without dresses to exchange are welcomed to make a cash or check donation instead.The formal dress exchange is not a need-based program. It is open to everyone and is based on the principle that buying something to wear one time is extremely wasteful. The program saves money and reduces waste by reusing items that otherwise would only be used once. The program is not exclusively for Dearborn County residents. It is open to everyone.The ReProm shop is located at the Dearborn County Recycling Center and is open every Wednesday from 3 pm-6 pm. This year it will also be open March 4-28 on Wednesdays from 3 pm-8 pm and Saturdays from 9 am-3 pm.Dearborn County Solid Waste Management District is located at 10700 Prospect Lane in Aurora. read more
Varlamov stops 27 shots, Isles beat Panthers 2-1 in Game 1
August 1, 2020 The Islanders beat Florida for the fifth straight time, dating to the 2018-19 regular season, and continued keeping the high-scoring Panthers in check.“We did it the right way,” Beauvillier said. “A really quick pace. It was a tough game out there. The whole team was ready for it.”Florida finished this coronavirus pandemic-shortened season ranked fourth in the NHL in averaging 3.3 goals per game, but has now managed just five goals in four games against the Islanders.Aleksander Barkov, who assisted on Huberdeau’s goal, said the Panthers lacked second-chance opportunities. “We were kind of like one and done,” Barkov said. “That’s how (the Islanders) are going to play, and we just need to figure out how to create more chances.” NOTES: Panthers’ Joel Quenneville coached his 216th career playoff game, which ranks second on the all-time list. His 118 wins ranks third on the list, and remains five short of matching former Islanders coach Al Arbour, who ranks second. … This is the second playoff meeting after the Islanders eliminated the Panthers in six games of a first-round series in 2016. Florida has four players left on its roster from that series, Huberdeau, Matheson, Aleksander Barkov and Aaron Ekblad, while the Isles have 10. … The Islanders got the benefit of celebrating Pageau’s goal to the familiar home-arena sound of The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop.” UP NEXTGame 2 Tuesday at noon EDT.___For more AP NHL coverage: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Varlamov stops 27 shots, Isles beat Panthers 2-1 in Game 1 “The best way to respond after a hit or whatever is a goal on the power play,” Trotz said.Islanders trade deadline addition Jean-Gabriel Pageau opened the scoring re-directing in Derick Brassard’s centering pass 12 minutes into the game. Jonathan Huberdeau scored 23 seconds into the third period for Florida’s lone goal. The Islanders entered the NHL’s 24-team expanded playoff as the Eastern Conference’s seventh seed, while the Panthers are 10th.Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots in his first start since Feb. 29. Bobrovsky missed the Panthers’ final four games due to injury before the NHL season was paused on March 12. The Panthers managed just four shots after Huberdeau scored. And their most sustained pressure occurred midway through the second period, when they controlled the play in the New York zone for about a minute.The Islanders finally cleared the zone after defenseman Ryan Pulock blocked a shot, forcing a turnover.The Panthers are suddenly in a familiar hole in their bid to win just the franchise’s second playoff series, and first since reaching the 1996 Stanley Cup Final, which Florida lost in four games to Colorado.The Panthers have not advanced beyond the first round in each of their past five playoff appearances since.Varlamov shook off a late-season slump in which he went 0-2-2 and allowed 18 goals in five appearances, and earned his 14th career playoff win, and first since with Colorado in 2014. Share This StoryFacebookTwitteremailPrintLinkedinRedditTORONTO (AP) — Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 shots and the New York Islanders opened their best-of-five playoff series with a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday in the NHL’s return following a 4 1/2-month break.Anthony Beauvillier scored the decisive goal on a power play at 3:39 of the second period. The goal was scored a little over a minute after Florida’s Mike Matheson was penalized for a hit to the head on defenseman Johnny Boychuk, who did not return.Coach Barry Trotz didn’t have an update on Boychuk following the game, but was pleased in how the Islanders not only stayed disciplined immediately following the hit, but also capitalized on the penalty. Boychuk was hurt while crossing the Florida blue line after dumping the puck into the zone, when Matheson lowered his shoulder and caught the Islanders player directly in the head.Boychuk lay face down on the ice before slowly getting up and headed directly to the locker room.An officials’ review led to Matheson being issued a minor penalty for an illegal check. The Islanders capitalized on the ensuing power play with Beauvillier one-timing in Devon Toews’ pass into the right circle.Huberdeau scored on an odd-man rush, in which he was allowed to cut in alone from the left wing and slip a shot under Varlamov. Associated Press read more
PBS debuts Quantum platform with OPAP
SAZKA confident of European comeback as assets weather COVID-19 storm June 12, 2020 Submit StumbleUpon Share OPAP delivers on Athens children’s hospital CSR projects July 6, 2020 Related Articles Share PBS launches virtual sports solution for SSBTs July 7, 2020 Omni-channel sports betting solutions provider Playtech BGT Sports (PBS) has teamed up with OPAP to roll out its new sports betting digital platform, Quantum.Under the terms of the agreement, OPAP will become the first operator to gain access to the Quantum platform. It strengthens the existing partnership between PBS and OPAP after the two agreed to integrate the PBS retail sports betting platform across OPAP’s Greek retail estate in 2017.Commenting on the new partnership between PBS and OPAP, Playtech BGT Sports CEO Armin Sageder said: “OPAP is one of the most renowned gaming companies internationally and we’re thrilled to be debuting our state-of-the-art multi-channel sportsbook with them.“The result of over two years of development, we have no doubt that QUANTUM Digital will prove to be a growth driver for OPAP throughout 2020 and beyond. We look forward to a continued successful relationship together for many years to come.”PBS’ Quantum will deliver an omnichannel betting operation, allowing customers to access every retail and online bet entry point simultaneously from one centralised source.Damian Cope, CEO of OPAP, added: “The introduction of the PBS platform, across all of our retail betting outlets in Greece, has been a critical element in the improvement and growth of OPAP’s retail sports betting performance.“We are therefore pleased to be expanding our partnership with the adoption of the QUANTUM digital platform, which will provide OPAP with a number of exciting new opportunities. We look forward to continuing our productive relationship with PBS in the future.” read more
NHL playoffs 2019: Hurricanes’ Andrei Svechnikov ruled out for Game 4
It wasn’t unexpected, but Hurricanes rookie forward Andrei Svechnikov has been officially ruled out for Game 4 against the Capitals on Thursday.The rookie was knocked unconscious by Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin in the first period of Carolina’s 5-0 win on Monday and placed in concussion protocol. Svechnikov went to the hospital after the fight; his status for the remainder of the series and postseason is unknown. Svechnikov this morning. @NBCSCapitals @NHLCanes #CapsCanes pic.twitter.com/ilMT0AEW4o— steve farrell (@capsbigbossman) April 18, 2019MORE: Full breakdown of NHL playoffsWhile coach Rod Brind’Amour didn’t provide much insight as to the health of Svechnikov, the 19-year-old winger did skate on Thursday for the first time. He was seen sporting a cage and a black eye.Andrei Svechnikov skating this morning @NHLCanes pic.twitter.com/GHGN7dCInB— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) April 18, 2019Carolina will try to tie up its series with Washington without one of its top goal scorers: Svechnikov netted 20 goals for fourth-best on the Canes during the regular season. In two-plus games against the Capitals, he has netted three points (two goals, assist) and was tied for the team lead in goals. read more
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The singer and the football player have been friends since Chesney was a musician just about to hit the big time in Knoxville and Manning was the toast of the town at the University of Tennessee.
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Quarterbacks lift their leg in the air, to signal to their center to snap the football. This is often called a leg cadence, as no verbal words are spoken. This type of cadence is typically used in loud stadiums where verbal cadences can’t be heard.
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Post by Ritz » Sun May 14, 2006 10:18 am
j-man wrote: When Sega mentioned returning Sonic to his roots, it's weird how suddenly everyone assumes they're going to make Sonic 1 in 3D or something. It's the reason why Sonic Robo Blast (stupid name) didn't work; you can't just "make" a 2D game into 3D.
That's what SRB2 originally set out to do, yes, but it became something entirely different. It represents exactly what I want the series to be; it presents an ideal balance of speed and exploration, and the loose physics allow you to pull off a myriad of things that the Sonic series should allow you to do, but doesn't. Stuff like this. But then, that's just me.
Also, while we're on the subject of fangames, have any of you heard of Dimension Warped? It doesn't offer much in the way of gameplay as of now, but it's still pretty fackin'.
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Post by BlazeHedgehog » Sun May 14, 2006 11:11 am
I've played Dimension Warped. It's not very fun. Imagine playing a third person shooter where you can run really fast but you don't have any guns.
That's kind of what it's like. To be fair, though, he did have classic-style Sonic physics working (loops and stuff). Then again, I played it a really long time ago. I think the project kind of petered out. I think he's having trouble finding mappers, or something. I dunno.
Post by Ritz » Sun May 14, 2006 12:03 pm
BlazeHedgehog wrote: I think he's having trouble finding mappers, or something. I dunno.
Is that so? I've fooled around with the Torque engine before, I'll contact him and see what he says. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
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Post by Zarathustra » Mon May 15, 2006 2:40 pm
BlazeHedgehog wrote: I expected a quality re-evaluation of the Sonic franchise - not another "Better hurry up and shovel the game out for next Christmas" title. "Quality over quantity" and all that nonsense. This is not a good way for Sonicteam to keep fans. "We're going to reboot the franchise, but we're totally not going to put any real thought into it and instead we'll just give you the same game you've been playing since 1999." I expected more good ideas than bad.
BlazeHedgehog wrote: I'm not going to look a gift-horse in the mouth, of course, but Sonic 2k6 is less of a gameplay change than even Sonic Heroes - the changes in Sonic 2k6 (compared to Sonic Adventure games) are like the changes you see between games like Madden 2006 and Madden 2007. Unfortunately, Sonic doesn't quite have the "yearly update" appeal that Madden does.
I don't think I'm asking too much.
Maybe, for the SONICTEAM and SEGA eyes, you do.
Post by BlazeHedgehog » Mon May 15, 2006 10:46 pm
If actually living up to your promises is asking too much of Sega and Sonicteam, then they really need to re-evaulate how they treat their customers.
It's like the boy who cried wolf. There's only so many times they can dig up somebody fans give a shit about (especially with Naka over at Prope now) to say, "We're going to try to re-invent Sonic to be more like the old games (except we're really not, and we're just going to tell you that we are so you'll get excited)" before people just give up.
Then again, look at the Megaman franchise. I've theorized Sonic is becoming Sega's Megaman, and when you look at how Megaman fans cling to that series - no matter how shit it gets, no matter how many spin-offs and re-inventions are made, the diehards are still there. Megaman ZX is a spin-off of a spin-off of a spin-off.
Think about that for a moment. Is that Sonic's future? I sure hope not. Might look good on paper to a marketing goon, but to me - joe consumer - it is extremely depressing.
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Post by G.Silver » Mon May 15, 2006 11:02 pm
The trick is a little creepy and Orwellian. All you have to do is keep pumping out new stuff and marketing it to new players--if Sega had taken the games after Sonic 2 and twisted them in a direction to match the comics or cartoons, for instance, "fans" would have freaked, but the people who got into it through the show wouldn't think anything of it. "Fans" who jump in at Sonic Adventure won't know any different, "fans" who jump in at Sonic Heroes, or from watching Sonic X, or god help us, Shadow the Hedgehog--they know what they like and it's what Sega's dishing. As long as they keep eating it up Sega's not going to do any different.
You aren't Joe Consumer, I'm afraid to say, and it's much easier to court old Joe, who's taste isn't quite so refined.
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Post by Zeta » Tue May 16, 2006 3:02 am
That's not a bad thing. Ironically, it's always the first two or three games in every Megaman franchise that's the best. Megaman Zero's series was good. X's best were 1,2,5. The Classic series and Battle Network should've both stopped at three. Anyways, the point I'm trying to make is that some Megaman games are still decent, at the very least.
Post by BlazeHedgehog » Tue May 16, 2006 3:56 am
Zeta wrote:
Okay, so Sonic is worse than Sega's Megaman, because Sonic's spinoffs are shit from the get-go.
Post by Popcorn » Tue May 16, 2006 5:01 am
G.Silver wrote: The trick is a little creepy and Orwellian. All you have to do is keep pumping out new stuff and marketing it to new players--if Sega had taken the games after Sonic 2 and twisted them in a direction to match the comics or cartoons, for instance, "fans" would have freaked, but the people who got into it through the show wouldn't think anything of it. "Fans" who jump in at Sonic Adventure won't know any different, "fans" who jump in at Sonic Heroes, or from watching Sonic X, or god help us, Shadow the Hedgehog--they know what they like and it's what Sega's dishing. As long as they keep eating it up Sega's not going to do any different.
Right, but every time they invent a SatAM or a Shadow they piss off the previous generation of fans. They can't carry on like this-- they need some fan loyalty, and that can't come from pissing all over the existing fanbase's interests every time they reincarnate Sonic. Saying that, I think there has been some kind of continuity in recent years. Just the wrong kind. T
he current lot of games appeal to youngsters who like the character and aren't mature/smart enough to see the horribly flawed woods for the initially attractive trees, so the games sell solidly, but the series won't ever recover the sales it enjoyed in the early 90s because right now it's just not good enough.
Sega, in theory, are onto a quality franchise here, and have been since 1991, but for too long they've been riding on the appeal of the character rather than quality. They're creating and discarding fans with every sequel and spin-off. Meanwhile, Sonics 1+3k were and are still regarded as some of the best games ever made, with a depth of quality that has outlasted their initial appeal.
Sonic should have become one of those respected, long-running game series like Zelda and Final Fantasy where a reliable degree of quality has ensured their repeated sales in the millions... I just don't think this kind of run-and-gun approach to the franchise can possibly be doing Sega as much good as a more careful and considered strategy might have done.
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Post by Ngangbius » Tue May 16, 2006 2:26 pm
I seriously don't think Sega cares whether the next Sonic game aims to be potential Game of the Year quality or not. Thanks to the franchise in terms of character, as you said, Popcorn, being popular in the West for children, and fans who haven't played a real quality video game in ages, Sega seems to be quite satified if a Sonic game moves 500,000 to 1,000,000 units between three platforms. To Sega, why put any effort spend any more money and time actually perfecting a game when people will lap up any half-assed effort as long as it has Sonic's or his pals's shit-eating grin on the cover? Hell, just now we are finally moving from early DC-era graphics with the release of Sonic 2K6 and, er, I guess Sonic Wild Fire.
I have no doubt that the Sonic franchise is nothing more than a commodity to fund the games Sega really wants to make such as Yakuza while making Sammy happy. =P
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Post by Professor Machenstein » Tue May 16, 2006 3:37 pm
Ngangbius wrote: I have no doubt that the Sonic franchise is nothing more than a commodity to fund the games Sega really wants to make such as Yakuza while making Sammy happy. =P
I always had that thought too, only regarding Sonic games also. I theorize on the possibility that SONICTEAM is half-assing some Sonic games just to fund in money to one day make better ones. As evident, games like Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog had minimal to no production value, yet they sold. In contrast, look at SONIC the Hedgehog; speaking on a technical standpoint, how did we get from shitty Nintendo 64 graphics (Shadow the Hedgehog) to the best the series has ever looked (SONIC the Hedgehog)? It is still an unhealthy way to handle a franchise, no doubt, but maybe SONICTEAM was not as rich at the time as we thought. If your budget is low, why go out and make "the rebirth of the series" when you know you cannot afford to make it not suck?
In summary, yes, it is a matter of money. You are correct, Ngangbius. For all we know, SEGA is using Sonic to fund in money to make games SEGA actually wants to make, perhaps including a better Sonic game. Who knows?
Post by Zarathustra » Tue May 16, 2006 5:32 pm
Professor Machenstein wrote: I theorize on the possibility that SONICTEAM is half-assing some Sonic games just to fund in money to one day make better ones. As evident, games like Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog had minimal to no production value, yet they sold.
Had SEGA anything for funding the original SONIC the Hedgehog? Wasn't SONIC the Hedgehog 2 just a matter of time after the early success of the original?
I think that's not the matter, although it has VERY MUCH to do. Good Sonic games ARE funding for even BETTER Sonic games.
If it's not... we all are fucking damned.
I should add talent also has a hand in competent game development, but we already know that. Repetition and all. You need air to breathe air.
Actually, back in the day, you did not need over millions of dollars and a development team of three hundred or so to make an acceptable game at the least. All that was required was maybe twenty or thirty people and a few thousand dollars, from what I can estimate, to make something revolutionary. Demands were not so high.
I am not saying the original Sonic games got off easy, not at all. Only I can imagine how easy it was to make a fresh-out-of-the-oven series with no fan demands and less money rather than a tired series with many fan demands, all contradicting each other, with more money to complete.
Post by BlazeHedgehog » Tue May 16, 2006 8:19 pm
Ngangbius wrote: I seriously don't think Sega cares whether the next Sonic game aims to be potential Game of the Year quality or not. Thanks to the franchise in terms of character, as you said, Popcorn, being popular in the West for children, and fans who haven't played a real quality video game in ages, Sega seems to be quite satified if a Sonic game moves 500,000 to 1,000,000 units between three platforms. To Sega, why put any effort spend any more money and time actually perfecting a game when people will lap up any half-assed effort as long as it has Sonic's or his pals's shit-eating grin on the cover? Hell, just now we are finally moving from early DC-era graphics with the release of Sonic 2K6 and, er, I guess Sonic Wild Fire.
Precisely. Sonic games don't have to be good anymore. Before? Sonicteam carried Sega as a hardware provider. Sonicteam was Sega's golden development team, responsible for some of the most memorable Sega titles. Now that the Dreamcast is gone, has been gone, no longer does Sega really need Sonic to be their flagship title; as long as Sonic makes enough money to keep Sega in business, it doesn't matter if the game is good or bad.
In other words, it gives them a margin to slack off. Exploit a brand identity for all he's worth.
I want to know... Sonic 2k6; is it a game to try and re-enforce Sonic as a brand-identity (in other words, an attempt to gain some respect back) or is it just another cash-in? It has elements that seem to say both.
Post by Zarathustra » Wed May 17, 2006 6:48 am
BlazeHedgehog wrote: Sonicteam carried Sega as a hardware provider. Sonicteam was Sega's golden development team, responsible for some of the most memorable Sega titles.
Hey, don't forget Yu Suzuki's AM2, man. Without Hang-on, Space Harrier, After Burner, OutRun and the shit, there would be no SEGA.
Post by Ngangbius » Wed May 17, 2006 12:11 pm
Agreed, and lets not forget the Virtua Fighter franchise. =)
Actually, the Smilebit(or what was left of Smilebit) has also been carrying Sega quality-wise post DC.
Post by BlazeHedgehog » Wed May 17, 2006 12:56 pm
Yeah, yeah. I knew you guys'd get picky. "OMG DON'T FORGET AMUSEMENT VISION AND UGA AND AND..."
Doesn't matter. Sonicteam used to be the top dog of them all, with Yuji Naka considered Sega's Miyamoto. And the first game Sonicteam produced in the wake of the Dreamcast's failure (Sonic Adventure 2) was coincidentally the first game where flamewars over the game's quality (rather than flamewars over the character design changes) began. There was a quite a bit of lazy and poor gameplay in SA2, and as we all know, it only got worse from there.
There's just no drive behind the series anymore. Nobody is passionate about the franchise, it seems. Which is unfortunate.
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Post by SegaSonic » Wed May 17, 2006 3:58 pm
BlazeHedgehog wrote: Yeah, yeah. I knew you guys'd get picky. "OMG DON'T FORGET AMUSEMENT VISION AND UGA AND AND..."
Unlike Mario who as Miyamoto says, has a staff that brings new Ideas and are constanly thinking up cool stuff! Not to mention Miyamoto himself loves Mario.
What I think happens is that Sonic was a team effort, so nobody can really think up stuff for him, one of the reasons being that the only person who kept creating ideas,motivations and stories from behind the scenes is gone. Not only that but he was the one who drew Sonic and other characters, created story, mood and Directed very succesful titles.
If you ask me, he was the Miyamoto of Sonic Team but because they treated him like grabage he left the team, aswell as other important people like the level designer whom Naka called useless. You see Sonic Team isnt a team at all, its filled with Ego maniacs and most of its good Team members are gone now. Sonic is still alive by a small thin thread and we are waiting until it snaps...to me it already snapped when Dreamcast died.
Post by Ritz » Wed May 17, 2006 6:51 pm
SegaSonic wrote: If you ask me, he was the Miyamoto of Sonic Team but because they treated him like grabage he left the team, aswell as other important people like the level designer whom Naka called useless.
And where did you hear about this?
Well its ovious isnt it? he made Sonic but they didnt gave him a higher rank, So he left to become his own boss.
Naka's contribution to Sonic was speed, but Oshima's contribution was intricate, tightly designed platform levels. His inspiration was Super Mario, games that rewarded exploration and depth above barreling through as quickly as possible.
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Post by Brazillian Cara » Wed May 17, 2006 6:59 pm
The intranet, it seems.
Oh, so you're just pulling assumptions out of your ass? I would've squealed if that 'useless' bit were an actual quote. Dammit, I'm all excited now. You know what? Go choke on cancer and die.
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Post by Crazy Penguin » Wed May 17, 2006 7:14 pm
SegaSonic wrote: Naka's contribution to Sonic was speed, but Oshima's contribution was intricate, tightly designed platform levels. His inspiration was Super Mario, games that rewarded exploration and depth above barreling through as quickly as possible.
You really have no idea what the fuck you're talking about, huh?
Ritz wrote: Oh, so you're just pulling assumptions out of your ass? I would've squealed if that 'useless' bit were an actual quote. Dammit, I'm all excited now. You know what? Go choke on cancer and die.
http://www.danielthomas.org/pop/classics/soniccd.htm
It wasnt me.
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Post by Omni Hunter » Wed May 17, 2006 7:33 pm
Yeah, but this source has a source called "A friend". It's hardly official stuff, just opinion.
And let's face it, there are quite a few shit ones out there on the Interton.
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Q&A: Cain
Ahead of his set at La Rumba alongside fellow Scot and African music fanatic Auntie Flo, we chatted to prolific producer CAIN about his studio, live sets and route into global folk music.
Were you really a professional bagpiper?
Yes I was. My father was a top player and I grew up playing at the junior international competitions. At age 16 I won the junior world championships, and I kept competing until around 5 years ago. Playing against the best in the world (who are often from countries such as Canada and New Zealand, not just Scotland) meant having to practice for hours every day. I really wanted to write my own music, so I had to stop competing when I started writing CAIN tunes.
What was it like growing up in the Highlands of Scotland?
It was wonderful being surrounded by such incredible scenery and also steeped in the traditions of Gaelic culture. I spend hundreds of hours climbing hills and swimming in lochs. I really miss that at the moment living in a city. I always feel connected to nature and landscapes though and I seek to express this through my music. Being out in the wilderness really calms my mind down so I try to get outdoors whenever I can.
How did you eventually get into dance music?
I was actually really obsessed with hip hop at first. I used to do turntablism – that was my introduction to DJing. I think at my core, my musical allegiance will always be to hip hop in some way, but Brian (Auntie Flo) helped to get me into house and techno at university. I’ve always tended to like the harder side of 4-4 music, so I took to techno very easily. I love interesting sonic textures and I really think that a lot of skill in writing good techno music is about the correct kinds of distortion and saturation. The more you produce music the more nerdy you become about satisfying drum sounds etc… I like to write music at all kinds of different tempos and I think that the notion of what should be played in a club has expanded enormously, so I tend to think of dance music as absolutely anything that I might play out in a club, rather than tracks with specific structures for DJs. The popularity of African inspired sounds rose a few years ago with artists such as Auntie Flo and Awesome Tapes pushing the continent’s music.
Where did your fascination with African beats come from?
Growing up playing the bagpipes in the Gaelic music tradition is definitely where my love of folk music from around the world started. Pentatonic scales are frequently used, so the melodies are easily transposed. I absolutely love lots of musical traditions from Africa, particularly music from Mali, but I wouldn’t say that this is above my love for music of other countries / cultures – Indian musical traditions might perhaps have influenced my music more. I think that folk music really tells the story of a country’s landscapes, cultures and people. You can hear the long hard winters and sylvan, nostalgic beauty of the midsummer in Icelandic, Highland and Nordic musical forms for example.
How did you first become involved in the Fine Grains crew? What is the rest of the Scottish scene like at the moment?
I first got signed to Fine Grains after giving a CD to the record label owner, Alex Horne, at Sonar. He’s an amazing guy and I try to support the label however I can do. The Scottish scene is great in that people really try to support each other I think, which I really appreciate. In Inverness, which is the nearest town to where I grew up, there is a crew called Hypnotic Groove who put on great nights and have brilliant guest mixes online. Those guys really support everything I do in such a genuine way. I really hope they keep growing the scene there.
Some of your productions make strong reference to UK bass music, with heavy basslines and grimey elements. Is this the kind of music your listened to growing up/in clubs?
Yes definitely. I’ve always enjoyed music with ‘warrior’ elements, so I really took to bass music in a big way. Some of my best clubbing experiences have been at Hyperdub nights. In my own tunes one of the structures that I often want to achieve involves creating 3 distinct elements that all work together: 1) an infectious rhythm, with a focus on drums that almost have melodic lines in themselves, 2) an ethereal upper mid and high end, often with psychoacoustic sounds to create the atmosphere, 3) a bass sound that is unexpected and really grabs the listener, and doesn’t just follow the other elements. Most of the time I don’t really achieve this though! I really think that there is nothing more exciting in a club than when really charismatic and unusual bass sounds arrive in a tune.
Your live appearances are rather few and far between. Is this because you’re commitments are more focussed on studio recording?
I’d love to play out a lot more but I think I need an agent! I have a full time job working in fundraising for a children’s mental health charity so it can be difficult to promote my music as well as having the time to create it. I think that more people know my tunes than know that I have a live set and can also DJ. When time is limited I always prioritise making the music, but hopefully over the next year I will get to play out a lot more.
What does your studio set up look like? And what is your recording process? Where do you find your samples?
I have a home studio in which I use Ableton, analogue synths and some saturation units. I’m too impatient to try to programme synths on the computer, I need to be able to turn knobs etc. So, for the synth elements in my tunes I use a Prophet 7, Moog Minitaur and Pulse 2. I’d like some more synths, but really I think that if I was better at programming them I could get a lot more sounds of the the ones I already have. Drums are an absolutely central part of my productions, so I spend a lot of time trying to find individual drum samples. I can play the keyboard a bit too, which really helps. For samples, if there is a more prominent vocal I nearly always ensure that these are from a royalty free, cleared sample CD. For other samples, I find these from field recordings online. I try to always ensure that the sample is one element of the tune out of many and not the core, but obviously that is not always possible. I have a lot of upcoming collaborations planned with incredible folk musicians that I know, which will be happening very soon.
Can you tell us a little bit about your live set-up and what we can expect from the show at HiFi?
For my live set up I will be using Ableton with an APC controller, a small effects unit, a keyboard and also most likely my Prophet, Minitaur and Pulse 2 synths as well. Soon I am going to get an electronic bagpipe chanter which I can use as a midi controller to play some blisteringly fast synth melodies, as I’ll have all my bagpipe playing experience for this! I might have it in time for this set.
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Deep Space Nine, Season 2: The Wire
Deep Space Nine, Season 2
"The Wire"
Airdate: May 8, 1994
41 of 173 produced
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Garak begins exhibiting odd and increasingly hostile behavior. He refuses Dr. Bashir's initial attempts to treat him, but when Garak finally collapses, Bashir find's a strange implant embedded in his brain. What does the implant do? Is it causing Garak's condition? What's the connection between what's happening to Garak and to his mysterious past?
Did I ever tell you about my experiences in Turkish prison, my dear doctor?
Kevin: This is a good episode and there's a lot to like about it. For starters, I think the science fiction angle is pretty good. The idea of a device that could cause a constant pleasure high is one Trek has explored before, but I like the way the technology is used, as an anti-torture device. Garak becoming addicted is an interesting way to explore his character and it's an interesting take on the consequences of the technology, and a far more interesting one than, say, the game from The Game.
Matthew: Agreed on sci-fi credibility. The possibility of such a device is interesting for anyone today, and it calls to mind the same sorts of questions we've seen done in some of the classic TOS "unlimited happiness" episodes ("This Side of Paradise" chief among them). I will say that I think Garak gets off the hook a tad easily by the end of the tale, from a purely scientific perspective. At least in the human central nervous system, artificially boosting the production of dopamine and endorphins actually trains the brain to produce greater quantities of the re-uptake chemicals that eliminate dopamine and endorphins from the system. This means that when the artificial boost is removed, the body is left more efficient at removing "happy chemicals," thus sending the former addict into a deep depression that involves years of recovery, if at all. Now, of course, Cardassian neural anatomy may be different. But I think it represents a missed story opportunity. What if Garak's use of the device renders him unable to feel strong happiness ever again?
Kevin: I like the exploration, albeit an obscure one, of Garak's past. Apparently, the writers got some flak for telling so many lies without revealing the truth, but I say bah to such critics. Bah! Revealing all would be character suicide. We get confirmation on a few of the broad strokes and that's enough for me. The introduction of the Obsidian Order was great and goes lots of great places over the series. His intentional, almost pathological need to obfuscate makes the character more interesting.
Matthew: Yeah, it's frustrating to be sure, but the questions really are: does the story sell it, and does the actor sell it? We'll get tot he acting, but I think the story is interesting enough to make us give the lack of payoff a pass. I liked the dueling narratives of the prisoner escape, both made the character deeper and more interesting on their own, and together suggest very odd mysteries about Garak. The only flaw I think exists here is that the revelations were too close together, story-wise. Only about two minutes seemed to separate the scenes. I think they'd have been more effective further apart.
Kevin: I liked the withdrawal scenes a lot. They felt authentic and well paced. His disgust at his life and his lashing out at Bashir were particularly well done. I will say I think the episode gets a little soft in the middle when it becomes more of a medical mystery story, but it picks right up again with the introduction of Tain. The scene was riveting and Tain helping so he could further consign Garak to suffer was truly chilling.
Matthew: I do question Bashir's ability to see Tain so easily. I get that Tain allowed it to happen, but it kind of diminished the majesty and mystery of the character for it to be so easy for Bashir to get to him. Also, why see him at all? Presumably a Cardassian medical doctor would have the information Bashir needs.
Kevin: This was a good Bashir episode (finally). His brashness is actually in service of a patient, and it's good for the character. I don't mind him being a young, cocky upstart when the absurd things he does are personal gambles to help a patient. That makes sense and makes him likable, if not still a little irritating. I also liked he got to be the mature one for a change by weathering rather than responding to Garak's attacks.
Matthew: It was definitely the scenes of Bashir putting up with Garak's hostility that made this a great turn for the character. It shows that he is a doctor first and foremost, and wants to be a friend. It's a nice step away from the character's previous self-absorption, which wasn't very appealing to watch.
Kevin: One other small problem I have is with the Odo surveillance scene. I would like some actual rules about search and seizure on this station and some consequences for when Odo crosses the line, and they discuss it which is good, but it still nags me.
Kevin: Andrew Robinson is a great actor, and thank God, because the episode would have failed if he brought anything less than his A-game. The way he told his multiple stories with complete conviction was great. What really shined through consistently was the rage and loss he felt at his life, and it was great seeing it seethe through. It's fun to picture to the outcast spy from Bashir's perspective, but thinking about it from Garak's, it's heartbreaking. He also portrayed the physicality of withdrawal well, from manic energy to breakdown, I bought it all.
Matthew: DS9 has had its share of deep, endemic issues that impair viewer enjoyment to this point. But weakness in the recurring guest cast is definitely not one of them. I think there is basically a 1:1 correlation between the writers focusing more attention on Garak and Dukat and the show improving steadily. The more Alaimo and Robinson are on screen, the better the show gets. This is really a master class in subtlety. Portraying such an unreliable character can veer off the rails easily, but Robinson keep us engaged by the lilt in his voice, the set of his eyes, every little choice.
Kevin: I think Alexander Siddig does a good job here, and it's partly the writing, but I think the actor is getting a handle on how to portray the callowness of his character without making you want to stab him in the face. I liked his confrontation with Odo, and I loved his scene with Tain. There's still clearly a part of him that's having fun being a spy, and it gets deflated a little when he realized that Tain already knows what kind of tea he drinks, and the game gets a little more real.
Matthew: One of two things has occurred here. Either Siddig El Fadil has become a better actor, or the writers are better playing to his strengths. I think it's probably the latter, and it's a welcome change. When the actor isn't tasked with being "charming," the character is actually much, much more palatable. He imbued the performance with a real warmth, even with some of the old "brashness" remaining.
Kevin: Tain was originally intended as a one-time character, but Paul Dooley's portrayal changed their minds, and it's easy to see why. He was great. It was like he had walked off the set of some Cold War spy drama without skipping a beat. He conveyed all kinds of menace through the make-up, and in addition to seeming to have a real handle on the universe, I really felt there was a close relationship with Garak that was fueling everything else. For a short scene, he made a huge impression. I was left wanting to know more about him and the Order.
Matthew: Dooley's voice is what makes the character. She starts his scene with a jovial, high-pitched tone, but then drops down every now and again when things get serious. It really works wonders for a spymaster who was responsible for untold pain and death in his career. It makes him powerful, and a little scary.
Production Values
Kevin: The Okudagrams of Garak's brain were nice and the overlay scene was nicely detailed. I liked the scenes in Garak's quarters, lots of props and whatnot. The camera work during Garak's breakdown was great. It was tense and claustrophobic and energetic, and it served the scene well.
Matthew: Yeah, there were lots of nice dissolves. This is really a bottle show (only one external set which was still on a soundstage), and it could have gotten boring. The direction really added to the experience.
Kevin: I liked Enabran Tain's study and the man himself. It felt like the retired man version of previous Cardassian fashion, and the Cardassian make-up job was excellent. I also think they made a good call with the physical choice in casting the actor they did. Cardassians to date have been lean, almost feral, creatures, so especially in their society, a doughy old man would ostensibly not be threatening, but like all great deceptively weak villains, the menace shines through and is enhanced by it coming from the unexpected place.
Matthew: I think we've kind of been shorted on Cardassian exteriors to this point in the show. I'd have liked to have seen a matte painting, at least. I agree on makeup and wardrobe generally, and on the Cardassian interior. More!
Kevin: I am going with a 4. It's a great episode with a neat idea, and serves to explore a really interesting character. I was contemplating a 5 on terms of the acting alone, and while I disagree that not getting the true story of Garak's exile is not necessarily a mark against the episode, I do think there should have been a bigger outcome of the episode than Garak now being resigned to his fate, but without drugs. Some larger change for the Garak character may have put this at a 5 for me, but still, this is a damn good episode and another in a long line of shameful examples of Star Trek's lack of acting awards.
Matthew: I think this is just lacking a teensy bit of extra ambition, to tell a slightly more sweeping tale. The acting is unimpeachable all around (including Siddig El Fadil!), and the episode is consistently enjoyable.I agree witht he 4 for a total of 8.
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Reflections on Sirwiñakuy
by Rich Moreland, June 2017
From the movie source IMDb about Sirwiñakuy:
The story of an obsessive relationship between a young French woman and an older Bolivian man. Their unusual romance, like the country in which they live, is transforming, sometimes violent and difficult to understand.
Finally creating some time to watch Sirwiñakuy, a 2010 release from Pachamama Films, I recognized immediately it wasn’t supercharged like Dead But Dreaming, Olalla, Barbazul, or Justine, so my viewer “sleepwalking” kicked in after the first few minutes.
I did get through the opening Cafe scene where Luis (Jac Avila) picks up Anouk (Veronica Paintoux) after director Amy Hesketh has her Hitchcock moment. Not much here, I thought, other than a smidgen of a Bolivian street scene travelogue featuring a local hangout.
About an hour and forty minutes later it was over.
When I popped up Microsoft word on my computer to take a few quick notes to prepare for this “review,” I had nothing much to say.
Easy. I have “great expectations,” as Charles Dickens would say, for the innovative work of Amy Hesketh and Jac Avila but Sirwiñakuy didn’t deliver, or so it appeared.
But the truth did not lie within the film. My lack of appreciation for Sirwiñakuy was rooted in my failure as a viewer. I didn’t pay attention to what was in front of me and I know better than that.
My “Oh Hum”
To put it another way, watching Sirwiñakuy reminded me of my university days when on rare occasions I snoozed in class. Whenever that happened, behavior modification was promptly needed so I’d go back to “the house” (yes, I was a frat boy, quite an admission in these days of fraternity vilification) for a nap. College is a waste if you can’t stay awake. My parental units were paying the bills and there were too many excellent profs at my school not to fully absorb what they had to say.
For Sirwiñakuy, a similar correction was in order. But in this case, it had nothing to do with physical or mental fatigue . . . or meeting someone else’s expectations, for that matter.
Here’s the real reason.
You see, Sirwiñakuy is Amy’s first film. It’s been around for a while. My mistake was looking at it from the perspective of a body of work that has matured over the years, a group of films I was very familiar with. That’s like taking a hall-of-fame player and analyzing his first game as a rookie. Appearances can be deceptive; conclusions unfair. I was moving in reverse gear with the movie, judging the past on the present.
Look at it this way. I watched Anouk get spanked, but I also remember Veronica Paintoux as Nahara the vampire in Dead, a spectacularly sexy portrayal on her part, and as the elegant Annabelle in Barbazul.
Anouk’s character just didn’t rev up my reviewer engine.
My first viewing sold Sirwiñakuy short and it doesn’t deserve my “oh-hum.” Just because the narrative lacks all those lovely whipping scenes so characteristic of Pachamama/Decadent Films, along with vampire angst, serial killers, female suffering, and theological tyranny (or rigmarole depending on the movie) that begs to be intellectualized, is in no way a takedown of this film.
So what I’ve written here is a process, not a review. Like an archeologist, I wanted to turn the soil on what Amy, Jac, and Veronica do so well in this film.
So let’s rewind Sirwiñakuy, electrify our thinking cap, and get to work peeling away the layers that makeup the narrative.
What I’ve come to anticipate from Amy and Jac does not seem obvious at a Sirwiñakuy first glance. I repeat, at first glance because everything is there hiding under the covers, or to be more accurate, behind all those books and portraits from the past that lord over the action.
To delve into the narrative I returned to what shaped my literary education in grad school; I decided to study Sirwiñakuy . . and I mean go over everything in detail!
First, I read every review I could find. Some of them are pretty good and I suggest you google Sirwiñakuy and dive into them yourself. I don’t have a lot to add to what others much smarter than I have said about dramatic intent, imagery, machismo, action shots (taxi ride, taxi ride!) and the natural, always problematic, process of leaving childhood behind (observe the way Anouk randomly stuffs her stuff into her trolley cart and did I mention talking with her mouth full? I can hear my mother now).
Next, I devised a plan to watch the film again but in a different way to uncover its magic.
Ditch the Sound
I recalled what I adore most about Hollywood’s silent film era: faces, eyes and glances, gazing, nods, and expressive movement of hands, in particular. Actors in those days (think the Barrymores) had to emote with their entire physical and emotional consciousness because dialogue was limited to title cards. On screen presence was everything.
Unless the moviegoer was a lip reader, watching carefully to get the story through interpreting the actor, not the voice, was paramount. In other words, the viewer had to lean forward and not be satisfied with distant amusement as later became the habit when “Godzilla Eats Tokyo” in those silly 1950s Atomic Age B-pictures, for example.
Thankfully, silent era animation carried over into some of the great films of the 1930s: John and Lionel Barrymore, Greta Garbo, and Wallace Beery in Grand Hotel in 1932, then John, Lionel, and Wallace again in Dinner at Eight in 1933 and don’t hesitate to fast forward to 1950 and add Gloria Swanson in Sunset Bloulevard.
So, I went into silent movie mode. I turned off the sound (which means I gave up the music not something I would suggest because it is meaningful to the narrative) and relied on closed captioning . . .
. . . And just watched, every moment, every expression, every nuanced look and motion (notice how Anouk uses her eyes to show her annoyance with Luis whose own expression returns fire with quiet bullets of gentle criticism) . . .
I paused the film to study the scenes (love the old house, the eclectic furniture, and all the books) which led to my oft-repeated and inevitable question of “why is that there?” What is the director telling us? What are the actors communicating to each other and to the viewer?
Slowly in its slinky little way, Sirwiñakuy stared back at me with a wagging finger saying “Do you get it now?”
Based on its performance alone and the directing that breathes life into it, the film is gutsy. As for the story, it is pretty straight-forward. The complexity of the tale is “inside the characters,” Amy tells us in the commentary section of the DVD.
Creeping Up
Sleepwalking now conquered, what’s next?
The researcher/scholar in me wanted to find what Amy and Jac had to say about the production, so I went to the film again and tuned in on the commentary (for me, it’s like getting an interview).
What I found was verification of my thoughts on certain scenes: the shots of the portraits on the wall between smacks on Anouk’s butt, the Pieta that looms over the couple when Luis draws his bloody “pound of flesh” with the thorns on the red roses, and all those Freudian eating scenes (Bolivians must love their bread and Luis makes sandwiches that are precise and symmetrical in their contents!) just to name a few.
Viewing number three left me with several pages of handwritten notes. Sirwiñakuy is creeping up on me now complemented by Jac Avila, who in his usual graciousness supplied me with vital information about the film. I’ll cover that shortly.
As I indicated above, Amy and Jac have already established a very high bar for all their yet-to-come work. What is remarkable about Sirwiñakuy is in its cinematic expression, and, I might add, Amy’s tightly drawn story that uses quick transitions to keep the viewer engaged and the pace rolling along. There’s no dead time anywhere.
In fact, it is impossible for me to believe this is Amy’s first film. The characters and the scenes are interwoven with the skill of a master craftsman.
Ah, Miss Veronica
A word is due about the captivatingly gorgeous Veronica Paintoux.
She and Amy hardly knew each other when she agreed to do the film. Make no mistake, Veronica is the heartbeat of Sirwiñakuy. Her willingness to do just about anything—I’m talking nude scenes here—to bring the narrative full circle deserves high praise.
Take the masturbation shower episode, for instance, that reveals Anouk’s intentions and drops a few hints about her developing relationship with Luis.
Is she trying to wash away her sexual pleasure or wantonly readying herself to live with this much older man?
Veronica’s talent keeps the viewer on edge, particularly in the scene when she leaves her old clothes in the hotel. It’s symbolic, of course, and almost borders on the hackneyed, but Veronica pulls it off. Anouk’s got a ton of courage now, but for what?
When she hits streets Anouk is naked underneath that awful 1960s topcoat fashion statement Luis bought for her. Her audacity reminds me of the bar scene from The Story of O when O settles gingerly onto the bar stool because there’s nothing between it and the bare flesh under her dress.
She’s blatantly erotic and submissive and coy at the same time.
Oh, let me note, Veronica Paintoux is as natural as her nudity. She wears minimal, if any, make-up which enhances that childlike state Amy wants to reinforce in Anouk’s character.
Toying with a Story
Here’s what Jac has to say about Veronica and Amy and Sirwiñakuy‘s evolution.
“Amy had a story she was toying with, set in France, which in one of our long walks I convinced her to adapt it to Bolivia. In the French version, the guy was French and the woman was American visiting Paris. In the Bolivian version, she made the guy Bolivian and the woman French.
“Amy wanted Veronica to play the woman, she felt that she would be great in that role, she saw her in Martyr (a 2002 production starring Carmen Paintoux) and she liked the chemistry and sexual tension we had in that film.
“It was obvious that I would play the guy, Monsieur Montez. That was the original title, by the way, Monsieur Montez. We opted for Sirwiñakuy when I explained to her the tradition here where a man ‘kidnaps’ a woman, takes her home and after trying out for some time they get married if the situation works.
“Amy liked the idea. A friend of mine is the composer of the title song and Heni, my Hungarian collaborator, now a PHD in anthropology, provided the background for the title.”
In listening to Jac, what I’ve always wondered about Amy Hesketh’s work came to mind again. How personal is the film to her? I have a feeling Amy wrote Sirwiñakuy as a narrative of her own erotic and sexual evolution.
. . . But that is only a guess.
Finally, Sirwiñakuy caused a bit of a dustup in Bolivian theaters. Apparently they don’t like BDSM relationships there, too much machismo.
Understandable, but that’s not Sirwiñakuy’s message, so listen up.
The interactions between Luis and Anouk are accurate portrayals of what an authentic Dom/sub arrangement is (to suggest it is master/slave is laughably overblown). In other words, BDSM is an agreed upon sexual interplay within an existing relationship and that’s what the film tells its audience.
Nothing BDSM is twenty-four seven, but when everything heats up, it’s all about the power play moment at hand.
Anouk is an equal partner in their relationship at all times and proves it with her expressions, her eyes, and her moods. She even walks out to think things over.
Pay attention when she takes the whip away from Luis and remember the haircut game. It’s only symbolic because he backs off. Score one for feistiness. Who decides who is in control?
By the way, they sell whips at rural markets in Bolivia which in my view confounds the objections to the film. In the commentary section, Jac mentions whips were around in the society before the Spanish arrived and Amy interjects with a chuckle, “Where there is a whip, there is life, there is BDSM.”
What is not to love about her?
But remember, it’s all consensual.
By the way, Amy adds an adorable touch in the commentary section. She notes that Anouk violates protocol when she sits in “daddy’s” chair to read, behavior that is “not allowed.” Beautiful. Submissives love their daddies. Anouk is learning the ground rules . . . or perhaps she acted deliberately to bank on a “correction” some time later, a little fun with “daddy.”
Keep in mind Anouk is no fawning submissive, but she doesn’t go for the harsher treatment that turns on Anne Desclos’ (Pauline Réage) heroine in O. In fact, Anouk plays an ongoing “cat and mouse” game with Luis throughout the film, thus the wall-mounted drawing of a rodent that pushes back against the overstuffed cat in the apartment.
The little bugger is within full view, but just out of reach of his furry pursuer. BDSM negotiation is always on the table.
A final note for S/M fans . . . if you want to see Luis discipline Anouk with the whip, won’t happen. It’s merely suggested. But take heart, check out Amy and Jac’s later films (under the Pachamama label) for that visual delight. And, consider this. Maybe someday we’ll see their version of O come to the screen . . .
Anouk’s character, much like O’s, is a feminist statement . . . a woman in control. And why not? In my view, Amy Hesketh is a feminist filmmaker in this supposedly post-modern era. Is feminism passé? Perhaps. But after all, I was once a frat guy, so we all have a past, now don’t we?
Here they are, the three that give Sirwiñakuy its reason to be.
Here’s the director at work:
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Hillary Clinton: Russians 'guided by Americans' in election interference
The Democratic presidential candidate gave a candid interview Wednesday.
By ADAM KELSEY
Former FBI director James Comey to testify on Capitol Hill
Comey is reportedly prepared to testify in an open session about his relationship with Trump and whether the president sought his loyalty.
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— -- In a sweeping interview that addressed the array of performers she believes played a role in the drama of her presidential election defeat, Hillary Clinton connected the actions of Russian interlopers in the campaign to domestic actors.
"The Russians, in my opinion, and based on the intel and counter-intel people I've talked to, could not have known how best to weaponize [damaging information] unless they had been guided ... by Americans and guided by people who had polling and data information," said Clinton in the interview at Recode's Code Conference in California Wednesday.
The former Democratic presidential nominee contended that the timing of WikiLeaks' release of the purported emails of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta -- immediately after The Washington Post published "Access Hollywood" video of Republican rival Donald Trump making sexually explicit comments -- was incumbent upon the direction of a knowledgeable person attempting to protect the Trump campaign.
"They began to have some of their allies within the internet world, like Infowars, take out pieces and begin to say the most outrageous, outlandish, absurd lies you can imagine," said Clinton. "So they had to be ready for that and they had to have a plan for that and they had to be given the go-ahead: 'OK, this could be the end of the Trump campaign. Dump it now. And then let's do everything we can to weaponize it.'"
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Russian meddling was just one of the many targets of Clinton's election-related exasperation in the candid discussion with journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
"I take responsibility for every decision I made," said Clinton. "But that's not why I lost."
Reproach was assigned to the investigation into her use of a private email server while secretary of state -- which she called "a nothing burger" -- and former FBI Director James Comey's subsequent investigation; media coverage of the election, including socially spread "fake news;" and the outcry over her supposed ties to Wall Street after she gave paid speeches to Goldman Sachs.
"Why did you [give those speeches]?" asked Mossberg at one point, to which Clinton asked why the investment bank was in attendance at the conference.
"Because they pay us," answered Swisher.
"They paid me," said Clinton.
In one particularly stinging exchange, Clinton aired a grievance with the Democratic National Committee for what she perceived as a major campaign disadvantage in the party's data operation.
"I set up my campaign and we have our own data operation. I get the nomination," recounted Clinton. "So I'm now the nominee of the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party ... I mean it was bankrupt, it was on the verge of insolvency. Its data was mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong. I had to inject money into it."
The DNC responded on Thursday, telling ABC News that new party chair Tom Perez "has said before that the DNC was not firing on all cylinders and that’s why he did a top to bottom review that included technology."
"The DNC is now undergoing an organizational restructuring that will include a new Chief Technology Officer, who will do an in depth analysis and maintain the party’s analytics infrastructure needs," said DNC spokesman Michael Tyler.
Moving forward, the former first lady and U.S. senator gave a steadfast "no" when pressed if she'd be running for the White House again, and discussed the importance of not losing sight of midterm elections in favor of speculation about 2020.
"I think flipping the House is certainly realistic," said Clinton, who had earlier noted that she typically preaches prudence as election prognostications are made -- the most recent example being the most fitting.
"I was the victim of a very broad assumption that I was going to win ... I never believed that. I thought it was going to be close," she said.
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THAPPAD makes a strong statement on patriarchy and violence against women and is laced with a powerful performance by Taapsee Pannu.
Posted by sanu May 8, 2020
बॉलीवुड में ऑल टाइम हिट माधुरी दीक्षित की फिल्म ‘साजन’को पूरे हुए 29 साल, जानिए किस वजह से की थी फिल्म साइन
We are in the year 2020 but still, a lot of objectionable trends are sadly quite common. Violence against women, especially, continues despite progress of our country and growth in education and standard of living. Anubhav Sinha, whose 2.0 avatar has given us films on Hindu-Muslim unity [MULK; 2018] and caste discrimination [ARTICLE 15; 2019] now takes up this topic for his latest hard-hitting flick, THAPPAD. The trailer has already intrigued viewers because of its storyline and the association of Taapsee Pannu and Anubhav with this project. So does THAPPAD manage to be as impactful as Anubhav’s last two films? Or does it disappoint? Let’s analyse.
THAPPAD is the story of a woman fighting a tough battle. Amrita (Taapsee Pannu) is a housewife and is happily married to Vikram (Pavail Gulati) in Delhi. Vikram works in a reputed company and is desperately looking forward to an opportunity which will take him to London for work purposes. Amrita knows how much this means to Vikram. She loves him with all her heart and her entire life revolves around him and in attending to his mother, Sulochana (Tanvi Azmi). Thankfully for Vikram, he’s selected for the London stint. The same night, he throws a party in his house. All is going well until he gets a call from his superior, Thapar. He informs Vikram that he won’t be getting the desired profile that he’s looking for in London and that he’ll have to report to an authority there. This is not something that Vikram was initially assured. He confronts Rajhans, another superior of Vikram and who is present in the party. Things heat up between them and Amrita tries to pacify him. In the process, Vikram slaps Amrita. Her whole world comes crashing down. She tries to move on but is just not able to. Vikram shows regret when he realizes that Amrita has been hurt by his actions. He tries to console her but it doesn’t work for her. Amrita hence shifts to the house of her parents (Kumud Mishra and Ratna Pathak Shah). Vikram stops her and later even comes to take her back. But she doesn’t budge. Vikram then sends a legal notice to her. Swati (Naila Grewal), the girlfriend of Amrita’s brother Karan (Ankur Rathee), suggests that Amrita should show this letter to Nethra (Maya Sarao), a reputed lawyer and Swati’s boss. Nethra suggests that Amrita should solve this issue amicably. Amrita however doesn’t want to and she insists on a divorce. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
Anubhav Sushila Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul’s story is superb and applause-worthy. In a society where repeated acts of violence committed by husbands on their wives is fairly common, it requires guts to pull off a film where the woman has been hit just once by the husband and yet make it seem convincing. Anubhav Sushila Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul’s screenplay (script consultant: Anjum Rajabali) helps a lot in ensuring that the audiences get persuaded to agree with the vision of the team. They very well put out the situation and how patriarchy is deeply ingrained in our psyche, not just in case of men but also women. Anubhav Sushila Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul’s dialogues are acidic and sharp and add to the impact. Some of them simplify the proceedings but that goes in favour of the film. There are lot of one-liners that will surely hit viewers and make them reflect on their own wrongdoings.
Anubhav Sushila Sinha’s direction is superlative. He has not just penned a great script but he has even executed it very well. The world and mood is drastically different when compared to MULK and ARTICLE 15 but he understands it and does justice. Amrita’s predicament is well established and one is bound to get moved by her struggle, especially when even her family members fail to support her. There are also several subplots and most of them are well helmed and add to the principle plot nicely. There are a few scenes where he does a fine job like Shivani (Dia Mirza) hugging Amrita, Sulochana ignoring the slap and insisting that Amrita should attend to the guests, Amrita’s father scolding his son for misbehaving with Swati, Amrita’s mother Sandhya chiding for not getting support to continue her singing career, the confrontation between the lawyers etc. On the flipside, the second half seems dragging. The makers could have done away with the track of Sulochana living separately as it just added to the subplots needlessly. Additionally, they could have fine-tuned the track of the lawyer cheating on her husband. A section of audience might find the entire bit of Vikram not apologizing to Amrita difficult to digest. It’s strange that no one from his circle suggested that he should say sorry. It’s only in the pre-climax that this issue is raised in front of him.
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THAPPAD has an impressive beginning where all the supporting characters are introduced and the commonality is them having an ice-cream. Amrita’s introduction is superbly down. It does give one a déjà vu of Nishikant Kamat’s classic Marathi film DOMBIVALI FAST [2004] but it works very well here to depict what her day looks like. The highpoint is definitely the party sequence and the slap. After this scene, it might feel that the film is stagnating but those scenes are important to explain how Amrita’s life has changed drastically post the slap. The intermission point is great. Post-interval, the interest is maintained but this is where the film drags. One expects dhamaka when the parties come face-to-face but nothing of that sort happens. The confrontation is there and though it is sync with the film’s plot and mood, it might seem mild, especially those expecting some entertainment here. The film ends on a justified note.
THAPPAD has several excellent actors but it belongs to Taapsee Pannu without a shred of doubt. She has delivered several memorable performances and this one will surely be one of her most accomplished acts! She gets completely into the skin of character, making viewers forget of her earlier performances. You forget its Taapsee when you see her dutifully performing her housewife duties. Pavail Gulati makes a fantastic debut. He looks dashing and completely suits the part. Kumud Mishra is terrific. Anubhav Sinha always extracts a fine performance from him and THAPPAD is no exception. Ratna Pathak Shah is quite subtle and makes an impact. Same with Tanvi Azmi – her dialogue in the finale sums up the film in a way. Maya Sarao is a powerhouse of talent and is an actor to watch out for. She gets her act totally right, especially her body language. Geetika Vidya (Sunita) gets to play a memorable part and she kills it. Dia Mirza has limited screen time but it works. Gracy Goswami (Sania; Shivani’s daughter) has a fine screen presence and she dances nicely. Naila Grewal, Manav Kaul (Rohit Jaisingh), Ram Kapoor (Advocate Gujral) and Ankur Rathee are fair. Harssh A Singh (Thapar), Santanu Ghatak (Vikram’s colleague Subodh), Rohan Khurana (Nethra’s love interest), Sushil Dahiya (Vikram’s father), Siddhant Karnick (Vikram’s brother), Nidhi Uttam (Vikram’s sister-in-law) and the actor playing Rajhans also do a good job.
Anurag Dipali Saikia’s music doesn’t have much scope. ‘Ek Tukda Dhoop’ however has a nice, lingering effect. Mangesh Urmila Dhakde’s background score is magnificent. The initial sequences have a jazz style music that gives a nice touch. Soumik Sarmila Mukherjee’s cinematography is top-class. Vishakha Vidya Kullarwar’s costumes are appealing, especially the saree worn by Taapsee in the party. Jyotika Mirpuri Aroura’s make-up and hair is appropriate. Nikhil Kshipra Kovale’s production design is rich. Yashpa Pushpa Ramchandani’s editing could have been a tighter, but overall he has done a commendable job.
On the whole, THAPPAD makes a strong statement on patriarchy and violence against women and is laced with a powerful performance by Taapsee Pannu. At the box office, it will be loved and adored by its target audience – the womenfolk.
sanu May 8, 2020
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Six park rangers died in an attack by an armed group in Virunga National Park on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Another ranger was seriously wounded, the park said in a statement. “The ranger has been evacuated to hospital in Goma and his injuries are no longer considered…
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DRC: Six rangers ambushed at Virunga National Park
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced Monday the deaths of five park rangers and a staff driver killed during an ambush in the park’s central sector. “A sixth ranger was also wounded,” the park said in its statement, adding that additional information will be released as…
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Afrimat boosts Cape presence with R125 million acquisition of Malans quarries
In its first acquisition since a record debut on the JSE in November 2006, black empowered building supplies group Afrimat Limited has acquired the Malans Group (“Malans”) in the Cape for R125 million. The earnings-enhancing acquisition adds strategically located quarries and sand mines to Afrimat’s portfolio, further boosting the group’s entrenched 45 year presence in the region.
Malans comprises four quarry operations and a number of sand mines in the Western Cape peninsula, Jeffrey’s Bay area and in Port Elizabeth as well as mobile crushing operations. This adds to Afrimat’s existing 18 quarries, 13 readymix plants, eight precast factories and four mobile crushing plants.
A portion of the purchase consideration will be funded out of Afrimat’s available cash resources on hand. In addition the group is placing a further 6,5 million shares with institutions at a price of R9,20 to raise R60 million to help fund the acquisition.
This acquisition is in line with Afrimat’s expansion strategy highlighted by CEO Andries van Heerden on listing. “A first-time entry into the Jeffrey’s Bay area is a step towards realising the group’s aim of national geographic expansion while Malans’ strong presence in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, boosts the group’s urban presence”. He adds that urban expansion is a critical component of Afrimat’s growth strategy with further transactions in urban areas currently being considered.
He says that in addition to benefiting from Malans’ 40% share of the Western Cape sand market the new operations complement Afrimat’s existing product ranges particularly in sand and rubble crushing, providing clear synergies to boost future organic growth. Sand accounts for 40% of turnover at the Malans operations with quarries and mobile crushing accounting for around 26% and 19% respectively.
Commenting on the Denver Quarries element of the acquisition van Heerden says: “we had considered this operation as a standalone acquisition target even before it was acquired by Malans. It further enhances our presence in the Eastern Cape and its close vicinity to our Patcor Quarry provides opportunity to capitalise on synergies.” He is confident that Afrimat’s bottom-line focussed management approach will boost profitability for both quarries in the area.
Further, the acquisition has seen a significant increase in the group’s equipment and machinery inventory. “Currently redundant crushing equipment at the Malans operations and the Denver Quarries’ fleet of mobile equipment will be effectively utilised across Afrimat’s operations to drive revenue growth,” says van Heerden.
Van Heerden points out that Afrimat’s commitment to BEE is reflected in the terms of the acquisition agreement - 25,1% of the new shares being issued to the vendors as part payment of the purchase consideration are required to be placed with a BEE shareholder to maintain Afrimat’s solid BEE platform.
The acquisition follows a number of recent contract wins for Afrimat worth roughly R50 million which have set the group on track to meet 2007 forecast headline earnings per share of 50,5 cents. The transaction remains subject to the necessary approvals.
Afrimat provides a diverse product range of Mining & Aggregates, readymix concrete and concrete blocks and bricks. The group currently has a strong presence in the Eastern and Western Cape, Namibia, northern KwaZulu-Natal and Free State. The company debuted on the JSE on 7 November 2006 at R8,05 a share, a premium to the R5 a share costing in the pre-listing private placement. The listing market capitalisation of R1 billion has risen to R1,24 billion on closing yesterday at R10 per share.
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Home Antiaging Articles Hydergine− the intelligence ergoloid
Hydergine− the intelligence ergoloid
By Leslie J. Farer
How many times have you asked yourself, “Where did I put the keys?” or grapple for words during a “senior moment?” While aging is associated with the impairment of multiple metabolic pathways that can erode brain function, we don’t have to resign ourselves to dwindling memory, foggy thinking, or poor attention span as we grow older. Thankfully, there is something we can do about it.
The drug hydergine acts on numerous fronts to slow down or even reverse age-related alterations in brain physiology and improve cognitive function. It’s one of the safest, most effective, and intensively researched smart drugs available today. Over the past few decades, this potent cerebral enhancer has been shown in innumerable animal and clinical studies to boost memory and retrieval, alertness, intellectual capacity and even mood, while fending off the many deleterious processes that can lead to brain aging and mental decline.
Hydergine (also known as ergoloid mesylates or co-dergocrine mesylate) is the brand name for a mixture of three alkaloids derived from ergot, a fungus that grows on rye. The drug was developed in the 1940’s by Albert Hofmann (known famously as the inventor of LSD) when working as a chemist for Sandoz (now Novartis and coincidentally, a former employer of the author of this article) and is still one of that pharmaceutical giant’s most important drugs. Since the early 1970’s, hydergine has been used clinically to treat senile dementia (including Alzheimer’s), cerebral vascular disorders and the typical progressive deterioration of mental capacity known as age-related cognitive decline. Its efficacy has been well documented. The drug was approved by the FDA in 1981 for the treatment of dementia, defined as a loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life and characterized by symptoms such as decreased mental alertness, confusion, poor short-term memory, depression, emotional instability and problems related to motor skills. But perhaps the drug has an equally important role when used “off-label” as a smart drug, or cerebral enhancer, in healthy people who wish to protect against brain aging, sharpen their wit and mental agility, improve their memory and focus, and even gain a competitive edge in their career or pursuits. It’s interesting to note that Hoffman, who lived to be 102, regularly consumed hydergine as a brain tonic, which may in part be responsible for his longevity and brain power.
Research supporting the cognitive effects of hydergine in animals and humans
In animal models, patients with cognitive decline, and aging but otherwise healthy people, hydergine has been shown to improve measures of cerebral function such as learning, memory, attention, as well as mood. Animal studies typically use a maze, or similar apparatus, as a “paradigm” for assessing cognitive behavior. One such study showed that hydergine increased the “intelligence” of rats trained in a maze to receive a liquid reward, as evidenced by increased accuracy in their attempts to obtain the treat. (1) In a similar maze experiment, hydergine improved memory and retrieval processing in mice, with the typical “inverted U” dose-response curve characteristic of memory enhancers. (2) (We’ll see more on the inverted U curve later.)
In clinical studies, hydergine was well tolerated in virtually every study, and often demonstrated statistically significant effects on cognitive measures in healthy subjects exhibiting “normal” aging and in patients with more accelerated cognitive decline. Here are some highlights of the studies, (note; the latter four were placebo-controlled and the first three were double-blind; they are listed in order of clinical severity, from the most to the least mental impairment):
A trial on 36 patients with severe dementia found that daily intravenous (IV) hydergine (3 mg) for two weeks significantly improved cognitive dysfunction, mood and social withdrawal. (3)
As in the above study, improvements in mental deficits were demonstrated in 97 elderly patients with age-related mental decline who were administered 4.5 mg hydergine tablets for 6 months; the researchers observed a progressive increase in efficacy throughout the course of the trial, indicating that treatment in patients with mental decline should be long-term. (4)
In a trial on 41 outpatients between the ages of 55 to 80 who were otherwise healthy, but experiencing mild memory impairment (a common complaint for the general aging population), a 6 mg daily oral dose of hydergine for 12 weeks considerably improved memory function. (5)
A fascinating and revealing study of the effects of hydergine on a subset of the healthy but aging population was performed on over 100 disease-free retirees for five years. This was an unusual study on two counts: it evaluated the effects of a drug on healthy, rather than impaired subjects, and it was long-term. The study authors observed that retirees receiving 4.5 mg hydergine per day for the length of the study exhibited not only better mental performance than those on placebo, but also enhanced physical health, as evidenced by factors such as lowered lipid fractions and fewer diagnoses of major disease. The authors went on to say that although they felt that each individual improvement in and of itself was not dramatic, overall, the combined positive effects pointed to the “prophylactic effect of ergoloid mesylates [hydergine] on the pathological concomitants of aging.” (6) In other words, hydergine protects against multiple aspects of age-related physical and mental decline – an impressive conclusion.
Hydergine acts by diverse mechanisms to enhance brain function
We’ve just seen the proven cognitive-boosting effects of hydergine in animals and humans. Now, let’s take a look at the aging brain, and discuss how hydergine counteracts eroding mental performance.
The brain is especially vulnerable to the effects of aging on numerous fronts: decreased blood and oxygen flow, diminished mitochondrial energy production, hindered neurotransmission, loss of structural integrity, oxidative damage and decreased neuronal activity. Each of these factors alone impairs mental function; in combination, as is often (if not always) the case, the effects can be disastrous. The good news is that hydergine has been shown to influence many aspects of brain metabolism and ameliorate all of the effects of aging we just mentioned. Early research showed that hydergine acted primarily by increasing blood supply and oxygen to the brain, but a plethora of brain-boosting mechanisms have since been discovered:
Hydergine enhances neuronal metabolism:
In middle-aged rats, hydergine stimulates local cerebral glucose utilization in parts of the brain associated with learning and memory, (7) and the same effect has been found in patients with dementia. (8) Glucose is the main substrate for brain metabolism, (8) and measurements of increased cerebral glucose utilization in response to hydergine indicate enhanced neuronal activity. Hydergine was also shown to stimulate neuronal functioning in short-lived (i.e., rapidly aging) mice. (9) In addition, hydergine preserves neuronal ATP stores. (10) ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate) is the cellular energy currency crucial to metabolism. (We’ll see below how hydergine reverses age-related changes in mitochondria, the ATP-generating cellular powerhouses.)
Hydergine modulates neurotransmission in several ways:
First, hydergine decreases levels of the monoamine oxidase (MAO) enzymes in the brain. (11-12) MAO enzymes degrade used neurotransmitters and are essential to normal brain metabolism, but an age-related increase in MAO activity can deplete the catecholamine neurotransmitters (dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline), (11-12) impairing mental function. Hydergine counteracts this effect.
Second, hydergine regulates the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from the hippocampus, (13) the part of the brain that helps transfer information from short-term to long-term memory. The drug also increases the number of cholinergic (acetylcholine) receptors in the aging hippocampus; (14-15) a decline in the number of cholinergic receptors can lead to a decrease in learning ability and memory function, (14-15) and hydergine can at least partially reverse these effects. Another characteristic of brain aging is a deficiency in enzymes necessary for the synthesis of acetylcholine. In aged rats and mice, treatment with hydergine restored the activity of one of these enzymes, choline acetyltransferase. (16)
Third, hydergine prevents disturbances in monoamine (dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin) neurotransmission in different areas of the brain: it can either compensate for a neurotransmitter deficit or counteract its over-activity, (17-18) restoring balance in the interaction of the monoamines. (10)
Hydergine protects the brain against hypoxia:
Hydergine can prevent mental impairment and physical damage to the brain caused by insufficient oxygen reaching the brain (hypoxia). In a placebo-controlled trial, 15 healthy volunteers inhaled a gas combination simulating high altitude conditions (6000 m altitude), which induced hypoxia and resulted in decreased vigilance, intellectual function and performance in a reaction time task. But after oral administration of 5 mg hydergine, volunteers again subjected to the same conditions exhibited significant protection against hypoxia-induced brain dysfunction. (19) Because of its neuroprotective effects, hydergine is used in emergencies to treat strokes or accidents that interrupt oxygen supply to the brain.
Hydergine slows down age-related structural changes in the brain:
Aging is associated with the loss of structural integrity of parts of the brain, which can negatively affect cognition. Two of these components are mossy fibers, (nerve fibers that surround nerve cells of the cerebellar cortex) and granule cells (a type of neuron). (20) In rats, medication with hydergine increased the density of mossy fibers and the number of granule cells in the hippocampus. (20) The aging brain has also been shown to undergo a loss of synapses, (21-22, 10) the gaps between neurons where nerve impulses are transmitted. But hydergine reverses this loss: four weeks of hydergine treatment significantly increased the number of synapses in the brains of old rats, compared to untreated rats. (22)
Hydergine fights lipofuscin:
Lipofuscin is the yellow-brownish colored pigments–oxidation products–that accumulate in cells (including neurons) over time. In old rats, six months of hydergine treatment caused a significant dose-related decrease in lipofuscin accumulation in various types of nerve cells. (23)
Hydergine enhances antioxidant status:
Free radical damage is involved in many, if not all, age-related disease processes, including dementia and cognitive decline. (12) One generator of free radicals in the brain is the increased activity of MAO (12) that accompanies aging. As discussed earlier, hydergine suppresses MAO over-activity, which, besides preserving neurotransmitters, leads to a reduction in oxidative stress. (12) Hydergine further counters free radicals by increasing the endogenous antioxidants superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in the brain. (12)
Hydergine reverses age-related mitochondrial alterations:
Mitochondria are tiny but extremely important organelles (cellular subunits), the machinery necessary for the production of energy (ATP). Aging is associated with yet another example of deterioration–the loss in number and metabolic efficiency of these crucial organelles. (10) Nerve cells, especially at their synaptic ends, need a high and steady energy supply, generated by their mitochondria, to carry out their job of cell-to-cell information processing in an efficient manner. Any impairment in mitochondrial activity can lead to a “power failure” situation in which insufficient energy is available to run the brain’s circuits, with adverse effects on mental functioning. In a noteworthy study, a group of researchers examined the structural features of mitochondria specifically located at nerve cell terminals at the synaptic gap, in young, adult, and old rats. They found age-related differences in the mitochondria of older versus younger rats. The old rats exhibited fewer but larger (i.e., elongated) mitochondria compared with younger rats, in which smaller and more numerous mitochondria were equated with greater ATP-generating capacity. So, in the old rats, the few enlarged organelles were an indication that the cellular machinery struggled to keep up with energy-dependent synaptic activity, especially in high-demand circumstances. But four weeks of hydergine treatment (at an ultra-high dose) partially reversed these alterations in old rats, as shown by an increase in number and a reduction in size of the mitochondria, indicating improved metabolic efficiency more comparable to the younger animals. (10)
This list of varied mechanisms underlies the efficacy of hydergine in ameliorating and potentially reversing, age-related brain deterioration and improving cognitive function. Plus, this list is not exhaustive. Undoubtedly, on-going research will uncover additional beneficial effects of this powerful cerebral enhancer.
Some researchers cast doubt?
Even with the wealth of compelling findings obtained in dozens of animal and human trials, some researchers questioned hydergine’s efficacy in treating advanced cognitive decline, (i.e., dementia, including Alzheimer’s). In response to this uncertainty, meta-analyses were performed to statistically evaluate the data obtained in multiple human trials. Two of these overviews, (one evaluating 21 trials and another analyzing 47 trials) concluded that “hydergine shows significant treatment effects” especially when initiated early and at higher doses than the FDA-approved 3 mg dose. (24-25) One reason why some trials reported only modest improvements in hydergine-treated patients is simply that the dose used was too low and therefore, ineffective. In Europe, the drug is prescribed at doses of at least 9 mg per day, but in the US, the recommended starting point is 3 mg. Since the drug exhibits low, if any, toxicity, and higher quantities have been linked with greater efficacy, it seems counterproductive (and unscientific) to use the lower dose.
The four clinical studies we reviewed earlier, in which significant improvements were obtained, used oral doses of 4.5 mg to 6 mg and an IV dose of 3 mg (note that a 3 mg IV dose has far greater potency than a 3 mg oral dose; directly injecting a drug into the bloodstream markedly increases its bioavailability). Also, unfavorable results in some trials may be due to the fact that treatment was initiated too late in the progression of cognitive decline. This indicates that medication with hydergine should be started as early as possible in those experiencing the first signs of mental deterioration, since treatment may prevent the cascade of brain alterations that can lead to more advanced cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s.
Maintaining a healthy brain as we grow older, rather than rescuing cognition later, is a key component of an effective longevity strategy.
More on dosing −how to use hydergine
It’s difficult to recommend a universal starting dose for everyone, since response depends on each person’s unique physiology, sensitivity to medications and cognitive status. If used alone, you may consider starting with half of a 4.5 mg tablet for a few days, note your response, then increase to a full tablet, again rate your response and increase as necessary. Also, keep in mind that hydergine exhibits an inverted-U dose-response curve, which means that the dose should be increased slowly to reach an ideal response, after which any further increase in dose may lead to a fall-off in effect. Hydergine may also be combined with other smart drugs, such as deprenyl or piracetam, where it acts synergistically (i.e., at higher potency, while enhancing the effects of these other agents), so dosages may need to be adjusted down. As with other smart drugs, the best advice is to start low, increase gradually, evaluate the effect, and fine-tune as necessary.
Whether used alone, or in combination, hydergine should be a central element of any comprehensive antiaging program to preserve brain health, boost cognitive function and defend against the potentially devastating effects of age-related mental decline.
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Wild Speculations and Ruptured Paradigms
Nature and Ecology
Last summer I wrote an essay about whether climate warming will cause the extinction of the human species, so when I came across an article by Lucy Jakub on “Wild Speculation: Evolution After Humans,” I was interested in her startlingly idiosyncratic take.
I spend many happy hours facilitating Socrates Cafes, where people ask philosophical questions and examine philosophical premises in an open-minded and open-hearted manner. As I read Jakub’s survey of speculative writing about the end of the species, I found myself querying the writers’ premises about how we got to this pass.
Geologist Dougal Dixon (who assumes in those innocent years that it is a new Ice Age that will do us in) devotes his 1981 After Man to a scientific study, based on evolutionary genetics, of life forms that might evolve when we are gone.
“Humans go extinct because we lose our evolutionary advantage by adapting our environment to our needs, rather than the other way around. When the resources needed to maintain our civilizations run out, we are unable to adapt quickly enough to survive. Crucially, nothing takes our place, and the planet reverts to an Edenic state, uncorrupted by knowledge.”
Let’s look at this philosophically: Dixon considers our capacity for adaption the fruit of our advanced cognition, which isn’t advanced enough to prevent us from depleting our own ecosystem. But if this is so, is it our knowledge that corrupts us or poor choices about how to use it?
We did not all make those choices. Only a small (if powerful) elite of westernized humans – mostly male and mostly industrialists (think of Wordsworth! Think of Dickinson!) propose such a preposterous idea. Their presumption that human beings are separate from and in control of nature serves their bottom line and profit motive, while the rest of us have come to realize that we are more like ruinous genes running amok within it.
Jakubs describes the “Speculative world-building,” of science fiction as a way to explore solutions to our environmental predicament. But Pierre Boulle, in his 1963 Planet of the Apes, is less worried about what is happening to the environment than what is happening in the pecking order, namely “man’s fall from dominance,” while Brian Aldiss, similarly, frets in his 1962 novel Hothouse that human beings have ceded control to (of all things) vegetation.
Do you see the pattern here? Nature (apes, plants) is a terrifying external force usurping human power/over everything.
As we move into recent decades, however, Jakub notes that the “bourgeoning environmental movement led to a new genre, Eco-fiction, whose authors -Ursula K. Le Guin, Louise Erdrich, and Barbara Kingsolver- are especially beloved – mourned not the fall or humanity but the degradation of nature and our lost connection to it, and whose utopias didn’t necessarily include humans.”
Is it just a coincidence that the three authors she cites are women? Or is the premise that nature is a degradable “other” less universal than it seems?
When women novelists write about nature there is a significant gender difference in our premises. In the 1980s I analyzed more than 300 novels by women to compare women heroes’ quests to those outlined (for “man”) by Joseph Campbell. What I found was that while his male hero took women as both “other” and embedded in an alien and dangerous realm of nature,” women saw themselves as deeply integrated in and interdependent with the green world around them.
In recent years, both men and women have embraced the Gaia hypothesis that our planet is an organism within which we and all other life-forms live and must maintain a mutually beneficial balance. Meanwhile, Eco-fiction has become a widespread and popular genre to the extent that Jim Dwyer’s Where the Wild Books Are: A Field Guide to Eco-Fiction lists more than 1000 volumes from all over the world.
Mary Woodbury, its most thoroughgoing curator, describes “Eco-fiction (as) ecologically oriented fiction, which may be nature-oriented (non-human oriented) or environment-oriented (human impacts on nature). . .Eco-Fiction novels and prose zoom out to beyond the personal narrative and connect us to the commons around us – our natural habitat.”
Ecology deals with the interactions of organisms within a system and takes human beings as one of those organisms. Eco-Fiction. in Woodbury’s definition, is connective and understands nature as our commons. How we are to do the work of that connection and how we are to take our rightful place within that commons are questions this excitingly speculative new genre raises in our minds and hearts through the deep truths of storytelling.
October 10, 2018 AnnisLeave a comment
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INFINITE GAMES, INFINITE HOPES
Fen Lore
Worlds of Writing
I have always loved Geoffrey Chaucer’s send off to Troilus and Criseyde: “Go, lytl book, go, litel myn tragedye” (go little book, go my little tragedy). I intone his hail and farewell every time put a manuscript in the mail or, more recently, hit the send button which delivers it to my publisher in an internet instant. It is my affectionate send off for a book I have spent years writing, my fervent prayer that out there upon the deeps of the reading world someone will enjoy this bread I am casting upon the waters.
And so, this week, I am sending The Battle for the Black Fen, the last of my four-volume eco-fiction series that I have spent twenty years writing, out into the world. Everything that I have ever longed for – love, friendship, family fellowship, a life led in harmony with community and nature, human beings working together for the good of our beloved planet – is in my Infinite Games novels. Here, in the final novel to the series, it all comes down to one decisive conflict between my self-sustaining Marshlanders and greedy developers.
Years ago, apropos of white writers using tribal images and spiritual practice in our work, my Native American students challenged me: “Don’t you have some nice Euro-pagan ancestors you can write about instead of us?” That was when the Fen Tigers, marsh dwellers in the east of England who fought for three hundred years to keep their wetlands from drainage by “Merchant Adventures” and who probably included some of my Lincolnshire ancestors, became my inspiration.
It is all about the question of whether we can build the worlds we long for or whether we will be crushed at last by greed and environmental degradation.
Can we abandon our finite games between winners and losers, between people with power and people they have power over? Is there time, before the demise of the human species or of even our entire planet, to engage joyfully together in infinite games where everyone wins and we all share power amongst us?
In the Metro Detroit Area, you can buy your copy of The Battle for the Black Fen at the Paper Trail Books, 414 South Washington in Royal Oak. All four volumes are available at Amazon.com.
alternative community, eco-fiction, environmental fiction, green fiction, invented worlds
March hares and moon rabbits are animals that strike archetypal chords within us, which is exactly why we respond to Miss Piggy.
March 31, 2016 AnnisLeave a comment
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Anarcho-Primitivism??
This picture shows the island villages of the Ma’dan, Iraqi fisher-hunter-gatherers whose self-sufficient wetlands Saddam Hussein drained.
Kenneth Posner’s “The Long Brown Path: The Cry of the Anarcho-Primitivists,” considers the idea that present-day social domination, enhanced by modern technology, is so destructive that we should return to pre-agricultural community governance.*
“Consider the philosopher and writer John Zerzan,” he writes, “a self-proclaimed anarchist and primitivist, who criticizes industrial mass society as inherently oppressive and warns us that technology is leading humanity into an increasingly alienated existence, at the same time that it threatens to destroy the natural environment .”
Portrait of John Zerzan by Bata Nesah, Belgrade, 2013 (caption)
“As an anarchist, Zerzan would like to see a society that is free of ‘all forms of domination,’ and as a primitivist, his model for authentic, intimate existence is the ‘face to face communities’ of our hunter gatherer ancestors, who prior to agriculture, operated in small bands without specialization of labor or hierarchy.”
I am by no means as cheerful as Zerzan about our hunter gatherer ancestors, who engaged neighboring communities in wars to the death even while practicing altruism amongst themselves. Nor am I convinced that either agriculture or technology is a bad thing in and of itself. In Cli-Fi and Solarpunk, for example, as in other genres of science fiction, technology is value-neutral. It is we human beings who decide how to use it.
Any of us who survived the anarchic idealism of the 1960s will remember how the absence of rules led to the “tyranny of unstructuralism” when some blowhard rose quickly out of the group to order us all around.
Although the invented world of my Infinite Games series is pre-modern, my characters are engaged in social, agricultural, and technological experiments. Their leaders are chosen by popular acclaim, never dominate, and govern gender equal communities where decisions are reached by consensus. My Marshlanders are not against their enemy’s drainage projects as such; they are opposed to the inhumane and greedy means and ends to which the technology is put. At Dunlin, my farmer character wins high praise for his ditching and draining inventions as well as for his soil improvement and seed cultivation. When technology oppresses my city dwellers, they replace their oligarchs but not the looms, working out ways to reform the weaving trade on more ethical lines.
I believe that we have evolved since our primitive days, not only in our governance and tools but in human consciousness itself. Just consider Steven Pinker’s data in The Better Angels of Our Nature, documenting the diminution of violence on a world-wide basis. Where we were once devoted to finite games with win/lose and winner-take-all rules of play, our hearts are opening to “infinite games” with their inclusiveness and win/win outcomes where “we laugh not at what has surprisingly become impossible for others, but at what has surprisingly come to be possible with others.” **
*brought to my attention by Joe Follansbee , a thoughtful blogger concerned with how writers create speculative fiction in the “strange new climate” we inhabit.
** not to mention the wonderful new P2P paradigms for post-Capitalist societies.
February 25, 2016 AnnisLeave a comment
alternative community, Cli-fi, environmental fiction, invented worlds, Science Fiction, solarpunk, utopias, Writing Process
Real Life, Invented Worlds: Ocean Sailing
When a schooner shifts and then tacks into the wind, heeling steeply, how does it feel down below?
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marisol123
marisol123 asked in Science & MathematicsGeography · 9 years ago
The Southeast Asia Countries?
Reading Focus
1. Why does Myanmar struggle with its national identity and Thailand does not?
(i think is because it was not colonized by Europeans)
2. In what ways did years of conflict affect Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?
(i think) (Vietnam) France attempt to return power in economies of marked the beginning of a series of long and bloody wars in area. Vietnam declared independence from France. The French defeated.They divide Vietnam in North and South.
3. What keeps the diverse nations of Indonesia and the Philippines united?
4. What natural resources support the economies of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, and Papua New Guinea?
Section Assessment
5.What problems do the citizens of Myanmar face that the citizens of Thailand?
(i think) Unlike Myanmar Thailand has gladly opened it doors to the world reaching out to interact with many countries.
6.How have Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia recovered from years of war?
7.What constant challenges do Indonesia and the Philippines have to overcome?
8.What resources support the economics (a) Singapore (b) Malaysia (c) Brunei (d) Papua New Guinea?
9.Why would a Communist nation like Vietnam,decide to invite investment by capitalist nations?
Myanmar has a tyrannical government that is virtually at war with its own people.
That is evidenced by the house arrest of its elected leader, and the refusal of Myanmar to accept foreign aid following the tsunami in 2004.
All those questions can be answered by referring to the wikipedia articles for each one
eg for Myanmar:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma
They both use a national language, and both have strong and popular central governments.
Both have problems with Muslim extremist groups
I think Singapore and Malaysia are good. most of the people can speak english so you would have no trouble in comunication. Thailand is good as well, but the environment is not very good, noisy, not very clean in the city and people are not very fluent in english compared to the countries above. but if you would like to experience the real feeling of southeast asia, Thailand is the very place to visit. i like the two countries but personally my favorite is Thailand. you can feel something totally different from the two countries and what you have never done in england or other part of europe(hard to explain but why not just try it?). short stay in Bankok(the capital city in Thailand) won't make you exausted because of the difference of the environment. if you have time and want to try a bit more, nice to visit such as Ayutaya. lots of ruins of Bhudism. worth taking a look at. hope this helped you.
4. I can answer the one on Singapore.
Manpower. Singapore is too small a country to have any other natural resource. Depends on imports for a huge variety of things.
Source(s): Singaporean.
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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1970s → 1975 → December 1975 → 9 December 1975 → Written Answers (Commons) → SCOTLAND
Accounts Commission
HC Deb 09 December 1975 vol 902 c188W 188W
§ Mr. Gourlay
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the names of the members of the Accounts Commission and the period of their appointments.
§ Mr. William Ross
The current membership of the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland is as follows:
Rt. Hon. Tom Fraser (Chairman)
Mr. W. L. Taylor (Deputy Chairman)
Miss I. R. Farquharson
Mr. J. Calder Milne
Mr. W. G. A. McInnes
Mr. J. D. McWilliam
Mr. C. S. Page
Mr. W. Pate, M.B.E.
Mr. P. M. Robertson
Mr. R. Wallace, C.B.E.
Mr. Fraser was appointed for a period of three years from August 1974 and the remaining members for a period of two years in the first instance.
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Officials say police resort to physical violence as a shortcut to judicial procedures
As debate on how to put an end to custodial torture gains impetus, torture in police custody is still rampant across Pakistan. Custodial torture, though publicly condemned, is typically perpetrated by the same police force that is responsible for upholding and enforcing the law.
“It is a nightmare for me. What I experienced a year ago still haunts me,” recalls Fahad Zubair, a man in his early twenties and a resident of Sheikhupura. “I have not once slept a sound sleep since then. I still feel the effect of police bashing on my body,” he says.
He says he was fast asleep at his house, located in the vicinity of the Ferozewala police station, when a police party barged into his house. The police raid was a bolt from the blue. “We all woke up in a state of shock,” recalls Zubair.
He says the police misbehaved with his father as well as female members of the family. “I could not bear the insult and asked them as to why they were doing so. They gave me a good thrashing there and then before they took me to Samanabad police station.” Till that time, he says, he was totally unaware that he was being implicated in a false narcotics case by the police at the behest of his opponents.
“The police stripped me and hung me upside down before subjecting me to all sorts of severe torture at the police station. My father was compelled to watch this,” recalls Zubair.
Later, he says, he was informed by the police that he had been arrested in a narcotics case. “The police extorted a huge bribe from my father promising to show a smaller quantity of contraband recovery from him in the case so that he might be granted bail by the court,” he says. “I was then sent to jail.” Shortly afterwards, he was set free by the court on bail. He then approached the CCPO Lahore and sought justice.
On the orders of the CCPO Lahore, a thorough investigation was conducted, first by the SSP (Discipline) Lahore and then by the SP CIA to establish the truth. He was found innocent and the policemen responsible for his ordeal were handed departmental punishments. He never got back the money his father had had to pay to the police.
“The culture of police torture can only be eradicated if the police are not pressured to make recoveries from the accused,” says Azhar Hameed, the additional inspector general of Punjab Police (Investigation)
Azhar Hameed, the Punjab Police additional inspector general (investigation), says torture in police custody cannot be tolerated. “A policeman should always keep in mind that by resorting to torture or third degree, he is committing an offence. However, I am not in agreement with the notion that police resort to torture when they formally take the accused into their custody after obtaining physical remand from the court. Police are very careful during this period as they know that the lawyer for the accused can approach the magistrate against the police if the torture is perpetrated.”
Hameed says that complaints regarding police torture usually surface mostly before the police get physical remand from the court. He says there should be a mechanism like in developed nations whereby the statement of the accused before the police officer is acceptable in the eyes of the court.
“I have come to the conclusion that however carefully you bring new reforms to the prevailing colonial police system, the culture of police torture can only be eradicated if the police are not made to make recoveries from the accused.”
Azhar Hameed says complaints of police torture in various cases usually prop up where police have to produce quick results for making recovery of weapons of offence or property, extracting information about associates under pressure from their high-ups. He says the cops are tuned to effecting recoveries and have an overwhelming tendency to unleash physical violence as a shortcut to judicial procedures.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Sharaq Kamal claims that torture is usually used in cases where the police find it the only way to seek a confession, besides managing quick recoveries. “In these circumstances, they have the pretext to subject the accused to third degree.”
Ahsan Abbas, an advocate of the Lahore High Court and a human rights activist, says that there has been no respite in the cases of police torture despite deliberations to introduce new reforms to the police system. Such complaints keep on surfacing, he says.
The main methods of torture, he says, include use of a blunt objects, prolonged standing, rolling, hanging, psychological tactics and inflicting burns on the victims’ skin. “Most of the victims have to suffer severe beating including use of sticks to inflict injury, slapping, kicking, punching and hitting with leather strips.”
Several methods of psychological torture are also employed by the police, he says. These include naked parades, cultural humiliation, witnessing others’ physical torture and solitary confinement. Most of the incidents of police torture occur either at police stations or private places. Videos of the victims are also made when they are subjected to torture in police custody, especially when they are stripped, says Abbas. This he says, helps blackmail the victims later on.
The writer is a journalist based in Lahore. He has worked both for the print and broadcast media.
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Though Monkey King films – and fantasy films in general – have been produced with remarkable regularity in China in the past six years, few have managed to spawn a franchise, let alone a trilogy. And if we don’t count Jeff Lau’s belated – and dire – A Chinese Odyssey Part III, then Soi Cheang’s The Monkey King 3 bears the distinction of completing the first artistically unified (Soi directed all three films) big screen Chinese fantasy trilogy based on Wu Cheng’en’s Journey to the West. After a dodgy franchise starter in 2014 that benefited from Donnie Yen’s impressively athletic dedication to portraying a young monkey but sank under the weight of its interminable and poorly-rendered power battles, and a sequel in 2016 that was a marked improvement and was made memorable by Gong Li’s powerhouse White Bone Demon, here comes the third installment, with all the key cast members returning, except for Kelly Chen, who has been replaced in her customary cameo as Guanyin the Goddess of Mercy by Liu Tao – not that too many people will notice.
And so monk Xuanzang (William Feng) and his cohorts the Monkey King (Aaron Kwok), Wujing (Him Law) and Zhubajie (Xiao Shenyang) are journeying to the West, when an encounter with a mighty river god (Lin Chi Ling) catapults them into a land populated only with women. Xuanzang and the queen of this land (Zhao Liying) fall in love, but men are not welcome, and the queen’s protector and adviser (Gigi Leung) – and actual ruler of this land – sees the four males as part of an ancient prophecy heralding the end of her people. She has them imprisoned, to be executed the next day. But the queen is determined to help them.
A refreshing aspect of Soi Cheang’s The Monkey King trilogy, is that it doesn’t repeat itself much: all three films belong to a different subgenre of fantasy. The first one was cosmic fantasy, mostly taking place in heaven and involving gods and demons. The second one was horror fantasy, with nods to Ray Harryhausen and a general taste for the macabre. Now, The Monkey King 3 is a full-blown fantasy romance, exploring the love between monk Xuanzang and the queen of the Land of Women. The former’s vows and calling forbid him from experiencing a woman’s love, having chosen to love of all mankind instead, while the latter’s people consider men destructive monsters, and procreate through a spring’s magic water. Both wrestle agonizingly – and at times affectingly – with the contradictions of their love, making this installment the least action-packed of the franchise, a bold choice when it comes to the third film in a blockbuster franchise: save for a quick and gratuitous fight with two big scorpions, one hour and thirty minutes go by before a big battle erupts.
This is not a flaw in itself, but it seems to indicate the film’s budget was smaller than for the previous film: key CGI is often lacking, from the characters’ inclusion to green-screen background, to some shoddy water rendering and creature animation (the queen’s white deer and the river goddess are jerky, unconvincing creations). But the sparser action also underlines that Sun Wukong has become a supporting character: he gets no arc throughout the film, and the aforementioned action scenes are his only occasions to take center stage, with Wujing and Zhubajie getting even less meaningful screen time. This shift in scale and in focus is another factor – in addition to the shift in genre – that makes The Monkey King 3 more successful as an episode than as a stand-alone film.
Comedy is far from absent, and surprisingly contains much of the film’s darkness, despite the vibrant costumes, flowery sets and bright cinematography: there’s a bracing sense of the grotesque to seeing Sun Wukong decapitate himself to throw off his interrogator, or having to obtain the tears of a cross-dressing hermit to abort the flash-pregnancy of his companions after they’ve drunk by accident from the fertility spring. Though sidelined as mentioned before, Aaron Kwok is once again a refreshingly low-key Monkey King, while William Feng reflects his character’s inherent passiveness by shining only in reaction to either Kwok or Zhao Liying, who – with her soulful eyes – single-handedly makes the doomed relationship one to care about.
Gigi Leung initially appears like a cut-rate Helena Bonham-Carter as the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, but then becomes quite affecting, as the heart-rending choice her character has had to make is revealed. Him Law and Xiao Shenyang are mere window-dressing this time, while Lin Chi Ling’s performance is overshadowed by the unconvincing CGI water her character is constantly swathed in. The previous two films benefited immensely from monumental scores by Christopher Young, but this time he’s been replaced by Yu Kobayashi, whose music, while serviceable, pales in comparison. The Monkey King 4, set to tell the Fire Mountain episode of Journey to the West, would do well to call back Young.
Long Story Short: More successful as an episode in Soi Cheang’s ambitious telling of the Journey to the West than as a stand-alone film, The Monkey King 3 feels scaled-down from the previous installments, but is at times affecting and at times bracingly grotesque. **1/2
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Gen Z Outdoor Brand Loyalty - Trends
Delivered December 17th, 2019. Contributors: Lura J. and
Gen Z is motivated by several trends that distinguish their brand loyalty in the field of outdoor recreation-based products from previous generations, including the need for image creation, price value, and shared social values. The success of pairing brand loyalty with increased sales varies depending on the particular campaign implemented.
Trend 1: Gen Z is driven by image creation
Graduate students at Lund's Department of Business Administration interviewed two companies, one of which is an outdoor lifestyle brand, to conclude that Gen Z is specifically motivated toward brand loyalty by image creation, or how they define themselves through the image they project.
The researchers interviewed managers from two companies to make their assessment. A manager in Company 1, the outdoor lifestyle brand, identified influence marketing through social media as being the biggest factor in retaining Z's loyalty.
Staying trendy was identified by Company 1 as vital to maintaining the brand's own image-based attraction to youth.
Image creation is a trend further demonstrated by the increasing number of Gen Z users on Instagram, a platform specifically dedicated to visual relationships. In 2016, 59 percent of the 18-29 year old demographic used Instagram; in 2019, it was 71 percent.
Outdoor Voices successfully reaches Gen Z through social media by aiming at the concept of image creation. Its message is "human, not superhuman," spread throughout 3,100+ Instagram posts.
Trend 2: Gen Z is motivated by price value
A Business Insider survey reveals that price is the biggest factor in where Generation Z shops. 60 percent of the 1,884 surveyed chose price, while the next highest factor was shared values at 18 percent.
Gen Z is buying at thrift stores now more than ever. From 2017 to 2019, secondhand sales to Gen Z increased by 46 percent.
Brands that have added value are attracting Gen Z more. Patagonia, a company specializing in outdoor-activity-related clothing, is considered to be more expensive upfront, but it offers a free repair service, unlimited returns on unworn clothing, and store credit for used clothing that is brought in.
Trend 3: Gen Z is motivated by shared social values
Brands that align with Gen Z's self-perception and their shared values are more likely to retain their support. Dick's 2018 move to ban AR-15s in their stores was met with outcry from supporters on both sides. With 27 percent of Gen Z owning a gun according to a 2017 Pew survey (compared to half of the silent generation of the same age), most supported the change.
Support and brand loyalty does not always equate to better sales, as in the case for the CEO's decision at Dick's (which he asserts was not a business decision but a social one).
Patagonia successfully targets Gen Z's anti-consumerism mindset with its social values-focused ad campaigns such as "Don't Buy This Jacket," and, as a result, the company generated $1 billion in revenue last year.
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" The use of influence marketing on their social channels does hence illustrate an attractive and engaging content and an expositive image, which both Generation Y and Generation Z are responding to in their search of identity alternatively image creation (Influencer Hub, 2016; Google Report, 2016)."
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Land use and its relationship to agriculture in Pangsa, Chiang Rai: A case study
Vanida Chitman
At present, the most important problems of land use in Northern Thailand are illegal settlement and shifting cultivation of the hill peoples migrating from places further north of the country Shifting cultivation is the dominant form of farming which causes deterioration of the northern highland environment. Furthermore. there is a rapid growth of the populations of the highland peoples and agricultural land is becoming ever more scarce. Therefore the farmer has to clear fallowed land at shorter periods, increasing the frequency of fires and thereby undoubtedly inducing ecological disturbances.
Pangsa is one of the swidden villages in Chiang Rai Province of Northern Thailand which represents one example of such a complex situation. Since it has been occupied by highland peoples for more than ten years, it will be impossible to abandon all highland farming and class this area as a forest reserve. There is another alternative: land-use planning. It may seem more difficult but is widely accepted to be the most long-range and comprehensive approach to natural resource management. Even though it is a new approach for Thailand, it has a much stronger environmental orientation. The highlands present major opportunities for the diversification of land use, both as areas of generally cooler and wetter conditions in a predominantly tropical monsoon environment, and because of the great variety of microenvironments provided by hill areas through differences in slope. aspect. and altitude. Broad application must be given to the term ''land use'' in this respect to include not only a wide variety of farming types but also diversified forestry and tourist-recreational activities. Thus. the approach of the United Nations University's Programme on the Use and Management of Natural Resources to the situation in Northern Thailand, concentrating on agro-forestry and highland-lowland interactive systems, is appropriate
The author had an opportunity to survey roughly the present traditional land use practices, and the population structure at Pangsa by field study during the pilot phase of the Project on Sharing of Traditional Technology sponsored by the UN University and the Thai Khadi Research Institute of Thammasat University. The data presented in this paper may provide some of the basic information needed to develop further research in agro forestry and highland-lowland interactive systems for Northern Thailand.
Pangsa village is situated on the slope of a hill about 500 to 1,000 m above sea level. The landscape has been sculptured into ridges, interspersed with valleys containing small streams. The drainage flows into the Mae Chan watershed system Since it is an area of old clearings, tall grasses and bamboo predominate. Pangsa is about 20 km from the nearest urban area in Mae Chan. There is a laterite road leading to the village which is usable only in the dry season. Only small trucks and motor cycles can pass through. The first group of people who settled here in 1965 was the Lisu. Thirty-four years ago these people migrated from Burma and settled at Mae Salong, where a remnant of the Kuomintang army was encamped. Then, there were conflicts between the Chinese and the Lisu, and the latter's leader was killed. The Lisu then migrated down the Chan River to live among the Thais at Huay Yano. which is only a few kilometres from Pangsa. However, they found that their domestic animals such as pigs and chicken were frequently stolen. About four years later, a group of the Chinese from Mae Salong came to settle in Pangsa, and later another group of Chinese from Burma came to join them In 1971 the Government combined Pangsa with 10 other hill villages nearby to make an administrative unit. An election for a headman of this unit was held.
The villagers' first contact and experience with outsiders was in October 1973 when university student volunteers came to the village to do some teaching for a short period. In April 1974 they came back again to teach Thai language to both adults and children. After this, the villagers and the government officials built a school. In September 1974 Mrs. Tuenjai Deethes, a graduate volunteer of the Graduate Volunteer Centre. Thammasat University, came to teach at the school. After graduation, she joined the Adult Education Division of the Ministry of Education and was posted to Pangsa. At present, most of the villagers can speak the Thai language.
In October 1975 the Hilltribe Division of the Department of Public Welfare set up a development centre at Pangsa. An official who had also been a graduate volunteer of Thammasat University. Mr Tanoochai Deethes, was sent there. Together they tried to raise the villagers' standard of living with the cooperation of three other government officials stationed at Pangsa: an agricultural extension officer, a health officer, and a teacher.
Pangsa's population was 265 in 1977, consisting of 50 households of the following ethnic groups: 20 households of Lisu, 6 households of Labu, 2 households of Yao. 21 households of Chinese. and 1 Thai household. Birth rate in the village is not high and migration in and out of the village has been quite considerable in the past few years. It would be difficult to make a population projection from birth and death rates since both figures fluctuate from year to year. However, it can be expected that the population growth in the village will be slow over the next few years (see Tables 1 -3).
Present Uses of the Land for Agriculture and Yields
Lands are not legally owned by the villagers as they are not legally recognized as Thai citizens. However, the possession and utilization of land by any villager is known and recognized by all persons concerned as well as the government officials. The total cultivated land at Pangsa is about 472 rais per year. This consists of permanent lowland rice fields along the bank of the Mae Chan River totalling 74 rais and swidden land along the slopes of the hills used for growing rice. sesame, soya bean. maize. Maize and coffee occupy about 398 rais (see Table 4).
The residential area on the slope is about 150 rats. There are differences in the use of land area around the houses. Almost every Chinese household has a home garden growing papaya. pineapples, mangoes, jackfruits, and vegetables. The Lisu and the Lahu do not cultivate home gardens. About 10 Lisu households possess no paddy fields. Therefore, they grow rice along the slope of the hill and the yield is about half that of the paddy fields in the valley (see Table 4). The yield does not satisfy local demand; therefore, supplementary rice must be bought or exchanged with other crops and labour.
TABLE 1. Population of Pangsa Village Classified by Age and Sex (September 1978)
Age Male Female Total
0 - 4 27 19 46
20 - 24 7 1 3 20
25 - 29 1 3 12 25
30 - 34 7 7 14
40-44 4 4 8
60 - 5 8 13
Total 130 135 265
TABLE 2. Number of Children Born in the Village
Year Male Female Total
1978 (Jan.-Sept.) 5 6 11
TABLE 3. Number of Deaths within the Last Five Years
Age at death Number Age at death Number
less than 1 mo 17 35-39
1 mo-4 yrs 5 40-44 1
5-9 - 45-49 -
10 - 14 1 50 - 54 -
15 - 1 9 3 55 - 59 1
25-29 3 65 69 -
30-34 2 70 + 1
TABLE 4. Number of Households, Cultivated Land, Yields
Crop species No. of households Cultivated land (rat) Yields bushels*/rai Use
Upland rice 22 1581/2 40 consumption
Lowland rice 20 74 70 consumption
Sesame 29 1201/2 8 - 1 0 sale
Maize 2 6 animal feed. sale
Soya bean 8 1 5 20 consumption
Coffee 4 10 - -
Multicrops 15 96 - consumption. sale
* One bushel = 10 kg.
During 1977-1978 the price of maize declined and rats destroyed the crops; therefore. most villagers stopped growing maize. But some households still grow maize and soya bean in the same plots for consumption and animal feed. Twenty-nine households are growing sesame. which is one of the important cash crops. The yield is about eight to ten bushels per rai. Usually, sesame is planted on the steepest slopes of the hill (about 60�) in March and harvested in July-August (see Table 5). At present the Lisu grow a second crop by planting soya bean after harvesting sesame.
About eight households are growing soya bean. The first crop is grown during the rainy season and the second crop is grown later. Second crops at Pangsa were introduced by the government officials. Chemical fertilizers are not used in this village, but some pesticides are applied to the soya bean and sesame fields.
The average size of farm holding is 9.9 rats; the largest holding is 34 rais and the smallest 1 rai. Since Pangsa is in the valley, lowland rice fields are limited. Only 20 households owned these lands ranging from one to eight rais per household. At present, the trend is for the richer to buy paddy land in the valley to grow rice instead of growing other cash crops up on the hill, because the farmers want to ensure that they will have enough rice to eat and also because the price of rice does not fluctuate as much as other crops. However, every household can find a plot of land on the slopes of the hills for rice and other crops. In 1978 the government officials encouraged the villagers to grow coffee. and at present there are about ten rais of coffee on the hill.
Under the present physical and social conditions, only agricultural development is possible in Pangsa. The increase in agricultural products, not only for local consumption but also for sale. depends very much on market demand. In 1976 Mrs. Tuenjai helped the villagers organize a co-operative, buying agricultural products from its members to sell in town. However. the price still fluctuates because it depends on international and national markets.
Crop species Elevation (m) Slope
Terraced rice field 500 15�
Upland rice 550 30�
Sesame 550-650 60�
Soya bean 550-650 30�
Sesame and maize 550-650 60�
Recommendations for Research
Besides the basic field study that has been done at Pangsa. a pressing research need is development of land-use planning and natural resource management methodologies that are not only ecologically sound but economically and socially viable as well. The innovation of such methodologies depends on the collection of adequate data on, and evaluation of, the main environmental controls and determinants of agriculture. forestry, and other major human activities. A data base for environmental parameters such as microclimatology, pedology, hydrology, geomorphology. biota. and geologic structure is necessary for building land-use and natural resource management strategies. Equally important is the collection of basic data on soil, water, and other important environmental parameters.
Careful attention must also be given to a number of research possibilities that would provide information basic to an understanding of shifting cultivation and other types of peasant agriculture. Research priorities include (a) aerial mapping of the area when farmers are clearing and burning the forest land each year; (b) study and development of modifications of shifting cultivation to increase productivity, e.g., by fallow improvement through planted successions, the use of legumes as cover crops, multiple cropping, and multistory cropping; (c) study of the effects of shifting cultivation on soil structure and nutrient levels; (d) assessment of factors controlling the length of fallow necessary to avoid ecological deterioration of the land; and (e) analysis of yields under shifting cultivation with various combinations of inputs. Finally, experimentation should be undertaken to improve species introduced into the village at its local site.
However, over-reliance upon scientific data because of their apparent precision often leads to a narrow and unbalanced view of the system. In addition to its scientific aspects. every situation has its political, social, economic. and cultural aspects. Moreover. qualitative information may be as important as quantitative information. Thus, ideally all these data should be collected by an interdisciplinary team consisting of a geographer. a soil scientist. an ecologist. an agriculturist, a sociologist, an economist, and a forester. After assembling the basic data the team may also continue to work together towards producing the land-use plan. However, organizing an interdisciplinary team is not very easy. The real danger that would face such a team is that of providing an excess of unco-ordinated details which cannot be shaped into a practical management scheme. Therefore, it is of paramount importance that any data collection scheme be designed from the start in terms of the ultimate goals. Otherwise. the entire planning effort may be lost in a flurry of raw data.
Abdul Manap Ahmad. 1978. ''Forestry for Community and Rural Development.'' Unpublished paper presented at the Regional Conference on Technology for Rural Development, Kuala Lumpur.
Farnworth, Edward G. and Frank B Golley. 1974 Fragile Ecosystem-Evaluation of Research and Applications in the Neotropics. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc
Keen F.G.B. 1969-1970. ''Upland Tenure and Land Use in North Thailand.'' SEATO Cultural Programme.
Kunkle, Samuel H. 1975. ''Environmental Objectives in Forest Land Management.'' Agriculture and Environment 2: 121-135.
Van Dyne. G.M. 1969. The Ecosystem Concept in Natural Resource Management. New York: Academic Press.
Whitby. M.C. 1974. Rural Resource Development. London: Methuen.
This work was provided with data from the Thai Khadi Research Institute. Thammasat University, and the United Nations University's Project on Sharing of Traditional Technology. The author is grateful to Mr. Tanoochai, Mrs. Tuenjai Deethes, and the Government officials at Pangsa Hilltribe Development Centre, without whose helpful cooperation this work would not have been completed.
Increasing farm production in the highlands of northern Thailand
Peter Hoare
Lowland-Highland Population Pressure
About 90 per cent of the Thai population of 4.4 million in the nine provinces of the Northern Region of Thailand-Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Lampang, Lamphun, Nan, Phrae, Tak, Mae Hong Son-lives in the lowlands. The overall rate of population increase is 2 6 per cent. The average population pressure in the lowlands (9,000 km�), representing only 10 per cent of the area, is about 500 persons per km� on crop land. 65 per cent of which is irrigated rice and 10 per cent double-cropped.
The uplands (27,000 km�) and also the highlands will become increasingly important in feeding the lowland population increase because of the limited potential for further lowland irrigation development for multiple cropping.
In the highlands (54,000 km�), ranging in altitude from 500 m to 2,500 m above sea level, the population is estimated at around 500,000 with at least 300,000 hill people. The highland population density is about 10 persons per km� However, because of the physiography of the highland region, past immigration, and present political problems, over half the present hill population is engaged in bush-fallow farming systems at population pressures in excess of 50 persons per km�
Farm crop production in these bush-fallow farming systems with the traditional technology probably cannot be sustained under such a relatively high population pressure. A study of the nutrient cycling in these bush-fallow systems is urgently needed to determine the population density which can be supported.
Hinton (1975) calculated the physiologic density in four villages and three satellite villages of Karen subsistence farmers to be in excess of 50 persons per km� The Karen are the largest ethnic group who practice a bush-fallow sedentary farming system. and make up more than 50 per cent of the hill population. The high population density compelled farmers in the villages studied by Hinton to operate a mean bushfallow cycle of 5.6 years compared with a desirable minimum of 12 years. His opinion was that the population pressure was not confined to the study area because of the even spread of population in relation to agrarian resources in Karen society.
Some of the more mobile hill ethnic groups in other highland areas are farming tropical bush-fallow systems at population pressures in excess of 50 persons per km� (e.g., Doi Muser. Tak Province, because of a security problem).
The Starting Point for Highland Agricultural Change
Government and also non-government agencies are working to bring about change in the present highland farming systems. particularly with the most mobile ethnic groups. Many highland farmers are well aware that relatively rapid agricultural change is inevitable due to increasing highland population pressure. However, agricultural officers have. in general, failed to understand and measure the productivity of the highland farming system which they are trying to change. Because of lack of experience in tropical bush-fallow farming systems, the reaction of many agricultural workers is to reject the technology of the existing highland farming systems as worthless, and to try and replace the indigenous technology with introduced, and often less relevant technology
These agricultural officers fail to tap a plant gene pool in the highlands. This plant material has been selected and tested at a range of altitudes in an ongoing process over several centuries by immigrant farmers, and carried from country to country as they moved their farms. Hinton (1975) reported 20 rice varieties in the seven Karen villages studied. and Somphob Jarchrojna (personal communication 1978) in one nearby Karen village reported ten rice varieties (five paddy, three hill rice, and two hill glutinous). Lahu farmers have highly developed technologies for the intercropping of the staple crops of rice with pigeon pea, and corn with cucurbits.
It would seem that collection and selection offers opportunity for the most rapid agronomic advance for the staple crop hill rice, and most other crops. Collection and testing of hill rice varieties has recently commenced (Tiyavalee, Insomphun. and Chamberlin 1978), A cocoyam variety brought from Burma by the Lahu and collected by the author, yielded at the rate of 20 tons per ha without fertilizer at the upper cropping level of 1,400 m above sea level and could be an important carbohydrate source for these higher altitudes.
This plant material and the agricultural technologies are often exclusive to special hill ethnic groups. For example, even though the Karen farmers mix cucurbit. brassica, and other vegetable seeds with their hill rice as understory crops, the Lahu association of pigeon pea mixed with hill rice is unknown to them. With little extension input the Lahu technology could substantially raise the level of human dietary protein obtained from the Karen farming system. There is a wealth of agricultural technology already available, once a better understanding of the highland farming systems is obtained.
Some Options for Increasing the Productivity of Highland Farms
Some options for increasing the productivity of highland farms of the least mobile group (Karen) and most mobile group (Hmong) of the highland bush-fallow farmers are discussed, and for the highland Thai farmers who grow native tea (miang). Most of the available information on highland farm calendars and labour work days comes from the work of anthropologists and geographers. However, they have only studied part of the farming system. and information is lacking on the level of farm employment and the ability of present farming systems to supply the subsistence needs of highland farmers. Techniques used successfully in Papua New Guinea to gather this information on the present farming systems have been tested in the
Northern Thailand highlands and these basic data on all highland farming systems could be obtained within a short time (J. Lamrock. former Dep. Dir. Agric. PNG., personal communication). In the proposed UN University-Chiang Mai University project area Karen and Lisu ethnic groups are represented. Part of the early programme could be to measure the existing farming systems.
Karen farmers
Preliminary investigations of subsistence farmers in Mae Ka Nai Karen village (Piriyamasakul. personal communication 1978) showed that rice provided over 85 per cent of energy and about 75 per cent of the human dietary protein. Daily protein consumption was as little as 30g/day. Even though there was an average ownership of five pigs and seven chickens per household, and 70 per cent of the villagers owned cattle (Imong and McKinnon 1975), less than 10 per cent of the human protein intake came from domestic livestock. which were only killed for religious or festive occasions.
Land is a constraint. All the available area for paddy fields has been developed. Paddy rice cropping provides 25 to 50 per cent of the family rice production. Fire control over bush fallow and some grazing control are practiced.
Some options for increasing farm productivity are:
The increased use of grain legumes such as in hill rice pigeon pea association which could provide about 300 kg/ha of pigeon pea grain (23 per cent protein), probably without reducing hill rice yields; and in the fallow phase to provide legume grain and help maintain fertility in the shortening bush-fallow rotations.
Use of fertilizers to increase the yield. Fertilizer costing 250 baht resulted in added value of 2,000 baht on paddy fields at 800 m elevation (Wichian Pooswang, personal communication). The economics of fertilizer on hill rice may be less favourable than for paddy rice, and new rice varieties responsive to fertilizer inputs may be needed
The scope for increased domestic livestock and ruminant production seems limited because of the pressure on land resources to grow food crops for direct human consumption. An area of about 0.4 ha for good nutrition for the five pigs per household is needed. This is more than the area needed to feed one person, as 57 per cent of the energy and protein would be lost in feeding the rice and pigeon pea to the pig. The role of pigs in the Karen system will be limited to scavengers.
Permanent tree crops
Hmong farmers
The Hmong are the most mobile of the group of the bushfallow farmers (Geddes 1970) Rice is the staple crop supplemented by corn. The average daily food consumption of 14 families in four Hmong villages at Pa Kia over two periods in May and August were: rice 852 g. potatoes 152 g. and protein 86 9 Over half the daily protein intake came from rice, with most of the remainder from domestic livestock and wild animals. Domestic animals were killed mainly for religious occasions (Piriyamasakul 1978)
The options in moving towards a more sedentary agriculture and increasing farm productivity seem to be:
The development of available paddy areas. The greater return for labour from rice production on paddy land is recognized by most Hmong farmers (''from paddy land the yield is double the hill rice yield for the same labour input''-Nai Tu, Middle Pa Kia farmer interview, 1976). Every hectare of paddy land takes about 30 ha out of the bush fallow hill rice farming system (1 ha paddy = yield of 2 ha of hill rice x 15 year fallow period).
The cultivation of permanent tree crops The most promising is coffee (UNPDAC Crop Replacement Project 1977). In Papua New Guinea the promotion of highland small holder coffee resulted in some villages making a complete change from bush-fallow farming to coffee (J. Lamrock, personal communication).
Thai native tea growers
Over 100,000 highland Thai depend on the native tea economy with average farm sizes around 2 ha and supporting a population density of about 80 persons per km� (Keen 1972; Oughton 1971).
Two options for increasing farm productivity are
a legume cover crop of greenleaf desmodium (Andrews 1977)-with grazing control the yield of tea leaf should be increased and
diversification of the farming enterprise. with (a) coffee interplanted with the native tea, or (b) ruminant production where sufficient grazing land is available (Falvey 1977)
Andrews, A. 1978. Thai-Australian Highland Agricultural Project Third Report. Australian Development Assistance Bureau
FAO 1972 Food Composition Table for Use in East Asia
Falvey, L 1977. Agrosociological Study of Highland Ruminants. Thai Australian Highland Agricultural Project Tribal Research Centre, Chiang Mail Thailand
Geddes. W R 1973. Migrants of the Mountains. Oxford University Press
Hinton P. 1975 ''Karen Subsistence: The Limits of a Swidden-Economy in North Thailand' Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney.
Ho, R, and E C. Chapman, eds. 1973 Studies of Contemporary Thailand Canberra: Australian National University.
Imong, N., and J M. McKinnon 1975. ''A Karen Swidden Project. ''Tribal Research Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand Roneoed
Keen, F G B 1972. Upland Tenure and Land Use m North Thailand SEATO Cultural Programme, Bangkok.
Oughton, G.A 1971 ''Nikhom Chiang Dao Resources and Development Survey.'' Tribal Research Centre, Chiang Mai Mimeographed.
Piriyamasakul. R. 1978 ''Food Consumption in Meo Villages at Ra Kia'' Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Roneoed
Tiyavalee, D., et al 1979 Thai Australian Highland Agricultural Project Fourth Report Australian Development Assistance Bureau
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The Champions – Project Zero
February 10, 2020 February 10, 2020 archivetvmusings ITV Drama - 1960's alexandra bastedo, rupert davies, stuart damon, the champions, william gaunt
A scientist called Dr Travis is shot and killed by the postmaster in a remote Scottish village. Travis was one of a number of notable scientists recruited for the mysterious Project Zero. Run by Dr Voss (Rupert Davies), its ultimate aim seems to be less than friendly – so Richard is ordered to infiltrate the group. As you might expect, it’s not long before his cover is blown and his life put in great danger ….
My heart skipped a beat when the Nemesis map zoomed in on Scotland, but luckily we didn’t end up in Holy Loch. Deep breath, I don’t think they’ll be any submarines today.
Tony Williamson’s script is another one which seems to be riffing on familiar themes previously seen in The Avengers. The hapless Travis (John Moore), fleeing from an unseen assailant, reaches the sanctuary of the village post office. But the seemingly affable postmaster (Nicholas Smith) calmly guns him down in cold blood without a second’s hesitation. This concept of the deadly hiding behind the everyday and mundane is just so Avengers-ish.
Project Zero is an excellent story for spotting familiar faces – beginning with the very familiar face of Nicholas Smith. His Scottish accent is fairly passable, but then he only had a few lines of dialogue.
The post credits superpowers demonstration scene sees Sharron sampling a selection of wines (she’s instantly able to tell which year each wine comes from). Hard to imagine that the old folks in Tibet would have found that skill to be terribly useful, but they passed it on anyway.
Once we get past this spot of fun and games, Geoffrey Chater is the next very recognisable actor to make an appearance. He interrogates a man to death (who was primed with false information about Richard’s scientific qualifications). I wonder if Nemesis knew that Voss and his associates were quite so ruthless? If they did then it helps to make Nemesis seem quite a sinister organisation (as per The Interrogation).
I like Richard’s disguise – a pair of thick glasses. He has a meeting with Forster (Chater) who recruits him to work on Project Zero. Their organisation is quite smooth – easily able to convince the scientists that it’s a Government sponsored project. Presumably some of them (like Travis) later learn the truth, although it’s not made clear what he discovered.
Nor do we know why Travis’ body was taken back to London and dumped in the street. Surely it would have made more sense (and been much less trouble) to drop it in the nearest Scottish loch?
Chater’s always good value when playing Government types (even faux ones) and a quick appearance by John Horsley doesn’t hurt either as he also always had an instant air of authority. Jill Curzon (Doctor Who’s niece, Louise) pops up as a stewardess on Richard’s plane to Scotland – when she looms into the frame wearing a gasmask it’s a pleasingly jolting moment.
The big-name guest star was Rupert Davies (forever to be known as Maigret). He’s pretty good as Voss – seemingly affable, but given what we know about Project Zero the audience is content to wait for the moment when he unveils his true colours (although Voss – like many other Champions baddies – isn’t the most complex of characters).
Project Zero doesn’t really feel like a Champions story to begin with. When Richard is in the process of being recruited by Forster, Craig and Sharron are in a car outside the building, listening in to their conversation via a bug. Why aren’t they using their superpowers?
And when Richard is swallowed up by Project Zero, Tremayne’s only answer is to set Craig and Sharron up as another couple of scientists and send them in after him. Many other stories would have seen Richard using his powers to contact them first.
I’m also disappointed that when posing as scientists, neither Craig or Sharron pop on a pair of thick glasses. Oh, and the fact that all three succumb to the plane gassing is another oddity – previously we’ve seen them able to shrug off that sort of thing.
But when Richard is rumbled by Voss his special skills do start to come into play. There’s a good moment when Voss – attempting to force Richard to speak by the application of extreme noise – is discomforted to find that he’s not affected at all. The faint smirk given by William Gaunt at this point is a nice touch.
Richard, tagged with an explosive collar, is placed in a tight spot but luckily Craig and Sharron come riding to the rescue. Sharron gets to retrace Dr Travis’ dash for freedom – right down to meeting the gun-toting postmaster. This time of course, things end rather differently and it’s very pleasing to see her indulging in a spot of fisticuffs for once.
Project Zero does have a few plot loose ends, but they aren’t too serious. Overall, the excellent guest cast (Peter Copley is another strong addition) helps to make the episode a cut above the norm. I’ll give it four out of five.
H.G. Wells’ Invisible Man – The Locked Room
December 13, 2016 February 18, 2019 archivetvmusings ITV Drama - 1950's h.g. wells' invisible man, noel coleman, rupert davies, zena marshall
Brady finds himself drawn to the case of Professor Tanya Brofuri (Zena Marshall), a dissident scientist from a foreign, unfriendly power. Partly this is because he’s angry about the way her freedom has been curtailed, but also because he believes she might be able to help him become visible again …..
The opening of The Locked Room is interesting. For the first time there’s a voice-over as Brady sets the scene about Tanya (after speaking out at a public meeting she’s been frog-marched back to her embassy). It’s an obvious way to save time which, given the twenty-five minute format, is quite important and it also helps to thrust us straight into the story with very little preamble.
It’s never explicitly stated, but there’s a strong streak of self-interest in Brady’s actions. Yes, he’s displeased that a fellow scientist should be treated so badly by her country, but he also wants her help with his continuing experiments to reverse his invisible state. Had the story been longer then possibly this is a theme that could have been developed, unfortunately the brief duration of the story didn’t really make it possible.
Another undeveloped angle concerns Porter (Noel Coleman), the man from the ministry. He expressly forbids Brady from rescuing Tanya, but after he does so anyway, there’s no comeback. Instead, Porter was happy to arrange American citizenship for her.
Rupert Davies casts an imposing shadow as Dushkin. It’s never explicitly stated that Dushkin and Tanya are Russian but the implication is obvious enough. He’s another lightly sketched character, but his threats (first to dispatch Tanya to a sanatorium for an extended stay and then later to send her home in a coffin) are chilling enough.
With Brady being invisible for most of the episode, Zena Marshall has to work hard to convince us that there’s a growing attachment between Tanya and Brady. But this she does very well and Marshall (probably best known as the treacherous Miss Taro from the first James Bond film, Doctor No) is a pleasing presence throughout the story.
The “twist” is one that the audience should have seen a mile off – everything seems settled, Tanya is due to head off to the airport and Brady, Diane and Sally wave her goodbye as a car comes to pick her up (the invisible Brady represented by a floating hanky!). But wait! The car wasn’t sent by the Americans, it came from those pesky Russians (or whoever) and they aren’t kindly disposed towards Tanya.
Brady saves the day of course – the sight of an apparently riderless motorcycle and sidecar is an arresting image – and whilst The Locked Room lacks a great deal of depth, Davies and Marshall help to make it an amiable watch.
Selected episodes from series one of Maigret (Rupert Davies) to be released in Germany in July 2015
April 25, 2015 April 2, 2016 archivetvmusings BBC Drama - 1960's, Forthcoming DVDs BBC, maigret, rupert davies
German company Pidax have announced they will be releasing Kommissar Maigret – Vol. 1 which contains nine of the first ten episodes from series one (originally broadcast in 1960/1961). Thirty-six episodes have been cleared via FSK (the German equivalent of the BBFC).
This would suggest that Pidax plan to release four volumes, each containing nine episodes. Since all fifty-two episodes starring Rupert Davies exist, this would leave sixteen episodes unreleased. As per one of the comments below, this may be because the episodes are being sourced from the available material contained within the German archives rather than new masters being obtained from the BBC (who hold a complete run).
Initial reports indicated the DVD would have both English and German language tracks, but now it seems that they may have German only. So for now, it’s probably best to wait unril the DVD is in circulation before buying.
EDIT – Sadly it’s now confirmed that this DVD only has a German language track. That’s disappointing, but maybe a UK company (Simply or Acorn maybe?) might consider an English language release sometime in the future.
EDIT 8/9/15 – Volume two has been announced. Like volume one it only has a German language track – the included episodes are listed below.
1. Maigret und die Gangster (The Experts)
2. Maigret als möblierter Herr (The Cactus)
3. Maigret unter den Anarchisten (The Children’s Party)
4. Maigret und der Schatten am Fenster (Shadow Play)
5. Maigret und der Kopflose (The Simple Case)
6. Maigret trifft einen Schulfreund (Death of a Butcher)
7. Maigret und sein Toter (The Winning Ticket)
8. Maigret und Inspektor Lognons Trumph (Inspector Lognon’s Triumph)
9. Maigret und der geheimnisvolle Kapitän (The Lost Sailor)
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Posted on September 27, 2017 September 27, 2017 by Sam LaBrie
David Fuentes racing in the NACAC Mountain Running Championships. Photo courtesy of Richard Bolt.
David Fuentes of Austin was a member of the USA team competing this past weekend in the NACAC Mountain Running Championships in Golden, BC. The men’s team won gold and the women’s took silver on the fast 10.5K course. I emailed with David about the race:
Armadillo Running: How many times now have you been on a US team? What was it like being part of the Gold medal winning team?
David Fuentes: This is my second time being on the USA Team. I was on the World Mountain Running Team in 2016 when our team won Gold in Bulgaria, and this team for NACAC Mountain Championships. Anytime you are on a gold medal-winning team it is pretty sweet, and to bring gold home for both teams is great, but Bulgaria was a bigger stage and had 20-30 international teams we were competing against. NACAC was a strong field and a hard-fought race, but it’s usually just four teams (USA, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean)
AR: It sounded like the top 5 runners were all close together until late in the race. How did it play out?
David Fuentes: The first 2 miles had one short climb and we were all together around there. Once we got into the woods, that’s where the pace really started to get pushed. Our USA guy led through the entire forest section, Canada was in 2nd, then myself, my teammate, and then the eventual winner Juan Carlos from Mexico. After 5K I jumped into second place as we came out of the woods onto this long downhill section. I got a short side cramp on that section which would make my pace slow a bit and a small gap opened between myself and the top four. I tried to regroup but we only had about a mile left and the pace was getting quicker.
I held on as all four of the front guys battled it out. Juan Carlos was putting in small surges in front of our USA guys and eventually held the lead. We went second (Mike Popejoy), third (Josh Eberly), and fifth (Fuentes), and easily secured the win.
AR: The NACAC race was part of a big weekend of trail races in Golden, British Columbia. What did you think of the venue? Should Austin trail runners think about a trip next summer?
David Fuentes: The entire Golden Ultra Trail series was pretty awesome. They did a great job of putting together a multi-day race, in such a beautiful venue. I think it would be pretty cool to have a big group head out there for the weekend to take part in the race.
Check this article from the World Mountain Running Association for race coverage. This site has more information on the Golden Ultra.
Congratulations and thanks to David!
Closer to home, we had a couple of Sunday 5K’s on the schedule as the Fall road racing season gets rolling. I’ll start with the Komen Race for the Cure, the annual 5K that supports breast cancer research. The course starts and finishes on the Congress Avenue bridge and runners go uphill on Congress, circle the Capitol, then race back down Congress to the finish.
Over 200 people ran in the timed race, including an amazing 28 cancer survivors. The women’s winner was Sarah Bell in 20:55. Andrew Murphy won the men’s race in 18:24.
The 35th Annual Schlotsky’s Bun Run was also on Sunday, on a course in the Domain. This race was bigger, with over 500 finishers, and fast. The top 6 men’s finishers were all under 6 minute pace and the top 3 women were under 7 minute pace. For the third straight year Mark Pinales was the men’s winner, in 15:47. Masters phenom Kevin Kimbell was second in 16:44, just a second ahead of 15-year old Nima Ashtari.
Laura Mitchell won the women’s race in 20:40. Emily Durell was second in 21:20 and Jordan Bucher third in 21:28. Laura, who I recently interviewed after her excellent performance in the Austin Mile Challenge, said of the race: “Always fun to race Schlotzky’s Bun Run. It’s an Austin runner’s tradition. It was a humid one, so I was really happy to get a win. My summer training plan is paying off! I’m feeling like I’m going through a bit of a Renaissance.”
The big event this weekend was the Berlin Marathon. I know a few of my friends were up at 2am on Sunday to watch the live stream, hoping to see a new world record. It was unfortunate, a rare bad weather day for this great race. Rainy and humid conditions slowed the elite field and contributed to 2 of the 3 record contenders dropping out after 20 miles. Eliud Kipchoge won, as expected by many, in 2:03:32, just 35 seconds behind the record. The women’s winner was Gladys Cherono in 2:20. Race coverage by Let’s Run. I liked watching the last mile of the race and listening to the very Britty announcer.
My Austin pals in the race did well. Farshid Parandian finished in 3:28, a bit hampered by the humidity. Matt Mara ran an excellent 2:51, an example of the rarely seen negative-split marathon.
I write something like this almost every week: Kilian Jornet raced again this weekend, won, and set a course record. This race was the Marató Pirineu in Bagà, Spain, and was 28 miles with 7900 feet of elevation gain. Kilian won in 3:44, coverage by iRunFar.
Darcy Piceu, second place finisher in the Hardrock 100 in July, has set a new women’s Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. This was a supported FKT, with Piceu receiving aid and supplies from her crew at various points on the course from Mt. Whitney to Yosemite Valley. Her time of 3 days, 4 hours, 12 minutes is 18 minutes faster than the previous record held by Leor Pantilat. Coverage by Trail Runner.
Incredible article and video from REI by and about Mirna Valerio, a trail runner, teacher, and coach from Georgia. I watched and was, in turns, inspired by her effort and attitude and depressed by the hateful, ignorant people that she has to endure.
Another cool article from REI on pacing an ultrarunner. I need to write about this subject, maybe some interviews of pacers. Email me if you have a candidate.
I liked this video clip from a cross country race. (H/T to Andy Bitner)
Strava just published this incredible photo essay on UTMB. Check it out NOW.
Andy Jones-Wilkins of IRunFar wrote a nice article on the key attributes of the best aid stations in ultras. He missed one factor: familiar faces. I was hurting in the last miles of Sky Islands and it cheered me up to see Amy Baker, Joe Whinery, Katie and Scott Towle at the last aid.
This Sunday is the Aquathlon National Championships, this year at Pure Austin. My friend Matt Hanlon will be racing.
Trail runners are back at it this weekend, with the Tejas Trails J&J Race and Trail Running Reunion. This event is a tribute to Joyce and Joe Prusaitis, the founders, now retired, of Tejas Trails. Runners will choose between 5 distances from 10K to 100K, all on the trails at Camp Eagle, near Kerrville. My friend Jimmy McWilliams is running the 50 miler.
A couple of my Trail Roots pals are heading to Utah and Idaho for the Bear 100. 100 miles and 22,000 feet of climbing for Anthony Jacobs and Fred Riethmiller, good luck…
The weekend after next will have the first race, the Run Free Texas 8K, in the annual Distance Challenge from the Austin Runners Club.
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Senator Aisling Dolan Welcomes News that Over €120 Million paid to Farmers in Galway & Roscommon under Basic Payment Scheme
Basic Payment Scheme Balancing Payments Commence
Basic Payment Scheme, Young Farmer Scheme and National Reserves payments flow
Senator for Roscommon-Galway, Aisling Dolan has welcomed news that the balancing payments under the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening have now commenced.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, T.D. confirmed the commencement of the BPS balancing payments which will bring the total paid under the 2020 Scheme to €1.13 billion to over 121,000 farmers.
The BPS balancing payments total includes €82,153,630 for farmers in Galway and €38,648,250 for farmers in Roscommon. Senator Dolan said the funding would be most welcome in rural communities. ‘This funding will provide support for over 17,000 farming families in Galway and Roscommon coming into Christmas. The balance of payments also include the National Reserve and Young Farmers payments. More information on Suckler Farm payments is due today and Areas of Natural Constraint is due next week”.
The Fine Gael Senator continued: “I know there has been such pressure on farmers with the Level 5 of Covid-19 restrictions and learning new ways to sell cattle at marts with apps. It is still very new for farmers and they have had challenges with applications (apps) such as when capacity didn’t meet demand. With Level 3 restrictions, we have a good two weeks or more for farmers to sell cattle and I wish them the best.”
Senator Dolan said she understands the anxiety of farmers surrounding a ‘no-deal Brexit’ from 1st January 2021 especially in these last few days of negotiation. “In a recent Seanad debate with Minister Coveney on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom Bill, I have highlighted the impact to farming incomes as per the last Teagasc report; a no trade deal could potentially affect 18% of average farm income. The Minister confirmed that Ireland is a priority for access to the EU Brexit Adjustment Reserve for the EU27 and that we should be able to draw down from early 2021. Minister Coveney has given everything to these negotiations and we wish him the strongest resolve to achieve the best outcome for Ireland – ‘Ní neart go cur le chéile’”.
The Minister stated, “In mid-October my Department began issuing 70% advance payments under the BPS to farmers across the country. This year saw over 97% of eligible farmers receiving an advance payment in the first pay run. Regular pay runs have been in place since October, and I am happy to confirm that the 30% balancing payments under the BPS have now commenced on schedule. My priority is to ensure that payments to support our farm families across the country are issued promptly. I am acutely aware of the importance of the BPS not only to farmers, but also to the overall rural economy. My Department continues to issue payments across a range of schemes at a rate which compares very well to our European counterparts.”
Senator Dolan also welcomed news that payments under the 2020 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme will also commence alongside payment of the 2020 BPS balancing payment which would play important roles in supporting younger farmers and new entrants. “It will help to ensure the continuity of farming in families,” the Fine Gael Senator said. Minister McConalogue said; “Supporting these farmers encourages generational renewal which is a key priority for this government.”
Regular pay runs will remain in place under the 2020 BPS as further cases are cleared for payment. The Minister urged any farmers who have outstanding queries from the Department to respond as soon as possible in order to facilitate payment. The Minister concluded “the timely processing of payments across schemes remains a key priority for my Department, as I am very aware of the importance of such schemes for the farming community.”
Farmers wishing to contact the Department regarding their BPS or ANC payments, can ring the Direct Payments Helpline at 076 106 4420. Farmers can also submit any queries they may have online via www.agfood.ie, where a detailed breakdown of payments can also be accessed.
Balancing payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme are scheduled to commence next week.
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Social Dilemma
January 5, 2021 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
By Marivel Guzman
Use your “quarantine time,” and watch this powerful docu-drama, Social Dilemma will make you to reevaluate your life. If you are not paying for a product, then you are the product being sold.
The dangerous persuasive technology used by Facebook, Google, Twitter, Snapshot, and YouTube to manipulate your habits, behavior, beliefs and choices:
From presidential elections ads, COVID-19 information, social isolation, online shopping, weight losts programs, travel destinations, everything is covered, everything is targeted, the goal; to change your choices to their “product, ” the product sold by advertisers.
Psychologic and technology was merged to manipulate your brain into changing your habits and beliefs.
Engineers from leading online platforms speak to congress about their fears. They believe, the present unrest in US is due to social media persuasive technology, and can only end in civil war.
“Social Dilemma” features former senior executives from major tech companies like Google, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, as well as scholars who have studied the negative impacts of social media addiction, especially on impressionable minds.” The Telegraph.
“There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’: illegal drugs and software, ” people is addicted to technology, be social media Apps, email, online news, the same way they are addicted to drugs.
Please, don’t take my word for it, try to put your phone away for a day. I said try, because, you can’t, your life revolves and depends on your phone and countless Apps.
You can’t even enjoy a meal without first sharing a shot of your plate on social media.
Try to wish happy birthday to your grandma in Mexico without first creating a post in Facebook, knowing that your grandma doesn’t have a Facebook profile. You can’t escape those attractive avatars and quizzes. Nothing is for free, everything has a price.
Social media has changed the fabric of society, and is shaping “democracy,” at least in US, social media platforms regulated and manipulated the past 2020 presidential elections’s infomation allowed to be read by users, the same goes for COVID-19 information, and COVID-19 vaccines, via their sponsors.
Social Dilemma docu-drama, first aired in Netflix on September 20, 2020.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp
Categories: Movies & Documentaries Tags: 2020 Presidential Elections, Covid-19, Facebook censorship, mind manipulated, persuasive technology, Social Dilemma, social media manioulation, YouTube censorship
Children do not spread coronavirus
December 6, 2020 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
After nine months of keeping school closed, Dr Anthony Fauci said, “data shows that schools children do not spread coronavirus.”
Nothing new. The data have shown exactly that fact. Study after study show that school children do not spread the coronavirus, and further more, school children have very little risk of dying of coronavirus.
After nine months of keeping school closed, Dr Anthony Fauci said, “data shows that schools children do not spread coronavirus.” Nothing new. The data have shown exactly that fact.
Study after study showed that school children do not spread the coronavirus, and further more, school children have very little risk of dying of coronavirus.
President Donald Trump was mocked by mainstream media when he said “open the schools, stop this nonsense, ” but Nancy Pellosi said “this administration is messing with the health of our children.
Take a moment and watch this video and demand to stop this whole nonsense of lockdowns.
Children should not wear masks, simply because they don’t spread the coronavirus, and they should go back to school.
Thw WHO and UNICEF adviced “children 5 and under should not wear a mask.”
If the data shows that children don’t spread coronavirus, why local authorities are mandating children to wear masks.
A young adult under puberty is considered a child, means 13 years and under should not wear a masks.
Categories: News, US Tags: children masks, Children not soread covid-19, data coronavirus
Trump still the US president
The New World Order Aka the United Nations vote this week to remove mariguana from “dangerous substances,” and the Democrats followed the lead.
Isn’t it something that a sovereign nation is almost taking orders from the UN?
“The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted this week to remove marijuana and marijuana resin from the category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, paving the way for additional research opportunities.”
Not that I’m against that mariguana being decriminilized, but its rather odd that congress is doing this now, when there is some much chaos in the country.
US is involved in vote fraud court cases, regardless if mainstream media try to hide the facts. Then the unnecessary lockdowns with a failed economy driving the country into a crash.
Is it some sort of diverting strategy, or the fact that nine months after the lockdown started, Congress isn’t passing a stimulus check for the people?
It begs the question, why Nancy Pelosi completely disregard President Donald Trump, while talking of present issues, and instead referers to the elected President Joe Biden, when the house is still in session and Trump is still the president.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-takes-historic-bill-decriminalize-cannabis-n1249905
Categories: News, US Tags: decriminilize mariguana, election fraud, lockdowns, mariguana, NancyPellosi
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead
The collective consciousness is setting the tune, do not give up. Never stop trying, because a better world is always possible.
Every day we have the opportunity, don’t waste yours in meaningless negative thoughts.
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Categories: Opinion Tags: Awareness, Better world
Thoughts of the day
December 1, 2020 Akashma Online News Comments off
Getting old is not such a bad thing, actually is great! The best thing that can happen to a human being is grow old and grow learning new things.
Hi world, let your smile be your business card ❤
Good morning world!
Today I wake up happy to be alive.
I have no regrets in life.
Everything I’ve lived, it has been a marvelous experience in every facet of my life.
I grew up happy, and I’m aging happily ever after 😁❤.
I have been blessed by the universe with terrific people, who have made my life happier.
I thanks life, because it has been fair.
I’m happy to be a human rights activist. Inequality and people’s oppression are my motivation to keep fighting.
Even if I change one person’s perspective, it is well received, because I believe in the universal Tenfold return.
I wish a happy mother’s day to all the mothers of the world.
Defiant and unrepentant
life is fair
nothing more, nothing less.
life doesn’t forgive
enjoy today, tomorrow might not come
The Diva pacifist
I’m unrelenting pacifist
but I’m an oxymoron “fighter” for human rights
happinesses with smiles be my weapons
and soft words be my strength
Walking on moving sands
Times moves faster these days,
“events” are piling on my screen
I pretend not to care anymore,
will it change the outcome?
by ten folds, it will hurt more
Pain description and prescription for pain
A pugnant arrow landed on your heart
but you smile and keep moving, sure to dodge the next one without getting angry. Softly move out of the way and throw a kiss to the air.
Peace Men
Is the name of this picture.
If it was for me, I will be in charge of Peace on Earth
Overseeing that everyone have his God giving right.
Father where have you gone? before you even left me, I was mourning your Death, Even without saying goodbye, sadness has filled my heart.
Your absence was in the air talking forgiveness into my soul, yelling in dark silence but nothing it got said.
I kept my lips seal, your kept your lips shut and my stubbornness won one more time.
The Darkness of the night took me for thorny roads, the beasts in my nightmare where eating me alive. I was running without breathing, leaping giants stones, falling exhausted, feeling anxious and fearful, not wanting to stop and lose it all, I did not want to fill the dark hole of nothing.
I did not want to turn old hates into new ones and I left it to the time, and the time went thin and disappeared with your figure as the shadow did with the light.
All the voices yelling silence, like daggers drilling pain into me very deep where nothing can cure the sore wounds. I keep pouring salt to the opening of my heart trying to heal my pain, trying to numb it, to drown it with emptiness and oblivion, but did not cure, did not heal, only got worse.
Father where have you gone? I miss your advice, I miss your first hug.
your arms holding me before I fall down.
I miss your angry voice telling me NO! , I miss your soft tender love kissing me before I go sleep.
My first steps were trophies to your pride, and laughter was my price.
Father where have you gone? We were once very close, lovely father embracing me when I born. when we were One, Only the Father and Son
Forever your memory will stay imprinted in my mind, forever my heart will ache just to think that the blood that running throughout my veins was borrowed from your heart.
Father where ever you are, I send you my love. God almighty shine your journey and bless your soul. June 30, 2010
Silly Red Poem
I got me some flowers to match my lip gloss,
but I was overlooking,a bigger match… I scored!
Admiring my flowers, I notice my face, I’m bursting
with warm, I Am Shy,I am blushing… I am red!..
Admiring and looking, a pound in my chest
He is knocking and saying,I am also Red!
Rose, Lips and heart are loving the color
The Red is fire, the red is passion….. and more
I finish my poem and rest with delight
admiring my Roses, and feeling my heart
Did I forgot to mention my shirt?….. NO!
my shirt is orange. jajaja LoL
I feel myself as part of the air, the water, the mountain, the tree, the earth, the fire, and the mist.
The sensation of not being in a solid state but ether—That is everywhere, like the Akash that surrounds us all, ‘from above so is bellow’.
This is a reflection of my essence, where I feel the sensation to be everywhere: touched, touching, admired, admiring, transparent and diluted with the abstract strokes of love and pain.
But there is also a feeling of being part of the ‘nowhere’, that place where you don’t see me, but you feel me like the air.
That ‘state of being’ where you can perceive me through my emotions, passions, deeds and pains.
I’m the mist of my conquered ideals, that subside with the morning warm, but ready to return fresh at dawn.
When I depart from my physical constraint. I’ll leave without sorrows, no regrets, as my existence on earth was a gift.
The essence of my soul will travel free throughout eternity, the immensity of the cosmos dust would be my “ride”.
Then will travel to the cosmos from my earthbound space,
dissipating with white-black tones of middle gray.
Happy International Women’s Day ❤️ To me and to all my beautiful sisters in facebook and also to all those women that have made a better world. To all the inventors, activists, scientists, photographers, journalists, all women that walk this earth giving love and giving thelmselves to others. ❤️🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 Love ❤️ be with you an around you.
In my class of photography I did a set of portrays for my final grade. I took probably about 50 to 60 different self portrays and this is one of the three I choose.
I stand for peace and condemn the murders in Istanbul.
All these chain of events of violance are getting bloodiest as Israel gets bloodier and stronger with American tax payer money.
#BDS Israel #EndZionism #FreePalestine and free the world from this evil #Apartheid illegal entity of Israel.
RIP the victims and bring the culprits to justice.
The toll of time.
I fell tired and impatient to get there
But time seems to dismiss me
I’m but a particle floating in the emptiness
The vast emptiness of my time
Moving and static
Frozen with uncertainty
Hoping for better times
Waiting for a moment to say, I got it!
But as I aged, I realize that
Times is now!
Living, breathing is ticking my time
exhalting the morning
in awe for its beauty
I breath to the morning
I touch its freshness
And, time stops
for me, for a another moment of beauty
I though time was moving away
but I was wrong
times is inside me
time pauses on my intense moments
times accelerates only to spare me pain
The Earth is being bombarded by electromagnetic waves coming from many parts of the neighboring universes.
Part of these energies are clashing with the positives energies of healing plants, old wise trees, roaming wild animals, mountains, rivers, oceans, spiritual retreats, and by benevolent human beings.
The battle is being waged at all levels of human’s conciseness—Conflicts on earth are just one effect of these clashes.
The disruption of the optimal frequency vibration is affecting human cavities and its current blood system. All molecules vibrate at certain frequency and that allows them to keep the harmony of the element and stay in its place; Being human cells, water, rocks, plants etc.
The external forces that try to help earth for many eons are abandoning the human race. Alien life visits to earth now is now more sporadic.
Now humans find themselves fighting for the survival of their own species. The Gods have abandoned humans on earth and left them to their own devices.
Invention of technologies to change the cause and effect of vibrations is one of humans inventions. They have experimented with those devices for thousands of years.
The use of concave structures able to resonate vibrations that alter frequencies of the body and surrounding elements is an technology used for thousands of years in temples.
The manipulating of the frequency of sound and light is well studied by science.
Singing bowls and drums use-technique is being left to monks, pristine tribes and few enlighten people that discovered the technique to help them in their mediration.
But those frequencies are not strong enough to help restore the balance of earth.
Plants have been able to modify their molecular structure to create a
new stronger species that are resistant to the radiation emitted by the sun’s and other celestial bodies that continuously cross earth’s path and disrupt their natural circle of life.
The moon vibration balance had been disrupted as well which is causing great waves in the oceans and the raise of temperatures around the globe.
Earth as an organic form that is changing its owns vibration frequency to counteract the negative energies coming to it. More earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are being felt by this adjustment. The power of the elements are playing their role as they have done for eons of time.
The flow of rivers will again be restored once the artificial structures lose its purpose when ice caps release the waters to replenish earth’s natural flow systems.
Everything that seems out of place will fall back to play its role in nature.
Human conscience will be expanded but not without pain and sorrow.
One human’s consciousnesses is expanded, and it realizes that their existence on earth depends on their own survival as species, and realizes that this survival depends on the balance of all elements of sound, and light, then they can work together as one unit to restore balance.
But unfortunate most humans are driven by emotions such anger, hate, greed, grief, self pity and many other negative emotions that kill the human spirit and do not allow them to awaken their conscisness.
Free yourself and be you. Let your humanity surface. Let your love spread like light.
Nothing of this is new but just came to me today again, and I felt like writing it down.
I’m feeling the pain again, all the pain came today and gave me time to reflect on my own existence. On the type of frequency I’m giving to the world. What I reflect to the world through my activism and through my own personal experiences.
I hope that people who are around me be able to understand my feelings because those are the most affected by me, even though my frequency has no boundaries of time and space.
I miss you girl, send me good vibes.
smile ❤ 🙂
Peace be with you and around you
Akashma
Not always the best mood when dressing black 😦 (Selfie by Marivel Guzman)
The outer skin of my soul it is me. ❤
Categories: Awareness Tags: Better world, Change the world, citizens united, collective goals
Dear COVID-19, the lockdown–Love Affair with death.
November 30, 2020 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
Originally posted on April 21, 2020
I don’t love you as my friends and followers do. Unlike them, I’m not digging in Google and Facebook for the number of deaths being announced every minute.
I’m not interested in their love affair with death.
They love the rush of adrenalina, when the COVID-19’s meter reaches the maximum punch of the day.
They search day and night in Google, looking for the nurse, taxi driver, maid, plumber, doctor, neighbor, friend of a friend, the niece of their uncle’s ex-wife’s son in-law, who MSM said died from #COVID19.
Your lover’s opinions are as interesting as mine
But my data analysis is more valuable than your followers’ opinions, in my opinion of course.
Not even in my wildest dream I imagined, that the coronavirus could destroy in 3 months the free thinkers’s path.
Not even all Adelson’s millions deterred us in the not too distance past.
Our resolve with the oppressed of Palestine was stronger than the MSM’s charged headlines.
Even the billions of dollars invested on war couldn’t stop our efforts, to at least try to stop it, ignoring all the govs and MSM’s spin.
But in a few months, the fear of death crept into the subconscious of your followers. They stopped their daily routine, and voluntarily went into a home exile.
They left the warm conversation with their family and friends in the cafeteria, and exchanged it for a promised government stimulus check.
They switched their modus operandi from social issues and protests, to a energized- browsing of everything with #COVID19’s news.
Your lovers are so invested in your defense, that happily write on their walls, “X, Y, Z who didn’t believe in the coronavirus died today .”
With an insatiable zeal, they dedicate themselves to publish, what they most repudiated and branded as insolent and incredible: The mainstream news.
My friends, brothers, sisters, colleagues and some family as well, all become the voluntary non-compensated force that patrol Facebook for “dissenters.” “If you believe the #COVID19 is a hoax, please delete me or unfollow me, one of your lovers said to me.
Dear COVID-19, I don’t love you, as I told you before, and I stand my ground against you, and your army of fear-vaccinated-souls (less)
I rather give an advice for the flu. Cover you mouth when you cough or sneeze.
Rest in Peace, yellow vests, Hong Kong’s protesters, Amazon and water protectors, beggars, homeless, elderly, the poor, pensions, free expression, and friendships.
Marivel Guzman likes investigative reporting and photography. She likes to fish for information and get to the bottom of what is going on. She is very interested in following the money and seeing how public funds are being used. Guzman has worked at Lariat News, Orange Coast Report, and The State Hornet. Remotely she worked as Proof Editor for Baluchistan Red Crescent quarterly magazine. She also volunteers as a photographer for UNRWA in their local events.
She has a political blog for more than 10 years where domestic and international stories are discussed.
Categories: Poetry, Social Change Tags: Awareness, Covid, mainstream news
Fooling around vs being fooled
Originally published on July 11, 2020, as Facebook post
Updated Nov. 30, 2020
“It’s easier to fool people than convince them than they have been fooled” Often attributed to Mark Twain.
No matter who said it, it is an absolute truth statement, even if there are no absolutes, someone might say. At the present times, 99 percent of the population has been fooled into believing many things that are not true, at least not scientifically backed by honest data, (not paid science.)
On the contrary, there is science against the opposite. But nobody will say, yes, I was fooled, but I’m ok with it.
Most people rather live a comfortable lie, than an uncomfortable truth.
The lockdown(s) were never about hospitals’s capacity. The lockdown was and still is according to official sources to stop the infection of SARS-CoV-2.
The “surge” in cases is simply due to people testing positive for the SARS-CoV-2, but this fact does not make them a COVID-19 case.
Have you ask yourself why, so many people are testing positive for the virus? The reason being is that more testing is being conducted all across the world.
Second question, why do people who are or seem healthy test positive and you don’t even know you have it?
According to the latest study published in the Lancet, most young people specially in the groups from 14 to 49 had gotten the virus with no symptoms a lot.
Children under that age do not get infected. In the study, one child got the virus. The exception.
The group that from 50 to 65, got the virus with mild condition not required hospitalization. The only group that is at risk are people 65 and over, and that is because they have a coctail of diseases that render their inmune system weak.
Now, if in the present lockdown essential workers are allowed to mingle outside their homes to work, if they “catch” the virus obviously they will bring it home, to a “close quarters,” where they can infect any other members of the family. Right?
The lockdown is ineffective, is a complete disaster. Because destroyed the economy of the world at large and further more is eroding the means of survival of the sensitive population-Those who are daily laborers, migrants, street vendors whose only survival is in the tourist industry.
So, why instead to mandate a lockdown in a 7.8 billion people, why the policy wasn’t to protect the population at risk to get infected and to develop COVID-19, the flu which is also a respiratory infection could have been taken as a studied example.
Not every household in the world has a member in the mentioned group – 65 and over- those who has them should have the responsibility to care for their elderly, meaning wearing masks when in public to avoid getting the virus and bring it home. Taking all measures of hygiene before being in contact with their elders.
We must take in consideration another group, the population that already suffers from conditions known to weaken their inmune system. The same measures should be taken.
By now science widely established that assymtomatic people do not transmit the virus, simply because the means of transmission starts when the body starts protecting itself through its defense mechanism such fever, sneezing and coughing. If you have fever, no body can’t get sick by touching the warm skin of the person. Righ? but if you sneeze or cough then you can transmit the virus. The WHO has the data compiled by countries which followed stric tracking of assymtomatic and their contacts. “The data shows no secondary infection from an assymtomatic person,” the WHO said in its June 8 briefing.
“Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on the Covid-19 pandemic, made it very clear Tuesday that the actual rates of asymptomatic transmission aren’t yet known.”
Kerkhove made it very clear Tuesday that the actual rates of asymptomatic transmission aren’t yet known.
If an asymptomatic person could transmit the virus just by speaking, this means the virus is in the saliva right? Then the testing for the overall population should be a simple swap of saliva from the mouth. But, that is not the present case. The testing requires to dig down on your throat or nose, where the virus is being isolated by the normal defense mechanism of the body if any virus is present.
So, again the hospitals entered the equation when people started to challenge masks and lockdowns and the changing of mask guidelines.
If all governments can allocate billions of dollars to their defense budget to buy the latest weaponry of war, why they couldn’t switch that budget to fight this “almost microscopic enemy,”?
Another important point to address is the medical personal of the army forces, this goes for every country. All states (countries) have trained nurses and doctors. Why instead to use resources enforcing this crippling lockdown, why the armies of the world didn’t deploy their medical personal to the government and private owned hospitals to help fight the enemy?
To end but not less important, it is known, scientifically proven that there isn’t a treatment to cure viruses still now 2020, the only doctor’s prescription is rest, lots of fluids and medicines to treat the symptoms; high temperature, congested cough, and upper respiratory system symptoms. Although, those symptoms are the defense mechanism of the body to figh the pathogens, whichever they are, if they become severe, they need to lessen the discomfort.
Only, when the person become to ill to treat him/her at home is that they go to the hospital to be under medical treatment. This has been a common practice by majority of the population, specially rural places that don’t have medical facilities nearby.
So, in my personal informed opinion – after endless research and medical knowledge- I’m talking as a nurse and as a journalist, the lockdown(s) and curfews are the wrong public policy ever enforced in the population in time of relative peace, at least in most countries.
More cases the better, if you have followed the reports from all world’s CDCs you find that COVID-19 cases resulting on deaths are very small percentage. Until now analyzing the latest data, the death ratio range between
0. 03 to 0.26 worse scenario, and this number is taking in consideration the data of the positive cases reported from assymtomatic persons who voluntary gave their throat or nose samples.
So again, wear your mask if you have to, but don’t blindly advocate for a lockdown that doesn’t affect you at all. Stay home if you feel safe, but stop feeding endless unnecessary fear to the population not affected by the SARS-CoV-2.
Take care of your elders and inmuno depressed, but don’t try to curtail-with your fearmongering-the ability of the 90 percent of the population who can safely work and need to work to survive.
The lockdown are a wrong policy. Remember this: 37- million people live with HIV and live a normal lives with treatment.
The following video is it very interesting piece of information to watch, but not just watch it and forget about it. Research the topics explained in it.
While Pfizer pharmaceutical has made headlines on the release of their Coronavirus vaccine, a former Vice President and Chief Scientist of the company Dr. Michael Yeadon has said that there is no need for any vaccines to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end.
Yeadon probably will be smear by mainstream media. His message parts ways from the global official narrative, and the trillon dollars vaccine industry will be hurt if the message gets the attention of the people.
He is an expert in the field of inmunology and he has no financial gain from the outcome of this information. On the contrary, his reputation will suffer greatly thanks to mainstream media.
https://youtu.be/8bX-wFVBP94
Categories: Opinion Tags: Awareness
Originally published on July 24, 2020 as Facebook post
If life is worth living; live, love and laugh.
If life is not worth living;
Count your mistakes and live in sorrow the rest of your life.
This afternoon I was tired of reading some many hateful comments in Facebook that I wrote the above lines.
I’m pretty sure the message resonated in many of my Facebook friends. I want to believe that. I’m usually an optimistic person. I always see the beautiful side in humans. But I also understand that certain situations create mental chaos that makes people to write horrible things without thinking in the consequences.
A simple comment can enrage people, but also can create a bridge of communication that can develop into a dialogue of understanding.
Life isn’t complicated at all. We all have the same bare necessities: live, love, laugh, sing, dance, dream, play, give, and work toward your end goals. Simple as that ♥️
Categories: Awareness Tags: dream, give, hope, laugh, Live, Love, play, sing, work
Traveling with COVID-19!
I’m a former RN and freelance journalist. Recently I enrolled in the University of Texas free online course Journalism in the pandemia: Covering COVID-19 now and in the future.
The following text was my introduction to the more than 60,000 fellow worldwide journalists enrolled in the course.
Hello, my name is Marivel Guzman, freelance journalist since 2016, former register nurse and currently professional cleaner, I also own an Ebay store, wgere I sell plants to complete a decent income.
I live in shinny Southern California, where other than the lockdown of business, everything looks normal.
I traveled between January 28 thru March o4. I believe that period was the critical time of the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2.
I left from Tijuana Airport, to Mexico City, Amsterdam and New Delhi final destination. I was stranded in Mexico City for 2 days, and another 2 days in Amsterdam. The 2 days journey took 6 days. Since before I started my journey, I was looking for masks. Before I left Orange County, I couldn’t find one single mask in any store. I tried my luck local stores in Tijuana, Mx, then in Mexico City, Amsterdam and New Delhi, not one mask at the store airports or the local stores. That wasn’t surprising at all, what really got my attention was not to find people sick, or anybody who heard about anybody being sick.
I talked with airport personnel, travelers, locals in those cities, and nobody knew anything about a single person sick.
I spent 26 days traveling all across India, visited more than 50 cities big and small. I stayed in various beaches in Goa, and life was normal.
Due to the terrible internet situation in India, I was disconnected 80 percent of the time. But, I never stopped inquiring about the outbreak. I talked to locals, pharmacists, tourists from all over the world, and with all honesty, nobody knew anything about the coronavirus.
Even after I returned on February 29, From New Delhi, Via Paris, Mexico City and Tijuana arriving on March 04, still I only knew about the coronavirus from the news.
And strangely enough, not until it was declared a Pandemic by the WHO, It’s that everything started to change and the “death toll” started being the “news.”
I still have my reservations to accept the current lockdown situation.
As a nurse, I’m reluctant to accept the lockdown as a measure to stop the spreading of the infection, because it is different being infected and being sick.
Never in the history of an outbreak, the healthy is quarantined along with the infected, if that was the case.
I read scientific journals, and review scientific studies.
I’m always in the look out for news coming directly from researchers in epidemiology, microbiology and infectious diseases from various countries. I found many conflicting arguments regarding the new CDC death certicates guidelines.
As a professional cleaner, I have entered 60 homes, and I ask questions, I observe the situation in Southern Cities, and I’m still to find a person sick, or who knows a sick person. At least in the places I have been emploted.
I visit the USPS everyday to ship my plants (no mask)
As a freelance journalist, I have covered diverse events, visited supermarkets, hospitals, free meals for seniors, free meals events, mask donations, free food for homeless, shelters and I have done it without wearing a mask Nobody has gotten sick from me, not in my home, or my relatives, or friends’s homes.
What I’m trying to say is that the world was normal before the “Pandemic” was announced on March 11.
Categories: Journal, News Tags: India, journalism, journals, Mexico, Travel
Fearmongering the worse public policy ever
By now science has studied that assymtomatic people do not transmit the virus, simply because the means of transmission starts when the body starts protecting itself through its defense mechanism such fever, sneezing and coughing. If you have fever, no body can’t get sick by touching the warm skin of the person. Righ? but if you sneeze or cough then you can transmit the virus. The WHO has the data compiled by countries which followed stric tracking of assymtomatic and their contacts. “The data shows no secondary infection from an assymtomatic person,” the WHO said in its June 8 briefing.
03 to 0.26 worse scenario, and this number is taking in consideration the data of the positive cases reported from assymtomatic persons who voluntary gave their throat or nose samples.
Iguana taking an afternoon sunbath, Orange CA. Nov. 25, 2020 (photo/Marivel Guzman)
Categories: Education and Politics, News Tags: fear, fearmongering, Public policy
Worldwide protests did not kill millions
Something to reflect on!
According to Faucci, CDC, WHO and every politician and world government head of state that pushed and maintained the #lockdown, because of the spreading of the #COVID19, might actually be scare of what follows.
There are millions of ex-abiding-stay-home citizens protesting George Floyd public lynching. The protests are happening all around the world.
If COVID-19 is such a dangerous virus and warranted the lockdown and destruction of the world economy, then the whole world is infected, and according to “mainstream scientists’s narrative and advice,” millions would die if there wasn’t a lockdown and social distancing and masks.
I wonder, what will they come out with to excuse the past few months lockdown, when millions won’t die because of the COVID-19 after these worldwide protests?
It’s going to be very interesting to see what is next.
Stay tune.
Disclaimer: I used the attached video only for the arguments he exposed at the beginning of the clip, not for the religious content.
#Protests #COVI19 #GeorgeFloydProtests #GeorgeFloydRiots
Categories: Opinion Tags: Covid-19, Faucci, Floyd protests, Popular Protests
16 facts about COVID-19
Source Children’s Defense Fund
16 Facts -16 Scientific studies, new data, expert advice from 600 doctors on #COVID19, the #lockdown, #masks, and #socialdistancing. This incredible compendium was just published by The Children’s Health Defense under the title “LOCKDOWN LUNACY: The Thinking Person’s Guide”
Every fact is supported by a scientific study, and data analysis.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/lockdown-lunacy-the-thinking-persons-guide/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=fb4def25-9094-4036-b0bc-affc7582badc
Fact #1: The Infection Fatality Rate for COVID-19 is somewhere between 0.07-0.20%, in line with seasonal flu
Fact #2: The risk of dying from COVID-19 is much higher than the average IFR for older people and those with co-morbidities, and much lower than the average IFR for younger healthy people, and nearing zero for children
Fact #3: People infected with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic (which is most people) do NOT spread COVID-19
Fact #4: Emerging science shows no spread of COVID-19 in the community (shopping, restaurants, barbers, etc.)
Fact #5: Published science shows COVID-19 is NOT spread outdoors
Fact #6: Science shows masks are ineffective to halt the spread of COVID-19, and The WHO recommends they should only be worn by healthy people if treating or living with someone with a COVID-19 infection
Fact #7: There’s no science to support the magic of a six-foot barrier.
Follow the link read compiled scientific data and expert commentary by doctors, epidemiologists, inmuologists, mathematicians, and more experts in related fields.
Visit the site of Children Health Defense for more information
Categories: News, Science Tags: Covid-19, logic of lockdowns, Myths, Science
Politicians are being courted by scientists
Many experts in the field of microbiology, and pulmonary and Infectious diseases are questioning the government’s approach to the COVI-19D pandemic.
Dr Wolfgang Wodarg is a German physician specialising in Pulmonology, politician and former chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Back in 2009, called for an inquiry into alleged conflicts of interest surrounding the EU response to the Swine Flu pandemic.
“Politicians are being courted by scientists…scientists who want to be important to get money for their institutions. Scientists who just swim along in the mainstream and want their part of it […] And what is missing right now is a rational way of looking at things.
We should be asking questions like “How did you find out this virus was dangerous?”, “How was it before?”, “Didn’t we have the same thing last year?”, “Is it even something new?”
That’s missing.
https://youtu.be/p_AyuhbnPOI
Dr Sucharit Bhakdi demystifies the hype around the global hysteria of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bhakdi, the former head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, at Johannes Gutenburg University in Mainz, Germany and one of the most cited researcher in the field of microbiology speaks about the coronavirus hype.
Bhakdi is the recipient of many awards in the field of microbiology, and is an authority in the field.
In his opinion, the governments lockdown are shortening the life of million of people specially elderly people, who need to go to the theater, dance, walk at the park, in other words they need entertainment and peace of mind to live longer.
He does not dismiss the potential risk of the COVID-19, but at the same time he stressed that “elderly and people with underlying lung and heart condition are more susceptible, and not the rest of the population.
The misinformation put out there, with the number of deaths in countries most affected is creating an unnecessary fear.
China and Italy he said, two countries with high volumes of pollution, which fact is not taken in consideration to rule the cause of death—People that live in polluted areas already have susceptible lungs and compromised upper respiratory system.
Saying that the cause of death is only due to the COVID-19 is false, and the numbers misleading.
The elderly is more affected, but, they are at risk with any type of coronavirus.
The horrifying impact in world economy threaten the existence of countless people, he said. “
“These extreme measures [lockdown and self quarantine] are leading to self-destruction and collective suicide because of nothing but a spook,” he said
According to the American Psychology Association, stress lower your natural defenses, “when we’re stressed, the immune system’s ability to fight off antigens is reduced.”
Stay calm and cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze, these measures should be normally followed when affected by any type of viral, or bacterial infection, such flu or influenza.
https://youtu.be/JBB9bA-gXL4
Explosive information about #COVI19.
Exclusive information. Multiple highly regarded scientists who have studied C0R0NAVlRUS say that the VlRUS has been manipulated in labs to better attach to human cells. Turns out, research on that very thing was conducted here in the United States until the research was banned in 2013. In 2014, the research appears to have resumed through funding to several labs in China through payments to Eco Healt.
JudyMikovits has been saying the same. She also said, that for a virus to naturally evolve to the current SARS-CoV-2, it would take 800 years. She has been censored by the YouTube, Google and Facebook.
The selective virus
Thanks to Louisa Livingstone
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I’m ready to fight this tooth and nail. I’m so tired of parents putting their fear onto the kids. The kids are only scared because of the parents.
Let me put this into perspective for you… I’m a police officer in London, we have briefing in a room with 30 other officers, we share a locker room (Male and female), we all walk around the same base swapping over from team to team at handover so sometimes you can mix with 60+ people when shift change over happens not to mention sharing the same vehicles, the same radio batteries, the same doors, computers etc. We then do it all again at the end of our shifts, so again mixing with a further 30+ people sharing everything etc.
Plus then you have the extra officers who have been drafted in from their regular duties to help out and who you don’t mix with on a usual shift etc. Not to mention the people we have to deal with on the streets and the other officers we meet out and about. And when we are taken for aid (duties up town in London) we then share a carrier with sometimes 10 other officers who you don’t normally work with, or have never worked with and could be from another borough.
BUT… only 2 people have had it (confirmed). Surely the police service should have come down with COVID19 now? We got given no PPE except gloves and hand sanitizer (with no alcohol – we had to provide alcohol gel) then eventually we got given masks if we wanted them.
I ended up walking through the COVID A&E department with no mask because we were searching for a high risk missing person!
And one final thing. I have asthma… and the inhalers I’m on make me “high risk”. I’ve been working throughout. Not once have I shielded. I mean I’m pretty sure I had it in December but I can’t prove that.
So why has this virus not attacked me? Are the police completely immune? Does our job make us immune? If the police can still work with no changes throughout the pandemic then surely the teachers can? Surely kids can go back to school with no changes?”
Categories: Awareness, Opinion Tags: Awareness, Covid-19
Dr Scott Atlas
Dr. Scott Atlas is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, an accomplished physician, and a scholar of public health. For several weeks, Dr. Atlas has been making the case in print and in other media that we as a society have overreacted in imposing draconian restrictions on movement, gatherings, schools, sports, and other activities.
He is not a COVID-19 denier—he believes the virus is a real threat and should be managed as such. But, as Dr. Atlas argues, there are some age groups and activities that are subject to very low risk. The one-size-fits-all approach we are currently using is overly authoritarian, inefficient, and not based in science.
Dr. Atlas’s prescription includes more protection for people in nursing homes, two weeks of strict self-isolation for those with mild symptoms, and most importantly, the opening of all K–12 schools. The latter recommendation is vital for restarting and maintaining the economy so that parents are not housebound trying to work and educate their children. Dr. Atlas is also adamant that an economic shutdown, and all of the attendant issues that go along with it, is a terrible solution—the cure is worse than the disease. Finally, Dr. Atlas reveals some steps he’s taken in his own life to try to get things back to normal.
Search the Hoover Institute
The misconception of GMO is that solve the hunger problem
but the truth is that hunger is same that it was in 1986, said Zack Bush.
According to UNICEF 15,000 children under 5 die every day due to starvation and malnourishment.
“Zach Bush, MD is a triple board certified physician specializing in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, as well as in Hospice and Palliative care. The director of M Clinic in Virginia, Dr. Bush has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the areas of infectious disease, endocrinology, and cancer. This is a mind-blowing conversation that explores new insights into the mechanisms behind human health and longevity. It’s about the massive and misunderstood impact of industrial farming, chemical pesticides, the pharmaceutical industry and even errant Western medical practices have on both human and planetary health. It’s a conversation about the difference between the science of disease and the science of health. It’s about the microbiome as a critical predictor of and protector against illness. And it’s an exploration of autism, epigenetics and the mechanics of intercellular communication.. Enjoy! ✌🏼🌱” – Rich
The reall killer of humanity is and always has been starvation.
Already kills 15,000 children under five, UNICEF says Now Oxfam warns COVID-19 pandemic vould push 122 million to brink of starvation.
The global charity says this could result in 12,000 people dying per day by the end of the year due to COVID-19-linked hunger. Oxfam America President Abby Maxman said,
“COVID-19 is the last straw for millions of people already struggling with the impacts of conflict, climate change, inequality and a broken food system that has impoverished millions of food producers and workers.”
FRANKENSKIES FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Poison in the skies is a crime against humanity, against fauna, flora and overall an ecological catastrophe.
Frankenskies was released on June 20, 2017 in yourtube. The documentary is a compilation of government projects and private
enterprises using clouds seedings.
This film gives you the story of chemtrails, which have been used since the late 40s. Chemtrails are man-made clouds part of the geo engeenering program to control the weather. Also, is used a weather modification weapon able to cause droughts, huracans floods and other weather anomalies.
Support the film, watch it, digest its content and share it. Then think flu vaccine, virus(s) diseases outbreaks. Monsanto, war industrial complex and pharmaceutical industry.
Everything is possible, nothing should be left out of the conversation.
One note to clarify. Youtube has a note under the video about contrails, but this documentary is about chemtrails, a two completely different phenomenon(s), contrail is a natural condecoración, chemtrail is a chemical agent spread in the skies.
COVID-19 scenario written by Rockefeller Foundation in 2010.
Watch this 2014:interview with investigative journalist Harry Vox.
Lockdown, masks, quarantine, curfews, global industry disruption, flights disruption and praise of authoritarian governments.
If after watching these 12 minutes, you still agree with the present scenario of lockdowns and masks, then your critical thinking is lockdown by fear.
Note how the CDC adjusted the percentage markers for the graphic of inpatient bed occupancy.
On July 03, at 3:15 pm, I downloaded the graphic for intpacient bed occupancy by states from the CDC website.
At 3:15 pm on a Thursday, the markers were: 0 to 4.9 %, 5 to 9.9 %, 10 to 14.9 %, 15 to 19.99 %, 20 to 24.9 %, 25 or more %.
Today after that data was published, the CDC changed the markers to make the inpatient bed occupancy more dramatic. Note, that the date still reads July 03.
The more purple the states look in the graphic, the more fear they send.
New markers are: 0 to 39.9 %, 40 to 49.9 %, 50 to 59.9%, 60 to 69.9 %, 70 or more %.
Arizona went from 25 percent occupancy to 70 or more.
As new testing are being conducted nationwide, more SARS-CoV-2 cases are shown positive, but the sick people with COVID-19 declined dramatically, and consequently the death rate took its low place in the statistics models, if they are honestly reporting the data at hand.
The CDC changed the markers. For the untrained eyes like majority of Facebook users, who use Facebook as a medium for information, the change goes unnoticed. They see the colored graphic and their hormone levels of fear goes hotwire.
Mainstream media changed their headlines to cases. They left the “deaths” numbers behind, because they are not impactfull enough to bring readers to their digital outlets.
Why does the CDC insist in spreading fear?
The two graphics attached can explain why the states in the US now show dramatic purple color.
Having 0 to 39.9 percent as the lowest marker, it is in itself very misleading. If we read the data provided by the CDC, a state with 1000 beds capacity can have from zero to 49.9 percent (New altered data, as previously state from 0 to 4.9 percent.) These numbers can be taken as zero patients, or 499 patients.
I did a quatitative analysis based for Arizona, the state with more inpatient COVID-19 occupied beds. has 16,000 licensed inpatient hospital beds. That is only 1.9 per every 1000 patients. According to the US Census Bureau, Arizona population is
7.279 million (2019. )
Going back to the graphics above. On July 03, before the markers were changed, Arizona could have had from zero to 784 in COVID-19 patients. The data is so vague, that you dont get a clear picture.
Now, after the CDC changed the parameters to assest the inpatient bed occupancy. The new numbers changed from zero to 11,200 patients.
Did you see how numbers are manipulated to keep the hype.
Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans.
CDC data
CDC in-bed data
You wonder why cancer is prevalent in the world
Specially pediatric cancer. Scientists please double check the time when vaccines started to be mandatory in children.
An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause cancer. Oncogenes are important ingredients in vaccines. In some cases cell lines that are used in the production of vaccines “might” be tumorigenic, that is, they form tumors when injected into rodents. “Investigating Viruses in Cells Used to Make Vaccines; and Evaluating the Potential Threat Posed by Transmission of Viruses to humans, ” FDA(dot) gov
In tumor cells, these genes are often mutated or expressed at high levels. Most normal cells will undergo a programmed form of rapid cell death apoptosis when critical functions are altered and malfunctioning. Activated oncogenes can cause those cells designated for apoptosis to survive and proliferate instead.
After years on cancer research and billions of dollars invested in the cancer industry scientists still cannot find the cause of cancer. They need to study the reason why cancer skyrocket after vaccines started being an integral part of humans via mandatory decrees.
Yes, there are other many causes for cancer, pesticides like Roundup, carcinogens agents in gasoline fumes,
even unattended contaminants used to desinfect our water like trihalomethanes, (formed when chlorine or bromine interacts with the natural organic materials found in water.) “Disinfection By-Products (Trihalomethanes)” CDC(dot)gov
Even bleached products like your bleached flour, rice, salt.
The difference in many products in the market including gasoline is that they are not forced “into” you body like vaccines are.
There was a time in history when vaccines and medicine were introduced in society, they were given as a gift-Polio and Insuline’s patents sold for one dollar to universities by their inventors to serve a social cause. But those times are gone, universities betrayed those inventors and sold them [patents] to merchants, who converted them into a trade commodity.
And people will rgue that money is necessary for the production of vaccines. Yes, that is indeed, but produced under a social medicine model where governments take in consideration the use of safe vaccines vs mass produced vaccine that uses short cuts that undermine the long term individual’s wellbeing.
The health of the population is a government duty, it shouldn’t be put in the hands of merchants.
If wars can be 100 percent subsidized by governments, so health can be.
Plandemic is real.
The WHO/UN new global government are running a live exercise with the participation of 196 countries, said a document published by WHO in 2005 and revised on 2019.
The information will leave you stone cold.
There isn’t a conspiracy, just go to the WHO links provided under the video.
A live exercise planned on 2005, where all countries committed to participate.
“They will released a virus that attacks the respiratory system, to test the preparedness of all countries,” says the WHO document.
Pompeo mentioned this few months ago and he was ignored by mainstream media.
https://youtu.be/X7I5LzLgNSI
Dr Faucci pandemia
Dr Fauci has been in the same job for almost 40 years.
I wonder, what has he been doing all these years?
He even published a “study on the 1918 Spanish flu Pandemic,” (2007) where he said, 100 years later we are prepared for a Pandemic influenza. Are we prepared? Were we prepared for COVID-19? After all those billions of dollars “invested” in research by his office.
2019 came, and here he is again at square one, with so many “I don’t know,” “We don’t know,” and many misleading statements. Some so basic as masks.
And on 2008,he published another paper after disecting preserved tissues from soldiers who died during the 1918-19 Spanish Flu.
Bacterial Pneumonia Caused Most Deaths in 1918 Influenza Pandemic, (2008)
“Most of the deaths were caused by a secondary bacterial pulmonary infection,” the study concluded. Maybe that’s why, President Trump announced the miracle cure of the anti-viral Hydroxychloroquine and anti-bacterial Azitromycim combo?
Which by the way, Fauci stopped the Hydroxychloroquine trial,
“because it was causing side effects,” really Dr Fauci? Please name a drug without side effects. Hydroxychloroquine has been used for 60 years to treat Malaria, and out of the sudden he stopped an important trial because “side effects.”
I wonder how much of a kickback he got from Gilad Sciences Remdesevir manufacturer?
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been wrong on the coronavirus pandemic — Every step of the way!”
Here is a list of several errors, contradictory statements and dangerous gaffes by NIAID Director Dr. Tony Fauci:
Philanthropic Investment is no charity
November 25, 2020 Akashma Online News Comments off
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is no friend of humanity. This institution is a wolf in sheep’s cloths. It has advertised itself as a philanthropic entity, but it reality, it is investment philanthropy entity. It does not “donate” one penny, it does investments. Last year in Devos, he said “20 billions investment in vaccines, gave us 200 billions return.”
It has entrenched itself in GMO food production, enviroment, and vaccines.
Research the MIT technology
The research was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Koch Institute Support (core) Grant from the National Cancer Institute. Link to the full article.
http://news.mit.edu/2019/storing-vaccine-history-skin-1218.
The study was published on December 19, 2019, in the American Association for Advanced Sciences, very timely for a Pandemic, that Bill Gates predicted a year ago. Link to the study
https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/11/523/eaay7162
https://youtu.be/y66sjjaE094
Categories: Opinion Tags: Bill Gates, Philanthropy, vaccines
The media war against Hydroxychloroquine.
Hydroxychloroquine is safe and cheap treatment for COVID-19 patients. The anti-malaria drug has been safely used for 60 years.
Countries that used Hydroxychloroquine from the start of the COVID-19 epidemic ranked lowest in deaths.
India population
1,319,484,175, death ratio to population .000042
Indonesia population
367,367,729 death ratio to
Population. . 000015
Pakistan pooulation
213,249,791 death ratio to population . 000028
Bangladesh population
Mexico has almost double the population of Italy and France, and the COVID-19 death rate is almost identical.
The difference in low mortality in Mexico was the use of Hydroxychloroquine.
Mexico population 128,863,734 death ratio to population. .00046 %
France population 65,213,511 death ratio to population. .00042
Italy population
61,388,126 death ratio to population. .00046
Countries that didn’t use, stopped, or started the use later on of the drug Hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients rank higher in death ratio to population.
United States population
328,277,386 death ratio to population. . 054
Brazil population
Strangely enough, both of the presidents of these countries, Donald Trump and Bolsonaro advocated for the use of Hydroxychloroquine, but their health advisors negligently spoked against its use. The result: higher unnecessary deaths in both countries.
Three countries are in a special category: China, Japan and South Korea
The use of Eastern Medicine combined with Chloroquine proved their success with the low death ratio to population.
The numbers of infections with SARS-CoV-2 is not as important as the actual deaths of COVID-19.
COVI19 #Hydroxychloroquine
SARSCoV2
Categories: News Tags: Covid-19, Hydroxychloroquine, India, Mexico
The big scare
The big scare!
The New York Times latest numbers on COVID-19 deaths, “Tracking the Coronavirus,” leave you alarmed by the numbes and selective wording they used, but if you analyze the real data; death ratio to population, and death ratio to cases, the numbers are so minuscule, that the largest number is . 03 in Mississipi ratio to cases, and ratio to population .0008, and the highest ratio to population is Texas with . O4, but ratio to cases .02.
These numbers comparable to deaths for other transmitable diseases, or death by other causes, which have very high mortality in US and in the world, like Coronary Artery Disease, which just in US alone kills more than 657,000 per year average. And, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causing bacteria of Tuberculosis is more contagious than SARS-CoV-2, according to the CDC, 13- million Americans are infected with latent tuberculosis, which treatments were halted due to the diversion of funds and medical attention taken away by lockdowns and closure of clinics and hospitals across US and worldwide.
SARS-CoV-2 is not deadlier than other diseases, but got the exaggerated media attention, pushed by pharmaceutical and vaccines manufacturers, who are set to make billions in profits.
These are the US numbers, which according to the New York Times are state hotbed spots for COVID-19, which in itself is misleading. It should be called SARS-CoV-2 cases, not COVID-19, because not all the people infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop COVID-19.
Source of cases and death numbers: the New York Times.
Data analysis by Marivel Guzman.
Texas population 29,472,300
SARS-CoV-2 cases 593,779
total deaths 11,486
ratio to population.. 04
ratio to cases . 02
Idaho population
234,576, SARS-CoV-2 cases: 29,510, total deaths 395: ratio to population . 0013, ratio to cases. . 011
Arkansas population
3,039,000, SARS-CoV-2 cases 55,652, total deaths 663
ratio to population . 00022
ratio to cases. . 011
Nevada population
3,139,660, SARS-CoV-2 cases
64,573, total deaths 1,185
ratio to cases. . 02
Iowa population
3,179,850,SARS-CoV-2 cases
ratio to population. . 00032
Alabama population
4,908,620, SARS-CoV-2 cases 113,632, total deaths 1,196
Missouri population
North Dakota population
761,723, SARS-CoV-2 cases
9,498, total deaths 136
ratio to population .00018
Georgia population
10,627,767,SARS-CoV-2 cases 233,169,total deaths
ratio to population . 0005
Florida population
21,646,155, SARS-CoV-2 cases 597,589, total deaths 10,273
ratio to cases .02
Tennessee population
6, 897,580, SARS-CoV-2 cases 1367,932, total deaths
Mississippi population
ratio to population. . 0008
California population
39,937,500, SARS-CoV-2 638,831, total deaths 11,523
US population (Census update 2020 approx)
331,002,651, SARS-CoV-2 cases. 5,600,000, total deaths
ratio to cases . 031
As more people get tested, the ratio to cases number gets smaller, and death toll data shows is going down, also the ratio to population and ratio to cases consequently will get smaller.
This trend is true for all countries. US is leading the charts in number of deaths for two reason: it is a big country, and haven’t used Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.
The problem I see in US, is not that the population didn’t used masks, or didn’t follow “social distancing guidelines,” but the problem was not to allowing doctors to use Hydroxychloroquine as a prevention, and as treatment for COVID-19, and neglecting its elderly population.
The previous data analysis I generated showed, that countries that used Hydroxychloroquine were able to keep the death rate at bay.
Not all SARS-CoV-2 infected persons (cases) develop COVID-19. So, don’t get into panic because you see mainstream media throwing big numbers of cases in their headlines. Study the data and use some critical thinking before you share alarming “news.”
Remember herd inmunity is a good thing. More people get infected with SARS-CoV-2 and ride the virus cold death, more protected is a community.
Check the numbers, very small percentage of the population got seriously ill, or unfortunately passed away. Majority, almost 99.98 percent of the cases recorded got the virus with mild symptoms or no symptoms at all.
UPDATE: Aug. 23, at 22:15
A clarification for the use of this chart to explain herd inmunity.
I’m personally advocating for natural herd inmunity, not vaccines. The data shown in some studies supports the argument, that the majority of the population who got infected by SARS-CoV-2 are naturally inmunized against COVID-19.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC), on Aug. 14, update guidelines says, “people who got infected by SARS-CoV-2 and recovered don’t need to be tested again at least for three months.” and clarified, that natural inmunuzation doesn’t means that the person cannot get infected again. But also imply, that getting infected is not the same as getting sick.
How other way can be explained, that the death ratio to cases’s numbers are dropping in the charts.
(photo credit: Wikimedia)
Categories: News, Opinion Maker Tags: CDC statistics, Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, viruses, world population
Dr DoloresCahill – Protest Against Oppressive Government Restrictions and Mandates in Dublin
#DrDoloresCahill – Protest Against Oppressive Government Restrictions and Mandates in Dublin
Thousands of people have taken part in a peaceful protest ‘Time For Change’ at the Custom House in Dublin city centre Against Oppressive Government Restrictions and Mandates. This is the second such rally in Dublin since the beginning of the lockdown in Ireland. The members of the public assembled at the Custom House protested against increasing government mandates, lack of transparency and proportionality of decisions and lack of accountability shown by the government officials and advisors.
Professor Dolores Cahill has a degree in molecular genetics, her PhD is in immunology. She was part of a team of scientists making antibodies libraries using to improve the outcomes in cancer. She spent eight years in the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, where she was in charged of a team of researchers and developed the technology that could look the specificity of antibodies and different diagnostic assays to diagnose autoimmune diseases.
And, for example, with virus patients look at whether they were exposed to a virus or not. Her team back in the 90s looked at published antibodies and found that a lot of what was published was not necessarily correct. They were involved in correcting published research studies.
She is recipient to awards from the German Minister for science. Dr Hill has been in the German Advisory Science Council, for more than 20 years, whose role is to advise for scientific merit before funding agencies, also belongs to the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation in Ireland. She was nominated to represent Ireland on the Scientific Committee for the Innovative Medicines Initiative in the European Union and since 2016 became vice chair.
She was also involved in developing the meningitis B vaccine for Africa. She worked in a class 4 bio lab (bio hazard lab top level)
She has been working with “a doctor” who is advising the White House particularly on protocols for prevention and treatment such as hydroxychloroquine.
Uganda Red Cross cured Malaria with MMS in 24 hours.
On 2012, The Uganda Red Crescent, Red Cross International, the Water Reference Agency, and Leo Koehof, Jim Humble’s associate were involved in a clinical trial with MMS (Sodium Chloride) and 154 patients were treated and cured in 24 hours, but one patient was cured in 48 hours.
The Red Cross refused to publish the results and denied the tests ever took place.
This video is the proof the tests were performed and the patients were cured.
The rest is hysteria and implanted fear
The rest is hysteria and “implanted fear.”
The strategy to let the “SARS-CoV-2,” to run free isn’t really new. The fact of this pseudo pandemic is that most of the 7.8 billion people in planet earth have been living an almost normal life.
Almost half of the population never stopped their routine of surviving. The other half, the ” essential” workers never stopped working. And “essential” consumers never stopped going out to buy food and services.
In other words, the SARS-CoV-2 has been widely running into the population of the world for 10 months (or more) and if scientists and politicians were honest they will tell “you” the truth, that COVID-19 only affects, affected, and will affect a tiny tiny percentage of the population, as the real numbers show. And unfortunately that tiny percentage are gone already. The elderly and the sick were killed. Killed by neglect, killed by the lack of medical services, killed by doctors’s cowardice to stand against politicians. Those doctors who didn’t follow the Hipocrates oath are cowards and murderers.
Hospitals are and always been places where people are healed , but also, hospitals are places where people die everyday. They die by the thousands, they always have. Why now their deaths are subject of countless articles?
Doctors and nurses are not heroes, they are just workers, they chose that profession. The slogan, that they are “the frontine workers,” it is a marketing campaign to sell you the pandemia.
Besides that not all doctors and nurses work with COVID-19 patients. Do they?
When there is a train crash in a community, all local hospitals are overwhelmed. That fact does not make doctors and nurses heroes. Everyone of them does their job, they work faster, yes, but they are no heroes. They have two hands and a brain. Doctors and nurses don’t leave a patient half open during a surgery, only because there are more patients to intervene. The same with COVID-19 patients, doctors and nurses work at the best of their abilities.
Now, the doctors and nurses that died, they knew they were dealing with a “virus, ” a new respiratory virus. If they were old, overweight, with coronary diseases, diabetic, why did they stay? They wanted to be heroes? Bullshit, they neglected their duty and expose themselves. A soldier does not go to war without a weapon. That is suicide.
Herd inmunity is a natural process, and if you are a believer of any faith, you should believe that herd inmunity is God’s vaccine. Christians, Catholics and others embrace your faith and God’s designs.
For you Muslims, If Islam is the fast growing religion with billions, then Muslims should put the faith in Allah and stop being cowards. Be the example, show the way. Stop “their” Truman Show. Stop Melinda Gates Foundation, UN one world order, stop the mad scientist death in their tracks, rebel against the transgressors.
Do not allow “A brave New World,” book to be our reality
Take back your lives and spread truth. If Allah want us dead, we will die
On “The flu vaccine,” It is not a vaccine. Why? A vaccine grants you inmunity, if you take a shot every year, it means the shot you are getting is not a vaccine. It is a yearly doses of viruses. And again, isn’t Allah all knowing and mighty? Could you hide from Allah behind a vaccine, or a mask? when Allah calls you, means is your time to go.
Remember this, media is a lucrative business. More alarming the news are, the more audience they attract, and more paid advertisements they generate. Because people like drama. People love sensationalism.
Turn the news off and “game over.” Turn pandemia off.
Louisa Livingstone, Gail Baker, Rosa Tomsic, Mike Chickey, Fred Burks Zafar Khan,
July 15, 2020 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
Originally published on July 14, 2020
In other news; life goes on, and love is still the only emotion that bind us together in this dreadful Truman Show of COVID-19.
Masks for sale in every online store, buys yours “now,” lyson declared to kill SARS-CoV-2, toilet paper “shortages fill the shelves in a store near you” ventilators are trendy and killing, webinars online “subscribe,” now, vaccines manufacturers running for “fast trials,” gif(s) and avatars inundate facebooks, right before US elections, and more products and services coming soon to your smartphone and computer screen.
The Truman Show is a comedy-melodrama film. (1998.) Truman lives in a 24/7 virtual marketplace TV set, where everyone in the village is a salesperson actor advertising a product. Truman is the only person, who doesn’t know he lives inside a bubble.
His wife advertvise house products, his neighboors advertise the latest car model. His co-workers advertise office supplies.
Short story, when Truman reliazed the lie he has been inadvertently living in, he brakes free and exit the bubble and the virtual marketplace is over.
life #love #TrumanShow #COVI19 #MarketPlace #LiesDeception #SafetyMarketPlace
Categories: Awareness Tags: Covid-19, COVID-19 masks, Love, sanitizers, Truman Show, ventilators
My other half – Akashma poetry
January 18, 2020 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
Updated Jan 18, 2020, at 01:30
Where were you, Love?
I knew you’d come!
I heard your little soft steps,
I felt your fairy wings
dancing to the tune of my breathless hope
I sensed you getting ready for the dance of love
On the sparkles of the rain,
I saw your mist curling in.
I know It was you, who touched my shoulder
When I felt all broken down.
I knew you’d come, It is you,
who saved me from the darkest dream.
I smell the aroma of your shadow
Breathing always next to me.
I knew you’d be,
courting my silhouette
inhaling every drop of my sleep.
I needed your warm presence next to me,
I wanted to hear the whispers of your voice.
I missed your presence in my life.
I tried to forge in another hope,
I tried to call in other names,
but love is not a costume dress, that I can change.
I needed you to come tonight.
The piercing shout of my pain
will keep me awake if you don’t come,
your absence cut right through my soul.
Where are you Love?
I need to embrace your name again,
I want to snuggle up again,
against your heart next to mine.
I knew you come,
I know you missed my voice touching your ear.
I know your life is half without my touch,
I knew you’d come,
I’m feeling warm again tonight. ♥
Love is not love,
if it does not have its other half.
First Published on Oct 5, 2012, at 20:14
Marivel R Guzman © 2012
Marivel Guzman, is an American poet, and fiction writer.
(photo and graphics by Marivel Guzman)
Categories: News, Poetry Tags: Love, romance
The modern Tesla, Elon Musk the genius
August 20, 2019 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
Elon Musk is a genius innovator, a unique mind entrepreneur and along with that an extreme risk-taker, who does not take a NO! As an answer.
Musk feels, he is running out of time. He feels the humanity itself is running out of time. Musk wants to put in place the infrastructures for a fully automatic, electric solar-powered earth. And, in order to do that, he needs to control the companies that he started. Only under his lead, those companies will achieve his dream.
After listening to all of Musk’s lectures and interviews I got to the conclusion that Musk is a man of many ideas, who likes to take risks on the spot, but I believe he sees the investor as a nuisance in his way for innovation.
Investors want to secure their investments with minimum risks. Musk for the contrary has the insights of a genius. He believes in himself and his genius about it. He has the idea in his head, and he is sure, he can develop that idea. Pretty much like Nikolas Tesla used to think.
Besides that, he took the oil companies by the horns. And as if that wasn’t enough, he gave the old obsolete NASA few lessons in innovation and recycling of materials.
The electric car was a dream of Nikolas Tesla, but mainstream science never credited with the invention. The most commonly reported Tesla electric car was a converted Pierce-Arrow, from 1931. A version of the account of Tesla’s car is in the book Secrets of Cold War Technology – Project HAARP and Beyond, by Gerry Vassilatos.
It is common sense that J. P. Morgan who at the time was
Musk fought the same demons Tesla did in its time. The devil investors, the for-profit Thomas Edison, and the greed of J P. Morgan
Musk finds himself at crossroads with his conciseness. He sees himself as a modern Tesla, but with money where if he left alone to develop his ideas, he can do wonders for this world.
The DOJ and Securities Exchanges should leave Musk alone to continue with his efforts to save humanity.
“Tesla Inc. is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, according to two people familiar with the matter. The criminal probe is running alongside a previously reported civil inquiry by securities regulators.” Bloomberg.com
Solar City, Tesla, and Space X are three companies with a genius behind who wants the betterment of humanity, with this, I leave you with the iconic Tesla’s idea of science.
“Science is a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity,” Nikolas Tesla
Categories: Column Tags: Elon Musk, futurism, innovations, technology, Tesla
The truth told should not be taken as insult!
May 14, 2019 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
Palestinian medics evacuating an injured protester during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border with Israel, east of Khan Yunis, last year.
(Credit Adel Hana/Associated Press)
The truth told, should not be taken as insult!
Voices are usually silenced, when it comes to Israel.
Very often, we see public figures and government officials including members of Congress to receive a backlash of “angry voices” claiming that any statement make in regard of Israel, if isn’t favorable, then is antisemitism.
On July 12, four days after the latest war in Gaza began, hundreds of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv to protest the killing of civilians on both sides and call for an end to the siege of Gaza and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. The New York Time
In my opinion, the tragedy of WWII is an open wound for Palestinians, who still carry on their backs the horrific events that took place in Europe.
Before and after the end of the war, their destiny [Palestinians] was marked by the partition of their land.
The Jewish people, who emigrated to Palestine by force or by their own will, found safe heaven there, as Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said, during a Yahoo News podcast “Skullduggery.”
71 years later, Palestinians are suffering persecution, oppression, occupation, incarceration and a slow ethnic cleansing.
For Palestinians, the Holocaust is not a painful memory, but a crude reality.
Israel converted Palestine into a pastrami sandwich.
“What is to become of the Palestinians?” Churchill asked. “We’ll make a pastrami sandwich of them,” Ariel Sharon said.
Winston Churchill III recalled his 1973 encounter with Sharon during a National Press Club
By Sharon’s statement, it is obvious the plan to install settlements-Settlements are illegal under International Law, was to take more land, and to uproot more Palestinians.
#humanrights #occupation #Holocaust #Palestine
Categories: Middle East, Palestine State
Moon Landing 50th anniversary
April 29, 2019 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
Richard Nixon Library and Museum’s lobby, at the Moon, landing 50th-anniversary ceremony. photo/Marivel Guzman
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of many “things,” including the Moon Landing.
Today the City of Fullerton in partnership with the Richard Nixon Library put together the Moon Landing 50th anniversary exhibits.
One of the perks to be a journalist, I got to visit the exhibits for free- It cost $17 for adults and $11 for children, free for children on a school field trip. In preparation for today’s ceremony, many local schools children attended the library to celebrate today’s historic day.
The library has very interesting exhibits related to the 60s, including the Vietnam War, the 1963 Birmingham riots, the Tet Offensive (1968) between other events from the 60s.
The Library still has the original home, where Richard Nixon born, with its rose garden.
Also, it holds part of the National Archives with 46 million pages of textual records, 3,431 hours of White House tapes, 418,000 photographs, 5,175 hours of video recording available for researchers.
Enjoy the tour! ❤
#MoonLanding #Apollo11 #SaturnIV #RichardNixonExhibits #50thAnniversaryMoon
And the band played on–Book Review
And the Band Played on
By Randy Shilts (1987)
And the Band Played On, cover book by Randy Shilts
The beginning of the AIDS epidemics creates a blurred line in the history of the United States, nobody, that could have done something to stop the spread of the epidemic did anything of substance, except for their relatively small almost intrusive hand in the political game of the times.
Scientists and the first victims of AIDS will be exonerated by history. The gay community was scared, uninformed and was caught out of the guard, and the scientific community was left to their fortunes to try to stop the disease from disseminating.
I was in nursing school back in 1977 all the way to 1981. In those years the word AIDS did not exist in the pathology book we have to memorize to pass the class. Cancer in those days, it was a new disease being researched, but already making inroads in the life of Mexican women in hospital wards of Mexico.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is the name given to the disease, a shorter and less scary name for a Syndrome that will definitely kill anybody with the virus, which by 1980 was killing ‘gays people’ without having been properly known.
The scientific community of the US and France were in a battle for recognition, both nations top scientific did not really know what they were confronted with.
Shilts 657 pages The Band Played On book indeed did a good job into chronologically recording the juiciest aspects of the gay community with their “bathhouses” and their organizations.
Randy Shilts makes 273 references to Bathhouses all throughout the book and The “Blood-industry,” is repeated only 41 times, blood transfusion(s) is brought out only 67 times, but none of those mentions makes the blood industry to come clean for partaking in the spread of the HIV.
Presently a person with AIDS’s life expectancy is about 78, with medical treatment.
Coincidentally I did my one-year clinical practice in Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mex., which it was known as the town of the gays.
I was the head nurse of the rural hospital in Mocorito Health Center, I do not remember to see troves of gays with Kaposi sarcoma, actually, I do not have any recollection to see cancer cases at all. I do remember, we were running a program to eradicate Tuberculosis and Hepatitis, and for a town with so many gay people, it is strange not having a memory of AIDS cases.
In June 1981, the CDC published a report of five gay men from Los Angeles, Ca., who contracted a life-threatening disease, PCP pneumonia, which was never seen on people with an intact immune system. Also, in July of the same year, published the cases of a rare type of skin cancer that kills young gay people with AIDS, Kaposi’s sarcoma.
I appreciate the dignified pity Shilts dedicated to the gay community victims of AIDS, but I reproach the way he brushes off the blood industry for the spreading of AIDS. Stanford University, the biggest supplier of blood is the main responsible for the spread of the AIDS virus. The scientific community of United States has its big share of guilt, as well of Congress and the federal government.
By the way, Shilts makes so many references of the “bathhouses” all throughout the book, makes me believe he blames the bathhouses for the spreading of the disease. Shilts makes 201 references to Bathhouses and 72 references to “bathhouse.” This insistence on focusing so many chapters to the gay community as the culprits of the sin of AIDS is unfair.
AIDS being a new disease taking everyone by surprise should have put the media in a state of alert, but also, they fail to give the AIDS epidemic the attention it required.
The earliest press releases by the CDC confirmed that they were already taking measure to tackle the disease, but Reagan did not have any hurry in “tarnishing” his image with the epidemic. Shilts does not make a great effort to call onto the Reagan administration, or Congress into doing more allocating bigger budget for the investigation and treatment of the disease that it was costing so many lives.
I have to give him credit for taking such paramount job into writing the story of so many known guys affected by the disease in its earliest stages. He does fail to do more investigative reporting in other cities, he concentrated his stories in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, and by lack of imagination, he did not wonder in other towns and cities hospitals.
As an RN nurse and with knowledge of infectious diseases, I know that a disease such as AIDS, it wouldn’t have city lines.
Coincidentally as I write this review, I found a recent article in the New York Times, a self-conscience judgment.
“The New York Times had a spotty record of covering the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s — and gay culture in general. Times staffers reflect on the paper’s past, and what we can learn from it today.” The New York Times, April 28, 2018.
Shilts makes few allusions to the press of the time, their passivity to cover more aggressively the first instances of the epidemic. That could have been a game changer. If the news were doing their job, perhaps, the Reagan Administration could have done more, perhaps Congress could have made the blood industry to stop cold from distributing “one more once of blood.”
“If AIDS is indeed sexually transmitted, why have there been so few cases?” If scientists were doing the math, they should have known that gays right groups were correct to ask this question. Shilts isn’t preoccupied with investigating the stats of gays affected with the immune syndrome.
I’m very critical of this book narrative, which focuses, it is more emphasizing that gays are the vehicle of the agent of AIDS, rather than shifting the blame to the blood transfusions.
By mid-1982, Dr. Edgar Engleman, Stanford’s immunologist for the blood bank, had already figured out, that the disease could be spread in blood transfusions as well, “By early 1983, three AIDS cases were lying in Stanford University Hospital wards; for all three, their only “risk behavior” was having a blood transfusion in San Francisco,” Shilts said.
This statement was a good “scientific clue,” that blood transfusion should have been halt until further investigation on the cause of the virus was found. Why keep pounding on the idea that AIDS is spread through “Bathhouses.”?
I can understand that Shitls being gay wanted to highlight the life of the gay community in those bathhouses, perhaps, Shilts, the intent was to normalize the idea that gays are human beings like every other individual in American society. At one point on the narration, Shilts relates the funeral of a gay victim of AIDS, where the mother of disease asked the lover out of the service. I only can try to analyze Shilts’s intentions by making gays’ sufferings to resonate with American society.
If Shilts meant to write the tragedy of the gay community from LA, Miami, and NY, he nailed the story, but to have written this 657-page book as a chronological recorder of the evolution of the disease in American gay’s communities, it just does not add up. By the time he wrote “And the Band Played on,” there was plenty of scientific evidence that AIDS was not an only gay disease.
Yes, I agree that he incorporated the political climate of those years and it played perfectly well with his stories of gays sentenced to death. Another scoring point for Shilts is his liberal and literal use of the “word anal.” He feels that is entitled to say what he enjoys as a gay man without having to explain further. Kudos to him on this.
Shilts missed the opportunity to expose the government coverup—an epidemic spreading like wildfire, and the federal government isn’t declaring an emergency, it isn’t allocating millions of dollars for research. As a journalist and a gay person, Shilts missed the focal point of the spreading of AIDS.
Multi-Center AIDS Cohort Studies by 1982, had already guarantee grant money for research, no mention of that in Shilts’s book.
According to Shilts, The Department of Public Health still had not produced one piece of informational literature on AIDS, he said. But, public records show that the CDC has already published a press release advising the scientific community of the epidemic.
The CDC is the main actor in Shilts’s book, he mentioned the CDS 564 times all through the book, for a 567 pages book, the mentions are a little bit exaggerated. In all credit to the CDS, by June 1981, it has already published a press release, and by May of the same year the MMRW (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by the CDC have already confirmed 5 cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles (1). All of the men were described as “homosexuals”; two had died. Local clinicians and the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer stationed at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, prepared the report and submitted it for MMWR publication in early May 1981.
As an RN, I find the book to lack the scientific sources, to be considered a “breakthrough” literature on AIDS.
If you want to learn about the beginning of AIDS, Inventing the AIDS Virus by Peter H. Duesberg, professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California at Berkeley, and a pioneer in retrovirus research. His book it is a great read with peer journal references to his studies and an outstanding credible researcher, which articles have appeared in several scientific journals.
Shilts’s The Band Played On, it is a good book, which brings the human side of gays and as a gay journalist, he dared to expose the hypocrisy in politics and the little care they have for the wellbeing of Americans.
AIDS took the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. In the beginning, the “Blood Industry,” which is a multi-billion dollar business refused to throw away their existing batches of blood in their banks.
Even if it was not thoroughly investigated, thousands of patients got infected through blood transfusions.
The blood industry is as guilty as the US government from the AIDS epidemic.
“And the Band Played on” by Randy Shilts (1987) explores thoroughly the beginning of AIDS in the US.
UNRWA free of United States interference
September 18, 2018 Akashma Online News Leave a comment
Last week the White House stopped its funding to UNRWA, the agencyiin charge of supporting and protecting Palestinians refugees.
At this point is expected that it will continue its mission through personal donations. According to uts official page, UNRWA also receives funding from the European Union and partner organizations.
Skipping the middle man! This could be the best opportunity to sideline the US government, which have been the main obstacle for peace in Palestine—The US Congress also is to blame having funded the Israeli’s military with billions of dollars. This funding have emboldened Israel.
At this moment the future of UNRWA US is unsure. I share their page, but I’m skeptical if the funds can be delivered directly to the occupied territories without official channels. Also taking in consideration that Israel receives the money before is handled to the Palestinian Authority.
UNRWA is a non-profit, that functions as a direct dependent of the UN, which was funded in the same year the agency was funded–In 1949 UNRWA was created with the sole purpose to assist and protect Palestinians dispossessed of their lands, homes and livehood after the partition.
At this point we don’t know what is going to happen to UNRWA. It is true several countries and private organizations also help in its funding, but we need to hear more information from the WH regarding its standing regarding UNRWA—Will the WH allow UNRWA to function without government interference?
“WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION FOR
SOME 5 MILLION PALESTINER EFUGEES,” UNRWA official page
UNRWA Facebook page
Categories: News, Occupied Territory, Opinion
SacState Run Fun for Palestine
Marivel Guzman, at California State University, Sacramento, The Well Fun Run race. I’m running for my team “Running for Freedom,” on April 19, 2018, Sacramento, Calif. (Photo/Cintia Lopez)
Hello family, friends, and brothers and sisters in humanity. This is one of the essays for my Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration class. RPTA 100 is an upper division class I took to complement the 120 units requirements to graduate. To pass the class, we have to create two major discovery events of leisure and recreation, that serve us in all aspects of our psychological and physiological needs.
By the time, I enrolled for the race, I have done my two main discovery events, but I could do it for some extra credit (5 points), not bad if you consider that 5 points could be the difference between getting a BA or not.
Everybody that is close to me knows, that I started my journalism career, as a way to serve the Palestinian cause.
“I’m studying journalism to be a better peace activist, to be a better writer for the cause of justice,”Akashma
I know my shortcoming with the English language. English is not my native language. I have struggled for years to master the art of writing a good essay, or even a good article without having to resorts to a grammar edition software, which is probably used by every English book writer, and every accomplished journalist.
This small essay is a simple example of how everything I do in my assignments as a student at Sac State is turned into an activist piece for Palestine.
In the past, I tried to merge my identity as a peace activist and my journalistic career, but it did not come too well. In college, my writings were not published and here at the university, my audacity got me in problems with the then editor in chief of the Hornet, Sacramento State’s student newspaper.
According to my adviser, the and EIC of the Hornet, me, as a student journalist I cannot write for my the newspaper on issues of Palestine, the newspaper alleges Bias, and conflict of interest because I’m peace activist. I alleged that I’m peace activist, and because of it, I know about the issues played on in society, but also, I argued that me, I’m a professional journalist, who will cover events and report on the merits of the event, really in all conscience, I cannot lose my identity as a human being. I must continue what I feel is right. Is being biased for truth and justice is a conflict of interest, then so be it.
I have found other ways to serve my biased cause of justice: Here is one simple example, not for a journalist class but, this essay gets to be published in the wires.
Without further due; The Essay 5k Fun Run Running for Palestine 5K Fun Run
Short video of the last few seconds of the race
Categories: Journal Tags: 5k Fun Running for Palestine, akashma, marivel Guzman, SacState 5k 10th anniversity
Congress mass hysteria: Facebook marketplace is not fair game
Ben Shapiro is a bright mind. I don’t agree with him 51 percent of the time but on this charade of congressanal hearing, I agree; Completely!
In the video I shared bellow, Shapiro is shredding to pieces the “mass charade” of Mark Zuckerberg “testifying in Congress.”
In my opinion, the Mark Zuckerberg Congressional hearing was a circus for mass entertainment. Somehow, Congress is directing the attention away from the orders of President Donald Trump to invade a foreign state bypassing with this UN Security Council. This is another whole issue that I will discuss in another post. I’m
I totally agree that Facebook has the responsibility to protect its user’s data–Not to sell it, not to lend it as the case with Cambridge Analytics, specially because, Cambridge Analytics is a foreign institution. “It is a British political consulting firm, a corto its own website. Whose parent company SLC Group,” A private British behavioral research and strategic communication company.
What is interesting, if you follow down the rabbit’s hole, you find out that SLC group joins the US State Department.
” Robert Mercer-funded dedicated Cambridge Analytics foreign parent company signs a deal to do propaganda work for State’s Global Engagement Center” says Text fire, at medium.com
According to medium.com, SLC Group was recently awarded a defense contract with the US State’s Department. To my opinion the whole scandal was because US State Department was caught with its pants down due to the leak by Christopher Wylie, “A whistle blower who exposed Cambridge Analytica’s role in a data breach affecting 50 million Facebook users earlier this month, tweeted documents that suggested the firm’s parent company,” said The Washington Post and its Asia&Pacific section of March 28 article, “Whistleblower claims Cambridge Analytica’s partners in India worked on elections, raising privacy fears.”
On the other hand, Facebook as a private business reserves the right to change the internal policies of its organization.
The users are given the tools to change the privacy settings, but nobody takes a day off to read Facebook privacy settings.
Mass hysteria will start when somebody does it and raise hell in his wall then everybody starts to share the “raise hell post,” then people go to change the privacy settings.
Now, regarding Facebook’s practices of gatekeeper of news, that is a whole new issue. Congress should ask the proper questions.
Also, monitoring our political views and sharing that information to parties that will use them against us in a “psychological experiment,” to sway our opinions, it is atrocious, right? But, isn’t that exactly what main Stream Media does? And our own government as well.
News networks chose and pick commentators that are sharp, well-mannered, and well groom into the network’s agenda. The guests are as well leaned to that agenda and to ‘make the audience’ believe they are unbiased, they’ll invite somebody on the other side of the political spectrum, and either, the guests are caught up with questions he/she can not answer with a short response, or the guest will be aggressive re-battled. If the guest is brave enough to make his voice heard, his/her microphone volume is decreased to the point where his voice is inaudible.
The same behavior is used by lobbyists, and politicians campaigns. They all use physiological behavioral strategies to impact the subconscious of the population.
Now, does Facebook have the right to do the same with their users?
The sponsors of Facebook do that job and because of those sponsors is that users have a free platform to share whatever they want to share.
The issue becomes skewed and spooky because Facebook is a global organization and serves a global market. Of course there always will be foreign interference and Adds will flow freely to target audiences. Where is the illegally on that?
If this is so offensive and damaging to our democracy then foreign agencies as AIPAC should be illegal to operate in US soil.
Is Facebook guilty of treason? Then, so is Congress, they take money from foreign entities such AIPAC, which clearly is a foreign agent working in behalf of Israel. It doesn’t matter that Israel is a friend of the US, still is a foreign state.
Or, Is Facebook guilty of violating its own privacy policies? Well, that crime won’t take anybody to jail but certainly can teach us that in a free marketplace everything is free game. Right?
After all we live in a Capitalist system where “supply and demand,” rules the game.
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Alderney Ridunians RFC VS Casual AF
Alderney Ridunians RFC
Casual AF
HT: 12 - 0
Referee: Kev Moore
Many people may be aware that Alderney is the third largest of the Channel Islands. Most however will not be aware that the Island now has a Rugby Club. Following a meeting in late march the club was formed and over twenty players have been training regularly twice a week ever since, with their first game, a ten a side match, against a social side in Sark taking place in late August. Despite a 25-10 loss the team were encouraged by the performance with many of the team never having played before.
The long awaited first ever home game for the Alderney Rugby Club took place on a bright and sunny afternoon in November in front of a sizeable crowd at the Arsenal pitch which, thanks to the generous co-operation of the football club, was converted to accommodate the oval ball game. With the opposition, Casual AF, having only 13 players (including Alderney’s Dean Chandler), the captains agreed upon a 10 a side game of 20 minutes each half.
Prior to the kick off the club were presented with a cheque for £300 from the Rotary Club of Alderney.
Facing a much larger side, the Ridunians opened with purpose, and despite initial fears regarding possession from the scrummage, held their own and enjoyed early possession. After only four minutes local PE teacher David Adams scored the first try on home soil and added the extras to provide a 7-0 lead. The rest of the first half was very even with both teams tackling hard and it was not until the 17th minute that there was any more score. The superior fitness and speed of the Ridunian side eventually saw a breakthrough with Joe Burland scoring after a long run to give The Alderney side a 12-0 half time lead.
The second half saw the Alderney side starting to dominate and, with Dan Le Poullain proving a Colossus in the line out, greater possession and speed of the backs saw the game go more and more the Ridunian’s way. Three more tries were added, without reply. On 17 minutes Jordan Shaw, followed by David Adams again on 20 minutes and finally Jordan Clay on full time, all converted by Adams. Thus the game ended 33-0 to Ridunians. Match Sponsors The Campania awarded the man of the match to Joe Burland and Casual AF selected David Adams for their award.
The club would like to show their appreciation to the match sponsors, the Rotary Club, the football club and the huge amount of support that was there on the day and they are looking forward to more games in the new year.
Jordan Clay
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Jordon Shaw
Gareth Foster
David Adams
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Craig Cox
John House
Joe Burland ★
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Temple Run 9+
Imangi Studios, LLC
#33 in Action
4.4 • 201.9K Ratings
"In pretty much every treasure hunting adventure movie there’s one specific scene in which the plucky hero finally gets his hands on the treasure but then has to navigate a maze of booby traps in order to get out alive. Temple Run is this scene and nothing else. And it’s amazing." - SlideToPlay.com
From the makers of the award-winning best-seller Harbor Master® comes the most exhilarating running game on the App Store. Test your reflexes as you race down ancient temple walls and along sheer cliffs. Swipe to turn, jump and slide to avoid obstacles, collect coins and buy power ups, and see how far you can run!
"Best endless running game in the App Store… You'll love every minute." - AppleNApps.com
Voted by TouchArcade Forums as Game of the Week
One of TouchArcade's Best Games of the Month
"Most thrilling and fun running game in a while, possibly ever." - TheAppera.com
"A fast and frenzied iPhone experience." - IGN.com
"Very addicting… definitely a very different running game." - Appolicious.com
* Simple swipe and tilt controls that are easy to use and just feel right
* Level up your character and use crazy powerups
* Original 3D running mechanic combining turning, jumping, sliding and tilting - the first of its kind!
* Play as 7 different characters!
* Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements to compete with your friends
* Incredibly fun, just one more time, endless game play!
Thanks for making Temple Run one of the most popular apps of all time!
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201.9K Ratings
PlayerPro23 , 11/27/2020
It gets worse and worse
I used to enjoy playing this game a few years back, but then things started to go downhill. I had this game on a previous device, and it was pretty fun. A year passed, and I didn’t play for a while. Recently, I started playing again, expecting the same experience, but it’s not the same. Temple run was fun before it was practically taken over by pop up ads. If you die, it asks you if you want to revive yourself by watching an ad. However, if you pick no, it still makes you watch an ad. Then, when you are in the menu, pop up ads keep coming. That is not my only complaint. My next complaint is that it tells you to watch an ad to earn coins. Whenever I click on that option, it says my internet connection doesn’t work, but my internet is fine. My next complaint is that sometimes in the middle of a game, it kills me for no reason. I don’t fall into the water or bump into a tree or anything. My last complaint is that the game is kind of laggy. But I know it’s not my internet. I hope you were able to bear through my long list of complaints but please fix these bugs! 😔
mac andcjeese , 06/12/2020
A great game, but some flaws
I’d like to start off by saying I really love the game. The concept is fairly original, and it’s simple and fun to play. But there are two things I don’t like. For starters, the fact that you have to tilt your device to get the coins. It seems unnecessary and I feel it would just be easier to swipe left and right. The other thing I dislike is how it gets faster and faster as time goes on. It gets quite hard to use and I feel myself getting stressed. Other than that though, I absolutely love the game. One of my favorite things it that you can customize your avatar. I also really enjoy the landscape design, it seems random but it’s really beautiful and detailed and and it brings the perfect idea of a jungle. One other note I have, however, is that the obstacles become repetitive and boring after time goes on, so maybe add different obstacles each time you unlock an achievement. Overall though, I love the concept and the game is just so much fun to play. Thank you to the developers for making it!
poolkk , 09/08/2020
Amazing Game!!! ❤️👍🏻😇😃
When my friend realized that I still play "Subway Surfers" at the age 13, she decided to "tease" me about it. I was upset but I really like games like that so I decided to start looking for other games like that for "older kids". I found a bunch of games including this one. I tried them all and they didn't work very well, there were so many ads on them and too many In app purchases, so eventually I decided to try out this game, I said to myself "this is amazing!!" I love how you can not only decide what path you take, but also have more obstacles, like trees, fire, etc. I also like how there are no ads (for me at least). Whenever my mom tells me to go to my room or something because I'm too crazy from my ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) I pull out my iPad and play this for a half hour, it's really fun and does't have any annoying glitches or ads, it's easy to play, and it's just overall an amazing game! I hope you make more games like this!!!!! ❤️😇🙃😃😛😝😋🙂😊😀😄
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A SURPRISING SECOND LOOK AT THOSE "FACTS"ABOUT CANCER AND SMOKING
Doctors cite statistics to "prove" tobacco may kill you. But C. Harcourt Kitchin, author of the widely discussed You May Smoke; takes a hard look at these figures—and finds they tell a different story
A SURPRISING SECOND LOOK AT THOSE "FACTS"ABOUT CANCER AND SMOKING December 17 1966
MOST CANADIANS, in common with a good majority in other countries, have now accepted as established fact that smoking, especially cigarette smoking, is the chief cause of lung cancer.
The foundations for this belief lie in three reports of the medical profession — one from the British Medical Research Council, later elaborated in a second from the British Royal College of Physicians, which was shortly followed by a third, longer and couched in more technical language which few laymen readily understand, from the United States Surgeon General’s department.
All these reports were widely reviewed in newspapers when they were published, not only in their countries of origin but almost throughout the world, and their conclusions have since been quoted in speeches and articles at frequent intervals. Indeed, it would be more accurate to say that the general belief that smoking causes lung cancer is based on what people read in newspapers rather than on the reports themselves, which comparatively few have read and fewer still have studied.
Those who have read the reports will have seen that their conclusions rest almost entirely upon the results of certain statistical studies — notably
one by Doll and Hill of British doctors in 1956 and another by Hammond and Horn in the U. S. in 1958—which show a considerably higher lungcancer death rate among smokers than among nonsmokers. But they claim that the statistical association, which we shall examine shortly, is supported by other evidence. This is how the British Royal College of Physicians puts it:
“The strong statistical association between smoking, especially of cigarettes, and lung cancer is most simply [my italics] explained on a causal basis. This is supported by compatible, though not conclusive, laboratory and pathological evidence, namely (a) the presence of several substances known to be capable of producing cancer in tobacco smoke; (b) the production of cancer of the skin in animals by repeated application of tobacco tar; and (c) the finding, in the bronchial epithelium of smokers, of microscopic changes of the kind which may precede the development of cancer.”
Let’s look at the supporting evidence first. All the reports agree that the real murderer is the cigarette. The U. S. study showed the same mortality among cigar smokers as among nonsmokers (there are not enough regular cigar smokers in
Britain to show figures), and both studies show the death rate of pipe smokers as less than one third that of cigarette smokers.
The U. S. report details the quantities of each of four cancer-producing polycyclic hydrocarbons, in micrograms per thousand grams of tobacco consumed. Here they are:
HYDROCARBON CIGARETTES CIGARS PIPES
Benzpyrene 9 34 85
Acenaphthylene 50 16 291
Anthracene 109 119 1,100
Pyrene 125 176 755
With the sole exception of the quantity of acenaphthylene in cigar smoke, there are far more cancer-producing substances in the smoke from pipes and cigars than in cigarette smoke. All the medical authorities agree that benzpyrene is much the most potent and dangerous. Cigar smoke has nearly four times as much of that as cigarette smoke, and pipe smoke more than nine times as much. Something seems to have gone wrong with this as supporting evidence against cigarettes.
On another page of the British RCP report we find a more modest claim about both the carcinogens in smoke and / continued on pape 25
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“It is improper to conclude smoking is a cause of anything”
experiments on animals: “Skin cancer can be produced in mice by applications of tar condensed from tobacco smoke, but the results obtained by various investigators have not been uniform and exposure of animals to tobacco smoke in inhaled air has failed to produce lung cancers. Moreover, the amount of cancer-producing substances in the smoke itself does not seem likely to be sufficient to account for the large number of cases of cancer associated with the habit.”
This is quite a different story. But it is a fact that mice have developed cancer of the skin after being painted with “tar.” or condensate, or cigarette smoke, in quite unrealistic quantities concentrated on the tiny areas of their backs. The tar left in the lungs and bronchi of an inhaling human is distributed over an area said to be as big as a tennis court. And you may wonder why. if cigarette smoke causes cancer of the lung, it doesn't also cause cancer of the tongue or throat. Another strange thing that has never been explained is that studies have shown no higher death rate from lung cancer among inhalers than among non-inhalers. Early studies showed a lower rate for inhalers.
The report doesn’t specify what sort of microscopic changes heralding lung cancer are to be found in the bronchial epithelium of smokers. The scientific director of the. U. S. Council For Tobacco Research tells of a study by 1 2 pathologists in different urban and rural areas.
After examining 3,000 lungs of patients, they reported that “the type ot lesion (atypical metaplasia) other than the tumor itself most frequently found in the lungs of lung-cancer patients was not more frequent in smokers than among nonsmokers.”
Does this “supporting evidence” really support anything? Or must we fall back upon the statistical association?
It is an old gibe that statistics can be made to prove anything. Statisticians insist that they prove nothing, but only indicate trends to be followed up by further research.
The smoking and lung-cancer statistics have been interpreted not by statisticians but by doctors. The most forceful critics of their conclusions have been statisticians, notably the late Sir Ronald Fisher in Britain, known as the father of modern statistics, and Dr. Joseph Berkson in the United States, who has been called the acknowledged dean of American medical statisticians. Berkson pointed out that no professional statistical association had ever issued a report, or had even been consulted, on the subject.
“I suggest to you,” said University of Toronto mathematician D. B. De Lury, “that it is quite improper, no matter what the data may seem to indicate, to reach any conclusion to the effect that smoking is a cause of anything.”
De Lury’s dry comment would likely be endorsed by most statisticians, for they hate to see people misguidedly using statistics to discover “facts” that really don’t exist. Often,
people will reach a conclusion through statistical association which is clearly questionable the moment you reduce it to absurdity. For instance, in the years when large quantities of apples were imported into Britain there was also a large number of divorces, but Britain didn’t ban the import of apples to reduce the divorce rate. Or, to cite
a second example: there is a strong “statistical association” between the rise in lung cancer and the rise in the sales of nylon stockings.
Besides, it is only too easy to choose statistics to suit your thesis, and leave alone others less convenient. If. for instance, smoking causes lung cancer in Canada, you would expect it to
cause lung cancer in Finland or Japan. The U.S. report chose six countries and gave the lung-cancer death rate for each, per 100,000 population. They are:
But it didn't give the equivalent figures of cigarette consumption for the
SMOKING continued
Have doctors ignored contradictions in their own evidence?
same year. Here they are, per adult:
United States 3,900'
Canada 3,140
England & Wales 2,680
Finland 2,160
Japan 2,090
Norway 540
So we find that Canada and the United States, though smoking more cigarettes than Britain, have only about half the lung-cancer mortality. Within Canada, there is no reason to think that the inhabitants of Hamilton, Ont., smoke more than those in Regina; but Hamilton has 10 times the lung-cancer death rate of Regina. Dr. O. Shaefer, writing in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reported that although Eskimos and Indians smoked heavily, mostly cigarettes nowadays, no bronchogenic cancer had been found in northern natives by X-ray survey teams.
Britain has the highest lung-cancer death rate in the world. British emigrants to South Africa smoke 75 percent more than those who stay at home, but their lung-cancer death rate is 21 percent lower. Can the British reduce their risk by going to South Africa and smoking a whole lot more?
Again, in countries where records are available, cigarette consumption by women has risen in the last 20 years or so much more steeply than has men’s, but their share of the lungcancer death rate is proportionately
not nearly so high now as it was when they hardly smoked at all.
In Britain, for instance, in 1920-24, women smoked 1.4 percent of the national cigarette consumption; in 1960-64 they smoked 32.4 percent. In 1920-24 they suffered 33.6 percent of the national lung-cancer death rate: in 1960-64 it was 14.8 percent.
The reports dismiss the idea that the recorded rise in lung-cancer mortality may be in any substantial part due to better diagnosis, but the Canadian tobacco industry has done some rcsarch on this. They analyzed published studies from 1900 to 1961. covering some of the best reputed hospitals in central Europe, Britain and the United States, noting the cases of death found by postmortem examination to be from lung cancer, which had not been diagnosed as lung cancer before death. They found that the error in diagnosis at the beginning of the century was 71 percent. By the early 1960s it had been reduced to seven percent. Dr. A. J. Phillips, reporting a recent study in Canada, put the error below five percent.
Maybe the real increase is not so formidable as it looks.
There is no doubt, however, that it is too high, and there must be a cause. Can we find it in the higher death rate in industrialized countries and areas?
Nearly 200 years ago, one Percivall Potts noticed that chimney sweeps
were getting more than their share of skin cancer. A century later certain carcinogens, the chief of which was benzpyrene, were established in soot and coal smoke. It is now possible to measure the quantities of it over cities and industrial areas.
Professor F. C. Pybus, of Newcastle, England, recently compared the total quantity of benzpyrene in the smoke from all the smoke-producing coal burned in Britain in a year with that in the smoke of all the tobacco consumed in Britain in a year. From coal smoke 375 tons of benzpyrene: from tobacco smoke — eight pounds of benzyprene.
Without doubt the doctors are honestly convinced that their conclusion that smoking is the chief cause of lung cancer is the right one. Few of us would dare assert that excessive smoking is harmless, or encourage youth to start smoking. But a study of the reports, as distinct from the newspaper stories, must raise doubts whether the cause of lung cancer has so simply been found. Haven’t the doctors overlooked too many contradictory pointers in their own evidence?
Dr. H. A. Shapiro, editor of three authoritative medical journals in South Africa, declared his sympathies to be with the woman who said she had read so much frightening information about smoking and lung cancer that the only sensible thing left for her to do was to give up reading.★
THE BATTLE FOR THE CHILDREN
December 1966 By JON RUDDY
NICHOLAS MONSARRAT
NEW HUSTLE IN THE HOLY LAND
December 1966 By BLAIR FRASER
If Houdini could do it, Levinson can do it
December 1966 By Fred C. Johnson
December 1966 By Sandra Peredo
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With new Ministers announced regularly, this Commonwealth Grants project maps each Minister against the grants made during their tenure in any given position. A new Minister (or occasionally an entire Ministry) has been published on average every eight weeks since the beginning of the 2017-18 financial year (mid 2017). A new dataset has been created with these positions and dates to map both budget data (which operates on a financial year) and Commonwealth the grants that each agency claims are coming out of annual budget appropriations.
Portfolios are the administrative lines drawn between specific agencies and responsible Ministers. Each Portfolio administers specific agencies and those agencies can only spend funding appropriated through Parliament and documented in the Portfolio Budget Statements published on budget night or the MYEFO updates each December or Portfolio Additional Estimate Statements published in February.
Portfolio names change when Administrative Arragement Orders are made by the presiding government. This can change the portfolio to which an agency is attributed or the Minister responsible. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison announced significant changes to the Portfolios and agencies they administed which came into effect on 1, February 2020.
Unless otherwise specified, grants in this system date back to January 2018 when the Commonwealth implemented a whole-of-government grants reporting system, using the same schema (fields) across every agency for the first time.
See the budget project for updates on how the government is reporting budget data during the Covid-19 crisis.
19-20 Financial Year
Click a financial year or individual Minister.
Totals for current financial year to date (at last update)
1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH $4,309,742,548 30.2362%
2 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES $1,791,857,881 12.5713%
3 DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET $1,282,417,501 8.9972%
4 NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE AGENCY $1,071,061,918 7.5143%
5 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL $1,058,562,807 7.4266%
6 NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL $1,034,721,754 7.2594%
7 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS $883,014,252 6.1950%
8 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AGENCY $452,693,146 3.1760%
9 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CITIES $288,140,454 2.0215%
10 DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE $233,956,422 1.6414%
11 DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, ENERGY AND RESOURCES $226,160,184 1.5867%
12 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT $211,323,327 1.4826%
13 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT $188,463,730 1.3222%
14 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING $181,807,370 1.2755%
15 DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS $175,596,623 1.2319%
16 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS $160,065,128 1.1230%
17 DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, SKILLS, SMALL AND FAMILY BUSINESS $153,322,463 1.0757%
18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE $140,947,388 0.9889%
19 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE $73,530,734 0.5159%
20 AUSTRALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION $59,035,641 0.4142%
21 DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE $58,093,767 0.4076%
22 ATTORNEY-GENERALS DEPARTMENT $50,673,553 0.3555%
23 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY $29,648,041 0.2080%
24 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS $24,299,655 0.1705%
25 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY $23,851,912 0.1673%
26 CANCER AUSTRALIA $16,580,713 0.1163%
27 WINE AUSTRALIA $11,595,555 0.0814%
28 ORGAN AND TISSUE AUTHORITY $10,012,333 0.0702%
29 NDIS QUALITY AND SAFEGUARDS COMMISSION $9,550,822 0.0670%
30 AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY $9,534,649 0.0669%
31 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, CITIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $9,163,600 0.0643%
32 AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION $8,897,328 0.0624%
33 FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN AND REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS COMMISSION ENTITY $4,950,000 0.0347%
34 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE $3,619,392 0.0254%
35 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE $1,738,732 0.0122%
36 AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE $1,050,000 0.0074%
37 NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION $1,027,142 0.0072%
38 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $977,146 0.0069%
39 NATIONAL BLOOD AUTHORITY $866,472 0.0061%
40 GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA $708,700 0.0050%
41 SAFE WORK AUSTRALIA $334,944 0.0023%
1 AGED CARE $5,097,622,828 13.0750%
2 INDIGENOUS HEALTH $3,636,319,430 9.3269%
3 SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES $3,179,360,074 8.1548%
4 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES $2,735,395,676 7.0161%
5 MEDICAL RESEARCH $2,313,136,367 5.9330%
6 INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS $1,958,927,366 5.0245%
7 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $1,821,470,784 4.6719%
8 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) RESEARCH $1,537,553,569 3.9437%
9 INDUSTRY INNOVATION $1,140,314,146 2.9248%
10 LEGAL SERVICES $1,095,888,168 2.8109%
11 CHILD CARE $1,021,555,399 2.6202%
12 MENTAL HEALTH $1,015,697,835 2.6052%
13 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES $996,167,963 2.5551%
14 HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH $982,498,826 2.5200%
15 INDIGENOUS EDUCATION $917,784,908 2.3540%
16 VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS $904,481,753 2.3199%
17 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT $851,817,919 2.1848%
18 NATURAL RESOURCES - CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION $605,520,403 1.5531%
19 HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (HASS) RESEARCH $542,635,025 1.3918%
20 CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES $530,400,364 1.3604%
21 TRANSPORT $416,369,787 1.0680%
22 INFRASTRUCTURE $407,465,526 1.0451%
23 EDUCATION SUPPORT $348,954,774 0.8950%
24 HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS $332,892,176 0.8538%
25 HUMANITIES $313,629,673 0.8044%
26 BROADCASTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS $310,592,511 0.7966%
27 DROUGHT $303,230,530 0.7778%
28 DEFENCE $274,965,377 0.7053%
29 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT $263,355,177 0.6755%
30 ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE $227,175,620 0.5827%
31 RURAL DEVELOPMENT $221,871,802 0.5691%
32 SETTLEMENT SERVICES $221,627,449 0.5685%
33 DEMENTIA $215,609,058 0.5530%
34 CANCER $171,415,726 0.4397%
35 DISASTER RELIEF $159,079,373 0.4080%
36 SCIENCE $157,972,447 0.4052%
37 RECREATION AND SPORT $151,792,763 0.3893%
38 FARMING $117,798,608 0.3021%
39 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY $107,032,042 0.2745%
40 HIGHER EDUCATION $106,455,471 0.2730%
41 NATIONAL SECURITY $104,103,845 0.2670%
42 FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE $98,767,541 0.2533%
43 INDIGENOUS ARTS AND CULTURE $83,011,931 0.2129%
44 COMMUNITY SAFETY $82,398,569 0.2113%
45 SMALL BUSINESS $77,134,914 0.1978%
46 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY $76,054,252 0.1951%
47 SCHOLARSHIPS $61,587,983 0.1580%
48 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION $59,245,228 0.1520%
49 ENERGY RESOURCES $58,955,334 0.1512%
50 PALLIATIVE CARE $57,729,578 0.1481%
51 TRADE AND TOURISM $53,053,095 0.1361%
52 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT $50,204,126 0.1288%
53 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH $39,987,764 0.1026%
54 VETERANS $37,955,055 0.0974%
55 WOMEN $33,077,717 0.0848%
56 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS $32,806,319 0.0841%
57 CRISIS ACCOMMODATION $32,400,000 0.0831%
58 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS $29,517,460 0.0757%
59 ACADEMIC MEDICAL RESEARCH $20,092,922 0.0515%
60 SOCIAL SUPPORT $18,895,160 0.0485%
61 COMMEMORATIVE $17,075,452 0.0438%
62 HERITAGE $14,016,320 0.0360%
63 MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS $13,785,494 0.0354%
64 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES $12,806,148 0.0328%
65 PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTARISM AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS INFRASTRUCTURE $12,446,005 0.0319%
66 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS $12,082,227 0.0310%
67 MULTICULTURALISM $11,520,461 0.0295%
68 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY BASED SERVICES $10,931,489 0.0280%
69 CHILD HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING $6,945,400 0.0178%
70 MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES $6,552,892 0.0168%
71 HUMAN RIGHTS $5,233,356 0.0134%
72 TRANSITION TO WORK $4,967,035 0.0127%
73 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH $4,479,200 0.0115%
74 SOCIAL INCLUSION $4,415,700 0.0113%
75 CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH $4,400,000 0.0113%
76 SOCIAL JUSTICE $3,212,747 0.0082%
77 TECHNOLOGY $3,050,850 0.0078%
78 CLIMATE CHANGE $3,031,093 0.0078%
79 CULTURAL HERITAGE $2,176,595 0.0056%
80 OVERSEAS ADVOCACY $1,924,979 0.0049%
81 MIGRANTS $1,860,100 0.0048%
82 INTERNATIONAL AID AND DEVELOPMENT $1,840,863 0.0047%
83 YOUTH SERVICES $1,175,625 0.0030%
84 FOOD AND NUTRITION $1,133,000 0.0029%
85 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY $1,123,691 0.0029%
86 ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES $890,966 0.0023%
87 ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION $649,000 0.0017%
88 COMMUNITY CARE $619,836 0.0016%
89 HEALTHY AGEING $349,261 0.0009%
90 LITERACY AND NUMERACY SUPPORT $345,240 0.0009%
91 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES $286,000 0.0007%
92 ZOOS, WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES $278,000 0.0007%
93 POLLUTION CONTROL $211,150 0.0005%
94 VISUAL ARTS $182,000 0.0005%
95 RECYCLING $165,000 0.0004%
96 LIBRARIES $150,000 0.0004%
97 PERFORMING ARTS $115,560 0.0003%
98 CONSULAR SERVICES $95,000 0.0002%
99 ADVOCACY $75,000 0.0002%
100 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY $55,910 0.0001%
101 FAMILY RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT $54,450 0.0001%
102 WATER RESOURCES $33,000 0.0001%
103 ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN $20,000 0.0001%
104 VICTIMS OF CRIME $2,610 0.0000%
Enter a name keyword eg Catholic, church, climate, animal, red cross.
1 MONASH UNIVERSITY $688,585,350
2 GREAT BARRIER REEF FOUNDATION $493,133,300
3 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE $430,126,010
4 UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES $376,279,605
5 THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND $366,180,020
6 THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST Q $347,255,578
7 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY $317,533,862
8 AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION $301,728,000
9 AUSTRALIAN UNITY HOME CARE SERVICE $293,286,164
10 THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST NSW $257,935,502
11 THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE $257,562,622
12 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES $229,965,347
13 SETTLEMENT SERVICES INTERNATIONAL $229,047,511
14 ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA $206,500,068
15 UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST NSW $206,077,056
16 THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY $200,353,531
17 GP SYNERGY $196,485,821
18 KU CHILDRENS SERVICES $190,116,639
19 NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA $189,531,405
20 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND $168,635,774
21 UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA $164,642,353
22 CARERS QUEENSLAND $163,934,312
23 MISSION AUSTRALIA $158,883,976
24 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY $155,848,553
25 CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CONGRESS ABORIGINAL CORPORATION $151,438,741
26 MTP-IIGC $150,012,500
27 QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY $142,980,424
28 NORTHERN RIVERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL $139,955,402
29 TRANSPORT FOR NSW $139,646,243
30 ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY NSW $135,818,696
31 UNITING NSWACT $133,956,824
32 JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY $132,909,994
33 WELLWAYS AUSTRALIA $128,316,910
34 RELATIONSHIPS AUSTRALIA QLD $126,737,732
35 THE CORPORATION OF THE SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF BRISBANE $124,792,796
36 MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY $123,677,908
37 HEADSPACE NATIONAL YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION $120,565,641
38 SILVER CHAIN GROUP $119,366,736
39 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $117,772,966
40 HAMMONDCARE $117,594,518
41 UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA $116,834,287
42 THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY $111,994,153
43 NATO-AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY TRUST FUND $111,747,200
44 MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE $111,726,548
45 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA $110,243,472
46 MERRI COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES $107,626,570
47 THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS $107,030,124
48 LATROBE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE $106,397,471
49 DEAKIN UNIVERSITY $105,492,978
50 WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH $105,470,374
51 CURTIN UNIVERSITY $105,181,596
52 FLINDERS UNIVERSITY $102,182,999
53 APUNIPIMA CAPE YORK HEALTH COUNCIL $100,066,878
54 GENERAL PRACTICE QUEENSLAND $99,885,903
55 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE $98,644,884
56 PRIMARY HEALTH TASMANIA $97,595,707
57 INSTITUTE FOR URBAN INDIGENOUS HEALTH $97,521,386
58 REGIONAL EXPRESS $97,307,708
59 MIWATJ HEALTH ABORIGINAL CORPORATION $96,111,173
60 NSW RURAL DOCTORS NETWORK $94,155,660
61 OZCARE $93,376,455
62 ROYAL DISTRICT NURSING SERVICE OF SA $92,169,089
63 BEYOND BLUE $91,781,530
64 BROTHERHOOD OF ST LAURENCE $90,757,789
65 COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION $88,969,100
66 THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE $87,490,396
67 LIFELINE AUSTRALIA $87,217,722
68 SERENDIPITY WA $87,049,454
69 ROYAL DISTRICT NURSING SERVICE $86,681,455
70 EASTERN AUSTRALIA SATELLITE BROADCASTERS $85,284,100
71 NATIONAL PRESCRIBING SERVICE $84,982,304
72 HEALTHDIRECT AUSTRALIA $84,484,882
73 RMIT UNIVERSITY $83,546,271
74 LA TROBE UNIVERSITY $82,421,068
75 MOUNT ISA ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTROLLED HEALTH SERVICES $82,131,658
76 INTERRELATE $81,696,503
77 THE ARNHEM LAND PROGRESS ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION $81,227,293
78 NGANAMPA HEALTH COUNCIL $79,938,294
79 HEALTH WORKFORCE QUEENSLAND $79,050,087
80 INTEREACH $78,556,735
81 WA PRIMARY HEALTH ALLIANCE $78,282,666
82 ANGLICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES $77,492,747
83 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY $77,424,422
84 AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITY SERVICES $77,379,350
85 CLONTARF FOUNDATION $77,302,256
86 COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION $75,812,453
87 RACE FOR 2030 $75,350,000
88 KIMBERLEY ABORIGINAL MEDICAL SERVICES $74,756,204
89 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA $74,396,127
90 RELATIONSHIPS AUSTRALIA NSW $74,108,061
91 KINCARE HEALTH SERVICES $72,935,209
92 GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY $72,095,862
93 CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN QLD TRAINING CONSORTIUM $71,909,516
94 ASPEN MEDICAL $71,904,413
95 UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY $71,566,675
96 CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY $71,043,076
97 DANILA DILBA BILURU BUTJI BINNILUTLUM HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION $70,565,773
98 COUNTRY HEALTH SA LOCAL HEALTH NETWORK $70,367,858
99 NGAANYATJARRA HEALTH SERVICE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION $68,358,987
100 QANTAS GROUP AS REPRESENTED BY QANTAS AIRWAYS $68,050,000
1 AGED CARE SERVICES $5,654,156,898 14.5025%
2 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH $3,438,280,324 8.8189%
4 HEALTH WORKFORCE $2,139,903,793 5.4887%
5 FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES $2,047,118,600 5.2507%
6 HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH $2,032,121,807 5.2122%
7 JOBS LAND AND ECONOMY $1,890,179,616 4.8482%
8 NDIA AGENCY COSTS $1,458,136,270 3.7400%
9 ARC DISCOVERY $1,280,593,201 3.2846%
10 SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD CARE SYSTEM $1,217,585,071 3.1230%
11 HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS $1,149,203,690 2.9476%
12 SUPPORTING SCIENCE AND COMMERCIALISATION $1,021,660,533 2.6205%
14 CHILDREN AND SCHOOLING $914,913,865 2.3467%
15 DISABILITY MENTAL HEALTH AND CARERS $875,926,376 2.2467%
16 BUILDING SKILLS AND CAPABILITY $874,110,935 2.2420%
17 COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS $862,594,539 2.2125%
18 SAFETY AND WELLBEING $795,433,690 2.0402%
19 ARC LINKAGE $743,648,082 1.9074%
20 PREVENTIVE HEALTH AND CHRONIC DISEASE SUPPORT $627,128,571 1.6085%
21 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT $595,032,233 1.5262%
22 GROWING BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND IMPROVING BUSINESS CAPABILITY $465,508,826 1.1940%
23 AIR TRANSPORT $361,167,651 0.9264%
24 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATIONS $334,679,748 0.8584%
25 ARTS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT $318,383,613 0.8166%
26 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND COORDINATION $316,445,474 0.8117%
27 AGED CARE QUALITY $241,232,811 0.6187%
28 NATIONAL SECURITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE $212,615,109 0.5453%
29 DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $171,590,340 0.4401%
30 A NATIONALLY COORDINATED SYSTEM FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION FOR TRANSPLANTATION $166,108,827 0.4261%
31 HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE $158,399,200 0.4063%
32 REMOTE AUSTRALIA STRATEGY $156,566,508 0.4016%
33 STRATEGIC POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE $150,538,043 0.3861%
34 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES $142,771,845 0.3662%
35 JUSTICE SERVICES $137,587,853 0.3529%
36 PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS $135,683,034 0.3480%
37 EARLY LEARNING AND SCHOOLS SUPPORT $122,929,226 0.3153%
38 SPORT AND RECREATION $113,215,783 0.2904%
39 CAPABILITY ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT $112,879,470 0.2895%
40 AVIATION, AIR CARGO AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PACKAGE $98,198,244 0.2519%
41 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT $97,589,104 0.2503%
42 NATURAL RESOURCES $87,462,003 0.2243%
43 WORKING AGE PAYMENTS $86,463,982 0.2218%
44 CULTURE AND CAPABILITY $82,497,969 0.2116%
45 NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME $76,080,286 0.1951%
46 MEDICAL BENEFITS $63,820,082 0.1637%
47 ACCESS AND INFORMATION $61,936,857 0.1589%
48 HOME SUPPORT AND CARE $59,694,807 0.1531%
49 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT $55,598,512 0.1426%
50 PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH $50,000,000 0.1282%
51 NEW COLOMBO PLAN $48,328,435 0.1240%
52 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT - NATURAL RESOURCES $46,032,057 0.1181%
53 HEALTH PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE $44,456,092 0.1140%
54 NEW COLOMBO PLAN TRANSFORMING REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS $43,767,360 0.1123%
55 SERVICES TO TERRITORIES $43,735,925 0.1122%
56 AUSTRADE NATIONAL TOURISM ICON PROGRAM $43,500,000 0.1116%
57 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT $43,441,540 0.1114%
58 RESEARCH CAPACITY $43,000,000 0.1103%
59 ABORIGINAL BENEFIT ACCOUNT SPECIAL ACCOUNT $41,601,994 0.1067%
60 REFUGEE AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE $38,074,232 0.0977%
61 PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET $36,271,138 0.0930%
62 IMPROVED CANCER CONTROL $35,351,098 0.0907%
63 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DISASTER FINANCIAL SUPPORT PAYMENTS $34,699,600 0.0890%
64 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRACTICE INCENTIVES $32,999,999 0.0846%
65 AUSTRADE PROGRAM PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE AUSTRALIAS EXPORTS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTERESTS $32,590,559 0.0836%
66 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS $32,400,000 0.0831%
67 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT $30,975,533 0.0794%
68 BIOSECURITY AND EXPORT SERVICES $28,414,693 0.0729%
69 PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH $27,125,068 0.0696%
70 PROGRAM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATIONS $26,659,200 0.0684%
71 HEALTH PEAK AND ADVISORY BODIES $25,024,502 0.0642%
72 WATER REFORM $24,563,796 0.0630%
74 CITIES $24,308,301 0.0623%
75 PAYING LEGACY UNPAID EXTERNAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION DETERMINATION PROGRAM $22,529,068 0.0578%
76 ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT $20,665,049 0.0530%
77 SUPPORT FOR MARKETS AND BUSINESS $20,452,623 0.0525%
78 SUPPORTS FOR MARKETS AND BUSINESS $20,000,000 0.0513%
79 NOT APPLICABLE $18,774,320 0.0482%
80 CONSERVATION OF AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT $18,769,049 0.0481%
81 ASSISTANCE AND OTHER COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS AND DEPENDANTS $18,428,086 0.0473%
82 CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER $17,625,054 0.0452%
83 FOREST INDUSTRY $15,832,000 0.0406%
84 FEDERAL POLICING AND NATIONAL SECURITY $15,498,005 0.0398%
85 DROUGHT $15,000,001 0.0385%
86 AUSTRADE SUPPORTING AUSTRALIAS EXHIBITING ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS $14,457,714 0.0371%
87 RESIDENTIAL AND FLEXIBLE CARE $13,770,293 0.0353%
88 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP GRANTS $13,428,880 0.0344%
89 MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS AND CITIZENSHIP $13,373,561 0.0343%
90 CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION $13,301,740 0.0341%
91 COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES $12,156,985 0.0312%
93 DROUGHT PROGRAMS $10,898,828 0.0280%
95 PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE $10,454,400 0.0268%
96 ASSETLESS ADMINISTRATION FUND $10,190,926 0.0261%
97 HEALTH SYSTEM POLICY, DESIGN AND INNOVATION $10,002,023 0.0257%
98 FINANCIAL CAPABILITY OF WOMEN $10,000,000 0.0256%
99 ENERGY $8,340,285 0.0214%
100 AN EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE, COMPETITIVE, SAFE AND SECURE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR ALL TRANSPORT USERS THROUGH REGULATION, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS $7,960,000 0.0204%
101 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENTNHT $7,864,257 0.0202%
102 RURAL PROGRAMMES $7,700,000 0.0197%
103 FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE OPERATIONS $7,343,345 0.0188%
104 VETERANS? COMMUNITY CARE AND SUPPORT $7,296,371 0.0187%
105 DOD NOT APPLICABLE $6,457,984 0.0166%
106 TARGETED ASSISTANCE AIDS AND APPLIANCES $6,230,400 0.0160%
107 PAYING LEGACY UNPAID EXTERNAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION DETERMINATION $6,142,135 0.0158%
108 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH $5,944,527 0.0152%
109 REDUCING AUSTRALIAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS $5,500,000 0.0141%
110 VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE AND SUPPORT $5,305,915 0.0136%
111 MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTES, SUBSTANCES AND POLLUTANTS $5,060,150 0.0130%
112 FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN ADDITIONAL RESOURCING NEW POLICY PROPOSAL $4,950,000 0.0127%
113 SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME PROVIDERS IN RELATION TO REGISTRATION $4,775,722 0.0122%
114 HEARING SERVICES $4,620,000 0.0118%
115 SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY $4,620,000 0.0118%
116 INTERNATIONAL MARKET ACCESS $4,194,518 0.0108%
117 FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS $4,008,125 0.0103%
118 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES $3,983,080 0.0102%
119 NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION $3,867,181 0.0099%
120 ASSETLESS ADMINSTRATION FUND $3,763,675 0.0097%
121 SURFACE TRANSPORT $3,612,250 0.0093%
122 NA317 NONAID AUSTRALIA PACIFIC SPORTS GRANT $3,421,774 0.0088%
123 NDISQSC PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR NDIS PROVIDERS IN RELATION TO REGISTRATION $3,258,200 0.0084%
124 NONAID PACIFICAUS SPORTS GRANT $3,227,259 0.0083%
125 SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT $3,100,000 0.0080%
126 SERVICES FOR OTHER ENTITIES AND TRUST MONIES $2,420,000 0.0062%
127 NATIONAL BLOOD AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT $2,268,973 0.0058%
128 DAIRY INDUSTRY $2,211,000 0.0057%
129 ANTARCTICA: SCIENCE, POLICY AND PRESENCE $2,188,353 0.0056%
130 GATEWAY NETWORK GOVERNANCE BODY $2,157,100 0.0055%
131 VETERANS AND COMMUNITY GRANT $2,139,087 0.0055%
132 ESTATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE $1,980,000 0.0051%
133 NATIONAL TAX CLINIC PROGRAM $1,978,925 0.0051%
134 EDUCATION $1,950,650 0.0050%
135 PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY $1,870,448 0.0048%
136 ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY $1,845,318 0.0047%
137 EVALUATION AND RESEARCH $1,755,733 0.0045%
138 ABCM INNOVATIVE CLINICAL TRIALS GRANT OPPORTUNITY $1,749,170 0.0045%
139 PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE $1,738,732 0.0045%
140 PROGRAM PAYMENT TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS $1,665,683 0.0043%
141 NONAID AUSTRALIA PACIFIC SPORTS GRANT $1,592,900 0.0041%
142 ROAD SAFETY $1,566,016 0.0040%
143 SUPPORT FOR NDIS PROVIDERS IN RELATION TO REGISTRATION $1,516,900 0.0039%
144 SUPPORTING YOUNGER VETERANS $1,212,565 0.0031%
145 PAYMENT TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS $1,186,207 0.0030%
146 CANCER AUSTRALIA $1,147,065 0.0029%
147 INDIGENOUS LEGAL AND NATIVE TITLE ASSISTANCE $1,126,100 0.0029%
148 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY $1,100,000 0.0028%
149 HEALTH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY $1,100,000 0.0028%
150 DISASTER RESILIENCE AUSTRALIA PACKAGE $1,100,000 0.0028%
151 PEOPLE $943,471 0.0024%
152 RURAL MES $901,146 0.0023%
153 DEFENCE PEOPLE $836,412 0.0021%
154 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT PROMOTIONS $825,000 0.0021%
155 OPERATING EXPENSES CIVIL JUSTICE AND LEGAL SERVICES $780,575 0.0020%
156 GEOSCIENTIFIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SERVICES $708,700 0.0018%
157 REDUCING AUSTRALIA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS $666,907 0.0017%
158 REFORM OF AND IMPROVEMENTS TO AUSTRALIAN WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS $641,521 0.0016%
159 AUSTRALIAN RURAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION LIMITED $577,948 0.0015%
160 ANTARCTIA: SCIENCE, POLICY AND PRESENCE $550,000 0.0014%
161 AUSTRADE REGIONAL TOURISM EVENTS INITIATIVE $536,982 0.0014%
162 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT FOR APEC 2018 $522,000 0.0013%
163 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INCLUDING IRGP PAYMENTS $496,364 0.0013%
164 IT STUDENTS SPONSORSHIP $459,000 0.0012%
165 FISHING INDUSTRY $440,000 0.0011%
166 DATA SCIENCE AND DECISION STUDENTS SPONSORSHIP $380,000 0.0010%
167 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY $330,000 0.0008%
168 MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES $284,691 0.0007%
169 MONEY SMART TEACHING $253,050 0.0006%
170 CYBER SECURITY CRC $247,500 0.0006%
171 AIR FORCE CAPABILITIES $230,100 0.0006%
172 REGIONAL COOPERATION $200,000 0.0005%
173 ARMY CAPABILITIES $152,250 0.0004%
174 AUSTLII $150,000 0.0004%
175 ARC LINKAGE PROJECT $126,983 0.0003%
176 FISHING INDUSTRY ISTERED EXPENSES FISHERIES RESOURCES RESEARCH FUND $110,000 0.0003%
177 JUSTICE SERVICES COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES $100,000 0.0003%
178 HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY $100,000 0.0003%
179 EMPLOYMENT $90,669 0.0002%
180 DEPARTMENTAL BUILDING CAPACITY IN PNG FIRE SERVICE $87,000 0.0002%
181 DEPARTMENTAL OUTCOME 1 $74,066 0.0002%
182 INTERCESSIONAL GRANT $73,502 0.0002%
183 MONEY SMART TEACHING PROGRAM $66,340 0.0002%
184 FEDERATION UNIVERSITY INTERNS GRANT ROUND 1 $60,000 0.0002%
185 COMMONWEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL WATER $60,000 0.0002%
186 CONSERVATION OF AUSTRALIAS HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT $54,912 0.0001%
187 SACSMHDT SACS IN MENTAL HEALTH $54,049 0.0001%
188 CONSULAR SERVICES $45,000 0.0001%
189 INDIGENOUS SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE 219 22 $34,500 0.0001%
190 CONSERVATION OF AUSTRALIA'S HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT $31,725 0.0001%
191 SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION BY REPRESENTATIVES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IN INTERNATIONAL FORUMS $30,000 0.0001%
192 PORTFOLIO BUDGET STATEMENTS $26,400 0.0001%
193 GEOSCIENTIFIC AND SPATIAL INFROMATION SERVICES $20,000 0.0001%
194 INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION $19,000 0.0000%
195 PAYMENT SCHEME FOR AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA'S EN ROUTE CHARGES $17,500 0.0000%
196 HEALTH ACCESS AND INFORMATION $11,550 0.0000%
197 2019 NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK $10,000 0.0000%
198 UNR DEPARTMENTAL PAYMENTS UN YOUTH $8,800 0.0000%
199 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY $8,500 0.0000%
200 WAR GRAVES CARE AND MAINTENANCE $4,530 0.0000%
201 IMPROVING THE OUTLOOK FOR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF $1,100 0.0000%
1 NSW SYDNEY $3,315,103,886
2 VIC MELBOURNE $3,049,778,450
3 QLD BRISBANE $2,249,521,337
4 NT LINGIARI $1,839,324,542
5 SA ADELAIDE $1,716,052,771
6 ACT CANBERRA $1,542,601,177
7 NSW KINGSFORD SMITH $995,401,216
8 NT SOLOMON $974,675,683
9 VIC HOTHAM $896,001,772
10 WA DURACK $875,119,256
11 VIC MACNAMARA $707,273,636
12 WA SWAN $705,140,096
13 WA PERTH $701,959,061
14 QLD LEICHHARDT $698,067,060
15 QLD RYAN $635,138,517
16 QLD GRIFFITH $626,324,345
17 WA CURTIN $587,488,837
18 NSW GRAYNDLER $545,674,155
19 NSW NORTH SYDNEY $534,265,245
20 NSW BENNELONG $434,662,918
21 TAS CLARK $429,504,620
22 QLD KENNEDY $416,662,779
23 NSW PARRAMATTA $395,427,463
24 VIC KOOYONG $389,215,118
25 NSW PARKES $374,235,518
26 NSW NEWCASTLE $350,708,741
27 SA GREY $347,781,773
28 NSW MITCHELL $320,782,144
29 NSW PAGE $292,136,396
30 NSW CUNNINGHAM $268,815,916
31 VIC COOPER $266,031,631
32 QLD DAWSON $243,252,706
33 VIC GIPPSLAND $238,585,246
34 WA STIRLING $237,794,560
35 QLD MORETON $237,357,094
36 VIC CORIO $228,782,719
37 NSW CALARE $225,510,451
38 QLD MARANOA $223,969,803
39 NSW FARRER $221,709,012
40 VIC CHISHOLM $219,067,128
41 TAS FRANKLIN $200,839,270
42 NSW COWPER $197,748,349
43 SA BOOTHBY $196,930,497
44 QLD HERBERT $186,011,576
45 NSW RIVERINA $182,742,570
46 SA BARKER $180,909,481
47 NSW NEW ENGLAND $178,531,993
48 QLD LILLEY $178,133,927
49 VIC WILLS $176,484,575
50 NSW GILMORE $175,679,607
51 QLD CAPRICORNIA $163,412,014
52 VIC MALLEE $161,489,951
53 VIC WANNON $153,916,657
54 VIC NICHOLLS $143,990,988
55 CHINA OVERSEAS $138,769,081
56 QLD MCPHERSON $133,966,445
57 QLD BONNER $132,845,589
58 VIC HIGGINS $132,101,137
59 TAS BASS $128,935,722
60 WA O'CONNOR $122,039,205
61 VIC ISAACS $117,888,782
62 QLD FAIRFAX $110,862,931
63 QLD GROOM $109,189,416
64 ACT BEAN $107,782,835
65 SA HINDMARSH $107,695,386
66 VIC INDI $107,143,224
67 NSW WARRINGAH $106,257,882
68 NSW WENTWORTH $102,185,081
69 QLD HINKLER $101,340,855
70 WA FREMANTLE $98,233,024
71 WA FORREST $97,345,192
72 NSW HUNTER $95,447,543
73 TAS BRADDON $91,569,237
74 NSW FOWLER $89,380,881
75 NSW LINDSAY $89,286,448
76 VIC ASTON $87,012,537
77 TAS LYONS $84,370,151
78 VIC BENDIGO $82,841,020
79 SA STURT $82,303,900
80 NSW EDEN-MONARO $81,729,081
81 QLD MONCRIEFF $80,289,961
82 QLD WIDE BAY $78,715,510
83 WA HASLUCK $76,617,153
84 QLD FISHER $72,302,248
85 WA MOORE $69,956,194
86 NSW RICHMOND $69,840,335
87 NSW LYNE $67,318,881
88 NSW MACARTHUR $67,131,015
89 SA MAKIN $66,329,287
90 VIC BALLARAT $64,217,143
91 NSW REID $63,552,315
92 VIC GELLIBRAND $62,414,698
93 QLD FLYNN $59,722,691
94 SA MAYO $58,969,626
95 NSW DOBELL $58,029,124
96 QLD LONGMAN $56,750,144
97 VIC CORANGAMITE $56,543,929
98 WA TANGNEY $56,331,856
99 WA BURT $53,412,810
100 NSW MACKELLAR $53,365,882
101 VIC MONASH $52,565,338
102 NSW ROBERTSON $51,568,203
103 NSW COOK $50,646,150
104 VIC SCULLIN $50,432,968
105 QLD BLAIR $50,342,008
106 VIC GOLDSTEIN $49,293,434
107 QLD RANKIN $48,529,334
108 VIC CALWELL $47,950,680
109 VIC BRUCE $47,248,451
110 WA CANNING $45,599,891
111 NSW MACQUARIE $44,973,013
112 NSW CHIFLEY $44,528,110
113 QLD FORDE $43,944,243
114 NSW WATSON $43,659,623
115 VIC FLINDERS $42,878,366
116 QLD BOWMAN $42,564,658
117 VIC CASEY $42,157,803
118 WA PEARCE $41,082,714
119 VIC JAGAJAGA $39,780,381
120 NSW PATERSON $39,738,929
121 NSW BRADFIELD $39,495,994
122 NSW GREENWAY $37,846,102
123 VIC DUNKLEY $34,988,740
124 SA SPENCE $34,841,368
125 NSW WHITLAM $32,830,243
126 NSW HUME $27,400,210
127 VIC MARIBYRNONG $26,489,320
128 NSW BLAXLAND $26,062,182
129 QLD OXLEY $25,628,234
130 VIC MENZIES $24,867,551
131 NSW BANKS $24,858,110
132 ACT FENNER $23,781,381
133 VIC GORTON $23,408,556
134 QLD DICKSON $22,943,244
135 VIC LALOR $21,459,558
136 QLD FADDEN $20,863,955
137 VIC HOLT $20,735,646
138 NSW BARTON $20,612,228
139 VIC FRASER $20,168,922
140 QLD WRIGHT $19,334,463
141 NSW HUGHES $17,910,939
142 SA KINGSTON $17,893,635
143 VIC DEAKIN $16,197,630
144 NSW MCMAHON $15,344,866
145 VIC LA TROBE $14,947,463
146 NSW WERRIWA $14,001,112
147 QLD PETRIE $13,822,965
148 NSW BEROWRA $13,375,122
149 WA COWAN $12,117,487
150 WA BRAND $11,177,848
151 VIC MCEWEN $9,081,165
152 NSW SHORTLAND $7,728,309
AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION
2 Agencies
2 Programs
3 Grants
Fin Year
Since Jan 2018
1 18-19 Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities $265,000,000 2
2 19-20 Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications $36,728,000 1
1 18-19 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT $265,000,000 2
2 19-20 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT $36,728,000 1
ADELAIDE $30,000,000
Keswick Terminal 5035 SA AUSTRALIA ABN: 75081455754
Infrastructure Investment Program
Infrastructure Closed Non-Competitive
The Australian Rail Track Corporation to undertake the Development Phase for the Port Botany Rail Line Duplication project, comprising the Botany Rail Line Duplication between Mascot and Botany, and the Cabramatta Loop on the Southern Sydney Freight Line.
Port Botany Rail Line Duplication Development Phase
2020 NSW AUSTRALIA
15 Jan 2019 22 Jan 2019 15 Jan 2019 30 Jun 2020 2018-19
Mile End 5031 SA AUSTRALIA ABN: 75081455754
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
The Australian Rail Track Corporation to undertake the implementation of the Advanced Train Management System (ATMS), involving Stage One ATMS deployment between Whyalla and Port Augusta in South Australia, and the Development Phase for Stage Two of ATMS including preparatory works to investigate the feasibility of implementing ATMS between Tarcoola South Australia and Kalgoorlie Western Australia. The funding deed commenced in 2015 and predates the establishment of GrantConnect. The funding deed was varied in 2020 to support the provision of services to 30 June 2022.
Implementation of the Advanced Train Management System
Multiple ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS AUSTRALIA
07 Apr 2015 30 Apr 2020 07 Apr 2015 30 Jun 2022 2019-20
ADELAIDE $235,000,000
The purpose of the grant is for the Australian Rail Track Corporation to upgrade the standard gauge Victorian North East Rail Line to meet the Victorian Class 2 passenger track performance standard and improve ride quality, reliability and resilience of the line for passenger rail services.
Rail infrastructure construction works to upgrade the standard gauge North East Rail Line.
3677 VIC AUSTRALIA
03 Oct 2018 18 Oct 2018 03 Oct 2018 30 Jun 2021 2018-19
1 AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION $301,728,000 3
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General Buratai: Why Leadership Is Key In The…
Belt and Road National Pavilion enriches consumers’ choices, stimulates spillover effect of CIIE
COVID-19 has postponed outbound trips for many Chinese, but the Belt and Road National Pavilion set up at the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) are enabling them to have a taste of exotic environment without having to cross the border.
The Belt and Road National Pavilion project was inaugurated ahead of the opening of the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE) by the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone National (Regional) Center.
At present, the project includes pavilions of more than 20 countries and regions, such as Spain, Belgium, South Africa, Russia, Iran, and Mongolia, exhibiting and selling thousands of imported high-quality products.
In the Syrian national pavilion, Aleppo soaps has been drawing huge attention. These hard soaps handmade with olive oil come from Jubilee Soaps, largest soap maker in Syria. They are very popular around the world because of their tastefully selected materials and long history, said a staff worker at the pavilion. However, according to the staff worker, Jubilee Soaps was blown up in war and only a few hundred pieces are now left in the world.
Imported products are nothing new to Chinese consumers who used to shop overseas and are today presented with a wider selection of imported products at home.
The Belt and Road National Pavilion has not only provided more high-quality products from various countries for Chinese consumers, but also established a sales and display platform for CIIE exhibitors at the consumer end and stimulated the spillover effect of the event.
In Thailand’s national pavilion, rubber latex products and Thai snacks are particularly welcomed by consumers.
The pavilion has made special labels for products from the CIIE and the sales of rubber latex products and durian snacks have reached tens of million yuan, said Cheng Yubo, managing director of Thai Pavilion Corporate Co., Ltd.
The Belt and Road National Pavilion also empowers CIIE exhibitors to connect with relevant industries and enterprises in the FTZ, and expands trade channels at the business end.
Cheng believes that the Belt and Road National Pavilion serves as a permanent platform for the CIIE from which consumers can buy high-quality imported products at any time. The project also drives the development of enterprises in East China, he added.
Apart from housing national and regional pavilions, the 7,000-square meter Belt and Road National Pavilion is also equipped with modern multimedia facilities such as 4D cinema, broadcast rooms, and super-large screens, making it a display and promotion platform integrating trade and retail, cultural exchanges, as well as economy and investment.
The construction of the Belt and Road National Pavilion is a major attempt made by the China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ to facilitate the integration of commerce and trade, noted Zhang Hao, deputy general manager of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group Co., Ltd., which helped facilitate the construction of the pavilion.
The abundant overseas commodity resources in the FTZ need to provide people with tangible consumer and cultural experiences while building a trading platform for companies, Zhang added.
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Willie Nelson’s ‘We Are the Cowboys’ Is a Unifying Ode for Trying Times [Listen]
Willie Nelson is here to add some good news to an objectively overwhelming year with "We Are the Cowboys."
In the lilting new song, country music's elder statesman sings of unity and salutes the everyman. The track is from Nelson's upcoming album First Rose of Spring, the musician's seventieth solo studio effort. The album, initially due in April, was delayed earlier this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The stirring sounds of "We Are the Cowboys" will immediately call to mind the best of the musician's past work. But there's an all-inclusive message at the heart of the country ode that makes it perfect for 2020.
In the tune, Nelson makes it clear: "Cowboys are average American people / Texicans, Mexicans, Black men and Jews / They love this old world and they don't want to lose it / They're counting on me and they're counting on you."
The hopeful song emerged June 19 alongside an equally encouraging music video from Nelson. After a two-month delay, First Rose of Spring is scheduled to arrive on July 3 via Legacy Recordings.
"We Are the Cowboys" is the fourth release so far from the imminent album. It follows May's "I'm the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised" and "Our Song," from this March, as well as the soulful title track, issued in February.
But when will listeners get to hear Willie's reported Snoop Dogg collab? Perhaps that song will be saved for the Nelson album that follows this one. Go here to pre-order First Rose of Spring.
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Source: Willie Nelson’s ‘We Are the Cowboys’ Is a Unifying Ode for Trying Times [Listen]
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Farewell Lily Hoang!
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Please join me in saying farewell to Lily Hoang who is leaving Big Other to concentrate her blogging efforts at Html Giant. I will truly miss her posts here.
Be sure to keep up with her goings-on HERE.
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John Madera's fiction may be found in Conjunctions, Opium Magazine, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many other journals. His criticism may be found in American Book Review, Bookforum, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Rain Taxi: Review of Books, The Believer, The Brooklyn Rail, and many other venues. Recipient of an M.F.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University, John Madera lives in New York City, where he runs Rhizomatic and manages and edits Big Other.
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7 thoughts on “Farewell Lily Hoang!”
Ryan W. Bradley says:
wow. sorry to hear this, you will be missed lily, luckily i can bug you elsewhere
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yes, i’m still on FB, HTMLgiant, my own blog, AND i’ll continue to stalk your comment fields!!
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You’d better stalk the comments. And I think we should still have you at Chicago reading.
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thanks, tim, i’d be honored to still read in chicago with BO!!
Would it be totally cheesy if I made a joke like, “The audience might prefer you wear deodorant” ??
ha ha! i’d love it! make as many bad cheesy jokes at my expense as you want! bring it, tim, bring it.
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Here’s The Trailer For HBO’s New Weed Comedy, HIGH MAINTENANCE™
Get it? HIGH. Because of the weed.
By Scott Wampler Aug. 11, 2016
Here is something I've learned over the years: you don't write off a new HBO series simply because it has a cutesy title or a shitty trailer. The network's track record is such that we can usually - usually! - assume, with some degree of certainty, that the folks at HBO know what they're doing.
But this High Maintenance trailer (which inexplicably includes a ™ symbol after the title; maybe that's the name of the main character's weed delivery service?) is really putting that bit of wisdom to the test.
This is a weird, low-energy, awkwardly-cut (bad, let's just call it bad) trailer. I know this because I have watched High Maintenance's trailer twice now, and on both occasions my reaction has been "I do not want to see this show". This is the opposite of what a trailer - a successful trailer, anyway - is supposed to do. And yet...history leaves me inclined to give HBO the benefit of the doubt.
Let's look at the synopsis:
Providing a glimpse into the homes and routines of eccentric New Yorkers, the comedy series High Maintenance explores the private lives of these unique individuals through a common thread: their weed deliveryman. Ben Sinclair stars as The Guy, whose client base includes a group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.
High Maintenance was created by the married duo of Katja Blichfeld (Emmy®-winning casting director of 30 Rock) and Ben Sinclair (Sisters, The Big C), who write and direct every episode of the new season, and executive produced by Katja Blichfeld, Ben Sinclair and Russell Gregory.
The main character's name is The Guy? Woof, folks.
I suppose I might give High Maintenance a shot at some point, but how quickly I get around to that will largely depend on what I hear about the show after it premieres on September 16th.
What do you guys think? Am I being too hard on this trailer? Think you'll check the show out? Let's hear what you have to say below.
Oh, also, here's the poster. It has a joint on it, because of the weed.
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BATTLESPACE Updates
04 Oct 10. Converged solutions provider Enkay Technologies has tied up with Morpho Detection, Inc, a subsidiary of state-owned French aerospace and defence contractor Safran Group and the General Electric Company (GE), global leader in CBRNE detection and scanning technology. Morpho is one of the global manufacturers of detection technology for the security industry. It supplies systems that help detect explosives, narcotics and also chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) material. Morpho’s main clients include government agencies, defence establishments, air and ground transportation, first responder, critical infrastructure and other high-risk organisations. Mumbai-based Enkay’s tie up with Morpho will enable the Indian company to offer advanced scanning and detection solutions to verticals like hospitality, commercial, infrastructure, retail, manufacturing and establish itself as a strong player in Indian security market. (Source: Google)
Oct 10. Cellular Backup Network for Security Systems. Security and communications systems combine voice, data and video within a structured system that often includes access control. Access control identifies users and limits their access according to defined authorization rules. Technologies employed in these applications include facial recognition, card readers, keypads and computer-activated locks, door panels, and more. Telephone entry control, plastic identification (ID) cards, video ID equipment, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, and fingerprint recognition technologies are also available for use with building security and communications systems. Due to the mission-critical nature of these applications, network redundancy is essential in case the primary network fails or is disabled by an intruder. Moxa’s solution used the building’s existing Ethernet network as the primary backbone and a cellular network for the backup solution. The OnCell 3100 series IP modem was used to develop the cellular network. A reliable backup system is extremely crucial because if the Ethernet network goes down and the security monitoring company is not instantly notified of the disruption, a robbery can occur during the interval. Therefore, power redundancy is also an important requirement for this project. The OnCell G3100-HSDPA series of high-speed industrial-grade IP gateways are intelligent and fully-featured wireless communication platforms that connect your Ethernet and serial devices over a cellular TCP/IP network. The OnCell G3100-HSDPA series offers connectivity to all tri HSDPA/UMTS frequency bands and quad GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequency bands used in Europe and the United States, allowing seamless global roaming on the best available network. The OnCell G3100-HSDPA comes with private IP management software and supports VPN for handling the IP address issue in cellular network structures. The OnCell G3100-HSDPA also comes with a built-in relay output that can be configured to indicate the priority of events when notifying or warning engineers in the field. Two digital inputs also allow you to connect basic I/O devices, and the OnCell G3100-HSDPA comes with redundant power inputs to assure non-stop operation. The serial detection devices can send data over a primary Ethernet network and a backup cellular network
07 Oct 10. Cassidian and NEXThink have announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement on the integration of NEXThink software into the solutions and offerings of Cassidian Cyber Security Solutions. The agreement will enable the two companies to offer their respective customers new and innovative services in the defence, aviation, space and security markets. Through this agreement the two firms are combining their expertise and their human, technical and logistical resources to provide unique end-to-end service offerings, especially as regards technology for computer crime prevention, risk management and the setting up of network and security operations
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Bellingham solar panel companies begin to unlock commercial market
by Mathew Roland • July 30, 2019 4:09 pm
Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee, visited Silfab Solar Inc. in Bellingham on July 17, 2019. During his speech, he highlighted the advancement of clean energy jobs in the state and the celebrated expansion of Silfab Solar. The governor’s visit comes just months after the Washington State Senate approved SB 5116, requiring all electric utilities to meet 100 percent of its retail electric load with renewable sources by 2045.
“The saviors of our planet are right here in this building,” Inslee said. “People that are expanding solar production are not only the people creating over 100 jobs in Bellingham Washington but are giving a shot to our children and our grandchildren.”
Silfab Solar is one of the top five producers of solar panels in the U.S. but is not the only solar company in town helping residents and businesses go green. Local companies, Western Solar and Ecotech Solar are working together with Sustainable Connections to guide businesses through the transition to renewable energy. Earlier this spring the groups put together a ‘Solarize for Smart Business’ campaign. The energy efficiency campaign focused on helping businesses navigate solar energy grants, incentives, loans and contracts.
This is the second campaign run by Sustainable Connections. The first campaign in 2016 focused on residential customers, said Rose Lathrop, program director at Sustainable Connections. The campaign led to 48 solar systems to be installed in Whatcom County and generated 1.2 million in solar economic development. Also, each solar panel installer donated one panel to the Bellingham Food Bank resulting in a 48-panel system installed at the Food Bank, Lathrop said.
After receiving a $10,000 grant from Spark Northwest, Sustainable Connections held three energy efficiency seminars, one in Anacortes, one in Lynden and one in Mt. Vernon. The seminars helped businesses, such as those in the agriculture sector, finance solar panel installation. The seminars also helped businesses navigate the Rural Energy for America Program or REAP grants. The federal grants are available to businesses outside of Bellingham and Ferndale to fund the solar installation.
“When you drive up to a business and you see solar, people within our community are more likely to shop or frequent businesses that have shared values of energy efficiency and climate change,” Lathrop said.
While it is still too soon to determine the success of the 2019 campaign, Lathrop anticipates quite a few projects to stem from it. One of the first bids resulting from the 2019 campaign was for Skagit Valley Malting to potentially install a $250,000 system. By taking advantage of a federal tax credit, REAP Grant, solar installer discount, accelerated appreciation and sales tax exemption they could see a return on investment after 3.5 years, Lathrop said.
Since solar was first invented in 1953 by Bell Labs in New Jersey, the technology has continued to advance and be integrated into residential and commercial sectors. The panels transform visible light that is reaching the earth into electric currents. In Washington most of the panels are designed to collect light at lower angles so that the panel can still generate electricity even on overcast days, said Markus Virta, director of sales and business development for Western Solar.
“The whole concept of solar is that you are fixing your cost of electricity,” said Virta. “As we’re transitioning away from hydrocarbons and fossil fuels, electricity is the main way we can decarbonize our planet.”
While the residential market for solar panels has been steadily increasing the commercial market is just now starting to be unlocked, said Virta. Part of the reason it can be tricky for a business to go solar is due to regulations and the financing involved for such a large project. However, programs like REAP alongside credit unions in Washington that specialize in solar, businesses can make the transition affordable, Virta said.
“We are able to offer lower rates to small rural businesses than what the rest of the market can afford and opportunities to help get solar out to folks businesses that typically wouldn’t be able to afford them,” Virta said.
As solar becomes less expensive and more accessible a greater number of people stand to benefit from energy savings. Dana Brandt started Ecotech Solar in 2004 as the first solar contractor in Whatcom County. Since then his business has grown to employ 13 and has helped outfit dozens of businesses with solar arrays. Sustainable connections have been a really important partner and helped us find some of our first jobs in the county, Brandt said.
“When I started it seemed laughable to do solar in Whatcom County,” Brandt said. “In the early days, the economics didn’t line up well. Now it’s more accessible to any business with good roof space that isn’t shaded.
Ecotech has outfitted businesses such as Wood’s Coffee at Boulevard Park, Alluvial Farms and Kulshan College of Intuitive Medicine. They also installed the largest array, 127 kilowatts, in Whatcom County at Irongate Machine. We see a lot of interests from businesses because it helps them control their long-term expenditures, Brandt said. “The future is bright for solar,” he said.
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Music: April March - "Chick Habit"
Festival Films 20 - 31
Ok, time to finish up these Festival reviews. Last Friday I saw four films:
La Vie en Rose was a lovely film about singer Edith Piaf. Personally, I think there was way too much jumping back and forth in time, a trick that really only distracted from the excellent story they were telling. The soundtrack was, of course, excellent.
Then I went to see Zoo, an evenhanded but ultimately sympathetic documentary about that Washington state man who died after having sex with a horse. Essentially it was an oral history told in the voices of various people involved in the story with visuals that were were mostly shadowy, dreamlike recreations of events.
In Korean director Kim Ki Duk's Time an obsessively jealous woman decides the only way to keep her boyfriend interested in her is to break up with him, get massive plastic surgery, and then meet him again as a new person.
Unholy Women (along with Time) turned out to be an unfortunately gynophobic double feature. It was made up of three short horror stories from three Japanese directors, two of which were amusing because of their mix of comedy and horror, but the final one was boring.
On Saturday, I saw three films:
Woman on the Beach from Korean minimalist director Hong Sang-soo told the story of a commitment-fearing film director who pushes his way into one love triangle after another.
Then I saw The Untouchable again, because I wanted to see the India scenes again.
If Anna Biller's Viva was a half-hour sitcom running on cable, I'd be raving about it, but at two hours in length, I found it a bit torturous to sit through. Essentially, it attempts to be the ultimate faux 70s sexploitation cult film. The plot and acting are styled after a combo of Russ Myers films and ultra-cheesey porn films (but almost always cutting away before any actual sex). The dialogue is largely lifted from the cartoons and advertisements in old Playboy magazines. The super groovy sets and wardrobe were obsessively authentic and probably the most brilliant part of the film.
Sunday was so rainy and I was feeling pretty sick so I pretty much stayed home. On Monday, I saw three films:
Fracture was a rare thing for the festival: a big-budget Hollywood film. Anthony Hopkins plays a brilliant engineer who seems to have pulled off the perfect crime and Ryan Gosling is the young district attorney putting his career on the line to bring him down.
Trapped Ashes is a pretty generic, sex-centric horror anthology (from Joe Dante, Ken Russell and a few others) that you'd be unsurprised to see running at two in the morning on some channel like Cinemax.
Waiter was a bit too tediously sadistic to be entertaining for me. Basically, a waiter, horrified with his awful life confronts the screenwriter who's writing his story and complains, only to be punished more.
And then I wrapped things up with two on Tuesday:
Out of This World Animation was a collection of animated shorts, mostly very good and quite surreal.
In the Shadow of the Moon was a really great documentary about NASA's Apollo missions to the Moon. Some amazing footage of the journeys and nicely told in the astronaut's own voices.
Phew...
Tags: film, film festival
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Habitability Still a Go on Tidally Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets
by Korey Haynes | Nov 7, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries | 1 comment
Title: Water Trapping on Tidally Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets Requires Special Conditions
Authors: Jun Yang, Yonggang Liu, Yongyun Hu, and Dorian S. Abbot
First Author’s Institution: University of Chicago
Status: Accepted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters
We’ve talked many times before on Astrobites about habitable exoplanets, defined by whether they can retain liquid water on their surfaces. To first order, this involves the habitable zone, otherwise known as the “Goldilocks zone” or the “just right” distance a planet can orbit its star where water on the planet’s surface will neither freeze solid nor be boiled away. But distance from the star (which translates directly into the amount of stellar radiation received by the planet) is only the first-order approximation; to truly understand the state of a planet’s water, we have to understand the details of the planet’s atmosphere and heat circulation. This is mostly beyond today’s observational abilities, but we can apply models to tell us what kinds of planets are good candidates for habitability.
Yang and collaborators explore a specific subset of exoplanets: tidally locked, rocky exoplanets orbiting M-stars. M-stars are the most common type of star by far, and because they are small, cool stars, their habitable zones are located close in. This results in tidal locking for many habitable zone planets. Tidally locked planets orbit such that one side always faces their star, and one side out into space. Consequently, they have huge temperature gradients between their day and night sides. Atmospheric circulation in these planets will tend to transport water from the day side of the planet (where it evaporates) to the night side (where it condenses back out of the atmosphere). Once on the cold night side, it will freeze and potentially be trapped as ice. But how much of this water freezes? Once it freezes, is it lost forever as a liquid? To understand this scenario more fully, atmospheric circulation models must be combined with models describing the flow of oceans as well as both land and sea ice sheets.
Yang and collaborators use models developed to study Earth’s climate, which comprise coupled models to study atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land. In all cases they examine a typical super-Earth exoplanet with a period of 37 days, a radius of 1.5 Earth radii, and a gravity 1.38 times that of Earth, but with a variety of continent/ocean configurations. They examine a waterworld with no continents and three different ocean depths, a planet with one supercontinent covering the night side and an ocean on the day side, with uniform elevation and depth, respectively, and a planet that looks like modern-day Earth, with a substellar point in either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans, or in Africa.
Figure 1. Diagram showing amount of water for three different types of planets. On the left is a waterworld, where water and ice are transported easily between the hot day and cold night sides, resulting in little ice trapping. In the center, a planet with a large continent covering the night side still maintains a sizeable ocean, because the high heat flux of the planet keeps the ice sheet small. In the right panel, also with a night side continent but with a lower heat flux, the continental ice sheet grows, trapping most of the water of the planet. This last is the worst case scenario for habitability, but is only possible when the heat flux is low, the continents are all on the night side, and the overall water reservoirs are small compared to Earth’s water stores. (Credit: Yang et al. 2014)
For the waterworld, they find that the ice on the night side becomes only 5.4 meters thick, leaving plenty of liquid water on the planet. While ice forms on the night side, it is also continuously melted by warm ocean currents circulating from the day side, and by surface winds that push the ice sheets towards the warmer substellar point. Yang adds continental barriers here, running north to south on the eastern and western terminators (the day/night dividing lines, a fixed geographical point on a tidally locked planet), to investigate what happens if the ocean and ice transport is disrupted by a land barrier. In this case, the ice grows to 1000 meters thick, effectively trapping the water as ice.
On a planet with one supercontinent on the planet’s night side, the water that is trapped as continental ice sheets is maximized for a low geothermal heat flux. For a planet with Earth’s water stores and heat flux, roughly half its ocean would be trapped in such a scenario. For a super-Earth, which would likely have a higher heat flux, only a small ocean, a few hundred meters thick, would be trapped. See Figure 1 for a comparison between this scenario and the waterworld.
Figure 2. For a planet with modern-day Earth’s continental configuration, ice sheet thicknesses are shown for the oceans (left) and land (right). The color bar shows the ice thickness, contours show surface air temperatures of 0, 5, and 7 degrees C, and arrows indicate sea-ice velocity. The black dot indicates the substellar point. This is for a planet with a low heat flux. Most tidally locked super Earths would probably have a higher heat flux, resulting in much thinner ice sheets. (Credit: Yang et al. 2014)
If less artificial continents are studied, such as modern-day Earth’s continental configuration, the ice remains ~10 meters thick in most areas, though it can grown to ~100 meters in a few isolated regions like Baffin Bay or mostly inland seas. Even small passages between continents allow enough transport of sea ice and water currents to avoid trapping a critical amount of water in ice. See Figure 2 for details.
In conclusion, the habitability outlook for these tidally locked planets is pretty good! Ocean planets can efficiently transport ice back to the day side to be melted, and even small breaks in continental coverage are enough to prevent critical amounts of water being trapped in ocean or land ice sheets. It will be difficult to detect the differences between these kinds of planets observationally, but looking at reflectivity measurements could indicate land/water/ice coverage on planets.
About Korey Haynes
I'm a fourth year grad student at George Mason University, and I work with Avi Mandell at NASA Goddard, where I characterize hot Jupiters by studying their transits. I did my undergrad at Macalester College, I like travel and cooking, and I love doing outreach to get other people as excited as I am about astronomy.
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Erin Lotridge on February 19, 2015 at 5:47 am
Wow this is so exciting! Do most M Stars have terrestrial planets around them or do many have more gaseous planets? Are these habitable planets a very common occurrence?
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How multirobot systems research will accelerate our understanding of social animal behavior
Tucker Balch, Frank Dellaert, Adam Feldman, Andrew Guillory, Charles L. Isbell, Zia Khan, Stephen Pratt, Andrew N. Stein, Hank Wilde
CLAS-NS: Beyond Center
Our understanding of social insect behavior has significantly influenced artificial intelligence (AD and multirobot systems' research (e.g., ant algorithms and swarm, robotics). In this work, however, we focus on the opposite question: "How can multirobot systems research contribute to the understanding of social animal behavior?" As we show, we are able to contribute at several levels. First, using algorithms that originated in the robotics community, we can track animals under observation to provide essential quantitative data for animal behavior research. Second, by developing and applying algorithms originating in speech recognition and computer vision, we can automatically label the behavior of animals under observation. In some cases the automatic labeling is more accurate and consistent than manual behavior identification. Our ultimate goal, however, is to automatically create, from observation, executable models of behavior. An executable model is a control program for an agent that can run in simulation (or on a robot). The representation for these executable models is drawn from research in multirobot systems programming. In this paper we present the algorithms we have developed for tracking, recognizing, and learning models of social animal behavior, details of their implementation, and quantitative experimental results using them to study social insects.
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Balch, T., Dellaert, F., Feldman, A., Guillory, A., Isbell, C. L., Khan, Z., Pratt, S., Stein, A. N., & Wilde, H. (2006). How multirobot systems research will accelerate our understanding of social animal behavior. Proceedings of the IEEE, 94(7), 1445-1462. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2006.876969
How multirobot systems research will accelerate our understanding of social animal behavior. / Balch, Tucker; Dellaert, Frank; Feldman, Adam; Guillory, Andrew; Isbell, Charles L.; Khan, Zia; Pratt, Stephen; Stein, Andrew N.; Wilde, Hank.
In: Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 94, No. 7, 07.2006, p. 1445-1462.
Balch, T, Dellaert, F, Feldman, A, Guillory, A, Isbell, CL, Khan, Z, Pratt, S, Stein, AN & Wilde, H 2006, 'How multirobot systems research will accelerate our understanding of social animal behavior', Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 94, no. 7, pp. 1445-1462. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2006.876969
Balch T, Dellaert F, Feldman A, Guillory A, Isbell CL, Khan Z et al. How multirobot systems research will accelerate our understanding of social animal behavior. Proceedings of the IEEE. 2006 Jul;94(7):1445-1462. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2006.876969
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Arrests made after N.S. protesters confront Indigenous fishermen over right to fish
Published Friday, September 18, 2020 4:44PM ADT Last Updated Friday, September 18, 2020 8:57PM ADT
WEYMOUTH, N.S. -- Two people face assault charges after being arrested Friday at a wharf in western Nova Scotia, where there were reports of ugly confrontations over a First Nation's commercial lobster fishing operation.
Some non-Indigenous fishermen say they believe the Indigenous business is illegal because the regular fishing season is now closed. But the Sipekne'katik First Nation says their people have a treaty right to fish at any time.
The Mounties said no one was injured at the wharf in Weymouth and the two suspects were escorted from the scene. They were later released from custody and are expected to appear in court at a later date.
Images shared on social media show what appeared to be scores of fishermen gathered near the wharf.
RCMP in Meteghan said they responded to complaints about mischief and threats on Thursday after three Indigenous fishing crews sailed out of the harbour in nearby Saulnierville to set lobster traps in St. Marys Bay.
Some Indigenous fishermen alleged that ropes securing some of their lobster traps had been cut.
RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said the Mounties had a boat on the water and a helicopter overhead.
"We will remain in Saulnierville to ensure public and police safety, and to keep the peace," Clarke said in a statement released Friday. "The RCMP will take the actions necessary should there be any criminal activities."
A spokesman for the non-Indigenous fishermen did not respond to a request for comment.
Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan appealed for everyone involved in the dispute to remain calm and invited Indigenous and industry leaders to meet with her as soon as possible.
"It is imperative that all parties -- and the public -- work together to lower tensions on the water and in our communities, to foster understanding between one another, because through understanding we will create the space for constructive, respective dialogue to happen," Jordan said in a release Friday.
"It is vitally important that we come together to find the best path forward to a peaceful resolution on the water."
Jordan noted that the issues surrounding this fishery are longstanding, complex and deeply personal to all involved.
She said the goal is to further implement First Nations' rights and have everyone participate in a constructive and productive fishery for the benefit of all communities in Nova Scotia.
Meanwhile, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Perry Bellegarde, issued a brief statement on Facebook, saying the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia are fighting for their treaty rights.
"Non-Indigenous fishers and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are trying to suppress these rights," Bellegarde said, calling on the federal government to support those rights.
Later in the day, the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs declared a state of emergency because of the "political unrest" and violence. The assembly said a command centre will be established in an undisclosed location to support fishermen and their families.
"The Assembly will be co-ordinating assistance and support across organizations and service providers to protect the safety and security of Mi'kmaq effected by this political unrest," the group said in a statement.
The ceremony Thursday in Saulnierville was held exactly 21 years after the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the right of Indigenous groups in Eastern Canada to hunt and fish for a moderate livelihood.
On Sept. 17, 1999, the court decided Donald Marshall Jr. had a treaty right to fish for eels when and where he wanted -- without a licence.
The Marshall decision also said the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy bands in Eastern Canada could hunt, fish and gather to earn a "moderate livelihood."
However, the court followed up with a clarification two months later, saying the treaty right was subject to federal regulation.
Non-Indigenous fishermen in western Nova Scotia say that caveat is key to understanding why they oppose a self-regulated Indigenous lobster fishery that is not subject to federal regulations.
The chief of the Sipekne'katik First Nation, Michael Sack, has said his band has spent years drafting its lobster fishing management plan, which has its own set of conservation regulations.
Five Indigenous fishermen were granted band-sanctioned fishing licences on Thursday, with each one limited to using 50 traps.
The First Nation issued a statement Friday saying it has spent decades talking to various levels of government about how to define moderate living for Mi'kmaq people.
"We have shared Sipekne'katik's management plan with DFO following extensive community engagement on what a treaty-based fishery would entail," the statement said. "We aim to work with all levels of non-Indigenous governments and stakeholders to ensure our treaty and constitutional rights are upheld."
Nova Scotia's fisheries minister, Keith Colwell, has said the province will prosecute anyone who buys lobster caught out of season.
-- By Michael MacDonald in Halifax
The RCMP in Meteghan say they responded to complaints about mischief and threats on Thursday after three Indigenous fishing crews sailed out of the harbour in nearby Saulnierville to set lobster traps in St. Marys Bay.
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4 teams, 2 spots: The AFC playoff race is on
Jay Busbee
30 November 2020, 12:30 pm ·4-min read
The Las Vegas Raiders picked a very bad day to have a very bad day.
This is a team that has reached the postseason once in the past 18 years, a team that had an inside edge on the seventh and final playoff spot in the AFC. And yet, at the exact moment they needed to win, against an opponent in Atlanta they should have woodshedded, the Raiders turned in a historically inept performance, and fumbled away exactly what they needed the most: any margin for error.
We’re nearing the final stretch of the NFL season, and while we’re not at the elimination-game stage of the proceedings, we’re within sight. If a team isn’t taking advantage of favorable matchups — like being a 3.5-point favorite on the road — then it’s going to be watching the playoffs on TV like the rest of us.
The new seven-team playoff format is doing exactly what it’s supposed to, open the door for more teams to jump in the pool. The stocked AFC, in particular, is still going to send a couple very good teams home.
How loaded is the AFC? The Browns — the Browns! — would slot in right behind the first-place Saints in the NFC. The chum fighting for the final playoff spot in the NFC (Chicago, San Francisco, Minnesota) would’ve been forgotten weeks ago in the AFC.
In other words: no more room for bad days.
If this were golf, we’d say the cut line is currently at seven wins. Unlike golf, there’s a maximum number of contestants who’ll get into this particular club. At the moment, four teams sit on, or within a game, of the cut line; only two will make it in. (This assumes the fifth-seeded Browns at 8-3 don’t collapse and the 10th-seeded Patriots at 5-6 don’t catch fire, neither of which is a bet-the-mortgage assumption.)
Let’s run down our challengers, in order of playoff ranking:
Key games remaining: Las Vegas (Week 16), Buffalo (Week 17)
Outlook: The Dolphins have a rough run ahead, with Kansas City also on the slate, and a somehow resurgent New England still burbling around a couple games back. The Dolphins have to beat Vegas to hold onto a wild-card spot, but if things break their way over the next few weeks, that season finale against Buffalo (8-3) could be for a division championship. It’d be just like Bill Belichick to ruin Miami’s season with a Week 15 upset, though.
Key games remaining: Las Vegas (Week 14), Houston (Weeks 13 and 15)
Outlook: The AFC South is so tight that the Colts went from division leader to seventh seed with a single loss Sunday to Tennessee. Unfortunately for the Colts, there are no more dates remaining with the Titans. So the Colts need to win the winnable games (we’re penciling them in for a W against Jacksonville in the season finale, and a loss against Pittsburgh wouldn’t kill them). This is a take-care-of-your-business schedule.
8. Baltimore Ravens (6-4)
Key games remaining: Pittsburgh (Week 12), Cleveland (Week 14)
Outlook: On paper (or whatever), the Ravens ought to sail into the playoffs, with four all-but-guaranteed wins still on the schedule, plus those two divisional matchups above. If this were 2019, you’d say the Ravens could go 5-of-6, or even sweep. But this is 2020, and the COVID-ridden Ravens facility is as good a metaphor for this year as any. Baltimore has the ability to fight its way into the playoffs. Does it have the personnel?
9. Las Vegas Raiders (6-5)
Key games remaining: Indianapolis (Week 14), Miami (Week 16)
Outlook: Though a division championship is out of reach — the Raiders ain’t catching the Chiefs — Las Vegas has the scheduling benefit of being able to focus on picking off the teams above it in the wild-card hunt. Until Sunday, you’d have said this was a team that could run the table. But glaring deficiencies like the Raiders showed against Atlanta could add another year to that playoff drought.
The prediction here is that Baltimore and Indianapolis will end up on the high side and Miami and Las Vegas will miss out. Given the levels of over- and underachievement at play in the middle of the AFC this season, no two-team combination of those four would be a surprise.
The reward for that seventh spot is an opening-weekend matchup against the Chiefs or Steelers, so teams won’t have much time to celebrate. But hey, a berth is a berth. Even a blowout at the hands of Patrick Mahomes or Ben Roethlisberger beats the alternative.
The Raiders' playoff hopes are tumbling to the turf. (David John Griffin/Getty Images)
Jay Busbee is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Follow him on Twitter at @jaybusbee or contact him at jay.busbee@yahoo.com.
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Global Oil and Gas Separator Market to Reach US$4 Billion by the Year 2027. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Oil and Gas Separator estimated at US$3. 2 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$4 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3% over the analysis period 2020-2027.New York, Jan. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Oil and Gas Separator Industry" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05957555/?utm_source=GNW Horizontal Separators, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to grow at a 3.7% CAGR to reach US$2.4 Billion by the end of the analysis period.After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Vertical Separators segment is readjusted to a revised 1.8% CAGR for the next 7-year period. This segment currently accounts for a 24.7% share of the global Oil and Gas Separator market. The U.S. Accounts for Over 28.9% of Global Market Size in 2020, While China is Forecast to Grow at a 4.9% CAGR for the Period of 2020-2027 The Oil and Gas Separator market in the U.S. is estimated at US$934.5 Million in the year 2020. The country currently accounts for a 28.91% share in the global market. China, the world second largest economy, is forecast to reach an estimated market size of US$662 Million in the year 2027 trailing a CAGR of 4.9% through 2027. Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 1.9% and 2.4% respectively over the 2020-2027 period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 2.3% CAGR while Rest of European market (as defined in the study) will reach US$662 Million by the year 2027. Spherical Separators Segment Corners a 16.9% Share in 2020 In the global Spherical Separators segment, USA, Canada, Japan, China and Europe will drive the 2.4% CAGR estimated for this segment. These regional markets accounting for a combined market size of US$413.2 Million in the year 2020 will reach a projected size of US$486.2 Million by the close of the analysis period. China will remain among the fastest growing in this cluster of regional markets. Led by countries such as Australia, India, and South Korea, the market in Asia-Pacific is forecast to reach US$517.4 Million by the year 2027, while Latin America will expand at a 2.6% CAGR through the analysis period. We bring years of research experience to this 8th edition of our report. The 187-page report presents concise insights into how the pandemic has impacted production and the buy side for 2020 and 2021. A short-term phased recovery by key geography is also addressed. Competitors identified in this market include, among others, ACS Manufacturing, Inc.Alfa Laval ABAmacs Process Tower InternalsCECO Environmental CorporationChina Oil HBP GroupeProcess Technologies Pty., Ltd.Exterran CorporationFrames Energy Systems B.V.Grand Prix EngineeringHalliburtonHAT International Ltd.Hydrasep, Inc.KIRK Process Solutions Ltd.Kubco Services, LLCMetano Impianti S.r.l.Oil Water Separator TechnologiesSchlumberger Ltd.Sepco Process, Inc.Sopan O&M Co Pvt. Ltd.Sulzer Ltd.TechnipFMC PLCZeta-pdm Ltd. Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05957555/?utm_source=GNW I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & REPORT SCOPE II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. MARKET OVERVIEW Impact of Covid-19 and a Looming Global Recession Global Competitor Market Shares Oil and Gas Separator Competitor Market Share Scenario Worldwide (in %): 2018E 2. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS 3. MARKET TRENDS & DRIVERS 4. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE Table 1: World Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2018 through 2027 Table 2: World Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 3: World 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets for Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 Table 4: World Current & Future Analysis for Horizontal Separators by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2018 through 2027 Table 5: World Historic Review for Horizontal Separators by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 6: World 15-Year Perspective for Horizontal Separators by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 Table 7: World Current & Future Analysis for Vertical Separators by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2018 through 2027 Table 8: World Historic Review for Vertical Separators by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 9: World 15-Year Perspective for Vertical Separators by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 Table 10: World Current & Future Analysis for Spherical Separators by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2018 through 2027 Table 11: World Historic Review for Spherical Separators by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 12: World 15-Year Perspective for Spherical Separators by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 III. MARKET ANALYSIS GEOGRAPHIC MARKET ANALYSIS UNITED STATES Market Facts & Figures US Oil and Gas Separator Market Share (in %) by Company: 2018 & 2027 Market Analytics Table 13: USA Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 14: USA Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 15: USA 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 CANADA Table 16: Canada Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 17: Canada Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 18: Canada 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 JAPAN Table 19: Japan Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 20: Japan Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 21: Japan 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 CHINA Table 22: China Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 23: China Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 24: China 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 EUROPE Market Facts & Figures European Oil and Gas Separator Market: Competitor Market Share Scenario (in %) for 2018 & 2027 Market Analytics Table 25: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2018 through 2027 Table 26: Europe Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 27: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets for Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 Table 28: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 29: Europe Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 30: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 FRANCE Table 31: France Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 32: France Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 33: France 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 GERMANY Table 34: Germany Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 35: Germany Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 36: Germany 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 ITALY Table 37: Italy Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 38: Italy Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 39: Italy 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 UNITED KINGDOM Table 40: UK Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 41: UK Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 42: UK 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 SPAIN Table 43: Spain Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 44: Spain Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 45: Spain 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 RUSSIA Table 46: Russia Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 47: Russia Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 48: Russia 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 REST OF EUROPE Table 49: Rest of Europe Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 50: Rest of Europe Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 51: Rest of Europe 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 ASIA-PACIFIC Table 52: Asia-Pacific Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Australia, India, South Korea and Rest of Asia-Pacific Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2018 through 2027 Table 53: Asia-Pacific Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Australia, India, South Korea and Rest of Asia-Pacific Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 54: Asia-Pacific 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Australia, India, South Korea and Rest of Asia-Pacific Markets for Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 Table 55: Asia-Pacific Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 56: Asia-Pacific Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 57: Asia-Pacific 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 AUSTRALIA Table 58: Australia Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 59: Australia Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 60: Australia 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 INDIA Table 61: India Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 62: India Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 63: India 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 SOUTH KOREA Table 64: South Korea Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 65: South Korea Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 66: South Korea 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC Table 67: Rest of Asia-Pacific Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 68: Rest of Asia-Pacific Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 69: Rest of Asia-Pacific 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 LATIN AMERICA Table 70: Latin America Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Rest of Latin America Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2018 through 2027 Table 71: Latin America Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Rest of Latin America Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 72: Latin America 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Rest of Latin America Markets for Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 Table 73: Latin America Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 74: Latin America Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 75: Latin America 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 ARGENTINA Table 76: Argentina Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 77: Argentina Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 78: Argentina 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 BRAZIL Table 79: Brazil Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 80: Brazil Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 81: Brazil 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 MEXICO Table 82: Mexico Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 83: Mexico Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 84: Mexico 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 REST OF LATIN AMERICA Table 85: Rest of Latin America Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 86: Rest of Latin America Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 87: Rest of Latin America 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 MIDDLE EAST Table 88: Middle East Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Rest of Middle East Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2018 through 2027 Table 89: Middle East Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Rest of Middle East Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 90: Middle East 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Rest of Middle East Markets for Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 Table 91: Middle East Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 92: Middle East Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 93: Middle East 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 IRAN Table 94: Iran Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 95: Iran Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 96: Iran 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 ISRAEL Table 97: Israel Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 98: Israel Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 99: Israel 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 SAUDI ARABIA Table 100: Saudi Arabia Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 101: Saudi Arabia Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 102: Saudi Arabia 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Table 103: UAE Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 104: UAE Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 105: UAE 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 REST OF MIDDLE EAST Table 106: Rest of Middle East Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 107: Rest of Middle East Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 108: Rest of Middle East 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 AFRICA Table 109: Africa Current & Future Analysis for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for the Years 2018 through 2027 Table 110: Africa Historic Review for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Billion for Years 2012 through 2017 Table 111: Africa 15-Year Perspective for Oil and Gas Separator by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Horizontal Separators, Vertical Separators and Spherical Separators for the Years 2012, 2018 & 2027 IV. 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Global IO Link System Market 2020-2025 - Increasing Demand for Industrial Automation Fostering IO-Link Adoption
Dublin, Jan. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "IO Link System: Global Markets" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. In this report, the market is segmented by component, data type, application, industry and geography. The report provides an overview of the global IO-Link system market and analyzes market trends and challenges that affect the vendor landscape. Using 2019 as the base year, the report provides market projections for the forecast period 2020 through 2025. This report also takes into consideration the economic slowdown caused by lockdowns across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Report Includes: 70 tablesAn overview of global market for IO-Link systemsEstimation of the market size and analyses of market trends, with data from 2019, estimates for 2020, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2025Market share analysis of the IO-Link systems based on components, data type, application, and regionDescription of IO-Link devices and IO-Link masters and evaluation of current market trends, market size, and market forecastDetails about use cases and solutions of IO-Links and discussion on advantages of IO-Link systemsExplanation of the major drivers restraints and opportunities and regional dynamics of the market and assessment of the latest trends in the IO-Link system market including wired and wireless IO-Link systemImpact analysis of coronavirus on the global economy; and discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on IO-Link systems industryMarket share analysis of the key companies of the industry and coverage of events like mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, collaborations or partnerships, and other key market strategiesComprehensive company profiles of the leading players including Balluff, Datalogic, Festo Group, ifm electronics, Omron Corp., Siemens, and SICK AG Key Topics Covered: Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Summary and Highlights Chapter 3 IO-Link System: Market Overview IntroductionIO-Link Market TrendsWireless IO-Link MarketIO-Link Safety System/Safety over IO-LinkIO-Link Data TypesOverviewProcess DataValue StatusDevice DataEvent DataBenefits and Use Cases of IO-Link SystemStandardized and Reduced WiringIncreased Data AvailabilityRemote Configuration and MonitoringSimple Device ReplacementExtended DiagnosticsCondition Monitoring and Condition-Based MaintenanceDevelop Flexible High-Density I/O ArchitecturesSimplify Industrial Vision ApplicationsSimplify Sensor IntegrationSimplifying Network TopologyNon-Contact Connection of Power and Data ExchangeImpact of COVID-19 on the IO-Link System MarketMarket Dynamics DriversIncreasing Demand for Industrial Automation Fostering IO-Link AdoptionGovernment Initiatives for Supporting the Global Manufacturing IndustryIndustry 4.0Compatibility of IO-Link Interface with Higher-Level Fieldbus and Ethernet Communication ProtocolsMarket OpportunityRising Demand for IO-Link Wireless ProtocolIncreasing Adoption of Smart Manufacturing across IndustriesMarket RestraintsInefficiency of IO-Link in High-Speed or Motion-Control Applications Chapter 4 Market Breakdown by Component OverviewIO-Link MasterIO-Link DevicesSensors and ActuatorsIO-Link Module (Sensor/Actuator Hub)RFID Readers Chapter 5 Market Breakdown by Application IntroductionMachine ToolsHandling and Assembly AutomationIntralogisticsPackaging Chapter 6 Market Breakdown by Industry IntroductionDiscrete ManufacturingAutomotiveElectronicsAerospaceProcess ManufacturingChemicalsFood ProcessingPackaging Chapter 7 Market Breakdown by Region Chapter 8 Competitive Landscape Ifm ElectronicBalluffSiemens AGProduct Development and LaunchesAcquisitions and Agreements Chapter 9 Company Profiles Balluff GmbhBanner Engineering Corp.Baumer Holding AgBeldenBihl+WiedemannDatalogic S.P.A.Festo GroupHans Turck Gmbh & Co. KgIfm Electronics GmbhOmron Corp.Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol Inc.Rockwell Automation Inc.Sick AgSiemens Ag For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/6kgv0q Research and Markets also offers Custom Research services providing focused, comprehensive and tailored research. CONTACT: CONTACT: ResearchAndMarkets.com Laura Wood, Senior Press Manager press@researchandmarkets.com For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470 For U.S./CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630 For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900
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HomeEnvironmentClear and present danger: What’s the future of Bengaluru’s rejuvenated lakes
Clear and present danger: What’s the future of Bengaluru’s rejuvenated lakes
September 8, 2017 Kennedy Wirth
SAVING BENGALURU'S LAKES
Newly rejuvenated Hosakere Halli lake. Pic: Shreenidhi D S
In recent years, a number of Bengaluru’s lakes got a second chance at life by undergoing extensive renovations, which has left them pristine and healthy ecosystems. But the work is not over yet. The newly rejuvenated lakes require a lot of maintenance to ensure their survival. And most of the times, all of this is put on the shoulders of community lake groups made up of passionate citizens.
For many groups the hard work is just getting started, as they must raise a continuous amount of funds, fight encroachment and petition for improvements to solve sewage problems that continue to affect some rejuvenated lakes.
Confusion over ownership of lakes
Until now there has not been one single owner or custodian of Bengaluru’s lakes. Every lake in the city was overlooked by its specific government custodian which was the body responsible for rejuvenation plans.
The varying lake ownerships have caused more complications in the overall plan to rejuvenate Bengaluru’s lakes. Until now government bodies that own lakes desperately in need of rejuvenation draw up their plans and submit them to the Lake Development Authority (LDA) that employs a technical committee to revise and sign off on the rejuvenation.
“There are 210 lakes in the BDA (Bengaluru Development Authority) limits and they are in different ownerships. We do receive the DPRs (Detailed Project Reports) we approve them but whether they have actually carried out the rejuvenation or not we are not having a very clear picture,” said Seema Garg, Chief Executive Officer of the Karnataka Lake Development Authority. Adding that citizen lake groups and trusts are also consulted.
The state government recently handed over ownership and maintenance responsibility of Bengaluru’s lakes to the Minor Irrigation Department.
With the differences in custodianship, the process of rejuvenation has been less efficient than what it could be. Over the next few months all of Bengaluru’s lakes will be transferred to the state’s Minor Irrigation Department and the BBMP will stop development of 26 lakes and return Rs 79 crore rupees to the government. The Minor Irrigation Department maintains lakes throughout Karnataka, and is seen by some people as having more expertise and funding to put toward lake rejuvenations in Bengaluru.
Who maintains the newly rejuvenated lakes?
The final piece of the puzzle is the aftermath of lake rejuvenation. So far BBMP has rejuvenated 56 lakes and of that 18 are maintained by citizen groups or lake trusts.
Mahadevapura Environment Protection and Development Trust (MAPSAS), a community non-profit, maintains four of Bengaluru’s lakes. There are three aspects to their model of post-rejuvenation maintenance. The first is activity, which includes basic cleaning, gardening, funding and beautifying projects. The second is working with the BBMP to establish guidelines of what is in the power of MAPSAS and what the BBMP must be responsible for. The third is bringing in the local community including volunteer clean ups, hosting lake festivals and promoting active involvement from citizens.
“Over the last few years what we have noticed is when we are doing these community events we are also able to tap into resources who are able to volunteer at the lake to bring it to full capacity and these events not only help raise funds for maintenance but also increase the efforts to reach out to a larger audience,” MAPSAS member Krishna Kumar said.
Need for a holistic lake rejuvenation plan
The idea of a holistic plan is not a new concept and is in fact supported by the High Court. In 2012 the Karnataka High Court ruled that lakes could not be privatised because they are public commons and supported a plan for lake development and protection for all of Bengaluru lakes. The plan has not yet been fully implemented.
“Society is waking up to it,” said said Leo Saldanha, coordinator of the Environment Support Group (ESG) whose petition to the Karnataka High Court in 2008 stopped the privatisation of lakes and developed the court supported lake development plan.“It should have woken up to it 20 years ago we could have done something better but now there is no water, we have tall buildings coming up everywhere.”
The plan gives authority to the LDA to enforce laws on encroachment and pollution while focusing on protecting the watershed or network of canals connecting Bengaluru’s lakes and surrounding areas. The proposal is to rejuvenate all lakes from the top down, introduce water purifying plants into the ecosystem, to only allow treated sewage water into the lakes and to solve encroachment issues by moving slums farther from the lake but not completely displacing the people currently living there.
It will be the responsibility of the ward committees and neighborhood groups to oversee the protection of their neighborhood lake, corporates are encouraged to donate funds but are not allowed to privatise lakes. Right now appointing lake wardens, establishing a lake protection committee for each lake and getting citizens involved could make the most impact while the full plan is waiting to be enforced.
Challenges faced by citizen groups
Convincing the city government to follow their suggestions during rejuvenation and afterward is a challenge faced by lake groups like the MAPSAS, PNLIT and Friends of Lakes (FoL). The lake’s government custodian completes the rejuvenation process and building of pathways, recreation areas and benches with the lake groups putting in their two cents.
An awareness session in progress, at Avalahalli lake premises. Pic: Save Avalahalli Lake Facebook page
PNLIT is not an isolated example. There are many citizen groups forming around the city and dedicating their weekends to cleaning nearby lakes. Some like the Kaggadasapura lake group are hoping their cleaning efforts will motivate the city government to act on saving the lake and other groups like Hulimavu lake group are working every weekend to clean up the lake with a the help of their corporator.
With the need for a holistic top-down approach favored by development teams it is difficult to say when exactly these lakes will be professionally rejuvenated. The court-approved plan was developed thinking of the future of Bengaluru’s lakes which means it may be a while until progress is seen on every neighborhood lake.
Fundraising remains a problem
MAPSAS volunteers raise most of the funds, which goes to the Rs 1.5 to 2 lakhs per month it costs to maintain a lake. Corporates do provide some funding but are hesitant to donate to maintenance solutions and instead are interested in supporting innovative projects. Maintenance funds go to hiring gardeners, security guards or new plants.
As for the big jobs like setting up sewage treatment plants (STP), fencing, pathway construction and other work that requires a large amount of funding is the responsibility of the BBMP, inside BBMP limits. As ownership of each lake varies, the custodian or government body that oversees the particular lake outsources and funds the project. Community groups also have a role in this. They act as the eyes and ears of the lake going to the custodian when they notice work needs to be done.
“Maintenance of the gardens and all, we are asking them to get involved and some of the very good examples like Puttenahalli Lake where the citizens almost treat it like a background garden,” Seema said. “Everyday they will be there trying to trim the plants and all that sort of maintenance they do for the garden portion. Whereas the painting and all the custodians take care of it they try to do it depending on the availability of the funds.”
The PNLIT is also solely responsible for raising maintenance funds from the community and the upkeep within their capabilities relying on the BBMP for bigger sewage related issues.The group receives some funding from corporates for certain projects for example artificial floating islands. Their current challenge is handling the ongoing encroachment problem and taking it upon themselves to educate the surrounding community on maintenance protocol.
These efforts align with the court approved plan to encourage local citizen groups to maintain their neighborhood lakes as well as establish a strong citizen ownership of the lakes.
“Without citizen involvement it is somebody else’s job,” Krishna said. “In this area whether it is traffic, whether it is waste management, whether it is lake upkeep, where there is citizen involvement it is working.”
Clear and present danger: Sewage
Issues of encroachment and pollution still taint the future of rejuvenated lakes. As apartments continue to go up and slums are pushed around lake bodies are experiencing problems with untreated sewage flow from neighboring slums and waste management problems.
Problems lake rejuvenators face are many. Anand B Yadwad, a resident of Anjanapura, is involved in rejuvenating Avala Halli lake. He says that Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is refusing to take responsibility of diverting the sewage from the lake, because the lake falls in the area newly added to BBMP in 2007, which the BWSSB doesn’t cover yet. Now there is no government department responsible for the sewage entering this lake.
A video showing deweeding mechanisms, at Avalahalli lake.
“The challenge in all of the rejuvenation processes has been the unfortunate lack of standard procedure,” Pabbisetty said. “We have been called into lakes where BBMP projects done, crores of rupees spent, but there is still encroached land so encroachments have not been removed and still crores have been spent in the rejuvenation of the lakes so we are against this idea of a fancy detailed project report intervention.”
Installing a master plan for all lakes will hopefully stop the pollution inflow. Recommendations for this holistic plan are taken from professionals and other organizations that do work on the lake as well as successes and failures of past rejuvenations. Top of the list is decentralizing the city’s sewage treatment plan.
Can Bengaluru’s lakes be saved?
There is no quick fix for Bengaluru’s lake problem. While complications in ownership, maintenance responsibilities, and citizen powers shove a wrench in lake development plans, the an awakened citizenry is proving to be the catalyst for change.
This is not the first time people are noticing the state of Bengaluru’s lakes but this time more and more people are doing what they can to solve the problem. Implementing the master plan, protecting the watershed areas and creating a working relationship between volunteers and the city government is an ongoing process but one that seems to be on the right track.
“One-hundred-years down the line when we look at the city and say ‘oh wow there were people then living that actually understood how to protect the lake system even though they got urbanized’,” Saldanha says.
With many hands stirring the pot, Bengaluru’s lake crisis is receiving much-needed attention. It will take a lot of cooperation from a number of bodies, enforcing a holistic approach and channeling citizen passion for Bengaluru to regain its title as the “Lake City” and to ensure a steady water supply and healthy lakes for generations to come.
About Kennedy Wirth 11 Articles
Kennedy Wirth is an intern for Citizen Matters from Seattle, WA. Follow her on @kennedywirth.
Swati Sehgal says:
We all are also equally responsible to highly polluted the city lakes. If we stop dumping the garbage on drains and lakes and install STP then there is a possibility to save our lakes.
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Michigan Stadium Press Box
Ferry Field press gallery, added atop the
grandstand in 1903
Press box at the top of north stands of the new
Ferry Field, 1906
The new press box from the southwest, 1927
The Michigan Chronicle student reporter who covered the first home game played at the Ann Arbor Fairgrounds on May 12, 1883, got his story on the sidelines - mixing freely with the players, contestants in the field-day events and spectators who lined the edge of the playing field. It was not until 1903 that Michigan provided a designated area for the working press. In that year, a press gallery was constructed on the roof of the Regents/Ferry Field grandstand.
When the new Ferry Field opened in 1906, it included a large press box along the top of the north bleachers. The Michigan Daily reporter pronounced it to be a "substantial and well equipped structure." Though Fielding Yost forced Ty Tyson to by a ticket and make the first radio broadcast from a seat in the stands in 1924, the press box was later changed to accommodate broadcasters.
Reporters working the opening game of Michigan Stadium on October 1, 1927, had to put up with a few inconveniences in the not quite finished press box. By the October 21st, however, the state-of-the-art facility was ready for the throng of reporters who came to town for the dedication game with Ohio State. There was room for 240 members of the working press, each with a desk area equipped with floor outlets for heaters and lights.
The front of the press box was open to insure an unobstructed view but each desk had a small "windshield" to protect the reporters papers. There were three radio booths, two private telephone booths and ample facilities for the newsmen to wire in their stories
By the time Army came to town in 1946, a series of alterations had transformed the look of the press box. A third deck had been added, in part to better accommodate movie cameras, and the lower deck had been glassed in. Additional telephone lines had been installed and radio broadcasting booths were added.
A full press box for the 1946 Army game
The powerhouse Army team led by Glen Davis and Felix "Doc" Blanchard attracted one of the largest press contingents ever to cover a Michigan game. In addition to the regular radio coverage from WWJ and WJR, the three national networks carried the game across the country. Red Barber and Jimmy Dolan worked the mikes for CBS, Bill Stern did the play-by-play for NBC and Harry Wismer was in the ABC booth.
Newsreel crews were on hand from Pathe, Movietone and Paramount to capture highlights for theatre audiences. Sports Information Director Les Etter estimated 300 people packed the press box. Along with a capacity crowd of 85,398, they watched a game Wolverine squad drop a hard fought 20-13 decision to a veteran Cadet squad that would narrowly miss a third consecutive national championship.
The state-of-the-art Communication
Center was completed as part of the
stadium expansion in 1956.
The original press box was replaced by a new Sports Communications Center in 1956. The new facility, with an exterior trim of blue brick, blue steel and yellow aluminum panels, included four levels and measured 186 feet long, stretching approximately between the 22 yard lines. The lower level housed the President's dining room and a complete kitchen suitable for entertaining guests of the university. The second level held the working press section with seats for 202 reporters in three rows, wire and telephone facilities and a speaker system to provide a running account of the game. A snack bar, staffed by student waiters served the sportswriters as well as the photographers and broadcasters overhead.
The third level served as the photographers deck with room for 38 still or newsreel cameras and a special section for television cameras. The fourth deck contained seventeen radio and television broadcast booths. The Communications Center included six photographic dark rooms enabling the newsmen to wire their photos directly from the stadium.
Newspaper reporters, radio and television technicians, and photographers who previewed and dedicated the Communications Center on September 22 judged it to be the most modern and fully equipped press box in the country. A week later, the opening game against UCLA brought Tom Harmon back to Michigan Stadium to call the game for the CBS Pacific Coast Regional Radio network. Curt Gowdy was in the NBC TV booth. Baseball immortal Leo Durocher served as the color commentator for a west coast television broadcast of the game.
The exterior appearance of the press box has undergone very little change since 1956, but the working areas have been upgraded a number of times. As newspapermen gave up their trusty Royals and Remingtons for PCs and Macs, the press box was refitted to accommodate them. Likewise, the radio and television booths have been upgraded to handle the latest technology.
From the first press gallery at Ferry Field to today's internet-ready facility, the Athletic Department has tried to accommodate the needs of the working press, even hiring one of the country's first full-time sports information director's in 1924. Still, the press box is just a facility, a place designed to help the men, and now women, who take the Wolverines' story to fans across the country to do their best work. And many of the country's great ones, from Walter Camp and Grantland Rice to Mel Allen, Keith Jackson and Michigan's own Tom Harmon, have filed stories or called the plays from Ferry Field and Michigan Stadium. A host of talented local reporters and photographers have also spent their careers covering the Wolverines. The Athletic Department has honored a number of them in the Media Hall of Fame located in the press box.
Lindsey Nelson and Red Grange
broadcasting from Michigan Stadium
in the 1940s
Tom Harmon got his start in radio while a
student, hosting a show on the campus
radio station. He teamed with Harry Wismer
to cover the Wolverines for WJR in 1941.
After the war and a stint in pro football he
hosted a nationally syndicated sports program.
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Ten good reasons to avoid the cloud
Any IT system has the potential to go in the wrong direction, but the new versatility of cloud services will introduce whole new ways to go off the rails. Here are ten for starters
1. Assumption: the mother of all calamities
Vladimir Jirasek non executive director of CSA UK says that in migrating to and between different SaaS (software as a service) clouds, that there were an awful lot of assumptions made that weren’t actually true.
“IT managers don’t realise that in IaaS (infrastructure as a service) the responsibility to manage operating systems and application still rest on their shoulders,” says Jirasek.
So they continue on, oblivious to the fact that no one is taking care of the details. As they say in project management: who’s in charge of the clattering train?
In this case, the cloud provider is really a virtual hardware provider. This will cost you when you finally realise that the bulk of IT responsible for application integration and possibly for infrastructure management (operating system layer) is still needed.
The same applies to PaaS (platform as a service) though here the CIO is responsible for application integration only.
2. Shunted into an expensive siding
If you want to change Cloud offerings, that will cost you too. As will a retreat back into an internally managed service or an internal cloud.
“This is especially painful in SaaS where a bespoke application like SalesForce doesn’t give you a standard form of data that can be exported,” say Jirasek.
The migration from SaaS application has huge hidden dangers that will hurt many companies, should they ever dare to leave the SaaS provider. The cost, complexity and disruption of migration from SaaS will lock the company in to one provider.
“Many contracts don’t clarify who owns the data in the cloud and how you can get it back when the contract ends,” says Mike Small member of London Chapter ISACA Security Advisory Group. “This has caught out more than one large organisation.”
Mission cloud computing was supposed to give companies greater choice. Instead, many are imprisoned in an expensive contract. It is vital that the service contract clarifies ownership of data as well as the terms for the return of that data. It is also important, says Small, to ensure that the data is returned in a form that can be used without extensive processing
3. When you unwittingly move into a bad cloud neighbourhood
You wouldn’t open up a shop in Hackney in the middle of the riots, because you’d be able to see the risks. The problem with the cloud is you don’t know who your neighbours are, or how they’ll affect you.
What if the police had to seize your equipment as part of a sting against suspected criminals? It happens.
When the FBI raided a data centre in Reston, in Virginia, the ramifications were felt by Swiss-based DigitalOne, whose clients included New York publisher Curbed Network, service provider Instapaper and bookmarking site Pinboard.
The FBI was taking part in a co-ordinated operation with the CIA and various Western and Eastern European cybercrime bureaus. That’s a pretty comprehensive sweep and the all-encompassing seizures were bound to affect innocent users of the cloud.
DigitalOne’s chief executive, Sergej Ostroumow, was unhappy that the company’s web servers were seized and that he had to satisfy clients who were hit by up to three days of downtime.
“In the night the FBI took three enclosures with equipment plugged into them,” he told clients, “possibly including your server – we cannot check it. This problem has been caused by the FBI, not us.”
Though it was only interested in one of the company’s clients the FBI took servers used by “tens of clients,” Ostroumow said at the time.
His complaints about the FBI’s ‘unprofessional work’ fell on deaf ears. With the authorities conducting a cyberwar on the likes of Lulz and other hacking organisations, there could be a lot of victims of friendly fire in the cloud, warns Small.
While this example comes from the US, laws in most jurisdictions allow law enforcement agencies to seize equipment and data. Some countries may be an even higher risk – for example where there is a corrupt or autocratic regime that ignores international agreement
4. When your data is destroyed accidentally by your service provider
These things happen in the cloud. Microsoft reported that its Windows Live service had been experiencing problems dating from 30 December. “We had an issue with Windows Live Hotmail that impacted 17,355 accounts,” it admitted on a Windows team blog.
Customers affected temporarily lost the contents of their mailbox through the course of mailbox load balancing between servers. “We identified the root cause and restored mail to the impacted accounts,” Microsoft reported.
It assured customers that, with the problem solved, it would investigate, as it does with all incidents like this and take steps to prevent this from happening again.
Not good enough, according to one complainant, who testified the impact this loss of data had on his business.
“My inbox of over 8000 emails from the start of this address over 10 years ago is still gone. My emails were completely gone from late Oct 10 and prior. I am devastated by this loss, my life, business and tax info was all in this email I accessed daily,” said the user, known only as Westcoastborn, on the WindowsLive site.
“I was given some inadequate responses and then ignored by hotmail support,” he complained. After ten years of doing business in the cloud, he’d lost everything.
5. When the FSA finds out your cloud service is not compliant with FSA regulations
Whatever the regulations your organisation is bound by, a cloud service provider will claim to understand them. For example, personal data must be processed in accordance with the EU personal data protections laws.
If your cloud service provider holds that data somewhere where it is cheaper to do so than in the EU (and how likely is that to happen) your company won’t have the appropriate processing contracts in place. In the case of data privacy remember that the buck stops with the data controller (ie the organisation) owning the data not the data processor (ie the cloud provider).
Data privacy is not the only compliance issue and it is vitally important that the regulatory requirements for the cloud service are made clear to the provider and that the provider is legally bound by a contract to provide a service that meets these requirements.
6. When your intellectual property is stolen by a cloud service administrator.
Cloud service providers are no different from previous generations of service or product vendors. They can’t afford to re-invent the wheel for every client. Service providers only enjoy the economies of scale if they can find a model that can be mass-produced. Otherwise, your profits will be eaten away by a labour-intensive production process.
So the work you put in to create your cloud administration – effectively your intellectual property – could be used as a model for others. The service provider doesn’t want to re-invent the wheel for each client. It’s far cheaper to get you to do the work or use your installation as a learning experience.
This presents security problems that could cause your company enormous grief later. The cloud infrastructure needs to be maintained. To achieve this there are a number of very powerful admin accounts that can bypass normal security controls, warns ISACA’s Small.
7. Disaster strikes when your data is found on the hard drives sold by the cloud provider.
We all know that data deleted from a hard drive is not really destroyed. It is merely rendered inaccessible and the data blocks are marked as available. Even most end users know that, until someone overwrites that data, it can still be found.
Clearly, some cloud providers didn’t know that. Or care to take the steps to shred this data.
Researchers from BT and the University of Glamorgan who bought disks from a variety of global sources found all kinds of sensitive information. Bank details and NHS records were found, along with enough information to help shoot down intercontinental missiles.
Of the 300 hard disks it bought randomly, 34 percent still held personal data. The information was enough to expose individuals and firms to fraud and identity theft, says Professor Andrew Blyth, who led the research.
Along with bank account details and medical records, they found data about a proposed $50bn currency exchange through Spain.
Most organisations still have no idea about the potential volume and type of information that is stored on hard disks says Blyth.
8. When the Cloud is breached and your valuable secrets come tumbling out
In the cloud everyone can see your silver lining. That’s not always the case, but there is evidence to show that your data is easier for criminals to get their hands on.
Hackers can burst through your shop window and loot your database, as long as they can find one of the user names and password combinations that are floating about.
The European Union had to suspend registries on its spot carbon-emissions market after permits were stolen. It can’t lift restrictions until members beef up security.
On 19 January this year one Czech trader found his $9 million account had gone. As many €29 million worth of permits are missing, according to the EC’s accounts. Given that no EC accounts are ever signed off, who knows how bug the real fraud could be. Holcim, the Swiss cement maker, lost 1.6 million permits to CO2 thieves.
The EU market was supposed to be the model for a future global carbon programme. It went from being an 80 billion euros market, in 2010, to no market. That’s an 80 billion euro cloudburst, and all because nobody secured the permits. In one of the classic cases of assumption, the EU left this job to the national registries. Who in turn assumed it was somebody else’s job.
It could take “a long time, possibly years,” to finally resolve who are rightful owners of any stolen EU allowances, says Owen Lomas, a London-based consultant at Allen & Overy LLP’s climate change practice.
9. When your cloud service provider’s provider goes bust and lawyers circle the building
The cloud service you buy might be reliant on a Cloud service that it buys from some anther cloud outfit. Who knows where they get their service from.
When one of them goes bust, your chances of retrieving the situation are slim chance and no chance. If more than one goes under – and it’s likely that they’ll tumble like a house of cards – that last slim chance will disappear too.
“It is really important to understand who is involved in providing the service to you and where these organisations are located,” says Mike Small (referenced above) a member of the London Chapter ISACA Security Advisory Group. This is not just a question of whether the supplier will go bust, it also concerns the compliance issues regarding where data is located as well as the reliability of the service provided to you.
Beware the legal costs involved in trying to unpick the cloud service agreement that one of your subsidiaries signed, says Small.
Most large cloud service providers offer a take it or leave it contract. This usually involves the whole organisation in the deal even though it may have only been signed by one employee.
10. When the Cloud Service Becomes Obsolete
Logica’s UK cloud lead, Stephen Simpson, says clients can end-up buying a vendor’s re-branded proprietary solution and associated services that the vendor does not evolve in step with the market.
“Cloud solutions and services are immature, and we know that there will be significant advances and changes in how they are engineered and delivered over the next few years,” says Simpson.
“We want our clients to be in a position to take full advantage of what is happening,” he says. “But this means getting the right balance between the risks of lock-in, short term delivery pressures and the longer term uncertainty over which technologies and vendors will win through.”
A balance that many companies won’t get right. So are the risks worth taking? Hang on, is it a risk? Surely the cloud is about avoiding risk, isn’t it?
Mike Small believes that the risks of not adopting the cloud often outweigh those of adoption. This is because cloud providers are big to afford the skills and equipment needed to provide a secure and resilient IT service. They can also invest in improving their services.
Cloud computing is a tactical investment and it can help you avoid the risks inherent in big IT projects. But, as we shall see, it brings a new generation of uncertainty. Having said that, it’s true to say that while client server computing didn’t kill off the mainframe, it was massively successful in its own right.
Cloud computing does eliminate many of the risks of owning your own infrastructure. Just make sure you are fully aware of the new ones.
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Richard 12th April 2016 at 1:57 am
As a CPA the concept of clients using cloud based accounting software terrifies me. It’s beyond ridiculous. There are no advantages except for the business selling you this ridiculous service. Cloud to me is like someone saying to you that you would be better of without your legs and would be happier in a wheelchair because they will service the wheelchair for you for a small monthly fee. Completely nuts. How can people be so stupid?
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dc.contributor.author Alsoori Alzaabi, Abdulla -
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dc.description.abstract Assistive Technology (AT) has a significant role in helping people with disabilities to function better in society. The AT becomes an indispensable tool across the education realm, which can be linked to the more significant academic achievement for Students with Disabilities (SWDs). Furthering and integrating AT in higher education settings permits the practice of independence and social participation of SWDs along with their peers free from discrimination based on disability. Accordingly, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides great efforts to promote social inclusion by integrating people with disabilities in everyday activities, such as work, sports, and education. The UAE embraced best global practices and solutions in this field through the standards of services provided, initiatives, and technology as a result of implementing the National Policy in Empowering People of Determination and Federal Law No. 29 of the Year 2006 on the Rights of People with Special Needs. This study aims to examine the effects of AT on the academic performance of SWDs in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UAE. A mixed methods approach of data collection was applied to gathering data quantitatively and qualitatively, which included a questionnaire, interview and analysis of official documents. The target sample population of the study consists of SWDs, teachers and specialist staff who understand the necessity of AT services and evaluate barriers in promoting AT effectively. This study revealed the extraordinary benefits of the use of AT as a way to increase the academic performance of SWDs in HEIs and identifies the major challenges that hinder the successful implementation of AT. The study recommends establishing AT services and support centers in HEIs along with creating an AT Act to be regulate these provisions in the UAE en_US
dc.publisher The British University in Dubai (BUiD) en_US
dc.subject assistive technology en_US
dc.subject United Arab Emirates (UAE) en_US
dc.subject disabilities en_US
dc.subject higher education en_US
dc.subject academic performance en_US
dc.subject Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) en_US
dc.title Assistive Technology's Effect on the Academic Performance of Students with Disabilities: An Investigative Study at Higher Education Institutions in the UAE en_US
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Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams finalise their divorce
June 23, 2016 - 11:38 CEST hellomagazine.com Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have finalised their divorce, officially ending their six year marriage
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have officially ended their six year marriage. This week, the former couple finalised their divorce, according to court documents obtained by TMZ. They first announced their separation in January 2015.
Although Mandy, 32, and Ryan, 41, previously struggled to reach an agreement on money, they have now settled upon the division of their assets. According to the report, musician Ryan will be paying his ex $425,000 in cash because his share of takeaway assets is deemed to be worth more than hers. Neither one will be paying spousal support.
Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have finalised their divorce
Mandy is receiving their Griffith Park home, their condo in Beverley Hills and a 2012 Prius. Ryan, meanwhile, is keeping his comic book collection, pinball machines, a 2008 Porsche Carrera and a 1959 Cadillac.
The former couple have also agreed to split all of their furniture, and will each retain their respective publishing rights to any music created during their marriage.
Mandy and Ryan married in 2009, just one month after getting engaged. It was the Walk to Remember actress who was first to file the divorce papers last year, ending their marriage due to 'irreconcilable differences'.
The couple announced their separation in January 2015
"She had been unhappy for a while," an insider told Us Weekly at the time. "She tried to make things work and eventually she just had to walk away. She's trying to keep things civil."
Both have since moved on. Mandy is now dating Taylor Goldsmith, lead singer of the band Dawes, and Ryan has been spending time with model Megan Butterworth.
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ICAI Allows Provisional Registration for Class 12 Students: ICAI News
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ICAI News: ICAI Allows Provisional Registration for Class 12 Students
Institute of Chartered Accountancy in India, ICAI has announced through an official notification that candidates who have been allotted their class 12 admit card or have appeared in one or more papers of class 12 will be allowed to provisionally register for CA Foundation till June 30. The decision has been made after CBSE announced the postponement of the class 12 examinations that were supposed to be conducted from March 19, 2020.
What does the announcement mean?
The official announcement given on the ICAI website states that due to the non-appearance in all papers of class 12th Examination, the Competent Authority has decided to relax the eligibility criteria for registering in Foundation Course, as a one-time measure. The revised eligibility criteria have been given below:
Candidates can provisionally register for the CA Foundation Course on or before 30th June 2020 if the candidates
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Green Bloc Neighbourhoods: Changing habits, helping the planet
Mary Frances Hill April 18, 2019
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Compared to most of us, Tracy Wilkins treads lightly on this earth.
The 25-year-old works for the local biking advocacy organization HUB. She cycles everywhere she needs to go. She’s earnest with her composting and recycling. She buys local and devotes herself to a minimalist “lighter living” ethic.
So imagine her shock when she signed on to the Green Bloc Neighbourhoods program last year, and she and her family measured their consumption and ecological footprint. That’s when she got wind of the startling news: if everyone consumed and behaved as she, her sister and parents did, the earth still wouldn’t be able to sustain itself.
A footprint “shocker”
In fact, this planet would need nearly two-and-a-half versions of itself to survive. (You can calculate your own ecological footprint to see how many planets we’d need if everybody lived like you.)
“It was a shocker,” says Tracy. “We knew we needed to do something.”
It was a critical lesson for Tracy, a leader, or “champion” of her neighbourhood’s Green Bloc group.
Green Bloc Neighbourhoods, a program run by Evergreen and supported with funding from Vancity’s EnviroFund, brings together teams of neighbours who pledge to re-examine the impact that their everyday habits have on urban life.
For the first week of the program, group members take stock of their habits around food consumption, energy, transportation, and waste. By the end of the year, the process is repeated. By then, participants measure how much they may have improved.
The first and final weeks of the challenge were the toughest, Tracy admits. Every team member must weigh their compost and metals. They have to separate recycling into cardboard, paper, and garbage.
This measurement stage is a critical part of the challenge, says Julia Gellman, an education manager at Evergreen.
“The ecological footprint survey provides us with rich data about resident-level consumption and behaviour in our city,” she says.
“The environmental data we get from this program shows us a baseline footprint for each neighbourhood, and also shows the reduction in footprint over the course of the program.”
Eco-champions in the neighbourhood
Since its inception in 2013, Green Bloc Neighbourhoods has coordinated teams from Riley Park, South Cambie (Tracy’s community), West End, Dunbar Southlands and Kensington Cedar-Cottage. Hastings-Sunrise and Sunset neighbourhoods joined in 2018.
Team leaders, or neighbourhood “champions” like Trac, keep the group’s momentum going. They exchange tips on how to eat locally and take advantage of alternatives to driving and flying. They learn about how reduce home energy use, eat less meat and get into the habit of recycling and composting.
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During her first year in the project, the opportunities to improve were obvious to Tracy.
With three cars in the household, trips by plane to Ontario, and Tracy’s dad’s job – which required frequent business trips by car – the family’s carbon use was mounting. Tracy gave the family a gentle push in the right direction.
“My dad started to second-guess himself on business trips,” Tracy recalls. “He started asking, ‘can we have a site call instead?’ He saw what it was doing to the planet.”
Environmentally savvy–and more social
The average Vancouver household uses 4.2 global hectares (gHa) per person, or about two-and-a-half planets if everyone lived like an average city resident, according to Evergreen. But Julia Gellman says we’re already ahead of our counterparts in other regions of the country: the average Canadian uses almost twice that amount, she notes.
Over the last four years, Green Bloc neighbourhoods have reduced their household footprints by an average of 15% over the course of the program.
By the end of the year, participants have made new connections and organized community projects. They have taken part in educational workshops. They’ve led events, and organized one final project that will make a significant mark on the community.
As she continues with the South Cambie team this year, Tracy says she’s struck by the ways in which Green Bloc transforms strangers into friends.
“The Green Bloc project encouraged me to take the time to think about what I want for my community’s future and act upon it.”
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A further insight into the biosorption mechanism of Au(III) by infrared spectrometry
Zhongyu Lin1,
Yiwen Ye1,
Qiaoling Li2,
Zhenling Xu1 &
Miao Wang2
The interactions of microbes with metal ions form an important basis for our study of biotechnological applications. Despite the recent progress in studying some properties of Au(III) adsorption and reduction by Bacillus megatherium D01 biomass, there is still a need for additional data on the molecular mechanisms of biosorbents responsible for their interactions with Au(III) to have a further insight and to make a better exposition.
The biosorption mechanism of Au(III) onto the resting cell of Bacillus megatherium D01 biomass on a molecular level has been further studied here. The infrared (IR) spectroscopy on D01 biomass and that binding Au(III) demonstrates that the molecular recognition of and binding to Au(III) appear to occur mostly with oxygenous- and nitrogenous-active groups of polysaccharides and proteins in cell wall biopolymers, such as hydroxyl of saccharides, carboxylate anion of amino-acid residues (side-chains of polypeptide backbone), peptide bond (amide I and amide II bands), etc.; and that the active groups must serve as nucleation sites for Au(0) nuclei growth. A further investigation on the interactions of each of the soluble hydrolysates of D01, Bacillus licheniformis R08, Lactobacillus sp. strain A09 and waste Saccharomyces cerevisiae biomasses with Au(III) by IR spectrometry clearly reveals an essential biomacromolecule-characteristic that seems the binding of Au(III) to the oxygen of the peptide bond has caused a significant, molecular conformation-rearrangement in polypeptide backbones from β-pleated sheet to α-helices and/or β-turns of protein secondary structure; and that this changing appears to be accompanied by the occurrence, in the peptide bond, of much unbound -C=O and H-N- groups, being freed from the inter-molecular hydrogen-bonding of the β-pleated sheet and carried on the helical forms, as well as by the alternation in side chain steric positions of protein primary structure. This might be reasonably expected to result in higher-affinity interactions of peptide bond and side chains with Au(III).
The evidence suggests that the polypeptides appear to be activated by the intervention of Au(III) via the molecular reconformation and in turn react upon Au(III) actively and exert profound impacts on the course of Au(0) nucleation and crystal growth.
The elucidation of the mechanisms active in metal biosorption is essential for the successful exploitation of microbial resources in the fields of bioremediation [1, 2] and biosynthesis [3–5]; and the roles the microbes playing in the biosyntheses have attracted close attention. Gold nanoscale material is one of the significant precious metal catalysts; and the microbe-Au(III) interactions should be one of the key factors in producing effects on Au(0) nanoparticle growth and regulation. A report series on the characterizations of adsorption and reduction of noble metals by the biomasses of Bacillus megatherium D01 and waste Saccharomyces (S.) cerevisiae have once been made [6–12]; still, the additional data are needed to address the impacts of polysaccharides and protein primary structure (sequences of amino-acids joined to a covalent polypeptide backbone and/or side-chain steric positions) and secondary structure (conformations of periodic arrays of inter- and/or intra-molecular hydrogen-bonding between -N-H and O=C- groups of polypeptide backbone units) of microbial biomasses on their interactions with gold. The soluble D01 hydrolysate (filtrate) is an important composition of the biomass and plays a key role in the interaction with Au(III). The IR absorptions of the filtrate binding Au(III) are closely correlated to that of the D01 biomass binding. In that the former can get rid of any insoluble materials that may interfere with the IR absorptions studied to exhibit the subtle differences between the bands of the filtrate and that binding and mirrors the conformational changes in protein primary and secondary structures directly, thus revealing the molecular mechanisms of protein binding Au(III) more sensitively than the latter; this soluble hydrolysate complements the D01 biomass perfectly. Herein, we present, based on the previous studies, a further investigation into the microcosmic process of Au(III) biosorption by the resting cell of Bacillus megatherium D01 biomass and its soluble hydrolysate using IR and other spectroscopic methods.
The strain D01 was screened out from different bacterial strains that were isolated from the soils of mining areas. It has a strong ability to adsorb and reduce Au(III) as well as a good resistance to the action of Au(III). It is easy to gain and culture and still grows well in a medium containing 600 mg/l Au(III) [7]. The adsorptive capacity of the resting cell of this strain for Au(III) approached 300 mg/g when the biomass was suspended in a 0.5 mM auric chloride acid (AuCl3·HCl·4H2O) aqueous solution (250 mg/l) at pH 3.0 and 37°C for 2 hours (h). The strain D01 is part of the Gram-positive bacteria and identified as Bacillus megatherium.
The earlier pH dependent experiments showed that the adsorptive capacity of the D01 biomass for Au(III) seems to have a direct bearing on pH with the maximum adsorption near pH 3.0 [10, 12]. When pHs < 3.0, most of the proton may compete with Au(III) for binding sites of active groups on cell walls, so that the adsorptive capacity of the biomass for Au(III) decreases with the pH falling; when pHs > 3.0, it causes the precipitation of gold hydroxides, which may disturb the adsorption and also incurs a reduction in the adsorptive capacity. This trend in pH dependence suggests an ion exchange mechanism of the adsorption of Au(III) onto the biomass [13]. The initial adsorption process dominates the events of Au(III) binding, reduction and nucleation. And the information on pH profile for Au(III) adsorbed by the biomass may provide a useful basis for discussion as to the effect of pH on the regulation of Au(0) nanoparticle sizes by functional groups of the biomass.
The state of Au(III) bioreduced to elemental Au(0) was investigated using X-ray powder diffractometry (XRD). The analyses for sulphur and glucose contents in the D01 biomass were performed by energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophotometry respectively. The molecular mechanisms responsible for the effects of saccharides and proteins both from the D01 biomass and from the soluble hydrolysates of D01 and some other microbial (R08, A09 and waste S. cerevisiae) biomasses on their interactions with gold were further studied by means of IR spectrometry.
Biosorbent preparation
The biosorbent was prepared in accordance with a reported method [7]. The strain D01 was cultivated in an aqueous solution containing beef gels, peptone, salt, etc. and harvested at its growth stage. The biomass was obtained by centrifugation at 3500 rings per minute (rpm) for 15 min on a centrifuge to remove the upper culture medium, dialyzed against deionized water to remove any soluble substances (including metal ions) that could interfere with the Au(III) studied, and dried under vacuum at 37°C. The dried biomass was ground into powder and it was then stored in a desiccator for use.
XRD examination
A sample of the above D01 biomass powder suspended in the auric chloride acid aqueous solution at pH 3.0 and 37°C was shaken at 130 rpm for 24 h, followed by being dried at ambient temperature. The dried sample was ground into powder and it was then examined using a Rigaku D/max-rC X-ray diffractometer (Japan). The pattern was recorded by Cu Kα radiation with λ of 1.5418 Å and graphite monochromator filtering wave, and by scanning at tube voltage of 40 kV and tube current of 30 mA in the region of 30°- 90° at 6°/min with incident-beam 2θ.
EDX and UV-vis experiments
EDX analysis: Triplicate samples of the powdered D01 biomass in small quantity were analyzed for sulphur content using an ISIS 300 INCA energy dispersive X-ray analysis system (England).
UV-vis spectrophotometry: Two 30 mg samples of the powdered D01 biomass were washed with diluted HCl and then suspended, respectively, in 6 ml of diluted HCl with a final biomass concentration of 5 mg/ml and the pH adjustment at 3.0. Two milliliters of the biomass suspension (10 mg biomass) was placed into six test tubes, followed by centrifugation to remove the supernatants. A 2 ml aliquot of deionized water at pH 3.0 was added to each of the six samples of the biomass; and they each were then stirred up, followed by shake at 130 rpm in an incubator at 37°C. Two sections of three samples each for the respective reaction times of 10 min and 24 h were centrifugalized at 3500 rpm for 6 min. The supernatants of the tubes (soluble hydrolysate of the biomass) were each analyzed for glucose content by a phenol-sulfuric acid method [14, 15], reading the absorbances at 488 nm in a 752 UV-visible spectrophotometer (China).
IR spectrometry
For IR comparative study, two sections of two samples each: (i) D01 biomass (ii) that challenged with Au(III) at pH 3.0 and 37°C for 24 h (iii) soluble hydrolysate (filtrate) of D01 biomass on hydrolysis for 24 h and (iv) that reacted with Au(III) at pH 3.0 and 37°C for 2 h, and an additional three sections of two samples each: (v) filtrate of Bacillus licheniformis R08 biomass on hydrolysis for 24 h (vi) that reacted with Au(III) at pH 3.0 and 37°C for 2 h (vii) filtrate of Lactobacillus sp. strain A09 biomass on hydrolysis for 24 h (viii) that reacted with Au(III) at pH 3.0 and 37°C for 2 h (ix) filtrate of waste S. cerevisiae biomass on hydrolysis for 24 h and (x) that reacted with Au(III) at pH 3.0 and 37°C for 2 h, were analysed. The samples for IR examination were dried under vacuum at 37°C to thoroughly eliminate the liquid water that can strongly interfere with the IR absorptions and then prepared by pressing each dried KBr-sample mixture, which contains about 50 mg finely ground KBr powder mixed intimately with 0.25 - 0.5 mg powdered sample, into a transparent disc with 0.2 mm in thickness under a fixed pressure of about 3000 kg/cm2. Then the pellets were each determined on a Nicolet-740SX FT-IR spectrophotometer (USA) with a MCT-B detector. The spectra were recorded in the range 4000 - 625 cm-1 at a resolution of 4 cm-1 with 32 scans. The IR experiments were each performed in triplicate for the purposes of quality control and statistics.
Adsorption of Au(III) onto D01 biomass
Generally, the surface of the D01 biomass suspended in aqueous solution at pH 3.0 is positively charged due to the protonated oxygenous- and nitrogenous-active-groups of cell wall biopolymers, e.g.:
the free hydroxyl , -C -OH+ H + → -C- OH 2 + , etc .; the carboxylate anion , -C ( --- ¯ O ) 2 - + 2 H + → -C ( --- ¯ O ) 2 H 2 + , etc .; the peptide bond , -HN-C=O + H + → -HN-C=O H + and ∕ or -HN-C=O + 2 H + → -NH 2 + -C=OH + , etc .
And the auric chloride acid in aqueous solution generally forms AuCl 4 - anion, so it was rapidly adsorbed on the surface of the biomass by these protonated-active-groups via electrostatic interactions when meeting with the microbe. Greene et al. [16] noted that the release of the chloride ion from the adsorbed AuCl 4 - occurred simultaneously with the adsorption of gold within the time frame of the experiments by in situ determinations of the free chloride ion, and pointed out that the mechanism of this reaction is thought to involve the initial formation of ion pairs between negatively charged AuCl 4 - and positively charged protonated-active-groups, followed by the elimination of an ion pair of chloride and proton. The adsorption species of Au(III) by some active groups on the biomass are briefly represented as follows:
AuCl 4 - + 4 -C-OH 2 + → Au III · -C-OH · HCl 4 → Au III · -C-OH 4 + 4HCl AuCl 4 - + 2 -C - - - ¯ O 2 H 2 + → Au III · -C - - - ¯ O 2 - · 2HCl 2 → Au III · -C - - - ¯ O 2 - 2 + 4 HCl AuCl 4 - + 4 -HN-C=O H + → Au III · -HN-C=O HCl 4 → Au III · -HN-C=O 4 + 4 HCl AuCl 4 - + 2 -NH 2 + -C=O H + → Au III · -HN-C=O · 2 HCl 2 → Au III · -HN-C=O 2 + 4 HCl, etc .
The mechanism of ion exchange apparently prevails in this adsorption [13]. The resulting adsorbate on the cell walls should be mainly the Au(III); and it plays a leading role in the interactions with the biomass. The free Au(III) species should still take the form of AuCl 4 - anion remaining in aqueous solution; and the AuCl 4 - anion therefore is neglected while discussing the Au(III) binding case.
XRD characterization of Au(III) biosorption
The previous transmission-electron-micrograph of Au(III) challenging D01 biomass at ambient temperature for 2 h exhibited the distribution of Au(0) nanoparticles with the sizes of a few to more than one hundred nanometers (nm) on the cell surfaces [12, 17]; and the photoelectron spectrum of that for 48 h gave a spectrum with the only peaks of Au(0) (4f, 5/2) and Au(0) (4f, 7/2) [7]. Further analysis of the biomass reacting on Au(III) for 24 h by XRD has displayed a pattern with peaks corresponding exactly to those of elemental Au(0). The results lead to the suggestions that the biomass has reduced the Au(III) to Au(0); and the biomass itself must have served as a catalyst enzymatically catalyzing both the bioreduction of Au(III) to Au(0) and the formation of Au(0) nanoparticles, as well as playing a role in regulating and stabilizing the nanoparticles to a certain extent besides as an electron donor during this biosorption.
Analyses for sulfur and glucose contents in D01 biomass
The average sulfur content is about 0.38% of the D01 biomass and balances only about 0.17% of the atomic content by EDX (analysis). While thiol ligands (-SH and -SCH3), such as cysteine [18] and methionine [19], are known to reduce Au(III) to Au(I) or Au(0), the content of the sulfur atom is no more than 0.17% in the biomass. This shows that both cysteine and methionine of amino-acid residues (side-chains) in the biomass are very small in quantity.
Whereas the average glucose content of the soluble hydrolysate of polysaccharides, analyzed by UV-vis spectrophotometry, corresponds to 2.34% of the D01 biomass on hydrolysis for 10 min and to 3.35% of that for 24 h. And the filtrate of the biomass generally contains other reducing sugars, such as oligosaccharides, dioses, monoses, etc. besides the glucose; thus, the quantity of all the reducing sugars in the soluble hydrolysate must be much larger than 2.34% and 3.35% on hydrolysis for 10 min and 24 h respectively. The result indicates that the content of all the reducing sugars are far more than that of both cysteine and methionine in the biomass; and implies that the reducing sugars may serve as the main electron donor in situ reducing Au(III) to Au(0) in this system. The glucose content on hydrolysis for only 10 min has nearly reached 70% of that for 24 h, showing that the hydrolysis of the polysaccharides of the biomass is a rapid process and may mostly limit on the cell wall surfaces. This might facilitate the following bioreduction of the bound Au(III) to Au(0) and then the formation of gold nanoparticles.
IR characterization of Au(III) biosorption
Binding of Au(III) to D01 biomass
The biomacromolecular recognition of and binding to Au(III) appear to be primarily associated with oxygenic- and nitrogenous-active groups of polysaccharides and proteins (primary and secondary structures) of microbial biomasses. For better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of saccharides and proteins both reacted with Au(III), the IR comparative study of the D01 biomass and that challenged with Au(III) has been performed.
There is experimental evidence that the interaction of AuCl4- with the algal biomass involves the rapid reduction of Au(III) to Au(I), followed by a slow reduction to Au(0) [16]. Based on this premise and the preceding mention of the main Au(III) adsorption speciations on the biomass at the beginning of the biosorption as well as on valence bond theory and IR spectrographic study, certain binding speciations of Au(III), Au(I) and Au(0) with the functional groups of the cell wall biopolymers are speculated in rough. The electronic configuration of the valence shell of Au(0) is 5d106s1; for Au(I) it is 5d106s0, having sp-hybridized orbitals; and for the Au(III) it is 5d86s0, bearing dsp2 -hybridized orbitals. From this viewpoint it appears that Au(III) tends to take a four-coordinate, planar complexation with donor atoms of active groups, such as oxygen and/or nitrogen; in this case, each of the four coordinating atoms (O and/or N) provides one of their "unshared" electron pairs, i.e. lone pair electrons, to the four unfilled 5d, 6s and two 6p orbitals of Au(III) to bring the four-covalent-coordinate, planar complexation with Au(III). For Au(I) it is 5d10 ion and tends to assume its 6s and 6p orbital hybridization with two donor atoms of O and/or N to form a two-coordinate, linear complexation. And for Au(0), based on its 5d10 atom, it may well retain the two-coordinate complexation as the Au(I) binding.
The IR spectra of the D01 biomass and that reacted with Au(III) are shown in Figure 1*, curve 1 and 2 [10] respectively. The curve 1 shows a shoulder peak at 1 080 cm-1 corresponding to a coupled vibration involving C-O stretching and O-H deformation modes (υC-O + δO-H) of the free hydroxyl (-C-O-H) of saccharides [20]; and the band vanished after the biomass in contact with Au(III) (curve 2). This is most likely due to binding or chelation of Au(III) to the oxygen of the hydroxyl, implying the Au(III) binding speciation of the four-coordinate, planar complexation as (-C-HO)2:Au(III):(OH-C-)2, etc. In this case, the increases in both the bond-lengths of C-O and O-H of the hydroxyl occur, thereby incurring a red-shift (low-frequency shift) of this shoulder peak [20] and resulting in the disappearance of this band. Then the Au(III) binding species were rapidly transformed into the Au(I) species of the two-coordinate, linear complexation as -C-HO·Au(I)·OH-C-, etc., followed by a slow transition to Au(0) species as -C-HO·Au(0)·OH-C-, etc. with the proceeding of Au(III) being reduced to Au(0). A similar change for the same reason is observed at 1 401 cm-1 (curve 1) arising from the symmetrical -C( - - - ¯ O) 2 - stretching band of the carboxylate anion (-COO-) of amino-acid residues of polypeptide backbones [20, 21]. A red-shift of this absorption from 1 401 cm-1 to 1380 cm-1 (curve 2) is attributable to the chelation of Au(III) with the oxygen of the carboxylate anion, being speculated the Au(III) binding speciation by coordinating the carboxylate anion [22], such as -C( - - - ¯ O ) 2 - : Au III : (O - - - ¯ ) 2 C- - and ∕ or -C( - - - ¯ O ) 2 2 2 - : Au III (O - - - ¯ ) 2 C - 2 2 - (the four coordinating oxygen from two ligands in the former and that from four in the latter), etc.; and then they rapidly changed to Au(I) binding species, such as -C( - - - ¯ O ) 2 - ⋅ Au I ⋅ (O - - - ¯ ) 2 C- - and ∕ or Au I : (O - - - ¯ ) 2 C- - (the two donor oxygen from two ligands in the former and that from one in the latter), etc., followed by a slow change to Au(0) species, such as -C( - - - ¯ O ) 2 - ∙ Au 0 ∙ (O - - - ¯ ) 2 C- - and ∕ or Au 0 : (O - - - ¯ ) 2 C- - , etc. The absorption at 1 548 cm-1 results from a coupled vibration involving C-N stretching and N-H bending modes (υC-N + δN-H) of the C-N-H group from the peptide bond (-HN-C=O), i.e. of the amide II band [20, 21, 23, 24]; a red-shift of this band observed from 1 548 to 1 539 cm-1 after the biomass in contact with Au(III) is due to the binding of Au(III) to the nitrogen of the amide II band [23]. Another blue-shift (high-frequency shift) from 1 649 to 1 655 cm-1 is ascribable to the complexation of Au(III) with the oxygen of the carbonyl (C=O) from the peptide bond, i.e. of the amide I band [23]. Both the frequency shifts of amide I and II bands are assumed the occurrence of the coordination of Au(III) with four donor atoms of two oxygen and two nitrogen from two and/or four ligands (peptide bond), such as -HN-C=O:Au(III):O=C-NH- and/or [O=C-NH-]2:Au(III):[O=C-NH-]2, etc.; and then it was quickly turned into the two-coordinate complexation of Au(I) with both O and N atoms of two and/or one ligand, such as [O=C-NH-]·Au(I)·[O=C-NH-] and/or Au(I):O=C-NH-, etc., followed by slowly changing to Au(0) binding species, such as [O=C-NH-]·Au(0)·[O=C-NH-] and/or Au(0):O=C-NH-, etc. The absorption of the amide I band seems to be closely connected with protein secondary structure. This frequency blue-shift of the amide I band by Au(III) binding is thought to involve the reconformation of the polypeptide backbones, namely a conformational change in the protein secondary structure after the biomass in contact with Au(III); a detailed explanation of this will be given later.
IR spectra of (1) Bacillus megatherium D01 biomass and (2) that challenged with Au(III) at pH 3 for 24 h.
On comparing both intensities of the carbonyl absorptions of the carboxyl at 1 725 cm-1 between the D01 biomass (I17250) and that binding Au(III) (I1725b) in Figure 1, bands at 1 649 cm-1 (I1649) and 1 655 cm-1 (I1655) due to their respective carbonyl absorptions of the peptide bond (amide I band) were each selected as reference peaks for the semiquantitative assessment of the carboxyl [6] at curves 1 and 2, respectively. Based on the mathematical viewpoint, the quantity of the carbonyl absorptions of the peptide bond is far larger than that of the carboxyl and can generally be regarded as an almost changelessness in its absorption intensity while binding; therefore the value of the I1655 is thought to be nearly equal to that of the I1649 under the above conditions of sample handling. And the rate of I1725b/I1655 is appreciably larger than that of I17250/I1649 in this figure, the enhancement of the carboxyl absorption of the D01 biomass binding (curves 2) being thus confirmed. The following comparisons between the two absorption intensities of biomass and that binding in IR spectra have all been made in accordance with this method and taken seriously.
Binding of Au(III) to filtrates of D01 and some other biomasses
IR spectra are of additive property. The bands of the D01 biomass reacted with Au(III) shown in Figure 1, curve 2 involve the absorptions of both soluble and insoluble D01 hydrolysate binding Au(III). The soluble part is an important composition of the biomass and plays a key role in the interaction with Au(III). Yet the content of the soluble hydrolysate is much less than that of the insoluble, so the absorptions of the former have been obscured by those of the latter whose spectrum is closely similar to that of the D01 biomass. In order to remove any insoluble materials that may interfere with the IR absorptions studied, the filtrate and that binding Au(III) have been recorded by IR respectively (Figure 2, curve 1 and 2); they show closely correlated to the D01 biomass and that binding. Of the biomass and its filtrate, the latter has succeeded in avoiding the overlapping of the amide I band region by the insoluble materials to display the subtle differences between the absorptions of the carbonyl and that binding, and directly reflects the conformational changes in polypeptide backbones and in their side chain steric positions, thus revealing the molecular mechanisms of protein binding Au(III) more sensitively than the former; this filtrate complements the biomass perfectly. Therefore the soluble hydrolysates of D01 and some other microbial (R08, A09 and waste S. cerevisiae) biomasses and those binding have each been used to further illustrate the mechanisms of hydroxyl, carboxylate anion and peptide bond of the biomasses reacted with Au(III).
IR spectra of (1) soluble hydrolysate of D01 biomass on hydrolysis for 24 h and (2) that challenged with Au(III) at pH 3 for 2 h.
The amino-acids don't show any absorptions of the N-H stretching bands in the normal 3 500 - 3 300 cm-1 range; and the polypeptides only appear medium and weak N-H stretching absorptions in the regions 3 340 - 3 140 cm-1 and 3 100 - 3 060 cm-1 due to the bonded NH [20, 24]. As the O-H stretching bands of the hydrogen-bonded hydroxyl display very strong absorptions in the region 3 400 - 3 200 cm-1 [20, 21, 24], the N-H stretching absorptions of polypeptides therefore have been screened by the O-H stretching bands in this case. Thus, the absorption at 3 385 cm-1 of the soluble D01 hydrolysate (Figure 2, curve 1) is assigned to the O-H stretching band (υO-H) of the intermolecular, hydrogen-bonded hydroxyl of polysaccharides [24]. After the contact with Au(III), the filtrate showed the spectrum with a disappearance of the band at 3 385 cm-1 (curve 2), owing to the hydroxyl-oxygen challenged with Au(III). The action of Au(III) on the oxygen incurs a red-shift of the O-H absorption, thereby leading to the loss of this band. Two other changes in the intensities of asymmetric and symmetric vibrations of the -C( - - - ¯ O) 2 - stretching frequencies of the carboxylate anion from the side chains at 1 587 and 1 406 cm-1 [20, 21, 24] have occurred because of the binding of Au(III) to the oxygen of this group [22] (Figure 2). This is just similar to the case of the D01 biomass challenged with Au(III) mentioned above (Figure 1), only that the filtrate has succeeded in avoiding the obscuring of the carboxylate anion region by the absorptions of the insoluble substances to show the asymmetric -C( - - - ¯ O) 2 - absorption band at 1 587 cm-1 more than the biomass. This typical complexation of the carboxylate anion with Au(III) results in a blue-shift of the asymmetric -C( - - - ¯ O) 2 - band at 1 587 cm-1 and a red-shift of its symmetric absorption at 1 406 cm-1 [22] respectively, thus causing a marked reduction in the intensity of the absorption at 1 587 cm-1 and a clear shift of part of the absorption from 1 406 to 1 386 cm-1. This asymmetric absorption frequency of 1 587 cm-1 is the stretching band of the -C( - - - ¯ O) 2 - resonating structure, being closely related to the property of O-Au(III) bond while the binding occurred. The resonance of the carboxylate anion causes a reduction in its bond order to result in a red-shift of the asymmetric frequency [22]; but a covalent bond should restrain the resonance, therefore the coordinate-covalent bond formation of O-Au(III) by the complexation of the -C( - - - ¯ O) 2 - anion with Au(III) incurs a blue-shift of this band. Similar changes for the same reason have also occurred in the circumstances of the soluble hydrolysates of R08, A09 and waste S. cerevisiae biomasses reacted with Au(III) respectively (Figures 3, 4 and 5). There are found each of the asymmetric -C( - - - ¯ O) 2 - stretching bands with obvious decreases in their intensities of the absorptions at 1 589 cm-1 (Figures 3 and 4) and 1 587 cm-1 (Figure 5), and each symmetric band with a clear red-shift of part of the absorption from 1 401 to 1 385 cm-1 in Figure 3, 1 405 to 1 383 cm-1 in Figure 4 and 1 410 to 1 392 cm-1 in Figure 5, respectively. The IR frequency shifts of hydroxyl and carboxylate anion as well as both amide I and II bands (i.e. C=O and C-N-H groups of the peptide bond) could be correlated with the coordinate-covalent bond formation between Au(III) and donor atoms (O and/or N) of these groups [22, 24].
IR spectra of (1) soluble hydrolysate of Bacillus licheniformis R08 biomass on hydrolysis for 24 h and (2) that challenged with Au(III) at pH 3 for 2 h.
IR spectra of (1) soluble hydrolysate of Lactobacillus sp. strain A09 biomass on hydrolysis for 24 h and (2) that challenged with Au(III) at pH 3 for 2 h.
IR spectra of (1) soluble hydrolysate of Saccharomyces cerevisiae waste biomass on hydrolysis for 24 h and (2) that challenged with Au(III) at pH 3 for 2 h.
Ordinarily, the carboxylate anion should be easily combined with the proton to form the carboxyl (-COOH) under acid condition; and the carbonyl absorption of the carboxyl, a most sensitive to IR absorption, must appear at 1 725 cm-1, but it wasn't found to occur after the filtrate of the D01 biomass in contact with Au(III) on the existence of proton (Figure 2, curve 2). And the absences of the carboxyl absorption also occurred in the soluble hydrolysates of R08, A09 and waste S. cerevisiae biomasses challenged with Au(III) at pH 3.0 respectively (Figures 3, 4 and 5). The results implies that the carboxylate anion of the filtrates reacted with the proton seems to be only through electrostatic attraction, i.e. a non-covalent interaction, and should still keep the ionic character in their respective biosorption systems. Naturally, there isn't the carbonyl absorption of the carboxyl of IR in each case. The findings just indicate that the proton appears not to have influenced the IR absorption of carboxylate anion or carboxyl under the circumstances. This evidence provides an important basis for discussion as to the mechanism of the redox reaction of Au(III) with the D01 biomass.
Bioreduction of Au(III) to Au(0)
As noted in the earlier studies [11, 25], the market increase in the intensity of the hydroxyl of saccharides at 1 058 cm-1 (δO-H +υC-O) in Figure 1, curve 2 is largely due to an increase in the free hydroxyl, thereby strongly suggesting that part of the polysaccharides on the cell wall of the biomass have been hydrolyzed to shorter saccharides of oligoses, dioses, monoses, etc. And most of the short saccharides should retain the monose group of the hemiacetalic hydroxyl, so that they still have the reducing ability like glucose and are referred to generally as reducing sugars. This result has further supported the existence of certain amount of the reducing sugars in this system. Since the proton of the system can't directly affect the IR absorption of the carboxyl in this case, one of the primary causes of the two distinctly enhanced intensities of the carboxyl absorptions at 1 725 cm-1 (υC=0) and 981 cm-1 (δO-H) in Figure 1 is thought to involve the oxidation of the reducing sugars to their corresponding acids by the noble-metal cation [11, 25, 26]. This inference has been confirmed by both XPS and IR characterizations of the interaction of glucose with Au(III) [11]. The mechanism of Au(III) interaction with the reducing sugars involves the rapid reduction of Au(III) to Au(I), followed by a slow reduction to Au(0). This redox reaction is expressed as follows:
Au III + R-CHO + H 2 O → Au I + R-COOH + 2 H + 2Au I + R-CHO + H 2 O → 2 Au 0 + R-COOH + 2 H +
The biomass must have served as a catalyst as well as an electron donor in this redox reaction of normal temperature. In the course of Au(III) bioreduction, the free aldehyde group of the cyclic hemiacetalic hydroxyl from the various reducing sugars has been oxidized to the carboxyl with the bound Au(III) being in situ reduced to Au(0), thus leading to the marked increases in the intensities of the carboxyl absorptions at 1 725 and 981 cm-1 respectively (Figure 1, curve 2). Whereas the carboxyl absorption is absent from the soluble hydrolyzed biomasses of D01, R08, A09 and waste S. cerevisiae reacted with Au(III) respectively (Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5, curves 2); besides the above cause that the proton of the systems seems not to have produced a direct effect on the carboxyl absorption in these cases, there should also be another reason that the redox reactions appear not to occur yet under the circumstances. Maybe these filtrates don't contain any enzymes that can enzymatically catalyze the bioreduction of Au(III).
Conformation-rearrangement of polypeptides by Au(III)-intervention
Interestingly, the soluble D01 hydrolysate challenged with Au(III) exhibits the IR spectrum with the amide I band splitting into two peaks of 1 658 and 1 634 cm-1 (Figure 2, curve 2). This is ascribable to the interaction of the carbonyl-oxygen with Au(III) [23, 24]. The carbonyl adsorption of the peptide bond in this case is not a pure C=O stretching mode but is appreciably coupled with the C-N stretch and to some extent with the NH bend [20, 27]; hence the amide I band is believed to reflect the molecule-conformational information about the protein secondary structure involving α-helix, β-pleated sheet, β-turn, random coil and so forth [27]. In view of this reason, the absorptions of 1 658 and 1 634 cm-1 are, respectively, attributed to the conformations of α-helix and parallel β-pleated sheet [23, 24, 27], being each characterized largely by the regular arrays of intra- and inter-molecular (intra- and inter-chain) hydrogen-bondings in polypeptides [24, 28]. The frequency shift of a fair proportion of the absorption from 1 634 to 1 658 cm-1 directly reflects that the action of Au(III) on the carbonyl-oxygen of the peptide bond appears to incur a fracture of much of the inter-chain hydrogen-bond linking adjacent polypeptide backbones and to bring the intra-chain hydrogen-bond formation, a corresponding conformation-transition (without a rupture of covalent bonds) from the parallel β-pleated sheet to the α-helices in polypeptide backbones thus happening. While the spectra of the D01 biomass and that reacted with Au(III) display the absorptions of the amide I band at 1 649 and 1 655 cm-1 without a split respectively (Figure 1, curves 1 and 2), they each appreciably contain the different percentages of both the absorptions of 1 634 cm-1 (due to parallel β-pleated sheet) and of 1 658 cm-1 (due to α-helix). From the mathematical viewpoint, it was estimated about 37.5% parallel β-pleated sheet and 62.5% α-helix at 1 649 cm-1, and about 12.5% parallel β-pleated sheet and 87.5% α-helix at 1 655 cm-1. The result indicates that two thirds of the parallel β-pleated sheet has changed to the α-helices in polypeptides after in contact with Au(III) for 24 h. And a great deal of gold particles were formed then [8, 17]. What has been mirrored about the reconformation of polypeptides by the D01 biomass is just the same as that by its soluble hydrolysate (Figure 2), only that the latter reflects the change in molecular conformation more sensitively than the former; this revealment by the filtrate complements that by the D01 biomass perfectly. Two other cases bearing strong resemblances to this are also watched in the filtrates of R08 and A09 biomasses and those challenged with Au(III) respectively (Figures 3 and 4). They each show the clear blue-shifts of a fair proportion of the absorptions from 1636 cm-1 (due to the parallel β-pleated sheet) to 1 660 cm-1 (due to the α-helix), thereby directly representing that lots of the β-pleated sheet has changed to the α-helices in polypeptides since the filtrates were in contact with Au(III) in each system. Another somewhat similar case is observed in the soluble hydrolysate of the waste biomass of S. cerevisiae and that reacted with Au(III) in Figure 5. It shows the absorptions of the υC=O of the peptide bond at 1 631 and 1 609 cm-1 (curve 1) arising, respectively, from parallel and antiparallel β-pleated sheets [27, 28], characterized mostly by their different arrangements in polarity of peptide chains [28]. After in contact with Au(III), the filtrate displayed a spectrum with the clear shifts from 1 631 and 1 609 cm-1 to 1 638 cm-1 and one new shoulder peak occurred near 1 682 cm-1 (curve 2); the lack of the absorption at 1 609 cm-1 and the appearance of one band at 1 638 cm-1 suggest a conformational transition from antiparallel to parallel β-pleated sheet in polypeptides. The band of 1 638 cm-1 seems to contain about five sixths of parallel β-pleated sheet and one sixth of α-helix, estimated by the mathematical method; and the shoulder peak at 1 682 cm-1 is assigned to the conformation of β-turn [23, 27], also a helical circle, characterized largely by the periodic arrays of intra-chain hydrogen-bonding [28]. The findings reflect that part of the β-pleated sheet has been transformed into α-helices and β-turns of the circular forms since the filtrate of the waste biomass of S. cerevisiae was in contact with Au(III). Collino et al. [29] noted that the neutralized side-chains at low pH haven't led to an obviously conformational change in the participants of specific proteins. In view of this reason, the observed reconformations that occurred simultaneously with the changes in the arrays from inter- to intra-chain hydrogen-bonding don't arise from side-chain charge repulsion between adjacent cationic residues but from the intervention of Au(III). Collectively, the proteins of these biomasses on adsorbing Au(III) seem to show a strong tendency towards the transition of the molecular conformation from sheet of polypeptide backbone chains to separate-helical backbones in protein secondary structure; and this changing is bound to be accompanied by the alteration in side-chain steric positions of protein primary structure. The above evidence suggests that the conformation-lability is a common feature of the proteins and that the feature is associated with the Au(III)-binding effects. It is assumed that the conformation-labile (i.e. molecule-dynamic) property of the polypeptides favorably modulates the binding affinities by altering the side-chain positions with respect to the targets, which might lead to higher-affinity interactions of the helical polypeptides with Au(III), Au(I) and/or Au(0) surfaces [30, 31].
Effects of molecular reconformation on Au(III) binding, nucleation and growth
α-helix, the commonest protein secondary structure, shows each of the helical circles to contain 3.6 amino-acid residues with a pitch of 0.54 nm between adjacent helical circles joined by intra-chain hydrogen-bonding that occurs between the hydrogen of the peptide bond and the oxygen of that of the fourth residue at N-terminal of the polypeptide backbone [28], i.e. -N-H...O=C- (hydrogen-bonding expressed in dotted line), and has the regular, helical conformation-pattern; it seems only one fourth of -C=O and H-N- groups of the peptide bond have shares in the hydrogen-bonding and three fourths of those are on free state. For β-turn it bears regular circles of four amino-acid residues each and also displays helical backbone with the periodic arrays of intra-chain hydrogen-bonding [28]; similarly, it appears three fourths of -C=O and H-N- groups of the peptide bond are unbound. And for β-pleated sheet, the second most content in protein secondary structure, it includes parallel and anti-parallel patterns with periodic arrays of inter-chain hydrogen-bonding that occurs between -N-H and O=C- groups of the peptide bond from each of the adjacent backbones, and has the conformation of regular pleat-sheet [28]; it appears almost all -C=O and H-N- groups of the peptide bond participate in the hydrogen-bonding, so that there seems the lack of the free -C=O and H-N- groups in β-pleated sheet. Both α-helix and β-turn of circular patterns have shown their higher frequencies of the carbonyl (-C=O) absorption of the peptide bond in IR than the β-pleated sheet just because each of the former cases possesses more unbound carbonyl than the latter. The reconformation of polypeptides from pleated sheet to helical circles is therefore thought to free much -C=O and H-N- groups of the peptide bond from the hydrogen-bonding as well as to alter side-chain steric positions for favoring the accessibility of peptide bond and amino-acid residues to the targets. The investigation of these filtrates reacted with Au(III) (Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5) by IR indicates that much Au(III) has been bound to peptide bond and amino-acid residues and that the Au(III) bound by oxygen and/or nitrogen of the peptide bond has been carried from β-pleated sheet into α-helices and β-turns of circular conformations. It seems that the polypeptides make the opportunities for Au(III) getting higher-affinity bindings from the unbound -C=O and H-N- groups of the peptide bond and from the -C( - - - ¯ O) 2 - group of side-chains via the molecular reconformations, thereby impelling Au(III) to speciate with these functional groups. And certain binding speciations of gold with oxygenous- and nitrogenous-active-groups in cell wall biopolymers of the biomass have been deduced from the IR experimental evidence. The active binding sites of Au(III) to the biomass, such as hydroxyl of polysaccharides, carboxylate ion of amino-acid residues, peptide bond, etc. could much probably serve as the nucleation positions for Au(0) nuclei growth. For the resulting binding species of Au(0), the coordinating atoms (O and/or N) might greatly contribute to a better regulation of Au(0) nucleation and crystal growth; and the surrounding unbound oxygen and/or nitrogen could still much probably adsorb alone or together onto different parts of the Au(0) nucleus and/or nanoparticle surface, which might lead to the competitive adsorption-nucleation in polypeptide-mediated biomineralization [32] and/or to the regulation of surface-reaction-limited growth of nanocrystal [33], the particle size and shape being thus governed. In view of these properties peculiar to the biomacromolecules, combinatorial approaches [34–36] have been used to identify peptides that selectively recognize inorganic surfaces; in some cases these peptides serve as templates for inorganic deposition, offering a way for spatially controlling inorganic nucleation and crystal growth. A new peptides' adsorption-nucleation model put forward by Muthukumar [32] will undoubtedly make a significant contribution to the direct selections of crystal morphologies and growth kinetics in the course of polypeptide-mediated biomineralization.
From the viewpoint of the molecular conformation that the β-pleated sheet has backbones similar to the linear with the side-chains positioned closer together and that both the circular forms of α-helix and β-turn present their helical backbones with the side-chains separated from one another compared to the pleated sheet, it seems that the Au(0) nanoparticles bound on these side-chains of the helical patterns couldn't likely polymerize and should keep stability more easily than those of the β-pleated sheet, besides that the helical circles might create more accessible side-chain regions for challenged with Au(III) effectively. In addition, the helical forms possessing much unbound -C=O and H-N- groups of the peptide bond might be reasonably expected to be more favorable than β-pleated sheet (without the free -C=O and H-N- groups of the peptide bond) for Au(0) particles obtaining better regulation and shelter besides for Au(III) getting higher-affinity action from polypeptides. Hence this molecular conformation-rearrangement in polypeptide backbones from the pleated sheet to the helical versions appears to construct more advantageous conditions to suit the needs of the Au(III) intervention and to facilitate the regulation of Au(0) nanoparticles. Also, the conformation-labile polypeptides may enhance their adaptability to interfacial features that exist on gold surfaces (e.g. surface topology, interfacially bound water layers); and this conformation-instability of proteins involved in mineral formation/modification may be regarded as a driving force for polypeptide-mediated crystal growth and regulation [31, 37, 38]. It might therefore be expected that most of the Au(0) on cell wall surfaces should well nucleate and that the growth of Au nuclei should be modulated and regulated by polypeptides, homogeneous gold nanoparticles would thus be obtained. In reality, quite a few uneven gold nanoparticle distributions have been observed in the earlier investigations of the interactions of Au(III) with D01 [17] and waste S. cerevisiae [8] biomasses. There seem two possibilities that account for the occurrence of the larger sizes of the particles in the systems. One appears due to a decrease in the pH of the biosorption system, because both the processes of adsorption and reduction of Au(III) by the biomass usually result in the releases of the proton [6, 25, 26] and further the acidification of the present system. A drop in the pH value from 3 to 1.96 occurred in a matter of one hour after the biosorption, indicating that the concentration of the proton has reached more than ten times as thick as that at the beginning; and it may be going on falling with the proceeding of the biosorption. Thus, the excessive proton could occupy the binding sites of Au(III), Au(I) and Au(0), especially the Au(0) position, causing part of the Au(0) to be separated from the biomass and to be no longer sheltered and regulated by the biomacromolecules. In this case, the fallen free-nanoparticles may likely gather one another under the circumstances of Brownian motion. And moreover, the excessive proton could also seize the free oxygen and/or nitrogen atoms of the active groups of the proteins, leading to hamper the polypeptides' competitive adsorption-nucleation models [32] that will control both size and shape of Au(0) nanoparticles. To avoid the adverse effect of the pH on Au adsorption, nucleation and crystal growth, the adjustment of the pH may have to be timely made and the value had better be maintained at pH 3.0 during the biosorption process. The other likelihood for the polymerization of gold nanoparticles seems the occurrence of the Brownian motion of the biomass in the systems. This factor can't be ignored although the motion is invisible to the naked eyes. The cells with sizes of 0.5 - 1 (diameter) × 1 - 3 (length) (μm) have been unceasingly shocked by far smaller liquid medium molecules making an uninterrupted thermal motion. Thus, part of the crystals without getting better regulation and shelter on cell surfaces may form twinned crystals or develop multiple twins, or fall off the cell walls, by the impact of the Brownian motion of the biomass. To reduce the unfavorable factors to the minima, the initial concentration of Au(III) must be prepared in a suitable range; the reaction time should be kept within the time frame of the experiment and so forth; and an appropriate capping ligand, such as dodecanethiol (C12H25SH) [39], may be considered being used for sheltering and stabilizing the Au(0) nanoparticles still further. Obviously, much work needs getting on to find out the most suitable conditions for the biosynthesis of homogeneous gold nanoparticles and to develop new methodologies to facilitate the biopreparation process and its optimization.
The interaction of Au(III) with Bacillus megatherium D01 biomass on a molecular level has been further characterized by IR spectrometry in this paper. The findings indicate that the adsorption of Au(III) onto the biomass is mainly through an ion-exchange mechanism; and that this sorbing is closely followed by the coordinations of Au(III) with the active groups of the biomass, namely the coordinate-covalent bond formation between Au(III) and the donor atoms (O and/or N) of these groups, such as hydroxyl, carboxylate ion, peptide bond, etc. The evidence of the bioreduction of Au(III) to elemental Au(0) at normal temperature and the formation of Au(0) nanoparticles within a short time shows that the biomass itself must have fulfilled the role as a catalyst as well as playing an important part in regulating Au nanoparticles besides as an electron donor during this biosorption. A further investigation into the interactions of Au(III) with each of the filtrates of D01, R08, A09 and waste S. cerevisiae biomasses strongly suggests an essential biomacromolecule-characteristic that appears the binding of Au(III) to the oxygen of the peptide bond has led to a significant transition, in molecular conformations of protein secondary structure, from sheet of polypeptide backbones to separate-helical chains, namely a reconformation from β-pleated sheet to α-helices and/or β-turns; and this changing is accompanied by the alteration, of protein primary structure, in side-chains' accessibility to Au(III), as well as by the occurrence, in the peptide bond, of much unbound -C=O and H-N- groups that have been freed from the inter-molecular hydrogen-bonding of the β-pleated sheet and carried on the helical versions for facilitating binding Au(III). The reconformations of protein primary and secondary structures by the intervention of Au(III) seem to construct more accessible side-chain and peptide bond regions for reacting upon Au(III) effectively and to create more favorable conditions for polypeptides and their side-chains regulating and stabilizing Au(0) nanoparticles. It appears that the polypeptides are activated by Au(III) via the molecular reconformation and in turn act on Au(III) positively and produce important effects on Au(0) nucleation and crystal growth.
The revealment of the interactions of Au(III) with the microbial biomasses could provide useful information for developing new methodologies to facilitate both the biosynthesis of new advanced gold nanostructured materials and the improvement of the biopreparation of high-dispersively supported gold catalyst.
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We acknowledge Mr. Yao Bingxin and Professor Weng Shengzhou from the Department of Biology at Xiamen University for their helpful advices on the characteristics of bacteria growth in their respective different phases in this study.
State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China
Zhongyu Lin, Yiwen Ye & Zhenling Xu
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China
Qiaoling Li & Miao Wang
Zhongyu Lin
Yiwen Ye
Qiaoling Li
Zhenling Xu
Miao Wang
Correspondence to Zhongyu Lin.
YY carried out the XRD examination, and participated in both analysis and interpretation of XRD patterns. QL and ZX carried out the biosorption examinations, and participated in the analyses of adsorptive efficiency and capacity of the D01 biomass for Au(III). MW carried out the UV-vis examination and participated in the analysis of glucose content of the D01 biomass. ZL conceived of the study, carried out the IR examination, performed the synthetic analysis and drafted the manuscript. All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Lin, Z., Ye, Y., Li, Q. et al. A further insight into the biosorption mechanism of Au(III) by infrared spectrometry. BMC Biotechnol 11, 98 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-11-98
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Carlos Motta, Artist
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REQUIEM is based on a queer interpretation of the stories of the death and resurrection of Christ in an attempt to question their effect on the sustained exclusion of queer bodies and lives. The performance takes places in two acts: “Libera Me,” featuring Ernesto Tomasini and “Mondo Invertito,” featuring bondage artists Stafano Laforgia and Andrea Ropes and Carlos Motta.
The performance took place on Saturday, June 4th, 2016 at 7.30 pm at the Chapel, Tenuta Dello Scompiglio and was commissioned by curators Eugenio Viola and Angel Moya for Tenuta Dello Scompiglio’s “Sui Generis” Festival of Performance.
MONDO INVERTITO
Two photos above by Matthias Herrmann
“Mondo Invertito” is a performative act where two men tie the artist down from his feet, elevate and invert him in the chapel at Tenuta Dello Scompiglio. This thirty-minute inversion is informed by the BDSM practices of inversion and crucifixion and it is also in conversation with the queer theological work of Marcella Althaus-Reid (1952 – 2009), who used sexual stories to rethink the dialectics of decency and indecency from perspectives that have mostly been rendered marginal. The naked body hanging upside down may (literally) evoke the reversal of a normative world-view. The body of the ‘invert’ is equated here to the (sexualized) body of Christ. The performance is an iconographic intervention that is both delicate and forceful and aims at reclaiming the body from reductive discourses of immorality and perversion. The performance is formally based on Caravaggio’s and Guido Reni’s paintings “The Crucifixion of St. Peter.
“Libera Me” is vocal performance of “Libera Me” from Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem (1886-7), by famed Italian singer Ernesto Tomasini. Tomasini is an iconoclast and eclectic artist, who moves with ease between classical theatre and performance and between contemporary music and alternative cabaret. Its rare and powerful singing extension of 4 octaves, will sing in the artist’s unmistakable style, characterized by a deliberately redundant gestures and ostentatiously queer.
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New Skin Test Detects Prion Infection Before Symptoms Appear
Microscopic examination of brain tissues of prion-infected animals. (Left) Staining shows spongiform degeneration. (Right) Staining shows intense misfolded prion protein.
Prions can infect both humans and animals, causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, mad cow disease in cattle, and chronic wasting disease in elk and deer. The infectious, misfolded protein particles often go undetected as they destroy brain tissue, causing memory loss, mobility issues, and ultimately death. Preclinical detection of prions has proven difficult, but new research suggests skin samples hold early signs of prion disease that precede neurologic symptoms.
“Currently a definitive diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is dependent on the examination of diseased brain tissue obtained at biopsy or autopsy. It has been impossible to detect at the early preclinical stage,” said Wenquan Zou, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
In a ground-breaking study published in Nature Communications, Zou and an international team of researchers successfully used two methods to detect prions in skin samples collected from inoculated rodents. The study provides the first proof-of-concept evidence that readily accessible skin samples could be used to detect prion disease early—before clinical symptoms appear.
In the new study, Zou and colleagues successfully detected prions in rodent skin samples as early as two weeks post-infection. They also detected prions in the skin of uninoculated rodents that were housed alongside inoculated cage mates, demonstrating that prion transmission can occur between cohabitating rodents.
Prions were detected in skin samples from the inoculated rodents before they showed any clinical signs of prion disease. The researchers first inoculated the brains of hamsters and humanized transgenic mice with rodent or human prion samples, respectively. Then, they collected skin and brain samples at different time points, and used two different methods to detect disease-associated prion proteins in the tissues. In both hamsters and mice, the researchers detected prions in skin before they could be detected in brain tissue. The researchers concluded that skin prions could serve as a useful biomarker for preclinical diagnosis of prion diseases.
The study compared two highly-sensitive prion detection methods: RT-QuIC (real-time quaking-induced conversion) and sPMCA (serial protein misfolding cyclic amplification). “Both assays were able to efficiently amplify trace amounts of disease-associated prion protein found in the skin tissues of infected animals,” said the study’s first author Zerui Wang, MD, a PhD student from the First Hospital of Jilin University, China, working in the Zou laboratory. The tests use prions in tissue samples as a template and either normal brain tissue or synthetic prion protein as “building blocks” to dramatically amplify minute amounts of prions to detectable levels.
One of the methods, RT-QuIC, has been used to detect prion particles in symptomatic CJD patients. However, it normally requires invasive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampling that may be contraindicated for certain patients. Additionally, “The CSF-based prion test results could be uncertain in some cases and not all CSF specimens from patients with prion disease are RT-QuIC positive,” said Qingzhong Kong, PhD, associate professor of pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and co-corresponding author on the study. “Although skin samples may not replace CSF in routine RT-QuIC-based prion disease diagnosis, they may be helpful when prion disease is suspected but CSF is either unavailable or RT-QuIC-negative.”
The study results build upon previous work by Zou and colleagues showing that autopsy skin samples from human prion disease patients exhibit prion seeding and infectivity. The next step will be to develop and validate the skin prion tests for clinical use.
Said Zou, “Since the skin is readily accessible and skin biopsy is minimally invasive, detection of skin prions will be very useful for monitoring disease progression and assessing therapeutic efficacy during clinical trials or treatments when prion therapy becomes available in the future.”
Zou and Kong were recently awarded a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to validate the test methods using human skin samples. They will determine if skin prions could serve as a diagnostic biomarker for CJD or a source of prion transmission.
The researchers believe the methods may also be adapted for diagnosis of other diseases involving misfolded proteins. “Sensitive, minimally invasive detection of various misfolded proteins in skin, such as tau in Alzheimer’s disease and alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease, could be highly valuable for disease diagnosis and monitoring of disease progression and efficacy of treatments,” Zou said. “It’s possible that the skin will ultimately serve as a mirror for us to monitor these misfolded proteins that accumulate and damage the brain in patients with these conditions.”
Wang, Z. et al. “Early preclinical detection of prions in the skin of prion-infected animals.” Nature Communications 10:247 (2019).
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Campus Reform | Stanford profs try to cancel Trump Coronavirus adviser...& White House strikes back
Stanford profs try to cancel Trump Coronavirus adviser...& White House strikes back
Stanford Medical School professors wrote a letter criticizing White House Coronavirus Task Force advisor Scott Atlas for “misrepresentations of science.”
Atlas favors protecting vulnerable populations while reopening the country as quickly as possible.
Benjamin Zeisloft | Pennsylvania Senior Campus Correspondent
Monday, September 14, 2020 8:31 PM
A group of roughly 100 Stanford University School of Medicine professors published an open letter in opposition to Dr. Scott Atlas — a White House Coronavirus Task Force advisor — because of how he says the U.S. should reopen amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“We stand united in efforts to develop and promote science-based solutions that advance human health and prevent suffering from the coronavirus pandemic,” say the professors. They believe that they have an obligation to counter “the falsehoods and misrepresentations of science” by Atlas, whho formerly worked for Stanford Medical School and is now a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institute.
Atlas is in favor of pursuing a strategy in which elderly and vulnerable populations are protected as the virus progresses through younger demographics. He emphasizes the economic consequences of lockdowns and calls for the reopening of schools with proper safety measures in place.
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He has critiqued the mainstream media for pushing narratives that conflict with scientific data with respect to the coronavirus.
"There’s an overwhelming body of science here and if we had a half-hour I would articulate a little bit more," Atlas told Fox News in August. "But basically, it’s frustrating to hear media talk about, 'according to the data,' and then they act and say things that are completely contrary to the data."
Atlas’s former Stanford colleagues argued that "the safest path to herd immunity is through deployment of rigorously evaluated, effective vaccines that have been approved by regulatory agencies."
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“The policy response to this pandemic must reinforce the science, including that evidence-based prevention and the safe development, testing and delivery of efficacious therapies and preventive measures, including vaccines, represent the safest path forward. Failure to follow the science — or deliberately misrepresenting the science — will lead to immense avoidable harm,” the letter asserts.
Amid the backlash from his former colleagues, Atlas tweeted, "I was asked by the President of the United States to help formulate healthcare policy during the biggest healthcare crisis in a century. My extensive background in both medical science and healthcare policy provides a unique and urgently needed perspective on this matter...Risk of serious illness or death from C-19 is extr hi for elderly w/comorb's & very low for kids...Prolonged lockdowns r killing people, destroying families, harming kids esp the poor."
"I have *never* advised the President to pursue a strategy of achieving herd immunity by allowing SARS2 to spread throughout the country. I have *never* advised the President to open schools or society in any fashion other than safely and in accordance with the science..." Atlas assured.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere reacted to the Stanford faculty's condemnation of Atlas in a statement to Campus Reform.
“This was another attempt to cancel out different views in an obviously biased attack by Stanford professors against Dr. Scott Atlas, former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford Medical Center, a health policy expert at Hoover Institution and a senior advisor to President Trump. Dr. Atlas has provided President Trump with the latest scientific information and fact-based advice on how to safely reopen schools and get America’s economy back on track. He will continue to do that as the Trump administration works to end the outbreak and help Americans get back to work," Deere said.
The White House cited an analysis from San Diego-based data expert Justin Hart, which found that about 69 percent of the Stanford letter signers have donated to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The signers gave "not one cent" to Trump, "according to Hart.
Of the 107 signers to the Stanford letter attacking Scott Atlas 69% of them have given $ to Democratic causes - including Joe Biden! But NOT ONE CENT to @realDonaldTrump
In fact, Stanford is so filled with liberals, employees have given Biden $178,188 and Trump just $8,053 pic.twitter.com/EFR9LHzBj8
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) September 14, 2020
The White House cited additional analysis from Hart that found that of the 107 signatories, 74 of them gave a total of "$417,434 in contributions over the past several cycles. Including $50K to Obama, $40K to Hillary, and over $83K to national Democratic Committees..."
Of the 107 signatories to the letter attacking Scott Atlas - 74 have made contributions to Democrats and left-learning initiatives. $417,434 in contributions over the past several cycles. Including $50K to Obama, $40K to Hillary, and over $83K to national Democratic Committees. pic.twitter.com/SImmG2hmXF
Campus Reform reached out to Stanford University and Atlas for comment and will update this article accordingly.
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Benjamin Zeisloft
Pennsylvania Senior Campus Correspondent
Benjamin Zeisloft is a Pennsylvania Senior Campus Correspondent, reporting on liberal bias and abuse for Campus Reform. He is studying Finance and Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Benjamin also writes for The UPenn Statesman and the Wharton International Business Review.
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An Ode to Live Poker
Author: Calum Grant
I knew I’d miss live poker, but I didn’t think I’d miss live poker THIS much.
I’ve always known that I’m lucky to live in an area that’s a 25-minute drive from three casinos and reside in a town where there’s bar games running every day. Because of this, I played live games several days a week, whether it was just for a couple a quid (that’s pounds, for non-British people) in a bar game or hitting the casino to play some larger buy-in events. Prior to COVID-19 live poker was a big part of my weekly routine.
Without sounding hyperbolic, I do feel like a Tom without a Jerry, a Homer without a Duff Beer. It really does feel like an appendage of my body has left me without knowing when it’s going to return. Action-wise, I can turn to online poker, play baccarat online or other blood-pumping casino games; but it’s just not the same as shuffling the chips and staring down an opponent in person.
I’m seeing posts on social media platforms about casinos reopening in the US. Albeit most of these games will likely be operating on a 4-handed basis and behind a plethora of plexi-glass that would make an ice-hockey rink blush. I can’t pretend that I’m not jealous. I am, incredibly so. Like a scorned lover with a heart that beats for poker, I can’t bear to see her with somebody else when I can’t have her.
I was lucky enough to qualify for an event through my league that had some mouth-watering prizes on display, good cash prizes, all-inclusive trips to Vegas and so on. COVID-19 ruined that and the event has been indefinitely cancelled.
Furthermore, some friends and I had planned to play several events in this year’s GUKPT Goliath series, a festival I’ve longed to participate in but have never been able to due to prior commitments. COVID-19 obliterated that like an ace from space on the river to crack someone’s pocket kings.
I was feeling a bit sorry for myself until I was speaking to a reg, Richard White, who some of you may know from poker Facebook groups such as On the Bubble or Ace High Poker. Last year, Rich won an all-inclusive paid trip to Vegas. Brilliant! He was ecstatic and rightly so.
I did a quick weekend trip to Vegas on a whim when I was doing my dissertation for university in 2018 in what can only be described as a quarter-life crisis. And of course, my trip was fantastic, never have I ever wanted to return to a place more.
Seeing how excited Rich was, I told him all about my weekend jaunt in Sin City, and every time we’d meet since then, he’d tell me it’s now only “X number of days till Vegas.” It was a nice running joke we shared, and reminded me why I love live poker; you don’t get to have these quirky bits with people from behind a computer screen.
I’ve regularly spoken to Rich in lockdown and he let me know that due to COVID-19 his all-inclusive trip unfortunately isn’t going to be happening any time soon.
When he won his prize, the trip to Vegas was then a full year away, so you can imagine there’s been a lot of pent up energy. To have that taken away due to some very extreme unforeseen circumstances must have been heart-breaking.
I caught up with Rich on the phone after one of our online home games to see how he’s been keeping (side note: remember to check up on your bros at this time!). I didn’t know whether to bring up the trip in conversation, but like when you know you should fold but end up calling, I couldn’t resist.
“I’m devastated Cal, obviously I’m grateful that I’ve got health in this time, but thinking selfishly I’m beyond gutted.” Rich said.
“I should be in Vegas right now. Even though I won the trip nearly a year ago, I’ve been waiting for it a lot longer than that.
“I’m trying to fool myself that I’m playing these online games in the Bellagio or Caesars Palace, just so it doesn’t sting as much.”
We chatted some more, and Rich told me the trip had been rearranged and had a confirmation date. With casinos opening in the US now, and with humankind having a bit more knowledge on COVID-19, Rich eventually will get his happily ever after.
In the meantime, for me, it’s online poker for the foreseeable future and watching the UK populace argue over a Prime Minister’s aide breaking lockdown rules.
Come back soon live poker, please.
About Calum Grant
Calum is a Sport Broadcast student from Wales. He is also an avid poker player who’s always looking to see how poker in the UK can be improved, as well as trying to deliver great content for poker enthusiasts.
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AG Jeff Sessions’ sentencing memo could hurt the wrongfully convicted
By : Dave Harris
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions just reminded the country that he wants the failed War on Drugs to be the centerpiece of his Justice Department policy.
Under Holder, prosecutors were directed not to include drug quantity amounts in criminal charges in some cases if it would trigger mandatory minimum sentences – that policy was rescinded in Sessions’ directive. In some cases, mandatory minimum and recidivist enhancements statutes have resulted in unduly harsh sentences and perceived or actual disparities that do not reflect our Principles of Federal Prosecution.
Holder had asked prosecutors to avoid slapping nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that carried mandatory minimum sentences, practices that, as NPR’s Tamara Keith explains, “give judges and prosecutors little discretion over the length of a prison term if a suspect is convicted”.
He also maintained that there more effective ways to assist low level offenders who pose no threat to the public other than incarceration.
When President Trump came into office and appointed Jeff Sessions, drug war activists feared that he would take away the tremendous progress that was gained under the Obama administration. “Is the attorney general saying this in drug cases, but not in white collar cases?”
“In recent years the Department of Justice had achieved a substantial population reduction in its overcrowded prison system”, Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project, said in a statement.
Do you think all drug offenders should be treated the same? We need criminal justice reform that is geared towards making communities safer and reducing our imprisoned populations instead of rolling back improvements we’ve made.
“This policy is simply common sense and will help reduce crimes and drugs in our neighborhoods”, he said in a statement.
Officials say Holder’s “Smart on Crime” policy “convoluted the process”, and left prosecutors applying the law unevenly, which they said “is not Justice”. The view is increasingly at odds with the views of voters across the political spectrum.
Citing overcrowding in prisons and overspending by taxpayers, Holder had announced the policy change claiming that “too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for no good law enforcement reason”.
The move by Sessions however, is not something authorities didn’t preempt – since Sessions has declared in every major speech since being confirmed as attorney general, that public safety and violent crime are intertwined – and his top priorities.
“We know drugs and crime go hand in hand”, Sessions said.
The goal of the Holder Doctrine was to cease harsh penalties for low-level drug criminals. “You collect it with the barrel of a gun”.
If that language sounds familiar, it’s because Ronald Reagan said something eerily similar in 1988, when numerous current mandatory minimums were put on the books.
“Decades of experience shows we can not arrest and incarcerate our way out of America’s drug problem”, Brett Tolman, the former U.S. attorney of Utah, said in a statement.
Almost 30 years later, there’s still ample supply and booming demand for drugs.
Critics of the shift say it will revive the worst aspects of the drug war.
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Georgia Announces Iriao As Their Eurovision 2018 Representative
Jonathan Currinn January 3, 2018, 10:30 am
Are you ready to see some jazz music displayed on the Eurovision stage? Well, be ready in May, because Georgia has chosen their Eurovision Song Contest 2018 act. Iriao are a seven-piece jazz group who are known in the country for their unique music.
Iriao consists of David Malazonia, David Kavtaradze, Bidzina Murgulia, Levan Abshilava, Shalva Gelekva, George Abashidze, and Mikheil Javakhishvili. The Eurovision rules state that only six people can be on stage during a performance, which means one of the band members will have to sit this one out. This isn’t the first time this has happened, Romania sent the seven-piece pop group, Mandinga, to Eurovision in 2012 with the song “Zaleilah”; they came 12th despite one of the group members sitting out and chilling – watching the show.
We believe Georgia has internally selected Iriao as Salvador Sobral won Eurovision 2017 with his jazz-inspired track “Amar pelos dois”. We’re not sure if Georgia has a chance with Iriao, especially considering the acts that have already been announced; however, we have been proven wrong in the past, and Iriao may just bring an infectious track to the contest.
Watch Iriao Perform Their “Chongurs Simebi Gavubi” On A Stage Here:
All it can take is a good song. They have yet to release their Eurovision song so we sure are waiting patiently. The group is led by composer, David Malazonia, who has worked in Germany for 15 years. He has combined jazz and folk to create this ethereal sound that sure will make Eurovision 2018 different this year. In the last 30 years, David Malazonia has been composing music for theatres, musicians, bands, and TV projects, in both Georgia and Germany. Could this group win the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 for Georgia?
Last year, Georgia failed to make it to the Grand Final. Tamara Gachechiladze shortly missed out on qualifying as she placed 11th in the first Semi-Final with 99 points.
They have quite the competition on their hands. Other acts that have been announced are Laura Groeseneken for Belgium, Saara Aalto for Finland, Waylon for the Netherlands, AISEL for Azerbaijan, Cesar Sampson for Austria, Jessica Mauboy for Australia, and Eugent Bushpepa for Albania.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will be hosted at the Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal; with the two Semi-Finals taking place on 8 May and 10 May, whilst the Grand Final taking place on 12 May. A total of 43 other countries will compete.
What do you make of Georgia announcing Iriao as their Eurovision 2018 entrant? Let us know all your thoughts on Twitter @CelebMix.
Written by Jonathan Currinn
27-year-old writer, blogger, author, and journalist. Graduated from Staffordshire University in 2015. I write under the name Critic Jonni, on my blog. I also write for Fuzzable. In the past, I have written for the Daily Star, Channillo, Outlet Magazine, SPECTRUMM, Fox & Squirrel PhotographyModern Magazine, and Electric Mode. Follow me on Twitter @CriticJonni. Buy me a virtual coffee as a thank you: https://ko-fi.com/jonathancurrinn
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10 mistakes you might be making in the first 10 minutes of the workday
We did some research and rounded up 10 common traps. Read on to find out how to avoid those pitfalls and set yourself up for success.
As our smartphones become the ultimate hub of everything, we might be hooking up some devices that should stay unconnected.
The first few minutes of your workday are critical to your productivity for the next eight hours.
If you show up late to the office or get sucked into an overflowing inbox, you could easily get thrown off and have a hard time focusing for the rest of the day.
We did some research and rounded up 10 common traps that can ensnare you within the first 10 minutes of your workday. Read on to find out how to avoid those pitfalls and set yourself up for success.
- Getting in late
You could be sabotaging your workday before it even begins. A recent study, cited on the Huffington Post, found that bosses tend to see employees who come in later as less conscientious and give them lower performance ratings — even if those employees leave later, too. It's not fair, but it's the current reality. So try getting to the office as early as possible.
- Not greeting your coworkers
You can set a pleasant tone for yourself and others around you by taking a few minutes to catch up with your colleagues.
If you're a leader and you don't say "hi" to your team, your seeming lack of people skills could undercut your technical competence, according to Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job."
Even if you aren't a manager, making a silent beeline for your desk could make you appear less approachable to colleagues.
- Drinking coffee
If you're not the kind of person who downs a cup right when you wake up, you probably grab it as soon as you get into the office.
But research suggests that the best time to drink coffee is after 9:30 a.m. That's because the stress hormone cortisol, which regulates energy, generally peaks between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. When you drink coffee during that time, the body starts producing less cortisol, and depends more on caffeine.
Once your cortisol levels start declining after 9:30 a.m., you might really need that caffeine boost.
- Answering every email in your inbox
Once you settle into your chair, it’s tempting to dive directly into the slew of messages that arrived overnight.
But according to Michael Kerr, an international business speaker and author of "You Can't Be Serious! Putting Humor to Work," the first 10 minutes of the workday should be spent quickly scanning and prioritizing emails. That way you can see if there’s anything urgent and create a plan for answering the rest later.
"Checking email can become one of those tasks that make it feel like you are accomplishing things, wherein the danger is you are not attending to priority-action items, and you're letting others set your agenda," Kerr told Business Insider.
- Launching into your work without a tentative schedule in mind
Before you buckle down, Taylor suggests making sure you have an idea of where the day is headed. That includes writing down your top priorities and must-dos for the day and reviewing your calendar.
Check to see what events you may have planned and whether you need to prepare for any calls or conferences. Otherwise, you could be caught off guard when you get a 10-minute reminder for a team meeting and you're smack in the middle of writing a project proposal.
- Doing the easiest tasks first
Research suggests that your energy and willpower tend to flag as the day goes on. That's why it's crucial to get the important stuff out of the way as soon as possible.
Some people call this strategy "eating the frog," based on a quotation from Mark Twain: "Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day."
- Multitasking
Because you have so much energy in the morning, you might feel like you can do a million different things at once.
But research suggests that multitasking can hurt your performance on the primary task, and that it's better to do one thing at a time. If you start your workday by juggling multiple priorities, you could set yourself back for the rest of the day.
- Dwelling on negative thoughts
Maybe you nearly got knocked over by a pushy passenger on your commute. Or perhaps you had a fight with your partner the night before. Don't let those experiences distract you from the tasks that need to get done today.
Taylor suggests that you compartmentalize by putting those negative thoughts "in a separate 'box' as you start your week." If necessary, you can revisit them later.
Instead, set a positive tone by focusing on a single task for the first 10 minutes.
- Having a meeting
Morning meetings could be a waste of your cognitive resources.
According to Laura Vanderkam, author of "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast," early mornings should be reserved for tasks that require considerable focus and concentration, like writing.
If you have any say in when you have meetings with your boss and coworkers, make sure they're scheduled for low-energy times like the mid-afternoon — unless you know they require a ton of mental energy.
- Not following a routine
Scientists say your cognitive resources are limited, so use them wisely.
If you spend time at the beginning of the workday trying to decide whether you should empty your inbox, grab a cup of coffee, or attack that project proposal, you'll have less mental energy left to sit down and work on that project proposal later.
Sticking to a routine lets your brain run on automatic for a while, so that you barely use any mental energy.
As Charles Duhigg, author of "The Power of Habit," told The Chicago Tribune: "Routine basically gives us the mental freedom to think about what's actually important. That way we don't have to think about all the mundane aspects of life."
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Indigenous graduate eyes Aust’s top job
Caption: CIT graduate Ethan Taylor, 17, wants to be Australia's first Aboriginal PM. His CIT achievements mean it's not hard to believe.
CIT graduate Ethan Taylor has set himself a big goal - to earn university degrees in political science and law on his way to becoming Australia's first Aboriginal Prime Minister. It'd be easily to dismiss that as the wild dreams of an ambitious young man - until you realise what Ethan, at just 17 years old, has achieved the past six months.
Since enrolling at CIT in June 2016, Ethan has completed a Certificate IV in Leadership and Management [BSB42015] and a semester of university with Open University Australia studying psychology, mathematics and international relations units. Ethan's CIT studies combined with the four university units gave him the equivalent of a Year 12 Certificate needed to gain entry to the University of Melbourne where he'll study for a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in political science.
Ethan is a Warumungu man, born in Alice Springs south of Warumungu country, and travelled around as he studied. It was at Geraldton Senior College in WA that Ethan first showed his leadership potential.
Ethan was appointed Head Boy along with Head Girl Sally Hamilton, the school's first Indigenous head student duo. He also ran workshops for year 7-9 Indigenous students to discuss and find the "self-confidence to articulate their feelings about community issues" like racism, family violence and suicide. "They're future leaders, it's important for this next generation to know how to properly express themselves on issues," Ethan said.
In Canberra, as he struggled to finish year 12 via distance education, a cinema advertisement sparked Ethan's interest in enrolling at CIT to finish his secondary studies.
"It's really easy to get involved at CIT. It wasn't hard for me to access staff. It was really accessible, easy to be part of the CIT community. It's quite inclusive. I'm struggling to get loose!" he said.
"Apart from all the extra curricula activities, I loved how when you went into the classroom the lecturers were quite anecdotal," Ethan said of the leadership and management course.
"None of the lecturers ever 'lectured', they were applying the theory," he said. "It was like [the film] Dead Poets Society, not strict, narrow, traditional teaching. It was really engaging … I loved it."
CIT's Yurauna Centre was central to Ethan's academic success. The staff at CIT's dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support centre embraced him immediately. "They were like family and incredibly supportive", he said.
Ethan thrived at CIT. In 2016 he was appointed CIT Aboriginal Ambassador, a role he used to encourage other Indigenous students with his passionate advocacy for his community and determination to make his mark in Australia politics.
As he prepares to head to Melbourne, Ethan's already got his eye on studying law once he's finished his undergraduate degree.
"I'm going to be the first Aboriginal Prime Minister," Ethan said confidently. But "I really hope that there has already been one by the time I am old enough and wise enough to assume the position", he added.
Ethan hasn't joined a political party, yet, but a short term goal is seeking election to the student representative council, a solid grounding for entry into politics.
CIT thanks Ethan for his invaluable contribution to student life in 2016 and wish him well for the future. We'll be keenly following this enthusiastic graduate's journey.
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By Levan Tsutskiridze, Executive Director of Eastern European Center for Multi-party Democracy (EECMD)
After direct mediation by senior U.S. and EU diplomats, sustained pressure from civil society and surprisingly long-lasting opposition unity, the Georgian political parties said they have reached the agreement on electoral system for 2020 parliamentary elections.
The deal, reached last Sunday, unblocks the way out of the political stalemate. It also, hopefully, frees up the space for debate on policymaking and policy, which was held up due to confrontation concerning the electoral rules.
The deal re-shapes the proportions in the current mixed system: this fall, 120 MPs will be elected through the closed proportional party lists and only the remaining 30 MPs (instead of current 73) will be elected in majoritarian, single-mandate constituencies. The majoritarian constituencies will have to be redrawn in line with CoE Venice Commission’s recommendations. There will be 1% proportional electoral threshold.
The resulting system is much closer to the fully proportional model, which was initially promised by the ruling Georgian Dream party in the aftermath of June 2019 protests. The political crisis ensued after the ruling party reneged on its promise.
The opposition also claims that a deal was reached to release several politicians (whom they consider as “political” prisoners) from detention. The government denies any such agreement was reached on specific individuals.
So, what is to be expected in the short-term and for the fast-approaching Parliamentary elections?
After a political about-face by the GD on election model, many in Georgia understandably question their credibility and the validity of the promises their negotiators make. The remaining few weeks will thus be crucial to see if the agreements, expressed in the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the parties and their Joint Statement are respected both in their letter and spirit.
Assuming all goes well, the new central question is about the outlook of Georgian politics in the run-up to the scheduled elections. There are several critical areas that requires attention and follow-through from democratic politicians, civil society actors and Georgia’s friends from the West, so that truly fair and genuinely representative elections take place.
The general atmosphere of the campaign period has been the usual concern. The past elections saw the escalation of physical violence, huge influx of money into the electoral process and a massive debt write-off to citizens – a financial feat that can also easily qualify as electoral bribery.
To what extent these kinds of excesses can be contained in 2020 is an open question. The deep pockets of GD’s patron allow the ruling party it to deploy almost unlimited amounts of funds during electoral campaigns. While money does not seem to be the most important factor in elections (it may be even less impactful in 2020), voter apathy and poverty do give those with financial superiority a competitive edge. This is especially true if the opposition donors are effectively kept in check by politicized law enforcement and courts.
The potential misuse of public resources for electoral aims is another area of concern. Mobilizing public employees to vote in favor of the ruling party, audit visits in public schools and other public institutions to sway their electoral behavior had marred Georgia’s electoral periods for years. Whether the efforts and approaches of CSOs will be enough and adequate to constrain the leveraging of these precious electoral resources is questionable at a time when the GD is facing its most existential electoral crisis ever. More innovative approaches are needed that go beyond naming and shaming tactics. These seem less effective when the ruling party does not expect deterring sanctions for its transgressions – since the opposition and CSOs feel they can’t count on courts to enforce compliance with the election code.
Cyber is another critical vulnerability. Troll farms, whether domestically operated or foreign manipulated can be expected to play a bigger role in a growing internet “netizenry” of Georgia. Low levels of digital literacy make Georgian electorate highly vulnerable to malign manipulation.
Policy debate has been the critical weakness of Georgia’s political class. While the electorate is naturally more concerned by issues related to jobs, healthcare, economy, poverty and the Russian occupation, there is very little meaningful debate on these matters. Political parties have consistently been failing to engage in policy discussion, preferring instead to base their campaigns on brinkmanship and personalizing politics. Re-setting Georgian politics into a more positive setting, requires persistent efforts both by politicians themselves but also by the general public, the media and international donor community.
Finally, there is always room for unpleasant surprises. The current polling suggests GD will be very hard-pressed to win the majority. Yet the opposition strategy to collaborate in running the majoritarian candidates is still uncertain. International election observation missions are not yet on the ground to check facts and report. A political crisis – real or artificially induced – could catch everyone off guard and disrupt the normalizing trend of the political life in the runup for elections in October. Ensuring it does not happen is the most important task which the Georgian civil society, democratic politicians in every political camp and Georgia’s international partners should work to jointly accomplish.
Democracy is learned by doing. Georgia is gaining valuable political experience from navigating a political crisis after a political crisis. It may be beginning to discern how to create general opportunity out of a political challenge. The deal reached last Sunday is a step forward towards internalizing the culture of compromise and accepting that the second-best solutions may eventually leave everyone better off.
Whether this will hold as an enduring feature of Georgian politics is still an open question. The generation of politicians that sat around the table these past months can, despite all its shortcomings, lead Georgia towards becoming a free country, thus easing the way for a new generation of emerging leaders to enter the field. Or it can be remembered as the one that utterly failed its dreams.
This is their historic opportunity, only if they can see it.
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Reporter beaten up by President Alpha Condé’s bodyguards
”Diallo, who works for the weekly Le Populaire and the news website Aminata, was beaten repeatedly, first at the headquarters of RPG-Arc-en-Ciel, the ruling political party that President Alpha Condé continues to lead, and then at presidential guard headquarters, located inside the presidential palace.
“Such acts of arbitrary violence against journalists are absolutely unacceptable, especially when they go unpunished, as they often do.” RSF said.“We call on the authorities to identify and punish the presidential guard members responsible for this attack.”
Diallo went to the ruling party’s headquarter to cover its weekly general assembly and was stopped by a member of the presidential guard, a military unit known as the “Red Berets,” when he took a photo in the yard as President Condé was leaving.
After first asking him to delete the photo, the soldier demanded the memory card and finally seized the camera. Condé’s presence at the meeting was problematic because Article 38 of the constitution prohibits the president from participating in political party activities.’
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Introducing the Putting Challenge 2019 !
Karyn Burns is introducing a 30 day on line putting course to help you improve in 2019 — Why not check this out.
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RENFREWSHIRE'S BILL MITCHELL IS AWARDED THE BEM
Many congratulations to Renfrewshire’s Bill Mitchell on being awarded a BEM for services to The Golf Handicapping and Course Rating Systems in the UK and Abroad.
Bill is husband of Maureen (pictured left) who is the West of Scotland Greenlees Secretary.
To read the full report -- Go to the SCOTTISH GOLF WEBSITE
Labels: Old Ranfurly, Renfrewshire Ladies County
HANNAH MCCOOK IS NOW A PROFESSIONAL
Hannah McCook (Grantown and Spey)
Time to start a new chapter in my golf career. I am delighted to say I am now a professional.
This wouldn’t have been possible without the unconditional support from my family and friends.
A massive thanks has to go to Scottish Golf, without them I wouldn’t be where I am. It has been the greatest honour and privilege to have represented Scotland around the world.
I am very excited for this next chapter and thank everyone so far in my journey.
Hannah McCook
By Colin Farquharson
Starting with a 7-iron, a putter, and a six-hole course, Hannah first played golf at the age of six. Hannah first played for Scotland at under 16 level in 2009, then in the Girls and Ladies Home Internationals, and European Team Championships. The University of Stirling Sports Studies graduate represented Great Britain at the World University Golf Championships and the World Student Games in Korea. In 2016, Hannah enjoyed her best year yet, topping the Women’s Order of Merit – a feat she emulated in 2017, helped by seven top-10s. McCook also won the end of season Scottish Women’s Champion of Champions event at Glasgow Gailes.
Individual wins: 2018: Scottish Ladies Order of Merit Winner Welsh Ladies Open Stroke-play Champion Irish Womens Open Stroke-play Champion Scottish Amateur Semi Final South American Amateur 5th place
2017: Scottish Ladies Order of Merit Winner, Scottish Champion of Champions Winner, 3rd place Welsh Ladies Open Strokeplay
2016: Scottish Ladies Order of Merit Winner Scottish Amateur Semi Final
2015: Runner up Argentine Amateur Winner of R&A Bursars Runner Up Scottish Universities
2014: Scottish Universities Champion Scottish Ladies Junior Open Strokeplay Runner Up British Universities Runner Up
2012: British Universities Champion Scottish Universities Runner Up
Team: Scotland Girls Home International Team 2010, 2011 Scotland Girls Team at European Team Championships 2011 Scotland Ladies Home International Team, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Scotland ladies Team at European Team Championships, 2016, 2017, 2018 Scotland Ladies Team at World Amateur Team Championship 2018 Team GB at World University Golf Championship 2012, 2014 Team GB at World University Games, 2015
Hannah became Scottish Schools Ski champion in her first year of secondary school and also plays the bagpipes. She also competes in golf whilst managing type one diabetes.
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Labels: Pro' Golf
Scottish Golf Buying Group helps clubs make huge savings in 2018
Scottish golf clubs have made significant savings in just eight months through the Scottish Golf Buying Group, according to new end-of-year figures released today.
Clubs affiliated to Scottish Golf have saved more than £100,000 in utilities, electricity, gas and water alone since March, with the wider buying group’s total savings across all Scottish golf clubs using the new service now topping £180,000.
The Scottish Golf Buying Group is a newly formed service which help clubs across Scotland more efficiently manage their costs. With 188 golf clubs now registered in Scotland and actively engaged with the buying group through Scottish Golf’s partnership with Golf Management Group (GMG), the Scottish Golf Buying Group continues to gain stronger deals as part of their united approach.
Launched as part of Scottish Golf’s commitment to supporting clubs in response to a growing demand for the procurement service, the buying group enables clubs to save on key expenditure and are in line with competitive national rates.
Ross Duncan, Scottish Golf Development Director, said: “Launching the Scottish Golf Buying Group in partnership with GMG earlier this year has proved to be a fantastic success with credit due to all of the clubs who have committed to the service.
“Many of those clubs have reaped significant rewards and saved a valuable amount of money, time and resource. We look forward to developing this relationship further in the New Year and encourage more clubs to consider joining.”
With all the small gains adding up, clubs across the length and breadth of the country have enjoyed impressive savings which are invaluable to their business.
Other achievements so far:
More than 50 golf clubs have transferred to the group’s exclusive new rate for waste management services and are making savings of between 11% to 30%. Furthermore, a number of clubs are in the process of moving their waste management contract which will result in average savings of £750 per club.
The exclusive SGBG national price file means that Scottish clubs are enjoying the most competitive waste management rates. SGBG in many cases transfers the club to lower waste management pricing without any change to the provider of the service.
27 golf clubs are engaged with the Scottish Golf Buying Group’s preferred telecoms provider and are now enjoying savings of up to 57% against previous costs.
19 clubs are in the process of moving over to the group’s washroom services, which will eventually lead to an average saving of £800 per club
12 clubs are currently changing over their Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) supplier, with potential savings of up to £4,000 per annum, simply by moving on to the SGBG price file.
Specialised food procurement services is a huge growth area and has saved several clubs more than £5,000 per annum – an area that has tremendous scope for clubs to take advantage of.
The Scottish Golf Buying Group, which utilises the collective purchasing power of Scottish golf clubs to leverage significant discounts across a range of service categories, is free to access for all clubs affiliated to Scottish Golf. Some of the top performing categories include utilities, insurance and waste management, as well as food, telecoms and scorecards.
Colin Reid, club manager at Dundas Parks Golf Club, said: “We have benefited in a number of areas since joining the Scottish Golf Buying Group and I would recommend more clubs use it if you want to make savings without compromising service.
“Our electricity, telephone and internet costs have all reduced significantly since we joined, by more than 50% in regards to telephone landline costs. On waste disposal the savings have been smaller but the buying group now manage this contract on our behalf. I have found the team to be very easy to deal with and very responsive.”
Campsie Golf Club saved more than £1,400 in three years across telecoms, gas, electricity and water – James Kerr, club secretary at Campsie Golf Club, added: “We would not hesitate in encouraging all golf clubs who have not joined to do so and hope our savings assist in showing the team’s tremendous efforts are reaping rewards for us.”
Ian Howieson, GMG Scotland and North East National Manager, commented: “We’re overwhelmed by the response we’ve had from partnering with Scottish Golf to join forces on our buying group. It’s been a great start to our first year with over £180,000 made in savings for clubs across Scotland. We look to work even closer with Scottish Golf in the New Year in the hope of reaching out to even more clubs and capitalising on these savings.”
With more and more clubs reaping the rewards, Scottish Golf members are being encouraged to consider signing up and those already members are looking at other cost areas of their business.
For further information on the Scottish Golf Buying Group, including how to sign up, visit https://www.scottishgolf.org/club-services/buying-group/
LEADING FINAL TOTALS AT LALLA AICHA FINAL TOUR SCHOOL
Amelkis Golf Club, Marrakesh, Morocco —par 360 (5x72)
334 Bronte Law (Eng) 70 71 62 64 67
335 Linnea Strom (Swe) 70 66 68 65 55
SCOTS' PLACINGS
358 Alison Muirhead (am) 73 73 70 71 71, Rachael Taylor 71 70 70 72 75, Vikki Laing 75 68 69 71 75 (T27)
359 Jane Turner 74 74 71 67 73 (T34)
362 Laura Murray 74 73 70 70 72 73 (T45)
365 Hannah McCook 75 74 73 71 72 (T60)
TO VIEW ALL THE FINAL TOTALS AND READVMORE— GO TO THE Scottish Golf View Website
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5 SCOTS NAMED IN THE GB&I VAGLIANO SQUAD
An initial Great Britain and Ireland squad of 19 players has been selected by The R&A in preparation for the Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe at Royal St George’s next year.
Hannah Darling, (Broomieknowe), Chloe Goadby ( St Regulus) , Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) and Hannah McCook (Granton and Spey) join Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) in making up a contingent of five players from Scotland included in the group.
To read more go to the SCOTTISHGOLF WEBSITE
RACHAEL TAYLOR IS LEADING SCOT IN MOROCCO AFTER THE 2ND ROUND
Rachael Taylor -- Courtesy of Jean Macintyre
It's tight at the top of the leaderboard after day two of the Ladies European Tour’s Final Stage Lalla Aicha Tour School as three players moved into a share of the lead.
Belgian Leslie Cloots (67), England’s Sian Evans (68) and and Swede Linnea Ström (66) share the lead on eight-under-par, one clear of Germany’s Esther Henseleit (69), who also played her second round at Amelkis Golf Club.
Lanarkshire's past County Champion Rachael Taylor is the leading Scot who is tied in 14th place with past Curtis Cup player Bronte Law on 3 under par.
Vikki Laing is tied for 25thspot on one-under-par.
There will be a cut to the leading 60 players and ties after 72 holes, after which the top five will earn category 5c membership and those in positions six to 25 will earn category 8 membership of the LET for 2019.
HOW THE SCOTS STAND
141 Rachael Taylor 71 70 (T14)
143 Vikki Laing 75 68 (T25)
146 Alison Muirhead (am) 73 73 (T40)
147 Laura Murray 74 73 (T57)
148 Jane Turner 74 74 (T68)
149 Hannah McCook 75 74 (T76)
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JUNIOR COACHING FOR GIRLS IN RENFREWSHIRE
Gillian Kyle along with Clair Barclay, Liz Hale, Gill McLeod and Lynda Bradley are trying to give girls in Renfrewshire with and without a handicap some sessions to attend over the winter.
Currently there are 12 girls going to Clare-Marie Macauley at Paisley Golf Club for 4 formal sessions but they have organised another 5 sessions to include ALL girls.
All the junior conveners in the county have been contacted with the information. --
CLICK HERE TO GET THE POSTER and email Gillian Kyle if you are interested.
Labels: County News, girls golf, Renfrewshire Ladies County, RLCGA Juniors
AYRSHIRE GOLF RANKINGS WEEK 49 - 2018
mygolfranking.net AYRSHIRE LADIES GOLFER ofWeek 18/49 is KATH MACKELLOR (West Kilbride Ladies) who enters the Top 20 of Ayrshire Ladies MGRanking at No 11.
AYRSHIRE LADIES
1 KELLY MCNEE (Loudoun Gowf) 1056 points
2 Emma Thomson (Loudoun Gowf) 1032
3 Sheena Murchie (Lamlash) 1021
4 Audrey Thompson (Loudoun Gowf) 1014
5 Christine Whitelaw (Largs) 1009
6 Catherine Garrett (West Kilbride) 1001
7 Aileen Anderson (Loudoun Gowf) 985
8 Jean Capes (Largs) 972
T9 Maureen Paterson (Prestwick St Cuthbert), Pauline Patrick (Irvine) 953
11 Kath Mackellor (West Kilbride) 940
12 Joanne Sharp (Kilmarnock (Barassie)) 927
13 Linda McDonald (Kilmarnock (Barassie)) 915
14 Lindsay Smith (Troon Welbeck) 909
15 Christine Fyfe (Kilmarnock (Barassie)) 908
16 Helen Craig (West Kilbride) 907
17 Gillian Gowers (Loudoun Gowf) 905
18 Lesley Lloyd (Troon GC Ladies) 898
19 Gillian Kyle (Troon GC Ladies) 896
20 Helen Love (Kilmarnock (Barassie)) 891
If you and your golfing friends want to regularly check out your Club MGRanking, the full Regional, National and International MGRankings, Movers & Shakers, How It Works and free Registration for golfers and clubs, visit mygolfranking.net
Labels: Ayrshire County Golf, ayrshire golf, MyGolfRanking
KILMACOLM LADIES ARE BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS
Some of the Kilmacolm Golf Club Ladies
The County Finals were held at Kilmacolm Golf Club this year where the ladies were magnificent and couldn’t do enough for us all – they had indeed been superbly organised.
Now it is December and there was certainly a fantastic, festive turnout for their Christmas Cracker competition, followed by mince pies and mulled wine in the clubhouse - plus a terrific organised photograph of them taken at the end of the day !!
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas 🎶
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SPONSORED SPEED GOLF BY PERTH AND KINROSS COUNTY - 18 HOLES IN 35 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS !!
Perth and Kinross Speed Golfers
It proved to be 3rd time lucky for Perth and Kinross County Sponsored Speed Golf event at Strathmore Golf Club on Sunday.
Postponed twice due to bad weather, the event finally went ahead after the Coaching on Sunday. The Speed Golf Team included seven Senior Squad members and one Match Secretary. They were as follows:
Katy Alexander, Megan Ashley, Laura Campbell, Jenny Collins, Jen Saxton, Isla Moncrieff, Laura Walker & Caroline Henderson.
With Isla's plan in hand, they raced round the 18 holes in an astonishing 35 mins & 26 seconds. And, they almost broke 90! Well done everyone. It was a fantastic team performance!
The event raised £311 for County funds
To read more and see a slide show go to the Perth and Kinross Website
Labels: County News, Perth and Kinross
SLEEP IN THE PARK -- HELP KAREN, MARGARET, SAL AND ALI'S FUNDRAISING WITH A BID FOR A FOURBALL AT DUNBAR GOLF CLUB
Margaret Whelan, Sal Shepherd, Ali Mackie and Karen Ballantyne.
On Saturday 8th December the charity SocialBite’s ‘Sleep in the Park’ fundraising event took place to raise money for and awareness of homelessness in Scotland.
10,000 people across four cities in Scotland chose to sleep out overnight, and in Edinburgh this took place in Princes Street Gardens.
The SocialBite Charity aims to help those who have no choice but to sleep out in all weathers.
Three lady golfers from Dunbar Golf Club, current Ladies Champion Margaret Whelan, past champions Karen Ballantyne (Scottish Vets Vice Captain) and Sal Shepherd together with Craigmillar Park Golf Club’s Ali Mackie took part in the event.
The ladies were under no illusion their experience would be a true representation of what it is like to sleep rough every night butit certainly was a tough night. The event heightened the ladies awareness of what an ordeal it must be to have to take to the streets each night, especially at this time of year.
The ladies are so grateful to all those who have supported them.
To date they have raised around £8,000 and stand 8th in the league of Top Individual and Teams Fundraisers. The fundraising has not stopped and the ladies are grateful to Dunbar Golf Club who have donated 2 four ball vouchers (for play Monday to Wednesday) to auction.
Normal price would be between £50 and £85 PER PERSON depending on when you play so there is a chance of a real bargain here! Anyone wanting to place a bid should email Karen on karen97881@gmail.com
Closing date for bids is Saturday 22nd December. The Dunmuir Hotel have also offered a 10% discount to anyone who would like to stay there before or after their game.
Also donations can still be made to https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/KBsAllStars until 24 December.
PLEASE SUPPORT KAREN AND HER TEAM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO THE TOP SPOT
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CONGU must take head out of the sand over rule change
By Martin Dempster
How disappointing to hear that the Council of National Golf Unions is not permitting one of the key changes in the New Rules of Golf coming into effect on 1 January in counting competitions.
The whole point of introducing a Local Rule to stop a player having to return to the tee after either losing a ball or discovering it has gone out of bounds was to help speed up play.
There is probably not a golf club in Scotland where the pace of play in a medal isn’t adversely affected by people having to trudge dejectedly back to a tee.
Yet, it is stated on the CONGU
website and, consequently, is being relayed at various rules seminars taking place in preparation for 1 January, that the new Local Rule is not being encouraged in club competitions.
No, the “stroke-and-distance relief” is only “appropriate for general play where golfers are playing casual rounds or playing their own competitions”.
What utter nonsense. Yes, of course, this isn’t a rule that should ever be implemented in professional or elite level amateur competitions.
However, the sooner CONGU gets its head out of the sand over this one the better. Attempts to speed up the game simply have to be embraced.
Labels: Rules 2019, Rules of Golf
Scottish Golf - ThisGirlsGolf - on Tour Event
Scottish Golf is holding a ThisGirlGolfs-on-tour event which takes place at Broadlees Golf Club South Lanarkshire in January 2019.
Events are a great way for girls to meet new friends in their local area...
Book your spot ➡️ ow.ly/6xmF30mVqxQ
Labels: GetIntoGolf, Scottish Golf
GETINTOGOLF CHRISTMAS CHEER AT DOUGLAS PARK GOLF CLUB
Douglas Park Ladies Christmas Lunch
Some of the GetIntoGolf Girls
Douglas Park Golf Club held their annual Ladies Christmas lunch yesterday. Many of the new GetIntoGolf Girls that have now joined the club enjoyed the event and certainly added plenty of action to the annual sing song !! - CLICK ON THE VIDEO BELOW
For more Photos -- Courtesy of Ann Fisher -- CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON THE GETINTOGOLF CAMPAIGNS
Labels: Douglas Park, GetIntoGolf
FOUR SCOTS QUALIFY FOR FINAL QUALIFYING SCHOOL
Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey) covered her last 36 holes in nine under par with scores of 68 and 67 and a total of 285 to qualify for the Final Qualifying School of the Lalla Aicha Tour from December 16 to 20 at Marrakesh, Morocco.
Other Scots to come through the final eliminator at Amelkis Golf Club, also in Morocco, were amateur Alison Muirhead (280) who was the top Scot, Rachael Taylor (283) and Heather Stirling (285).
But Aboyne's Kimberley Beveridge missed the cut by 12 strokes with scores of 79, 74, 75 and 75 for 303.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
265 L Strom (Swe) 66 69 62 68.
271 Leona Maguire (Ire) 70 66 68 67
275 D Dagar (India) (am) 70 762 64 69, N Dreher (Austria) 66 68 71 70.
SCOTS' TOTALS
280 A Muirhead (am) 68 70 72 70 (T8)
283 R Taylor 66 72 74 71 (13th)
285 H McCook 73 77 68 67, H Stirling 72 72 71 70 (T17)
SELECTED TOTALS
286 S Lamb (Eng) 74 69 72 71 (T22)
290 S-J Boyd (Eng) 71 76 72 71 (T31)
MISSED THE CUT (291 and better qualified)
293 Lisa Maguire (Ire) 74 75 71 73
303 K Beveridge (Sco) 79 74 75 74
Labels: LET
Hannah, Alison, Heather and Rachael -- look set to qualify at Tour Qualifying School
Scots Hannah McCook, Alison Muirhead, Heather Stirling and Rachael Taylor look set to qualify for the Final Stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour Qualifying School over five rounds from December 16 to 20 in Morocco.
But Kimberley Beveridge needs a spectacular finish if she is to make up enough ground from her joint 55th position.
McCook, Muirhead, Stirling and Taylor should figure among the leading 38 and ties who will advance from the current pre-qualifying eliminator at Amelkis Golf Club after Monday's final round.
Muirhead is joint ninth on 210; Taylor T15 on 212; Stirling T21 on 215 while McCook shot one of the third day's best rounds - a six-under-par, seven-birdie 66 - for joint 30th place on 216. Sweden's Linnea Storm leads the field by seven shots from Ireland's Leona Maguire after a brilliant six-under 62 for a 54-hole tally of 197.
Aboyne's Kimberley Beveridge looks out of contention for qualifying after a 75 (38-37) for 228 and a share of 55th place in a field of 70.
LEADERBOARD par 216 (3x72)
197 L Strom (Swe) 66 69 62
204 Leona Maguire (Ire) 70 66 68 2
05 N Dreher (Aut) 66 68 71.
SELECTED SCORES
210 A Muirhead (Sco) 68 70 72, G Price (Eng) 72 70 69 (T9).
212 R Taylor (Sco) 66 72 74, C H Leathem (Eng) 68 68 76 (T15).
215 H Stirling (Sco) 72 72 71, S Lamb (Eng) 74 69 72 (T21)
216 H McCook (Sco) 73 77 66 (T30) 219 S-J Boyd (Eng) 71 76 72 (T35)
221 Lisa Maguire (Ire) 74 71 75 (T39)
228 K Beveridge (Sco) 79 74 75 (T55)
235 A Plumb (Eng) 76 82 77.
Leading 38 and ties after Round 4 advance to the Final Q School over five rounds in Morocco from December 16 to 20.
RENFREWSHIRE AND LANARKSHIRE COUNTY WINTER FOURSOMES UPDATES
Selfie - Lesley Anderson, Clair Barclay, Liz Hale and Lynda Bradley
The last of the 2nd round ties of the Renfrewshire ladies County Winter Foursomes was played at the beginning of this week with the Kilmacolm pair of Lynda Bradley and Clair Barclay winning against Liz Hale and Lesley Anderson (Caldwell) -
To read the full report go to the RLCGA Website
QUARTER FINALIST AND RESULTS
CLICK TO ENLARGE TO SEE THE RESULTS
In the Lanarkshire County Winter foursomes 1st Semi Final Strathaven Golf Club pairing of Susan Halley and Anne Cameron beat Pauline Warlow and Carol McKinnon (Cathkin Braes) by 1 hole to reach the final.
Labels: Caldwell Golf Club, County News, Kilmacolm, Lanarkshire County, Renfrewshire Ladies County
Scot Rachael Taylor sharing lead at LET Q School prelim in Morocco
Airdrie-born Rachael Taylor figured in a triple tie for two-stroke first-round lead in the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School preliminary competition at Amelkis Golf Club, Morocco today (Friday).
The Scot shot a six-birdie, bogey-free score of 66 with gains at the fifth, 11th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th to share the pole position with Nadine Dreher (Austria) and Sweden's Linnea Strom.
Next best Scot was Alison Muirhead, one of five players sharing fourth place on 68.
Heather Stirling was in joint 27th place in a field of 70 competitors overnight after a par-matching 72.
Grantown-on-Spey's Hannah McCook shared 35th place with a 73 but Aboyne amateur Kimberley Beveridge had an error-strewn 79 which left her in joint 63rd position. She had double bogeys at the par-3 fifth and par-5 ninth in halves of 41-38, which did not contain a single birdie.
The eliminating competition is over five rounds.
66 N Dreher (Aut), L Strom (Swe), R Taylor (Sco).
68 C H Leathem (Eng), F Moerk (Swe), T Malik (India), A Muirhead (Sco), M Cappeliez (Fra).
70 Leona Maguire (Ire) (T11)
72 H Stirling (Sco) (T27)
73 H McCook (Sco) T35)
74 Lisa Maguire (Ire), S Lamb (Eng) (T39)
70 K Beveridge (Sco) (T63)
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SO WHATS NEW FOR 2019 BECOME A RULES GURU — PART 3 - BUNKERS
In 2019, bunkers will be given their very own Rule number and specific relief Rules. Under Rule 12, players will be allowed to touch or move loose impediments in a bunker and will be generally allowed to touch the sand with a hand or club. However limitations will remain, including prohibiting testing the condition of the sand or touching the sand whilst preparing for the stroke.
In addition to this Rule change, when a player decides to treat their ball as unplayable within a bunker, there will now be an extra relief option: taking relief outside the bunker using the back-on-the-line procedure, for a total of two penalty strokes.
Labels: R&A, Rules 2019, Rules of Golf
100+ Clubs Register Interest in Exciting New Digital Solution... National Conference Recap
Scottish Golf are delighted to announce a tremendous response to the launch of their new digital solution with over 100 golf clubs registering an interest within 48 hours.
The club management solution will be free of charge to all Scottish Golf affiliated clubs and includes a booking tee-sheet, handicap and membership management, point of sale, integrated payment processing, tour level live scoring software with more features to come.
In addition, golf clubs will receive a fully customisable and easy-to-configure website which includes complimentary hosting.
The announcement came at Edinburgh’s International Conference Centre on Saturday 1 December where 450 delegates attended their National Conference, with thousands more tuning in online.
For those of you who didn't manage to attend, they hope you enjoy this video recap of the day, starting with their CEO Andrew McKinlay who opened proceedings by outlining their vision for the future.
To read more and see the videos CLICK HERE
Labels: Scottish Golf, Scottish Golf Conference 2018
£2 MILLION BOOST FOR JUNIOR GOLF
The R&A has committed to provide £2 million to the Golf Foundation over the next four years to support its drive to inspire more young people to play golf and to increase the retention of juniors within the sport to boost membership.
The Golf Foundation will give over two million young people the chance to try golf for the first time using its Tri-Golf and Street Golf participation initiatives, which take adapted versions of the sport to young people at schools, sports centres, parks and multi-use games facilities in Great Britain and Ireland.
Around 180,000 youngsters will also be introduced to coaching through the Golf Foundation’s HBSC Golf Roots Centres, a large network of junior friendly golf clubs that provide taster sessions in local schools and coaching delivered by PGA Professionals.
Retaining young golfers
Activities including the GolfSixes League and Girls Golf Rocks will focus on retaining younger golfers in the sport by giving them access to fun, competitive golf more regularly and establish a pathway for over 15,000 juniors to become members of clubs.
The Girls Golf Rocks programme, jointly run with England Golf, also forms part of the Golf Foundation’s commitment to supporting The R&A’s Women in Golf Charter and will deliver more coaching opportunities for girls as well as mentoring by existing volunteers who work in junior golf.
Grassroots golf
Duncan Weir, Executive Director – Golf Development and Amateur Events at The R&A, said, “We are very supportive of grassroots initiatives that aim to grow the sport by inspiring more youngsters into playing golf and encouraging them to go on to become members of golf clubs.
“The Golf Foundation has a proven track record of delivering innovative participation programmes together with our affiliates in Great Britain and Ireland and we are excited by its ambitions to grow participation in junior golf over the next four years and beyond.”
Future of golf
Stephen Lewis, Chairman of the Golf Foundation, said, “Working alongside our partners, the Golf Foundation is reaching increasing numbers of young people and our strategic objective of helping more young people to ‘Start, Learn and Stay’ in golf is designed to help protect the future of the sport.
“The R&A’s continued support is fantastic – from GolfSixes League through to The Open – it is an outstanding commitment. They are backing this charity to ensure golf is fresh and exciting for the next generation.”
The R&A SwingZone
The R&A SwingZone, which offers thousands of young people the opportunity to come and try golf for free in the Spectator Village during The Open each year, will also continue to be supported by the Golf Foundation.
Over 4,500 individuals enjoyed attending The R&A SwingZone during The 147th Open at Carnoustie earlier this year and were joined by 1999 Champion Golfer Paul Lawrie and HSBC Golf Roots ambassadors Tim Henman and Brian O’Driscoll.
For more information about the Golf Foundation please visit www.golf-foundation.org
Labels: Juniors, R&A
FESTIVE GOLF ACADEMY AT PAISLEY GOLF CLUB
Festive Fun for the Juniors
Clare- Marie and target golf
Past Renfrewshire County Player Clare-Marie Macauley who recently held a coaching session for the Renfrewshire County Girls held a Festive Academy Competition yesterday at Paisley Golf Club.
The weather didn’t dampen the spirits of the 30 boys and girls who can be seen to be enjoying the indoor challenges and having lots of fun.
Scottish Golf - Ross Duncan (left) and Clare-Marie Junior Coaching program
The stars for the future -- Well done Clare- Marie #getintogolf #girlsgolf #fun
Clare-Marie is the assistant professional who runs a superb junior coaching program at Paisley Golf Club where her brother Andy Carlton is the professional.
Labels: girls golf, Paisley
DOUGLAS PARK SECRETARY GIVES HER OVERVIEW AT THE SCOTTISH GOLF CONFERENCE OF THE GETINTOGOLF CAMPAIGN
After a very good campaign last year in the GetIntoGolf at Douglas Park Golf Club and further advertising -- Douglas Park Secretary Ann Scott gave an overview at the Scottish Golf Conference in Edinburgh yesterday
The official Scottish Golf video can be found by CLICKING HERE and you can go to approx 1hour 47 minutes and then to 1 hour 56 minutes. - to hear her interview (much better quality and sound)
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ORIGINAL EVENT LAST YEAR AND VIDEO
AND HERE FOR THE SCOTTISH GOLF REPORT
Labels: Douglas Park, GetIntoGolf, Scottish Golf, Scottish Golf Conference 2018
Paul Lawrie has described the new Scottish Golf App as Phenomenal
Paul Laurie
Paul Lawrie has described Scottish Golf’s trail-blazing new app as “phenomenal” and believes it can help turn the golf centre he owns on the outskirts of Aberdeen into a profit-making facility.
The 1999 Open champion delivered his glowing endorsement for the digital platform, which is being offered free to golf clubs around the country at a time when just 21 per cent of the total golfing population in the sport’s birthplace is made up of club members, as he attended the second Scottish Golf national conference in Edinburgh.
Lawrie, who is actively involved in running his golf centre on the south side of the River Dee along with his wife Marian, also gave a thumbs-up to the governing body encouraging clubs to allow so-called nomadic golfers to gain handicaps by playing in open competitions.
“It is hugely challenging, no matter who you are,” said Lawrie during a chat on stage with Iain Forsyth, Scottish Golf’s commercial director, in front of 450 fellow delegates, when asked about his facility. “The golf industry has not gone through the best of times and hasn’t done for a long, long time. Our facility currently runs at a slight loss every year and has done for a wee while, but we are trying to change that.
“We’ve got a lot of talented people who work very hard for us and we have recently become a Scottish Golf-affiliated club so people can get a handicap with us now. We’ve put in a couple of new tees to give us two par-4s and seven par-3s. You can play a medal now and that has helped us a little bit, but, having said that, we only gained 28 or 29 new members through that, so it is still a little bit of a struggle.
“But if people who are not members of a club are able to have a handicap, if that meant a club like us was able to lay on a competition that would see 40 or 50 new golfers paying a green fee every week, that could be the difference. That would be a lot of money for a golf club like our one that loses money.”
Lawrie was speaking before the new app, which has been developed by leading tech company OCS for Scottish Golf to allow clubs to fully exploit income from pay-and-play golfers, was rolled out to delegates, the majority of whom were golf club administrators and committee members.
“I just had a wee look at the app and it is just phenomenal,” added Lawrie. “For a golf centre like us, it will be great to have this free app. Who’s not wanting that as a golf club? I think people will be blown away when they see it. We will certainly be using it and we will be embracing it to try and turn a corner for us and I think it will.”
A more positive event than the inaugural one 12 months ago, when the focus was on the fact that 5,000 club members in Scotland had been lost each year for a decade, this conference started with chair Eleanor Cannon saying she felt confident Scottish Golf’s stakeholders had now “united” after a “turbulent time over ten years”.
In his address, chief executive Andrew McKinlay said that the governing body had a “firm financial footing” thanks to its stakeholders agreeing to an increase in the affiliation fee earlier in the year while Ross Duncan, the development director, updated delegates on a staff re-shuffle – seven regional development managers will be backed up by six central support managers – that is aimed at helping clubs in the ongoing fight with declining memberships. “Everyone has to be at the heart of change. Live it and breathe it!” he said. One of the main changes being sought is getting more women into the game at a time when females make up only 13 per cent of the total membership in Scotland. The governing body is also keen to change a culture that currently sees 83.5 per cent of clubs holding their main competitions on a Saturday reserved for men.
“Last year was a line in the sand,” said McKinlay, who attended that event as a member when he still worked for the Scottish Football Association, as he summed up this conference. “Since I came in I’ve felt nothing but goodwill. Everyone wants to go in the right direction. We have given them some specific things. Maybe they are not used to that. Maybe they are just used to talk. But I think people feel quite upbeat about what we are trying to do.”
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CJEU on the implications of its Judgment in Pula Parking: Joined cases C-267/19 and C-323/19, Parking / Interplastics
May 20, 2020 /2 Comments/in News /by Krzysztof Pacula
Preliminary question and its context
In its Judgment of 7 May 2020, delivered in the joined cases C-267/19 and C-323/19 without Advocate General’s Opinion, the Court of Justice provides some further guidance on the implications of its previous case law and most notably of the Judgment in the case C-551/15, Pula Parking (‘Judgment in Pula Parking’).
Just as in the case that led to Judgment in Pula Parking, the requests for a preliminary ruling in the cases in question were lodged in the context of the proceedings on the oppositions to the writs of execution. Put succinctly: under the Croatian law, a notary issues a writ of execution based on an ‘authentic document’. The party against whom enforcement is sought may lodge an opposition to that writ. The court to which the opposition is transferred has jurisdiction to set aside the writ and to annul the measures taken so far. The procedure continues according to the rules applicable to cases of opposition to a payment order. Read more...
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png 0 0 Krzysztof Pacula https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png Krzysztof Pacula2020-05-20 12:59:522020-05-20 12:59:52CJEU on the implications of its Judgment in Pula Parking: Joined cases C-267/19 and C-323/19, Parking / Interplastics
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Connected Government
Zain Khan, iConstituent
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How the technology behind Bitcoin can save our elections
Bitcoin has been dismissed as an anarcho-capitalist fantasy, but its underlying tech could enable secure e-voting – By JULIAN GOTTLIEB
You can be forgiven for thinking of Bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency, as the realm of thieves, Wall Street bankers and libertarian techies who’ve drunk too much Soylent. Despite recently intensified media interest, trading Bitcoin is not a particularly accessible hobby to folks outside the finance or tech worlds. So it’s healthy to be skeptical about Bitcoin’s promise, beyond its utility as a speculative investment or a means of laundering money or buying black market drugs.
All that could change as the technology matures. Indeed, there is evidence that the technologies underlying cryptocurrencies — what are called “blockchain protocols” — have potential uses beyond peer-to-peer payment systems. One of the most exciting possibilities is the potential to use Bitcoin’s underlying technology to improve our system of voting. It’s called “blockchain voting,” and it has some voting experts and security researchers convinced we can bolster our democracy with a secure, transparent and auditable way for citizens to vote from their smart phones.
First, some background. Bitcoin is built on a type of distributed ledger technology called a blockchain protocol, or blockchain for short. Quite simply, a blockchain is a type of distributed database for recording all of the activity on a network. If Bob pays Alice five bitcoins, that transaction is broadcast to and confirmed by the network. When a majority of the nodes in the network confirm the validity of the transaction, it is settled and recorded on the blockchain.
Each block in the blockchain refers to the most recent set of transactions confirmed on the network. Moreover, each block in the blockchain contains a reference to the previous set of transactions confirmed. In this sense, the entire blockchain is immutable, meaning it cannot be changed retroactively. Thus, it is very hard to counterfeit or “double spend” because the network has to achieve consensus about the accuracy of the blockchain.
In broad strokes, blockchains allow the transfer of value across networks in a transparent and secure way. As a cryptocurrency, Bitcoin’s blockchain is designed to record transactions: payments between third parties using bitcoins. Yet, blockchains themselves could be used to record other things as well: car titles, stocks, gambling debts, and shareholder votes among them. The next wave of blockchain development is focused on the sale and transfer of other types of digital assets, which could rewrite the way people exchange goods and services. Some people are so excited about blockchain’s potential they think it signals the emergence of Web 3.0.
While much of blockchain development is focused on finance, stock trading, cybersecurity and supply chain management, there is some interest in blockchain applications in government. Lawmakers, activists and policy wonks seem to project their own partisan fantasies onto the nascent technology. There is even a Congressional Blockchain Caucus that has garnered bipartisan support. For Republicans, migrating administration and record-keeping to digital ledgers could precipitate the shedding of layers of government bureaucracy.
Blockchain evangelists, like writer and business strategist Don Tapscott, envision fully automated DMVs where all registrations, renewals and permits are recorded on blockchains with self-service stations akin to self-checkout in the grocery store. Admittedly, this comes off as a bit simplistic. We should not discount the expertise, judgment and value of bureaucrats in favor of an elegant piece of computer code that can’t really replicate the work real human beings perform. But for most who favor blockchains over bureaucrats, these are just messy details and most conservatives would gladly throw their weight behind a blockchain or any Rube Goldberg machine that allows the privatization of public services.
For Democrats, blockchain represents an opportunity to give citizens more control over government records, privacy and information security. It could also expand payment services to the unbanked. It may even be an alternative pathway for financing local municipal banks. Even though a federal judge put the brakes on President Trump’s executive order to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities, what would happen if the injunction was lifted and Trump withheld funds from California? Could the state issue its own local currency on a blockchain to make up for the loss in federal funding? Constitutionally, no. But for now, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are in murky legal waters; it’s unclear whether the federal government even sees cryptocurrencies as currencies at all. All of which is to suggest that there are some intriguing possibilities with blockchain technology that have garnered bipartisan support from elected officials. Which is why one of the most promising blockchain applications for government involves voting.
Blockchain voting
Online voting has been a vexing problem for election officials for years. It seems like voting online could have the potential to make voting easier and more accessible, a noble pursuit for any democracy; and yet, most existing online voting systems are vulnerable to tampering. While blockchains have their own security vulnerabilities, there are a number of features that make a blockchain a very attractive way to record votes. In the same way that blockchains record transfers of digital assets like Bitcoin, blockchains can record the transfer of a voting token to a particular candidate or issue position, so the theory goes. Nasdaq has already successfully completed a blockchain voting test in Estonia to allow proxy voting on a stock exchange.
There are a number of advantages built into a blockchain voting system. Arguably the greatest strength of a blockchain voting system is that people can vote from their mobile phones. The government could issue voting tokens to citizens through a unique mobile wallet address connected to voter registration information, and voters could send the tokens to their preferred candidates.
Blockchain ledgers are transparent to all of the participants in the network. Anyone can see Bitcoin’s blockchain; the entire record of transactions is publicly available. This gives users faith in the integrity of the network because it can be audited and verified in real time by the entire network of users. With a blockchain voting system, we could see the record of votes as they happen in real time with almost instant verification.
Distributed ledgers like blockchains are not stored on any one particular server, but distributed among nodes in a network. The strength of distributed systems like blockchains is that a local failure of any node in the network cannot crash the whole system because the other nodes in the network still update and maintain the blockchain. This feature also means it is very difficult to alter a blockchain entry once it has been recorded without a massive amount of computing power or a shutdown of the entire network. This makes such a system less vulnerable to hackers.
While blockchain voting might seem like an elegant solution to our electoral problems, it faces significant barriers to adoption. Indeed, with Republican voter suppression efforts like insidious voter ID laws, it’s clear that half of our country’s politicians don’t really want to make voting easier. Vinny Lingham, the CEO of Civic, an identity verification and management company, has argued that you can’t have blockchain voting without identity verification. And whether blockchain voting works or not, the same questions about voter IDs and accusations of fraud are likely to emerge.
There are a number of startups working to create secure digital identity services that would allow people to verify their identities before engaging in activities like voting, but most states are not ready to take that leap yet. Until then, blockchain voting systems are unlikely to be rolled out.
There are some flawed assumptions and hollow political beliefs underlying blockchain evangelism in government. A digital ledger is not a panacea for what most ails our democracy. Blockchains do not solve austerity, generational poverty, pollution and institutional racism any more than the neoliberal institutions we have already built to meekly confront these challenges. Even if blockchain does live up to the hype, building blockchain-based voting platforms that manage real elections will require careful planning and democratic feedback. The capacity of blockchains to create decentralized voting systems may “disrupt” the flawed electoral process we have, but that doesn’t guarantee we can replace it with something better.
Article Written by Julian Gotleib – Salon
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The Dead Weather debut blistering new song “Mile Markers” — watch
Plus, bassist Jack Lawrence offers a bass tutorial
on September 16, 2015, 12:16pm
In just a little over a week, The Dead Weather will return with their new album, Dodge and Burn. Ahead of its September 25th release, the band has let loose a performance video for “Mile Markers”, a blistering new cut led by Alison Mosshart’s indomitable vocals.
The clip also serves as the latest installment in the Dead Weather’s four-part instructional video series; it features bassist Jack Lawrence detailing his setup. Previously, we saw Jack White offer fans some insight into his monster drumming skills.
Listen/watch “Mile Markers” below.
For more of Dodge and Burn, check out “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)” and “Cop and Go”. Also, revisit the group’s first live performance in five years on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Dodge and Burn Tracklist:
01. I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
02. Buzzkill(er)
03. Let Me Through
04. Three Dollar Hat
05. Lose The Right
06. Rough Detective
07. Open Up
08. Be Still
09. Mile Markers
10. Cop and Go
11. Too Bad
12. Impossible Winner
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Reception — Becoming a Location Partner
One of the Ten “R”s for Plotting a New Congregational Course
Download this post and make copies for use in your congregation: Reception, Becoming a Location Partner, 05.03.18 Edition
Reception is one of at least ten choices available to congregations who need to engage in transitions and changes that could lead to transformation as they plot a new course for their congregation. This is when a congregation becomes a location partner with other congregations and meets in the same facilities.
Sharing facilities or “nesting” other congregations within a congregation’s facilities are words and phrases used over the years for what is increasingly called “location partners.” The title is not as important as the concept. Whatever it is called it requires radical hospitality to share congregational facilities with one or more congregations–particularly when your congregation is the owner or feels ownership of the facilities.
This should never be seen as a casual arrangement. It is—at best—a significant and intimate spiritual and strategic relationship that moves much deeper than simply having someone who is a landlord for other congregations who need a place to meet. In fact, the concept of becoming a location partner really has two intensities and dimensions of sacrifice.
First, is where there is a primary congregation who owns the facilities, and it allows other congregations to temporarily or permanently share the facilities with them. The congregation that owns the facilities is the landlord in this situation and works out how and when the tenant will use the facilities. Some congregations are location partners with multiple congregations and may also have other ministry organizations housed in their facilities. Many of these situations have a parent-to-child relationship.
Second, is where the congregational facilities are owned by an incorporated organization made up of representatives from multiple congregations and ministries who are location partners. In this case each congregation and ministry shares responsibility for and ownership of the facilities. No single congregation or ministry can enforce demands against another. The organizational structure of these situations is an adult-to-adult relationship.
Why Become a Location Partner?
Here are seven reasons for becoming a location partner. Perhaps you can think of more.
Because the facilities outgrow the congregation, and perhaps the congregation has not been able to keep up important maintenance of the facilities. Other congregations are offered space and either charged rent or asked to participate in building maintenance, renovation, and beautification.
Because the congregation who owns the facilities is willing to offer space to other congregations and ministries who would use the facilities, and there is a commitment to work out a schedule that works for all congregations.
Because the congregation who owns the facilities as part of their missional commitment desires to offer their facilities as an incubation center for new congregations.
Because the cost of facilities in some locations make it difficult for one congregation to bear the cost of the facilities so they choose to become location partners and with other congregations.
Because of the economics of facilities in major urban areas, congregations who are targeting different demographics form a location partnership and build or renovate facilities they will all use.
Because of program efficiencies where multiple congregations choose to be location partners and have one Christian education program for preschoolers, children, and teenagers.
Because a congregation who ceases to exist or relocates offers their facilities to their denomination, and the denomination chooses to house multiple congregations in the facilities.
How Does a Church Become a Location Partner?
Like every choice available to congregations, become a location partner has both opportunities and challenges when thought and action are focused on how to do it. Here are seven things to consider.
Becoming a location partner, as with other choices, is not just a business transaction. It is a spiritual and strategic adventure. Congregations should only enter into a location partner arrangement if they feel this is something God is inspiring in them. Step one is asking God.
Particularly when sharing resources with other congregations—whether you own the facilities or not—there must be a focus on the facilities belonging to God and being a gift from God, and not something of which the congregation is proud and feels ownership. Step two is being honest about any feelings of ownership.
If you congregation owns the facilities, then step three is to acknowledge that God loves the congregations with whom you will partner just as much as He loves you. Be kind and considerate. All people of each congregation are persons of worth created in the image of God to live and to love.
Step four is to do whatever is reasonable to renovate and beautify the spaces other congregations will use and be sure they are of similar quality as the space you use. Never suggest that a certain space is “good enough for that congregation.”
Step four is to wipe you church calendar clean and negotiate in equal partnership with the entering congregations as to who needs to use what space on what days and at what times. Develop a schedule that blesses each congregation.
Develop a written covenant between the congregations that describe the relationship. Review and renew it each year. Developing such a covenant will be the first opportunity for each congregation to be seen as an adult in the relationship, rather than there being adults and children in the character of the relationship.
Have a worship serve of dedication for each congregation when each new location partner relationship initiates. Also, hold joint worship and/or fellowship experiences with all location partners three or four times each year.
What is the Impact on the Church Becomes a Location Partner?
The impact can be very positive. Here are seven possibilities.
If becoming a location partner was deeply felt as God’s empowering vision for both the congregation who invites and the congregations who accept, then powerful and positive outcomes and impacts are certainly assured.
The church facilities once again are seen as places of great programs, ministries, and activities. The smile on the faces of many people tell a story of joy. Perhaps joint strategies are developed between the congregations that provides a synergy of impact.
People in the inviting congregation who see the facilities as belonging to God will be grateful for this new opportunity in ministry, and for the lives that are touched with God’s unconditional love. Their hearts may leap with joy.
People in the inviting congregation who see the facilities as belonging to them will be angry that the location partners do not respect the facilities, in general, and various rooms, in specific, with sufficient amount of care. Their burden will be heavy, and they will have a hard time letting go and letting God guide the relationship.
The entering location partners will be grateful for the space but will not understand the stories the walls of each room tell about the heritage of the hosting congregation. Perhaps regular times of storytelling between the congregations will help build a deeper gratefulness for all congregations.
If the church facilities are in what is now a diverse community context, the congregations present may transform the overall ministry in these facilities to one reflecting the full character and nature of the community context.
If the original congregation in the church facilities ever ceases to exist, then the vitality and vibrancy of the overall witness of the congregation develops a whole new life that may carry on for many decades. This speaks to the need for some type of legal legacy relationship to be worked out as the relationship matures with other congregations.
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Chart of Ten “R”s for Plotting a New Congregational Course
Resurrection — Replanting as a New Congregation
Reinvention — Restarting as a New Congregation
Redirection — Changing the Focus of Your Congregation
Reconciliation — The Merger of Congregations
Redemption — Joining with A Congregation of Potential
Relocation — Moving to a More Promising Location
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September 28, 2017 by Corporate Christ
Me and Joss visited Lille in France last week. Such a beautiful city. We traveled on the Eurostar train which I found much easier than going through an airport, to be honest.
We stayed at the Grand Hotel which was basic but clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly, helpful and spoke English. The city imposes a tax on tourists of €1 a night so be aware of this and keep enough money back to pay your hotel on your last day as you check out.
The average price of a pint of beer in Lille was €8 to €10 and with the Euro currently close in value to the Pound, that’s a lot! Food was also quite expensive even though there seemed to be a lack of high-end restaurants with most places being a more relaxed cafe style. This suited our needs but I would have liked to have tried something a bit different. Most days we tended to buy things from the supermarket for lunch and sit in the park and eat since the weather was so nice.
The first night we tried out Le Privilege Bar and Fifi’s Wine Bar. Both were nice, gay-friendly and close to our Hotel. In fact, getting around anywhere in Lille can be done on foot quite comfortably. Everything is quite compact.
You’re not required to tip in Lille but I felt if a waiter was bringing us food or drinks it felt appropriate to just leave whatever change I had in my wallet on top of the bill. This was always appreciated. In fact, I found it a very friendly city overall and whilst I don’t speak French fluently my feeble efforts were always welcomed with a smile.
A quick Google Search revealed that around the corner from our Hotel was a rock bar called Le BlackNight Rock Cafe
By far, our favourite place to drink and rock out. They had Karaoke on Friday and I belted out Marilyn Manson whilst drinking a local ale. Later, we mingled outside and got chatting to some locals who were absolutely lovely. I revealed my embarrassment at the whole Brexit thing and I was told the French generally don’t think badly of the UK for it, that we are still close friends and allies. That was nice.
The Saturday we returned to this bar but it was a lot quieter. I think Friday must be the main night in Lille for shenanigans. 🙂
Most things are closed on a Sunday in France. Whilst being very vibrant, the country has also managed to maintain an element of traditionalism. I think if I return I will time it so that I come back home on a Sunday since it seemed a bit of a wasted day in retrospect.
In conclusion, I think Lille is fantastic. The Eurostar train was both cheap and quick. It took about an hour and 20 minutes from London direct to Lille. Our Hotel was a 5 minute walk from the station which was a relief. The train itself is comfortable and spacious with 2 bars/buffet carts. Check-In was so simple. We just turned up 45 minutes before departure, threw our bags into the scanner, walked through a metal detector, showed our passports, then waited in the bar until our train arrived. The whole Check-In process probably only took 10 minutes.
I would really love to go back though I would like to learn some more French first. Not only to make things easier but because it is such a nice language to speak too.
FYI: I never managed to find the Bone Apple Tea. I thought they served that with every meal. :/
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Translating IPv4 to IPv6 based on source IPv4 address
draft-perkins-sourceipnat-01
Versions: 00 01
behave Working Group C. Perkins, Ed.
Internet-Draft WiChorus Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track October 12, 2009
Expires: April 15, 2010
This Internet-Draft will expire on April 15, 2010.
Perkins, Ed. Expires April 15, 2010 [Page 1]
Internet-Draft Source IP NAT (SIPNAT) for IPv6 October 2009
A method is proposed to enable communications between an IPv4-only
node in today's Internet and an IPv6-only node, initiated by the
IPv4-only node. The communication depends on allocation of a flow
record and address triggered by a DNS query received for the target
v6-only node. DNS query conventions can be agreed upon to provide a
natural model for resolving IPv4 queries for IPv6-only nodes. The
NAT mechanism proposed demultiplexes multiple sessions through the
same dynamically allocated IP address, using flow records matching
the source address of incoming packets. This is in contrast to the
use of ports in NAT-PT boxes, which inhibits the support of incoming
traffic towards a node behind the NAT-PT.
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Outgoing flows, initated by an IPv6-only device. . . . . . . . 8
5. Denial of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix A. Using NAT for the DNS resolution . . . . . . . . . . 13
Appendix B. Some observations about dual-stack solutions . . . . 14
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
As long as it is more difficult to deploy IPv6 nodes than IPv4 nodes
in today's Internet, adoption of IPv6 is going to be slow. The use
of NAT in today's Internet has created certain expectations and
operational conveniences, but at the cost of some important features.
In particular, communications are often not really bidirectional
since the device whose IP address is to be translated typically has
to initiate the communication.
In order to encourage the adoption of IPv6, it is likely to be
important to enable IPv6-only nodes to provide services to the
existing IPv4-dominant Internet. Otherwise, if services can be
provided for today's Internet only by assigning IPv4 addresses to the
service-providing nodes, there is decreased economic incentive for
moving to IPv6.
The approach proposed in this document should be considered a
specialized form of flow management, where flows are identified by
source and destination IP addresses (usually also including
additional information including ports). The NAT box manages the
flows, allocating and deallocating resources, and managing the
traffic (albeit intrusively) according to the mutual needs of the
source and destination networks.
Using the techniques proposed in this specification, communication
between IPv4 nodes and IPv6 nodes can be accomplished with minimal
requirements on the nodes and infrastructure:
o no dual stack
o no restriction to port-based communications
o no tunneling
o no changes to IPv4 or IPv6 hosts
Moreover, the approach is scalable because each IPv4 address used by
for the incoming flows can be shared by many different IPv6-only
devices. The degree of scalability is determined by the rate of
arrival for new incoming connection requests, and to a lesser extent
by the number of simultaneous connection requests initiated from any
particular IPv4 host.
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [1].
3. Overview
Suppose that an operator wishes to support a large population of
IPv6-only nodes. Also, suppose that the operator requires that the
IPv6 nodes should have free access to the existing IPv4 Internet, and
that customers in the existing Internet should also have free access
to service-providing nodes in the IPv6-only domain, as well as to any
of the other nodes in the domain for which such incoming
communications would be valuable. This might, for instance, greatly
simplify real-time gaming and VoIP.
Here is a proposed sequence of events. Let v6dev.foo.net be the FQDN
for a v6-only node in the operator's domain. When a node in the IPv4
Internet wishes to establish a communication with v6dev, it sends a
IPv4 DNS query to the name server (denoted fooNS) for foo.net.
Suppose that the fooNS is programmed to supply an IPv4 address for
such IPv4 DNS queries, but there is no such IPv4 address record
available. Then, fooNS contacts the NAT box to get the required IPv4
address; in this context, the NAT box has the function of address
allocation. Then fooNS creates a DNS reply with the appropriate A
record. Importantly, fooNS does NOT store this A record for v6dev.
Every distinct DNS query for v6dev could conceivably get a distinct
IPv4 address allocation. The cache time for the A record is set to
the minimum (either 0 or 1, depending on policy).
When fooNS sends the request to the NAT box (call it SIPNAT) for an
address allocation, SIPNAT allocates the address (call it v6dev-IPv4)
and creates a flow record with the following information:
o v6dev-IPv4
o the time when v6dev-IPv4 was allocated
o the IPv6 address of v6dev
o which nameserver made the request
It also sets the status of the address allocation as "pending", and
sets a timeout (call it BIND_TIMEOUT) by which the allocation has to
be "established".
In due time, a packet will arrive at v6dev-IPv4, which is the address
of a network interface of SIPNAT. Assuming this happens before the
expiration of BIND_TIMEOUT, SIPNAT "establishes" the allocation by
associating the following additional information with v6dev-IPv4:
o the source address of the incoming packet (call it CNv4, for
"correspondent node IPv4")
o the source port of the incoming packet
o the time of arrival
o the updated status of "established"
o a new timeout, "WAIT_TIME"
Then, SIPNAT does the address translation as detailed below and
delivers the IPv6 result to v6dev.
The translation is performed as follows: Suppose the incoming IPv4
packet has:
<source IP addr, dest IP addr> == <CNv4, v6dev-IPv4>,
where v6dev-IPv4 is an address of SIPNAT.
Then the outgoing IPv6 packet gets:
<source IP addr, dest IP addr> == <IPv4-mapped addr of CNv4, v6dev>
The same rules apply for ICMP, GRE, and other protocols. Ports
remain unchanged. If it is desired to use another IPv6 prefix to
identify CNv4 to v6dev, the rule above can be easily modified as long
as v6dev is configured appropriately. Whichever prefix is used,
v6dev will use it to send packets back through SIPNAT, which then
performs the reverse translation for delivery to CNv4 in the IPv4
If, after the allocation is established, it happens that no packets
flow between v6dev and CNv4, then v6dev-IPv4 is deallocated for the
purpose of communications between v6dev and CNv4. v6dev-IPv4 may
remain in use for other purposes. SIPNAT waits for WAIT_TIME to
receive or send a packet on the (v6dev, CNv4) flow before
deallocating the flow. Under the assumption that fooNS has not
cached v6dev-IPv4 as the IPv4 address of v6dev.foo.net, there is no
need to notify fooNS about the deallocation. If, in the future, the
no-cache assumption is relaxed, a notification of the deallocation
would be needed.
When the NAT box has allocated all of its available IPv4 addresses
for active or pending communications, it begins to overload the
available IPv4 addresses. Each IPv4 address can be allocated for use
of multiple distinct communications. The same IPv4 address can be
used for numerous different IPv6-only nodes, or even for multiple
distinct flows to the same IPv6-only device. Each such flow is
identified by source and destination IPv4 address and port numbers,
along with possibly other information to be specified. Each new IPv4
DNS query for one of the IPv6-only nodes served by SIPNAT will
trigger another allocation of one of SIPNAT's IPv4 addresses. It is
not clear what the maximum degree of overload should be; it will
depend on the flow management performance of the IPv4 network
interfaces of the NAT box.
When a new allocation (call it again v6dev-IPv4) has been made for
one of SIPNAT's IPv4 addresses, incoming packets have to be inspected
to determine whether they contain a new IPv4 source address, not yet
associated with any other flow using v6dev-IPv4. If such a new
source address is detected, the new allocation is "established", the
new data is recorded, and the timeout for the new flow is set to
WAIT_TIME.
In a nutshell, the incoming sessions are demultiplexed into the IPv6-
only domain based on incoming IPv4 source address, not based on
incoming source port number. Given the prevalence of NATs in today's
Internet, the source port number takes on additional importance,
because the same IPv4 address could actually be used by multiple
source computers with their IP addresses hidden from the Internet.
Because of this, the source port number should be used as an
additional demultiplexing index. In this way, multiple instances of
the same source IPv4 address could be used at the same NATv4 address
as long as port numbers were available and different for the
different instances of that IPv4 source address.
4. Outgoing flows, initated by an IPv6-only device.
These can be handled in any of the ways proposed, but perhaps the
simple v6v4 NAT proposals are most appropriate here. Problems with
v4-mapped addresses and other difficulties associated with NATs are
noted in RFC 4966, but it should also be pointed out that a majority
of today's Internet citizens do not seem to be overly concerned with
these limitations. We should make it our first goal to make these
typical users equally or more happy with IPv6, even if the NAT
solution is inherently restrictive. In fact, different outgoing NAT
boxes can be used for the outgoing flows, as long as the incoming
flow maintains enough traffic to avoid expiration of WAIT_TIME.
5. Denial of Service
The v4-->v6 translation relies on the availability of IPv4 interfaces
on the NAT box for which no new flow allocation is "pending". If a
packet arrival at such a pending IPv4 interface were to cause that
interface to immediately become unavailable for establishing v4-->v6
flows, there would be an easy opportunity for an attacker to mount a
denial of service attack against the domain served by the source IP
(SIPNAT) NAT function. Namely, the attacker could simply spray
random IPv4 packets to all of the publicly accessible IPv4 network
interfaces of the SIPNAT.
In order to combat this denial of service vulnerability it is
necessary to avoid the loss of the pending resource. This can be
done most easily by requiring pending flows to remain pending until
no packets with new source IP addresses have been received at the
pending address for BINDING_WAIT time. Equivalently, this means that
such a pending allocation has its BINDING_WAIT timeout restarted
every time a packet arrives at the IPv4 network interface with a
previously unestablished source address.
A malicious attacker can still mount a denial of service attack, but
it would then require a much more sustained effort. The result would
be that any new pending flow allocation might collect quite a few new
flow records, which would all then have to be maintained for
WAIT_TIME before deallocation. But the requirement that the attacker
maintain the attack for a longer time should make it easier to trace
back the offending packets back to their source. Furthermore,
frequently offending source IP prefixes might well be blacklisted.
Packets from blacklisted prefixes could be discarded to avoid these
unwanted effects.
Any scheme which uses an allocation scheme for IPv4 addresses on the
NAT box, such that the allocated resource even temporarily impacts
new allocations, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. In the
case of SIPNAT, this DoS attack takes the form of flooding the DNS
Request mechanism. Such malicious flooding could have the effect of
depriving the IPv4 allocation for legitimate DNS Requests from
legitimate correspondents.
Allocations in the pending state are vulnerable to false
establishment by malicious nodes flooding packets to all of the
existing IPv4 addresses of the SIPNAT box (see Section 5). There are
methods to ameliorate such attacks, such as rate limiting requrests
or making restrictions on the possible source IP addresses that can
satisfy the flow establishment. The technique of leaving the flow
pending momentarily even after a candidate packet has arrived to
establish the flow, should also greatly reduce the vulnerability to
this attack.
Perkins, Ed. Expires April 15, 2010 [Page 10]
Thanks to Vijay Devarapalli, who provided useful ideas to make
important improvements in the proposal. Thanks to Mark Andrews, who
offered the solution of extending the availability of "pending" flow
allocations, by restarting the BIND_TIMEOUT.
8. Normative References
[1] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
Appendix A. Using NAT for the DNS resolution
If the NAT box is used as the authoritative name server for a special
subdomain of foo.net, say for example v6only_domain.foo.net, then
this design can be carried out without requiring changes to the
existing DNS infrastructure. It is a matter of discussion whether or
not it would be desirable to recommend the isolation of such v6-only
devices and their transient A records to such subdomains.
Appendix B. Some observations about dual-stack solutions
From the standpoint of utility for conserving IPv4 address space
during the transition to IPv6, dual-stack designs do not offer the
advantages that are sometimes claimed.
There are three likely possibilities for a dual-stack implementation
o The IPv4 address is globally unique. This is very undesirable to
make as a requirement, since then we have accomplished nothing
towards the goal of making available more network-layer addresses.
o The IPv4 address is a private address, and there is a NAT box at
the border of the dual-stack domain. In this case, we have NAT.
Since IPv6-only hosts can work just fine with NATs, why require
dual stack?
o The IPv4 address is a private address, and the dual-stack node is
required to do tunnel processing on incoming v6-addressed packets
that it receives. This amounts to a substantial implementation
burden and, when communications occurs over a wireless medium,
even more overhead.
Nevertheless, dual-stack hosts are very useful when there is a need
for network nodes to offer IPv6-only applications as well as IPv4-
only applications. In this scenario, the node should host a dual-
stack implementation. Then, over time, as all the applications
migrate to IPv6, the need for configuring the IPv4 part of the dual-
stack platform will decrease until at some point the IPv4
configuration may be disregarded entirely.
Charles E. Perkins
WiChorus Inc.
3590 N. 1st Street, Suite 300
San Jose, CA 95134
Email: charliep@computer.org
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Free Health Insurance Scheme--By Maharashtra Govt
Current Context: Maharashtra Government to grant free health insurance scheme to all citizens.
The health insurance scheme will be granted under Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana.
The decision was taken amidst of outbreak of Coronavirus.
By granting free health insurance scheme to all citizens, Maharashtra Govt has become the first state in India to do this.
Under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, people in the state can avail of the benefits of free and cashless health insurance. Documents such as ration cards and domicile certificates are essential to apply for the scheme.
Also, the government of Maharashtra has signed an MoU with the General Insurance Public Sector Association (GIPSA) for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at private hospitals in Pune and Mumbai.
Earlier, 496 hospitals were covered in the scheme, but now over 1,000 hospitals will come under it.
Static Part:
CM of Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray
Governor of Maharashtra: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
National Parks and Wild Life Sanctuaries in Maharashtra: Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Chandoli National Park, Gugamal National Park, Navegaon National Park, Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhamragarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Malvan Marine Sanctuary, Karnala Bird Sanctuary
Q.1 Which is the first state in India to grant free health insurance scheme to all citizens amidst of COVID-19?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Gujrat
c. Punjab
d. Maharashtra
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Label: TRIAZOLAM tablet
Boxed Warnings
Packager: West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Medication Guide: HTML
These highlights do not include all the information needed to use TRIAZOLAM TABLETS safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for TRIAZOLAM TABLETS.
TRIAZOLAM tablets, for oral use, CIV
WARNING: RISKS FROM CONCOMITANT USE WITH OPIOIDS
See full prescribing information for complete boxed warning.
Concomitant use of benzodiazepines and opioids may result in profound sedation, respiratory depression, coma, and death (5.1, 7.1).
Reserve concomitant prescribing for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are inadequate.
Limit dosages and durations to the minimum required.
Follow patients for signs and symptoms of respiratory depression and sedation.
Triazolam is a benzodiazepine indicated for the short-term treatment of insomnia (generally 7 to 10 days) in adults. (1)
Adults: Recommended dosage is 0.25 mg once daily before bedtime. Maximum recommended dosage is 0.5 mg once daily (2.1)
Geriatric patients: Reduce starting dosage to 0.125 mg once daily. May increase to 0.25 mg if no response. Geriatric patients should not exceed 0.25 mg once daily (2.2, 8.5)
Triazolam tablets should not be prescribed in quantities exceeding a 1-month supply (2.1)
Unscored Tablets: 0.125 mg and Scored Tablets: 0.25 mg (3)
Known hypersensitivity to triazolam or other benzodiazepines (4)
Concomitant use with medications that significantly impair the oxidative metabolism mediated by cytochrome P450 3A (CYP 3A) including ketoconazole, itraconazole, nefazodone, and several human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors (4, 5.7, 17)
Persistent or Worsening Insomnia: Since sleep disturbances may be the presenting manifestation of a physical and/or psychiatric disorder, symptomatic treatment of insomnia should be initiated only after a careful evaluation of the patient. The failure of insomnia to remit after 7 to 10 days of treatment may indicate the presence of a primary psychiatric and/or medical illness that should be evaluated. (5.2)
“Sleep-driving” and Other Complex Behaviors: Complex behaviors such as “sleep-driving” have been reported. The use of alcohol and other central nervous system (CNS) depressants with sedative-hypnotics appears to increase the risk, as well as doses exceeding the maximum recommended dose. (5.3)
CNS Manifestations: An increase in daytime anxiety, abnormal thinking, and behavioral changes have been reported. Emergence of any new behavioral changes require careful and immediate evaluation. (5.4)
Effects on Driving and Operating Heavy Machinery: Patients receiving triazolam should be cautioned against driving or operating heavy machinery, as well as avoiding concomitant use with alcohol and other CNS depressant drugs. (5.5)
Patients with Depression: Caution should be exercised in patients with signs or symptoms of depression that could be intensified by hypnotic drugs. Prescribe the least number of tablets feasible to avoid intentional overdose. (5.7)
Tolerance/Withdrawal Phenomena: Some loss of effectiveness and dependence may develop after nightly use for more than a few weeks, which can lead to increased wakefulness and increased daytime anxiety or nervousness. Severe withdrawal effects and rebound insomnia may also occur. (5.8)
Neonatal Sedation and Withdrawal Syndrome: Use of triazolam during pregnancy can result in neonatal sedation and neonatal withdrawal syndrome. (5.9, 8.1).
Most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥4% and twice placebo) are drowsiness, dizziness, light-headedness, and coordination disorder/ataxia (6.1).
To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. at 1-800-962-8364 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
Use with Opioids: Increase the risk of respiratory depression (7.1)
Use with Other CNS Depressants: Produces additive CNS depressant effects (7.1)
Use with CYP 3A4 Inhibitors: Increased risk of adverse reactions (4, 5.7, 7.1)
Lactation: A lactating woman may pump and discard breast milk during treatment and for 28 hours after triazolam administration (8.2)
See 17 for PATIENT COUNSELING INFORMATION and Medication Guide.
2.2 Use in Geriatric Patients
5.1 Risks from Concomitant Use with Opioids
5.2 Persistent or Worsening Insomnia
5.3 “Sleep-driving” and Other Complex Behaviors
5.4 Central Nervous System Manifestations
5.5 Effects on Driving and Operating Heavy Machinery
5.6 Triazolam Interaction with Drugs that Inhibit Metabolism via Cytochrome P450 3A
5.7 Patients with Depression
5.8 Tolerance/Withdrawal Phenomena
5.9 Neonatal Sedation and Withdrawal Syndrome
5.10 Compromised Respiratory Function
6.1 Clinical Trials Experience
7.1 Drugs Having Clinically Important Interactions with Triazolam
9 DRUG ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE
9.1 Controlled Substance
9.2 Abuse
9.3 Dependence
BOXED WARNING (What is this?)
Concomitant use of benzodiazepines and opioids may result in profound sedation, respiratory depression, coma, and death [seeWarnings and Precautions (5.1), Drug Interactions (7.1)].
Reserve concomitant prescribing of these drugs for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are inadequate.
Triazolam is indicated for the short-term treatment of insomnia (generally 7 to 10 days) in adults.
The recommended dosage is 0.25 mg once daily before bedtime. A dosage of 0.125 mg once daily may be sufficient for some patients (e.g., patients with low body weight). A dosage of 0.5 mg should be used only for patients who do not respond adequately to a trial of a lower dose. The maximum recommended dosage is 0.5 mg once daily.
Use the lowest effective dose for the patient as there are significant dose related adverse reactions.
Use of triazolam tablets for more than 3 weeks requires evaluation of the patient for a primary psychiatric or medical condition [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2, 5.4, 5.8)].
Prescriptions for triazolam tablets should be written for short-term use (7 to 10 days) and it should not be prescribed in quantities exceeding a 1-month supply.
In geriatric patients, the recommended dosage is 0.125 mg to 0.25 mg once daily. Initiate therapy at 0.125 mg once daily. The 0.25 mg dose should be used only for patients who do not respond to a trial of the lower dose. The maximum recommended dosage is 0.25 mg once daily. Elderly patients have an increased risk of dose related adverse reactions [see Use in Specific Populations (8.5)].
Triazolam Tablets USP are available as a 0.125 mg and 0.25 mg tablet.
0.125 mg tablet is supplied as a white, oval-shaped tablet with tablet identification “54 519” debossed on one side and plain on the other side.
0.25 mg tablet is supplied as a light blue, oval-shaped tablet, scored on one side with tablet identification “54 620” debossed on the other side.
Triazolam is contraindicated in:
Patients with known hypersensitivity to triazolam, any of component of triazolam tablets, or other benzodiazepines. Reactions consistent with angioedema (involving the tongue, glottis, or larynx), dyspnea, and throat closing have been reported and may be fatal.
Concomitant administration of strong cytochrome P450 (CYP 3A) enzyme inhibitors (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole, nefazodone, lopinavir, ritonavir) [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7), Drug Interactions (7.1)].
Concomitant use of benzodiazepines, including triazolam, and opioids may result in profound sedation, respiratory depression, coma, and death. Because of these risks, reserve concomitant prescribing of these drugs for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are inadequate.
Observational studies have demonstrated that concomitant use of opioid analgesics and benzodiazepines increases the risk of drug-related mortality compared to use of opioids alone. If a decision is made to prescribe triazolam concomitantly with opioids, prescribe the lowest effective dosages and minimum durations of concomitant use, and follow patients closely for signs and symptoms of respiratory depression and sedation. In patients already receiving an opioid analgesic, prescribe a lower initial dose of triazolam than indicated in the absence of an opioid and titrate based on clinical response. If an opioid is initiated in a patient already taking triazolam, prescribe a lower initial dose of the opioid and titrate based upon clinical response.
Advise both patients and caregivers about the risks of respiratory depression and sedation when triazolam is used with opioids. Advise patients not to drive or operate heavy machinery until the effects of concomitant use with the opioid have been determined [see Drug Interactions (7.1)].
Since sleep disturbances may be the presenting manifestation of a physical and/or psychiatric disorder, symptomatic treatment of insomnia should be initiated only after a careful evaluation of the patient. The failure of insomnia to remit after 7 to 10 days of treatment may indicate the presence of a primary psychiatric and/or medical illness that should be evaluated. Worsening of insomnia or the emergence of new thinking or behavior abnormalities may be the consequence of an unrecognized psychiatric or physical disorder. Such findings have emerged during the course of treatment with sedative-hypnotic drugs.
Complex behaviors such as “sleep-driving” (i.e., driving while not fully awake after ingestion of a sedative-hypnotic, with amnesia for the event) have been reported with triazolam use. These events can occur in sedative-hypnotic-naïve as well as in sedative-hypnotic-experienced persons. Although behaviors such as sleep-driving may occur with sedative-hypnotics alone at recommended dosages, the use of alcohol and other central nervous system (CNS) depressants with sedative-hypnotics appears to increase the risk of such behaviors, as does the use of sedative-hypnotics at doses exceeding the maximum recommended dose. Due to the risk to the patient and the community, discontinuation of sedative-hypnotics should be strongly considered for patients who report a “sleep-driving” episode.
Other complex behaviors (e.g., preparing and eating food, making phone calls, or having sex) have been reported in patients who are not fully awake after taking a sedative-hypnotic, including triazolam. As with sleep-driving, patients usually do not remember these events.
An increase in daytime anxiety has been reported for triazolam after as few as 10 days of continuous use. In some patients this may be a manifestation of interdose withdrawal. If increased daytime anxiety is observed during treatment, discontinuation of treatment may be advisable.
A variety of abnormal thinking and behavior changes have been reported to occur in association with the use of benzodiazepine hypnotics including triazolam. Some of these changes may be characterized by decreased inhibition, e.g., aggressiveness and extroversion that seem excessive, similar to that seen with alcohol and other CNS depressants (e.g., sedative/hypnotics). Other kinds of behavioral changes have also been reported, for example, bizarre behavior, agitation, hallucinations, depersonalization. In primarily depressed patients, the worsening of depression, including suicidal thinking, has been reported in association with the use of benzodiazepines [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)].
Some adverse reactions reported in association with the use of triazolam such as drowsiness, dizziness, light-headedness, and amnesia appear to be dose related. More serious behavioral phenomena such as confusion, bizarre or abnormal behavior, agitation, and hallucinations may also be dose related, but this evidence is inconclusive. Therapy should be initiated at the lowest effective dose [see Dosage and Administration (2.1)].
It can rarely be determined with certainty whether a particular instance of the abnormal behaviors listed above is drug induced, spontaneous in origin, or a result of an underlying psychiatric or physical disorder. Nonetheless, the emergence of any new behavioral sign or symptom of concern requires careful and immediate evaluation.
Anterograde amnesia of varying severity and paradoxical reactions have been reported following recommended dosages of triazolam. Data from several sources suggest that anterograde amnesia may occur at a higher rate with triazolam than with other benzodiazepine hypnotics.
Cases of "traveler’s amnesia" have been reported by individuals who have taken triazolam to induce sleep while traveling, such as during an airplane flight. In some of these cases, insufficient time was allowed for the sleep period prior to awakening and before beginning activity. Also, the concomitant use of alcohol may have been a factor in some cases.
Due to its depressant CNS effects, patients receiving triazolam should be cautioned against engaging inhazardous occupations requiring complete mental alertness such as operating machinery or driving a motorvehicle. For the same reason, patients should be cautioned about the concomitant use of alcohol and other CNSdepressant drugs during treatment with triazolam.
The initial step in triazolam metabolism is hydroxylation catalyzed by CYP 3A. Drugs that inhibit this metabolic pathway may have a profound effect on the clearance of triazolam.
Strong CYP 3A Inhibitors:
Triazolam is contraindicated in patients receiving strong inhibitors of CYP 3A such as ketoconazole, itraconazole, nefazodone, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, saquinavir, and lopinavir [see Contraindications (4), Drug Interactions (7.1)].
Moderate and Weak CYP 3A Inhibitors:
Triazolam should be used with caution in patients receiving moderate or weak inhibitors of CYP 3A. If coadministered, consider dose reduction of triazolam.
Macrolide Antibiotics:
Coadministration of erythromycin increased the maximum plasma concentration, decreased clearance and increased half-life of triazolam [see Drug Interactions (7.1), Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)]; caution and consideration of appropriate triazolam dose reduction are recommended. Similar caution should be observed during coadministration with clarithromycin and other macrolide antibiotics.
Cimetidine:
Coadministration of cimetidine increased the maximum plasma concentration, decreased clearance and increased half-life of triazolam [see Drug Interactions (7.1), Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)]; caution and consideration of appropriate triazolam dose reduction are recommended.
Benzodiazepines may worsen depression. Consequently, appropriate precautions (e.g., limiting the total prescription size and increased monitoring for suicidal ideation) should be considered in patients with depression.
Some loss of effectiveness or adaptation to the sleep inducing effects of benzodiazepines, including triazolam, may develop after nightly use for more than a few weeks and there may be a degree of dependence that develops. Withdrawal phenomena with triazolam have included: 1) increased wakefulness during the last third of the night, and 2) the appearance of increased signs of daytime anxiety or nervousness.
Withdrawal effects can occur after discontinuing these drugs following use for only a week or two, but may be more common and more severe after longer periods of continuous use. A phenomena known as ‘rebound insomnia’ may occur after stopping triazolam. That is, on the first few nights after the drug is stopped, insomnia is actually worse than before the sleeping pill was given.
Other withdrawal phenomena following abrupt stopping of benzodiazepine sleeping pills range from mild unpleasant feelings to a major withdrawal syndrome which may include abdominal and muscle cramps, vomiting, sweating, tremor, and convulsions.
Use of triazolam during the later stages of pregnancy can result in sedation (respiratory depression, lethargy, hypotonia) and withdrawal symptoms (hyperreflexia, irritability, restlessness, tremors, inconsolable crying, and feeding difficulties) in the neonate. Observe newborns for signs of sedation and neonatal withdrawal syndrome and manage accordingly [see Use in Specific Populations (8.1)].
In patients with compromised respiratory function, respiratory depression and apnea have been reported. Closely monitor patients with compromised respiratory function. If signs and symptoms of respiratory depression or apnea occur, consider discontinuation.
The following serious adverse reactions are discussed in greater detail in other sections:
Risks from Concomitant Use with Opioids [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)]
Persistent or Worsening Insomnia [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]
“Sleep-driving” and Other Complex Behaviors [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)]
Central Nervous System Manifestations [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4)]
Effects on Driving and Operating Heavy Machinery [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5)]
Patients with Depression [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7)]
Tolerance/Withdrawal Phenomena [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)]
Compromised Respiratory Function [see Warnings and Precautions (5.10)]
Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice.
The incidences cited below are estimates of clinical reactions among 1003 subjects who participated in the short term (duration of 1 to 42 days) placebo-controlled clinical trials of triazolam.
Adverse reactions leading to discontinuation in two multi-dose placebo controlled clinical trials include coordination disorders, drowsiness, grogginess, somnolence, depression, restlessness, dizziness, lightheadedness, headache, nausea, visual disturbance, nervousness, abdominal distress, bladder trouble, aching limbs, backache, and blepharitis.
Table 1: Common Adverse Drug Reactions in 1% or More of Triazolam-Treated Subjects (and Greater than Placebo) Reported in Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials
(N=1003)
% Patients Reporting
(N=997)
Light-headedness
Coordination disorders/ataxia
Nausea/vomiting
In addition to the common reactions enumerated above in Table 1, the following adverse reactions have been reported at an incidence of 0.9% to 0.5%: euphoria, tachycardia, tiredness, confusional states/memory impairment, cramps/pain, depression, and visual disturbances.
Adverse reactions reported at an incidence less than 0.5% include: constipation, taste alterations, diarrhea, dry mouth, dermatitis/allergy, dreaming/nightmares, insomnia, paresthesia, tinnitus, dysesthesia, weakness, congestion, and death from hepatic failure in a patient also receiving diuretic drugs.
The following adverse reactions have been identified during post-approval use of triazolam. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.
General Disorders and Administration Site Conditions: Paradoxical drug reaction, chest pain and fatigue
Gastrointestinal Disorders: Tongue discomfort, glossitis, stomatitis
Hepatobiliary Disorders: Jaundice
Injury, Poisoning and Procedural Complications: Fall
Metabolism and Nutrition Disorders: Anorexia
Nervous System Disorders: Anterograde amnesia, altered state of consciousness, dystonia, sedation, syncope, dysarthria and muscle spasticity
Psychiatric Disorders: Confusional state (disorientation, derealisation, depersonalization), mania, agitation, restlessness, irritability, sleep disorder and libido disorder, hallucination, delusion, aggression, somnambulism, and abnormal behavior
Renal and Urinary Disorders: Urinary retention and urinary incontinence
Reproductive System and Breast Disorders: Menstruation irregular
Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders: Pruritis
Table 2 includes clinically significant drug interactions with triazolam [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Table 2: Clinically Important Drug Interactions with Triazolam
Clinical implication
The concomitant use of benzodiazepines and opioids increases the risk of respiratory depression because of actions at different receptor sites in the CNS that control respiration. Benzodiazepines interact at GABAA sites and opioids interact primarily at mu receptors. When benzodiazepines and opioids are combined, the potential for benzodiazepines to significantly worsen opioid-related respiratory depression exists.
Prevention or management
Limit dosage and duration of concomitant use of triazolam and opioids, and monitor patients closely for respiratory depression and sedation [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].
Morphine, buprenorphine, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, oxycodone, fentanyl, methadone, alfentanil, butorphanol, codeine, dihydrocodeine, meperidine, pentazocine, remifentanil, sufentanil, tapentadol, tramadol.
CNS Depressants
Triazolam produces additive CNS depressant effects when co-administered with other CNS depressants.
Limit dosage and duration of triazolam during concomitant use with CNS depressants.
Psychotropic medications, anticonvulsants, antihistamines, ethanol, and other drugs which themselves produce CNS depression.
Strong Inhibitors of CYP 3A
Concomitant use of triazolam with strong CYP3A inhibitors has a profound effect on the clearance of triazolam, resulting in increased concentrations of triazolam and increased risk of adverse reactions [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Do not administer triazolam with a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor [see Contraindications (4), Warnings and Precautions (5.7)].
Ketoconazole, clarithromycin, grapefruit juice, itraconazole, nefazodone, and several HIV protease inhibitors (e.g. ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, saquinavir and lopinavir).
Moderate and Weak Inhibitors of CYP 3A
Concomitant use of triazolam with moderate or weak inhibitors of CYP3A inhibitors may increase the concentrations of triazolam, resulting in increased risk of adverse reactions [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Use with caution and consider appropriate dose reduction of triazolam when coadministered with moderate and weak CYP3A inhibitors [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7)].
Macrolide antibiotics (such as erythromycin), cimetidine, isoniazid, oral contraceptives, ranitidine.
Interactions Based on Experience with Other Benzodiazepines or in vitro Studies with Triazolam
Available data from clinical studies of benzodiazepines other than triazolam, from in vitro studies with triazolam, or from in vitro studies with benzodiazepines other than triazolam suggest a possible drug interaction with triazolam [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Caution is recommended during coadministration of triazolam with any of these drugs. [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7)].
Fluvoxamine, diltiazem, verapamil, sertraline, paroxetine, ergotamine, cyclosporine, amiodarone, nicardipine, and nifedipine.
Pregnancy Exposure Registry:
There is a pregnancy exposure registry that monitors pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to triazolam during pregnancy. Healthcare providers are encouraged to register patients by calling the National Pregnancy Registry for Other Psychiatric Medications at 1-866-961-2388 or visiting online at https://womensmentalhealth.org/clinical-and-research-programs/pregnancyregistry/othermedications/.
Risk Summary:
Infants born to mothers using benzodiazepines during the later stages of pregnancy have been reported to experience symptoms of sedation and neonatal withdrawal (see Clinical Considerations)[see Warnings and Precautions (5.9)]. At this time, there is no clear evidence that triazolam exposure in early pregnancy can cause major birth defects (see Data).
The estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage for the indicated population is unknown. All pregnancies have a background risk of birth defect, loss, or other adverse outcomes. In the U.S. general population, the estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage in clinically recognized pregnancies is 2 to 4% and 15 to 20%, respectively.
Clinical Considerations:
Fetal/Neonatal Adverse Reactions:
Benzodiazepines cross the placenta and may produce respiratory depression and sedation in neonates. Monitor neonates exposed to triazolam during pregnancy and labor for signs of sedation, respiratory depression, withdrawal, and feeding problems and manage accordingly [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9)].
Human Data:
Published data from observational studies on the use of benzodiazepines during pregnancy do not report a clear association with benzodiazepines and major birth defects. Although early studies reported an increased risk of congenital malformations with diazepam and chlordiazepoxide, there was no consistent pattern noted. In addition, the majority of more recent case-control and cohort studies of benzodiazepine use during pregnancy, which were adjusted for confounding exposures to alcohol, tobacco and other medications, have not confirmed these findings. At this time, there is no clear evidence that triazolam exposure in early pregnancy can cause major birth defects.
Infants exposed to benzodiazepines during the late third trimester of pregnancy or during labor have been reported to exhibit sedation and neonatal withdrawal symptoms.
Animal Data:
Oral administration of triazolam to pregnant rats and rabbits during the period of organogenesis caused skeletal developmental changes (variations and malformations) at maternally toxic doses in rats and at doses in rats and rabbits which are approximately equal to or greater than 200 times the maximum recommended human dose (MRHD) of 0.5 mg/day based on mg/m2 body surface area. Oral administration of triazolam to male and female rats before mating, and continuing during gestation and lactation did not result in embryotoxicity at doses up to approximately 100 times the MRHD based on mg/m2 body surface area, but did cause an increase in the number of stillbirths and postnatal pup mortalities at doses greater than or equal to approximately 40 times the MRHD based mg/m2 body surface area. 14C-triazolam was administered orally to pregnant mice. Drug-related material appeared uniformly distributed in the fetus with 14C concentrations approximately the same as in the brain of the mother.
There are no data on the presence of triazolam in human milk or the effects on milk production. There are reports of central nervous system depression (sedation, respiratory depression), withdrawal symptoms, and feeding problems in infants who are breastfed by mothers taking benzodiazepines (see Clinical Considerations). Triazolam and its metabolites are present in the milk of lactating rats (see Data). When a drug is present in animal milk, it is likely that the drug will be present in human milk. The developmental and health benefits of breastfeeding should be considered along with the mother’s clinical need for triazolam and any potential adverse effects on the breastfed infant from triazolam or from the underlying maternal condition.
Infants exposed to triazolam through breast milk should be monitored for sedation, respiratory depression, withdrawal symptoms, and feeding problems. A lactating woman may consider interrupting breastfeeding and pumping and discarding breast milk during treatment and for 28 hours (approximately 5 elimination half-lives) after triazolam administration in order to minimize drug exposure to a breast fed infant.
Both triazolam and triazolam metabolites were detected in milk of rats. Lactating rats were orally administered 0.3 mg/kg 14C-triazolam; drug and metabolite levels were determined in milk collected at 6 and 24 hours after administration.
Safety and effectiveness of triazolam has not been established in pediatric patients.
Elderly patients exhibit higher plasma triazolam concentrations due to reduced clearance as compared with younger subjects at the same dose. Because elderly patients are especially susceptible to dose related adverse reactions and to minimize oversedation, the smallest effective dose should be used [see Dosage and Administration (2.2), Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Triazolam tablets contain triazolam which is a Schedule IV controlled substance.
Abuse and addiction are separate and distinct from physical dependence and tolerance. Abuse is characterized by misuse of the drug for non-medical purposes, often in combination with other psychoactive substances. Physical dependence is a state of adaptation that is manifested by a specific withdrawal syndrome that can be produced by abrupt cessation, rapid dose reduction, decreasing blood level of the drug and/or administration of an antagonist. Tolerance is a state of adaptation in which exposure to a drug induces changes that result in a diminution of one or more of the drug’s effects over time. Tolerance may occur to both the desired and undesired effects of drugs and may develop at different rates for different effects.
Addiction is a primary, chronic, neurobiological disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving. Drug addiction is a treatable disease, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, but relapse is common.
Addiction-prone individuals (e.g. those with a history of drug addiction or alcoholism) should be under careful surveillance when receiving triazolam because of increased risk of abuse and dependence.
Withdrawal symptoms, including: convulsions, tremor, abdominal and muscle cramps, vomiting, sweating, dysphoria, perceptual disturbances, and insomnia have occurred following abrupt discontinuance of benzodiazepines, including triazolam. The more severe symptoms are usually associated with higher dosages and longer usage, although patients at recommended dosages given for as few as 1 to 2 weeks can also have withdrawal symptoms and in some patients there may be withdrawal symptoms (daytime anxiety, agitation) between nightly doses [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9)]. Consequently, abrupt discontinuation should be avoided and a gradual dosage tapering schedule is recommended in any patient taking more than the lowest dose for more than a few weeks. The recommendation for tapering is particularly important in any patient with a history of seizure.
The risk of dependence is increased in patients with a history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or in patients with marked personality disorders. Such dependence-prone individuals should be under careful surveillance when receiving triazolam. As with all hypnotics, repeat prescriptions should be limited to those who are under medical supervision.
Manifestations of overdosage with triazolam include somnolence, confusion, impaired coordination, slurred speech, and ultimately, coma. Respiratory depression and apnea have been reported with overdosages of triazolam. Seizures have been reported after overdosages.
Death has been reported in association with overdoses of triazolam. In addition, fatalities have been reported in patients who have overdosed with a combination of a single benzodiazepine, including triazolam, and alcohol; benzodiazepine and alcohol levels seen in some of these cases have been lower than those usually associated with reports of fatality with either substance alone.
Respiration, pulse, and blood pressure should be monitored and supported by general measures when necessary. Immediate gastric lavage should be performed. An adequate airway should be maintained. Intravenous fluids may be administered.
Flumazenil may be useful in situations when an overdose with a benzodiazepine is known or suspected. Prior to the administration of flumazenil, necessary measures should be instituted to secure airway, ventilation and intravenous access. Flumazenil is intended as an adjunct to, not as a substitute for, proper management of benzodiazepine overdose. Patients treated with flumazenil should be monitored for resedation, respiratory depression, and other residual benzodiazepine effects for an appropriate period after treatment. The prescriber should be aware of a risk of seizure in association with flumazenil treatment, particularly in long-term benzodiazepine users and in cyclic antidepressant overdose. The complete flumazenil package insert including Contraindications and Warnings and Precautions should be consulted prior to use.
Hemodialysis and forced diuresis are probably of little value. As with the management of intentional overdosage with any drug, the physician should bear in mind that multiple agents may have been ingested by the patient.
In case of an overdosage, consult a Certified Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222 for latest recommendations.
Triazolam Tablets USP contain triazolam, a triazolobenzodiazepine.
Triazolam USP is a white to off-white powder, soluble in chloroform; slightly soluble in alcohol; and practically insoluble in ether and in water. It has a molecular weight of 343.2.
The chemical name for triazolam is 8-chloro-6-(o-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-4H-s-triazolo-[4,3-α][1,4]benzodiazepine.
The structural formula is represented below:
Each triazolam tablet for oral administration, contains 0.125 mg or 0.25 mg of triazolam USP.
Inactive ingredients: 0.125 mg - docusate sodium with sodium benzoate, lactose (anhydrous), magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, and pregelatinized starch; 0.25 mg - docusate sodium with sodium benzoate, FD&C Blue No. 1, lactose (anhydrous), magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, and pregelatinized starch.
Triazolam is a benzodiazepine. Triazolam exerts its effect for the short-term treatment of insomnia through binding to the benzodiazepine site of the gamma-aminobutyric acid-A (GABAA) receptors in the brain and enhances GABA-mediated synaptic inhibition.
Absorption:
Peak plasma levels of triazolam are reached within 2 hours following oral administration. Following recommended doses of triazolam tablets, triazolam peak plasma levels in the range of 1 to 6 ng/mL are seen. The plasma levels achieved are proportional to the dose given. In normal subjects treated for 7 days with four times the recommended dosage, there was no evidence of altered systemic bioavailability, rate of elimination, or accumulation.
Extremely high concentrations of triazolam do not displace bilirubin bound to human serum albumin in vitro.
Elimination:
Triazolam has a mean plasma elimination half-life in the range of 1.5 to 5.5 hours.
The initial step in triazolam metabolism is cytochrome P450 3A (CYP 3A)-mediated hydroxylation to form 1- hydroxytriazolam and 4-hydroxytriazolam, which are subsequently conjugated to form glucuronides.
Excretion:
Triazolam and its metabolites, principally as conjugated glucuronides which are presumably inactive, are excreted primarily in the urine. Only small amounts of unmetabolized triazolam appear in the urine. The two primary metabolites accounted for 79.9% of urinary excretion. Urinary excretion appeared to be biphasic in its time course.
Specific Populations:
Geriatric Patients:
In a study of elderly (62 to 83 years old) versus younger subjects (21 to 41 years old) who received triazolam at the same dose levels (0.125 mg and 0.25 mg), the elderly experienced both greater sedation and impairment of psychomotor performance. These effects resulted largely from higher plasma concentrations of triazolam in the elderly.
Drug Interaction Studies:
The effect of other drugs on triazolam:
Coadministration of erythromycin increased the maximum plasma concentration of triazolam by 46%, decreased clearance by 53%, and increased half-life by 35%.
Coadministration of cimetidine increased the maximum plasma concentration of triazolam by 51%, decreased clearance by 55%, and increased half-life by 68%.
Isoniazid:
Coadministration of isoniazid increased the maximum plasma concentration of triazolam by 20%, decreased clearance by 42%, and increased half-life by 31%.
Oral Contraceptives:
Coadministration of oral contraceptives increased maximum plasma concentration by 6%, decreased clearance by 32%, and increased half-life by 16%.
Grapefruit Juice:
Coadministration of grapefruit juice increased the maximum plasma concentration of triazolam by 25%, increased the area under the concentration curve by 48%, and increased half-life by 18%.
Ranitidine:
Coadministration of ranitidine increased the maximum plasma concentration of triazolam by 30%, increased the area under the concentration curve by 27%, and increased half-life by 3.3%. Caution is recommended during coadministration with triazolam. Available data from clinical studies of benzodiazepines other than triazolam suggest a possible drug interaction with triazolam for the following: fluvoxamine, diltiazem, and verapamil. Data from in vitro studies of triazolam suggest a possible drug interaction with triazolam for the following: sertraline and paroxetine. Data from in vitro studies of benzodiazepines other than triazolam suggest a possible drug interaction with triazolam for the following: ergotamine, cyclosporine, amiodarone, nicardipine, and nifedipine.
The effect of triazolam on other drugs:
Warfarin:
Triazolam tablets 0.5 mg, in two separate studies, did not affect the prothrombin times or plasma warfarin levels in male volunteers administered sodium warfarin orally.
Carcinogenesis:
No evidence of carcinogenic potential was observed in rats or mice administered triazolam in the diet for 24-months at doses greater than or equal to 900 times the MRHD of 0.5 mg, based on mg/m2 body surface area.
Mutagenesis:
Triazolam was not mutagenic in the in vitro Ames bacterial reverse mutation assay, and no DNA damage was observed in an in vitro alkaline elution assay in Chinese hamster lung fibroblast cells.
Impairment of Fertility:
Female rats were administered triazolam in the diet for 14 days before cohabitation, during gestation, and until 21 days post parturition, and male rats for 60 days before cohabitation. No effects on mating or fertility were observed in rats up to 5 mg/kg/day which is approximately 100 times the MRHD of 0.5 mg/day, based on mg/m2 body surface area.
Triazolam Tablets USP
0.125 mg tablets are supplied as a white, oval-shaped tablet with tablet identification “54 519” debossed on the one side and plain on the other side.
NDC 0054-4858-25: Bottle of 100 Tablets
0.25 mg tablets are supplied as a light blue, oval-shaped tablet, scored on one side with tablet identification “54 620” debossed on the other side.
NDC 0054-4859-25: Bottles of 100 Tablets
Store at 20º to 25°C (68º to 77°F). [See USP Controlled Room Temperature]. Dispense in a tight, light-resistant container as defined in the USP/NF.
Advise the patient to read the FDA-approved patient labeling (Medication Guide).
Risks from Concomitant Use with Opioids:
Advise both patients and caregivers about the risks of potentially fatal respiratory depression and sedation when triazolam is used with opioids and not to use such drugs concomitantly unless supervised by a healthcare provider. Advise patients not to drive or operate heavy machinery until the effects of concomitant use with the opioid have been determined [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1), Drug Interactions (7.1)].
“Sleep-driving” and Other Complex Behaviors:
There have been reports of people getting out of bed after taking a sedative-hypnotic and driving their cars while not fully awake, often with no memory of the event. Advise patients to report similar experiences to their healthcare provider immediately, since “sleep-driving” can be dangerous. This behavior is more likely to occur when sedative-hypnotics are taken with alcohol or other CNS depressants [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)]. Other complex behaviors (e.g., preparing and eating food, making phone calls, or having sex) have been reported in patients who are not fully awake after taking a sedative hypnotic. As with sleep-driving, patients usually do not remember these events.
Effects on Driving and Operating Heavy Machinery:
Caution patients against driving a motor vehicle or operating heavy machinery until the effects of taking triazolam are determined due to its CNS depressant effects. Also advise patients to avoid the use of alcohol or other CNS depressants while taking triazolam [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6)].
Patients with Depression:
Advise patients, their families and caregivers to look out for any signs of suicidality or worsening depression, and to inform the patient’s prescriber or healthcare provider immediately [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)].
Concomitant Medications:
Advise patients to inform their healthcare provider of all medicines they take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements [see Drug Interactions (7.1)].
Advise patients to avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice while taking triazolam [see Drug Interactions (7.1)].
Pregnancy:
Benzodiazepines cross the placenta and may produce respiratory depression and sedation in neonates. Advise mothers using triazolam to monitor neonates for signs of sedation, respiratory depression, withdrawal, and feeding problems [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9), Use in Specific Populations (8.1)].
Lactation:
Advise mothers using benzodiazepines to monitor neonates for signs of sedation, respiratory depression, withdrawal symptoms, and feeding problems. A lactating woman may consider pumping and discarding breastmilk during treatment and for 28 hours after triazolam administration to minimize drug exposure to a breastfed infant [see Use in Specific Populations (8.2)].
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What is the most important information I should know about Triazolam tablets?
Triazolam tablets are a benzodiazepine medicine. Benzodiazepines can cause severe drowsiness, breathing problems (respiratory depression), coma and death when taken with opioid medicines. After taking triazolam tablets, you may get up out of bed while not being fully awake and do an activity that you do not know you are doing. The next morning, you may not remember that you did anything during the night. You have a higher chance for doing these activities if you drink alcohol or take other medicines that make you sleepy with triazolam tablets. Reported activities include:
driving a car (“sleep-driving”)
making and eating food
talking on the phone
having sex
sleep-walking
Call your healthcare provider right away if you find out that you have done any of the above activities after taking triazolam tablets.
Do not take more triazolam tablets than prescribed or take triazolam tablets for longer than prescribed.
What are Triazolam Tablets?
Triazolam is a prescription medicine used in adults for the short-term treatment of a sleep problem called insomnia. Triazolam tablets are usually taken for 7 to 10 days.
Triazolam is a federal controlled substance (CIV) because it can be abused or lead to dependence. Keep triazolam tablets in a safe place to prevent misuse and abuse. Selling or giving away triazolam tablets may harm others and is against the law.
It is not known if triazolam is safe and effective in children.
It is not known if triazolam is safe and effective for use longer than 2 to 3 weeks.
Do not take triazolam tablets if you:
are allergic to triazolam, other benzodiazepines, or any of the ingredients in triazolam tablets. Severe allergic reactions including swelling of the tongue or throat, trouble breathing, and throat closing have happened and may lead to death. Get medical help right away if you have an allergic reaction to triazolam tablets. See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in triazolam tablets.
take antifungal medicines including ketoconazole and itraconazole
take a medicine to treat depression called nefazodone
take medicines to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection called protease inhibitors.
Before you take triazolam tablets, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
have a history of depression, mood problems, mental illness, suicidal thoughts or behavior
have a history of drug or alcohol abuse or addiction
have lung problems, breathing problems, or sleep apnea
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
If you become pregnant while taking triazolam tablets, talk to your healthcare provider about registering with the National Pregnancy Registry for psychiatric medicines during pregnancy. You can register by calling 1-866-961-2388 or visit https://womensmentalhealth.org/clinical-and-research-programs/pregnancyregistry/othermedications/.
Babies born to mothers who take benzodiazepine medicines, including triazolam tablets, late in pregnancy may have symptoms of sedation, such as breathing problems, sluggishness, and low muscle tone (floppy baby syndrome), feeding problems and withdrawal symptoms.
are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if triazolam can pass through your breast milk. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby if you take triazolam tablets.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Taking triazolam tablets with certain other medicines can cause side effects or affect how well triazolam or the other medicines work. Do not start or stop other medicines without talking to your healthcare provider.
How should I take triazolam tablets?
Take triazolam tablets exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.
Take triazolam tablets right before you get into bed.
Do not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice during treatment with triazolam tablets.
Call your healthcare provider if your insomnia worsens or is not better within 7 to 10 days of treatment with triazolam tablets. This may mean that there is another condition causing your sleep problem.
If you take too much triazolam tablets, call your healthcare provider or have somebody drive you to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
What should I avoid while taking triazolam tablets?
Do not drive, operate heavy machinery, or do other dangerous activities until you know how triazolam tablets affects you.
Do not drink alcohol or take other medicines that may make you sleepy or dizzy during treatment with triazolam tablets. When taken with alcohol or medicines that cause sleepiness or dizziness, triazolam tablets may make your sleepiness or dizziness much worse.
What are the possible side effects of Triazolam Tablets?
Triazolam tablets may cause serious side effects, including:
See “What is the most important information I should know about triazolam tablets?”
Increased daytime anxiety.
Abnormal thoughts and behavior. Symptoms include more outgoing or aggressive behavior than normal, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, worsening of depression, and suicidal thoughts or actions.
Worsening depression. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any thoughts of suicide or dying or worsening depression.
Withdrawal symptoms. You can have withdrawal symptoms after you stop taking triazolam tablets even if you have taken it for only a week or two. The withdrawal symptoms may be more common and severe after continuous use. Withdrawal symptoms include trouble sleeping, increased symptoms of daytime anxiety or nervousness, stomach and muscle cramps, vomiting, sweating, shakiness, and seizures. You may also have a symptom called “rebound insomnia” after you stop taking triazolam tablets. Rebound insomnia can happen on the first few nights after triazolam tablets is stopped and your sleep problems may be worse than before taking triazolam tablets. Talk to your healthcare provider about slowly stopping triazolam tablets.
Abuse and dependence. Physical dependence is not the same as drug addiction. Your healthcare provider can tell you more about the differences between physical dependence and drug addiction.
The most common side effects of Triazolam tablets include:
lightheadedness
difficulty with coordination
Elderly people have an increased risk of dose related side effects during treatment with triazolam tablets.
These are not all the possible side effects of triazolam tablets.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
How should I store Triazolam Tablets USP?
Store at 20º to 25°C (68º to 77°F). [See USP Controlled Room Temperature.]
Keep Triazolam Tablets USP and all medicines out of the reach of children
General information about the safe and effective use of triazolam tablets.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use triazolam tablets for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give triazolam to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about triazolam tablets that is written for healthcare professionals.
What are the ingredients in Triazolam Tablets USP?
Active ingredient: triazolam USP
Inactive ingredients: 0.125 mg: docusate sodium with sodium benzoate, lactose (anhydrous), magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and pregelatinized starch; 0.25 mg: docusate sodium with sodium benzoate, FD&C Blue No. 1, lactose (anhydrous), magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and pregelatinized starch.
For information, please call 1-800-962-8364.
This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Neutral Characters, Male Characters, Earth-10 Characters,
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Grant Morrison/Creator
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Kal-L (Earth-10)
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Overman
Kal-L
Other Aliases
Karl Kant
Overgirl (clone/"cousin", deceased)
Justice League Axis, Formerly Supermen of the Multiverse
Earth-10
Grant Morrison · J.G. Jones
52 #52
(July, 2007)
My rocket from Krypton arrived in a field in the occupied Sudetenland in 1938. German rocket scientists retro-engineered the technology Herr Hitler used to win the war, and I... I and my kind inherited a Utopia built on human suffering. Mine is not any world you know.
— Overman src
Overman is the Nazi Superman of Earth-10, a world where the Allies lost World War II.
Rocketed to Earth as a baby from the dying world of Krypton, Kal-L landed in the occupied Sudetenland in 1938. From the rocket that carried him, Nazi scientists reverse-engineered the technology to win the war, and Overman became the hero of "a utopia built on human suffering".[1] He became affiliated with the JLAxis. However, his love of his duties was tempered by the guilt he carried. Eventually, Nazi scientists succeeded in seeding Overman's genetic material with two human children. One of them became a monster called Antihuman, while the other became Overgirl. Overman became fond of Overgirl and came to regard her as his cousin.
During the Final Crisis, Overgirl went missing. In the course of looking for her, he was contacted by Monitor Zillo Valla with an offer: if he helped her find a way to save the universe, she would help him find his cousin. He accepted her terms.
On the adventure that followed, he helped save several worlds from the crashing form of the Echo of Midnight. When Zillo Valla's craft crashed on Earth-51, she asked him to take her to her quarters. However, this was a ruse, and she used his blood to revitalize herself and her craft.[2]
Overman survived and attempted to attack Valla, but was stopped by Billy Batson, who told him that Valla had acted only to save the ship. Shortly after, he joined his fellow Supermen in attacking Mandrakk's destroyer.
Overman discovers his cousin is dead. (Final Crisis 7 pg 17)
While he survived the adventure, he was unable to find out what happened to his cousin as Valla was killed before being able to inform him of her fate. Overman ultimately learned of his cousin's fate from The Question, and joined in the final strike against Mandrakk alongside the Supermen of the Multiverse.[3]
Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, Overman possesses the same potential powers as an average Kryptonian. These include:
Solar Energy Absorption: Under optimal conditions, this is the main source of Overman's super powers as they are contingent upon exposure to solar radiation from a yellow sun star system. His biological make up includes a number of organs which lack analogues in humans and whose functions are unknown. It is believed that between one or more of these and his bio-cellular matrix, "yellow" solar energy is stored for later use. This allows for the use of these powers to fade when yellow solar radiation is not available instead of immediate failure.
Heat Vision: Overman can, as a conscious act, fire beams of intense heat at a target by looking at it. He can vary the heat and area affected.
Super-Hearing: Overman's hearing is sensitive enough to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. With skill and concentration, he can block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source or frequency.
Enhanced Vision: Overman's vision processes the entire electromagnetic spectrum as well as allowing vast control over selective perception and focus.
Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision: Overman can see well into most of the electromagnetic spectrum. He can see and identify radio and television signals as well as all other broadcast or transmitted frequencies. Using this ability, he can avoid detection by radar or satellite monitoring methods. This also allows him to see the aura generated by living thing.
X-Ray Vision: This is the ability to see through any volume of matter except lead. Overmans can see things behind a solid, opaque object as if it were not there. He can focus this ability to "peel back" layers of an object, allowing hidden image or inner workings to be observed. The exact type of energy perceived—such as x-rays, cosmic rays, or some other energy invisible to normal humans—is unclear. This ability perceives an ambient energy source though, it does not involve the eye projecting a concentrated, possibly toxic, beam to be reflected back from objects.
Infrared Vision: Overman can see with better acuity in darkness, and to a degree in total darkness.
Flight: Overman is able to manipulate graviton particles to defy the forces of gravity and achieve flight. This ranges from hovering to moving in any posture, in any direction.
Invulnerability: Due to the interaction of his dense molecular structure and supercharged bio-electric aura, Overman is nigh-invulnerable to extreme energy forces. In addition, his extends this protection against toxins and diseases.
Superhuman Stamina: Overman is able to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an indefinite period of time. This based on his body converting yellow solar radiation directly to energy, but is limited by physiological and psychological needs to eat, drink, and sleep.
Superhuman Strength: Overman's strength is augmented by yellow solar radiation interacting with the greater than human density, resilience and biological efficiency of his musculature. His strength is more an act of conscious will on energy fields than actual physical strength. It is this act of conscious will that enables him to perform physical feats that are beyond the mere application force, such as moving a mountain top without said rock crumbling under its own mass.
Superhuman Speed: Overman is able to move at incredible speed by sheer force of will. This extends to his perceptions and allows for feats such as catching bullets in mid flight as well as covering vast distances in little or no time.
Super-Breath: Overman is able to create hurricane force winds by exhaling air from his lungs. He can chill the air as it leaves his lungs to freeze targets. He can also reverse the process to pull large volumes of air or vapor into his lungs.
Longevity: Overman can live longer than regular humans, remaining at his prime as long as he was under the exposure of the "yellow" sun.
Multilingualism: Overman speaks both German and English, the latter with great discomfort.
Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, Overman possesses the same potential weaknesses as an average Kryptonian. These include:
7 Appearances of Kal-L (Earth-10)
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1 Quotations by or about Kal-L (Earth-10)
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘grown-ish’ on Freeform, Where Zoey From ‘black-ish’ Goes To College
By Joel Keller Twitter @joelkeller Jan 4, 2018 at 3:00pm
Fans of black-ish have known that Kenya Barris has had a spin-off in the works for at least a year, and when Yara Shahidi starred in a back-door pilot episode where her character of Zoey Johnson experienced freshman orientation, they got introduced to some of the people who would be in that spin-off. Now, Zoey has started college, and ABC’s young-skewing network Freeform debuted grown-ish this week. Will Harris be able to continue to carry the balance of serious and hilarious he had on his Emmy-nominated ABC series?
GROWN-ISH: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: Zooey is in her dorm room, and says to the camera that though she’s only been at college for 3 days, “My dad is already 5150.” On the other side of the phone is her father Dre (Anthony Anderson) sobbing “Why?” A not-so-subtle way to tell everyone that we’re in a spin-off, isn’t it?
The Gist: Zoey kicked ass and took names in high school (she even said so in her yearbook: “I conquered this bitch”). And, three days in, she thinks she might be able to do so at California University — she’s beautiful, popular and likes to contribute to causes. But when she finds herself in the midnight digital marketing class taught by her dad’s colleague Charlie (Deon Cole), she starts to realize she doesn’t have this college thing under control at all.
The first episode largely takes place in the classroom, where, Breakfast Club-style, we get introduced to the friends Zoey makes freshmn year and why each of them ended up in this class. Aaron (Trevor Jackson), the hottie she met at orientation, is there because he takes classes taught by Black professors… even ones as bad at their jobs as Charlie is. Nomi (Emily Arlook), the niece of the dean of students (Chris Parnell) is hiding her bisexuality from her family. Twins and world-class track stars Jazlyn and Skyler (Chloe and Halle Bailey) were fighting. Vivek (Jordan Buhat), whose family thinks is taking engineering classes, was selling pills instead. And Luca (Luka Sabbat) just doesn’t give a shit.
How did Zoey get there? She needed to avoid her first college friend, Ana (Francia Raisa) who she abandoned at an upperclassmen party after Ana started throwing up in a kiddie pool. The group think she’s the worst out of all of them, but convince her that it’s just a part of being in college: you find out who you really are and how you deal with things you’ve never seen before.
Our Take: If there was anyone who could have been spun off from black-ish, it’s Shahidi, who showed poise and charm from a young age. And she carries grown-ish with the same aplomb. The first episode seemed to be a bit of an on-the-nose way to introduce us to Zoey’s college crew, but Barris knows how to keep comedic momentum going, from Charlie trying to sell puppies in class to making Dean Parker inept and sad.
The style of grown-ish is a bit less frenetic than black-ish, with Shahidi breaking the fourth wall on camera as well as narrating. But more room is given to storytelling and less to graphics and other asides that the parent show does well. Also, with the freedom of basic cable, Barris is able to indulge in more adult language and situations, which will help him and his writing team dive into the very adult situations Zoey will get into at college. The second episode deals with how everyone medicates somehow to deal with the pressure, and the third one deals with the confusing nature of campus hook-up culture.
Of course, that’s where things usually come to life on any Barris show: the combination of the funny and serious. Zoey and her pals are all funny, but the serious issues 21st century college students have to face will be at the core of the show, and by the third episode that becomes readily apparent. It’s also good to see more to Zooey as she figures out that even someone who is as “together” as she is doesn’t have anything figured out yet.
One other note: after that early appearance by Anderson, Barris lets Shahidi and grown-ish develop without any help from the black-ish cast, which is always a good idea.
Sex and Skin: Nomi misses registration because she has a bathroom encounter with a fellow co-ed.
Parting Shot: Zooey’s original roommate moves out after a single opens up. She has a new roomie… and it’s Ana, the girl she abandoned at the party. Awkward!
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Sleeper Star: We liked Raisa as Ana, but we hope her character, who thought she had things together like Zooey, but on the more conservative side, gets more of an arc than she’s had in the first few epsiodes.
Most Pilot-y Line: Setting up Ana as Zooey’s roommate seemed to be a little convenient. Also, since they end up patching things up by episode 2 and go back to being firends, it seems like a very sitcom-esque set up.
Our Call: Stream It. We trust Barris to get past the silly and take a deep dive into what your kids might be doing on campus these days. Also, because the show is on Freeform, it’s more geared towards those teens and college kids than their parents, so they won’t pull any punches. Shahidi makes a great ensemble lead, and she’ll only get better. grown-ish isn’t as good as black-ish yet, but it might just be by the time its first season is over.
Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, VanityFair.com, Playboy.com, Fast Company’s Co.Create and elsewhere.
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Brand new ‘Star Wars’ trilogy coming from ‘The Last Jedi’ director Rian Johnson
Star Wars will get another film trilogy, which will be entirely new and will be separate from the current saga focusing on the Skywalker family and its close associates and friends. The news comes direct from Star Wars’ official blog, and we also now know that the new saga will be led by Rian Johnson, the director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, set for a release this December.
In the post announcing the news, Johnson earns praise for his ability to create a powerful episode in the current series by writing and directing this most recent installment. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is quoted in the post saying that Johnson will “do amazing things with the blank canvas of this new trilogy.”
That’s about all we know right now about the forthcoming new movie series: ‘The Last Jedi’ is coming to theaters on December 15, and then the final episode of the Skywalker saga will be released in 2019.
This is huge news for Star Wars fans, and should generate additional interest in ‘The Last Jedi,’ as the film clearly pleased Lucasfilm enough to give them the confidence to entrust to Johnson the biggest Star Wars cinematic universe since this three-episode Skywalker saga wrap.
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Water will also be distributed and a care plan will be put in effect for vulnerable people including the elderly, as high humidity will make 40C feel like 47C in the capital.
France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium could all see national records for June broken in the coming days – but France is particularly aware of the dangers posed by the hot weather.
Human Rights Watch denounced it as an apparent war crime.
[13] 24 June Thousands of people displaced by the fighting in central Mali are struggling to feed themselves.
Thousands took to the streets in the city of Sha Tin, with some protesters waving British and American flags.
The protests were sparked by a proposed extradition bill which would allow people to be sent to China for trial.The conflict between herders and farmers belonging to rival ethnic groups has led to the deaths of hundreds of people.[14] 20 June One of India's largest cities is running out of water, forcing residents to wait in long lines to receive water from government tanks and leading some businesses to shut down operations.Ongoing clashes and aerial bombardment centred on the village of Tal Meleh in the north of Hama province, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.According to the Observatory, which has a network of sources on the ground in Syria, 89 opposition fighters were dead with 41 fatalities among government forces.But they have morphed into something broader, reflecting demands for democratic reform and concerns that Hong Kong's freedom is on the wane.
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Reports, Resources 26th March 2018 2nd December 2019
British Muslims | Executive Summary
This executive summary is part of a series of new resources giving an overview of Muslims and Islam in the UK.
This is the executive summary of a report that synthesises open source, humanities and social science research on British Muslims and Islam. It draws on academic literature from Islamic studies, religious studies, history, sociology, anthropology, political science, education, social psychology, and policy and security studies, as well as information from a variety of websites produced by Muslim and Islamic groups, and material from news websites.
Written by CREST Researcher Professor Kim Knott, this summary comes out of CREST’s Ideas, Beliefs and Values in Social Context project and is intended to inform and enrich discussions about Muslims in the UK.
The executive summary is divided into eight sections, on: (1) the history and demography of British Muslims and their communities; (2) mosques, (3) families, gender and generation; (4) education; (5) transnational connections; (6) Islamic movements and networks; (7) representative bodies, civil society organisations and campaigning groups, and; (8) cultural, secular and ex-Muslims. A number of CREST guides have also been produced in association with the review.
The full report is available here.
Other resources available in our series on Muslims in the UK include:
Charities and organisations
Demography and communities
Families and family life
Gender and generations
Sectarian movements
Full annotated report
All of these resources are available to download here: www.crestresearch.ac.uk/BritishMuslims/
Download the full-length report here.
Download the executive summary here.
All our resources on Muslims in the UK are available to download here: www.crestresearch.ac.uk/BritishMuslims/
These resources are produced under a Creative Commons 4.0 BY-NC-SA licence. For more information on how you can use our content read our copyright page.
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Road test: 2006 Honda Civic
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by Robert Bostelaar | August 10, 2011
2006 Honda Civic Handout
If you like the very different, 2006 Honda Civic, you can thank our neighbours to the south.
If you find this bigger Civic a long remove from the uncomplicated virtues of the original little Honda, well, you know who’s responsible for that, too.
But don’t get too concerned. A more prosaic Honda — a hatchback, even — comes along in just a few months.
2006 Honda Civic SedanThe new, eighth-generation Civic was designed in the U.S. to counter a decidedly American trend: the shrinking interest in compacts that has cut Civic sales by eight per cent since their 1998 peak, despite price reductions.
To spark some new excitement in this sector, the 2006 sedans and coupes are longer and wider than their predecessors. And they have a larger, 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine producing 140 horsepower — up 13 to 25 h.p. over 2005, depending on trim level. Fuel consumption stays the same, thanks to improved valve timing.
All Civics are fitted with side air bags and side curtain bags, telescopic steering column, driver’s seat height-adjuster, and two-tier instrument panel. The optional automatic transmission has five speeds, in place of four.
Outside, all get swoopy styling, with long, sloping windshield and wide-shouldered fenders. The grille is the familiar slash, but from other angles, the new models bear little resemblance to the tall-and-stubby previous generation.
“We want to move away from a design that is totally utilitarian in its message,” chief designer Kiro Ikeda told the Wall Street Journal.
The need to change was less pressing in Canada, where compacts are popular and the Civic has stayed at the top of the sales charts without sharp price cuts. By mid-2005, Honda Canada sold 29,379 Civics, a gain of nearly three per cent over 2004.
But officials here also believe the Civic needed to evolve to attract the younger buyers, who car companies say are crucial for continued success.
“The average age of the sedan buyer is 49,” notes Honda Canada technical instructor Yves Noel. “We want to drop that to between 30 and 46.”
The Civic, which represents 51 per cent of Honda sales in Canada, now gets a model lineup that corresponds with U.S. trim levels.
A base DX sedan is $16,800, up $600 over 2005’s entry model, but with the addition of power windows, antilock brakes and larger, 15-inch wheels, plus the side air bags and other safety features.
The $18,300 DX-G adds remote entry, air conditioning and centre console, while the $20,300 LX has 16-inch alloy wheels, auto up-down driver’s window (auto-down for passenger) and upgraded trim.
The top-line EX, for $21,800, has a six-speaker audio system with steering wheel-mounted controls and a power moonroof. The EX is also the only Civic to retain a split-fold rear seat. Other models now have a one-piece folding seatback.
Features are similar for the slightly costlier two-door coupe models, with the addition of such youth-oriented items as an auxiliary audio input jack in all but the DX, and a subwoofer in the EX.
Two more Civics arrive in December. The updated gas-electric hybrid also gets more power, and now can operate in electric-only mode at low speeds.
For performance fans, the Civic Si — formerly the SiR in Canada — is back after a one-year absence. Last seen as a hatchback, it returns to coupe configuration. The Si has a 2.0-litre, 197-h.p. engine, six-speed manual transmission and helical-type limited-slip differential. Pricing for these models hasn’t been announced.
2006 Honda Civic HybridHonda has other cars in the works. From its Acura luxury division comes the CSX, a Canada-only sedan that is based on the Civic and replaces the Acura EL — although Honda officials say it has little in common with that model.
And next April, Canadians will see a Honda hatchback that already is sold in other markets as the Fit and the Jazz. With a 1.5-litre, direct-injection engine, the tall little Fit will be aimed at still younger buyers.
The Civic, meantime, moves up in the hierarchy but down in roof height. The sedan is 10 millimetres lower than last year’s model and the coupe, 41 mm. Cowl height is unchanged, but with the adjustable seat in base models, drivers will feel they have a better view of the road.
Visibility is also aided by the layered instrument panel that sets a digital speedometer and fuel and temperature gauges in a recess below the base of the windshield, which slopes well forward, like a minivan’s. The tachometer and other displays are lower.
Mr. Noel says the dash arrangement improves driver attention.
“When you look forward, you can have the gauges in your peripheral vision, and when you look at the gauges, you can have the road in your peripheral vision.”
Wheelbase increases of 81 mm in the sedan, 31 mm in the coupe, allow larger doors for easier entry, and provide a ride more like a midsize sedan’s than a compact.
The sedan’s cabin continues to feel airy, although overall space is slightly reduced, and six-footers will feel their heads rubbing the roof. The sedan’s 12-cubic-foot trunk is nearly a foot shy of last year’s, and the coupe loses more yet in rear-seat and trunk space.
However, the Civic’s flat rear floor remains, and centre passengers now get their own headrest.
In the U.S., Honda believes the stylish new Civic can recapture the status of the 1990s Civics that remain prized by street-tuners.
Farther north, the goal is simply to ensure the continued popularity of Canada’s best-selling car — and one of the top-selling vehicles, car or truck — since 1998.
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Label: Parlophone Release Date: 12/04/2010
by Vyvian Raoul April 16th, 2010
“In 1991 an artist in Compton picked up the debut album by Cypress Hill. What he heard blew him away; futuristic funk mixed with a die-hard dedication for a certain herb. This is the story of Cypress Hill…” The opening sample is intended to be a powerful reminder that Cypress Hill have been on the block for nearly two decades: but do we really need reminding or does their career – their story – speak for itself? And most importantly, do they still possess the power to blow us away?
The question becomes more urgent when you consider that not only does Rise Up come a full six years after 2004’s Till Death Us Do Part but is also their first record since being released from a contract with Sony and being signed to Priority Records by Creative Chairman, Snoop Dogg. Coming from a more suitable stable, and under the auspices of Gangsta No. 1, there are, therefore, high expectations of the kings of getting high.
To be sure, 20 years in the business has taught them the value of proper production and it all sounds well polished in the Eminem mould. Perhaps, then, already a touch too commercial, but there are nevertheless some more soulful moments; the sample at the start of ‘Light It Up’ nods to that funk for which they were famous, and the track ‘Armada Latina’, featuring Pit Bull and Marc Anthony, gets right back to their roots. If not the production, it’s the content that is lacking.
The title track is definitely a head nodder, but it’s never hip hop. Featuring Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, it was always going to be Big, but his rock riffs which steal the show and it ends up sounding more like Rage Against The Machine feat. Cypress Hill. Apart from all that, invoking the Watts Riot of 1965 to paint a picture of modern day Los Angeles as a city "still on edge" merely to make your song make sense seems churlish, to say the least.
‘Carry Me Away’ - featuring Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda - is their big hip hop ballad, a confessional tearjerker of a track which features such soppy sentiments as “My mother was there for me every step of the way, she didn’t judge me she told me I’d win some day.” Unfortunately it’s just a bad pastiche of 'Stan' but without even employing a clever construction. It just splurges, and that splurge would feel more heartfelt if it wasn’t followed by a track titled 'Trouble Seeker' - a raucous little ditty featuring System of a Down’s Daron Malakian - which might as well be called ‘I Wasn’t Crying, I’ve Just Got Something in My Eye.’
It goes without saying that they still possess a die-hard dedication for that certain herb, and if you don’t smoke the reefer you shouldn’t go anywhere near this record; it will leave you colder than Cheech and Chong’s Arctic Adventure. The dope fiend duo actually make several limp guest appearances on the album and B-Real even opines “If Sendog’s Cheech, I must be Chong”. Quite. Any number of tracks celebrating sensei including 'K.U.S.H.', 'Light It Up' and 'Pass The Dutch', and whilst the latter comes close to fulfilling it’s destiny as a blunted smoking anthem, the rest just smacks of so much artifice, of marijuana make believe. For if they had truly been daily blazing as hard as they claim they’d be no more capable of producing an album so slick, so clinical, as Shaun Ryder is of constructing a coherent sentence.
So what is the story of Cypress Hill? These days it’s all a bit reminiscent of WWF; just as the stars of such aren’t wrestlers but athletes, recently Cypress Hill are just playing their part as performers. This is Hip Hentertainment, you know they’re not really hitting each other but it’s fun to watch. If your idea of entertainment is watching grown men in Lycra pretend to beat each other up then maybe you won’t mind listening to grown men – 20 years grown - pretending to be Gangstas. If hip hop has taught us nothing else it’s to keep… it… real, but Cypress Hill seem to have forgotten lesson number one. Hmm, must be all the shit they’ve been smoking…
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December 16th, 2019 Sean Frazier
Ready, Set, Let’s Modernize Government IT! Duo Is Now FedRAMP Approved!
Sometimes the lights all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been
— Grateful Dead ("Truckin")
We are proud to announce the Duo has achieved FedRAMP Authorization – another milestone in our endeavor to help secure our democracy. What an amazing journey to get to this point!
Cue the parade! It is official, Duo Security achieved FedRAMP Authorization with sponsorship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Our cloud-based Duo Access 2FA solution, which enables federal agencies to replace or augment traditional security card authentication methods with Duo’s push-based two-factor authentication (2FA) technology is available at the FedRAMP Marketplace.
Getting here, as you know, is no easy feat. As I had discussed previously HERE, FedRAMP is not a destination but a lifestyle choice. It’s something that you build into your daily operating environment and into your security DNA. It has a long storied life from its humble beginnings of SP-800-53, through directly applied FISMA metrics to cloud and now, in its current form, an enabler for cloud service providers (CSP) to deliver commercial off the shelf (COTS) cloud services to government agencies. We will live in this – it will become part of our DNA here at Duo and the greater Cisco.
How Duo’s MFA Helps Federal and Government Agencies
Duo’s Access and MFA product editions are perfectly suited to help government agencies protect their most precious assets — their users. We help those users by protecting their most utilized resources — their devices and their access to critical agency applications.
Duo was born on the cloud, which gives us a unique perspective in our belief that the way to deliver cloud security is through cloud-based security. This is what the government’s IT modernization and “Cloud Smart” initiatives are all about – using cloud computing to deliver better, more secure services to all of our various constituencies.
Duo has also endeavored to align it’s FedRAMP offering with the latest and most “cloud friendly” and “Zero Trust Ready” standards. Standards such as NIST’s SP-800-63-3 where certain authenticators such as SMS based 2FA and “call back” based 2FA, have been deprecated due to their susceptibility to compromise. We’ve also built in FIPS validated crypto all the way through the stack. This is harder than it sounds but we believe that providing the strongest level of encryption available was important. This is not always done and your mileage may vary with some providers. Pays to ask.
I firmly believe that Duo’s vision of a user-focused security model aligned to zero trust is the best security hope for this IT modernization journey. This journey is bound to include all of a government or military agencies’ computer systems, whether they are in the cloud or a datacenter. Our goal is to consistently provide the same security “connective tissue” regardless of where your applications live and breathe or from where your users access these things.
It’s also worth mentioning that being part of Cisco, the world’s largest cybersecurity company, helps Duo accelerate this mission of securing democracy. The public sector is one of Cisco’s biggest and most important markets. Cisco has proven that it gets IT modernization. It gets federal and government agencies where they want to go, and it secures them along that journey.
Duo is proud to be part of Cisco and proud to be helping federal and government agencies of all shapes and sizes realize their IT modernization goals while building in the security that is required to protect the things we hold dear.
Check out this article on CyberScoop that reports both the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are using Duo's 2FA solution ahead of elections to thwart potential threats.
Duo is now FedRAMP Authorized! Achievement unlocked! FIPS baked in! Now, let’s get to work and secure some stuff (like our democracy)!
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NoMachine NX
When people connect to their VPN, this could simply allow them to access shared files. But alternatively, this could also mean that they wish to create a virtual session, on the remote desktop of one of their servers. The latter exists under the terms VNC, RDP, XRDP, and several others.
On my main Linux server named ‘Phoenix’, I have the XRDP service installed, which is the Linux equivalent of RDP. But one main drawback of this method, of remotely accessing a desktop, is the fact that XRDP does not allow file-sharing, specifically in the version of this protocol that runs out-of-the-box from the package manager. I have read that certain custom-compiled versions support this, but do recall that this service is a mess to custom-compile, and to set up in such a way that it runs reliably. So I stick to the packaged version for now, and do not obtain file-sharing.
There exists a closed-source application named , which we could use to bridge this gap. But while their paid software subscriptions are very expensive (from my perspective), their Free software version has some big disadvantages.
First of all, even their Free version can be run in client or in server mode. I think that this is terrific. But in server mode – which affords access to the local machine desktop from elsewhere – there is no built-in support for SSH protocol. There is only the unencrypted NX protocol, for which their service listens.
Secondly, not every computer is strong enough to run in server mode. On the computer ‘Phoenix’ I have a fragile X-server, and this service has actually crashed my X-server. Not only that, but allowing this service to run on reboot, consistently prevents my X-server from starting. It gets its hooks into the session so early on boot, that the X-server crashes, before the user is even asked for a graphical log-in.
On the plus side, there are ways of solving both problems.
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Posted on January 30, 2017 January 31, 2017 Tags Connection Profile, Crashes, Custom-Compile, File Sharing, Google Play, NoMachine, NX Server, Package Manager, RDP, Remote Desktop, SSH Tunnel, Success, VNC, VPN Server, X-Server, XRDP1 Comment
I am also satisfied, with the Tone And Talk app.
Together with my new LG Tone Pro HBS-750 Bluetooth Headphones, there is a recommended app on Google Play, named “Tone & Talk”. It is not strictly necessary to use this app, when using the headphones, but it provides an advantage. This app will only activate, if it detects that one of the LG Headphones is BT- connected, that the app has on its supported devices list. The HBS-750 Headphones are on that list, and work in my case.
What this app does today, is somewhat different from what earlier versions of it used to do. The name of the original app was “LG BT Reader”, but when people download BT Reader, the latest version of it only tells them, that their membership has been migrated to the Tone & Talk app, which we should now install instead. There is a subtle difference in what these apps did.
LG BT Reader, had app-specific support, which enabled it not only to read out the text of notifications, but which also allowed it to read out the body of Facebook, Twitter, SMS and certain other messaging apps. Some users were interested in that, because people today do a lot of social networking – on their computers and phones.
In order to be able to do this, LG BT Reader needed to be enabled as an ‘Accessibility Aid’, which gave the app the ability, effectively, to observe how we tap, and then to tap in our place, on buttons within each app.
Tone & Talk has a slightly different approach. It supports a wider variety of apps, but only reads out the text part of notifications displayed by those apps. Just as with LG BT Reader, the user gets to enable specific apps which we want served. But with Tone & Talk, the list of supported apps is longer. As a trade-off, Tone & Talk will no longer go into each app, and read the screen of each app to us, which the earlier app used to do, to convey the body of the SMS or the Twitter announcement… Therefore, at least with Android Lollipop, Tone & Talk also no longer requires to be enabled as an Accessibility Aid, but only to have permission, to ‘Read Notifications’, as can be granted from the settings panel of our phone.
I had set up Tone & Talk as an Accessibility Aid, before launching it, and once it had detected the connection to my headset, it politely told me to unset this. It no longer needed this.
Now, there are some users who are upset about this change, because while they do a lot of SNS reading, they can no longer get the full messages of their Social Networking (Service) apps.
I, personally, am not even used to getting a lot of SMS messages, or other types of IM messages, and so the fact that Tone & Talk will not read those out, is no loss to me. I do receive a lot of email, to the 3rd-party app “Kaiten Mail”, and have this app enabled in Tone & Talk. What this means, is that Tone & Talk does factually read the subject line of any emails I receive, but not their body, and the former, only because the Kaiten Mail app makes the subject-line of received emails, a part of the notification text it displays.
I can actually appreciate that every time I receive a regular email, Tone & Talk will only announce the subject line to me, and that it will not attempt to read out the text of the entire email. I have Kaiten Mail set, to receive all the regular emails which I would also receive to my PCs and laptop.
Also, with the new app, I can set sundry other apps, so that Tone & Talk will read the notifications of each one. I already know which of my apps send me notifications which I am interested in receiving, possibly without taking the phone out of my shirt pocket, so that I can make this selection pretty much according to my taste.
What this means, is that some users have an understandable disappointment in the ‘Tone & Talk’ app, and have also not been given the option, to stay with the ‘LG BT Reader’ app. But I, for one, am not among the disappointed users, because I was never intending to use my headphones, the way those users were doing.
Note: There is one app, which the Tone & Talk app has specific support for, and that is the Phone app. These headphones, and / or their software, have a complex system in place, such that if we receive a phone call – which was the primary purpose in having BT Headphones not long ago – and if the caller-ID of the person phoning us was in our Contacts List, the headphones will play the name of the person who is trying to call us.
Well, because the Phone app is also an app, it appears in the long list of them, which we can check off, to have notifications read to us. To check off the Phone app here constitutes an error. It might lead, to a primitive series of digits being read to us, that the Phone app displays as part of its notification text, while the more-specialized software is also trying to read the name of the caller to us.
I have discovered that If I do check the Phone app, as one of those, from which I am to receive regular notifications, the Tone & Talk app recognizes this as an error, and un-checks the other app again.
Posted on June 26, 2016 June 26, 2016 Tags Android Settings, BT Headphones, BT Reader, Google Play, HBS-750, Phone app, Phone Notifications, Tone And Talk1 Comment
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To run a riding establishment (where horses or ponies are hired out for riding or used for riding instruction) in East Dunbartonshire, you need a licence from the Council.
Before completing the Licence application you must contact the Council's Planning Department to find out if you need to obtain planning consent. Full details of your proposal should be forwarded to:
Southbank House
Strathkelvin Place
Kirkintilloch G66 1XQ
Email:planning@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
In return you will either be sent a Planning Application Form or be advised that planning consent is not required. The approved planning consent, or the notification that planning consent is not required should be attached to your Licence application.
Applicants must be over 18 years of age. In England and Wales they must have not been disqualified:
from keeping a riding establishment
from keeping a pet shop under the Pet Animals Act 1951
from having custody of animals under the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954
from keeping boarding establishments for animals under the Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963
under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 from keeping or owning animals, being able to influence how animals are kept, dealing animals or transporting or being involved in the transporting of animals
from owning, keeping dealing or transporting animals under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006
In Scotland applicants must not have been disqualified:
from keeping a dog under the Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) Act 1933 or Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) (Scotland) Act 1934
from keeping an animal boarding establishment under the Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963
from a disqualification under the Animal Health Act 1981 following a conviction for deliberately infecting an animal with a disease
from owing, keeping, dealing in or transporting animals, working with, using, riding or driving animals, providing animal services, taking possession of animals for any of these purposes or taking charge of animals for any other purposes under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006
Applicants must pay any required fee and comply with any conditions attached to a licence.
Regulation Summary
A summary of the eligibility criteria for this licence can be found at the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI).
Application Evaluation Process
Before deciding an application the Council must consider a report from a veterinary surgeon or practitioner detailing whether the premises are suitable for a riding establishment and detailing the conditions of the premises and any horses.
The Council will also take into account whether the applicant is suitable and qualified to hold a licence. They must also be satisfied of the following:
that consideration will be given to the condition of the horses and that they will be maintained in good health, kept physically fit and where the horse is to be ridden or used during riding instruction, be suitable for that purpose
that the animals feet will be trimmed properly and that shoes are fitted properly and are in good condition
that there will be suitable accommodation for the horses
that for horses maintained on grass there is suitable pasture, shelter and water and that supplementary feed will be provided as and when needed
that horses will be provided with suitable food, drink and bedding materials and will be exercised, groomed, rested and visited at suitable intervals
that precautions will be taken to reduce the spread of contagious or infectious diseases and that veterinary first aid equipment and medicines will be provided and maintained
that appropriate procedures are in place to protect and remove the horses in the case of a fire and that as part of this the name, address and telephone number of the licence holder is displayed outside the premises and fire instructions are displayed
that storage facilities for forage, bedding, stable equipment and saddlery are provided
In addition to any other conditions a riding establishment licence must be subject to the following conditions:
that any horse inspected by an authorised officer and found to need veterinary attention will not be returned to work until the licence holder has obtained a veterinary certificate confirming the horse is fit for work
that a horse will not be let out for hire or for use in instruction without the supervision of a responsible person aged 16 years or older, unless the licence holder is satisfied the rider doesn't require supervision
that the business will not be left in the charge of someone under 16 years of age
that the licence holder holds indemnity insurance
that the licence holder keeps a register of all horses in their possession that are three years old or younger and that the register is available for inspection at all reasonable times
No. It is in the public interest that the Council must process your application before it can be granted. If you have not heard from us within a reasonable period, please contact us.
The fees involved will include the animal welfare licensing fee (currently £112.49), plus the fee charged to the Council for using a government approved veterinary surgeon.
Apply for a Riding Establishment Licence
There are two ways of applying:
contact East Dunbartonshire Council through Customer Services
Application for a Riding Establishment Licence - apply online
Apply to change a Riding Establishment Licence
To change your riding establishment licence in East Dunbartonshire (where horses or ponies are hired out for riding or used for riding instruction), you need to apply to the Council.
Before completing an application form you are advised to contact the Council's Planning Service by email for details of the fee for the required planning permission.
contact the Council through Customer Services
Application to change a Riding Establishment Licence - apply online
Failed Application Redress
Please contact the Council in the first instance.
An applicant whose application is refused can appeal to the local magistrates' court. In Scotland, an applicant whose application is refused can appeal to the local sheriff.
Licence Holder Redress
A licence holder who wishes to appeal against a condition can appeal to a local magistrates' court. In Scotland licence holder who wishes to appeal against a condition can appeal to the local sheriff.
Other Redress
The Council's Environmental Health or Planning Services could investigate other complaints concerning this application.
Consumer Complaint
We would always advise that in the event of a complaint the first contact is made with the trader by you - preferably in the form a letter (with proof of delivery). If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK, Citizens Advice Bureau will give you advice. From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre.
Association of British Riding Schools (ABRS)
British Dressage
British Equestrian Federation (BEF)
British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA)
Taxi or Private Hire operators
Taxi or Private Hire drivers
Occasional licence register
Licensing Standards
Skip permits
Amusements with prizes
Animal boarding
Children in entertainment
Cooling Tower notification
European Union Services Directive
Fireworks displays
Homes in multiple occupancy
Itinerant (door to door) metal dealers
Knife dealers
Late hours catering
Local Licensing Forum
Market operator
Metal dealer
Obstructions building materials and scaffolding
Obstructions displays
Permission for community group and charity advertising
Petroleum storage
Portable traffic lights
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Public entertainment
Public processions and marches
Raised structures
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Second hand dealer
Second hand vehicle dealer
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Street cafes
Street trading
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UK European Consumer Centre
Information of Public Sector Information (OPSI)
Association of British Riding Schools
British Equestrian Federation
British Equestrian Trade Association
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Tag: ildar abdrazakov
Beauty in Dark Times
Published on 12 September, 2020 14 September, 2020 by Rachel Anne Murphy16 Comments
I know I’m not alone in feeling something of a constant, low-grade “depression” (not to be clinical about it, but for lack of a more accurate word) during what has been a uniquely difficult year for the world.
Countless fires in my home state, Oregon (or is it “Mordoregon”?) ~ one of which started at the north end of my own town, Ashland, this past Tuesday, and caused devastation in its northward path to neighboring towns ~ and all over the West, and the Covid-19 shutdown, and ineffective leadership, and racial injustice…all feel like an oppressive shadow obscuring any brightness in the world. Now, we hardly need more brooding words about the state of the world; rather, we need hope, joy, kindness, good works for our neighbors, beauty, and art. Sometimes it has been all some of us can do to just live, and pray, and work; some of my own opera listening and watching has fallen by the wayside. But it is a sad loss, if that’s too long the case. We’ve lifted up the neglected “essential workers” during this time of pandemic, and it’s beyond wonderful. Now, I feel more than ever how truly essential also are our artists, actors, musicians, and those who bring beauty into the world. I don’t intend to focus on anything but music and opera in this blog, but only to take a brief pause, to remind myself, if nothing else, not to neglect the beauty that we live for.
Speaking of those who bring beauty into the world, one of my opera heroes, Ildar Abdrazakov, has tested positive for Covid-19, and I hope and pray for his quick and full recovery, and for all of his family.
I am so curious as to how, and whether, the Don Carlos from the Wiener Staatsoper, with Ildar and Jonas, will continue as scheduled, in the midst of social distancing. But if does, I’ll be there…virtually!
Another bright spot during these times, for many, has been not only the nightly Met Opera stream, but the Met Stars Live in Concert series ~ and I’ve seen three of them so far, with Jonas, Renee Fleming, and Roberto Alagna and his wife, Aleksandra Kurzak, and so thoroughly enjoyed them all!
Dulcamara and Nemorino. Photo credit: https://avxhm.se/music/Donizetti_L_elisir_d_amore_Pido_Gheorghiu_Alagna.html
The latter, set on a platform above a beautiful Mediterranean vista, was so much fun, and particularly the duet from L’Elisir d’Amore, that I finally watched my first L’Elisir! I can’t believe I hadn’t seen one yet. It was a subtitled 1997 version from Lyon, with a very young Roberto Alagna ~ whose Nemorino was very reminiscent of a clumsy, adorable, hapless Charlie Chaplin ~ and Angela Gheorghiu. The whole cast did a lovely job, and the two leads were so delightful.
If anyone else has beautiful, inspiring, or just downright funny and delightful operas to recommend, I’d love to hear them! Meanwhile, here’s a virtual toast to art, opera, opera friendships, and laughter! And prayers for all of our beloved artists worldwide, and for our suffering world.
Dear Ildar, please rest and recover!
Categories (blog), News and Upcoming..., Uncategorized, with arias, duets, & lieder, with opera•Tags ildar abdrazakov, jonas kaufmann, l'elisir d'amore, met-on-demand, metropolitan opera, opera during covid-19, roberto alagna, vienna staatsoper, Vienna Staatsoper Live
Seeking Peace and Oblivion: Reflections on the Paris “Don Carlos”
Published on 28 October, 2017 31 October, 2017 by Rachel Anne Murphy15 Comments
“Je cherche en vain la paix et l’oubli du passé: De celle qui me fut ravie l’image erre avec moi dans ce cloître glacé!” / “I seek in vain the peace and oblivion of the past! The image of her whom they have stolen from me remains with me in this dread cloister!”
~Don Carlos, Act II
As “Part Two” of my “Don Carlos Adventure,” I wanted to reflect on the production of the opera that brought my friends and I to make the trip in the first place. (The link to “Part One,” an overall summary of our trip, can be found here.)
As an avid theatre-goer, I am entirely accustomed to modern updates, however seemingly “time-bound” the play–Shakespeare’s history plays, for example. But as an opera, Don Carlo(s)--my favorite opera–has always struck me as one that doesn’t lend itself as easily to any time and setting outside its own. So, when I’d heard that the Carlos I was so looking to was to have an updated setting and a modern ambiance, I was somewhat disappointed. I consoled myself with the thought that I would be hearing the cast of a lifetime in Jonas Kaufmann, Ildar Abdrazakov, Ludovic Tezier, Sonya Yoncheva and Elīna Garanča—conducted by the masterful Philippe Jordan. At worst, I thought, I could close my eyes at times and just revel in the sound, if need be.
I have never been happier to be wrong in my life.
I was haunted and compelled from my first viewing on the night of October 19th during my trip-of-a-lifetime to see this Carlos in person, in Paris. The whole production had a strange, haunting elegance. Leaving the best night of my life, emotionally shipwrecked, I tried to reason with myself: surely, this blissful reaction is just because I am so emotionally overwhelmed at the sheer beauty of Verdi’s music, Jordan’s conducting, and the experience of seeing and hearing so many opera heroes for the first time in person. I must have put on rose-tinted glasses about the production itself…
The “mise-en-scène”
But it continued to haunt me. By the time I watched some of the live-stream (later that same night after we saw it in person) and then went to see it for the second time on the 22nd, I was deeply in love with the production itself, directed by cinema-lover Krzysztof Warlikowski. It is a combination of an impressionistic silent film, whose imagery is neither overwhelming, nor on-the-nose. Nothing is showy and abstract for its own sake, but leaves one with the tragic sadness of this particular vision of Don Carlos. It is a perfect vehicle for this more melancholy, French-language version of Verdi’s great opera, which is so much more widely known in the Italian. On the contrast between the French and Italian, Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times brings up some fantastic points in his review, linked here.
To be, or not to be?
At the opening, a melancholy prince emerges from the shadows before the music begins, wrists bandaged after a recent suicide attempt, leaning over a washbasin. His is a tragic, purposeless existence. Repelled by a father who gives him no credit, he is even wearing what resembles a King’s College cricket jumper, as though he has nothing better to do than play sports and fritter away his time. He is underused, undervalued, disregarded. The bare but elegant stage, the intense focus on the internal state of our hero and the relationships between the characters, is consummately Shakespearean: we’re reminded of the estrangement between the little-regarded Prince Hal and his father the king, or of the tragic Hamlet, “passion’s slave.”
A ghostly bride…
At first, I was mildly puzzled by how the desk and chaise-longue fit into this opening scene in the forest of Fontainebleau, but the impression I was left with is that it is his own retreat—or a kind of exile.
Élisabeth enters in a wedding gown—which, as Viv noted, appears to be a direct hommage to Grace Kelly’s wedding gown—in ghostly white, though looking more as though she is going to a funeral. Or, perhaps, as though she has died already. At this point, neither Élisabeth nor Carlos know one another; they only know that their fates are controlled by their fathers, and the cruelty of destiny.
Projected images of the various leads fill the set background at key emotional transitions: Carlos, the ultimate tragic lead, is shown at various times looking as though he is on the brink of a nervous breakdown, sometimes lifting a gun to his head. The shadow passing across the face of Élisabeth’s projected image as she accepts the “offer she cannot refuse” ~ marriage to Philippe ~ is rending.
An elegant cage…
A central image is that of the cage—illustrative of the interior cage that each of the characters carries around with them at all times—and this image appears in various guises throughout the production. The set itself is a kind of elegant cage: we see, alternately, Carlos, Élisabeth, or Eboli behind the red cage that appears at various intervals on either side of the stage. Élisabeth uses sunglasses to cage her eyes from view and hide her tormented emotions. Bars across the fencing studio (the Act II, Scene 2 garden setting with Eboli and the ladies-in-waiting) give the impression of a cage. The cage-like shadows across Philippe and Rodrigue during the “Restez!” scene have an understated power. The room where we see Philippe and Eboli lounging in Act IV is a stifling box of a room. We might go on and on. Ultimately, each character is a solitary prisoner, tormented and alone.
Like Hamlet, Carlos could say: “O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams” (II.ii). And indeed, there is a strongly dream-like quality to the production whose atmosphere and motifs echo the world of silent cinema. Flickering shadows fill the stage at various intervals, as though we are seeing images cast by an old film projector ~ a film, perhaps, that hasn’t been yet restored by Criterion ~ of something whose beauty and grandeur has been lost to a dreamlike yesteryear. Did this grandeur ever truly exist as we imagine? It is all the more poignant for its ephemeral quality. To quote Hamlet again, “a dream itself is but a shadow.”
Again, going back to the cage theme: shadows of the cloistral “cage” fall across Carlos in the cloister of Saint Yuste monastery, only dissipated, for the moment, by the entrance of opera hero, Rodrigue, the consummate honorable and faithful friend, sung so exquisitely by the understated baritone Ludovic Tézier.
The lead-up to the beautiful friendship duet is so entirely different in French than in Italian, that previous to this production, it took me some time to grow accustomed to it; since this version, however, it has become for me an immense treasure. The haunting and understated pre-duet is a testament to friendship amidst tragedy. Even the different tone of “Demande à Dieu la force d’un héros!” in the French version, is less a triumphant call to heroism than a plea for suffering resignation. (And really, the very idea that Carlos could be ready for a life of leadership in suffering Flanders, when he is so broken, is another part of the tragedy and poignancy not only of the French Carlos, but very particularly of this production.)
“Thou speakest of times that long have passed away. I, too, have had my visions of a Carlos, whose cheek would fire at freedom’s glorious name, but he, alas! has long been in his grave…those dreams are past!”
~Friedrich Schiller, Don Carlos
A white horse stands not quite center stage, for a long period; it is an image that is never entirely clear, and yet, the more I lived with it, the more it felt strangely appropriate, like an image that is part of a “paradise lost”; a future that might have been; childhood; of the moment of happiness at Fontainebleau at the opening; or of nature, and natural emotions, suppressed, cast aside…frozen in time. As to the latter, the production is filled with such indications of natural emotions suppressed or frozen, from the guarded meeting between Élisabeth and Carlos at the opening, to the entrance of Rodrigue, whose affection for Carlos is checked by his sense that they are being watched; and ultimately, to the heartbreaking Act IV arias of Rodrigue, who begs for Carlos to take his hand, and who tries to crawl to his friend as Carlos desperately reaches for him from behind his cage.
The notion of a “lost paradise” haunts our characters: Élisabeth longs for her dear France, and her mother, and then, for the love that might have been with Carlos; Carlos mourns this stolen love, and the peace that eludes him, as well as the shadow of his grandfather who spent his final days in the cloister in reparation for a life of power-seeking, as Hamlet is haunted by the ghost of his father. Philippe, in this production especially, has a coherent reason for distancing himself from his son: jealousy. Carlos may be “passion’s slave,” but there is something in him that Philippe lacks: warmth, the capacity for friendship, and the ability to inspire loyalty in such a heart as that of Rodrigue. This is certainly in line, in many ways, with the Schiller original.
Francisco Goya, “Saturn Devouring His Son”
I will just give a brief mention, as well, on the father-son note, to the haunting image that is projected at the end of the auto-da-fe, reminiscent of the famous Goya painting, “Saturn Devouring His Son.”
Elisabeth, Philippe
Philippe longs for the particular friendship of Rodrigue, and for the authentic love of Élisabeth ~ yet, “elle ne m’aime pas.” Ildar Abdrazakov’s Philippe, a younger, dashing monarch, is also here a tormented alcoholic. Somehow, it works beautifully. Woolfe writes in his New York times review on the contrast between the French and Italian versions of this aria: “In Italian, it’s a public moment, even as a soliloquy. In French, it’s the murmur of a tortured soul.”
Ildar’s commanding tone and slick, intelligent presence make him a powerful adversary. His great Act IV aria, “Elle ne m’aime pas,” left me in tatters.
Eboli, such a crucial character, is often underemphasized, or is overshadowed by the other leads. Not so here. Elīna Garanča is a force to be reckoned with ~ the ultimate femme fatale as she fences her way into the lives of all the tormented leads, herself as solitary and broken as any.
“Je said votre pouvoir…vous ignorez le mien.” / “Your power is known to me…you do not yet know mine.”
~Eboli, Don Carlos III.i
Sonya Yoncheva’s Elisabeth is glamorous, self-possessed, and heartbroken. She sings the role with power, dignity, and restraint.
Tézier’s voice was the one that surprised me the most, as carrying with supreme beauty and power up into the opera house. His Act IV arias were devastatingly beautiful, and the lack of fulfillment of his wish to hold Carlos’ hand to the last, was a surprise. I had to stifle audible sobs at this point…
“Yes, sire, we two were brothers! Bound by nobler bands than nature ties. His whole life’s bright career was love…”
Don Carlos, “passion’s slave”
Of course, it is needless to say that I was in tears from the first glorious sound from Jonas Kaufmann. But more than that, his baritonal tenor, his shadowy and emotionally-rich tone are perfect for this haunting version of Verdi’s opera. From the moment he sets foot on stage, he is entirely invested in the role. Of course, Don Carlos must be the emotional center in order for the rest to have its full impact; he fulfills this perfectly.
As a teenager, I was obsessed with Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It is no wonder, then, that Don Carlo(s) is my favorite opera, for it is certainly the Hamlet of opera. What has surprised me, after the impact of this production, is my reaction to the French-language version. One becomes so accustomed to the “sound” of the Italian, that its less-familiar predecessor sounds off-putting at the outset. I recall my struggles even to find a recording of the 5-act French version. There is the marvelous 1996 recording with Roberto Alagna and Thomas Hampson; there is the Domingo/Raimondi CD, conducted by Claudio Abbado, from the mid-’80s. And that is nearly all one can find. Now, having seen the live production, it will not leave my sleep-deprived and jet-lagged brain. It has given an entirely new dimension to the Don Carlos obsession.
With the Krzysztof Warlikowski Don Carlos, I believe we have one of the additions to the canon of all-time great opera productions–of any opera. The stars have aligned. How marvelous that it has, in a way, “recalled to life” Verdi’s poignant 1867 masterpiece.
Viva Verdi!
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The “Three Little Maids” on Tour (a.k.a. The Paris “Don Carlos” Adventure, Part One)
The night before last, I returned to Oregon a sleepier, more jet-lagged, but completely blissful, girl.
The long-planned “Don Carlos Adventure” consisted of one night in London–including a visit to the Royal Opera House–followed by four nights in Paris. The Paris days/nights included four operas: Così fan tutte, The Merry Widow (with opera Hero and my first “Rodrigo,” Thomas Hampson), and two performances of the French version of Verdi’s Don Carlos, with the cast of a lifetime, on the 19th and 22nd.
The Don Carlos is the one that my dear friend (and “mio Carlo”) Viv Hannides and I had been remotely planning for over a year—ever since we heard rumors that Jonas Kaufmann would be singing his first French Carlos in Paris this season. I started saving, and by the time tickets went on sale, we were ready. My own struggles—financially and otherwise—with a major work transition this year, and needing to close my 13.5 year old business, made the projected trip an uncertainty for a long time. Even when I finally landed the job I was hoping for (in July of this year), I didn’t know whether I’d be allowed a whole week off when I’d only have been working for them for three months. Thankfully, everything got sorted out, my amazing boss approved the time off, and we all managed what had seemed a nearly impossible dream…
I will write a separate post about Don Carlos as a production. Here, I will just share a few photo highlights of the trip that speak louder than words of the joy we experienced together. The “Three Little Maids” (which had originated as a joke, as the three of us get so Gilbert-and-Sullivan goofy about our opera Heroes, and “everything is a source of fun”!) include myself (“Rodrigo”), Viv Hannides (“Carlo”), and Maura Devine, our dear friend from Ireland who joined us in London. In Paris, Maura, Viv, and I shared a beautiful fifth floor apartment on the Boulevard Beaumarchais, about a 5-7 minute walk from the Opera Bastille.
“The Operaettes”! From left: Maura, Ursula, Ilse, Rach (me), Viv.
During the trip, we met up with other amazing opera fanatics…Ursula from Ireland, Ilse from Vienna, Rosemary from Australia, Christine and Paul from France, and another dear Christine from England, dear Pam from England… What a joy.
Here is a brief photo tour of the days ~ most of the photos were taken by mio Carlo, Viv:
Day One: London.
Day 1, Oct 17th: London. Viv came to meet me at the airport at 7am, with a “Mio Rodrigo” sign waiting! (I nearly had brought one in my carry-on, saying “Looking for Mio Carlo!”) We drove around that day, listening to Jonas, and talking. Later, Maura met us ~ as did, unexpectedly, our very dear friend Andrew Pycock!!! This was entirely a surprise, and I will never forget the shock of seeing him sitting by the ballerina statue near Covent Garden. The four of us shared a meal together before the three ladies went to see Les Vêpres Siciliennes at ROH with Erwin Schrott, Michael Volle, and Bryan Hymel. An excellent production! I wept at the beauty of the sound–particularly of the chorus and orchestra, and also Erwin’s massively powerful and beautiful voice–which hit us so strongly up in the amphitheater. Everyone was fantastic. One of Viv’s friends, who had a Grand Tier box, invited Viv and I to occupy the two empty seats in his box after the interval! What a treat. 🙂 The “three little maids” spent the night in two sweet rooms above a pub, before catching the Eurostar to Paris the following morning. A note: meeting Erwin Schrott after the opera was a real honor ~ which I nearly missed, as I was so shy about it that Viv had to drag me over to meet him. After which I managed to clumsily drop the program (which he had just signed) right at his feet.
Day Two: Paris. The Merry Widow.
Day 2, Oct 18th: To Paris. The Merry Widow (Bastille). It is a truth universally acknowledged that Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. But previous to being there, I think I had imagined in my own mind that the mystique of it was likely overstated…but no. It truly is an overwhelmingly beautiful city…I might easily have taken a gorgeous photo at every street corner…
Thomas Hampson, with his Parisian “Grisettes”!
That night, we saw the delightful operetta The Merry Widow at the same opera house–the Bastille–where we would see Don Carlos the following night. Thomas Hampson led the cast, and the costumes and set were an absolute delight. We managed to get into the lobby beyond the security checkpoint to be the first to welcome one of our great Opera Heroes, Thomas Hampson, when he came out the stage door. He was so incredibly kind and gracious, and was even delighted to hear that I was from his neck of the woods, and asked about my town. The other “little maids” teased me about the progress in one day, as I managed to ask Thomas for a hug at the end! He kindly gave it to me 🙂
Day Three: Paris. Don Carlos, No. 1.
Day 3, Oct 19th: Paris. Don Carlos – #1 (Bastille). I have simply been processing the nights spent seeing Don Carlos. Even after the first night, I immediately knew that it was the best night of my life. More on this anon…
Afterwards, the three leading men, Jonas, Ildar, and Ludovic, didn’t come out to the stage door exit, alas, as they went out another way to go to an after-party. (This was the night of filming Carlos, so it was a well-deserved celebration!) However, we had the honor of meeting the two leading ladies, who are even more beautiful in person, Sonya Yoncheva and Elīna Garanča!!!
Day Four: Paris. Recovery Day.
Day 4, Oct 20th: Paris. Recovery day. It is a good thing that we didn’t schedule an opera on the Friday after the emotionally-wrought Thursday night. We had been up until the wee hours of the morning, watching the recorded version of the opera that we had just seen in person–I know, we are hopeless!!–and drinking tea, and something stronger, and just talking about the whole experience and processing it. Another “healthy lunch” at a patisserie! (Viv downed the rum straight…which was intended for her cake! 😀 )
This day ended up being a walking day ~ and we walked by the Palais de Justice, the Conciergerie, the Louvre, the Seine, the Eiffel Tower…it was magic. (However, as I mentioned on facebook, none of the glorious sights were half as beautiful as my first glimpse of Jonas the night before, from the distant back stall seats!) We had drinks and “crisps” (another inside joke which Maura and Viv will well understand…) at a local restaurant. As we didn’t start walking until around 2pm that day, we didn’t catch a taxi home until about 9pm, followed by some purchases for our late dinner, and more opera listening and chatting until the wee hours of the morning…
Day Five: Paris. Cosi Day. Palais Garnier.
Day 5, Oct 21st: Paris. Così fan tutte (Palais Garnier). What an experience it was simply to be at the glorious Palais Garnier opera house. Previous to this, we’d done a self-guided tour. To then have the honor of being able to see a production here as well was pure magic. The was an abstract and modern-dress production which incorporated a lot of modern dance. Though not my ultimate Così experience in terms of production, it was beautiful nonetheless, and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Our own little “after party” consisted of drinks at “Les Associés,” a bistro across the street from Bastille’s stage door where we’d hung out previously to discuss the productions. I think the “Operaettes”–plus our new friend Howard–were there until at least 1:30 in the morning. This was followed, of course, by a “three little maids” session of more tea and talking by the time we arrived back to our apartment! The only down-side of today was that I realized later that I’d lost my opera glasses (a.k.a. “Jonas goggles”) in the taxi coming from Palais Garnier…hèlas!
Day Six: Paris. Don Carlos Day – No. 2. Farewell…
Day 6, Oct 22nd: Paris. Don Carlos #2 (Bastille). After a large brunch with 17–yes, 17!–opera and Jonas fanatics at the “Cafe des Anges” near the Bastille, we walked together to our final performance.
There are no words for the beauty of this production…yet, I will try to write about it. (More anon.)
Treasured gifts from Maura and Viv: a Paris journal, and opera glasses – a.k.a. “Jonas goggles”
Previous to the performance, however, Viv and Maura gave me a very beautiful gift: a new pair of “Jonas goggles”! After the performance, all of our makeup cried away, we dashed to the stage door, and were soon crushed in the adoring crowd. (Alas, the security guard kept kicking us out from our spot inside the barrier and made us get behind the security barrier like everyone else! 🙂 ) Nonetheless, in spite of the crush, it was such an honor to meet the three Opera Heroes who made us weep and sent us into ecstasies during the performance. Ildar even posted a video of the crush of the crowd at this performance. You can barely see the top of my head as the camera passes by, but there are clear shots of Viv, Maura, and Ilse!!
We had one final beautiful surprise before Viv and I had to dash back to grab our luggage from our friend’s hotel room before catching the last Eurostar back to London that night. My flight was to be the next morning from Gatwick, so the poignant Act IV arias of Rodrigue–where he sings that his “supreme day has come,” and that he and Carlos must say “farewell”–had Viv and I in a tidal wave of tears.
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Month #1 of (mostly) Met-on-Demand
Published on 12 November, 2016 13 November, 2016 by Rachel Anne MurphyLeave a comment
*Note #1: if we’re friends on Facebook, you’ve probably seen these notes already…
**Note #2: These are very informal–and too lengthy–impressions from an opera newbie!
***Note #3: “Cliff’s Notes” Version of this post: Please see the 2011 Don Giovanni and the 2007 Eugene Onegin, if I absolutely must narrow it down. Also, fell head-over-heels with three bass singers: René Pape, Štefan Kocán, and John Relyea! (Already loved bass Ildar, of course!)
Oscar Wilde said that “the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it”. Well, apparently I’ve been following this advice with the opera addiction. The subtitle to this post might be: “Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Give into My Met-On-Demand Addiction”. (It might also be subtitled: “The Month of the Bass and Baritone”.)
What enabled me to watch an unusual amount of recorded opera this month is that I happened to be, at several points, involved in an aspect of my sewing work which is too rare: that which allows for multitasking! (Mostly the hand-sewing part, which alone took a good 18 hours lately. YES!) So…here goes! Not necessarily in the order in which I watched them.
Don Giovanni (Met, 2011)
Thanks to my friend and enabler, Viv, and partly inspired by seeing the recent HD cinema showing of the current Don Giovanni with Simon Keenlyside–which I had mixed feelings about overall, but enjoyed, particularly Simon himself–I finally watched the 2011 Don Giovanni (same set/production) with Mariusz Kwiecien, Luca Pisaroni, Štefan Kocán, Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, and Ramón Vargas.
Oh my. I have fallen in love with this opera all over again, and simply cannot get it out of my head. Mariusz is a most charming, seductive Don, and what shall we say of Luca? I see why he is a legend in this role of Leporello ~ vocally, it just doesn’t get better, but added to that is an impeccable comic timing and complete naturalness in the role. I particularly loved the way Mariusz and Luca play off one another ~ I have never seen a production which captures so well the relationship between Giovanni and Leporello, love-hate though it is, as Luca has expressed his interpretation in a recent interview…however much they may betray one another, is not unlike a dysfunctional married couple, each knowing the other so well. There are even moments of tenderness. When the Don makes his final act of defiance to agree to come to dinner with the Commendatore, there is a moment of farewell between them, which I have not quite seen anything like. (And indeed, Luca’s Leporello looks somewhat lost without his villainous master in the final minutes…)
This production captured the comedy of this incredible opera, and both the direction and the conducting–Fabio Luisi–kept a sprightly pace. In fact, the whole production felt sprightly and energetic! The Anna–dang, she’s great!–Elvira, Masetto, and Zerlina were also wonderful. I went from moments of irrepressible laughter–such as when Leporello imitates the Don in seducing Donna Elvira–to tears, as in Mariusz’s “deh vieni alla finestra”…yes, that charming Don manages to seduce his audience every bit as much as he did the 1800+ ladies.
Then, there was the new-to-me discovery of the glorious bass Štefan Kocán, the Commendatore! Wow! (Thank you, Gabriela, you were so right!!) It was some time before I could move on to the rest of the opera after the Commendatore’s death in the opening, so beautiful was his final minute of singing with Giovanni and Leporello that I had to rewatch it again and again. (By this point I must have watched that moment probably two dozen times altogether.) And of course, at the end, he returns in a most gloriously haunting finale…
All this, in a production that was done only 2 weeks after Mariusz had back surgery! Amazing. Needless to say, I highly recommend it. If you haven’t already fallen in love with this opera, this production will probably do the trick. 🙂
Il Trovatore (Met, 2015)
Be prepared for tears on this one. Not so much due to the operatic tragedy of the story, as the reception by the Met audience and orchestra of beloved Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who returned to his role of the Count di Luna after the announcement of his brain tumor and the months of chemotherapy that followed. (Just wait until the final bows and curtain calls…have tissues handy!)
This was only the second time I’ve seen a recorded production of this opera. I marvel at the vocal gymnastics that are required of our leads, and Anna Netrebko had me breathless as Leonora, particularly in her Act IV arias…dang! Dmitri, of course, shone as the Count di Luna, with such a powerful stage presence alongside the extraordinary bass Štefan Kocán as Ferrando…amazing! Dolora Zajick was a wonderful Azucena, and I very much liked Younghoon Lee as Manrico ~ very dynamic.
Loved the Goyaesque set and the period costume. Overall, a beautiful production.
Now looking forward to seeing the earlier Trovatore, from 2011…!
**Movie Break!** (Not from the Met:) Kenneth Branagh’s The Magic Flute, 2006
So…now for The Magic René–oops, I mean, The Magic Flute.
Okay, I actually watched this one before most of the others, and it’s not Met, but I thought it worth a mention, as I’ve become so hopelessly enamoured of René Pape. I’ve been remotely following him for months, but was utterly smitten after his performances in both Parsifal (Met, 2013) and his King Marke in the Met Live in HD Tristan und Isolde in early October.
I have never seen a production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte…nor Der ZauberRené for that matter ~ so, please take this with a grain of salt, but I thoroughly enjoyed Branagh’s quirky, random humor transposed into a fantastical World War I setting with an anti-war focus. Not to mention the Gilbert-and-Sullivanesque English libretto by Stephen Fry. Joseph Kaiser (Tamino), Amy Carson (Pamina), and glorious, mesmerizing magician-bass René Pape (Sarastro) led the cast. (Yes, as much as I adore Branagh, I daresay you know who was the magician that drew me to THIS movie…) The CGI effects are pretty cheesy in spots, but it’s somehow in keeping with the magical, goofy oddity of the whole.
Le Nozze di Figaro, Met, 2014
Another lighthearted moment was the Met’s Le Nozze di Figaro from the 2014-15 season (available on Met on Demand), with Ildar Abdrazakov, one of my favorite bass voices! Again, as familiar as much of the music is to me, I’d never seen a production and didn’t know how delightful and hilarious it is! I loved it. Ildar, as the witty servant Figaro, couldn’t be more adorable if he tried, and Peter Mattei (wow, another beautiful voice, and a new favorite!) as the womanizing Count Almaviva was just fantastic. The whole cast was delightful, and had me laughing up in the workshop…
Il Trovatore, Met, 2011
After the wonderful 2015 Il Trovatore that I watched the previous week, I watched the same wonderful David McVicar production–with some of the same cast, notably Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Štefan Kocán, and Dolora Zajick–in their earlier 2011 production, and was intrigued and delighted with the similarities and differences. It’s really hard to choose overall.
In both, Dima shines as the Count di Luna, Štefan Kocán is an irresistably ruthless bass Ferrando, and Dolora Zajick strikes me as a master of the gypsy Azucena. But here we have a different Leonora and Manrico, sung in 2011 by Sondra Radvanovsky and Marcelo Alvarez. While I thoroughly appreciated the Netrebko/Lee combination of 2015, and vocally it is really hard to choose–and I am naturally a little more drawn to Netrebko’s vocal quality–yet I must say Sondra really won me over in this role, and particularly the chemistry between her and Marcelo, who was also a very endearing and strong Manrico. The character interpretation of Leonora was less melancholy than Netrebko’s, and one really gets behind Sondra, whose expressive face and adoring love for Manrico are so evident. I thoroughly enjoyed both, but I must give the edge to the Radvanovsky/Alvarez combination for our two leads. (That being said, if one has time for only one of the two productions, I might choose the 2015 if for nothing else than the beautiful reception for Dima, and the endearing and heart-wrenching applause and roses for him at the end…)
Eugene Onegin, Met, 2007 and 2013
A real highlight of this past opera week for me was the new-to-me discovery of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin, another which I did a double header on, seeing both the 2007 production with Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Renée Fleming, and Ramón Vargas, as well as the more recent production with Mariusz Kwiecien, Anna Netrebko, and Piotr Beczala. I had not known this story previously ~ about inaccessible love, haughty rejection, and the pride that destroys friendships and romantic love ~ based on the verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin. Okay, so I do have a tendency to love anything 19th century anyway, but I was captivated by these characters, and utterly loved it. It is *quintessentially* 19th century in its themes, with an ending I wouldn’t have expected in an opera. I won’t say more, but I’d like to write a more fleshed-out post on this opera alone at some point, rather than just pointing out a few highlights of these productions.
Both Anna and Renée are absolutely luminous in the role of the shy but stronger-than-she-appears Tatiana, and I really cannot choose between the two whose interpretation I prefer. (But I was more invested in Renée’s struggles, perhaps because it was my first Eugene, and I loved the whole production so much altogether.) Piotr and Ramón were both wonderful as the honorable, lovable, but almost irrationally-jealous Lenski…it was my first time seeing Piotr in anything and I was so impressed! For Eugene, I would be hard pressed to give a preference as to their vocal beauty in the role; but in terms of interpretation and sheer force of presence, undoubtedly, Dmitri has the commanding, striking haughtiness that instantly catches one off guard, as this character does Tatiana. He is positively statuesque. I mean, this Eugene really out-Darcys Mr. Darcy, and is more aimless and cynical than a Eugene Wrayburn. Unquestionably, I would choose Dima for the role, if I were forced to choose. (But I would very highly recommend both.)
Visually, both productions are luscious, and the costumes stunning. The 2013 is quite glorious to look at. My own preference, though, is decidedly in favor of the earlier 2007 production with Dima and Renée: it is utterly magical in its stark simplicity. A very minimalist set with a slightly “boxed-in” look (thematically in keeping with the bounded-in-a-nutshell situation of the characters…), but with the most stunning colors–I’d like to create a photo collage of the different scenes–and falling leaves, as though reflective of the beauty of romantic love even in it’s autumn…when it is rejected and inaccessible.
Both are so beautifully and feelingly conducted by Valery Gergiev, and there is a wonderful behind-the-scenes mini-documentary on this after the 2007 stream.
I will be rewatching both versions again and again no doubt, but particularly the 2007 version, which will probably go down as one of my favorite opera productions. 💙 💔
Of course, Eugene Onegin will be live in the cinemas from the Met in April of 2017, again with Dmitri, in combination with Anna Netrebko and Štefan Kocán…I absolutely cannot wait!
Now that I’ve practically written a novel of notes, I thought I’d also mention that these are only a few of the opera beauties I’ve heard and seen this month, which includes a live-stream with Mariusz of Donizetti’s La Favorite, and the Met Live in HD Tristan und Isolde with Nina Stemme and René.
A few radio highlights include a really marvelous radio transmission of a Don Carlo with René (Philip II), Mariusz (Rodrigo), and Michael Fabiano (Carlo) from the San Francisco Opera of June 2016; also, another Don Carlo audio with René and Dima from the Met-on-Demand (audio only)…both stunningly beautiful. Also, it’s been great fun to experience, via radio, this year’s Met production of Guillaume Tell, with Gerald Finley (Tell), Marina Rebeka (Mathilde) and another magician-bass, John Relyea (the evil Gessler! A new bass love!!). Then, this past week, another live radio broadcast of the Met’s Don Giovanni, this time with Ildar Abdrakazov in the lead! A most marvelous Don…perfect! And this has not remotely covered it all.
It’s a huge joy to be part of the Sirius Opera Fans group and Met Opera Live in HD Fans group (both on Facebook), which have been such inspiring places to discuss opera love, to learn, and to share insight. (And to find more opera-enablers!! 😉 )
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Solution for healthcare providers, by healthcare tech provider, unveiled
March 2, 2017 /0 Comments/in News /by Andy Crisenbery
Newswire: Feb. 28, 2017.
Dateline: Suffern, N.Y.
MedForce Technologies has announced the launch of an electronic signature tool which it calls the first and only one built specifically for the healthcare industry, by a healthcare technology provider.
In a news release, Medforce said its SignCenter solution is meant to solve an ongoing and complex problem modern healthcare companies face: getting signatures from a wide variety of individuals, using a wide variety of settings, without having to print out documents.
A testimonial from a compliance officer for a medical services provider in Connecticut noted that her business works in six different locations, and also in patient homes. “Before, everything was paper and cumbersome,” said Rachel Kirchner of J&L Medical Services of Connecticut. “Being able to move it to technology, it’s all at my fingertips no matter where I am or what I need.”
MedForce said SignCenter allows providers to direct the signing process, including where and when a document may be signed, whether signers are remote or in-person, using a keyboard, mouse or touch screen.
Nathan Apter, the chief technology officer for Medforce, called existing processes “fragmented [and] costly,” adding that “every step can lead to mistakes, which lead to delays and denials.” SignCenter directly addresses those headaches, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
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Home Featured Post Ex-Militants to Buhari: Probe Amnesty Office
Ex-Militants to Buhari: Probe Amnesty Office
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari
Threaten Protest over Non-payment of Stipends
Former Niger Delta militants currently enrolled in the Presidential Amnesty Programme have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the Amnesty Office, which they alleged has become a cesspool of corruption since Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) took over as its coordinator in 2015.
The former militants under the aegis of Truly Transformed Former Niger Delta Agitators (TTNDA), in a statement yesterday in Abuja by its president, Preye Amasoma, also complained about irregular payment of their stipends, threatening to hit the streets to ventilate their grievances unless the president intervened and called Boroh to order.
Tracing their predicament to alleged corrupt practices in the Amnesty Office, the repentant militants accused the coordinator of planning to compromise its regulatory agencies, including the Senate Committee on Niger Delta that had been conducting an investigative hearing into the activities of the intervention agency.
“For a man who has not paid us our monthly stipend for four months and has not paid delegates in training centres across the country for several months, to be using contractors to pile up money for himself and some so-called senators, is a shame and the EFCC and President Buhari himself will hear this matter,” it said.
The Amnesty Office, however, failed to respond to this allegation wednesday as its Media Consultant, Mr. Owei Lakemfa, neither answered calls nor replied a text message to his cell phone.
There had been mounting complaints by beneficiaries of the programme instituted by the President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010 to calm restive nerves in the oil-rich region, necessitating an investigative hearing into the activities of the Amnesty Office by the Senate Committee on Niger Delta, headed by Senator Peter Nwaboshi.
Although the Amnesty Office had always insisted that it had met its obligations to the repentant militants within the limits of budget constraints, explaining that the huge cut in its 2016 allocation had hamstrung its ability to fully discharge its responsibilities, the former militants said yesterday that this was a tenuous excuse, insisting that corruption was at the root of what they called the incompetence of the agency.
Specifically, they accused Boroh of planning to compromise members of the Senate Committee, alleging that he had worked out a scheme to use illicit money from contractors handling Amnesty Office contracts to bribe the senators.
“We have been tolerating his incompetence but we will not accept this extremely corrupt scheme that he is hatching, using the name of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta,” they said even as they indicated their intention to forward a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the coordinator’s alleged corrupt practices.
Saying they were forced to speak out because of President Buhari’s reluctance to investigate Boroh, the former militants warned that unless the president acted quickly they might be forced to take to the streets.
“If the President does not put a stop to the malfeasance currently going on at the Amnesty Office under his aide, Paul Boroh, we will consider taking to the streets of Abuja in protest,” they said.
The Senate committee had held a public hearing two weeks ago where several persons who claimed they were ex-agitators from the Niger Delta said they had been unjustly excluded from the programme.
The complainants included youths from Ndokwa in Delta State. The committee chairman, Nwaboshi, had frowned on the purported exclusions and directed Boroh, to write to the President to secure requisite approvals to include the complaining youths in the Amnesty Programme.
Nwaboshi later announced that the committee had decided to schedule a later date to meet with contractors handling training or capital projects for the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
The ex-militants, however, picked holes in the committee’s decision, saying its failure to attend to their grievances immediately in preference for investigation of contractors was suspect.
Saying that each time they protested late payment of their stipends, the Amnesty Office always said it was due to the need to service the Senate Committee members; the ex-militants challenged its chairman to openly deny the intervention agency’s claim.
The former militants exhibited a letter purportedly written to the Amnesty Office by Nwaboshi, introducing a firm, Candour Capital Limited, as the committee’s consultant to “conduct the inspection and investigation of the books and accounts of the Presidential Amnesty Programme from inception to date.”
They criticized the company’s appointment, querying its level security clearance to make it fit to audit the accounts of such a sensitive government agency like the Amnesty Office.
“The whole thing is a scam. What level of security clearance has this private company received to qualify it to have full and unfettered access to a national security programme like the Presidential Amnesty Programme? I pity this country,” the leader of the transformed Niger Delta ex-agitators said.
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5 Reasons Why The People V. O.J. Simpson Will Be The Most Talked-About Series Of The Season
Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, John Travolta, and the cast of FX's new drama offer an inside look at the trial of the century.
by Melanie McFarland | February 1, 2016 | Comments
“Fame’s complicated.”
That aptly sums up the central thesis of FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which premieres on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 10p.m. and is currently Certified Fresh at 94 percent. It isn’t delivered by the titular character, however, or a member of Simpson’s famous “dream team” of celebrity lawyers, or even the prosecutors thrust into the national spotlight.
Rather, it’s Kato Kaelin, played by Billy Magnussen, who makes that simple but wise observation after being flashed by an adoring group of women in a convertible, only to be spat upon by a passing jogger less than 10 seconds later. Kato was not an accessory to the murders O.J. Simpson was accused of committing; to the media, he was just a himbo who lived on O.J.’s property.
O.J. Simpson’s murder trial dominated news headlines for more than a year, touching off discussions about race relations and the influence celebrity and social class have on the justice system. These same issues continue to ignite debate and protest movements more than two decades later; anger over police misconduct and discrimination has reached a boiling point in cities across America today, as it did then.
Presented by executive producers Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, and Brad Simpson, The People v. O.J. Simpson nevertheless manages to be undeniably entertaining — even absurdly comical at times — while instilling a sense of gravitas to the hot-button issues it explores. Read on to find out why this 10-episode limited series is likely to be one the most talked about dramas of the season.
IT’S AN ADDICTIVE LOOK AT A PIVOTAL POINT IN MODERN HISTORY
The People v. O.J. Simpson, the first installment in the new American Crime Story franchise from executive producer Ryan Murphy, Brad Simpson, and Nina Jacobson, focuses on watershed cases that had a measurable impact on society. Reportedly, season two will take on the social and political fallout from Hurricane Katrina.
In comparison to Katrina, the O.J. Simpson murder trial may seem as if it were chosen for its lurid appeal. But it permanently shifted our relationship with the media.
Simpson was a Hall of Famer and actor whose celebrity enabled him to transcend race. He enjoyed luxuries and entitlements not afforded to most African Americans. Once he was charged with two counts of murder, he fled in a white Ford Bronco with his friend Al Cowlings driving as he held a gun to his own head. On that day — June 17, 1994 — around 95 million viewers tuned in to watch the low-speed pursuit for hours as it was filmed from helicopters hovering above the highway.
The media circus surrounding the trial, which unfolded over the 15 and a half months after Simpson was charged, birthed a new era of tabloid journalism and non-stop celebrity coverage. For example, Harvey Levin, who covered the trial for local news in Los Angeles, would eventually parlay his association with the case to into his own measure of fame before founding TMZ.
All of this is public record. What The People v. O.J. Simpson does differently from other historical dramatizations is tell the tale from an emotional source, relating each step of the case through what each of the people closest to the case went through outside of the courtroom.
THE SHOW IS LED BY ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL CASTS ON TELEVISION
O.J. Simpson had a casting mastermind in Robert Shapiro, counsel of choice to the rich and famous, who assembled one of the most high-powered defense teams in modern times: F. Lee Bailey, Johnnie Cochran, and O.J.’s best friend Robert Kardashian, with Alan Dershowitz acting as appellate adviser.
Murphy met that challenge by recruiting Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding Jr. to play Simpson and John Travolta to play Shapiro. David Schwimmer portrays Kardashian, Nathan Lane appears as Bailey, and Courtney B. Vance is a knockout as Johnnie Cochran. Sarah Paulson, one of Murphy’s muses, attacks the role of prosecutor Marcia Clark, and is paired with Sterling K. Brown as the case’s co-prosecutor Christopher Darden, with Evan Handler as Dershowitz. The cast also includes Cheryl Ladd as Shapiro’s wife Linell, Malcolm-Jamal Warner portraying A.C. Cowlings, Selma Blair playing Kris Jenner, and Steven Pasquale as Mark Fuhrman.
Murphy imbued a particular meaning in these casting choices, as Gooding sees it. “I really hate talking about myself like this, but people see me as a good guy. They see me as someone very friendly and someone that they can hang out with. And that’s how we saw O.J. Simpson,” he says. “He’s as commercialized as you get. And in that state, you take him to this really dark place. But I’m not here to do an impersonation.”
SOME OF THE CASTING SELECTIONS LEND A SENSE OF INADVERTENT LEVITY TO AN INCREDIBLY TRAGIC STORY
Take away the celebrity, the cameras, the tell-alls and the rest of the tabloid coverage, and what’s left is a solemn truth: the people who should have been this case’s focus became footnotes in a tale of their own violent deaths.
But this is still a TV show, one produced by Murphy (who, admirably, dials back his signature level of dark humor) from a script developed for television by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and the actors grant the subject the respectfulness it merits.
Having said that, viewers may argue over whether Travolta’s mesmerizing portrayal of Shapiro is either fabulously terrible, or the best version of terrible ever. In an interview, Travolta reveals he decided not to meet Shapiro, although producers gave the cast that option after lifting an initial ban on contacting the people involved with the actual case. “Once you get on a role of your interpretation, it could complicate it to add to it,” Travolta explains. “But there were three books written that I read, that I felt I had so much information about him, the vintage video of his style of legal work… I mean, all of this was documented so well that I felt like I had enough information to build a character and to portray him.”
Apparently so: the man munches scenery like an amped-up goat at an overgrown Sonoma vineyard. When this combines in place with Murphy’s specific music selections, the results are magical.
“That’s an interesting thing that we had to explore: Who are these people that would put themselves in this position?” Travolta asks. “Bob’s fighting his way to be in front the camera, and Johnnie’s doing his own version. Marcia’s doing her own version, and getting a new hairdo!”
There’s also the unavoidable fact that in the 20-plus years since the trial, Robert Kardashian’s children have become far more famous than he ever was in life. (Kardashian passed away in 2003.) In spite of Schwimmer’s measured performance, some moments featuring Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, and Rob as children may seem a bit too tongue-in-cheek for the drama’s tone. Schwimmer defends one scene in which Robert passionately tells the kids that fame is fleeting, hollow, and “means nothing at all without a virtuous heart.”
“The way I’d always interpreted that scene was, he’s actually talking to himself,” Schwimmer explains. “He’s saying, ‘You’re about to go on this crazy ride where you’re going to become incredibly famous, and it’s going to affect every aspect of your life. Remember who you are.’ That’s what he’s saying when he’s telling his kids — but he’s really talking to himself.” Fair enough. But it’s tough to ignore that he’s saying that in front of the eventual wife of Kanye West, and the girl who will one day be the host of Kocktails with Khloe.
Also worth noting is Connie Britton’s delectably unctuous portrayal of Faye Resnick. Britton only appears a few times within the first six episodes, but when the focus is on her, you’ll be thankful that the produces brought her on board.
IT’S A DRAMA THAT ADDRESSES DIFFICULT ISSUES WITHOUT BEING LED BY THEM
The People v. O.J. Simpson also takes a hard look at gender and social discrimination in the media and the workplace, with Clark, Darden, and Cochran’s plotlines most poignantly illustrating this. In the series, almost from the moment she gets the case, Paulson’s Clark must navigate her boss’s sexist decisions as well as contend with insulting analysis of her clothing, her hair, and her comportment in the media. “I just wish people hadn’t been so quick to abandon her,” Paulson says, “and I wonder why there wasn’t more… warding off [of] people who decided she should wear more makeup and have better clothes. What does that have to do with anything in terms of justice and putting a murderer behind bars? I don’t even know why what’s on the table. And it only is because she’s a woman.”
Brown, meanwhile, sensed what it was like for Darden to contend with a different kind of workplace discrimination. “He was not the high man on the totem pole by any stretch of the imagination,” the actor said, but noted that the barriers to Darden’s portrayal are presented with subtlety. Watch the three-way conversations that Darden and Clark have with their boss, Gil Garcetti (Bruce Greenwood), and note the fact Garcetti only answers his observations by speaking to Marcia. “It was something I asked one of our writers about,” Brown says. “I said to him, ‘You notice that [Gil] never talks to me?’ And he’s like, ‘Yeah, I know.’”
The People v. O.J. Simpson also takes on the stickier issues of race through the related and separate stories of Darden and Johnnie Cochran, who were allies in private but enemies in court, and how their dynamic highlighted a rift among African Americans. “It was important to us to show complexity in the African-American community’s side of it, especially in Chris Darden versus Johnnie Cochran, and the idea that this wasn’t just a conversation happening between white people and black people, but within the African American community,” says Brad Simpson. “Certainly Chris went through something incredibly intense within the African American community, and we tried to portray that.”
THE SHOW PROBABLY ISN’T GOING TO CHANGE YOUR TAKE ON SIMPSON’S GUILT OR INNOCENCE
The producers and cast are adamant that the show doesn’t make a case for or against Simpson as the murderer of Goldman and his ex-wife. “Everybody’s going to bring their opinion. They’re either going to think that he did it, or he didn’t do it,” Gooding says. “We’re not here to change your opinion, because we can’t. Our job, if we do it right… when you see the last one and they say, ‘Not guilty,’ you’ll go, ‘Oh yeah, well I get it now, I get why that happened.’”
Paulson adds, “I hope that by the end of this series there’s some real understanding of what we all did collectively watching the trial, of how undone we all were with the dizzying effects of the circus of it all. That none of us had a tenth of the facts that everyone involved did, but everybody had an opinion.”
Schwimmer aspires for viewers to leave the series with an understanding of “how much hubris was involved. I mean, how many decisions were made because of ego, or arrogance, or assumption — human error, really. Misjudgment, or bad judgment, or pre-judgment. Because I didn’t know any of that when I was living it.”
Gooding also is hopeful that The People v. O.J. Simpson will, in some way, help forward the dialogue about race relations in America. “I had lived through the L.A. Riots, the Rodney King beating,” Gooding recalls. “I had been harassed by police growing up in L.A. as a break dancer. So I knew the frustrations I felt when they said ‘Not guilty.’ And I think that people will experience those same frustrations again, and that’s important for the healing process. It’s important for change, to have that dialogue out there.”
Melanie McFarland is a Seattle-based TV critic and an executive member of the Television Critics Association. Follow her on Twitter: @McTelevision
The People V. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story is currently Certified Fresh at 94 percent. It premieres on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 10p.m. on FX; read reviews here.
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Just as Jeffrey Toobin said in the book, in many ways this event in our history was more about celebrity than race.
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Results are presented of the GASS/EUCLIPSE single-column model intercomparison study on the subtropical marine low-level cloud transition. A central goal is to establish the performance of state-of-the-art boundary-layer schemes for weather and climate models for this cloud regime, using largeeddy simulations of the same scenes as a reference. A novelty is that the comparison covers four different cases instead of one, in order to broaden the covered parameter space. Three cases are situated in the North-Eastern Pacific, while one reflects conditions in the North-Eastern Atlantic. A set of variables is considered that reflects key aspects of the transition process, making use of simple metrics to establish the model performance. Using this method, some longstanding problems in low-level cloud representation are identified. Considerable spread exists among models concerning the cloud amount, its vertical structure, and the associated impact on radiative transfer. The sign and amplitude of these biases differ somewhat per case, depending on how far the transition has progressed. After cloud breakup the ensemble median exhibits the well-known ‘‘too few too bright’’ problem. The boundary-layer deepening rate and its state of decoupling are both underestimated, while the representation of the thin capping cloud layer appears complicated by a lack of vertical resolution. Encouragingly, some models are successful in representing the full set of variables, in particular, the vertical structure and diurnal cycle of the cloud layer in transition. An intriguing result is that the median of the model ensemble performs best, inspiring a new approach in subgrid parameterization. C 2017. The Authors. V This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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<br>Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>, July-September 2014, pp. 86-88
28‑1 Obituary: Shigeru Takahashi
Akihiko Yamada p. 91-92
28‑2 The 50th Anniversary of the First Japanese Digital Computer
29‑4 Obituary: Kazuhiro Fuchi
Akihiko Yamada p. 95
30‑2 Obituary: Hiroshi Wada
30‑2 Obituary: Zen-iti Kiyasu
30‑3 PC-1 Parametron Computer: 50th anniversary
30‑3 Osaka University: Exhibit of 1950s computer
<li><a href=http:/www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2014/01/index.html>IEEE Milestone Awarded to Toshiba's T1100 Laptop PC</a>
<br>Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>, January-March 2014, pp. 83-84
31‑1 Conference memorializes Takakazu Seki
31‑1 50th anniversary: SENAC-1
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<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2009/03/index.html>IPSJ Information Processing Technology Heritage Program</a>
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/0/index.html>UNIVAC 120 in Japan</a>
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2010/02/index.html>IPSJ Information Processing Technology Heritage Certification Ceremony</a>
<br>Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>, April-June 2010, pp. 83-85
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/0/index.html>Kyoto Computer Gakuln Celebrates 50th Anniversary</a>
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2011/02/index.html>IESP 50th Anniversary; IPSJ Third Information Proecssing Technology Heritage Certification</a>
<br>Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>, April-June 2011, pp.107-109
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/02/index.html>IEEJ Technical Meeting on the History of Computer Engineering</a>
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2011/03/index.html>History of Computers Exhibition at Hiroshima City Library</a>
<br>Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>, July-Septembers 2011, pp. 82-83
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/02/index.html>IPSJ 75th National Convention at Tohoku University</a>
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2012/02/index.html>2011 NEC C&C Foundation Prize Ceremony</a>
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/01/index.html>2012 Koyoto Prize to Ivan Sutherland</a>
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2012/02/index.html>IPSJ 4th Information Processing Technology Heritage Certification Ceremony</a>
<br>Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>, January-March 2013, pp. 67-71??
<li><a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2012/03/man2012030070.html#target1>IEEJ Commoration: One Step in Electrotechnology</a>
<br>Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>, July-September 2012, p. 70
<br>Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, <i>Annals of the History of Computing</i>, January-March 2013, pp. 67-71?
31‑3 IPSJ Information Processing Technology Heritage Program
41‑1 Parametron and Relay Computers Exhibition Held at Tokyo University of Science in November, 2018
41‑2 2018 NEC C&C Prize Ceremony
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Let me spend a few minutes admiring and appreciating the work of Professor Akihiko Yamada. He is elderly and I want to speak of him while I believe he is still with us.
Yamada has been this department’s most dependable contributor within the last couple of decades. A less than thorough search shows 28 Events and Sightings pieces by him since 2006 — an impressive aid about history-of-computing activities in Japan. In addition to his writings for the Annals, Professor Yamada served at various times on the Computer Society History Committee, was a member of the Society’s Board of Governors, and lent significant support to opening the IEEE Computer Society's Tokyo office — IEEE's first office in the Asia-Pacific region). He also published on computing history in Japan.
As an expression of Yamada’s support of other researchers, in 2015 Radomir Stankovic collected and prepared a small book of Yamada’s comments about computing history in Japan: Comments by Akihiko Yamada — History of Computing in Japan (annals-extras.org/pubs/es-2015-yamada-comments.pdf). This booklet is one of several history publications with which Stankovic has been involved in a belief that it is important that technologists be aware of the history of their technology.
My understanding is that Yamada had an impressive technical career at NEC. He has an undergraduate degree and a doctoral degree from Osaka University. After retirement from NEC, he taught at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo Denki University and Cyber University. He became a Fellow of the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) in 2002, given IPSJ Contribution Award in 2008, and declared IPSJ Honorary Member in 2018. Tsutomu Sasao has pointed me to Professor Yamada’s involvement in a very recent publication on computing in Japan: Remarks on the Design of First Digital Computers in Japan — Contributions of Yasuo Komamiya, lsi-cad.com/sasao/Papers/files/EUROCAST2019_stanko.pdf
Fit the following from annals-extras.org into the story: - Yamada Comments, 2015 book edited by Radomir Stankovic: this book is photographic view of Akihiko Yamada's work studying and documenting Japanese computing history. - On Dr. Stankovic's connections to Prof. Yamada This piece provides some details about Prof. Yamada's activities and their value to TICSP and to computing history more generally. The next document explains more about the TICSP history project. -The Work in History of Information Sciences at TICSP This piece describes the work at the Tampere International Center for Signal Processing to document then a number of areas of signal processing history.
2006 28‑1 Obituary: Shigeru Takahashi
Akihiko Yamada p. 91-92
2007 29‑4 Obituary: Kazuhiro Fuchi
Akihiko Yamada p. 95
2008 30‑2 Obituary: Hiroshi Wada
2009 31‑1 Conference memorializes Takakazu Seki
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2009/03/index.html>IPSJ Information Processing Technology Heritage Program</a>
Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, Annals of the History of Computing, July-September 2009, pp. 78-80
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2010/02/index.html>IPSJ Information Processing Technology Heritage Certification Ceremony</a>
Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, Annals of the History of Computing, April-June 2010, pp. 83-85
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2011/02/index.html>IESP 50th Anniversary; IPSJ Third Information Proecssing Technology Heritage Certification</a>
Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, Annals of the History of Computing, April-June 2011, pp.107-109
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2011/03/index.html>History of Computers Exhibition at Hiroshima City Library</a>
Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, Annals of the History of Computing, July-Septembers 2011, pp. 82-83
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2012/02/index.html>2011 NEC C&C Foundation Prize Ceremony</a>
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2012/02/index.html>IPSJ 4th Information Processing Technology Heritage Certification Ceremony</a>
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2012/03/man2012030070.html#target1>IEEJ Commoration: One Step in Electrotechnology</a>
Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, Annals of the History of Computing, July-September 2012, p. 70
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/01/index.html>2012 Koyoto Prize to Ivan Sutherland</a>
Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, Annals of the History of Computing, January-March 2013, pp. 67-71?
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/02/index.html>IPSJ 75th National Convention at Tohoku University</a>
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/02/index.html>IEEJ Technical Meeting on the History of Computer Engineering</a>
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/0/index.html>Kyoto Computer Gakuln Celebrates 50th Anniversary</a>
<a href=http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2013/0/index.html>UNIVAC 120 in Japan</a>
<a href=http:/www.computer.org/csdl/mags/an/2014/01/index.html>IEEE Milestone Awarded to Toshiba's T1100 Laptop PC</a>
Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, Annals of the History of Computing, January-March 2014, pp. 83-84
Akihiko Yamada, Events and Sightings, Annals of the History of Computing, July-September 2014, pp. 86-88 2018 31‑3 IPSJ Information Processing Technology Heritage Program Akihiko Yamada p. 78-80 2019 41‑1 Parametron and Relay Computers Exhibition Held at Tokyo University of Science in November, 2018 Akihiko Yamada p. 61-63 41‑2 2018 NEC C&C Prize Ceremony Akihiko Yamada p. 64-66
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City and County Clerk
Employer: City and County of Broomfield
Location: Broomfield, CO
Do you want to lead a highly functioning and motivated Clerk and Recorder team? The City and County of Broomfield is accepting applications for the position of City and County Clerk. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity as the City and County of Broomfield is the only county in Colorado that appoints their Clerk. This position leads a team of committed individuals passionate about the services they provide the residents of Broomfield in the areas of Elections, Recording, Motor Vehicle, and City Clerk. As the City and County Clerk you will be required to perform the following job duties: Plan, direct, organize, implement, and coordinate all programs and activities associated with City Clerk, Recording, Elections, and Motor Vehicle divisions. Create strategic plans, assemble staff resources, and delegate tasks to assigned staff members. Communicate official plans, policies, and procedures to staff, civic organizations, and the general public through various means of communication. Effectively communicate and work with City Council members. Review proposed ordinances and regulations, plans, and technical reports related to departmental activities for content, accuracy, and feasibility; present ordinance changes, reports, and studies. Salary: $93,288.00 – $126,152.00
Early Voting Specialist
Employer: Wake County Board of Elections
Category: Specialist
Are you looking to be more involved in your community? Do you have a passion for learning? Are you ready to be a part of democracy in the making? If so, get ready to roll up your sleeves and become a part of history! The Wake County Board of Elections is currently seeking an Early Voting Specialist to join our dynamic and talented Early Voting Team. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator who thrives in a fast paced, ever changing work environment. They will have a clear understanding of the commonly accepted instructional design models, know what is takes to be a behind the scenes designer, and have a strong visual sense and excellent project management skills. The Early Voting Specialist will also assist with planning and management of early voting. This includes logistics, such as identifying and inspecting potential voting sites, communicating with facility staff, scheduling election service vendors, and managing voting site support operations. In addition, they will assist in the physically demanding work of setting up early voting sites. What will you do as an Early Voting Specialist? Develop and design training material for election workers, including classroom presentations, manuals, quick reference guides, workbooks, training videos, and e-learning modules. Teach training classes via Zoom or in person at the Board of Elections Operations Center. Monitor and assess election law changes and incorporate the changes into early voting site procedures. Identify training needs and solutions, collaborate with team members on best practices, develop training assessments, and implement changes in response to the assessments. Manage the logistics of early voting training, including recruiting and training classroom instructors, scheduling classroom facilities, recruiting and supervising training assistants, and preparing training budget needs. Manage the Learning Management System through user interface design, user record management, course creation, and uploading of SCORM packages. Develop high level design documents, storyboards, audio narration scripts, status reporting, QA and testing plans. Schedule and design layouts for training facilities. Develop and design election forms, precinct official website, newsletters, assessments, and other communications. Answer calls on the early voting support help line, including training help line staff, managing telephone, website, and live chat support tools, and managing help line staff schedules. Listen and respond to voter complaints. Identify innovative training tools and methods to enhance the early voting training program. Assist with early voting site management, including scheduling, communication, support, logistics, database management, and site setups. Assist with election support operations, including answering phone calls at the precinct official support help line and performing post-election reconciliation procedures. The Early Voting Specialist must become proficient in the use of the Adobe Creative Suite, in particular Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. They must also become skilled in developing online training content using Articulate 360. Salary Hiring Range: $17.49 – $23.60.
Election Services Manager
Employer: Douglas County
The Election Services Manager is responsible for the management and coordination of elections administrative operations, voter registration, mapping for voting districts and precincts, addressing library, and support for mail ballot processing as directed by the leadership team. The objective of this position is to perform a variety of functions and diverse leadership roles on a routine basis, including performance management for a team of Election Specialists. This is a highly visible position requiring exceptional leadership, organizational, and communication skills. The Election Services Manager is responsible for oversight of responsibilities within the elections office and Voter Service and Polling Centers, coaching and supervision of staff; creation and enforcement of policies, procedures, and state and federal statutes and regulations; creation and execution of strategic and tactical plans for operating successful elections; coordination of election functions with entities participating in a County election or conducting their own election; managing key vendor relationships and election assets. Coordinates with and assists other Clerk & Recorder Divisions as needed. Salary: $57,430 – 86,145.
Elections Manager
Employer: City of Alexandria
Location: Alexandria, VA
The City of Alexandria is looking for an Elections Manager to direct and coordinate the elections operation within the City. The Elections Manager’s primary responsibility is to direct the security, maintenance, repair and transportation of voting machines to and from voting precincts, and to ensure accurate recording and accounting of votes. Responsibilities also include management of the absentee voting process, the hiring, placement and training of election officers, and overseeing the printing of ballots. The work is performed under the general direction and guidance of the General Registrar.
Elections Specialist
Employer: Stanly County Board of Elections
Location: Albemarle, NC
Category: Program Specialist
This position provides customer service to the Stanly County residence by telephone and in person; and issue forms, applications and inform customers of online resources. Duties include responding to and resolving customer inquiries through research; processing voter registration applications, cancellations and absentee ballot requests; keying updates provided on federal and state forms; assisting staff in daily office procedures and providing accurate information to the public; processing, sorting and date stamping mail; and collaborating with team members to gain knowledge of work processes. Work may include other duties and responsibilities assigned.
General Registrar
Employer: Fairfax County
Location: Fairfax, VA
Category: Registrar
The Fairfax County Electoral Board, serving Fairfax County (population 1.1 million), the largest locality in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a suburb of Washington, D.C., is recruiting qualified candidates with exceptional senior leadership and management experience for the position of General Registrar to serve a four-year term. This is an executive management position that reports to the 3-person Fairfax County Electoral Board.
The Board is seeking an innovative leader with demonstrated management experience and political acumen. It is crucial that the General Registrar have excellent interpersonal skills and a high level of multi-cultural sensitivity to work effectively with a diverse community and employee population and a complex hierarchy.
The General Registrar is an appointed state employee and sworn official with overall responsibility for administering the provisions of the Virginia election laws under guidelines established by the State Board of Elections and the Fairfax County Electoral Board including the duties and powers of the General Registrar as stated in Title 24.2 of the Code of Virginia and in compliance with other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies. With close to 800,000 registered voters, and yearly or more frequent elections, the General Registrar is responsible for the oversight of a large and complex non-partisan voter registration and election administration agency with approximately 30 full-time equivalent employees, 200 temporary/seasonal employees and, during election season, 3,700 Election Officer employees. The General Registrar consults with, advises, and reports to the Fairfax County Electoral Board on all issues relative to election administration and voter registration.
General Registrars serve at the pleasure of the Fairfax County Electoral Board. Pursuant to the Code of Virginia sec. 24.2-109, local electoral boards are granted the authority to appoint and remove from office, on notice, the General Registrar
National Campaign Manager - 2021 Anti-Gerrymandering
Employer: RepresentUS
RepresentUs is hiring a national campaign manager to oversee anti-gerrymandering campaigns in 6-10 states across the country throughout 2021. The 2021 state campaigns will educate the public on the redistricting process, provide opportunities for citizen voices to participate in the debate, and — most importantly — boldly hold legislators accountable to create the fairest maps possible.
This is a full-time, temporary position (likely through the end of 2021), with the possibility of extension after the campaigns wrap up. The application deadline is January 8, 2021; priority will be given to candidates who submit their applications before December 31, 2020.
The ideal candidate has significant experience leading political advocacy, issue-based campaigns, and/or candidate campaigns at either the state or federal level. Passion for RepresentUs’ mission to make America work for everyone, not just the powerful and well-connected, is essential. Commitment to working beyond partisanship is required, and past experience working with bipartisan or cross-partisan coalitions is preferred.
The Manager is responsible for:
Developing, in conjunction with national and state staff, campaign strategies, tactics, and timelines for 6-10 state-based anti-gerrymandering campaigns
Managing and taking ultimate responsibility for the overall strategy, execution, and success of these campaigns
Managing all human capital associated with the campaign, including headquarters staff, state staff, and contractors (the Manager will be supported by a research team, policy counsel, admin assistant, and senior political advisors)
Managing the overall campaign budget including vendors, marketing, paid media, and operations
Creating and developing systems for regular tracking of success against goals
Providing regular updates to RepresentUs Executive Team, coalition partners, and supporters
Collaborating with senior RepresentUs political team members and Executive Team around overall strategy
10+ years experience in political advocacy, issue-based campaigns, and/or candidate campaigns at either the state or federal level
2+ cycle of working with political consultants either as a consultant or as the primary contact and/or decision maker on the campaign
Demonstrated ability managing both people and projects in a fast-paced environment, with experience leading teams of 5+ people (remote management experience preferred)
Ability to simultaneously manage multiple areas including state campaign strategies, contractors/vendors, internal staff, fundraising, and coalition members/partner organizations
Ability to understand and manage multiple tactical campaign areas such as digital, polling and research, organizing, and legislative strategy
Experience managing over $1M budget preferred
Experience with bold accountability campaigns preferred
Experience working in nonpartisan and cross-partisan environments preferred
A great attitude and a respect for people and their capabilities
Willingness to travel (when safe) to support campaigns as needed
We are committed to bringing in top talent from all sectors. Accordingly, we offer competitive salaries and benefits, including health (Harvard Pilgrim HMO or UnitedHealthcare PPO network) and dental insurance (Delta Dental), both with family/spouse/domestic partner options, retirement benefits, a health reimbursement account, a dependent care account, disability insurance, a wellness benefit, a health concierge benefit, a $1,500 annual professional development stipend, and four weeks paid vacation, plus personal and sick time.
The annual salary range for the Anti-Gerrymandering Campaign Manager is $120,000-$170,000, dependent on location and experience.
This position is permanently remote.
Please apply online at represent.us/careers; no phone calls, please. Please provide the following documents (applications submitted without the required documentation will not be reviewed):
A cover letter explaining your interest in the position and RepresentUs
A resume
A one-page document responding to the following prompt: We are an organization that wants to stop partisan redistricting. In 2021, state legislatures will proceed to draw new maps for the next decade for both the US House and State Legislatures. Pick a state that has 10+ Electoral College votes and assume you have a $500,000 budget. Present your definition of success, articulate your theory of change, and provide an overview of strategies and tactics you’d employ to win the campaign. Brevity is appreciated and bullet points are encouraged.
About RepresentUs
RepresentUs is the nation’s leading right-left anti-corruption organization. We bring together conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to secure crucial victories that fix America’s broken political system.
RepresentUs is a carefully curated mix of seasoned political campaigners, policy wonks, advertising experts, designers, and engineers. We’re not a startup, but we’ve got startup DNA: we’re nimble, constantly learning and iterating, and we push ourselves to push the envelope—to ignore “industry standards” and set a new standard.
We are an inclusive organization that welcomes and celebrates perspectives from all races and ethnicities, genders and identities, political and ideological affiliations, and experiences. We want everyone to feel empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
We believe our political system should reflect the varied voices of our nation, and so should our team. That’s why we’re an Equal Opportunity Employer; people of color, women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Redistricting Litigation Counsel
Employer: California Citizens Redistricting Commission
Location: , CA
Category: Counsel
The 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission is seeking to retain Litigation Counsel. The application deadline is January 29, 2021. For more information, contact Kary Marshall, Chief Counsel, kary.marshall AT crc.ca.gov.
Category: Research
RepresentUs is hiring a Research Analyst to help accelerate the growing anti-corruption movement by identifying, analyzing, and providing support for transformative election reform campaigns around the country.
This is a full-time position. The Research Analyst is responsible for digging into the details, parsing information, and making recommendations to inform strategic decision-making in the short- and long-term and assist the legislative and ballot measure campaigns seeking to make a range of impactful democracy changes.
Passion for RepresentUs’ mission to make America work for everyone, not just the powerful and well-connected, is essential. Commitment to working beyond partisanship is required, and knowledge of policy solutions to fight corruption, get big money out of politics, end gerrymandering, and give voters more voice and more choice is a plus.
The Research Analyst will be a part of the state campaigns team, on a mission to supercharge the cross-partisan American democracy movement by providing needed high-value assets and services to the most promising efforts across the country.
REPORTING TO THE RESEARCH MANAGER, THE RESEARCH ANALYST WILL:
~Analyze and summarize policy information and legislative text to inform RepresentUs decision-making
~Research key stakeholders in campaign jurisdictions and identify potential partners, allies, and opponents
~Dig into and report on the ins-and-outs of legislative and ballot measure processes
~Triage oncoming research requests and deliver research support to campaign staff, volunteers, and consultants
~Monitor and track reform efforts, political analyses, and media coverage around a range of policy issues
~Identify the gaps in the map where problems are not being solved and where reforms are most needed
~Experience conducting political and/or policy research. Experience with election reform issues is a plus
~Excellent time-management and prioritization skills, and an ability to work independently and proactively
~Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
~Excellent written communication skills, with a demonstrated capacity to explain complex policies to non-expert audiences in a concise format
~Highly developed strategic thinking and execution skills
~Ability to parse detailed information quickly and the drive to dig into the specifics
~This is a virtual position, and candidates must have consistent access to reliable internet and phone
~A cover letter explaining your interest in the position and RepresentUs, and detailing relevant research experience
~A resume or CV and your contact information
~A response, in one page or less, to the following prompt: Please compile a one-page memo detailing relevant information for the state campaigns team about The California Voter’s Choice Act. Please use hyperlinks to cite sources (instead of footnotes). Bullet points are encouraged.
Please note that applications that do not include each of these elements will not be considered.
You may submit your application at https://represent.us/careers/
We’re committed to bringing in top talent from all sectors. Accordingly, we offer competitive salaries and great benefits, including health and dental insurance, a health reimbursement account, wellness perks, a dependent care account, a retirement benefit, and employer-funded short-term disability and life insurance.
We offer four weeks of paid vacation a year, plus personal and sick time.
Salary is commensurate with experience, and ranges for this position between $40,000 and $55,000 per year.
This position is virtual. We currently have staff in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, California, New York, and Texas.
No phone calls, please.
State Legislative Manager/Senior State Legislative Manager
RepresentUs is hiring one or more individuals to serve as legislative managers on our state team. This is a full-time position, with an initial focus on passing vote by mail expansion via state legislatures in multiple states throughout the country. The Manager will focus on a portfolio of 3 to 5 state lobbying efforts to advance priority legislation, while working with contract lobbyists and coalition partners in each state.
The ideal candidate has experience working in or with legislative bodies (state or federal) and experience working with a team to advance legislation and pass bills into law. An understanding of existing vote by mail laws throughout the country is highly desirable. A Juris Doctorate degree is a plus. Passion for RepresentUs’ mission to make America work for everyone, not just the powerful and well-connected, is essential. Commitment to working beyond partisanship is required, and past experience working with bipartisan or cross-partisan coalitions is preferred.
– Assisting in recruitment and supervision of in-state lobbyists;
– Guiding the movement of relevant legislation in target states, including soliciting regular updates from contract lobbyists; developing and proposing next steps in moving legislation; and executing the next steps in each state;
– Working with the team’s counsel, research analysts, and others to identify legislative timelines, procedures, bill path, and any other relevant protocols or procedures to allow the team to successfully lobby each targeted state legislature;
– Drafting materials and reports for RepresentUs staff, as well as external audiences;
Monitoring movement of relevant legislation in non-target states and flagging issues for the broader team;
– Participating in coalitions with state partner organizations and allies to advance shared objectives; and
– Maintaining the schedule, relevant notes, and record of activities within each state.
– State Legislative Manager: 2 to 4 years of experience or equivalent education; Senior State Legislative Manager: minimum 5 years of experience or equivalent education.
Experience working in or with legislative bodies (state or federal).
– Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, meeting frequent deadlines. Detail oriented with an excellent work ethic.
– Goal-oriented with an ability to keep an eye on the big picture while executing the day-to-day work.
– Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both oral and written.
– Demonstrated experience managing partnerships and relationships at the state and local level, especially those with elected officials, lobbyists, and other stakeholders.
– Ability to travel on behalf of the organization as needed.
– This is a remote position and candidates must have consistent access to reliable internet and phone.
We are committed to bringing in top talent from all sectors. Accordingly, we offer competitive salaries and benefits, including health (Harvard Pilgrim HMO or UnitedHealthcare PPO network) and dental insurance (Delta Dental), both with family/spouse/domestic partner options, retirement benefits, a health reimbursement account, a dependent care account, disability insurance, a wellness benefit, a $1,500 annual professional development stipend, and four weeks paid vacation, plus personal and sick time.
The annual salary range for the State Legislative Manager is $45,000-$65,000, dependent on location and experience. The annual salary range for the Senior State Legislative Manager is $70,000-$100,000, dependent on location and experience.
Both positions are permanently remote.
Please provide a resume and cover letter. No phone calls please.
Voter Information Coordinator (Elections Specialist)
Employer: Pierce County
Why This is a Great Opportunity:
This individual will play an integral part in carrying out and conducting elections in Pierce County and in the day to day operations. This position supports the foundational aspect of our democratic process while providing services and outreach to our customers.
About the Division:
The Auditor’s Elections Division maintains voter registration rolls, conducts federal, state and local elections, verifies petition signatures, publishes a local Voters’ Pamphlet, and maintains precinct lines after redistricting. Pierce County has over 560,000 registered voters and serves 114 jurisdictions and files candidates for over 500 elected offices.
The work of Pierce County Elections is consistently 24/7 – action-packed and exciting. Whether it is Election Day or another day of the year, effort is being made to continuously improve the voter experience and the technology of elections. We’re a workplace family that cares more than just about the daily grind. We are proud of the work we do; it’s award-winning and well-respected throughout Washington State.
How to be Successful in the Role:
Take ownership of voter outreach for Pierce County and improve/maintain voter engagement. Successfully produce county-wide local voters’ pamphlet for all elections.
Your Future in this Role:
This position is a perfect foundation for future leadership positions within the Auditor’s Office and Pierce County. As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.
Core Daily Responsibilities:
Design and produce all publications, reports, manuals, flyers, legal advertisements, related election materials including Voter Pamphlets, and all jobs using a variety of desktop publishing software.
Perform quality control work including proofreading, grammar, and spelling.
Create and manage the voter pamphlet including submission of statements from candidates and committees.
Active role in candidate filing and resolution submission. This work includes communicating with candidates and jurisdictions.
Create ballot inserts for each election.
Coordinate the language translation program of the voter pamphlet, ballot materials, and voter outreach materials. Work in conjunction with office media specialist to update and maintain social media accounts.
Update website with relevant election information.
Produce an accurate Voters’ Pamphlet for each election.
Voter outreach to live and virtual audiences, upon request attend community events to educate prospective voters, supports school districts, colleges and universities with election related events and programs (Temperance and Good Citizenship Day, Future Voter, Rock the Vote and Student Engagement Hubs).
Salary Hiring Range: $31.42 – $39.73 Hourly
VRA Counsel
The 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission is seeking to retain Voting Rights Act Counsel. The application deadline is January 29, 2021. For more information, contact Kary Marshall, Chief Counsel, kary.marshall AT crc.ca.gov.
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Back to School – What You Need to Know about Plastic Lunchboxes
Though it might seem like your children only finished school yesterday before you can blink the summer holidays will be over and it will be time for them to head back. We all know what that entails - endless pressure to buy new uniforms, as they’ve grown out of the old ones, new shoes to replace those that have been ruined running around the playground and new pens and pencils to replace those that...who even knows!
Going back to school probably also means, time for a new lunchbox. Tempting as it might be to go for the option of another cheap, plastic lunch box - what are the environmental and health impacts of such a choice?
Environmental impact of plastic lunchboxes
The disposable nature of plastic lunch boxes is reflective of the disposable mindset of our society and they cause a huge negative environmental impact. Most plastic lunch boxes are made from polypropylene plastic. While polypropylene is recyclable, when it is heated it creates chemicals with anunknowntoxicity - leading to concerns over pollution and health.
This becomes a huge issue when you consider that China produces over15 billion (that’s billion) plastic lunch boxes each year.
That’s just the recycling; plastics are made from an energy intensive process using petrochemicals that, while harmful for the planet in its own right, also produces a toxic discharge which is incredibly harmful to the environment.
Benefits of Elephant Box
Elephant Box is an eco-friendly lunchbox for a proper lunch.
Health impact of plastic lunchboxes
Not only are plastics incredibly harmful to the environment - they are also damaging to one’s health.
There’s been a lot of talk about the negative impact of BPA plastic on health and its possible links toheart disease and even cancer. Even plastics labelled BPA are not safe as they typically contain something called BPS - a BPA equivalent that may be equally as toxic.
The contamination of BPA is so widespread that the US Centre for disease control found traces of BPA in98% of the urine samples they took for a 2004 study.
Made of stainless steel an Elephant Box is easy to clean and stays that way its whole life - with no staining or odours.
More food for thought
The average cost of sending a child back to school each year in the UK is nearly£200 of which just under£7 accounts for lunch boxes. Rather than buying a new plastic lunch box each year, why not buy a durable, stainless steel lunchbox that will last years and years?
An Elephant Box is durable and strong - it will last for many, many years.
What to do instead
Choose an eco-friendly, stainless steel lunch box that has been ethically produced and that will last you a lifetime. It is also cleverly designed to stack and therefore is easy to store when not in use.
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Azerbaijan national futsal team
Milli (The National Team)
Alesio
Rizvan Farzaliyev
Most caps
Rizvan Farzaliyev (42)
Vitaliy Borisov (23)
FIFA code
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Poland 4–6 Azerbaijan
(Goirle, Netherlands; 23 October 1995)
Biggest win
Kazakhstan 2–14 Azerbaijan
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 28 July 2002)
Biggest defeat
Czech Republic 10–2 Azerbaijan
(Enschede, Netherlands; 27 October 1995)
1 (First in 2016)
Best result
Quarterfinals, 2016
4th place, (2010)
The Azerbaijan national futsal team is the national futsal team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships. They are ranked 14th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings.[2]
Azerbaijan had never qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup until 2016, but they have participated in the last five editions of the European Championship.
1.1 Recently
2 Tournament records
2.1 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2.2 FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualification
2.3 UEFA European Futsal Championship
2.4 UEFA European Futsal Championship Qualification
2.5 Minor tournament
2.6 All time general statistics record/Overview of results
3 Current squad
4 Results and Fixtures
5 Managers
Recently[edit]
Azerbaijan's first appearance at the big level came during the 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship. They were unbeaten in qualifying and finished second to Portugal in their group, and only then after conceding a late equalizer against the 2007 semi-finalists.[3] Alesio has put together a potent blend of naturalized South Americans and local talent like Vitaliy Borisov and the Brazilian coach and much of the Azerbaijan squad are involved with champion club Araz Naxçivan, who in November won through to this spring's four-team UEFA Futsal Cup finals.[4][5] Despite finishing in fourth place, Azerbaijan's finals run was the best showing by a debutant since the inaugural UEFA Futsal Championship tournament.[6] Azerbaijan's Biro Jade won the Golden Boot award as joint top scorer with five goals.[7][8]
Tournament records[edit]
FIFA Futsal World Cup[edit]
See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA World Cup Record
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter - - - - - -
Hong Kong 1992 Did not enter - - - - - -
Spain 1996 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Chinese Taipei 2004 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Brazil 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Thailand 2012 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Colombia 2016 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 2 25 18
Lithuania 2020 Did not qualify - - - - - -
FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualification[edit]
FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification record
1989 to 1992 Did not enter - - - - - -
Spain 1996 Did not qualify 5 1 0 4 12 25
Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 19 22
Chinese Taipei 2004 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 5 10
Brazil 2008 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 15 6
Thailand 2012 Did not qualify 5 2 1 2 18 10
UEFA European Futsal Championship[edit]
See also: UEFA Futsal Championship
UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Spain 1996 Did not enter - - - - - -
Russia 2001 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Italy 2003 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Czech Republic 2005 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Portugal 2007 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Hungary 2010 4th place 5 2 2 1 18 13
Croatia 2012 10th place 2 0 0 2 9 13
Belgium 2014 9th place 2 1 0 1 7 13
Serbia 2016 8th place 3 1 0 2 8 14
Slovenia 2018 Quarter-finals - - - - - -
Netherlands 2022 To be determined
UEFA European Futsal Championship Qualification[edit]
Spain 1999 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 4 4
Russia 2001 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 12 8
Italy 2003 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 5 8
Czech Republic 2005 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 8 10
Portugal 2007 Did not qualify 3 1 2 0 17 12
Hungary 2010 qualified 3 2 1 0 12 7
Croatia 2012 qualified 3 2 0 1 13 13
Belgium 2014 qualified 3 3 0 0 11 3
Serbia 2016 qualified 5 3 1 1 20 8
Slovenia 2018 qualified 3 3 0 0 16 5
Minor tournament[edit]
this table consist of only senior A team Results (not include Youth and club match results)
Four/Three Nations Cup record
2002 Tbilisi Cup Third place 2 1 0 1 15 7 +8 3
2007 Izmir Cup Champions 3 3 0 0 19 7 +12 9
2008 Baku Cup Champions 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 6
2009-1 Baku Cup Champions 2 2 0 0 10 4 +6 6
2011 Baku Cup Champions 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9
2012 Baku Cup Runners-up 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
2014 Tashkent Cup Runners-up 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
2015 Cupa FMF Cup Runners-up 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212236/http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=720
https://web.archive.org/web/20100118022640/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=7807
https://web.archive.org/web/20090206223856/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=10230
https://web.archive.org/web/20100106044728/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=12027
http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=14229[permanent dead link]
All time general statistics record/Overview of results[edit]
As a 15 Nov 2016
FIFA World Cup Record 5 2 1 2 25 18 +7 7
FIFA World Cup Qualification Record 24 9 4 11 92 91 +1 31
European Championship Record 12 4 2 6 42 53 -11 14
European Championship Qualification Record 28 14 7 7 103 73 +40 49
Minor Tournament Record 24 19 2 3 108 48 +60 59
Friendly Match Record 36 17 8 11 105 90 +15 59
Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20161116194204/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/index.asp
Current squad[edit]
The following players were named for the fixtures against Slovakia on February 1st, 2020.
Head coach: José Alesio da Silva
1 1GK
Emin Kurdov
(1984-07-10)10 July 1984 (aged 36) EKOL Baku
12 1GK
Rovshan Huseynli
(1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 29) Araz Naxçivan
5 2DF
Amir Shojaei
Araz Naxçivan
(1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 33) Halle-Gooik
(1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 41) Araz Naxçivan
13 2DF
Everton Cardoso
(1987-12-04)4 December 1987 (aged 28) Levante UD
(1987-12-17)17 December 1987 (aged 32) Al-Arabi
3 4FW
Thiago Bolinha
(1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 33) Tyumen
Ramiz Chovdarov
(1990-07-28)28 July 1990 (aged 30) Araz Naxçivan
(1993-12-03)3 December 1993 (aged 26) Palma Futsal
10 4FW
(1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 35) Al-Arabi
Khatai Baghirov
(1987-08-15)15 August 1987 (aged 33) Araz Naxçivan
Isa Atayev
(1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 31) Araz Naxçivan
Results and Fixtures[edit]
2016[edit]
Italy v Azerbaijan
3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) Euro 2016 Italy 3–0 Azerbaijan Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Merlim 20', 21'
Giasson 29' Report Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Marc Birkett (ENG)
Azerbaijan v Czech Republic
5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) Euro 2016 Azerbaijan 6–5 Czech Republic Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Farzaliyev 6'
Borisov 7'
De Araujo 12'
Eduardo 20'
Augusto 27'
Rafael 40' Report Záruba 10'
Holý 12'
Rešetár 16'
Novotný 24'
Kovács 31' Attendance: 1,754
Referee: Admir Zahovič (SVN)
Russia v Azerbaijan
9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Euro 2016 Russia 6–2 Azerbaijan Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30 Abramov 7', 26'
Romulo 15'
Eder Lima 25', 39', 40' Report Augusto 8', 29' Attendance: 5,975
Referee: Pascal Lemal (BEL)
Netherlands v Azerbaijan
22 March 2016 (2016-03-22) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off Netherlands 1–5 Azerbaijan Topsportcentrum, Almere
20:00 El Ghannouti 10' Report Amadeu 5', 29'
Fineo 13'
Vitaliy Borisov 31' Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Azerbaijan v Netherlands
12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off Azerbaijan 4–4 Netherlands Baku Sports Hall, Baku
18:00 Farzaliyev 12'
Amadeu 15'
Rafael 26' Report Ceyar 14'
Velseboer 16'
Mossaoui 26'
Attaibi 28' Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
Morocco v Azerbaijan
12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Morocco 0–5 Azerbaijan Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Report Vassoura 15', 18', 33'
Gallo 29'
Thiago Bolinha 31' Attendance: 1,016
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)
Azerbaijan v Spain
15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan 2–4 Spain Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Vassoura 3'
Thiago Bolinha 40' Report Vassoura 5' (o.g.), 14' (o.g.)
Fernandão 27'
Miguelín 36' Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy)
Azerbaijan v Iran
18 September 2016 (2016-09-18) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan 3–3 Iran Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Thiago Bolinha 2'
Gallo 22', 32' Report Esmaeilpour 1'
Tavakoli 21'
Tayyebi 36' Attendance: 1,108
Referee: Cesar Malaga (Peru)
Thailand v Azerbaijan
22 September 2016 (2016-09-22) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 8–13 (a.e.t.) Azerbaijan Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
17:30 Suphawut 9', 13'
Kritsada 18', 19', 26'
Jirawat 22'
Jetsada 37', 45' (pen.) Report Vassoura 4', 44'
Fineo 6', 13', 44', 48', 49'
Borisov 14'
Thiago Bolinha 28', 29', 41'
Poletto 31'
Huseynli 49' Attendance: 838
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez (Spain)
Azerbaijan v Portugal
25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan 2–3 Portugal Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00 Thiago Bolinha 13'
Eduardo 35' Report Djô 8'
João Matos 18'
Ricardinho 28' Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)
Managers[edit]
Elman Alakbarov (2008–2009)
Alesio (2009-2014)
Tino Perez (2014-2016)
Miltinho (2016-2017)
Biro Jade (2017-2018)
Alesio (2018-present)
Azerbaijan national football team
Baku United
^ Futsal World Ranking
^ Главный тренер футзальной сборной посвятил победу азербайджанскому народу (in Russian). 1news.az. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
^ Azerbaijan’s futsal team to debut in European championship Archived January 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ Futsal EURO preview: Group A Archived January 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ Czechs fear transformed Azeris Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ Czech Republic turn tables for third place Archived February 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ Spain claim third straight futsal title
^ Quartet share adidas Golden Boot
Minor tournament Source:
Futsal in Azerbaijan
League competitions
Venues (Listed by capacity)
Trophys and Awards
National futsal teams of Europe (UEFA)
National sports teams of Azerbaijan
M U-18
W U-17
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_national_futsal_team&oldid=982686673"
European national futsal teams
Articles containing Azerbaijani-language text
Articles with dead external links from October 2019
Pages using football box collapsible with unsupported stack parameter
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